Chapter 288: In the evening, the restaurant was brightly lit, with birds singing and dancing, and glasses of wine clinking, it was a very happy place.
Ruan Mian didn't even need to say a word before he drank all the horse urine in the glass.
At the end, he did not forget to shake the glass, indicating that he had drunk it all. Ruan Mian saw that his face was gradually turning red, and smiled and poured him two more glasses.
Wen Yuan, who was infatuated with her beauty, drank two cups in a row before he felt that the taste was a little off.
However, before he could ask more questions, Ruan Mian had already handed him the third glass of wine.
"Master Wen, I wonder how the jade wine I poured tastes?"
"Of course it is! Neither the beautiful lady's jade wine nor the emperor's imperial wine can compare to it. I am truly honored. Come, young lady, have a drink too."
Seeing how excited he was, the others relaxed their expressions, and Shopkeeper Yi even asked the musicians and wind instruments to come forward.
In the evening, the restaurant was brightly lit, with birds singing and dancing, and wine glasses filled with cheer. It was a very happy place.
However, a few streets away, there was chaos. The police were ruthlessly driving away the gathered civilians, and those who spoke up for the women were arrested without any reason.
The narrow street was filled with wailing, and in the original soup kitchen, some of the porridge that had fallen to the ground was frozen.
Those beggars and refugees who were dressed in rags and had not eaten a single grain of rice for many days lay on the ground licking the leftover porridge with their tongues.
Seeing all this, my aunt and Meixi were filled with emotion and couldn't bear it!
The two continued their actions with mixed feelings. The poor were in dire straits, and Wen Yuan also lost himself in the debauchery of wine.
As the medicine in the horse urine took effect, he walked out of the main entrance of the restaurant despite being stopped by others.
Holding the woman pouring wine in one hand, he walked with big strides in dishevel outside the restaurant, drinking and singing unconsciously, looking very happy.
Someone wanted to dissuade him, but was stopped by Shopkeeper Yi: "Sir, Master Wen is in high spirits, how can we disturb his interest?"
Wen Yuan was seen taking off his clothes with a smile, drinking happily on the street, looking extremely ugly.
The people passing by this place only then realized that their fathers and mothers, in such dire straits, were still living a life of debauchery, not caring about the lives of the people!
Anyone who sees this would be angry.
They just felt like a raging fire was burning in their hearts, and they were so angry that they started yelling in public.
"Master Wen! What wrong did those prostitutes do? What wrong did those people outside your house do? What right do you have to arrest them?!"
"Our Ru'ning City's prefect, while the people are suffering, is here in this place of debauchery?! How ironic!"
“You’re nothing!!”
As more and more people gathered to watch, more and more people were overwhelmed by anger.
Until someone in the crowd, in a rage, picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at him. After someone took the lead, the others could no longer bear it and picked up their weapons and swarmed towards him.
Wen Yuan, who was barely conscious, was still under the control of the drug. Looking at the beauty beside him, he felt his body getting hot, as if a force was about to burst out of his body.
There is no time to run away!
What greeted him were the fists of the people who hated him to the core.
As waves of severe pain came, the effect of the medicine seemed to be gradually dissipated. Wen Yuan was helplessly pressed in the crowd and became a punching bag with no ability to fight back.
They stripped off his gold and silver rings, his jade crown and brocade clothes, pinched his delicate skin, and hit his body, causing his face to tighten and he to scream in pain. It was extremely miserable!
Everyone in the restaurant was also frightened, but they didn't dare to step forward to ask for help, so they had to quickly find someone to go to Wen's house to reveal the news.
Wen Yuan was stripped naked and tied to a pillar on the street like a breeding pig.
He was beaten to the point of being on the verge of death, but his consciousness was restored.
Once the effect of the drug wore off, he looked at the people around him in disbelief, his face filled with horror, unable to move!
I was so ashamed to have my face torn off, being mercilessly laughed at, and hanging on for dear life. I felt so miserable that I wanted to crawl into the ground!
But at this moment he couldn't even utter a word to beg for mercy. His face was swollen like a pig's head and his eyes seemed unable to open.
The people were still angry and kept shouting, "Release all those women! Release all the innocent people!"
"You are not worthy of being an official, and you are not worthy of being in our Runing territory!"
"You're worse than an animal! How much have you coveted from Runing?! The people are suffering, and you don't care! Damn it, you must pay with blood!"
As the angry voices rose one after another, Wen Yuan was completely reduced to a pariah.
The noise here gradually died down until the government officials arrived and took away Wen Yuan, who was beaten into a trance, in the chaos.
Manager Yi, who was standing above the restaurant and saw all this, also felt a great sense of relief.
But there was one thing he didn't understand: "Madam Ruan, why did you send someone to notify the authorities just now? For someone like Master Wen, dying at the hands of the people should be the best outcome."
"Even if someone died, given the large number of people involved, no one would investigate further. Furthermore, he was unjustified in the first place, so not having his property confiscated and implicated is the greatest possible forgiveness."
Ruan Mian smiled faintly, put the pipa aside, and looked at the remaining horse urine on the table.
"Just like what you said, shopkeeper, for a greedy man like him who commits all kinds of evil, not having his property confiscated and implicated is already the greatest forgiveness. But... why should we forgive him?"
"Today's punishment is merely a minor one. He should be subjected to all kinds of cruelty and torture. Ultimately, death at the hands of the people will be the final vengeance for those who died at his hands."
Ruan Mian changed into casual clothes and sent the birds and beasts in the space to Wen Mansion.
Wen Yuan was tortured to death and was hanging on to his last breath. The servants in the mansion quickly called a doctor, who provided timely assistance and saved his life.
But one night later, the first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to nervously shout out his follower's name.
Regardless of the pain in his body, he struggled to get up even if he had to use all his strength.
Seeing this, the attendant hurried forward and said, "Master, Master, what are you doing? The doctor said that you must rest well and cannot..."
"Rest?! Those troublemakers outside are making a big fuss!! Quick! Go prepare the car and go to the private vault! Quick!" The most urgent thing is to move all the property in the private vault out of Runing first, so that he can feel at ease. Otherwise, if the matter becomes so serious and something unexpected happens, he will have nothing left.
If the property in the private treasury can be moved away smoothly, he still has time to deal with it. At worst, he can just leave!
Seeing how anxious he was, his followers knew the seriousness of the situation and did not dare to delay for a moment. They immediately prepared a carriage and took him to the private vault.
There were few people in the city in the early morning, so they moved forward in the dark. Just in case, Wen Yuan only brought one follower with him.
Several other trustworthy people were responsible for escorting him and waiting in a forest outside the private warehouse.
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