Chapter 231: An Invisible Net

"Lord Shen, what exactly do you want?"

After the initial panic, Mo Yu immediately gathered all his emotions and regained his former composure.

It was just that for some reason, he always had a strange feeling about this Lord Shen before him, as if all his secrets were laid bare in his eyes.

"What I want is very simple: find the person behind this. Actually, who is behind it doesn't matter; what truly matters is whether they will do it again later!"

Looking up at Mo Yu, Shen Yu shook his head and said with some helplessness, "General Mo should know better than I do that human greed is always infinite!"

"Today they succeeded and got a taste of the sweetness; next time, their boldness will only grow!"

"Today, they could sacrifice tens of thousands of commoners. Then what about next time? Will they sacrifice even more? Those who stop at nothing for their own selfish interests are the most terrifying!"

"If you say they were sacrificing themselves, that would be one thing, and it wouldn't be my concern. But these people are selfish and self-interested, and it is always others who are sacrificed. General Mo, tell me, should such people be arrested? Should they be killed?"

"Enough!" Suddenly, Mo Yu gave a cold shout, took a deep breath, and said slowly, "I understand what you mean. I will give Lord Shen a satisfactory answer!"

"There are some things I also want to know the answer to!" The dream he had just had was too real, so real that it made Mo Yu feel a bit terrified.

Now, being provoked by Shen Yu like this, the unease in his heart grew even stronger. He even had a vague suspicion that perhaps all of this was true. Once that was the case, how should he conduct himself?

At this moment, Mo Yu urgently wanted to return to the Mo Family; he wanted to ask his elders in person whether all of this was truly done by them.

That night, Mo Yu galloped back to the Mo Family, and this time he did not bring a single person with him. There were some things he had to do himself, and he could not let outsiders know.

"If it is truly as it was in the dream!" His hand involuntarily tightened around his sword—the one his father had given him, telling him to hold this sword to protect the borders and the people.

Gripping this sword tightly, Mo Yu secretly made up his mind. The prestige of the Mo Family over several generations must never be lost at the hands of one or two people.

"Yu'er, you've returned?"

Mo Yu's horse was a top-tier Blood Scale Horse, swift as the wind when galloping. Coupled with the fact that Mo Yu had spent years nourishing it with True Qi and supplementing it with many rare herbs, the horse was even more magnificent, capable of traveling thousands of miles a day with ease.

Seeming to sense Mo Yu's urgency, the Blood Scale Horse ran at extreme speed, and they actually returned to the Mo Family by the afternoon of the second day.

Seeing Mo Yu suddenly return home, the Mo family members were also a bit bewildered. Mo Yu had been campaigning outside for years and rarely returned home throughout the year. If he were to return, he would usually give notice in advance.

It was the first time he had returned silently like this, without even a word of greeting.

"Second Uncle, has Third Grandfather woken up from his nap?"

"Awake, I've long been awake!" Hearing Mo Yu's voice, the only two elders of the Mo Family hurried over.

Mo Yu's Second Uncle was in his forties and was also a general commanding troops. He had tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, but in the end, they were only local troops and did not belong to the elite Northern Frontier Army.

His status was about the same as Gu Qingzhou, the Commander of the Garrison in Lujiang City, and he was considered a person of high position and power locally, but compared to a dazzling rising star like Mo Yu, he was far behind.

As for Mo Yu's Third Grandfather, he had suffered many injuries while fighting on the battlefield in his early years and had long since retired from military service. Now, he was in a state of retirement.

It could be said that Mo Yu was currently the absolute pillar of the Mo Family.

"Yu'er, why didn't the Xiaoyun Guard come back with you?"

"Lin Zhao is dead, the Changding Army is unstable, and the Xiaoyun Guard is currently guarding against the Changding Army!"

"Lin Zhao is dead!" Hearing this news, the lively atmosphere that had existed because of Mo Yu's return suddenly stalled. No one knew better than these people from a military family what this information meant.

Lin Zhao was both a wise general and a brave one. In the Northern Frontier, his prestige and achievements were not even inferior to Mo Yu's.

Moreover, the entire Lin Family was loyal and heroic; for generations, they had all died on the battlefield, and very few had even died of illness in their beds. Such a military family had prestige in the Northern Frontier Army that no one could match.

The Lin Family had only Lin Zhao left, and now even he was dead. Had the foundation of the Lin Family, built over several generations of loyalty and heroism, finally come to an end?

"Lin Zhao is dead, doesn't that mean the Mo Family's opportunity has come?" At this moment, after a brief moment of sadness, the Mo family members finally discovered a problem.

The two, Lin Zhao and Mo Yu, were both close friends and rivals. In the Northern Frontier, these two were the undisputed candidates for Commander of the Northern Frontier.

Soldiers value heroes most, especially in an entity like the Northern Frontier Army, which ordinary people could not subdue. Only if one of these two took the position would the entire Northern Frontier Army be convinced.

Regardless of whether Lin Zhao and Mo Yu wanted it or not, they were actually in a state of competition. Now that Lin Zhao was dead, that sole competitor was gone.

The military power of the Northern Frontier would surely fall to the Mo Family in the future!

Stroking his beard, Mo Yu's Third Grandfather was shaking his head and sighing, then nodding, looking deeply preoccupied.

"Lin Zhao is dead; this matter is truly a pity, but for our Mo Family, it is a good thing!"

"Third Uncle, watch your words!" At this moment, Mo Yu's Second Uncle spoke up hurriedly. Old man, do you not know what it means to have trouble come from the mouth? You dare to say anything.

"Second Uncle, Third Grandfather, I have come today because I have an important matter to ask you!"

At this time, Mo Yu no longer hid anything and asked directly, "Is our Mo Family's Secret Medicine actually made from the Musheng Flower?"

"Musheng Flower? What is that? Hasn't the Mo Family's Secret Medicine always been under your control?"

"The production method for the Secret Medicine is only known to the Family Head of each generation. Your father died on the battlefield, and the production method for this Secret Medicine was not passed down. Aside from your father, no one should know about it!"

While speaking, Mo Yu's Third Grandfather looked to the side, "Second, you were so close to the eldest, do you know?"

"Third Uncle, how would I know these things? These are secrets that only the Family Head can know; only Big Brother and Yu'er were worthy of knowing! Who would have thought that Big Brother would... sigh!"

Sighing, Mo Yu's Third Uncle asked with some concern, "Yu'er, why did you suddenly ask this question? Is our Mo Family's Secret Medicine running low?"

"In the end, that is just an external object. Yu'er, you must believe in yourself; even without any Secret Medicine, you are still the strongest!"

"I know, thank you, Second Uncle!" The reactions of the two elders were completely different from those in the dream; their eyes held a measure of concern, which made Mo Yu feel somewhat warm.

"It's just that the properties of our Mo Family's Secret Medicine are too similar to the Musheng Flower, and it was because of the Musheng Flower that Lin Zhao made a grave mistake, eventually leading to his death!"

"Some say that the Musheng Flower in Lin Zhao's hands was secretly given to him by our Mo Family! I really want to know, is this matter true?"

Having said this, Mo Yu stared intently at the two elders, hoping to see something.

And the two elders before him, upon hearing this, were first stunned, and then they were furious.

"Nonsense, this is framing and slandering. What kind of family is our Mo Family? How could we do such a thing!"

"Yu'er, you must not be influenced by such rumors!"

"Second Uncle, Third Grandfather, don't worry, I know!"

Seeing that the expressions of these two did not seem fake, Mo Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Hopefully, everything was just his own speculation.

But if it wasn't done by the Mo family, then someone must be framing them, wanting to take down both him and Lin Zhao in one fell swoop.

Lin Zhao was dead, and if he, Mo Yu, were to be taken down because of this matter, then everyone would have a chance at the position of Commander of the Northern Frontier.

Unknowingly, Mo Yu seemed to see a conspiracy that had drawn them all in, an invisible net that had shrouded them all.