Chapter 3963 — Senior Sister Shangguan Arrives
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Watching this, Ma Jian was so stunned he nearly keeled over on the spot. As one of Xu Lingchong's people, of course he recognized Shangguan Lan'er—the first young lady of the Chongtian Pavilion.
Back when he had served as an examiner for the new recruits' assessment, he had seen her twice. At the time, this young lady had clearly looked down on Wei Zhao with utter disdain. How had things suddenly turned into this?
Following Shangguan Lan'er in was Niu Qiang, wearing the same look of having seen a ghost—and then another man: Xiao Che, the very person Wei Zhao had named for him to fetch. From his gait, he seemed to have taken some injury.
"Thanks for the trouble. That wound—nothing serious, I hope?" Wei Zhao nodded to Xiao Che. His purpose in having Niu Qiang fetch Xiao Che had been exactly this.
Xiao Che had once seen Little Curly Bear deliver a letter to him. In other words, of everyone around him, apart from Murong Zhen and Li Zhengming, whom he had encountered on the back mountain earlier, only Xiao Che knew of his connection with Shangguan Lan'er.
That was precisely why he had specifically named Xiao Che for Niu Qiang to fetch rather than Senior Brother Kubi and the others—and events had proven that he and Xiao Che did indeed share that kind of unspoken understanding. In the present situation, only this young lady Shangguan Lan'er could bail him out.
"It's nothing." Xiao Che smiled. Ordinarily, a mere newcomer of the Qingyun Pavilion could never get into the core area of the Chongtian Pavilion, let alone find the young lady Shangguan. So he had had to bide his time and sneak his way in by force. Luckily his fortune held and he ran into Shangguan Lan'er—coming away with only this slight injury was already remarkably lucky.
As they spoke, Shangguan Lan'er had already finished inspecting Wei Zhao from head to toe. Finding no injuries, she finally let out a breath of relief, then turned to Ma Jian with a show of ferocity: "Good thing Little Junior Brother is fine—otherwise this young lady would go find that cold-faced demon and have him come punish you personally!"
Ma Jian nearly jumped out of his skin. The "cold-faced demon" Shangguan Lan'er spoke of was none other than their direct superior in the Law Enforcement Hall—Gongyang Jun.
Had anyone else said such a thing, he could have dismissed it as alarmist bluster, let it go in one ear and out the other. Gongyang Jun's arrogance was known to all—a man who never gave even the higher-ups of the Sandie Pavilion a second glance. Words from such people might not amount to a fart in his ears.
But this young lady Shangguan before him was a different matter. She was not a higher-up of the Sandie Pavilion; she held no power whatsoever. But her grandfather, Shangguan Tianxia—that formidable Pavilion Master of the Chongtian Pavilion—was the only big shot in the entire Sandie Pavilion who could tame Gongyang Jun.
Even a winged steed needs its Bo Le. That Gongyang Jun had reached his present heights was inseparable from Shangguan Tianxia's long-standing recognition of his talent. He was not Shangguan Tianxia's direct disciple—but he had once stood a single step away from becoming one.
It was not that Shangguan Tianxia thought little of him. Rather, Shangguan Tianxia had once said: Gongyang Jun is the greatest genius I have seen in my life. No one can truly teach him—no one but himself.
Such an appraisal was the capital on which Gongyang Jun had swaggered through the Sandie Pavilion all these years. No one dared point a finger at him; he could ignore any so-called big shot of the Sandie Pavilion he pleased—with the sole exception of Shangguan Tianxia.
Shangguan Lan'er, as Shangguan Tianxia's most doted-upon and only granddaughter, if she truly went to find Gongyang Jun, no doubt Gongyang Jun would not make things difficult for her over such a trifle.