Chapter 73 When women are unreasonable, only women can fight back
Du Heng said, "Wanyi and Jinniang have gone ahead, so let's go forward too."
Su Ying said hello and stepped forward.
The Lantern Festival was packed, and even though the two of them were extremely polite, they were often squeezed together by the crowd. At one point, the backs of their hands touched, and Su Ying quickly switched hands to hold the dough figurine, avoiding contact with Du Heng's hand.
The two of them seemed to be walking for quite a while, but in reality, they hadn't gone far due to the large crowd. Su Ying looked forward for a moment, but didn't see Jinniang and Wanyi. Feeling a little worried, she asked, "Cousin, why haven't we seen Wanyi and Jinniang yet? Have we lost them?"
Du Heng comforted her, "Don't worry. They agreed with me before they left that if we didn't meet, we could just meet up at the lantern riddle. Qingquan is with them too, so don't worry."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion rising up ahead. He thought it was some street performer beating drums and gongs. But as he got closer, he saw a fight erupting over a piece of jewelry. Not only had the jewelry stall been knocked over, but the stall of a nearby artist playing strings and singing music had also been knocked over. The clattering and clanging of bells and bells made the place as lively as a performance.
The two men fought more and more fiercely. There was a woman behind each of them. One was crying, and the other followed and took the opportunity to scratch her.
The two men fighting were surrounded by onlookers, but no one intervened. Wherever the two men fought, the crowds would voluntarily make way for them, as if they were making room specifically for them.
Just as Su Ying and Du Heng saw what was happening, the two men attacked them. A gap suddenly appeared in the human wall, and the two men rushed towards them.
The situation was so sudden that there was no time to dodge. Du Heng immediately pulled Su Ying behind him, but before he could turn around, he was recklessly hit by her. He felt a burning pain at the corner of his mouth, and then a bloody smell rushed into his mouth.
The two men had already fought with bloodshot eyes, and only when they bumped into Du Heng and saw blood flowing from the corner of his mouth did they stop their punches and kicks in shock.
Even though he was injured and bleeding, Du Heng never let go and continued to protect Su Ying tightly, blocking her behind him.
His gaze was like a torch, his voice was cold, and he spoke in a deep, intimidating voice: "According to the laws of the Great Zhou, anyone who makes a noise in the streets and refuses to heed warnings will be fined ten taels of silver and imprisoned for three days. Anyone who fights will be fined twenty taels of silver and imprisoned for five days. If there is damage or casualties, the fine will be increased according to the circumstances, with no upper limit."
"In the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the longest prison sentence for fighting was five years and one month. You two might as well go ahead and destroy all the stalls at this lantern festival and see if you can stay in prison for ten or eight years. That would be a way to make your name in history."
After hearing this, the two men immediately stopped talking, and the crowd of onlookers began to talk, wondering whether this person who spoke so confidently was an official from the Dali Temple?
Jewelry is a woman's thing, and the fact that they fought over it clearly meant they had the women behind them to encourage them. As expected, during the earlier fight, one woman had taken advantage of an opportunity to attack. Seeing Du Heng's verbal intimidation, her anger intensified. She stood before him with her hands on her hips, shouting, "There were so many people at the Lantern Festival, so touching is inevitable. My husband just bumped into you accidentally. Why do you say we were fighting? Which eye did you see?"
As she spoke, she turned to the two people who had just been fighting fiercely and asked in a voice that everyone could hear, "Did you two fight like he said?"
The two men immediately understood and shook their heads, saying, "No, no, there were so many people that we couldn't stand steadily, so we pulled each other."
The woman sneered in satisfaction, then glanced fiercely at the onlookers one by one: "What about you? Did you see anyone fighting?"
Everyone came just to watch the fun. They didn't try to stop the fight just now, and now they had no intention of joining in. It seemed as if their mouths were covered by an invisible hand, and no one uttered a word.
Du Heng watched coldly and was about to say something further, but Su Ying, whose hand he was holding, broke free from him.
Su Ying handed the Monkey King figurine to him and said softly, "When a woman is unreasonable, only a woman can stand up to her."
Her eyes sparkled as she looked at him. As he took the dough, Su Ying gently patted the back of his hand, as if to say, "Leave it to me." Du Heng's heart softened at that moment.
Su Ying walked around Du Heng and stood in front of the woman. "Do you think that just because you deny it, there's no evidence? The jewelry vendor, the drummer, the string musician—who isn't a witness? Besides, my cousin was injured because of them. Even if it wasn't a deliberate fight, it was because of you that the property was damaged and people were injured."
The woman was even more dissatisfied after hearing this. Just as she was about to open her mouth to fight back, Su Ying sighed and said, "My dear lady, I envy you too. Your husband didn't hesitate to fight with others in public just to buy the jewelry that pleased you. If he didn't have deep feelings for you, he wouldn't do such a thing."
As she spoke, she glanced back at Du Heng in front of the woman, seeming to resent and annoy him, and said, "You heard it too. My cousin only cares about the laws of the Great Zhou and has no romantic feelings at all."
The tone was so sad and resentful that it moved people. Not only the woman, but also the onlookers gradually believed what Su Ying said.
Especially since Du Heng just spoke righteously and coldly, using the law to pressure people, it made him seem even more dull and rigid.
Gradually, sighs began to rise one after another:
"Although this young man is handsome, why is he so ignorant of the love between men and women?"
"How could it be so unworthy of such a handsome face with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes!"
"What a waste for this young lady, so beautiful as to captivate the eyes of fish and geese, yet she is stuck with such a fool who has no sense of romance!"
Du Heng heard the constant discussions and couldn't help but smile bitterly. The corner of his mouth twitched unconsciously, and the wound he had just been hit seemed to have deepened a little.
Seeing the woman's expression ease, Su Ying took advantage of the situation and continued, "I assume you two didn't come to the Lantern Festival to cause trouble. Why don't you just let it go peacefully? My cousin's words are true, not a single lie. Who wants to end up in jail during the Lantern Festival?"
Su Ying not only looked at the woman, but also at the two men who had caused the incident and the other woman who had stopped crying. In a negotiating tone, she asked, "In my opinion, since the elders and villagers are willing to keep their mouths shut for you, why not compensate the stall owner and the artist and call it a day?"
Su Ying's words made sense; if they continued to argue, it would seem unreasonable. Furthermore, the jewelry vendor and the street performer were approaching them, as if Du Heng's words had given them credence. If they left, they would inevitably face legal trouble.
It is better to make big things small and small things nothing!
They took the initiative to ask for compensation. The jewelry stall owner and the performing artist did not want to cause any more trouble during the New Year, so the price they quoted was very reasonable. The perpetrator thanked them profusely and apologized one after another, and took out some silver from his pocket to compensate the two victims.
Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, the onlookers gradually dispersed, leaving only Su Ying and Du Heng.
"So my cousin thinks I'm so clueless about children's relationships?"
Du Heng walked up to Su Ying with a dough figurine in his hand, leaned forward slightly, and there was only her in his eyes.
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