Chapter 405 [Are you old and confused? ]

Ever since the main hall came to the East and West Halls and the sect leader said nothing, He Sheng began to become more and more daring. Otherwise, he would not have allowed Lao Ba to run rampant, making a lot of money by reselling in various districts and trying his best to expand his own power.

Don’t think that 350,000 taels of gold is a lot, enough to support 10,000 men in reserve and pay them monthly wages for more than ten years. In fact, in order to make them stronger, medicinal baths, elixirs, etc. are indispensable, and these things are the big money.

It would be useless for the East and West Hall to continue to expand the number of people. There are tens of millions of people in Sanshui City, but there are only so many people who practice martial arts. If they are not martial artists, recruiting them will not be of much use.

What he needs to do is to make one of his men beat ten, and use ten thousand men as one hundred thousand. Therefore, the daily news system + the old eight business talents are indispensable left and right arms.

Now that his right arm had been seized, how could he not be anxious? In addition, he was going to teach the other gangs a lesson so that they would behave themselves and take his business to the next level, so he decided to go big.

“I never thought that I would be drying horses one day.”

But when he thought about the so-called showing off among the young and dangerous guys, which was just a gathering of people to show strength and more of a deterrent than actual action, he shook his head.

I am different from the dwarf mules, I play more realistically. Once I have a falling out with the Fifth Elder in Zuixianlou, ten thousand people will really kill people with knives.

“Walk.”

Ten thousand people, armed with weapons, marched out of the camp and headed for the north gate of Sanshui City. The camp of ten thousand people was not far from the city, at most a few kilometers away.

With the strength of a martial artist, the city wall was visible in a short while.

The soldiers and officials in charge of guarding the city were almost frightened to death when they saw the huge crowd from a distance. They thought it was bandits coming from nowhere to attack the city.

The common people who were queuing to enter the city were quickly dispersed, and the city gates were immediately closed, ready for battle. When the team walked to the foot of the city wall and saw clearly what everyone was wearing, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

The members of the Giant Whale Sect!

After a while, the news that He Sheng from the East and West Halls was leading 10,000 armed soldiers to Anrenfang spread like wildfire, and their speed was much faster than if they could walk on foot.

Therefore, the first thought in the minds of all the hall masters of the Giant Whale Sect, including the current sect master, was that He Sheng finally couldn’t hold back and chose to rebel!
After all, who would believe that he was leading 10,000 armed members of the sect and rushing towards Anrenfang with murderous intent and saying that he was not going for the headquarters or the sect leader?

As a result, just as the headquarters was contacting people and gathering manpower to prepare for the coming storm, new news reached their ears.

It turned out that it was the damn Fifth Elder who detained the leader Lao Ba, the Good Fortune Boy of the East and West Halls, in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, a private room on the third floor of Zuixian Tower, saying that he wanted the guy named He to come in person to discuss something.

At that moment, not to mention the ten leaders of the main hall, even the sect master had an impulse to run to Zuixianlou to kill the fifth elder. Do you know that because of you, you almost caused a big fight in the Giant Whale Sect (a fight is an external confrontation, and the two sides belong to different forces; a fight is mostly an internal conflict, and the participants originally belong to the same group).

“Master, where is the fifth elder?”

The head of the main hall hurriedly passed the news to the sect leader, and finally asked whether he needed to intervene in the conflict between the fifth elder and the East and West halls.

“I don’t care about him!”

The sect leader yelled angrily with a dark face, then left with his hands behind his back.

“have to!”

The head of the main hall spread his hands. The sect leader didn’t care about the five elders, so there was no need for the main hall to get involved. However, he still didn’t dismiss the summoned people, but kept them to prevent any accidents.

Who knows, after dealing with the fifth elder, the current head of the East and West Halls will suddenly have a brainwave and rush to the main hall. Speaking of which, I shouldn’t have accepted those gold notes in the first place.

In Zuixianlou, there were more than a dozen people guarding five or six fellow disciples with the insignia of the East and West Halls embroidered on their bodies. They were the subordinates of the Fifth Elder, responsible for controlling the close contact of the leader of the East and West Halls, Lao Ba.

They definitely couldn’t kill him. If they did, it would be called fratricide. The five elders might be fine, but they would become victims of the sect’s rules.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

For some unknown reason, the earth suddenly shook.

“Brother, the earth dragon turned over?”

One of them looked at the leader in confusion.

“That shouldn’t be the case. Sanshui City has never had a record of a dragon turning over in the past hundred years.”

Before he could utter the word [record], he saw a large crowd of people suddenly turning around from the crossroads a few hundred meters in front of Zuixian Tower.

The people walking towards Zuixianlou were wearing the unique clothing of Jujingmen. What was even more frightening was that the logo of Dongxitang was embroidered on their clothes.

“Gudong-“

A dozen people swallowed their saliva and could not help but retreat one after another, not even caring about the few people who needed to be watched. Although, the weakest among them were all people who had reached the Great Perfection of the Training Realm.

However, faced with a crowd of this size, even if they were men of iron, how many nails could they hammer into their bodies?
“boom!”

When they were about ten meters away from Zuixian Tower, everyone stopped.

The next second, the crowd separated.

He Sheng led the other three leaders under his command, the famous “Tiancan Dique” and “Maojijing” in the whole Sanshui City, out.

The two who are incomplete and have flaws are the second and the sixth who are the mummy, and the flatterer is undoubtedly Xi’an. The first two have many flaws, but they are not incomplete and have flaws.

the latter?
He has neither strength nor ability, but relies on his ability to be called a “Grand Chamberlain” to firmly hold the position of the head of the East and West Halls. If the head of the Xi Hall is not a flatterer, then who is?

“Congratulations, Hall Master.”

“go away!”

Boss Xi stepped forward and slapped a dozen people in the face one by one, and they all retreated several steps.

Even though the strongest among them was at the Great Perfection of the Inner Training Realm, he was severely humiliated by a mere person at the Seventh Black Blood of the Ao Lian Realm, and he dared not show the slightest anger, and even had to smile, as if he had done a good job.

Are you kidding? If each of the people on the opposite side spitted, it would really drown more than a dozen of them.

“Xi’an, keep an eye on them. You two follow me.”

He brought Tiancan and Dique into Zuixianlou.

Inside the building, not to mention the second floor, even the shopkeeper hid himself and dared not show his head.

This is normal.

He led the two of them to Xiaoxiang Pavilion on the third floor, opened the door and walked in without even knocking.

“Oh! Master He, why did you come just now?”

The fifth elder stood up hurriedly and came forward with a warm look on his face.

Obviously, he was overwhelmed by the grand scene downstairs. Otherwise, a dignified elder would not be so humble.

“Do I have a habit of arriving early?”

Ignoring the Fifth Elder, who was smiling like a chrysanthemum, he went straight to the main seat in the private room. The nine people who were originally sitting in the room, including the head of the hall, stood up.

After sitting down, He Sheng pointed at Lao Ba.

“He uses my name to do things, and anyone who dares to touch him will not give me face.”

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and pointed at the fifth elder who was standing at the door, not daring to follow him and sit down.

“Are you old and confused? Who do you think you are? How dare you go against me! Don’t think that just because you are a numbered elder in the sect, you can arm wrestle with me.”

In the past, the Fifth Elder would have definitely killed him after hearing this.

Unfortunately, I dare not do that now.

Don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you are young again and your fighting power is back to its peak. That comes at a price. The Tenth Elder not long ago definitely didn’t live as long as he will in the future.

Secondly, even if the fighting power of those people outside is restored to that of youth, how many can they kill? Add to that a Hall Master who once crushed the Ten Elders, and he will probably be defeated after just a few moves.

So, the Fifth Elder, who had been so arrogant in front of Old Eight not long ago, now stood there obediently like a wilted cucumber and was scolded.

I thought the other party would be more or less considerate of his status as an elder. Who would have thought that this guy was such a reckless man. He picked up a hammer and hit him on the head, making him dizzy and afraid to fight back.

“I, He Sheng, have been recruiting soldiers in Sanshui City. The East and West Halls are strong and powerful, and all the disciples are eager to try. I never thought that there would be someone in the city who dared to touch my tiger whiskers.”

After a pause, he pointed at the other eight people and asked.

“You dare?”

“Don’t dare!”

The person being pointed at was immediately frightened and hurriedly shouted in defense. “Do you dare?”

“I don’t dare either!”

I asked them one by one, and the answer I got was that they all didn’t dare.

Even though they have the Fifth Elder as their background and they denied it in person, afterward, no matter how the Fifth Elder retaliated, at most he would be punished and transferred to a remote hall.

But if they admit it now and don’t offend the Fifth Elder, they might lose their lives.

“You arrested Lao Ba. Don’t think I don’t know what you are thinking. Want to get involved in Yishou Dongxitang’s business? Old man, you are not afraid of being eaten to death.”

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Old Eight, who looked like he had finally gotten rid of his anger, and asked.

“You do business in their hall. Do you give them any money?”

“Master, it was divided, a full ten percent.” Lao Ba nodded and replied.

Business, cake, it’s not good to eat alone, even if you can eat it. It is because he knows how to share that he can make a profit from each business that is higher than the estimate of the daily news system.

Originally, the maximum profit was 10,000 taels. After recruiting a few hall masters and leaders, the profit suddenly increased to 10,000 or 3,000 taels. When it was more, it was 15,000 or 6,000 taels. Even if a part of it was distributed, it was still much more than before.

“My principle in life is to have food for everyone, but my brothers and I must be well fed first. Only then can you have your turn.”

In a word, it was just a matter of saying that the Fifth Elder was only fit to eat leftovers.

The person involved was so angry that his face turned red, and he stood there with his expression changing color one after another, but he still didn’t dare to lose his temper.

“How much did he get?”

“Five thousand taels of silver.”

Lao Ba blurted out that he was holding a banquet at Zuixianlou today, intending to share the profits with the people under the Fifth Elder. The Hall Master had said that more friends mean more opportunities. As a result, he was detained while eating small dishes and drinking wine.

“How about this, I’ll make the decision. Fifth Elder, you have to pay me 500,000 taels of silver. Then, set up a three-day banquet at Zuixianlou and let my brothers come and enjoy it. Then this matter will be over. How do you think?”

“???”

The fifth elder was full of question marks on his face, how much!

Five hundred thousand taels?

Can you have a bit of shame? You’re fined a hundred times the profit of five thousand taels of silver. Besides, what’s even more outrageous is that I have to hold a banquet to admit my fault. Don’t you want to save my dignity?

What’s more, will it be put up in Zuixianlou for three days and let your brothers eat it?
Brother, you have more than 10,000 brothers. If they eat for three days, the cost would probably be more than the 500,000 taels you paid as compensation.

What level is Zuixianlou?
No matter what they use, they are all the best. Even if they cook big pot meals, they are expensive big pot meals. Can I afford it?

“What? The Fifth Elder doesn’t want to? That means you are not giving me face!”

As he spoke, He Sheng walked to the window and pushed it open.

“If you don’t give me face, you are not giving face to our Dongxi Hall. If I don’t want face, will the people below agree to it?”

Xi An was indeed a flatterer known as the Grand Chamberlain. Upon hearing the voice coming from upstairs, he immediately shouted “No”.

Then, thousands of people shouted in unison, “No.”

The sound was so earth-shaking that it made the Fifth Elder’s face turn even paler.

“I can’t afford five hundred thousand taels of silver, nor can I afford a restaurant. Fifth Elder, how did you become an elder? Why don’t you go home and farm!”

There are arable lands around Sanshui City, but compared with the “granary” city of Qing State, it seems a bit funny. Sanshui City’s biggest external trade is still seafood. Especially after the saltpeter ice making method was introduced, the chilled seafood became more famous.

There were frictions among the caravans under the command of the powerful and wealthy, and the people who started to curse Sanshui City were the ones who sold stinky seafood. You can imagine how famous they are.

As a result, according to Mr. He, the Fifth Elder couldn’t even fish and just went straight to farming.

“boom!!”

The fifth elder really couldn’t bear it anymore, he slammed the table and shouted angrily.

“Mr. He, what are you so arrogant about? Let alone 500,000 taels, I won’t even give you 5 taels. At worst, I’ll fight you.”

“???”

Everyone present was confused. Are you old and confused? You have been patient for a long time, but now it explodes. It was all in vain. Ah, it was all in vain!

However, there was one person in the audience who could understand the Fifth Elder’s sudden outburst. The Eighth Elder pulled He Sheng’s clothes and whispered.

“The Fifth Elder’s childhood sweetheart was snatched away by the Eighth Elder, who was a farmer and much poorer than the Fifth Elder, who was a fisherman. Unexpectedly, the childhood sweetheart said that farming was much safer than fishing, but one day her husband left and died in the sea.

Therefore, the Fifth Elder was stimulated and sold his property to enter the Giant Whale Sect’s martial arts hall to practice martial arts. The Eighth Elder saw that this was not a good idea. If the Fifth Elder came out to take up an important position in the Giant Whale Sect’s industry, he would be easily punished.

Soon after, the Eighth Elder also sold his property and entered the Giant Whale Sect Martial Arts Hall. The two fought each other along the way, but they both had great talent in martial arts, and they became numbered elders.

Not to mention, ignoring their childhood sweethearts, the two of them are a wonderful story.

“.”

By the way, wasn’t the Eighth Elder the one who cheated on the Fifth Elder? It’s not enough to steal someone’s childhood sweetheart, but he also wants to steal a concubine. How can his character be worse than mine?

At the beginning, when the daily news system was frantically pushing various family ethics dramas, it was mentioned that the child born to the fifth elder’s concubine was actually the eighth elder.

Although the private room was large, the problem was that everyone present had practiced martial arts to a certain level. They were very sharp-eyed and listened to every word that Lao Ba said.

They pinched their thighs frantically, afraid of accidentally laughing out loud.

The five elders were all confused. How do you know about my youth? The Giant Whale Sect will ask you.

“I heard that the Fifth Elder seems to have only one son, right?”

“I’m telling you, don’t be impulsive. Those of us who are out in the world must remember the rule of not letting our families get hurt.” The fifth elder immediately backed down. A year ago, his concubine gave birth to a child, who was his only bloodline, and nothing could happen to him.

“Do not worry.”

He Sheng patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

“For one million taels of silver, I will give you a piece of information. The information about your son is definitely worth the money. Take it out and we will write it off.”

“???”

After a long while, the fifth elder finally nodded slowly.

“I’ll give it to you, as long as you don’t touch my son.”

For the sake of his son’s safety, it is not shameful for him to admit defeat.

Then he raised his hand and pointed at one of the people standing there, took out a token from his pocket and threw it over, asking the other person to go to the mansion to get the money.

“it is good.”

Seeing this, the man surnamed He whispered something in the ear of the fifth elder.

Then, everyone saw that Lao Deng’s facial expression changed several times more brilliantly than before, and the colors were more complete than those in the dyeing workshop.

“Are you telling the truth?”

“Do I need to lie to you?”

Then, the Fifth Elder’s breathing became heavy, his eyes were red, like an angry bull. His teeth were clenched and creaked. If it weren’t for the strong physique of a Qi training warrior, he would have broken all his teeth long ago.

“Master He, I will accept your favor today.”

“???”

During the meal, everyone, including Lao Ba, had only one sentence in their mind.

You are really getting old and confused!

(End of this chapter)