Magistrate Xu was truly enraged.
He wished he could slap Feng Mubai to death and do a good deed by killing his own family!
What kind of brain does this guy have? Is this my child?
At this moment, Prefect Xu even had the idea that Feng Mubai was not his illegitimate son, because this person's mind was so incompatible with his own! Could it be that this was the child of Madam Feng and another man? Considering Madam Feng's usual behavior, it was very possible!
But then I thought about it again. Feng Mubai's appearance was not exactly the same as mine, but it was about 70 or 80 percent similar. It shouldn't be too different. In addition, anger often makes people lose their minds. Feng Mubai was young, concerned about his image, and easily acted on impulse, so it was understandable that he would say such a thing.
So he turned to Master Feng and said, "Master Feng, Mu Bai is still too young. Some things have far-reaching consequences. Even if you tell him, he won't understand. You have to make the decision!"
"Father, don't listen to him. This Feng Family Restaurant is the lifeblood of our Feng family! If the Feng Family Restaurant is gone, what will our Feng family have left? What will we be able to rely on in the future? Won't we be at the mercy of others?"
Feng Mubai roared. At this point, he had already broken ties with Prefect Xu, so he was no longer afraid of him and spoke freely.
Master Feng, being older, wasn't as hot-blooded as Feng Mubai. He sighed and said, "Mubai, your uncle is right. You've oversimplified things. You've seen Jing's methods, haven't you? He's capable of anything to achieve his goals!"
Prefect Xu also spoke up: "Mu Bai didn't return all night, and he may not know that last night, Jing Zhe killed more than ten people outside the Feng family's restaurant. Blood flowed like a river, and it was a horrific sight. With such a vicious method, do you think the Feng family can bear the consequences of not selling the restaurant to him?"
After saying this, Magistrate Xu gave Madam Feng a wink.
Madam Feng understood and began to persuade him, "Mu Bai, if you don't sell it to him now, you might not even get five thousand taels of silver later! He's trying to be polite first, then resort to force!"
"..."
Feng Mubai felt like he was about to explode.
He had just been beaten, and not only did no one speak up for him, but they also joined in opposing him?
"You mean... I just got beaten up for nothing? He beat me up, and then you gave him the restaurant? Isn't that like telling him he did the right thing? That's a slap in my face!"
Feng Mubai, panting heavily, said, "And you, Uncle, you are the Prefect of Jiangling, you can directly submit memorials to His Majesty. Since you know that Jing Zhe killed more than ten people, why didn't you impeach him? Why did you let him run rampant? You might as well quit being the Prefect!"
"..."
Magistrate Xu opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he kept his mouth shut because he felt that Feng Mubai was a bit obsessed and it would be a waste of time to talk to him.
But Feng Mubai seemed to have perked up. Seeing that Magistrate Xu was silent, he thought he had suddenly realized something and continued to chatter on: "Even if the Feng family restaurant is to be sold, it will definitely cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. He offered such a disgusting price of five thousand taels. There is no way we can sell it to him! Are you all senile? Can't you even figure this out? I'm telling you now, if you still consider me your son, then this deal is absolutely not going to happen!"
"..."
As he said this, he glanced at each of the three men, after all, he was their son…
He's obsessed; it seems he's truly obsessed.
The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads.
"Someone, take the young master back to his room to rest."
At this moment, Master Feng spoke up, having already made up his mind.
"I'm not going back; I want to stay here and keep watch."
Feng Mubai shouted.
"Take it back."
Master Feng gave the order again, but the old steward remained very stubborn. No matter how much Feng Mubai scolded him, he still led his men to pull him down.
After Feng Mubai left, the room returned to silence.
Master Feng said, "Prefect Xu, then I'll trouble you to hand over the house deed."
"Master, you are wise!"
Magistrate Xu gave another small compliment.
After making Madam Feng hand over the house deed, Master Feng looked at Magistrate Xu and said in a deep voice, "Magistrate Xu, when you give him the house deed, you must tell him that we have sold this Feng Family Restaurant to him with great sincerity, and we hope that he will not cause any more trouble for the Feng family."
At this point, his gaze turned cold: "If Mu Bai is beaten again, he shouldn't blame me for getting angry!"
Magistrate Xu took the house deed and nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely pass on the message!"
"master…"
At this moment, the old steward walked in from outside, looked at Master Feng, then at Madam Feng and Magistrate Xu, and hesitated before speaking.
"What is it? There are no outsiders here, so just say it."
Master Feng said directly.
"This old servant just heard from the servants that there are many rumors circulating in the streets that are not good for the young master, so I wanted to ask the master if we should send someone to inquire about it, or to tell someone to stop spreading the rumors?"
After the old steward finished speaking, he glanced at Prefect Xu. Without a doubt, he was the only one in Jiangling City who could stop the rumors.
"What rumor?"
Magistrate Xu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked.
"It's about what happened to the young master last night..."
"call…"
Upon hearing this, Prefect Xu breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought that Jing Zhe had broken his promise and revealed that he was having an affair with Madam Feng and that Feng Mubai was his illegitimate son!
However, after the old steward finished speaking, everyone fell silent, especially Master Feng, whose face darkened immediately.
Because of the rumors circulating outside, it's said that Feng Mubai frequents brothels and has other vices. Last night, he reportedly barged naked into someone's room, stole a woman's clothes, and jumped down from the building.
As it turned out, he didn't know any martial arts, and he fell to the ground, immediately getting his face covered in injuries and losing consciousness. Fortunately, the women in the brothel were afraid that he would freeze while he was naked outside, so they carried him back to the brothel and slept him there for the night.
The old butler was right; that's what was circulating on the street. And the only one to blame is Feng Mubai for being too confident. Before, every time he went to a brothel, he would give the girls a tip in advance, which was actually hush money, so no one ever mentioned his entertainment.
But this time it was different. The girls in the brothel were convinced that Feng Mubai had secretly gone upstairs, and that he had run away again without saying a word after waking up this morning. The women were unhappy about this.
After discussing it, they decided to teach Feng Mubai a lesson.
It turns out they kept quiet because Feng Mubai had paid them hush money. Now that Feng Mubai dared not pay, they no longer needed to hide it for him. Let's see if he dares to pay again in the future!
Feng Mubai never dreamed that he would end up ruining his reputation for forgetting to pay hush money...
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