Chapter 70: The Attitude of the Liu Family

  "Little brother is... but isn't your surname Jiang?" The Zhou surname big man, who had rushed into the Chengyun Marquis's estate, stared at Jiang Cheng for half a day before suddenly asking cautiously.

  At this time, Jiang Cheng could see who was in front of him even if his eyesight was poor.

  He nodded slightly and said: "Big Brother Zhou, I didn't expect to see you here!"

  Jiang Cheng nodded, and Zhou Yutang, who had been staring at Jiang Cheng in a daze just now, suddenly took a tiger leap and rushed to Jiang Cheng's face, punching him fiercely: "Good kid, it's really you! Your disguise just now made me almost dare not recognize you."

  "When did you come from Beihun Mountain Range to Biyuanwang City? You came to Biyuanwang City, but didn't look for me. What's wrong, don't you think highly of your brother Zhou?"

  A barrage of questions burst forth from Zhou Yutang's mouth, making Jiang Cheng feel a bit embarrassed as he scratched his head. Jiang Cheng hadn't expected to run into Zhou Yutang again, especially not here, after that chance encounter on the Silver Moon Grasslands where he had saved Zhou Yutang.

  "Some unexpected things happened in our tribe, so I came here, and I just arrived." Jiang Cheng replied with a blush, then pointed to Liu Gaosheng, the Marquis of Chengyun, and asked: "Big Brother Zhou, who is this?"

  "Hey, that kid from the Liu family is really something else. Never mind, let's not bring it up. What brings you to Biyuan Wang City? By the way, what are you doing here at Chengyun Hou Mansion?"

  Zhou Yutang furrowed his brow, suddenly thinking that Jiang Cheng, a mountain hunter, would not appear in the mansion of the Duke of Qingyuan in Biyuan State, and hastily asked a question.

  This series of changes also made the crowd in the Liu family hall stunned, they did not expect that a barbarian in their mouths would actually be related to Zhou Yutang, and the relationship seemed to be quite close.

  This dramatic change made Liu Gao, the Marquis of Chengyang, glare fiercely at several young men behind him, clearly extremely dissatisfied with their previous words. He also did not expect that a young man from a remote and humble tribe like Jiang Cheng would actually have a connection with Zhou Yutang.

  Especially when the Liu family is facing this intractable trouble.

  "By order of Old Master, I came to Hou Mansion to visit an old friend." Jiang Cheng didn't want to say more and simply replied with a sentence.

  Jiang Cheng's response, however, once again furrowed Zhou Yutang's brow: "Brother, I didn't expect the Liu family to still have some old connections with you. It seems that this matter can't be handled like this."

  In a low voice, Zhou Yutang walked to the old steward wearing a green robe and a square hat who was sitting aside and said: "Father, you also know that my brother Jiang Cheng has an old relationship with the Liu family. Why not let the Liu family off this time? We don't need them to pay us ten times compensation either. After compensating for the loss of life, even if we give them a generous consolation, it's okay to let them compensate for the rest at the original price?"

  As soon as Zhou Yutang spoke, the Liu family was overjoyed, especially Liu Gaoshan and Liu De, whose worried faces immediately cleared up.

  The gaze towards Jiang Cheng was also different at this moment. This person, Jiang Cheng, even the old steward Zhou knew about him, which meant that Jiang Cheng's relationship with the Zhou family was not shallow.

  As for the previous malicious words and sarcastic remarks towards Jiang Cheng, saying that he wasn't even worthy of being a horse groomer, they were all suddenly forgotten.

  But they forgot, it doesn't mean everyone else has forgotten.

  Before the Liu family could rejoice, Zhou Yutang's father, also known as Zhou Zongguan in his green robe and square hat, waved his hand slowly and said: "Yutang, I remember you mentioning Jiang Cheng to me. However, there is one thing you don't know!"

  "What's wrong?" Zhou Yutang was shocked.

  Before you came, the Liu family said that you, Jiang Cheng, were a barbarian from Beihuan who came to their house to freeload. They also said that even if you were just a horse groomer, you wouldn't be worthy of it, and they're afraid you'd steal their horse feed!

  Director Zhou's expression turned icy in an instant after hearing a few words from Liao, but Director Zhou's words continued.

  "Especially this Marquis Cheng, who claims that Jiang Cheng's father is a great benefactor, yet turns a blind eye to his own son's numerous humiliations towards Jiang Cheng."

  Zhou Lao's words made Liu Gao's face turn bright red instantly.

  "Brothers, did they really treat you like that?" Zhou Yutang didn't disbelieve his old father, but from his own perspective, he couldn't imagine that there were still such beastly people in this world.

  What can Jiang Cheng do about Zhou Yutang's pursuit?

  It's not Jiang Cheng's nature to hit a man when he's down, and besides, Jiang Cheng still needs to retrieve the token from the Liu family. Jiang Cheng is also unclear about what exactly is the relationship between his grandfather and the Liu family, so he can only respond to Zhou Yutang with a bitter smile.

  The next moment, Zhou Yutang burst out in an instant when he saw Jiang Cheng's bitter smile.

  "Damn it! You Liu family father and son, not a single one of you is any good!"

  "Alright, now we've changed our minds. The shop that was smashed by Liu De's thugs, even if they offer us ten times the compensation, we don't want it!"

  "We only want the Liu family to pay with their lives, to avenge the three people you killed and the six people you crippled. Tomorrow, my young master will personally report this to Commander Wei and seek justice from Lord Liu and his son at tomorrow's morning court!"

  Unexpectedly, Zhou Yutang's words did not cause a great shock among the Liu family.

  Apart from the reason why Liu Gao was frowning and deep in thought, Liu De sneered coldly: "Repaying one's life is just repaying one's life! The lives of a few cheap slaves are nothing to be taken seriously!"

  I have plenty of slaves in my Liu family, let alone compensating with eight lives, even if I were to compensate with sixteen lives, I can afford it!

  Hearing Liu De utter those cheap lives, Jiang Cheng's gaze towards him was involuntarily filled with disgust.

  There is high and low social status, but every life has dignity.

  Upon hearing this, Zhou Yutang's old father, Old Master Zhou, couldn't help but chuckle softly, causing the Liu family members to be taken aback.

  "Liu Hou, you probably don't know yet? Among the three people killed and eight people disabled by Liu Xiaohou, seven of them were brave warriors who participated in the southern expedition against the Diyi tribe six years ago. Each of them had at least ten heads' worth of military merit on their bodies!"

  This sentence made Liu Gaoxuan's face suddenly turn pale, but Zhou Lao's words were far from over.

  "Liu Hou probably didn't even know that among the seven brave warriors, six of them had third-class military merit and titles, and one of those who were killed was even granted a third-class baron title last year!"

  At this point, Zhou Laotou's expression suddenly became stern: "According to the law of Bixuanyuan, killing a noble will result in the loss of their title and a fine, as well as punishment by death!"

  No title can be taken away, I'll stake my life on it!

  Commoners dare to kill nobles, confiscate their property!

  Those who dare to kill military officers will be stripped of their titles and have them doubled; if they have no title to strip, they will be put to death!

  "A commoner who dares to kill a military officer with honors and titles shall be punished by having his family property confiscated and his three clans exterminated!"

  Every time Prefect Zhou spoke a word of the law, Marquis Chengyun Liu Gaoshan's face turned one shade paler. By the end, Marquis Chengyun Liu Gaoshan's legs had begun to tremble.

  If it's settled this way, the Marquis' estate will be finished.

  Zhou Yutang couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hey, as far as I know, Liu Xiaohou's title is only a first-class baron, and if you count Liu Hou's third-class marquis, that's a total of sixteen levels of nobility!"

  "I've calculated it, the six third-class military merit baronets you guys killed, if doubled, would be twelve grades of nobility. Adding another third-class military merit baronet, that's a total of twenty grades of nobility! Even adding up the Liu family father and son's titles, it's still not enough to make up for their lives!"

  Zhou Yutang's old father, Zhou Lao, burst out laughing again: "Yutang ah, tomorrow remember, when the time comes to catch someone, you can't forget to catch Liu De. I just don't know whether to use beheading or skinning as punishment! By the way, starting tomorrow, Liu Hou will basically become a commoner. His family's business, you must take good care of it!"

  "Dad, is it necessary for you to intervene in this matter?"

  The father and son's one answer and one response made Liu Gao, the transport official, sweat profusely on his forehead. He could never have imagined that his previous small act of insolence would become a calamity that destroyed his family, far more severe than the tenfold compensation he had paid before.

  "Nonsense! You're talking nonsense!"

  Can't take it, the provocative young master of the Liu family, Liu De, rushed out with a pale face: "I killed only the shopkeeper's slaves and guards, when did they become nobles with titles?"

  "It's definitely you who forged it, it's definitely your forgery! I'm going to sue you, I'll accuse you at the imperial court, accuse you of privately conferring noble titles on the Zhou family!"

  "Private lesson?"

  Zhou Lao laughed loudly: "At that time, you can go to Sima Jun's place to check, that military merit is indeed a solid military merit. As for the title, it seems that Sima has already made an appointment, although that document is quite new!"

  Liu De's face turned red with rage as he thundered: "Who doesn't know that the Imperial Decree is the same as the Duke of Town? You're using public power to frame him, this is a false accusation..."

  "Bang!"

  A loud slap instantly sent Liu De flying backwards in a rage. Jiang Cheng, who was watching with his eyes wide with shock, didn't even feel the pain of being slapped on the face, that slap was so fierce.

  Jiang Cheng saw that Liu De's teeth had been pulled out by the furious Cheng Yaojin.

  Liu Gaoxuan, the adopted son of Liu De, hastily bowed and said: "Your humble servant spoke recklessly, please forgive me, Elder Zhou!"

  Director Zhou ignored the transportation manager, Liu Gaosheng, and continued to savor the cup of old tea that had long lost its heat, as if it were extremely fragrant.

  Liu Gao, the Duke of Chengyun, with a bitter expression and pale face, swept his gaze across the entire hall before fixing it on Jiang Cheng. He then walked towards Jiang Cheng in a dignified manner, bowing his hands from afar.

  PS: Correcting a mistake, in the previous chapter Liu Gaosheng should be surnamed Zhou instead of Gao, it was a slip of the pen, brothers please forgive me, I have corrected it!

  Finally, I'd like to say that brothers today have taken Jiang's vote for Mu. If Mu takes the lead, come and cast a vote for Pig Three!