Chapter 179 Don’t be nervous, I’m not a bad person

Chen Rong couldn't help but smile when she heard this: "Aunt, you should take the wild vegetables back home. We can stir-fry them with bacon, they will be delicious!"

When Aunt Wang heard this, her expression froze, then she smiled bitterly and said, "My child, I am doing this for your own good. You are fifteen years old now, and it is time for you to get married. Your brother Wang Ming works in the City Guards, and he is making a living, and he is also planning to settle down in the county. If you marry into my family, you will enjoy the good life with your brother Wang Ming."

"From now on, no one in this town will dare to look down on your Chen family, and no one will dare to collect protection fees from you."

"Your father's illness can also be cured. When your brother returns from the front, ask your brother Wang Ming to find him a position in the City Guard. He is a soldier, so it will be easy to arrange. It will be easy for your brother to find a wife. Xiaorong, think carefully about what your aunt said, right?"

When Chen Rong heard that his brother was being assigned a position in the City Guard Bureau, he was a little moved.

If her brother fails to make a name for himself on the front line and returns to town after retirement, he will have to find a job on his own. If he can join the City Guards and get a job as an official, then her Chen family will never have to be bullied again and will be able to live a life without worries about food and clothing.

"Aunt, I'll dig wild vegetables first!" Chen Rong paused for a moment with the small hoe in his hand and started digging again.

Seeing that Chen Rong was thoughtful, Aunt Wang smiled and stopped disturbing him. After all, she had to give Chen Rong some time to think about it.

……

Fengyun County.

Thirty miles southeast is the mountain god temple.

On the official road, a group of cavalrymen came galloping at lightning speed.

The swift horse was as black as lightning, and its running made the sound of wind and thunder.

Sitting on the fast horse was a young man in black armor, who was extremely handsome.

It was Chen Xian who had traveled a long distance.

"Yu!"

Chen Xian saw someone in front of him and couldn't help but grab the reins.

He saw a luxurious carriage parked in front of the dilapidated mountain temple. Around the carriage were dozens of men with swords, each holding the hilt and staring at him with full vigilance.

The burly middle-aged man in the lead had a light black stubble on his face. His eyes were bright and sharp as he stared at Chen Xian and the fast horse he was riding.

"Wind and Thunder Black Horse?"

The middle-aged man looked surprised and more alert, his hand tightly gripping the handle of the knife.

Not everyone can ride a horse as fast as the Wind and Thunder Black Horse. It must be the one that is going to deal with the lady in the carriage.

"Excuse me……!?"

Chen Xian sat upright on his horse and moved slowly. As soon as he opened his mouth, he found that everyone was sneering and drawing their swords, wanting to attack him.

He chuckled, not caring at all.

The middle-aged man in the lead was only at the Great Accomplishment of Jade Sea Realm, three of the others were at Chong Yuan Realm, and the rest were all at Ban Xue Realm.

These people were extremely weak in his eyes.

"Hehe, don't get me wrong, I'm just asking for directions!" Chen Xian didn't care at all. He didn't even wear his Xuanlong Sword. He only had a package on him.

"Asking for directions? Stop pretending. You've followed us all the way, and you just want to deal with the nobleman in the carriage." The middle-aged man in the lead snorted coldly. He couldn't tell whether Chen Xian was true or not.

But how powerful can a teenager like him be? At most, his cultivation strength is about the same as his.

"I followed you all the way?" Chen Xian frowned slightly. He had not paid much attention to his surroundings while running all the way. After all, opening the spiritual eyes takes a lot of energy, and usually it all depends on feeling.

He sat upright on his horse and felt it carefully for a moment, then he understood.

There is indeed someone who wants to deal with them... It's not a human, but a demon.

Chen Xian looked up at the sky. It was almost evening. He had to get to Liuquan Town before dark, so there was no time to waste. He immediately shouted coldly, "Get out now!"

This cold shout stunned everyone.

Everyone followed Chen Xian's gaze and looked towards the dilapidated mountain temple.

After two breaths.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the peeling clay statue in the mountain temple was thrown out and hit the crowd.

"Protect Miss Cheng!" The middle-aged man in the lead roared and swung his knife at the clay statue.

The statue was split into two halves with one knife, but the next moment, a terrifying monster seized the opportunity and slapped the man in the middle on the chest, causing his chest to cave in. He spat out a mouthful of blood and was thrown backwards ten feet away.

boom!
Chen Xian flew into the air and supported the middle-aged man's back with his big hands, which surprised the middle-aged man.

"Flying Sky Realm?"

A young boy in the Lingkong realm? His eyes widened in disbelief.

Roar!
A hybrid monster that looks like a wolf and a bear, standing upright in human form, three meters and five meters tall, strong and sturdy.

There was anger flashing in its scarlet eyes.

The middle-aged man was stunned. Could it be that the creature that had been following them all the way and wanted to kill the young lady in the carriage was a monster?
No, someone colluded with the monsters to kill Miss Cheng.

"Thank you...!"

The middle-aged man turned and said to Chen Xian, but before he finished speaking, he was thrown aside by Chen Xian's arm: "......!!"

Chen Xian flashed and rushed towards the ferocious and roaring monster. The latter also roared continuously, blood-thirsty and violent, and sent its sharp claws as big as its face towards Chen Xian's head.

"The strength of the demon king!"

The middle-aged man determined the strength of the monster at a glance. Although it had not transformed into a human form, its strength was amazing.

But the next moment.

boom!
A huge head exploded in front of their eyes in an instant.

Everyone was stunned, staring at the young man who turned around and wiped the blood off his hands.

At this moment, the young man was more terrifying in their eyes than the bloody monster.

With one palm, the monster's dog head was smashed into pieces. It was so terrifying!

[Sacrifice a demon king's early soul and gain 20 experience points]

"that……"

Chen Xian wiped his palms and just as he opened his mouth, he saw everyone take a step back.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person...!" He said this and found that everyone took two steps back.

Chen Xian was speechless. "Tell me, is Fengyun County ahead?"

Everyone was shocked by his aura for a moment, and since they didn't know what he meant, no one dared to say a word.

"Ah!"

Chen Xian flashed past, grabbed a man and lifted him up: "Tell me!"

The man was immediately frightened: "Yes, yes, it's Fengyun County."

"That's right. I still don't believe that I can't get the directions." Chen Xian threw the man aside and continued to ask, "How do I get to Liuquan Town?"

"Leaving Fengyun County, turn south and southwest, and you will reach Liuquan Town in fifty miles."

"I reward you!"

Chen Xian flicked his finger and a piece of silver appeared in the man's hand.

The man looked confused, and so were the others.

Looking at Chen Xian’s receding back, he really is someone asking for directions!
"what's the situation?"

At this moment, the sound of jade beads colliding was heard from the carriage.

"My dear Miss, he was a passer-by. He was wearing armor and I don't know who he was, but he killed the monster that was following us."

The middle-aged man stepped forward and saluted.

The curtain on the carriage was slightly opened and then quickly closed again.

"Catch up with that person and thank him properly." Miss Cheng's pleasant voice was heard from the carriage again.

"Chase?"

The middle-aged man was slightly stunned. The other person was riding a wind-thunder black horse, how could he chase him?
"Miss, forget it. It won't be too late to thank that young man when you meet him in the future," he said.

"Alright."

Miss Cheng in the car said calmly: "How many assassinations did the Liao family arrange along the way?"

The middle-aged man glanced at the monster and said in a deep voice: "Including this time, it has happened three times."

"Hmph, don't let me get hold of the evidence, otherwise I will eradicate the Liao family completely. Go back." Miss Cheng snorted coldly in the car.

The middle-aged man ordered everyone to carry the corpse of the monster and started on their journey.

……

evening.

Chen Rong returned home sweating profusely, carrying a small bamboo basket. As soon as she pushed open the gate, she stood there in a daze, her face instantly showing nervousness and fear. There were seven people standing or sitting in the yard. In addition to Li Kui, the other six were burly and had thick faces. They all stared coldly at the weak girl at the door.

"Xiao Rong, you're finally back. What did I tell you this afternoon? Tiger Lord and his men are here to collect protection money. Why didn't you come back earlier?"

Li Kui was originally fawning on the man with a full beard and a pair of tiger eyes who was sitting upright. When he saw Chen Rong coming back, he straightened up and walked towards Chen Rong.

Chen Rong stood nervously at the door of his house, holding the corner of his clothes with one hand, and did not dare to go in.

"I, I have no money!" She was so nervous that her lips trembled as she spoke.

"Protection fees are paid by every household in this town. It's not just you. If you all say you don't have money, will you still pay the protection fees? Do you still want to live in this town?" Li Kui said unhappily. He said in a domineering tone: "Why don't you go and get the money?"

"I, I really have no money!"

Chen Rong saw six burly men staring at her fiercely, and her legs became weak and she was about to cry. "How about you, take whatever you want from the house that has value."

Everyone looked around, their faces filled with ridicule.

What valuables can be found in this broken thatched hut with rotten earth walls?

"The old rules are that each household gets thirty copper coins per person. There are three of you in your family, so that's ninety copper coins in total. Don't waste your time."

The Tiger Lord who was sitting upright finally spoke and snorted coldly.

Chen Rong swallowed his saliva, his face full of grievance: "Master Hu, we can't even afford to eat at home, and we have to rely on wild vegetables to fill our stomachs. Please be kind and give me two months' time. After two months, I will definitely find a way to help you."

"Ninety copper coins a month means two hundred and seventy copper coins in two months. You don't have it now, so where will you get it in two months?" Li Kui glanced at Chen Rong.

Tears rolled down Chen Xian's eyes. When sister Yujiao was around, he could still help her family with some money. But now that sister Yujiao was gone, she always dragged him out. In his free time, he went out to find some work to do and save up some coppers to hand over.

But in the past two months, her father's condition has worsened, and she has been working less and has little income.

"No, it's not ten copper coins. My family only needs to pay my father and me. Why has it increased so much? It also includes my brother. My brother is not at home!"

Chen Rong said while crying.

Protection fees have to be paid every month, with a group of people coming in the first half of the month and a new group coming in the second half of the month.

As for demons, she had only heard of them, but had never seen one.

But you have to pay the protection fee. If you don’t, you will be kicked out of the town.

Li Kui sneered, "Starting from this month, the price will go up. Hurry up and don't make Master Tiger angry, or you will be in big trouble!"

Chen Rong also knew that the key was with Lord Tiger. She walked carefully into the yard and nervously asked, "Lord Tiger, can you give me two months' grace?"

Lord Tiger stared at Chen Rong coldly without saying a word.

At this time, a burly man standing next to Tiger Lord pushed Chen Rong and said, "Stop talking nonsense and go get the money!"

Although his push seemed not to be very forceful, it was simply unbearable for the frail Chen Rong, who was knocked to the ground, with the wild vegetables in the small bamboo basket scattered all over the ground.

"Wild vegetables? Haha, even pigs won't eat them!" Another burly man stared at the wild vegetables scattered on the ground and sneered sarcastically.

However, Chen Nong endured the pain in his shoulder and quickly got up to put the wild vegetables into the bamboo basket.

Li Kui came over, kicked the wild vegetables away and said, "Xiao Rong, what's so special about rotten wild vegetables? Why don't you go and get the money? If you piss off Lord Tiger, he will drive you and your tuberculosis father out of town."

"Don't kick my wild vegetables, they're my and my father's dinner...!" Chen Rong's face was full of tears, and he pushed the wild vegetables into his arms.

"Made!"

The burly man who had just mocked Chen Rong for not eating wild vegetables like pigs, stepped forward and picked up Chen Rong like a chicken, and at the same time stomped on the wild vegetables on the ground with his feet, crushing them into pieces.

"I told you to eat shit!"

The man said viciously, then picked up Chen Rong and winked at the other man: "Take that old man out. If he doesn't pay the protection fee, break his legs and throw him out in the wilderness!"

"no, do not want……!"

Chen Rong screamed in fear, "Don't touch my father, my father is sick, you can't touch him...!"

At this moment, Chen Quan's angry voice came from the inner room: "You are such a bastard, do you still have the law?..."

Snapped!
The sound of being slapped in the face was followed by Chen Quan's violent coughing, cursing: "Beast, beast, are you going to let me live?"

Not long after, a burly man carried the sick Chen Quan into the yard. There was a slap mark on Chen Quan's yellow and muscular old face, and that half of his face was swollen.

Boom!
The man threw Chen Quan to the ground, stepped on Chen Quan's thigh, and stared at Chen Rong coldly.

“Ahhh… Don’t hit my dad, don’t hit my dad, I’ll give it to you, I’ll give it all, I’ll give it all to you… I’ll give it to you…” Chen Rong looked at her father with blood on the corner of his mouth and half of his face swollen. She cried loudly, her face full of helplessness and despair.

"Xiao Rong, you should just take it out as soon as possible. There's no need to make so much trouble. Go and get the money quickly." Li Kui said from the side.

Chen Rong's face was full of tears and she glared at Li Kui with resentment.

At this time, the burly man who was holding her let go of her: "Hurry up."

Chen Rong quickly ran to her father and wanted to help him up, but the man was stepping on her father's thigh and she couldn't move him no matter what.

Then she tried to move the man's feet, but they were like rocks, and she couldn't move them. She cried helplessly, "Don't hit my father, please don't hit my father, I'll go get the money now..."

She got up from the ground crying, ran into the inner room, and came out a moment later holding a handkerchief tightly in her hand.

The man who was stepping on Chen Quan snorted coldly, loosened his foot, stepped forward, snatched the handkerchief from Chen Rong's hand, opened it, and saw only three copper coins that were polished to a bright shine.

"Three? Are you kidding me?"

When the man saw that there were three copper coins wrapped in the handkerchief, he immediately became furious. He turned around and kicked Chen Rong into the main room, making Chen Rong scream in pain.

"You beasts, you hit my daughter, I'm going to fight you...!" When Chen Quan saw his daughter being kicked away and howling in pain, his blood immediately rushed to his head. He got up from the ground with a roar and rushed towards the man.

However, when he rushed to the front, no matter what he did, he could not shake the man at all.

"Get lost you old bastard!"

The man glared at him coldly, raised his hand and slapped Chen Quan away, blood mixed with broken teeth spitting out of his mouth.

Chen Quan, who was already seriously ill, was dying and lay on the ground with blood coming out of the corner of his mouth.

"Dad, Dad... Ahhh, you bad guys, all bad guys, don't hit my dad, please don't hit my dad...!" Chen Rong rushed out from the main hall with disheveled hair. She limped to Chen Quan and threw herself on him: "Dad, Dad, you can't abandon your daughter, Dad..."

Seeing this, Li Kui's eyes flickered, and he ran to Lord Tiger and said, "Lord Tiger, I think she really can't take it out, so don't force her. Send her to Liu's house, she can still be worth some money."

Hearing this, Tiger Lord's eyes flickered coldly and he said, "Let's do this. Break the old one's legs and throw him out of town, and take the young one away and send him to Liu's mansion."

Li Kui was stunned for a moment. Are we going to break the old man’s legs?
He just wanted to sell Chen Rong to the Liu Mansion and make some money from it, but then he thought that Chen Quan would not live long with his character, so the sooner he died, the sooner he would be reborn.

He immediately walked towards Chen Rong and said, "Xiao Rong, listen to me. You will have everything you need when you go to Liu Mansion. You won't have to suffer anymore, and neither will your father..."

"Go away, go away! I won't go anywhere even if I die. I want to take care of my father and wait for my brother..."

Snapped!
Li Kui went up to her and slapped her, saying angrily: "Mad, wake up, you haven't paid the insurance premium yet, how can you take care of yourself and your father?"

"With your father being in this state, he will definitely not be able to see your brother come back. Don't you want to?"

The slap stunned Chen Rong. She covered her swollen face and lay on Chen Quan, crying.

Chen Quan raised his head with difficulty, blood still dripping from his mouth onto the ground, "Beasts, beasts, don't bully my daughter, don't bully her...!"

"take away!"

Lord Tiger snorted coldly and strode out the door.

The man holding the handkerchief put the copper coins into his pocket and threw the handkerchief on the ground. He walked up to Chen Rong, who was crying bitterly, and left.

"Don't catch me, don't catch me, I won't go, I won't go, Dad, Dad save me..." Chen Rong cried bitterly, his face full of despair and helplessness.

"Let my daughter go...!" Chen Quan wanted to get up from the ground, but he couldn't at all.

"Old thing, just fend for yourself." Li Kui said harshly.

At this moment, two people appeared at the gate of the courtyard: "Master Hu, how much money do they need? We will pay for it!"

Two people came, a couple.

The woman was Aunt Wang, who picked wild vegetables for Chen Rong in the afternoon, and the man was her husband.

After hearing the screams coming from the Chen family's courtyard, the two men listened for a while, but couldn't bear it any longer, so they came over with the copper coins.

"Oh? Are you willing to help her?" Tiger Master, who had just walked to the door, stopped and glanced at the Wang couple coldly.

"Yes, yes!"

The man smiled and nodded, "Master Tiger, please accept it!"

As he spoke, he handed over a string of copper coins and said with a smile.

Master Hu looked at the string of copper coins, a hundred of them, and nodded with satisfaction: "Leave the old ones, and take the young ones away!"

Upon hearing this, the Wang couple were stunned.

"Uncle Tiger, the insurance premium has been paid, why are you arresting people?" Aunt Wang said nervously.

She just didn't want to watch these people take Chen Rong away and bring her to the Liu Mansion to be abused by the young master of the Liu family, so she asked her husband to bring money to pay for the Chen family.

I didn't expect this group of evil people to be so arrogant and domineering, and to kidnap women in broad daylight.

(End of this chapter)