Chapter 55: The Evil of the Zhao Family (I)
The jade slip recorded all the evil things the Zhao family had done over the years.
There were countless incidents, big and small, and even Feng Qinghe's Taoist partner Fang Luyun was killed by the Zhao family.
But what shocked her the most were two of them. One was about Madam Li's Taoist companion. There was a disciple from the Zhao family who met Madam Li and her Taoist companion on the road, and they traveled together and became good friends. Along the way, Madam Li made many delicious foods to entertain this new Taoist friend.
After returning, the disciple told Zhao Wen about this matter, and Zhao Wen kept it in mind.
So when Li Niangzi and her Taoist companion entered the secret realm one time, they sent people to follow them in and seriously injured Li Niangzi and her Taoist companion, which led to the story that Xu Qiuqian had heard before.
But this is not the worst.
The worst thing is that although Lady Li's Taoist partner is gradually getting better, the Zhao family does not want to waste any more spiritual herbs and elixirs on Lady Li's Taoist partner.
So five years after Madam Li signed the indenture contract, the Zhao family secretly killed Madam Li's Taoist partner.
Madam Li knew nothing about it, but she was still very grateful to the Zhao family in her heart. She had been working diligently to cook and generate income for the Zhao family for the past 20 years, and she even had no time to practice.
The second thing shocked Xu Qiuqian even more.
The dark yellow gas on Hong'an Street is actually related to the Zhao family!
However, the jade slip did not explain the specific situation. It only said that in order to become one of the major families, the Zhao family not only secretly obstructed the An family, but also destroyed the Xiang family, another family that drew and sold talismans at the time.
At that time, the Xiang family was not very large, and most of the Xiang family members lived in Hong'an Street.
Late one night, Xiang's family sensed a dark yellow gas and felt something was wrong. They wanted to escape, but found that the entire Hong'an Street was in chaos.
Everyone is killing each other.
During the resistance, Xiang's family inhaled dark yellow gas, and finally they began to kill each other.
By the time daybreak finally came, nearly 90% of the people on Hong'an Street were gone.
Since then, the dark yellow gas has been emitted every day when the sky darkens.
As for why it was related to the Zhao family, it was because in that bloody night, the Zhao family suffered the least losses. Obviously, the Zhao family had quite a few shops on Hong'an Street at that time, but they were away at the time of the incident because of something else. At that time, several major families had more or less lost some disciples that were valued by the inner clan.
Later, when the City Lord's Mansion and several major families sent people to investigate, the Zhao family was the most active and suffered the least losses.
After this incident, the Zhao family became one of the major families.
Although there is no clear evidence pointing to the Zhao family, it is most likely that they are the instigators.
After reading it, Xu Qiuqian asked An Xueqing.
"Is this all true?"
"I dare not lie. Back then, the Zhao family tricked the An family into obtaining the Refining Talisman, and after being suppressed many times, my father never resigned himself to this. He has been secretly investigating the Zhao family over the years. What the Zhao family has done over the years has seriously damaged the interests of the major families and even the entire Youling City. We must not tolerate it!"
When An Qingxue said this, Xu Qiuqian looked around.
"Come with me into the store first."
It would be bad if someone heard it.
After An Qingxue and another disciple of the An family entered the store.
"Why are you showing me this?"
An Qingxue couldn't help but sigh: "Dad is right. Manager Xu is definitely not a man who acts on impulse, and he will never be blinded by hatred like us. In this way, the An family can be safely handed over to you..."
"Wait." Xu Qiuqian suspected that she had heard wrongly, "What did you say? Leave the An family to me?"
What do you mean? How did the topic get to this point?
At this time, An Qingxue took out a token.
"This is the token of the head of the An family. Now there are 263 people in the main family and branches of the An family. All of us in the An family are willing to accept Manager Xu as the head of the family. We only hope that Manager Xu can expose the true face of the Zhao family and make the Zhao family stop harming others!"
Without waiting for Xu Qiuqian to speak, An Qingxue continued excitedly: "Manager Xu, I know you have a grudge against the Zhao family and you have no intention of seeking peace with them. You don't need to do too much. You just need to make public everything the Zhao family has done while you are taking revenge."
"So, just for this reason, you gave me the entire An family?"
Xu Qiuqian really couldn't understand the An family's train of thought.
The An family looked quite normal. She had also seen the patriarch of the An family at the auction, and he was also quite normal. She had not expected that he would be even more abnormal than Ying Liangzhi.
"right."
“…”
"Why not hand it over directly to the City Lord's Mansion?"
An Qingxue's eyes dimmed. "We tried before, but not only did we fail, but the Zhao family found out. Even if we wanted to tell the other big families, it wouldn't work. The Zhao family wouldn't give us a chance. To this day, the Zhao family is still suppressing and harming the An family in various ways."
The last auction gave An Xu hope.
Therefore, after returning, he sent someone to inquire about Xu Qiuqian's deeds and made the decision without much hesitation.
"There's no need to hand over the entire An family to me for this, right?"
"After the head of the family and most of the main family members died in Hong'an Street, only my father escaped by luck. However, my father only wanted to draw talismans and had no interest in management at all."
So you just handed the An family over to her capriciously?
She really wanted to ask An Qingxue, has your father asked other members of the An family how they felt before doing this?
However, the fact that An Qingxue was entrusted with such an important task as managing the An family was enough to show how unreliable An Xu was.
Xu Qiuqian's gaze shifted to the An family member next to An Qingxue. They should also be the main family. After hearing An Qingxue's words, they lowered their heads and had no special reaction.
He rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.
"I agree to make the Zhao family's deeds known to the public, but I don't have to be the head of the An family. I'll keep the jade slips, and Fellow Daoist Qingxue, please go back."
In her previous life, she had to manage tens of thousands of subordinates and would have been tired of it long ago.
She likes her life now.
It's enough to run a small grocery store.
An Qingxue was silent for a moment and did not try to persuade him any further.
As he turned to leave, Xu Qiuqian's voice came from behind him: "Your father doesn't want to be the head of the family, what about you?"
An Qingxue was stunned.
She turned around.
"My personality isn't quite suited to being the head of a family..." She began hesitantly.
"There's only the question of whether you want to or not, not whether it's suitable or not. Do you want to?"
Xu Qiuqian noticed that when An Qingxue said this, the An family disciples next to her looked expectant.
"I, I don't know either."
An Qingxue had a confused look on her face. She said she wanted to, and it seemed like she did, but sometimes she didn't really want to, and she was afraid that she couldn't manage it well, so she herself didn't know.
"You can talk to your dad, or give it a try."
"I see. Thank you."
Xu Qiuqian originally planned to go to Xianwu Pavilion to post a task and see if he could recruit a cook.
But not now.
If there are better options, I will naturally choose the better one, of course, the premise is that Madam Li is willing.
Let’s go to Chen’s house first.
It is not easy to make the Zhao family's affairs public, and help from other families is required.
I went into the Void Mall and bought some life-saving items that didn't require any spiritual energy, and also bought a light blue robe.
After she got on the spirit beast heading for Chen's house, Zhao Baili walked out of the alley and followed her.
(End of this chapter)
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