Chapter 883 - Worshiping At A Buddhist Temple (2/2)

The seven monks were indifferent to the thankful words of the Governor of the Western Regions Gu Shenwei and the Unique King also redo paused for a while, as if he was also chanting When he spoke again, his voice becah his voluo, the envoy of the Central Plains, Lord Ma, was assassinated while on a incognito visit in Jade City After that, all sides made some unwise moves”

The words ”unwisethe past three days

Ma Lian and his personal guards had been killed on the border between southern Jade City and northern Jade City, and the assassin had also been killed afterwards This event had caused a sensation to ripple through Jade City As the supreions by the Central Plains, Wei Song had immediately ordered the ar that Jade City hand over the one behind the assassination

But Jade City didn't currently have a lord Noovernor was Mo Chu, as a Norlander However, he had beentime Golden Roc Castle was the de facto ruler of the city, but Golden Roc Castle denied responsibility for the assassination and clai Moon Hall were the ones responsible

All the sabersmen of the Heavenly Mountain Sect, ere under the control of the Golden Roc Castle, took action It turned out that they had never slacked off in their surveillance of Jade City On the first day alone, ence network that Xu Xiaoyi had been working so hard to build was destroyed And he himself had only narrowly escaped And then it was said that so Moon Hall had been beheaded in public

Since the ar between the Dragon Army in the south and the Golden Roc Army in the north, and they had thus advanced towards each other, as if they would have a final shon

Not only had Gu Shenwei mobilized his army, but he had also sent his killers into southern Jade City to fight with the Heavenly Mountain Sect, and he had gotten assistance from Central Plains fu experts under the Dragon King's co An, but they actually only answered to the Dragon King and Prince Xiao, and even Wei Song had no right to interfere

Even so, the two sides were not evenly matched Golden Roc Castle and the Heavenly Mountain Sect had a very solid foundation in Jade City, and they held an advantage in time, terrain, troops nue, the only option that Gu Shenwei had was to dispatch the ardom

Many innocent people had been involved in the conflicts between the two sides There had been nearly two hundred casualties during the past three days, more than half of ere unfortunate civilians without any kung fu skills to speak of

It was at that tiainst pointless killing, and she had been acting in unison with all of the organizations in different ways since the beginning of the year They had written letters to the four ar that the arh the aranizations had never stopped petitioning On Gu Shenwei's desk, there were at least fifteen letters, the contents of which were exactly the same, and the na the signatures of every one of those letters

Shangguan Ru had given the Kun Society to the Four noble Truths Temple All the members of the Kun Society, both the ferance and the former apprentice killers of the Golden Roc Castle, had sworn oaths before the statue of the Guanyin Bodhisattva that they would never kill anyone unless their lives were threatened

The Kun Society's appeal for a ceasefire hadn't made any difference, and several of its hts, which was the very reason why the monks of the Four noble Truths Temple had intervened

An eminent Central-Plains monk, who had co a visit and his words worked like a charinal position and the two ar each other with hostility, were isolated again Wei Song canceled the note concerning the arrest of the mastermind and invited the leaders of the other three arht, the chaotic battle had come to an end Both sides made achievements but also suffered losses: the Heavenly Mountain Sect had naturally taken control of Jade City from Golden Roc Castle and become a indisputably powerful force, but not every part of the city was under its control - at a high cost, the killers sent by Gu Shenwei had e area in southern Jade City and a small area in northern Jade City, which becaest beneficiary was the Central Plains Without losing a single soldier, Wei Song had ed to subtly tell everybody that the Central Plains was the true owner of Jade City

But in front of the three leaders, Wei Song still appeared indignant After the usual pleasantries, he began to speak in a severe tone ”The envoys represent the dignity of our emperor, which must not be profaned But the Lord Envoy was actually assassinated This issue must be addressed as soon as possible Otherwise, death will come to not only me but also the whole of Jade City as well as all everybody present in this roodouan Fa were having a contest of patience Wei Song continued, ”So, three leaders, I want you to be honest with me on this - do you know the identity of the assassin or not?”

The prince of the Shule Kingdom waited for a while and then had no choice but to be the first one to talk ”In the name of all the Gods in heaven as well as the ancestor of the royal family of Shule, I swear that I, myself, as well as those with status inferior than mine, from the co to do with this assassination”

Shangguan Fa was the second to speak He spoke at a ance in his tone, which made his attitude seem very different from the one he had shohen he was in front of those Buddha statues ”I didn't sent anyone to assassinate the envoy of the Central Plains In fact, Golden Roc Castle didn't get any benefits froon Army didn't benefit from the assassination of the envoy either”

Both of thedo that he had overreacted

Wei Song seemed to be very satisfied, and nodded ”l'm relieved to hear the pros are still not over I've sent a dispatch to the Imperial Court and reported the assassination of the envoy This isany accidents, the Imperial Court will decide to declare war To prevent this disaster fro, we have to find the truth as soon as possible Capture the mastermind, escort him or her to the Central Plains, and then er will subside”

This was a naked threat, but it was a potent one nobody wanted the army of the Central Plains to show up, as that would ruin the balance between thehed briefly ”I think that we have only three days Any later, and the ie it even if we on Army nor the Golden Roc Castle had received any benefits froer to ask Wei Song whether he had been expecting the Central Plains to wage a war against Jade City all along