binnovel Chapter 101 Always eager for a good show
Chapter 101 Always eager for a good show
A fierce glint flashed in Wei Wei's eyes. He pulled out a dagger and was about to stab Jiang Wen when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He was suddenly thrown into the air and then crashed heavily to the ground.
Just as Meng Fuqing withdrew his foot, Xie Jin stopped Jiang Wen's movement on the other side.
With a crisp sound, the sharp blade at Jiang Wen's fingertips was knocked to the ground, startling everyone who was standing there in a daze.
Jiang Wen let out a muffled roar, still struggling despite being restrained by Xie Jin.
Xie Jin frowned slightly, pinched his chin and applied a little force, causing his mouth to open.
After looking at it, he turned to Du Zhong and said, "He must have been poisoned and rendered mute."
After saying that, he lowered his voice and said, "Jiang Bei is in our hands. Don't you want to kill him with your own hands?"
Jiang Wen gradually stopped struggling, and his abyss-like eyes shone with an astonishing light at that moment.
Du Zhong didn't notice what the two were saying afterward. He flew into a rage, shouting loudly to stop his brothers who were about to step forward. His fierce eyes swept over everyone, "I saw him just a moment ago and he was perfectly fine. How did he suddenly become like this? Can anyone give me an explanation?"
Some of the Black Tiger Stronghold members looked confused, while others dared not look up. At this moment, someone stepped forward and said, "Shouldn't the leader be asking the third leader? Apart from the third leader's men, the other brothers don't know anything about the refugees."
Everyone turned to look at Wei Wei, who had just gotten up from the ground. Hearing Xie Jin's words, he relaxed considerably and said, "Perhaps his men are disobedient. The Jiang family used to bully people a lot because they were rich and powerful. Who knows if someone just doesn't like them. Brother, didn't you used to dislike these spoiled brats too?"
Before Du Zhong could speak, Meng Fuqing chuckled, her words immediately adding fuel to the fire, "Anyone who doesn't know better would think that anyone in Black Tiger Stronghold can overstep the boss and do whatever they want. Today, I, a country bumpkin, have truly had my eyes opened."
Upon hearing this, not only Du Zhong, but almost everyone in Black Tiger Stronghold changed their expressions and knelt down to pledge their loyalty.
Du Zhong ignored her and simply called over a capable-looking woman from the crowd. She looked at the Fifth Madam of the Jiang family lying in the middle of the hall, her life hanging in the balance, and said, "Take her away and make proper arrangements for her."
The once spirited woman softened her expression, "Yes."
Jiang Wen's gaze followed the figure until it disappeared, and the restraints on his back loosened. He staggered and almost fell to the ground, but he stubbornly held on and didn't fall.
Du Zhongze strode up to Wei Wei and slapped him across the face.
Wei Wei thought that Du Zhong would give a plausible explanation as before and the matter would be over. He never expected that Du Zhong would suddenly attack him and he was slapped hard. Du Zhong's strength was so great that he was sent flying nearly ten feet away.
While bleeding from his ears, nose, and mouth, one side of his cheek suddenly swelled up. He lay on the ground, barely moved, and then fainted.
A gasp came from the crowd. Du Zhong looked at everyone with a gloomy face. "It seems that I am not qualified to be the boss. You have been too easy to talk to for too long and have forgotten my previous methods. Today I will put my words here and now. The consequences of deceiving superiors and subordinates and being outwardly compliant but inwardly disobedient are shown in Wei Wei's case."
“I can promote him from the bottom of my heart, and I can also take his life just as easily. He is like that, and so are you. Take him away and lock him up!”
This time, no one dared to object. Two men arrived and dragged Wei Wei away.
Du Chong turned around and walked up to Jiang Wen. He calmed his expression and said, "I cannot say that I have nothing to do with Young Master Jiang's current predicament. But whether you believe it or not, I, Du, have only ever been after money and have no intention of taking lives."
After this matter is over, Mr. Du will let your family leave, and the money you stole will also be returned. Please, Young Master Jiang, write down the whole story so we can understand what really happened.
He had no choice but to join the bandits, and for the past three years he had been focused on finding people, so he hadn't really paid much attention to the affairs of the village.
Now that his son has been found, he wants to retire from his life of crime and not let his son follow in his footsteps and become a bandit.
Before that, all matters within the gang must be properly handled.
Jiang Wen's body was tense, his fists clenched. No matter how high-sounding the words of the Black Tiger Stronghold leader were, the hatred in his heart would not diminish in the slightest.
If Black Tiger Stronghold hadn't colluded with the Hu people, and if they hadn't been stopped when leaving Qingzhou, Jiangbei wouldn't have taken the opportunity to cause trouble, and his family wouldn't have suffered so many deaths and injuries.
He watched his wife being humiliated, enduring the abuse just to see her child one last time, only to learn that the child was dead... How could a human being not hate all of this?
But he couldn't act rashly; he had to personally plunder Jiangbei.
Thinking this, he nodded.
Du Zhong immediately clasped his hands in a gesture of respect and said, "Thank you, Young Master Jiang."
Meng Fuqing remained aloof throughout, having no intention of getting involved in the feud between the Jiang family and Black Tiger Village.
Her ears twitched slightly as she suddenly heard what sounded like fighting outside.
Just then, a loud shout rang out, "Meng Fuqing, why aren't you here to fight!"
Qi Liang's voice.
She had only taken two steps when she was grabbed around the waist, her body suddenly lightened, and she flew out of the council hall.
"Seeing that you're having some trouble with your legs, I'll help you out," Xie Jin said.
Before the body had grown tall enough, Meng Fuqing felt that Xie Jin was saying that her legs were short, so as soon as she landed, she pretended to accidentally step on the man's foot.
After taking a clear look at the situation outside, they realized that things were not going well.
There were more than a dozen people, each carrying a large knife. They were taller and stronger than ordinary bandits and looked like Hu people.
The unconscious Wei Wei had been snatched from the bandits, and now the two sides were locked in a tense standoff.
It seems that the person who is getting along very well with Qi Liang is the leader of the Hu people.
The Hu chieftain was being forced back by a series of heavy punches, and his face was bruised.
Meng Fuqing instructed Xie Jin, "Go and help out."
Xie Jin smiled enigmatically, "Your men asked me for help?"
"I didn't want to help, but if I talked to you for a bit, he might have settled things."
Xie Jin: ...
Qi Liang was furious. "Can't you guys stay away from me a little longer?!"
"Son, I'm here to help you!" Du Zhong shouted loudly from behind Meng Fuqing and Xie Jin.
The Hu chieftain shouted, "Du Zhong, aren't you afraid of offending my Hu army?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Qi Liang seized the opportunity to punch him in the temple, causing him to bleed from all seven orifices and collapse to the ground.
The other Hu people looked grim upon seeing this. "Du Zhong, do you really want to break ties with us?"
Du Zhong didn't waste any words with them and directly told his men not to hold back.
After all, this was Black Tiger Stronghold's territory, and even the fiercest dozen or so Hu people were quickly subdued.
Wei Wei, who was in a coma, was repeatedly injured during the fight and had no choice but to wake up.
"Speak, what do the barbarians want from you?!" Du Zhong stepped forward and questioned.
Without his status as the third leader of Black Tiger Stronghold, Wei Wei is nothing. Why do the Hu people insist on taking him away?
Whether Wei Wei heard it or not, his eyes rolled back and he fainted again.
Meng Fuqing walked to Du Zhong's side. "Is there even a question? It must be useful to the Hu people. Does the chief know if Wei Wei's men have transported all the loot they stole from outside into the village?"
Du Zhong wasn't stupid to have risen to the top position; after Meng Fuqing's reminder, he immediately realized what was going on.
"Arrest all those who used to work for Wei Wei!"