Chapter 508 The Hu Family's Branch Clan

"Splitting the family is not something to be taken lightly."

Seeing the surprise and incomprehension on Hu Ma's face, the Mountain Lord sighed softly and said, "Once your Hu family splits like this, even if your branch commits the most heinous crimes, even if they want to punish nine generations, they won't be able to touch the other side."

"Of course, if they commit a crime and are punished by nine generations, it won't affect your branch either."

"Back then, your Hu family did the same. Under the witness of countless ghosts and gods, you split up and lived separately. Some took the family property, some received good fortune treasures, but your branch was assigned to the Zhenchong Prefecture."

"Therefore, even if the Qingyuan branch of the Hu family had tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and a wealthy family, they were still just the Qingyuan Hu clan. Even if your branch was reduced to struggling in the Dayang stockaded village, you were still one of the ten surnames, the Zhen Sui Hu family!"

"..."

"This..." Hu Ma didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long time, he smiled wryly and said, "Although it sounds like the good days that should have belonged to me are gone because of this."

"But I find it a little hard to understand."

"Even a fool knows that this skill is the capital to live on. Why would they divide the Zhenchong Prefecture?"

"The Qingyuan branch of the Hu family can't be fools, right? In this chaotic world, no matter how much wealth you accumulate, you're just a fat sheep. Holding skills in your hands is the key. Even I, a reincarnated person, can see this, so why would they do such a stupid thing?"

"Because the Zhen Sui Prefecture is not that easy to take over."

The Mountain Lord heard the doubts in Hu Ma's heart and smiled faintly. Although his appearance was unclear, one could vaguely see the ridicule in his smile: "It's not that they don't know the power of the Zhenchong Prefecture, but they don't dare to bear the price of taking over the Zhenchong Prefecture."

"Just look at yourself and you'll understand."

"You are also a member of the Hu family, but now you have to run to a small blood food gang to make a living. Your father was originally the eldest son of the Qingyuan Hu family, but he died inexplicably in the Black Wind Disaster."

"Your mother couldn't bear the hard life in Old Yin Mountain, so your grandmother sent her back home."

"The most respected branch of the Qingyuan Hu family was reduced to just a grandmother and grandson, struggling in this Old Yin Mountain for twenty years, but in the end, your grandmother still couldn't escape..."

Speaking of this, even he paused slightly, seeming unable to continue.

But Hu Ma, listening, suddenly raised his head, his expression somewhat surprised and suspicious: "All of this is related?"

"Yes."

After a long time, the Mountain Lord exhaled softly and said, "On the surface, you can understand it as having a valuable treasure invites jealousy, so enemies oppress you and you become impoverished."

"But in terms of fate, it can also be understood as the price of taking over the Zhenchong Prefecture. The baleful aura is too heavy, cutting off blessings."

Hu Ma's heart sank after hearing the Mountain Lord's words, as if something had suddenly become clear.

This time in the Stone Horse Town, he met the second young master of the Tongyin Meng family. Although there were twists and turns, he did kill him in the end, but Hu Ma also truly saw the gap between himself and the ten surnames.

Whether it was their status, position, cultivation of family disciples, the helpers around them, the treasures they possessed, or even the weight represented by that single character "Meng," it was all something ordinary people couldn't imagine, let alone the desolation of the Hu family.

He thought slowly and said to the Mountain Lord, "If such a great price has to be paid to take over this Zhenchong Prefecture, then what were my... they, hoping to gain?"

"In this world, some people are not in a hurry, but some people are."

The Mountain Lord met Hu Ma's inquiry and looked at him deeply, but only sighed slowly, "I think your Zhen Sui Hu family belongs to the latter, so knowing that they have to pay such a great price, they still want to take over the Zhenchong Prefecture."

"But I don't know the more specific reasons. I think it should be related to the things said inside the Stone Pavilion, but your grandmother won't tell you."

"When you see her, you can directly ask her."

"..."

"The Stone Pavilion Alliance, another Stone Pavilion Alliance!" Hu Ma listened, and the curiosity in his heart could no longer be suppressed. He eagerly wanted to know what kind of decree would make a noble family abandon their greatest skill and make this branch of the Hu family willingly run from being a noble family to Old Yin Mountain to endure hardship. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Leaving aside everything else, since this Qingyuan Hu clan has already separated, what are their plans now that they've come looking for me again?"

"I don't know either."

The Mountain Lord sat behind the desk and sighed softly, glancing at the lively feast of this village family in front of him, and said, "Perhaps they saw that you were still alive and felt that the price of taking over the Zhenchong Prefecture wasn't so terrible."

"But noticing their arrival, I must remind you."

"After all, you are still a remnant of the former Zhen Sui Hu family, but now you are blatantly mixing with the heretics of the Truth Church, marrying and becoming relatives, so intimate. Perhaps they are even thinking of having a chance to return to the ranks of noble masters, or even become relatives of this new dynasty."

"...Truth Church?"

Hu Ma heard this and his heart also trembled slightly, thinking of those people with blue banners he saw at the foot of the mountain.

He quickly said, "I encountered them when I came, but their background is unknown, so I didn't act rashly. I was also planning to ask you, senior, what is the origin of these people?"

"Those who seek destiny from heaven!"

When the Mountain Lord spoke of these people, even his vague face seemed to have a bit more gloom, and he said in a low voice, "In the past, they were famous heretics, making meat markets, sacrificing good people, everyone killed them, their sins were monstrous!"

"But now the world has changed. Some people have taken a fancy to their skills and background, so they want to borrow their strength to fight for the emperor, and even picked out a general of destiny for them."

"These uninvited guests of your Hu family came with them. They seem ambitious. As soon as they arrived, they moved into the prefecture office, measured fields, and secretly contacted noble families. It seems that they already have plans to use this Old Yin Mountain as a land of prosperity."

"The Ming Prefecture office?"

Hu Ma couldn't help being shocked when he heard this: the One Coin Church also wanted to rebel and fight for destiny, but they were just hiding in the mountains and secretly plotting, not even showing their heads, and they were already greeted by the great hall officials to be purged.

But this Truth Church, when it arrived in Ming Prefecture, actually brazenly moved into the prefecture office? What is this? Even if the prefecture office is low-key, it still occupies the name of ruling Ming Prefecture. Now that this Truth Church has come and moved in, doesn't it mean that the entire Ming Prefecture has directly surrendered to them? The gap is too big!

The general of destiny selected by the ten surnames and those noble masters, wherever he goes, everything is smooth, and he is not treated the same as a wild grass bandit at all.

If they really succeed in the future, wouldn't it be written in the history books that the general of destiny saw the suffering of the people and had the world in his heart, so he raised his arms and gathered people to start an uprising? Wherever he passed, the state and county prefecture offices surrendered at the sight of the wind, truly deserving the four words "destiny's will"?

"They came like this, and the Ming Prefecture office just simply obeyed him? Is this a rebellion, or a marriage?"

Thinking like this, Hu Ma felt a little funny. He killed Qingyi and beheaded the Five Fiends, which also made Ming Prefecture much more honest. He originally thought it would be stable for a while, but after only a few days, it became a fragrant bait that others were eyeing?

"What do you think is the reason?"

Seeing Hu Ma's surprise, the Mountain Lord couldn't help but smile and said, "Everyone knows that in the Old Yin Mountain, there is a noble person from the Hu family, gods and ghosts dare not invade, and fierce bandits dare not enter."

"Since even the Hu family has nodded, who would dare not obey this general of destiny?"

"What?" Hu Ma suddenly reacted, and for a moment felt absurd and ridiculous: "Good fellow, I've become a backer?"

The Mountain Lord also found it funny, but there was also some helplessness in the laughter, and he sighed softly, "You didn't nod, but someone always nods for you. Others don't know these things. After all, those people from the Qingyuan Hu family are indeed surnamed Hu."

"Reaching this status, as long as they arrive in a place, they themselves represent an attitude."

Hearing this, Hu Ma already understood the key to the problem, and for a moment his eyes were slightly cold. Although he was smiling, there was no warmth in his eyes.

"That's the situation."

Seeing that he already understood, the Mountain Lord sighed softly and said, "I am not a living person, and my ambition is not here. Whether he is a general of destiny or a seeker of the imperial throne, it has nothing to do with me."

"What I care about is not wanting this Old Yin Mountain area to become chaotic."

Speaking, there was a bit more regret in his voice: "Now, the whole world has become lighter. The Old Yin Mountain, which suppresses an area of eight hundred miles, cannot escape this fate of becoming lighter, but with me here, it will always be better, with good weather and letting these people barely live."

"But just such a barely livable place has become a fat granary in the eyes of those people. If they want to do great things and raise money and food, they will first target here, and I am afraid that they will bring the disaster of war over."

"I can protect the people in this mountain from natural disasters, but human disasters are beyond my ability, so I can only call you back."

As he spoke, his gaze was only faintly looking at the group of people whose faces were full of joy, and he said in a low voice, "Although you have separated, after all, you are of the same blood."

"Now, they may not really want to overstep and replace, but they are indeed using this method to force you to show up. If you don't show up to respond, the situation in Ming Prefecture may become unmanageable. If you show up to respond, so many years of hiding may be in vain..."

"I don't know if you..."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, feeling thorny, but he didn't expect that Hu Ma, after listening to his words calmly, directly said, "Didn't senior just say that the family split so completely that even punishing nine generations wouldn't affect the other party?"

"Since this is the case, they are outsiders to me and not worth mentioning."

"Since they want to run to Ming Prefecture to cause trouble, that's a coincidence..."

Speaking, his eyebrows and eyes were already slightly cold, and he smiled grimly: "I came back in a hurry this time and didn't bring anything, but I only brought back a good knife that kills without staining blood..."