Chapter 682: Exhausting the Bamboo Supply to Write [7th Update]

"Even so, that doesn't justify you seizing him! If a member of the Wu family errs, we will discipline them ourselves; outsiders have no right to meddle," Wu Mengchong retorted coldly.

This was the dignity of the Wu family, being the foremost noble family in Huadu. The Wu family governed their own without needing outside interference.

Thus, Wu Mengchong showed extreme authority on this matter.

This was an established custom among the families; no one would dare touch these rules and risk committing a severe taboo.

However, Xu Hao's words seemed to make him crumble.

"Only your Wu family can manage? Today, I insist on intervening!"

Xu Hao snorted coldly, "From now on, if anyone in Huadu bullies others using their power and oppresses the weak, after an investigation, they may be met with tenfold retaliation!"

The entire place erupted in shock!

Xu Hao was declaring a new rule, and before many influential family heads at that.