The Dead Deserved Respect

The Xinghua Village Meng Family was no longer the Lesser Cultivation Family it had once been. It was now the Xinghua Village Meng Family that had stood shoulder to shoulder with established Ranked Families just days ago.

Had this been a few days earlier, Zhou Qingyuan, the Qingyang County Territory Magistrate, naturally would not have feared Meng Jingshan, Clan Leader of the Xinghua Village Meng Family, so greatly.

Yet in the span of only a few days, earth-shaking changes had taken place throughout Qingyang County Territory.

During that family conflict half a year ago, Zhou Qingyuan, the Qingyang County Territory Magistrate, had already tasted the bitter consequences of Ranked Families fighting one another. Thus, he had not taken this latest family conflict to heart and had no desire to involve himself in it.

Therefore, when Zhang Wenhai of the Ranked Family Zhang Family, Yang Shouming, head of the Ranked Family Yang Family, and Wang Renhua, head of the Ranked Family Wang Family, launched a family war against Meng Jingshan, Clan Leader of the Xinghua Village Meng Family, and Wu Bochang, head of the Ranked Family Wu Family, Zhou Qingyuan chose to bury his head in the sand. He hid within the Qingyang County Yamen and publicly claimed that he was unwell and unable to receive anyone from Qingyang County Territory.

However, he had never expected Zhang Wenhai of the Ranked Family Zhang Family, Yang Shouming, head of the Ranked Family Yang Family, and Wang Renhua, head of the Ranked Family Wang Family, to be so outrageously bold. During the days the three of them vanished, Zhou Qingyuan had never imagined that they would seek out a desperado in the Black Markets of the surrounding county territories.

Moreover, that man was one of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty's wanted criminals.

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