novelHire Chapter 131: The Li family's response, an inevitable fate (1/2)
Chapter 131: The Li family's response, an inevitable fate (1/2)
"What did you say? The Zhao family was wiped out."
In the Li family, the office of affairs, Li Qinggan, the head of the Li family, was handling family affairs when he heard a family member hurriedly running over to report such an earth-shattering event.
When Li Qinggan first heard the news, he didn't believe it at all.
However, the person in front of him had been with him for more than 30 years, and he knew him better than himself, so it was impossible for him to joke about such a big event.
So, Li Qinggan suppressed the absurdity in his heart and asked the person who came to report with deep doubts.
"Li Neng, where did you get this news from? When did it come? What is the current situation of the Zhao family? Who destroyed the Zhao family?"
After hearing Li Qinggan's question, Li Neng quickly put away the excitement and excitement on his face and began to answer quickly:
"Chief, this news was not heard by me, but by the secret agent sent to the Zhao family by the clan."
"He saw with his own eyes that the head of the Zhao family, the elder of the Zhao family, and the chief steward of the Zhao family were all beheaded."
"So he didn't care about anything and ran back desperately, just to bring the news back to the clan as soon as possible."
"But no one in the clan knew him. If I hadn't happened to go out for something and saw someone making trouble at the gate, I would have gone over to take a look. I'm afraid that the news would have reached you even later."
When Li Qinggan heard this, he interrupted Li Neng.
"Then why did you come here alone? Why didn't you bring that person here?"
Li Qinggan looked at Li Neng and frowned slightly. It was too much for him not to bring the person involved in such a big thing.
"Clan leader, you are wronging me. It's not that I don't bring it, but that person came with a head, saying it was the head of the Zhao family's patriarch."
"However, the guards don't believe it. They have never seen the Zhao family's patriarch. In order to prevent that person from hurting you, clan leader, he is still detained and under investigation."
"I haven't seen the face of the Zhao City Lord either, but I was afraid of delaying important matters, so I hurried to you as soon as possible to report this to you."
After all, they are master and servant who have been together for more than 30 years, Li Neng said in a slightly aggrieved tone.
"Okay, okay, I wronged you this time."
Li Qinggan comforted him first, and then he got angry.
"These guards are really outrageous. How can such a big thing be handled so rigidly?"
"Take me to the Zhao family's secret stake quickly. I want to confirm whether the old thief Zhao Deyan is really dead."
As he spoke, he stood up from his chair, with expectation and uneasiness on his face.
"And you, that is you, go and inform the three elders, as well as the Third Master and the Fourth Master in the mansion."
"By the way, go to the Second Master and tell him not to pretend to be sick, get up quickly and come to me."
Li Qinggan pointed at the two guards on duty in the Affairs Pavilion and gave each of them a task.
After saying that, he directly performed the body-raising method and ran in the Li family.
The Li Neng in his hand did not need to walk by himself, he just needed to point the way.
"The Second Master is pretending, how is this possible."
The two guards who were ordered by Li Qinggan were surprised by the information in Li Qinggan's words for a while.
A few months ago, the Second Master Li Qingba and the Fifth Master Li Qingyou sent Li Yan and others to Guiyuan Sect.
On the way back, almost the entire army was wiped out. Except for Li Qingba who returned seriously injured, all the others died in battle.
After that, Li Qingba has been claiming to the outside world that he was bedridden in order to recover from his injuries.
And this matter has always been regarded as a great shame by the Li family, and so are these two guards.
Now that they knew that Li Qingba's injury was fake, the two guards were at a loss for a moment.
"Don't think about it. The Zhao family was wiped out. This matter is much more important than the second master's matter."
"Let's quickly complete the task assigned by the clan leader. I feel that Linshan City is about to change."
After one of the guards finished speaking, he rushed towards the direction of the Li family's elders, running his most proficient skills with all his strength.
"Yes, these things are not something we can participate in at this level. Don't think about it."
Another guard rushed in the opposite direction of the guard in front, which was Li Qingba's residence.
As for Li Qinggan, with his strength in the blood exchange realm, even if he was carrying a person in his hand, it didn't take long for him to reach the location of the Zhao family's hidden stake.
"Li An, is it really you? Did you really bring the head of Zhao Deyan, the head of the Zhao family and the lord of Linjiang City?"
As soon as he arrived at the place, Li Qinggan saw Li An being controlled by the guards and became excited.
This was not the excitement of seeing an acquaintance he hadn't seen for a long time, but he was already 80% sure that the Zhao family was probably really wiped out.
"Patriarch, I'm sure, I'm sure, I've been undercover in the Zhao family for more than ten years, waiting for this moment, I can finally comfort my parents, my brothers and sisters."
"Tonight, I can finally have a good sleep."
Li An was excited, and there was a feeling of revenge in his words.
After all, how many normal people are willing to be undercover, unless they have a firm belief.
Li An's belief is the bitter hatred for the Zhao family.
"Okay, okay, Li An, you have made a great contribution."
"You guys, don't let go of Li An, I will deal with you later."
Under Li Qinggan's loud rebuke, the guards who controlled Li An immediately let go of Li An, their faces full of resentment.
Then, Li Qinggan took the head handed over by the guard. There were still some snowflakes between the hair of the head, and the expression on the head looked very angry and surprised.
"Yes, it is indeed the head of Zhao Deyan, it is really Zhao Deyan's head."
It was confirmed that the Zhao family was really wiped out.
"Good, good, good, the heaven has eyes, the heaven has eyes!"
Li Qinggan's hands trembled with excitement. It is very rare for a warrior in the blood exchange realm to have such a situation.
Li Qinggan has practiced swords for a lifetime. When his hands trembled, it was only when he just started practicing swords. After decades, it was only this time.
It is enough to show that his inner excitement has reached an indescribable level.
This is understandable. After all, the pressure from the Zhao family on him recently is too great.
Sometimes when he sleeps at night, he dreams that Zhao Deyan leads a group of Zhao family members to the Li family to burn, kill and loot.
"By the way, how many people died in the Zhao family? Are there any masters left? Which force destroyed the Zhao family?"
After Li Qinggan recovered a little, he hurriedly asked.
"Report to the clan leader, I don't know how many people died, but I went to the battle site and saw that almost all the senior members of the Zhao family who I remember died."
"I heard that the person who killed them was only one person."
"One person, could it be that a congenital master took action?"
In an instant, Li Qinggan's mind filled in a grudge of more than 100,000 words.
"Could it be that the former enemy of the Zhao family came to seek revenge after the magic power was perfected?"
Li Qinggan thought secretly in his heart.
It's not that he didn't have such an idea before, otherwise how could he have provided a lot of supplies to the genius of the Han family.
Unfortunately, recently, the Han family members in the Li family couldn't contact the genius.
"Could it be that this person is the one from the Han family? It's impossible. That person just broke through the Yunzang, how could he single-handedly destroy the entire Zhao family elite."
And Li An's next words also completely denied all his thoughts.
"Is he a congenital master? I only know that he is an inconspicuous direct descendant of the Zhao family. I have been in the Zhao family for more than ten years, and I have only seen two or three direct descendants of the Zhao family. He seems to be called Zhao Tongling."
"What, not an outsider, but a member of the Zhao family, Zhao Tongling, Tong, isn't he a younger generation of the Zhao family?"
"Are you sure you are not kidding me? A young man in his early twenties can kill so many people in the Zhao family."
Li Qinggan looked at Li An with great doubt. He wondered if Li An was too excited and burned his brain.
"It's true. Everyone who saw the battle said so."
"If it was one person, I would definitely think it was a lie, but everyone said so, then even if he was ridiculous, it was true."
"I suspect that it must be that master who disguised himself as Zhao Tongling, lurking in the Zhao family, and when the time was right, he began to kill the Zhao family."
Seeing that Li Qinggan didn't believe him, Li An hurriedly said his speculation.
"It's not impossible."
An old voice came at this time.
Everyone looked back at the voice, and Li Rongxing, the elder of the Li family, appeared behind them sweating profusely.
Apparently, when he heard the news, he ignored his old body, still circulated his blood, performed his body skills, and ran over.
"Hello, elder."
The moment they saw the elder, everyone hurriedly saluted and greeted him, even Li An, who had just entered the Li Mansion, did not dare to neglect him.
Respecting the old and loving the young is one of the core values of every family in this world.
Of course, this old and this young are all about family members, and other people and even servants are not included.
The elder waved his hand, indicating that everyone did not need to be polite, and then looked at Li An.
"I ask you, has that person left now?"
The elder stared at Li An with a sharp look that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, making Li An feel a huge pressure.
"That man left a long time ago. After killing people, he went to the Zhao family's treasure house and disappeared."
"If that man was still there, how could I dare to bring back the head of the Zhao family leader."
Li An swallowed his saliva and told the truth.
"What is the situation of the Zhao family members in the Zhao Mansion now?"
The elder continued to ask.
"They are all seizing the time to plunder the property in the mansion and preparing to run away, and the same is true for the servants of the Zhao Mansion."
"That means that the core figures of the Zhao family should have been killed almost all."
The elder quickly came to this conclusion from Li An's words.
The core figures are those who are usually very prestigious among the elders, such as the patriarch, elders and second and third masters of the Li family.
If a family still has such people, even if the family faces a disaster, it will have a certain cohesion, and it will not be like the Zhao family at this time, where the master and servants are panicking and preparing to escape.
"If that's the case, then we'll just block the gates and prevent any of the Zhao family members from escaping."
The fourth master of the Li family, Li Qingyang, and the third master of the Li family, Li Qingya, arrived at the same time.
Then Li Qingyang gritted his teeth and said this.
The hatred and murderous intent in it could be clearly felt by anyone.
And no one was surprised by this. After all, Li Qingyang was imprisoned by the Zhao family and tortured for seven days before being released.
This was because he was from the Li family. The Zhao family did not want to go to war with the Li family at that time, so they let Li Qingyang go.
Otherwise, look at the people who were imprisoned that time, a few were released, and almost all of them were tortured to death in prison.
Although Li Qingya beside Li Qingyang didn't say anything, it could be seen from his expression that he also supported this approach.
"Old man of the rich family, I think the fourth brother's proposal is good. What do you think?"
Li Qingqian looked at the wealthy elder and asked.
Others also looked at the wealthy elder.
Li Qingyang said even more anxiously: "Old man of the rich clan, if the city is closed too late, the remnants of the Zhao family may be gone."
The rich man looked around, and after seeing the expressions on everyone's faces at this time, he already understood that what could happen even if he disagreed.
"Okay, I agree."
"But I have a request. I want all the other forces in Linshan City to seal the city together, especially the Jiang family. Do you understand?"
"clear."
Li Qingqian and the other three responded quickly.
Afterwards, Li Qingqian began to assign tasks.
"Third brother, you bring a few smart people to visit the Jiang family first, and then visit several other forces with blood-changing realm warriors, and ask them to work together to blockade Linshan City."
"First kill all the Zhao family, and then distribute the wealth accumulated by the Zhao family over the years."
"Yes, brother."
Li Qingya quickly accepted the task and immediately rushed towards the Jiang family.
"Fourth, you take away half of the family's guards and seize the four gates of Linjiang City. Don't let a single member of the Zhao family go."
"Don't worry, brother, I will never..."
Before Li Qingyang finished speaking, he was interrupted by a rude and bold voice.
"Fourth brother, you go to the city lord's mansion and take revenge. Second brother knows that you have a lingering anger in your heart. Today is your chance to take revenge."
Looking towards the source of the sound, a burly man over two meters tall loomed in front of everyone's eyes.
This person is none other than the second master of the Li family, Li Qingba.
"Second brother, you."
After Li Qingyang heard Li Qingba's words, his eyes suddenly turned red.
There was indeed an unknown fire in his heart that had been burning his internal organs. Not only did it not dissipate with the passage of time, but it became more and more powerful as the Zhao family forced him.
It was also because of this unknown fire that he often tossed and turned in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep.
If it weren't for the Li family behind him, he would have really wanted to rush into the dungeon of the City Lord's Mansion and kill everyone inside.
"I was negligent. Fourth brother, go quickly. If you go late, it will be bad if the people there get the news and run away."
Even Li Qingba could see it, so how could Li Qingqian, the eldest brother and patriarch of the clan, not see it.
Therefore, he also said supportively at this time.
"Thank you, eldest brother. Second brother, I'll be right back."
Li Qingyang wiped his eyes and ran towards the City Lord's Mansion without looking back.
"Don't run away. I've been thinking about this day for a long time."
At this moment, Li Qingyang felt that his body was filled with an inexplicable power, urging him to go faster and faster.
"Boom", Li Qingyang broke through his own limit and rushed towards the city lord's palace at an unprecedented speed.
"Second brother, since you are willing to lead the team and seize the city gate, then I will give this token to you."
With that said, Li Qingqian handed the patriarch's token to Li Qingba. With this token, Li Qingba can mobilize anyone in the Li family.
"Brother, don't worry when I do things."
Li Qingba said with a grin.
But there was nothing honest and honest in this smile. Instead, it was full of ferocious murderous intent.
Then, Li Rongyong, an old man from the second tribe, and Li Rongchang, an old man from the third tribe, also rushed over.
Li Qingqian asked them to assist Li Qingya and Li Qingba respectively.
After that, everyone else gradually left the place, leaving only Li Qingqian and Dazu Lao.
"Old man from a wealthy family, I see that you seem to be worried about something?"
Li Qingqian asked puzzledly.
"I'm a little worried about the Zhao family in Linjiang City and Sui Gong's affairs."
The rich man looked at the heavy snow that was still falling, with a unique melancholy in his tone.
"The Zhao family in Linjiang City, do they still have a relationship with this Zhao family?"
Li Qingqian's eyes widened.
"Maybe there is, maybe not. It's just that the Zhao family appeared too suddenly. Thirty years ago, they suddenly appeared in our Linshan City, and there are so many Yunzang Realm masters."
"If they are from our Linjiang City, then they can only come from the Zhao family in Linjiang City."
The rich man analyzed slowly.
This made Li Qingqian feel very reasonable, but the Zhao family in Linjiang City had not had any contact with the Zhao family here for a long time, which prevented him from thinking about it in this aspect.
So, this time it was Li Qingqian's turn to put a sad look on his face.
"Otherwise, I should let the second brother, third brother and clan elder come back, right?"
Li Qingqian asked tentatively.
"It's too late, and it's meaningless. As far as I know, the Zhao family on both sides are domineering. Even if we don't touch the remnants of the Zhao family, the Zhao family in Linjiang City will not think that we are innocent."
"It's better to take the opportunity to kill more remnants of the Zhao family and get more of the wealth accumulated by the Zhao family."
"Besides, we are not the only ones to deal with this matter. There is also the Jiang family. Don't think that the Jiang family is very low-key."
"In our generation, a legitimate daughter of the Jiang family married a legitimate son of the Shannan Dao Daogong family as a concubine."
"That is to say, the Jiang family can talk to the Daogong."
"After the remnants of the Zhao family are wiped out, we will talk to the Jiang family about this matter and let them contact the Daogong family. If the Zhao family in Linjiang City really has the same ancestor as the Zhao family here, then you must be prepared for a big loss. The wealth obtained from the Zhao family may not be enough to manage it."
The elder of the clan looked at Li Qinggan and slowly told him his arrangement.
"I see, no wonder the elder of the clan emphasized that the Jiang family should be involved. It turns out that you have made such a plan."
"It is true that a family with a treasure is like an old man."
"As for the wealth obtained from the Zhao family, it is all unexpected wealth anyway. Even if it is gone, it is not a big deal."
After knowing that the matter has a solution, Li Qinggan immediately relaxed his expression.
"In fact, I am more worried about the annual tribute than the Zhao family in Linjiang City."
However, the elder of the clan did not seem to let Li Qinggan relax at all, and immediately said something bigger.
"Annual tribute, what's wrong with the annual tribute?"
"We are not the city lord, do you want us to pay the annual tribute?"
Li Qinggan looked at the elder of the clan in confusion.
"We don't have to pay the annual tribute, but the royal family of the Ji family will not care about these. If the envoys they sent cannot see the annual tribute, they will take action against the local big families and force them to pay the annual tribute in full. If they fail to pay, then the day of the clan's extermination will be on that day."
"Is the royal family of the Ji family so domineering?"
Li Qinggan was shocked.
"They have the qualifications to be overbearing."
The elder sighed, and then continued:
"We can only hope that the Zhao family in Linjiang City has no relationship with the Zhao family here, so that we can save a lot of money for handling."
"In this way, the annual tribute money will not be lacking."
"And if they are related, then we must be prepared for the whole family to leave Linshan City."
"The royal family of the Ji family is unreasonable. If you don't want the Li family to be destroyed, you must arrange this matter as soon as possible."
Perhaps Li Yan did not expect that after he worked so hard for so long, the Li family still could not escape the fate of leaving Linshan City.