Chapter 5: You Dare to Bite Me?

  Li Heng was shocked by his bloody appearance and deliberately shouted: "Yang Da Guanren, what's the meaning of this? Who dares to move earth on Tai Sui's head?"

  Yang Jin lowered his head and sighed, "Brother came to Guixian to take office, with the intention of serving the public and upholding the law, to be a good citizen. Who knew that when a tree wants to be still, the wind will not stop. Alas, today I have no choice but to ask County Magistrate to preside over justice for the common people."

  Li Heng was about to open his mouth, when he suddenly caught sight of Xu Wei. His face sank, and he thought to himself: "It's probably that ninth son of the Xu family causing trouble again." Thinking this, he subconsciously asked: "Yang Jin, tell me what happened."

  Yang Jin immediately added oil and vinegar to the story, vividly describing it in detail, almost making himself out to be a wronged widow, causing Xu Wei and others to coldly laugh without stopping.

  Li Heng listened, silent for a long time. In the past few years, Xu Jia Laojiu had not caused much trouble, but what he did was just some trivial matters that could be ignored. Considering his father and brother, Li Heng didn't take it seriously. However, Xu Taigong and his son were both stubborn, and in all these years, they hadn't shown any signs of compromise. If Li Heng let Xu Wei off this time, Xu Taigong would really think he was afraid of him.

  "Older brother?" Yang Jin saw that he hadn't reacted for half a day and couldn't help but call out.

  "Seize him!" Liang Heng suddenly waved his hand. The men under him didn't react for a moment, and one of them even asked casually, "Who?"

  "You scoundrel! Xu Wei is disturbing the peace, causing trouble and injuring people. Capture him immediately and bring him to justice!" Liang Heng roared. The onlookers were eager to try, but hesitated to take action, as Xu Wei was a reckless and violent man, if he were to resort to force...

  Liangoing saw this scene and angrily shouted: "You bastards, take him away!"

  Two bailiffs finally steeled themselves and walked towards Xu Wei, but Yang Yan and Ma Tai immediately stood in front of him, adopting a stance that dared anyone to touch a hair on his head.

  Xu Wei pushed Yang Yan aside and asked expressionlessly: "You said I'm disturbing the peace, causing trouble and injuring people. What's your evidence?"

  "Evidence? Ha!" Liang Heng snorted, "These people in the hall are all evidence!" He said this with a straight face and an air of confidence, because in his opinion, in Xiajin County, apart from the county magistrate, his words were law. Since he had declared that everyone present was evidence, no one dared to speak up for Xu Wei.

  Xu Weihuan looked around and asked in a low voice: "Who saw me disturbing the local area, causing trouble and hurting people?"

  With this, many people in their hearts have started to drum up a small beat, shouldn't the local tyrants be beheaded? So to speak, even if Xu Wei is caught today, there will still be a day when he will be released. If we accuse him now, who knows what kind of disaster might befall us in the future? Forget it, forget it, we ordinary people can't afford to provoke these kinds of people.

  The whole house is silent, Liang's face is pale, you bunch of worthless people! Good-for-nothing! Xu Wei is nothing! His old man was a fifth-rank military officer back in the day, but he offended someone higher up and was forced to retire early due to injury. What's the point of being an official who's been kicked out? I've never taken him seriously! You fools, cowards! Afraid of offending him, but not afraid of offending me?

  The air returned to normal, and after all these years as a county lieutenant, what kind of rotten heart doesn't he have? A moment later, with a ferocious smile, he said: "Who hasn't seen Xu Wei causing trouble and hurting people? Step forward!" This guy had a vicious appearance, and when he smiled, the flesh on his face seemed to tremble along with it. No one dared to offend him anymore. Even those who usually called Xu Wei brother lowered their heads tightly and thought to themselves: "Xu Jiu, don't blame your brothers for not being loyal, common people can't fight against officials, arms can't twist the thigh."

  Yang Yan's face turned red with rage, and he jumped up and down, cursing: "You bunch of turtles, usually so righteous and noble, why are you all silent now? Wang San, I'll screw your grandfather! Are you a man or not? Zhang Ping, get out of here, you were hung from a tree and beaten half to death, have you forgotten who saved you? If it wasn't for Ninth Brother, you'd be dead by now! And you, grandson, once you leave this door, I..."

  "Alright!" Xu Wei shouted sternly, Yang Yan's pale face turned bright red with anger, and he swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth. The scolded person was so ashamed that their face turned bright red, one of them gritted their teeth and said loudly: "I didn't see Xu Wei hurt anyone!"

  The problem is that someone takes the lead, he opens his mouth, and another fool chimes in: "Although Xu Wei hurt someone, but Da Tong Casino was wrong first, they beat up his brother..."

  "They come to take someone away, but they won't let them go. They've lost the gamble and still want to deny their debt..."

  "It's purely a moral issue..."

  It can't be helped, these "frank and outspoken" people are under tremendous pressure. Not only will they offend the county magistrate, but also invite dissatisfaction from their neighbors. But if they don't speak out, they'll lose face and be ridiculed. Life is what I want, righteousness is also what I want; on the premise of not endangering my life, let's talk about righteousness.

  The arrow is on the string and cannot be retracted. Liang Heng has made up his mind to deal with Xu Wei, can he let him go? With a vicious glare, he swept over the people who came out, suddenly pulled out a dagger from the waist of a subordinate beside him, and shouted wildly: "Take him!"

  "Slow down." Xu Wei suddenly shouted, and immediately stretched out his right hand "I'm a man who never takes advantage of others, Yang Jin, your things are still here with me, I'll return them to you."

  Yang Jin's face changed, but he didn't go to pick it up. After so many years, he had never been played with like this before, an 80-year-old mother was being teased by a child, a dragon swimming in shallow water was being teased by a shrimp.

  "What? Don't want it? I'll throw it away then?" A hint of a smile appeared on Xu Wei's face.

  Yang Jin's fists were clenched so tightly that they were almost dripping with sweat! He really wanted to take care of the scoundrel in front of him without any regard for the consequences. But a good man takes revenge, and ten years is not too late; the green hills will remain unchanged, and the clear waters will continue to flow, there will be plenty of opportunities later. For now, he swallowed his anger and quickly cleaned up the mess, which was the most pressing matter at hand. After some thought, he relaxed his grip and said in a low voice: "Today's affair is probably just a misunderstanding..."

  One word shocked the whole hall, Liang Heng suddenly turned around, staring at him with a fierce gaze. Yang Jin secretly sighed and leaned over to whisper: "This guy has something in his hand, if it's made public, this big casino will be finished."

  Li Heng was shocked, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he didn't dare to ask more questions, and for a moment, he found himself in an awkward situation. He turned his head to look at Xu Wei, only to see that kid with a calm expression, which made him furious and resentful! If I don't teach this little brat a lesson today, where will Li Heng's face go?

  Having eaten official meals for many years, what's left in his belly is no longer a conscience. Liang Heng made up his mind and pointed the knife at Xu Wei: "Xu Wei, surrender obediently and follow me back to the yamen, where you will be dealt with according to the law!"

  Xu Wei hadn't even responded when Yang Yan hastily said, "If you enter his prison cell, you'll be skinned alive! Ninth Brother, don't listen to him!" Although Yang Yan and the others were usually lawless and domineering, they still deeply feared the yamen. But now that Xu Wei was in trouble, how could he just sit back and watch?

  "This remark hit the nail on the head, and he immediately sank his face: 'So, you want to resist arrest?'"

  Xu Wei was puzzled why he suddenly spoke so eloquently, but when he heard the words "refuse to be captured", his mind suddenly cleared up. Good guy, it turned out that he had murderous intentions!

  Xu Wei didn't say a word, and Liang Heng loudly said: "Everyone saw it, Xu Wei resisted arrest. As the county captain of this county, maintaining local security is my duty..."

  He hadn't finished speaking, when Xu Wei abruptly cut him off: "Cut the crap! First you'll pin a charge of disturbing the peace and causing injury on me, then say I resisted arrest. That way, you can justify using force against me, and find an opportunity to get rid of me. In the chaos of battle, even if there's an accident, it would be considered normal. Besides, I'm the one who resisted arrest first, so you wouldn't have any responsibility. Your little scheme is transparent, do you really think your grandfather is a fool? If you still want to play tough, then today one of us will end up lying on the ground!

  Li Heng's expression was as if he had been forced to swallow 7 or 8 catties of burnt buns, and he hadn't recovered yet! His hand holding the knife was also trembling with anger! The onlookers around seemed to have their heads filled with paste, how did Xu Jiu suddenly become so clever? We all didn't see through his trick, how could he see through it?

  Yang Yan and the other two felt a chill run down their backs as soon as they heard his words, never expecting that Liang Heng was "using a rat to shoot a cat, with the intention of hitting the cat!"

  The most depressed person is Yang Jin, he originally just wanted to dampen Xu Wei's momentum, but never thought that things would get so big, and it has already reached the point of no return, what can be done about it?

  Both sides were deadlocked, neither of them spoke a word. The atmosphere in the gambling den was so oppressive that it made people feel suffocated. Some older men had already begun to feel dizzy and faint.

  "It seems like today is not going to be a good day, brothers. There's really no other way, let's take him down!" Yang Yan said in a low voice, staring at the wooden knife in Yang Jin's hand, thinking that if they were forced into a desperate situation, they might as well seize the opportunity to snatch the knife!

  As soon as the words came out, Xu Wei didn't react much, but Zhang Qing and Ma Tai were shocked! Murder? The brothers had fought many times before, but they had never been involved in a homicide case. If it really got to that point, they would either be executed or have to flee and become fugitives, and might even end up as outlaws...

  "Come on, come on!" Ma Tai's words were no longer clear, but the matter was caused by him, and he couldn't just stand by. Zhang Qing glanced at Xu Wei, not saying a word.

  "It's not that serious." Xu Wei said calmly and lightly.

  Although Liang Heng continued to maintain his proud posture and ferocious expression, he was also starting to lose confidence in his heart. Who doesn't know that Xu Jia's ninth child is a prodigal son, usually only knowing how to be brave and fierce, eating, drinking and having fun? How did he suddenly become like a different person today? Wasn't there someone guiding him from behind the scenes?

  At this moment, a bailiff rushed into the gambling house with a big sweat and an anxious expression, saw Liang Heng, and hurried forward to report: "The county magistrate has summoned the county guard, there is an urgent matter!"

  Li Heng secretly let out a sigh of relief, good fellow, it's been years since he encountered such a tricky situation. Isn't this just the right opportunity to step down? But if he were to leave so easily, it wouldn't look good on his face, so he continued to say: "Can't you see I have important business to attend to? Let Magistrate Xu wait for a moment, and I'll take care of him later!"

  Upon hearing the two words "Xu Jiu", the bailiff's face changed, and he glanced at Xu Wei before saying in a low voice: "Xu Sheng has just arrived at the county yamen and is discussing something with Magistrate Sir. It seems that there's been an incident in Hebei."