In the county, there weren't many families that could earn a thousand taels of silver a year, let alone farmers.
Ten taels of silver was enough for them to earn money for several years, a thousand taels of silver was more than they had ever seen.
The three of them were in the middle of handing over the taels of silver in the inner room, causing a ruckus outside.
The apprentice alchemist hurriedly ran in.
"Young Master Yang is in trouble, your horses are hurting people."
Bai Xiao panicked.
Manager Huo asked, "What happened?
"Wan Bao, the little overlord of the city, has his eyes on Young Master Yang's horse and wants to take it away. If that horse is not willing to leave, Wan Bao can let the servants drag it away.
After the three of them heard this, they quickly ran outside. The raging fire proudly grew up at the entrance of the shop, looking down from above at Wan Bao who was kicked to the ground by it.
Bai Xiao quickly walked over to the raging fire's side to check if it was injured.
"Raging Inferno, did you hurt him?"
As Wan Bao lied on the ground, his eyes stared straight ahead.
Bai Xiao was wearing a light yellow pipa with a pipa sleeve above her head and a plum blossom embroidered on the lower part of her body.
He had an extraordinary temperament, and when paired with his eye-catching clothes, one could tell that he was a great beauty just by looking at his back.
Wan Bao's lackey did not care about whether the other party was a beauty or not. He only knew that his young master had been hurt by the other party's horse.
"Your horse hurt my young master, what do you think we should do?"
Bai Xiao turned her body, wanting to look at the person who spoke, but in the end, Yang Dingchu stood in front of her, blocking her the moment she turned around.
"They should have dug out your young master's eyeballs."
"You … Do you still have any laws in your eyes? "You galloped your horse around to commit murder. It's fine if you don't apologize, but you still want to dig out my young master's eyeballs. Do you believe that I will report you to the yamen?"
"We gallop our horses and commit murder? Ask your young master if this is true. "
Wan Bao's follower couldn't believe it and ran over to ask his young master, but ended up getting slapped.
"What do you mean by galloping? It was clearly I who accidentally walked and fell. "
Wan Bao reprimanded the servant, but his eyes never left Bai Xiao, even if Yang Dingchu was blocking him.
The servant was stunned. Young master's silver was more important. With silver, how could he be afraid of not having a beauty?
"Young master, didn't you get kicked in the chest by a horse? Is your chest no longer painful? "
"It hurts. My heart hurts."
Wan Bao held onto his chest, "Why don't you give me a look when I'm feeling heartache?"
Manager Huo said, afraid that Bai Xiao and Yang Dingchu would be at a disadvantage in front of Wan Bao.
"Wan Bao, you want to behave atrociously in my place?"
Hearing Manager Huo's voice, Wan Bao suddenly woke up from the beauty and subconsciously retreated a few steps.
"I-How did I behave so atrociously?" "Aiyo, my chest hurts. I was kicked by their horse, shouldn't I ask them for an explanation?"
Only now did Wan Bao remember that he was kicked by a horse.
"Then what do you want to say?"
Wan Bao giggled as he looked at Bai Xiao who was hiding behind Yang Dingchu.
"I can tell from his clothes that he's poor, he definitely doesn't have any money to pay me back. I'm not the sort of person who doesn't care about favors. I'll let this kid use the girl behind him as compensation."
"Say that again?"
Yang Dingchu said coldly, his eyes filled with anger as he looked at Wan Bao.
"When I said I wanted the girl behind you to be my seventeenth concubine, I... "Howl ~"
Before Wan Bao could finish speaking, Yang Dingchu kicked his crotch.
"Young master …" The servants were so frightened that their faces turned white.
Wan Bao covered his crotch, his face red from the pain, and shrunk to the size of a shrimp on the ground.
The surrounding men subconsciously tightened their legs, especially because of Bai Xiao's beautiful eyes.
"You forcefully took away my horse, but my horse accidentally kicked you when it resisted. As the master of the horse, I can give you money to find a doctor for your wounds."
"But you shouldn't have that kind of thought towards my wife, to cripple your grandson's roots, is to let you remember everything. In Southern Tang Nation, it's not like you, Wan Bao, can do whatever you want."
"B-bold! Do you know who my young master is?"
Wan Bao's servant who was hiding behind Wan Bao shouted.
"My young master is the son of the county magistrate. In this Jiannan County, our master is the emperor, and our young master is the crown prince. If you dare to touch the crown prince today, you can wait."
After the servant finished threatening, she ignored Wan Bao who was lying on the ground and ran off.
"Brother Chu …" Bai Xiao grabbed onto the corner of Yang Dingchu's clothes in fear.
"Don't be afraid, I'll take care of everything."
"Yes." With these words from Yang Dingchu, Bai Xiao put down her worries.
Manager Huo let the medicine disciple carry Wan Bao into the Ming Ji Hall. He planned to examine Wan Bao's wounds first.
"Don't move, I don't want you to check it out for me. You are all in the same group. Who knows if you will do something to me in secret."
Wan Bao endured the pain and stopped Manager Huo from seeing his injuries.
Bai Xiao stood behind Yang Dingchu and softly asked: "Brother Chu, is he really crippled?"
"Nope."
"I thought it was true. It's good as long as it isn't true."
"I know what I'm doing. I just gave him a lesson and I won't let him die. However, whether or not he can still use that thing in the future will all depend on him."
Not long after, seven or eight bailiffs arrived and filled up the entire Ming Ji Hall.
A fat middle-aged man jumped onto Wan Bao's body the moment he entered.
"My son, how are you? "Where is the injury?"
Wan Bao pointed to his chest and crotch, then cried out.
Dad, my balls are gone. Wuu, your son won't be able to continue his line of descent.
The county magistrate, upon hearing this, immediately roared: "Who did it? "Come out."
Just as Yang Dingchu was about to speak, the Manager Huo winked at him, signalling him not to speak.
Yang Dingchu smiled at Manager Huo and said to the county magistrate, "That's me."
The county magistrate looked at Yang Dingchu first, and after confirming that he was not someone he could afford to offend, he ordered his men to take him down.
"This person shall be treated as the perpetrator and shall bring me back to the yamen."
Hearing that, the bailiff immediately went over to capture Yang Dingchu.
Bai Xiao replied: "What county magistrate are you, taking him without even asking?"
"What else do I need to ask? "My son is lying there, completely immobile. Do you still need to ask?"
"It's not like there's something wrong with my husband's head. He knows he's the county magistrate's son, but he still beat him up?" It must be because of him that we have no choice but to fight back. "
"My son has always loved the people like his own. He treats the people very well. Why would he be forced?"
Hearing the county magistrate's words, the onlookers couldn't help but laugh in their hearts.
"Just now, because your master had vile intentions towards this young lady and wanted to bring her back to the mansion as his concubine, this young lady made a move out of anger."
"You're talking nonsense. My son wouldn't have done that."
The county magistrate opened his eyes wide and lied. There were so many people watching, but he just didn't want to admit that his son had done anything untoward.
The surrounding people were not surprised by the county magistrate's shameless words.
Normally, Wan Bao would do things like bullying men and women, but not only did the county magistrate not care, he even drove out the people who came to seek justice, and seriously beat them to death.