141: Chapter 141 The Zhang Family's Desperate Situation!

Panshi County.

The piled-up stones formed a crude city wall... The wall was extremely crude.

Some parts of the wall even had exposed gaps... These gaps were filled with accumulated gravel.

It looked incredibly ugly.

Panshi County had once experienced a great battle.

After the great battle, the entire county government office had been half destroyed.

This place relied on a mine to get its start... The number of common folk was approximately over twelve thousand.

But ever since that disaster, the entire Panshi County only had six or seven thousand people left.

Do not think that six or seven thousand people is a lot.

Six or seven thousand people is not even enough to meet the quota for the mine workers!

There were four great Families in the county town.

The Hu Family.

The Zhang Family.

The Ye Family.

The Liu Family.

In terms of raw strength, the originally most powerful was the Zhang Family... The Zhang Family was backed by the former Panshi County Chief Clerk.

They also had a security firm in the Family.

All major cargo transactions coming in and out of Panshi County were completely monopolized by the Zhang Family!

But good times do not last long... An accident occurred.

It led to the death of the Zhang Family head.

Afterward, under the instigation of those with ulterior motives, the Zhang Family had internal strife and began to fall apart!

Tonight.

The Zhang Family, one of the four great Families, was facing a moment of life and death!

The Zhang Family's council hall.

The hall was still stained with fresh blood...

One could see the Rakshasa Dao Soldiers lined up, filling the entire council hall.

Chilling Evil Qi swirled and hovered above.

In the very center of the council hall, there was a person with a venomous gaze, sneering as they looked at the person sitting in the main seat.

A woman whose every frown and smile exuded infinite tenderness.

"Wu Mei... First, you usurped the power of my Zhang Family."

"Then you brought outsiders into the Family... letting them take control!"

"The many Family elders were indeed right!"

"You are the Prodigy hidden within my Zhang Family!"

"With you existing... the Zhang Family will inevitably decline and perish!"

"Inevitably!"

"I hate... I hate that I didn't act sooner!"

"To slay you, this demoness!"

"Don't think you've won... I will be watching you from below, watching you..."

"Watching how you die!"

In the main seat, the dignified yet secretly charming woman's face was ice-cold.

She waved her hand and said coldly.

"Kill this old thing!"

The Rakshasa Dao Soldiers below, upon seeing this, did not hesitate... and brought their blades down directly on his head!

Zhang Gu, upon seeing this, had no joy in his eyes.

Instead, they were filled with sorrow.

However, Wu Mei's gaze looked far out of the hall.

Outside the hall, there were dozens of people causing trouble, all kneeling on the ground...

She did not show mercy and said coldly.

"Kill them all!!!"

Zhang Gu's expression changed abruptly upon seeing this, and he quickly knelt on the ground.

"Madam... these are all the young and strong of our Zhang Family, they cannot be killed... they cannot be killed!"

"If they are killed... our Zhang Family will surely suffer a gap in generations because of this!"

"Madam... this must absolutely not be done!"

"Kill!"

The Rakshasa Dao Soldiers once again ferociously charged out, causing a chorus of wails in the area!

Heads fell to the ground, and the floor was covered in blood...

Zhang Gu's expression was numb.

"It's over... everything is over!"

The council hall returned to silence, and the woman said slowly.

"This old thing colluded with outside thieves... how hateful!"

"First, he caused the death of our only reliance in the government office."

"Then he severely injured Zhang Qi."

"He wanted to destroy the roots of my Zhang Family!"

Wu Mei stood up abruptly, slammed her fist on the table, and said coldly.

"Everyone... I know how you view me in your hearts, merely thinking that I am a woman, an outsider."

"That I shouldn't hold the position of the Zhang Family head and the corresponding power!"

"If you truly had the ability, what would it matter if I gave this position to you to sit on?"

"I would actually be happy to relax and be a woman in the inner palace!"

"But if I give it to you... can you handle it?"

"I handed over all external affairs to you... so I could focus on networking and finding a way to break this deadlock."

"Going to find big figures... and negotiating with the bandits on the road to see if the trade routes could be reopened."

"And you?"

"Every day in Panshi County, you seek no progress."

"So much so that many shops and businesses were forced to be handed over!"

"Now the territory is getting smaller and smaller, and the wealth is getting less and less... you don't even know when people have bored their way into our lair."

"If it weren't for the Rakshasa Dao Soldiers that Zhang Gu brought back, wouldn't my head have already fallen long ago?"

"Would this Zhang Family... have changed owners?"

"Today... it is still the same thing!"

"If you feel you have extraordinary ability."

"I will grant this position of mine to you!"

No one in the hall dared to speak... Wu Mei then flicked her sleeves, calmed her mood, and said in a deep voice.

"When will that Lord Shen arrive?"

A Rakshasa Dao Soldier's eyes were indifferent as he said calmly.

"My Lord is good at using the Travel a Thousand Li a Day battle tactic... but there is still a Spirit Demon Storm raging outside, so it is estimated it will be delayed for some time."

"However, traveling day and night for two days should be enough!"

Wu Mei, upon seeing this, nodded, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and said in a deep voice.

"Tonight... or tomorrow?"

"I hope it is in time."

"Everyone... it has reached the moment of life and death for the Zhang Family!"

"In the government office, military power has fallen into other hands."

"Magistrate Wei unfortunately died, but before he died, he handed the County Magistrate's golden seal to Zhang Qi."

"When Zhang Qi was previously brushed aside by the Lord of the Promotion Department, there were hidden reasons."

"It was because the Liu Family and the Ye Family had long coveted the position of County Magistrate."

"If Zhang Qi had been selected by the Lord of the Promotion Department... then the Official Aura on Magistrate Wei would have become increasingly prosperous."

"It might even have been possible to be promoted to High Grade!"

"Therefore, they used this vicious strategy of besieging a point to intercept reinforcements!"

"They united with Daoist Wild Dog to turn Magistrate Wei into a beast, using vicious means to make his Official Aura temporarily ineffective."

"They even borrowed the Spirit Demon Storm... attempting to wipe us all out!"

"Although the internal enemies are now dead, the external enemies are still eyeing us covetously!"

"Waiting for this old thing's reply!"

"We must act immediately... and guard the Zhang Family!"

"Waiting for Zhang Qi to wake up... or for that Lord Shen to arrive!"

"Understood!"

Wu Mei's expression was serious, and she asked a Rakshasa Dao Soldier in a deep voice.

"This commander... I wonder if the Rakshasa Dao Soldiers can hold off that Daoist Wild Dog?"

"That Daoist Wild Dog is a top-tier Cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining..."

"Delaying him for a while is not a problem!"

"In that case... I will trouble you!"

Before the words had even finished... a clamor and commotion were heard outside!

Everyone quickly went out the door... only to see an old man standing in front of the Zhang Family's vermilion gate!

And behind him were hundreds of densely packed Dao Soldiers from the Liu Family and the Ye Family.

Some of these Dao Soldiers were quite familiar; they were exactly the Dao Soldiers derived from the Panshi Blood Essence!

A trace of covetousness appeared in the old man's eyes, and he smiled slightly.

"Madam... do not struggle."

"Even if you struggle countless times, you will not escape from my grasp!"

"Be good... and become my Cauldron!"