"What...what are you going to do?!" Old Huang was very vigilant, and his voice rose considerably.
"Kill them all." The tone remained calm, yet the words were still chilling.
"But they were all unaware of this! They... they shouldn't have been implicated and killed because of this! Ancestor, I beg you, don't let their families be implicated!" Old Huang's tone was extremely humble. If Ancestor Li were in front of him, he might have knelt down immediately.
The others had all worked with Mr. Huang for at least twenty years, and two of them were older and had known each other since childhood.
Although there might be conflicts, it was a friendship that had lasted half a lifetime. If Old Huang were to watch his loved ones being killed, he would have no face to go down and face them.
"Don't blame your family? Old Huang, you've seen plenty of filth in this position, haven't you? You can only fool Leng An with that kind of talk." Li Xuanzu remained firm in his decision.
He could never leave behind a seed of revenge, not even in a newborn baby, a cripple, or an old person nearing the end of their life.
Old Huang remained silent for a long time, and Li Xuanzu did not hang up the phone.
"Tsk, getting older makes you more soft-hearted?"
"How about this, I can leave their families alone, but you have to agree to one condition. Don't worry, it won't be difficult for you." Li Xuanzu sensed the subtle sounds coming from Elder Huang's side and offered a perfect solution.
“You personally kill those six and announce it to the public. Their families won’t be able to hold a grudge against me. If you agree, do it now. Film the process and send it to me. If you don’t agree, think carefully about the consequences.”
After Li Xuanzu finished speaking, he hung up the phone immediately, confident that Elder Huang could hear him.
Without much mental preparation, Old Huang immediately found the six imprisoned people, explained the situation, and took action.
Seeing his former classmate's blood staining his palms, Old Huang was in a daze, his body trembling uncontrollably, and he failed to send the video several times.
This can be considered a little psychological trick by Li Xuanzu, which is called the "broken window effect" in China. Before stating your own requirements, make an unacceptable request, and then present your own requirements as a compromise, which is more acceptable to people.
Old Huang naturally understood Li Xuanzu's intentions, but he dared not expose them.
This condition was indeed within Huang Lao's acceptable range, and Li Xuanzu also made his attitude clear. It seemed that Li Xuanzu was unilaterally suppressing Huang Lao, but in reality, the two had long been tacitly aware of each other's intentions.
They're all ancient foxes; there's no need to play some kind of ghost story.
Sometimes conversations are like this: on the surface, a lot of rhetoric is used, which may seem profound to outsiders, but in reality, the intentions of both parties become clear to each other in just a few words.
Both of them were aware of this but didn't say anything; it was just a pity for those six.
He died without ever seeing Li Xuanzu more than a few times, and his life ended so hastily.
And because of such an outrageous plan, even their family members almost lost their lives.
"To live to this extent is truly tragic." Li Xuanzu chuckled and shook his head, seemingly unaffected by what had just happened.
Ultimately, they weren't very well-known, hadn't done much of a good job, and were caught in a public uproar. Unable to issue a statement supporting Li Xuanzu, they could only let public opinion fester and eventually came up with a bizarre plan to sacrifice themselves.
Li Xuanzu is right. To put it more bluntly, their entire lives could only be considered a joke.
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