The big man's palm seemed to be powerful and heavy, but in fact it did not contain any internal strength, so it just made a crisp sound, which caused Liu Deng some pain.
Liu Deng immediately covered the back of his head, turned around and cursed angrily: "F*ck, who hit me?"
"I'm going to beat you, what do you think?" The big man who hit him glared with a pair of bull's eyes and said viciously: "If you dare to speak ill of Master Yan behind his back and ruin his reputation in public, beating you is considered a light punishment!"
When the elder who was sitting at the table with Liu Deng saw him, he quickly stood up and apologized: "Oh, isn't this the hero Tong Feitong? How disrespectful. Our brother drank too much and talked crazy words. Please don't follow me. He’s generally knowledgeable.”
Tong Fei pushed the elder away, then grabbed Liu Deng's collar and shouted: "You want to die, come with me outside to talk."
Liu Deng was obviously a tough guy. While struggling hard, he said angrily: "I know you! You are Yan Chongxi's lackey thug. You are also responsible for trafficking in people and forcing the villagers to death!"
Tong Fei suddenly became angry and shouted: "You are seeking death!" Then he slapped Liu Deng in the face several times, causing blood to flow from his mouth and nose.
At this moment, the entire dining hall immediately became chaotic. The diners and brothel girls sitting nearby got up and left the table one after another, hiding towards the wall for fear of damaging the fish pond.
Even the elders and young men at the same table with Liu Deng also hurriedly backed away, trying to distance themselves from him to avoid being implicated and beaten.
Looking over, only Li Jiangyao and his guards were still sitting firmly where they were, not moving at all.
At this time, Liu Deng was already dizzy from being beaten by Tong Fei, and gradually lost the strength to struggle, but Tong Fei did not want to let him go. After being slapped for more than a dozen times, the guy still felt uneasy and pulled out a dagger from his waist.
"If I don't teach you a lesson, you don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has!" Tong Fei smiled ferociously and slashed Liu Deng's face with a knife.
At the critical moment, Li Jiangyao, who was sitting not far away, suddenly took action, and a bamboo chopstick shot out and stuck squarely on the back of the child hero's hand, and the dagger fell to the ground.
"In my life, I hate the so-called heroes the most. If I see one, I will beat one. If I see two, I will beat both."
Li Jiangyao held the wine glass and said coldly.
Tong Fei covered his bloody wound and was about to curse angrily when Han Wenhao suddenly stood up and kicked him straight up, then fell heavily, smashing a table into pieces.
Before anyone else could react, the other three white-robed army guards also took action at the same time. Almost all of them knocked down several of Tong Fei's men to the ground with just one move.
The next moment, more than a dozen guards guarding the guest room also heard the commotion. They rushed into the dining hall and guarded various positions, faintly suppressing all the diners present, so that they did not dare to make the slightest move.
Li Jiangyao slowly stood up and walked to Liu Deng, asking softly: "Are what you just said true?"
Liu Deng stared blankly at the young man in front of him who was not angry and proud, and nodded subconsciously: "Everything is true. I am a villager in Batuou, and many of my relatives and neighbors have suffered from Yan Chongxi. I have seen all the harm with my own eyes.”
"Has he ever colluded with Japanese pirates?"
"Collusion! He helped the Japanese thieves rob our Shengtang silk merchant ship, and also sold and half-gifted the poor people who owed him debts to the Japanese thieves. My neighbor's two daughters were sent to the Japanese after they were ruined by him. Islands in the vast ocean!"
Li Jiangyao nodded and turned to the people around him: "Have you heard what he said before?"
The diners and girls were all panicked by his sharp gaze. They looked at each other, and no one dared to speak. After waiting for a moment, a woman timidly responded: "I have heard of it, and I was almost given away to Japanese pirates by the Yan family."
"There are more!" A middle-aged man dressed as a businessman continued: "Last year, a cargo ship of our company carrying silk to Persia was robbed by Japanese pirates as soon as it left Mingzhou. Three of its clerks died, namely Yan Chongxi. What’s going on behind your back!”
As long as someone is willing to take the lead, the rest of the diners will immediately become bolder. Everyone was talking about Yan Chongxi's various evil deeds.
Li Jiangyao looked at Liu Deng again and said in a deep voice: "Do you dare to be a personal witness and confront Yan Chongxi?"
"I dare!" Liu Deng hesitated for a moment before saying, "But...but even the government is protecting Yan Chongxi, and no one can cure him..."
Li Jiangyao smiled: "Which government do you mean by government?"
Liu Deng was stunned when he heard this: "Of course... Prince Jin's Mansion."
"What a coincidence," Li Jiangyao said with a smile: "I am a person with many hobbies. In addition to beating up heroes, I also specialize in beating up those who are protected by the rebels."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Deng and the surrounding diners immediately reacted. These days, who else dares to say in public in the Jiangnan area that he wants to fight the rebels? He said with incredible surprise: "Sir, you are..."
Li Jiangyao interrupted him: "We have limited time, so it would be better to talk to Mr. Yan quickly."
Liu Deng stood up and said loudly: "Okay, I will lead the way to settle accounts with Yan Chongxi!"
Li Jiangyao turned to Han Wenhao and smiled: "It seems that we can't spend the night here tonight. I just like to join in the fun, but I really can't control myself."
Han Wenhao responded loudly: "Those who collude with foreign thieves and harm the people deserve to die! Now that we know about this, we can't live in peace if we let it go."
"Okay, then you go gather the brothers and let's go!"
Li Jiangyao left the inn with his men, and under the leadership of Liu Deng, went straight to Yan's house in the east of Batoua Town.
The Yan family's house occupies a large area, and from a wide perspective, it is almost the size of half a small town. The pair of conspicuous huge stone lions at the front entrance have exceeded the regulations and are not something that a businessman like this is qualified to place.
From this, it is not difficult to imagine how arrogant and domineering Yan Chongxi must be on weekdays, as if he has become the local emperor of this place.
Li Jiangyao never takes time to do his work, not to mention that he is deep into enemy territory and does not have much time left for them. So as soon as he arrives at the place, he directly skips the step of calling the door, draws out the Xingluo knife from behind, and suddenly He cut off the latch on the back of the door and kicked in the door.
At this time, the sky had just darkened, and the people in the house had just had dinner. When they heard a strange noise coming from the door, they immediately became alert.
Dozens of villagers who were looking after the home ran to the front yard with weapons in hand, blocking the way of Li Jiangyao and others.
An imposing and sturdy man stood in the middle, with a scholar holding a long sword and a coquettish beauty standing on the left and right. He seemed to be the leader of a group of guards.
Liu Deng reminded Li Jiangyao in a low voice that the three people in front, together with Tong Fei, who had been captured alive by the white robe army, were known as the four great kings of dragon, elephant, butterfly and crane under Yan Chongxi, and Tong Fei was the stupid elephant among them.
Li Jiangyao glanced at him and immediately saw the depth of the other party.
Similar to Tong Fei, the martial arts of Long Die He and the others are also ordinary. They can usually bully the common people, but to the real masters, the three of them are no more than noobs. Just pick out any white-robed soldier and kill them one-on-three at the same time with ease.
With this kind of strength, Yan Chongxi still dared to run rampant in the countryside. He obviously relied on the support of external forces, either rebels or Japanese bandits.
Niu Yunshan, the thug nicknamed "Black Dragon", shouted loudly at this time: "Who are you? Are you tired of living if you dare to come here and run wild?"
Li Jiangyao sneered: "Tell Yan Chongxi to come out and speak, or I will go straight in."
"Bold!" Yehe Zhao Dongming raised his eyebrows and rushed forward with his sword: "You're looking for death!"
However, he just ran a few steps forward when a white-robed guard suddenly jumped out from beside him and kicked his wrist. The sword immediately flew away from his hand. Immediately afterwards, the guard slashed Zhao Dongming's throat with his backhand.
When Yehe fell to the ground clutching his bleeding neck, a group of Yan family thugs realized that the situation was not good.
You know, in this house, apart from the boss Heilong, Yehe Zhao Dongming has the best martial arts, and his free sword skills are extremely exquisite. But he never expected that to the group of uninvited guests who broke into the courtyard, Zhao Dongming was no different from a three-year-old child.
After just one encounter, he was killed on the spot. Killing someone was as easy as killing a chicken.
Caidi Xue Jiaojiao was horrified, and quickly reminded Niu Yunshan that the opponent was too formidable, so it was better to notify the master to come over quickly. At least the ronin masters could come to help, which was better than them dying in vain here.
Black Dragon Niu Yunshan has rich experience, and of course he can see that Li Jiangyao and the others are highly skilled in martial arts and ruthless, and they are definitely not something he can deal with, so he nodded in agreement and asked Cai Die to run back to report the news, while he stayed in place and tried to delay: "I Talking about this friend, has our Yan family offended you in some way? Just say it clearly if you have anything to say, but there is really no need to hurt others right away. "
Li Jiangyao smiled lightly: "Among the people you sold to Kuohai, some of them are my relatives and friends. I'm here to ask for them."
Upon hearing this, Niu Yunshan couldn't help laughing loudly: "Hey, I thought it was a big deal, it's easy to say. May I ask your surname? What is your relative's name? As long as you understand it, Niu I will personally come forward and guarantee that the person will be returned to you safely and securely."
"So...you admit that you did sell people to Japanese pirates?" Li Jiangyao asked with a cold light in his eyes.
Niu Yunshan was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized: "You, what do you mean? It wasn't you who said just now..."
Li Jiangyao gently touched the blade of the Xingluo Blade and hummed leisurely: "I just deceived you just now to see if Yan Chongxi was in collusion with Japanese bandits as rumored."
Niu Yunshan's face suddenly changed color, and he said angrily: "Who are you? What do you want to do?!"
"What are you doing? Of course I'm taking away this bandit den of yours." Li Jiangyao raised his eyebrows and shouted loudly: "Everyone has it, give it to me..."
However, before he could say the word "kill", a feminine voice suddenly came from behind the thugs: "Wait a minute!"
