Chapter 528: Killing someone with a borrowed knife and setting up a bet
From then on, the clan elders who were descendants of merchants had no choice but to give up the initiative and ask their direct descendants to send a large number of masters to Chixiao City to replace quality with quantity.
Even so, he was still suppressed and beaten by this kid Mu Yan. He had no opponent at all during the foundation building period and was running rampant and domineering.
In addition to shrinking defense, businesses are still defensive.
Chixiao City now has a deputy city lord, Chichen, the son of Mrs. Shang.
Naturally, he felt secretly resentful when he saw that the merchants were doing nothing but being cowardly and competing for real estate with the former members of the Chixiao City under his command.
The old people who worked under the former city lord also complained to him many times that the merchants were like wolves who ate meat but did not spit out bones, and they obviously had bad intentions.
But they had no choice but to rely on merchants to resist the encroachment of the Xun Gu Sect.
Merchants are just grabbing land and resources, but if the big brother seeking support from ancient religions wins, it will cost him his life!
Mrs. Shang also knew that the Shang family had gone too far recently. Many people from the original Chixiao City faction were closely attached to Chichen and were vaguely hostile to her. They scolded her for cheating after she married.
But she was originally from a business family, and her brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunts all came to support her in the background. There was no way she could undermine her.
Under the current external pressure, the two factions on their side are still fighting among themselves.
It makes sense that Chi Chen was so crushed that he spent the whole day living and drinking.
"Chen'er, there is nothing I can do about it. I will warn those people in my family. You should also restrain your father's old men and don't be too hostile to the Shang family. After all, since you have come all the way to support, you must ask for some reward. ”
Mrs. Shang knew that her son was under great pressure, so she tried her best to comfort him.
But Chichen's eyes were red and he stared at his mother.
"Reward?"
"They alone have the nerve to ask for remuneration?"
"What did they do? Did they prevent my eldest brother from ascending to the throne, or did they drive the Xun Gu Sect out?"
"What else can you do besides lying on me and sucking blood all day long and crawling around in my nest!!!"
Mrs. Shang's tone was trembling, with a hint of pleading, and she grabbed Chi Chen's arm to persuade him to calm down.
"Chen'er, because of you, several of my uncles from my mother's family died. Even my uncles and uncles took great pains to hire black killers. Do you know how much it cost the clan!"
"I don't want to know. I only know that the killers you hired are useless. They can't even hurt a hair on the Xungu Cult's pastoral flames!"
Mrs. Shang looked a little embarrassed:
"Mu Yan is our biggest stumbling block at present. The clan is also recruiting talents and issuing proclamations. There will always be someone in the world who can cure him. Just wait and see."
"I can't wait any longer. By the time you find someone, the day lilies will be cold!"
Chi Chen frowned, his face red and angry, like a ferocious beast.
"This is just Mu Yan, a leader of the Xun Gu Sect."
"The real murderer of my father, Master Hei Ku of the Jindan stage, is still sitting in the hall to this day!"
"Tell me, when are these stinky merchants going to avenge me?"
"You can't even handle a Mu Yan in the foundation-building stage, and you dare to brazenly say that you want to avenge me?"
"Huh?"
Mrs. Shang burst into tears as she spoke, urging him to calm down and not get excited.
"No matter how powerful Mu Yan is, he is just a young man in the Foundation Establishment stage with some talent. The merchant can randomly bring in an elder from the Golden Core stage to deal with him."
"It's just that now we are subject to the general trend, and a single move can affect the whole body. If we send Jindan Zhenren to bully the big ones, the other side will definitely have high-level monks to intervene, and Chixiao City will not be reduced to ruins by then."
"Chen'er, a little impatience will ruin your big plans, so just be patient a little longer."
Chi Chen closed his eyes for a rare moment. He was no longer so irritable, but calmed down and remained motionless.
Mrs. Shang hugged him carefully, wanting to hold her son in her arms.
But he was pushed away.
Chi Chen opened his eyes and spoke calmly.
"I have made up my mind, Mu Yan must be eliminated!"
"But we."
"I don't need your business, I can handle it myself."
"How do you solve it? You must know that that kid is invincible at the same level, and no one can control him during the foundation building period."
"What if it's the golden elixir stage?"
"What do you mean?"
Mrs. Shang heard something was wrong and was a little surprised.
Chi Chen spoke concisely and to the point, warning her and the merchants behind her.
"You can't do anything to Mu Yan, so just spit out the property that you have embezzled from my Chixiao City and give it to those who can do it. My father was not without connections during his lifetime."
"Connections? What connections did you inherit?"
"Huagu, Huaiyin Sanren."
"You're crazy. This person is greedy and daring. Once provoked, he can't get rid of him like brown sugar. The key is that he still has no fixed abode and no worries. He is being targeted by such a casual cultivator of the Golden Core Stage."< br>
"It is because of people like this that we are not afraid of the revenge of the big sects at all. Even if the Xun Gu Sect wants to hold him accountable afterwards, there is nothing that can be done against him!"
Chichen was talking about crazy plans, but his eyes were terrifyingly calm.
Mrs. Shang shook her head repeatedly, eager to stop her.
"No, absolutely not, you can't do this."
"Our merchants and the Xun Gu Sect are currently restraining each other. No high-level monks have intervened. Everything is still within the scope of reasonable competition."
"If you really ask Jindan cultivators to intervene, then the Xungu Sect will have every reason to believe that we broke the rules first, and then send the Jindan master to death!"
"At that time, the situation will escalate and it is likely to turn into a war. You and I simply cannot bear this responsibility!"
As she was talking, she suddenly saw a silent sneer at the corner of Chi Chen's mouth, which made her hair stand on end.
Yes!
Isn't this exactly what Nizi wants?
It is best to misunderstand the Xun Gu Sect. When the time comes, Mu Yan will be killed by the Huai Yin San people, which will solve the immediate crisis.
The thunder over there was so angry that he would naturally send the Jindan Master to intervene, and the merchants could only be forced to send the Jindan Ancestor to come as well.
This son is afraid that the world will not be in chaos.
Anyway, the frog has been boiled in warm water, why not go crazy and get some chestnuts from the chaos, and maybe give it a try. Nothing could be worse than now.
"Your character is the same as your father's, you both love gambling, but he lost his life because of it!"
"He is him, and I am me. Until the end, who can say for sure?"
Chi Chen strode past Mrs. Shang, opened the door, and looked at the horizon.
Mu Yan, your death has come.
"Squeak~"
The door opened, and the room was dark. A generous figure was sitting quietly on the kang.
"Master Gao, the second master invites you to go to the village to discuss matters."
The figure in the darkness stood up, with a crackling sound all over his body, and every bone and joint moved once before walking out of the room.
The skylight was particularly dazzling.
The minion was wearing a yellow apron, his head lowered and he respectfully asked for orders, his forehead gradually becoming covered with sweat.
Although I have never seen the leader of the Xun Gu Sect get angry, and I have never heard of him having any evil habits, everyone in Happy Forest is very afraid of him.
Because this person leads a group of men who are like wolves and tigers. They were all gamblers, gangsters, gangsters, and scoundrels in the world of cultivation. Since they were recruited by Gao Daoda, they have used their power to gain a status as a non-staff member of the Xun Gu Sect.
All of a sudden, they all had backstage, and they spared no effort in doing the dirty work for the Xun Gu Sect, and their methods were as cruel as possible.
This group of people strictly implemented the instructions of "go high and do big". They opened gambling and bankrolling in the markets around Happy Forest, built fences for kilns, and did all kinds of low-class things.
Although notorious, but with the background of Xun Gu Cult, the people in Happy Forest Village could only swallow their anger.
Later, Gao Dada tried every means to bring back the abandoned disciples who had been kind to Sanren and helped him to become the second head of the family.
The second master also reciprocated the favor, using his power in the village to give Gao Daoda greater preferential treatment in the market.
Seeing that Happy Forest was about to be shorted, the boss couldn't hold on, so he had to run away with his original younger brothers.
The merchant is here.
The people who came were not ordinary people, but high-ranking acquaintances.
In Happy Forest Village.
"Master Gao, so majestic!"
A woman is arrogant and triumphant. When she steps into the threshold, she can't wait to show her presence in front of him.
Gao Daoda ignored the woman, but looked at the chief and deputy seats in the village. Sitting on the two chairs were two brothers. They looked the same and had the same cultivation. They could tell at a glance that they were twins.
But now they are enemies.
The middle-aged man in second place is none other than Xu Shun, the head of Happy Lin Er who is currently supported by Xun Gu Sect.
His elder brother was Xu Yao, the master disciple who was favored by Shi Ensan during his lifetime and inherited all the master's mantle.
"Master Gao, come and sit here."
Xu Shun stood up and moved the chair next to him to the front.
Gao Daoda walked past the leaders of the villages on both sides step by step, ignoring the hostile gazes, walked up to the high platform and sat down on the high chair.
The second boss bowed his head respectfully throughout the whole process, like a pug, licking blatantly and not caring about what others thought.
He knew that he was surrounded by enemies in the village, and he could only survive by relying on Gao Dao and becoming bigger.
The big boss next to him saw his own brother being so groveling. At first, he felt embarrassed, but now he doesn't feel the same after seeing him too much.
"Now that Captain Gao has arrived, let's start today's village meeting."
"Wait!"
The woman next to him interrupted directly.
The boss is feeling angry. Even if you are a person sent by a merchant, you can't always deny me face, right?
But there was no way, he still needed to rely on this woman, so he could only force a smile and ask in a stiff tone.
"What's wrong with Fairy Jade?"
Even though he was a big man, he didn't give him any face, so he sneered disdainfully.
"It's just a broken shoe that has been worn by countless people. Is it worthy of the title of tarnished fairy?"
"Jade Lady, the traitor who betrayed me and Xungu Cult, really think that everything will be fine if you get along with a merchant?
"Hurry up and say whatever you're talking about. I don't have time to nag you. The market down the mountain is still waiting for me to collect debts!"
"Speaking of which, Mr. Master, your apprentice owes me the debt of three thousand spirit stones. When will he repay it?"
"Don't force someone to come to collect debts in person. By then, there might be some blood."
The boss was frightened and angry, and took action.
"You"
His apprentice was originally a smart and clever young man, hard-working, capable, down-to-earth and hard-working. He had high hopes for him. After a few years of breaking through the foundation-building period, he would be promoted to the third position in Happy Forest and become his right-hand man.
But because he is tall and powerful, he is despicable and shameless, and through chance and coincidence, he was tempted to embark on the road of gambling!
Then he got out of control, and the more he gambled, the more addicted he became, and the more he gambled, the more he lost his fortune.
He was obviously a good boy, but he was led astray by Gao Daoda and became a famous sleazebag in Happy Forest.
Most of the famous leaders in the village had borrowed money from him, and none of them could pay them back.
They all lost to the dealer and got into the pockets of Gao Da Da!
Therefore, it is not unreasonable for everyone in Happy Forest to be hostile to Gao Daanda.
Due to emotional reasons, the leader Xu Yao treated his apprentice as his own son and devoted too much effort, so he always tried his best to protect him.
But this bastard kept silent and owed another three thousand spirit stones in gambling debt!
What is the concept of three thousand spirit stones?
You can now buy a good high-end magic weapon!
Ordinary monks in the foundation building stage may not necessarily have this amount of available liquidity.
"Master Gao, Gao, Gao, can you please be tolerant for a few more days and allow me to make preparations?"
The first master, Xu Yao, was so angry that he almost ran away, but when he saw the hidden corners of his brother Xu Shun's mouth, the second master, he realized that he had almost fallen into a trap.
I can only swallow my anger and pray for forgiveness.
Gao Daoda turned around, his broad back blocked the sunlight outside the window, and his words were like the twelfth lunar month in winter.
"How many days of grace? Boss, you have to think carefully. For every extra day, your profits will double."
"When you raise enough money, I'm afraid."
"That's not enough!"
The whole place was silent. All the village leaders were sitting on the benches, looking at the messy hay shed above their heads and the broken fence doors and windows on both sides, feeling inexplicably sad and angry.
Our happy forest village is so poor!
So poor!
You are such a stupid person and you engage in some messy color gambling all day long to bring trouble to us.
You can be a human being!
Why did the Xun Gu Sect come up with such a thing?
It has to be said that repaying debts is a matter of course.
With the help of IOUs, Gao Daoda managed to keep everyone in check even though he was surrounded by enemies.
When he was at a disadvantage, he just drove piles and pillars in Happy Forest, but he just couldn't get out.
The merchants and Shi En's old Sanren tribe tried their best, but failed to kick Gao Dada out.
For the first time, I realized what "it's easy to invite gods but hard to send them away", and I hated Xu Shun, the second-in-command, who took the initiative to take advantage of others.
As for not paying back the debt?
They never thought about this.
Because of the Xungu Sect and even the Lujiang League, in recent years there have been frequent crackdowns on "Lao Lai" activities in the western Shandong area.
Back then, the Lin Chamber of Commerce was full of old people!
As a result, the debt was directly distributed to the entire Lujiang League, and it was all collected in less than half a year.
Gao DaDa is a person who seeks the ancient religion. When the time comes, he will send these IOUs to the Lujiang League!
The next day,
A lot of foreign forces in the Lujiang River Basin have justifiably sent people to settle in Happy Forest to collect debts. It's a shame that merchants can help them block so many forces!
"Hurry up and say something back!"
"To pay back, or not to pay back?"
"If you want to pay it back, when will you pay it back?"
Xu Yao, the second master next to him, was very discerning and handed him a long pipe, filled it with tobacco, lit it on fire, and left him smoking and puffing away.
A generation of gangsters in the world of cultivation finally figured it out for him.
The boss wanted to cry but had no tears, so he could only knock out his teeth and swallow them in his stomach.
"I'll pay it back, and I'll pay it back now!"
(End of chapter)