65: Chapter 65 The Mu Clan

"In that case, let me consider it first. Regardless of whether I agree or not, I will reply to you within three days!" Chen Hu said after a moment of contemplation.

If the facts were truly as Mu Mingzhu said.

He wouldn't mind lending a hand.

But if the other party wasn't telling the truth and thought he was easy to fool because he was in a Gang, he wouldn't mind giving them a taste of trouble.

Seeing that Chen Hu didn't agree immediately, Mu Mingzhu was somewhat disappointed.

She also prepared a gift for him to take away.

Returning to the hall.

Chen Hu arranged for someone to call Da Niu over.

"Boss, what are your orders?" Da Niu was respectful as always.

Chen Hu said directly: "Help me investigate someone. Her name is Mu Mingzhu, the owner of the Mingxin Teahouse. The more detailed, the better!"

Da Niu was skilled at intelligence gathering, so letting him investigate this matter was most appropriate.

"Understood, Boss!"

After Da Niu left.

Chen Hu opened the gift Mu Mingzhu had given him.

There were four items in the gift: one portion of high-quality tea leaves and three sets of jewelry.

The tea leaves were for him, and the three sets of jewelry were likely for Widow Wang and the sisters Qianxue and Qianyu.

It seemed that before Mu Mingzhu came to ask him for help, she had put quite a bit of effort into investigating him.

He put the gifts into his Storage Ring.

Chen Hu took out the Manual of Hundred Herbs and began to flip through it.

Ever since he began to Cultivate his Divine Soul, his memory had become better and better, even reaching the point of photographic memory.

Therefore.

After reading it just once, he had the entire Manual of Hundred Herbs imprinted in his mind.

This Manual of Hundred Herbs recorded more than three hundred types of Spirit Medicine.

Three of the Spirit Medicine that Chen Hu had drawn matched up, and there was one type that was not recorded in the Manual of Hundred Herbs.

It seemed that the Spirit Medicine recorded in the Manual of Hundred Herbs was not comprehensive.

First, the Three-Leaf Grass that Chen Hu had drawn the first time had the effect of neutralizing all poisons. Moreover, it could convert toxins into components that nourished the Physical Body.

For example, if you were poisoned by a deadly toxin and then took the Three-Leaf Grass, not only could you detoxify in a short time, but after the detoxification, you wouldn't fall into a weakened state; instead, it would make your body even stronger.

As for the other two Spirit Medicine, one of them was quite precious, named Bone-Tempering Grass, which could temper one's own bones after consumption.

The third Spirit Medicine was called Origin-Replenishing Grass; taking it when the body was weak could replenish Origin Qi.

Next, Chen Hu flipped through the Records of Hundred Fruits and the manual of hundred beasts.

The Records of Hundred Fruits recorded more than 500 types of spirit fruits.

The spirit fruits that Chen Hu had obtained all matched up.

For instance, the vermilion, cherry-sized fruit he had obtained today was called the Qilin Fruit. Its medicinal power could be used to both temper the Physical Body and be refined to increase Qi strength or internal Qi.

Now, about the manual of hundred beasts.

According to the records in the manual of hundred beasts, exotic beasts could reach up to the ninth Rank.

But in fact, as soon as an exotic beast reached the seventh Rank, it could transform into human form.

Eighth-Rank exotic beasts could even be called Divine Beast, and ninth-Rank exotic beasts were referred to as Sacred Beast.

It was said that just by consuming one drop of Divine Beast blood, one could increase their lifespan by 200 years.

Consuming one drop of Sacred Beast blood, one could increase their lifespan by 500 years.

Besides this, Chen Hu also used the manual of hundred beasts to identify what type of exotic beasts the exotic beast meat he had drawn several times came from.

The exotic beasts he had drawn the first and second times were both first-Rank exotic beasts; they were the meat of the Iron Arrow Pig and the Long-Haired Rabbit.

The white exotic beast meat he had drawn the third time was the meat of the second-Rank exotic beast, the Cold Snow Fish.

However, the two types of exotic beast meat he had drawn the fourth time were also first-Rank exotic beasts.

The higher the Rank of the exotic beast, the stronger the energy contained within.

For a moment, Chen Hu felt a little regretful.

Because the exotic beast everyone had captured that night was a third-Rank one.

He hadn't tasted the meat of a third-Rank exotic beast yet, and he didn't know if he would be able to draw it in the future.

Time flew by.

It was past four in the afternoon.

Da Niu arrived at Chen Hu's office.

He reported the information he had investigated.

Mu Mingzhu's father was named Mu Tiansheng, who was originally the son of a farmer in Mu Family Village, Heilin County, Linjiang Prefecture.

But he didn't like farming, feeling that farmers only managed to fill their stomachs after digging in the fields all year round.

He liked to wander around and walk the streets and alleys.

Therefore, the people in the village considered him a loafer, and there was plenty of gossip about him in the village, claiming that he wouldn't even be able to find a wife in the future, and that without his father, he would have starved to death.

But the facts deviated from the villagers' imaginations.

In the year Mu Tiansheng turned twenty, he began to do business.

At first, he worked as a peddler.

After making some money, he changed his trade to furs and mountain goods.

Not long after, he built a house in the village and even married the daughter of a scholar as his wife.

This made those who had originally looked down on Mu Tiansheng very unhappy.

As for Mu Tiansheng, out of consideration for them being fellow villagers, he offered slightly higher prices when purchasing furs and mountain goods from them.

But this didn't earn him any gratitude from the villagers; instead, they kept making snide remarks.

Later, members of the clan even approached Mu Tiansheng, hoping he would take the members of the clan along to get rich together.

With the mediation of Mu Tiansheng's father, Mu Tiansheng reluctantly agreed.

He picked two members of the clan to bring along and instruct.

But those two were impatient, and after learning by his side for only two months, they jumped out to work on their own.

Mu Tiansheng didn't say anything.

He even ceded the business in their village and the surrounding areas to those two.

As a result, after only a month, the two of them lost everything.

The two who had lost their capital returned to the village, claiming that Mu Tiansheng hadn't taught them seriously at all, and that after they went out on their own, he had suppressed them everywhere.

From then on, the Mu Family Clan began to isolate Mu Tiansheng's father.

Mu Tiansheng's father, who had been isolated, was unhappy all day long and eventually died of depression.

Upon learning the cause of his father's death, Mu Tiansheng was furious.

After finishing the funeral arrangements for his father, he moved his whole Family to the Prefecture City and gradually cut off contact with the Mu Family.

After arriving in Linjiang Prefecture, Mu Tiansheng's business grew larger and larger.

Years passed, and Mu Tiansheng had already accumulated a fortune of over one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Some time ago.

Mu Tiansheng was transporting goods when he was intercepted and killed by mountain bandits.

Although the goods were ultimately saved, Mu Tiansheng was severely injured.

He died less than seven days after returning to Linjiang Prefecture.

The Mu Family Clan didn't know where they got the news of Mu Tiansheng's death.

Led by the current Clan Chief of the Mu Family, they came to Linjiang Prefecture for the funeral, and once they arrived, they stayed and wouldn't leave.

The reason Mu Mingzhu couldn't do anything about this group from the Mu Family Clan was that the son-in-law of the Mu Family's Clan Chief worked in the prefectural government office. Although he was just a minor official, he was quite good at currying favor and had good relationships with many people in the prefectural government office.

Especially with a head constable named Li Tong, with whom he had a particularly close relationship.

Therefore, Mu Mingzhu dared not report to the authorities.

Once she reported to the authorities, with Qian Hui's influence, she would definitely not come out well.

As for driving them away directly, she couldn't do that either.

Because many people within the Mu Family had already been bought off by people from the Mu Family Clan.

That group was already scouting for a husband for Mu Mingzhu. As long as she was married off, the Mu Family Clan could openly seize the Mu Family's assets.

And that four-courtyard house in the Slum Area was, in fact, the old residence of the Mu Family.

It was only after Mu Tiansheng's business grew big later on that they moved out of the Slum Area.

Mrs. Liao had been ordered to find a suitable house.

She came into contact with Mu Mingzhu, and Mu Mingzhu learned that Chen Hu was renting the house to accommodate the children he had taken in.

Therefore, she sent people to inquire about him. After learning that Chen Hu was a Hall Master of the Fierce Tiger Gang, and given his good reputation.

She decided to use Chen Hu's status to help drive away the Mu Family Clan.