Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Feast of the Hung Gate
In the next few days, the two families of Chu and Song after forming an alliance were busy taking over the territory of the market, and the Song family had not been as lively as these days for many years.
And all of this will be attributed to the Chu family's Elder Keqing, Long Fan.
As for the He family, it seems that they are all hidden, and there is no rumor, but this may also be the calm before the storm.
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It didn't take long for the peaceful days to be shattered by an invitation.
"The He family is going to hold a banquet tomorrow to entertain the big and small forces in Yanyang Town, presumably the Song family also received this invitation. Chu Xiao sat in the hall and said with a stern expression.
"Father, the He family suddenly invited all the big and small forces in Yanyang Town to go, this must be a fraud, there is a high probability that it is a Hongmen banquet, let's not go. Chu Feiyuan arched his hand and said.
"Yes, Dad, this He family must not be well-intentioned, and it must be very dangerous to go this way. Chu Ling'er also responded from the side.
But Chu Xiao looked angry and said, "This He family invited all the forces in Yanyang Town, just to force us to go and accept the invitation. ”
"If we don't go, our Chu family won't have the face to mix in this town in the future, so we have to go!"
"What the head of the family said is reasonable, our Chu family must go, if we don't go, we will be said by outsiders that we are afraid of the He family, so what face does the Chu family have to continue to stay in this Yanyang Town?"
A figure walked in as he spoke, came to Chu Xiao's side, and said, "Family master." ”
"It's Elder Long, since we have to go, what do we need to prepare in advance?" Chu Xiao asked.
It was Long Fan who walked in, and said unhurriedly: "Inform the Song family, we will go together tomorrow." ”
"Good. ”
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Early in the morning of the second day, the Song family came to the door of the Chu family with some guards and joined the Chu family, and the largest forces in Yanyang Town on both sides went to the He family together.
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The courtyard of the He family, the courtyard is like a city, and almost all the large and small forces in Yanyang Town have come to the banquet, and the courtyard is full of people.
"Haha, Brother Chu, Brother Song, you are here, hurry up, come in and take a seat. ”
It was the host of this banquet who spoke, the head of the He family, He Hongjin.
However, Chu Xiao and Song Tian ignored him, after all, everyone knew that the head of the He family must not have a good heart at this banquet.
Seeing this, He Hongjin didn't say much, turned around and walked towards the hall with the two family heads, but after turning around, the face of the He family head was covered with a gloomy look.
"Wait a minute, you can't enter, please wait in the courtyard. ”
Just as Chu Xiao and Song Tian had just entered the He family's hall, Long Fan and the others who were following behind them were stopped by the He family's guards.
At this time, Chu Xiao and Song Tian both frowned, if Long Fan was stopped outside, they would lose this biggest hole card.
Just when the two of them wanted to open their mouths to stop them, the head of the He family first arched his hand and said to the two family heads: "Two family heads, I'm sorry, this is the rule, and there are also family heads of various forces in this hall, I hope you will forgive me." ”
Looking at the appearance of the head of the He family, the two heads of the family were angry, and it was obvious that He Hongjin wanted to intercept their greatest reliance.
"You ......"
Looking at what the people in the hall really said, although he was angry, it was not easy to attack, so he had to look at Long Fan helplessly.
But Long Fan nodded, and did not attack the head of the He family, so he took the people of the Chu family back to the courtyard under their gaze.
Seeing this, the two family heads didn't know what Long Fan's plans were, so they could only give up.
"Follow them to the courtyard and wait. The head of the Song family said to the people of the Song family.
Then, the head of the He family with a proud face said: "Thank you two heads for your forgiveness, please take a seat." ”
"Hmph. ”
Chu Xiao and Song Tian didn't say anything more, just snorted coldly and walked in and sat down.
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"Long Fan, will something happen to my father when they go in?" Chu Ling'er was obviously a little worried.
Long Fan just silently felt the breath in the hall and said, "It's okay, as long as the elder of the Blood Yang Sect doesn't appear, the family master and they will be fine." ”
Seeing Long Fan say this, Chu Ling'er and Chu Feiyuan on the side didn't ask any more.
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"Ahem, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your willingness to come to my He family to cheer, He is grateful. ”
The head of the He family walked to the main seat and said to everyone seated.
"The master of the He family is polite, it is an honor for my Li family to be invited. ”
"Yes, the head of the He family can invite my Lin family, and I, Lin, am also grateful. ”
Most of the small forces present stood up and saluted back to the head of the He family.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that these people who open their mouths are either afraid of the power of the He family.
Either they have already been bought by the He family, and only the two heads of the Chu and Song families remain, as well as a very small number of them still sit in their positions and have not spoken.
The head of the He family on the throne said very proudly: "Where, where, you can come to the banquet, I He Mou thank you again." ”
It's just that after finishing speaking, the head of the He family inadvertently looked in the direction of the two heads of the Chu and Song families with eyes full of resentment.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to discuss one thing with you at this banquet. The head of the He family sat down and spoke again.
Sure enough, the head of the He family invited all the heads of the family for no reason, and he must have a plan.
And this scheme, the head of the He family couldn't wait to say it.
The head of the He family continued: "Everyone, our Yanyang Town is located in a remote area, and the overall strength is too weak, not to mention the forces of Qingyuan City, even the forces of neighboring towns can easily crush us. ”
"What is the reason for this? Have you ever thought about it? It is because our Yanyang Town is scattered and scattered, and each side is too weak. ”
Speaking of which, all the heads of the family under the throne roughly guessed the thoughts of the head of the He family, and most of them were forced to be helpless and could only be silent.
As for the two heads of the Chu and Song families, they have the hole card of Long Fan, so they are naturally not afraid of the He family, and they also calmly listen to the head of the He family to continue to speak.
He Hongjin was also a little surprised by the reaction of the heads of the Chu and Song families, but he didn't think much about it.
Then he said: "If we in Yanyang Town want to compete with the forces of neighboring towns, and even fight for their territory, there is only one way, and that is the alliance of all our forces. ”
"My He family plans to create a Yanyang Alliance, I want to invite you to join, I will be the leader of the alliance, and lead everyone to other towns to compete for territory and get rich together, what do you think?"
Afterwards, several family heads stood up and said, "He family master is willing to take us small forces, how can we refuse? ”
These families have obviously been bought by the He family to drive other family owners.
With the heads of these families taking the lead, some forces that were afraid of the He family also reluctantly agreed.
The head of the He family nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Chu Xiao and Song Tiandu, the two strongest families here.
After Chu Xiao and Song Tian both glanced at each other, Chu Xiao got up and said: "Master He, my Chu family doesn't have such great ambitions, I just want to guard my own one-third of an acre of land and live a peaceful life, and I hope that the head of the He family will forgive me." ”
"Yes, Master He, our Song family's thoughts are similar to Brother Chu's, I hope you will forgive me. Song Tiandu also got up and continued.
There are also some wavering family heads who no longer speak at this time, waiting to see the choice of the two heads of the Chu and Song families.
However, the head of the He family on the throne showed displeasure on his face and said, "The two family heads are unwilling to join my Yanyang Alliance, do they think that I, He Hongjin, are not qualified to be the leader of this alliance?"