Pick up a princess to be your wife

"Brothers, if we fight Zhou Wanfu, our lives will be in danger. I, Li Mu, promise all of you that if anyone sacrifices their life, I, Li Mu, will treat their family as my own. I dare not say that my brothers' descendants will be rich for generations to come, but I will certainly ensure that my brothers' families will be rich for three generations!"

"With Brother Li Mu saying that, what else is there to say?"

"A head injury the size of a bowl, we're barely surviving, what's there to be afraid of?"

"Brother, I knew I hadn't misjudged you." Li Ertie patted Li Mu on the shoulder.

"Alright, you all wait here. I'll go find Zhou Wanfu now."

Li Ertie immediately grabbed Li Mu and asked with some concern, "Are you going alone?"

“With hostages in hand, I can go alone,” Li Mu said.

"Put on a pair of chainmails before you go."

"No need, the chainmail is for the brothers."

After saying that, Li Mu strode away.

Watching Li Mu disappear into the night, everyone was filled with excitement.

"Brothers, have you ever wielded a knife before?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"You've used a wood-chopping knife before, haven't you?"

Everyone nodded.

"Back when I was a bandit, I killed at least eighty or a hundred people. Killing people was like chopping wood to me. When the time comes, you just need to brandish your knives and charge at me."

……

The Zhou family's dinner party wasn't over yet.

At this point, He Xianzhi was no longer sitting in a chair, but kneeling on the ground.

In front of her was a plate of leftover food.

Zhou Wanfu lifted his leg and stepped on the back of He Xianzhi's head, shoving her head into the plate.

"I'm treating you to dinner because I'm being polite."

He Xianzhi had never suffered such a humiliation. She tried to resist, but Zhou Wanfu was too strong and she could not break free.

"You won't eat? I'll feed you!"

Zhou Wanfu picked up a plate and desperately poured it into He Xianzhi's mouth.

"Stop!" Xiao Lan shouted desperately, but Zhou Wanfu remained unmoved.

"Bring 500,000 taels of silver tomorrow morning. Otherwise, I'll treat Manager He to meals for the rest of my life, understand?" Zhou Wanfu threatened Xiaolan.

"We'll pay!" Xiaolan immediately agreed.

Jubao Pavilion definitely couldn't come up with 500,000 taels of silver.

But since Zhou Wanfu was after money, Xiaolan felt she could find a way to help.

She could ask the master for help. The young lady is the master's legitimate daughter, and if the master knew that the young lady was in trouble, he would definitely not ignore it.

"What money?"

At that moment, a discordant voice rang out.

Li Mu then entered the kitchen.

Seeing He Xianzhi kneeling on the ground, he frowned, then slowly stepped forward and helped He Xianzhi up.

The moment He Xianzhi saw Li Mu, she felt an urge to cry.

He actually came; he really did come.

Zhou Wanfu was stunned for a long time and couldn't react.

How dare Li Mu come?

Judging from Li Mu's behavior, he clearly didn't take him seriously.

"Who let him in?" Zhou Wanfu asked, his face grim.

"Master, he..." The men who followed in hesitated.

Li Mu took a jade pendant out of his pocket and threw it at Zhou Wanfu's feet.

The jade pendant fell to the ground and shattered instantly.

Upon closer inspection, Zhou Wanfu realized it was actually his son Zhou Feng's personal jade pendant.

At this moment, Zhou Wanfu's heart tightened, and his face grew increasingly grim.

He could no longer maintain a smile; his once round face twitched in waves, revealing fierce, menacing lines of flesh.

"What do you want to do?" Zhou Wanfu's tone was extremely gloomy.

"I'm here to take Miss He away," Li Mu said calmly.

"Kid, are you trying to mess with the big boss?"

Zhou Wanfu raised his hand and waved, and a dozen or so men with knives rushed into the room, drawing their swords.

"You dare come to my house? I'll make sure you don't leave today!" Zhou Wanfu shouted fiercely.

He never expected that this kid would actually dare to walk right into his trap.

"Then you can give it a try." Li Mu shrugged, glancing at the broken jade on the ground.

It was obvious that Li Mu was threatening Zhou Wanfu.

"What exactly do you mean?" Zhou Wanfu asked in a harsh voice.

"If I don't get back within half an hour, someone will notify you tomorrow to collect your son's body," Li Mu said calmly.

"What did you say!" Zhou Wanfu roared, raising his hand high before bringing it down heavily.

The round table, littered with leftover food, was broken into more than a dozen pieces.

"If you don't believe me, then take action," Li Mu said calmly.

"Little thief!"

Zhou Wanfu gritted his teeth and said, word by word, "You'd better bring Zhou Feng back unharmed. If he's missing a single hair, I'll make sure your whole family pays the price."

Li Mu stared at Zhou Wanfu indifferently, without saying a word.

“You’re no match for me in Luyang County. You’re just a lowly commoner. If you don’t want to drag your family down with you, you’d better listen to my advice,” Zhou Wanfu said through gritted teeth.

Li Mu's lips twitched slightly.

Don't want to implicate your family?

When Zhou Wanfu set fire to his own house, he didn't consider whether his family members were home or not.

"How much is Master Zhou worth?" Li Mu asked.

Zhou Wanfu could have made a fortune, and now his net worth is at least 300,000 taels.

However, because he was tricked by Li Mu, the grain did not sell for a good price, and he now only has a net worth of a few hundred thousand taels.

This loss was entirely due to Li Mu's scheming.

"I have enough money to buy your dog's head ten thousand times over," Zhou Wanfu roared.

"Oh, do you even know what it means to have nothing to lose? I gave my life for your son's life, don't you think I got a good deal?" Li Mu curled one corner of his mouth, his tone somewhat contemptuous.

"you!"

Zhou Wanfu's gaze was cold and sinister.

"What a heroic rescue!"

Zhou Wanfu was so angry that he laughed instead.

“Your life is as worthless as grass, but He Xianzhi’s life is far more precious than mine,” Zhou Wanfu said.

"What? You dare kill me? You dare kill He Xianzhi too?" Li Mu shrugged.

These words were like a sharp arrow, piercing straight into Zhou Wanfu's heart.

He dared to force He Xianzhi to kneel on the ground, but all he wanted was money.

He bullied He Xianzhi simply because He Xianzhi was isolated and helpless.

If we really wanted to kill He Xianzhi, let alone whether he dared to or not, there was absolutely no need for it.

"So, now it's just that my life has been swapped with Zhou Feng's. I'm not losing out by dragging a rich young master down to hell with me."

Li Mu glanced outside and said calmly, "There are about 45 minutes left. If I can't get back alive, or if I get back too late, Zhou Feng will become a headless corpse."

Zhou Wanfu stood there for a long time without moving, and the frozen smile on his face gradually faded away.

"You, hahaha, you, you, Li Mu, you really are something, you managed to outsmart me. I underestimated you. You've made me suffer loss after loss, you're really something."