While they were happily counting their money, Old Fourth Zhu, who was waiting to see Zhang Liunian make a fool of himself, was dumbfounded.
He had thought that with his third brother's plan, he could defeat Zhang Liunian. But not only had Zhang Liunian not been defeated, he had also made "Zhang Family Pickles" famous.
It was said that the money received daily was piled up in sacks, as if he were picking up money.
"I told you, all troubles still need to be solved with fists. Scheming here and there is a waste of effort." Old Fourth Zhu, realizing his third brother's last trick had also failed, decided to take action himself, to avenge his third brother and offer Zhang Liunian's life to his departed spirit.
"Call back all the brothers you can. Tonight, we'll storm Zhang Liunian's house and deal with him on the spot.
I don't want to see a living Zhang Liunian tomorrow." After speaking, Old Fourth Zhu began to warm up his body, waiting to march.
The men below dared not object and immediately began to gather their brothers.
Unlike the Hong Gang, which had only a few dozen members, the Hulong Gang had over three hundred when fully assembled, not including those who couldn't make it.
So, when Old Fourth Zhu led three hundred men to the apartment complex where Zhang Liunian lived, the residents were so frightened that they immediately called the police.
As a result, Old Fourth Zhu was driven away by the police before he could even make a move.
Zhang Liunian, hearing the aunts in the complex talk about the incident, his eyes flickered. He thought of the mouse traps at home and decided it would be best to set them up that night.
As he was thinking this, Xiao Zhou, who was following behind Zhang Liunian, suddenly spoke.
"Boss, are they talking about Old Fourth Zhu?" Xiao Zhou was now accompanying Zhang Liunian everywhere and also lived nearby. Hearing the neighborhood aunties talk about it, he thought Old Fourth Zhu was the most suspicious.
After all, three hundred people were not something anyone could summon.
"Besides him, it could only be the twenty-nine factory owners who are demanding payment."
Judging by their style of action, Zhang Liunian leaned more towards Old Fourth Zhu. After all, those who walk the dark path liked to bring their brothers along for a direct confrontation, which was also one of Zhang Liunian's preferred methods.
"Boss, let's move. This place is compromised, and it's too dangerous to stay here." Xiao Zhou had just heard them say that three hundred people had arrived, and there were only two of them, far from being a match for these people. It was better to hide first.
"It's useless to hide even in the sky. We still need to get rid of Old Fourth Zhu. I wonder how Uncle Yi's investigation is going." Zhang Liunian realized he hadn't seen Uncle Yi for a few days and was looking forward to his good news.
Meanwhile, Uncle Yi, who Zhang Liunian was thinking of, had just made a breakthrough. They had found the lifeline of the Zhu family's drug trade and the personnel responsible for sales. Most of these people were members of the Hulong Gang. The reason the drugs went undetected for so long was that Old Third Zhu, under the guise of food factory deliveries, carried out the transportation and other related tasks.
This indicated that Zhang Liunian's guess was correct: the Zhu brothers were all involved in the drug trade.
Old Fourth Zhu provided the manpower, Old Third Zhu handled the transportation, and their close cooperation allowed them to remain undiscovered for so many years.
"Let's go. This fish is big. We have enough evidence. You guys keep an eye on them, and I'll go back to discuss how to handle it." Uncle Yi gave further instructions and turned to find Zhang Liunian.
However, he returned quite late. Zhang Liunian had already gone to bed, and Uncle Yi didn't want to disturb him in the middle of the night, so he decided to rest himself.
But in the early hours of the morning, Zhang Liunian's window was smashed again, followed by figures climbing in from outside. In the next instant, a figure that had leaped into the room let out a scream, waking Zhang Liunian.
With a "click," the dark living room immediately lit up.
Zhang Liunian saw two men in black clothes, black pants, and black hats clutching their legs and screaming incessantly.
Their legs were caught in the mouse traps Zhang Liunian had placed on the floor. These traps had sharp teeth, and anyone caught would be injured and bleed.
These two unfortunate souls had indeed fallen into the mouse traps. However, following them, more people were climbing in through the window. Seeing this, Zhang Liunian quickly turned off the lights again. He still had plenty of mouse traps, and it was perfect for them to experience the feeling.
A minute later, more screams followed.
Then, a continuous stream of people entered, all of whom unfortunately fell into the traps.
Zhang Liunian counted thirty people who had fallen into the traps. That was about enough. He turned the lights back on.
Just then, Old Fourth Zhu's voice was heard from outside the window again, "Keep going."
Hearing this voice, Zhang Liunian's lips curled into a smile. He immediately turned off the lights, and more screams ensued.
A few minutes later, Zhang Liunian turned the lights back on. The floor was crowded, but unfortunately, they were all caught by the mouse traps, lying on the ground and screaming.
Not bad. Without lifting a finger, he had eliminated fifty enemies, which was worth the effort he had put in to set up those fifty mouse traps.
Just as he was feeling pleased, Old Fourth Zhu himself climbed to the window. He saw that all fifty of his brothers who had gone up earlier were caught by the mouse traps and incapacitated. He was filled with rage.
"You are Zhang Liunian, the one who killed my third brother? You look like a pretty boy, and a person like you wants to mess with our Zhu family? You're tired of living. Today, I've come to make you regret meeting our Zhu family." After speaking, Old Fourth Zhu intended to jump in through the window.
Seeing this, Zhang Liunian grabbed a stool and swung it at his face, "Whether I regret it or not is none of your business. Get lost!"
"Bang!" Old Fourth Zhu raised his iron fist and blocked Zhang Liunian's strike. As a result, his fist hurt badly, and he almost fell, but he managed to steady himself in the end.
"Just this much strength, and you want to fight me? Go back to your mother's womb and try again!" Old Fourth Zhu held onto the window frame and mocked Zhang Liunian for his lack of strength.
Zhang Liunian sneered, "Is that so? Come again!"
As the words fell, he swung the stool again. With a few "bangs," Old Fourth Zhu was successfully knocked down by Zhang Liunian.
This was the fifth floor; if he fell, he would be dead or crippled.
"Zhang Liunian, stop it!" Old Fourth Zhu hadn't expected Zhang Liunian to act so unpredictably and to continue attacking him.
Zhang Liunian leaned out to look and saw Old Fourth Zhu desperately grabbing onto the window below, preventing himself from falling.
"Do you want me to send you a few more stools?" Zhang Liunian held the small stool and looked down at the crowd of people.
"You wait and see." Old Fourth Zhu, hearing his threat, said to the people below, "Break down his door."
Since they couldn't get in through the window, they would go through the front door directly. Old Fourth Zhu had a good plan, but Zhang Liunian wouldn't let them breach his defenses easily.
He grabbed the stool and swung it towards Old Fourth Zhu's head, then turned to guard the main door.
Old Fourth Zhu narrowly dodged Zhang Liunian's stool and nimbly climbed up.
Now that Zhang Liunian was blocking the door, it was his chance to get in.
With a few swift movements, he climbed to the upper floor. Old Fourth Zhu saw Zhang Liunian standing alone at the door, waving the stool frantically, preventing his subordinates from squeezing through the door.
Useless!
Old Fourth Zhu cursed inwardly and jumped through the window, swinging his iron fist towards Zhang Liunian, "Zhang Liunian, you die."