Chapter 185: The streets are full of crimes and anger is rising Chen Xian followed slowly after another, they soon arrived outside the town. Jinshan moved forward, and his gang members lined up behind him, staring at Chen Xian coldly. Chen Xian came slowly and looked up at Jin Shan: "If you don't come to me, I will come to you. How much of the insurance premiums collected every month do you pay to Liu Shifu?" "You're about to die, is this something you should care about?" A rough man with a pair of triangular eyes behind Jinshan pointed at Chen Xian and shouted coldly. Chen Xian glanced at the latter. The man with triangular eyes was the most capable fighter around Jinshan, and his methods were vicious and cruel. No one who had offended that man had a complete body. He has been bullying the people in the town over the years. When the people see him, they tremble in fear and even kneel down to greet him. Even newborn babies would be too scared to cry when they heard his voice at night. Although it is an exaggeration, it shows that this man is notorious and everyone is afraid of him. Such people are the real evil people and sinners. They should be thrown into prison and executed later. He, Chen Xian, is just a person who punishes evildoers.
"Come here!" Chen Xian waved to the man with triangular eyes. The man with three corners of his eye had a ferocious look on his face. He held the machete tightly in his hand and walked towards Chen Xian across Jinshan, but was grabbed by Jinshan and pulled behind him. Jin Shan stared at Chen Xian coldly: "Since you didn't die in the Demon Suppression Pass, you should know how to cherish your life. Why are you so arrogant and presumptuous after you have been discharged from the army?" "You think that after you've served as a soldier at the Demon Suppression Pass for a few years and killed a few demons, you can come back to the town and show off your power, right?" "Young man, you are ridiculous. The water in Zhenyaoguan is not deep. If you want to come back alive, you just need to practice martial arts and be loyal." "But Fengtian is not the demon-suppressing pass, and the town is even less so. From top to bottom, the water is deep enough to drown you." "The human heart is scarier than demons. You don't know anything. After you returned from the army, you ran to the Liu Mansion and killed Liu Qi, the young master of the Liu family, and more than 40 people who were guarding the Liu Mansion." "Another fifty people from the Liu Gang were killed this morning. Even if these people have problems, the imperial court will punish them. Who do you think you are?" "The Liu Gang and my Red Wolf Gang have existed in this town for 40 to 50 years, and have always survived by collecting insurance premiums. Do you really think that the bigwigs in the county and prefecture towns don't know about this?" "Forget it. There's no point in saying so much to a dying person like you." "Liu Shifu wants you to die, so you have to die!" After he finished speaking, Jinshan walked towards Chen Xian step by step, his face full of confidence. He had seen Chen Xian take action in the morning. In the afternoon, Lieutenant Wang Ming of the City Guard went to test Chen Xian and was able to confirm that all the acupoints in Chen Xian's body had been condensed, and even his meridians had been opened. He is considered an entry-level warrior. This strength can indeed show off in the town, but in Jinshan's eyes, it is nothing more than that because he is in the late Chongyuan stage. boom! Jinshan took three steps and then suddenly exploded. The vitality in his body surged in an instant and rushed towards Chen Xian. He thought that his speed was extremely fast, but in Chen Xian's eyes, it was as slow as a turtle. "Die!" Jinshan's entire palm was filled with blood and energy, and it took the shape of a wolf's claw and grabbed Chen Xian's chest.
Chen Xian originally planned to kill Jinshan with one palm strike and be done with it. But when he saw that Jinshan was extremely confident and arrogant, he decided to let this arrogant villain die in despair. So he stood there without moving, allowing Jinshan's attack to hit his chest. boom! After grabbing with one claw, the extremely confident Jinshan thought that Chen Xian was unable to react, and a smug and cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. But the next moment. The smug and cruel smile on Jinshan's face froze. Because he grabbed Chen Xian with his claws, not only did he fail to shake Chen Xian, he didn't even tear Chen Xian's clothes. "impossible!" Jinshan took a step back and shouted in shock. "It's okay, come again." Chen Xian had a playful look in his eyes and waved at Jinshan. Jinshan roared angrily, and immediately changed his tactics, grabbing Chen Xian's neck more fiercely. Chen Xian still didn't move, allowing Jinshan to grab him. The seemingly sharp claws grabbed his neck, but he didn't react at all. No matter how hard Jinshan tried, it was useless. "Is this what you're good at?" Chen Xian said coldly: "You just said so much and acted so arrogantly, but you are nothing more than that!" boom! He slapped Jinshan on the head, and the head exploded with a bang and turned into a bloody mist. The headless corpse was kicked away by Chen Xian and crashed into the eleven men with triangular eyes. The eleven people had grim smiles on their faces at first, but when they saw that Jinshan’s attack had no effect, they looked solemn. When Jinshan's second attack failed to shake Chen Xian, everyone frowned. It wasn't until Chen Xian beat Jinshan to death that everyone gasped in shock. The next moment, the man with triangular eyes looked despair. Because Chen Xian flashed over, as fast as lightning, in the blink of an eye, the heads of ten people around him flew away instantly, bang bang bang bang... There was a series of explosions, and ten people's heads exploded like watermelons. "...!!" The man with the triangular eyes was so scared that he shit and pissed himself and stood there trembling. But when I looked at Chen Xian again, he was still in the same position as if he had not moved. "How much insurance premium does your Red Wolf Gang pay to the Liu Mansion every month? Don't make me ask for the third time." Chen Xian stared at the man with triangular eyes coldly. At this moment, ten headless corpses beside him fell to the ground with a thud. He drooled madly and knelt down in front of Chen Xian with a thud. "Master Chen, my name is Ma San. From now on, you will be the leader of the Red Wolf Gang. I, Ma Shan, will serve you at all times." Ma San knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. Then he looked up and said, "The Red Wolf Gang pays one-third of the insurance premiums collected to the Liu Mansion every month, which is about 45 taels of silver."
"Forty-five taels of silver a month, that's nearly five hundred taels of silver a year." Chen Xian nodded secretly. It doesn't sound like much. One tael of silver is equal to ten coins, one coin is equal to one hundred and fifty copper coins, and one copper coin is equivalent to one dollar on Earth in the previous life. But the purchasing power of the two worlds is different. On Earth, one dollar can buy two steamed buns, but here one copper coin can buy four steamed buns. So five hundred taels of silver is equivalent to seven hundred and fifty thousand yuan. This is just one year's insurance premium that the Red Wolf Gang paid to the Liu Mansion. There is also the Liu Gang, which also counts as 500 taels of silver. The Liu family exploited a thousand taels of silver from these two gangs every year. This is just the insurance premium, and there are also various taxes to be paid. In a year, the Liu family extorts more than a thousand taels of silver. In addition, Liu Shifu occupied manors, fields, orchards, aquaculture, workshops, etc. Chen Xian calculated in his mind that Liu Shifu's net profit per year was at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. So cool! He walked towards Ma San step by step. Ma San had a look of fear on his face and knelt there, not daring to move. Chen Xian looked down at him and said, "Do you know about Liu Shifu's situation?" Ma San nodded: "That's about right. He often invites the gang leader to Liu's house for dinner. The gang leader always takes us with him, and we can hear their conversations." "So, you know all the bad things Liu Shifu has done in the town?" Chen Xian asked. "Some of the evil deeds are not only known to me, but also to the whole town. There are also some things that he instigated the Liu Gang and our Red Wolf Gang to do. There is nothing we can do. He is an official and we are gangsters. We have to listen to him." Ma San was really frightened and confessed everything. Chen Xian pinched his chin and nodded secretly: "Who is Liu Shifu's backer in the county? Do you know?" Ma San was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. He is a well-known figure in the town, but he is nothing in the county. Seeing that Ma Shan really didn't know, Chen Xian glanced at the bodies of Jin Shan and the others and said, "I'll spare your life, but you can't just do nothing. When you go back, take the brothers of the Red Wolf Gang and write down on paper how Liu Shifu has done evil and oppressed the people in the past few decades. Post it on the walls everywhere, or distribute it to the common people, including those in the villages outside the town. Get it done within one day. If you can’t do it, I will go to the Red Wolf Gang to find you in person tomorrow night. Don't even think about trying to escape. I want you dead before you can even get out of this town." Ma San nodded repeatedly: "Master Chen, don't worry, I don't want to die yet. I will gather my brothers and do what you said immediately when I get back." Chen Xian nodded: "Go ahead." Ma San kowtowed, stood up, looked at the bodies of Jinshan and others, spat, and ran towards the town. Chen Xian looked at him coldly. This Ma San was really a piece of shit. After all, Jinshan had taken good care of him. Now that he had killed him, Ma San didn't even bother to bury Jinshan's body and let him rest in peace. He even spit on him before leaving. He was an ungrateful person. However, he didn't plan to keep Ma San. It was just that Ma San was still useful at the moment, so he would wait until he was done with him. ……
The fifty-third year of Emperor Ningwu’s reign. May 26th. Early in the morning, the streets and alleys of Liuquan Town were covered with yellow straw paper. Liu Shifu's crimes were written on the yellow straw paper. Some of them were known to people, while some were unknown, including bullying men and women, occupying manor land, killing and arson, creating demonic disturbances, collecting insurance premiums, levying taxes at will, and allowing his son to rapine women, etc. Too many to read. "Who did it?" When Liu Shifu got the news, he was so angry that he threw teacups and smashed the table. Because all the charges on the yellow straw paper were true, the key was that some secret crimes were also revealed, and it was obvious that they were done by people who knew him well. "Tear it up, tear it up for me, tear it all up!" Liu Shifu roared. The old butler said, "Master, they have already had people tearing up the papers, but, but there are too many. The streets are also full of paper scraps..." "Bastard!" Liu Shifu's face was full of ferocity, and he shouted, "Where's Jinshan?" The old butler trembled and said, "Master, I have sent people to the Red Wolf Gang, but I didn't see Jinshan. I did see Ma San. Ma San said that Jinshan took people to look for Chen Xian last night and has not returned yet." "Chen Xian, you bastard, you dare to go against me, Liu Shifu. Do you really think I'm old and useless?" Liu Shifu said fiercely, "Go find Jinshan first. I want to see him alive or dead." "It's Master." The old butler nodded repeatedly and hurried away with his men. Outside Liuquan Town. A group of people came, including Wang Ming. He brought few followers with him. The others were wearing purple flying fish suits and black cloaks, which were the uniforms of the Demon Suppression Bureau. The leading captain was a young man, about thirty years old, with a cold look in his eyes. Even when Wang Ming spoke to the man, he was polite. The man was none other than Li Mingfu, a small flag officer in the county town demon department, with thirty demon guards under his command. Yesterday, when Wang Ming returned to the county town, he found Li Mingfu and told him about what happened in Liuquan Town. When Li Mingfu heard that someone had killed nearly a hundred people in the town, he was horrified. Without even reporting to his superiors, he immediately brought his men to capture the criminal. As soon as everyone arrived in the town, they saw pieces of paper flying all over the streets. A demon-suppressing guard stepped forward and grabbed a flying piece of paper. After taking a look at it, he handed it to Li Mingfu. After reading it, Li Mingfu's eyes flashed slightly and he gave the piece of paper to Wang Ming. "This... must be Chen Xian's trick, deliberately framing Mayor Liu." Wang Ming said angrily after reading it. Upon hearing this, Li Mingfu snorted coldly: "This Liu Shifu is also a waste. As the mayor, he is in charge of an area, but he is bullied like this? Let's go!" Soon, everyone appeared in front of Liu Mansion.
As soon as they saw someone from the Demon Suppression Bureau coming, the guards in front of the Liu Mansion hurriedly went to report it. A moment later, Liu Shifu ran out in a panic to greet them. "Hey, Lord Li, Lieutenant Wang, please come in quickly!" Liu Shifu faced Li Mingfu and Wang Ming with a very humble attitude and invited them into the mansion. He asked the servants to brew some good tea, and at the same time asked someone to bring out a hundred taels of silver and placed it in front of Li Mingfu, saying with a smile, "Master Li, this is a small gift. Please accept it." Wang Ming, who was watching from the side, didn't care, because Liu Shifu had already given him a hundred taels of silver yesterday, otherwise how could he be so concerned about helping Liu Shifu. "Ahem!" Li Mingfu coughed lightly and said, "Mayor Liu, this is not appropriate." Liu Shifu smiled and said, "Don't misunderstand, Lord Li. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Just treat it as tea money." Li Mingfu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, Mayor Liu is thoughtful." He asked someone to collect the hundred taels of silver, looked at Liu Shifu, put the paper on the table and said, "Chief Liu, what's going on?" Liu Shifu didn't even look at him. The smile on his face disappeared as he said, "Master Li, I won't hide it from you. The town has been in chaos for the past two days. I am also having a headache. I am going to the county town to ask the adults to deal with it. It's also because I am incompetent. I watched that villain killing people in the town, but I couldn't do anything. What's more hateful is that he even killed my son...!" As he spoke, Liu Shifu gritted his teeth, his face full of hatred and pain. "Tell me the details of what happened." Li Mingfu was also very angry when he heard it. Liu Shifu sat down and recounted the entire story with exaggeration. Of course, everything he said was in his favor. He described how arrogant and conceited Chen Xian was, and how he had killed people in a way that made people grit their teeth. Even the pieces of paper flying around in the streets were caused by Chen Xian, who deliberately tried to embarrass the mayor and make him look like a nobody. After Liu Shifu finished speaking, Li Mingfu slammed the table in anger. He immediately stood up and took people to Chen Xian's house to arrest him. Wang Ming followed him and said, "Master Li, when you meet Chen Xian later, don't waste time talking to him, just arrest him. As for his family, he has a sister who is innocent, so please show mercy." Li Mingfu knew that Wang Ming must have taken a fancy to the man's sister, so he said immediately: "Don't worry, except for his sister, they have all been arrested!" Not long after, Li Mingfu, Wang Ming and others passed by the center of the town, where there were more than ninety coffins and people crying and shouting. Li Mingfu was furious and ordered his men to speed up. In a moment they appeared outside Chen Xian's yard. Chen Xian was practicing the [Thunder and Fire Devil-Splitting Palm] in the yard, but he didn't use any energy, just pure palm power, and his movements were relatively slow. Li Mingfu took a glance, his eyes full of disdain. boom! At this moment, the broken door of the yard was kicked away by Li Mingfu's subordinates and rolled into the yard. The thatched door lintel also collapsed directly. Chen Xian, who was practicing in the yard, stopped. Chen Rong, who heard the noise in the main room, also ran out: "Brother, what's wrong?" When Chen Rong saw a group of people rushing into the yard and surrounding them, he was so scared that he retreated back to the main room. At this time, Li Mingfu rode into the yard. He stared coldly at Chen Xian, who was wearing an ill-fitting shirt and shorts, and shouted, "Capture the prisoner!" As expected, he didn't say a word and rushed into the yard to arrest the person. Immediately, the six demon-suppressing guards rushed towards Chen Xian, each of them at an extremely fast speed. Chen Rong, who was standing in the main hall and only dared to show his head, shouted, "Brother, be careful!" Li Mingfu glanced at Chen Rong, and his eyes lit up. Who would have thought that such a poor family could give birth to such a beautiful daughter? Apart from her pale face and muscular features, Chen Rong's facial features were still very delicate, much better than those of some of the daughters of powerful families and young ladies of wealthy merchants in the county.
With a little dressing up, she would definitely be a beauty. No wonder Wang Ming was obsessed with it, he was moved when he saw it. bang bang bang... Li Mingfu was distracted for a moment and then he heard the sound of being knocked flying. When he looked at Chen Xian, he was stunned to see that all six Demon-Suppressing Guards were knocked flying by Chen Xian alone. They fell ten meters away one by one and howled in pain. The Demon-Suppressing Guards all have the cultivation level of the Minor Success Stage of the Blood Moving Realm or above. They also capture demons on a daily basis and are often struggling on the brink of life and death. Although their cultivation level is not high, their combat power is very strong and they are definitely not comparable to the city guards. With six people working together, it would not be a problem to fight against the Chongyuan realm. But he couldn’t block Chen Xian’s punch? "Everyone come on!" Li Mingfu roared. He brought thirty people with him, but six of them were not enough to catch Chen Xian, so he added twenty-four more. What shocked Li Mingfu was that thirty people were unable to hold Chen Xian, and they were all knocked away by Chen Xian within three breaths. "you……!" His face was full of anger. No wonder Liu Shifu was so anxious. This kid who had just retired from the Demon-Slaying Pass actually had some skills. boom! Li Mingfu jumped up from the horse's back and pounced towards Chen Xian like a big bird. The display is one of the martial arts of the Demon Suppression Division [Great Grasping Hand] Chen Xian took a cold glance. The grappling technique performed by Li Mingfu was similar to the one performed by Wang Ming yesterday, except that it was more skillful and powerful than Wang Ming's. boom! He easily removed Li Mingfu's grabbing force, lowered his shoulder slightly to make Li Mingfu miss, then swung his shoulder to hit Li Mingfu's armpit, knocking Li Mingfu away. Ding Ding Deng As soon as Li Mingfu landed on the ground, he took seven or eight steps back before he could steady himself. At the same time, his blood was boiling and he spat out a mouthful of blood. For some reason, when he was hit by Chen Xian, it was as if he was hit by a hundred thousand jin rock, and his whole body was about to fall apart. Wang Ming, who was standing by, was shocked to see that Li Mingfu couldn't beat Chen Xian and even vomited blood. Li Mingfu is much more powerful than him, yet he can't deal with Chen Xian. How powerful is Chen Xian? "Brother Wang, let's attack together!" Li Mingfu roared and pounced on Chen Xian again. Wang Ming hesitated for a moment, then attacked fiercely: "Chen Xian, why don't you surrender?" Chen Xian had a blank expression on his face and did not answer. He took a step forward and stood in front of Li Mingfu who was rushing towards him. Li Mingfu never expected Chen Xian to be so fast. Just as he was about to fight back, he was slapped away by Chen Xian. (End of this chapter)