Chapter 48: Enemies on a Narrow Road

The man glared at Wang Yang upon hearing the voice. His gaze swept over and landed on A-Wu, who was wearing coarse hemp clothes, and a look of contempt appeared in his eyes. He asked Wang Yang: "Your child?"

Little A-Wu felt the man's disdain and pulled down the hem of her coarse hemp clothes with her small hands, wanting to smooth out the top, but it was in vain. Several wrinkles were like waves; one side was flat, and the other rose up.

Worried about losing face for Wang Yang, she lowered her head and hid behind Wang Yang's legs.

Wang Yang felt A-Wu's embarrassment and wanted to pull her out from behind his legs, but A-Wu refused to budge.

Wang Yang had to pat Little A-Wu's head and said frankly: "It is my child."

The man felt even more disdain and sneered: "Fine, since I gave you face and you don't want it, then don't regret it."

At this time, the woman in green had already put on her bamboo hat and was about to leave. The man shouted: "No one is allowed to leave!"

He pointed: "Look carefully! This is a purebred Liaoxi big black horse, with a market price of at least 30,000; even if you want to buy one, you might not be able to. You hurt my horse, pay up, 2,000 each, don't even think about leaving if you don't pay!"

A horse for 30,000, wasn't this more expensive than a house?

Wang Yang remembered the black man saying that building a tiled house would cost 10,000 or 20,000 coins.

At this time, A-Wu suddenly fainted to the ground. Wang Yang was shocked and hurriedly picked her up: "A-Wu! A-Wu!"

The man watched coldly, not taking it seriously at all.

Little A-Wu secretly opened her eyes into a slit, tugged at Wang Yang's clothes with her small hand, and then continued to close her eyes and pretend to faint.

Wang Yang couldn't laugh or cry. He put A-Wu down and whispered: "No need, he was at fault first, we don't need to pay."

A-Wu said 'oh' and hid back behind Wang Yang's legs.

The woman in green suddenly said: "This is not a purebred big black horse. It is a small black horse crossbred from a Liaoxi big black horse and a Jianghuai black horse."

The man was stunned. He had been spouting nonsense, never expecting this woman to know horses? He had to change his words:

"A small black horse is still worth 20,000, you each pay 1,000. Stop talking nonsense, pay up quickly!"

Wang Yang cleared his throat:

"The Qi Law prohibits riding horses in crowds.

Anyone who rides a horse in the city and kills someone shall not be judged as negligence!

You rode a fast horse in a busy market; if it weren't for this heroine's action, you would already be involved in a murder case! And you dare to blame the victim?!"

"Oh? There's someone here who understands criminal law? Maybe a small humble family, why not report your family name to support yourself?" The man's tone was mocking.

Wang Yang smiled: "No need. Let's discuss the matter as it is, I won't bully you either."

Mainly because the identity of the Langya Wang clan was fake, and the household registration hadn't been handled yet, so he really didn't have the confidence to show off.

Wang Yang's answer was within the man's expectations. Although Wang Yang was dressed well enough to enter the gentry, he had no attendants or ox carts, and was a family with a little ghost dressed like a sack. He thought he couldn't have any family background and should be a disciple of some fallen humble family, at most a small, unranked gentry. The man was used to being arrogant in Jingzhou City, so naturally, he didn't put Wang Yang in his eyes.

He smiled lightly: "You won't bully me? Hahahaha! Good, then I really want to thank you—"

"No need to thank me." Wang Yang interrupted.

The man's face darkened: "Do you know who I am? You dare to talk to me about Qi Law? I'm used to riding horses on this street, no one has ever dared to talk back, and you dare to talk to me about Qi Law?"

Wang Yang said slowly: "So you mean, our Great Qi's laws can't control you, you are the boss, and you don't put anyone in the world in your eyes, right?"

"I didn't say that! Don't make things up!" The man hurriedly denied. No matter how crazy he was, he didn't dare to take these words. In these few words, there were hidden knives that could kill!

Wang Yang suddenly widened his eyes and questioned loudly: "Then now that you are accused of violating Qi Law, riding a horse in a busy market, and almost killing someone, do you dare not admit it?!"

Little A-Wu poked her head out and, imitating Wang Yang's stern tone, repeated in a milky voice: "Do you dare not admit it?!"

The man was also someone who had seen big scenes, but suddenly being shouted at by Wang Yang, with his eyes staring, he actually felt a sense of guilt.

In his anxiety, he shouted:

"I am the Cavalry Guard Chief of the Prince of Badong! I have urgent military intelligence to present to the Prince! I am not bound by ordinary law! It is you who hurt my horse and delayed military affairs, you must all be dealt with by law!"

The woman in green said coldly: "For military reports, it is customary to carry four flags: red, white, blue, and black. Secret letters are not restricted. But if you have a secret letter, you shouldn't have told us. If it were truly urgent military intelligence, you shouldn't have stopped even if the horse died, yet you have been entangled here for a long time. Either you are making it up, or you are derelict in your duty!"

The man was shocked. This woman was so familiar with military affairs, and her skills were so good?!

"Who are you? Are you a local of Jingzhou? How do you know about military affairs?"

The woman in green did not answer.

The man took a few steps forward, his voice turning sharp: "I'm asking you?! Family name? Where is your household registration? Take off your bamboo hat!"

The woman took a step back, her left hand close to the sword hilt.

The man shouted: "The Luyang dispatch says there are northern spies infiltrating! You two intercepted and injured military horses, delaying military intelligence, I now suspect you have ulterior motives!"

He pointed to a vendor on the side of the street: "You go to the market tower immediately and call the Market Magistrate to arrest them!"

The Market Magistrate was the chief official of the market, in charge of market transactions and order.

Seeing that this matter was difficult to end, Wang Yang had no choice but to fight to the death.

He pointed at someone in the crowd and acted bossy: "You go to the Commandery Academy and tell the Libationer Liu Zhao to come see me immediately!"

"Commandery Academy? Who exactly are you?" The man was suspicious.

Although the Libationer of the Commandery Academy was a school official, his rank was not low. And Liu Zhao was from the Nieyang Liu clan, one of the four great gentry families. Yet this person spoke as if Liu Zhao could be ordered around by him.

Wang Yang was about to show his "fake signboard" when he heard a crisp female voice behind him: "Mr. Liu has always been obsessed with learning, don't bother him with trivial matters."

Wang Yang turned his head and saw a young girl in a pink shirt with a double-bun hairstyle walk out. She didn't even look at Wang Yang, but bowed to the man: "General Wang, my lady's carriage is over there, please come over."

With the man's rank, he really couldn't be called a general. The girl calling him that obviously gave the man plenty of face.

The man was very happy and just wanted to ask "Who is your lady," but his gaze swept over and he saw the yellow ox cart parked not far away. He hurriedly rushed over.

Wang Yang also looked over. This look was not trivial; it was actually Xie Si Niangzi's carriage!

Enemies on a narrow road, truly enemies on a narrow road!

He saw the man bowing and cupping his hands to talk by the carriage window. The distance was too far, so he really couldn't hear what was said.

After a few words, the man walked back, looked at Wang Yang suspiciously a few times, and then said to the onlookers: "Scatter, scatter, don't block the road."

The people didn't understand for a while and were still watching. The man said angrily: "If you block the road again, I'll have the Market Magistrate arrest you!"

Everyone hurriedly scattered. The man also got on his horse and left directly.

Wang Yang knew it must be Xie Niangzi who helped him out of the siege, so he prepared to greet her and express his gratitude.

But who knew the ox cart didn't stop at all, and as if on purpose, it suddenly accelerated when it was about to pass Wang Yang! It kicked up a cloud of road dust, leaving Wang Yang covered in dirt.

Inside the ox cart, Xie Xinghan still maintained the most standard sitting posture, struggling to hold back her laughter. The maid Xiao Ning lowered the curtain and said happily: "He's been dusted! He's been dusted all over! He's coughing!"

Xie Xinghan burst into laughter, her willow waist bending, her butterfly bones moving lightly. Her beautiful eyes were bright, and in her laughter, it seemed as if starlight was hidden. She said excitedly: "Tell me, should we turn around and dust him again?" ===== CHAPTER 49 =====