"What, how could it be Yun Hantian? Has he gone mad!" Long Xiao's face showed disbelief. He found it hard to accept this fact.
After all, the marriage contract between the Long family and the Tianshan Sword Sect was solid. They were in-laws, and Long Xiao had met Yun Hantian a few times. Their conversations had gone quite smoothly.
From their talks, Long Xiao could tell that his in-law, Yun Hantian, was an extraordinary person. Not only was his martial arts profound, but he was also adept at social graces.
To forge a kinship with the Long family, Yun Hantian had even lowered his stance considerably. He had even agreed to have his son, Yun Zhan, teach the flying sword techniques to the Long family, which ultimately sealed the marriage.
Long Xiao couldn't believe that someone as astute as Yun Hantian would do such a thing, especially since the conflict between the two families originated from Yun Zhan's infidelity being exposed!
After such an incident, it was already generous of the Long family not to cause trouble for the Yun family. Yet, members of the Yun family dared to lay hands on Long Lingxin.
Unless Yun Hantian had suddenly lost his mind, there was no way to explain why he would act this way.
"He's not mad, but he has a reason to do so. Two days before Long Lingxin was attacked, Yun Hantian's son, Yun Zhan, was killed!
The killer's methods were extremely skillful, leaving no traces of the crime or any witnesses. And Yun Zhan's cause of death was the flying sword!
Father, Eldest Brother, what I want to know is, were the attacks on Yun Zhan arranged by the two of you?"
Long Ming's tone carried a hint of displeasure as he spoke these words. He was unhappy because he had been kept away from the Long family's inner circle for many matters, leading to his information being incomplete and delayed. This had put him at a disadvantage in a series of investigations.
"No, this old man did not issue that order!" Long Yaotian said.
"Neither did I. Although my daughter was greatly wronged, during those days, I was busy with the Spirit Gathering Array and had no time or energy to manage these matters!
Moreover, even within our Long family, very few people could accomplish such a feat. Without Father's consent, I couldn't mobilize those consecrated guards!"
As Long Xiao said this, a single word flashed through the minds of the father and his two sons: Frame-up!
Someone had deliberately killed Yun Zhan, the most outstanding young man in the Tianshan Sword Sect and Yun Hantian's only son.
For any father, if his only son were killed, he would likely fall into a frenzy! He would definitely seek fierce revenge on the killer!
"Frame-up, murder by proxy. Who is it? What ruthless methods, what brilliant maneuvering!" Long Yaotian murmured.
"Who is this killer? Do you have any suspects?
The person who did this dared to act against our Long family, so they must have a deep-seated grudge, and the power behind them must be immense!"
Facing Long Yaotian's question, everyone fell into thought. After a long while, Long Ming suddenly looked up, a flash of inspiration crossing his mind.
"Father, Eldest Brother, I have a guess!"
"Who?"
"Yan Yu Ge!"
"Yan Yu Ge? Why do you suspect them?"
"Not long ago, Yan Yu Ge's headquarters was attacked by unorthodox practitioners. They were almost wiped out, but at a critical moment, a young man repelled the attackers.
The person orchestrating the unorthodox practitioners' operation was almost captured. Fortunately, Yun Hantian intervened and saved that unorthodox practitioner. However, because of this incident, the collusion between the Tianshan Sword Sect and the unorthodox practitioners was also exposed.
That young man is named Ling Tian. He and the young master of Yan Yu Ge were childhood sweethearts. Tomorrow, I was going to the capital to file a complaint with the alliance. Due to the marriage contract between our two families at the time, I defended the Tianshan Sword Sect in the meeting.
Later, I informed the Tianshan Sword Sect of this matter. Unexpectedly, Yun Hantian sent people to create an air disaster, and Ling Tian also died in the crash..."
Long Ming was quite cunning. He didn't mention that he had instructed the Tianshan Sword Sect to assassinate Ling Tian. He wasn't foolish. If Yan Yu Ge was indeed avenging Ling Tian, then his instigation of the Tianshan Sword Sect to assassinate Ling Tian would be the fuse, and the blame would fall on him.
In any case, Yun Zhan was already dead, and there were no witnesses to corroborate anything. He was unwilling to get himself into trouble.
Upon hearing this, Long Xiao gritted his teeth and said, "Listening to you, the suspicion on Yan Yu Ge is indeed very strong!
These people are elusive, and gathering intelligence and spreading rumors are their specialties.
Moreover, for an organization like Yan Yu Ge, finding a killer who can use flying swords should not be difficult. More importantly, they have a motive for revenge!"
"Father, let's act. Inform the Tianshan Sword Sect and declare war on Yan Yu Ge!"
Long Yaotian glared and said, "You idiot, a brain is a good thing, but you don't have one!
Why would the Tianshan Sword Sect believe your story? Besides, you want to take revenge on Yan Yu Ge, but where are those people from Yan Yu Ge? Who are you going to seek revenge from?
Our Long family is currently facing a great crisis. The most urgent task now is to quickly recover our strength and eliminate the impact of this incident. Otherwise, our Long family will become public enemy of the martial world!
Under such circumstances, you still want to provoke Yan Yu Ge. Do you think our Long family isn't dying fast enough!"
"But, but, should we just let Yan Yu Ge get away with it? Father, have you considered that if it was really Yan Yu Ge, would they just let it go?"
"It's fine. Keep a close watch on them. As long as they make a move, they will definitely leave some clues. Once we obtain the evidence, the situation will turn around!"
"But what if they don't make any further moves?" Long Ming asked.
"Then we'll force them to make a move. As long as they are human, they will always have something they care about.
For example, the deceased Ling Tian, he must have family and friends, right? Heh heh..."
"Alright, Father, I'll get started on it immediately!" Long Ming said, patting his chest.
...
In Jiangshan City, at Ling Tian's home, in the greenhouse on the third floor, three beautiful women were diligently cultivating.
One of them was the mistress, Wang Bingxia. Another was a cold and aloof foreign woman, Aurora Kuyt. The third was a woman with a pretty face but a very haggard expression, Zhang Caifeng, the daughter of the Dragon Tiger Mountain Sect Master, Zhang Daoyun.
After receiving the news of Ling Tian's death, Zhang Caifeng completely lost her focus on work. She resigned from her position in the Alliance of Islands and began to thoroughly investigate the news of Ling Tian's attack.
However, the killer's actions were extremely secretive. Zhang Caifeng had investigated for a long time without uncovering any clues. Moreover, Yan Yu Ge, at Ling Tian's request, had not told Zhang Caifeng who the real culprit was.