A full moon loomed in the floating clouds.
The old man of the academy walked hurriedly along the road, and his face was bright and dark with the hidden moonlight.
Survival in this world is difficult, and the disappearance of a compounder is a common occurrence. Rich life experience told the academy family old, generally speaking, this kind of inexplicable disappearance often means death.
But anyone could die, but he, Jia Jinsheng, could not! Especially not to die here at the Ancient Moon Cottage.
He had a special identity, his father was the Jia Family Elder, and his brother was Jia Fu, a Compassion Master of the Fourth Turning.
The fourth turn of the Compassionate Master, has a golden true essence, and a majestic battle power. In the entire Ancient Moon clan, only the patriarch was a fourth turn, and could rival him. All the other family elders were only at the third turn.
The Jia Clan Patriarch's cultivation was even as high as the fifth turn, and under his leadership, the Jia Clan had prospered over the years, and was already a large-scale clan, occupying all of the resources of a mountain with a large number of clansmen. Compared to it, the Ancient Moon Mountain Fortress was nothing more than a medium-sized one.
Once the two sides went to war, the Ancient Moon cottage would definitely fall into a disadvantage.
More critically, if this matter was spread, the reputation of the Ancient Moon Clan would be tarnished as well. Many other caravans would choose their routes carefully. If the Gu Yue Mountain Walled City did not have the trade exchanges of the merchant caravans, the excess local resources could not be sold, and the demanded foreign resources could not be purchased, and after a long period of time, it would inevitably decline.
"This matter is not trivial, ah, if not handled well, it's a big disaster!" The Academy Family Elder was worried and quickly rushed to the Family Master's Pavilion.
As soon as he stepped into the council hall of the Family Master's Pavilion, the Schoolhouse Elder felt the atmosphere dull and heavy.
On the main seat sat the contemporary Ancient Moon Patriarch, Ancient Moon Bo. The short and fat Jia Fu, on the other hand, stood in the center of the hall with five or six attendants in an accusatory manner.
Under the illumination of the bright lights, numerous family elders stood beside the seats, their heavy faces clearly visible.
Jia Fu was a fourth-rotation Compass Master, and he didn't even sit down, so naturally, these family elders didn't dare to sit down since they were only third-rotation.
This was the intimidating power of a fourth turn Compass Master.
It was also a form of reverence for power.
"Greetings ..." The academy family elder was just about to salute when Patriarch Gu Yue Bo reached out his hand to stop him.
Gu Yue Bo, whose temples were graying, was rubbing his temples with his fingers at this moment, with a distressed look on his face, "Not much more to say about things, the family's academy has always been under your charge, let me ask you, where is Gu Yue Fang Yuan?"
The academy family elder was shocked in his heart, secretly wondering how this matter got involved with that brat Fang Yuan again.
On his lips, he replied respectfully, "At this hour now, he should be practicing in the dormitory of the academy."
The patriarch sighed, "Now Brother Jia strongly suspects that his brother Jia Jinsheng's disappearance is related to Gu Yue Fang Yuan. I order you to go immediately and make sure to bring Fang Yuan."
The academy family elder's heart fluttered, "Yes!"
Knowing the seriousness of the matter, he hurriedly saluted, turned around and left.
"Brother Jia, that Fang Yuan will be brought right away, take a seat." Gu Yue Bo pointed to the seat beside him and said to Jia Fu.
Jia Fu let out a bitter smile and clasped his fists to Gu Yue Bo, "My apologies to Brother Gu Yue! Mister Jia is really anxious at this time, now it's been a few days since I've seen my virtuous brother, I'm afraid he's in a bad way. I really can't sit still."
There are some things that can only be seen and understood when they are lost.
It was only these days that Jia Fu reacted to why his father had arranged for Jia Jinsheng, a drag, to lead the caravan with him.
It was to examine his heart, to see if he could focus on kinship while suppressing, and at the same time take care of Jia Jinsheng, his younger brother.
Now if Jia Jinsheng died, what would his father think of him, Jia Fu?
Once he thoroughly realized this, he immediately launched an investigation in the merchant caravan, and quickly targeted the Gu Yue mountain fortress.
Almost non-stop, he rushed back.
Now that he was standing in the center of the lobby without taking a seat, he was trying to create the momentum of being determined to win and to raise an accusation. This was both to put pressure on the Gu Yue clan, and also to return to the Jia Clan in the future to give an account to his father.
"Reporting to the patriarch, Fang Yuan has been brought here." Soon, the academy family elder brought Fang Yuan, to the lobby.
"Ancient Moon Fang Yuan meets the Patriarch, meet Lord Jia Fu, meet all the family elders." With an indifferent face, Fang Yuan followed suit and bowed.
"Is it him?" Jia Fu sized up Fang Yuan with cold eyes while asking a female Compassion Master by his side.
This female compounder was the same one from whom Fang Yuan had purchased the Purple Gold Stone when he entered the gambling stone quarry.
"It's him! There is absolutely no mistake." The female compounder looked at Fang Yuan with a burning gaze and said with certainty.
Jia Fu nodded, and in an instant his gaze was like two sword blades, cutting fiercely at Fang Yuan. However, he did not open his mouth directly to interrogate, this was the Gu Yue cottage, he had to give the Gu Yue patriarch a face.
So he looked towards the seated Gu Yue Clan Chief.
The face of the Gu Yue Patriarch was very grave, he knew that just now, Jia Fu deliberately had a loud conversation with the female compounder, in addition to ascertaining Fang Yuan's identity, he also had the purpose of pressurizing himself.
The subtext was to caution the Gu Yue Clan Chief - you see I already have evidence in my hands, I have a fair amount of certainty, so you'd better not overly defend your own clan.
This more or less made the Ancient Moon Clan Chief a little disgruntled, thinking: ''You Jia Fu losing your brother was originally your mistake. Now you come to our Ancient Moon Clan to aggressively raise the offense, is our Ancient Moon Clan so easy to bully? My Ancient Moon Clan knows right from wrong and is reasonable, but don't mistake this for weakness!"
Thinking of this, he didn't interrogate Fang Yuan directly, but instead said sternly to that female Compass Master, "You can see clearly. I am not afraid to tell you the truth, this Fang Yuan has a twin brother who looks extremely similar to him. Are you sure it's really him?"
The female Compassion Master was only at the 1st turn cultivation level, and under Gu Yue Bo's aura, she immediately showed hesitation and nervousness.
Jia Fu frowned and took a step forward to block Gu Yue Bo's line of sight for her. Arching his hand, he said, "Brother Gu Yue, I, Jia, have always respected the Gu Yue clan. Especially the Ancient Moon Clan's first and fourth generation patriarchs, both of these sages were Fifth Revolutions powerhouses. One started with nothing and cut through the thorns to create the century-old foundation of the Ancient Moon Walled City. A benevolent hero who sacrificed himself in defense of his homeland deserves to be honored. Brother Gu Yue as the clan leader, I have great faith that you will rule impartially, please also interrogate this Fang Yuan."
Seeing his tone soften, Gu Yue Bo then nodded, in fact, he had already made up his mind in his heart.
If this was Fang Yuan's doing, then hand him over. Anyway, a mere C grade, it wouldn't hurt to hand him over. As long as this conflict could be dispelled, it would be fine.
If in case it was Fang Zheng who did this, then it must also be determined that it was this Fang Yuan. Fang Zheng was a Grade A genius, the only one in three years. The family hierarchy was still counting on vigorously cultivating him up so as to counteract that Bai Clan Walled City's Bai Ning Bing.
"Fang Yuan, don't be nervous." Patriarch Gu Yue revealed a kind smile and said to Fang Yuan in a gentle tone, "Let me ask you, do you know anything about that Jia Jinsheng?"
"Who is Jia Jinsheng?" Fang Yuan lifted his eyelids, his voice calm.
"He lies!" As soon as Fang Yuan's words fell, the female compounder from the casino gave a shrill cry.
The people in the council hall, hearing this shrill cry, all frowned in unison and looked at her.
The female compounder pointed her finger at Fang Yuan with an agitated expression, "It's him, it's him! He gambled at our casino, bought six purple gold stones, and opened a mangy toad in the fifth stone. Duke Jia saw it and purchased it from him for five hundred Yuan Stones. This matter impressed me so deeply that I won't forget it even after a year or two. And it wasn't just me who saw this, all the other compatriots in the casino saw it."
"Is that what it looks like?"..." the smile on Patriarch Gu Yue Bo's face suddenly disappeared, and with a stern face, he trailed off his tone to look at Fang Yuan.
Only then did Fang Yuan nod his head, a trace of nervousness involuntarily appearing on his face, and then acting as if he was in a daze, he said, "So it's him. Well, if he is Jia Jinsheng, I do know him. But then again, I haven't seen him since that time at the casino."
"He's lying again!" This time, it wasn't the female Compassionist, but a male Compassionist who screamed out on the spot.
Fang Yuan gazed at him as if he had just recognized him, and a flash of astonishment appeared on his face, then he tried his best to hide it.
These changes in his demeanor were reflected in the eyes of the people present.
The crowd instantly became thoughtful.
"My lords, my youngest works at the wine store." The male compounder first cupped his fists and bowed to all of them before violently reaching out and pointing at Fang Yuan, "I clearly saw that night in the wine store that it was he who was sitting with Duke Jia Jinsheng, and the two of them had been having a close conversation for a long time!"
When these words came out, the hall was flooded with small murmurs.
The academy patriarch gazed at Fang Yuan with a gaze as cold as ice.
On the other hand, Patriarch Gu Yue Bo leaned back slightly and slowly leaned on the back of his wide chair.
"How is it possible!" An obvious nervous look surfaced on Fang Yuan's face as he hurriedly said, "There are so many people in the wine store, how could you possibly recognize me alone? You might have misrecognized me yourself!"
"Haha, I would never recognize me wrongly." The male compounder threw back his head and laughed, his eyes burning as he stared at Fang Yuan, at this moment he felt extremely imposing.
"Not to mention the fact that when Duke Jia Jinsheng comes to our wine store, we have to take care of him carefully at all times. Even if it wasn't Duke Jia Jinsheng, I would still recognize you. Because you gave me too deep an impression!"
Speaking here, he raised his eyebrows, filled with a smug look, "Do you remember, you came to our wine store that very morning, and you asked for a cup of Monkey's Wine, but only took a sip. Then you released the wine bug and fed it the rest of the monkey wine. When I saw the wine worm, I was very excited and acquired it from you, but you didn't sell it and turned around and left!"
"Good, it was your words that were wanted." Fang Yuan laughed coldly in his heart, but his face showed shock,, and he couldn't help but take a step backwards.
"Wine worm!" The School House Elder standing behind Fang Yuan's back immediately saw a light in his eyes.
However, he quickly frowned again and couldn't help but ask, "Fang Yuan, where did you get this wine worm from?"
Fang Yuan clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and did not answer.
The surrounding family elders suddenly became furious and shouted lowly.
"Fang Yuan, do you realize that you have gotten into big trouble!"
"Speak up, what the hell is going on here?"
"Confess all that you know. This wine bug, is it Jia Jinsheng's?"
"How could it be his? This wine worm was clearly opened by me!" Fang Yuan fiercely raised his head, his expression agitated, as if he couldn't bear such injustice, and with indignation, he shouted out loudly.