Money stirred people's hearts.
The treasure Lu Yue left behind already amounted to tens of thousands of Gold Coins from what had fallen so far. Who knew how much more remained above?
This was both an opportunity and a crisis. The Golden Family's branch elders all understood the danger hidden within this treasure. One misstep, and the Golden Family might be destroyed because of it.
Perhaps the people of Waterwood Town would not spread the news. They could also order their clansmen not to speak of it. But could they truly rest easy?
They definitely could not.
This kind of matter tested people's hearts too much, tested human nature too much. The branch elders had no need to test anyone. Uprooting the grass and eliminating the roots, killing everyone to silence them, was the most reasonable course of action.
Moreover, too many people had just picked up Gold Coins. No one knew how many Gold Coins the people from Waterwood Town had collected.
These Gold Coins were far from ordinary. They bore distinctive markings from Lu Yue's reign. If only a small number entered circulation, they would not attract much attention. But if they circulated in large quantities, they would inevitably catch the eye of those with ulterior motives, who might even suspect that the people of Waterwood Town had discovered Lu Yue's Treasure.
Thus, even if the people of Waterwood Town promised not to spread the news, they might still leak the secret by accident.
Kill!
They had to kill every one of these outsiders and protect the secret of the Golden Family obtaining the treasure.
The branch elders quickly used special means to contact the able-bodied young men of their own families. Under persuasion that appealed to both emotion and reason, many silently agreed to the plan.
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