23 Tang Family’s Reaction (1/2)

Jun Xie knew that both he and Tang Yuan would’ve landed in enemy’s hands if the enemy’s plan had been successful. It wouldn’t have made a great difference to the Tang family as they had other successors besides Tang Yuan. However, Jun Mo Xie was the sole successor of the Jun family.

Meng Haizou had put those treasures as wager against Jun Mo Xie’s promise to fulfil his request. No one knew how the matter would’ve ended if Meng Haizou had won; even though it was only a ‘request’. Moreover, the request had been made to a debauchee like Jun Mo Xie who didn’t know how to judge the severity of a situation. In fact, Jun Mo Xie wouldn’t have been aware that he had caused a disaster. He wouldn’t even be concerned about the whole matter since he would’ve counted upon his grandfather to take care of the situation.

However, what would’ve happened if Grandpa Jun’s authority had fallen into the hands of other people? Then, it wouldn’t have made any difference even if Grandpa Jun was willing to severe his relationship with his grandson. What would the generals under him choose? It would’ve been a disaster if even a few of them were to hesitate.

Suddenly, Jun Xie started to feel a need to increase his resources and capabilities. He had the fine experiences and knowledge from his past life. However, the incident in the Thousand Gold Hall was an indication that he needed to brush up his skills even further.

The first thing that he needed to work on was political awareness since he had greatly lacked this skill in his previous life. In fact, the knowledge about this topic wouldn’t have held much importance to him if he was still a solitary assassin. But now, he needed this knowledge in order to protect the people he cared for from any kind of danger. The stability of this great family couldn’t be maintained without the detailed knowledge of politics.

This didn’t mean that he was required to become an official and needed to participate in the political struggles in the royal court. However, he needed to have a detailed knowledge about the political struggles between the other people in the court.

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Grandpa Jun returned home at noon. He had bumped into Tang Yuan’s grandfather – Tang Wanli on his way. Tang Wanli was leading a huge group of warriors on a horseback down the great street at that time. Then, he had turned north. It had seemed that he was on his way to destroy some unlucky fellows…

The residences of the great families – like the Li and Meng families – were located in the north. Tang Wanli’s face had looked as dark as a black pot, and his eyes had been burning with fury. Grandpa Jun had been immensely happy to see this. [It’s been a long while since this old goat has been so mad at someone. Who could’ve thought that the peaceful Old Tang would become so furious all of a sudden? It doesn’t matter who his target is. But, I’m certainly looking forward to a great show.]

However, Grandpa Jun didn’t know that the mastermind behind this entire drama was his own grandson – Jun Mo Xie.

He had asked Old Tang in a curious manner, ”Brother Tang, where are you going in such a hurry? Why are you so serious? Can it be that someone has stolen your soon-to-be granddaughter-in-law? Just look at the expressions on your face… hahahaha…” Grandpa Jun had spoken these words as a joke. However, he didn’t know that what he had said was indeed true…

”You old foggy Jun! You cheap bastard! You aren’t as pure as the driven snow either. I’ll come back and deal with you myself. Let me first take care of the Li and Meng families.” Old Tang then blew his white beard and whipped his horse. His horse started to advance forward at a fast speed. Old Tang knew that Jun Zhan Tian’s grandson Jun Mo Xie was as despicable as his own grandson Tang Yuan. However, he had emerged to be a winner, while his grandson had fallen into such an unfortunate situation. Old Tang suspected that there was a mastermind behind Jun Mo Xie. Otherwise, that dimwit couldn’t have had such an advantage over those guys. And, who could’ve been the great mastermind other than Grandpa Jun? Moreover, this Jun Zhan Tian had now dared to make fun of him on his face. Therefore, Old Tang’s temper had blown out of proportion.

Jun Zhan Tian was dumbstruck. He was left standing in a confused state of mind. [What did Old Tang mean by that? He just cursed me for no reason at all. He didn’t even explain what was going on.] Suddenly, he spat and said, ”So, you’re offended with the Li and Meng families. Then, why did you drag me in your scuffle? When dogs bite one another… their mouths become full of gross hair.”

Old Tang was being followed by his grandson – Tang Yuan. His eyes were full of misery, and his face had turned red with shame. Tang Yuan’s father had been sitting in the family hall when he had returned home. He had cried out loud as soon as he had seen his father, and had asked his parents for their help. His father had been so scared that he had almost fell-off his chair. Tang Yuan had then realized that his grandfather had also been present in the room this entire time.