The only people who came to the banquet were a few local gentry who had good relations with Lin Tongxi, namely Zhen Guhan, the manager of the Fulai Inn, Sun Youcai who sold daily necessities, and Li Yongnian, the head of Hegu Township.
The so-called Li Zheng is equivalent to the modern village head, who is mainly responsible for managing the population and collecting taxes.
Of course, this position is also not an official position. It is just that the government selects prestigious people in the village to assist in management in order to facilitate management. In terms of management, it is more similar to the current village committee director.
During the previous plague, Lin Tongxi helped Hegu Township a lot and solved a big problem for Li Yongnian, thus winning a lot of favor from Li Yongnian.
Of course, another reason is that Li Yongnian is from the Li family in Qingshi Village, and Li Changhe speaks well of him.
However, the power of Qingshi Village and the support of the Zhen family alone are not enough to manage Ruihe Town well.
In addition, even many officials asked for leave, and they had to send letters to inform them, which is really disheartening.
Faced with such an awkward situation, Lin Tongxi patted Chen Yunxuan on the shoulder, asking him to remain calm. "Brother Chenxuan...people's true nature is revealed in times of hardship. Don't be discouraged. We don't have many people around us right now simply because we're not strong enough. We just need to focus on becoming stronger and bigger, and these people will naturally support us."
Tonight's banquet was truly regrettable. It was clearly a show of force by the local forces against the new official!
In this regard, Lin Tongxi does not intend to compromise or give in.
The next day, just as he was thinking about what to do to pressure the gentry, an opportunity suddenly came to him.
Originally, Lin Tongxi just planned to visit Su Ruoxue's shop, but he happened to run into a few hooligans causing trouble.
"Young lady, you are so beautiful, why bother with all this? You might as well obey me, and I will make you live a life of luxury in the future!" The leading gangster grinned lewdly, and even started to move his hands, wanting to touch Su Ruoxue's face.
"You pervert!" Su Ruoxue didn't tolerate it and gave him a big slap!
After being slapped in the face, the gangster leader not only did not subside, but became even more arrogant: "The young lady's hands smell so good... It's a pity that she has a bad temper. It doesn't matter. After following us, she will become docile! Brothers, go!"
After saying that, the gangsters took action one by one.
"Don't even think about bullying Sister Ruoxue!" Seeing this, Xiaojiu, who had just packed up the herbs, took out a medicine bag and threw it at the gangster leader.
After being hit in the face by the medicine bag, the gangster leader became angry and ordered one of his men to capture Xiaojiu, intending to use him to threaten Su Ruoxue.
But who was Xiaojiu? He had already reached the ninth rank at such a young age, while these ordinary hooligans were only ninth rank at best, with only the hooligans' leader being barely a fifth rank.
A gangster tried to catch Xiaojiu, but Xiaojiu's agile body dodged him repeatedly, which made him very angry.
"Damn it, useless things, they can't even catch a kid! Come on!" The gangster leader was so frustrated with his subordinates' performance that he had to take action himself.
Su Ruoxue naturally would not sit idly by and watch Xiaojiu being bullied. She quickly protected Xiaojiu behind her and fought against the five hooligans in front of her with her bare hands.
At this moment, Lin Tongxi just walked in, found that something was wrong, and quickly used the Dingxingshu.
The two men were injected with anesthetics and their strength gradually faded.
The gangster leader noticed Lin Tongxi and tried to divert his attack target.
Lin Tongxi looked at the strength of the other party, a fifth-grade warrior, and knew that he was no match for him with his bare hands, so he chose to dodge and look for another opportunity.
The distance is too close and the space is too small, which is not conducive to his long-range attack setting.
The gangster leader swung his fist at Lin Tongxi, but Su Ruoxue acted in time to deflect the punch.
"Xiaojiu, go find other people to help!" After Su Ruoxue said that, she and Lin Tongxi worked together to deal with the gangster in front of them.
After hearing Su Ruoxue's arrangement, Xiaojiu quickly ran out of the door and asked for help.
"Brother, they are looking for someone to help!" An ordinary gangster reminded the boss next to him.
"What are you afraid of? Those ordinary people don't dare to offend us! We have Brother Ma protecting us!" After the gangster leader said this, he started fighting with Su Ruoxue in front of him.
"Ruoxue, I'll attract the attention of the other gangsters, you focus on dealing with this guy!" Although Lin Tongxi's fighting ability is not good, he is also a ninth-grade warrior and can barely fight with gangsters of the same strength.
In addition, under the guidance of Chen Yunxuan and Yue Lingyun, he also knew some martial arts and could barely deal with the two hooligans.
"Help! Someone's coming to Fuchun Hall to cause trouble!" Xiaojiu shouted on the street. At first, some people wanted to come over to help, but were persuaded by other townspeople: "I heard they've offended Boss Niu... Let's not cause trouble for ourselves."
Of course, some people, remembering the kindness of Fuchuntang, chose to go over and help, and even scolded the townspeople who were unwilling to help: "Dr. Su has cured so many of us, he is considered a benefactor of this town. How can you have the heart to treat your benefactor like this?"
"Besides, those bullies have been bullying us for a long time. Are you planning to keep putting up with it?"
"The robbers and plunderers of the Tiger Roaring Village were all wiped out by Town Mayor Chen. Could it be that he can't suppress these so-called bullies?"
"This..." Some townspeople retreated in shame, while others regained their conscience and followed them to Fuchun Hall.
At the same time, the bullies led by Boss Niu also surrounded Fuchun Hall, preventing the townspeople from entering.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't be blind!" The strong man with a scar on his face stood in the middle and forced back the townspeople who wanted to help.
Although the townspeople were able to help, Boss Niu was notoriously powerful and once killed a troublemaker with a single punch.
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