"Who the hell is your cousin?" Bai Youhui put away his jade pendant and punched Bai Sanye in the left cheek with a left hook.
Although the force wasn't enough to knock out one of Master Bai's back teeth, his lip still bled.
Even the good-tempered Master Bai got angry and roared at Bai Youhui, "Don't think you can hit me just because you're from the Kyoto family! Men! Beat him up and let him know what it means to be a powerful dragon but not a local snake."
Bai Youhui revealed his identity and was no longer afraid. He pointed at the people who had surrounded him and said, "It's Bai family's internal affair, so don't interfere!"
Those who had rolled up their sleeves to help immediately stopped and did not step forward.
Bai Youhui snorted and said to Bai Sanye, "You better behave yourself, or I'll tell my grandfather about your bullying of men and women and have him cut off the support from the Jiyang lineage."
The Bai family has existed for over a thousand years, with numerous branches in various regions. The main branch is in Kyoto, while the branches in other areas are collateral branches. They rely on and support each other, but all operate primarily through the main branch in Kyoto. The most capable members of the Bai family are all from the main branch, which holds the highest authority within this vast clan.
Master Bai covered his face, unwilling to accept the situation, and argued with him: "Fine, we're equals, why did you hit me?"
Bai Youhui pointed at Hongfeng and said to her father, "Are you forcing her to be your concubine? Have you no shame? She makes a living by singing and earning a meager living, and you're making things difficult for her like this? If I don't hit you, who will I hit? You've completely disgraced the Bai family."
Master Bai retorted, "I'm making her my concubine, where she can live a life of luxury, much better than singing for money. I'm doing this for her own good."
Hongfeng didn't dare to say a word, unsure whether Bai Youhui was acting or genuinely standing up for her.
"Good my foot! If they don't want it, then it's not for their own good. Tell me, what bad things have you done in the past?"
Seeing that there were quite a few people around, Third Master Bai suggested, "Why don't we sit down and talk? It's on me."
It wasn't that he was cowardly, but he was worried that Bai Youhui would really cause the Bai family in Kyoto to cut off their support to Jiyang, and then he would be a sinner against the Bai family in Jiyang.
"These are all trivial matters. I promise I'll behave better from now on, okay?"
Bai Youhui snorted: "Of course not. I've heard that you bully men and women and do all sorts of evil deeds. You must be punished today."
Master Bai smiled ingratiatingly: "Why should I? I was just saying, I didn't actually make her my concubine. You can't possibly side with outsiders, can you?"
He pulled Bai Youhui along and warmly greeted her, "Sit down, sit down, it's on me today, it's all on my tab."
After saying that, he waved irritably at Hongfeng.
The two went to another table to ask if anyone wanted to request a song.
Bai Youhui sat down as well, giving face to Third Master Bai. The reason was simple: he himself used to be that kind of person, domineering and bullying people in the capital. But hadn't he changed for the better now? He felt he should give Third Master Bai some face.
"What's your name?" Bai Youhui asked irritably.
"Bai Youwen." Third Master Bai picked up a clam for Bai Youhui and introduced, "The clams here are big and sand-free, and the chef's skills are excellent. You should also try the sea cucumber, and there's sashimi too. Have you ordered any?"
Yuan Qi looked at Bai Youwen's face and knew he had murdered more than one person, and that the people he had killed were with him. Among them was a young man in his twenties, dressed in coarse cloth and short clothes, with a large bloody hole in his head.
There was also a woman, heavily pregnant, and soaking wet.
There was also an old woman and a child, both covered in scars.
Although this person's personality is similar to Bai Youhui's—he enjoys bullying others—Bai Youhui never does anything excessive and has no blood on his hands. This person is different; he's rotten to the core.
Xing Shuo had no liking for Bai Youwen and kept a cold face.
He had repeatedly gone to Bai Youwen's home to arrest him, but the Bai family had always managed to fob him off with various excuses. It can be said that he deeply hated Bai Youwen and hoped to bring him to justice as soon as possible.
Bai Youwen also disliked Xing Shuo. He greeted Yuan Qi and Qian Wenbing, but not Xing Shuo, determined to embarrass him.
To his surprise, Yuan Qi and Qian Wenbing were also very cold to him, only saying "hmm" and "oh" as a greeting.
Bai Youwen was very unhappy and found Yuan Qi particularly displeasing. How dare a little girl with not even all her teeth give him attitude?
"Little girl, are you really a Taoist priest? What can you do?" Bai Youwen asked jokingly.
Yuan Qi glanced at him: "I know a lot more. I can tell fortunes and read faces, and I can even catch ghosts. Right now, there are four ghosts following you. There's a woman in her early twenties with a big belly, wearing a purple short jacket, missing a shoe and dripping wet. There's also a young man wearing a coarse cloth shirt, with a huge hole in his head. And there's an old woman and a child, who have been whipped badly, their bodies covered in bruises. You killed them all, didn't you? Be careful, they might come after you tonight."
Bai Youwen broke out in a cold sweat. He had indeed killed all these people. The pregnant woman in purple was his concubine. He had her drowned because the water he used to wash his feet was a little too hot.
The young man was originally a scholar. He wrote a poem in a restaurant that contained the character "Bai". Bai accused the scholar of mocking the Bai family and ordered his men to beat him up. Bai Youwen hit the man on the head with a stick and killed him instantly.
Bai Youwen had his men change him into a scholar's clothes and throw him into a mass grave.
As for the old woman and the child, they were a grandmother and grandson who had come to Jiyang to visit relatives. The child was running around without looking where he was going and his dirty hands soiled Bai Youwen's clothes, so Bai Youwen had them beaten up. Unexpectedly, his men were so rough that they beat the child to death.
After thinking about all this, Bai Youwen felt that Yuan Qi was just trying to scare him. Yuan Qi must have found out about it, since there were quite a few people in Jiyang who knew about it, and Xing Shuo was with him. Yes, it must have been Xing Shuo who told him!
He gave Xing Shuo a cold look, his eyes telling him, "You'll see."
"So what?" Bai Youwen wasn't afraid at all. These people were all commoners, and no one would stand up for them.
Bai Youhui reached out and slapped him: "You really did it? You're worse than an animal." He was much more ruthless than him.
Bai Youwen showed no remorse whatsoever, casually admitting, "Yes, so what?"
"Get out, don't dirty my place!" Bai Youhui didn't want to have anything to do with him. Ever since he learned from Yuan Qi, Bai Youhui had become more and more convinced of the saying that karma and retribution are inevitable.
Bai Youwen snorted and left, glaring angrily at Bai Youhui, pondering how to teach him a lesson.
Bai Youhui reminded him, "My seventh sister is very capable. She said someone is coming to take your life, and you won't live to see tomorrow."
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