Song family had Gu Qinglin in civil affairs and General Song Yu in military affairs. One civil, one military, complementing each other. With Song Gudú living in seclusion behind the scenes for many years and paying no heed to worldly affairs, the two had rendered outstanding service in preserving the Song Lineage's transcendent status as the foremost family of the Western Wind.
Li Mu Yang had schemed to ruin General Song Yu's reputation, even dragging the Song Lineage's honor into the mire. In the end, Song Gudú had been forced to kill him with his own hands. Then, his next target was to eliminate Gu Qinglin.
If that happened, the Song Lineage would be left without a leader, and Song Gudú would have to come out personally to handle those tedious worldly affairs.
If that happened, his status as a lofty, otherworldly immortal would be greatly diminished, and his position would no longer be as secure as before. Only by devising a way to expose this man's ugly face to the world and killing him could the Lu Lineage's blood feud be avenged.
Boss Mo's people had long since investigated the matter thoroughly. Gu Qinglin had been keeping a lover outside. For officials in high positions, if they took a fancy to a woman, they could simply marry her and bring her home as a concubine. But Gu Qinglin was no ordinary official, and his wife was no ordinary woman. For him to marry a younger woman and make her his second wife would be even more difficult than for a princess's husband to take a concubine.
The fire had been set by Li Mu Yang's people, and the City Guard Army had rushed over so promptly because Boss Mo's people had been manipulating matters from behind the scenes. Besides,