Chapter 120: The First Disaster Relief (IV)
Sect Master Liu appeared again. Huo Chong stared at the Sect Master for a while before he matched the person in front of him with the image in his memory.
Compared with the last time, this sect leader looked much more mature, that is, he looked much older. The biggest change was not his appearance, but the fact that Sect Leader Liu, who almost forced Huo Chong to death at that time, brought more people this time than last time, a full twenty people. Huo Chong had forty or fifty people who were ready for armed struggle. If an emergency occurred, Huo Chong could even mobilize three-digit manpower to fight.
The weapons used in battle were no longer fists, feet, or clubs. Huo Chong's core armed personnel were even equipped with hand cannons. Not to mention the men of Liu, even the most elite imperial guards would not be able to survive.
Since it was a negotiation, Huo Chong let Master Changxin sit in the main seat. Master Changxin sat at one end of the long table, and three people sat on each side of the table. In the yard outside the house, there were people from both sides.
Huo Chong did not send out an overwhelming number of people. Now was not the time to tear each other apart.
"Master Huo Xiang, why are your subordinates so unruly!" Patriarch Liu started to accuse them.
Huo Chong immediately retorted, "Master Liu, you may have forgotten that you stopped recognizing me as a member of the Tianli Sect a few years ago. If you say that, there is no rule at all!"
Seeing that both sides were very angry from the beginning , Master Chang Xin sighed and said, "You two are not here to get angry, right? If you were angry, why would Master Liu come so far to get here?"
Sect Master Liu rolled his eyes. It was obvious that he didn't want to see the scene, but he still endured it. He continued, "Brother Huo, your people came to our sect and said that we persecuted your master. You know what kind of person your master is. We are so bored that we persecuted him!"
Huo Chong didn't care about his master's embarrassment at all, and he didn't care about others mocking him because of this matter. If things came to this point, it would be good, and Huo Chong would be able to get rid of many troubles from then on.
"My master is here. I'll ask him to come over and meet Master Liu." After saying that, Huo Chong told Yang Wangfu who was beside him. Yang Wangfu got up and left. After a while, he asked Uncle Liu from next door to come over.
The atmosphere was a little awkward. Patriarch Liu bit his lip lightly, and Uncle Liu's expression changed. Just before Uncle Liu wanted to speak, Patriarch Liu slammed the table and said, "Old Liu, it's time to pay back the money you owe me!"
The young people around Huo Chong were all stunned. Huo Chong was a little surprised, but he was not intimidated. It seemed that Uncle Liu was not lying. Patriarch Liu must have done something to Uncle Liu. If Uncle Liu had framed Patriarch Liu, Patriarch Liu should have reprimanded Uncle Liu for his nonsense.
Uncle Liu's face changed, and he was silent for a moment. Suddenly, he knelt down in front of Huo Chong, "Huo Chong, help me and pay back the money. If you don't give the money to Patriarch Liu, he won't let my family go!"
Huo Chong certainly would not take the so-called debt issue. He immediately pointed at Sect Master Liu and asked, "My master is from the same sect as you, and we are both members of the Tianli Sect. You kidnapped his people, do you still have any moral integrity?"
Patriarch Liu was slightly stunned, and immediately said that Uncle Liu owed money. Huo Chong only talked about Patriarch Liu's lack of morality. It seemed that they were talking at cross purposes, but in fact it was just a game. During the verbal confrontation, Huo Chong gradually verified that Patriarch Liu was indeed suppressing the fact that Uncle Liu's relatives were involved.
The young people around didn't understand and were confused by these words.
However, it was Master Chang Dao who broke the impasse. He patted the table gently and said, "Stop arguing, it's useless. If it doesn't work, just fight."
The face of Master Liu changed, and he stopped talking nonsense, and looked at Master Changxin angrily. Master Changxin saw that the dispute was temporarily stopped, and said with a smile: "I will not let the two of you fight. How about this, you two tell me clearly whether you want to fight or not. If you don't want to fight, how about sitting down and talking about releasing the people first?"
Huo Chong didn't want to fight either. It would be useless even if he annihilated the Duizi Sect of the Tianli Sect. He sat down first and said, "Let them release the people first!"
"Let them pay the money first!" Patriarch Liu said as he sat down.
After a lot of bluffing, Master Changxin finally acted as a peacemaker. The two sides reached a temporary agreement that Huo Chong did not have to apologize, but Uncle Liu had to first deliver a thousand kilograms of maltose to Master Liu, and Uncle Liu would apologize himself. Master Liu then released all the people he had detained.
Uncle Liu was a cunning man. Seeing that the matter had been temporarily settled, he looked at Huo Chong. Huo Chong then said, "My master is in trouble, I can't just ignore it. I've given him the things, when are you going to let him go?"
Patriarch Liu said nothing. Master Changxin continued to smooth things over, offering to send his men and Uncle Liu to borrow the person. Patriarch Liu then said, "The person is in Lin County. Once the gifts are delivered, we will release him."
The matter was finally settled. Huo Chong asked Uncle Liu and the people of Master Changxin to go and pick up the person with the belongings. The meeting was adjourned.
The next morning, the donkey team came back to pick up the group. Uncle Liu was cunning enough. According to Huo Chong's subordinates who went to pick him up, he took his family and left. He had no intention of returning to Zichuan County.
The people who were detained on Huo Chong's side suffered a lot. When they saw Huo Chong, they burst into tears and asked Huo Chong to deal with the people from the Duizi Sect of the Tianli Sect.
Huo Chong heard from these people that some of Liu Men's men wanted to be tyrannical, so the two sides just quarreled, and those people attacked Huo Chong's men. Huo Chong's men were not willing to suffer this loss, and they immediately fought back. However, Huo Chong's men were few in number, and after knocking down several of Liu Men's men, he was still captured.
Seeing his men's angry and fearful expressions, Huo Chong smiled bitterly. But in his heart, he had a new respect for his subordinate Zhang Mingzheng. In Huo Chong's eyes, this guy was a very gentle guy, at least gentler than those noisy young subordinates. That's why Huo Chong sent him.
When he encountered the other party's aggression, Zhang Mingzheng fought back and knocked down the other party. This temperament is really good.
But I can't say too much at this time. Huo Chong patted Zhang Mingzheng, "You have suffered. You are very brave and didn't lose our people. When this is over, I will reward you! Go down first, and leave the rest to us."
Let's settle our people first. Huo Chong met with Patriarch Liu again. This time, Huo Chong was no longer worried and asked Patriarch Liu directly, "Brother Liu, let's put the previous things behind us. You did so much, what do you want? If you want my help, fighting and killing will not work. I was not afraid of you back then, and I am even less afraid now. Why don't you talk nicely?"
"Brother Huo, do you know that someone wants to mess with you?"
"I know someone is out to get me. I just don't know who that hero is."
Hearing Huo Chong's confident words, Sect Master Liu laughed and said, "Haha! Brother Huo, you have offended a big person. Do you think you can offend the Yansheng family?"
Duke Yansheng... Huo Chong found it very interesting. Duke Yansheng himself was a learned man, very outstanding. But Duke Yansheng's descendants... Even if they all died, Huo Chong would not shed a single tear for them.
