Knife splashing

Chapter 79 Confrontation in class
"That boy still dares to come to my house?"

"Humph, you are getting carried away and going too far!"

Inside the Zhou family’s gate, several disciples lowered their heads and whispered.

Their eyes were all focused on the Zhang family's team.

In addition to the Zhang father and son and their disciples, there were two eye-catching guys: one was wearing a black military robe and had sharp eyes, and the other was tall, with a bald head and a beard. They were Li Yan and Sha Lifei.

The Zhou family's disciples were all a little angry.

The other forces are easy to deal with. They are all active in Xianyang City and have more or less some connections and grudges with the former Zhou family. Today, we must make things clear.

But who are you, Li Yan?
When he came to Xianyang, he crippled Zhou Bai and became famous. Even Zhou Peide took a risk because of this, and was thrown into prison and executed the following autumn.

I have never suffered any loss in any way.

You're coming to my house today, isn't that an insult?
Of course, given the current situation, no one dared to say much.

After the anger, helplessness and sadness surged into my heart.

Li Yan had a keen sense and naturally noticed the unfriendly glances.

He was too lazy to pay attention and glanced behind him.

There stood a middle-aged man, dressed in black, wearing a square hat, tall, with graying temples, and a dignified look. Two yamen runners followed behind him.

It was Guan Wanche, the chief constable of Xianyang.

Seeing this, Sharifi, who was standing nearby, said in a low voice with disdain, "Why are you looking at him? He is just a small-minded person who changes his mind according to the situation. There is no need to pay attention to him."

What Sha Lifei said was right. Many people in Guanzhong knew that Guan Wanche and his father Li Hu were friends for life and death. In terms of relationship, they were much closer than that of old man Zhang.

However, his father did not show up when he died, and he never went to Lijiabao to visit his grandfather and grandson for many years. Li Yan didn't even know that such a person existed.

According to Zhang Shitong, when Guan Wanche was transferred to Xianyang to serve as the head of the police, many people thought he was coming to cause trouble for Zhou Pan, but in the end nothing happened.

The only time he took action was in the case of the massacre of Zheng Xianhuai's family. Some yamen runners wanted to use him as a scapegoat, but were stopped by Guan Wanche.

Li Yan doesn't care about the fickleness of human nature.

There are many cases in the world where the tea has gone cold before the person has left.

What he wondered was, what was Guan Wanche doing here?
As if he noticed his gaze, Guan Wanche walked up to him, expressionless, looked at him for a few times, and said calmly: "Do you have any grudge against me?"

Li Yan said calmly: "How can there be hatred between strangers?"

"That's fine."

Guan Wanche nodded and sneered, "Your father and I are sworn brothers, but he betrayed my sister and ran away to Mount Taibai to practice Taoism, leaving my mother in tears all day long. Have you ever seen such a brother?"

Li Yan's face froze, and he smiled awkwardly: "This...I don't know much about the previous generation."

Speaking of this, he recalled what happened at the beginning.

My father did not come home for the New Year, which already made my grandfather unhappy. Then two beautiful women came and started fighting with each other at the door, which made my grandfather even more angry.

One of them seemed to have the last name Guan.

And from what they said, my father's romantic debts are not limited to these...

Thinking of this, Li Yan felt helpless.

Looking around, not only did Sharifei widen his eyes, but even the Zhang family father and son and their disciples beside him all pricked up their ears, their faces full of gossip.

"Go! Go! Go."

Li Yan pushed Sharifei away and said sternly, "I can't say much about the affairs of the older generation, but if there is any grudge, just continue."

"catch?"

Guan Wanche sneered and said, "My sister is honest and will swallow her losses, but some women are not easy to mess with. Can you handle it?"

As he spoke, his expression eased a little, he sighed, and patted him on the shoulder, "After all, he is the son of an old friend. Since you have entered the world of martial arts, you should take care of yourself and don't learn from your father."

Then he turned around and strode into the Zhou family mansion.

Zhang Yuanshang, who was standing by, also stroked his beard and nodded, saying, "It seems that Captain Guan is not an unrighteous person, he just has a grudge in his heart."

"Let's go, let's send the old monkey off today."

Having said that, he strode into the mansion with everyone.

Li Yan deliberately fell behind by a few steps, remained calm, and took out a piece of paper from the seam of his shoulder. When he saw the handwriting on it, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

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The Zhou family compound is really spacious, with several courtyards inside and outside. Each courtyard has a martial arts field and many weapons are displayed. It is said that there were hundreds of disciples in the past.

These are just the disciples of the martial arts school, not including the outer disciples under the command of the Eight Vajras.

It is conceivable that the Zhou family once enjoyed great prosperity.

But now, there are less than a hundred disciples left, many courtyards are empty, the ground is messy and no one cleans it up.

Soon, the main hall of the Zhou family was filled with people.

This main hall is also not small, more than three times larger than the Zhang family martial arts school. The important people sit on both sides, and the disciples stand behind them.

Even so, there are still a lot of empty areas in the lobby.

The one who presided over the ceremony of washing his hands in a golden basin was Zhou Yuanshan, a disciple of Zhou Pan and one of the Eight Vajra. He was also a member of the Zhou family. But unlike Zhou Peide, he was tall and had a dull and honest look.

He bowed to all four directions and said, "Today is a good day. It is the day when my master retires from the underworld. You all come to watch the ceremony. It will bring honor to the Zhou family."

"Don't talk nonsense."

A man in green had a look of dismay on his face. He took a sip of tea and said in a cold voice: "With so many fellow martial artists coming here, Zhou Pan didn't even greet them at the door, but made everyone wait. Isn't he being too arrogant!" The speaker was Han Kun, the leader of the Cao Gang.

The Cao Gang is a real behemoth, dominating many docks in the north. Wherever the rivers flow, there are Cao Gang disciples walking around, and there are many gangs.

The Cao Gang in the north, the Paijiao in the south, the Sihai Gang on the sea, basically everyone who makes a living on the water in the world is related to them.

The Xianyang Cao Gang was just a small branch of it.

But even so, the status of Gang Leader Han is indeed extraordinary, and he is also a master of Hua Jin at the same level as Zhou Pan.

It was because of the joining of Cao Gang and Taixing Carriage and Horse Company that Zhou Pan became fearful and thought of shrinking his forces and preserving his strength.

When Zhou Yuanshan saw Han Kun getting angry, sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead. Just as he was about to explain, he heard a few old coughs from behind.

"Boss Han, I am not arrogant."

I saw an old man slowly walking in from the side door of the main hall. It was Zhou Pan.

But at this moment, his face was full of fatigue, his hair and beard were dry and white, as if he had aged a lot in a short period of time.

"I made you laugh."

Seeing everyone's surprised looks, Zhou Pan laughed at himself and said, "I just took care of some household affairs. It's one thing that my apprentice didn't want to come to my house, but even my own people in the Zhou family are clamoring to split up. Haha, it's really ridiculous."

Many of the people present were heads of families.

If you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are.

But after becoming the head of a household, I realized that daily necessities are just trivial matters. What is really upsetting is the disunity among people.

Thinking of Zhou Pan’s former arrogance, everyone couldn’t help but feel sympathetic. Life in the martial arts world is difficult, and who knows when it will be their turn.

Zhou Pan seemed to have lost his spirit, he clasped his hands together and said in a hoarse voice: "I have been competitive all my life, I have few friends and many enemies. It is only now that I realize that everything is determined by fate and cannot be controlled by humans."

"If I have offended you in the past, please forgive me."

Seeing that everyone was silent, he smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "Now I am tired, I want to return to my hometown and be a farmer. If you have any grudges, let's settle them together today."

"Dead or alive, all grudges are gone!"

After saying that, he looked to the side and nodded.

A copper basin had been prepared over there. The wooden frame underneath was made of fine sandalwood. The copper basin was also a high-end product, shining with gold, with five bats carved on it, and half filled with water.

Zhou Yuanshan picked up three incense sticks, lit them, bowed three times to the portrait of the ancestor in the main hall, and then inserted them into the incense burner.

The Cao Gang, Taixing Carriage and Horse Company, and various martial arts schools headed by Zhang's Martial Arts School had all made plans in advance and naturally would not be in trouble.

The head monk nodded, and immediately a disciple came forward with a red cloth strip and tied it to the rack under the copper basin, indicating that he had no objection.

And when the three incense sticks are lit and no one raises any objection, you can start to retire and completely withdraw from the world.

"Some things really need to be talked about!"

Luo Shihai put the teacup down heavily and said coldly: "Old monkey, don't act pitiful here. When you were showing off your power, you didn't think about these things!"

Zhou Pan seemed to have expected this. He bowed and clasped his fists and said, "Brother Luo, I have been unfair to you in the past. Come on, bring him up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, two disciples dragged a person into the main hall.

He was a handsome middle-aged man. He was obviously a man of good appearance, but his eyes were swollen and he looked drunk. He was terrified and knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, "Uncle, spare me, uncle, spare me!"

Zhou Pan sighed, "Now that I have grown up, I have no control over many things. When my mother was still alive, I had no choice but to offend Brother Luo at her command."

"Zhou Luohai has committed several crimes. I have already reported him to the police. Captain Guan will come today and arrest him. He will most likely be executed later."

"Brother Luo, are you satisfied?"

"what!"

How could Luo Shihai be satisfied? He sneered, "You old man, you are so good at putting justice above your own, what have you been doing before?"

Having said that, he no longer had any reason to cause trouble. He looked at Zhou Pan hatefully and asked his disciples to go up and tie the red belt.

Zhou Pan's face was calm, and he clasped his fists to the people around him and said:

"Everyone, is there anyone who wants to settle a grudge?"

Although he had lost everything, he was going to retire, so he had made preparations. He had secretly contacted all parties beforehand and made many concessions.

There is also a solution for the only difficult one, Luo Shihai.

As soon as he finished his retreat, he left Xianyang.

But just when he was feeling proud, Li Yan slowly stood up.

"Oh?"

Zhou Pan's eyes turned gloomy. "Boy, he's still okay, but you crippled a member of my Zhou family, so we are the ones who have a grudge!"

"This is not the way to settle a grudge..."

Li Yan came to the hall with a blank expression and asked bluntly, "I just want to ask, is my father's death related to you?"

Zhou Pan shook his head and said, "Your father died dishonorably. If I had the chance, I would rather defeat him fairly."

"How upright!"

Li Yan's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Anqingtang, Lu Gongyuan, Zhou, don't say you forgot!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Pan's expression changed immediately...

(End of this chapter)