Yin Jin'an's way of expressing anger was always simple and brutal: she would lash out with her riding whip.

The horse trampled down.

Guan Yingying screamed in agony.

People in the shop were pointing and gossiping, saying that Yin Jin'an was a terrible person; someone had kindly offered him a bowl of ice, but he beat them up.

Gu Chengyan was not here today. Although he had been demoted to the seventh rank and fined three years' salary, he still had to go to work every day.

He sent Wang Fugui to agree.

When Wang Fugui saw Guan Yingying being beaten, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and step in to stop her.

"Young Master Yin, please stop hitting him."

She forcefully withstood Yin Jin'an's whip and quietly pushed Guan Yingying to quickly hide inside the shop.

These days, whenever he goes out and encounters Yin Jin'an, Li Yunmu, and Zhou Lingyin, he gets beaten up and forced to pay back 15,000 taels of silver.

Tu Qianyue's identity is sensitive. Despite Yin Jin'an's arrogance and Guan Yingying's "unjustified" beating, Wang Fugui dared not seek help from the street clerk, much less report it to the authorities.

He had no choice but to take the beating for Guan Yingying.

Yin Jin'an watched over Yingying as she escaped, while that lackey Wang Fugui jumped out.

There are toads swarming around today, aren't there?

While ordering Cheng Yu to smash the shop, he cursed Wang Fugui: "You dare to stop me? If you don't pay back the money today, I'll set fire to the Marquis's mansion!"

Li Yunmu and Zhou Lingyin watched as Yin Jin'an's men smashed up the shop, and said to their servants, "Go, smash it too!"

The shopkeeper, Wei Bufan, who had been hired by the shop, pleaded with a smile, "Young Master Yin, our shop has just opened. We welcome you to patronize us often. I can't promise anything else, but you can have ice cream for free!"

"Who would eat your ice? What if it poisons me?"

Wei Bufan was helpless. He watched the group smash the shop. Knowing he couldn't afford to offend them, he grabbed all the newly acquired silver from the counter and stuffed it into Cheng Yu's hands.

"Sir, please stop smashing it. This is all our earnings from three days. Please take it all."

Cheng Yu looked at the silver, which amounted to about five hundred taels, and ran over to tell Yin Jin'an. Yin Jin'an didn't say whether it was okay or not, but tied Wang Fugui's horse and dragged him to the Marquis's residence.

Cheng Yu also rode off in a flash.

When the group arrived at the Pingyang Marquis's residence, Yin Jin'an called out at the door, "Gu Chengyan, hand over the money you owe me."

Servants, servants, laborers, and peddlers from all over the town came to watch the spectacle.

Yin Jin'an, Li Yunmu, and Zhou Lingyin just kept shouting.

"Gu Chengyan, pay me back!"

"Gu Chengyan, get out here!"

The steward, Zhang Qing, asked with a forced smile, "Gentlemen, how much does the young master owe you?"

"Fifteen thousand taels!"

Good heavens! If we take this money out, the Marquis's mansion will vanish on the spot.

Zhang Qing immediately took Wang Fugui to see Madam Tu.

Madam Tu was shocked and asked, "Fugui, tell me, what exactly happened? You are not allowed to lie!"

Left with no other choice, Wang Fugui told Tu the whole story.

Tu's face changed drastically, and she was about to faint.

That lawless woman actually dared to spout nonsense at the palace gate.

Seeing Wang Fugui covered in blood, and hearing the shouts and curses outside demanding repayment, Tu made a decision immediately.

Wang Fugui, I'm so sorry!

This matter cannot be investigated too deeply, otherwise the Marquis's mansion will really disappear on the spot.

It just so happened that Marquis Gu Boyu didn't go out gambling today. Madam Tu said to Gu Boyu, "My lord, we can't keep this wealth and honor. What if he says something detrimental to the heir..."

Gu Boyu was unaware that Gu Chengyan was harboring fugitives. Seeing Tu Shi's terrified face, he assumed that these treasonous words were spoken by his own eldest son.

Enraged, he slapped Tu across the face: "You filthy woman, what a fine son you've raised!"

Tu was beaten, but she could only endure it.

Gu Boyu immediately called Zhang Qing over and whispered something to him.

A short while later, Zhang Qing brought over a porcelain bottle, and with a shout, several people held Wang Fugui down and poured the medicine into his mouth.

Wang Fugui was terrified, yet unable to break free.

"What's the point of keeping such a treacherous servant alive? Drag him out and beat him to death."

They were pounded with a board at the main gate.

Wang Fugui's eyes were bloodshot as he struggled desperately, screaming "Ahhh!" It wasn't me! I didn't do it!

However, he was given a drug that made him mute, so he couldn't say anything.

Soon, Wang Fugui died.

Gu Boyu placed Wang Fugui's body at the gate and said to Yin Jin'an, "I have no money, but you can take my life. He's already dead, so you can decide what to do with him."

Yin Jin'an laughed in anger. What kind of audacity did the Marquis's family have to dare to cheat him?

“You owe money and won’t pay it back? My lord, you’ve got guts! Brothers, tell all the night soil collectors in the city to stop sending it out of the city and just dump it all at the Marquis of Pingyang’s residence.”

Gu Boyu wasn't afraid. If he dared to throw away night soil, his third brother would definitely impeach the Duke of Xun in court for failing to properly educate his son.

The old lady of the Marquis's mansion had already been helped out by the head maid, Taxue, and called out, "Young Master Yin, don't go."

Yin Jin'an, who had been clamoring to find the chamber pot, stopped and looked at the old lady.

"How much does the Crown Prince owe you?"

"Fifteen thousand taels."

"Alright, you wait here," the old lady said to Taxue. "Go and get my dowry list."

Gu Boyu knelt down with a thud: "Mother..."

The old lady ignored him and urged Taxue to hurry up.

Ta Xue brought over a box, and the old lady opened the box, counted out ten thousand taels of silver notes, and handed them to Yin Jin'an.

He then took out the deeds to the shops and estates and handed them to Yin Jin'an, saying, "Young Master Yin, is this enough?"

Yin Jin'an handed the money to Zhou Lingyin: "You know better than me, do the calculations."

Zhou Lingyin nodded and returned two of the shops and the estate to the old lady: "These eight shops are enough."

The old lady thanked them and watched them leave.

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