Chapter 72: The Dugu Family

  Dugu Unbeatable General returned home with a stomach full of annoyance, he was completely confused. He, who was in the military camp outside the city, heard the sound of war drums and immediately rushed back to the city with his guards, arriving at the imperial palace in the first time to wait for the emperor's summons.

  He has even given orders for his own soldiers to prepare for battle. In case of a rebellion by Jun Tian, the entire capital will only have the Dugu family's army to protect the emperor and counter Jun Tian's military forces!

  But the emperor's unusual ambiguous attitude made Dugu Unbeatable and Zhang Wu unable to grasp it.

  At this critical moment, social unrest may erupt at any time, and it's not impossible that the imperial palace will be stormed by soldiers. But His Majesty merely uttered four words: "Stay calm for now!" Then he let himself return home to find his old man, without even allowing him to return to the military camp or take defensive measures with his troops - this is simply unbelievable!

  Dugu Unbeatable fainted.

  A dejected and frustrated Dugu Unbeatable returned home, but before he could even enter his own courtyard, the first thing he did was to go find his father, Dugu Zongheng. However, the consequences of this action made Dugu Unbeatable, the great general who commanded thousands of troops, even more humiliated...

  "You're a pig! You good-for-nothing! Just for this broken thing, you dragged me out of bed? You ungrateful son, disobedient thing, how did I end up raising such a useless waste of space? From now on, don't dare to call yourself my son when you go out, I'm ashamed of having someone like you!"

  Old Master Dugu was furious, his voice loud enough for the entire mansion to hear. He spat at his son's head and face, pointing a finger at General Dugu's forehead, each word punctuated by a jab: "Don't you use that pig brain of yours to think?! Is your brain filled with dog shit?! Rebel?! Bullshit! I'm telling you, even if the Dugu family were to rebel, Jun Wartian would not betray! Even if the Emperor himself were to rebel against his own dynasty, Jun Lao'er would not betray! Get out of here and go back to sleep, I'm too lazy to deal with you. You're a complete and utter pig! Stupid pig! Dammit!"

  Finally, with a swift kick, the invincible General Dugu was kicked out. Old Master Dugu returned to his bedroom, huffing and puffing, and immediately let out a muffled grunt. Then a voice shouted: "Old thing? What did you just scold? Let your mother fart? Who is Invincible's mother? He's a pig head, what are you, an old thing?! Is your brain filled with dog shit?! You're a pig, a thoroughbred pig!" Then came a series of muffled grunts, desperately trying to hold back...

  Dugu Unbeatable Great General rubbed his buttocks, with a sulky face; in his heart he resentfully said: "Tightly twist this old goods! Serves them right!"

  He returned to his own courtyard with a mind full of confusion, only to find it bustling with noise and the lights still on. His wife and concubines were all awake, their faces filled with worry. As soon as they saw him return, they swarmed around him. After asking, he found out that his daughter had run back in tears that afternoon, crying uncontrollably, and no one's consolation was effective. She locked herself in her room until now, apparently having been bullied by someone.

  Suddenly enraged, Du Gu Yan Yun's anger reached the boiling point. What?! Someone dared to bully my precious daughter in Tian Xiang City? Watch me lead a large army to destroy him! Fuming, he stormed into his daughter's chambers with several of his wives in tow, not caring about propriety. He cooed and fawned over his darling for half the day, finally managing to calm her down and stop her tears. Only after she drank a bowl of bird's nest soup did he feel at ease.

  "Who the hell bullied my baby? Tell me, and I'll go take care of them!" Dugu Unbeatable's face twisted in anger. Seeing his daughter's eyes were swollen from crying, he couldn't help but feel a sharp pain in his heart. A voice inside him was frantically shouting: "I'm going to explode!"

  "Daddy," Dugu Xiao Yi coquettishly said: "You must take charge for your daughter."

  Dugu Unbeatable suddenly felt a sense of foreboding: Could it be that his daughter had been... He couldn't help but ask tensely, "Who is it?"

  "It's not your family, don't be so arrogant! That stinky little brat really made me angry today! Father, you must stand up for your daughter!" Du Gu Xiao Yi pouted and said with a wronged tone.

  After being stifled for a whole day, Dugu Xiaoyi was also stifled and could only wait for her father to return and tell him about her grievances. Then she would ask for his consent to take her brothers to beat up Junmoxie and retrieve the fallen iron. She knew that telling her mother would be useless, as she definitely wouldn't agree or dare to agree, so she didn't even think of it.

  After hearing the whole story, Dugu Unbeatable let out a sigh of relief. It turned out to be like this, not what he thought it was. Now he could finally put his mind at ease. But immediately, his brow furrowed and his head began to ache: "Heh heh, my dear daughter, this is troublesome. If it were someone else, I wouldn't be afraid of him. Even if that prince wasn't blind, I would definitely catch him and give him a good beating to vent your anger. But Jun Moxie... now it's not easy to deal with." Of course it's not easy! Now even Jun Wutian doesn't know where his own grandson is, let alone be able to find him himself. Even if he really found him, he might not dare to take action! That old man has gone completely mad...

  "How can Father be afraid of Lord Jun Lao? I'm so miserable, it's infuriating!" Dugu Xiao Yi started crying again, turning her body and facing away. For some reason, whenever she thought of Jun Mo Xie's face, she wanted to hit him, feeling angry in her heart, wanting to punch that detestable smile off his face, huffing.

  "Alas! Not the sauce," seeing his daughter cry again, Dugu Unbeatable was at a loss, hastily explaining: "It's really this kid, alas, now I don't know if he's dead or alive, can't find him anywhere. Let's wait until we find him before talking about it. Wait till then, Dad will definitely help his daughter take revenge! That well-behaved kid was fixed!"

  "What? What's wrong with him?" Dugu Xiao Yi also didn't know why, but suddenly felt a pang in her heart, and immediately turned around, staring at her father with wide, tear-filled eyes. She suddenly felt tense and a little scared... what was she afraid of?

  "I heard that Princess Ling Meng was stabbed this afternoon, and that guy actually had the audacity to rush over to report it or something. As it turned out, the princess was fine, but that young master ended up being a scapegoat."

  Dugu Unbeatable was somewhat schadenfreude, not noticing that as he spoke, his daughter's face turned pale, her small hands clenched tightly, and she continued to speak incessantly: "......was stabbed in the chest with a sword, and then was kicked several times in the chest by a silver-robed assassin. Then I was taken away, don't know where I was taken; in my opinion, that little boy's life is hanging by a thread."

  Dugu Xiaoyi let out a soft sigh and stood there like a wooden chicken. Suddenly, she felt a hollow feeling in her heart, as if she had missed something, and hadn't grasped what her father had said after that, not even one sentence, and the sound of his voice seemed to have become extremely distant and vague...

  "Don't worry! If that kid is still alive, I'll catch him for you and let my dear daughter spank him herself! Spank him hard, haha...” Dugu Unbeatable laughed with relish, only to notice his daughter's expression was off. He stretched out a large hand in front of her: "Xiao Yi? Xiao Yi?"

  "Ah? Oh..." Dugu Xiao Yi was like waking up from a dream, startled, her face suddenly calmed down, slowly lying on the bed, softly saying: "Daddy, I'm tired, now I want to sleep..."

  "Well, you get a good rest then. Everything will be fine after you wake up. I'm going to go have a drink to clear my head, today has been really frustrating..." Du Gu Wu Di shook his head and walked out, the thick lines on his face a testament to his ruggedness, yet he didn't notice that something was off about his daughter...

  Dugu Xiaoyi pulled the quilt over herself, covering her entire body and remaining motionless. She heard her mother say a few gentle words, and several aunts express their concern, but Dugu Xiaoyi didn't catch a single word, her mind was in disarray, she didn't know what she was thinking or why, inexplicably she just wanted to cry, her nose felt sour, her heart ached with a dull pain, tears flowed out silently, more and more of them, wetting the quilt, and she didn't even notice when her mother and aunts left...

  Could it be... could he... actually be dead? But... but I... I still haven't...

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