Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 205 0204: Interception and Retreat
As Xiao Bing rescued the gang members, he began to counterattack and chase after the other members of the Liu family team.

When a group of more than thirty Liu family warriors were captured and sent to the gang’s base, they did not encounter He Shuijun.

Li Lu, who had been guarding the station, also had people looking for him everywhere. But they didn't know that He Shuijun was in an alley at this time, staring at Cheng Zongyang with his eyes, his face livid, and he didn't know whether to advance or retreat!
About three or four meters in front of Cheng Zongyang, there were three people standing there stupidly, but with various expressions on their faces, some laughing, some crying, and some frightened.

Those three were the captains of his He family's guard. They were at the peak of the eighth rank and only one step away from the seventh rank.

He met him on his way to the Tianduan Gang. No, it should be said that he was stopped by Cheng Zongyang.

Later, he was led to this alley by Cheng Zongyang. As a result, his men just rushed towards Cheng Zongyang, but they ended up like this before they even got close to Cheng Zongyang.

"...Article 4 of the agreement states that you cannot attack me, otherwise your soul will return to the wilderness. A man without faith will die. I have told you many times that they are just a lesson now. If you attack me, I am afraid you will be the one to die." Cheng Zongyang looked at them with a joking expression.

He Shuijun said with a gloomy face: "What method did you use?"

He didn't dare to make a move. After all, the scene just now was too weird. They were all in a state of madness before they made a move. The problem was that he didn't even touch Cheng Zongyang's body.

Cheng Zongyang stopped him to understand the situation. He ignored his question and said:
"Answer me a few questions and you can leave. Otherwise, I will kill the three of them and force you to attack me. It won't be difficult."

Having said that, Cheng Zongyang started asking directly, regardless of whether He Shuijun agreed or not.

"First, since you have become a sixth-rank warrior, what did Li Mingxin say when you went to report?"

As he said this, he walked towards the other person.

Seeing this, He Shuijun subconsciously stepped back.

Unknown means are what are frightening. Thinking of what Cheng Zongyang had said before about asking him to sign an agreement, as well as those curse words, he became more fearful and had to retreat.

However, the next moment, Cheng Zongyang used his body skills to approach quickly.

"Damn it!" He Shuijun could only use his body skills to evade. The more confident Cheng Zongyang became, the less he dared.

"You are not as fast as me. Answer my questions and I will let you go. The agreement only lasts for seven days. You can just wait until the end of the agreement, right?"

But He Shuijun still ignored him, as if he was looking for someone from the He family.

Cheng Zongyang saw He Shuijun's escape route and guessed his thoughts. He followed behind him, not too far away, and said with a smile:

"You don't have to look for it anymore. According to the time, your He family should have been arrested."

He Shuijun didn't believe it at all. He brought more than a hundred people with him. Although most of them were ordinary guards, three or four of them working together could still resist a ninth-grade warrior.

After a while, after a drama of chase and escape, He Shuijun had to admit that his body movement speed was not as good as Cheng Zongyang's!
The main thing is that the bodies of ordinary guards of the He family were seen in several places, but no bodies of other warriors were found.

He had no choice but to believe what Cheng Zongyang said—all the warriors of the He family were arrested!
"Okay!" In the end, He Shuijun, who was afraid to gamble, could only agree with gritted teeth, but then added: "You have to answer a few questions for me too!"

When he was at the seventh level, he was suppressed by Cheng Zongyang. Now he is at the sixth level and thought he could deal with Cheng Zongyang at any time, but he found that he was still suppressed!

This made him so frustrated that he almost vomited blood, but he didn't dare to take the initiative to attack Cheng Zongyang.

"Fair exchange, okay." Cheng Zongyang was straightforward.

"Li Mingxin said..."

Seeing this, He Shuijun calmed down and answered Cheng Zongyang's previous question. Then he asked Cheng Zongyang a question in return.

Question and answer, alternating back and forth.

Cheng Zongyang asked several related questions and asked again. Seeing that the answers were the same twice, he was basically sure that what He Shuijun said should be true.

But after asking, Cheng Zongyang narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Liu family. It seems that the Cheng family has one more resource."

Afterwards, Cheng Zongyang looked at He Shuijun and said with a smile: "Look, why don't you just finish it earlier? Why waste so much time? Also, remember to send the ten thousand taels. If you don't finish it before the agreed time, you will die!"

With that said, he turned and left.

Cheng Zongyang wanted to kill him now, but he still needed He Shuijun to deal with the aftermath in the north of the city.

"boom!!"

After Cheng Zongyang left, He Shuijun could no longer suppress his anger and punched through the wall of the house with one palm.

"I'm just waiting for you to finish the agreement!!"

He growled and vented his anger several times before leaving.

Cheng Zongyang's expression was no longer as calm as before, but rather puzzled.

"Li Lu has already delivered the letter, but why did Li Mingxin turn a blind eye to the matter of the Gu doctor? Is he not interested? Or does he have other motives?"

"Becoming a mid-level third-grade family, the offerings will increase to five times the basic amount, which is quite a lot."

Originally, a seventh-rank family would need twelve thousand pieces of rice, twelve thousand pieces of silver, and twelve thousand pieces of medicinal materials.

But the new offering amount given by Li Mingxin increased to five times the amount.

Every year, 60,000 catties of grain, 60,000 taels of silver, and 6,000 catties of medicinal materials were not a low amount.

It can be said that if an ordinary lower third rank family does not have the strength to swallow up so many territories but cannot earn the required tribute, then it will be a big problem.

After all, the money and food earned have to support the people in the clan, and only the final surplus can be paid.

"Once I have annexed the He family, the Cheng family will have to pay five times the amount of offerings." Cheng Zongyang twisted his neck and casually recalled the Soul Gathering Stele.

As for the three guys from the He family who were trapped by the Soul Gathering Monument, Cheng Zongyang didn't care.

He returned to the Tianduan Gang. Li Lu seemed to have found a backbone when he saw Cheng Zongyang coming back. He asked hurriedly, "Is everything alright? Didn't you run into He Shuijun?"

Cheng Zongyang walked inside and said, "I ran into him, but he was scared back by me. He won't move to the west of the city again in the short term."

In the hall, Cheng Zongyang paused and turned to look at Li Lu: "How is the Liu family doing?"

Upon hearing this, Li Lu immediately said, "Zhenwu Hall has already captured all the Liu family members. They are currently patrolling South Street."

Cheng Zongyang said without hesitation: "Take the magnet and take the people from the Zhenwu Hall to the Liu family, cripple all the warriors, and then send them to Tianduan Village for detention. Send all the people in the garrison out overnight as well."

After cleaning up the Liu family, take away all the resources and send someone to guard them. Notify the Ding, Xu, and Qiu families and ask them who is willing to exchange 30,000 taels of silver for the East Street in the south of the city. "

Li Lu asked: "Is thirty thousand taels too low?"

Using thirty thousand taels to exchange for a large piece of land is really a bargain.

But Cheng Zongyang shook his head: "It will be ours sooner or later, no matter how much."

Li Lu smiled when he heard this: "Okay. I understand."

They didn't even think about whether they could beat Liu Chengdong, as if everything was within their control.

But in fact it is true. Under the influence of the two magnets, even Liu Chengdong, a seventh-grade warrior, cannot stop it.

Li Lu left, but Cheng Zongyang did not leave. He wanted to stay here temporarily to learn about the intelligence collected by Disha Hall so as to make a response.

But he also called Zhao Laoqi.

"Sir." Zhao Laoqi came to the hall and bowed.

"Who induced the Lu family to go to the He family tonight?" Cheng Zongyang suddenly asked.

Zhao Laoqi thought for a moment and reported, "Sir, you have to ask Li Xian about this. He is in charge of the Xuanwu Hall, which is responsible for the affairs and management of the gang. Do you need me to ask him to come?"

Cheng Zongyang nodded: "Call him over." "Yes." Zhao Laoqi bowed and left.

A moment later, Li Xian and Zhao Laoqi came to the hall.

Without waiting for Li Xian to speak, Cheng Zongyang, who was looking at the new information, said, "Who induced the Lu family to go to the He family?"

Li Xian was stunned and said quickly: "Sir, it's a child. What happened?"

Cheng Zongyang said: "Call him over, I need him to do something."

In fact, Cheng Zongyang did see the child.

After returning to the study, he did not stay long. He changed into his night clothes and left his residence, observing everywhere in the north of the city.

He had naturally seen the child's performance. Not only was the performance very realistic and natural, but it was also very clever.

"Yes." Li Xian bowed and left without asking any more questions.

Cheng Zongyang looked at Zhao Laoqi at this time: "You will notify them later. If you encounter ordinary enemy guards, as long as they are not injured, send them all to the dungeon of Tianduan Village. Don't kill them, you can exchange them for some resources later."

He had forgotten that Chengjia Village was short of manpower for mining, but now he can make up for it.

He will bring a batch back later. Although there are moles in the village, they have many uses and cannot stay in the mining area all the time.

He wanted to capture a group of warriors to go mining, but warriors were prone to accidents. Therefore, it was most appropriate to have strong guards from the family.

In addition, the underground passage connecting Chengjia Village to Tianduan Village is still unknown. Once it is opened, the passage will be used to transport people to Chengjia Village.

"Sir, where are those warriors?" asked Zhao Laoqi.

"Warriors will be dealt with according to the old rules, and they can also be exchanged for resources later." Cheng Zongyang said.

As things developed to this point, Cheng Zongyang had no choice but to intervene to change the situation. His ultimate goal was to control the entire county without offending the Li family.

But this premise is that these families need to wait for the county to stabilize and get its development on the right track.

Therefore, he needs to turn the situation back to his plan according to the current situation. Then, the middle third-grade family will not appear in Yufeng County. Even if there is, it can only be his Cheng family!

A wolf comes to a fight between sheep. The wolf says that everything will be peaceful. Will the sheep believe it?
The only way is for the Cheng family, a wolf in sheep's clothing, to quietly kill the wolves and continue to disguise themselves among the sheep.

In the past, we didn’t have the strength, so our plans couldn’t keep up with the changes. Now things are different. Have our plans changed? We can just turn them around.

Soon, Li Xian came with the child named Ye Shaoning.

Seeing Ye Shaoning standing behind Li Xian nervously at this time.

"Go and meet Lord Cheng quickly." Li Xian reminded.

"small…"

"No need." Cheng Zongyang interrupted Ye Shaoning, who was about to kneel down when he was called, and said with a smile, "What's your name?"

Seeing Cheng Zongyang's kind look, Ye Shaoning relaxed a little and said quickly, "Sir, my name is Ye Shaoning. I am thirteen years old."

Cheng Zongyang looked at him, somewhat surprised. This guy was probably only about 1.34 meters tall, and he was probably only a little over ten years old.

But seeing his thin clothes and frail figure, I understood.

After three years of drought, it was great to survive.

"I know what you did, it's pretty good. Did you get the reward?"

Ye Shaoning nodded happily when he heard the reward: "I got it. The gang leader rewarded me with ten taels of silver and allowed me to join the gang. In addition, the gang leader also arranged for a doctor to treat my parents."

Cheng Zongyang nodded and said, "Do you want to make more money?"

Ye Shaoning, who had relaxed, shook his head: "No, but I want to learn martial arts!"

"Sure." Cheng Zongyang said, "As long as you complete this task, making money to learn martial arts will not be a problem."

"Okay!" Ye Shaoning agreed immediately.

Cheng Zongyang looked at Li Xian and the others and said, "You all go out first."

"Yes, my lord."

Li Xian and Zhao Laoqi went out immediately.

After they left, Cheng Zongyang asked Ye Shaoning, "Are you familiar with the county town?"

Ye Shaoning nodded: "Familiar. I grew up in the county town."

"Very good. If I ask you to take in those little beggars and orphans, can you do it? Of course, I will give you food and find someone to protect you."

Ye Shaoning was a little confused and asked.

Cheng Zongyang also talked to him in detail.

The Cheng family needed people, and they also needed information from various places. Ye Shaoning's performance tonight gave him the idea of ​​setting up an intelligence station.

Of course, he doesn't understand it now, but what every county, town and village lacks the least is orphans and beggars.

It is far more appropriate and inconspicuous for a child to gather other children together than for adults to gather children together.

Seeing Ye Shaoning listening seriously, he smiled and said, "You can slowly get in touch with them and conquer them one by one. When you become a leader, someone will teach you. You don't need to tell anyone else about this. As for learning martial arts, you can find me at No. 21, Yunli Ninth Lane the day after tomorrow night."

"Okay!" Ye Shaoning nodded: "I will do it seriously."

So Cheng Zongyang called Li Xian, gave him some brief instructions, and asked him to send Ye Shaoning back.

Later, when the county town stabilizes, he will let his younger brother Cheng Zongliang take charge. The number of fairy birds is still small, and this will also take some time.

Although Cheng Zongliang has not yet learned martial arts, there are some small things that he can gradually try to do.

Overnight, things changed beyond the expectations of the rest of the family.

The He family joined forces with the Liu family to attack the Cheng family. As a result, all the members of the He and Liu families were killed in the west of the city.

Later, Li Lu from the Tianduan Gang led fifty people to the Liu family! With only fifteen warriors, they captured all the Liu family members.

Even Liu Chengdong, under the siege of Li Lu and Xiao Bing, had his tendons in his hands and feet broken in a short while.

When this news reached the Qiu family and other families, it was even more unbelievable!
One was at the eighth rank, the other at the ninth rank, and they joined forces to quickly defeat Liu Chengdong, a seventh rank warrior!
No matter how much I think about it, it seems impossible.

However, the place was blocked by the Tianduan Gang, and few people saw the specific situation. The spies of each gang were also caught, so no one knew the exact situation.

Therefore, everyone had their own speculations, and almost everyone thought that some unknown means must have been used.

But these speculations cannot affect what has already happened. The Liu family was destroyed because of its attack on the Tianduan Gang!
This has greatly increased the vigilance of the Cheng family and the Tianduan Gang! Some have even thought about joining forces.

Otherwise, if one family fights alone, they might end up like the Liu family!

They all listed the Cheng family as a suspected sixth-rank family!

Otherwise, in a two-on-two situation, why would the He and Liu families be defeated miserably?

Just when everyone thought that the Tianduan Gang would take over the territory of East Street in the south of the city, Li Lu announced that he could buy the Liu family's territory for 30,000 taels.

(End of this chapter)