C980 Threaten

Because he heard Zhu Hwa's explanation, Lee Zhuohua knew that he was brought back by these mountain bandits in front of him. Out of curiosity, he looked at the people in front of him and found that his previous guess was correct. These people did not have any cultivation base, so they were just ordinary mountain bandits.

However, Lee Zhuohua did not leave just like that, because he saw something from the bandits and the people of the caravan, so he wanted to stay and observe.

The bald man immediately opened the door of the cage and rushed in front of Zhu Hwa. He glared at him with a ferocious gaze.

Zhu Hwa didn't know what the bald man and the others were going to do, but judging from their expressions, they were definitely up to no good.

When the people from the Chamber of Commerce saw that the bald man dared to offend Zhu Hwa, they quickly surrounded him, but none of the bald man's men forced them to retreat with their knives.

"I won't waste any more time talking to you. Where is the key? Quickly hand it over." The bald man stretched out his hand and interrogated Zhu Hwa.

When Zhu Hwa heard the bald man's words, his eyes changed and he thought that his guess was correct. These bandits were here for the box they were escorting, but his expression did not reveal too much of his true thoughts.

"What key? What are you talking about? Where's the manager of our caravan? Where did you take him?" Zhu Hwa pretended not to know anything and asked about Eldest Zhu.

When the bald man heard Zhu Hwa's words, his face darkened. He carefully looked at Zhu Hwa and narrowed his eyes.

"Don't play dumb with me. We know the key to the box is in your hands. If you don't hand over the key, everyone here will die." The bald man seemed to be sure that the key was with Zhu Hwa. His eyes were filled with murderous intent as he threatened everyone in the chamber of commerce.

Hearing the bald man's words, the faces of the people from the Chamber of Commerce darkened. Now that the door of the cage had been opened, they were waiting for Zhu Hwa to give the order, so they rushed out together.

When Zhu Hwa heard that the bald man was certain that the key was in his hands, he was even more surprised, because other than Eldest Zhu, no one else knew about it. Could it be that Eldest Zhu had already told him everything?

"Where is Eldest Zhu?" Zhu Hwa, who felt betrayed, said in a low voice.

"Uncle Zhu? Hehehe." The bald man sneered when he heard Zhu Hwa's question. He clapped his hands and a bandit came over with a bloody arm in his hand.

"Pah!"

The bald man knocked his arm to the ground, and a sinister smile appeared on his face. Zhu Hwa and the people from the Chamber of Commerce were shocked when they saw the arm. It was obvious that the arm had just been cut off, and through the sleeve, they could tell that it was Big Zhu's arm.

"He's full of hate now, so if you don't want to go to him, hand over the key," the bald man said with a sneer.

Seeing how cruel the bandits were, the faces of the men from the Chamber of Commerce grew grim. From what the bald man had said, they could tell that Zhu Da was probably dead now. Even his arm had been cut off.

For an ordinary person, an arm was enough to cause death by excessive blood loss. The bandits wouldn't be so kind as to save Eldest Zhu.

Now the people in the Chamber of Commerce were afraid, they did not want to die here. Initially, they had been discussing how to listen to Zhu Hwa's orders, but now that they saw Eldest Zhu's arm, it had broken their mental defenses. Some of them were so scared that they collapsed to the ground.

Zhu Hwa's expression was also extremely unsightly. Now he knew what was going on. He was afraid that Eldest Zhu had suffered an extremely terrifying torture, so he told her about the keys. Zhu Hwa was very anxious in his heart.

He had little hatred for Zhu's secret, and he knew that if he'd been tortured like that, he wouldn't have been able to keep his mouth shut.

Now all he wanted to know was who had spread the news about his caravan. He wanted to know who had betrayed them and what had caused the situation to turn out this way. At this moment, Zhu Hwa felt the world spinning.

He wasn't sure how many of them would have the nerve if he ordered them all out at once. He'd seen what the brigands were capable of, and some of them had already lost their nerve.

Zhu Hwa was very hesitant in his heart, not knowing how to deal with the current situation.

"Hand over the key and we might let you live. If you don't know what's good for you and don't want to hand over the key, then all of you can go down and keep that guy named Zhu." The bald man saw that the people of the chamber of commerce had been scared by the arm and continued to speak with a sneer.

The people from the Chamber of Commerce no longer had the will to fight to the death. They did not know about the box or the key, but from the bald man's words, they knew that their lives depended on Zhu Hwa's decision.

"Young President, please give them the key..." A member of the Chamber of Commerce could not stand the pressure and begged Zhu Hwa.

Someone spoke up, and some of the people who were already scared started to pray to Zhu Hwa, hoping that he could give them the keys.

It could be said that all these people had lost the ability to think calmly. When Zhu Hwa heard their words, he hesitated in his heart. He didn't know whether or not he should hand over the key or not. If he didn't, all of them here would die. But if he handed it over, even if they survived, the chamber of commerce would not be able to continue. After all, losing the goods would definitely be a fatal blow to the chamber of commerce.

And some of them were still in a state of calm, and it was clear to them that even if they gave up the key, they might not be able to survive, since they were all in the brigands' territory and it was hard to say whether they would fight or not.

But if they didn't hand over the key, they might be able to survive, because the other side wanted the key and that was the bargaining chip, and at this point, those who were still calm began to reassure the people around them, telling them not to be afraid.

"Don't be fooled, everyone. If the Young Lord really does hand over the key, we'll be dead. At least the key is in the Young Lord's hands." The man shouted directly.

His words made everyone stunned. After careful consideration, they felt that what he said was not unreasonable.

Zhu Hwa also understood that if they really handed over the key as the other party asked, then they would definitely not be able to survive. But if they did not hand it over, although the other party would not let them off easily, in order to get the key, they would definitely not kill them cleanly.

When the bald man heard this, his face immediately turned cold. What the man said was exactly what they were thinking. Once Zhu Hwa handed over the key, he would kill these people, because they had lost their value.

Thinking of this, the bald man no longer hesitated.

"You refused the toast only to be forced to drink the forfeit. Do it," the bald man ordered the surrounding bandits.

A sinister smile hung on the faces of the bandits as they held their blades and approached the people from the chamber of commerce step by step.