Volume 4: Following the Dragon and Slaying the Dragon Chapter 115 Rumors
In the Dongfeng Marquis Mansion, Gong Ning stood at the window of her boudoir, looking at the falling snow outside, her heart filled with melancholy.
She hasn't been out for almost a month.
And all this was because of a rumor.
The hidden dragon of Dongfeng Town was killed and the dragon vein was destroyed. Due to historical reasons, almost all the major forces in the nearby towns knew about this incident.
They all understood that Dongfeng Town was out of the fight for the dragon. Now it depended on who could benefit from Dongfeng Town and who would have the opportunity to get more.
However, a rumor slowly spread during this period of time. The reason why Qingshi was so anxious was entirely because the things in Dongfeng Town had changed too much this time, and the dragon vein that originally belonged to Dongfeng Town was destroyed.
In the next three thousand years, no more hidden dragons will appear in Dongfeng Town, and this place will become a forbidden zone for dragon fighting.
However, God is merciful and has left Dongfeng Town with one last glimmer of hope. Since the dragon vein has been destroyed, no dragons will be born here in the future, but it will become a holy place for phoenixes.
The first person to take the Phoenix throne has already appeared, and that is Gong Ning, who was supposed to be Qian Long’s wife.
This is also the reason why people from Qingshi kept coming to deal with Wang Liang.
In the eyes of those forces, even if Wang Liang wiped out the Xiao family, it would not lead to such a big move in Qingshi. Not only did they send out those whose strength was close to that of immortals, they even exposed their arrangements in several nearby towns.
This level is simply not enough to deal with an insignificant child from a noble family who cannot even compete with the dragon.
This was clearly a rhythm aimed at the kind of event that could affect the entire world situation. This way of handling things has only appeared once in the entire history. On that occasion, a civilian almost started an uprising in the south and attacked the capital in one fell swoop when it was not the time to fight for the dragon.
The Qin Dynasty at that time almost became a part of history. That time, history recorded that it had been dispatching masters from all over the place to block the enemy and kill the man before he could cross the river.
Judging from the current situation, when Gong Ning and Wang Liang are combined, there will be such an effect. Why is this?
The leaders of the forces in the nearby towns were all smart people. They had all found out Wang Liang's identity. A mere second-rank Heavenly Realm Touring Dragon King was nothing at all.
Instead, the overseas Five Immortals Mountain behind Wang Liang is the focus.
This shows that Wang Liang himself is a dragon. If there were no other incentives and he was given a title by the Heavenly Court, he would eventually return to the Five Immortals Mountain overseas and become a dragon king.
Now he was able to change the situation of the dragon fight that was about to begin, which showed that something stimulated him.
Besides dragon energy, the only thing that can stimulate dragon energy is phoenix energy.
It seems that the rumors spreading around Dongfeng Town are true, and Qingshi's actions are correct. Their goal is to kill Wang Liang and prevent all this from happening, and then find someone from the Xiao family to marry Gong Ning and use her phoenix energy to nourish the Xiao family's dragon energy.
But who in this world doesn’t have ambition?
Which of the leaders of the forces in several nearby towns would be willing to see the forces they have developed with great difficulty become a part of history and ultimately have to move forward according to some crappy historical trajectory?
If they could marry Gong Ning and change history, they would not miss such a good opportunity.
Because of this rumor, Gong Ning found that she was being targeted. It was okay when she was in Dongfeng Marquis' Mansion, but as soon as she left the gate of Dongfeng Marquis' Mansion, she would find someone staring at her from afar.
It was okay once or twice, but after so many times, Gong Ning began to feel something was wrong.
Several nearby marquises also began to propose marriages for their sons. In just one month, the Dongfeng Marquisate received marriage proposals from five nearby towns.
However, the old Marquis of Dongfeng was no longer in charge at this time, and Gong Ning also felt that something was not right with the situation, so the matter was suppressed.
But Gong Ning could clearly feel that the way the servants and servants in the Dongfeng Marquis' Mansion looked at her had changed.
She didn't know whether this change was good or bad, but she clearly felt that it had become a little inconvenient for her to travel.
It turned out that although she knew that her identity and status were different, she was the legitimate daughter of Marquis Dongfeng, so she could go out whenever she wanted. Even in Dongfeng Town, which was not under the control of Marquis Dongfeng, she could come and go safely.
This is also the reason why she went to find Wang Liang alone last time.
Now, Gong Ning felt that he was not safe even in the Dongfeng Marquis Mansion.
It seems that everyone around me has become a thorn in the side of other forces.
It seemed as if everyone wanted to ship her out and sell her.
Gong Ning's range of activities is getting smaller and smaller now. These days she has been staying in her embroidery room and has not gone out once.
“We can’t go on like this.”
Looking at the falling snow, Gong Ning said quietly, "It's freezing cold now, and they haven't all jumped out yet. The situation will be different when spring comes next year. I have to deal with this matter first."
Sitting back at the table in the embroidery room, Gong Ning took out some scented pink writing paper and wrote on it quickly.
Gong Ning's maids also came over one after another. Every time Gong Ning finished writing a page, they would take out some of the letter paper to process it.
Some of these maids would use small fans to gently fan the paper to let the ink on it dry quickly, while others would take out incense burners, put the letter paper on the incense burner to smoke it for the final touch of fragrance.
After everything is sorted out, the letter papers will be sent back to Gong Ning, who will divide them into several portions by hand.
Each piece of letter would be taken away by the maids, folded and placed in a box filled with dried flowers.
Finally, the box will be sealed and marked with Gong Ning's unique mark.
After watching the maids take care of everything, Gong Ning said, "Send these letters to me, send them openly, and tell them that I plan to recruit a wife in the spring of next year. The conditions for the marriage are written in it. Whoever can kill Wang Liang, drive away Qingshi's people, and ensure the stability of my Dongfeng Marquis Mansion, I will marry him."
Gong Ning's maid nodded and quickly took the boxes out.
Without Gong Ning's detailed explanation, they knew who these boxes were for. After all, there were four boxes in total, and there were only four men who had a good relationship with Gong Ning.
They are all considered promising young people in Dongfeng Town.
Before the people in Qingshi were blown out by Wang Liang, they all had the opportunity to compete with Xiao Zhengtan of the Xiao family .
However, after Qingshi's people were blown out, they all realized that they were just cannon fodder and did not even have the chance to be the vanguard of the dragon.
Not to mention that after all the rumors spread during this period, they didn't even have the mind to contact Gong Ning.
However, Gong Ning understood that those four still had some ideas, and now was the time when they were needed to act like bootlickers. She, Gong Ning, must break the impasse.
