TFHS: Chapter 43

This scene immediately attracted the attention of the teahouse patrons. Wan Bairong had just bought the black-scaled python and caused quite a stir, so the attention on him was even higher.

Bai Qiaomo? Who was that?

The reputation of the Kunyuan Sect wasn’t weak in Gaoyang County. Bai Qiaomo, the original genius of the Kunyuan Sect, was also quite famous in Gaoyang County.

Even if they had never seen him, they had heard his name to a certain extent. Once Bai Qiaomo was abolished, many people in Gaoyang County felt sorry for him and then forgot about him.

Was this Bai Qiaomo coming to Gaoyang County again?

“Who is Bai Qiaomo?” A teahouse guest who wasn’t familiar with him asked others.

An insider quickly told Bai Qiaomo’s story. However, few people knew about Bai Qiaomo’s marriage. The Feng family of Gaoyang County wouldn’t have gone out of their way to publicize the matter, but those who paid attention to him heard about it.

For example, Wang Bairong, a child from an aristocratic family who was jealous of Bai Qiaomo’s talent. He specially asked people to inquire about the follow-up matters after Bai Qiaomo was abolished. He learned that Bai Qiaomo was forced to marry into a family and specially called his friends to celebrate.

This was just a person who ran out of a small place. How dare he step on the children of a noble family like them and be favored by the daughter of the Feng family? Him being abolished was really worthy of applause. It was so good.

Bai Qiaomo wasn’t annoyed, but Feng Ming became angry first. He stood up suddenly, slapping the table and cursing. “Who are you? Is this Gaoyang County owned by your Wan family? So we have to get permission from the Wan family to enter the city? Why? You don’t let us in after we paid the entrance fee? If you aren’t a loser, tell me how talented you are! Let everyone see!”

Why was Feng Ming angry? It was because Feng Ming himself was scolded as a waste.

It made no sense that a person like him, who was such a genius, would be regarded as a useless person who couldn’t cultivate.

Feng Jinlin and Bai Qiaomo both strangely understood Feng Ming’s anger. The coldness that had just risen in their eyes was immediately replaced by a smile.

They should be very angry, but they couldn’t help smiling at this moment.

This place wasn’t the most prosperous center of Gaoyang County, so the people who came and went were from the middle and lower classes. Who would’ve thought that a young master of the Wan family would come to such a place? So once the name of the Wan family was announced, no one dared to easily offend him.

Who would’ve thought that there would be such a ger, who would be so reckless as to go up against Wan Bairong? What he said was even more shocking.

What did he mean by saying that Gaoyang County was run by the Wan family? He dared to say such things? This was intended to kill Wan Bairong. How dare Wan Bairong agree?

If he dared, where would he place the other three major families, especially the City Lord’s Mansion? Marquis Zong was the real master of Gaoyang County. No one else dared to take this title.

The head of the Wan family wouldn’t dare to respond like this, let alone Wan Bairong from a side branch.

Wan Bairong wanted to add insult to injury to Bai Qiaomo. He didn’t recognize that the ger who jumped out was the good-for-nothing ger who married Bai Qiaomo.

He was panicked at first. He didn’t dare to bear such a title. Then he became angry. “What a sharp-tongued ger. Bai Qiaomo, I didn’t expect that after your dantian was abolished, you would have a ger to stand up for you.”

Then he became even more sarcastic. “You are quite capable. You just got married to a ger, and you have already hooked up with another ger outside. The former genius of the Kunyuan Sect actually relies on this skill to make a living. You must be ashamed of yourself.”

The moment these words came out, there was a buzz in the teahouse. They looked at Bai Qiaomo, the young man who was the proud son of the Kunyuan Sect not long ago, and then at the delicate-looking ger with fierce eyes beside him.

They had to say that this ger was really good-looking. They also mistakenly thought that this was another ger that Bai Qiaomo had hooked up with outside. No one could deny that Bai Qiaomo had a face that easily made women and ger admire him.

Feng Ming became even angrier. He threw the teacup in front of him, and it exploded in front of Wan Bairong with a bang. He scolded, “No matter how sharp my tongue is, I don’t have your ability. Not only do you confuse right and wrong, but you also blindly and wantonly slander others.”

“I don’t need Brother Bai to introduce you. I can already tell what type of person you are. You must’ve been jealous of Brother Bai because you weren’t as talented as him in the past. Now you finally found a chance to add insult to injury to Brother Bai. Is this a young master of Gaoyang County? Are you all like this? it is really eye-opening for people like us from a small place.”

“ No matter whether I change my name or surname, I am the good-for-nothing ger married to Brother Bai that you said. Why? Do you have any objections to this marriage? This marriage was personally decided by your Feng family in Gaoyang County, so to speak. Then let me hear the Wan family’s opinion on the head of the Feng family? Is there anyone from the Feng family here? Send a message to the Feng family immediately.”

“You… You…” In terms of the power of words, Wan Bairong was no match for Feng Ming. Feng Ming scolded him so hard that the hand pointing at Feng Ming trembled in anger.

Feng Ming held his head high and puffed out his chest. “What’s wrong with me? Let me tell you. My surname is Feng. If you want to kill or behead me, don’t make a mistake. If you have the ability, go ahead and attack me. If I say that I am afraid, then I won’t be surnamed Feng. Don’t tell me that the Wan family of Gaoyang County can cover the sky with one hand, and even the Feng family has to avoid the edge of your Wan family.”

Feng Jinline watched with a smile. Feng Ming suddenly announced their identities with great fanfare. Feng Jinlin announced his ger’s intention instantly.

Who made this blind man surnamed Wan rush up to them? Ming’er made a fuss in order to make all parties in Gaoyang County fear their father and son.

Someone actually asked, “This Young Master Feng, what is your relationship with our Feng family in Gaoyang County?”

There was no trace of anger left on Feng Ming’s face. He raised his chin while looking like an arrogant young master. “Of course, the relationship is big.” Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at his father. “This is my father. His name is Feng Jinlin. What do you think the relationship is?”

At this time, Feng Jinlin cooperated with a look of indulgence. “Okay, Ming’er. I didn’t bring you out here to show your identity, lest your grandfather finds out and beats you up.”

Feng Ming immediately returned to his father with a scared look. He pulled at his father’s sleeve and said in a coquettish manner, “It is the guy surnamed Wan who deliberately bullied others and called me a loser. How can I not be angry? My grandfather must not be happy that his grandson was pointed at and scolded for being a waste.”

Feng Jinlin glanced at Wan Bairong lightly before turning away. He would just be more disgusted if he looked at this person. “Why bother with such a person? Ming’er, Mo’er, let’s go.”

“Okay, Father.”

“Yes, Father-in-law.”

Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo honestly followed Feng Jinlin on the left and right, leaving behind a group of dumbfounded people.

The figures of the three of them disappeared. The teahouse exploded again. Feng Ming’s revelation was tantamount to dropping a thunderbolt on the ground and it stunned everyone.

If Feng Jinlin had nothing to do with the Feng family in Gaoyang County, no one would associate this name with the direct lineage of the Feng family.

However, everyone in Gaoyang County knew that out of the descendants of the Feng family, Feng Jinlin’s generation were all golden generations. They were different from the side branch children.

This wasn’t only true for the Feng family, but also for the other three major families. This showed the difference in the status of the direct descendants.

Now the eldest son of the Feng family was called Feng Jintai. He was once the proud son of Gaoyang County. Who didn’t know that he was the heir that the head of the Feng family was vigorously training?

Feng Linlang, the famous daughter of the Feng family who had many admirers, was Feng Jintai’s beloved daughter.

Judging from this name alone, Feng Jinlin was definitely the descendant of the Feng family.

If this was really the case, everyone in the teahouse looked at Wan Bairong with a bit of gloating.

Wan Bairong wasn’t a direct descendant of the Wan family, but a side branch. It was just that he had connections with the direct descendants, so he was highly regarded in Gaoyang County.

But if there was a real conflict with the direct descendant of the Feng family, would the direct descendant of the Wan family conflict with the Feng family in order to save him?

It was impossible just thinking about it.

How could Wan Bairong not know what they were thinking? He stood there, his face turning pale. Finally, he left angrily.

He was also panicked in his heart. However, as a member of the Wan family, how could he not know the important members of the four major families? There was no such person as Feng Jinlin in the direct line of the Feng family.

As far as he knew, Bai Qiaomo married a side branch of the Feng family in Qingyun City.

He had to investigate it clearly. It was definitely a serious crime for a descendant from a side branch to pretend to be a direct descendant.

Wan Bairong suddenly became excited again. Maybe without him needing to take action, the sharp-tongued ger and Bai Qiaomo would be in bad luck.

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After leaving the teahouse and walking on the street, Feng Jinlin looked at his child. Bai Qiaomo also couldn’t help looking at Feng Ming.

On the contrary, Feng Ming was very at ease and didn’t look as angry as he had been in the teahouse.

Feng Jinlin hit him on the head helplessly. “You deliberately made such a big fuss. How are you going to end it?”

Bai Qiaomo guessed Feng Ming’s thinking. “Is it possible that Junior Brother Ming wants to alarm the Feng family and make people fear Uncle Feng’s identity?”

Feng Ming chuckled and asked Feng Jinlin. “Father, will my good grandfather deny your identity?” Then he said to himself, “I don’t think so. He shouldn’t be so confused that he would put the matter of cheating on his own head.”

Feng Jinlin let out a sound of joy, and the corners of Bai Qiaomo’s mouth twitched.

Feng Ming really dared to say such words. It wasn’t known what expression the master of the Feng family would make if these words reached his ears.

Feng Jinlin touched his child’s head. “Are you worried that I won’t be able to win the Blue Frost Spring Water?”

Feng Ming shrugged. “Father, you have to admit that the competition will definitely be huge at that time. The three of us will be helpless. It is difficult to suppress the local forces of Gaoyang County. I don’t know if this method will work, but didn’t this person surnamed Wan come to my door? I didn’t have any ideas, so I casually revealed your identity. Father, see if it helps. If it doesn’t, just think of a solution. At worst, we will go to the secret realm that will be opened in half a year to look for it.”

Bai Qiaomo was touched when he heard this and said gratefully, “Thank you for much, Junior Brother Ming, for planning for me.”

Feng Ming waved his hand. “We are tied together now. Helping you is like helping ourselves. Father, don’t you agree?”

Feng Jinlin patted his son on the head. This was actually true. After Bai Qiaomo regained his qualifications, he would definitely be able to soar into the sky. This would indeed be a boost to them.

Helping him was equivalent to helping themselves in the future.

Therefore, he said, “Qiaomo, you don’t have to be like this. However, your whereabouts have now been exposed. I’m afraid there will be no stability in the next period of time.”

Bai Qiaomo’s eyes softly. “It’s okay.”

He had never paid attention to children from aristocratic families like Wan Bairong before. The same was true now.

The humiliation in the teahouse just now didn’t have much impact on him apart from the guilt of affecting Feng Ming.

He was mentally prepared from the moment he stepped into Gaoyang County.

Feng Ming said enthusiastically, “Let’s wait to see the next show.”

Feng Jinlin, Bai Qiaomo, and Feng Ming were afraid that Gaoyang County wouldn’t be in chaos.

As Feng Ming expected, everything that happened in the teahouse quickly spread to the outside world. There might be nobody from the Feng family in the teahouse, but there were always people involved in the Feng family in a roundabout way. Even if they were from the side branch, they could still contact insiders.

In addition, Wan Bairong acted behind the scenes. So in less than a day, it wasn’t just the Feng family but also the other three families who knew that the Feng family had a direct descendant called Feng Jinlin.

The next day, the children of the Feng family went out for a walk. If they met children of other families, those children would always come over to ask, “Is that person named Feng Jinlin really a direct descendant of your family? How come I don’t know that you have such a person in your family?”

Any member of the Feng family who was asked about this would either become angry or refute it. How brave was this person to dare to pretend to be a direct member of the Feng family? Didn’t he want his head?

In the Gong family, Gong Yuming loved gossip and first went to the Feng family to ask. However, it was denied by the Feng family.

It was just that Gong Yuming thought this matter wouldn’t be groundless. He heard that the ger in the teahouse yesterday swore that he was a member of the Feng family. Thus, he turned around and went to his grandfather for verification.

Gong Yuming’s grandfather was the head of the Gong family, and he loved this grandson very much. He was stunned when he heard his grandson’s question.

“You said that there is a ger who said that the head of the Feng family is his grandfather and his father’s name is Feng Jinlin?”

Gong Yuming nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. “Yes yes, that’s what he said. Even if he didn’t say it explicitly, he made people think so with his words. This ger is also the target of Bai Qiaomo’s marriage, the genius of the Kunyuan Sect who was abolished not long ago.”

The head of the Gong family clasped his hands behind his back and thought for a while. “It seems that Feng Songhan did have such a child. But he was unknown at first and left Gaoyang County early to go out and explore. It turns out that he went to Qingyun City?”

The light of gossip in Gong Yuming’s eyes became even stronger. He hadn’t expected there to really be such a person. “So the ger didn’t lie. He is really the grandson of the head of the Feng family, but even the people of the Feng family don’t know that there is such a person.”

The head of the Gong family was dumbfounded. “Don’t these Feng family members know how to check the Feng family’s genealogy? If there is such a person, they can tell by looking at the genealogy.”

Gong Yuming clapped. “Absolutely. Grandfather is right. The most important thing is the genealogy. If someone is part of the family line, they will be on the genealogy. If not, even if such a person exists, they won’t actually be part of the Feng family.”

After Gong Yuming said this, he turned around and ran outside. What was he doing? Of course, he was encouraging the children of the Feng family to look up the Feng family’s genealogy.

Gong Yuming didn’t mind watching the excitement and wished that this matter would become bigger, so he could have fun watching it.

He also wanted to run to get to know the ger, but didn’t know where this ger was. By the way, he would ask someone to check it out. This way, he didn’t need to worry about not finding the ger.

The person who was caught and questioned by Gong Yuming was none other than Feng Songhai’s grandson, Jinghuai.

He denied it flatly in front of Gong Yuming, scolded the person who spread the gossip, and ordered someone to find the ger in the teahouse who said this. Then he ran back home angrily to meet his grandfather, Feng Songhai.

Jinghuai was Feng Songhai’s most valued grandson and Feng Songhai always encouraged him. Feng Songhai stopped Jinghuai after seeing him rushing in. “What are you doing? Who did you conflict with again?”

“Grandfather, there is no one.” Feng Jinghuai took the opportunity to complain to his grandfather. “There is someone outside who is pretending to be a direct member of our Feng family. I asked someone to find him. Once I find him, he must be held accountable.”

“Who? Who dares to pretend to be a direct member of our Feng family?” Feng Songhai wasn’t happy after hearing this. He thought that someone was pretending to be a direct member of the Feng family in order to deceive others. He naturally couldn’t tolerate that.

Feng Jinghuai said, “It is a person named Feng Jinlin. His ger keeps saying that they have something to do with our Feng family.”

“What? Feng Jinlin? Did you hear that correctly?” Feng Songhai exclaimed with wide eyes.

“Yes, that is the name. Grandfather, why are you so surprised?”

Feng Songhai became anxious. “It is bad, it is bad. What is that kid doing here? No, I’m going to find the head of the family.”

Feng Jinghuai was shocked. Could it be that Feng Jinlin was really a direct member of their family? Otherwise, why else would his grandfather inform the head of the family? He chased after his grandfather and asked, “Grandfather, who is this person?”

“You don’t need to care about this. You aren’t allowed to take action outside. It isn’t too late to act after I ask the head of the family.”

This was the son of the head of the family. How could he not be a member of the Feng family? His name was enough to prove it.

The relationship between this kid and the head of the family was too bad. However, he couldn’t say that Feng Jinlin was wrong and was pretending to be a member of their Feng family. If something big happened, it would be their Feng family who would be embarrassed.

Feng Songhai asked to see the head of the family. After getting permission, he went in and saw the head of the family sitting on the main seat. There was a young man standing next to him. This young man looked a bit similar to Feng Jinlin. He was the eldest son of the Feng family, Feng Jintai, and the future heir of the Feng family.

Feng Jintai was quite powerful in front of outsiders, but it was different in front of his father, the head of the Feng family.

The same was true for Feng Songhai himself. He had never been afraid of his own father, but he was very afraid of his brother.

The head of the Feng family looked like he was only in his 30s. It could be said that he was a very handsome and charming uncle. He looked much younger than Feng Songhai. He didn’t seem like a grandfather or great-grandfather at all.

He turned the ring on his finger carelessly, glanced indifferently at Feng Songhai, and asked, “Are you here for Feng JInlin too?”

After seeing Feng Jintai here, Feng Songhai knew that this person’s purpose was the same as his own. Feng Songhai didn’t know what the head of the family was thinking, so he quickly replied, “Yes, Master. What should I do? By now, I’m afraid the news has spread among several families.”

A playful smile appeared on the face of the head of the Feng family. He said with certainty, “It isn’t like his style. Sixth Brother, do you know who released the news?”

Feng Songhai hurriedly said, “Listening to that child JInghuai, it seems to be uttered by the ger next to JInlin.”

The head of the Feng family chuckled. “He gave birth to an interesting ger.”

Feng Jintai was a bit anxious. “Father, why don’t I ask them to leave the county?”