Chapter 140: Chapter 139: Why? Because I Am the Chen Family Stronghold (Please Subscribe)
After parking the car, Zhang Shan took out a pistol, angrily opened the car door, and walked out.
His eyes quickly swept over Chen Fan and the others. Not seeing the Zhao brothers, he became even angrier. He was just about to raise his gun and aim at one of them when he suddenly felt a strong wind rush towards him, and his cheek was painfully struck.
Immediately following, crack! The chilling sound of bones breaking resounded.
In the eyes of the astonished onlookers, Zhang Shan’s whole body flew out like a cannonball, directly soaring hundreds of meters out of the stronghold’s gate!
Yu Minggui, who had just stepped one foot out of the car, was also scared stiff by this scene. He turned his head, looked outside, then at the person who had just struck, and deep inside, fear took over, soon followed by a surge of anger to the point of frenzy,
"What are you doing? Do you know who we are?"
"No idea."
Chen Fan shook his head, looking at Yu Minggui expressionlessly, "I only know that you haven’t even come in yet and you’ve already attacked my people, which clearly shows you’re not good guys."
Upon hearing this, Wu Guang and the others around were greatly moved.
Especially the two on the lookout tower; originally, they were worried that after letting the other party in, they might attack them.
Unexpectedly, Chen Fan immediately made a move and kicked the other party, sending him flying. The other party flew so far, there was no way he would survive.
"You!"
Yu Minggui was at a loss for words, a chill rising up his spine.
He realized that something was amiss with this situation.
Usually, it was the Zhao brothers who welcomed them. Now, this young man in front of him looked unfamiliar, not having the slightest memory of him.
Who is this guy? Why is he here waiting for them? Where are Zhao Da and the others? Did something happen to them?
"I believe you now understand your situation."
Chen Fan glanced at him, "So, cooperate. I ask, you answer."
Yu Minggui swallowed hard, looking at the people coming towards him, resolutely chose discretion as the better part of valor, and asked, "If I answer, will you let me go?"
"Depends on your performance."
Chen Fan replied.
"You, you can’t kill me."
Yu Minggui wasn’t stupid; he gritted his teeth and said, "I’m under Captain Guan. This time, Captain Guan knew Zhang Shan and I were coming here. If we don’t return, the captain will definitely guess something happened to us. By then, not only you but no one in Zhao Family’s Castle will survive."
Zhao Family’s Castle?
Hearing this, everyone sneered.
Yu Minggui felt an inexplicable chill and couldn’t help but ask, "What, what are you laughing at?"
"I ask the questions here, not you. Just answer my questions honestly."
Chen Fan frowned, "Otherwise, I’ll break one of your arms first. If you don’t believe it, you can try."
"I, I believe."
Yu Minggui hurriedly replied.
Zhang Shan’s fate was right in front of him. There was no doubt the person before him definitely meant what he said.
"Very good."
Chen Fan then asked, "Just now you mentioned Captain Guan’s people. Who is Captain Guan? Is he from the Song Family Castle’s Guard Team?"
"Yes, yes."
Yu Minggui nodded obediently, "He is the deputy captain of the guard team and has a good relationship with the captain. More importantly, he’s from the Guan family."
"From the Guan family? What do you mean?"
Chen Fan frowned.
Yu Minggui was taken aback; he didn’t expect the person in front of him didn’t even know about the Guan family. Could it be that this guy was an outsider who had just taken over here?
Then, Zhao Da and the others must have met a grim fate.
Thinking of this, he regretted it immensely. He had thought this would be an easy task, but who would have thought it would be a trap for the unwary?
"I asked you a question, are you deaf?" Someone behind him urged.
"No, no."
Yu Minggui hurriedly said, "Brother, you should have heard of Anshan City, right?"
Chen Fan’s eyes squinted slightly.
"Anshan City has five major families, the Guan family is one of them. Captain Guan is from the Guan family." He hurriedly explained.
"So, he has some background then?"
Chen Fan muttered.
"Yes, yes,"
Yu Minggui nodded quickly, "The Guan family has an Awakener. I heard he’s very powerful, even high-level fierce beasts are no match for him. Brother, just let me go,
I promise that after I return, I won’t mention a word about this. But if you don’t let me go back, Captain Guan will bring his men here soon, and this matter won’t be resolved so easily."
Chen Fan ignored him and continued to ask, "What exactly did Captain Guan send you two here to find Zhao Da for?"
"N-nothing."
Yu Minggui felt guilty and said, "He just sent us to collect a debt. Zhao Da hasn’t repaid the money for the Qi Blood Pills he bought last time, and the captain is a bit unhappy."
"Really?"
Chen Fan let out a cold laugh.
Even though the other party tried to remain calm, some small actions did not escape his eyes.
"I’ll give you one last chance to organize your thoughts. If you still don’t tell the truth this time, I will take action."
"I, I am telling the truth!" Yu Minggui pleaded, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
This mission was different from the past. Guan Dexi had sternly warned him multiple times that this matter couldn’t be told to anyone other than Zhao Da, not even Zhang Shan, who was traveling with them.
Ah, if he let it out now, even if he managed to return alive, Guan Dexi wouldn’t spare him either.
"Three."
"I, I really..."
"Two."
"I’ll talk, I’ll talk!"
Yu Minggui’s forehead was drenched in sweat.
"The captain asked me to send a message to Zhao Da, telling him, telling him to wipe out a nearby stronghold."
"What did you mean?" Chen Fan’s heart raced with surprise.
"Specific details, I’m not too sure either."
Yu Minggui shrank his neck, "The captain just told Zhao Da to wipe out the Chen Family Stronghold and seize the wildebeests there. After that, I was supposed to come back and notify him."
Chen Fan’s body shook.
Wildebeests?
Why would this person named Guan know about this?
Weren’t all the people who knew about it already dealt with by him?
While eavesdropping, Yang Xiaochun didn’t mention he told anyone else, right?
What went wrong?
"Brother," seeing Chen Fan’s gaze on him, Yu Minggui asked cautiously, "I told you this message, with your strength, seizing those wildebeests from the Chen Family Stronghold would be easy. I heard they have around twenty to thirty heads, worth more than a hundred thousand."
"Really?"
Chen Fan let out a laugh.
"Absolutely!"
Yu Minggui raised his right hand, "Captain Guan must have learned about this message and that’s why he sent me to notify Zhao Da. How about we cooperate? Rest assured, once it’s done, Captain Guan won’t shortchange you!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Guang and the others were shocked.
This guy, does he have any awareness of what he’s saying?
Seeing Chen Fan’s increasingly cold expression, Yu Minggui hurriedly changed his tune, "No, no need to cooperate. You take it all, all, just let me leave here.
Rest assured, after I leave, I won’t reveal anything that happened here. If Captain Guan finds out I leaked this, he definitely won’t let me go either."
"Really, then let me ask you, how did this Captain Guan know that there were wildebeests in the Chen Family Stronghold? And besides him, does anyone else know?"
Chen Fan asked the two questions he most wanted to know.
"I really don’t know."
Yu Minggui shook his head.
Seeing Chen Fan’s disbelief, he cried out, "Brother, I honestly don’t know. Even if you kill me, I still don’t know."
Chen Fan frowned,
From the look of this guy, it seemed he really didn’t know.
"One last question, and then I’ll let you go."
"Yes, yes, you ask."
Yu Minggui was overjoyed. Indeed, money makes the impossible possible, the ancients did not deceive me.
"This person named Guan, how strong is he?"
"You mean his martial arts skills? I heard he is in the Mid Stage of Muscle Refining. Brother, are you planning to deal with him? Please don’t. If you touch him, and the Guan family finds out, they will hunt you to the ends of the earth."
Yu Minggui earnestly persuaded, inwardly wishing the person before him would go seek his own death.
With things developing to this point, he could roughly guess that the Zhao brothers had met with misfortune and hoped that this person would spare him for cooperating so well.
Once he returned, hmph!
"Thanks for the reminder."
As soon as the words fell, Yu Minggui felt a chill on his neck, and the pain and suffocation surged in as he desperately covered his neck, looking at Chen Fan with incomprehension, his lips moving as if asking, "Why?"
Clearly, Chen Fan had promised to let him go.
Clearly, he had said if they didn’t return, Captain Guan would become suspicious.
Why, still?
"Why? Because I am from the Chen Family Stronghold."
Chen Fan coldly glanced at him, and besides, he hadn’t broken his promise.
"!"
Yu Minggui’s head exploded, his eyes were about to pop out, and then he lost consciousness.
"Drag the body away, and drive the car into the warehouse."
"Yes, Brother Chen." Wu Guang and the others hurriedly stepped forward, looking at the corpse on the ground and finding it amusing.
This guy actually advised Brother Chen to rob the Chen Family Stronghold... He was really seeking death.
"You guys did well this time. Later, each of you can collect ten jin of rice from Wu Guang." Chen Fan glanced at the two people on the lookout tower and the messenger.
"Yes, thank you, Brother Chen! Thank you, Brother Chen!" The three were excited and grateful.
Indeed, they knew that as long as they fulfilled Chen Fan’s commands, they would be rewarded.
Chen Fan frowned deeply, walking back, in a bad mood.
He thought this matter had already ended, only to have a Captain Guan emerge. How did he know about this?
Additionally, just now, that guy said to wipe out the whole Chen Family Stronghold and seize the mounts.
If it was just for the mounts, there was no need for such drastic measures, making it seem that wiping out the Chen Family Stronghold was the main objective, and taking the mounts was secondary.
Was it for revenge for Yang Xiaochun and his group? Why not directly bring the guards from the Song Family Castle but use Zhao Da instead?
Or was there another reason?
Chen Fan thought for a moment but couldn’t piece it together, shaking his head. Since it had already happened, what was the point in worrying?
If he dared to have the idea of destroying the whole Chen Family Stronghold, he must be prepared to be destroyed by him.
No matter which Guan family he came from or if he was an Awakener, kill him first and talk later.