The middle-aged man looked troubled, his eyebrows furrowed, and he shook his head.
Seeing this, the man chuckled, lifted the girl's chin again, and said, "If you're a virgin, twenty taels of silver isn't out of the question. So, what's your name again?"
The middle-aged man lowered his head and said, "My name is He Wu."
"Here's what we'll do, He Wu, you take your daughter and come with me to see my master. If my master approves, I'll give you twenty taels," the man said.
The middle-aged man named He Wu helped his daughter up and was about to leave with the man.
Seeing this, Qin Chuan hurriedly said, "Your daughter, twenty taels, I'll take her!"
He Wu was taken aback. Seeing Qin Chuan dressed in fine clothes, he looked like a wealthy young master, and he was immediately caught in a dilemma.
Seeing Qin Chuan about to contest the offer, the man became displeased and said with a dark face, "Do you know who my master is? How dare you try to take someone from my master?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but chuckle: "Who is it? What a prestigious name. Why don't you tell me?"
The man said, "I am Fan Jinxi, the steward of the Fan family. My master is Fan Hutu, a seventh-rank county magistrate appointed by the imperial court!"
Upon hearing this, the onlookers exclaimed in surprise, "So it's the county magistrate..."
He Wu was also startled, shrinking back in fear, and hurriedly said to Qin Chuan, "Young master, I originally promised this Manager Fan, you see..."
Qin Chuan simply smiled and held up three fingers: "Thirty taels!"
Fan Jinxi's eyebrows shot up, his small eyes glaring at Qin Chuan as he shouted, "What?! You want to pay thirty taels?! Are you crazy?"
Then, looking at He Wu, he said, "Old He, you promised to sell it to Master Fan. If you go back on your word, I'll make you pay!"
By the end, his gaze was stern, and his tone carried a sharp threat.
Qin Chuan looked coldly at Fan Jinxi: "Who are you going to kill? Why don't you consider killing me too?"
Fan Jinxi snorted coldly and said, "Don't think I'll be afraid of you just because you're dressed like a rich man. In Jiangzhou, apart from the Prefect, my master is the most powerful. Who do you think you are? What are you pretending for! If you really dare to snatch this girl, I'll deal with you too!"
"Then I'll rob it today, forty taels!" Qin Chuan held up four fingers.
Cold sweat broke out on He Wu's forehead. He was in a dilemma. He looked at Fan Jinxi, then at Qin Chuan. It was clear that the issue was no longer about the price, but rather that he couldn't afford to offend either of them...
Upon hearing the offer of forty taels from the person opposite him, Fan Jinxi couldn't help but sneer, "Heh heh, you really think you're something special! You should go and find out what kind of person my master Fan is. How could someone like you dare to mess with him? I advise you not to cause trouble. I'm going to take this girl today!"
After saying that, he called out twice to those behind him, "Someone, take this girl to see the master!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two people stepped out from behind him, one on each side, and approached the girl, ready to take her away.
“Ah Niu”.
Qin Chuan exchanged a glance with Li Aniu.
"yes."
Li Aniu picked up an ironwood stick, walked up to the two men, and without saying a word, raised the ironwood stick and smashed it down on the man on the left.
The man caught the wooden stick with both hands, and Li Aniu seized the opportunity to kick him in the groin.
"Ouch, ouch!"
The man clutched his groin and fell to the ground, screaming in pain.
It's obvious that his manhood has been severely damaged.
Another person tried to come up, but Li Aniu reversed the wooden stick and stabbed the man in the chest.
The man was struck by the iron wooden stick. His eyes widened, blood suddenly flowed from the corner of his mouth, he clutched his chest, and collapsed.
It's clear that the injury was quite serious.
Upon seeing this, Fan Jin was horrified, then enraged: "You...you...how dare you! You actually dare to hit Master Fan's men!"
Qin Chuan shrugged: "I hit him, so what?"
Seeing that things had escalated, He Wu immediately knelt down: "Young master, please have mercy and let me go. Lord Fan is a high-ranking official, and I absolutely cannot afford to offend him!"
"Fifty taels. Will you sell your daughter to me or to him?" Qin Chuan held up five fingers.
He Wu sighed and said, "Young master, this is no longer about money. You can't afford to offend Lord Fan..."
As soon as He Wu finished speaking, four yamen runners from Jianglin County escorted an official in a green robe as they walked over.
Qin Chuan took one look and saw that the official in the green robe had a thin face, a goatee, and narrow, squinting eyes, as if he was always scheming.
He had met this official in the green robe once before.
This official in the green robe was none other than Fan Hutu, the magistrate of Jianglin County, who had almost landed him in jail!
"Jinxi, what happened here?"
Fan Jin was overjoyed to see Fan Hutu, as if he had met a savior, and quickly recounted what had just happened.
Upon hearing this, Fan Hutu sneered, "Well, so someone's trying to bully us!"
Qin Chuan curled his lips into a cold smile and called out to Fan Hutu, "Lord Fan, long time no see! How have you been?"
Fan Hutu glanced at Qin Chuan, his small eyes darting around, before finally sneering, "I don't even know you. Stop trying to curry favor. You injured my men and tried to steal the girl I wanted to buy. This score isn't going to be settled so easily..."
Qin Chuan laughed and said, "You really don't recognize me? Take a closer look."
Fan Hutu waved his hand and said to the yamen runners of Jianglin County, "Take all these people to the prefectural government office. This county wants the prefect to personally try this case."
"Yes, Master!"
Seeing four constables come over to tie him up, Li Aniu tried to throw them down, but Qin Chuan smiled and said leisurely, "Going to the government office is fine..."
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