Chapter 085: Revenge is inevitable

  Chen Jiong was imprisoned for the first time, Chen Qi, Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi were also together.

  Compared to Chen Jie's calmness, these three were overly excited.

  Chen Qi was overjoyed, pulling Chen Jing and saying: "Today's fight was really enjoyable! I've long wanted to teach Meng Yan a lesson, let's see if he'll still be arrogant in the future!"

  Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi both had a sorrowful look on their faces.

  A good and honest person, who would go to jail?

  Especially Huang Lanqing, who was the most nervous. The county government officials were all greedy for money as if their lives depended on it. The Huang family were merchants and would offer them respects during festivals, but whenever they had a case, they would have to pay extra money.

  This time, I'm afraid we'll have to fleece the Huang family again.

  Huang Lanqing thought of her father's painful and worried appearance, feeling both sad and fearful in her heart.

  Compared with the previous dynasty, the imperial court encouraged traveling merchants and resident merchants, and also allowed merchants to wear silk and wear satin. However, the status of merchants was still at the end of the four peoples.

  In a humble position, with no choice but to be manipulated by others.

  "What can be done?" Chen was excited, while Huang Lanqin almost cried.

  Huang Lanqing, Sun Shiyi and Chen Qi were just 16 or 17 years old boys, equivalent to the age of high school students in later generations. In their daily lives, they were carefree and reckless, pretending to be mature, but in reality, they were not psychologically mature.

  It's normal to feel flustered or impulsive when something happens.

  "What's going on?" Chen Qi asked.

  "How are we going out?" Huang Lanqing replied, taking a deep breath. "If Meng Yan doesn't play tricks on us, she won't be able to kill us."

  Chen Qi didn't think so and said: "Don't worry, my second brother will help."

  "What can we do if you're fine?" Huang Lanqing said again.

  Chen Qi heard this and was unhappy, saying: "Do you think I would abandon you? Is that what brothers do? My second brother has come, of course he will take you out too."

  He thought it was very simple.

  However, Huang Lanqing and Sun Shiyi both felt that Chen Er didn't have such skills.

  Sun Shiyue is well-known for his smooth talk, but everyone knows that the Sun family has nothing left but an empty shell, no money. The Huang family, on the other hand, is wealthy. Would the county magistrate easily give in to Chen Er and let go of the opportunity to extort silver from the Huang family?

  Chen Er has no such dignity!

  "Can't you just get out?" Huang Lanqing blurted out in her anxiety, "You two brothers refuse to listen to advice and want to stir up trouble, we'll be the ones to suffer!"

  "What does this mean?" Chen Qi was furious and stood up.

  He and Meng Yanju had a fight, his clothes were tattered, his face was also bruised and swollen, looking fierce and menacing.

  "Alright, alright." Sun Shiyi acted as a peacemaker, "Why must you blame each other? Since things have come to this point, it's better to make peace and avoid further losses."

  Huang Lanqing was the most anxious.

  He thinks Sun Shiyi is also a smooth talker.

  In the end, it's always the Huang family who pays the bill.

  On ordinary days, when they went out to have fun, Huang Lanqing was the one who paid, just to make friends. These friends had never helped him in critical moments and instead got him into trouble.

  After some thought, Huang Lanqing's complaints in her heart were never expressed.

  A momentary satisfaction on the lips may have lost a friend. Even if you haven't lost it, there will be a rift in everyone's heart afterwards, and it can never go back to the way it was before.

  Huang Lanqing cherished these few friends very much.

  "What's all the noise about!" the jailer shouted back.

  Sun Shiyin immediately pulled Huang Lankui and Chen Qi apart.

  Chen Jing sat in the back, closed his eyes and dozed off without saying a word.

  Chen Qi also didn't say anything again.

  The cell fell silent.

  Then, a prison guard in his fifties, presumably the head of the prison, came in to inspect. Seeing Chen Jiu and several others, who were dressed neatly and looked refined, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Who are these people?"

  "Bao caught a head and came in, and had a fight with Meng Guanren on the street." The jailer replied.

  The Meng family was previously not of high social standing.

  However, the Meng family took a different path and sent their legitimate daughter to be a concubine of the Magistrate of Mingzhou. Ordinary families couldn't bear to do this, but the Meng family was able to bring themselves to do it.

  Later, the girl gave birth to a son as soon as she entered the door.

  The governor was over forty years old and had lost three sons, so he was very pleased to have a new son in his old age. He loved the child's mother, Meng, extremely dearly and even gave her his official seal to keep, while Meng was clever and agile, handled matters with great skill and knew how to win the governor's heart.

  Because she kept the county magistrate's seal, Madam Meng was almost on an equal footing with the madam in the county magistrate's mansion, and it was very glorious. The county magistrate listened to her words and followed her plans.

  Her maternal family also gained power and influence, and everyone in the county looked up to the Meng family.

  Of course, people also gossip about them behind their backs.

  The county magistrate of Wangxian, who was eager to be promoted, naturally had to curry favor with the prefectural governor. Therefore, in recent years, he had been extremely friendly to the Meng family and treated Meng Yanru as a honored guest.

  Only a fool would fight with Meng Yanju.

  This time, these few kids' families will definitely have to pay a heavy price to settle this matter.

  The county magistrate is also not a good person to get along with.

  "What are you people doing?..." The prison head walked forward, knocked on the prison door, and sighed, "Why provoke Officer Meng? Even if it's someone from the Shen family, they'll give way to Officer Meng three times."

  "Then he asked again, 'Whose family are you from?'"

  The old prison guard's tone was friendly, and everyone could hear it.

  Huang Lanqing hastily stepped forward and introduced himself, "I am from the Huang family of Sanpo Alley." Then he also introduced Chen Qi and Chen Jing, "This is from the Chen family of Jingzhong Alley, this is from the Chen family of Qiwan Alley."

  Wang County is not a big place, and there are only a few wealthy merchants. The Huang family in Sanpo Alley is also considered one of them.

  The prison chief knows.

  The Chen family of Jingzhong Lane was not well-known, but the Chen family of Qiwan Lane was famous throughout Man County because of Chen Juren.

  The jailer took a few more glances at Chen Jing.

  Chen Jiong looked frail and pale, with a complexion as white as jade. He didn't seem to have grown much. This appearance of his didn't seem like someone who would stir up trouble. Yet at this moment, only he had an expression of calmness, quietly sitting there with a serene and detached look, like a Bodhisattva.

  "Is that Chen Jiu's brother?" the prison head asked.

  The prison guard nodded: "Yes, this kid has broken both arms of the prison officer..."

  Stunned, he asked back: "Really?"

  "It's true, I heard the guards say so," said the jailer. "At that time, everyone was scared by him and didn't dare to move, so when Chen Qiuguan beat Meng Qiuguan, none of them dared to come forward to help."

  Lao Tou stared at Chen Jing.

  I would like to stare a hole through Chen Jing's body.

  He paused for a moment, then asked Chen Jing in a tone of seeking confirmation, "Did you put the official's arm under control?"

  "Yes." Chen Jiong replied.

  Lao Tou slightly paused: Such a pure and gentle appearance, such a calm tone, yet hiding such deep resentment!

  "Can you do kung fu?" The prison head asked again. Some people are just hiding their true abilities.

  "It's nothing." Chen Jiong smiled, "Carrying water every day, just a bit more strength in the hands..."

  The wardens and prison guards looked at each other in dismay.

  "You're young, but you've got a ruthless heart." The prison head's tone turned a few degrees colder. Chen Jing's calm demeanor showed that he didn't take the loss of his arm to heart.

  This kid is too ruthless.

  At such a young age, being so ruthless is terrifying.

  The warder and several of his assistants stopped talking to them and went off to inspect other cells.

  Chen Jiong smiled.

  As they walked further away, Huang Lankui and Sun Shiyi also looked at Chen Jing's gaze with a few points of fear.

  Sun Shiyi used to admire Chen Jing quite a bit.

  But this time, he also felt that Chen Jing was too ruthless. Xing Wendeng just threw a smelly shoe, and Chen Jing didn't have to break the other person's arm.

  So venomous, it sends chills down one's spine.

  "However, brother, there's something I want to say, but I'm not sure if I should say it." Sun Shiyue hesitated for a moment before speaking.

  "It doesn't matter what you say," said Chen Jiong.

  "Ying shouldn't be so angry, and he removed Xing Wendeng's arm. No matter where this thing is placed, Ying won't be in the right. "Sun Shiyi said, "Xing Wendeng just threw a shoe..."

  Chen Jiong hadn't even had time to come back, Chen Qi was already furious, scolding Sun Shiyin: "What nonsense are you spouting! Are you saying that Xiang Wendeng should beat up Zhang San first, and then Zhang San would fight back? That's the only way it would make sense? Your dog fart words! You're a Bodhisattva in a temple, what right do you have to sympathize with Heaven?"

  Only when one has suffered a loss will they retaliate, as if this is the only way to be magnanimous. Chen Qi found this viewpoint unacceptable.

  He is someone who cannot afford to lose.

  Sun Shiyi's face turned red and white as he was scolded by Chen Qi.

  "Hey, you two brothers, don't quarrel," Chen Jing smiled and said, "I removed Xing Wendian's arm, there's a reason for it."

  "What's going on?" several people asked.

  Chen Jiong smiled and slowly explained: "Originally, it was you who started the conflict, I just came to watch the excitement. But Lan Qing recognized me, Meng Yanju's hatred turned to me immediately, scolding and even throwing shoes to provoke me."

  This is not normal.

  Have you forgotten what happened last time at the Wenyuan Pavilion? Meng Yanju was at a disadvantage, and he was stifling his anger. Even his friends couldn't bear it, and they must have been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on me. Once they had the chance, they would settle accounts with me, and there would be endless trouble.

  I'll make an example of them, just to shock and awe, so they know my ferocity and won't dare have any other ideas, don't bother me again. That way, it's a one-time effort for all eternity."

  Huang Lanqing and others were all stunned.

  They thought it over carefully and Chen Jiong's concerns were indeed reasonable.

  Meng Yanju has a personality of revenge for past grievances.

  Chen Jiong had provoked him, and he had suffered a loss. He would have to take revenge sooner or later. Moreover, Chen Jiong was about to open his door for business, opening a pharmacy, and did not want the war to involve his pharmacy.

  But isn't it just drinking poison to quench thirst for those who have been beaten by Meng Yanju?

  The county magistrate will definitely stand on Meng Yanju's side.

  "Chen Yang and this person, seem very clever, but actually have no great wisdom, too stupid! Actually think that knocking the mountain to shock the tiger can scare Meng Yan?" Sun Shiyi thought in his heart.

  Meng Yanju had a backing, namely the prefect and county magistrate as his support.

  When facing this kind of person, only Chen Qi dares to provoke him, and only Chen Jing dares to deal with him.

  The Chen brothers are simply fearless and ignorant!

  Sun Shiyi felt for the first time that he had really made a mistake in his choice of friends.