Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 727 - 667: I Think the Wang Family Should Apologize to the Town Martial Office

Chapter 727: Chapter 667: I Think the Wang Family Should Apologize to the Town Martial Office

Upon seeing Li Moxian arrive, the expressions on the faces of many Elders present, who had been quite arrogant, softened considerably.

But the Grand Elder was different; he was the most powerful person sitting here, apart from the Wang Family Head.

At that moment, the Grand Elder stood up and stared coldly at Li Moxian.

"Just because you, Li Moxian, are powerful, do you think you can do whatever you want? To attack our Wang Family’s forces on a whim and to kill our people as you please?"

Li Moxian glanced at the Grand Elder, then slowly raised his right hand and made a crushing motion in the empty space toward the Grand Elder.

Bang!

In the next instant, the Grand Elder burst into a cloud of blood mist.

Zhang San only felt that something like a shadow had flashed around the Grand Elder just before he was crushed into oblivion, so fast that he couldn’t see clearly what it was.

And the Grand Elder, who had been intolerably arrogant just a moment ago, was now a pool of flesh and blood on the ground.

All the Elders present were shocked and dismayed at this sight.

Among those present from the Wang Family, including the Elders and the Family Head, there were quite a few powerful figures from the Purple Mansion Realm.

They naturally knew the strength and terror that came with the Purple Mansion Realm.

Therefore, they understood even more that Li Moxian’s seemingly gentle hand had instantly killed the Grand Elder.

What was more, the move just now had completely contained the burst of might that erupted upon the death of a Purple Mansion Realm strongman.

Between one kill and one block lay the difference between the current strongest and the entire Wang Family.

The Wang Family Head swallowed hard and stared wide-eyed at Li Moxian.

"Chief Li has come from afar, and it was the Grand Elder who was ignorant and insisted on disputing with you. Please don’t take it to heart. If there is any misunderstanding between the Town Martial Office and our Wang Family, or if there are any orders from the members of the Town Martial Office, please do not hesitate to speak."

Li Moxian looked over at a stunned Zhang San and said in a low voice, "You tell them."

Seeing that Li Moxian didn’t speak, but asked a young man to stand out and do so, everyone felt a bit puzzled.

Because only Wang Ziyan among those present recognized Zhang San.

Li Moxian explained, "This person is Zhang San, the Military Chief of our Town Martial Office. He’s quite sharp-witted. Recently, some rumors about the Wang Family’s double prodigies, as well as the investigation into all the small movements your Wang Family has made on the Capital Region Road, were his doing."

Zhang San gave a respectful bow to the people of the Wang Family, smiling as he said, "Military Chief Zhang San, I’ve met the members of the Wang Family. Hehe..."

Although Zhang San had a friendly smile on his face, everyone knew that this person’s heart might be even darker than Li Moxian’s hand.

"First of all, I believe that whether it’s the people from the Wang Family joining the Town Martial Office over the years or the clandestine support and establishment of martial path forces in the Capital Region Road, it’s out of good intentions and absolutely not due to dissatisfaction with the Great Sui or malice towards Kaihuang. I firmly believe this!"

The Wang Family never had the intentions that Zhang San spoke of; their arrangements were merely to expand the influence and power of the Wang Family.

But now that Zhang San put it this way, the implication became very different.

"Second, I also believe that the recent spread of the Wang Family’s double prodigies story must be due to a small faction within the Wang Family looking out for their individual interests by attempting to sacrifice the Family’s interests. Certainly, there was no intent to spread false rumors deliberately aimed at targeting Wang Ziteng of the Town Martial Office, thus provoking unrest. I trust our Wang Family completely on this!"

Great. First a big hat is thrown on, now a small one is added.

"Third, since we know it’s all a misunderstanding, then it’s really just about resolving it. So, I think that the Wang Family should apologize to the Town Martial Office."

Upon hearing these words, the Wang Family Head almost had his nose bent out of shape in anger.

"So our Wang Family is accused of spreading a mere rumor, and what’s more, the rumor concerns our family’s internal affairs."

Yet, you from the Town Martial Office not only capture our people but also raid our properties, and now you’ve barged into my home to kill our family’s great elder. In the end, you still expect us to apologize?"

"I understand that the members of the Wang Family may feel that apologizing could damage the Wang Family’s face. Therefore, I’ve thought of a better solution."

"The Wang Family will dispatch sixty young warriors of the Primordial Qi Realm and sixty of the True Core Realm, a total of one hundred and twenty people, to join the Town Martial Office. In addition, eighty young warriors will join the army on the Northern Longyun Path. Whether it’s the Divine Martial Army or the Lingwu Army, or even the Jin River Army, any will do. Finally, make a public clarification that there has always been only one prodigy in the Wang Family, and that is Wang Ziteng."

"In this way, the Town Martial Office gets something out of it and naturally won’t fuss too much. The dispatch of warriors from the Wang Family to the army can be seen as fighting for the Great Sui, so even Kaihuang won’t take the issue to heart. Clarifying that Wang Ziteng is the prodigy also makes everyone realize that he is the link between the Wang Family and the Town Martial Office. Not to be trifled with! And that the Wang Family is an ally of the Town Martial Office, not to be offended!"

"Heh heh heh... What do you think of my proposal, members of the Wang Family?"

The Wang Family Head felt that if it weren’t for Li Moxian’s recent demonstration of his formidable strength, his own hand might already have slapped Zhang San’s face.

This was clearly a gesture of the Wang Family bowing to pressure to resolve the matter.

However, the Wang Family Head knew that if the Wang Family apologized, everyone would know that the Wang Family had been disgraced.

But if they followed Zhang San’s latter method, at least on the surface, the dignity of the Wang Family would remain.

Even to those unaware of the underlying circumstances, it would seem like the Wang Family indeed had a good relationship with the Town Martial Office.

At that moment, the Family Head looked around at the several elders present before finally fixing his gaze on Wang Ziyan.

Although Wang Ziyan was not an elder of the Wang Family, he was truly the prodigy of the Wang Family and thus had the right to participate in such decisions.

Seeing Wang Ziyan nod slightly, the Wang Family Head felt considerably more at ease.

"There’s no denying that this could be done, but those from our Wang Family who joined the Town Martial Office truly worked their hearts out for many years. Can they be returned to us?"

Zhang San immediately said, "Wang Family Head, I must commend that the men of the Wang Family are truly made of iron! The moment they heard their identities were exposed, they killed themselves on the spot, not even giving us a chance to interrogate them! We were only thinking of asking for details, who could have expected, they were so staunch!"

The Wang Family Head naturally did not believe that the Town Martial Office’s capabilities would let every single one of the spies the Wang Family had planted commit suicide.

That was certainly the Town Martial Office’s doing.

After all, for a power to plant people within the Town Martial Office, and then have these infiltrators return unharmed, would be a slap in the face to the Town Martial Office.

Thus, the Town Martial Office could only beat them to the punch, as it were.

"Then... let’s proceed as Zhang San said. At least my Wang Family will send people to the Capital, and in addition, we will deploy more people to the Capital to take control of our Wang Family’s assets. Surely, the Town Martial Office does not covet those as well?"

Zhang San chuckled, waved his hand, and said with a benevolent expression, "What belongs to the Wang Family will always belong to the Wang Family; how could we at the Town Martial Office possibly want them."

"So, to prevent some petty thieves from seizing the opportunity, I went to the Magistrate of Metropolitan prefecture, Shen Erxian, overnight, and after a long talk, transferred all properties into the name of Wang Ziteng, avoiding any losses for the Wang Family."

At this moment, for some reason, the Wang Family Head felt a tickle in his throat, as if something was about to come out.

It was not blood.

It definitely wasn’t blood.

How could an old man who has helmed the Wang Family for so many years possibly be angered to the point of spitting blood by a young man? Absolutely impossible!