Chapter 340 Du Heng's Request
Seeing that the situation was settled, Jack shook his head repeatedly. He looked at Zhang Xiaoliang and said as if explaining, "In fact, it is not necessarily necessary to occupy other countries. What I want is to gather the people together first..."
"Come on, forget it--" Liu Laoliu suddenly popped up and said, "I have the most say in this matter. Do you know why I'm called Liu Laoliu? Because I have many brothers and sisters. As for relatives, we only see each other during the holidays. If we live together on weekdays, wouldn't it be like the end of the world? Even if we pay New Year's greetings, we can't help but compare and slander each other privately. Li Shimin had three brothers and they even caused the Xuanwu Gate incident. Can you guarantee that there won't be intrigue among the thousands of strongmen and their families? It's useless to call the police if the Zhang family and the Wang family fight! I suspect that someone in your group can't afford to worry about such things when you changed from living together to living apart."
Jack said: "This happens when there is no common goal to strive for. Trivial things will wear down people's will."
Zhang Nianzu asked, "What kind of goal do you want to set for the tribe members to strive for together?"
Jack was about to speak when he suddenly thought of something and became hesitant.
Liu Laoliu said, "I see - this small goal is to occupy one of his countries first. I am wondering, if you like to rob people's countries so much, why don't you call it founding a country?"
Everyone burst into laughter again.
Jack's expression turned gloomy. He looked at Zhang Nianzu and asked, "What are you going to do with me?"
Zhang Nianzu thought for a moment and said, "Don't interfere in the affairs of the strongman tribe anymore!" Apart from instigating the murder of Asasin, there was not much that Jack could say openly. Asasin had severed all ties with him, but he had no intention of pursuing his old master. He was a descendant of his grandfather, and it could not be said that he was wrong to hide in the dark with 17 households to plot against Zhang Nianzu all these years.
Jack's face changed several times, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Zhang Nianzu asked, "Can you do it?"
Jack suddenly laughed: "You don't even kill me at this time. It seems that you are really a pacifist. What if I can do it?"
Zhang Nianzu said: "Then I will let you go."
"Thank you." Jack jumped off the ruins, took a few steps and suddenly turned back to say to everyone, "If you change your mind one day, you can come find me."
Zhang Nianzu said: "If you change your mind one day, you can come to me."
Li Changgui whispered, "Are you really going to let him go just like that?"
Zhang Nianzu watched Jack go away without saying anything.
Ah Si said, "I bet he won't give up."
Li Erhu said: "I understand Brother Nianzu's difficulties, but what can you do when you encounter such a hot potato ? If Brother Nianzu is ruthless, won't he be the same as Jack?"
Mr. Bai sat down on the ground dejectedly and said, "You... let me go too."
Everyone was surprised. This man was so heroic just now, a brave man who didn't care about life and death. How come he was begging for mercy in just a moment?
Liu Erbei witnessed the whole process of how Mr. Bai's identity was exposed and how he kidnapped Mrs. Qian and escaped. He said, "It would be fine if you let Jianguo go, but you still want to run away?"
Mr. Bai slowly raised his head and said, "My father... Oh, my biological father is out of the question. I'm talking about my adoptive father. My adoptive father has passed away, but my adoptive mother is still alive. She knows nothing about me. Over the years, I have seldom gone back to accompany her because of Jack. In my heart, it's hard to say whether I consider her my mother or not, but I know that she has always regarded me as her own son."
Liu Laoliu sighed: "If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?"
Mr. Bai smiled bitterly and said, "My adopted mother had no talent when she was young, and when she got old...she became an old lady with no talent. Together, we made her a painter famous both at home and abroad. I thought this was a way of repaying her kindness, but for an artist who has pursued art all his life, this is actually a blasphemy. I only understood this truth when I reached this age."
Liu Laoliu asked: "How old are you?"
Mr. Bai pointed at Du Heng and said, "I am the same age as him, just a dozen days younger."
Li Changgui blurted out: "Then you are——"
Mr. Bai nodded and said, "I'm dying." He lowered his head and said, "I want to go back to be with my mother."
His words made everyone feel sad. People are empathetic. Mr. Bai only has a few dozen days left before his death, which means that his mother is destined to experience the grief of losing her son in old age. This kind of pain is also what the soldiers have experienced or will experience in the future, and they feel more sympathetic.
Ah San whispered, "I don't know if what this guy said is true or not."
Asasin suddenly said, "It's true."
Ah San asked, "How can you be sure?"
Asassin said, "The plan he had been planning for his whole life was exposed, and Jack also abandoned him. This man has given up." At this point she said loudly, "Let him go. I will guarantee that he will not embarrass you again."
Zhang Nianzu said, "Let's go."
Mr. Bai was surprised and asked, "Are you really willing to let me go?"
Liu Laoliu said, "I want to make a statement on behalf of the ant tribe - you have been expelled from the ant tribe, and those secrets you know must be kept to themselves."
Mr. Bai said, "From now on, this world has nothing to do with me." He said to Zhang Nianzu, "The money used to buy my mother's paintings is all public funds of the clan. I will count them one by one and return them to you."
Zhang Nianzu nodded.
Mr. Bai got up from the ground and staggered forward.
Zhang Nianzu shouted at his back: "Don't tell your mother the truth about those paintings."
Mr. Bai's eyes were filled with tears. He turned back and bowed to Zhang Nianzu and the others, and said to Asassin, "Don't be obsessed with whether you are from this side or the 17th Marquis. You are still young, enjoy your life."
Mr. Bai also left.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Du Heng.
Du Heng looked at Zhang Nianzu and sneered, "You let go of those who wanted to overthrow you, and you also let go of those who wanted to murder you, but I know I can't leave. This is the magic of money."
Zhang Nianzu said: "We can finally have a good chat about this money."
Lei Yuanzheng glared at everyone. The blood from his legs had formed a large pool under his body. It had now turned black, and there were still small streams of blood coming out from nowhere. It was extremely painful to watch. Ah San and Ah Si grabbed his arms and dragged him to the side. Xu Yingdong stepped forward to bandage him. Lei Yuanzheng could only accept his fate and close his eyes.
Lao Guo put his hand on Du Heng's shoulder and said, "Brother, now that it has come to this, just hand over the money."
Du Heng said coldly: "Sure!"
Everyone was stunned.
Du Heng said: "As long as you work together to kill Zhang Nianzu."
Xu Wei sighed and said, "Why are you doing this? You took our money and ran away for 20 years. We should hate you. Even if you struggle to the death, you can't implicate Zhang Nianzu."
Du Heng suddenly laughed out loud, then stopped abruptly. He said suddenly, "Neither Jack nor Zhang Nianzu said the right thing about me - I had already escaped successfully, so why did I risk running back and falling into the trap?" He pointed at Zhang Nianzu and said loudly, "That's because I want to use him to prolong my life! As long as his blood is transfused to me, I can live past 45 years old like a normal person!"
Everyone was stunned. Xu Yingdong said calmly, "I've already told you, that's impossible."
Du Heng waved his hands fiercely and said excitedly, "I don't believe it! You said it's impossible because you never thought of draining all his blood and giving it to me. Most of the patients in your hospital who are waiting for heart and liver transplants to survive can't survive because no one has thought of giving them the hearts and livers of healthy people!"
