Bab 39: 39. Miss Zhang's Request
"Ah..." Lin Fei let out a sigh of relief.
He was covered in blood now, which looked quite terrifying. Of course, it was all the blood of those bandits. Lin Fei himself wasn't injured at all.
There were a lot of bodies lying on the ground. Even Lin Fei couldn't help but slightly tense up at the sight of so many bandits, all killed by him alone.
"Young hero." At this moment, a woman's voice came from behind Lin Fei. "Thanks for saving us, young hero."
The other people from the Zhang family also expressed their gratitude. Other members of the Zhang family also saluted him.
"It's just a matter of justice." Lin Fei didn't say much but began to search through the bodies of the bandits on the ground. However, apart from some cash, there wasn't even a single silver bill.
Lin Fei then realized that these bandits usually only accepted cash and wouldn't even bother with silver bills. Even if they got them, they wouldn't dare to exchange them at a bank.
Seeing Lin Fei searching through the dead bodies, the Zhang family members looked at each other in confusion.
At this point, the steward and his guards began interrogating the bandits.
"Which mountain bandit group are you from?"
"W-We're from the Black Cloud Fort."
"Black Cloud Fort? That's far from here, even from Luo City. How did you end up intercepting our Zhang family's team here?"
"We were sent on orders from our boss to intercept the Zhang family's team... Our boss and the second young master of the Zhang family in Luo City were conspiring on something."
As soon as the steward heard this, his face changed drastically. He quickly informed Miss Zhang about the information he had gained from interrogating the bandits.
Miss Zhang widened her eyes and trembled all over.
"Is... Is it Second Uncle? How could he dare to do this? Conspiring with bandits to intercept me."
Miss Zhang's eyes were lifeless as if she had suffered a great blow.
The butler couldn't help but say, "Master suddenly passed away, and you have been living in the old mansion in the countryside. The Zhang family's business in Luo City is naturally managed by Second Master. But these properties belong to the Master after all, always. Only after his death, can Second Master rightfully and completely obtain these properties."
In fact, without the butler's reminder, Miss Zhang already understood.
"Your boss has also come to Luo City?"
"Yes, our boss has also arrived."
The butler's face sank.
He whispered to Miss Zhang, "We're in trouble. The head of the Black Cloud Gang is said to be an acquired martial artist. And Second Master has conspired with the Black Cloud Gang. Even if we enter the city, I'm afraid we will fall into a trap.
As for reporting to the officials, it is useless. I'm afraid Second Master has already bought off the government. But if we return to the old mansion in the countryside, we won't be able to regain Master's property. And we have to be on guard against Second Master's men..."
The butler's face was full of worries. his was a dead end! The situation was very unfavorable for Miss Zhang.
"There may be a way. As long as Second Uncle dies, Father's property can naturally be recovered." Miss Zhang gritted her teeth and rallied.
"But Second Master is now in his prime, surrounded by many skilled people. How can we deal with him?" The butler was worried.
Miss Zhang's gaze fell on Lin Fei, who was still searching the corpses on the ground.
Just now, Lin Fei had single-handedly killed so many bandits. It was like a god descending to earth. It gave Miss Zhang a great shock!
So Miss Zhang walked straight toward Lin Fei.
"Young hero, we have a request." Miss Zhang approached Lin Fei from behind and said softly.
Lin Fei stood up and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"
"Young hero, my Second Uncle conspired with the Black Cloud Gang to intercept me in order to seize my father's property.
Now Second Uncle is in front of Luo City. I intend to take back the property, but I am weak and alone. I hope you can help me.
If we succeed, the Zhang family will offer 100,000 taels of silver. Here are 50,000 taels of silver bills as a deposit."
Miss Zhang gritted her teeth and spoke. After speaking, she looked at Lin Fei with a hint of expectation in her eyes.
The reason why they directly talked about silver was because of Lin Fei's performance. After these bandits died, Lin Fei was eager to search their bodies, which must have meant he was short on silver.
That was why Miss Zhang offered a sky-high price of 100,000 taels of silver. This amount would definitely make Lin Fei tempted, as it was an astronomical number.
Lin Fei was currently in dire need of money. But there was also a risk involved in this matter, so he didn't immediately agree.
Instead, he asked, "Miss Zhang, are there any strong men around your second uncle?"
"Yes, my second uncle colluded with the Black Cloud Gang bandits. And the big leader of the Black Cloud Gang is said to be an Acquired martial artist."
"Acquired... what level?"
Miss Zhang was a little hesitant.
The butler hurriedly spoke, "We do not know the specific levels. It is said that the boss of Black Cloud Gang only broke through to become an Acquired martial artist three years ago."
"Three years? That should not be more than Acquired three levels, or even, possibly just Acquired one or two levels." Lin Fei was also weighing on his heart.
The boss of Black Cloud Gang was a bandit after all. Cultivation speed would certainly not be much faster.
Although Lin Fei could be comparable to Acquired martial artists, and even be able to kill some of them. But he was not an Acquired martial artist after all.
Lin Fei would definitely take some risks once he agreed.
However, that was one hundred thousand taels of silver, equal to one hundred thousand contribution points.
This was not a small amount of money.
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