C295

Chapter 295 - Roots of the Problem

Facing Wang Hao's ridicule, Li Qiu smiled apologetically, and did not dare to reveal the slightest bit of dissatisfaction, immediately replying honestly.

In about an incense's time, Li Qiu narrated in detail the matter of Zheng Chu chasing after Ling Qingxue all those years ago, including when Zheng Chu first met him, how he started to court him, how frequently he showered after being rejected, and how, in the end, he used his power to pressure others, forcing Ling Qingxue to submit to him.

Of course, because they were inside the Misty Rain House, Li Qiu did not dare to go overboard. Adding on that Ling Qingxue was smart, knew how to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation, and was good at hiding his tracks outside the sect, Li Qiu did not show it in the end.

"Are you sure that Zheng Chu had done something to my mother that transcended boundaries?"

Wang Hao did not mind Li Qiu adding oil to the fire, he only cared if Zheng Chu had hurt Ling Qingxue before, even if he did not get anything in the end, it would be a crime that he failed to commit, and he would be punished severely.

Li Qiu patted her chest as she guaranteed her: "Young Master Wang, everything I say is true, you can ask your mother for confirmation, and if I am lying at all, you can kill me."

Wang Hao slightly nodded, and asked coldly: "Then you, you said that you loved and admired my mother, have you ever thought of changing your head?"

Li Qiu's pupils shrank. She was so shocked that she immediately raised her hand and swore: "Absolutely not, Young Master Wang, don't misunderstand, I do adore Qing Xue, but I never thought of using force. In fact, my relationship with your mother is pretty good, and you can verify this with your mother, if it's fake, it's not too late for you to punish me."

On the other hand, Li Qiu wanted to change her mind, but back then, Zheng Chu had said that among the disciples of the Misty Rain House, how many of them dared to fight with Zheng Chu?

Wang Hao looked at Li Qiu, she probably did not dare lie right now.

The killing intent and coldness in his body gradually vanished, and he became silent.

Seeing that Wang Hao was not asking, none of them dared to make a sound, they all kept quiet and did not dare to make any rash moves, quietly waiting for Wang Hao to make his decision.

For a time, the atmosphere at the scene was extremely quiet.

A pin drop could be heard.

After an unknown period of time, Li Qiu's heart was in a panic and her legs were shaking so much that she could barely stand steadily. Finally, Wang Hao's gaze moved away from him, swept across the people in the law enforcement team and the others in the distance, and said indifferently:

"I believe that all of you should know who I am. Since you have provoked me, you should know what is waiting for you."

Plop!

Suddenly, and the others, other than the passed out Little Wu, all knelt down under Han Ming's lead, with expressions of terror on their faces as they begged for mercy.

"Young Master Wang, spare me! Young Master Wang, spare me! We know we were wrong, I was forced to do this, I beg you to be magnanimous and bypass us! "

At this time, they couldn't help but beg for mercy. Even Li Qiu, the Li Family's Jindan cultivator s and the City Lord Palace's commander was unable to do anything to Wang Hao.

If he didn't beg for mercy, he might not have a chance.

Although begging might not be useful, it was still better than not begging!

If he begged for mercy, there was always a chance for survival.

Wang Hao's eyes were cold and detached, as he said indifferently: "You can wish for me to spare you, but give me a sufficient reason."

Han Ming immediately cried as he explained: "Young Master Wang, we know our wrongs. We were all forced by our own will to help the evil, and we truly do not intend to do it, as long as we have a choice, we will definitely not do such a despicable thing."

"Why are you crying, big guys? Tell me exactly how the Zheng Family forced you. If you can't tell me the reason for it, or if you can't make me accept it, then don't blame me for freeing you." Wang Hao berated with disgust.

Han Ming's body trembled, the bones in his right arm creaked.

Of course he understood the meaning of Wang Hao's "release", he anxiously took a deep breath, to let himself calm down.

Roughly thirty years ago, the Zheng Family advocated for the Chamber of Commerce Bank model, encouraged the citizens in the city to deposit their property, and promoted the mutual benefit of the Chamber of Commerce Bank. At the beginning, everyone was cautious, and had the attitude of trying to save a little, but as time passed, everyone had more or less obtained some benefits.

"In just two to three years, many Chamber of Commerce Bank appeared like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Their support was also unprecedented, at that time, everyone reaped benefits and praised the Zheng Family endlessly, believing that the Zheng Family was beneficial to the people and would prosper in Mingzhou."

"However, after everyone had stashed most of their family's belongings away, the Chamber of Commerce Bank began to close down. In one night, many people went bankrupt."

"These people will go to the Zheng Family to seek help and report to the City Lord Palace. At the beginning, the City Lord and the City Lord Palace said that they would take responsibility for it, and said that it was only an exception, I hope everyone will continue to support the Chamber of Commerce Bank."

"In those few years, Zheng Family's reputation was pretty good and her prestige was also high. Everyone was willing to believe that, especially those people who met with mishaps, Zheng Family and the City Lord's Mansion could be said to be their last resort.

"However, as time went on, not only did the Zheng Family not take responsibility, more and more of the Chamber of Commerce Bank s had failed."

"Everyone, please go to the Zheng Family and the City Lord's Mansion to ask for an explanation, it's just a perfunctory excuse."

Hearing that, Wang Hao frowned: "Since things have gotten to this point, could it be that none of you have discovered the root of the problem?"

Han Ming's face revealed a bitter smile, and lamented: I found it, at that time, everyone realized that this was Zheng Family's plan to amass wealth, and wanted to take it as a matter of fact, but what they discovered was too late. Many people went bankrupt, and their families even lost their lives.

Wang Hao's brows twitched, and he said: "You aren't resisting? Although the Zheng Family is strong, but you Mingzhou City have hundreds of thousands, or even millions of citizens and warriors. If you all are united by a common enemy, I can't possibly kill all of you.

"Of course there was resistance. It's just that the matter is not as simple as you think, Young Master Wang."

Han Ming shook his head helplessly, and explained with a bitter smile: "The Zheng Family only does everything to amass wealth, and in the later stages, only gold is needed. To those below the Innate Realm, gold is very important, but to the Upper Sky warrior, gold is not indispensable, and to the Jindan cultivator, it doesn't matter at all."

"So, Young Master Wang, you said that we are together as enemies, and that is impossible to realize, the Jindan cultivator inside the city will definitely not provoke the Zheng Family, and the Zheng Family's conspiracy, to them, is just a loss of face, and it has almost no other effects." So, Young Master Wang, you said that we are together as enemies, and it is impossible, and the Jindan cultivator within the city will definitely not provoke the Zheng Family.

"In the end, not only did they not get the money back, someone even gave their life. The Zheng Family, in the name of the City Lord's Mansion, in the name of the laws of the Empire, casually gave some crimes to the people leading the way and made an example for them.

"After all, if one lost their money, they could still earn more. If one's life is lost, they would lose everything. In the end, everyone could only bear it and work hard to survive. I hope that one day, there will be a day when Zheng Family receives the retribution that they deserve."

Wang Hao nodded slightly, showing that he understood.

However, Wang Hao was still a little doubtful, and asked: "Since everyone knows that this is Zheng Family's conspiracy, and that Zheng Family's conspiracy will not stop, then why did everyone not leave Mingzhou City, and instead inform the world about Zheng Family's conspiracy, and even report it to the County Palace?"

Han Ming raised his head and looked at Wang Hao, his eyes revealing a strange look, as though saying Young Master Wang, aren't your experiences in the martial arts world too lacking? To think that you would have such naive thoughts, do you think that we did not do it? But would it work?

Wang Hao more or less understood the meaning behind Han Ming's eyes. While feeling depressed in his heart, he could not help but feel a chill in his eyes as he berated: "What kind of eyes do you have? I just want to confirm it with you, otherwise, I would have just killed you directly and listened to what you had to say. "

"AHH!" This little one knows my wrongs, Young Master Wang, don't be angry! "Calm down!"

Han Ming's heart immediately skipped a beat, he quickly kowtowed in fear and admitted his mistake, his back was once again drenched in cold sweat.

While he was talking just now, his thoughts were filled with hatred and he had actually forgotten the huge difference in status between him and Wang Hao.

"Speak!" Wang Hao shouted coldly.

Han Ming did not dare to raise his head again to look at Wang Hao. He lowered his head and continued in a trembling voice, "Young Master Wang, it's not that everyone does not want to, but it's just that it's impossible. You must have seen it when you entered the city.

"Everyone's gold has almost been devoured by the Zheng Family. Let alone the Upper Sky warrior's 10 taels of gold, even if it was less than one tael of gold from an Innate, very few would be able to take it out. How could they possibly leave the city?!"

"As for those who left with gold, most of them also have relatives in the city. They cannot be brought away, and they cannot be given up. Thus, they could only stay behind."

"There are people who are determined to leave by themselves, but according to the guards on the city wall, those who are determined to leave will suddenly die and become the food of the demon beasts before they can leave."

"Rumors like this are spreading around the city. Although everyone knows that it was the Zheng Family who did it, they are still scared. Those without strength will never dare to leave the city."

"There's no way to leave, and there's no way to expose Zheng Family's conspiracy, so what if they report it to County Palace? So what if County Palace knows, Zheng Family doesn't seem to be at fault on the surface, without substantial evidence, it's impossible for County Palace to do anything to Zheng Family. At most, send people here to act, and Zheng Family will definitely act well."

"Rumor has it that after the conspiracy of the Zheng Family had spread to other cities, a powerful family had been deceived and complained to the County Palace. The County Palace sent people to investigate, but the result was that the Zheng Family was innocent, but the family that complained to them was, in addition to surviving in the sect, the entire clan's 300 over Innate Experts and 3 Golden Core Grandmasters all died in one night, which was equivalent to the extermination of their entire clan."

"Everyone knows that it was the Zheng Family who killed them, but the Zheng Family did not leave any traces behind, and the County Palace did not have any evidence to blame the Zheng Family, or even did not wish to create trouble herself. After all, dead people are very common, and as long as the one who died is not a sect disciple, the underage genius would turn a blind eye."

"From then on, no one dared to report the Zheng Family, and those who have the ability to deal with the Zheng Family will not interfere. After all, the Zheng Family is just amassing wealth, in the eyes of experts, it's really not worth mentioning."

"Furthermore, Zheng Family has a good sense of propriety. She will not take over those that she cannot afford to offend, and instead fawn over these people. As for County Palace, the amount of wealth that they hand over every year is also among the top in the entire county."

"Young Master Wang, all of this is no longer a secret. It can be said that everyone in the entire Dragon County has heard of it."

Wang Hao replied, "That's right, Zheng Family's scheme, or rather, the entire world, knows of it. It was spread around since long ago, but why did Zheng Family do this? There seems to be no way of knowing. "

"Also, what does the matter of Zheng Family's shamelessness and shamelessness have to do with you helping the evildoers extort me and extorting me?"

Wang Hao's tone suddenly became cold, and questioned, "Don't tell me Zheng Family forced you to do this, if you don't, it'll end your lives!"

Sweat beaded on Han Ming's forehead as he did not dare raise his head to raise it. He touched his head to the ground and explained in fear, "Young Master Wang, please listen to my continued explanation."

"Hmph, get to the point!" Wang Hao coldly snorted.