Chapter 68: Beat him until he obeys
Hearing this, Jiang Wanning stiffened his fist.
He stood up straight and asked with a frown.
"What's going on?"
Nanny Lin said, "I don't know the details, but it seems the Second Young Master was going to the stables to buy a fine horse for General Ji... and he happened to run into the Second Young Master's wife! The horses were ordered by the Second Young Master's wife, so she naturally refused to sell them to the Second Young Master. But the Second Young Master insisted on buying them, and so the two of them started arguing again..."
Jiang Wanning gritted his teeth.
He took a sip of the tea handed to him by Baojuan, rolled up his sleeves and walked out.
"This troublesome fellow has been kicked out of the Marquis' Mansion, yet he still dares to do evil to me outside! I must break his legs today!"
"Hey, ma'am...wait!"
Baojuan called out first, then hurried back into the house, took out a short whip, handed it forward and said, "Madam, don't forget to take this with you."
Jiang Wanning glanced at the whip in her hand, feeling a little suspicious.
"Where did this thing come from?"
The whip was not long, but short and thick. It would hurt someone if it hit him. It was obviously not used to hit a horse.
The handle is inlaid with gold, as if it was specially prepared for her.
Baojuan replied.
"This is the whip that the Marquis made for you, Madam... The Marquis said that your palms were all red from beating you yesterday, and he felt sorry for you. If you want to beat the Second Young Master again next time, you can use the whip to save energy."
Jiang Wanning nodded, then took the whip and weighed it twice in his hand.
"That's right... He's not a father in vain, he really loves his son!"
Baojuan thought to herself: Second Young Master, you'd better take care of yourself. There is no one in this house to protect you anymore.
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When the master and servants rushed to the horse farm with murderous intent, Song Zhizhi and Shen Yu'an seemed to have finished their fight. They turned their heads away and sat on both sides, neither of them willing to give in.
There was a group of people trying to mediate.
Seeing this, Jiang Wanning was a little disappointed and casually stuffed the whip back into Baojuan's hand.
"I came too late and didn't use it...I'll use it later."
Before I got close, Ji Lingzhu's voice came over.
"My dear sister-in-law, you complained to the Marquis' wife yesterday, and Brother got a good beating. It's time for you to calm down! Why is he making a fuss again today? You know, my horse broke its hoof on the way back to the city, and it can't be ridden anymore... Brother bought me a horse out of loyalty, how come you women don't understand at all!"
Following Shen Yu'an and Ji Lingzhu were several soldiers who were also dressed in military uniforms.
Upon hearing this, they all agreed.
"Yeah! Sister-in-law, please stop making trouble!"
"It's just a horse, is it necessary to be so fussy about it?!"
"If you keep insisting like this, it will only make everyone look bad, and if it gets out, it will only make Brother Shen a laughing stock!"
"She's a merchant's daughter, after all, so stingy... I don't want to marry someone like her in the future. She's full of commercialism!"
"I think we shouldn't waste our breath. Merchants are only interested in profit, and they don't understand the loyalty between us brothers!"
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The more Shen Yu'an listened, the more he felt that Song Zhizhi was being unreasonable, and he said dissatisfiedly.
"Ling Zhu once blocked a knife for me, so what's wrong with me buying her a horse? Besides, it's not like I'm not giving you money. Since you're running a business, it doesn't matter who you sell to. Or is it because Ling Zhu likes this horse that you have to make things difficult for her?!"
Song Zhizhi didn't answer, she looked up and behind him.
"Mother, you are here."
Shen Yu'an sneered and disagreed.
"You're bringing up my mother to scare me again. Humph, don't think I'll be fooled! Today, I'm going to buy your horse—"
“Bang!”
Jiang Wanning picked up the whip he had just put down, strode forward and whipped it!
“Ouch!”
Shen Yu'an cried out in pain and jumped up from the stool in an instant.
When she turned around, she saw Jiang Wanning raising his hand, and immediately covered her cheek and quickly took a few steps back.
It would be fine if his mother beat him at home, but if he got slapped in front of his brothers, wouldn’t he be laughed to death?
"Mother, you...why are you here!"
"Don't call me mother, I couldn't give birth to a fool like you!"
Jiang Wanning walked over, glanced at him, and sneered.
"From head to toe, what piece of clothing did Zhizhi not buy for you personally? And now you're showing off in front of her? Ha... If you really have any guts, take off all your clothes and give them back to Zhizhi! Then I'll respect you as a man!"
Shen Yu'an felt embarrassed when she exposed his secret in public and couldn't help but retort.
"How could I have spent all her money? It's not like I don't have a salary in the barracks... Don't act like I can't live without her!"
"What are you trying to say? You're a gigolo. You're not ashamed to ask your wife for money, and you're not ashamed to spend money lavishly. Now you want to be ashamed?"
Jiang Wanning exposed the shortcomings without mercy.
She knew that her son was very concerned about his reputation, and was often flattered by his so-called brothers in the military camp, making him feel overwhelmed and think that he was really powerful!
In fact, it was the money given by Song Zhizhi that helped him win people's hearts.
Shen Yu'an's face flushed, feeling embarrassed and annoyed.
"Mother, did you ask someone to cast a spell on you? Why do you always speak for Song Zhizhi? Who is your biological son?"
“Bang!”
Jiang Wanning whipped him again.
"You keep yelling?!"
Shen Yu'an opened his mouth and wanted to speak.
But he didn't have time to make a sound before the whip came down. He tried to dodge for a while, but still couldn't escape the blows!
My butt and back suddenly felt hot!
Jiang Wanning snorted coldly, "Are you still going to talk back?"
Shen Yu'an: "..." He thought about it, but he didn't dare.
After all, he couldn't possibly fight back against his mother.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Jiang Wanning cleared his throat and said.
"If you want to buy this horse, just use your own salary. Don't even think about asking the Marquis' Mansion to pay a penny!"
Shen Yu'an suddenly became stubborn.
"If you don't want to pay, then don't. I don't want the Marquis' Mansion to take the money!"
Jiang Wanning chuckled and looked at Song Zhizhi.
"Zhizhi, just sell him the horse at the market price...he can't afford it anyway."
“Who says I can’t afford it?”
Shen Yu'an raised his chin and immediately retorted, "It's just a horse, how could I not afford it!"
Song Zhizhi immediately understood what her mother-in-law meant.
He nodded, asked someone to bring the maroon horse over, and said to Shen Yu'an.
"Since mother has spoken, I will sell this horse to you... General Ji is a good picker. He immediately fell in love with this fine horse that can travel a thousand miles a day.
Let’s put it this way, I won’t make money from you, so that no one will say that I’m deliberately raising the price and not really selling it!
I'll give it to you at the cost of my purchase, a flat price of three hundred taels!"
"What? Three hundred taels?!"
Shen Yu'an immediately raised his voice and almost jumped up from the ground, "Why don't you just go and rob the bank!"
God knows, he only had fifty taels of silver in his purse.
It’s the military salary that has just been paid.
He knew that the money was not much, but not too little either. It was just enough to buy a horse, so it was definitely more than enough!
Seeing his embarrassed expression, Ji Lingzhu probably guessed that he didn't have that much money on him, so she couldn't help but follow suit.
"Sister-in-law, you're clearly asking for too much! You're so mean!"
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