Chapter 255: There is no cure for Chunibyo

While Zhu Fantong was staring at him in confusion, Chen Tiedan walked out proudly.

He told Chen Dadan and Wang Cuifang about the foreign tribute, and then sat on the dragon throne, waiting for the mayor.

The Chen family was considered the richest family in the village, so the mayor's first visit was to their home.

The mayor had never been to Xinghua Village before and did not know Chen Tiedan. This time he came to inspect the livelihood of the people under his jurisdiction.

Not sure whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, he knocked on the door of the Chen family.

After about ten seconds, he heard someone inside shouting, "Come in—"

"Pretty serious," the mayor muttered, and tentatively pushed the door open.

He walked in with a few subordinates, but was stunned when he saw Chen Tiedan and others.

The blood in the living room had been wiped clean by now, but there was still a strange smell in the air.

But that wasn't the strangest thing. The strangest thing was that in the middle of the dirty and dilapidated living room sat an old man with a large iron basin covering his head.

Standing on his left and right were an old lady wearing a large washbasin on her head and a man wearing a broken iron bowl on his head.

Moreover, the three of them looked very solemn, sitting upright, as if they were not aware at all of the things they were wearing on their heads.

"Uh..." the mayor asked tentatively, "Is it... Chen Tiedan and Wang Cuifang?"

Unexpectedly, the old man with the iron basin suddenly turned gloomy. "How dare you, a foreign leader, call me by my name?"

The mayor froze for a second, unable to react.

ah?

What, what does it mean?

Foreign, foreign leader? I? What is he saying? Why can't I understand?

To ease the awkwardness, he extended his hand: "Hello, uh... I'm the mayor, come..."

Unexpectedly, there was another outrageous sound.

"How dare you!" This time it was Wang Cuifang who said, "How dare you refuse to kneel before the Emperor? Who gave you the guts to defy our dynasty?"

The mayor's face twisted.

What are you doing, are you crazy?

What do you mean I am from a foreign country? This is the first time he has seen this kind of divine gold! Do they think they are acting?

"Didn't you say the Chen family was the richest in the village?" the mayor turned around and asked his subordinate in a low, complaining voice, "Why... is it like this?"

The subordinate was also stunned: "Mayor, I don't know either..."

"Ahem..." The mayor had to stop himself from looking at Chen Tiedan's iron basin, and took some fruits prepared in advance for comfort from his subordinates and handed them over.

"This is what I prepared for you..."

He was halfway through his words when Chen Tiedan raised his head and said, "Not bad, you still know how to pay tribute. Prince, go and inspect the tribute."

"Yes!" Chen Dadan came over, carrying a broken iron bowl. He took the fruit from the mayor in front of his astonished eyes, examined it carefully, and said loudly, "Father, a foreign country has sent us two bunches of top-quality black grapes as tribute! A large durian! And a few apples!"

Mayor: “???”

No, Father? Tribute?

Is there no normal person in this family?

"Well, you are thoughtful." Then Chen Tiedan said, "It is impolite not to reciprocate. Since foreign nations have offered tribute, I naturally cannot be stingy."

"Queen, give the foreign commander the finest toothpicks from my treasury!"

The mayor watched in silence as the aunt with a big red washbasin on her head took out the toothpicks, took out one solemnly, and handed it to him solemnly.

Just one, not even half of it.

“…You, you guys…”

The mayor didn't want to talk anymore: "Okay, I don't need it. The things have been delivered. Let's go first."

Unexpectedly, Chen Tiedan was unhappy again: "Are you disdaining my reward? How dare you!"

Mayor: "??? It's not you...Okay, okay, okay, okay, let's go. You guys have your fun and don't get excited, okay?"

However, the more polite the mayor was, the more Chen Tiedan felt his majesty was being insulted. He slammed the table and roared, "How dare you! Who allowed you to leave? Accept my reward, or I will punish you for contempt of the monarch!"

The mayor's mouth twitched violently, and he took the toothpick in silence.

"Is this okay? Okay, let's go!"

If it wasn't in front of so many people, he really didn't want to suffer this humiliation!

What a crazy family, they have a crazy second-year syndrome and there is no cure!

However, there was another roar from above: "How dare you!"

"? What happened again?"

"How dare you retreat without kowtow? Who gave you the courage?"

"....." The mayor said, "I'm telling you guys, are you done yet? You really think you're the local tyrants, huh? Xiao Li, contact the town doctor and ask them to come over when they have time!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Dadan drew his butcher knife and roared, "How dare you show such disrespect to your majesty, Father? I believe you should be beheaded!"

The mayor and all his subordinates were stunned.

"No, calm down, are you crazy? Wake up, it's 4202! You are just villagers!"

"Stop, stop, stand still, calm down!"

The mayor and a group of his subordinates were chased all over the place.

I give in! I give in!

Is it easy for them to find a job in the countryside these days? They were actually threatened with death by the villagers. How could there be such crazy people? What did they do wrong?

"That's enough, stop it!"

The mayor was chased for ten ridges and only escaped death by picking up a brick and smashing Chen Dadan's knife.

He picked up the knife panting, but Chen Dadan pounced on him again. After a struggle, he accidentally pushed Chen Dadan to the ground.

"Ouch!" Chen Dadan's head was broken. "Damn it! How dare you be so arrogant to this prince! Imperial physician, call the imperial physician! Where is the imperial physician?"

Mayor: ...9.

…

In the end, because there was no doctor in the village, Chen Dadan had to give it a simple bandage.

The mayor finally succeeded in leaving Chen's house, but as soon as he left, he was stunned by the ruins near Chen's house.

The entire village was reduced to ruins and all the villagers were gone.

This was a major accident, so he quickly called the police and asked people to take the Chen family under control.

However, this time, they found Zhu Fantong and others locked in the kitchen of Chen's house again.

"Ah! You bastards, how dare you!" Chen Tiedan was furious at the police who wanted to take Zhu Fantong and others away: "How dare you touch my concubine and my male concubine? Let go, or I will kill all your clans!"

Police: Huh?

The police and the mayor dragged and arrested Chen Tiedan and his entire family.

After some investigation, it was soon discovered that Chen Tiedan had founded the entire village.

Subsequently, the identities of Wang Cuifang and Wu Liang also aroused suspicion. The relevant departments followed the clues and found out that Zhu Fantong and Chen Tiedan were trafficking in women.

However, during the trial, Chen Tiedan and others refused to cooperate and kept claiming that they were the supreme emperor and wanted to kill the judge's entire clan.

The judge was terrified and sentenced Chen Tiedan and Chen Dadan to death.

Wang Cuifang didn't kill anyone, so she was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, she was almost sixty years old and was destined not to be released alive in this life.

Zhu Fantong, Zhu Yitou and Wu Liang were also sentenced to death for trafficking multiple women.

His son Zhu Guangzong did not have time to commit so many crimes, so he was sentenced to a lighter sentence. However, he was severely hurt when he became a eunuch and died of illness before he even received trial.

On the day of the trial, Shu Yan asked the system to erase all traces of her helping Jiang Fengxiang and the others escape, and sent them to watch the verdict in the name of a friend.

Across the seats, Zhu Fantong could see his "wife" who had disappeared for many days.

She seemed to have turned back into the proud city phoenix she once was, wearing elegant clothes and looking calm, and she was once again out of his reach.

And he was handcuffed, his legs were bare, and he wasn't even a man.

He once thought that he had trampled these proud white swans under his feet, but now, 23 years later, looking back, he realized that he was still the rat in the gutter and had never changed.

"Jiang Fengxiang..."

"...The crime is proven, and the death penalty is imposed." The judge's cold voice interrupted him.

He saw Jiang Fengxiang smiling faintly, as if he had just walked out of a long nightmare.

......

When the trial ended and Jiang Fengxiang walked out of the court, it was almost dusk, and the sky was burning like a fiery sunset, stretching as far as the eye could see.

She gazed at the sunset in the sky for a long time, then turned her head and gave Shu Yan a big hug.

"Do you... know my mom and dad? Could you... tell me where they live now?"