Just as the head of the Xie family said, after a few days of recuperation at home, the heads of the aristocratic families in Xun County who had lost face at the hands of Xiao Jiu finally couldn't hold themselves back and desperately wanted to seek revenge on Xiao Jiu.

On this day, the Thirteenth Young Master held another big banquet for everyone to apologize for their excessive behavior in the past few days. Unfortunately, none of the heads of the Xun County family who had been deceived once dared to go. Instead, they poisoned Xiao Jiu out of hatred.

And they held a small banquet privately to discuss how to kill Xiao Jiu.

"Come and have a drink..."

In the Meng family banquet hall, singing and dancing took place, the melodious music and the incense lingering in the hall floated, filling the entire house.

The dancers were all dressed in light clothes, dancing with enchanting postures, fragrant clothes, and gorgeous looks. The men present were so seduced that they could not sit still. They stepped forward and hugged each other into their arms.

"Hahahaha...Brother Meng's place is more comfortable, but it's much happier than the banquet hosted by that brat."

The man with a flushed face who had been drinking said, holding a beautiful woman in one hand, hugging her from left to right, so happy.

"Isn't this natural?" said a fat man sitting next to him, trying hard to open his half-drunk eyes, but with little success. He stuck out his tongue, "If you don't even look at who he is, who is our Brother Meng? These two

Can anyone compare?!

"Does a commoner think he can show off his power by climbing up to a good-for-nothing young man? Bah! He dares to sit on my head and shit and pee. I think he doesn't want to live anymore!"

The man laughed heartily and held the beauty in his hands for a long while.

The beauty blushed with embarrassment, and gently pushed the man away with her soft little hands, trying to welcome him but refusing, "Sir~"

This made the fat man feel uneasy for a while, "Hahahaha..."

This kind of unobtrusive flirting is not uncommon here, but the man's vulgar words made several people at the table look at him, slightly dissatisfied.

Someone turned to look at Meng Kuan who was looking up. He was sitting there in a luxurious suit with a calm temperament. Not only did he not react to the man's words, but after looking at the man, he even asked with a smile, "I don't know, Mr. Gao?"

What’s your advice?”

It was when Meng Kuan finished asking that the climax of the banquet came.

It seemed that everyone had been waiting for this moment. Finally, the men revealed their unspoken purpose for coming here today.

"Kill him!"

Meng Kuan's smile gradually deepened, "How to do it?"

The man looked around, then suddenly pushed away the beauty in his arms, stood up crookedly, saluted with his limp arms, and then said to the crowd, "With the combined strength of our family, we will surely be able to do it in one fell swoop."

Destroy the Xiao family!"

This is an idea. If you want to deal with Xiao Jiu, why bother to put more effort into it? Just send troops to kill him, and then blame the bandits after everything is done. They have the final say in Xun County anyway, who can take care of them?

Several people looked at the leader of the Meng family, who was sitting at the top. They vaguely wanted to use him as a backer. They gathered several troops. Are they afraid that they would not be able to destroy Xiao Jiuman's family?

impossible!

So, everyone on the left and right spoke in agreement.

"This is a very good plan! We failed to take precautions last time, so Xiao Jiu'er took advantage of it. This time, let him know how powerful we are!"

"That's right... If it weren't for Xiao Jiu, how could Zhou Wuping dare to do something to humiliate us? We must avenge this!"

"...This time I have to destroy him all over the house..."

…

When talking about the excitement, no one noticed that Meng Kuan, who was sitting at the top, didn't interrupt after asking that question.

After discussing the number of troops sent by each family, Meng Kuan also gave a number of no more or less to "participate in the battle". On the one hand, he felt that killing Xiao Jiu could be won without sending all the troops from each family, but on the other hand, for some reason, Yi Yi

Since what happened to Xiao Jiu that day, he subconsciously retained most of his strength and only sent people to participate.

On one side, they were discussing the matter of killing Xiao Jiu. On the other side, the banquet with only a few people present was held in a deserted but enjoyable manner.

Of course Xiao Jiu was the one who was having fun. He smiled and toasted with the only three guests.

"Hey...nephew Xiao Xian, do you still have time to drink?"

Le Wei, who couldn't understand, was sitting in the empty banquet hall, feeling extremely uncomfortable. He looked around and saw that it was so empty, and he felt more worried about Xiao Jiu.

In addition to him, people attending the banquet today include Xie Yu and another young man representing the Zhou family. He is the son of the head of the Zhou family, named Zhou Shen.

The young man was a well-mannered man, and he followed his father's lead at first sight. His temperament was gentle and steady, and he could keep his composure very well. He said he was going to the banquet on his behalf, and he really came to the banquet. He didn't say any unnecessary words, and just ate and drank.

"Uncle Le, how can you live up to the fine wine in front of you?"

The corners of Xiao Jiu's mouth raised in an upward arc, and his slender fingers gently shook the wine bottle, and his words were scattered.

"You can drink wine anytime, but things can't wait!"

"Especially things that are fatal!" Oxfam couldn't hold it in anymore. He was restless and said in a low voice, "I ask you, how do you plan to deal with those heads of aristocratic families? And the tens of thousands of people outside the city, you don't care.

?!"

"Control? Of course we have to." Xiao Jiushi said calmly.

Several people looked at him, and Oxfam frowned, "Then you still have time to drink? You don't want to think about how to resolve the dispute with the family heads, nor how to settle the people outside the city."

"Xiao Jiu, your situation is very critical now, do you know?" After Oxfam spoke on the phone, it was not difficult to see his impatience. He only warned Xiao Jiu for Xiao Jiu's benefit, otherwise, he really didn't want to take care of Xiao Jiu.

Especially when he saw the real owner sitting there with a calm face, Oxfam was even more anxious and angry, almost to the point of losing his hair.

"If you want to make peace with the outside world, you must first make peace with the inside." Xiao Jiu slowly put down the wine bottle, his light-colored eyes filled with some kind of contemplation, and his eyes swept over the people present lightly, "No hurry... no rush.

"

"Uncle sees that I am in many dangers, how do you know that I didn't join in voluntarily?"

The imminent revenge of various aristocratic families inside and the restless time bomb of tens of thousands of rioters outside may seem detrimental to Xiao Jiu, but if Xiao Jiu can actually be strong enough to make these threats no longer threats, then what will happen?

Don't worry about it.

The gentle tone seemed to have some kind of calming magic power, which made a few people feel startled. Le Wei: "Do you have a way to deal with it?"

Xiao Jiu didn't answer, just picked up the wine bottle, tilted his head and smiled, "Drink. Next time you guys come here, there will be no empty seats here."

The young man's unhurried words were like some kind of prophecy, as if he was confident. His words fell softly into the ears of several people, causing people to think. What did he mean, and what plans did he have?

still……

However, looking at Xiao Jiu's silent expression, he knew that he couldn't figure out the reason, so he had no choice but to sit down at the table with his thoughts on his mind.

A few days later, on a night of heavy rain, there were shouts of killing in Wubao outside the city, and then, after the fighting ended.

Hundreds of corpses were dumped in piles outside the doors of several houses. The soil was stained red with blood, and a few bright red writings were left, "On the fifteenth day of next month, the Thirteenth Young Master's house is hosting a banquet."

The door opened, and someone inside let out a scream full of terror, and crawled back again.

"ah!!!"

“It’s not good!…The owner of the house is not good!!!”

…

In the early morning of that day, there were countless such screams throughout Xun County. For a while, many people were so frightened that they hid in their homes and did not dare to go out. It was very honest.

"Pfft...hahahaha..."

In the Zhou family, Mr. Zhou was playing chess with his two sons. When he suddenly heard the news from the servant outside the door, he burst out laughing.

Putting down the chess piece in his hand, he smiled and said, "This son of the Xiao family is indeed extraordinary!"

The Zhou Family Head and Zhou Su on the side were shocked and filled with doubts. The Zhou Family Head asked, "How can the Xiao family have the strength to withstand thousands of people?!"

Obviously, it was no secret to them that the major families in Xun County secretly sent people to kill Xiao Jiu. But what is surprising is that these people sent thousands of troops and were actually killed by Xiao Jiu?

So how much real strength does Xiao Jiu have?

It makes people think deeply and fearfully.

In the end, Xiao Jiu threw the bodies back in front of each house and slapped those people hard. I am afraid those people will spend a long time in fear.

Duke Zhou stroked his long beard and sighed thoughtfully, "A truly smart person will not show all his strength in front of others. This time, every family in Xunjun County really suffered a huge setback at the hands of Xiao Jiu."

Among them, the Zhou family is naturally included.

But the old man's tone even contained a hint of schadenfreude. The head of the Zhou family was helpless, "Why is father still so happy?"

Duke Zhou glanced at him and said, "This proves that my father's vision of people is right. Didn't our Zhou family give him a piece of land as a gift back then? I'm afraid this Xiao Jiu will be a figure in the future..."

The experience of being deceived by the Thirteenth Young Master when he was critically ill made the Zhou family head somewhat resentful. Now looking at this matter from Duke Zhou's point of view, he couldn't help but lower his head, "I'm ashamed, I was careless."

"It's good to know your mistakes. It's a taboo to look down on others. Remember, the weaker and harmless you pretend to be, the more sinister your true face is hidden behind." Duke Zhou taught in a slow and old voice.

His eldest son is very good. In recent years, all the affairs of the clan have been taken care of in an orderly manner, and he no longer needs to worry about it. However, he still lacks experience in some aspects. Duke Zhou thought that if he could teach him more, he might one day be able to do it.

What about dead?

Naturally, the stronger the head of the family, the better, so that he can better shoulder the burden of the family.

"Just wait and see, Xiao Jiu's abilities are more than that... A real tiger or wolf cannot pretend to be a lamb to be slaughtered for the rest of his life." Recalling the little boy in his mind, he spoke thoughtfully, as if he meant something, and caressed

With a long gray beard, he said slowly, "It's time for me to meet my old friend and ask him how he raised his disciples..."

The old man smiled silently, which was meaningful and had a bit of fun in watching a good show.

"Yes." The other two people frowned and nodded in response.

They also wanted to know whether Xiao Jiu would really reveal his 'true face' in the future as Duke Zhou said.

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Chapter completed!