Chapter 38 Protecting with one's life

"Huo Shuming!" Huo Gannian suddenly spoke sternly, scaring Huo Shuming so much that she stopped in her tracks.

He raised his head and stared at Huo Gannian blankly, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Huo Gannian looked down at Huo Shuming with a sharp gaze and said:

"Since the Huo family's ancestors founded the sect, over the past 215 years, there have only been three types of people who have left the Huo family: those who were expelled, and those who became wealthy and established their own business."

"What's the other kind?" Huo Shuming asked subconsciously.

Huo Gannian's brows were cold as he said word by word:

"There is another kind, where the whole family is wiped out, leaving no descendants."

Huo Shuming's face turned pale immediately and her body swayed as if she was about to fall.

Everyone was also frightened by these words.

Who doesn’t know how powerful Huo Gannian was before his leg injury?

Faced with those unscrupulous members of the Huo family, Huo Gannian killed them decisively and without mercy.

I remember there was a descendant of the Huo family who was a beggar and sold children. There were eleven people in his family, and Huo Gannian killed ten of them with his own hands.

There was also a man who used to sell moldy rice as new rice to an orphanage at a low price. Huo Gannian kicked him over, and while the man was still trying to get up from the ground, his head was already rolling on the ground.

This is because Huo Gannian’s prestige is so great, who dares to act rashly?

But in the final analysis, it was just a division of the family. Huo Xiaohan was timid and cowardly, and his eldest son Huo Shuming was also a fence-sitter who was easily influenced by others.

This family's business is neither big nor small. Since they haven't done anything wrong, Huo Gannian probably won't do anything to them.

Everyone thought so.

Huo Gannian spoke again, as if there was something else behind his words:

"Huo Shuming, at this point, the arrow has already been shot and cannot be retrieved."

Everyone, including Huo Shuming, thought that Huo Gannian was referring to the "separation of the family."

Only Yun Chen keenly heard a hint of unusual warning in Huo Gannian's words.

The next moment, a look of determination flashed in Huo Shuming's eyes.

He said "Then we won't divide it" and made a gesture to turn around and leave, but he quickly took out a knife from the account book, turned around and stabbed Huo Gannian fiercely!

At the critical moment, without any hesitation——

Yun Chen grabbed the blade.

The tip of the knife stopped only an inch away from Huo Gannian's eyes.

She stood beside Huo Gannian, leaned forward slightly from behind in a half-hug position, and grasped the cold blade with her bare hands.

Because of the violent movement, her long hair tied into a ponytail swung forward and fell on his shoulders.

Blood flowed from her hands in lines and landed on Huo Gannian's stone-blue robe.

"Ah——" someone in the hall screamed.

The first stab failed, and Huo Shuming tried hard to stab again, but Yun Chen held the blade so tightly that he could not move it at all. He could only see more and more blood flowing out of Yun Chen's hand.

Yun Chen remained calm, grabbed the blade and pulled it hard, and Huo Shuming immediately knelt at Huo Gannian's feet.

Without waiting for Huo Gannian to speak, Yun Chen threw away the knife in his hand and kicked Huo Shuming away.

From beginning to end, Huo Gannian's expression was like that of a great Buddha in a temple, without any ripples.

Neither surprised nor afraid.

It was as if he had known that Huo Shuming had evil intentions, so he gave him warnings and opportunities again and again in his words.

It was as if he had known that his most trusted personal guard was there, so he didn't need to dodge in a panic. He just had to be steady and act like the young master Huo who remained calm even when faced with a crisis.

Looking at Huo Gannian's cold and calm face, Yun Chen seemed to suddenly understand why Huo Gannian was not panicked at all, and did not hide or escape on the day when she first met him in the deep courtyard of the bamboo forest where fierce fighting was taking place.

Because that is not just the dignity of the young master of the Yangyang Huo Gang.

It is also the dignity of the young master's personal guard.

He gave his life to his personal guards in return for their protection.

He was certain that his personal guards could save him, and even if they couldn't, he would use himself as bait, willing to live and die together.

This kind of absolute trust is even more than what Yun Chen once said, "I leave my back to my brothers and my life to God."

But because of a pair of immobile legs, this trust is accompanied by a bit of helpless sadness.

Yun Chen had mixed feelings in her heart, but she didn't dare to be distracted. She had to be on guard against Huo Shuming rushing up again, and also prevent someone from taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.

Huo Shuming rolled down the hall, and for a moment, everyone screamed and was in chaos.

Huo Xiaohan was so frightened that he fell to the ground, muttering "Crazy... Crazy..."

More than a dozen guards in the hall drew their swords swiftly and captured Huo Xiaohan's entire family.

All the members of the Huo family stayed away, fearing that they would be implicated.

After a period of chaos, order was gradually restored in the hall under the maintenance of the guards.

Everyone was wondering what kind of family rules Huo Gannian would use to punish Huo Xiaohan's family.

Sitting on the high seat, Huo Gannian handed the handkerchief in his arms to Yun Chen. Seeing Yun Chen bandaging the wound to stop the bleeding with skillful skills, he withdrew his angry gaze.

The chief accountant at the side took out the agreement for the division of the family property, and two guards immediately grabbed Huo Shuming, cut his finger with a knife, and forced him to press his bloody handprint on the agreement.

The same was true for the rest of the male members of Huo Xiaohan's family.

Huo Gannian asked coldly, "Aren't you going to split up the family? Once you sign this agreement, it's a complete split."

The guard held up the contract covered with bloody fingerprints and walked around the hall to show it clearly to everyone.

No one dared to look directly at him.

"Since you are not a member of the Huo family, there is no need to follow the family rules." Huo Gannian paused, and under the breathless gaze of everyone, he said coldly:

"Huo Xiaohan's family of nineteen, excluding two women and two unmarried women, will be strictly interrogated. Those implicated will all be strangled and their bodies sent to the government office."

The hall was completely silent, with only the shrill cries of Huo Xiaohan's family being dragged out of the hall.

Before being dragged out of the hall, Huo Shuming seemed to realize how stupid he was and understood the last chance of survival that Huo Gannian had given him.

"You... already knew that Yu Yangji had contacted me... promised me 20% of the Yu family's dividends... and asked me to kill you... right?"

There was no word, but Huo Gannian's cold expression was enough to respond.

"I was wrong! Please spare my life, young master! I will never dare to do it again!" Huo Shuming struggled desperately, crying and begging for mercy.

But there was no trace of relaxation on Huo Gannian's face.

After all, a soft heart is a standard for people with poor lives, but Huo Gannian doesn't have that.

Half an hour later, fifteen bodies were carried out from the corner room of the Huo Mansion.

All the male members of Huo Xiaohan's family died, and he lived alone without any offspring.

This traitor who colluded with the Yu family to betray the Huo family has been dealt with.

Everyone in the hall watched with their own eyes as Huo Xiaohan and his family went from being precious members of the Huo clan to being turned into cold corpses in the blink of an eye. They felt a chill running down their backs.

Looking at Huo Gannian again, he couldn't help but feel even more afraid.

In this chaotic Nan Kingdom, the Huo Gang always kills people without reporting to the authorities later. As long as they can give a decent explanation in the end, the government will always turn a blind eye.