Chapter 206: We Sincerely Serve You as Patriarch
But it didn't matter if it would work. This was Liu Loulan's last chance, her final struggle!
Xiao Ye wasn't in a hurry. He waited, playing a game on his phone.
As for the other disloyal members of the Xiao Family, they were still being stalled by the other families.
Without Xiao Ye's command, those families would never let them return.
In the Xiao Family's old residence, Xiao Ye's word was now law!
About an hour passed.
Xiao Ming was indeed safe, along with the bank card holding one hundred million. "Mom, I'm safe!"
"I can't take care of you in this life. Maybe in the next!"
Liu Loulan's eyes reddened. "Good, good, good!"
She hung up the phone, her spirit instantly draining away as if she had aged a dozen years in a moment.
"I'll tell you where Xiao Ling's remains are!"
"They're in the courtyard where I live! There's a pond there—they're under the pond!"
Xiao Ye immediately waved his hand, ordering his men to start digging, and he followed right behind them.
Liu Loulan was naturally dragged along as well.
But starting today, this was no longer her courtyard.
The moment he stepped through the gate, Xiao Ye sensed something was wrong.
The place was filled with traces of Feng Shui.
'It looks like a master must have specifically helped set this up.'
When he saw the pond, Xiao Ye completely saw through the Feng Shui Grand Array.
This wasn't an ordinary Feng Shui Formation, but an extremely malicious Luck Stealing Array.
This pond was the core of the array!
As long as the pond was supplied with a continuous stream of luck, it would continue to serve the person living here.
And the method to provide that luck was to murder people who originally had good fortune and then bury their bodies beneath it.
This Liu Loulan not only killed Xiao Ling but actually buried him at the core of the array. She was malicious to the extreme!
As the Patriarch of the Xiao Family, Xiao Ling had been born into the reclusive Xiao Family; it went without saying that his fortune was immense.
Yet even in death, he couldn't find peace. He had been completely drained dry!
Xiao Ye's expression turned icy. "Dig!"
The water in the pond was completely drained.
Then, the excavation began.
Half an hour later.
Suddenly, someone shouted, "We've hit something!"
Soon, the bones below were exposed.
"Wait, these look like female bones."
"Hold on, there's more underneath!"
"It's not just one body!"
Xiao Ye immediately called for more people to help.
Another hour passed.
All the skeletons buried beneath the pond were finally revealed.
Their bones weren't scattered; they were held together with iron nails.
Even though the flesh had rotted away, the skeletons wouldn't fall apart. This was also to ensure that every last shred of their luck could be drained.
Xiao Ye stared at the skeletons, one after another, his face cold as ice.
It wasn't just him; the other members of the Xiao Family were also stunned.
Who could have imagined that over a dozen skeletons were buried beneath this small pond?
One of the professionals stepped forward to examine them.
"There are thirteen female skeletons and two male skeletons here in total. But judging by the bones, their estimated height is only about five-foot-seven."
Xiao Ling was a tall man, at least six-foot-one.
In other words, Xiao Ling's body wasn't here at all!
Hearing this, Liu Loulan immediately screamed, "That's impossible! I personally had him buried here myself!"
"And we filled the pond with water right after burying him! There's no way Xiao Ling is still alive!"
"And it's even more impossible that someone could have dug up the body!"
She had lived here for so many years. It was impossible for someone to dig up the body right under her nose!
Xiao Ye looked at Liu Loulan's panicked expression and knew she wasn't lying.
He looked down into the large, excavated pit.
'If Xiao Ling's remains aren't here, then where could they be?'
But now wasn't the time to be searching for bones. There were many other things waiting for Xiao Ye to do.
"First, find a place to rebury these remains properly. Then find their families. If any relatives are still alive, help them out and give them some money."
"If not, then forget it. Oh, and find an eminent monk to perform last rites for them."
"Yes, sir!"
After giving his orders, Xiao Ye said, "Take Liu Loulan away."
"No, you can't do this! Xiao Ming took the documents! You've already voluntarily given up the Xiao Family! I'm a member of the Xiao Family!"
"You're an outsider! You have no right to lay a hand on me!"
Xiao Ye chuckled. "Who said I signed any documents? Those were just a few blank sheets of paper."
"This..." Liu Loulan was shocked. "That's impossible! How could they be blank sheets!"
"They were clearly the documents! Xiao Ming even said..." Her voice stopped abruptly. "He lied to me!"
"That's right. And he took the one hundred million." Xiao Ye had no desire to hear any more of her nonsense and had her dragged away immediately.
Now that the most troublesome person, Liu Loulan, was dealt with, the rest would be much simpler.
Xiao Ye had his men search Liu Loulan's courtyard, and they actually found quite a few things.
He appeared in the main hall, holding a box.
The members of the Xiao Family had gathered there.
Xiao Ye threw the box directly onto the floor, its contents scattering everywhere.
"You all have certainly surprised me."
The family members immediately picked up the items to look. They were records of things various members of the Xiao Family had done.
This was the blackmail material Liu Loulan had been holding onto so tightly, hidden in a secret compartment under her canopy bed.
It was well hidden, but the Death Warriors were no ordinary people; they were very familiar with all sorts of hidden mechanisms.
After they finished reading, their expressions changed slightly.
Aside from a few, most of them had done something unsavory.
But in Xiao Ye's eyes, their actions were forgivable. After all, they hadn't resorted to any overly vicious methods.
"As long as it's not murder or arson, and no lives were harmed, you get a pass from me."
Xiao Ye looked at them nonchalantly as he tore the evidence that Liu Loulan had valued so highly to shreds.
"Patriarch, you are the son of the previous Patriarch, and we have all witnessed your methods."
"I will serve you as the Patriarch with all my heart!"
One of the Xiao Family members lowered his arrogant head.
He had already been in secret contact with Xiao Ye and was among the first to pledge allegiance. Now, he was taking the lead.
With the first came a second.
"I will also serve you as Patriarch with all my heart! You should have become the Xiao Family's Patriarch long ago! It's all that bitch Liu Loulan's fault!"
"Patriarch, I swear my sincerity. From now on, I will follow your orders!"
"You are the only legitimate Patriarch of the Xiao Family!"
One by one, they lowered their heads.
Xiao Ye waved his hand. "Since that's the case, then you all had better remember one thing: with me, betrayal is never an option!"
"If anyone dares to wrong me or the Xiao Family, don't blame me for showing no mercy!"
"As long as you are willing to listen to me, I guarantee that what you get from me will be far more than what you ever got from Liu Loulan!"
Hearing Xiao Ye's words, they didn't care whether he was telling the truth or not; they could only lower their heads and agree.
Xiao Ye didn't care what they were really thinking. In any case, if anyone got out of line, he would just take care of them directly.