Chapter 545: Fight! Fight! (1 update)
Patriarch Tang immediately asked, "Brother Yang, have you received any new news?"
"Do you know how many disaster victims have gathered at our relief center outside Gusu City?"
Patriarch Yang held up two fingers, "I got the news that more than 20,000 people have gathered there, and the number is still increasing."
"More than 20,000 people will consume nearly 10,000 kilograms of food a day. How much food do you think the prince has?"
"It's been seven days now, and the number of disaster victims is still increasing. How long do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can hold on?"
Upon hearing this, the worries in the hearts of the three were immediately calmed down.
Such food consumption, let alone His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, even a big family like theirs cannot afford it.
The head of the Yang family was confident, "Once the supply is cut off from the disaster victims, you can imagine, will there be civil unrest among the more than 20,000 people?"
"As long as we take action at the most difficult and critical moment for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this will highlight our achievements! Such merits will definitely be remembered by the Crown Prince. When the Crown Prince succeeds to the throne, the future of our four major families will definitely be bright!"
The three of them were excited again when they heard it.
Thinking of the future of the family and the success, the three of them were very excited.
The children of the family who hold official positions will be promoted and step by step to high positions.
If they dared to think further, the Crown Prince was already fourteen, and the position of Crown Princess was still vacant. With the family background of several families and their influence in the court, it was not impossible to fight for the position of Crown Princess.
When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascended the throne, they would be royal relatives!
Thinking of the high position, power, status, and a hundred years of wealth in the future, several people were so excited that even their cheeks blushed.
What they wanted in their lives was nothing more than to take their family one step further and to have power and wealth last for a hundred years.
And now, this opportunity was right in front of them, how could they give up?
Patriarch Yang was very satisfied with this situation.
These people were still very easy to appease.
Little did he know that before his satisfied smile lasted long, a man came running in, "Master! Master! Master, something bad has happened!" Master
Yang's expression immediately turned stern, and he shouted in a cold voice, "Why are you so flustered? Tell me what happened slowly."
The servant who came to report the news finally found the backbone. He swallowed his saliva and took two deep breaths in succession, "Master, the Red Lotus Cult robbed our granary, and now all the food in our warehouse has been taken away!"
Master Yang: "!! !!!"
He paused in stroking his beard, and suddenly there were several more beards on his hand. He didn't dare to believe his ears and thought he was hallucinating, "What did you say? Say it again, I didn't hear it clearly!"
The servant who had already reported it once was no longer in panic at this time, and spoke more fluently, "Report to the master, just now, the people of the Red Lotus Sect robbed our warehouse where we stored food, and all the servants guarding the warehouse were killed, no one survived, and the warehouse was also empty, emptied by the people of the Red Lotus Sect. "
Snap!
The head of the Yang family slammed the table and stood up, his face showing a fierce look, "What a Red Lotus Sect! What a Red Lotus Sect! How dare they rob my Yang family's warehouse?"
"How many people are there in this mob? They can even kill the elites I left to guard the warehouse?"
The servant lowered his head, "More than a thousand people."
The head of the Yang family, who originally wanted to attack the door, did not move. The Yang family did have some manpower, guards, servants, and even escorts in the mansion, but the Red Lotus Sect had more than 1,000 people.
If he really gathered people to fight the Red Lotus Sect, it would be possible, he had the manpower, but these people he had worked hard to hide in the dark would be exposed to the public.
If this was discovered by others, the matter would not be as simple as just having the granary robbed.
Privately raising soldiers, more than 200 people, can be convicted.
Although he can let these people pretend to be guards, but the skills and weapons cannot be hidden, and people with eyes can see what kind of people this is. His
Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in this Gusu City. If he catches any handle, the Yang family will be in real danger.
For this reason, the head of the Yang family restrained the cruelty in his heart and restrained the desire to lead people to rush over and grab the food he had worked hard to store.
This is the capital for him to win people's hearts and get in touch with the crown prince!
Now, he can only suppress the anger in his heart and yell at the servant, "What are you waiting for? Such a big thing has happened, why don't you report it to the authorities?"
The servant almost immediately rolled out of the room.
The other three looked at each other, even the granary was robbed?
Doesn't that mean that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is desperate, only the three of them can provide help to His Royal Highness?
With one less competitor, they have more opportunities to gain benefits!
A secret excitement rose in the hearts of the three people!
At this moment, among the four people, the Yang family, which had the greatest competitiveness, withdrew from the competition inexplicably.
However, no matter what the three people thought in their hearts, they still had brains and would not show it at this time.
The three of them comforted him and left immediately.
As for how the head of the Yang family was angry and defeated, that was not their concern! Anyway,
it is better to die a friend than to die a poor Taoist.
Wouldn't it be great if my family could get a higher status and more benefits?
As soon as the three of them got home, they heard that the head of the Yang family smashed the teacups and tea bowls all over the house. This incident must have really angered him.
However, they couldn't help with these things. Now they could consider how to get on the big ship of the prince and get enough benefits!
Then the next morning, the granaries of the Chen and Tang families were also robbed. The result was the same as that of the Yang family. Nothing was left, and most of the guards were killed or injured.
The Yang family was the first to suffer from the four great families of Yang, Chen, Tang, and Zheng. It was robbed by the mob of the Red Lotus Sect, followed by the Chen and Tang families. The only one who survived was the Zheng family.
The head of the Zheng family was immediately besieged by the heads of the other three families. There was nothing he could do. The other three families were robbed, and only your Zheng family was safe and sound. If you say that this incident has nothing to do with your Zheng family, no one will believe it!
The head of the Zheng family was also wronged!
"I can swear to God that this matter has nothing to do with me! How could my Zheng family have anything to do with the Red Lotus Sect?"
Thinking of his own losses, the head of the Chen family looked at him sinisterly and said in a cold voice, "You never know. In order to compete for the position of the head of the family, you even killed your own nephew. What can't you do?"
Zheng Shanfu's eyes widened, "Chen Biao! Ying'er died of illness! It has nothing to do with me!"
"You are full of conspiracy and trickery, so you think that others are as good at calculating as you? Ying'er and I are as close as father and son! Who in the Zheng family doesn't know it?"
"Humph! You, Zheng Shanfu, have been eyeing the position of the head of the Zheng family for a long time. Who in the whole city of Gusu doesn't know it?"
The two men stood facing each other, glaring at each other.
For a moment, the atmosphere was tense, as if the two of them could fight at any time.