After leaving Jinghuayuan Snack Shop, Hua Qingcheng and Han Yichen each rode a horse and rode away.
They first went to a nearby clothing store. When they came out of the store, they had changed into new clothes, and both of them had a gold-plated hollow butterfly-shaped eye mask on their faces.
Hua Qingcheng, dressed in a red and black outfit, paired with her high ponytail, exuded a dashing and heroic presence. Han Yichen, meanwhile, donned a dark-colored suit, his hair tied high with a black headband. Stripped of his usual allure, he took on a mysterious and abstinent beauty.
Before setting off, Hua Qingcheng had done some research on the Yuan family martial arts school.
The Yuan Family Martial Arts School was run by none other than Yuan Qiu's mother, Yuan Ba. Like other martial arts schools, the Yuan Family Martial Arts School, in addition to recruiting students for martial arts training, also provided escort services and protected the families and homes of wealthy families. When the government offered a reward for the capture of thieves, they sometimes also acted as bounty hunters.
In addition, the Yuan family martial arts school has another main source of income, which is - making money from side jobs.
The martial artists would sit in the shops of merchants and charge them high "protection fees" to show that they were under their protection and could conduct business safely. For merchants who refused to pay the "protection fees", they would bully and suppress them openly or covertly, making it impossible for them to gain a foothold.
On the surface, the Yuan Family Martial Arts School occasionally assisted the government in apprehending criminals. However, due to the exchange of money and power, this often led to false convictions and wrongful convictions. As for the Yuan Family Martial Arts School's role in "ensuring safety" for local merchants, the government turned a blind eye. The relationship between the Yuan Family Martial Arts School and the government was essentially that of a moneybag and a protective umbrella.
It is obvious that Hua Qingcheng and others are the troublemakers who refused to pay the "protection fee" and were bullied and retaliated against by the other party.
If she wanted to continue to run a shop in the town and gain a foothold, there were only two options: one was to do as the other party asked and pay them the full amount of "protection fees" on time to "ask for protection and safety"; the other was to "take the other party's path and leave the other party with no way to go", so that the other party could not and dared not to cause trouble for her again.
As a local martial arts school, reputation is very important. The "reputation" here refers to the strength of the martial artists and the prestige of the martial arts school.
What Hua Qingcheng and the others were going to do now was to challenge the martial arts masters of the martial arts school. If the martial arts masters did not accept the challenge, they would be known as cowards; if they accepted the challenge, then if they were defeated, their reputation would be ruined.
A martial arts school that has lost its "reputation" cannot survive in the local area. Since Yuan Qiu dared to bring people to Jing Hua Yuan Snacks to cause trouble and disrupt her business again and again, trying to beat up her people and ruin her store's reputation, Hua Qingcheng would let Yuan Qiu suffer the consequences.
Jinghuayuan Snacks on Caiyun Street is located to the east of Yunshui Town, while the Yuan Family Martial Arts School is located on Liuyun Street to the west of Yunshui Town. Hua Qingcheng and Han Yichen rode for nearly a quarter of an hour.
A large house with white walls and black tiles immediately came into their sight, with two majestic stone lions guarding the door.
"We're here, Qingcheng."
"Um."
Hua Qingcheng and Han Yichen dismounted swiftly in front of the Yuan family martial arts gym and left their horses at a nearby parking area.
"Yuan Family Martial Arts School."
Hua Qingcheng's eyes were as cold as ice. She looked up at the large, eye-catching rosewood sign in front of her. She twirled her hands, and suddenly a crackling sound came from them.
"Let's go, Saburo!"
Hua Qingcheng and Han Yichen walked with steady steps and strode towards the Yuan family martial arts hall in front.
"stop!"
"Who is coming?"
A disciple at the gate saw two people, a woman and a man, one dressed in red and black, the other in ink, wearing gold-plated butterfly-shaped eye masks, walking towards their martial arts hall with great strides, so she shouted loudly.
Hua Qingcheng's lips curled slightly, her eyes cold. She pulled out a black and white phoenix-shaped headband from her bosom, raised her hand, and gently placed it on her forehead. Then, pointing to the large sign above the martial arts gym, she said only two words: "Kick the gym!"
"Hmph! How dare this unknown brat dare to mess with Tai Sui? Just wait and see!"
After the disciple at the door finished uttering the harsh words, he hurried into the hall to report to the master.
"What?"
"Someone is here to challenge us?"
Yuanba, who was making love with his concubine in the backyard room, was suddenly in disbelief when he heard his disciple come to report that someone was coming to challenge him.
"I've never seen anything like this before!"
Not to mention that her cousin's husband's brother, Shangguan Lie, is the legal husband of Pingxi King Xiahou Jing, even the Fufeng County magistrate Xiao Yanlan treats her sister like a younger sister, not to mention that her daughter Yuan Qiu is the magistrate's goddaughter.
In Yunshui Town, no, in the entire Fufeng County, no one dared to mess with the Yuan family. This was the first time in her ten years as the headmaster of the Yuan family martial arts school that someone dared to come and cause trouble.
"I'm tired of living!"
"Let the martial artists in the front yard go out first and give them a good greeting!"
"Yes, Master."
After receiving the order, the disciple quickly ran back to the front yard and reported to the martial arts master on duty at the martial arts hall.
There are a total of fifty martial artists in the Yuan family martial arts school. In addition to those who go out to escort, guard houses, and collect protection fees, there are twelve martial artists who teach martial arts students in the front yard.
Soon, the twelve martial artists came out of the gate of the Yuan family martial arts hall, followed by hundreds of disciples.
The grand spectacle quickly attracted a large crowd of onlookers. Many curious people, seeing someone coming to challenge the Yuan Family Martial Arts School, even rushed to find more people to watch. In less than a quarter of an hour, a huge crowd had gathered at the entrance of the Yuan Family Martial Arts School, and Hua Qingcheng and the others were surrounded by the crowd in three layers.
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