Chapter 1417: Master and Apprentice Meet, Especially Jealous

Heavenly King Gao died, yet didn't die.

Not long after Chen Guanlou left, Gao Chenglan recovered her mobility. Looking at Heavenly King Gao's corpse, she was silent for a moment and soon made a decision.

She called her confidants, unified their thinking, unified their actions, and rallied the men.

Only then did she announce the death to the major generals loyal to Heavenly King Gao.

She could hide it from the people below, but she couldn't hide it from the confidant generals of Heavenly King Gao. If she insisted on hiding it, maybe there would be an internal strife tonight, an armed rebellion.

Rather than fighting each other and benefiting the imperial court, it was better to have a frank talk.

Anyway, it wouldn't be worse than internal strife.

"Don't ask me who killed him; I don't know. You provoked someone you shouldn't have, hijacked goods you shouldn't have, and were found by someone; this is the result. You should be glad the other party didn't get to the bottom of it and didn't kill you.

Now my brother is dead; let's discuss what to do next. If you want to split the family, I won't stop you. But how to split it, I need to say a word. The team was pulled up by my brother, it belongs to our Gao family. My brother is dead, but I'm not.

If you don't want to split the family, then everything remains the same. Keep the news of Heavenly King Gao being killed from the outside. As long as the news doesn't leak, as long as you keep your mouths shut, everything can still be maintained."

Everyone was dumbfounded!

Two hours ago, everything was still fine. Heavenly King Gao was hugging women and drinking fine wine, living a beautiful life.

Two hours later, Heavenly King Gao was dead, the backbone was dead!

It was equivalent to the sky falling halfway.

What to do?

Everyone looked at each other.

Someone took the initiative to stand up and express their position. "I agree to maintain the status quo. If we split the family, the news will leak out soon, giving the imperial court a chance to break us one by one. Then none of us will want to live."

"I object! I rebelled because he was Heavenly King Gao. I only believe in Heavenly King Gao; no one else will do. I want to split the family. I don't have many requirements, just take away my subordinates, give me half a month's grain. Give me another hundred sets of armor, nothing else is needed."

"I agree to split the family. Heavenly King Gao is dead; maintaining the status quo is easy to say, but who counts? Gao Chenglan, can you do it? I will never be driven by a woman! Unless you choose me as the leader. Look, you won't agree, you won't recognize me. Similarly, I won't submit to you! Then split the family!"

"Whoever dares to split the family, I'll chop them! Heavenly King Gao is dead, you don't think about revenge, don't think about keeping the results, and you want to split the family. Are you trying to set up another mountain?"

"Who do you want to chop!"

With a 'swish', everyone drew their swords, pointing them at each other.

Gao Chenglan sighed; the situation she worried about most was still hard to avoid.

She roared, "No one is allowed to chop! As long as I live, no one is allowed to point a knife at their own people. Put them all down."

Everyone looked at each other, only to find that Gao Chenglan was surrounded by a circle of people, all supporting her.

Gao Chenglan said again: "I said put them down! Those who want to split the family, I won't stop you. Take your subordinates and get out. No armor, ten days of grain. Those who don't want to split the family, stay. Whoever has objections, let's see if my life is hard, or yours!"

Everyone secretly calculated their own strength and Gao Chenglan's military strength.

Suddenly they found that this woman, Gao Chenglan, had quietly mastered the initiative.

"Fine! Then split the family!"

"Even if we split the family, everyone is still brothers. When encountering the imperial court's siege, I hope everyone can help each other. How about that?"

"Can do!"

"I think it works!"

"If anyone sees death and doesn't save, heaven will punish them!"

"Heaven will punish them!"

Everyone swore an oath with blood!

Those who split the family split, and those who reorganized reorganized.

After everyone left, Gao Chenglan sat down, snorted, and laughed out loud.

She herself hadn't expected that she would succeed!

From now on, she was Heavenly King Gao!

Heavenly King Gao never dies!

Haha...

The people under her asked her how to handle Gao Chengfeng's funeral?

Gao Chenglan thought for a while, took a knife, and without hesitation stabbed Gao Chengfeng's face until it was hard to distinguish his true face. At the same time, she dug out the obvious birthmark on the corpse.

After doing all this with her own hands, she said: "Bury it on the spot!"

"No funeral?"

"Do you want to announce to the world that my brother is dead? Don't forget, the imperial court is hunting us down. If the news of my brother's death spreads, you don't need me to tell you what will happen. At that time, not only will the imperial court wipe us out, but Heavenly King Fan and Heavenly King Zhang won't let us go either!"

This is the right reason.

Everyone no longer objected. They carried Gao Chengfeng's corpse away and buried it with the other corpses.

Not burning the corpse was the last respect for the former Heavenly King Gao!

Chen Guanlou sat at a roadside stall eating breakfast, steamed buns and buns in his stomach, feeling extremely comfortable!

He looked at the pedestrians on the official road, all rushing on their way early.

"Is there a big market today? So many people on the road?" He asked the waiter girl, who was also the boss's daughter, casually.

The waiter girl didn't even lift her head, busy wrapping buns and steaming buns, busy serving buns to guests, busy with her feet not touching the ground.

"Today is the 15th, Master Zhou in the city is celebrating his mother's birthday. Anyone who goes to the door to kowtow and congratulate the old lady can receive two steamed buns. Fortunately, they are coarse grain steamed buns. Otherwise, our stall wouldn't have any business today."

Chen Guanlou nodded in understanding.

"Is it like this every year?"

"Yes, it's like this every year, for almost ten years. Every year at this time, the Zhou family releases grain! Master Zhou is a famous philanthropist in our area. If the guest is in trouble, you can go to the Zhou family, maybe you can also beg for a banquet."

Chen Guanlou looked down at his own attire silently; he was dressed very plainly when traveling, and he didn't have time to wash and change every day. No wonder he was misunderstood by the waiter girl.

He laughed. "Why don't you go?"

The waiter girl lifted her eyelids and said absentmindedly: "I have steamed buns I can't finish, I don't covet the Zhou family's."

Chen Guanlou was a bit curious about the waiter girl.

With his looks, when women saw him, even if they didn't have ideas, they couldn't help but look twice. It really wasn't narcissism, but stating facts.

The waiter girl didn't look at him more than once from beginning to end; in the waiter girl's eyes, he wasn't as good-looking as a copper coin.

Really...

Opened my eyes!

"How far is it from here to Fu County?"

"Walk along the official road, you can arrive by dark."

That's not far.

Chen Guanlou finished breakfast, entered the city, and went to the crowded place to join the fun. Today, the liveliest place in the city was none other than the Zhou family's front door.

He didn't alarm anyone and entered the Zhou family to wander around.

Then he saw a person who shouldn't have appeared here, the apprentice he expelled from the sect, Wu Kangyi, also called Zhang Yikang, now renamed Zhang Kang the rebel!

What a coincidence!

Daring to hijack the Hou Fu's goods.

Zhang Kang sat upright on a chair, followed by a few confidants, all of whom Chen Guanlou knew. They were the figures gathered around him when he was learning and growing in the villa.

It looked like he was waiting for someone.

Chen Guanlou's sudden appearance caught everyone off guard, not knowing whether to draw their swords or just end it all with one knife.

Only Zhang Kang stood up with a 'thud', shouting with joy, "Master!" ===== CHAPTER 1418 =====