Chapter 226: Chapter 218: Kill this traitor!
With a bang, the entire assembly hall erupted.
Even Lu Yong, who had been standing by Hu Jinfeng’s side, glaring angrily at Xiao Yuansui, showed an expression of surprise. He said, "Mr. Hu, did you not receive the grain?"
Hu Jinfeng sneered, "If I had received it, would I still be braving such heavy snow and coming personally to Xingluo Granary to blow the wind at you?"
"..."
"If we really had grain delivered, would my brothers still be enduring hunger?"
As he spoke, he pointed at Xiao Yuansui: "Let me be clear, Xiao Yuansui, you took down Xingluo Granary, that’s indeed your credit. But without the brothers from Wanggang Village charging for you, could you have taken this place alone? You captured such a huge granary, but are stingy enough not to send a single grain back to the village. Now, brothers are waiting for the food from here to save their lives, yet you are indulging yourself. Is there such justice in the world?"
Xiao Yuansui lost his composure and immediately said, "Impossible, I have transported grain back three times already!"
"Three times?"
Hu Jinfeng sneered, "With your mouth?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yong also flew into a rage, pointing at Xiao Yuansui and said, "So, transporting grain before was just for show, right? You never intended to be loyal to Wanggang Village, did you?!"
"I——"
Xiao Yuansui wanted to say something, but he immediately shut his mouth.
At this moment, saying anything was redundant.
The first thing to figure out is why there’s such a discrepancy; three transports of grain, over fifty carts cannot just vanish; but if Hu Jinfeng is here causing a commotion, he shouldn’t be lying. Moreover, the fire in the village is also a point of suspicion.
What makes him even more uneasy is where the people who transported the grain went?
All of these unusual elements seem to converge on a single point, and he struggles to solve it. But just at this point, the people in the hall started to stir; Hu Jinfeng and Lu Yong turned with their people to leave, Lu Yong loudly saying, "Mr. Hu, you came here, let’s not waste words with them. I’ll take you to get the grain now. Our brothers in the village must not suffer any more!"
The people around also echoed loudly: "Let’s go!"
"Transport the grain!"
"We won’t be deceived any longer!"
With that, everyone left the assembly hall.
Seeing things weren’t right, Xiao Yuansui didn’t care about anything else and hurriedly stepped out from behind the table, striding after them, his followers naturally unwilling to stay behind, also followed suit.
And Shang Ruyi, caught in the tide of people, followed step by step.
Quickly, the group walked down the corridor, passed through the small gate, and majestically came to the massive granary. However, different from before when the door was ajar, it was now tightly closed.
Seeing Lu Yong leading people forward to push open the door, Xiao Yuansui darted forward, blocking them.
"Stop!"
Seeing him in their way, Lu Yong, already boiling with rage, jumped up and cursed, "Xiao Yuansui, move aside! We will no longer believe in a deceitful person like you! Today, if you dare block us from transporting grain, I’ll chop you into eight pieces!"
Having said this, he reached to draw his knife.
But just as his knife was halfway drawn, flashing coldly on the large wooden door, Xiao Yuansui quickly reached out and pressed his hand, urgently saying, "Listen to me, something is fishy here. If you act rashly, you could easily fall into someone else’s trap! We need to investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Hu Jinfeng, standing by, coldly said, "Fishy? I don’t see any fishiness."
"..."
"The only fishiness is in people’s hearts. Some people talk of brotherhood, yet guard a granary so big without sparing a single grain for their starving brothers. Such people have either hearts of wolves or are immensely wicked!"
"Exactly!"
Beside him, Lu Yong, having his wrist held by Xiao Yuansui and unable to draw his knife, grew angrier and cursed, "Xiao Yuansui, if you don’t let go, I’ll set fire right here. Since you won’t send it back, I’ll ensure you won’t get it either!"
"You——"
Xiao Yuansui was furious, his bright eyes reddening with anger as if wishing to tear the person in front of him apart, but at this point, Lu Yong no longer cared about anything else. The two of them were pulling and wrestling with each other.
The knife, half out of its sheath, projected flashes of cold onto the door.
With their movements, the cold gleams flickered continuously.
Just at this moment, a cold streak like lightning struck, an ear-piercing screech suddenly halting their actions. Both froze, feeling Hu Jinfeng standing to the side stiffen, trembling yet unable to utter a word.
Upon closer look, an arrow had buried into his chest!
"Mr. Hu!"
Lu Yong’s eyes nearly burst, shouting as he hurriedly reached out to support him, while the surrounding people who had started to argue or were about to act stopped, countless eyes falling onto Hu Jinfeng.
His chest pierced by an arrow, he convulsed briefly, losing life instantly!
"Mr. Hu! Mr. Hu!"
Lu Yong could hardly believe his eyes, seeing Hu Jinfeng lying cold on the ground, and another bright arrow in his chest, he immediately leapt up and cursed at Xiao Yuansui: "You beast, you sneak attack and murder Mr. Hu in front of everyone!"
Xiao Yuansui was also stunned by the change and immediately said, "I didn’t!"
"You still dare say you didn’t. Where is Hua Ziyang?!"
Lu Yong spoke while looking around, and indeed, Hua Ziyang seemed absent from the start.
Only Shang Ruyi stood witnessing the scene coldly.
Unseen, she subtly stepped back, just like when she first witnessed their dispute that day.
This time, Lu Yong was completely crazed.
With a clang, he drew the steel knife from his waist, aiming at Xiao Yuansui: "Today, I’m clearing the traitor for Wanggang Village, avenging Mr. Hu! Brothers, kill this traitor for me!"
The people behind him were already filled with enthusiasm and drew their knives and swords.
And Xiao Yuansui’s followers were naturally not willing to back down, seeing things had come to this point, they too grabbed their swords, both parties rushing into conflict, roaring and shouting.
For a moment, the cries of battle echoed through the entire Xingluo Warehouse City!