"That's right, Chief, everyone is about to go hungry, but you're always running around. We want to ask, how are we, these twenty-odd households, going to survive?"
"The old clan chief abandoned this place a few years ago and left. Did he intend to leave these hundred-plus people to starve in this deep mountain forest and not care about us anymore? What can a little girl do? The Xu family line has ended with this generation!"
"Yes, please explain yourself, Chief. You only need to eat your fill, so your whole family doesn't have to go hungry. Even if the whole clan is impoverished, you won't go hungry. But we are different. We have elderly parents to support and young children to raise!"
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A few people in the surrounding crowd, led by Xu Datou and Xu Cang, suddenly started making a fuss, shouting at Xu Changhuan one after another, their words full of dissatisfaction and rejection of Xu Changhuan.
Xu Changhuan glanced indifferently at the clansmen who were shouting at him, and narrowed his eyes. It was too obvious that these people had been arranged to cause trouble.
They didn't cause trouble earlier or later, but they chose to do it right when I came back to entertain the guests. It seems that this was an organized and disciplined attack directed at me.
I wonder if this was their own idea, or if someone plotted against them and pushed it out from behind the scenes?
They actually managed to bribe both the eldest and second senior brothers.
Xu Changhuan said calmly, "Have the Xu family mistreated you all these years? Or have I, Xu Changhuan, shortchanged you on any month's wages? Do I need to explain to each of you where I go?"
"Furthermore, I don't even know which families have stopped offering incense to the Xu family. How did you find out?" With these words, Xu Changhuan used her aura of power, coldly sweeping her gaze around before her eyes turned icy as she walked step by step toward Xu Datou and Xu Cang.
The two of them instinctively took a step back.
Xu Changhuan confirmed his suspicions: his fellow disciples had been bribed and were deliberately plotting to cause trouble.
"Brother Changqing, you tell me, has there ever been a month when I, Xu Changhuan, failed to pay you your wages?" Xu Changhuan suddenly turned to look at a man in his forties in the crowd, who had been the loudest one earlier.
Xu Changqing and Xu Changhuan were of the same generation, and Xu Changqing was the oldest among them. Unexpectedly, he too had been bribed.
Xu Changqing was surprised to be called out. His scalp tightened, and he met Xu Changhuan's cold gaze. He pursed his lips, his face gradually turning red, and after a long while, he managed to choke out, "No, but I heard that many temples and shops that used to buy from our Xu family have stopped buying from us. Also, several of the companies that used to supply us with spices have stopped supplying us."
"Heh, I didn't receive any news about these things. How did you know? And who told Brother Changqing about it?" Xu Changhuan pointed to the person next to him, signaling Xu Changqing to come over and speak.
Xu Changqing hesitated for a moment, then walked over step by step without answering. His eyes, however, glanced at Xu Datou unconsciously.
Xu Datou nodded to him secretly.
Realizing that Xu Changhuan hadn't noticed him, Xu Datou secretly gave Xu Cang a look.
Xu Cang understood and quietly clenched his fist.
Hidden behind the leaves of a large tree on one side, Yun Chang and Old Man Yang, who were watching all this, frowned deeply.
The two of them saw the interaction between Xu Datou, Xu Cang, and Xu Changqing very clearly.
"My disciple, whether you'll have a wife for the rest of your life depends on this." After saying this, Old Yang grinned at Yun Chang, and with a thought, he controlled a tree branch to wrap around Yun Chang and throw her away.
At the same time, she also sent him a message in her mind, "My disciple, it's time for you to be a hero and save the beauty."
Yun Chang didn't expect the old man to be so cunning. The key was that she couldn't break free from the control of his tree branch and was thrown directly towards Xu Changhuan.
He sighed inwardly. As he approached Xu Changhuan, he felt the restraints on his waist disappear. With a thought, he instantly appeared behind Xu Changhuan, just in time to intercept the sneak attack from behind by Xu Datou and Xu Cang.
At this moment, Xu Changhuan was facing Xu Changqing, who was about to reach her but suddenly threw three silver needles at her.
Xu Changqing's father was a doctor and also the clan doctor. He had never liked medicine and never studied it, but now he could use silver needles as flying needles. Xu Changhuan understood that it wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he was hiding his skills. After hiding his skills, he still came to work in the incense shop.
It seems there are quite a few problems with the Xu family's incense shop.
When she sensed an attack from behind, she lashed her whip forward to deal with the three silver needles, completely neglecting her back.
Just then, she suddenly smelled a somewhat familiar fragrance.
Although the scent of ambergris was very faint, she could still smell it. She had only ever smelled this scent on one other person.
Li Mai's older brother, Young Master Yun.
There was no time to look back, no time to speak; Xu Changhuan instinctively trusted him and focused on fighting Xu Changqing in front of him.
Yun Chang's move was effortless; she neutralized the attacks from Xu Datou and Xu Cang with a single, light motion, and simultaneously sent them flying with her internal force, causing them to collapse to the ground, spitting blood.
He didn't even use his spiritual power; he just used his ordinary skills to deal with these two attackers, whom he considered to be poorly trained.
Because they weren't very skilled in martial arts, they attacked together and even launched a sneak attack from behind. It seems their goal was to take Xu Changhuan's life and strike him decisively.
In front, Xu Changhuan also used his whip to flick Xu Changqing's silver needles back, which then shot into his chest, waist, and knees.
With a thud, Xu Changqing knelt on one knee, trembling uncontrollably, his eyes filled with fear as he looked at Xu Changhuan.
Is this girl's kung fu really that good?
After dealing with Xu Changqing, Xu Changhuan took a step to the side and turned around to meet Yun Chang's gaze, who was looking at her.
Both of their gazes remained cool and indifferent, but Yun Chang still saw a trace of gratitude and emotion in Xu Changhuan's eyes.
He didn't utter the sarcastic remarks he had intended to make, but instead said calmly, "I won't let anyone ambush you from behind."
After saying that, he turned around and looked at Xu Datou and Xu Cang, who were struggling to stand up.
Xu Changhuan slowly turned her head to look at Xu Datou and Xu Cang. Although she had guessed that they might have been bribed, she still felt sad and heartbroken when she saw her two trusted senior brothers attacking her from behind.
She clenched her fists and walked step by step toward Xu Datou and Xu Cang, "Senior Brother, Second Senior Brother, why did you scheme against me? Why did you two team up to put on an act just to scheme against me? Why did you attack me from behind?"
"You've been learning kung fu from my father for twenty years. Even a dog would recognize its master and family after twenty years. You won't turn around and bite me, will you?"
"Why?"
Xu Changhuan's eyes turned red with anger, and he roared at the two of them.
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