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Chapter 100: Chapter 95: I’m the one who hit you, Chen Sanliu

“Manager’s order: All Fishing Guild Disciples, arm yourselves and immediately head to the Manager’s house for an urgent matter to discuss.”

“Manager’s order: All Fishing Guild Disciples, arm yourselves and immediately head to the Manager’s house for an urgent matter to discuss!”

…

Commands were passed down, and soon the disciples all arrived at the Bai Family Mansion, armed.

Wu Zhong was at the Bai Family Mansion, supported by Bai, sitting in the rattan chair Doctor Bai usually sat in.

Chen Jie and Wu Hong were there, and all four ship captains had arrived.

Among them was the Second Ship Leader, who had been ordered to capture the Big Ship Leader, and everyone stood in the small courtyard of the Bai Family Mansion.

Chen Jie and Wu Hong sat on a nearby millstone, Su Yunjin and Bai were inside the house, and Daisy followed Doctor Bai in the pharmacy.

Now, Su Yunjin and Daisy were both compelled to reside in the Bai Family Mansion, and Chen Jie also stayed overnight at the Bai Family; their own homes were currently off-limits.

Having offended Yu Biao, Yu Biao dared not barge into the Bai Family Mansion, but the possibility of capturing Chen Jie from his home existed at any moment.

Furthermore, due to Wu Zhong’s injury, the Fishing Guild lacked the true combat power to officially declare war on Guild Cao; neither side was prepared to escalate the situation from the day before.

Because they couldn’t say, what could Yu Biao say? Assassin attempts on Wu Zhong failed, embarrassing indeed.

And what could Wu Zhong say?

Though plotted against, he had also killed Yu Sanliu’s son; mercy should be shown where possible.

Even if reported, the higher-ups, upon hearing the situation, would find it hard to pursue it excessively.

After all, the current demand from the Mulan people was for both sides to prioritize peace, and both the Fishing Guild and Guild Cao maintained a facade of harmony.

Thus, both parties were making great efforts to control the situation, if there was any feud or animosity, it would be settled in the upcoming Village Chief’s battle in a few days!

However, although they couldn’t directly confront Guild Cao, Wu Zhong had no intention of sparing the traitors within his own guild, thus he directly initiated this major council within the Fishing Guild.

The Fishing Guild Disciples, seeing their manager wounded so grievously, each ground their teeth in anger, wishing they could immediately slaughter those bastards from Guild Cao.

Yet, Wu Zhong urged everyone to maintain restraint, while issuing commands.

“First, capture Big Ship Leader Zhao Xun. Such traitors must not be spared!”

“Second, maintain stability within the fishery, and thoroughly investigate whether others within the fishery are involved.”

“Third, settle the scores with those who caused destruction in yesterday’s chaos, like Lu San, Chen Sanliu, such scum from our own town!”

As the three orders were issued, the expressions of the Fishing Guild Disciples became solemn, filled with rage, none could believe the Big Ship Leader would betray the guild, colluding with Guild Cao and Yu Biao to ambush their manager.

At that moment, Second Ship Leader Li Sanding stood up, cupping his hands in salute.

“Brother Wu.”

“Hmm?”

Wu Zhong looked at Li Sanding, who cupped his hands and said, “Brother Wu, upon receiving your order, I immediately went to capture Zhao Xun, but unexpectedly, this scoundrel had already packed his belongings and deceived our warehouse guards, stealing nearly a month’s tax money from within our fishery!”

At these words, Wu Zhong’s expression darkened and he said, “This scoundrel has indeed fled, but no matter, I will report this to Headquarters. Also, Sanding, you and Third Brother take some men and immediately go after him, try your best to retrieve him.”

“Yes.”

Li Sanding immediately responded, cupping his hands.

Capturing the Big Ship Leader, he was still confident, he should be ranked third in the entire Xiantao Town.

He was older than Zhao Xun, only three years younger than Wu Zhong; when Wu Zhong became Big Ship Leader, he was Second Ship Leader. Later, when Wu Zhong became manager, he thought he might ascend to Big Ship Leader, yet to his surprise, Zhao Xun, a parachuted candidate.

Although Zhao Xun was not as skilled as he was, he had climbed to Big Ship Leader through his connections above.

He had felt indignant about this over the years; now, finally apprehending him, he was delighted and also very confident in his own Martial Arts skills.

Especially since recently, by a stroke of luck, his Martial Arts skills had improved.

He even felt he could match Yu Biao in a duel!

At that point, he stood up, together with Third Ship Captain they headed out, ready to intercept Zhao Xun, determined not to let the scoundrel escape.

The two quickly left the Bai Family Mansion.

At that moment, Third Ship Captain looked at Second Ship Leader Li Sanding, asking, “How should we capture him?”

Li Sanding thought for a bit and said, “Chase toward the county town direction, I have a feeling this guy won’t run too far!”

Hearing this, Third Ship Captain said, “Brother Li, the manager has already reported this matter to Headquarters, and Headquarters will likely respond. Right now, we actually shouldn’t be focusing on capturing Zhao Xun.”

“Hmm?”

Li Sanding looked at the Third Ship Captain, who said, “There are just eight days until the Village Chief’s battle.”

“What do you mean?”

“Brother Li, with the manager injured like this, he definitely can’t fight, we can’t just surrender, right? So, the burden of this fight might fall on you, Brother Li.”

“Me?”

Li Sanding was startled.

Third Ship Captain said, “That’s right, it’s you, Brother Li. And this is a great opportunity for you. Haven’t you always wanted to be the Big Ship Leader?”

“This time, if you can make a name for yourself in the Village Chief’s battle, you don’t even have to win, just maintain the Fishing Guild’s honor, and even Sect Master Peng will regard you highly, then, isn’t the position of Big Ship Leader secured for you? And perhaps even the Manager’s position in the future.”

“And I, your brother, can also advance further, haha…”

Hearing this, Li Sanding’s eyes lit up.

Indeed, this was an opportunity!

Third Ship Captain said, “So, Brother Li, the top priority right now is this Village Chief’s battle. If you can’t even hold out for one move, and you lose face, that would be bad.”

Hearing this, Li Sanding laughed heartily, “Hahaha… Third Brother, you’re underestimating me. I’ve been practicing Martial Arts all these years. I can’t say I can defeat Yu Biao, but I’m confident I can tie with him.”

“That’s settled then, Brother Li. If you can tie with Yu Biao, it’s as if you’ve made your mark with the Hall Master. Big Ship Leader, even Manager, they are all yours.”

Hearing this, Li Sanding grinned and laughed, “Hahaha, good, good…”

He needed this opportunity badly.

…

Inside the house, Wu Zhong looked at the Fourth Captain and said, “Fourth Brother, when you go back, immediately initiate a self-review within the guild. All brothers who once followed the Big Ship Leader, report to Fourth Brother voluntarily for investigation. If there are issues, confess them; if none, early investigation, early peace.”

“Also, Fourth Brother, this matter must be handled truthfully and realistically. Don’t engage in guilt by association, you hear?”

“Yes.”

The Fourth Captain cupped his hands,

He also understood the nature of his job.

Rooting out the disciples left behind by the Big Ship Leader was a secondary task, the primary one was to collect other incriminating evidence about the Big Ship Leader.

Such as corruption, embezzlement, buying and selling of positions among the fishery staff, etc.

In addition, excluding a few disciples who were closest to the Big Ship Leader to make an example would suffice.

It wasn’t about causing a major shakeup at the fishery.

The most important thing was determining the solid evidence against the Big Ship Leader. Once the evidence was irrefutable and sent to Headquarters, not even gods could save him.

The Fourth Captain bowed and left.

That’s when Wu Zhong looked at the remaining people and said, “Fifth Brother.”

Zhou Chu stood up, and Wu Zhong continued, “Fifth Brother, you and Chen Xiaohu take ten Fishing Guild disciples and deal with those who caused trouble last night.”

Hearing this, Chen Xiaohu immediately got excited. The troublemakers from last night? It was Lu San and Chen Sanliu.

Those bastards had taken advantage of the night to steal all the valuable things from their house, and even snatched Jiu Si’s house. When his own mother confronted them, they even dared to curse her.

It made his own mother sick from anger.

And his lame father had tried to reason with them.

Guess what Chen Sanliu had said, “Cursing my dad for being disloyal and ungrateful, bringing shame to our ancestors, engaging in disgraceful acts with Chen Jiusi.”

They even wanted to call the Clan Leader to erase their families, along with Jiu Si’s, from the family records!

Bringing shame upon our ancestors!

It angered his father so much that he red-eyed and swung his crutch to hit them, but Chen Sanliu had pushed him to the ground. Meanwhile, Lu San mocked, “Look at the crippled old man, thinking he’s all that!”

“Such outrageous bullying!”

Zhou Chu, aware of yesterday’s events, bowed and said, “Yes, Manager.”

Then, turning to Chen Xiaohu, he said, “Let’s go, brother, time for revenge!”

Chen Xiaohu glanced at Chen Jie, who was silently nodding.

Xiao Hu smiled, “Alright, Brother Zhou, I’m counting on you later.”

Zhou Chu laughed, “Don’t worry, brother, I’m a Skin Buff Martial Artist at the very least.”

After saying this, he looked at Chen Jie, “Brother Jiu Si, we’ll head off first.”

Chen Jie responded, “Old Zhou, thanks for the effort.”

“Ha-ha, sure, invite me for a drink sometime, words alone aren’t enough.”

Chen Jie also laughed, “Sure!”

Chen Xiaohu and Zhou Chu, along with about ten Fishing Guild disciples, then turned and walked towards the village.

As for the remaining Fishing Guild disciples, Wu Zhong said, “Everyone else, back to the fishery. Business as usual!”

“Yes.”

The crowd dispersed.

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At Chen Sanliu’s house, Chen Sanliu was in a good mood, drinking wine and eating scrambled eggs that he had found at Chen Jie’s place, supposedly for hatching chicks. But he thought, hatch chicks?

Hatch my ass, just scramble them up.

Wine with eggs, life couldn’t be happier.

Beside him, his son Chen Xiong was happily nibbling on a bun.

At that moment, Chen Sanliu’s wife came over and said, “Sanliu, can we really keep doing this?”

“What’s wrong with that?”

Sanliu looked at his unconcerned wife.

The wife then said, “Chen Erba is your cousin after all, and his son works in the fishery. How can you attack him like this?”

“Pfft, are you talking about that little bastard Chen Xiaohu? It’s useless, Chen Jiusi has fallen, how long can that fishery staff last? Besides, the Big Ship Leader has agreed, our son will probably be a fishery staff soon, why fear him?”

“Exactly, mom, why fear him? The Big Ship Leader agreed yesterday, we might hear the news that I’m a fishery staff in a moment.”

The wife was still uneasy and said, “Old man, is Chen Jiusi that easy to take down?”

“Heh, don’t you remember how much property our uncle left him? And what happened? Not even half a year, and he lost it all. Same now, Chen Jiusi is no man of achievement. I already spoke to the Clan Leader this morning, in a few days we’ll open the incense hall and expel Chen Jiusi from our family records.”

“Right, Chen Erba knew it too, he went to make a fuss at the Clan Leader’s, but the Clan Leader didn’t even bother with him. It really amuses me; I had him removed from the family records too. From now on, our family has the say in the old Chen family.”

“My son!”

“Hey, Dad!”

Chen Xiong responded.

“When you’re in the fishery, make sure to cling to the Big Ship Leader’s leg, remember who promoted you, and if Wu Zhong arranges any work, just get it done superficially, understand?”

“Got it, Dad, I belong to the Big Ship Leader!”

“Right, that’s my son, have some egg, these eggs are delicious!”

The wife, feeling reassured, smiled and said, “Okay, you guys talk like this, I’m not worried anymore. Wait, I’ll cook you guys another dish.”

Just as the family was eating and fantasizing about a bright future.

Suddenly, the door was kicked open, and a man walked in wearing a Fishing Guild ship captain’s uniform, followed by several lackeys, scanning the yard.

“Is anyone home?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Sanliu immediately stood up.

“Here they are, people from the Fishing Guild, looks like they’re bringing news for Xiong, the Big Ship Leader acts fast. Come on, Xiong, let’s go greet them!”

Saying so, the father and son headed out to meet them.

Zhou Chu glanced at the two.

Seeing Chen Sanliu bending over with a smile on his face, he said, “Oh, what hard work, what hard work!”

He even stuffed half a cent into Zhou Chu’s hand.

Zhou Chu looked at the money, scoffed disdainfully, then fixed his eyes on Chen Sanliu, “So, you’re Chen Sanliu?”

“Yes, yes, I’m Chen Sanliu, this is my son Chen Xiong, did the Big Ship Leader send you to bring us news?”

Chen Sanliu asked, full of anticipation.

Zhou Chu nodded, “Yeah, that’s great, I’m here for you!”

Slap!

He then landed a heavy slap on Chen Sanliu’s face, spinning him around and seating him on the ground.

Then, with a baffled face, Chen Sanliu looked up at Zhou Chu.

“I, Chen Sanliu…”

Meaning, why are you hitting me?

At that moment, Zhou Chu grabbed Chen Sanliu by the collar and said, “I’m supposed to beat you, Chen Sanliu, beat you to death!”