66: Chapter 66 The Mu Family's Scheme

After understanding Mu Mingzhu's situation, Chen Hu decided to help her out. After all, this matter was not difficult for him.

It would be easily resolved if he just took care of that Qian Hui.

There were quite a few ways to deal with Qian Hui; he could directly send someone to warn him. Alternatively, he could collect evidence of his corruption and submit it to the Prefecture City government office. Finally, he could kill him without anyone knowing; the government office wouldn't make a big fuss over a minor official.

Actually, the simplest method would be to use a loyalty card to turn Qian Hui into his lackey.

"Boss, you asked me to inquire about that Miss Mu. Did you take a fancy to her?" Da Niu suddenly lowered his voice and asked.

"Go, go, go, stop guessing blindly!" Chen Hu waved his hand irritably.

Da Niu said with a lewd expression, "Hehe, Boss, that Miss Mu is actually quite good. She's pretty and wealthy; you definitely wouldn't lose out if you married her!"

"Do you want a beating? Get lost!" Chen Hu raised his fist as if to strike. "Da Niu, I'm warning you, don't act on your own regarding this matter. Otherwise, don't blame me for not showing mercy when I deal with you!"

"Don't worry, Boss, I definitely won't act recklessly!"

That night, at Chen Hu's home, after dinner, Chen Hu took out two marrow cleansing fruits and handed them to Qianxue and Qianyu, telling them to eat them while bathing.

The two women already possessed extraordinary talent. If they used the marrow cleansing fruits to cleanse their marrow and cut the hair, their future progress when they Cultivate would certainly be terrifying.

On the other side, at the Mu Family, Mu Mingzhu had just finished dinner in her small courtyard when a servant reported that the Mu Clan Chief had arrived and wanted to see her.

A short while later, in the reception hall, Mu Mingzhu's expression was cold and distant as she said, "Elder Mu, it's so late. What business do you have with this Junior?"

"Mingzhu, as the saying goes, a man should marry when he grows up, and a woman should marry when she comes of age. You aren't young anymore. I have had someone find a husband's family for you, the other party...!"

Before the Mu Clan Chief could finish speaking, Mu Mingzhu coldly interrupted, "Elder Mu, I have my own arrangements for my marriage. There is no need for you to worry about it. Please leave!"

"Sigh, you girl, why are you so stubborn? The husband's family I've chosen for you, regardless of appearance, talent, or...!"

"Elder Mu, do not go too far!" Mu Mingzhu was furious. "My family severed ties with the Mu Clan long ago. I didn't drive you away only because I didn't want to tear off the mask of civility. If you insist on doing so, we might as well fight until the bitter end!"

Speaking to this point, Mu Mingzhu's eyes were filled with determination. If it were not necessary, she did not want to use extreme measures.

Feeling the coldness in Mu Mingzhu's eyes, the Mu Clan Chief's heart skipped a beat, but then a wave of anger surged into his heart. He slapped the table and said, "Mu Mingzhu, where is your upbringing? Is this how you threaten your elder?"

"Elder?" Mu Mingzhu sneered. "Would an elder think about seizing a Junior's family property? Elder Mu, this is the Prefecture City, not the village. Experts are as common as clouds here. As long as I am willing to take out ten thousand taels of silver, do you think there will be martial arts experts who would exterminate your entire Mu Clan?"

"Presumptuous, you are being presumptuous!" The Mu Clan Chief was furious, but his heart was filled with a bit more fear.

"Cui Liu, show the guest out!" Mu Mingzhu said no more and directly had her maid drive him away.

"Elder Mu, please!" The maid Cui Liu also looked at the Mu Clan Chief with eyes full of hostility.

"Hmph!" The Mu Clan Chief snorted coldly, got up, and left.

A short while later, the Mu Clan Chief arrived at another courtyard of the Mu residence. "Father!" "Grandfather!" Seeing the Mu Clan Chief, a middle-aged man and a young man immediately came up to greet him.

The middle-aged man asked impatiently, "Did that girl Mu Mingzhu agree?" "Let's go inside to talk!" The Mu Clan Chief said with a cold face.

Entering the room, the Mu Clan Chief took a sip of tea and said, "I just proposed finding a husband's family, and she interrupted me. Later, she even threatened to fight us until the bitter end!"

"Grandfather, I've said it before, there's absolutely no need to go through so much trouble!" The young man, Mu Qiang, said dismissively, "Doesn't that woman go out every day? Find an opportunity to kidnap her, take her to a remote place, kill her, and bury her. This Mu Family's property will naturally belong to our Mu Clan!"

"Exactly!" Mu Tianshan also agreed quite readily. "I think Xiao Qiang is right. Just kill her directly!"

"Where do you think this is?" The Mu Clan Chief looked at this father and son duo irritably. "This is the Prefecture City, not the village. With our Mu Clan's prestige suppressing things, if we killed a person or two, even if the other villagers knew, would they dare to speak up?"

"The Prefecture City is crowded with all kinds of people, and the Mu Family's property is not a small amount. Once we actually kill Mu Mingzhu, do you really think the property will all fall into our hands? Perhaps some people will seize the opportunity to make an issue of it. Not only will we not get the property, but our whole family will encounter big trouble!"

But Mu Qiang was somewhat dismissive. "Isn't Uncle working at the government office? As long as we are willing to spend money to grease the wheels, who would dare to give us trouble!"

"Fool!" The Mu Clan Chief scolded again. "If it were just a small matter, letting your uncle help grease the wheels would naturally be no problem. But this involves a huge asset of tens of thousands, or even over a hundred thousand taels. Do you think it can be done just by greasing the wheels? At that time, the government office could easily fabricate a crime against us, and our whole family would have to eat prison food. We wouldn't get a single penny of this property!"

"I know, Grandfather!" Mu Qiang, having been reprimanded like this, could only respond honestly. But in his heart, he had other ideas.

During these days in the Prefecture City, he had also gotten to know some people. Especially a few days ago, he met a big boss of the Venomous Snake Gang. He felt that his grandfather was just being too cautious.

He decided to go quietly to find the big boss of the Venomous Snake Gang tonight, and then arrange for people to kidnap Mu Mingzhu and take her outside the city to be killed. As long as Mu Mingzhu was dead, the remaining property and silver would naturally belong to his family.

Time flew by, and it was past midnight. Chen Hu first opened the ordinary resource cards. Then, he opened the two meat field cards. Today, it was still ordinary cooked meat. Next, he opened the grain card. His luck was good today; he obtained another 100 catties of Spirit Rice.

Subsequently, he opened the Spirit Wine card and the Spirit Spring card. The Spirit Wine card produced ordinary liquor, and the Spirit Spring card produced 8 catties of Spirit Spring. Then, he opened a marrow cleansing fruit from the Spirit Fruit card, and a Spirit Medicine that could increase cultivation from the Spirit Medicine card. He obtained a top-tier mortal weapon from the Weapon card. He opened the treasure hunting card and obtained a new treasure location. He obtained a Grade C connection from the connection card.

Next, he opened the intelligence card. Today's intelligence: Tomorrow morning, two Skin Refining members of the Venomous Snake Gang will strike to knock out and kidnap Mu Mingzhu, taking her secretly outside the city to kill her, so that the Mu Clan can completely seize the Mu Family's assets!

Seeing this intelligence, Chen Hu's eyes turned slightly cold. This Mu Clan really was audacious. However, he could be certain that even if they killed Mu Mingzhu, they would be unable to seize the Mu Family's property. After all, that was not just a few hundred taels of silver, but over one hundred thousand taels. A few people from the countryside who didn't even know martial arts wanted to seize over one hundred thousand in assets? Any random faction had the strength to send them to their graves.