Creation Color Master

Yang Jiye and others began to tidy up the house, and Chu Mo stood in the yard chatting with Huo Lei.

"I heard that President Huo has brought people back. Would you like me to come in and take a look?"

An old voice was heard from the gate of the courtyard, and before the words were finished, an old figure walked into the courtyard.

Although the visitor had an old face, he had a ruddy complexion and was dressed in a brocade robe. His attire was no less elegant than that of the family patriarch. Even Chu Mo had never seen Wang Hong dressed like this. Everything on his body showed his wealth.

Huo Lei, who was smiling at first, suddenly became gloomy and said in a cold tone: "What are you doing here? You are not welcome here. Please leave immediately."

The old man was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Hey, President Huo, please don't be so angry. As the head of the village, I don't care who you bring back. Don't bring back any bad people, bandits or hooligans. I have to think about the villagers too."

Huo Lei was furious when he heard this and shouted, "Ma Renyi, don't talk about my friend. Also, I don't want to talk nonsense with you. Leave now."

Ma Renyi smiled coldly and said, "Well, judging from your attitude, you are going to vacate the house for this kid to live in. We are from the same village, but I haven't seen you be so generous to me."

Ma Renyi's words may have touched Huo Lei's bottom line. Huo Lei picked up a wooden stick and said viciously: "Are you going to leave or not? I said a few polite words to you, but you are taking advantage of me."

Seeing this, Ma Renyi showed his ugly face and said arrogantly: "Okay, Huo Lei, I see you don't want to drink the wine, right? Today I will make it known that you have three days to think carefully about the conditions I give you, otherwise you and your family should be careful."

After saying that, he left with a sneer on his face.

Chu Mo watched the entire performance of the two without saying a word.

Chu Mo also heard some information from their conversation, but he still had to ask Huo Lei about what exactly happened.

At first, Huo Lei didn't want Chu Mo to get involved, but after Chu Mo's repeated persuasion, he finally spoke up.

The man who came was the village chief of Hongfeng Village. He was greedy and stingy, and was obsessed with making money. In order to make money, he established the first Chamber of Commerce in the village and attracted the attention of the villagers.

He oppressed the villagers and forced them to buy and sell materials, buy at low prices and sell at high prices, etc. This series of measures made the villagers miserable.

In order to deal with his behavior, the upright Huo Lei stood up and set up a traveling merchant to compete with him in the village.

Because Huo Lei always cared about the villagers and was generous and valued friendship when he was outside, he quickly made many friends and caused the village chief's Chamber of Commerce status to plummet.

This was also the beginning of the conflict between the two.

Some time ago, the village chief's son came back from the city and took a fancy to this place. Relying on his skills, he bullied ordinary villagers. The surrounding villagers were forced to compromise under his tyranny.

The house left by Horley's cousin was among them, so they went to find Horley.

But Huo Lei would not bow to them. He used his strong and powerful body to fight against them and was not afraid of their various threats. That's why things have been delayed until now.

After Huo Lei's words, Chu Mo immediately understood the whole story.

Looking at Huo Lei who had no cultivation, Chu Mo couldn't help but worry: "Brother Huo, I saw the village chief just threatened you, are you really not afraid of something happening? I see he has a mean face, be careful of revenge."

Huo Lei said, "Don't worry, Chu. Your brother Huo is not afraid of his threats. I want to see what tricks he has to play."

Chu Mo suddenly thought of something and asked, "Brother Huo, where is the village chief's home? I just walked around the village and couldn't find it."

Huo Lei did not think of the deep meaning of this, and just said angrily: "How can his home be in the village? There is a small river 300 miles outside the village. People have built a manor there."

Chu Mo was stunned when he heard this. He did not expect that a village chief could actually afford to live in a manor. You know, even the theater that his ancestors had worked hard for generations was still far inferior to the manor.

It seems that I have underestimated his ability to make money.

After this happened, Horley got up and left shortly afterwards, as if he had something on his mind.

Chu Mo also had some thoughts in his mind.

In the evening, after dinner, Chu Mo was sitting under the light, playing chess with Yao Guangxiao.

The black and white chess pieces are scattered across the chessboard. Chu Mo's Go skills have improved greatly, from playing a few games with Yao Guangxiao at the beginning to dozens of games now.

Yao Guangxiao, who was standing by, seemed to sense something from Chu Mo's move and asked, "My Lord, do you want to help?"

Chu Mo was not surprised at all. He just stared at the chessboard and nodded.

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "But we have to use the identity of the Secret Guard Censor. If we kill innocent people, we will cause endless trouble. If we go to the imperial capital now, trouble will only hinder us."

Chu Mo heard this and looked up and said, "This matter needs to be carefully considered. How can we avoid getting into trouble?"

Saying that, he dropped a piece.

Yao Guangxiao said: "There is no rush for this matter. After all, we don't have any handle or reason to take action. We are outside the game and need to get in first before we can show our strength."

After saying that, he placed a chess piece on the upper left corner and said with a smile, "My Lord, you lose."

Chu Mo smiled bitterly and said, "Ah, I lost, I lost. It's always like this. I can't hide anything from you. Monk, you are really boring."

Yao Guangxiao clasped his hands together and murmured, "Amitabha, I am just standing a little higher and can see things more comprehensively."

At this time, the moon was bright in the sky outside and it was late at night and everyone was asleep.

"Swish"

Two black figures flashed through the courtyard and quickly headed towards the river.

In a secluded place, Chu Mo lay on the ground, quietly looking at the manor in front of him, feeling very angry.

This manor is not only spacious, but also luxuriously decorated. It is brightly lit from afar and even has a large number of guards and private soldiers. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the residence of kings, princes, and generals.

Moreover, the Xiayang Dynasty stipulated that no family could have more than three hundred guards, and could not equip private soldiers or set up courts. Ma Renyi seemed to be righteous on the surface, but no one knew what he was up to.

Chu Mo's trip was not in vain, as he got hold of two pieces of evidence, which will be his trump card for future actions.

If we just stay outside, we won’t be able to find any useful information; if we go in, there are too many guards and it would be bad to alert the enemy.

After staying here for a while, Chu Mo turned around and left, disappearing into the long night.

Inside the manor, Ma Renyi looked at his son beside him and said angrily, "Son, you don't know that Huo Lei is against us everywhere. He even dares to threaten his father with a stick. I will make him know the consequences of offending me."

A man who was somewhat similar to Ma Renyi seemed to be distracted and didn't listen to his father's complaints at all.

Ma Renyi looked at his dazed son and said, "Son, are you listening to me?"

Marwood stood up and said, "Father, didn't I tell you not to worry about this matter? I have my own way to make him hand over the house."

Hearing this, the father and son laughed in tacit understanding.