Chapter 187: Chapter 187 Eight-Faced Yama
Eight-Faced Yama was a middle-aged man who appeared very amiable, slightly overweight. With squinty eyes and a big belly, he always had a cheerful smile, giving off the aura of being utterly harmless.
Yet, it was precisely such a man who, under the shadow of the Ten Great Families, beca the underground boss of Zhongzhou City.
The underground boss, ranked sixth—these were not simple achievents.
Had Eight-Faced Yama had the backing of a great family, his achievents would have certainly been much greater.
It was precisely because he lacked family background that Eight-Faced Yama was not content and desired to swallow up the Xue Family and stand equal to the other Nine Great Families.
As Su Yang looked at Eight-Faced Yama, Eight-Faced Yama was also looking at him. The two made eye contact, and Eight-Faced Yama imdiately smiled, "Master Su, hello. I’ve long heard your na and admired you. I didn’t expect to et Master Su here today, it’s truly an honor!"
Su Yang slightly smiled. This Eight-Faced Yama truly was a smiling tiger. His heart must be filled with hatred for Su Yang, yet his deanor was so warm—it was no wonder that he could beco the underground boss of Zhongzhou!
"I have heard the honorable title of Eight-Faced Yama many tis as well," Su Yang lightly replied with a smile.
"Master Su, you flatter ," Eight-Faced Yama imdiately responded with a laugh: "My surna is Yan, and perhaps it’s because I’m a bit ugly that I’ve earned such a nefarious reputation. If Master Su is willing, just call
Yan Fatty!"
"That wouldn’t be appropriate, Yan Fatty," Su Yang replied with a light smile.
The crowd around them fell silent. You say it’s inappropriate, yet you still call him Yan Fatty? Are you kidding?
Eight-Faced Yama, however, remained unfazed and laughed, "It’s fine, it’s fine. We’re all our own people here, why fuss over such matters!"
"Alright!" At this mont, Nan Wudi spoke up: "Of the Family Heads from the Ten Great Families, I’m the only one present today. So, I’ll just play the elder card and take charge of today’s affairs. Fortunately, Tianlong Sword Shadow Brother Li is here too. Brother Li, could you please act as a witness for us? What does everyone think?"
The crowd, of course, voiced their support and Nan Wudi nodded slowly, "As everyone knows, a tragedy struck the Xue Family last night. Yan Fatty’s trusted man, Du Xinyu, with Yan Fatty’s n, swept through the Xue Family, with ninety percent of them dying horrifically in the attack. This incident is extrely serious, a grave provocation to our Ten Great Families!"
The crowd looked at Eight-Faced Yama, whose face displayed regret, "Everyone, I’m truly sorry, so sorry. It’s my fault for the lax discipline that led to this situation, and I’m willing to accept punishnt. However, I couldn’t have anticipated such an incident, I had no idea what happened. Ah... Du Xinyu acted too impulsively!"
"Really?" Nan Wudi looked at Eight-Faced Yama with cold eyes: "You really don’t know what happened?"
"Patriarch Nan, how could I dare to deceive you?" Eight-Faced Yama said, a look of grievance on his face: "When I learned of this last night, the killing had long since finished. Ahh, I severely punished Du Xinyu last night, but alas, the dead cannot be brought back to life. That’s why I ca here today specially to apologize to everyone while seeing how I can cooperate in dealing with this matter!"
After finishing his speech, Eight-Faced Yama gestured, "Bring
Du Xinyu!"
Several people entered from outside, carrying a figure covered with blood. That person was, indeed, Du Xinyu.
Now, Du Xinyu no longer looked human, his visage being extrely pitiful. Trembling, he turned his head around, his gaze finally settling on Eight-Faced Yama, he pleaded urgently, "Big Brother, save , save , I have nothing to do with this..."
"It has nothing to do with you, then with whom does it concern?" Eight-Faced Yama exclaid angrily: "This was clearly an operation you led. Do you still want to argue?"
"This..." Du Xinyu was speechless, then, glancing at Su Yang, he suddenly yelled, "No, it’s him, it’s him, he forced
to do it!"
Everyone imdiately turned their gaze toward Du Xinyu, and the few remaining mbers of the Xue Family roared with rage, "Su Yang, it was indeed you, did you think you could escape responsibility?"
Su Yang smiled lightly, his expression calm as if everything was unrelated to him.
"Don’t get excited!" Nan Wudi shouted angrily: "Du Xinyu, you mustn’t falsely accuse others. Last night, Mr. Su was at Nantian Martial Arts School the whole ti, sparring with
and Brother Li. This fact can be corroborated by , Brother Li, and the people of Nantian Martial Arts School. When did he ever force you to do this?"
"It was him who forced , it was him..." Du Xinyu yelled loudly: "Before he ca to Nantian Martial Arts School, I t with him, and he forced
then!"
Nan Wudi said gravely, "And how did he force you?"
"He... he used a tape recorder to force !" Du Xinyu said anxiously.
"What tape recorder?" asked Nan Wudi, frowning, the story sounding more and more absurd.
"It was the recording of a phone call I had with Big Brother..." After Du Xinyu explained the contents of the recording, he added urgently, "He told
then to choose one of two paths. Either help him eradicate the Xue Family, ending it all, or let the Xue Family get the recording and later they would co after us... isn’t that coercion?"
Everyone’s gaze instantly shifted to Su Yang, and even Nan Wudi seed to be at a loss for words.
With a look of emotion, Eight-Faced Yama said, "Mr. Su, this is where you were wrong. Although I had plans against the Xue Family, I never intended to kill so many of them. That you would do such a thing... Mr. Su, your actions were too harsh!"
"Su Yang, you’ve killed so many of my Xue Family, I want your life!" shouted the people from the Xue Family.
Su Yang’s face remained calm, and after letting the crowd’s voices die down, he began slowly, "Du Xinyu, are you sure that’s what I said to you at that ti?"
Upon being questioned, Du Xinyu seed startled, and then hurriedly insisted, "That’s exactly what you said!"
Su Yang lightly smiled: "Hehe, fortunately, I’m always cautious in my actions. I recorded our conversation at the ti. Let’s let everyone listen to what was actually said back then!"
Su Yang took out a recording, and as the crowd listened, it imdiately played the conversation between Su Yang and Du Xinyu in the hotel room.
After listening to the recording, the crowd looked at each other in bewildernt, and the people from Xue Family angrily confronted Su Yang: "Su Yang, you were clearly coercing Du Xinyu, what do you have to say now?"
Su Yang smiled faintly and said, "Perhaps you didn’t listen carefully. Let’s listen once more to what I said at the ti. I ntioned cooperating with Eight-Faced Yama and going together to destroy the Xue Family, after which they could annex the Xue Family’s assets."
"What’s wrong with that?" demanded the people from the Xue Family angrily.
Su Yang replied with a light smile, "I talked about cooperating together—I never said they should act alone, did I?"
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