frightfiction Chapter 223 Blackmail
Chapter 223 Blackmail
"Manager Zhao insisted on going to Tianshan alone to retrieve the person. We had no way to stop him, so we could only give him some money to travel."
Ling Mo continued speaking, but when he mentioned the word "travel money", he paused deliberately.
Zhao Ting's eyes flashed.
As soon as I heard it, I knew that Zhao Fusheng must have done something to take advantage of others, such as asking the governor of Mancheng to pay him a few thousand taels of silver as a tribute.
It's normal for the people under you to make money.
Ling Mo's words added a bit of authenticity.
Zhao Ting pretended not to understand and raised his jawline, signaling Ling Mo not to stop and continue.
Ling Mo continued, "Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Fusheng left, a man named Li Mo from the Tianshan Sect arrived. He claimed to be a true disciple of the Tianshan Sect, and his attitude was extremely arrogant. He didn't take anyone seriously."
When he heard the word Li Mo, Zhao Ting's eyes flashed with a cold light.
He hated this name to the core.
Ling Mo's description was exactly the same as the Li Mo he had seen: arrogant, conceited, and overbearing to the extreme!
"Then, what did this Li Mo say to you, and what did he do?"
Zhao Ting asked coldly.
Ling Mo snorted coldly, with an expression that said, "I'm really unhappy with this Li Mo," and said, "He came right up to us and asked for someone!"
Zhao Ting: "Who do you want?"
"A man named Fang Han, and two menial disciples, whose names I don't know."
Hearing this, Zhao Ting looked thoughtful.
Everything Ling Mo said was right!
Because Li Mo went to Zhao's house and asked him for these three people!
"And then, what did you say?"
Ling Mo: "We don't know these three people at all, we've never seen them before. Where can we find them for them?"
"Seeing that we really didn't know, this Li Mo extorted 10,000 taels of silver from us before leaving. He said he was going to the Zhao family to ask for someone, and this money was his travel expenses."
"The governor has no choice but to give it."
"Unexpectedly, he went to Tiger City in the morning and returned in the evening. However, when he left, he was full of vigor and ambition, but when he came back, he was covered in blood."
"Later, he kidnapped our governor and said he was taking him to the Tianshan Sect."
Hearing this, Zhao Ting was furious!
He ordered the city gates to be closed yesterday and searched Tiger City for a whole day, almost turning the entire city upside down.
But I never expected that he had already run away from Hucheng, and I was just busy doing nothing yesterday!
"The governor was taken to the Tianshan Sect, and we had no way to stop him. After all, Li Mo was too powerful. The entire Barbarian City was like his backyard. He could come and go as he pleased."
"However, the matter of the governor being taken to the Tianshan Sect is of great importance. I have already sent someone to report to the King of Zhenxi!"
Ling Mo continued to talk.
It's just a bunch of nonsense anyway.
All these words were taught to him by Chen Xuan, asking him to say them deliberately.
As for whether Zhao Ting believes it or not, that is his business.
"Hmph, arrogant!"
Zhao Ting was so angry that his lungs almost exploded.
He deliberately took a detour to come to Mancheng, originally intending to question the prefect Zhang Tao.
Unexpectedly, eating shit is not as good as eating hot shit!
The person had been taken away by Li Mo a long time ago.
"Master Zhao, I have told you everything I know."
Seeing him so angry, Ling Mo couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart, but on the surface he looked helpless.
He felt that Chen Xuan was an extremely wicked person, setting traps for people and killing them without compensation.
"Everyone, set off immediately and head to Tianshan Sect!"
"I just don't believe that his Tianshan Sect could rebel. The twenty-four cities here belong to the King of Zhenxi, not his Tianshan Sect!"
Zhao Ting roared with gritted teeth.
The next moment, with a wave of his hand, the convoy of hundreds of people under his command immediately turned around and set off overnight to leave the Barbarian City!
They didn't stay here for the slightest bit!
Ling Mo and Chen Xuan were naturally sent to the city gate. They were all showing off their acting skills until Zhao Ting and his men completely disappeared from their sight, and then they returned to their normal appearance.
"Oh my god, are you so easy to fool? You're leaving now?"
Xiao Liuzi pinched his face, wondering if the scene before him was an illusion?
Zhao Ting didn't make things difficult for them and just left directly, which made him a little uncomfortable.
"We've already made up such a perfect story, and he's bought into our lies. Now he just wants to go to the Tianshan Sect to get an explanation, so he naturally doesn't have the time to waste with us."
Chen Xuan spoke calmly.
Liu Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master Chen, I just thought you were going to attack the Zhao family's Patriarch. It made me very nervous. Zhao Ting has so many experts around him. There are dozens of martial artists alone!"
Liu Jinyu is now a martial arts master.
Therefore, he could feel that in the Zhao family's camp, there were dozens of people who were stronger than him!
"You think I don't want to do it?"
Chen Xuan glanced at him.
"What do you mean? Master Chen, were you planning to take action just now?"
Not to mention Liu Jinyu, everyone else present was also shocked.
"Nonsense! If we can capture Zhao Ting and let the Prince of Zhenxi and the Tianshan Sect fight, I'd be more than happy. I can take advantage of this opportunity to take the other three bandit groups besides Black Whirlwind into my pockets and continue to grow my own strength."
"With my own power, I have the capital to negotiate with the King of Zhenxi and become his subordinate. But I will build a Chen family army to defend my country!"
"If the King of Zhenxi agrees, I will follow him. If he disagrees, I will lead you all in rebellion!"
"Ah? Really rebelling?"
Although they had this idea in mind for a long time, everyone was still frightened when they heard Chen Xuan say it in person!
"It's just a rebellion, what's the big deal?"
Chen Xuan looked nonchalant and said lightly, "I know what you are worried about. Aren't you worried about the 180,000 troops under the command of the King of Zhenxi? What are you afraid of? Why does the King of Zhenxi have 180,000 troops? It's because there are three countries on the western border who are eyeing our Daqian Dynasty covetously."
"If I rebel, I will definitely join forces with the other three countries!"
"When the time comes, this border will be turned upside down!"
"Don't look at me like that, everyone. Do you all think I'm a traitor for colluding with the enemy and rebelling?"
Everyone nodded in unison.
Chen Xuan immediately shook his head and said, "First of all, I've already said that I'll follow the King of Zhenxi first. If he tolerates me, I won't rebel. If he doesn't tolerate me and doesn't give me a way to survive, then I'll rebel!"