kingnovel Chapter 2082 I'll give you two paths!
Chapter 2082 I'll give you two paths!
The moment Du Xingyue pointed his sandalwood cane at the side door, the air in the entire backyard seemed to freeze into ice!
Ye Ruyan held the fake ledger that had been exposed on the spot, her face alternating between innocence and confusion.
The scorched edges of the ledger, like an ugly scar, burned into her heart. She bit her lower lip so hard it almost bled.
Yan Qinghe lowered his head, his withered fingers trembling slightly inside his sleeve. This strategist from the lower ranks was completely blank at this moment.
All the calculations and schemes became a joke in front of Du Xingyue, this true god!
Zong Wangshan stubbornly tried to hold on, but when Du Xingyue's hawk-like eyes swept over him, he felt a chill on his neck, as if a knife was being held to his throat.
Liu Wenyuan's hand, which was adjusting his glasses, was trembling.
Hou Wanjin's fat face jiggled incessantly.
Qian Houjin shrank back, feeling both relieved and terrified. Luckily, he had been quick-witted and spoke up in time; otherwise, now…
The four representatives, Chen, Wang, Lu, and Han, also looked ashen-faced, glancing at Ye Ruyan with immense hesitation.
"The ledgers are fake."
Du Xingyue's voice rang out again, not loud, but every word was like a hammer blow.
"Even the sincerity is fake!"
He paused, then slammed his cane heavily on the ground.
"Then let's do it the old way!"
Same as always!
These three words struck like lightning, instantly penetrating the hearts of the ten representatives.
The old rules of Yanjing, the old rules of the Eight Gates, and the old rules of those wealthy and powerful families: At weddings and funerals, those who cause trouble with weapons must apologize in the middle of the event, be fined three jars of wine, and kneel to see off the guests!
This is the rule of the old days in the martial arts world: ruthless, but reasonable and in line with human relationships.
Du Xingyue's gaze was sharp as he swept it over everyone.
He looked at Zong Wangshan and sneered, "Zong Wangshan, just now at the door of the west wing, didn't you push and shove, speak rudely, harass the guests, and even try to force your way into the backyard?"
Zong Wangshan's face turned pale.
“Little Ye,” Du Xingyue looked at Ye Ruyan again, “you held a fake account book and blocked Sister Mu’s door, saying you wanted to return it to its rightful owner. Wasn’t this an attempt to pass off a fake as real and deliberately put on a show? Wasn’t this just causing trouble?”
Ye Ruyan's lips moved, but she couldn't speak.
“You ten families came together, so you’re all in cahoots!” Du Xingyue said slowly. “Now, I’ll give you two choices!”
He held up one finger.
"First, kowtow to me, to the host Li Xiangnan, and to our protagonist today, Xiao Xitang, in front of everyone, apologize, drink three jars of wine as punishment, then roll over to the corner and stand there until the banquet is over! Let all the guests see your ugly faces!"
boom!
As soon as the words were spoken, the expressions of all ten representatives changed!
Kneeling in public?
Today, the Li family's wedding banquet has been held in three courtyards, with a total of eighty-eight tables and more than a thousand guests. Most of them are prominent figures from Yanjing!
And they expect me to drink three jars of wine as punishment and admit my mistake in front of them?
This is going to completely humiliate them!
"Old Master Du!" Yan Qinghe, the old fox, was the first to stammer, "This...this is just too much..."
"Too what?" Du Xingyue interrupted him coldly, sneering, "Too ruthless? When you were blocking the door and forcing us to do this, didn't you think it was ruthless?"
The scene was chilling, filled with a desolate atmosphere.
Du Xingyue raised his second finger.
"Secondly, I will call in the scions of the Jue family right now and throw you all out one by one! From now on, I, Du Xingyue, will disrupt every wedding, funeral, business transaction, and important occasion of your ten families in Beijing!"
boom!
Dead!
An even more terrifying silence than before!
The first option is public humiliation!
This second path is more terrifying than the first.
The first one is just a one-time humiliation for today, but the second one...
To put it simply, if the ten companies do business in the future, in any respectable occasion, Du Xingyue's Eight Families will interfere, making it impossible to do any business at all!
This is an industry blackout!
Either way, it's a dead end for all ten companies!
I never expected that Du Xingyue would resort to such means for the sake of Li Xiangnan!
Ye Ruyan trembled all over, whether from anger or fear, she didn't know. She stared intently at Du Xingyue, her voice squeezed out through clenched teeth: "Old Du, you...you're trying to force us to our deaths..."
"You were the ones who forced the Li family first!" Du Xingyue said calmly, as if he were simply stating a fact.
Zong Wangshan suddenly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and roared through gritted teeth, "We just wanted to see Old Madam Mu, what's wrong with that?"
"Want to see my grandmother?" Li Xiangnan suddenly asked.
He looked at Zong Wangshan, recalling his daughter's lovely face and the image of his grandmother whom he had never met. His voice was calm but chilling.
“My grandmother is over sixty years old and has a heart condition; she can't take any shocks! Today, you barged into my wedding banquet with fake account books, brandished your fists at my relatives and friends, pushed and shoved them, and disturbed my daughter—”
He paused, then said, slowly and deliberately, "Is this what you call wanting to see someone?"
"This is called a coup!"
These words were so blunt that they made the representatives of the ten organizations feel a burning pain on their faces.
Since they'd already crossed the line, Li Xiangnan didn't care about saving face anymore.
He took a step forward, and his entire demeanor suddenly changed.
The gentle and polite young doctor from before was gone, replaced by a guardian with sharp eyes and a straight spine.
"Grandpa Du has already provided a very wide path!" Li Xiang said slowly, "If it were up to me—"
He scanned the ten households, his gaze finally settling on Zong Wangshan's face:
"Whoever frightens my daughter deserves to have their hand cut off!"
Eight words!
Eight words that seem light and airy.
It was like eight heavy hammers, slamming into everyone's hearts!
A menacing aura!
murderous look!
A cold, undisguised killing intent emanated from Li Xiangnan.
The ten representatives all took a half step back in unison.
Even Du Xingyue's eyes flashed with surprise, which quickly turned into admiration.
Good lad, you've got guts.
Zong Wangshan's face turned ashen, and his hand instinctively reached for his waist, but it was empty. In order to get into the courtyard, he had left his usual dagger in the car.
He could only open his mouth, wanting to say something to bolster his courage, but found his throat dry and he was too scared to utter a single word by the boy's aura of bloodlust!
deadlock!
An absolute stalemate!
The ten representatives were caught in a dilemma: whether to leave or stay, they dared not force their way in.
The room was very quiet, but everyone had ears.
It was obvious that after Li Xiangnan spoke, footsteps approached from the left and right courtyards and the central courtyard. Without a doubt, those were the people that Li Xiangnan had laid an ambush here beforehand.
The fact that he could even invite Du Xingyue to oversee things shows that he had been prepared for the arrival of his ten families!
Meanwhile, Du Xingyue's eight burly men stood near the moon gate, arms crossed, expressionless. They were the eight Vajras under Du Xingyue's command in the past!
Apart from the neighbors and helpers who were kept outside by the moon gate, the backyard was now full of guests, including Li Xiangnan's relatives and friends, who marveled at this legendary scene.
The Ten Families of Yanjing, ten influential figures in their respective fields, are now cornered by a seventy-year-old man and a twenty-something-year-old man, finding themselves in a dilemma!
Du Xingyue slowly raised his hand and held up three fingers.
I'll count to three!
His voice wasn't loud, but it struck the hearts of the ten representatives like a death knell.
"Choose one, or choose two?"
"one……"
Ye Ruyan's legs went weak, and she almost knelt down.
She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her palms, and blood seeped out between her fingers.
You mustn't kneel!
If they kneel down, the Ye family is finished!
"two……"
Yan Qinghe closed his eyes, his mind racing, trying to find a way to break the deadlock.
But all the scheming becomes a joke in the face of absolute power!
Zong Wangshan's forehead veins bulged. He wanted to fight, to force his way in, but looking at the eight men by the door, he remembered Du Xingyue's words: "Every time I see them, I'll cause trouble..."
Liu Wenyuan had to lower the hand that was holding his glasses and use his other hand to hold them and stop them from shaking.
Hou Wanjin's neck was covered in cold sweat.
Qian Houjin was terrified, but also extremely relieved.
Du Xingyue slowly curled the third finger.
Just as the word "three" was about to be uttered—
"Please calm down, Elder Du!"
A gentle, calm, and powerful male voice suddenly came from outside the moon gate.
The sound was not loud, but it was exceptionally clear, like a mountain stream, instantly breaking the dead silence in the courtyard.
Everyone turned their heads in unison.
Outside the moon gate, a tall, slender figure slowly walked in, and everyone's eyes widened in surprise...