Chapter 083: Narrow Road of Enemies

  Qiongjiang Tavern is a wine shop, and the best wines in all of Wangxian County come from Qiongjiang Tavern. Because business is booming, Qiongjiang Tavern's architecture is also luxurious, with a three-story facade decorated lavishly. As you pass by, the sounds of silk and bamboo instruments fill your ears, and the aroma of wine is rich and intense.

  Noble guests in fine clothes and jewelry come one after another on ordinary days.

  But at this moment, everyone gathered around in a circle, all watching the excitement.

  In the midst of the commotion, a group of people were surrounding someone, and Chen Qi was among them.

  So many people, Chen Jing had seen them all.

  The two sides confronted each other, one led by Chen Qi, followed by Huang Lankai and Sun Shiyi; the other side was led by Meng Yanju, with six or seven people, including scholars and guards, outnumbering Chen Qi's side.

  Chen Jiong's first visit to Wanyunjian resulted in some unpleasantness with Meng Yanju and her group, which is why he remembered him.

  "What's the big deal, it was just a joke." Meng Yanju always smiled, elegant and refined, lightly shaking her fan at Chen Qi, "You really can't swallow this, we can have a battle of wits. Having a martial arts duel in the street will get us kneeling in front of the ancestral hall!"

  He spoke in this tone, as if it was all for Chen Qi's own good.

  In fact, it was infuriating Chen Qi.

  Meng Yanju had many followers, and there were two tall and strong guards. If a fight broke out, he wouldn't lose. The Chen and Meng families indeed had rules, forbidding their sons from quarreling with others.

  But when street fighting and losing is even more embarrassing, the punishment at home is even heavier.

  Face is more important than principle!

  Meng Yanju is an old hand, he's very clear about the parents' thoughts and has also figured out Chen Qi's temper. The more he tries to persuade Chen Qi to let things go, the more Chen Qi looks down on him.

  Meng Yanju provoked Chen Qi on purpose and was not afraid of trouble at all. Whether it was a literary or martial competition, he would definitely win against Chen Qi.

  "Who wants to have a literary duel with you!" Chen Qi was uneducated and untalented, as soon as he heard about the poetry and painting competition, his anger surged, "I'll beat you to death today!"

  With that, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to charge forward.

  Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi hastily pulled him back.

  "Come on, what are you dawdling for!" Chen Qi was even angrier and scolded Huang Lankui and Sun Shiyin.

  "It's useless," Huang Lanqing said, "Let's teach him another day."

  Huang Lanqing's family was a merchant, with money but no status, and was simply a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. His family gave him money to come out and make friends in order to build up their power, not to offend people.

  If possible, Huang Lanqing would rather squeeze into Meng Yanju's team.

  Unfortunately, Huang Lankui was a bit spoiled and couldn't stand Meng Yanju's bossing around. Chen Qi's attitude wasn't great either, but he treated them as friends, which was what Huang Lankui valued, so she continued to associate with Chen Qi.

  If they really fought on the street today, Meng Yanju's gang would definitely beat him up so badly that he'd be picking his teeth off the ground. When the news gets back home, it'll be a loss of face and an offense to others, Huang Lankui's father will surely have his hide.

  Chen Qi was impulsive and didn't care about anything, but Huang Lankui dared not.

  "Yes, let's go first." Sun Shiyi also advised. Huang Lankui did not dare to fight with Meng Yanju on the street, and Sun Shiyi dared even less.

  The Sun family's rules were even stricter, and Sun Shiyue was not favored. When he got into trouble, no one in the family would protect him, and when the time came, he would be beaten, and could not avoid being confined for several months.

  "That's right!" Meng Yanju closed the folding fan slightly, took a few steps forward, and almost approached Chen Qi and others, smiling and saying, "It's just a small joke, why take it seriously?"

  He said with a thick sarcastic tone.

  "Damn your joke!" Chen Qi's arms were held by Huang Lankui and Sun Shiyi, unable to break free, so he could only use his feet to kick Meng Yanju.

  Almost kicked it.

  Meng Yanju took several steps back.

  He burst out laughing.

  His followers also stepped forward a few steps, and the atmosphere was tense.

  The owner of the wine shop also came out and begged for mercy on both sides: "Two officials, I'll send you a few jars of our best wine, please calm down."

  Doing business at the door, making money with a good atmosphere, naturally doesn't want anyone fighting in front of his door.

  The shopkeeper spoke politely, but in fact, several bodyguards had already followed him from behind.

  If Meng Yanju and Chen Qi refused to listen to advice and insisted on fighting, Qiong Jiangfang was not afraid of them. When the time came, they would be forcibly separated.

  "Who wants your wine!" Chen Qi's anger surged up when he saw the shopkeeper, "Just now when they spat in my wine, why didn't you say anything?"

  "No, Mr. Chen." The shopkeeper disavowed.

  This kind of thing, wine shops must be cleared up.

  Chen Jiong stood behind the crowd and looked for a long time before he could make out his features.

  Spitting phlegm into someone's wine...

  How disgusting.

  However, Meng Yanju can do it. This kid is always smiling and looks like a gentle scholar, but he's actually very mischievous and has a grudge against Chen Qi, so he must be thinking of ways to trick him.

  Chen Qi's temper wouldn't allow him to swallow such a great humiliation.

  This plane is unavoidable.

  There were only three people with Chen Qicai, while Meng Yanju had eight people...

  "He also said there wasn't any!" Chen Qi saw the shopkeeper's cunning excuses and even wanted to beat him.

  The shopkeeper took several steps back.

  He finally managed to persuade the guests to leave. Unexpectedly, they didn't leave and were still at the door, wanting to fight again. Bystanders love to watch the excitement, and now the inside and outside are surrounded by onlookers.

  The shopkeeper's regret is too late, if he had known earlier, he would have kept them in the wine workshop and slowly persuaded them.

  This wine house has a considerable influence from the East House, and it seems that behind them is the Shen family's share, so they all give some face and do not make a big noise in the wine building.

  But Meng Yanju wanted to humiliate Chen Qi, so he naturally hoped that more people would see Chen Qi make the first move and end up being beaten like a dog. Therefore, he cooperated with the shopkeeper and pulled everyone to the entrance of the wine workshop.

  Chen Qiping usually only brings out half of his emotional intelligence on a daily basis. When he gets angry, his anger takes over and his emotional intelligence goes completely offline, allowing others to manipulate him.

  "Ah, Seventh Brother!" Huang Lanqing pulled Chen Qi with all her might, and her gaze swept casually to the side, where she saw Chen Jing standing opposite them, watching the commotion.

  Chen Jiong smiled and waved at them, saying: "Hey brothers, just playing around?"

  Meng Yanju and others also turned their heads to look at Chen Jing.

  Some people look unwell.

  Meng Yanju's smile slightly subsided.

  The last time at Wenyun Pavilion, although it's been half a year, Meng Yanju still remembers it clearly; and several of Meng Yanju's followers were also present at the time.

  At that time, Chen Jiong's intimidating power is now gone. They only remembered being scared away by Chen Jiong as a child and failing to tease Chen Mo. Therefore, they have added resentment towards this child in their hearts.

  "Yang and brother, come over here." Huang Lanqing said urgently.

  Huang Lanqing didn't know that Chen Jing had skills, she just wanted to get more people to hold back Chen Mo, so he wouldn't get impulsive and really want to fight.

  Everyone is a decent person, if you resort to violence, you'll only get beaten up. Huang Lanqing cried.

  Chen Jiong waved his hand and smiled: "No need, you guys play, I'll just watch the excitement."

  These words made Chen Qi so angry that he almost died. He said: "This is between Chen Yang and your mother, I'll beat you to death when I turn around! Either come over or get out of here!"

  Chen Jiong thought for a moment and said: "In that case, I'd better roll."

  He is going to see the house, but it's on his way.

  Chen Qi needs to be beaten morning and night in order to improve his memory a bit. Maybe from now on he'll just stay home and read books, no longer going out to socialize; it's not necessarily a bad thing.

  Chen Jing doesn't care about this much.

  "Coward!" someone cursed him.

  Those who scolded Chen Jing were people from Meng Yanju's team, their voices cold and disdainful.

  "One is timid and the other is reckless, they are indeed a pair of brothers, a family!" someone sneered.

  The cannon fire suddenly shifted to Chen Jing's body without any warning.

  Chen Jiong thought that it was because Meng Yan had suffered a great loss in front of him last time, and they were not reconciled in their hearts. They had been holding back their anger and wanted to find an opportunity to retaliate. However, the places they often went to were rarely visited by Chen Jiong, so they didn't have the chance, nor did they dare to cause trouble at Chen Jiong's home.

  After all, Chen Jiong's elder brother held a prestigious position, so everyone was somewhat intimidated and didn't dare to go to his house to beat him up.

  Chen Jiong's footsteps didn't stop, and he continued walking forward.

  Suddenly, I felt something whizzing past my ear.

  Chen Jing suddenly tilted his head, and the thing brushed past his temple and fell to the ground.

  A shoe.

  Among those people, someone threw a shoe at Meng Yanju.

  Chen Jiong's footsteps paused slightly.

  "Hahaha……" The shoe-thrower burst into laughter, extremely pleased with himself. His name was Xing Wendin, and he had been following Meng Yanju for many years. This year, he was twenty years old, tall and sturdy, like a bodyguard.

  Xing Wendin is also a bookworm.

  Everyone was led by him and burst out laughing.

  "Xing Wendin, your mother's looking for death!" Chen Qi was even angrier.

  He can bully Chen Jing, but outsiders are not allowed to humiliate Chen Jing. Chen Jing and Chen Qi are cousins, one ancestor, same root different branches, one prosperity together one loss together. Bullying Chen Jing is humiliating Chen Qi.

  "Are you Xing Wendin?" Chen Jiong picked up the shoe, smiled and turned around, walked to Xing Wendin's side and asked.

  Chen Jiong was a bit taller, but couldn't compare to Xing Wendeng. Chen Jiong looked thin and weak, like a bamboo stick that would fall over with just one blow of the wind, looking very easy to bully.

  He smiled, all the more harmless.

  "Right, I'll call you Xing Wendin!" Xing Wendin's eyes widened like copper bells, his aura was intimidating.

  "Alright, I remember." Chen Jiong smiled and then turned to Meng Yanju and others, "You all remember too, his name is Xing Wendin, don't forget when you see him again."

  Meng Yanju and others were slightly stunned, unable to understand what was meant.

  "A few officials, forget it, forget it." The shopkeeper began to persuade them.

  Suddenly, he heard a clear crackling sound, the sound of bones breaking, coming clearly. The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat, thinking it was all over, Xing Wendeng was going to beat that thin and weak scholar to death.

  Xing Wendings is ruthless when he takes action.

  But as soon as Zhang turned around, he saw that Xing Wendings one hand had been twisted behind his back by Chen Jing.

  That crisp crack was Xing Wendeng's arm being chopped off by Chen Jing.

  Completely unexpected and unforeseen.

  The shopkeeper was stunned.