Ah!
What happened to Flag Master Murong?
Why would he suddenly stab himself with a knife?!
In the main hall, more than twenty core members of the Murong family witnessed an extremely bizarre scene at this moment.
The Murong Flag Master was using a fruit knife to furiously and repeatedly stab himself.
Blood splattered.
Yet, his face was filled with the ecstatic joy of having "survived a great ordeal."
He kept muttering, "Thank you, Grandpa! I definitely won't disappoint you and all my uncles. I will always remember that Miss Murong died because of me! From now on, I will never make similar mistakes again! If there's a next time, I'll stab myself 29 times! After death, I will go and atone to our ancestors."
In the main hall.
Only the voice of the Murong Flag Master echoed, along with the "puchi" sound of the knife piercing flesh and the splashing of blood.
As for Murong Mei and the others, whether standing or sitting, they had all turned into statues.
Everyone's eyes were wide open, filled with terror, staring blankly at the Murong Flag Master.
Some, out of instinct, were silently counting the number of times the Murong Flag Master was stabbing himself: "Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine."
Twenty-nine!
With the last stab, the Murong Flag Master poured all his strength into his hands, gripping the knife and plunging it into his own heart.
Then.
He slowly released his grip and fell backward, straight onto his back.
His face was still adorned with a smile, and he said, "I believe that as long as our Murong family is united. Even if we face the greatest difficulties, we can."
Can what?
The Murong Flag Master, who had fallen heavily to the ground, had his pupils suddenly dilate.
His life ended abruptly.
The smile of having survived a great ordeal on his face became eternal.
The Murong Flag Master was dead.
He had repeatedly stabbed himself a total of 29 times.
During this process, he acted as if nothing had happened.
How could this happen?
Murong He and the others stared blankly at the Murong Flag Master, their minds blank.
But from the depths of their souls, a roar of fear surged: "29 knives! He stabbed himself 29 times! This is enough proof that he is a sinner of the Murong family! He was unaware of his self-stabbing because it was arranged by the spirits of our ancestors. This is the consequence of daring to abandon Miss Murong!"
"Flag Master!"
The Murong Flag Master's father, the first to regain consciousness, let out a piercing scream.
It jolted everyone present awake!
Escape.
After Murong He and the others came to their senses, they could no longer control themselves and fled out the door.
Murong Mei also shot up, wanting to flee this bizarre and ominous hall.
But as soon as he took a step, he suddenly thought of something.
On his face, marked with age spots, a terror appeared that would make anyone tremble at a single glance.
The old patriarch of the Murong family from Four-Nine suddenly recalled something.
Or perhaps it was a legend—
A long, long time ago, the Murong were a group of impoverished wretches who lived from hand to mouth.
They yearned for Heaven to grant them good fortune and were willing to offer the most beautiful women and the bravest warriors of their clan.
Heaven heard their prayers.
It guided their leader to lead his people to relocate to Liaoxi, to accompany Sima Yi in his campaign against Gongsun Yuan, where they achieved merit and were granted the title of King of Obedient Service.
Initially, after they began to live good lives, they should have been grateful to Cao Wei (it was the era of Chancellor Cao and others then), but they desired more.
Finally, one day, their leader, Emperor Murong, raised his sword against the benefactor who had saved them from their plight.
After several battles, they established the Former Yan dynasty.
After establishing their own country, they craved more territory.
Emperor Murong at the time, in his prime at 29 years old, was ambitious and capable, deciding to pursue an aggressive military policy.
But fighting wars required money.
Where could they find so much money?
So he thought of Chancellor Cao's "rags-to-riches story," which was grave robbing to fund the military!
Whose grave should they rob?
They might as well rob Chancellor Cao's, since he was the one who came up with the idea.
No sooner had he thought of it than Emperor Murong immediately sent people to rob Chancellor Cao's tomb.
The heroes who robbed the tomb entered the tomb passage and found some words on the wall.
The general meaning was as follows—
"Whoever dares to rob my tomb today will surely die! Not only will he die now, but years later, when one of his descendants suddenly stabs himself to death without realizing it, that will be me stirring up trouble."
When the heroes saw these words, news came from above that Emperor Murong had suddenly committed suicide.
He used a sharp sword to stab himself 29 times, corresponding to his age.
The grave-robbing heroes were instantly terrified and hastily retreated.
This was a secret of the Murong royal family and must never be spoken of outside.
Then, they killed all the grave-robbing heroes and made them be buried with Emperor Murong.
And they established a family rule: anyone who committed a heinous crime must be stabbed 29 times.
Only the contemporary Emperor Murong knew what the situation was.
It was passed down through generations until today!
Because this curse was related to Chancellor Cao, it was also called the "Curse of the Chancellor."
"I always thought it was a legend passed down through generations. But."
Murong Mei murmured, his eyes vacant, "A descendant of Emperor Murong today stabbed himself 29 times without realizing it. The Chancellor's curse has descended today."
At this time.
Due to the Murong Flag Master's bizarre suicide, the household was in chaos, and no one noticed Murong Mei's expression.
No one heard him muttering to himself.
With a bang.
As Murong He fled into the courtyard, his left foot tripped over his right, and he fell heavily to the ground.
His phone flew far away.
He ignored everything else, immediately got up, picked up his phone, and shouted hoarsely to Li Qianfan, who was still on video call, waiting for the Murong family to choose one of two options: "The Murong Flag Master is dead! He stabbed himself 29 times!"
Inside the Zhizhi Club in Tian Dong Provincial City.
Li Qianfan could only see Murong He through the video and hear the Murong Flag Master in an unseen location profusely thanking Murong Mei.
He could not see the bizarre scene of the Murong Flag Master repeatedly stabbing himself 29 times.
However, Li Qianfan could hear someone scream, "Flag Master!" and then the image shook violently.
"The Murong Flag Master is dead?"
Li Qianfan was stunned. "And he stabbed himself 29 times?"
Who would believe it?
Murong He held his phone and rushed to the entrance of the main hall, pointing the phone camera at the Murong Flag Master's corpse and roaring tremblingly, "Do you see? Do you see? He's dead! He inexplicably stabbed himself 29 times!"
Li Qianfan saw it.
He didn't think the Murong family was faking it.
But why would the Murong Flag Master, who was clearly thanking Murong Mei, commit suicide?
Li Qianfan was very puzzled and subconsciously looked at Murong Mingyuan.
Murong Mingyuan's face was covered in blood, so her expression was indistinguishable.
But in her eyes, which were staring intently at the video, apart from the expected fear, there was also a strange glow flickering.
"My curse has taken effect."
Murong Mingyuan thought, "But why did it take effect?"
She couldn't find an answer.
But she subconsciously thought, "I curse Murong He to repeatedly ram his head against the door seven times! Not too hard, but hold the phone steady, I want to watch."
Then—
Through the video window, Murong Mingyuan saw Murong He, who was shouting something, start ramming his head against the door.
Seven times in a row!!!
His sudden action of ramming the door was not only seen by Li Qianfan but also by many people in the Four-Nine Murong family.
Yet, no one paid it any mind.
Firstly, Murong He was not hitting the door with much force.
Secondly, everyone thought Murong He was doing this to sober himself up and figure out why the Murong Flag Master had committed suicide bizarrely.
But Murong Mingyuan—
Rejoiced secretly!
She shouted in her heart, "I curse Li Qianfan to use a hairpin to poke out his own left eye!"
Li Qianfan remained impassive—
"I curse Li Qianfan to use a hairpin to poke out his own left eye!"
Murong Mingyuan roared again in secret.
Li Qianfan still looked at the video window with great curiosity, showing no intention of suddenly mutilating himself.
"My curse is ineffective on him?"
Murong Mingyuan suddenly realized this when she saw Chu Yazhi.
Her heart stirred, "I curse that slut Chu Yazhi to slap herself hard."
Pia!!
Chu Yazhi, who was holding the phone for Li Qianfan, suddenly raised her hand and slapped herself hard.
Li Qianfan was startled.
Just as he was about to curse her for being crazy, he understood again.
He thought Chu Yazhi had slapped herself to wake up, suspecting she was dreaming.
Clatter.
As she suddenly slapped herself, the phone Chu Yazhi was holding high fell to the ground.
Li Qianfan still wanted to see what was happening there, and seeing Chu Yazhi looking terrified, he had no choice but to let go of Murong Mingyuan's neck, pick up the phone, and quickly walk out of the lounge.
"My curse is ineffective on Li Qianfan."
Murong Mingyuan suddenly came to a realization.
She couldn't understand why her curses were so effective.
She also couldn't understand why her curses were ineffective on Li Qianfan.
Even less could she understand why she had suddenly possessed such extraordinary abilities.
But she would never seek the answer.
She was trembling, thinking, "I will curse everyone around Li Qianfan to die tragically! I will make him live alone and suffer the pain of losing all his loved ones."
Starting with Chu Yazhi!!
Murong Mingyuan raised her hand, wiped the blood from her face, and looked at Chu Yazhi, who was now leaning against the wall, her legs trembling as she walked out, and thought, "I curse Chu Yazhi to pick up the knife on the ground and slit her own carotid artery."
Chu Yazhi looked down—
And gazed at the knife on the ground, which had already severed four hands.