Dragon's Origin

Chapter 637: Extinguishing the Fire (Part 1)

The young man played dumb and talked to Wang Sheng for so long, some of it even being foolish questions that didn't need to be asked, just so Wang Sheng would answer them one by one. Wasn't the point to delay time and wait for the cup of poisoned wine mixed with iris scorpion venom that Wang Sheng drank upon entering to take effect?

Every time Wang Sheng asked for more wine, the young man would secretly rejoice. Every cup Wang Sheng drank deepened the poisoning. With so many people watching, no one could take away his credit for killing Changsheng Gong.

However, after so long, not only did Wang Sheng show no signs of poisoning, but he also spoke eloquently, pointing out one by one the people who wanted to kill him.

These people all learned of the news from the Shanyue Kingdom, and that's why they were trying to find a way here. They were also lucky to see Wang Sheng leave the mansion, so they prepared on his way back. Unexpectedly, before they could act, Wang Sheng went upstairs and analyzed the terrible consequences of taking action for each of them, and also explained their plans to take action, and had countermeasures.

When Wang Sheng got up to leave, all that could be heard was the constant clattering of teeth. It was the sound of several experts trembling in fear. In this situation, they were doomed!

They had murderous intentions towards Wang Sheng and had already prepared to attack him on his way back to the mansion. When Wang Sheng came upstairs, the young man didn't know why, but he hastily poisoned the wine pot on his table, and Wang Sheng just happened to sit in front of him, brazenly asking to drink his wine.

If this wasn't intentional, then it would be strange! What everyone feared was precisely this, because Wang Sheng and the old Taoist together definitely had the ability to kill them silently.

Even if Wang Sheng revealed their intentions now, they wouldn't dare to have the courage to act again. If they didn't act now and were killed by Wang Sheng, that would be it. If they dared to resist, definitely more than one family would die.

What made these experts overjoyed was that Wang Sheng didn't seem interested in their lives. He just passed by, not even glancing at them, and left.

It wasn't until Wang Sheng's figure had left the restaurant and walked far down the street that the dozen or so people in the building breathed a long sigh of relief. When everyone looked up, they saw a group of people as if they had just been fished out of the water. Everyone was drenched in sweat, with an expression of surviving a disaster. Two of them almost collapsed, including the young man who poisoned the wine.

What they didn't see was that on the floors above and below them, in several buildings across the street, and even in the adjacent houses, at least seventy or eighty people all had the same expression of relief after surviving a disaster.

Wang Sheng's words were heard not only by the people in one building, but by everyone within a radius of half a mile, and they also began to spread it by word of mouth. Along the way, countless people had considered the idea, but after hearing Wang Sheng's analysis, they all decisively gave up.

Everyone wanted to get rich, but they didn't want to die. If risking their lives could lead to wealth, then it would be worth the gamble, but if risking their lives would at most just be a flash in the pan, then there would be no fools in this world. Who would do such a thankless thing?

It was evening at this time, and there were many people eating and even more people spending money. Countless people watched Wang Sheng and the old Taoist walk slowly through the crowds with their hands behind their backs, returning to the Changsheng Gong mansion in the inner city. On the way, let alone anyone taking action, people would obediently avoid them from a distance, as if there was something on Wang Sheng that made people want to avoid him.

Just as Wang Sheng stepped into the gate of the Changsheng Gong mansion, many forces in the capital also received reports at the same time, knowing what had happened not long ago.

"This guy, he sees things clearly," the Emperor kept shaking his head, but his eyes were full of admiration.

If there was one thing the Emperor was most proud of in recent years, it was that he had successfully won over Wang Sheng, allowing him to advise the Emperor several times. And each time, the Emperor felt that he could push the royal family and the forces in the capital a big step forward.

"Changsheng Gong is always wise and foolish," Chief Steward Li chimed in, "It wouldn't be strange if he made a big scene."

"A big scene?" The Emperor shook his head and laughed: "Not big at all. He just went into a roadside restaurant and had a few drinks, and Zhu Shaodong's wishful thinking fell through. That's clever!"

"Your Majesty is wise," Chief Steward Li praised the Emperor without leaving a trace, and then asked worriedly: "If some of the major lords have ideas..."

"At least they won't act in the capital," the Emperor replied very肯定ly: "Compared to the Shanyue Kingdom, the major lords still care about face. Even if it's just for show, they will maintain it."

Song Yan also heard the news, of course. She didn't expect Wang Sheng to solve the matter on the way. Relieved, she even ate the food that her personal maid had just brought up with relish.

"Miss, it's a bit too much that you don't give the master food every time he comes, isn't it?" The personal maid next to her couldn't help but ask with a smile when she saw Song Yan in a good mood.

"I just won't give him any!" Song Yan thought of Wang Sheng's wickedness, and suddenly became a little bit temperamental again: "Hmph!"

Such childlike behavior caused the maid to cover her mouth and giggle.

The Xia Kingdom's elder stationed in the capital was seriously pondering what Wang Sheng said. Would the Xia family really allow just any little brat to jump out and take over the Xia family's four cities?

The elders of other vassal states stationed in the capital were also pondering the possibility of taking over the Xia family's four cities in a legitimate way through this method. The reactions of each family varied.

Wang Sheng stepped into the Changsheng Gong mansion, and saw Mei'er running out in pleasant surprise, jumping into Wang Sheng's arms from afar.

"Master, you are so amazing!" Mei'er didn't expect Wang Sheng to go out for a while, leave Song Yan's mansion, and in the blink of an eye, such amazing news came back.

Thinking of Wang Sheng and the old Taoist walking into the restaurant so brazenly, and then drinking the poisoned wine with a frank and fearless attitude, and a righteous statement, making the hundreds of assassins around him look dull and leave in dismay, it was really refreshing to hear!

However, what made Mei'er the happiest was that Wang Sheng didn't stay until the evening, but came out in the mid-afternoon. This was the most fundamental reason for Mei'er's good mood.

Wang Sheng picked up Mei'er in a princess carry, and smiled at蔷薇 next to her: "蔷薇, go get something to eat."

"She is too much, not giving master food every time," Mei'er began to stand up for Wang Sheng at this time, with a righteous look, as if it wasn't her who gave Wang Sheng a cold shoulder in the morning, but someone else: "If he dares to treat master like this again in the future, master, you should never go to her villa again."