Chapter 118: The Struggle for Righteousness
"Too much deception!"
Seeing that Li Laohu was actually blackmailing himself, Luo Ningyu was furious, and shouted: "Lin Fangda, Liu Xunyi, you take down this bloody dog thing for me!"
"Okay!" Lin Fang laughed fiercely, and resolutely got up and walked towards Li Laohu. Instead of being afraid, Li Laohu laughed loudly and said: "Okay! If there is a kind of you who will do it! See who regrets it in the end!"
"What do you mean?" Pan Chuba waved his hand to stop Lin Fangda, and said suspiciously, "What other conspiracy do you have?"
"Eighth Master Pan, you Pan Huai ship merchant has a great business, and there are more than 100 slaves, I don't think you should want these guys who bought your life to die innocently and tragically like my brother in the end, right?" Li Laohu sneered, "I won't hide it from you now, I have sent people to surround your dock and business this morning, as long as you dare to act rashly, they will go on a killing spree!"
"You still have the ...... of Wang Fa in your eyes"
"Wang Fa?" Li Laohu laughed angrily, "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I have already taken care of everything in the government, if you don't want to make money and don't want to make money, then the government will seize all your Pan family's business in Yingchuan on the grounds of investigating the case." When the time comes, hundreds of coolies will have nothing to eat, and they will come to you with their families, I see how your Pan family will deal with it?
"Scoundrel! shameless! despicable and obscene!" At this moment, Luo Ningyu hated to use all the dirty words he knew on Li Laohu. She stared at Pan Chuba with a righteous face: "Pan Baye doesn't have to pay attention to him, I want to see what he dares to do with us? If he dares to hurt a single hair of my hair, my father will definitely send someone to level the Donghu Gang, so that he can't survive or die." ”
Pan Baye neither ignored Li Laohu's aggressiveness, nor did he pay attention to Luo Ningyu's impassionedness, but turned to greet the guests: "Today, my Pan family had some accidents, which made you laugh. The old man dares to ask you to leave for the time being, and I will make amends to you again at a later date!"
After that, Pan Baye looked at Li Laohu again, and arched his hand: "Gang Master Li, this matter is very important, and the old man is difficult to decide for a while, can you give me half an hour, so that I can discuss it with my children and grandchildren at home? If not, even if the old man agrees to share the Pan Huai ship merchant with you equally, but the children and grandchildren do not agree, wouldn't it be a lot of trouble for the Li gang leader to run it in the future?"
Li Laohu originally planned to go all out, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that Pan Chuba's words were reasonable. After thinking for a moment, he nodded: "I can give you half an hour, but at the same time, I will send someone to guard the mansion to the death, and even a fly will not want to fly out." Of course, if someone tries to escape in this half hour, then your Pan family will be unlucky. Hmph!"
After leaving a few words of threat, Li Laohu led people out of the lobby. The guests were even more eager to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, and seeing that Li Laohu did not stop him, they couldn't wait to say goodbye to Pan Chuba and rushed to flee from Pan's mansion.
In a moment, in the hall that had just been full of people and laughter, only the Pan family, Liu Xunyi, Luo Ningyu and Lin Fangda were left.
"Ahem!" Pan Chuba took the lead in breaking the silence and said in a condensed voice, "There are no outsiders now, you don't have to hide what you have to say, but it's okay to say it!"
"I don't know what Daddy means?" Pan Wen muttered.
"No hurry!" Pan Chuba shook his head, "The family business is not mine alone, it belongs to all of you." Therefore you are free to speak your mind, and if you do not say it now, you will regret it later. ”
Pan Chuba got straight to the point, and everyone in the Pan family looked at each other, and for a while they all looked hesitant to say something.
On the other hand, Liu Xunyi and the three wanted to speak several times, but they were stopped by Pan Chuba's eyes.
"Since that's the case, then I'll say it first!" Among the Pan family, Pan Chun has the most bold temperament, he has dared to say and do since he was a child, and he is not informal, and he went to the new military mansion for three years to train, and he has become even more straightforward.
Pan Chunxian arched his hand slightly towards Luo Ningyu and the three of them, and then said frankly to Pan Chuba: "Grandpa, forgive me for being rude, I shouldn't have handed over half of my family business to the East Lake Gang. Obviously, Li Laohu deliberately planted the blame, Li Bao was not killed by us at all, and his death had nothing to do with the Pan family, so why should we be guilty? If we agree to his conditions, won't we confess ourselves? Outsiders still think that we have a ghost in our hearts. ”
"That's good!" Pan Wen immediately nodded and said, "Li Laohu can easily take away half of our family business by making an excuse today, maybe he will come up with other reasons another day, why not swallow up all of our Pan family then?"
"He was originally a robber, what reason can he have with a robber?" the eldest lady agreed, "The Pan family can have today, we have worked hard for three generations, how can we give it away? Li Laohu is insatiable, and he has done all the bad things, but he just wants to find a high-sounding excuse for himself, if he sets this precedent, I am afraid that our Pan family will be defeated in his hands sooner or later." ”
Although what they said was reasonable, it was still a little awkward to listen to Luo Ningyu's ears at this moment. However, awkwardness is awkward, and Luo Ningyu is not in a hurry to express his position.
Pan Chuba said lightly: "I expect that Li Laohu found this excuse for two reasons: one is that he died his brother, but he couldn't find the real culprit, so he wanted to vent his anger on my Pan family." The second is to show other businesses in Yingchuan. If he forcibly seized and did not distinguish between right and wrong, then who else would dare to do business in Yingchuan in the future? Wouldn't everyone be in danger? In this way, the person who lost in the end was himself, and Li Laohu had always been shrewd, and he had settled this account. ”
"Although Li Laohu is a sinister person, I don't think he will kill his brother and deliberately frame us, right?" Pan Feng pondered, "So...... Did someone really kill Li Bao last night? And he tortured and killed him in extremely cruel ways. ”
"Madame is right. He Hu pondered, "If this happens to me, I will definitely feel uneasy in my heart." After all, an enemy hidden in the shadows is far more dangerous than a battle with open swords and guns. I have carefully observed Li Laohu's words and deeds just now, and his anger and worry are all from the bottom of his heart, not like a coy gesture. And ......"
As for this, He Hu slowly turned his gaze to Luo Ningyu and the three of them, and said with a wry smile: "And Li Laohu has now decided that the three of you are murderers, so he came here today to make a big fuss, in addition to making things difficult for the Pan family, there are two purposes, one is to take the opportunity to collect money, so that the Pan family can use half of the family business to settle things and resolve the conflict." But he didn't insist on going his own way, he had to find out the murderer to avenge Li Bao, it is not difficult to see that in fact, in Li Laohu's heart, he is still quite jealous of you. Second, he wants to set up a prestige against the three of you, so that you know that he is the boss in Yingchuan, and any other foreign powerhouses will not want to act recklessly in his territory. ”
"What do you mean...... Is he giving prestige to the Xianwang Mansion?" Lin Fangda sneered with disdain in his eyes.
In fact, Li Laohu deliberately pretended to be confused. With his power in Yingchuan, he would have been able to find out your origins long ago. He Hu replied undeniably, "But he didn't dare to blatantly go against the Xianwang Mansion, so he planned to attack the Pan family." Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey. ”
Pan Wen said hurriedly: "Then you can't agree to his conditions, otherwise don't you let him succeed in his tricks?"
"But if you don't agree, then what should Miss Luo do?" Pan Yun said suspiciously, "Although Li Laohu is jealous of the Xianwang Mansion, since he dares to attack the Pan family, it means that he is not completely afraid of the Xianwang Mansion, once we provoke him, who can guarantee that Miss Luo and the three of them are thorough in Yingchuan?"
Pan Yuyin nodded and said, "Brother is right, this person is crazy and does everything for money." Although the Xianwang Mansion disdains the East Lake Gang, it ...... Li Laohu wants us to give an answer today, even if the lord of Luofu sends someone to come quickly, he won't be able to catch up in half an hour anyway, right? The so-called distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near, so we should judge the situation and not act rashly. ”
Seeing Pan Yun and Pan Yuyin speaking for him, Luo Ningyu couldn't help but show gratitude, and said with a light smile: "It's okay, I don't believe he really dares to deal with us." ”
"Brother and sister, we all talked about our thoughts just now, I don't know what you mean?" Pan Wen asked Ding Cui, who had not said a word.
Ding Cui hesitated for a moment, and then said quietly: "I mean...... In any case, we must protect Miss Luo and their thoroughness, and we can't let them make a mistake, as for half of the family business...... After all, it's something outside the body, and it's a big deal that we can earn it back in the future!"
"Hiss!" As soon as Ding Cui's words came out, everyone present was extremely surprised. On weekdays, she is the most concerned about money, but now she can say such generous and righteous remarks, which is really impressive, and even Liu Xunyi, who had a lot of complaints about her just now, can't help but look sideways at her.
"Mother, do you really think so?" Pan Chun asked in disbelief, "That's half of our family business, half of our gold mountain......"
"Silly boy, if the three distinguished guests of the Xian Mansion really have an accident in Yingchuan, don't say that the family business can't be saved, even if we can survive under the anger of the lord of Luofu, we have to say both. Ding Cui didn't forget to say to Luo Ningyu and the three of them, "My words are a bit vulgar, please don't be weird!"
"You don't have to fight anymore, let's settle this matter!" Luo Ningyu suddenly said, "This matter has nothing to do with the Pan family, and you don't have to make a family feud because of this, I expect that Li Laohu is just scaring and scaring us, and he doesn't dare to really do anything to us." And the three of us have some self-preservation skills, so ......"
"No!" Before Luo Ningyu finished speaking, Pan Chuba suddenly waved his hand and said with a solemn expression, "Can't you see it? These people in the East Lake Gang are not righteous people at all, and they will not abide by the rules of the rivers and lakes, and many of them have never even heard of the name of the lord of the Luo Mansion. Li Laohu forgets his righteousness and is greedy, and he dares to do anything for money. If you fall into the hands of these thieves, the consequences will be unimaginable. The lord of Luofu sent you to wait, and the old man must not let you suffer the slightest grievance. ”
"Dad, do you want him to blackmail us for nothing?" Pan Wen said urgently.
"I understand what you mean. Pan Chuba said in a deep tone, "But today the East Lake Gang is prepared, we have no choice from the beginning, and I ...... In fact, the answer has already been found. The reason why you are allowed to express your opinions is that I don't want to break up the family because of this. In love, the lord of Luofu has a good relationship with me, and his daughter and beloved disciples have come to my house as guests, how can I put them in danger and ignore them?
Pan Chuba's lips trembled slightly when he said this, after all, Pan Huai Shipmonger was the hard work of most of his life, how could it really be as easy as he said?
"Pan Baye!"
"Daddy......"
"Grandpa......"
"I have made up my mind, I don't need to persuade again! Divide half of the Pan Huai boat merchant to the East Lake Gang!"
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