Chapter 153: Such a lively crowd? Mind if I join in?

Young Master Xu had summoned all the enforcers and thugs from a radius of ten miles. The dozens, perhaps hundreds of men who had just charged in were merely the vanguard.

Immediately following them, a dense sea of heads surged from outside the grounds, pouring into the Zhang family estate. The momentum was unprecedentedly grand, sealing off the entire Zhang family residence so tightly not even a drop of water could leak through. They began to smash and wreck everything in sight against the courtyard walls and main gates.

The deafening sounds of destruction startled several neighboring villages. Some residents living right next to the Zhang estate, upon seeing this chaotic scene, panicked instantly, scooped up their children, and fled in terror, terrified of getting entangled in whatever trouble was brewing.

"What are you all standing around for? Smash that memorial tablet for me!" Young Master Xu shouted once more, giving instructions to several burly men nearby.

In a few days, people from the Yuan family would come to inspect the property. If they were to discover that this grand residence was actually honoring the memorial tablet of that despicable woman, they would undoubtedly fly into a towering rage.

That would truly spell a catastrophic disaster!

The wrath of the Yuan family was by no means something their small mountainous region could ever endure!

"No! You can smash anything you want! Except for this!"

Earlier, when these men were tearing apart tables, chairs, and other furniture, Old Master Zhang had merely shouted in protest. But when someone drew close to the memorial tablet on the offering table, Old Master Zhang stood up directly, threw himself forward to block their path, his eyes bloodshot, using his own body to shield it desperately.

"Old Master, you'd better step aside to avoid getting hurt." The burly men moving in clearly recognized Old Master Zhang, so their tone carried a hint of politeness.

Yet Old Master Zhang’s temper was exceptionally stubborn. He stood his ground like a stone wall, refusing to budge even an inch.

"If you want to touch my mistress's memorial tablet, you'll have to take this old life of mine first!"

Seeing this, Zhang Hongman exchanged a glance with Zhang Xun, who instantly understood her intent. Taking advantage of the distraction, the two of them slipped around behind Old Master Zhang, grabbed his arms, and pinned him forcefully against another table!

"What are you two doing?! Let go of me!" Old Master Zhang never expected that Zhang Hongman and Zhang Xun would actually turn against him.

"Grandpa, why are you being so stubborn? Can clinging to this worthless old tablet make us rich?"

"If we sell this estate to the Yuan family now, not only will we get a massive payout, but we'll also forge a connection with the Yuans. That’s how our Zhang family will truly soar up the branches and become phoenixes!"

Hearing the words of Zhang Hongman and Zhang Xun, Old Master Zhang’s eyes were covered in a dense web of bloodshot veins, choking him with rage until he could barely breathe.

"You... you two! Truly unfilial beasts!!"

Upon seeing this scene, Young Master Xu nodded in satisfaction, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his lips as he glanced toward the two women at the breakfast table, raw desire flaring wildly in his eyes.

"Men, tie those two women up for me! Take them inside the rooms!"

"I told you, you can't escape the palm of my hand!"

Hearing Young Master Xu’s voice, Zhang Wanqing anxiously gripped Luo Shui's hand. From last night until now, this man remained an inescapable shadow lingering heavily in her heart.

Luo Shui offered a few words of quiet comfort, urging her to stay calm.

Yet Zhang Wanqing’s heart remained a flutter of panic.

Because there were simply far too many people here!

At least several hundred men, a churning sea of heads completely surrounding the Zhang family estate, forming a crushing, pitch-black barrier stretching all the way out. Moreover, every single one of them carried weapons; surely, sheer numbers alone could crush a person to death!

At that moment, Young Master Xu folded his arms across his chest and sneered coldly at Qin Mu, who had remained silent at the breakfast table until now.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Weren't you acting so mighty last night? Weren't even a few of my subordinates a match for you?"

Crying out with arrogant bravado, Young Master Xu snatched a heavy, solid iron pipe from the hands of a nearby thug.

Now that I've brought several hundred men with me, I want to see just how mighty you can still afford to be, all by yourself!!

Meanwhile, pinned off to the side, Old Master Zhang felt his eyes burning as if they might bleed. Watching the thugs edge closer and closer to the memorial tablet and his most cherished granddaughter, a sharp, suffocating agony clutched his heart until he felt he could no longer breathe!

It was over. Everything was over!

Just as one of the thugs rubbed his palms together, drooling as he reached out to grab Zhang Wanqing, a voice suddenly echoed through the air.

"Housekeeper Zhang, I will block this calamity on behalf of your household."

"Will you tell me the secret then, what do you say?"

As soon as these words fell, even the thugs who had been busy wrecking the place abruptly halted their actions.

Young Master Xu’s arrogant momentum also ground to a halt, and he turned with sullen irritation toward the source of the sound.

He saw that Qin Mu, who had been silent all this time, was now looking directly at Zhang Zhengyuan. The unremarkable sentence spoken from his lips carried a resounding weight that made everyone's soul tremble.

Hearing this, Old Master Zhang felt conflicted, thinking this young man was far too reckless.

Young Master Xu had clearly come fully prepared; how could this calamity be blocked so simply?

If they could just escape safely, he would consider it a blessing from the heavens.

"You're going to block this calamity? Hahaha! What an utterly brazen mouth!"

"Go ahead and block it for me, let me see you try..."

Hearing Qin Mu's words, Young Master Xu burst into wild laughter, shouting taunts. But before he could finish his sentence, a heavy, muffled thud echoed out, followed instantly by the cracking of bones and the explosive crash of wind tearing through space!

Boom! Boom!!

That burly man who had approached Zhang Wanqing, intending to tie her up, hadn't even registered what was happening when his entire body was sent flying backward through the air. His massive frame, weighing over two hundred pounds, slammed directly into a wall, shattering it, and crashed heavily right beside Young Master Xu!

Young Master Xu’s eyes quivered in shock as he stared blankly at the groaning thug sprawled beside him.

He saw a prominent, sunken indentation right in the man's chest, while his back bulged grotesquely outward—with a clear fist print stamped right in the center!

Th-this... what was going on here?

"Would any of you like to try?"

Qin Mu looked toward the few burly men standing near the memorial tablet, his gaze indifferent as he asked softly.

Considering they had shown a shred of politeness toward Old Master Zhang earlier, Qin Mu had refrained from attacking them directly.

"We..."

The few burly men hesitated. Qin Mu's previous punch had been so blindingly fast they couldn't even catch the afterimage, and it had genuinely terrified them!

"What the fuck are you standing around for?! Are all you hundreds of men useless freeloaders?! Get him! Chop off all his hands and feet!!"

Infuriated out of embarrassment, Young Master Xu roared in a blind rage. He never expected that Qin Mu would actually dare to retaliate against such overwhelming odds!