Chapter 71: Neither of them is anything good

  "Brother Jiang, my young son spoke out of turn. Please forgive him this once and help the Liu family in our time of need. We will surely repay you in the future!" Duke Liu Gaoxuan walked up to Jiang Cheng with a extremely embarrassed expression, his face still bearing a hint of pleading.

  Although Liu Gaoshan understood that Zhou Yutang's words had a few parts that were meant to intimidate the Liu family, Liu Gaoshan also knew that as long as the Zhou family was ruthless enough, what Zhou Yutang said could be done.

  At this time, Liu Gaosheng also regretted it. If his sons had teased Jiang Cheng at that time and he had reprimanded them a few words, things would not have become so embarrassing and related to the survival of the family.

  Jiang Cheng originally didn't have much of a temper, but as soon as he heard Liu Gao's words, his anger suddenly flared up.

  Like father, like son!

  Is it just a slip of the tongue?

  This would be a mortal insult within the tribe.

  Jiang Cheng had wanted to make a scene, but since Zhou Yutang arrived, he hadn't been given the chance. On the contrary, the Zhou family had taken the initiative to help him vent his anger, so he couldn't dwell on it too much.

  But now, what Liu Gaoxuan said was so lightly and casually, Jiang Cheng suddenly understood Zhou Yutang's words a bit, 'That rabbit son of the Liu family is not a good thing.'

  According to Jiang Cheng's view, this father and son of the Liu family are really nothing.

  Look at Zhou Yutang and Liu Jia's father and son, both are people who have received kindness from others, why is the gap between them as human beings so big?

  Moreover, Jiang Cheng was not here to take advantage of their kindness and return the favor, nor did he even have the intention of taking half a step ahead of them, yet he still suffered from poisonous tongues.

  "As for matters between your two families, I, a rustic mountain dweller, am not..."

  Listening to Jiang Cheng's words, it seems like he wants to stay out of the matter. Liu Gao Xuan's face changed immediately, almost as if begging, hastily interrupting Jiang Cheng: "Jiang younger brother, Jiang younger brother, please consider Lin En Gong's share and help our Liu family this time!"

  As they spoke, Liu Gaosheng suddenly dragged the wretched Liu De over and kicked him to his knees in front of Jiang Cheng, scolding fiercely: "It's all because of you, this good-for-nothing! You're always causing trouble outside, and as soon as you open your mouth, you bring trouble to our family. I'd like to tear that stinking mouth of yours to shreds!"

  "Hurry up, apologize to me with your own hands!" Liu Gaosheng scolded while slapping the back of Liu De's head a few times. "And you several, come over and apologize to me immediately!" Liu Gaosheng pointed at the young people behind him.

  Under Liu Gaoxuan's high-pressure intimidation, a group of young masters from the Liu family apologized to Jiang Cheng one by one.

  "Bang! Bang!"

  "Brother Jiang, I was just joking, don't take it to heart. I've always had a rotten mouth!" Liu De slapped himself in the face and apologized to Jiang with a sorrowful expression.

  He could never have imagined that a savage from the mountains would be able to drive him to this point.

  However, although he apologized and offered compensation with his words, the small eyes of Liu De, which were narrowed, flickered with a venomous glow.

  "Brother Jiang, we were wrong, you're magnanimous... slap slap..."

  "Jiang Xiao brothers, when will you calm down? Just let them stop for now. I beg of you, for the sake of Lord Lin's face, help our Liu family this one time."

  At that moment, the entire hall was filled with the sound of Liu's several sons slapping their own faces. If anyone's slap wasn't loud enough, Liu Gaoshan would go up and give them a slap on the head.

  The scene of Liu's young master standing in a row in front of Jiang Cheng with his hands clasped together was incredibly strange.

  This round of applause, however, put Jiang Cheng in a somewhat difficult position.

  Zhou Yutang took the initiative to give Jiang Cheng an outlet, that's one thing, but for Jiang Zhou to take advantage of kindness and ask Zhou Yutang for something in return, that's not something Jiang Cheng can do.

  What made Jiang Cheng even more helpless was that Liu Guangchen had actually brought up his already deceased grandfather, and Jiang Cheng really wanted to shout at Liu Guangchen - Shameless!

  Why didn't you know this earlier? Where were you at first?

  Liu Gao's repeated mentions of Ah Gong, accompanied by the sound of slapping his mouth, could only make Jiang Cheng look at Zhou Yutang with a somewhat helpless gaze.

  If it weren't for the incense of affection from Grandfather, Jiang Cheng wouldn't care about the life and death of the Liu family, he would have long since washed his hands of them, even if you slap your own mouths.

  Zhou Yutang was also a clever person, at this moment, he had long seen the relationship between Jiang Cheng and the Liu family. Originally, his sudden desire to put the Liu family to death was to help Jiang Cheng get ahead.

  Now that Jiang Cheng has expressed his willingness to let the Liu family off, he is also happy to retreat. After all, the means of putting the Liu family to death that he mentioned are not easy to implement.

  "Considering Jiang brothers' face, I'll let you Liu family off this once. However, the compensation that's due is absolutely non-negotiable!" Zhou Yutang said.

  Hearing this, Liu Gao, the Duke of Yun, was overjoyed and hastily said: "Everything will be done according to General Zhou's arrangements!"

  Jiang Cheng listened but was somewhat puzzled, how come Zhou Yutang and his old man were both general managers?

  "With Jiang brothers' face intact, we wouldn't even want ten times the compensation!"

  That rascal of yours smashed our family's store, so compensate us with two stores of the same scale. As for the losses over these three days, let's just say it's 10,000 taels of white silver."

  He spoke to this point, Zhou Yutang's expression turned stern: "Killed three people in my Zhou family, crippled seven people. For the three killed, each will be compensated with a house, and for all others, each will receive one thousand taels of white silver as consolation."

  At these words, Liu Gao Xuan suddenly inhaled a breath of cold air: "In the slave market, a strong and healthy slave is only worth 100 taels of silver..."

  Before Liu Gaosheng finished speaking, Zhou Yutang narrowed his eyes and said sternly: "What's this? You have an opinion? In that case, let's consider it in the face of Brother Jiang. Remember, we originally agreed on a consolation fee of 5,000 taels per person."

  "We dare not, we dare not, no opinion, we pay as usual!" Liu Gaoxuan hastily replied, his face aching with pain. This price was an extremely large amount even for their noble house.

  But compared to the astronomical figure of ten times more than before, at least it is still acceptable.

  "That's great!"

  At this point, Zhou Yutang sneered and walked towards the several young masters who were slapping their own faces. "However, as you said, my family members cannot die in vain, and the blood that should be shed will still be shed!"

  As they spoke, both hands shot out like lightning, and a crisp 'crack' sound suddenly rang out.

  A scream like a pig being slaughtered came out of Liu De's mouth.

  When Liu De saw his own legs, which were shining with bone fragments and blood spraying wildly, directly broken into two segments, he fainted.

  With a light pat, Zhou Yutang seemed like an innocent person, wiping the bloodstains from Liu De's unconscious body. Then he turned to Liu Gao, whose face had already turned iron-gray, and said: "The chief culprit has been punished. As for the seventeen people who followed Liu De in committing the murder that day, I request that you, Lord Liu, send them to the government office as soon as possible, so we can make sacrifices to the martyrs."

  Suddenly, the usually taciturn Old Steward Zhou inserted a sentence with an ominous tone, "Of course, if Marquis Liu is reluctant to part with it, our Young Master will naturally send someone to take it away. However, how many people will die in the process is hard to say!"

  "Yu Tang, you'd better treat Jiang Xiao well. In our Zhen Guo Gong Fu, we always repay debts of gratitude and revenge, so don't slack off!"

  I reckon that in two or three days, when Master Gong has some free time, he will personally host a banquet to thank Brother Jiang for saving his life." After finishing speaking, Old Steward Zhou put down the teacup he had been playing with for a while and got up, swaggering away.

  But inside the Hou Mansion's grand hall, especially among the Liu family members, they were all stunned as if struck by lightning - the savior of the Duke's life?

  They actually opened their mouths and offended the lifesaver of Zhen Guo Gong?

  Is there anyone more foolish than them in this world?

  Jiang Cheng watched as Zhou, the old steward, walked away with a swagger, secretly admiring his impressive and overbearing demeanor.

  It's just a father and son who have driven a marquis's manor to such a state, it's really impressive.

  The forces behind these two people, aren't they extraordinary?

  "Come on, Brother Jiang. Now that things have been settled here, as your elder brother, I must host a banquet for you since this is your first time in Bixuan City. Let's go to the Phoenix Dance Pavilion!"

  As soon as Director Zhou left, Zhou Yutang immediately became very familiar and wanted to pull Jiang Cheng out the door. However, Jiang Cheng slightly paused and said: "Big Brother Zhou, I still have some business to attend to at the Liu's house!"

  Zhou Yutang was taken aback and immediately said: "Then I'll withdraw?"

  "No need!"

  As they spoke, Jiang Cheng turned to Liu Gaoyan, who was anxiously treating his son Liu De's injury, and said in a serious tone: "Liu Hou, I have come this time on the orders of Ah Gong, to retrieve the sect's token that Ah Gong had left here twenty-eight years ago!"

  Liu Gaosheng was startled by the words, "You've come for that yellow..." He stopped abruptly after saying one word and hastily changed his tone to say: "Are you here to take the token left behind by Lin En's sect?"

  Liu Gaoxuan's expression made Jiang Cheng frown for a moment, and then he nodded, "That's right, this is Grandfather's will!"

  Zhou Yutang's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, while Liu Gaoshan suddenly looked extremely embarrassed.

  "Brother Jiang, this matter is indeed somewhat difficult to handle!"

  "What?"

  Jiang Cheng and Zhou Yutang's faces changed simultaneously!

  Here is the translation:

  "Second update, by the way, Sanjiang Chrysanthemum has been exposed again. Free tickets! Brothers, go get one to protect Zhu San, thanks!"

  Thank you to all the fans of Phoenix Legend, thank you for the rewards and support from thousands of troops, thank you to my brothers for your support, I love you guys!