Chapter 10: The Chu Family That Isn't for the Chu Clan Members

After hearing his subordinate's words, Lu Shuyun's face instantly darkened.

Two Rank - 9 martial artists, one Rank - 8 martial artist, and over a hundred martial artists around Rank - 3 couldn't even kill a useless prince.

Not only did the assassination fail, but all of them were left behind and none of them returned.

The more Lu Shuyun thought about it, the angrier he became. He flew into a rage and slapped the table with his palm. The bowls, pots and other things on the table were instantly shattered by the shock.

"Useless! All of you are useless!"

He really couldn't figure out how this could have failed.

They had found out exactly how many people the King of the North had when he went north. The only ones with relatively strong strength were Chu Yuqin and Li Feng.

Apart from these two, there were not even a few Rank - 5 martial artists in that group.

Yet, the Blood Moon Tower actually failed!

They could even fail at this!

What on earth do the assassins of the Blood Moon Tower eat? What's the use of them!

With two Rank - 9 martial artists, even if they couldn't do anything about Chu Yuqin, one of them could have held Chu Yuqin back while the other dealt with that useless prince.

But they just failed!

Now, the Blood Moon Tower actually has the nerve to ask them for compensation?

They can't even kill a useless prince and they still want compensation?

After venting most of his anger, Lu Shuyun calmed down a bit. He asked expressionlessly, "Has the Blood Moon Tower found out why their operation failed this time?"

The man kneeling on the ground immediately replied, "Your Highness, when the Blood Moon Tower sent people to investigate, they found that the bodies of some of their members had been charred." When Lu Chen and the others left, they buried all the bodies of their own people, while the bodies of some of the Blood Moon Tower's assassins were piled up and burned.

Although it took some time, Chu Yuqin thought it was necessary, especially for the two people killed by Lu Chen.

Martial artists can judge how a person died from the wounds on the dead body. In order to prevent the Blood Moon Tower from discovering how they died, Chu Yuqin used this method of directly destroying the corpses.

Hearing the subordinate's report, Lu Shuyun became even more furious. It was bad enough that the mission failed, but they didn't even know how their people died.

At this time, the subordinate beside Lu Shuyun said, "Your Highness, this subordinate suspects that there is a Grandmaster - level expert hidden in the King of the North's motorcade."

Hearing his subordinate's speculation, Lu Shuyun's mind went blank for a moment. Then he fell silent, and the expression on his face kept changing.

After a while, a fierce and hateful look flashed in Lu Shuyun's eyes. "If that's the case, then this useless person should disappear from this world even more."

The subordinate beside him said again, "Your Highness, don't worry. Our people have already arrived in the Northern Prefecture. Even if he has a Grandmaster - level expert protecting him, over time, they will also become lax."

Lu Shuyun didn't say anything more. Now he could only wait slowly.

Fortunately, he had left a backup plan.

Lu Shuyun looked up at the window and said to himself, "My dear brother, I hope you can be this lucky forever!"

... At the same time, in the capital, almost all the people with status and position knew about the failure of the assassination by the Blood Moon Tower. No one knew who spread the news.

The Imperial Palace.

The Imperial Garden.

The Emperor Xia looked at the news sent back by the Shadow Guards and felt a little incredulous. In front of the Emperor Xia sat a white - haired old man. Seeing the Emperor Xia's surprised expression as he looked at the note in his hand, the old man asked, "Your Majesty, what has happened?"

The Emperor Xia came back to his senses and then tore up the note in his hand. "I didn't expect that there might actually be a Grandmaster beside the Ninth Prince. The Chu family really has deep pockets!"

Hearing this, the old man in front of the Emperor Xia was stunned for a moment.

The Emperor Xia continued, "National Preceptor, do you think the Chu family sincerely wants to support the Ninth Prince, or are they deliberately diverting attention?"

The old man in front of the Emperor Xia was Situ Ce, the pillar of the Great Xia Dynasty and also the national preceptor of the Great Xia Dynasty. He often gave advice to the Emperor Xia.

Regarding the Emperor Xia's question, Situ Ce pondered for a moment and then replied, "Your servant believes that this is the personal behavior of Chu Xiong and does not represent the will of the entire Chu family."

The Emperor Xia smiled and said, "Oh? Why does the National Preceptor think so?"

Situ Ce replied, "The Northern Prefecture is a bitter and cold place. Even if the King of the North arrives in the Northern Prefecture, it will be very difficult for him to develop it, let alone recruit soldiers, buy horses and accumulate strength.

"The Chu family is not a family for the Chu clan members. They are unlikely to support a prince who has completely lost his chance of seizing the throne under such circumstances. However, Chu Xiong is different. Chu Xiong is the King of the North's grandfather, and there is still a blood relationship between them.

"So your servant thinks that Chu Xiong sent people to protect him because the King of the North is his grandson, not because of the interests of the Chu family."

Hearing Situ Ce's words, the Emperor Xia stood up from the stone bench and laughed heartily, "What the National Preceptor said is quite interesting. The Chu family is not a family for the Chu clan members. Hahaha, this reminds me of myself. This Great Xia is also not my Great Xia!"

The Chu family has been tied to the forces in Jiangnan, so the Chu family is impossible to blindly support a prince who has no hope of seizing the throne. If they must do so, it will conflict with those forces, and then the Chu family may fall apart.

So it is said that the Chu family is not a family for the Chu clan members.

And the Emperor Xia also thought of himself because of Situ Ce's words.

The Chu family can't do what they want. He, the emperor, is the same. Whatever he wants to do will also be constrained by various forces, especially the major aristocratic families, including the Chu family! The Duke Mu's Mansion.

Seeing the letter sent by carrier pigeon in his hand, Mu Changtian's hand trembled a little.

This letter was sent back by Li Feng. It described the ambush by the Blood Moon Tower assassins they encountered.

When Mu Changtian saw in the letter that the Blood Moon Tower had sent two Rank - 9 martial artists and one Rank - 8 martial artist, he thought that something had really happened to the King of the North.

But at the end of the letter, Li Feng told him that a mysterious expert had appeared and dealt with the two Rank - 9 experts of the Blood Moon Tower.

This made Mu Changtian a little curious.

A mysterious expert?

Who sent someone to protect the King of the North?

Could the mysterious expert be from the imperial palace?

Thinking of this, Mu Changtian's eyes looked in the direction of the imperial palace. But soon he rejected this idea.

The Emperor Xia didn't regard the King of the North as his child at all. He even thought that the King of the North was a stain on his life. How could he send someone to protect him?

...

At the same time.

Lu Chen and the others had set off again.

In the next month, Lu Chen didn't encounter any assassinations.

This was mainly due to a certain rumor in the capital.

Now people all think that there is a Grandmaster protecting Lu Chen. With a Grandmaster around, those forces won't be stupid enough to send people to assassinate him. Of course, people don't think that the Grandmaster will always be by Lu Chen's side to protect him. There aren't many Grandmaster - level experts in the entire Great Xia. How could they always protect a useless prince?

In people's opinion, at most, the Grandmaster will protect the King of the North until he reaches the Northern Prefecture and then leave.