When Long Haoran heard the news, he felt a rush of hot blood to his head. His face was filled with anger, and his body trembled slightly as a green light suddenly shone on his body.
However, his body trembled so much that it was almost undetectable, and the green light around his body only flashed for a moment.
Very quickly, Long Haoran calmed down as usual. After thinking for a while, he asked in a deep voice, "The exact time, where did they attack, and who from the Ling Family attacked? What is their motive? "
"Reporting to Master, the Ling Family attacked at around 9: 15 pm. Their first target was the Long Teng Mountain Villa in the western suburbs of Beijing. However, the people who attacked were not the Ling Family's men of sacrifice, but the seventy-two hooligans that Ling Yun brought from Qingshui City and have been secretly training in the Ling Family Martial Arts School for more than a month now. This bunch of brats are actually from the Green Dragon Family."
It had to be said that the Long Family was really a big tree with deep roots and a strong foundation. It could be seen just by looking at how meticulous their daily intelligence gathering work was and how they could respond so accurately and quickly after something happened.
Of course, the fact that Ling Yun brought his seventy-two disciples from Qingshui City and threw them into the Ling Family Martial Arts School for military training was not considered a secret from the start.
After listening, Long Haoran nodded slightly. His eyes flashed as he asked immediately, "Then what is their motive? They can't possibly attack our Long Family for no reason, right? "
Long Haoran thought to himself. Although the relationship between the Long and Ling Families was somewhat strained in the past month, and the core figures of the two families had almost completely cut off contact, they were still the two top families in the secular world of Huaxia. Unless it was absolutely necessary, they still had to consider the reputation of both sides. If they attacked without a good reason and brazenly started a war without any reason, it would really be child's play.
Moreover, Ling Xiao's birthday was tomorrow. Why would the Ling Family choose to start a war with the Long Family at this juncture?
"Reporting to Master, the brat who first brought people to attack the Long Teng Mountain Villa only said four words. He said that the Ling Family is collecting debts."
"…"
Long Haoran's expression completely froze.
The Ling Family collecting debts!
It could be said that in the entire Hua Xia, apart from the Ling Family, no one knew better than Long Haoran what these four words represented.
Twenty years ago, the case between Ling Xiao and Yin Qingxuan had been described by Long Haoran as borrowing someone else's strength to do his dirty work. In that case, the Ling Family had almost been annihilated, and the Long Family had relied on Long Haoran's strategies to not only cause Ling Xiao to be unable to recover from his setback, but also forced the Devil Sect's Holy Maiden, Yin Qingxuan, to retreat. Not only that, the Long Family had also gradually taken over sixty percent of the Ling Family's businesses!
Those industries involved oil and gas, electronic communications, finance, real estate, non-ferrous metals, and so on. They covered more than a dozen industries. What a fat piece of meat!
Long Haoran didn't even need to spend a single soldier to receive such a fat piece of meat. Furthermore, a large portion of the meat was offered to him by the Ling Family!
Ling Yun scolded him for taking advantage of his kindness to bully others, and that was not an unjust accusation.
As the saying goes, when one is under someone else's roof, one has no choice but to lower one's head. The Ling family had struggled at death's door for twenty years and had no choice but to rely on others to breathe. Thus, they had nothing to say even if they lost all their family assets, just like the Li family today.
But now? Long Haoran knew better than anyone else that as long as Ling Yun was around, the Ling Family would be the number one family in Huaxia. No one could afford to offend them!
Back then, it was all because of Ling Xiao. He, Long Haoran, had secretly added fuel to the fire and reaped the benefits in the end. Now that the Ling Family had successfully risen and returned to its peak, Ling Yun was here to take revenge for his father and settle the score with him!
Thinking about it this way, Ling Xiao's birthday was tomorrow, yet Ling Yun chose to make a move tonight. Everything made sense!
Furthermore, this wasn't the best part. The best part was that Ling Yun didn't make a move personally. Even the core members of the Ling Family, the Ling Family's death warriors, didn't show themselves. The ones who made the move were just a bunch of seventeen to eighteen years old hooligans!
If the Long Family didn't retaliate immediately and waited for the future negotiation to come, the Ling Family could totally play dumb and refuse to acknowledge their debt. That was because those brats didn't have the surname Ling!
However, if the Long Family decided to retaliate, the Ling Family's death warriors, including the core members of the Ling Family, would definitely make a move based on Ling Yun's temper. At that time, the Long Family's losses would be even greater!
"I didn't expect this brat to play around with my Long Family …"
Thinking about this, Long Haoran felt a tinge of bitterness in his heart. It was hard to describe. He felt extremely sullen and sullen, but he couldn't think of any way to deal with this!
However, there was one thing that Long Haoran was sure of. Ling Yun's real motive for doing this was to completely clear his father's name. He wanted to use this to shock Beijing and the whole of Huaxia!
Even though the Long Family had taken away the Ling Family's assets and developed it to an astronomical figure, this was only in the secular world. In the ancient martial arts world and the cultivation world, Ling Yun didn't care about it at all. In the past month, he had swept through the ancient martial arts world of Huaxia and was already very rich!
Tonight, Ling Yun seized the family's assets, took revenge for his father, and fought for the Ling Family's reputation and status!
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …
Just as Long Haoran was thinking calmly, a few more death warriors in black rushed over!
"Report, the Longhua Hotel in the northern suburbs of Beijing has fallen …"
"Report, the Longxiang Manor in the eastern suburbs of Beijing has been surrounded …"
"Report, …"
The first few death warriors were already impatient. They were filled with righteous indignation and started to volunteer to fight!
"Reporting to Master, death warrior Zhao Wu has volunteered to fight. He swears to serve Master with his life!"
"Reporting to Master, death warrior Zhao Jiu has volunteered to fight. He swears to serve Master with his life!"
"Reporting to Master …"
The Long Family's death warriors didn't have the surname Long. Since ancient times, they were all given the surname Zhao.
Hearing these continuous requests for battle, Long Haoran only felt more and more annoyed. He suddenly raised his hand. "Enough, all of you shut up! What are you panicking for? "
Long Haoran immediately asked, "Did the group of brats kill anyone?"
"Reporting to Master, that group of brats didn't kill anyone. However, everyone who fought back was injured by them! They said that they wouldn't smash, rob, or hurt anyone as long as those who were blocked by them did as they were told. "
Long Haoran became even more aggrieved.
There was a saying that went, a thousand miles in Jiangling was returned in a day.
Ling Yun had definitely returned to the capital and was definitely at the Ling Family's residence.
In the midst of the noise, Long Haoran made an accurate judgment. As long as this unscrupulous fiend stayed in the capital, his Long Family wouldn't be able to get any benefits tonight.
Long Haoran lowered his head and looked at the ten black death warriors kneeling in front of him. He said lightly, "Long Family death warriors, listen up."
"Yes!"
Long Haoran was expressionless as he said, "Bring your men and quickly head to the places of the Long Family that haven't been conquered yet. Get those people who are still fooling around there to scram. If there are people from the Ling Family there, you are not allowed to resist or stop them. Just let them do whatever they want!"
"This …"
All the death warriors kneeling on the ground were dumbfounded. Not resist or stop them? Just let them do whatever they want?
In the past few decades, when had the Long Family ever suffered such a huge loss? Never suffered such humiliation?
Seeing this, Long Haoran's face darkened. "What? You don't even listen to my orders anymore? "
"We obey Master's orders!"
Long Haoran waved his hand. "Go …"
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …
In the blink of an eye, all the death warriors in the courtyard flew away. Only Long Haoran was left in the courtyard. His lonely figure looked slightly lonely.
After a long while, Long Haoran's face collapsed. He let out a long sigh and said, "Twenty years of hard work, and it's all gone in one night. It's a pity that thirty percent of the Long Family's business is gone!"
"Tianxing, don't hide anymore. Come out."
Swoosh!
Long Tianxing flashed out of the darkness. Now, he couldn't maintain his usual upright posture. His figure was a little loose. He didn't even bring the fan that never left his hand with him.
"Father, is our Long Family really going to let Ling Yun be so arrogant? What he's doing is simply riding on our heads … acting like a tyrant! "
Long Tianxing's face was full of depression and indignation. His tone was full of unwillingness.
Long Haoran glanced at his son and said lightly, "Stand up straight."
Long Tianxing was shocked. His body instantly stood up straight like a javelin!
Long Haoran nodded and said with a smile, "Child, there will always be someone stronger than you. People can be defeated by their enemies, but no matter when and where, you must first defeat yourself!"
Long Tianxing looked ashamed. "I will remember Father's teachings."
Long Haoran continued with a smile. "The river flows east for thirty years, and the river flows west for thirty years. What goes around comes around?
Thinking about the five thousand years of history of Huaxia, it has been more than two thousand years since the First Emperor Dragon. How many dynasties have changed and how many vicissitudes have there been? Compared to that, what is the storm that our Long Family is going through now? "
Long Haoran was comforting his son, but he was also telling it to himself. He didn't have enough and continued, "No matter how strong he is, it's easy for the strong to fall. No matter how strong Ling Yun is, there will always be enemies that he can't defeat. It's just that that person hasn't appeared in front of him yet.
"Tomorrow is Ling Xiao's birthday. Since Ling Yun has decided to give his father a big gift, we might as well be generous and open the door to let him take it. Anyway, it's such a big piece of fat meat that he can't finish even if he is exhausted to death.
"It's said that the Ling Family is a fighting clan. Except for a few people like Ling Zhen and Ling Hao, everyone is hot-blooded and dares to fight. They are upright and upright, and they never do evil.
"So, it's okay to let the Ling Family take care of such a big foundation. The best things should be managed by the strongest people. This is the way of heaven. If the Ling Family can't take care of it well, someone will talk to them without our Long Family coming forward. "
Speaking of this, Long Haoran raised his hand and pointed to the Forbidden City in the southeast.
Long Tianxing immediately understood. "I understand."
"Furthermore, with Ling Yun's terrifying rate of growth, even if a full-scale battle were to break out tonight, no one in the Long Family would be a match for him other than your great-grandfather. We would definitely be the ones to suffer. It's a pity that your great-grandfather is at a critical juncture in his closed-door training. If it's not a matter of the survival of the family, I can't disturb him."
Long Tianxing's expression tightened as he nodded in agreement.
"Go and see your brother."
"We have news of your brother, Tianfang. His life lamp shone with a golden light for more than an hour. Not only is his life not in danger, but he also received a great opportunity."
Long Tianxing was overjoyed. "Really?!"
Long Haoran smiled. "Of course, this is the only good news for our Long Family in recent times! When your brother returns from his cultivation, our Long Family will definitely be in a different situation! "
Long Tianxing couldn't wait to rush into the west room to see his brother's life lamp. However, he stopped as soon as he took a step.
"Father, I almost forgot. Ling Yun didn't just attack our Long Family. He sent a total of six troops, and two of them went to the Ye Family's territory."
"Oh?!"
Long Haoran was shocked. It took him more than ten seconds to digest this news. However, he still asked in surprise, "Didn't you say that the three people from the Ye Family helped Ling Yun greatly during the Demon Subduing Conference? He didn't even give face to the Ye Family? "
Long Tianxing chuckled. "Yes, that bunch of rascals are simply reckless. They don't listen to any good words and only care about collecting debts."
Although Long Haoran comforted his son just now, it was mainly because he was worried that his son would be affected by Ling Yun's strength. However, he was still very sullen, as if there was a huge rock weighing down on his heart. However, after hearing this news, Long Haoran suddenly felt much better, as if he had obtained a subtle balance.
"It seems like Ling Yun won't give face to anyone tonight in order to fight for his father's reputation!"
Long Haoran sighed again. What was arrogance?
This was Ling Yun's true arrogance!
"Father, what about the Ling Family tomorrow … You?"
Long Tianxing asked the question he wanted to ask the most before entering the west room.
"Yes! Of course I have to go! "
Long Haoran didn't wait for him to finish. He immediately replied with a smile, "Tonight, thirty percent of the Long Family's assets will be given to Ling Xiao as a birthday gift. If I don't even go for a drink, then I'll really be a sore loser!"
Long Tianxing said worriedly, "But, if that rascal Ling Yun really wants to be unreasonable with you …"
Long Haoran waved his hand casually. "Don't worry, he definitely won't. We didn't fight tonight, so the two families haven't really fallen out. Even if that rascal really wants to humiliate me in front of everyone, I have my own countermeasures.
"In short, from now until your brother returns, our Long Family's strategy towards Ling Yun is to endure and avoid him. As long as he's happy, that's all."
Long Haoran forced a smile and made the final decision.
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