C296

Chapter 296 - Self-Deception

"Young Master Wang, before, I was just a normal person. My parents died early, my family was poor, and I relied on the help of my neighbours' aunts and uncles to survive. Occasionally, I would take up hard work and improve my life.

"It's just that my conditions were too poor, and many Xiantian masters were unwilling to accept me. Until my boss appeared and thought that my muscles and bones were not bad, he decided to accept me as a disciple. At that time, I had no choice, so I agreed without thinking."

"However, after I entered the school, I found out that boss is a hoodlum from the West City who collects protection fees from some small shops. I entered the den of thieves and was forced to collect protection fees to bully the weak."

Han Ming said in a trembling voice. As he said till here, he couldn't help but pause in fear, deeply afraid that Wang Hao would release her anger on him just like that. However, he didn't dare to hide anything.

Wang Hao seemed to have guessed what Han Ming was thinking and said snappily, "Continue talking, this is just a small matter. Although I don't like it, as long as you don't force me into a corner, I won't make a big fuss about it."

Wang Hao was indeed envious of evil, and wanted to kill all the bad guys. He had a strong sense of justice, but he was not a inflexible person, so Wang Hao knew that there were some things that could not be avoided.

Otherwise, if more than ninety percent of the people in this world had done evil deeds, whether intentionally or unintentionally, wouldn't they all die?

Could Wang Hao kill them all? Do you dare to kill him?

Even the bloodiest killer wouldn't be able to kill that many people!

Hearing that, Han Ming immediately let out a sigh of relief.

He was just afraid that Wang Hao wouldn't be accustomed to his actions in the past. Even if he pushed today's matter to Zheng Family, Wang Hao could use this as an excuse to take their lives.

Han Ming continued to speak: "I cultivated rather late, but luckily my talent was still alright, and in those few years, it was easier to earn money by following Boss, so I did not lack cultivation resources, so I progressed at a high speed. I remember when the first merchant guild went bankrupt, I was sixteen, and my strength had already caught up to those of the same age."

"At that time, no one realized that this was Zheng Family's scheme. Many people even mocked those unlucky bastards, saying that they had no eyes. There were so many Chamber of Commerce Bank who chose to close down."

My boss is one of them, he only laughed at them and did not have the slightest thought of getting away with it. Even though Chamber of Commerce Bank often goes bankrupt later on, he still did not mind and kept all the treasures he collected into a selected Chamber of Commerce Bank. He even said that this place was chosen by him meticulously, and guaranteed that nothing bad would happen.

When almost half of the city went bankrupt, that family was still fine, and the scale of the family has continued to expand. They have also merged with several families that went bankrupt, and saved some losses for the victims who suffered miserably. Furthermore, they often did good deeds, and from then on, they began to receive the love and trust of the people.

"Unfortunately, the good news did not last long. Ever since the Zheng Family initiated the tenth year of trading guilds, the remaining fifty to sixty percent of trading companies suddenly had problems. In just a short year, the number of people had decreased by 90%."

"Everyone finally realized that something was wrong, and started to doubt Zheng Family's intentions, and the boss finally started to get nervous, us brothers were the same, in these few years, everyone followed boss's footsteps, more or less they all saved up a bit, although the one in there hasn't had any problems yet, after careful analysis, they all concluded, even if the boss doesn't have any problems himself, there's a high chance that the Zheng Family would cause some problems."

"As expected, in less than half a year, that company will close down. The bank that can enter the top three in the entire city will be mysteriously finished just like that."

"And because it hasn't expired yet, we are unable to retrieve it in advance. In the end, less than 10% of the items that we were able to retrieve in time."

"In the following half a month, all of the Chamber of Commerce Bank s in the city were annihilated. The Zheng Family gave a reason: The Chamber of Commerce Bank had good and bad intentions, they fooled and tricked the common people, and according to the law, they were dealt a blow. The entire city is outlawed."

At that time, no one dared to say anything. When the boss' temper rose, he menacingly gathered thousands of people and went to the Zheng Family to ask for an explanation, but in the end, he was ordered to gather a large crowd to cause trouble, with the intent to rebel. The boss and a few other Innate Rankers were exterminated on the spot, scaring the rest of them into disarray, no one dared to ask for an explanation from the Zheng Family anymore.

"At the same time, Zheng Family set up a series of rules on the surface to plunder the gold. It is already too late for everyone to leave the Mingzhou City."

"At that time, many people lost their lives, and even their basic lives became a problem. Especially some weak warriors and ordinary people who didn't have any cultivation base. Within a few months, over a thousand people died, some died of anger, some died of depression, and some even starved to death."

"Some of the uncles and aunties who took care of me when I was young died. Although I had some silver left over, it was not enough to sustain all of them. If I wasn't lucky enough to break through and become a Xiantian, I might not be able to survive."

"I watched uncle, aunt, brother, and sister starve to death one by one. I really can't bear it, I can't stand it. With no other way, I went back to my old business. Relying on my Upper Sky cultivation, I started to collect protection fees from some small shops."

"However, under the Zheng Family's overt plundering, the entire wealth of the citizens of the Mingzhou City has been reduced by more than 90%. Those who can open small shops are also people who do business, I barely manage to earn a living, I simply cannot receive much protection fees, let alone support everyone, even my brothers and sisters."

"The protection fee I collected is not enough for everyone's basic living expenses, and my cultivation resources are also depleted. When I reach Xiantian second stage, it's already too difficult to progress, and everything has fallen into a hopeless situation, even if I want to rob a house, with my strength, if I can't rob the strong, if not the weak, I don't have the money to rob them."

"Just at that time, the City Lord's Mansion found me and asked me to do these despicable things for them. To extort gold from outsiders, and the reward is to give me the cultivation resources and basic necessities."

"Young Master Wang, I really did not have a choice. At that time, there were over a hundred people who had to be fed by me, I could not just watch as they starved to death one by one."

As Han Ming said this, he continuously kowtowed and cried, his forehead striking the ground again and again, producing sounds of "bam bam bam".

"Enough!" Wang Hao stopped them and asked, "Are they old, weak, and handicapped? You won't make your own money? "

Han Ming carefully replied: Initially, there are many people who were doing small businesses, but after their families were swindled out by the Zheng Family, they no longer have the money to do so. As for going to work, at that time, other than the big families, middle and small families or ordinary families would all have difficulty keeping themselves safe, ordinary people have no work to do.

After he finished listening, Wang Hao said in a cold voice, "Your past is indeed pitiful, but it does not make up for the sins that you have committed nor the things that happened today. Maybe you think that by setting a trap for me like this, you can use the laws of the empire to righteously deal with me, but in my opinion, it is completely unnecessary. What can the Zheng Family do to me? "

"For example, now, even if we go to the County Palace to judge, do you think that I have a high chance of winning or you guys have a high chance of winning?"

"Perhaps you would think that the County Palace would give face to my Master and sentence me to death."

"I won't deny that, but what I want to say is, it's not wrong to have the strong as your masters, and it's also very common to bully others. However, using such despicable methods to camouflage yourself is no different from hiding your ears and deceiving yourself."

"Do you really think that everyone in this world is an idiot?"

"Even if I did not personally meet you today, when I hear about this one day, I will still stand up for the heavens and take care of you all!"

Wang Hao reprimanded sternly. Suddenly, he raised his right hand, released some true energy and blasted Han Ming and the others who were kneeling away.

"You can avoid death and escape with your own life, but this is a small lesson to you. As for whether there's a follow-up or not, that will depend on whether you're sincere in repenting or not. Scram!"

"Thank you, Young Master Wang! Thank you, Young Master Wang!"

Although Han Ming's group were severely injured by his attack, and had rolled far away, when they heard that Wang Hao was not going to kill them, they immediately kowtowed in gratitude, and then supported each other as they left.

"Hmph, it's still not hopeless."

Looking at the miserable figures of Han Ming and the others as they left, Wang Hao thought in his heart.

The reason they did not kill them, other than feeling pity for them and feeling that they were not the main culprits, it was mainly because of the brotherly affection they displayed, and that they had gained Wang Hao's acknowledgement.

"It's hard to predict a person's heart. A bad person might not have many good points, but a good person might not be perfect."

If Han Ming and the others had been minding their own business before, and even took the opportunity to slip away when the situation turned bad, Wang Hao would definitely not say a word, and would have directly killed them.

Why would he give Han Ming the chance to say that he couldn't control his own body?

Maybe they deserved it! The Heavens had pity on them, that was why they met Wang Hao.

Otherwise, if it were any other righteous person, they would have long since killed them to vent their anger.

Wang Hao never thought that he was a good person, that he could also kill people and be impulsive, but if the other party could really let go of his blade, Wang Hao was still willing to let him go back to shore.

Wang Hao also believed in his eyes, as long as he could suppress Zheng Family and make them surrender, and the others would not say that they would become righteous warriors who would support the weak, but at least, they would definitely not do such despicable things, like collect protection fees and robbing houses.

After taking care of Han Ming and the others, Wang Hao looked at Li Jing who was paralyzed on the ground, and laughed:

"Third Young Master Li, right? Didn't you say before that we would enforce the law impartially? "Come, I'll give you a chance now!"

Li Jing had long been scared witless by Wang Hao's identity. He fell powerlessly on the ground, his eyes widened and his face bloodless.

In his entire life, when had he ever met someone with such high status, and how could he f * cking offend someone like that?

"King Young Master Wang, you …"

Li Jing's lips trembled, and even while trembling, he was unable to speak properly. It could be seen how deep the fear in his heart was.

It was also no wonder he was so afraid, because he knew very clearly that with Wang Hao's status, if his family wanted to kill him, don't even mention begging for mercy. If they didn't rush to kill him to beg for forgiveness, they would already be worthy of him.

Li Qiu, who was at the side, was slowly circulating the True Essence in her body, suppressing the injuries on her heart veins. Seeing Wang Hao making things difficult for Li Jing, his pale white face revealed an unwilling expression, and he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

But in the end, he still did not speak up to plead for Li Jing.

After all, he didn't know if he himself could live or not, and was unable to protect himself, so how could he have the qualifications to save Li Jing?

There was more than one enforcement team, but today, he had coincidentally met Wang Hao.

It was also because Li Jing reaped what he sowed. If Li Jing had really enforced the law impartially, even if Wang Hao had come to cause trouble for the Zheng Family, it was unlikely that he would take revenge on Li Jing. He, Li Qiu, would not reveal himself, and he would not end up like this.

Of course, the atmosphere of the Mingzhou City was like this, they could not be blamed all on Li Jing, if it was anyone else, they would not be able to enforce the law impartially, and this could possibly be even more outrageous than what Li Jing had done.

Thinking back now, Li Qiu couldn't help but blame herself, and blame herself for not having good eyesight. If he had realized how powerful Wang Hao was, with his power, and only occasionally making an exception, it would be easy for him to leave a good impression on Wang Hao.

As a result, let's not talk about making friends with Wang Hao, at the very least, he would not be in such a sorry state, and would be in danger.

"It looks like you don't really want this opportunity, then I'll do it on your behalf!"

Seeing that Li Jing was so frightened that he couldn't communicate normally, Wang Hao didn't bother to waste time teasing him. He pointed with his finger, and a few sword Qis shot out and forcibly cut off Li Jing's four limbs.

The 10 members of the law enforcement team stood by the side, not daring to look at Li Jing.

Wang Hao looked at them and then looked at Li Qiu. She did not attack again, but walked away and left without looking back.

"Go back and tell the patriarch to come find me!"