178 Brother (1/2)

Meng Mingshi and Shangguan Yushi were actually lovers. This fact was extremely shocking.

Gu Shenwei was shocked. Many doubts were finally resolved. He felt that he was really dense as he could not figure out their relationship earlier. However, it wasn't Gu Shenwei's fault as he hadn't been in such a relationship before so he couldn't understand such a subtle feeling.

Meng Mingshi and Shangguan Ru were like water and fire as they would quarrel whenever they met. However, Meng Mingshi was always courteous to Shangguan Yushi. Fifth Young Master Meng liked Master Yu ever since their first meeting. Thus, he would assist her discreetly. This was why Shangguan Yushi dared to kill the machetemen from the Horned Dragon Society without fear of revenge.

The lives of the machetemen were insignificant to the nobles in North City. It would be all worthwhile if they could make a beautiful woman smile.

As for the death of Marquis Gao, Gu Shenwei finally understood the reason behind it. The poor Marquis had known about their relationship, so he used that fact to extort money. Even though Shangguan Yushi gave him the money, the money didn't belong to her. Instead, it belonged to the Mengs. Hence, Marquis Gao was killed when he extorted money for the second time.

Shangguan Ru didn't think so much. She held onto her saber. Her face was red and her black pupils dilated. She paused for a long time and finally said, ”You're lying.”

Meng Mingshi fished out a jade pendant and showed it to Shangguan Ru.

The pendant was carved into a shape of a deer. Apart from its green eyes, the pendant was white in color. However, it didn't seem particularly precious.

Shangguan Ru flinched as though she was struck by a sledgehammer. She stared at the pendant for a long time before taking out her own pendent.

The two jade pendants appeared to be almost exactly the same.

For a moment, tears welled up in her eyes and she was about to cry. Then, she withdrew her emotions, kept the pendant, raised her saber and said, ”Impossible. You must have stolen it. If not, you must have made one. Master Yu couldn't ...”

Meng Mingshi dropped his arms and stared at Shangguan Yushi's corpse. His deep emotions could even be felt by the most ruthless killer.

”Nothing is impossible. All of you, who lived in the Stone Castle, always thought that she should be Tenth Young Master's follower since her birth. However, she was much smarter than you and was more qualified to be the Young Master. We had set up a perfect plan and we almost succeeded.”

”Plan?” Shangguan Ru repeated and her hand, which held her saber, started to tremble.

”Horned Dragon Society was established because of her, so that we could play a realistic game with you. Meanwhile, we can get rid of those whom we disliked such as Slave Huan. Then, we would think of a way to send you back to Stone Castle. I will control Horned Dragon Society and she will control Kun Society. Both of us will start our career. By then, no one will claim that I'm a useless wastrel and she has a lowly status...”

”Shut up!” Shangguan Ru shouted. Her tears dropped uncontrollably. She said, ”Master Yu won't betray me.”

”She certainly won't betray you. She needs you but she feels that you are still too young and not suitable for the job. Hence, she wants to expand the society on your behalf. She'll return a powerful Kun society, which could terrorize the Western Region back to you when she got married into the Meng family.”

Shangguan Ru couldn't believe his words and her mind was in a whirl. She was reminded of Master Yu's sweet nothings, ”She said that she didn't want to get married.”

Meng Mingshi looked at the lifeless face of Shangguan Yushi with affection and replied, ”She said she regretted making such an oath.”

Shangguan Ru stumbled back into a chair and sat down powerlessly. She dropped her saber and curled up, behaving as though she was a little girl who was abandoned by her parents. She mumbled, ”Impossible.” Suddenly, she jumped up and shouted, ”If it isn't you, then who killed Master Yu?”

Meng Mingshi seemed to have just thought about this issue. His eyes looked hesitant. He then pointed at Slave Huan and said, ”It is him. It must have been his doing.”

Shangguan Ru was totally confused. She asked without much thinking, ”Is it you? Did you kill her because of the deep hatred between both of you?”

”It's not me. I can't command that many machetemen.”

Gu Shen could already guess who was the mastermind but he didn't have the power to reveal the truth.

Shangguan Ru finally realized that Meng Mingshi's allegations were too far-fetched. As there was no way an ordinary killer would be able to command dozens of machetemen, she said, ”Those machetemen were from the Horned Dragon Society.”

”I can't figure it out. There is a chance that they're members of the society, but I hadn't given out any order and no macheteman had admitted to it. I have sent some men to check it out and there hasn't been any news as of now. If I can't find out what has happened, I'll kill all of them.”

Meng Mingshi was not a qualified master. When Shangguan Yushi died, he would only drink to his sorrow and didn't formulate a plan for revenge.

Both of them were deep in thought and were thinking hard about this matter.

Shangguan Ru knew nothing so it was acceptable if she couldn't understand. However, Meng Mingshi had plenty of clues. Gu Shenwei wanted to crack open his skull and put the idea straight into his brain.

”I get it,” Meng Mingshi said as he had finally gotten rid of the influence of drunkenness and sadness. Meng Mingshi finally understood what was going on. He exclaimed, ”It's your brother. Shangguan Fei's order!”

Shangguan Ru stared at Meng Mingshi like a fool. Just when she was about to rebut, Tuo Nengya's voice was heard from outside, ”Who are you?”

”Golden Roc Fort,” a cold voice replied.