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Chapter 726 You're all in cahoots; we must wipe you all out.

Zhao Guoqing was stunned by the series of attacks, his vision blurred and his head was buzzing.

Zhao Guofeng, standing to the side, was slightly bewildered. What had caused this fight?

Just as he was stunned, Wang Linhai, sitting on his right, yelled and pointed at Zhao Guoqing, "Beat him up! You son of a bitch!"

The feud between Wang Linhai and the Zhao brothers had been brewing for many years. Now that he saw Xu Ning make a move, Wang Linhai certainly couldn't sit idly by and had to lend a hand!

After a brief moment of confusion, the others in the room quickly came to their senses, but most of them were shouting things like "Don't fight!" "Stop it!" "Oh my god, don't do anything reckless!" "This is a forest farm!" "The leaders are watching!" and so on.

Zheng Yunlong, Guo Xingmin, and the two deputy directors remained silent, their eyes glazed over as if stunned by the scene before them. In fact, they did it on purpose because Zhao Guoqing's words were truly unpleasant. They never expected Zhao Guoqing to speak so sarcastically in front of everyone. The most puzzled was Xu Laonian. He couldn't understand why the two Zhao brothers had a relationship with his son. Although his own son was not a good person, he had hardly ever met the two Zhao brothers.

Thinking of this, Xu Laonian was also a little angry, but since Wang Erli had already slapped Zhao Guoqing, he had nothing more to say.

However, to everyone's surprise, Zhao Guoqing, that bastard, had such a foul mouth that he actually called Wang Erli an old bitch...

However, Xu Laonian is an elder, so he couldn't possibly make a move in front of the forest farm leaders, even if they were related. After all, there were many outsiders present, and what would it look like if word got out?

Xu Ning, Wang Hu, and Li Fuqiang, on the other hand, had fewer constraints. Zhao Guoqing's insult of Wang Erli as "old bitch" was tantamount to asking for a beating! So, it was only natural for them to take action.

Furthermore, Xu Ning had no intention of making a move today. After all, he had already arranged everything and was just waiting for the Zhao brothers to fall into the trap. So he didn't want to expose himself prematurely. Who would have thought that instead of him going to find the Zhao brothers, they would actually come and provoke him.

Chaos erupted in the meeting room, with the noise of fire nearly lifting the roof off. After Xu Ning punched Zhao Guoqing twice, Wang Linhai suddenly rushed over, grabbed Zhao Guofeng by the back of the neck, dragged him off the chair to the ground, and then kicked Zhao Guofeng hard in the face.

"You son of a bitch, you're the worst! You're so cheeky... I'll teach you a lesson for being cheeky!"

Zhao Guofeng was already stunned, and after being pulled off the chair by Wang Linhai, he didn't even have time to react. He could only cover his head with his hands and shout, "Wang Linhai, you son of a bitch..."

When Zhao Guoqing saw Wang Linhai kick his older brother, he jumped up, but accidentally bumped into Wang Hu's leg as he stood up.

Wang Hu's eyes widened: "You dare to fight back, you son of a bitch? I'll kill you..."

Wang Hu raised his arm and punched Zhao Guoqing twice in the face. Zhao Guoqing reflexively retaliated, but Li Fuqiang stopped him.

"Cut him to pieces!"

Li Fuqiang pressed Zhao Guoqing down on the conference table, holding down his right arm while Wang Hu held down his left arm. Xu Ning grabbed the stool Zhao Guoqing had just been sitting on and slapped it down on Zhao Guoqing's head!
“Er Ning…”

Guo Xingmin opened his eyes and saw that Xu Ning was about to kill him, so he hurriedly shouted, but it was too late. The sharp edge of the stool leg smashed into Zhao Guoqing's forehead, instantly creating a large gash, and blood immediately gushed out. In just two or three seconds, Zhao Guoqing's face was covered in blood.

"Stop! Stop! This is a forest farm, not your backyard. Is this a place for you to fight?"

Seeing that Xu Ning hadn't suffered any losses, Zheng Yunlong quickly shouted twice.

But the atmosphere has already been built up, so why would we stop so easily?

Xu Laonian stood at the door and glanced around. He was a little surprised to see Li Feng and Da Laba kicking Zhao Guofeng in circles, but he quickly dismissed it. Li Feng and Da Laba had a good relationship with Xu Ning, and now that Xu Ning was fighting, how could they just stand by and watch?

Even Lao Jiang, who was on good terms with Xu Laonian, didn't sit idly by. While blocking the loudspeaker, he stretched out his leg and kicked Zhao Guofeng's ribs with his toes. It can be said that this fierce battle ended with the two Zhao brothers being instantly defeated.

"Alright... that's enough, you'll break it if you keep hitting it!"

"Oh my god, look at that face covered in blood, stop right now!"

After hearing what Xu Laonian said, Wang Erli also pretended to step forward to stop him.

"Er Ning! Stop hitting him! What if you kill him?"

Zheng Yunlong was genuinely afraid of someone dying. He quickly jumped over the conference table and grabbed Xu Ning's arm. Xu Ning turned around, saw it was him, and said through gritted teeth, panting, "Secretary Zheng, those two were being sarcastic to me first, and they even called my second uncle an old bastard!"

"Oh, it's no big deal, just let it go."

Guo Xingmin, along with the two deputy directors and Xiao Liu, who had been watching from the outside for a long time, ran up to the crowd and pulled Li Fuqiang, Da Laba, Li Feng, Wang Linhai, and others along with them.

People like Lao Duan, the three Li brothers, Li Mazi, and Lu Batou didn't step forward; they just stood there watching the spectacle, sighing with amusement...

After Xu Ning stopped, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu released Zhao Guoqing. Zhao Guoqing was cursing and swearing, which angered Wang Hu so much that he rushed forward and slapped him twice more.

"Say one more swear word? Go ahead and swear one more word, and I'll slap you until your face is crooked!"

Seeing this, Zhao Guoqing stood up, clutching his bleeding head. He glanced at Xu Ning and the others, gritted his teeth, and nodded: "Fine! You just wait!"

Xu Ning laughed and said, "Damn, I'm not afraid of threats at all. I'm waiting for you."

Zhao Guofeng, his nose gushing blood, his lip cut open, and half his face covered in blood, got up and pointed at Xu Ning, saying, "Then you just wait! This room is full of your relatives and friends. I'm done for today. If you're so capable, let's go into the mountains and have a go!"

Li Fuqiang said disdainfully, "Damn it, so what if we're going into the mountains? We can do whatever we want with you. Who do you think you are?"

"Look at me, am I a...?!"

Xu Ning squinted and said, "You two brothers, I've never provoked you, so why are you being so sarcastic? I didn't even bother with you at first, so why are you taking this so seriously and insulting my second uncle?"

Wang Linhai couldn't help but interject, "Those two are just scoundrels, always trying to outdo each other with their back scratching! They're always cursing this or that, those two are the worst kind of bastards..."

"Who do you think you are? You wait, this isn't over between us today!"

Wang Linhai said, "You're not done yet? I'm not done yet! Last time my wife went to sell the shop, what were you two doing when you came back from the mountain trying to discipline her? My wife could be your two mothers! You son of a bitch..."

"go……"

Just as Zhao Guofeng was about to curse, Wang Linhai pounced on him and punched him in the mouth. Da Ba and Li Feng quickly pulled him away; otherwise, Zhao Guofeng's kick would have landed on Wang Linhai's stomach.

"Fine, fine, you'll all just wait and see!"

Zheng Yunlong stepped forward with a dark face and said, "So I'm waiting too? You two have to be so rude and insult people. Now that you've been beaten, you're complaining. Do you think everyone in the room should be blamed for this?" Zhao Guofeng saw that it was Zheng Yunlong, raised his hand to cover his bleeding lips, and said, "You're all in cahoots!"

"Don't talk nonsense. What's wrong with this kid's brain? Why does he blame everyone he sees?"

The loudspeaker scoffed and said, "It was an idiot who beat him up."

"Hahaha..." Everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Zhao Guofeng and Zhao Guoqing, who had been beaten, glanced gloomily at the people inside the room, then helped each other out of the room.

Xu Ning stared at the two people's backs and turned around, only to hear Zheng Yunlong ask, "Er Ning, what did you do to offend them?"

"Oh dear, I'm not familiar with either of them. We've only met a few times. I find it all very strange. As soon as I came in, they started talking to me in a sarcastic tone. You guys were chatting amongst yourselves and probably didn't hear me. I didn't respond to them either. But then, right in the middle of a meeting, Zhao Guoqing made another sarcastic remark. Oh dear, I don't know what to say."

The loudspeaker announced, "What else can we say? If they keep babbling on, we'll beat them up!"

Wang Linhai, panting heavily, said, "Their mouths are even more foul than mine! I've wanted to teach them a lesson for a long time."

"Oh, you're quite self-aware."

Wang Linhai chuckled twice, and Xu Laonian said, "Alright, everyone sit down, don't delay the meeting."

Zheng Yunlong nodded: "Let's continue the meeting. We have to kill these wild boars, otherwise it will delay the progress of the farm."

The group first arranged the stools and tables that were scattered haphazardly on the ground. After Xu Ning and the others sat down, the atmosphere in the room returned to quiet.

Everyone witnessed what just happened. It wasn't Xu Ning's fault at all; it was entirely the Zhao brothers' foul mouth. Xu Ning and the others didn't expose the Zhao brothers for stealing his traps and scattering poison beans in Nanshan, because if this were exposed, Xu Ning's underhanded tricks would be out in the open.

Actually, there's nothing wrong with it being out in the open. The main problem is that Xu Ning doesn't want to alert the enemy prematurely. He always makes sure he's got the goods and can't celebrate halfway through.

The room quieted down, and the person who had just made a move swung his arm and rubbed the joints on the back of his hand.

Zheng Yunlong picked up his teacup, took a sip of water, and said, "We've already explained the situation. Let's brainstorm and share our ideas on what to do."

Old Jiang started by saying, "Secretary Zheng, if it were just 30 or so pigs, we could definitely handle them. But taking down 100 wild boars is several times more difficult. Our weapons are all single-shot, and by the time we're reloading, the boars can run five or six meters away..."

Old Han nodded: "Yeah, it would be best to change our equipment. Take the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle for example. Even if we are good at shooting, it would take two shots to kill a pig. If we are lucky, we might be able to kill six pigs with a burst of fire. If we are unlucky, we would be lucky to kill three pigs."

Zheng Yunlong lit a cigarette and said, "We'll change your equipment to Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, give everyone a warm overcoat, and after we finish, we'll give each of you 10 yuan as a bonus from our forest farm. Is that alright?"

The group exchanged glances. They had nothing to say about Zheng Yunlong's arrangements. Since the leader had already provided such generous conditions, they would overcome any difficulties that might arise.
Everyone said a few words, even if they had no ideas, they still had to say something, after all, it was a good thing to show their face in front of the forest farm leaders.

However, Xu Ning kept his head down and didn't say a word. Old Xu scolded him twice, but he just wouldn't look up.

Guo Xingmin asked, "Er Ning, what are you thinking about?"

Xu Ning looked up upon hearing this and said, "I'm wondering where these wild boars came from. What should we do if there really is a big cat behind them? Because these are two different things..."

Li San, one of the three Li brothers, said, "The forestry station issued us Type 56 semi-automatic rifles, so why are we afraid of big cats? We'll just shoot them as soon as they show their faces!"

Li Er raised his hand and punched him, whispering, "Don't talk nonsense."

Xu Ning laughed and said, "This guy just said that the pigs are moving very fast. What time is it now? If we go to catch them tomorrow during the day, the pigs will have already reached the edge of the yard. What if they hurt the workers?"

Zheng Yunlong thought it made sense and nodded: "Er Ning, what do you mean? Go fight in the dark tonight?"

"Yes, that's what I mean. The pigs are currently in Snail Shell. If they keep moving north, they'll be able to reach the vicinity of the 18th and 19th storage yards by the middle of tonight. What if they sneak into the workers' sleeping sheds, or if a worker gets hurt by them while going to the outhouse in the middle of the night?"

"That makes sense, then we'll have to play tonight..."

Old Duan said, "Didn't you just say you were afraid there was a big cat behind them?"

"Yes, so I think we should focus on driving them away. Since we know the pigs are coming north, let's block them at the ridges to the north and drive them into the mountains. Then we'll follow their tracks and see if we see any tiger tracks..."

"That's one method. Another method is to send a few people directly to the back of the pig herd to check for tiger tracks. If there are no tiger tracks, then these people can turn around and chase the pigs by their hindquarters. With people blocking the front, they can catch the whole herd in one fell swoop!"

Zheng Yunlong frowned upon hearing this: "The second method is too dangerous. If there really is a tiger, and it's pitch black, you won't be able to see it at all. Just use the first method. Block the embankment. As soon as the wild boar comes over, fire your guns and chase it down. Kill as many as you can."

Guo Xingmin nodded: "I agree with Secretary Zheng's proposal."

The two deputy farm managers nodded in agreement. Xu Laonian said, "It's been quite a while since the last big hunt, and everyone's meat supplies are almost exhausted. This is a perfect opportunity..."

“This won’t do. Hunting livestock is dangerous enough as it is, and I can’t let anything happen to them in the forest! We have to be careful and focus on driving them away. Erning… you’re quite famous in Qing’an, and everyone in our household knows how good you are at hunting. How about we put you in charge of driving away the wild boars?”

Xu Ning waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, I'm too old for that. There are so many uncles and elders in our house, what business is it of mine?"

Lan Dadan said, "I don't know about others, but I know you're better than me. You make the arrangements, and I'll have a better understanding of the situation."

Old Han nodded: "Everyone says that running around in the mountains and doing solo smuggling is something I've never admired, but Xu Pao has fought big cats and caught old leopards, so his experience is definitely more than mine."

Li Fuqiang laughed and said, "What else is there to say? My brother's abilities speak for themselves!"

The Li brothers, Lao Duan, the Chang brothers, and others remained silent. Although they were somewhat resentful, they knew they had never beaten Lao Baozi and Da Mao when it came to hunting livestock, so they could only acquiesce.

After a moment, Xu Ning looked up and asked, "How many Type 56 semi-automatic rifles can our forest farm provide?"

"There are 10 Type 56 semi-automatic rifles. Four of them are in the hands of the guards. The remaining six will be distributed to you. I will then notify the villages to collect the guns from them. I estimate there will be more than 20 rifles."

"That should be enough..."

(End of this chapter)