Chapter 733: Either you pay or you die!
The Wei family died first, and the Yan family tragedy followed closely behind.
In just two days, the situation in Nanyun changed dramatically.
Gui Sheng fell into a deep sleep thanks to a bowl of nourishing soup. When he finally struggled to open his eyes, the Yan family was no longer the Yan family he remembered.
The whole family was wiped out overnight and the myth was shattered.
The chilling fact is happening right before our eyes.
Gui Sheng looked at the shocking blood stains on the ground with a pale face, his lips trembling repeatedly and he couldn't utter a complete sentence.
The confidant whom he had met several times beside Yan Jun no longer called him Yan Da, but instead called himself Su Er.
Su Er smiled politely, his tone still filled with endless sighs: "Master Gui, the pirates' attack last night caused quite a commotion. I hope it didn't disturb your rest?"
Gui Sheng suppressed the countless fears in his heart and forced himself to remain calm: "No."
"I slept soundly, thanks to your protection."
"That's good."
Su Er acted as if he didn't see the fear in Gui Sheng's eyes and continued to talk to himself, "The pirates are brutal. Last night, Yan Huishu was attacked and killed on his way to Jiangnan. The Yan family mansion was also brutally massacred."
"Not a single one of the Yan family's bloodline outside survived. This is truly appalling."
"For safety's sake, if Master Gui has nothing else to do, how about I send someone to take you back and let you rest first?"
Gui Sheng's heart trembled again, and he clenched his fists and said, "The entire Yan family lineage is completely wiped out?"
"yes."
Su Er said helplessly, "How can the pirates be easy to deal with? The leader made the mistake of associating with the pirates and will suffer the consequences."
"After all, the revenge of the pirates is not something that can be resisted by a few servants and guards, right?"
Everyone knows that river bandits are vicious, so even if they hear about such a tragedy where a whole family is wiped out by river bandits, no one would be surprised.
What is surprising is Yan Jun's collusion with the water bandits.
The Nanxun Chamber of Commerce claims to be the leader of Jiangnan merchants.
Every year, they exploit and suppress all kinds of merchants under various pretexts, collect various types of shelter money, and always declare to the outside world that they are at war with the pirates and are eternal enemies.
But now that Hao Liang's bloody revenge has come out, coupled with the rumors that the Nanxun Chamber of Commerce had long been colluding with the pirates, the crime has been exposed.
Merchants of all sizes, who had been endlessly suppressed in the past and had accumulated many grievances against the Chamber of Commerce, became angry. The Nanxun Chamber of Commerce, which was once regarded as the patron saint of small merchants, completely fell from the altar.
The Wei family, to which Nan Yun belonged, was guilty of a crime and was strangled to death by people sent by the Water Transport Bureau.
The Yan family's crimes were exposed and they were retaliated by pirates.
Now, the only one left thrown on the sword edge of the raging waves is the seemingly safe Gui family.
Seeing Gui Sheng's expression changing again and again, Su Er chuckled and said, "Master Gui, you don't know that since the news of the leader of the Yan Association colluding with the pirates was exposed, the merchants in Nanyun have been in a state of turmoil and have been making trouble since dawn."
"Right now, the doors of most of the companies that make the final decisions in the Chamber of Commerce are crowded with people who have suffered injustices, clamoring to get back the money they were given to settle down and seeking an explanation. There are quite a few people in front of the Gui family as well."
Gui Sheng: “…”
Su Er said quietly, "Master Gui handles things well and remains calm in the face of adversity, but the public outrage is hard to contain. I'm afraid they're waiting for you to return and take charge of the situation."
"Shall I send someone to take you back now?"
The fire burned on his own body. Gui Sheng no longer had the good mood to watch the fire from the other side of the river. He did not care about the grief of his former leader for a moment. With a blank mind, he secretly rushed back to Gui's house.
Su Er didn't joke with Gui Sheng.
Nan Yun was really confused.
The south is mostly populated by merchants.
From the Nanxun Chamber of Commerce that can command the government, to the ordinary people who make a living by relying on a small fishing boat at the ferry, to the street vendors of all sizes that can be seen everywhere.
These seemingly insignificant people constitute an astonishing number of cornerstones, and also become the soil from which the head of the Chamber of Commerce draws blood and flesh.
Anyone who wants to sail on the water knows that if they want to protect their ship, cargo and life, they must go to the Chamber of Commerce to pay a safety silver of 30% of the value of the cargo before launching, in exchange for the amulet given by the Chamber of Commerce.
Most boats with amulets can cross the river safely, and if they encounter pirates, they can escape by just offering some benefits.
If you rush into the water without buying this amulet, the risk of being robbed by pirates will increase to 80%, and there is an 80% chance that you will not come back alive.
Initially, due to the huge influence and publicity of the Nanxun Chamber of Commerce, most people thought that it was the head of the chamber of commerce who stepped in and worked together with the Water Transport Bureau to force the water bandits to curb their evil deeds.
No one expected that they would be in cahoots with each other and that these bandits would run rampant.
Now that the evil deeds of the Yan family have been exposed, the merchants who have suffered years of deception are furious. Unable to find the dead Yan Jun, they all knocked on the door of the Gui family.
They are all members of the Nanxun Chamber of Commerce, so it is impossible that the Gui family is completely unaware of it.
Both for the beneficiary.
If the Yan family can’t give you justice, then go look for it from the other families!
This justice must be sought!
When Gui Sheng rushed back to the Gui family, the outside was in complete chaos.
Gui Lianzhi was in a state of panic, gasping for breath, and said with a sad face, "Dad, you're finally back!"
"Outside now..."
"Stop howling!"
Gui Sheng interrupted Gui Lianzhi's shout with a gloomy face and gritted his teeth, "What's going on outside? Tell me quickly!"
Gui Lianzhi ran around in vain, exhausted like a dead dog. He sat down on the ground and said with a wry smile, "Dad, I'm useless..."
"Our shop in Nanyun has been surrounded, and our house has been completely surrounded. Now, anyone who walks out of our front door, regardless of whether they are masters or servants, is cursed and pelted with vegetable leaves and rotten eggs. The men don't even have a chance to say a word before they are surrounded and beaten."
"There are simply too many people. The guards are completely useless. They can only barely hold the door open to prevent anyone from breaking in and causing trouble, but..."
"But we can only withstand this situation temporarily, but we can't withstand it forever!"
Seeing Gui Sheng's face growing darker and darker, Gui Lianzhi said in a desperate voice, "The commotion in front of our shop is even more outrageous."
"Those unruly people rushed in with sticks and clubs, smashing and destroying everything they saw. Now not only is it impossible to do business, but the shop can't even stay open."
"Those people keep clamoring for the Chamber of Commerce to give an explanation and return all the money they collected from various sources under various pretexts, but..."
"But our family didn't get much of the settlement money the Chamber of Commerce collected earlier!"
The Nanxun Chamber of Commerce did indeed use its power to plunder a lot of money.
However, most of the good stuff that was looted went into the pockets of the top three families, and most of the rest went into the hands of the Water Transport Bureau and the pirates.
The Gui family has never dared to move forward, and has paid a lot of price every year to ensure the safety of their merchant ships.
However, those who were deceived outside did not care about so much, and those who were blinded by anger would not listen to any explanation.
Gui Lianzhi had never imagined such a huge change could happen in just one night. Overwhelmed and at a loss for what to do, he looked at Gui Sheng in despair and said, "Dad, why don't we be a little tougher and unite with the other families to put down this chaos first?"
"otherwise……"
"tough?"
Gui Sheng sneered, "Yan Jun and Wei Cheng were tough, but didn't you see what happened to them?!"
Gui Sheng slammed the table in anger and shouted, "The pirates were able to massacre the entire Yan family last night, and they can quietly send the Gui family to their deaths tomorrow!"
"You're still trying to fight a rock with an egg at a time like this. Do you think your life is too long and you don't want to live anymore?!"
Amidst Gui Sheng's rage, Gui Lianzhi suddenly thought of the Gui family's descendants who had disappeared to this day. His eyes were bloodshot and he gasped for breath. "Dad, then we... do we really have no other choice?"
"This...we..."
"way?"
Gui Shenghui smiled bitterly with a frustrated face and said, "Of course there is a way."
"Isn't it because I came here to find a solution that your father was able to walk out of the Yan family's old house alive?"
If he didn't have a mouth to speak of, why would anyone keep him alive?
Gui Sheng sighed self-deprecatingly, saying that all his schemes were forsaken by fate. After a long silence, he said bitterly, "Send a message to the other families in the Chamber of Commerce. Tell them that I have something important to discuss with the heads of the families."
"in addition……"
"Send the news to the public. Within two days, the Gui family and other members of the Chamber of Commerce will compensate the head of the Chamber of Commerce for his misconduct."
"Anyone who has paid housing insurance to the Chamber of Commerce in the past twenty years, regardless of the amount, can come to the Gui family with the receipt and get it back. I..."
"I will pay another 50% in the name of the Gui family as a token of consolation and apology."
Gui Lianzhi looked at Gui Sheng in disbelief: "Dad, twenty years?"
"In the past twenty years, countless families have paid for their livelihood. With such compensation, even our family would..."
"If you don't pay me, you'll die!"
Gui Sheng said angrily: "At this juncture, is money more important, or is life more important?!"
"Do as I say! Now!"
Gui Lianzhi ran out using his hands and feet. The notice of compensation posted by the Gui family quickly spread. Sang Zhixia smiled meaningfully when she learned about it.
"That's really smart."
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