240 Dogs Biting Each Other
Old Man Zhao’s son wasn’t as strong as the sons of the n chief. Soon, they were badly wounded by the men from the n chief’s home.
On the other hand, Madam Yang beat the n chief’s wife till her hair was aplete mess, and there were scratch marks all over her face.
“Stop, stop now!” Niu Tongsheng roared angrily. “Are you trying to kill each other? Quick, pull them apart!”
The people who followed Niu Tongsheng to the n chief’s home hurriedly went forward and pulled them apart.
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“All of you ck-hearted, filthy, disgusting animals! You’re all sluts, bitches, rotten assholes…” Madam Yang continued to point at the n chief’s family and screech at the top of her lungs despite being restrained by other people.
“Enough!” Niu Tongsheng yelled again. “Keep yelling, and I’ll get the vige chief toe and be the judge. Look at you. You’re from the same vige—the same n even! So why cause such an ugly scene? You want other people to watch you like circus animals?”
Madam Yang cried andined to Niu Tongsheng, “Chief, you have to help us! This old geezer has all these evil schemes. He saw that Zhao Chuchu’s watermill workshop business was doing really well, so he came up with the idea of making us convince Zhao Chuchu to return. Otherwise, he’ll chase us out of the n!”
Niu Tongsheng couldn’t help but frown when he heard Madam Yang’s exnation.
Of course, the chief of the Zhao n couldn’t bear letting Madam Yang badmouth him like that. There was no way he would let her embarrass him like that!
“Nonsense! When did you hear me say that? Do you have evidence? You were the one who was greedy and came here to make a big fuss out of nothing, and now you’re posing as the innocent one? I’m going to open up the ancestral hall today and chase your family out of the n!”
“Chief, listen to him. This old geezer’s scheme failed, and now he’s seeking revenge on us! So you have to help us!”
“You, you shrew! How can you be so shameless?”
“Hubby, say something! What did that old geezer say to you? Tell everyone else exactly what he said!”
Madam Yang tugged at Old Man Zhao forcefully.
Old Man Zhao had been a coward his entire life. He had never been able to stand up straight like a man. Now that the conflict had grown out of control, he started feeling scared and wanted to avoid trouble. He stuttered, “Umm, let’s just settle this among ourselves. There’s no need to let everyone know about it, right?”
“What are you talking about? You useless coward! Look at how badly your sons and daughters-inw are bullied. How can you say something like that? Are you even human?”
Madam Yang was infuriated. She questioned Old Man Zhao viciously.
“Tongsheng, you heard her. Madam Yang is trying to frame me and defame me! This is an act of nder!” The n chief immediately took the opportunity to push the me onto Madam Yang.
“Old geezer, do you dare swear on your life that you didn’t say those things?”
“You shameless shrew, are you trying to force me to die?”
Niu Tongsheng was extremely troubled, and he was at a loss for what to do.
He had witnessed Madam Yang’s good behavior for the past few months. Although he wasn’t entirely certain, he felt there was a good chance the chief of the Zhao n was to me for this conflict.
The reason was simple. This old geezer had always been a cunning fellow. It was normal for him to do things to harm others, even if it didn’t benefit him. He would definitely be very upset if he saw other people living such good lives!
It was entirely in character for him to do something like that.
“Old Man Zhao, you should tell us the truth.” Niu Tongsheng looked toward Old Man Zhao.
Old Man Zhao was still rather unwilling. Madam Yang suddenly pinched him hard, almost making him jump up in pain. Then, finally, he decided to tell the truth. “He tried to force me to convince the kid toe back. He said that the watermill should belong to the Zhao n. It shouldn’t be upied by outsiders.”
“Old Man Zhao, how can you lie like that? Aren’t you afraid of divine retribution?” The chief of the Zhao n was livid.
Old Man Zhao replied, “I’m not afraid of saying it. If I were lying, I would get struck by lightning and die.”
“Okay, great, wonderful. If that’s the case, I’ll open up the ancestral hall and chase you out of the Zhao n! Tongsheng, this is the Zhao n’s internal affair. You don’t have the right to intervene even if you are the vige chief!” The chief of the Zhao n was utterly infuriated.
“If you dare to do that, I’ll ram myself to death in the ancestral hall, then be a ghost ande back to haunt you. Then, you’ll never be able to sleep peacefully again!” said Madam Yang immediately.
The chief of the Zhao n was so mad that he could barely breathe. He pointed at Madam Yang but couldn’t say a single word.
Niu Tongsheng was speechless.
He had been negotiating with those merchants and business people day after day. On top of this, he was the vige chief. So, naturally, he had an authoritative aura.
“If you continue this ridiculous nonsense, I’ll chase the entire Zhao n out of Lengshui vige. You know very well what shameful things you did. Now you’re trying to cry and wail about it. Who do you think you’re trying to threaten? Lengshui vige doesn’t need shameless people like you!”
The moment Niu Tongsheng said that, the Zhao n chief’s expression changed.
“Tongsheng, what gives you the right to say something like that?”
“I am the chief of Lengshui vige, and the Niu n is bigger than the Zhao n!”
“You…”
The Zhao n chief was speechless.
Actually, the Niu and Zhao ns were about equal in terms of poption.
But the thing is, Xie Heng was a schr. He and Niu Tongsheng were really close, and the Zhao n couldn’te out on top against them.
If Niu Tongsheng really wanted to chase them out of Lengshui vige, the governing bureau would probably rule in his favor because Xie Heng is Zhao Chuchu’s husband. When that happens, the Zhao n will be all but finished.
When the rest of the Zhao n heard Niu Tongsheng’s threat, they started moring as well.
“Third uncle, you’re going overboard. Are you nning to force us to die for your scheme?”
“If you’re really going to do that, we will stop recognizing you as the chief immediately. We’ve always made decisions based on the majority. So let’s see who gets chased out of the n.”
“That’s right. We’ve been living peacefully in Lengshui vige. You are the one who is trying toe up with these evil ideas. You want to take advantage of other people, but you failed, so now you’re ming it on others. I won’t stand by your side for immoral deeds like this. I support justice!”
When the Zhao n chief heard his n members reprimanding him, he felt his vision turning ck and almost fainted from anger.
“You, all of you…”
“You’ve heard everyone. Although you are the chief of the Zhao n, you still need to understand that you can’t just make decisions for the n on your own!” said Niu Tongsheng coldly.
“Regardless, you’ll each receive one stroke of the cane for what you’ve done today. That will be the end of this issue today. I won’t let you off the hook so easily if you dare to do something like this again!”
The Zhao n chief clenched his teeth, but there was nothing he could do to Niu Tongsheng.
The entire Niu n came to support Niu Tongsheng. But on the other hand, the members of the Zhao n all betrayed him because they were worried that they might get chased out of Lengshui vige.
Who was he doing all this for?
These ungrateful imbeciles!
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The Zhao n chief turned around and walked back into his house without saying a single word. He was furious.
But Madam Yang wasn’t done yet. She said, “Vige chief, how can we just let it go? Look at how badly injured my son is. They have to pay for his medication. Otherwise, I won’t let this go.”
Niu Tongsheng saw that her son was indeed quite badly wounded, so he ordered the Zhao n chief’s family topensate them with five taels of silver.
The Zhao n chief’s family had no choice but to admit defeat and pay them the money.
Only then was this ordeal finally over.
But the two families were now enemies because of it.
When Zhao Chuchu heard about it, sheughed so hard that she had a stomachache.