In their opinion, Charlie was already as abominable as a traitor back then.
At this time, Porter came to the crowd and said in a loud voice, "Listen to me, all of you. I’ll leave all the matters here at Charlie’s discretion. All of you must do everything he tells you, and no one is allowed to disobey him! Otherwise, I will not let you off!"
When Porter said this, this group of Wade family members almost collapsed emotionally on the spot.
They had initially thought that Charlie had merely surrendered to Ten Thousand Armies and become Ten Thousand Armies’ lapdog. However, they would not have expected that Porter would actually take him so seriously.
Just when they were all dumbfounded, Charlie walked up to Porter’s side and said, "All of you, who are descendants of the Wade family, have completely disregarded the safety of your family and your ancestors who are buried in the ancestral grave at the critical moment. If you're not punished enough, I’m afraid that our ancestors will not agree to this either! S o, from now on, I want each of you to take three steps before groveling once as you climb all the way up Mount Wintry! Go up personally to repent in front of your ancestors who are buried up on the mountain!"
As soon as Charlie's words came out, more than seven
hundred members of the Wade family's collateral families started wailing!
They had already taken out almost all the cash that they had, and they had even signed an installment contract that could be called a deed. So, it could be said that they had already lost most of their assets.
However, even if that was the case, they had not been able to pass this hurdle yet. Now, Charlie was even asking them to take three steps before groveling once all the way up Mount Wintry. Wasn't he torturing them to death?!
Although the Wade family had thoroughly developed Mount Wintry and there was also a flat concrete road from the foot of the mountain to the ancestral grave o n the mountain, it would still be at least a three to five kilometers journey all the way up the mountain.
If they had to take three steps before groveling once, that would be almost equivalent to groveling once every two meters, and not even three meters. Based on this calculation, they would have to grovel at least more than a thousand times before going up.
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