Chapter 540

Mountain God?

Zhang Chengyong's face was grim, he coldly stared at Zhang Guilian; from her attitude he clearly knew that the Mountain God she spoke of reverently was almost certainly not his father, and he said in an unfriendly tone:

"Second Aunt, I don't know who the Mountain God you're talking about is; it couldn't be Qi Wenshan, could it?"

Only then did he understand why Qi Wenshan's corpse would appear in his father's Mountain God Temple.

Although I don't know how Qi Wenshan lost his life, it probably wasn't his father's doing; if his father had killed Qi Wenshan, he wouldn't have said those words when he just woke up.

He speculated.

Qi Wenshan should have left Zhang Family Village, yet he suddenly appeared in his father's Mountain God Temple in the middle of the night; it was clearly a plot against the Du family father and son, harboring designs he shouldn't have on his father's position as Lion Ridge Mountain God.

Moreover, seeing his second aunt's arrogant demeanor, it was likely that Qi Wenshan's scheme was about to succeed, seizing his father's Lion Ridge Mountain God position; it was just that some righteous brave soul appeared out of nowhere and on the spot cut down that scheming scoundrel Qi Wenshan.

However, since his father and Zhang Guilian had fainted, they still didn't know about this!

De Ben urged impatiently: "Chengyong, don't ask so many questions; while Qi Wenshan doesn't know where he is, hurry back, take your mother and your older brother and leave Zhang Family Village, leave Shizi Ling, the farther you go the better!"

"Want to run? Mountain God, Mountain God..."

Zhang Guilian glared at Zhang Chengyong with a ferocious face; she had originally wanted to introduce to him Qi Wenshan's greatness, but she couldn't allow him to directly utter Qi Wenshan's name—little did she know that De Ben actually intended to let Chengyong leave, she snorted and hastily shouted before she could finish her words.

"'Pa!' With a sound, a slap struck her face; it was De Ben who dealt it."

"'De Ben, you dare hit me?'"

Zhang Guilian glared at De Ben, her whole person like a beast ready to devour anyone, seeming as if she wanted to swallow De Ben whole, she lunged forward and shouted:

"'De Ben, I'll fight you to the death!'"

"'Gui Lian, I've made too many mistakes, overindulging you, causing you to repeatedly do these foolish things!'"

De Ben looked at the lunging Zhang Guilian, his face and eyes full of barely concealed anger; he seized her, turned his head to look at the stunned Zhang Chengyong, and said angrily:

"'What are you standing there for? Didn't you hear what I said?'"

"'Father, don't worry...'"

Zhang Chengyong couldn't help but smile; seeing De Ben's face darken with anger, he realized his father might have misunderstood, seeing him open his mouth about to unleash a tirade, he quickly said: "Father, that villain Qi Wenshan is already dead!"

"'Dead?'"

De Ben's face showed only strangeness.

He hadn't forgotten how arrogant and domineering Qi Wenshan had been before him not long ago; how could he possibly have lost his life so pointlessly in such a short time?

Zhang Guilian shouted angrily: "Zhang Chengyong, what nonsense are you spouting? The Mountain God is an exalted being—how could he possibly die? Even if your father died, the Mountain God wouldn't die!"

"'Mountain God? What is Qi Wenshan anyway—does he even deserve to be our Lion Ridge Mountain God?'"

Zhang Chengyong snorted contemptuously, his face full of mockery; seeing that neither Zhang Guilian nor his father believed him, he said:

"'Father, Qi Wenshan's corpse is right outside; if you don't believe me, come with me and have a look—once you see his corpse, you'll know whether I'm telling the truth.'"

"'Fine, I do want to see where the Mountain God's corpse is!'"

Zhang Guilian snorted contemptuously, her face full of mockery; obviously she didn't believe it, thinking of the one she regarded as a 'Mountain God' with heavenly powers, Qi Wenshan dying pointlessly. Not long after.

Zhang Guilian took the lead, striding out of the Mountain God Temple's main hall into the courtyard; De Ben wasn't worried that Zhang Guilian would flee.

Flee?

Although he had given up on Zhang Guilan, he wasn't yet at the point of wanting to kill her; whether she fled or not, he simply didn't care.

"'You little bastard, where's the Mountain God's corpse you mentioned...'"

Zhang Guilian's gaze swept the courtyard; not seeing Qi Wenshan's corpse, she couldn't help but sneer, and before she could finish speaking, out of the corner of her eye she suddenly spotted Qi Wenshan's corpse in an inconspicuous spot, her voice trembling as she exclaimed in panic:

"'How could this be, how could this happen, Mountain God, how could the Mountain God die here—doesn't he have heavenly powers?'"

De Ben also noticed Qi Wenshan's corpse, turning his head to look at Zhang Chengyong beside him, astonished: 'Chengyong, was it you who killed that villain Qi Wenshan?'

"'Father, Chengyong, are you both alright?'"

Just as Zhang Chengyong was answering that Qi Wenshan's death had nothing to do with him, he heard from outside the Mountain God Temple his older brother's voice and a clamor of footsteps; outside the square there were line after line of torches like a long dragon.

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The next second.

Zhang Chengze took the lead, walking in from outside the Mountain God Temple; seeing De Ben and the three in the courtyard, he immediately let out a sigh of relief and said: "Father, are you alright?"

De Ben opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but when the words reached his lips he didn't know how to answer.

"'Alright?'"

"'How could it be alright?'"

"'But if we say there's something wrong... he hasn't suffered any injury.'"

"'All we can say is that it was a scare without harm!'"

"'Father, you might not know, just now Mother woke us up, saying you appeared in her dream, telling her to bring our whole family to flee Zhang Family Village; before she could ask you what was going on, you vanished from her dream, which scared Mother and our whole family half to death...'"

Before Zhang Chengze finished speaking, a startled cry came from beside him: 'Is there a corpse over there?'

Hearing that, the words Zhang Chengze had about to say were swallowed back; those who came with him were all members of Zhang Family Village's defense team, sturdy fellows one after another, they all looked up and at once saw Qi Wenshan's corpse; seeing the horrifying wound on his chest they jumped, but quickly realized the corpse belonged to Qi Wenshan.

"'Master Qi, didn't he already go home? How could he be here?'"

Zhang Chengze's face was full of doubt; he turned his head to look at De Ben and asked: "Father, what's going on?"

"'It's like this...'"

De Ben looked at both Zhang Chengze and the Zhang Family Village defense team members, all wearing curious expressions, not understanding why Qi Wenshan's corpse would appear in the Mountain God Temple.

He recounted the whole story in detail to everyone.

After a long while, Zhang Chengze finished listening to De Ben's narration, his face grim, he glared at Zhang Guilian, his eyes full of barely concealed anger, and said angrily:

"'Father, are you saying that my second aunt—no, that Zhang Guilian colluded with Qi Wenshan to scheme against you?'"

(End of chapter)