activa-t Chapter 278 Dongfang Ming
Chapter 278 Dongfang Ming
Inside the room, Ji Lingfeng, who just moments before couldn't even sit up on his own and needed Shen Cao's help, was still there.
He sat up very easily and casually threw off the quilt covering him.
Get up.
Put on shoes.
Walk over to the table and sit down.
He doesn't look sick at all.
Crane Feather looked at him curiously, realizing that his master was pretending to be weak in front of Miss Shen!
Really...
That's shameless!
"How about it?"
He Yu put away his joke and said with a serious expression, "Master, it is indeed Dongfang Ming, but he seems to be in a very sorry state."
Ji Lingfeng's expression turned cold. "Send someone to keep an eye on him."
Embarrassed?
He could still come to the Great Xia Kingdom to stir up trouble; he just felt he wasn't pathetic enough.
"Yes!" After giving his instructions, He Yu silently withdrew.
The words were still in his mind: "Cao'er will bring me food later, so be careful not to let her find out."
Inside a mountain stronghold.
Dongfang Ming bowed to the chieftain in the upper position and said, "Chieftain Sun, this is my gift to you."
After speaking, he gestured to his men behind him.
Sun Chuang sat in the tiger-head chair at the head of the table, watching the people below with great interest.
This was the first time he had ever encountered a customer who came to his door.
In the past, they had to go down the mountain to snatch their customers.
Sun Chuang and his gang were a group of bandits who came here more than a decade ago, before the end of the turmoil in the Great Xia Kingdom.
To occupy the mountain and become king.
Because of their advantageous geographical location, they have stayed here for more than a decade.
Over the years, it's not that the government hasn't tried to crack down on them.
But they drove them all away.
Over the past decade or so, their path down the mountain has long been hidden.
The government's repeated failures made this group increasingly mysterious and unscrupulous.
The village has grown in number and has formed a small local power.
It takes some skill for this group of people to find their way here.
Dongfang Ming's men carried in more than a dozen large boxes.
The box made a dull thud when it hit the ground.
"Clap clap!" Dongfang Ming clapped his hands, and his men opened the box.
The room, which had been somewhat dark, immediately lit up.
Everyone in the village gasped in surprise.
Even Chief Sun, who was sitting on top, couldn't sit still any longer, and a greedy smile appeared on his face.
He changed his attitude, walked up to Dongfang Ming, took his hands in his, and completely forgot his previous rudeness.
"Brother, what's this?"
"This is a gift from Chen to Chief Sun."
"A gift for meeting someone?" Such an expensive gift for meeting someone.
The boxes were filled with boxes and boxes of gold and silver jewelry.
They had never seen it before in their lives.
Dongfang Ming didn't miss the greed in Sun Chuang's eyes, and he inwardly scoffed at it.
They were clearly incredibly greedy, yet they pretended to be indifferent.
He used to despise people like that the most.
But now, all he can do is ask these people to give them a place to settle down and make a living.
"This is Chen's pledge of allegiance. Please, Chief Sun, grant us a way out."
Upon hearing this, Sun Chuang's smile faded, and he began to carefully consider Dongfang Ming's words.
From the moment this group stepped into the mountain stronghold, their men had already noticed them.
He deliberately told his men not to stop them, because he wanted to see who was coming to their deaths.
Judging from their clothes and appearance, they were definitely not short of money.
Especially Chen Ming's men, they are all trained fighters.
His skills were no less than those of some of the warriors in their village.
As for Chen Ming, he turned out to be an ordinary person with no martial arts skills whatsoever.
He tested him when he first approached him.
But this group of people actually came to their mountain stronghold for protection.
"Hahaha, Chen..."
"Chen Ming, you can just call me Chen Ming, boss."
“Brother Chen Ming, I suppose you’ve never been to our village before. Why don’t you stay here for a couple of days? I’ll have my men treat you well.”
"As for what you're talking about, to be honest, I don't have the final say in this village. How about we discuss it properly?"
He knew things wouldn't go so smoothly; this old guy must have some skill to become the leader of the mountain stronghold.
After finishing his meal, Chen Ming went to the room that Chief Sun had arranged for them.
Chen Ming sat in the mirror, looking at the person in the mirror.
He reached up and touched the scar on his face that stretched from the corner of his eye to his chin, revealing a fierce look in his eyes.
One day, he will take back everything he has lost.
In the village council hall, all the elders and respected elders were summoned.
In the center of the council hall were all the gold and silver jewelry that Dongfang Ming had brought.
When everyone arrived, they all smiled with excitement upon seeing these things.
After sitting down, everyone was making plans in their minds.
Sun Chuang sat in the main seat, pretending not to see the greed in these people's eyes.
"Tiger, tell everyone what just happened."
Next to Sun Chuang, a fierce-looking man with broad shoulders and a burly build stepped forward.
He described in detail what had just happened.
Before he could finish speaking, someone excitedly said, "Then what are we waiting for? These people must have really run out of options to come to our village."
"Who cares whether their money came from a legitimate source or not?"
"Besides, what kind of place is our village? Who are we? We only do robbery and plunder."
"Since they want to stay, it's just a matter of having more people to eat and more rooms."
"Anyway, I agree that they should stay."
Half an hour later, after everyone had left, Sun Chuang summoned his trusted confidants.
"Where have Chen Ming and the others been assigned?"
"Reporting to the chieftain, they have been placed in the back mountain."
Sun Chuang nodded. "Go find Chen Ming and tell him to come see me before lunch tomorrow. Remember to be polite."
Looking at the gold and silver jewelry in front of him, and recalling the attitude of everyone just now, he revealed a deep smile.
Chen Ming is like a wolf; dealing with someone like that is like asking a tiger for its skin.
He always felt that Chen Ming's identity was not as simple as he claimed.
A light drizzle was falling from the sky.
At midday, wisps of smoke rose from the kitchens of every household.
After ladling out the chicken soup that was simmering on the stove, Shen Cao went to the backyard of the Hundred Herbs Garden.
Shen Cao helped Ji Lingfeng to the table.
"Brother Ji, I specially made chicken soup for you today, and also stir-fried some refreshing vegetables."
“You’re still sick, so you can’t eat anything too oily. I’ve skimmed all the oil off the chicken soup.”
"Cough! Cough cough..."
"Grass, I don't know why, but when I woke up I was even sicker."
"Look, I can't hold chopsticks."