Chapter 4: Family Crisis
In the blink of an eye, four years have passed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the past four years, He Xiangtian's cultivation results have been amazing, all the way through the quenching body, flesh spirit, and spirit seed, reaching the middle stage of the imperial spirit, catching up with and surpassing the strength of the third uncle He Xiao. This kind of cultivation speed, this cultivation achievement, shocked the entire He family, and even Yuewei Town.
In the past four years, He Fenglan's face injury has not improved at all, she has collapsed because of this, and there are suicidal thoughts and behaviors, but there is a person who has been secretly caring for her and giving her warmth, so that she gradually walked out of her grief.
In addition, He Fenglan's cultivation results were poor. After her realm was promoted from the middle to the late stage of the Imperial Spirit Realm, she had not progressed. She felt that her body was locked by something, and she needed a foreign object to help her open it, and He Fenglan fell into a heart attack because of this.
In the past four years, the family and gang struggles in Yuewei Town have become more and more intense, and the He family has been the most injured.
He Xiong is the head of the He family, and he is also the father of He Xiangtian and He Fenglan. In order to sit in the He family, he rarely gets together with the children of the countryside. This is all for the sake of the family, He Xiangtian and He Fenglan did not resent their father.
The He family made a living by planting stalks. Wood is a special wood, which can be calcined to produce a real fire that cannot be extinguished by water, and the weapons refined with the real fire are more tenacious and sharper, and are the basic materials for refining weapons.
Half a year ago, the He family and his entourage transported the wood to the Tiancheng Chamber of Commerce, and the leader was Chen Yi, a close confidant of the He family.
Chen Yi has not practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he does not know any martial arts. But he is loyal and has a hand in doing business, and once used the supply relationship between the Yi family, the Lin family and the Tiancheng Chamber of Commerce to increase the price of the wood tenfold, which has continued to this day.
It was also at that time that the He family rose with wealth and gradually became a big family alongside the Lin family and the Yi family. In this rise, Chen Yi has made great contributions and is deeply valued by He Xiong. It is precisely because of this that Chen Yi can call the shots in all business matters of the He family, which is equivalent to the second-in-command of the He family.
However, during that escort, the He family was unexpectedly intercepted by dozens of robbers. Fortunately, these robbers were all washed in the blood of the He family, and the He family had nothing to lose.
This is the first time that the He family has been robbed since its rise. According to the power of the He family at that time, there were not a few gangs or families in Yuewei Town who dared to fight the He family's idea, and those robbers were obviously asking for their own hardships.
The timber escort that time was also safely transported to the Amagi Chamber of Commerce. After completing all the trading matters, Chen Yi and the others returned the same way.
The He family's team defeated a robber, and they were all proud in their hearts, so on the way back, their hearts were relaxed.
Just when they were lazy and negligent in their defense, the strong men of the Ma Yi Gang suddenly came to kill. The He family's team was caught off guard and all of them were killed, including Chen Yi.
The loss of Chen Yi is equivalent to the loss of an arm, which greatly weakens the commercial strength of the He family.
The Ma Yi Gang is just a small gang, and it dares to oppose the He family, all because it is supported by the Lin family.
The head of the Lin family is called Lin Zheng, and he is the recognized leader of the ruffians in Yuewei Town.
Yue Zheng is the leader of the Ma Yi Gang, and he used to be the Lin family's guest of the scene, that is, the thug. Later, Lin Zheng "expelled" the Yue Fu from the Lin family, but secretly ordered the Yue Fu to set up the Ma Yi Gang, which specialized in forcible robbery and plunder, and secretly helped the Lin family expand their territory.
When the Ma Yi Gang did evil for the first time, Lin Zheng deliberately issued a statement to the outside world, saying that the moon tuberculosis had been expelled from the Lin family, and everything the Ma Yi Gang did had nothing to do with the Lin family, so as to clear the Lin family's charges.
But everyone who understands knows that the Ma Yi Gang uses intimidation, assault, forcible seizure and other hooligan methods to harass one of the forces, and then the Lin family comes forward to 'protect', if they do not accept the 'protection', the Ma Yi Gang will not give up until this force accepts the 'protection' of the Lin family.
This is clearly predation in disguise. The Ma Yi Gang is the thug of the Lin family, which is already known to women and children in Yuewei Town.
Despite this, the evil deeds of the Ma Yi Gang cannot be directly counted on the Lin family, because the name is not right, and if you want to hate, you can hate the Lin family for being too cunning.
Chen Yi died tragically, and He Xiong also wanted to settle accounts directly with the Lin family, but the He family's combat effectiveness was weaker than the Lin family.
Under all kinds of entanglement, He Xiong thought from a different angle, since the Ma Yi Gang is the force of the Lin family, if the He family destroys the Ma Yi Gang in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be better to retaliate against both the Ma Yi Gang and the Lin family.
So, on the first day after burying Chen Yi, He Xiong was wrapped in a white cloth and took the family's guests to kill the Ma Yi gang with murderous vigour. The Ma Yi Gang had no resistance and were all wiped out.
The moon tuberculosis was dismantled by the He family, which can be regarded as avenging Chen Yi's revenge.
The Ma Yi Gang was destroyed, and the Lin family was angry, but they did not dare to do anything excessive, which seems to really confirm the statement that the Ma Yi Gang has nothing to do with the Lin family.
After the He family destroyed the Ma Yi Gang, they refused to provide the Lin family with the wood. The Lin family's industry was blocked, and they were forced to buy wood from the Amagi Chamber of Commerce in Amagi, which greatly increased the Lin family's production costs.
The He family's move forced the Lin family to be anxious.
As a result, Lin Zheng expelled all the masters of the family from the Lin family. As always, these masters formed a gang called the 'Earth Dragon Gang'. Lin Zheng also claimed to the outside world at the first time that these people had been expelled from the Lin family, and what they did had nothing to do with the Lin family.
With the secret support of the Lin family, the Earth Dragon Gang recruited troops on a large scale and grew rapidly.
The Earth Dragon Gang is not like the previous Ma Yi Gang, it did not wantonly expand its sphere of influence for the Lin family, but quietly, and has not violated other forces, like a poisonous snake hidden in the flowers, which is terrifying.
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After the Chen Yi incident, the He family strengthened the strength of the transportation team. If there was a heavier year of wood to be transported, He Xiong personally went out to escort it.
Soon, the He family wants to escort a batch of the most valuable wood of the year, the wood is very old, more than ten times more valuable than the previous wood, the income of this batch of wood can account for 40% of the He family's annual financial income, its importance can be imagined, if it is taken away by the robbers, it must be a big loss for the He family.
For the sake of safety, He Xiong summoned most of the masters of the He family and personally led the team to escort him, and also invited the masters of Thunder Eagle Villa to accompany him to ensure the safety of the trip.
Sure enough, He Xiong's trip went very smoothly, and he returned with a smile.
When He Xiong returned to Yuewei Town, he found that his compound was full of crying relatives.
Only then did He Xiong know that when he left, the Dilong Gang killed all the shopkeepers of the He family's shop. And the forces next to it took into account the special relationship between the Earth Dragon Gang and the Lin family, so they didn't dare to help.
The shopkeepers of the He family are almost all literati, and they can't resist the murderous killing of the Dilong Gang at all. So none of the shopkeepers of the He family were spared.
He Xiong looked at the corpse on the ground, his face full of tears, and resentment churned in his heart.
The next day, He Xiong led two-thirds of the masters out of the He family's compound in a murderous manner, tied white cloths on their heads or waists, and gathered outside the courtyard with weapons and a look of not fearing life and death, the purpose of which was to wash the Dragon Gang in blood.
In this way, a group of people and horses kicked dust away from the gate of He's house.
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Half an hour later.
"Whew!" A flare was fired from the He family's compound.
He Xiong and his entourage all looked at the cold signal flare in the sky, and they all stopped their horses.
This is a danger flare used by the He family, indicating that there is danger in the family and they need to call for help. This kind of signal flare has never been used since the rise of the He family, and it suddenly appeared today, startling He Xiong and the others.
At this moment, a black fast horse came quickly from behind. Everyone looked at it, and the person who came was a He family protector.
"The head of the house! Head of the house! The He family's compound was attacked by the Earth Dragon Gang. Hurry up and save it. The escort fell off his horse, his face covered in blood, and said to He Xiong in a heart-rending voice.
"Let's go! Go back to the compound," He Xiong shouted violently.
He Xiong and his entourage hurried to the He family's compound again.
When He Xiong and the others returned to the compound, the people of the Dilong Gang were all gone. Of course, He Xiong would not let go of the people of the Earth Dragon Gang, and after he left dozens of masters to protect him at home, he led the rest of the people to chase the Earth Dragon Gang.
At that time, several guards persuaded He Xiong not to chase after him, but He Xiong and the others were carried away by hatred, and they insisted on chasing after him.
Sure enough, when passing by a forest path, He Xiong and his party were ambushed, and the poisonous arrows on the trees were shot down densely, making people unable to resist. He Xiong was also almost hit by an arrow, but fortunately, a loyal protector gave up his life to block the arrow.
After this incident, the He family lost a total of three-quarters of the guards, which greatly reduced the strength of the He family.
In fact, from the time when all the shopkeepers of the He family were killed, the strength of the He family had been questioned, and all forces were ready to move on the resources of the He family, but they did not dare to take action.
This time the He family was ambushed, and only a quarter of the He family's protectors remained, and their strength suddenly dropped to the level of a medium family.
In this context, the various forces that do not enter the stream can no longer bear the bloodthirsty nature, and under the leadership of the Dilong Gang, they are all blatantly looking for trouble with the He family, and many sabotages such as robbing wood, smashing martial arts halls, and burning shops have followed. In this way, in this small town, there are bloody crimes every day.
The He family is already weak, and they have to deal with various disputes every day, and the resources of the He family will be exhausted and robbed sooner or later. The He family urgently needs a counterattack, a counterattack that must be won, otherwise, the He family will be embezzled and swallowed up by the Lin family, and the family will be ruined.