Wu Pen's Works Perfect Son-in-law Perfect Son-in-law Episode 29 Filial Piety

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  "Villager?"

  The only impression in his mind was that neighbor who had stuffed a wad of cash. Ao Wu's heart skipped a beat, "Let him in."

  He put down the book and followed behind him outwards.

  When he reached the door, he saw a young man with canvas pants, who was his neighbor. He was sweating profusely and panting, and when he saw Ao Wu, he anxiously shouted: "Ao Wu, San Dan's family is beating your parents!"

  Kao Wu suddenly turned around and shouted at the donkey-faced butler: "Prepare the horse!"

  The steward was also anxious and hastily ordered the servants to bring over the horses. Ao Wu mounted his horse and rushed towards the east gate of the county town.

  At this time, a team of horses came in from the west gate. At the front was Cheng Yaojin, whose eyesight was extremely good. He saw that the person galloping away on horseback was Ao Wu. Without thinking, he urged his horse forward and ran to the entrance of the Zhong family's mansion, asking: "The one who just ran away is your brother-in-law, what is he in such a hurry to do?"

  The housekeeper did not recognize Cheng Yaojin and was hesitating about how to answer, when a fellow villager from Sanli Tun nearby spoke up: "His parents were beaten by someone..."

  Jing Yanqin was a hot-tempered man, and when he heard that his newly sworn brother had been beaten by someone, a dark murderous aura burst out from his body, shouting: "Brother, I'm here!"

  He gave the horse a couple of hard whacks on the rump, and it shot off like a rocket with its tail on fire.

  Kangwu rushed to Sanlitun on horseback and saw a crowd of people surrounding, his horse charged directly into the crowd, scaring the surrounding people away. In the middle of the crowd, San Dan was pressing Lao Gengtou to the ground, punching him one by one on his back, Lao Gengtou's wife and Fei Po were pinching each other together, she was no match for Fei Po at all, seeing Lao Gengtou being beaten, she couldn't even get out of the way to help. On the side, there were many relatives of San Dan who had been seen before, rolling up their sleeves to assist.

  He really wanted to ride the horse and trample the three eggs to death, but Lao Geng was right there, and if he rode over, he would also trample him. So he pulled the reins of the horse and charged towards those relatives instead. His body slid off the horse as he rushed towards San Dan.

  San Dan turned around and saw Ao Wu dismounting. He picked up a wooden stick from the ground and walked towards Ao Wu with a provocative attitude. Last time, he was caught by Ao Wu because he had no weapon in his hand, now that he has one, what's there to be afraid of?

  From the other side came the cries of shock and commotion from San Dan's relatives, San Dan swung over a stick, Ao Wu lightly crouched down, one fist like a snake emerging from its hole struck San Dan's right kidney.

  "Uh..." Three Eggs' hand went limp, and the wooden stick fell to the ground. He bent down, then finally fell to the ground, curling up into a shrimp shape.

  Qiao Wu's fist flew up and pounded against his face with a series of loud thuds.

  "Oh no, you're going to kill someone!" Fat woman let go of Old Auntie and rushed towards Ao Wu.

  Other relatives who were frightened by the horse also gathered around, seeing Ao Wu's fist beating San Dan's face bloody, San Dan wailed in pain but was pinned down by Ao Wu and couldn't resist. The relatives rushed up to punch and kick Ao Wu, but he didn't let go of San Dan, punching him again and again, his fists landing on flesh, making the people around feel frightened.

  "Who dares to bully my second brother? I, Old Cheng, am here!" Outside, the sound of horseshoes was heard, and then a big man jumped down and rushed into the crowd.

  Jing Ke was born with divine strength, stretched out his massive hands like a bear's paw, grabbed two people and threw them backwards.

  "Ah..."

  "Ah..."

  Two people flying in the sky exclaimed.

  Cheng Yaojin was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep. Those people were not even Cheng Yaojin's match, and with one grab, he would throw them into the sky. If they held weapons in their hands, they would have to endure a beating from Cheng Yaojin's fists and feet. Soon, those who had laid hands on Ao Wu were all thrown flying by Cheng Yaojin or beaten soft onto the ground, and no one could get back up again.

  But Ao Wu seemed to be unaware of what was happening around him, and continued to punch San Dan's face one by one, as if he must flatten his face.

  "Second brother, big brother is here!" Cheng Yaojin said, standing beside Ao Wu like a guardian arhat.

  Kao Wu did not respond to him, seemingly entranced by San Dan's face. Cheng Yaojin saw the blood-covered face of San Dan and his skin jumped involuntarily.

  He felt that Ao Wu had fallen into a rage, and if he didn't let him vent his anger, it would instead harm his spirit. So he also didn't make a sound to stop him, just letting him hit until he was satisfied.

  The fat woman fell to the ground, seeing that her son had not been rescued yet, she wailed loudly towards the sky.

  The village head standing in the distance had no choice but to step forward and run over here.

  The old lady helped the old man stand up, saw Ao Wu beating San Dan, feared that someone would be killed, and hurried over to pull Ao Wu apart. Cheng Yaojin intercepted him and said: "Are the two elders Awu's parents? I am Cheng Yaojin of Dong'a County, who has just sworn brotherhood with Awu. Here, I pay my respects to the two elders, Father, Mother, please accept my bow!"

  "Ah, you're the Comrade Cheng that Wu talked about, hurry up. Quickly pull away Wu!" Old Gao looked at Ao Wu still punching San Die, too bloody, with one punch he jumped in his eyes.

  "Stop!" Cheng Yaojin intervened, "If you don't let Second Brother vent his anger, he might hurt himself. Let him continue fighting!"

  The two old men were frightened with their mouths wide open.

  "Who are you, to utter such reckless words?" The village head rushed over, "Ao Wu, quickly release San Dan, otherwise I'll report to the authorities!"

  Cheng Yaojin sneered with a wicked air, "What if I don't let you go?"

  The county head was about to go and pull people, but the tall Cheng Yaojin stood there, blocking his way. The county head was both angry and anxious, yet he had no choice.

  Cheng Yaojin blocked the way, and Xiang Zheng was not allowed to pass. Xiang Zheng tried to persuade Lao Gou and Er Lao, but Cheng Yaojin still wouldn't let him through. Anyone else who dared to approach would be beaten up. Xiang Zheng had no choice but to have someone report to the authorities in the county town.

  Even if there were horses, it would take at least an incense stick's time for the officials to arrive, but unexpectedly, within half an incense stick's time, the officials had already arrived.

  Cheng Yaojin took a closer look and was startled. This wasn't an official, but a soldier. He hastily pulled up Ao Wu, who was still fighting, and placed him beside the old man's body.

  "Who is involved in this matter?" A young man wearing a suit of armor and riding on a black horse said solemnly.

  Fat Aunt rushed over to San Dan's side and helped him up.

  At this time, San Dan was already dizzy and confused, his face beaten to the point where even his mother wouldn't recognize him. "Officer, someone's been killed! Someone's been killed!" The fat woman cried as if she had lost her own son.

  Xiang Zheng ran to the front of this young man in armor and looked at him strangely, then asked: "Sir, you look unfamiliar, aren't you an official from Liangfu County?"

  "I, Yan Wu Xing, Eagle General of the Imperial Guard, have arrived. I just heard that someone was killed here and came to take a look." He looked at San Dan, who had blood all over his face, and asked, "Who committed the murder?"

  "General, it's him!" Fat wife hastily pointed.

  Jing Yong raised his head and shouted: "General, this question is not asked properly. You ask him who beat him, why don't you ask why he was beaten?"

  He said as he raised his two fists with blood on them, making Yan Wu Xing's eyes fixate on the blood on his hands, assuming him to be the murderer.

  "How can this commander be judged, do you still need to teach him?" Yan Wu raised an eyebrow and snorted: "You beat the villagers until they were disfigured, extremely cruel and evil, a true bandit. I don't know how Magistrate Zhang governs, that he could keep someone like you around!"

  "Wrong! This beast brought his family and relatives to beat up my father and mother. If I don't fight him, I'm unfilial." Chang Yijian replied.

  Ao Wu stood behind, watching Cheng Yaojin helping himself, he wasn't too worried, this officer was just passing by, even if Ao Wu committed a crime it wouldn't be his responsibility but rather the county magistrate of Liangfu County.

  Yan Wuxing was hit by Cheng Yaojin and felt unhappy. He said, "Why are you hitting an old man?"

  "It's so unjust, sir! Old Man Li was walking down the road and suddenly pushed our cow into the ditch, breaking its leg. We tried to reason with him, but he refused to listen and even hit us. That's when the fight started. It wasn't my son who hit an old man, it was them being unreasonable and bullying us. Look at my poor son, his face is all bruised and swollen, sir, you must do something for us!" Fat Wife cried out.

  "What's the difference between this behavior and that of a bandit?! Yan Wu Xing shouted: 'Come on, take him down for me!'"

  "Joke! Can a person really knock down an ox? You believe that?" Cheng Yaojin burst out laughing.

  Yan Wuxing waved his hand and four soldiers rushed towards Cheng Yaojin.

  Xiang Zheng and Fei Po both looked a bit stunned, it seemed like they had caught the wrong person?

  "Master Jun, he was beaten by Ao Wu, and this is an outsider, he's Ao Wu's accomplice!" the fat woman said, pointing at Ao Wu.

  Yan Wu furrowed his brow and ordered: "Arrest the accomplices."

  At this time, three or four catchers ran from outside. The catcher saw Yan Wu Xing and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen General Yan. Zhang County Magistrate heard that someone reported a fight in Sanli Village and ordered us to come over and capture the troublemakers."

  "This escort officer was just about to hand them over to County Magistrate Zhang." Yan Wu Xing agreed.

  "Thanks for your trouble, General Yuen."

  He turned around and shouted at the village head: "Village head, aren't you going to send San Dan to the doctor for treatment? The others involved will follow me back to the county government office."

  He saw Ao Wu being escorted by two soldiers and exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't this Junxiu?"

  "He's an accomplice." Yan Wu Xing said disdainfully, as if he thought that his thin figure wasn't even qualified to be an accomplice.

  He said, "He is a famous scholar from Liangfu County, studying under the door of Mr. Zhang Hui. He is also the son-in-law of the divine doctor Zhong. Since he is related to this matter, please ask him to come forward. However, please ask General Yan to let go of his soldiers."

  Zhong's family isn't just Xiao's family's son-in-law's family? Yan Wu Hang furrowed his brow and waved his hand: "Let him go himself."

  On the way back to the county town, he met the steward who was chasing after him. Seeing that Ao Wu had been caught by the government soldiers, he simply listened to what had happened and hurriedly ran back to find Zhong Qing.

  Zhong Shenyi is not at home now, and only Zhong Qing can represent the Zhong family.

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