The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun.

The waiter scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. He only sighed when Jiang Ning handed him a piece of silver.

"Actually, you'll know if you just walk around the county, take a look, and ask around."

"Oh?"

Jiang Ning raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Then I'll go out and take a look later, but I'd like to hear what you have to say first."

With the silver coins in hand, the waiter looked around.

It was still early, and there was no one else at the inn besides Jiang Ning's table, so he muttered a curse under his breath.

"That Xu family is truly despicable," the gentleman said, "you have no idea, that Xu family..."

Perhaps it was Jiang Ning's generosity and easygoing nature that won over the waiter, who then launched into a long, rambling monologue.

After a while.

"Have some water."

Jiang Ning poured him a glass of water.

"Thank you, sir."

The waiter took the water, took a sip, and then sighed, saying, "Wang Ersao, Xie Dama, and Brother Wu are the most miserable. They were forced to the point of losing their families and even their land by the Xu family."

The people the waiter mentioned were all victims of the Xu family's extortion and plunder.

Jiang Ning asked, "They're so lawless, hasn't anyone reported them to the authorities?"

"Report to the authorities?"

The waiter gave a bitter smile: "Sir, if reporting to the authorities were effective, they wouldn't have lost their family."

"Is no one going to do anything about it?"

Jiang Ning raised an eyebrow and asked again, "You're not far from Mount Song. Doesn't Mount Song have Shaolin and the Songshan Sect? These are also righteous sects in the martial arts world. Don't they care about them?"

"Sir, what you're talking about is too far removed from the lives of ordinary people like us. We don't know anything about it."

The waiter shook his head.

“The harvest was bad a few years ago, and we really couldn’t survive, so my sister signed a contract to sell herself into the Xu family and that’s how we were able to support our family.”

When his younger sister was mentioned, the waiter couldn't help but wipe his nose.

“But after she went in, she was either beaten or scolded. I rarely had a chance to see her. Every time I saw her, I saw that she had bruises on her body. It pained me to see that. I have always wanted to redeem her, but those damn Xu family want me to pay fifty taels of silver to redeem my sister. Back then, my sister only paid five taels of silver when she signed the indenture!”

"So you're saying the Xu family has committed all sorts of evil deeds in your county?"

Jiang Ning said.

"Humph."

The waiter chuckled a few times without saying a word, but his meaning was clear.

Jiang Ning laughed.

"Since no one is taking care of things here, I will. Since no one is standing up for you, I will. How about that?"

Chapter 345: Revenge

"you?"

The waiter paused for a moment, looking at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning looked at him with a smile.

"What? You don't believe me?"

"This……"

The waiter gave an awkward smile.

"Sir, please don't joke around."

Jiang Ning smiled too.

"You'll find out soon enough whether it's a joke or not."

After saying that, Jiang Ning finished his breakfast and stood up, and Du Lanyin also stood up.

"Where are you headed, sir?"

Seeing that Jiang Ning was about to leave, the waiter quickly saw him out.

"Go to the Xu family."

Jiang Ning did not look back.

"what?"

The waiter was stunned.

Are you really going?

Jiang Ning turned to look at him.

"You can come with me now, or you can go later."

The waiter hesitated for a long time before finally giving an awkward smile.

"I'll go later."

Jiang Ning didn't insist, nodded, and said, "Then you can go in an hour."

After saying that, Jiang Ning left without saying anything more.

"An hour?"

The waiter blinked.

……

Xu Mansion.

"Junior brother, this is it."

Du Lanyin and Jiang Ning stood in front of a mansion.

"Then let's go in."

Jiang Ning nodded and then walked over.

"who?"

Two servants stood in front of the mansion. When they saw Jiang Ning coming, they tried to stop him, but before they could even touch him, they were thrown back by a burst of energy and fell to the ground with two cries of pain.

Jiangning was like a deserted place.

Main hall.

"I'm going back to Mount Song now."

Han Tianpeng sat leisurely in the main seat, glancing at the portly man.

"You need to take what I told you to heart. Don't mess with anyone you shouldn't, and don't cause any trouble, understand?"

The portly man nodded repeatedly.

"Sir, don't worry."

After giving his instructions, Han Tianpeng prepared to get up and leave, and several Songshan disciples sitting below also stood up.

"As for that white-faced evil spirit that's appeared in Guyang County, don't worry about him..."

Han Tianpeng was about to say something more, but a commotion suddenly broke out outside the hall, interrupting him.

"What's going on? Who's making noise outside?"

The portly man couldn't help but frown.

Bang!

A servant flew in from outside and fell to the ground, groaning in pain.

"This……"

The portly man was about to say something when he saw two people walk in from outside the door.

"Who are you? What brings you to my Xu residence?"

The portly man looked at Jiang Ning and Du Lanyin and questioned them sternly.

However, Jiang Ning didn't pay attention to him; his gaze was fixed on the people in the main hall.

Jiang Ning glanced at the Songshan disciples, then looked at Han Tianpeng, raising an eyebrow slightly.

"Oh? It's you?"

He remembered that this person was in the Songshan Sect at that time, right next to Zuo Lengchan. He paid a few more glances and realized that he was one of the Thirteen Protectors.

"It's you?"

Han Tianpeng also recognized Jiang Ning, and his expression darkened.

"The Five Mountains Sword Sect Alliance Conference is about to be held. Why did your Huashan Sect come to Henan instead of Songshan? What are you doing here?"

Han Tianpeng's tone was very impolite, as if he harbored great hostility towards Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning didn't understand the reason, but he didn't care.

Do I need to report to you about anything I do?

Jiang Ning said something casually, then sat down on a chair.

What's your attitude?

Upon hearing this, Han Tianpeng frowned and demanded an explanation.

Jiang Ning ignored him and looked at Du Lanyin.

"Senior sister, you can take your revenge now."

"Revenge? What revenge?"