Chapter 1222: Chapter 1222

Imperial City, Fu Tianyou had just fallen asleep on the hospital bed when the urgent ringing of the phone woke him up.

Fu Tianyou groggily reached for his phone, cursing as he weakly mumbled, "Hello, who is it?"

"Deputy director, it’s Nangong Tianyue."

Nangong Tianyue’s excited voice sounded.

"What do you want? I’m currently recuperating in the hospital and I’m not dealing with the Ming Group’s affairs for now."

Fu Tianyou responded irritably, filled with disdain for the deputy director position, wishing he could resign immediately.

"Great news, great news indeed."

Nangong Tianyue excitedly exclaimed, "Just received news from the Poison Widow’s side, Tang Xin has been crippled."

"What? What do you mean crippled?"

Fu Tianyou’s expression changed slightly, quickly sitting up and nervously asking.

"I don’t know the specifics, but Shura assured me that their expert from the Poison Widow personally took action and destroyed Tang Xin’s dantian. Now, Tang Xin’s cultivation is completely gone, and he has become an ordinary person."

Nangong Tianyue controlled his emotions and reported seriously.

Fu Tianyou sat up straight, asking, "Is the news reliable? Can you be sure this isn’t another trap?"

"It shouldn’t be wrong. I need personnel to assist with my plan to capture Tang Xin and study him."

Nangong Tianyue quickly explained his intention, "I’ve been planning a way to deal with Tang Xin for a while, but his cultivation was too high to handle confidently. But now, with his cultivation destroyed and his two Seven-star Martial Masters dead, capturing him would be a piece of cake."

"Hahaha, great, just great! As long as you can handle Tang Xin, I’ll provide whatever money or manpower you need."

Fu Tianyou laughed heartily, "Go ahead and do what you need to do."

"Thank you, deputy director, for your support. The Tang brothers are truly unfortunate, both having their cultivation crippled, and both destined to die by my hand."

Nangong Tianyue laughed with excitement.

"Right, right, as long as we can take down Tang Xin, our Ming Group will still have a chance to counterattack the newly ascended Dark Group, and we won’t have to endure humiliation anymore."

Fu Tianyou was equally delighted, "Young Master Nangong truly is the nemesis of the Tang brothers."

"I’ll send you the detailed plan tomorrow, and then we’ll immediately start the capture plan."

After Nangong Tianyue finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

"Fantastic, truly fantastic."

After hanging up, Fu Tianyou laughed wildly while frantically pressing the service bell, "Someone, someone, I want to be discharged."

Fu Tianyou’s illness was largely influenced by emotions and the suppression caused by his mood. Now that he heard Tang Xin had been crippled, a massive weight was lifted from his heart, and he felt extremely joyful.

On the surface, there was no major commotion in Songlan City due to Tang Ming being attacked, as most people didn’t know the specifics.

Tang Ming even ordered the news to be sealed to avoid unnecessary trouble, but unfortunately, some people still found out the secret.

That night, a large amount of news about the Tang brothers encountering mishaps appeared online, with various reports about Tang Ming being murdered and Tang Xin being crippled starting to circulate in certain circles and groups.

In one night, the news that Tang Ming had tried to conceal was exposed.

As soon as the news broke, Songlan City was shaken, and forces from all sides began to take action.

At dawn, the Zhou Family, Ma Family, Li Family, Chen Family... all the major families in Songlan City sent representatives to the Liu Family villa to inquire about the situation.

Li Xiaoli and Liu Mengting were responsible for entertaining these people. Although they kept their lips sealed, the injuries on Liu Mengting were proof enough of everything.

"Mengting, Xiaoli, what’s going on here?"

Zhou Dafu nervously looked at the two women, "Why was Brother Ming harmed for no reason, and now his brother is experiencing the same thing?"

"Stop asking, will you? So annoying."

Li Xiaoli grumbled unhappily.

"Ladies, what’s the situation with Tang Xin?"

Ma Benyue rubbed his hands, anxiously asking, "With Master Ming gone, Tang Xin became our backbone. Now that his cultivation is lost, we’re at a loss."

"Yes, yes, the enemies of Tang Ming and Tang Xin are numerous. With Master Ming murdered, and if Tang Xin really is crippled, we’ll need to find another way or face reprisals, and that won’t be a joke."

Chen Cang’s father, Chen Fazhong, worriedly murmured.

Others also started to discuss among themselves. These people were loyal to Tang Ming, but now that Tang Ming is dead, though Tang Xin is handling everything, they aren’t very familiar with him.

Even Zhou Dafu wasn’t as loyal to Tang Xin as he was to Tang Ming, after all, he was someone unfamiliar.

Previously, for the sake of Tang Ming and the strength and background Tang Xin showed, they were willing to be loyal to Tang Xin for the time being. But now that Tang Xin is crippled, no longer a shield, and potentially a ticking time bomb, they were all unsettled.

"Did you come here just to talk about this?"

Hearing what everyone meant, Liu Mengting angrily shouted, "How can you do this to Tang Ming?"

"Mengting, it can’t be said like that."

Zhou Dafu immediately tried to calm Liu Mengting down, saying helplessly, "Our loyalty to Brother Ming is as clear as day, but he’s gone! As soon as he left, our hearts scattered. Even though Tang Xin is Brother Ming’s brother, he can’t make us willingly bow down like Brother Ming did."

Upon hearing this, Liu Mengting had nothing to say, both she and Li Xiaoli knew that Tang Xin was Tang Ming, but these people in front of them didn’t know the truth and believed Tang Ming already dead, so their decision wasn’t unwarranted.

"Yes, indeed! We’ve come this far because of Master Ming’s support, and we should be loyal to his brother. But now that Tang Xin is crippled, we must consider our survival."

Ma Benyue quickly agreed, "In light of Tang Xin being Tang Ming’s brother, our Ma Family is willing to support him for life, but when it comes to business, we must be independent. Otherwise, if someone takes revenge on Tang Xin, our families would be doomed."

What Ma Benyue said echoed the sentiments of many people. Previously, they gathered together to create the Tangming Group, relying on Tang Ming or Tang Xin’s backing, growing it into a money-making machine.

But now Tang Ming is dead, Tang Xin is crippled, and the Tangming Group will become a prime target for enemies. If they remain connected to the Tangming Group now, it would lead to certain ruin.

Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli didn’t understand the reactions of these people, only feeling that when Tang Ming was down, these people came causing a scene, quite dishonorably.