Chapter 96 Easily Resolving the First Revenge

  Liu Zhongxing and Long Meimei divided their troops into dozens of routes, heading to various natural villages in Xingzhong Town to collect taxes. With an average distribution of a thousand-man battalion, each small team was left with only a few dozen people. However, just going to collect taxes would be enough manpower, as those who could be soldiers were either physically strong or had some cultivation, and ordinary villagers would probably only obey obediently.

  Therefore, Liu Zhongxing and Long Meimei took only 40 or 50 men and horses to Junlang Village. They thought they had already investigated their parents thoroughly and were confident of winning, so they dispersed their troops into several dozen groups; of course, this was also to avoid leaving a handle for Tianjiao College to investigate.

  In the late afternoon, Dad and Mom were considering how to deal with what was about to happen when they suddenly heard a commotion outside the door, filled with all sorts of angry voices.

  "This is the behavior of bandits and robbers! Didn't you say before that we don't have to pay taxes? Why are you asking us to pay now?"

  A villager angrily shouted loudly, Liu Zhongxing just coldly smiled and said:

  "Our town head Yang said, if you don't pay taxes on time and in full, we can't guarantee what kind of accidents or attacks you'll encounter in the future, hehe, it's up to you."

  "We absolutely won't pay it, we've never seen such a high tax!"

  A group of villagers with red faces and thick necks said, Liu Zhongxing looked at these united villagers with a funny expression, somewhat surprised:

  "You guys are very united, but unfortunately what you say doesn't count. Our town head said so, and it must be collected. Just consider it as the protection fee for us protecting you all these years."

  Liu Zhongxing was indeed very astute, saying "Director" with every sentence, pushing all the responsibility onto the Director, and then continued:

  "I want to see your village chief, he should understand my difficulties."

  He said this as if he was also forced, and his parents were about to come out. Since others had already brought it up, how could they back down? His father stepped forward and asked:

  "What's all the fuss about? Can't we just sit down and talk things through?"

  "Oh... I suppose this is your village chief, indeed reasonable; hehe... that's what our Chief Yang said, from today on, we will collect taxes every year, what do you think?"

  Liu Zhongxing said with a smile that was not quite a smile, his expression full of jest. His father seemed to have not seen him and replied:

  "Hehe...it's what should be, it's what's supposed to happen!"

  "Village head! No way, they're just making things difficult for us. Who ever heard of paying a thousand yellow stones in taxes per year?!"

  "Right! Village chief, don't be cheated by them, they are exploiting our labor results, one thousand per head every year!"

  ……

  The villagers all complained, but Liu Zhongxing and Long Meimei just smiled on the side, with a look of sinister intentions, Dad frowned and said:

  "Is this strongman okay? Can't we pay a bit less? You also know it's a bit embarrassing for people, right?"

  As soon as I heard that my dad not only didn't get angry, but instead just frowned and haggled over the price, Liu Zhongxing became somewhat anxious. He didn't want to take revenge without being in the right, that would be imperfect. Feeling unhappy in his heart, his words also became cutting:

  "Hum... you're still a man, aren't you? Be quick about it, are you going to pay or not? Mayor Yang said that even if you don't have money, it's fine as long as you put up your wife as collateral!"

  At the sound of this, even someone with a good temper would get angry. This is unbearable for any man. The villagers present glared angrily and scolded incessantly, while the other side, consisting of forty or fifty people, also launched into a verbal counterattack, with tensions running high.

  Dad was also furious, but he didn't lose his mind. Anyone with eyes could see that this group of people were intentionally picking a fight. If they started fighting, it would be hard to avoid hurting innocent people. They had to think of a way to subdue their leader. Thinking of this, he took out a space wristwatch and said:

  "Come over and check if this is enough for our village's taxes for a year."

  Counselor Liu Zhongxing and the beautiful woman Long Meimei were taken aback, how could they tolerate this? Moreover, they couldn't believe that someone could take out so much money at once. So, Liu Zhongxing strolled over nonchalantly to see if my dad was really capable of taking out that much money in one go. He thought to himself, no matter what, he would say it wasn't possible, humph.

  Just as Liu Zhongxing took the space watch and shouted without looking at it: "You dare to cheat me, there is not a single yellow stone in this! Come on, give these rough men a good lesson!" when something strange happened, my dad grabbed his arm with one hand and pinched his neck with the other, shouting loudly.

  "Quickly tell your people to put down their weapons, otherwise..."

  With a loud crack, Liu Zhongxing let out a startled cry:

  "You've actually become this strong! They didn't say... Cough cough"

  "Cut the nonsense and tell them to stop immediately!"

  Dad saw that the villagers and that team of people had already clashed, and the villagers were retreating in defeat. Liu Zhongxing was afraid and hurriedly called for a stop, but that team of people didn't listen at all. It turned out that Long Meimei was holding a token and shouting loudly at this moment:

  "No one is allowed to stop, give me a good beating!" At the same time, he looked at my dad threateningly:

  "If you know what's good for you, you'd better let him go quickly. Otherwise, the Long and Liu families won't let you off!"

  "Witch! Aren't you afraid I'll kill him right now?"

  My dad's hand exerted force again, Liu Zhongxing's life hung by a thread. He struggled and begged for mercy, but unfortunately, my dad wouldn't show leniency. The beautiful woman didn't think my dad dared to kill him, instead she provoked him further:

  "You dare to kill him? I don't believe you have the guts!"

  In Liu Zhongxing's desperate fear, Long Meimei's surprised and somewhat regretful gaze, my dad no longer held back, broke his neck, and threw him towards the beautiful woman like a dead dog. People had already rushed into the melee to rescue the villagers.

  Long Mei picked up the person my dad threw over subconsciously, and indeed had lost all signs of life. She glared at my dad's back with a vicious tone:

  "You despicable star! You're great! I'll definitely make you pay the price!"

  "I'm afraid you've lost your chance." My mom had been eyeing this beautiful woman for a while, and now she was close enough to take action.

  Long Mei was forced to fight back, looking disheveled and quickly getting injured. Only then did she think of escaping, but found that all six directions were blocked off, making it impossible for her to escape. Amidst her shock and despair, my mom's five clones plus the original mercilessly finished her off.

  The soldiers saw that two of their leaders had fallen, and they all fled in terror, disappearing into the night.

  His father and mother did not pursue, but hurried to deal with the wounded. Fortunately, there were no dead villagers. In the midst of busyness, nobody noticed that an old man nodded his head in relief and disappeared into the darkness.

  "Village head, what should we do next?"

  "Yes, they won't give up."

  ……

  After finishing the remaining dishes, the villagers looked at my dad one by one with anticipation and asked him key questions. As the village chief, he couldn't be indecisive at this moment, or everyone would panic. My dad took a deep breath and said seriously:

  "They will never let this matter go, and next time it won't be these small fries who come. We can't just sit back and wait for death either. Alright, I'll calculate a divination to see."

  "Village chief, quickly calculate a divination for us, we're all counting on you." The villagers had already somewhat blindly trusted the village chief's divinatory skills.

  My dad took out the astrological compass, began to calculate the divination, and saw a series of mysterious handprints being printed out, one after another, and a series of obscure and abstruse incantations were recited. The villagers all held their breath, with pious hands clasped together as if in pilgrimage, praying that the village chief could point out a clear path.

  About ten minutes later, my dad stood up with a confident look on his face. Seeing the village chief like this, everyone couldn't help but feel invigorated and said:

  "Village chief, what good strategy do you have?"

  "Hehe, it's not a great plan, but don't worry too much, everything will work out smoothly."

  "Village head, what do you mean? We don't understand!"

  "Alright, it's getting late, you all go to sleep; in any case, there won't be any great danger happening."

  Looking at the villagers who wanted to speak but stopped, the village chief smiled and said:

  "Hehe, don't you guys still believe me? Disperse now."

  The crowd dispersed, leaving only Dad and Mom standing under the moonlight. My mom asked curiously:

  "Your dad, where did your confidence come from?"

  "Hehe, I just calculated a good omen, the divination shows that we will turn bad luck into good; okay, let's go to sleep too, tomorrow, everything will be clear."

  "His dad, when did he learn to play mysterious too? Haha."

  "Huh, I don't think so?"

  ……

  To all book friends who support Ai Zhi Hui, I'm very sorry! Tomorrow I plan to climb Mount Tai, and I'll be back on Saturday, so I'll take a three-day leave; tomorrow I will code out one chapter, post it and then leave, from Thursday to Saturday I'll be on leave. Recently I've been feeling a bit dizzy, let me go feel the grandeur of "when the clouds are absent, the peaks stand out" and when I return, I'll code out more wonderful chapters!