From the fusion of Tongbei Quan to the Longevity Martial Saint

Upon hearing Li Zaotou's words, Fang Qing immediately frowned.

It must be said that Li Zaotou's two-birds-with-one-stone strategy was truly masterful.

Once the charges of selling smuggled salt and colluding with salt bandits are proven, Fang Qing can guarantee that he and Uncle Yang will have no chance of escaping.

During the Qianlong reign, salt and iron were monopolies, with salt being particularly important as it affected tax revenue and people's livelihoods.

The government has always preferred to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free when it comes to the sale of smuggled salt.

Not to mention the Fang family of Huizhou merchants. Selling smuggled salt was like taking meat out of the Fang family's bowl. Anyone who did this would be making an enemy of the entire Fang family and the entire Huizhou merchant community.

Sinking into the sea to feed the fish would be the least of your worries.

Fang Qing really underestimated Li Zaotou.

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When he got to the point of feeling quite spirited, Li Zaotou picked up his chopsticks, wanting to reward himself with a piece of venison.

But just as he was about to pick up his chopsticks, he discovered that the plates of venison were stacked high, but they were completely empty; Fang Qing had already eaten them all.

He reached for his chopsticks again, wanting to cook a piece of mutton to treat himself.

The plate was completely empty except for air.

Fang Qing drank every last drop of the broth from the copper pot.

"You uncouth salt farmers are really a downer."

After putting down his chopsticks, Li Zao Tou turned to look in Yang Zhi's direction again:

"Old Yang, compared to this kid, I'll give you another way out."

"I heard your daughter is of marriageable age, right?"

"I happen to have a spare room in my front yard. Tonight, send your daughter over to be my concubine."

Now that you've become my father-in-law, we're family, so I can easily forgive and forget all your transgressions.

Li Zaotou made a smoothing motion with his hand.

He then sat down, not in a hurry.

They waited quietly for Yang Zhi to obediently offer his daughter with both hands.

Let him do whatever he wants.

Just as Li Zaotou sat down, a servant hurriedly entered:

"Master, the master's men have arrived."

Li Zaotou stood up and straightened his clothes:

"Of course, you can also meet with the Fang family of Huizhou merchants now."

I will personally inform the adults of the Fang family in detail about the two of you selling 1500 catties of smuggled salt.

"At that point, the adults in the Fang family might just kill you two on the spot."

After saying that, Li Zaotou ignored Fang Qing and Yang Zhi and led his men out to greet the Fang family, who were from Huizhou.

Yang Zhi was now like an ant on a hot pan, not knowing what to do.

Even 150 jin of smuggled salt was enough to lead to the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire family.

There are now a full 1500 jin of smuggled salt.

This is a heinous crime that could implicate nine generations of one's family.

No, it is highly likely that the entire family, even ten generations, could be implicated.

Fang Qing tugged at Yang Zhi's sleeve and followed Li Zaotou outside.

Seeing that Fang Qing actually dared to follow, Li Zaotou frowned immediately:

"A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger."

However, he was too lazy to pay attention to Fang Qing and quickened his pace to go outside to greet him.

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There is a bamboo grove at the corner of the entrance to the salt field.

As Fang Qing followed Li Zaotou and the others towards another direction in the bamboo forest...

Suddenly, Fang Qing stopped in his tracks.

He kept a close eye on the corner of the bamboo grove at the entrance to the salt field.

"No, logically speaking, when people from the Fang family of Huizhou come, their footsteps shouldn't be this deep."

Fang Qing has now reached the perfect stage of the first level of Body Tempering.

He was just a little short of reaching the second level of Body Tempering.

How sensitive are their facial features?

He immediately noticed a bloody smell in the air.

On the other side of the bamboo grove, around the corner, it seemed as if a colossal creature was stomping on the ground.

Even the leaves on the bamboo grove trembled slightly as the other person moved.

Li Laolai, Li Meng, and the others following behind Li Zaotou had too low a cultivation level to notice anything amiss.

Not to mention the many beautiful women, wives, and concubines surrounding Li Zao Tou.

They were still fixing each other's hair, preparing to pay their respects to the distinguished Fang family, a prominent merchant family from Huizhou.

Only Li Zaotou reacted a breath slower than Fang Qing.

He suddenly stopped and looked up ahead.

The next moment, at the corner of the bamboo forest, a black fur suddenly appeared.

A bear nearly 3 meters tall suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.

"Oh no, it's a bear demon!"

Those who can reach this physique and are filled with a violent aura have already gained sentience and become demons.

Moreover, judging from the way the other party walked, he had clearly risen to a certain level as a bear demon.

This time, both Li Laolai and Li Meng were so scared that they ran away in terror.

The quickest to react, Li Zaotou, simply slapped his two beautiful wives and concubines forward from behind.

The two concubines, dressed in gorgeous clothes, flew towards the bear demon like two sandbags.

Li Zaotou, using the force of the recoil, was propelled backward at a rapid pace.

Fang Qing's reaction speed was actually half a beat faster than Li Zaotou's.

Just as he was about to retreat, he remembered that Uncle Yang was right behind him.

Fang Qing could escape, but Uncle Yang, due to his cultivation level and advanced age, had no way to escape the bear demon's clutches.

Fang Qing gritted his teeth, his feet seemingly rooted to the ground.

He turned around and pushed Uncle Yang, who was still confused about what was going on, backward.

"Uncle Yang, hurry! I'll cover your retreat and buy you some time."

"escape!"

The whole scene was in complete chaos.

The servants and household guards who followed Li Zaotou were still confused as to why a bear demon had appeared in their salt field.

This is the seaside; the creatures that come to their salt fields should be sirens.

The bear demon's jungle is very far from their salt fields.

Moreover, their salt field has an array. Could it be that the bear demon's strength has rendered the array ineffective?

Fang Qing was also sweating profusely.

He immediately adopted the starting stance of the Tongbei Divine Fist Body Tempering Method.

"The Divine Ape Relying on a Mountain"

Fang Qing should at least buy Uncle Yang some time to escape.

Although Fang Qing knew that with his current cultivation level, he could probably only delay the bear demon for a few breaths at most.

The bear demon turned out of the bamboo forest and saw several mortals who were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. A look of satisfaction flashed in its black eyes hidden in its fur.

However, when it saw that there was still one person standing there, facing it with a fighting stance,

This made the usually arrogant bear demon feel that his dignity had been challenged.

He stomped his foot hard on the ground.

The kick made the ground tremble a few times.

The fallen leaves on the bamboo grove next to them were shaken and fell down in a rustling sound.

The next moment, a wild beast's howl shot out directly from the bear demon's mouth.

Li Zaotou's concubines were too close to the bear demon, and were directly struck by its power, bleeding from all seven orifices, their eyes rolling back as they fainted.

Not to mention Li Laolai and his son Li Meng, they were so scared that liquid leaked from their crotches.

The fact that they didn't immediately faint shows that both of them possessed formidable cultivation.

Fang Qing immediately felt a foul, fishy stench being sprayed towards him.

He suppressed the urge to turn and run away.

The starting stance of the Tongbei Divine Fist Body Tempering Method is still displayed.

However, a large bead of cold sweat slowly trickled down his forehead.

Just as the bear demon was about to roar a second time, a somewhat lazy voice sounded from behind it.

"Alright, be quiet."

"This is not a place for you to run wild."

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