Rebellious Contract Beast

Everyone watched in silence as Xu Sihai returned to his table.

Everyone present had some power in their hands to some extent, so they could naturally hear the hidden meaning in Xu Sihai's words. The conversation between him and He Jianchuyun just now was very harmonious. If someone didn't know her, they would think she was Xu Sihai's close friend regardless of age difference.

After Xu Sihai left, everyone at the table was silent for a while. Finally, He Jianyanqiu said, "This old man Xu Sihai is very good at using conspiracy and tricks. Who knows what tricks he will come up with next? Yun'er, you must be careful."

"I will, aunt." He Jianchuyun smiled easily, signaling his aunt not to worry.

By the time the dishes on the table were almost served, the nearby empty tables were gradually filled with people.

The birthday celebration of the head of the Zhu family officially began. Zhu Jianqing, dressed in a solemn and dignified manner with a casual smile on his face, slowly walked out of the lobby, followed by two rows of Zhu family servants in gorgeous clothes.

As soon as he came out, the originally noisy reception courtyard suddenly became quiet, and countless eyes were focused on him.

"Everyone, today is my birthday. Thank you for visiting my humble home to celebrate my birthday. I feel honored. I would like to offer you a cup of tea instead of wine, so that we can spend a good time together."

After saying that, Zhu Jianqing drank the tea in his hand, and immediately there was a burst of cheers and applause from below.

The noisy voices finally died down a little. At this time, someone stood up from his chair, looked at Zhu Jianqing and said loudly: "How can we celebrate Brother's birthday without a blessing?"

"it is good!"

"Since Brother Qingcheng said so, you go first!"

"I'll be the second one!"

"it is good!"

"Year after year, flowers remain the same, but people are different. Today is another birthday for you. I, Qingcheng clan, would like to wish you to be as evergreen as pine and cypress, and as bright as the sun and moon! Happy birthday, may you live a long and happy life, and may you always smile!"

"A cup of wine in the spring breeze, a lamp for ten years in the night rain. Today, I, Yanzhu Wanshi, congratulate you, brother, and wish you a new life. May you be as beautiful as a poem and a painting, have a peaceful life, a bright future, and be blessed with good fortune!"

"To be indifferent is to be clear about one's ambition, to be calm is to go far, today I, Ling Qingyang, wish my family to have a calm mind like still water, to be indifferent is to be clear about one's ambition, to be calm is to go far, and the years are like poetry!"

"..."

Figures from various forces stood up one after another to give speeches, and precious gifts were brought into the lobby one after another. Shen Yi looked at those gifts through He Jianchuyun's vision. They were all valuable items, either extremely rare treasures from heaven and earth, or magical instruments or elixirs refined by everyone.

Any one of them can feed an average family for a lifetime.

But these had little to do with the old witch. She just watched and ate the dishes on the table.

After a young man from the Zhu family stood up and gave a speech, He Jianyanqiu turned to look at Zhu Yandong and the others and asked, "Dong'er and Yan'er, have you prepared your speech?"

"No." Both of them shook their heads. Zhu Yandong didn't have time, and Zhu Yanhan simply felt that thinking of a speech was too taxing and would never do such a thing.

The reactions of the two made He Jian Yan Qiu a little dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything. He looked at He Jian Chu Yun again: "Yun Er, what about you?"

"Uh... I don't have any..."

"No? Didn't you prepare something to give to your uncle? If you didn't prepare a congratulatory speech, how could Yun'er give him the gift in person?"

"It's okay. I will deliver the things to my uncle. You can rest assured, aunt." He Jianchuyun said while giving the other party a reassuring look.

At the same time, after exchanging greetings with representatives from various forces, the host of the birthday banquet, Zhu Jianqing, returned to the lobby and sat in the main seat. Countless young people from the Zhu family came forward to greet him, and regardless of whether they knew him or not, he always had a gentle smile on his face, which only elders have.

After dealing with these youngsters, he looked around and saw that there were no people around. Zhu Jianqing then looked at the butler beside him and asked in a deep voice, "The leader of the Tiger Gang, have you seen him?"

"Master, the leader of the Tiger Gang has never shown up, so how would I know who he is? But I did see Qu Xiangui, Jian Zhanming and others."

"Maybe there are unfamiliar people among them."

"This doesn't happen."

"That means the leader of the Tiger Gang didn't come."

"How about I go out and ask someone?"

"Go ahead." Zhu Jianqing waved his hand. The butler did not waste any time and immediately left the lobby. When he came back, ten minutes had passed.

"master!"

"What happened?"

"That leader of the Tiger Gang is really a bit unreasonable. He, he didn't even come in person for such a big event as your birthday! I asked Qu Xiangui, and he said that the leader of the Tiger Gang was extremely ugly and it was not good for him to show up in public, for fear of scaring the head of the family and causing trouble. In my opinion, this is just an excuse to evade us!"

"Hmph." Zhu Jianqing snorted coldly. He wasn't too surprised, but he felt unhappy.

The heads of the four major families have all arrived. What qualifications does a gang leader have to not come?
"What gift did the Tiger Gang send?"

"Master, speaking of the gifts given by the Tiger Gang, this is the most outrageous. They only gave 50,000 taels of silver!"

"Huh?" Zhu Jianqing was stunned for a moment after hearing the butler's words, suspecting that he had heard it wrong.

"How many?"

"My Lord, the Tiger Gang sent us 50,000 taels of silver."

"..." Zhu Jianqing remained silent, but at the same time his eyes suddenly turned cold.

Logically speaking, the Tiger Gang's gift of 50,000 taels of silver is the most standard, not too much, not too little. If it was someone else's birthday, the Tiger Gang would give this amount, but who is Zhu Jianqing? He is the head of the Zhu family, and countless people want to curry favor with him. As a subsidiary of the Zhu family, the Tiger Gang only gave 50,000 taels of silver, isn't it too perfunctory?
In the past, Zhu Jianqing would not care at all about what the Zhonghu Gang gave him, but unfortunately, the Zhonghu Gang this year made him particularly interested. After all, after the series of measures taken after the Zhonghu Gang changed its leader, the Zhu family also benefited a lot, especially the Zhonghu Gang also tricked the Xu family. He was very curious about what kind of person the leader of the Zhonghu Gang was.

It was so disappointing that he didn't come to his birthday party.

As the gang leader, he did not come in person to celebrate the birthday of the head of the Zhu family, and he only gave a perfunctory gift of 50,000 taels of silver. This is worth pondering.

Just as Shen Yi said, what the Xu family could find out and see, the Zhu family could also find out and see. How could Zhu Jianqing not notice that the Chen family was secretly helping the Tiger Gang?

In addition, the leader of the Tiger Gang had never shown his face to the public, let alone what he looked like, and even whether he was a man or a woman was unknown, which made him feel a little uneasy. Could it be that the Tiger Gang had joined the Chen family?
If not, with the Chen family's virtue, how could they be so generous to the Tiger Gang for no reason?
It’s simply a fantasy!
At this time, the Zhu family had already arranged exciting entertainment programs for the guests who came here. People who came to celebrate Zhu Jianqing's birthday enjoyed delicious food and drank fine wine while appreciating the dancers on the stage dancing to the music. Just when the atmosphere in the reception courtyard reached its climax, the servants standing on both sides of the gate looked embarrassed.

"This... this is not good..."

"Shout! Shout louder, or I'll kill you!"

"But……"

"Shout or not!"

"I'm shouting, I'm shouting, don't kill me!"

"call!"

"Yes, yes, yes... ahem... the Wu family, a prominent family in Jiangzhou! Give... give white, give, give white paper flowers... three pieces!"

With a long knife on his neck, the servant of the Zhu family risked his life and shouted at the top of his voice:

This sound, like a basin of cold water, instantly extinguished the lively atmosphere in the reception courtyard.

Everyone was stunned at this moment. At first they were surprised that the Wu family actually sent someone, but then they reacted and their attention was focused on the gifts sent by the Wu family.

"Wu family? Did I hear correctly?"

"It is indeed the Wu family, but why did the Wu family send someone here?"

"The Zhu family has been so powerful in recent years that they even...wait, why did the Wu family send white paper flowers? Aren't these for the dead?"

"The Wu family sent white paper flowers... they have bad intentions. Now we are going to have a good show."

In the lobby, Zhu Jianqing's face changed drastically when he heard the voice, and he stood up from his chair.

"What? Wu family?"

"Master, it is indeed someone from the Wu family."

"Hurry! Get out!" Zhu Jianqing said anxiously, and walked out of the lobby with his men.

He has the cultivation level of spiritual level, and he heard the sound just now clearly than anyone else. The Wu family actually gave three pieces of white paper flowers. Was this a gift for someone's birthday?

It's obvious that he is here to cause trouble!

But the person who came happened to be a member of the Wu family, which caused trouble. He felt a strong sense of crisis in his heart and was particularly confused. As for the last time when the Canghai Gang killed Wu Han's adopted son, that was a thing of the past. The Zhu family also followed Wu Han's request and forced He Jianchuyun to transfer the Luoxiangzui Winery to the Xu family. After that, the Zhu family did not offend Wu Han again.

Could it be that He Jian Chuyun had tricked the Xu family, causing Wu Han to be unhappy, so he came here specifically to stand up for the Xu family?

But this shouldn't be the case. He could tell from the Wu Han he met in person that day that Wu Han was just returning the favor and didn't actually care about the Xu family. The Luoxiangzui Winery had cheated the Xu family, and it was also the Xu family's own fault that they fell into the hands of a junior. Wasn't it a bit childish for Wu Han to stand up for the Xu family again for this matter?
After leaving the lobby, all the guests in the reception courtyard turned their eyes in the same direction. Zhu Jianqing also looked over and his brows instantly frowned.

He didn't see Wu Han, but he saw the two guards beside Wu Han.

He had a deep impression that Wu Han had very poor talent for cultivation and had only reached the initial stage of the Pure Stage even though he was nearly a hundred years old. However, such a person had two guards with the cultivation level of the Identification Stage by his side. This was enough to show that Wu Han had an extraordinary status in the Wu family, all thanks to his identity as the youngest son of the Wu family's eldest elder.

As Zhu Jianqing appeared, the family members of the other three families sitting at the wine table also stood up and walked to his side. The head of the Luo family asked, "Brother Zhu, what's going on?"

"I don't know either." Zhu Jianqing shook his head. The two Wu family guards came with a fierce momentum, with uncontrollable anger on their faces, as if the Zhu family had done something extremely excessive to them.

Turning his head to look at the head of the Xu family, Zhu Jianqing's face turned gloomy.

During the time that Wu Han came to Jiangzhou City, he often spent his time in Zuimeng Garden, where he had a lot of fun and debauchery. Naturally, he had a lot of contact with the Xu family. Now that two Wu family guards have come to the Zhu family to cause trouble, it can only be that the Xu family is behind this.

The head of the Xu family obviously knew something, but he stroked his beard over and over again, looking as if it had nothing to do with him, pretending not to notice the other person's gaze.

Zhu Jianqing quickly retracted his gaze, looked at the two Wu family guards with a sullen face, and said in a cold voice: "You two, although you are from the Wu family, I am not an ordinary person. Today is my birthday. Isn't it a bit too much to send white paper flowers?"

"Too much bullying? How dare you, Zhu Jianqing, say that?"

"What do you two mean by that? Where did I offend you? If I have done anything wrong, I can apologize to you two right now."

"Oh! You're pretending so well. Do you really not know or are you just pretending not to know?"

Zhu Jianqing frowned even more, his face full of doubts. He bowed and asked, "Please tell me clearly."

"It seems that you won't cry until you see the coffin. Today, in front of so many people, my two brothers will make it clear!"

“Two days ago, my master got drunk in Zuimeng Garden and was sent back to Wangxia Courtyard to rest early. Who would have thought that the villains of the Tiger Gang took advantage of our absence and broke into the inn with a large number of people, and killed my master with cruel means, and also took away my master’s body…” One of the Wu family guards stopped talking halfway. Everyone didn’t know what the Tiger Gang had done to Wu Han, but the anger and murderous intent in their eyes were almost tangible. They were afraid that what the Tiger Gang had done was really too much.

"Everyone in Jiangzhou City knows that the Tiger Gang was raised by your Zhu family? They actually dared to kill people from the Wu family. Zhu Jianqing, as the head of the Zhu family, how dare you say you didn't know about it!?"

"This..." After hearing what the Wu family guards said, Zhu Jianqing felt a little dizzy.

Wu Han...was killed?
Such a big thing, but you only found out about it after someone came to your door?
Zhu Jianqing suddenly panicked, but he was the head of the Zhu family after all. After the panic, he quickly calmed down and said to the Wu family guards: "You two, the Wu family is a prominent family in Jiangzhou. Who dares to kill the Wu family? Even if there is, my Zhu family will never do it! As for the Tiger Gang..." Zhu Jianqing paused, turned his head and looked to the west. Qu Xiangui and others were in the distance, but they did not come over.

"It's even more impossible that the Tiger Gang is here! They don't have the guts to do that. Could there be some misunderstanding?"

"Misunderstanding? Ridiculous! Then look at what this is!" The Wu family guard sneered and threw a blood-stained Tiger Gang disciple ID card over, saying, "This is the item that my master has been holding in his hand since his death. The Tiger Gang's villains left in a hurry and never thought that my master would tear it off and leave evidence."

Zhu Jianqing took the ID card steadily, took a look at it, and said calmly, "It's just an ID card, what can it prove?"

"I knew you wouldn't admit it so easily. Don't worry, we have other evidence!" The Wu family guard waved back, "Bring the person in."

As soon as he finished speaking, a prison van drove in from outside the Zhu Mansion. Inside was a man who was dressed in rags and was sitting in the van, looking around in confusion.

"That night when the Tiger Gang killed my master, this person was nearby. I saw people from the Tiger Gang entering Wangxia Courtyard to commit the crime. The head of the Zhu family didn't believe it, so he used the soul-searching technique on him!"

...(End of chapter)