The Great Elder left the room with a sullen face.
He asked someone to prepare the horse, and he wanted to go to Pingfu in person to see what was going on.
Patriarch Zhou had just gotten up when he heard someone report that several members of the Ping family had disappeared overnight. Shocked, he immediately ordered his servants to get his horse, intending to follow the Sword Sect elders to the Ping Mansion.
Just when things were about to be done, several people from the Ping family disappeared in the Ping Mansion. What would happen then?
As for the theft in the warehouse, he had Zhou Xiang imprisoned in the dungeon overnight for interrogation. The reason he was not in a hurry was because he still had a private vault.
Even if the family's wealth was emptied, the things in his private treasury were enough to support the family's expenses for a year. Moreover, the Zhou family's shops were all over Jindu City, so there was no need for him to use the things in his private treasury.
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The Ping Mansion is now deserted. When the Ping family got into trouble, all the former servants and maids were driven to the slave market and sold by the Zhou family.
When they arrived at Ping Mansion, they still couldn't find out what happened.
"What should I do now?"
The head of the Zhou family was quite angry.
I hate the people of the Sword Sect very much.
I can't even look at several people well.
He took so many benefits from the Zhou family, but didn't get things done.
However, the Great Elder was focused on finding his eldest disciple Wu Qiao and didn't care about the Zhou family's affairs at all.
This made the Zhou family head feel even more hatred.
"Those people will enter Jindu City tomorrow. It's not a good thing for the Heike clan to disappear at this time. According to the plan, we have to continue this drama no matter what."
Patriarch Zhou hoped that the Sword Sect's people would cooperate with them and find a few people with body shapes similar to the five members of the Ping family to play the role of the Ping family.
The elder of the Sword Sect randomly pointed a few disciples to the head of the Zhou family and asked him to make arrangements.
The perfunctory attitude made the head of the Zhou family so angry that his lungs almost exploded.
Fortunately, he hadn't lost his mind and didn't explode on the spot. He just suppressed his anger and arranged for the Sword Sect's people to pretend to be Ping Shuang's family.
The Zhou family head and the Jian Clan's group rushed to Ping Mansion in such a hurry that it was too grand, especially in broad daylight. They forgot to conceal it. This matter immediately spread throughout Jindu City.
Previously, everyone had speculated that something might have happened to the Heike clan, but they hadn't dared speak out due to a lack of evidence. But now the facts were before their eyes, witnessed by many. News of the Heike clan's misfortune spread like wildfire throughout the city.
The four major families in the ancient martial arts world are the Wang family, the Zhou family, the Ping family and the Jin family.
More than twenty years ago, Patriarch Ping exposed Chu Dongsheng's conspiracy and saved the elites of the entire ancient martial arts world. He holds a very high status in the ancient martial arts world.
Before Zhou Xiuwen died, the four major families maintained superficial harmony.
In order to avenge his sister, the head of the Zhou family did many things in private. Not only did he drag the Wang family into the water, he also wooed the Jin family to isolate the Ping family.
However, the Jin family has always been low-key and did not want to get involved. They directly declined the offer from the head of the Zhou family and planned to keep out of it.
Within the morning, the people of the entire Jindu City were going crazy about the news.
The news that the Zhou family imprisoned the Ping family soon reached the ears of Song Yueqi and others who were rushing to Jindu City.
As soon as they arrived in Jindu City, the Zhou family got the news.
Just when the Zhou family and the Sword Sect were planning to catch the turtle in the jar, Song Yueqi and his group suddenly disappeared in Jindu City.
The Zhou family and the Sword Sect sent many people to search Jindu City, but they couldn't find a single person.
The plan of the Zhou family head failed, and he felt a little dissatisfied with the people from the Sword Sect who were staying in his house.
In the past, every request was granted.
Now no one responds even if I ask.
The cost of food, clothing and other daily necessities has dropped several levels.
The Sword Sect's Great Elder had always been surrounded by beautiful women, but for the past two days, Patriarch Zhou hadn't arranged for any of them to be with him. This had left him alone in his empty room for two nights, and he was extremely dissatisfied.
Patriarch Zhou always felt that he was being fooled by the Sword Sect's people.
The great elder of the Sword Sect believed that the head of the Zhou family wanted to destroy the bridge after crossing it.
Both sides felt dissatisfied with each other.
Although they lived under the same roof, they both had different thoughts.
Song Yueqi and his group, whom they couldn't find, had already quietly followed Xiao Qingran who was waiting at the city gate and came to the second courtyard of the Ping family.
Seeing that everyone in the Heike family was fine, Song Yueqi breathed a sigh of relief.
Song Yueqi was shocked when he heard Patriarch Ping say that all this was thanks to Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan.
When Patriarch Ping said that Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan had rescued them from the Zhou family a few days ago, Song Yueqi was stunned.
"Tonight, we will act together. Not only will we expel the Zhou family from the ancient martial arts world, but we will also capture the Sword Sect's members alive."
Xiao Qingran looked at Zhou Wu and said, "Didn't you say that there are few people in the Xuan Sect? Is it okay to capture the disciples of the Sword Sect and use them as laborers?"
Zhou Wu shuddered and waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, I can't defeat the Sword Sect's leader. That old fellow is very fierce. If he knew that his disciples were enslaved by my Xuan Sect, he would probably target our entire sect. That old fellow is vindictive and petty."
"Tsk tsk, uncle-master, how can you be so incompetent? Do you really need to deal with the Sword Sect's leader? They have their own leader, don't you? You're not thinking of stepping in to take over, are you?"
Duochou glared at the frightened Zhou Wu with disdain: "What's more, there are my junior brother and me. What are you afraid of? And this time, it's the Sword Sect's fault."
There's an unwritten rule in the ancient martial arts world: hidden families and sects are forbidden from intervening in any secular disputes. It was the Sword Sect that broke the rules first.
"Elder Zhou, Duochou is right."
Xiao Qingran glanced at Zhou Wu calmly: "No matter how powerful the Sword Sect's leader is, he wouldn't dare to openly deal with the Xuan Sect. Once the Sword Sect's crimes are made public, the Sword Sect will become the target of public criticism."
Zhou Wu opened his mouth. Although he felt that what Xiao Qingran and Duochou said made sense, he was still worried.
The Sword Sect has always been poor, but very belligerent.
This time, I'm afraid he is almost going crazy with poverty, so he enters the world.
As they were talking, Pingxiang's second brother Pingqiu suddenly ran in and said with great relief, "I don't know what the Zhou family and the Sword Sect are arguing about. The Zhou family seems to want to kick the Sword Sect people out, but the Sword Sect people don't want to leave."
Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"It seems that the relationship between the Zhou family and the Sword Sect isn't that solid. This way, our actions tonight will probably go more smoothly."
Patriarch Ping nodded, his eyes gleaming with murderous intent: "I will personally deal with that old bastard Zhou Tao."
Xiao Qingran nodded. "We will split into two groups. Patriarch Ping, the eldest and second brothers of the Ping family, along with Elder Zhou and Liusha, will go and destroy the Zhou family. No one needs to be left alive. The rest of you will join me to deal with the Sword Sect's people."
No one had any objection.
After dinner, everyone started to act separately according to the afternoon's assignment.
In the afternoon, Ping Qiu heard from outside that the people from the Sword Sect had been driven out of the Zhou Mansion and all moved into the Ping family.
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