Disciple, please come down the mountain soon. Your senior sister can’t wait any longer.

However, this strange silence and depressing atmosphere did not last long, because Pei Runnian spoke.

However, Pei Runnian did not speak in response to Zhao Wuming's insult, but spoke to Pei Qingsong and Pei Xingchen.

"I already know what happened here."

With just one sentence, Pei Runnian instantly called back everyone's attention, especially Pei Xingchen, whose pupils instantly constricted and stared at Pei Runnian intently.

Just at this moment Pei Runnian also looked over and met Pei Xingchen's gaze, which made Pei Xingchen's heart beat involuntarily.

Immediately Pei Xingchen heard Pei Runnian say.

"Let's put aside other matters. I think there is one thing that needs to be dealt with as a priority."

It can only be said that Pei Runnian is worthy of being a veteran who knows how to create suspense. Just one sentence instantly made Pei Qingsong and Pei Xingchen nervous, and aroused great curiosity among others.

Now the situation in front of Tianbo Building has deteriorated to such an extent. If Pei Runnian doesn't deal with the situation here quickly, why does he have to deal with other things?

So how important is this matter?

When they thought of this, everyone's heart suddenly became tense and their attention became more focused, not daring to miss any word Pei Runnian said.

As the person involved, Pei Xingchen was in a state of tension that ordinary people could not imagine.

He is the first person in charge of Tianbo Building time. He is in charge of the underground base and the HiCao base under Tianbo Building. Now that something has happened, he is the first person responsible.

Pei Runnian's arrival had already made him extremely nervous. Now, after hearing Pei Runnian's typical talk of holding someone responsible, how could he relax? His body had involuntarily tensed up, and his internal energy was running at full strength, ready to explode at any time.

Compared to Pei Xingchen, who was on guard for some unknown reason, Pei Qingsong did not relax at all.

He was not worried about the destruction of the underground base and the Hi Cao base, or the collapse of the Tianbo Building. For him, as the second in command of the Pei family, these matters, which were heavy responsibilities for the middle and lower levels, were no big deal to him.

Even if he is destroyed, there is no way to bring him down.

What he was really afraid of Pei Runnian pursuing was the matter of the family emblem bomb.

The existence of the family emblem bomb is top secret in the Pei family, so top secret that only he and Pei Runnian know about it.

Once this secret is exposed, the entire Pei family will most likely lose all cohesion and may even fall apart.

It is precisely because of this that Pei Qingsong is worried that if Pei Runnian knows that he has exposed this secret, he will take action against him as well.

Even though he was the second most important person in the Pei family, if Pei Runnian really wanted to attack him, he would be powerless to resist Pei Runnian.

For the entire Pei family, the only indispensable person is Pei Runnian, while others are not.

It cannot be reflected in other things, but there is one thing that can be reflected very clearly, and that is subordinates.

Pei Qingsong is the second-in-command of the Pei family. The most powerful warrior under his command is only in the late stage of Dark Force, and there is no Dark Force master at the peak level.

All the top dark energy masters who practice the Pei family's derived skills are under Pei Runnian's command.

Moreover, Pei Runnian was the only one who knew the weakness of the Pei family's derived skills. Therefore, he was the only one who controlled these top dark energy masters who practiced the derived skills.

In this way, all the top singers of the Pei family with dark power are in the hands of Pei Runnian alone. Who can shake Pei Runnian's position?

So when Pei Qingsong heard Pei Runnian's words about holding someone accountable, he instantly became nervous.

While Pei Qingsong and Pei Xingchen were feeling confused and nervous, Pei Runnian did not keep them in suspense but just waved his hand casually.

A burly man standing next to the leading car in the convoy received Pei Runnian's signal, immediately opened the door, pulled a person out of the car, and dragged him towards this side.

After seeing this person's face, both Pei Qingsong and Pei Xingchen were stunned for a moment.

Who else could that figure who was struggling and twisting frantically in the hands of the burly man be but Pei Qingniao who had escaped?

However, Pei Qingniao, who had just been released in the car by Pei Runnian and who had promised to give her 1 billion yuan to let her go out for refuge, now seemed like a bird with its wings trapped. She struggled frantically in the hands of the burly man but could not break free at all.

That beautiful face was now filled with twisted resentment and anger. Her eyes did not look at Pei Qingsong and Pei Xingchen, but stared straight at Pei Runnian.

Those bright red lips were now tightly sealed with tape. Even though it could be seen that Pei Qingniao was trying frantically to say something, he could only make a series of meaningless humming sounds, making it impossible for people to understand what he was saying.

The burly man grabbed Pei Qingniao and walked up to him. He respectfully bowed to Pei Runnian, pressed Pei Qingniao in his hand heavily to the ground, knelt on the ground with his knees, and pressed his cheek against the ground. Under Pei Qingniao's frantic struggle, the delicate face was instantly scratched by the rough ground, and bright red blood flowed out.

Pei Runnian glanced at Pei Qingniao indifferently, then looked at the stunned Pei Qingsong and Pei Xingchen.

"Just now, Pei Qingniao found me after escaping from Tianbo Building and told me what happened here. He also tried to confuse right and wrong and put all the responsibilities and things on Pei Xingchen."

"This behavior is, without a doubt, shameful and inexcusable."

"Because of the relationship between her and me, I placed her here. I also had selfish motives. I wanted her to have a stable place to stay and something to do."

"I am also well aware of the intrigues and fights between her and Pei Xingchen. The reason why I ignored them is because these small matters are insignificant. If you need me to mediate even such a small matter, then I, as the head of the family, am too cheap."

"So I never paid any attention to it until she ran away just now and found me to try to confuse right and wrong."

"I can tolerate your intrigues, open and covert fights, etc., because every child of aristocratic family has gone through this."

"If a child of an aristocratic family can't even learn basic skills like intrigue and is truly a pure white lotus, then I will not feel happy, but sad instead."

"But even if we scheme against each other, we must never cross the red line!"

"That's betrayal!"

Pei Runnian's voice suddenly became extremely stern and murderous, making everyone shiver involuntarily.

"When the enemy invades, running away without permission is a deserter!"

"Such behavior is absolutely intolerable not only in the Pei family, but in any family!"

"The family usually provides you with food, clothes, and even money to play with women, but it is not to support you so that you can escape at the critical moment!"

"You usually enjoy the family's offerings, but at the critical moment, you have no awareness of showing up for the family. You only want to escape and save yourself. What use is there for the family to have such parasites?"

"In addition to running away, Pei Qingniao also committed another big taboo, which is confusing right and wrong."

"It was clearly her own fault for bringing outsiders into the underground base, which led to the invasion of the underground base and the heavy losses suffered by the family. However, she avoided the main issue and lied to reduce her own responsibility. She pushed all the responsibility onto Pei Xingchen and framed him so that she could get away with it. Such behavior is totally intolerable!"

"If I believed Pei Qingniao's words and really thought that Pei Xingchen caused the disastrous defeat of Tianbo Building today, and if I severely punished Pei Xingchen after Pei Xingchen finally escaped and returned to the family with his life, would the family members who knew the inside story be chilled, would they become pessimistic about the family, and would they never trust the family again?"

"In this way, the centripetal force and cohesion of the family will be greatly damaged. From now on, no one will believe in the family, and no one will believe in the rhetoric of unity. Everyone will become selfish and only care about their own interests, but the interests of the entire family will be seriously damaged!"

“It won’t be long before the Pei family will have serious internal strife, which will develop into internal strife, and eventually fall apart and completely disappear.”

"The Pei family has been in Hedong for two hundred years, and has seen too many examples like this. Once upon a time, the Pei family was not considered the top family in Hedong, but those top families undoubtedly started internal strife due to various reasons, resulting in the loss of family cohesion and unity, and eventually completely disintegrated, allowing the Pei family to finally take the top position and become the leader of Hedong today!"

"With so many previous examples, I absolutely cannot and will never let the Pei family go down this old path again."

"So, for the sake of the Pei family, I must put an end to these destructive, far-reaching and harmful things from the very beginning. I absolutely cannot let them spread!"

Pei Runnian's words were spoken in a stern voice, but apart from Pei Qingsong and Pei Xingchen who looked serious, they did not arouse fear and terror in many people.

After all, Pei Runnian made it very clear that what he was going to do was the Pei family's internal affairs. He only wanted to eradicate the root causes that might cause unrest to the Pei family. It would not implicate them, so there was naturally no need to worry.

Although they were not afraid, they all looked at Pei Qingniao who was pressed to the ground, with understanding in their eyes.

After hearing this, they already roughly understood what Pei Runnian wanted to do and who he was going to target.

As expected, Pei Runnian paused for a moment, then spoke again and directly directed his attack at Pei Qingniao.

"Pei Qingniao was originally just an ordinary member of the tribe. Because of her relationship with me, I hastily promoted her to a high position that was not commensurate with her abilities."

"I originally just wanted to give her a proper resettlement, but I didn't expect that doing so would cause such great damage to her and the entire family."

"He rashly abandoned his people and fled from the battlefield, causing Pei Xingchen to fall into the siege of the enemy and nearly die on the spot. Moreover, these enemies destroyed the assets and bases of the Pei family, causing the collapse of Tianbo Building, which had a huge impact on the entire Hedong and threatened the lives and property safety of thousands of people."

"All of the above are already unforgivable crimes, but after she escaped, not only did she not think of repenting, she even thought of lying to me, confusing right and wrong, and putting all the responsibilities on Pei Xingchen, framing her own people. This is even more deserving of death!"

"Given the bad influence of Pei Qingniao's actions and the damage it has done to our family, even though she has a close relationship with me, she must not be allowed to stay any longer!"

"She has become arrogant because of her favor. Now she has become a cancer of the family. If we don't punish her this time and let her get away with such a big mistake, she will not reflect on it and feel guilty. Instead, it will only encourage her arrogance. I don't know when she will explode again and endanger the entire family!"

"So Pei Qingniao must not be allowed to stay any longer!"

"Today, I will deal with her in front of you. First, it will clear the resentment in your heart, Pei Xingchen, and second, it will show my determination."