Chapter 282 - 130 Chen Jie: Madam, Please Respect Yourself!_3

"Loose-lipped?"

The steward murmured, then immediately raised his head, looking at Fa Cai, "Master wants to kill..."

Swoosh...

With a flash of the sword, Fa Cai had already passed by the steward, and slowly sheathed his treasure sword.

Without looking back, he departed, leaving behind the steward who after a moment lost the light in his eyes, fell to the ground with a thud, his throat cut open, blood gushing out, unmistakably dead.

...

"Open the city gate!"

Chen Jie and his entourage arrived at the city gate, and the Eagle Guard called out from below.

Hearing this, the guard on watch stuck his head out, "Who is it?"

"Fishing Guild’s business."

The Eagle Guard replied, upon which the sentry said, "Wait a moment."

The city gate was soon opened just enough for a man and a horse to pass through; fully opening was not permitted, but a small gap, the guards dared to open.

One by one, Chen Jie’s party passed through, followed by the Eagle Guard tossing one ingot of two silver taels to the gatekeeping sentries.

Why would people help you if not for the silver you can give?

Chen Jie and company, after entering the city, did not delay and immediately went to the White Tiger Hall.

Upon their arrival, Zhou Chu came out to meet them, "Have you caught Zheng Chuan?"

Chen Jie gestured towards a sack, and as Zhou Chu approached and smelled the thick scent of blood, he opened it and was immediately shocked, "Dead?"

Chen Jie said, "Yes, where’s Uncle?"

At that moment, the door opened, and Peng Shizhong appeared at the doorway, glanced at Chen Jie and said, "Hmm, just put the person there. Both of you, go back and rest. Everything else can wait until tomorrow."

After hearing this, Chen Jie and Zhou Chu exchanged glances, then turning said, "Uncle, let us stay with you."

Peng Shizhong said, "I am fine, you two go back."

Unable to persuade the old man, they could only cup their fists and say, "We shall take our leave."

After speaking, they turned and left.

Once they had gone, Peng Shizhong looked at the body in the sack, closed his eyes, and two clear tears rolled down his cheeks.

Then he stood there, unmoving as if in meditation.

The servants around wanted to approach, but in the end, none of them did.

He stood like that all night.

...

Meanwhile, as Zhou Chu and Chen Jie left the White Tiger Hall, Zhou Chu said, "What happened, did you kill Zheng Chuan?"

Chen Jie did not hide the truth and told him all about tonight’s events.

"What, the guild leader’s wife!"

Hearing the words ’guild leader’s wife,’ Zhou Chu nearly jumped up, and after a long moment, he said, "Jiu Si, you really did pick up a life this time. If the guild leader’s wife had died by your bullet, your little life would have been in jeopardy."

Chen Jie said, "I was seventy percent certain at the time."

"Seventy percent? Hah, you really are brave. Others wouldn’t dare make a move with even eighty or a hundred percent certainty. You don’t know what Mrs. Huang means to the Guild Leader?"

"What?"

"Treasure of his palm, apple of his eye, it’s not an exaggeration."

"Do you know who is the wealthiest in Mianshui City?"

"The wealthiest?"

Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "Treasure Bank!"

"Whose business is it?"

Chen Jie said, "I don’t know?"

"The Huang Family’s!"

"The guild leader’s wife’s family?"

"That’s right."

"Do you know who manages our Fishing Guild’s private salt trade?"

"Someone from the Huang Family?"

"Huang Youren, Mrs. Huang’s own elder brother."

"Also, our Fishing Guild’s lending business, the South City Cloth Shop, the taverns in the North City, the silver shops in the West City, the tea houses in the East City, those are all the Huang Family’s businesses, and all backed by our Guild Leader, Nan Batian."

"Do you know that the Huang Family used to be a small and insignificant family in Mianshui City, their family head, Mrs. Huang’s father, Huang Shengxuan, only managed a tea shop, and the family lived a life just comfortable enough, never lacking food or clothes."

"But ever since our Guild Leader married his wife, he directly gifted the Huang Family a bank and afterward promoted members of the Huang Family."

"In the Fishing Guild, if the Huang Family is said to be the first family, no one dares to claim the second! It shows the Guild Leader’s favor."

"Otherwise, how could the Huang Family rise so high with just one person’s success?"

"And the Guild Leader’s protection for his wife is almost pathological. Once, the son of a small sect leader in the south of the city accidentally offended the wife, uttering just a few frivolous words, and overnight that small sect was annihilated—thirty-seven people were executed without a single survivor, and even the earthworms in the ground were dug out and split in half."

Zhou Chu said with a hint of fear, and Chen Jie replied after listening, "From what you say, this Mrs. Huang indeed sounds dangerous."

"Dangerous? If you had been half an inch off today and scratched her face even slightly, you probably wouldn’t have lived to return. You, my friend, were hanging by a thread."

At these words, Chen Jie said, "It was quite a risk, but it’s all past now. I probably won’t have any dealings with the guild leader’s wife in the future."

Hearing this, Zhou Chu said, "You can’t be so absolute about these things. Some matters can be completely unexpected."

With that, Zhou Chu said, "I won’t keep you any longer, it’s getting late. I’m heading back."

"Right, you should head back soon too; your wife sent a message saying that she has asked your friend Wu Hong and Uncle Zhong to your home, so once you’re done, hurry back."

Hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Fuck, why didn’t you say so sooner? I even promised to have a meal with Uncle Zhong. Enough talking, I’m off."

Zhou Chu said, "You didn’t ask either."

But by then, Chen Jie had already mounted a horse and was galloping toward his own courtyard.

...

At this time, the Chen family courtyard was bustling, with people coming and going and the occasional sound of children’s laughter.

At this moment at the Chen family courtyard’s table, Wu Zhong and Wu Hong sat as guests, with Su Yunjin and Third Miss Hua accompanying them, while Third Miss Hua’s staff bustled about in the kitchen.