"Good heavens, are they bullying us right to our doorstep?"
"You idiot, do you know who we are?"
"I haven't seen anyone as arrogant as you in years!"
The others wore playful smiles.
Even though they were constables,
the lowest ranks in the county yamen,
no one dared to provoke them.
Moreover, whenever they ate out in their constable uniforms, people would offer them extra dishes.
When they walked on the street, people would greet them with smiles.
But today was different.
They were being bullied on their own turf.
This was truly a maiden's first time on a flower sedan, an unprecedented event.
The man's eyes flickered with disdain: "I don't care who you are."
"Give you the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to move out of this house."
"Otherwise, I will personally order people to throw your belongings out."
Chen Nan was amused. He looked at Wu Jiu and the other wives: "May I trouble you, sisters-in-law, to go buy some food? I'd like to see how this young master intends to throw my things out."
The women were not afraid.
Perhaps this rich young master had significant backing.
But their husbands were constables in the county yamen.
They were not afraid of him causing trouble.
"Zhang Lu, go fetch a watermelon from the well," Chen Nan said. "Wei Qiang brother, go light an incense stick. I'm going to see this guy through today."
Zhang Lu and Xu Wei Qiang immediately complied.
Song Yunfei brought over a square table and several stools.
After Zhang Lu retrieved a watermelon from the well,
he grabbed the watermelon knife and split it in half.
Then he chopped it into pieces with a crunch.
The five of them savored the watermelon, waiting for their opponent to throw their belongings out.
Anger flashed in the young man's eyes: "Ungrateful wretches, do you really want to play this game with me? Do you know who I am?"
"Listen closely, my surname is Gongyang, and my given name is Wei."
As soon as he said this,
everyone who had been eating their watermelon looked up in unison.
Chen Nan's eyes were filled with surprise.
He hadn't expected the other party to be from the Gongyang family.
Song Yunfei and the others looked incredulous.
Because they had heard of this person, Gongyang Wei.
He was the eldest grandson of the Gongyang family.
Because he showed cultivation talent as a child,
he was sent to a sect to cultivate.
Who would have thought he had returned?
It was no wonder they hadn't seen him before.
However,
with his current state, how could he be valued by someone from a hidden sect?
Song Yunfei ate a mouthful of watermelon: "Isn't Young Master Gongyang cultivating in a hidden sect?"
"Why have you returned to the secular world?" He spat out the watermelon seeds in his mouth.
Although he addressed the other as "Young Master Gongyang,"
his words carried no respect.
It wasn't that Song Yunfei was bullying others with his constable status.
Nor was it that he didn't take Gongyang Wei seriously.
It was just that...
Hu Ning'an's case had already implicated the Gongyang family's businesses, so was there any need to take Gongyang Wei seriously?
Gongyang Wei frowned: "You know my name? If so, why aren't you getting out?"
"But, I spent more than ten thousand taels of silver to buy this house!" Chen Nan said with a playful smile.
He could see why Gongyang Wei had returned to the secular world.
His dantian had been injured.
With a damaged dantian, he couldn't store Yin energy.
He would naturally be sent back by the members of the hidden sect.
Gongyang Wei adopted a condescending attitude: "Even though you bought this house, it is fortunate enough to be coveted by me. This is your fortune."
"As long as you gift this house to me, you won't lack benefits in the future."
Song Yunfei was furious: "Damn it, this is clearly extortion!"
Zhang Lu: "Gongyang, you are the eldest grandson of the Gongyang family. The Gongyang family possesses immense wealth, why must you offend us brothers over a house?"
"Don't treat us like pushovers, or you'll be the one to suffer."
Chen Nan waved his hand, stopping their words, and looked at Gongyang Wei with disbelief: "According to what you just said, if I fancied your mother, would your father then have to offer your mother for me to enjoy?"
"And would your parents then proudly say that it is your Gongyang family's honor that I can use her?"
As soon as he said this,
Song Yunfei and the others burst into laughter.
One had to admit,
Chen Nan's words were learned.
He was clearly insulting them, but without a single vulgar word.
"You have successfully angered me!" Gongyang Wei's face darkened, like a maddened lion.
He turned to the retainers behind him: "Go call for people. I will make these six know the consequence of crossing me!"
"Yes!"
Gongyang Wei's retainers immediately ran out.
Within a minute,
a group of retainers in gray servant uniforms, wielding sticks, angrily approached.
Looking at them, there were more than thirty.
Upon seeing this,
except for Chen Nan,
Song Yunfei and the others' expressions became a little grim.
If the opponent had only a dozen people, their strength would be enough to defeat them.
But with so many people now, even they couldn't possibly win.
After all, a pair of fists cannot defeat four hands.
"Not so arrogant now?" Gongyang Wei sneered: "You bastards, keep being arrogant. Weren't you very boastful just now?"
"Men, break their limbs."
"Even if they die, it's fine."
"I'll bear the consequences if the sky falls."
Gongyang Wei waved his hand and launched the attack.
Over thirty men wielding sticks rushed forward menacingly.
The atmosphere instantly became tense.
"Overestimating yourselves!"
A dismissive smile touched Chen Nan's lips.
He threw the watermelon rind in his hand onto the ground.
Coincidentally,
the person in the front stepped on the watermelon rind.
With a yelp, he fell head over heels.
"Brothers, get them!" Chen Nan casually grabbed a stool and used it as a weapon, fiercely smashing it towards the oncoming retainers.
He was like a lion entering a flock of sheep.
Every time the stool fell, someone's head would split open, and they would fall to the ground with screams.
Song Yunfei and the others were stunned.
What the hell!
Was he this fierce?
They knew Chen Nan was skilled, but they hadn't expected him to be so valiant.
Without further thought,
they also charged forward.
If their leader was so brave, his subordinates naturally had to work harder.
Only then would they not shame him.
About two minutes later,
all of Gongyang Wei's retainers were beaten to the ground.
Chen Nan was unharmed,
but Song Yunfei and the others had sustained some injuries and looked somewhat disheveled.
Chen Nan smiled at the dumbfounded Gongyang Wei: "Young Master Gongyang, you trespassed into a private residence and injured my brothers. Shouldn't you compensate us ten thousand or eight thousand taels of silver?"
"Don't celebrate too soon!" Gongyang Wei's eyes blazed with rage. He took out a bamboo tube from his embrace.
He then pointed the tube at the sky and pulled the silver wire on it.
Whoosh!
Bang!
A firework rocket exploded in the air!
Gongyang Wei grinned sinisterly: "Let the authorities handle this. You injured so many of our Gongyang family members, I will surely make you lose everything!"
Chen Nan, in surprise, snapped back to reality and then signaled to Song Yunfei and the others.
The six of them quickly ran back into the house.
"You can't escape!" Gongyang Wei laughed heartily.
But the next moment, his expression froze.
He saw with shock that Chen Nan and the others had come out wearing constable uniforms, with swords at their waists.
Chen Nan said with a playful smile: "So you reported to the authorities? Who did you want to arrest by reporting to the authorities?"