Not long after, the man hurried over and said to Luo Chuan: "You three, if the gang leader invites you, please come with me!"
Luo Chuan cupped his hands and said, "Please lead the way!"
The man immediately turned around and moved forward. The people at the end of the bridge moved out of the way, and the three people from Ximenshan walked slowly onto the bridge. After crossing the bridge, you saw a city gate. There was a row of strong men standing on the tower above the city gate, some holding strong bows and crossbows, and some holding swords, spears and clubs. They all stared at the three people from Ximen Mountain with serious expressions.
Passing through the city gate is a spacious martial arts training ground. There were dozens of people on the field arranged in a neat formation, dancing with guns and sticks, appearing well-trained. Walking past the martial arts training ground, there is a palace-like house. Up and down the steps stood four strong men with swords. After going up the nine steps, we arrived at the entrance of the lobby.
The man leading the way stood at the door and shouted inside: "Tell the leader, Ximen and his family will be brought here!"
Feixiang was furious after hearing his rude words, and was about to explode when Luo Chuan hurriedly waved his hand to stop him. At this moment, a voice came from inside: "Please!"
The three people from Ximenshan walked in with their heads held high, and saw Li Zhen sitting across from them. Behind him stood two burly men, and on the right row of chairs in front were four men of different ages. The row of chairs on the left are all empty.
When Li Zhen saw the three people from Ximenshan coming in, his face darkened, and he was obviously a little angry. But he suppressed his anger, stood up, raised his hands and said: "You three came to our gang, but you are not welcome at a distance. Please forgive me, please sit down and talk!"
Ximen Shan bowed his hands and said in return: "You're welcome, Gang Leader Li!" After saying that, he walked to the first chair on the left and sat down.
Luo Chuan and Feixiang did not sit down, but stood behind Ximen Shan.
Li Zhen called out again: "Here, let's serve tea!"
Ximen Shan waved his hand and said: "You're welcome. Let's talk about business! Gang Leader Li sent someone to send a message, saying that he wanted to make peace with Taohua Village. I wonder if he really meant it?"
Li Zhen glanced at Ximen Mountain and said: "Old Mr. Ximen, of course we are sincere. What we are talking about is the matter of Taohua Village. Why didn't Taohua Village send anyone to come, but you three outsiders came? Can you represent Peach Blossom Village?"
Feixiang took the words and said: "Since we can come, we can naturally represent them. If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly without beating around the bush!"
A person on the opposite side immediately shouted: "You are a little girl in front of the gang leader, how can you speak? Please apologize to our gang leader!"
Feixiang sneered and said: "Whether I am qualified to speak or not is up to my grandfather to decide. It is not your turn to talk nonsense. You interrupted your gang leader's guest without authorization. You obviously don't take your gang leader seriously, but you do You should immediately kowtow to your gang leader and apologize!"
The man was furious, stood up suddenly, and shouted angrily: "You bitch, you are so rude, are you impatient with life?"
When Li Zhen saw this, he hurriedly scolded: "Don't be rude, sit down!"
When the man heard this, he saw Li Zhen's expression was unkind, so he could only glare at Liangchen and sit down angrily. Li Zhen fought against Feixiang yesterday and knew that her martial arts skills were not weak.
Li Zhen turned to Feixiang and said, "It turns out that the girl is the granddaughter of Mr. Ximen. I'm sorry. I've heard for a long time that Feixiang is sharp-tongued and smart. She really deserves her reputation."
Seeing that Li Zhen suddenly became polite, Feixiang also calmed down and said, "Gang Leader Li, that's too much praise. A little girl wouldn't dare to live up to it. I wonder who you heard that from?"
Li Zhen did not answer Feixiang's question, but glanced at Luo Chuan and said, "Young Master Luo, you don't speak secretly in front of people. You have been against us many times. I don't know why?"
Luo Chuan smiled slightly and replied: "Gang Leader Li, you don't need me to tell you this. You should know what you have done."
Li Zhen said coldly: "We have never offended the young hero. Why do you, the Ximen family, stand up for others?"
Feixiang took the words and said: "My grandfather is called Ximen Laoxia, so he naturally likes to do chivalrous and righteous things. If you don't bully others, we will not be your enemies. Whether it is in Baihe Village or in Taohua Village, your behavior is really intolerable! Yesterday you killed innocent people again indiscriminately. My grandfather always draws his sword to help when he sees injustice. If you don’t change your past, you may encounter what happened yesterday again."
Li Zhen's face darkened and he said: "Yesterday you were lucky enough to win. Don't think that we can't do anything to you. If I really want to wash out Taohua Village with blood, it's just a matter of raising my hand. It's just that the leader of the gang thinks that God has the virtue of good life, so I don't want to I have committed many crimes, so I want to talk to you. If you insist on going your own way, we won't be able to care much."
Feixiang saw that Li Zhen was a little angry, so he stopped immediately and said, "Well, there is no need to mention the past. May I ask how you want to end the matter in Taohua Village?"
Li Zhen thought for a while and said: "In my opinion, you can release all our people, and we promise not to cause trouble for them in the future, and we will not interfere with each other. What do you think?"
When Luo Chuan heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "This is not okay!"
Luo Chuan flatly refused, and Li Zhen was greatly surprised. You must know that the boat gang can take the initiative to say that they will not harass Taohua Village in the future, which is an unprecedented move.
The boat gang had conquered many villages in the suburbs of Nanyang before, and most of the villages did not dare to resist. A few villages did not agree at first, but once the boat gang left, these people all obeyed obediently.
This time Li Zhen came back defeated, naturally he became angry and refused to give up. However, several leaders of the Boat Gang were killed, and even the Saint of the Boat Gang lost her fighting spirit. He no longer had any powerful subordinates.
Li Zhen had no choice but to send someone to Taohua Village. He felt that he had been greatly wronged and felt very aggrieved. Seeing that Luo Chuan still refused to agree, Li Zhen wanted to fall out on the spot.
But he thought of something, and Li Zhen had to suppress his anger and asked coldly: "What do you want before you can agree to negotiate peace?"
Luo Chuan's face darkened and he said: "You went to Taohua Village to kill people and set fires for no reason. Not only did you kill dozens of people, but you also stole a lot of money and burned down dozens of houses. If you are really sincere about making peace, can you? Shouldn't we express this? At least give appropriate compensation! What if you don't have time to go and loot again?"
Li Zhen said angrily: "You have dozens of people dead, but we have more people dead, so how do we calculate this?"
Feixiang said coldly: "You are the one who started the trouble, and we were just forced to fight back. If we hadn't arrived in time yesterday, I'm afraid you would have killed everyone in Taohua Village. As for your people, that's an unpleasant thing to say. After all, they are simply seeking death on their own, so they deserve to die!"
Feixiang's words were undoubtedly pointing at Li Zhen's nose and scolding him. Li Zhen and others were immediately furious and roared: "You bitch, you dare to insult our brothers like this. It seems that if I don't give you some color today, you don't know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is!" Someone is coming!”
Following Li Zhen's loud shout, dozens of people instantly poured out from both sides of the hall and the door, surrounding the three people from Ximenshan. The four people on the opposite side also suddenly stood up and showed their swords.
The three people from Ximenshan glanced at these people contemptuously, but their expressions did not change. On the way here, Ximen Shan estimated that this was a Hongmen Banquet, and the four of them had already discussed a strategy to deal with it.
Feixiang deliberately made her words harsh, just to see how sincere they were. Luo Chuan was confident that after yesterday's battle, there were no masters in the boat gang. At most, Li Zhen and Li Xing could barely resist the three of them for a while.
Feixiang believes that if he wants to take action, he can use the opportunity of peace talks to get close to Li Zhen. When Ximen Mountain suddenly attacks, Li Zhen will be captured alive or killed with one move.
The boat gang was leaderless and must have panicked. A ragtag group of people would definitely collapse and flee immediately if they saw their leader being killed.
As soon as the three of them entered the door, they saw three other people in the hall besides Li Zhen and Li Xing. Ximen Shan has such a discerning eye. One look at the expressions of the three of them, and he knew that their martial arts skills were at best comparable to Li Xing's, and they should not be the opponents of Luo Chuan and Feixiang.
Because of this, Feixiang made rude remarks, intending to anger Li Zhen and make him show all his cards first. Li Zhen knew that the three people from Ximenshan were not weak in martial arts, so of course he would send out all the strongest people in the Boat Gang as soon as possible.
Although the boat gang surrounded the three people from Ximenshan, no one dared to step forward rashly. They all know that these three people are very powerful, and the first few people to go up will definitely die. Of course, this is also because Li Zhen has not yet issued the final attack order, and he is also hesitating.
Li Zhen thought that if he could kill the three people from Ximenshan together, there would be no big problem. But if they were allowed to escape, the consequences would be quite serious and the situation would be out of control.
Li Zhen and Luo Chuan fought yesterday, but they were defeated by Luo Chuan. Li Zhen was really not sure that he could kill the three people in Ximenshan at the same time. Li Zhen therefore set up an ambush and wanted to call them out first to test Ximen Shan and others.
But Li Zhen saw that the three people in Ximenshan were not panicked and looked confident. The three people didn't take everyone else seriously and didn't even look at them. This made Li Zhen feel even less confident, and he did not dare to order action.
Because once you make a move, there is no room for maneuver. Ximen Shan saw that everyone was just staring at him fiercely, but there was no sign of taking action.
Ximen Shan had already seen it and did not tell the truth. He quickly said: "Gang Leader Li, you are really setting up the Hongmen Banquet! However, you must think clearly. If you do it again this time and want to talk about it in the future, just It’s not that easy anymore!”
Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then said: "This gang leader is not that kind of villain. It was you, the granddaughter, who was so rude just now that you insulted the brothers in our gang in person. That's when the brothers got angry."
Li Zhen naturally knew about this move, and I was afraid there would be no chance for peace talks in the future. He saw that Ximen Shan looked confident, so he did not dare to give orders rashly. Ximen Shan heard that he lacked confidence and seemed to be a little guilty, so he wanted to force him.
Ximen Shan stood up immediately and said: "Since you are not sincere, there is no need to continue talking. Let's take our leave. You'd better ask these people to retreat. You must know that swords and guns are ruthless, and people cannot be resurrected!"
Li Zhen was anxious and said: "Old sir, please sit down and have something to say. We can consider your request!"
Seeing that Li Zhen showed weakness, Ximenshan was a little surprised, so he had to pretend to be calm and said calmly: "Gang Leader Li, in this case, we won't let all these people surround us, right?"
Li Zhen had no choice but to wave his hand, and all the boat gang members immediately retreated. Ximen Shan then sat down again and said, "Gang Leader Li has expressed his sincerity, so let's continue talking! Third girl, finish what you just said!"
Feixiang agreed and said: "Gang Leader Li, if you sincerely want peace talks, we hope that you can make compensation for what you have done before."
Li Zhen suppressed his anger and asked: "How do you want us to compensate?"
Feixiang smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, I won't ask you too much, just a thousand taels of gold!"
Li Zhen was shocked and shouted: "Not much? Miss Ximen, you dare to open your mouth. You are asking us for a thousand taels of gold for the lives of dozens of mountain villagers!"
Feixiang's face darkened, and she scolded: "Although a villager has a humble status, he still has a human life. What's more, the people you killed are the pillars of the family, and their families will have no one to rely on from now on. Several of those we captured The lives of ten people are worth a lot of money, right?”
When Li Zhen heard Feixiang's words, he felt anxious and couldn't help blurting out: "You are a girl, how can you threaten me with other people's lives?"
Feixiang is so clever. Listening to Li Zhen's tone, you can tell that he attaches great importance to those who were captured. Zhi Feixiang couldn't understand that when he ran away yesterday, he behaved differently.
Feixiang was just saying it casually, but now he had a suspicion in his mind and said, "Gang Leader Li has misunderstood. We definitely have no intention of threatening you with the lives of those people. Gang Leader Li, I'm just reminding you."
Li Zhen hesitated for a moment and asked: "You mean if we promise to give you a thousand taels of gold, you will let our brothers go? Are there any other requirements?"
Luo Chuanliu immediately replied: "In addition, you must also guarantee that you will not intrude on the villages ten miles away from Taohua Village. If something like this happens again, it won't be solved by a few taels of gold. You guys Of course we will not make things difficult for them. Wherever they go, we will not force them, it is their choice!"
After hearing this, Li Zhen couldn't help but hesitate. Thousand taels of gold is not a small amount. He thought for a long time before saying: "Although this incident was caused by us, hundreds of people in our gang were killed and injured. Your request is too much. The leader of our gang also wants to turn the conflict into friendship. , willing to make some compensation. However, one thousand taels of gold is too much, and we don’t have that much gold. To show our sincerity, I can promise to compensate you five hundred taels of gold. What do you think?"
Luo Chuan immediately said: "Leader Li, this is not a business, we can still bargain. This is our bottom line and cannot be changed! With the power of the Boat Gang in Nanyang, this should be easy to do."
Li Zhen did not dare to agree immediately. He hesitated for a while and then said: "Your request is too high, and I can't collect so much gold at once. I think you allow me to think about it for a few days and then give you an answer." .I wonder if it’s okay?”
