Chapter 119 Being scammed
"Ouch, ouch, the old man's leg is broken—"
At first, Chu Ci and the others didn't realize that it was related to them.
Until he heard Mo Yan's rebuttal: "You are blackmailing me! Our carriage is still several feet away from you!"
Chu Ci and Fan Jingrui looked at each other and simultaneously opened the curtains on the left and right.
I saw a skinny old man sitting in the middle of the road, hugging one leg.
The two words "碰-瓷-" instantly appeared in Chu Ci's mind.
Chu Ci made a quick decision and told Mo Yan, the driver, "Hit him. Since he said his leg is broken, let him do it."
As soon as Chu Ci said this, Fan Jingrui, Fan Qianyan, and Mo Yan, the driver, all looked at Chu Ci in surprise: "Young Madam..."
However, Chu Ci did not compromise, but instead gave another tough order: "Bump into it——"
Mo Yan was still reluctant and was about to ask Fan Jingrui for his opinion. Chu Ci's voice was much colder, "My order is, bump into it..."
Mo Yan finally got scared. He closed his eyes and whipped the horse.
The old man who was trying to scam people saw that there was no movement in the carriage and Mo Yan kept turning his head, so he thought he had met an easy target.
He was thinking about how to make a fortune when he saw a carriage rushing towards him at an extremely fast speed.
"Ah——" The old man wanted to stand up, but it was too late.
He could only roll and crawl to narrowly avoid the collision with the carriage.
Some people who were watching all this not far away said that the old man deserved it and finally met a tough opponent.
But more people accused Mo Yan of being inhumane.
Moreover, when they saw Mo Yan controlling the carriage to slowly stop, the noise became louder and louder, and some brave people even surrounded Chu Ci's carriage.
No matter how conceited Mo Yan was, he knew he wasn't capable of protecting his three masters from being surrounded by so many people. "Master, what should we do now?"
"Bring the old man who's trying to scam people and..." Chu Ci hadn't finished his words when he heard a scolding voice from outside the circle: "What are you doing? What are you all doing? Do you know that if you gather together to cause trouble, I can arrest you all."
Then the crowd parted, and three men in yamen uniforms approached the carriage. "Can you tell me what happened?"
"That old man wanted to scam people—" Mo Yan opened his mouth and pulled the scammer, who had successfully become invisible, back in front of everyone.
This also made the people around excited again.
He even started to confuse right and wrong. "No, Old Man Chen was just selling something. It would have been fine if these people driving the carriage didn't buy anything, but they actually let their horses trample on people. They're totally disregarding the law."
The old man who was trying to scam people also started shouting, "I have a miserable life. I just wanted to sell some local specialties to supplement my family income, but I almost lost my leg!"
Seeing this, the yamen runner immediately stared at Mo Yan, "Is that so?"
Just as Mo Yan was about to speak, Chu Ci lifted the carriage curtain and asked, "What is this specialty? Can you show it to us?"
As Chu Ci spoke, he deliberately revealed the long sword he was carrying, and the yamen runner's eyes narrowed slightly.
He immediately winked at Old Man Chen who was crying: "Old Man Chen, a deal must be made between us. Since you really want to sell, why don't you bring your things over here."
Perhaps because he had cooperated so much, Old Man Chen immediately understood the yamen runner's hint and happily carried over something that looked like a melon, but wasn't a melon, and was particularly ugly. He even said shamelessly, "This is it. Are you interested, gentlemen?"
Others may not recognize it, but Chu Ci, who has the nickname "Xing'er", immediately knew through scanning that this ugly thing was none other than the famous konjac.
Even so, konjac is poisonous.
Chu Ci's eyes glared at Old Man Chen. "Have you ever had anyone eat this? Tell me the truth."
Old Man Chen had originally planned to force Chu Ci to sell the konjac, relying on the support of the yamen runners. But seeing Chu Ci's murderous eyes and remembering the konjac he had forced to sell, he finally got scared.
"No, no. I only feed it to the chickens at home."
"So, you know that konjac is poisonous, but you still sell it?" Chu Ci really wanted to open the old man's head to see if it was filled with paste.
And these accomplices in front of us, do they only help people based on their closeness to the relationship, without caring about morality and law at all?
Even the yamen runner at the front realized belatedly that he had run into a tough guy.
But Old Man Chen and the others couldn't just ignore it, so they had to bite the bullet and say, "Look, you haven't lost anything. How about both sides back off a bit and pretend nothing happened?"
"What do you mean it's not true? Did my carriage get stopped for nothing?" Chu Ci didn't know what the relationship was between the old man who was trying to scam people and the yamen runners, but that didn't stop her from scaring people.
Sure enough, Chu Ci was so tough.
The yamen runner immediately raised Chu Ci's status again and again, especially when he saw Xiao Wu riding over on a horse with a long sword on his waist that looked very valuable.
The yamen runner's attitude immediately softened: "So what do you mean?"
"I want a finger of this old man." The bailiff was about to refuse, but Xiaowu unsheathed the long sword in his hand slightly, and the bailiff shut his mouth obediently.
Chu Ci seemed oblivious to the two's antics and continued with her demands: "Make him swear never to touch porcelain or force purchases. Also, whatever konjac you have, bring it all to me."
"I can give you konjac, and I can also make you swear, but your fingers..." Old Man Chen finally stopped pretending to be stupid, patted the dust off his body and stood up.
Moreover, someone in the crowd quietly trotted away, probably to inform the old man.
Unfortunately, Chu Ci didn't buy his trick. "You have no choice. Today, this finger must be chopped off, whether you want to or not."
After Chu Ci finished speaking, Xiao Wu drew the long sword from his waist and walked towards the old man who was trying to scam people.
Old Man Chen finally felt scared: "My son is the county magistrate. If you dare to touch a hair on my head, my son will not let you go."
"No wonder you're so arrogant, County Magistrate." Chu Ci snorted coldly upon hearing this, turned around and took out the imperial sword he'd used during the assassination attempt. "Xiao Wu, hold him down. I'll chop off his fingers myself."
Xiao Wu didn't hesitate at all. He put away his sword and took down Old Man Chen in a lightning speed.
Seeing that Chu Ci was serious, the yamen runners finally became anxious. If Old Man Chen's fingers were chopped off today, he would lose both of his hands.
Regardless of the danger, she immediately stood in front of Old Man Chen and said, "Calm down, Madam, calm down. The old man just likes to joke around. He really never did anything to harm anyone—"
At this time, the onlookers also reacted: "Yes, yes, that's right, Old Man Chen doesn't bully the people?"
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