But now the city lord and the eldest lady of the Chu family are also watching here. No matter what decision he makes, he will offend the other party, which is really a headache.
At this moment, the sound of neat horse hoofbeats came. Whether it was Sang Qian or Mei Chaofeng, their expressions changed slightly. In the entire Mingyue City, who else has such a cavalry team besides the Chu family?
Soon, a figure like an iron tower filed in with a group of soldiers. Each soldier was wearing golden armor and red robes, with fierce eyes. After entering the casino, the soldiers lined up neatly in two rows, surrounding everyone in the middle.
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Coupled with their sharp and orderly steps, a chilling atmosphere instantly filled the entire gambling den.
"This is the red-robed army of the Chu family. It looks much more powerful than those in the Hefang camp."
"Shh, please keep your voice down, are you going to die?"
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Hearing the whispers of the people around him, Sang Qian's face twitched, and he stepped forward and shouted coldly: "Yue Shan, what are you doing! Are you, the Chu family, planning to rebel by mobilizing private troops for no reason?"
Although he had not been in office for long, he still recognized this man as the Chu family's guard captain.
Yue Shan replied coldly: "We just heard that the eldest lady was bullied and came to protect her. The Chu family still has this power."
After finishing speaking, he came to Chu Chuyan and bowed respectfully: "I have met the eldest lady."
Zu An on the side looked excited, thinking that in such an environment, if he called me uncle, wouldn't it be a sign of honor for Beier? He was full of expectations, but who knew that the other party glanced at him with a hesitant look on his face, but in the end he said nothing.
Said, directly ignoring his existence.
Chu Chuyan smiled slightly and helped him up.
Yue Shan continued: "Miss, the master has spoken, saying that no matter how poor our Chu family is, we cannot be bullied by just a gang. As long as the miss just says a word, the Plum Blossom Gang will be completely defeated today!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar, and Mei Chaofeng was even more shocked. The reason why their Plum Blossom Gang has become so prosperous in recent years is not because he has high enough cultivation level and many people under him can fight. The most important thing is that
In order to maintain the balance, other forces acquiesced in his existence.
If they really break up, he is a gang leader, even if he has the support of some people behind him, how can he be an opponent of the Duke's Palace?
Not to mention the Duke's eighth-level cultivation, even the red-robed army of the Chu family can crush the entire Plum Blossom Gang.
He had no choice but to look at Sang Qian for help. Sang Qian was obviously extremely shocked and couldn't react for a while.
Noticing the appearance of the two of them, Zu An felt relaxed all over. This was right. It seemed that he had chosen the right thigh. It felt so good to bully others.
He completely forgot that he had just wanted to jump off the sinking ship.
Pang Chun coughed and said tentatively: "It doesn't seem right for the Chu family to interfere in local affairs like this."
Sang Qian on the side seemed to be awakened and said hurriedly: "Yes, is your Chu family going to rebel?"
Chu Chuyan took a step forward and said coldly: "Does cleaning up the gangs count as a rebellion? Your Excellency is a good hat."
Seeing the eldest lady speaking, the warriors of the Chu family put their hands on the handles of their swords, as if they only needed an order to clear the place immediately.
Sang Qian swallowed and said hurriedly: "Whether the Plum Blossom Gang is a gang and how to punish it is also a matter for the city lord to take care of. Your Chu family's intervention is a blatant violation of the court's rules."
"Well, let's follow the rules of the imperial court." Chu Chuyan's eyes turned cold. "My husband... my husband was first struck by lightning in the suburbs, and then almost assassinated outside the city. Then someone set up a trap for him.
He owed a huge gambling debt and wanted to take the opportunity to cut off his hands and feet... All of these things were inseparable from the Plum Blossom Gang. They troubled everyone to imprison Mei Chaofeng, his thirteen adopted sons, and all the middle and senior management of the Plum Blossom Gang.
, investigate this matter strictly."
"Ah, this..." Pang Chun was a little panicked for a moment, and hurriedly looked at Xie Xiu.
Xie Xiu also frowned slightly. He had heard various rumors before that Zu An was not very popular in the Chu family. But looking at this situation, could Miss Chu really like him so much that she would risk the world's disapproval for him?
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Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little sour. Although he had a good relationship with Zu An among the students before, he was a man after all. Any man would inevitably feel a little a little bit when he saw a stunning woman like Chu Chuyan being so devoted to other men.
Unhappy and jealous.
However, he quickly adjusted to the fact that a top-quality woman like Miss Chu was not his hunting target. No matter how good a woman was, she could not bring more happiness than a group of eight-point women.
This is his purpose of picking up girls. He will never provoke those extraordinary women. Every one of those women has a lot of trouble behind them. And if he is really with such a woman, he is destined to be unable to show mercy everywhere.
I'm still like myself now, finding some confidante who is a little less famous, and I don't need to think about anything else at all, and I don't know how comfortable my life is.
Pang Chun was originally asking for his opinion, but he had all kinds of strange expressions on his face, leaving him confused as to what to do.
At this time, Chu Chuyan spoke again: "If Pang Daren is afraid of offending others, then I will personally lead people to capture them and send them to the government office. How about that?"
"Miss Chu, calm down, Miss Chu, calm down," Pang Chun took out a handkerchief and hurriedly wiped the sweat on his forehead, "This matter needs to be discussed in the long term."
Sang Qian's face on the side also changed. He was involved in the crime of murdering the Duke's uncle. The matter was big or small. Seeing Miss Chu's determination and the murderous intent of the red-robed soldiers in the room, he did not dare to behave like before.
Helping each other so unscrupulously would avoid causing trouble to my father.
Mei Chaofeng's heart was also beating wildly. Is he really going to die here today? Thinking of this, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes. At worst, he would be dead.
At this moment, a thin voice came to his ear: "Write down an IOU of 7.5 million taels to settle today's matter."
Mei Chaofeng heard that it was Xue'er's voice that conveyed the message into the secret, and he realized that the other party was so tough, and it boiled down to the 7.5 million taels. But could such an IOU be written?
As if seeing his hesitation, Xue'er's voice came again: "You are stupid, even if you write an IOU, when will you pay it back, how will you pay it back, and even whether you want to pay it back, you can still think of a way later. If you are really bad today
If the Chu family takes action and wipes out all of your Plum Blossom Gang, the master's plan for so many years will be completely finished!"
Mei Chaofeng frowned and quickly sent a message into the secret room to reply: "But the Chu family obviously cannot interfere in local affairs. Today they really took action. In two days when the prefect will react, they will not be able to eat and just walk around."
"It can't be that easy. The city lord is from King Qi's faction. When you people are imprisoned, why don't they take this opportunity to beat up the drowned dog? Have you, the Plum Blossom Gang, done anything wrong in recent years? Are you really going to be investigated?
Who can run away!" Seeing that he still couldn't understand, Xue'er's voice revealed a hint of anxiety and anger.
Mei Chaofeng gritted his teeth, and finally made up his mind, and apologized to Chu Chuyan: "It was our gang's lack of consideration that led to the collision with Miss Chu today. Mei is here to apologize to Miss Chu. I hope you have a lot of money, don't do it."
Keep it in mind."
Saying these words in front of so many people made his face feel burning pain. He could imagine that after tonight, he would become the laughing stock of these people after dinner, and the strong image he had built over the years would collapse.
But he had no choice. He really didn't dare to gamble. If the Chu family was really determined and sent troops to kill the Plum Blossom Gang today, he would have no place to cry.
In fact, if he was really alone, the fierceness of the Jianghu people would make him give it a try without being so arrogant, but the Plum Blossom Gang does not have the final say alone.
The man behind him has spent so much effort to support him over the years. If he were to turn all this into nothing overnight, even if he escaped tonight, he would die without a burial place in the end.
So he could only lower his face and apologize to a girl who was much younger than him. At this moment, he seemed to feel the eyes of the people around him as if they were real.
After apologizing, he found that Chu Chuyan was indifferent. Mei Chaofeng gritted his teeth, knowing that the other party couldn't just say a few words and said, "Come here, prepare some pen and paper for me."
Soon someone brought paper and pen. He wrote hard for a while, and then handed the IOU to Chu Chuyan: "Miss Chu, this is an IOU for 7.5 million taels of silver. We are willing to admit defeat, but it is such a big sum.
We can't come up with the money at once. There must be no family in the world that can come up with so much money in a short time. So I would like to ask Miss Chu to have some grace. We will pay back the corresponding interest every year. As for the principal, we will think about it separately.
I wonder what Miss Chu wants to do?"
Here he played a trick. The IOU stated that they owed 7.5 million taels to Zu An, not the Chu family. If it was owed to the Chu family, it would be hard for him to refuse, but if he owed Zu An, then the corresponding means
That’s a lot more.
Chu Chuyan also noticed the name above, but it was originally earned by Zu An, and she did not want to take advantage of it: "What do you think?"
Seeing her asking for his opinion, Zu An felt very happy, so the IOU pretended to say: "Oh my, it would have been better if Gang Leader Mei had already been like this. He has to toast me and eat as a penalty. Isn't he mean?"
The anger value from Mei Chaofeng is +888!
Mei Chaofeng almost lost his temper and vomited blood on the spot. If it weren't for hugging the Chu family's thigh, how could you, a wimp like you, show off your power in front of me!
He almost couldn't hold back and exploded on the spot to crush the bastard to ashes, but when he saw Chu Chuyan and the red-robed army led by Yue Shan, he could only hold back his anger.
Zu An took the IOU and looked at it: "Hey, I only pay the interest. Forget it. I have a lot of money, so I will give you some grace. In addition, the interest is calculated as one point. Isn't it expensive?"
"It's not expensive." Mei Chaofeng gritted his teeth and said. To be fair, no matter where you are, a penny of interest is not expensive. The Meihua Gang has forgiven several times the interest on loan sharks before. A penny of interest is simply a gift.
Already.
But why does it make people so angry when these words come out of the other person's mouth? Especially when he sees the other person's face of being very compassionate and showing mercy to him.
The anger value from Mei Chaofeng is +345!
After hearing what he said, Zu An spread his hands in front of him: "Since you agree, let's settle the interest now. It's 7.5 million taels. One penny of interest is 750,000 taels. Should it be paid in cash or in banknotes?