Chapter 819
Shocked Everyone
Pei Yifeng was furious upon hearing Lu Yunqi's words and said to Lu Yunqi, "Your Lu family is now ruined and dead, while our Pei family is about to rise to prominence. How dare you say we are not qualified? Don't challenge our bottom line!"
Lu Yunqi said to Pei Yifeng, "It is you who challenged our bottom line. Please watch your words!"
Pei Yifeng felt extremely aggrieved. Before, the Pei family had cowered before the Lu family, and now that the Lu family had fallen to such a state, they still dared to try and suppress the Pei family! It was utterly outrageous! He said to his father, Pei Chengyuan, "Father, look at this! Look at what the Lu family is doing! They still dare to try and suppress us! They are truly ignorant of their own limitations! Shameless and despicable!"
Standing to the side, Cui Wenying, upon hearing Pei Yifeng's slander of the Lu family, said to Pei Chengyuan in annoyance, "Lord Pei, our Lu family and your Pei family have maintained a good relationship in recent years. The words your son, Pei Yifeng, said are truly unbearable and an insult to our Lu family. I think you should discipline your son properly, or don't blame us for being impolite!"
Pei Yifeng glanced at Cui Wenying with disdain and said to him, "Tsk tsk... Madam Lu, look at what you're saying, you're not being polite to us? I'd like to see just how impolite Madam Lu, whose days are numbered, will be to me!"
Upon hearing Pei Yifeng's treasonous words, Cui Wenying glared angrily at him before turning to Pei Chengyuan and saying, "Lord Pei, things have come to this, are you really not going to discipline your son?"
Lord Pei looked at Cui Wenying and said to her calmly, "Your Lu family is indeed nearing its end. What my son said is true. May I ask why you are disciplining my son, Madam Lu?"
Previously, Lord Pei had always treated the Lu family with great courtesy, but today his attitude suddenly changed. Cui Wenying felt a chill in her heart and said to Lord Pei, "Lord Pei, are you sure you don't intend to discipline your son? I hope you won't regret it!"
At this moment, Pei Chengyuan chuckled and said to Cui Wenying, "Madam Lu, what you're saying is truly laughable. Madam Lu, what my son said is all true. If I don't discipline him, what is there to regret? I should be advising you to discipline your three sons who have always opposed my son. Otherwise, I won't be polite!"
Upon hearing Pei Chengyuan's words, Cui Wenying glared angrily at him and said, "You...you..."
Before Cui Wenying could finish speaking, Pei Chengyuan said to her, "What do you mean, 'you'? Lu Zhenyuan is dead now, and you still think of yourself as the old Mrs. Lu? How ridiculous! Let me tell you, Cui Wenying, without Lu Zhenyuan you are nothing, and I don't care about your Lu family either. I came to the Lu family today to give our Lord Lu a proper send-off, so that he may have a safe journey!"
When Pei Chengyuan said his last sentence, he deliberately emphasized his tone. Even a fool could tell that Pei Chengyuan's visit to mourn Lu Zhenyuan was not sincere; he was simply there to see the Lu family make a fool of themselves.
Lu Zhenyuan and Lin Wan'er, who had been standing at the back, were furious when they heard Pei Chengyuan say such things. Lu Wan'er looked at her father and said, "Father, Pei Chengyuan always seemed so respectful to you, but I never expected him to act like this after you passed away! It's outrageous! Luckily, I didn't choose to marry that bastard Pei Yifeng, otherwise I would have been bullied by the Pei family!"
Previously, Lu Zhenyuan had a good impression of Pei Chengyuan because of Pei Chengyuan's pretense. In addition, his son Pei Yifeng had feelings for Wan'er. Once, Pei Chengyuan brought his son Pei Yifeng to propose marriage, and Lu Zhenyuan almost agreed. However, Lu Wan'er's three brothers objected, and Lu Wan'er didn't like Pei Yifeng at all and insisted on refusing. Because Lu Zhenyuan and his wife felt sorry for their daughter, they went along with her wishes and refused the Pei family's marriage proposal. For this, Lu Zhenyuan even said a lot of nice things to Pei Chengyuan!
After listening to Lu Wan'er's words, Lu Zhenyuan remained silent. At this moment, he was extremely disappointed in Pei Chengyuan. He never expected Pei Chengyuan to be such a two-faced person. He angrily slammed his fist against the pillar next to him, making a dull thud!
The sound startled everyone outside. Lu Zhenyuan's three sons, upon hearing it, said to their mother, "Mother, what's going on? Why is this sound coming from Father's and my sister Wan'er's mourning hall? Is someone trying to cause trouble? Let's go check it out!"
After saying this, the three sons were about to walk into the mourning hall to find out what was going on when Cui Wenying stopped them and said, "No need. I didn't put something down properly just now. Maybe it was something that fell and made the sound! I'll go back and pick it up. You can stay here and watch over it!"
Although the sound didn't seem like something falling to the ground, the three sons let it go after hearing their mother's words, and then obediently continued to keep watch outside the mourning hall.
After Cui Wenying finished speaking, she went back into the mourning hall, gave Lu Zhenyuan a wink, and then came out again.
The three sons asked their mother, Cui Wenying, with great concern, "Mother, is everything alright inside?"
Cui Wenying said, "Don't worry, it's alright!"
At this moment, Pei Yifeng laughed and said, "Hahaha, you Lu family people are really quite interesting! There are at most two charred corpses in the mourning hall. I don't know why you're so nervous. Do you think anyone would be interested in charred and rotting corpses?"
Pei Chengyuan, who was standing next to Pei Yifeng, did not scold his son after hearing his words. Instead, he laughed along with his son.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yunqi and Lu Yunmin were furious and walked straight up to Pei Yifeng, saying, "Pei Yifeng, you once wanted to marry my sister. Even if you didn't succeed, you still had some feelings for her, right? How could you say such a thing? You are utterly inhuman!"
And you, Lord Pei, my father has always helped you, but your son Pei Yifeng is talking nonsense here. Not only do you not discipline him, but you also help him!
You and your son are utterly inhuman! We were just worried that our father and sister wouldn't rest in peace; you have no right to make such sarcastic remarks!
Pei Yifeng said, "Hehe, I admit your sister is quite pretty, but her coy and timid manner annoys me. How can she compare to the pleasure I get from the passionate women in brothels?"
"You don't actually think I'm interested in her, do you? My desire to marry Lu Wan'er is merely because Lu Zhenyuan's position as General will benefit the Pei family. You're all ridiculously naive!"
Pei Chengyuan, who was standing to the side with his hands behind his back, echoed his son Pei Yifeng, saying, "My son is absolutely right!"
Hearing the extremely sarcastic and harsh words from the Pei father and son, Cui Wenying said to Pei Chengyuan, "Lord Pei, since you've spoken so harshly, treating the Lu family's kindness to the Pei family as worthless, then don't blame us for being ruthless. From this day forward, our Lu family sever all ties with your Pei family! You're not welcome here!" Pei Chengyuan replied to Cui Wenying, "Madam Lu, this is an order to leave!"
Pei Chengyuan chimed in, "Father, let's go. The Lu family has just lost two people, which is very unlucky. How dare they ask us to leave? As if nobody wants to come here!"
Pei Chengyuan nodded after hearing his son's words, then turned to leave, with Pei Yifeng following behind his father.
They hadn't taken more than a few steps when Lu Zhenyuan's eldest son, Lu Yunqiao, blocked their way, glaring at them with sharp eyes and saying, "Want to leave? Not so easy!"
Pei Yifeng said, "Hey... you, a weakling like you, dare to stop us? You're practically asking for death! Get out of the way! Or don't blame my swords for being merciless!"
Lu Yunqiao said, "My father was a great hero who made many contributions to the Great Jing Dynasty. Although he is dead now, I will not allow you to insult him like this. You will kneel down in front of my father's memorial tablet and apologize to him now, or you will not be allowed to leave the Lu family today!"
Pei Yifeng said, "Lu Yunqiao, how dare you be so arrogant! My father is about to take office as the commander-in-chief, and you dare to be so arrogant in front of him? Do you want to die young?"
Having said that, he prepared to draw his sword to deal with Lu Yunqiao. At this moment, Pei Yifeng's father, Pei Chengyuan, stopped his son and said to Lu Yunqiao, "Yunqiao, the fate of your Lu family is over. Don't struggle anymore. If you oppose me now, it's like throwing an egg against a rock. I advise you to obediently step aside. I will not bother with a junior like you because of your father's past. But if you insist on not moving aside, then don't blame me, Pei, for being impolite!"
After hearing Pei Chengyuan's words, Lu Yunqiao stared at Pei Chengyuan with a fierce look and said, "Then I just won't give in!"
Seeing that Lu Yunqiao still refused, Pei Yifeng, too lazy to waste time with him, drew his long sword and swiftly thrust it at Lu Yunqiao, gritting his teeth as he said, "Die, Lu Yunqiao!"
Upon hearing Pei Yifeng's words, the Lu family members instantly felt a chill run down their spines for Lu Yunqiao. They knew that although Pei Yifeng's martial arts skills weren't very high, Lu Yunqiao had absolutely no martial arts skills. If the two were to fight with swords, Lu Yunqiao would be no match for Pei Yifeng.
Lu Yunmin and Lu Yunqi were about to step forward to help their elder brother Lu Yunqi, but they had only taken one step when they saw something that shocked them.
Just as Pei Yifeng swung his sword, his elder brother Lu Yunqiao raised his hand and firmly clamped the tip of the sword between his fingers.
When the brothers Lu Yunmin and Lu Yunqi saw that their elder brother Lu Yunqiao actually had such skills, they were stunned on the spot, and even Madam Lu was dumbfounded.
Hiding behind the mourning hall, Lu Zhenyuan was terrified when he saw Pei Yifeng draw his sword against his eldest son, Lu Yunqiao. He was afraid that Pei Yifeng would hurt his son and almost jumped out to help his son deal with Pei Yifeng.
But seeing that his eldest son, Lu Yunqiao, could easily catch Pei Yifeng's sword with two fingers, it meant that his eldest son, Lu Yunqiao, was not as completely incompetent as he had previously thought. In that case, he would wait and see. If his eldest son couldn't hold on any longer, he could go out later.
Pei Yifeng was stunned to see Lu Yunqiao like this. He could feel Lu Yunqiao's strength firsthand. No matter how much internal force he used, the sword in his hand remained motionless.
Seeing this, Pei Yifeng's father, Pei Chengyuan, said to his son, Pei Yifeng, "Feng'er, why don't you do something? What are you standing there for?"
As soon as Pei Chengyuan finished speaking, Lu Yunqiao gently twisted the two fingers that were gripping the sword, and then the arrowhead of Pei Yifeng's sword made a very crisp "crack" sound before falling to the ground with a clattering sound amidst everyone's exclamations.
Pei Yifeng looked at Lu Yunqiao in disbelief, shaking his head and muttering, "Impossible...this is impossible..."
When Pei Chengyuan saw that his son Pei Yifeng couldn't even beat Lu Yunqiao, who was usually so weak, he couldn't help but complain to his son, "What a useless fellow! You have to do this little thing yourself, sigh!"
After saying that, he immediately drew the sword from his waist and started fighting with Lu Yunqiao. Pei Chengyuan was the deputy commander who partnered with Lu Zhenyuan. Although his martial arts skills were inferior to Lu Zhenyuan's, he was still someone that ordinary people could not fight against.
At this moment, Lu Zhenyuan, who was hiding behind the mourning hall, was ready to fight at any time. However, after Pei Chengyuan and Lu Yunqiao fought for a few rounds, Lu Zhenyuan, who was hiding in the dark, was surprised to find that his son Lu Yunqiao had been in the upper hand all along. When the two fought for only five rounds, Lu Yunqiao punched Pei Chengyuan and sent him flying several meters away. Pei Chengyuan fell to the ground with a thud, and blood kept flowing out of his mouth.
It took Pei Chengyuan a long while to recover from the pain. Pointing at Lu Yunqiao, he said with an incredulous expression, "You...you actually have such strong skills?"
Although Lu Yunqi and Lu Yunmin were also very curious about Lu Yunqiao's strong martial arts skills, now was not the time to ask. The two brothers said to Pei Chengyuan and Pei Yifeng, father and son, with great pride: "There are many things you can't imagine. If you know what's good for you, hurry up and come over and kowtow to my father to apologize, or my eldest brother will kill you two!"
After a physical confrontation, Pei Chengyuan was now genuinely wary of Lu Yunqiao. He had no choice but to use his status to intimidate the Lu family. He slowly stood up and looked at the three Lu brothers fiercely, saying, "I will soon be the next commander-in-chief. If you dare to lay a hand on me, you'll regret it!"
Hearing Pei Chengyuan's words, Lu Yunqi laughed and said, "Hehe, the transfer order hasn't come down yet, and you keep saying you're about to be promoted to general. Who believes that? You might be the next bastard, hahaha..." (End of this chapter)