Chapter 134: Finding Trouble
Upon hearing this, the innkeeper's face turned pale and he quickly bowed and begged for mercy, "Oh, Master Song, I really don't know how I have offended you! My servants and I have been busy running around the inn all day. Besides, with the master's curfew, how dare we go outside? Please forgive me, Master!"
Young Master Song sneered, "It's either you or those clueless people staying at your inn! How dare you steal the horse that my Song family has set their eyes on? Just hand over those people and the horse today, or else... come on, smash some tables for me first!"
Following the order from Young Master Song, the servants he brought with him immediately came up shouting and rudely drove away the diners who were eating in the lobby of the inn. In a few seconds, they smashed several tables and the cups, plates, wine and food on them to pieces!
For a moment, the crashing sound was so loud that both the guests and the waiters in the inn were silent and dared not make a single sound.
When Chen Fenghe heard this, he couldn't help but frown. It turned out to be something that happened when he bought a horse during the day.
The Song family is really arrogant. They offered a low price and it was snatched away by someone else, yet they still have the nerve to cause trouble for the buyer?
The innkeeper was heartbroken as he watched his inn being smashed, but he didn't dare to stop it. He could only beg for mercy, "Master Song, this matter really has nothing to do with our inn... If it's guests who bought horses and mules, there are indeed a few guests..."
Before the innkeeper had finished speaking, a servant came slinking back from the inn's backyard and said, as if offering a treasure: "Master, I went to the backyard and saw that there were several horses and mules tied up in the stables. They must have been bought by those people this morning!"
Upon hearing this, Young Master Song impatiently pushed the shopkeeper aside and said, "You guys go get the horses, mules, and other animals and bring them back to the mansion! I'll be leaving after I've taught those fools a lesson! Also, where are the officials from the yamen? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, his face changed.
Ever since the outbreak of typhoid fever, these days, if any family has officials from the government office come to their house, they will be arrested and sent to an abandoned house in the west of the city!
Some officials took the opportunity to extort money from the people. If you refused to give money, you would be locked up without saying a word. A healthy person was thrown into the crowd of patients infected with typhoid without any reason. How could that be good?
The innkeeper was so anxious that he almost cried: "Oh! Master Song, we can talk it over! We can discuss it! There is no one with a fever or sickness in this inn! The officials from the government really don't need to come..."
As he spoke, the shopkeeper tremblingly took out a silver ingot weighing five taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the servant beside Young Master Song.
The servant weighed the silver ingot and sneered, "Only five taels of silver, are you giving it to a beggar?"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper, though feeling pained, quickly took out another five-liang silver ingot and handed it over: "Master, this is just a small business, and it's really... Please, Master, be merciful..."
Young Master Song then sneered twice and said, "The officials from the yamen are not here to arrest you, Shopkeeper Liu. Shopkeeper Liu, there is no need to panic. Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. You should hand those people over as soon as possible and don't worry about anything else."
The shopkeeper wiped his sweat. The officials in the yamen were officials, and the people staying in his inn were also officials from the capital. If these two groups fought, his inn would be smashed.
Just as the shopkeeper was about to continue explaining, Chen Wu, Yuan Xun and others came out.
As for Chen Fenghe, she went to the backyard without making a sound.
In the backyard, several servants of the Song family roughly pushed the inn's waiters away and went to the stable to take the horses and mules.
Chen Fenghe hid in the dark, and with a few "chi" sounds, several silver needles in his hand hit the acupuncture points of these people.
Several people felt a sudden pain in their bodies, as if they were pinched by an ant, but naturally no one paid any attention to it.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to untie the reins, one of the servants suddenly fell to the ground and began to convulse in pain.
"What's wrong?" asked another servant, but he also suddenly covered his stomach and fell to the ground with a sigh of "ouch"!
The others were not much better, they all started vomiting and having diarrhea.
The innkeepers and other onlookers all stepped back, saying fearfully, "Could this be... a typhoid attack?"
"It's possible! Everyone, don't get close to them!"
When everyone heard this, no one dared to get close to them and they all ran away as quickly as possible.
A sneer appeared on the corner of Shen Fenghe's lips.
She just put some poison on the silver needle, and the symptoms were indeed similar to those of typhoid fever.
Since they want to be lackeys, enduring this little bit of hardship is already a bargain for them.
One of the servants was in a better condition. Seeing that everyone had suddenly become like this, he was afraid that they might have really caught typhoid fever. He didn't dare to care about the mules and horses and ran back to report the news.
When Young Master Song was acting arrogantly, Chen Wu and Yuan Xun came out.
Chen Wu bowed and said, "Sir, we came from the capital to escort prisoners to the wild lands under the emperor's order. We bought a few mules and horses for our convenience. Young Master Song is so arrogant that he wants to move all our mules and horses without saying a word. Isn't that unreasonable?"
When Master Song heard this, he was also stunned. He didn't expect that the other party was also an official.
However, he was relieved immediately.
So what if they were just police officers? Could they be as powerful as her brother-in-law's brother-in-law? That was Prime Minister Shen, at the height of his power! The Fifth Prince's most favored minister! Wouldn't crushing a few police officers be as easy as crushing a few ants?
Young Master Song sneered, "Officials escorting exiled prisoners? No wonder they even dared to seize my horse! Well, since you are officials, just hand over those two men and the horse, and the matter will be over. Otherwise, do you know who my brother-in-law's brother-in-law is? Prime Minister Shen Shi'an!"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Xun's face turned unhappy. He said angrily, "You are being unreasonable, aren't you? We paid for the horse, why should we hand it over?"
"Don't want to hand it over? Then don't blame me for being rude! Come on, break their legs for me!"
The servants of the Song family were also used to being domineering. Since their master had spoken, how could they not take action? They rushed forward with their fists.
Chen Wu still had some concerns, but Yuan Xun could no longer bear it. He kicked one person down and then punched another person on the head.
Seeing this, the other officers naturally stepped forward and started fighting with the servants!
When Chen Fenghe returned to the lobby, she saw this situation. She held a silver needle in her hand and took advantage of the chaos to shoot it into Young Master Song's acupoint.
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