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Chapter 1202 - Chapter 1202 Chapter 495 Pull One Hair

Chapter 1202: Chapter 495: Pull One Hair Chapter 1202: Chapter 495: Pull One Hair “It seems that the Xiang Residence is indeed not a good place to take action.”

Tang Luo said in a deep voice, “If startled, the spirit beasts will instantly activate the array, and together with the encirclement by Xiang Family’s masters front and back, unless one is a top-level grandmaster, there’s no chance of survival. It appears that the person who designed this courtyard was very meticulous indeed.”

“So what do we do now?”

“There will always be an opportunity.”

Tang Luo’s index finger rested on the courtyard center, his tone resolute, “The fake Yun Xiu is after all the female City Lord of Chaochang, and she can’t hide inside the Xiang Residence forever without coming out. As long as she dares to leave the protection of the Cold Moon Spirit Concealment Array, there will be a chance to settle the matter with a single blow!”

“Isn’t the goal to replace her?”

“The hermit has his own ingenious plan!”

Tang Luo appeared confident, “Just need an opportunity to get close, and I assure you can become Yun Xiu without anyone noticing. But before that, we need to prompt the City Lord himself to make an appearance!”

“Just wait and see. Xiang Ange, in an effort to suppress the Yun Family once and for all, didn’t hesitate to ally with the Twelve Aristocratic Families. Now these people, who control the Cloud Council, won’t let a puppet City Lord dangle above them. Especially this Ye Qingcang, he’s no simple character. The Ye Family is already a crucial presence in Da Lin’s Commerce Alliance. His coming to Chaochang isn’t just about holding the title of council chairman for show; who knows how many of Da Lin’s noble families are waiting for the right moment to intervene in Chaochang.”

…

The harsh winter is most testing, and some craftsmen who made their fortune in Chaochang certainly don’t worry about winter. However, many businesses affected by the incident between Xiang and Yun were not so lucky.

Therefore, this winter is colder than in past years, and the coldest of all is the heart of Xiang Family’s head, Xiang Ange.

Those he once relied on have become his grim reapers; those he always guarded against have turned warm and kind – what irony this is.

Those old partners who had once faced the Red Crystal beasts with him, now that they have power, they turn against him, coveting the Xiang Family’s interests and even using the pretense of revitalizing Chaochang to start ostracizing the Xiang Family outright.

In just a short nine months, the Cloud Council collected a mass of evidence and purged many of the Xiang Family members under the charges of “neglect of duty” and “corruption and dereliction”.

Xiang Ange thought the Xiang Family’s concessions would make them relent, but when the Cloud Council reached out to business tax collection, Xiang Ange finally realized that these people were truly out for blood.

On the contrary, the Tang Clan, once carefully guarded against day and night, honestly stayed on their assigned wasteland, contributing significantly to the economic development of Chaochang.

But what’s the use of regrets now? Xiang Ange could only struggle valiantly, striving to quell the situation with the least loss possible!

Feeling the low spirits of the family head, in the front courtyard of the Xiang Residence, stewards of various major industries were keeping their heads down and focusing on their work, not even daring to breathe too loudly.

Fearing that any noise might draw the gloomy Patriarch’s attention, yet as things often go in the world, the more you fear something, the more it is likely to occur.

They thought the wintery nights of the twelfth lunar month would bring some rare peace, yet it became restless due to an urgent message from Wind Media.

“The Cloud Council wants to investigate the tax revenue of South City’s marketplace, dispatching over a dozen accountants to dig out decades-old account books of South City’s Commerce Alliance. They’ve found a huge deficit and are now detaining the Head of Liushi on charges of embezzlement, taken to South City’s office for custody, claiming they will hold a public trial first thing in the morning!”

The so-called embezzlement is nothing but a huge joke; in a place like Chaochang, which official doesn’t have a bit of under-the-table income?

As for Liu Qingzong, the Head of South City, why would he need to meddle with the untouchable tax money? That so-called deficit is none other than the funds that the Xiang Family had siphoned from South City’s Commerce Alliance over the years.

The Cloud Summit Council took this opportunity to make a move against the Head of Liushi, reasoning that if they couldn’t protect him, who would be willing to risk their lives for the Xiang Family in the future!

Upon hearing the news, Xiang Ange immediately stood up and turned to Wind Media, asking, “Why is the news only coming out now? Where are the guards from the security bureau?”

“Reporting to the clan leader, the Cloud Summit Council did not use the personnel from the security bureau this time. From the control of the Head of Liushi’s family to the imprisonment, it was all done by warriors from the Ye Family. When the guards from the security bureau noticed something amiss and wanted to investigate, they were stopped by warriors from the Luo Family outside!”

“Ye Qingcang! Luo Zheng!!”

Xiang Ange was filled with hatred and turned to a strategist seated below, commanding, “Send an order from the city lord to the Cloud Summit Council, stating that the trial of the Head of South City is no trivial matter and must be conducted at the City Lord’s Mansion. Immediately have Xiang Longteng take men to bring the Head of Liushi out!”

“Yes!”

Nobody expected that Chaochang, with the end of the year approaching, would still produce such big news.

The news that South City had recovered a hundred billion in embezzled tax money from Liu Qingzong spread throughout South City in less than a night, and the enraged merchants took to the streets. There, in front of the South City bureau, they saw Xiang Longteng leading black-armored warriors, engaged in a standoff with warriors from the Ye and Luo Families.

And the long street where the two sides were facing off had already become a ruin, indicating there had been several intense exchanges of fire with neither side able to gain an upper hand, hence the stalemate.

“Just with a single order, you wish to take away a man who embezzled a hundred billion. Brother Xiang sure has some far-fetched imagination.”

Luo Xuan, giving no face to the ashen-faced Xiang Longteng, said, “Oh, I almost forgot, Brother Xiang was also dismissed from his position as head of the security bureau for accepting three thousand phony military rations. Could it be a sympathy between heroes that led you to forge the city lord’s order, bringing your private soldiers to attempt a rescue?”

“Luo Xuan, you’re courting death!”

Enraged, Xiang Longteng charged into battle with his black-armored warriors once more, but faced with the collaboration of the Ye and Luo Families, he was once again forced to retreat without any success. Xiang Longteng himself suffered not light injuries in a confrontation with Luo Xuan and Ye Mo.

“Go back and tell Xiang Ange,” Ye Mo slowly sheathed his long knife and said to the wounded Xiang Longteng solemnly, “The Cloud Summit Council exists to uphold justice in Chaochang. Don’t think you can get away with your old tricks. Even if we have to search his soul and destroy it, we will uncover from Liu Qingzong where the hundred billion in taxes has gone. If the Xiang Family wishes to help, we welcome it. But if you want to whisk him away with just a flimsy piece of paper, you will have to get past my knife first!”

“Fine, fine!”

Anger in his eyes, Xiang Longteng declared sternly, “Then let none of us live!”

…

South City small courtyard

“Ah-ho!”

Tang Luo, who had been watching from atop the wall for quite a while, flipped himself over and said to Yun Xiu, “Our opportunity has arrived!”

“What opportunity?”

“Xiang Longteng and warriors from the Ye and Luo Families have started fighting at the South City bureau; they’re almost tearing the government office down!”

Smiling, Tang Luo said, “In such a situation, the Xiang Family certainly can’t show their hand. The Cloud Summit Council won’t let go of their grip on Liu Qingzong so easily. The only one who could mediate now would be the city lord, Yun Xiu.”

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