Chapter 158 Return to the Li Family
The man was a little surprised when he heard Zhang Tie's question. He was Li Yuan's confidant and was specially sent to contact Li Xuan. The man in front of him obviously looked like he had been deceived, which made him serious immediately.

"Have you ever been cheated before?"

Zhang Tie originally didn't intend to pay attention to this person, but this person guessed his own experience through Zhang Tie's words, and he began to believe it a little.

So Zhang Tie told this person everything that happened before, but he concealed his true strength.

The man listened carefully to Zhang Tie's introduction. When he heard about the Li family token and the collusion with the barbarian demons, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"You can trust me. I am the clan leader's confidant. This time, the clan leader is in a bad situation, so he asked me to bring you into the mansion secretly."

The man gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Those bastards actually colluded with the barbaric demons to eliminate dissidents. They really don't care about their dignity!"

"But it just so happens that since the Li family token was taken away by General Chen's men, it must be ironclad evidence. My Li family can finally change blood!"

Zhang Tie looked at the indignant look in front of him and let down his guard. "Okay, I'll go with you. Lead the way."

Li Yuan's confidant waved his hand when he saw this, "Sir, that's not necessary. After this incident happened, no matter how the outside world investigates, our Li family will definitely conduct a strict investigation. So this time, there is no need to sneak back. Let's go in openly!"

Niu Er also came out at this time. Seeing Zhang Tie chatting with someone, he just waited quietly.

"This guy?" Li Yuan's confidant saw Niu Er standing next to Zhang Tie, looking like a loyal bodyguard.

"His name is Niu Er, and he is mine."

Niu Er was delighted when he heard Zhang Tie's evaluation of him. He smiled innocently, "I am your benefactor, hehe!"

Li Yuan's confidant glanced at Niu Er, his eyes flashing, "This man may look ordinary, but since he can become the young master's follower, he must not be an ordinary person. I will go and make friends with him."

"Okay, let's go." Zhang Tie interrupted Niu Er's silly smile.

"Hehe, benefactor is right, let's go."

The three of them quickly returned to the Li family.

Inside the Li family mansion, in the meeting hall, the huge hall was extremely empty, with only two groups of people discussing with each other. However, as soon as Zhang Tie entered the room, he found that the atmosphere here was very depressing.

"Hey, clan leader, last time you said you would help Li Xuan open up the ancestral land, we agreed."

There were several old men standing on the left, led by the great elder, whose expression of smugness couldn't be more obvious.

"We did cooperate, but what about you, tut tut tut!"

The elder stroked the hair on his chin and smiled mischievously, "But recently it was my Li family's turn to be responsible for the city defense, and the defenders died. What do you think we should do if the dynasty priests blame us?"

The people around the great elder also echoed and began to accuse Li Yuan of incompetence.

Before Li Yuan could speak, the third elder beside him was already red in the face with anger.

"You old bastards!"

"Why don't you look at what you are talking about!"

"You keep saying that the clan leader is incompetent. Great Elder, when we were guarding the city, it was you guys who clamored to go, and the incident happened when you were on duty. How dare you say that about the clan leader!"

The Great Elder was unable to react when he heard this totally disrespectful insult.

Whenever this family discusses something, no matter what bad thing happened, they always put the blame on the honest man Li Yuan first.

Then they teased each other for a while, and finally got the benefits. Is this how they did it? Why didn't they play by the rules today? "You, you," the elder said several yous in a row. This was not in his comfort zone, and he couldn't think of a word to say back for a while.

“Hmph!” The Third Elder did not stop and looked at the First Elder with disdain, “Old man, don’t think that the City Lord is easy to bully. The City Lord tolerated you because of the consideration of the Li family!”

"Now you still want to use this as an excuse to prevent the Li family's only hope of returning to glory from entering the ancestral land. I think you are tired of living!"

"How dare you insult me ​​like this!" The great elder was furious. "I, I don't care about the family's mess anymore. City defense, offerings, clan member training, you guys can do whatever you want!"

"Yes, we don't care!" others echoed.

"You!" The third elder was furious. "You don't care about anything. Aren't you from the Li family? And what are you caring about? It's better to say that you are taking resources away from the family than to say that you are caring about it!"

Hearing this, the Great Elder's brain seemed to be activated again. He was a professional at arguing.

The first elder, who had regained his confidence, spoke eloquently, and his series of fallacies and heresies made the third elder's scalp numb.

Li Yuan stopped the third elder who was about to continue talking and shook his head, "It's useless to argue. In the end, we still need them to support the Li family."

The third elder was puzzled, "Just relying on these broken nails and rotten wood?"

Li Yuan smiled bitterly and nodded. It really depends on these. Even if the Great Elder is the weakest Jindan, he has to Jindan. Otherwise, the castle in the air of the Li family will really collapse.

“Damn it!” The third elder cursed fiercely, “If I could form a pill, I would be the first to kill this person who rose to the top by squandering the clan’s resources!”

Even if those resources were given to a pig, it could reach the middle stage of the Jindan stage. But this great elder is still at the weakest early stage of the Jindan stage!

"Have you thought about it?"

The Great Elder said proudly.

He felt that he was about to achieve his goal. Usually, as long as the honest man Li Yuan spoke, their goal would be achieved!
"My goal is very simple. If we drive that Li Xuan away, we can guarantee that we won't cause any trouble in the next year. We will also absolutely cooperate in dealing with the death of the city defenders!"

"Aren't you afraid that the Li family will really fall? If the Li family falls, what good will it do you?"

The third elder really didn’t understand.

"Hehe, there's no benefit. If you really let the Li family fall, we will really be in trouble. But, are you willing to do that?"

The great elder grinned, and the people around him also looked disdainful. If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. What does it have to do with them!

"Of course I'm reluctant!"

Li Yuan's confidant came back with Zhang Tie and the other two. As soon as he entered the room, he heard these words that made his blood boil. He and Li Yuan had never felt so uncomfortable in their life and death together!

The Great Elder frowned and looked at the three people who came in. "Li Xuan? You are not dead!"

"What do you mean not dead?" Li Yuan was angry. You tried to kill Li Xuan!

Li Yuan was really anxious. It was ok for these people to squander money normally and the money was circulated within the Li family. Now they actually wanted to kill Li Xuan. They were going to destroy the Li family directly!
Seeing Li Yuan furious, the Great Elder instinctively took two steps back, but when he recalled that Li Xuan was not dead yet, he realized what they had to fear!
So the Great Elder suppressed the fear in his heart and said, "What do you mean by killing someone? I just hope he dies!"

“But Li Yuan, do you really want to tear the Li family apart?”

"Without us, how can the Li family survive in Tianmo City! Have you forgotten the trust that our ancestors placed in you?"

The more the Great Elder spoke, the more powerful he became, and finally the fear in his heart disappeared!

(End of this chapter)