Chapter 151: Scholar Yang

Linyuan City was indeed prosperous, but Chu Danqing saw quite a few gang members.

Qinglong Society, White Tiger Hall, Vermilion Bird Tower, Xuanwu Gate.

From peddlers to salt and iron transport, everything was operated by these four gangs.

However, the gangs were just a group of white gloves; the ones who truly controlled all of this were still the officials of Linyuan City.

The work was done by the gangs, the blame was taken by the gangs, but the reputation and benefits, well, they certainly weren't the gangs'.

The upper echelons of Linyuan City had military power and men in their hands; suppressing these four major gangs was just a matter of turning their hands.

Whoever didn't listen would be replaced.

Chu Danqing reached the above results through Wei Chu Yi's description and the information he collected after entering the city.

Otherwise, if it were really the style of the gangs, how could Linyuan City generate benefits in an orderly manner.

"Thank you, my lord, for helping my mother with the burial." Wei Chu Yi looked at the small grave in front of him, thinking of kneeling down to kowtow to Chu Danqing.

Chu Danqing was faster and grabbed the other party immediately.

"You're welcome, just a little money." Chu Danqing helped him up.

The first thing after entering the city was certainly to help people be buried in peace.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be a thing to leave the corpse there like that.

Wei Chu Yi just went to the coffin shop to buy a coffin, and buried his mother in the ancestral grave of the Wei family, and buried her with his father.

As for the funeral, it wasn't held, and it was finished hastily.

With his situation of offending the Yichun Building and the Qinglong Society, no relatives or friends dared to come.

Everyone avoided him in time, so how would they dare to gather around him.

"Then my lord, what should we do next?" Wei Chu Yi asked.

He wanted to take revenge, but he didn't know what to do.

Chu Danqing's previous bold words were also without a clue now.

He couldn't just draw a knife and kill; what would be the difference between him and the Qinglong Society.

"This... what do you think?" Chu Danqing asked casually.

"I have an idea." Wei Chu Yi suddenly said: "We can go and ask Mr. Yang."

"Mr. Yang is a scholar on this street and knows everything."

When Chu Danqing heard this, he found it interesting, nodded in agreement, and then asked about Mr. Yang's situation.

On the way the two went, Wei Chu Yi also introduced this Mr. Yang to Chu Danqing.

The other party was named Yang Wenju, a local gentry in Linyuan City; after passing the scholar exam, he failed the provincial exam repeatedly, so he returned to manage the family business.

He liked to meddle in other people's business on weekdays and liked to fight injustice for others.

People on this street had all received help from Yang Wenju to some extent, avoiding some harassment from the gangs.

It was a pity that he was only a scholar and was also powerless.

It was just that he was stubborn and had a good eloquence; not only did he not have a good face for the gangs, but he also repeatedly confronted the government and opposed them, spraying the officials until they were speechless.

It was precisely because he had the status of a scholar and had a reputation locally that he was safe and sound.

But he also offended quite a few people in Linyuan City, so his official career was not going to work.

Chu Danqing didn't believe it all; what Wei Chu Yi said were all rumors.

But if it were really so, maybe he really grasped quite a few pieces of information that Chu Danqing could use as a breakthrough.

Taking Da Bao, the two soon arrived at Scholar Yang's house.

Although he was only a scholar, the family business was indeed not small.

After the announcement at the door, someone took them to see Yang Wenju.

Under normal circumstances, Wei Chu Yi couldn't see Yang Wenju; he couldn't even get past the gatekeeper.

Yang Wenju might have this kind heart, but his housekeeper and servants might not necessarily have it.

It was all thanks to Chu Danqing.

"Wei Chu Yi, has your mother's illness improved a bit?" When Yang Wenju saw the two, he sized up Chu Danqing and asked Wei Chu Yi: "Who is this?"

"Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your concern; my mother was forced to death by people from the Yichun Building the day before yesterday." Wei Chu Yi said immediately: "It was Brother Chu who helped my mother with the burial."

Hearing this, Yang Wenju's face stiffened, and then he snorted coldly: "This Yichun Building has become more and more unscrupulous since it relied on the Qinglong Society."

The premise of his helping people was that he had to know the situation; otherwise, he didn't even know what the situation was, so how could he help?

"So you want me to help write a complaint against the Yichun Building?" Yang Wenju asked.

Writing a complaint and then helping to go to court to sue together was his common method of helping.

After two or three times, as long as the complaint was submitted, the matter would be more than half solved.

No one wanted to be sprayed by Yang Wenju for three days and two nights.

Yang Wenju actually knew that these behaviors of his couldn't change the situation in Linyuan City at all.

But he still adhered to the idea of changing a little bit if he could.

Wei Chu Yi looked at Chu Danqing; he also didn't know whether to sue or not.

Yang Wenju saw Wei Chu Yi's action and continued: "A complaint goes up, and it can win."

After he finished saying this, a servant spread out white paper and began to grind ink.

"At most, let the Yichun Building compensate you with some silver; it is absolutely impossible to topple them, let alone let the Qinglong Society behind them pay the price."

"If you don't mind, I can accompany you." Saying that, Yang Wenju picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write: "Take the silver, pack up, and leave Linyuan City."

"But I want to take revenge." Wei Chu Yi said with courage.

These words made Yang Wenju, who was writing the complaint, stop his hand.

"It's not that I won't help you, but I can't help you." Yang Wenju sighed and said: "It's this Mr. Chu who gave you the confidence, right?"

"Since you've come to the door, if it's for the Qinglong Society, I don't know what I can help with?"

He put down the brush and looked at Chu Danqing.

When Wei Chu Yi brought Chu Danqing to the door, he had this idea, but it was just hard to bring it up.

Chu Danqing's temperament and clothing were far superior to ordinary people; one look and you knew he wasn't ordinary.

"Yes." Chu Danqing said straightforwardly: "Where should I start? It's best if..."

Before he finished speaking, the noise outside the door interrupted his words, and the old housekeeper of the Yang Mansion rushed in hurriedly.

"Master, it's not good; there are government runners coming to take you." The old housekeeper was panting, his expression full of terror.

Yang Wenju wasn't scared; he just frowned: "What? Take me for what?"

He hadn't done anything shameful, so naturally, he wasn't afraid.

"Of course, it's the serious crime of colluding with Bai Xiaohe and directing her to murder her husband." A head catcher sneered and followed in.

Behind him, several catchers followed, holding shackles, fetters, and other items.

The incident happened suddenly; Chu Danqing didn't expect to encounter such a situation.

It was just that he didn't know the truth, so it wasn't easy to take action rashly.

After all, you can know a person's face but not their heart; who knew if Yang Wenju was pretending.

At least Da Bao didn't indicate that the head catcher was lying.

When these words came out, Yang Wenju only felt his blood surge: "Bastard!"

"You... how can you slander people's innocence out of thin air." Yang Wenju was trembling with anger; if these words came out, not only would his own reputation be tarnished, but it would also affect Bai Xiaohe.

"Innocence?" The head catcher said disdainfully: "Bai Xiaohe has already confessed."

"It was you who directed her to kill her husband, just to be together with her; how is it slandering you?"

"Take him down, put him in the prisoner cart, and bring him back for trial." The head catcher gave an order.

Several catchers swarmed up; Yang Wenju was no match, first shackled, then fettered.

He was wolfishly put on the prisoner cart and transported to the hall.

"There's something fishy about this." Chu Danqing touched his chin, looking at the chaotic Yang Mansion.

"This lord, it's a grievance; it's them who wronged our master." The old housekeeper heard this and hurriedly said: "Bai Xiaohe is just a kitchen helper; she doesn't even see our master once a year."

"How could there be an act of adultery, let alone directing Bai Xiaohe to murder her husband; please, this lord, save our master."

The old housekeeper knew that his master had always been a thorn in the side of the Linyuan City government; now that he was in prison, there was no chance of coming out alive.

Chu Danqing was thinking about one thing, which was why take action now?

How did the two amulets of scholar status and reputation suddenly fail.

If they wanted to take action, they would have taken action long ago, not only to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, but also to eliminate a trouble for themselves.

It was more likely that Yang Wenju hadn't touched the core interests before, so they let him act.

"Has your master offended anyone recently?" Chu Danqing asked, and then added: "Newly offended."

If Yang Wenju's rumors were true, then it could basically be said that he offended people everywhere, so he had to ask for the latest ones.

This made the old housekeeper's expression bitter; it wasn't that there weren't any, but too many.

"Forget it, you go and find out the ins and outs of the matter first." Seeing this, Chu Danqing didn't continue to force it.

He was also confused now.

"Okay, I'll go immediately." The old housekeeper treated Chu Danqing as a life-saving straw and hurried away to find out after speaking.

Watching the other party's departing figure, Chu Danqing only felt that the 10 points of Charisma provided by his Long Zhangfengzi were indeed very easy to use.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, how could the old housekeeper trust a stranger who had just arrived.

Precisely because of his own charisma, plus the old housekeeper's panic, Chu Danqing temporarily possessed the power to mobilize the Yang Mansion through the old housekeeper.

It was just that this power probably wouldn't last long.

Yang Wenju was in trouble, so the Yang Mansion became a piece of fat meat.

Everyone was going to come over and take a bite.

Chu Danqing was thinking, when he saw another batch of runners rushing over, and began to drive everyone in the Yang Mansion away.

Then, with a seal, the entire Yang Mansion was detained as stolen goods.

Regardless of whether Yang Wenju could survive the prison disaster, this family business could be considered gone.

It wasn't that the upper echelons of Linyuan City didn't want to clean him up, it was just that Yang Wenju didn't have this value.

If they really wanted to take action, it was like now, in less than an hour, the entire Yang Mansion declined from its peak.

The speed was astonishing.

This also meant that Yang Wenju most likely discovered something that made the upper echelons of Linyuan City determined to take action.

Of course, it was also possible that Yang Wenju really colluded with Bai Xiaohe and then directed her to murder her husband; Chu Danqing didn't know the truth, so it wasn't easy to jump to conclusions.

Da Bao's intuition wasn't omnipotent, and whether the head catcher was lying was also based on perception judgment rather than the truth.

Neither of them lied, so there must be a problem.

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