NFBE Chapter 165 Who else wants to try?
Chapter 165 Who else wants to try?
"Oh, Ji Lang, let's go meet Zhang Zhengyang now." Yang Biao asked the bookstore's employees to get in the car and go to Hongshu Bookstore together.
"I told you, I gave you three days to move all the books out of my place. But I'm too kind and you turned a deaf ear to my words." A man shouted loudly, and the shop owners nearby watched from a distance.
"Ji Lang, Dong Quan, cripple one of his hands!" Yang Biao got angry when he saw that group of people smashing and looting the shop.
Ji Lang and the other man took the order and went over with the eleven people that Yang Biao had just bought.
“Who are you? How dare you meddle in my business…” Maybe he was tired of living, but the man had no time to say this, and a painful wail came out of his mouth.
"Your hand is broken?" The onlookers who were nearby heard the sound of bones breaking and felt the pain for him.
"This Zhang Zhengyang is really a capable guy. His business is getting bigger and bigger!" Yang Biao remembered that he used to work alone, but he didn't expect that in just over three years he could gather so many people to work for him.
"How bold! Do you know who my master is?" The man rolled on the ground in pain. His men went over to check his injuries and yelled at Ji Lang.
"I don't care who your master is?" How could a small Wenchang County official rank be higher than the governor of his master's father-in-law? Ji Lang didn't care, "Get out of here now, or I'll cut off one of your hands!"
"You dare?" Someone didn't believe it and picked up a stick to hit Ji Lang, but before he could even touch his sleeve, Ji Lang broke one of his hands.
"Who else wants to try it?" Ji Lang looked around. The man who didn't believe in evil stayed where he was, holding his disabled hand, howling in pain. His companions were frightened by his aura and ran away instantly.
“Wow, Zhang Zhengyang’s people are not as powerful as imagined. Unfortunately, I…” Some of the onlookers smacked their lips in amazement. It was so easy for the new buyer to beat off the group of thugs.
"What's the matter, Xu Che? Was your shop robbed by Zhang Zhengyang?" As everyone knows, Zhang Zhengyang's means of robbery were particularly despicable. The people around looked at Xu Che with sympathy.
"What else can I do? My family's safety is important." Money is external to the body. If you lose it, you can earn it again. Xu Chun comforted himself.
"Don't clean up anymore, just leave it as it is for now." Seeing that Ji Lang and the others wanted to pick up the scattered books and take them back to the bookstore, Yang Biao stepped forward to stop them. He had to go to the county government as soon as possible.
Yang Biao drove with Ji Lang to the gate of the county government office, stopped the car at the Dengwen Drum, pulled out the drumsticks placed beside the drum, and started beating it hard.
He felt that this matter was very strange. How could Zhang Zhengyang, who did not hold any official position, cause any trouble in this county? However, this man had successfully robbed the shop and was still continuing to plunder. He would not believe that there was no government background involved in this.
"Who is here in the hall? Why don't you kneel before me?" The county magistrate looked at Yang Biao who was standing in the hall and slammed the gavel.
"My student Yang Biao is a scholar." Yang Biao took out his scholar's certificate, which scholars in ancient times had to carry with them to prove their identity. The legal advisor standing next to the county magistrate walked over, looked at his certificate, and nodded to the county magistrate.
"Then why are you beating the drum today?" Since he is a scholar, there is no need to beat him with a stick. The county magistrate asked him the purpose of his visit to the county government office.
"Your Excellency, please allow me to report this. Today, I bought a bookstore to support my family, but it was smashed by a group of people of unknown origin not long ago. I specially ask Your Excellency to come and seek justice for me." Yang Biao clasped his fists at the county magistrate Mo Rongtai in the court. This man looked to be in his forties and it was unknown whether he was an accomplice of Zhang Zhengyang.
"Oh, Master Sui, you go with him and resolve the matter." In his jurisdiction, there were actually incidents of vandalism and smashing in broad daylight. It was simply a sign that they didn't take him, the county magistrate, seriously.
"Yes, sir!" Master Sui took the order and followed Yang Biao to Hongshu Bookstore with a group of constables and yamen runners.
"Master Sui, this is it, take a look..." Yang Biao pointed at the messy scene and complained to Master Sui about his grievances.
"Well, we already know, and we will find out the main culprit as soon as possible." Master Sui had a headache after listening to this. This scholar was really talkative, and he kept saying "yes, no" in his mouth.
Yang Biao's move was just to delay time and intend to keep Master Sui. He was sure that Zhang Zhengyang would not give up and would definitely bring more people.
As expected, soon five or six horse-drawn carriages were seen speeding towards Hong Tushu, and most of the people on them were wearing official uniforms of constables.
"I heard that you are very capable?" The person who came forward to speak was a captain of the police. He pointed at Ji Lang and kicked him, but Ji Lang dodged it.
"How ridiculous!" He actually dared to hide. The unruly people were the mob. "Catch them all!" He wanted to beat them up and vent his anger on behalf of his brother in person.
"Captain Gong, who are you going to arrest?" Hearing that Captain Gong was acting so arrogantly, Master Sui walked out of the bookstore with his men.
"Oh, it's Master Sui, why are you here?" Captain Gong hurried over to support him, his attitude very respectful.
"The owner of this Hongshu bookstore has complained to the county magistrate. Is it okay if I don't come?" Lawyer Sui pulled his hand away. The one who made the complaint was a scholar, and the connections of this kind of group should not be underestimated. It seems that this matter cannot be easily settled.
"Captain Zhu, take them all back." Lawyer Sui instructed Zhu Wenyi to inform the county magistrate of the matter in detail and discuss how to handle it so as to avoid any mistakes.
"Master, what should we do now...?" Seeing that those people had been taken away by Zhu Wenyi, Ji Lang came over to ask Yang Biao what they should do next.
"Put all the books on the bookshelf and let the shop assistants continue to run their business." Yang Biao waved his hand and let the county magistrate handle Zhang Zhengyang's matter. There was no need for him to waste his time on it.
"Boss, all the bookshelves in the shop were destroyed by those gangsters." The young man cried. This Zhang Zhengyang was too abominable.
"It's okay. I'll go to the second-hand market and buy some old bookshelves. You guys clean up here first and pick out those damaged bookshelves." In order to make room for the newly bought bookshelves, he also told Dong Quan and the others to be more alert tonight and be on guard against others, for fear that someone would set a fire in the middle of the night.
By the time everything was done at the bookstore, it was already dark and the road was no longer visible. However, Yang Biao was afraid that Xia Weiwei would worry, so he held a torch and returned to Yangjia Village in the night.
"Ji Lang, find a house to stay at in the village, and go back to the county town early tomorrow morning." It was already so late, and for safety reasons, it was better not to send people back to Wenchang County in the dark.
"Yang Biao," Xia Weiwei, who had been sitting in the yard waiting for him, hurriedly opened the gate when she heard Yang Biao's voice outside the yard.
"Weiwei, you're still pregnant, why aren't you sleeping yet?" When Yang Biao saw that it was her who opened the door, he hugged her in his arms with heartache.
"Originally, mother wanted to wait for you here, but I asked her to go back." Xia Weiwei heard Yang Lin say that he bought a bookstore in the county town and wanted to know why he had to do it.