AWB Chapter 466 The Boy's Origin
Chapter 466 The Boy's Origin
Chen Shao was extremely disgusted by the looks these people gave him. He soon lost control of his anger and shouted, "What are you trying to do? Langhuan Island is surrounded by powerful enemies and is in danger. Its future is bleak. Do you still want to fight among yourselves?"
One of the leaders sneered: "Since the island master knows, he should reveal all those secrets for the sake of Langhuan Island."
After he finished speaking, someone quickly echoed him, "Indeed, even at this point, the island owner still refuses to reveal those secrets. Could it be that he doesn't trust us brothers and would rather take those secrets to his grave than reveal them?"
Chen Shou saw that the situation was getting worse, and he quickly looked at the Chen family members and said with some displeasure, "Are you just going to let them do whatever they want?"
Several members of the Chen family had grim expressions.
Among the eighteen leaders, only nine are members of the Chen family.
Originally there were fourteen of them, but now there are only nine left.
In order to eliminate dissidents and cultivate his confidants, Chen Shao has often targeted the Chen family in recent years!
As a result, as soon as the Cheng'en Mansion fell, these close confidants supported by Chen Shao began to make moves.
Now that Chen Shao and Chen Shou are in trouble and have even become bastards, it is very likely that they are not members of the Chen family at all!
Chen Shou actually had the nerve to accuse them of not helping?
A member of the Chen family couldn't help but sneer, "Who are you to give us orders? The Cheng'en Mansion no longer exists, and you are no longer the Prince of Cheng'en!
Besides, you are a bastard born out of an affair, not even a member of the Chen family, so what qualifications do you have to order us around now?"
"You—" Chen Shou's face flushed with anger. "It's just a baseless rumor and slander, and you actually believed it? The other party left that sentence deliberately, clearly trying to sow discord!"
"Even if they're trying to sow discord, so what? You two bastards who've usurped our throne, don't even think about riding on the shoulders of our Chen family anymore!"
Chen Shou was filled with shame and anger, and couldn't help but look at the other members of the Chen family, hoping that someone among them would side with him.
However, to his disappointment, these people just looked at him coldly and had no intention of helping him. It was obvious that they regarded him as a bastard.
Chen Shou was extremely angry and became increasingly frightened.
If he loses the support of these Chen family members, he and Chen Shaoke will really become fish on the chopping board, and can only be slaughtered at will!
He couldn't help but say, "Don't forget, the imperial court isn't just looking for me, it's also for you, the remnants of the Chen family! Even if Chen Shao and I die here, the imperial court won't let you go!"
However, the Chen family members present were not panicked, but smiled coldly.
One of them said, "We've been on the island for many years, and our former identities are long gone. What does the imperial court's arrest of the Chen family's remnants have to do with us, the overseas islanders?"
As early as the fall of Duke Cheng'en's Mansion, people on Langhuan Island were already in unrest.
However, Chen Shao had Jia Rui as his helper at that time, so he was able to barely stabilize the situation.
If nothing had happened to the Jia family, Chen Shao would have always had the support of the Jia family.
Unfortunately, the Jia family also met with trouble soon after, and Jia Rui became a wanted criminal. He had to take the risk to enter the Zhou Palace and seek revenge from the king.
He had already successfully taken root around King Zhou and gained his trust.
As long as nothing unexpected happens, he can use the power of King Zhou to continue to support Chen Shao.
Unfortunately, not long after, Jia Rui died tragically at the hands of King Zhou.
Chen Shao had to find another way out.
He knew that Luo Zheng once had a son, so he specially sent people to find a young man who looked like Luo Zheng and was of the same age, hoping that the young man would pretend to be Luo Zheng's son and lurk around Luo Zheng.
But it is not easy to make a boy of this age behave well.
Even if he is temporarily afraid of his power and obeys him on the surface, once he comes to Luo Zheng and becomes Luo Zheng's son, he will definitely not be obedient anymore, and may even find ways to bite him back.
That's why he wanted to train the other party first, to ensure that the other party would always be obedient and hate Luo Zheng to the core.
Who knew that his training had just begun when such a big thing happened on the island!
Chen Shao absolutely did not believe that all this was because of that young man.
He had carefully confirmed the man's identity. He was just a young farm boy and definitely had no special identity or background.
He specially sent someone to pretend to be a servant of a wealthy family to look for his relatives, and mistook the young man for the lost young master of the wealthy family, and gave his family twenty taels of silver as a thank-you gift.
The boy's family was indeed greedy. They lied and said that they had adopted the boy and accepted the money.
They let their own child pretend to be the lost young master of a wealthy family and accepted a thank-you gift of twenty taels of silver. They must have felt very guilty and would never tell this to outsiders or even report it to the authorities.
So this matter can be said to have been done without anyone knowing.
How could such an ordinary farmer's son attract such a terrible enemy?
It must be just a coincidence!
But this is really strange. The other party came at night and was able to find Langhuan Island easily and get on the island without anyone noticing!
Unless there is an insider on the island, it is absolutely impossible!
Who could that person be?
Chen Shao looked at the leaders present, and after his gaze swept over the Chen family members one by one, he fell on those people from other families.
The imperial court is still looking for the remnants of the Chen family. It is unlikely that these Chen family members are colluding with the imperial court. The most likely ones are these outsiders.
Chen Shao secretly regretted in his heart. Because he knew his identity, he was worried that one day his identity would be exposed and the Chen family on the island would turn against him.
Therefore, they had to find ways to suppress the Chen family on the island and support people from other families.
Although Duke Cheng'en was dissatisfied at the time, he thought that he had grown too powerful and did not want to be restricted, so he was quite tolerant of his actions and did not try his best to stop him.
Who would have thought that once the Cheng'en Mansion fell, these outsiders would want to retaliate against him, the island owner!
What a bunch of ungrateful wolves!
Chen Shao gnashed his teeth and said, "I've treated you well, but now you're repaying my kindness with hatred. Aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by the world?"
Unexpectedly, these outsiders also gave him a cold smile.
One of them said, "You treat us well? The island master is really a forgetful person! Doesn't the island master know how he has treated us over the years?
You just treat us as your dogs. You rely on your status as the second son of Duke Cheng'en to act recklessly and show off your power on the island!
If you really want to say that he treated us well, it was Lord Cheng'en! You, a bastard who took over the magpie's nest, actually have the nerve to use Lord Cheng'en's kindness to flatter yourself!
You are not ashamed, we are all ashamed of you!"
Several people looked at Chen Shao and Chen Shou with disdain. Those looks were like sharp knives, ruthlessly peeling off their clothes and showing their most embarrassing and ugly side to everyone.