Chapter 361: Painstaking Investigation (1/2)

Chapter 361: Painstaking Investigation

Translator: TYZEditor: X/TYZ

The residence of the Fu Family was filled with anguished wails.

The dining hall was messy and chaotic. Casualties could be found everywhere. The impact of the servant’s self-destruction was not that large, but the incident had happened too suddenly. Being caught off guard caused devastating losses.

It merely took tens of seconds for merriment to turn into bereavement.

The one who suffered the greatest loss was Madam Ye.

With a sorrowful pale-white face, she kneeled beside the body of the old woman. She used trembling fingers to close the old woman’s wide glaring eyes. This was the first time Madam Ye had come so close to death. She was literally a few steps away from death. If not for her loyal old servant using her body to protect her, Madam Ye would also be lying in a pool of blood right now.

She stared at the body of the old woman as her eyes filled with intense grief. The old woman had followed Madam Ye for many years and had gained her trust. Madam Ye treated her as part of her family.

The death of a Master dealt a huge blow to Madam Ye’s strength.

”Give her an honorable burial,” Madam Ye said to a servant in a low voice.

Madam Ye stood up from the ground. There were a lot of things that she needed to do. The Fu Family had just pledged their allegiance to her and immediately received such a huge blow. The Fu Family’s confidence was definitely wavering.

Madam Ye was sure that the Fu Family did not know anything about the surprise attack on their residence. This was because most of the casualties were members of the Fu Family.

Even Fu Huaien, who had been near Madam Ye, was severely injured by the impact of the explosion.

The Fu Family had suffered a crippling loss and might not be able to recover from this setback.

She could not let the Fu Family collapse just like this.

The quest for talent needed a vast amount of effort and resources. If the first family to pledge allegiance to her collapsed just like this, how would the other families still dare to join her?

Madam Ye shuttled to and fro among the casualties. She arranged medical treatment for them and maintained order in the hall. Very quickly, even though the number of casualties did not decrease, everyone’s morale had soon been elevated. Fear and panic had been subdued.

Prince walked over and patted Ai Hui’s shoulder. ”Good job!”

Ai Hui returned to his senses and understood that Prince was referring to blocking the recent assassination attempt. ”It’s nothing. It’s my duty to do so,” Ai Hui replied.

Jiu Gui nodded his head in approval at Ai Hui as well.

If anything was to happen to Madam Ye, both of them would be severely punished. Madam Ye and the Grass Hall had a deep relationship. Since they had been in the Grass Hall for a much longer period than Ai Hui, they naturally knew more things.

Ai Hui scanned his surroundings as his mind filled with suspicion and doubt.

Why was One Thousand Yuan in Silver City? What exactly did One Thousand Yuan want?

To assassinate Madam Ye? Ai Hui did not think so.

The assassination attempt was abnormally brief and precise. No matter how one looked at it, it was meticulously planned. Not only did it cause Madam Ye to lose an expert, it almost ended her life as well.

However, for some reason, Ai Hui felt that there was something wrong.

He calmed himself down and slowly sorted out his thinking process. It was during the daytime that Madam decided to come to the Fu Family’s residence. The assassination attempt took place on the night of the same day. This meant that One Thousand Yuan had approximately half a day’s time to prepare for this assassination attempt, unless she had already been hiding in the Fu family and the assassination opportunity just happened to present itself.

However, Ai Hui felt that the possibility of this happening was too low.

If this was not the cause, then that meant One Thousand Yuan had the support of a local family who was powerful and influential. Only a powerful and influential local family could obtain the news of Madam Ye’s visit and infiltrate the Fu Family in such a short period of time.

Could it be the Ling Residence?

Logically speaking, the Ling Residence was the main suspect. It would not be unusual for this assassination attempt to be part of their revenge against the humiliation and losses they had just suffered. However, Ai Hui still felt that something was amiss about this conjecture.

Suddenly, Ai Hui thought of the assassination attempt on Ling Xiao. His body froze as he seemed to catch on to something.

The assassination attempt on Lin Xiao was the flashpoint for the animosity between the Ye Residence and the Ling Residence.

Assassination attempt on Lin Xiao… Assassination attempt on Lin Xiao…

Ai Hui caught ahold of the main point. Was the assassination attempt on Lin Xiao planned by One Thousand Yuan? When this idea flashed across Ai Hui’s mind, his mind jolted abruptly. If this was the case, then many things could now be explained.

The Ling Residence was the representative for aristocratic families, while Madam Ye was the representative of the Great Elder and the Elders Guild. A fight between these two parties would cause the Avalon of Five Elements an immense loss of strength.

Weakening the Avalon of Five Elements was something that the Blood of God had always wanted to do.

However, other than causing Madam Ye to lose an expert, the assassination attempt this time around did not yield very many results. Furthermore, the assassination attempt also exposed the Blood of God’s involvement in this incident. Everyone could identify the blood poison used in the attack.

Revealing the existence of the Blood of God’s spies in Silver City would caused One Thousand Yuan more harm than good.

Unless…

At this moment, he heard Jiu Gui yell, ”Be careful, the enemy has not left yet!”

Everyone, including Ai Hui, became tense!

Despicable!

The enemy pretended to leave the area and hid in one corner, waiting for the right opportunity to strike again.

Jiu Gui spat out a cloud of wine mist. A horseman emerged from the wine mist and charged toward the corner of the room. Suddenly, in the previously empty corner, a few figures appeared out of thin air.

When the infiltrators realized that they were exposed, two of them charged at the wine mist horseman and the rest split into two groups that started attacking everyone.

The situation immediately became dangerous.

Most of the injured were lying on the ground. Everyone’s attention was placed on treating the wounded. The sudden outbreak of fighting sent everyone into a panic.