"Over the years, all the lucrative and covert businesses have been taken over by your Ichthyosaurus Gang, including grain transportation, warehouse shifts, army logistics, and the outer defense of the warehouses of the Department of Revenue. You won't even share some small business with other gangs. For the emperor's sake, how can it be meaningful in this world?

Master Meng stared at Chao Xiaoshu coldly and continued, "You should clearly know what public anger means. In the past, other gangs had some respect for you because of your qualifications, but now, even if the court intends to suppress you, you are still stubborn. So don't blame us for our brutality and ruthlessness.

"People in the world of rivers and lakes have always been illiterate, and they can only repeat these sentences over and over again. When I negotiated with others in person many years ago, it really made my ears suffer a lot," Chao Xiaoshu said with a low smile while standing under the umbrella and looking at Master Meng, who was 'hee-hee-ha'. His words were naturally said to Ning Que behind him, but not to their opponents.

Master Meng's facial expression suddenly distorted when he saw Chao Xiaoshu's disdain for him. He stomped heavily on the ground with his stick and shouted, "It is said that there are three thousand men in turquoise robes, but you and I are well aware that the number of loyal warriors is just over three. Besides, a few of you powerful guys have now been detained by the nobles of the Yulin Imperial Guard's Heroic Cavalry Battalion. Tonight, I wonder how you can escape!

Looking at Meng Xiaozhou's slightly twitching fat face, Chao Xiaoshu suddenly smiled and replied: "Regarding your first question, I dare to say that over the years, including grain transportation, warehouse transfer, and canal transportation, I naturally have the ability to monopolize these businesses. Whether it's you, Junjie, or the old cat, none of you can manage these businesses. Even if they are delivered to you, you don't dare touch them.

"You don't have to try and guess if I have a backup. I can tell you directly that there are no people from the Spring Breeze Pavilion here tonight. Don't you think it's strange that Mr. Qi isn't here tonight? No need to be surprised. In fact, he and the others have already left your home. I believe that at this time, Nancheng, Dongcheng, and Lao Mao's outer mansion are already in turmoil.

As the words echoed through the dilapidated pavilion, the crowd in the rain suddenly became even more agitated. They have been sending people to follow Chao Xiaoshu and successfully besiege him here. How could they have guessed that Zhao Xiaoshu would lure them into being bait, while the rest of the Ichthyosaurus Gang would go to their house?

"Unfortunate should be away from family and home!" The person who retired from the city gate defense reproached: "Chao Xiaoshu, you have gone too far!

Chao Xiaoshu's expression became a little indifferent, and he shook his head slightly and said, "You are besieging me at my doorstep." Would it be a family-related misfortune if I didn't transfer my family early? You don't have to worry too much anyway, because I'll always follow my rules. I will not kill you at your doorstep, lest I break the hearts of your families.

After a pause, he looked at everyone and said calmly: "However, after tonight, it is impossible for you to have a family in Chang'an."

After tonight, it is impossible for you to have a family in Chang'an.

Such a simple sentence immediately evoked many different images in the depths of the brain in the crowd. The five words of Chunfeng Pavilion Lao Chao represent the guarantee of faith in the world of rivers and lakes. If he had said so, he would definitely not have implicated the families of the crowd. However, on this slightly cold and rainy spring night, their old parents, wives, and children will be brutally kicked out of their homes, and then their hard-earned mansions and pawnshops will be destroyed by the turquoise-robed men of the Ichthyosaurus. Who can accept such a fact when it happens to them?

Master Meng's fat face twitched again. His umbrella did not refuse all the rain, so the convulsions shook a few drops of rain onto his flesh. Later, he said coldly: "The mansion can be rebuilt, but the dead cannot be resurrected." As long as we kill you, the world of rivers and lakes will be completely changed, and then Chang'an will ...... It will be ours!

"Chang'an will always belong to the emperor." Chao Xiaoshu smiled slightly. He glanced at the official sword at his waist, then raised his head, let out a heartbreaking laugh, and said, "Speaking of killing me, have you ever seen my attack?"

Ning Que was behind Lao Chao, closed his oil-paper umbrella, and threw it at his feet. Then he raised his right hand and reached for the hilt of the sword on his back, pointing diagonally at the rain clouds.

Chao Xiaoshu slowly stretched out his hand and grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist. The moment his slender fingers grasped the rain-soaked hilt of his sword, his turquoise robe shook slightly, and countless raindrops were shaken into a fine vapor, like mist.

The middle-aged man with a gentle smile was suddenly full of murderous looks, as if he had become another man. The gloomy and icy rain around Lao Zhao seemed to sense something unusual, and avoided him obliquely and silently. After that, not a single drop of rain dared to touch the turquoise robe.

In recent years, the Ichthyosaurus Gang has dominated the gangs in Chang'an. Everyone knows that among the leaders of the Ichthyosaurus Gang, there are several heroic and fearless characters who are much stronger than ordinary gang members: Chang San (known as indifferent), Qi Si (cruel), Liu Wu (tyrannical), Fei Liu (fierce), and Chen Qi (insidious). Except for Mr. Qi, who is known for his cruelty and fights at the bottom of the Jianghu world, other characters, whether in Xicheng or Nancheng, can easily build their own new worlds in different places.

Many people thought that these people, probably dissatisfied with their current status, would leave the Ichthyosaurus Gang to find a new future, or even replace their leader through betrayal. However, after so many years, these five people still follow their boss closely and have never left - because their leader is Lao Zhao of Chunfeng Pavilion.

Although few people in Chang'an have seen Lao Chao show offensive talent, or more accurately, those old people he saw many years ago are dead, but no one dares to despise him, or simply treat him as a paper tiger who can only rely on brotherhood rather than his own strength. That's because everyone understands that for a figure like Chang III, the sword at his waist can't just be an accessory to a scholar.

His name—Old Zhao of the Spring Breeze Pavilion—is a shadow that floats over all enemies. They wondered what would happen if he pulled out the sword at his waist, but no one dared to try. They knew very well that once Chang'an was unsheathed, a bloody massacre would take place at night.

Master Meng of Nancheng noticed that his team had been subdued by Chao Xiaoshu's sword-holding action, opened his eyes suddenly, and then shouted fiercely: "He is fighting alone, not a celestial!" Come on! Go kill him!

There is no shortage of madmen and reckless people in this world, there is no shortage of hermits who seek a chance to become famous by killing legends, and there is no shortage of followers who suddenly become brave because of a large group of people. With Lord Meng's shout, hundreds of people from various gangs in Chang'an raised their steel swords, yelled loudly, and rushed towards Lao Zhao from all directions!

"I just want to go home."

Looking at the oncoming enemy, Chao Xiaoshu just said such a sentence. Immediately afterwards, the sound of "Qiang Lang" resounded in the dilapidated alley, and the official sword at his waist was unsheathed like a dragon, seemingly slowly but quickly stabbing at the man above his head.

Looking at Chao Xiaoshu's back, Ning Que held the hilt of the sword in his right hand, but did not pull out the extremely sharp pod that had just been hoisted. He wanted to see the true strength of the legend from the Chang'an gangsters. What's more, he was worried that the moment he came out of the sheath, a bolt of lightning would kill him by mistake, because Zhao Xiaoshu's previous words were too pretentious and might cause retribution from nature.

Chao Xiaoshu's sword is normal in style, length, and width. There is nothing special about the blade either. However, at the moment when the fast-moving sword dispersed the raindrops, many thin stripes could be faintly seen on the sword. The streaks are not some kind of fu, but more like a few gaps filled with mercury.

When a very remarkable character tells a fact, many people will think that he is pretentious. Staring at the sword, Ning Que looked at this scene, the 'normal' sword, at the last moment, slapped the man's chest accurately and easily, instead of stabbing it. He finally realized that Lao Zhao's previous words were not just for showing off. On the contrary, the number is powerful and impressive.