Jiang Feng absolutely trusted his son, but, he couldn’t help but ask, “Chen’er, wouldn’t it be a better thing if you were to eat this spirit fruit?”
“I’ve already eaten it.” Jiang Chen smiled. “There’s no use in eating too many.”
“Oh, then I won’t decline. Haha. “Jiang Feng didn’t hesitate upon hearing that his son had already eaten up. He took the Rare Jade Fruit and ate it in two or three bites.
“Father, you’ll need a few days to train after eating this fruit in order to break through. I’ll find a secluded spot in this part of the mountain valley and arrange for a portion of the Swordbirds to stand guard over you!”
“Chen’er, where are you going?” Jiang Feng was curious.
“If Father won’t let me bring the army to create a large disturbance within the capital, your son should at least go back and take a look. What if that Long clan does the perverse thing of searching throughout the city? I still have to look after the people there, right?”
Jiang Feng’s heart tightened, “Right, right. Although the Hall of Healing has firm foundations within the capital, but they don’t have any military power within their hands. If the Duke of Soaring Dragon throws all caution to the winds, then even the Hall of Healing will become very passive.”
Jiang Chen knew this very well and nodded, his gaze flitting off towards the direction of the northeast.
The first thing he had done when returning to the Jiang Han manor was to take out Mang Qi’s tooth and infuse it with true qi, asking Mang Qi to send out the army of Swordbirds to await his commands.
Mang Qi was quite concerned with Jiang Chen’s matters and immediately counted out twenty divisions of Swordbirds. A full two to three million Swordbirds set out on their way in massive, streaming columns. They arrived in roughly half a day.
At this time, the capital had dissolved into a state of utter chaos and confusion.
On the Duke of Soaring Dragon’s side, the elite personal guards of dozens of dukes had all gathered at one place. An army of fully ten thousand elite soldiers had surrounded the Jiang Han manor, Jinshan manor, and Hubing manor.
All the houses in the streets and alleyways of the capital had shut and barred their doors. No one dared to set a foot outside.
Not a single person ambled along idly on the empty streets. All the shops had also closed their doors, deathly afraid of being embroiled into this undeserved calamity.
Everyone knew that the capital had sunk into chaos, utter confusion, and disarray.
A slaughter was about to take place in the capital.
A cruel and brutal battle for power was about to begin exchanging blows .
Except, when the great army had surrounded these three manors, they discovered that these manors had long since been abandoned and not a single person was to be found.
“What? Escaped?” Long Zhaofeng surged to his feet when he received the news.
“Not a single person was to be found in the three manors!”
“Search, search the entire city! Several thousands worth of people from three families couldn’t have possibly all vanished in a single night.” There was a layer of frost on Long Zhaofeng’s face.
His fist was clenched tight, so tight that his knuckles creaked and cracked.
The depths of his hatred right now couldn’t be washed away by the waters of three rivers and five oceans. He even hated the Jiang clan more than he hated the royal family!
He only wanted to seize power from the royal family.
But his hatred of the Jiang clan stemmed from the death of his son!
Long Yinye was the son that he, Long Zhaofeng, had been most proud of, and his most distinguished heir.
Long Zhaofeng’s eyes were filled with the anguish and the hate of losing a son. To think that he, the Duke of Soaring Dragon, had been domineering all his life. It was always him who’d exterminated other family clans and him who killed those of other families.
When had it turned into those of the Long family being killed?
Therefore, Long Zhaofeng was not only enraged, he was furious! This wasn’t a simple matter of vengeance, but a greater matter of protecting the power and dignity of the Long family, as well as making an example for others to see!
“Your Lordship, the several thousand people of these three families couldn’t possibly have gone anywhere in the span of one night. They must be hiding somewhere.”
“Yes, the city gates are shut, they can’t leave the city either.”
“That may not be true. If they bribed the guards and had a royal order, it wouldn’t be impossible for them to leave under cover of the night!”
The strategists working for the Duke of Soaring Dragon all expressed their opinions.
Long Zhaofeng nodded faintly. “This is simple. Send people to inquire at all the city gates. Our Long family has connections at every city gate.”