A Long Grind to Daoist Monarch-Chapter 187 - 151: Ding Axiang and Broker Feng_3
Ding the Second said viciously.
He was thinking of reducing the opponent to a Servant Household, but then he reconsidered, realizing that if the person stayed locally, they might have friends or relatives to help rescue them.
It's better to let the Broker Feng Family sell them to a distant place, which would be more satisfying to his grudge.
"What's all this noise? Our Feng Family buys servants, not collects trash."
Feng Shao Ling turned to his attendant and instructed him to relay the message.
Faced with Young Master Feng's scolding, Ding the Second immediately switched to a flattering expression:
"This brat is unruly. Instead of caring for the horses properly, he steals the fodder and even sells it secretly. He must be severely punished as a warning to others! Otherwise, if everyone behaves without discipline, it would be chaos!"
Feng Shao Ling glanced at the sullen, dark-skinned youth, nodded, and said:
"He's right. A servant with selfish intent is extraordinarily disobedient."
The tooth woman understood and shouted loudly in all directions:
"Ah Xie, nineteen years old, although he can care for horses, his work is unreliable, and he's dishonest and thievish. He will be sent to the hard labor kiln without taking a penny..."
The dark-skinned youth trembled, his teeth clenched tightly. At the distant hard labor kiln, one could only eat a thin porridge once a day, while doing the heavy work of mining, something even strong adults struggled to endure for more than ten days.
"Wait a minute!"
The crowd gathered around to watch the commotion was parted, as Xiaotou shouted at the top of his lungs, his hands working like swimming strokes, desperately pushing away the villagers in front of him.
"Why squeeze... Master Bai! Master Bai, please inside!"
Some idle loafers were about to turn around and hurl curses, but seeing the person behind Xiaotou, they immediately kept their mouths shut and obediently moved aside.
"Feng Family's buying, outsiders keep..."
A strong attendant wanted to block the way, but Xiaotou, having refined his Qi and blood to muster some strength, solidly knocked the man down with a single punch.
I've fought the Red Eyebrow Bandits with Ah Qi, why should I fear you!
Xiaotou's Qi was surging, his face reddening, as he stared dumbfounded at Ah Xie, who was kneeling on the open ground with a straw marker stuck in his head:
"Ah Xie! I've brought Ah Qi! He will surely help you!"
Ah Xie, with sun-darkened skin and eyes bruised black and swollen, stood there, stunned.
He saw Xiaotou knocking down a servant of the Feng Family, and a tall figure parting the dense crowd like the Dragon King splitting the waves.
Is that Ah Qi? 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
How unfamiliar.
In neat, powerful attire, wearing long boots... like a young hero from a storybook.
Bai Qi walked straight to Ah Xie, pulled out the long straw marker from his hair, and lifted him up:
"I asked Xiaotou to pass you a message, buying your freedom to work at my fish stall, but you didn't agree. If Xiaotou hadn't informed me, I wouldn't have known you were being sold. Ah Xie, do you not see me and Xiaotou as your brothers?"
The eldest of the three, Ah Xie, looked at Bai Qi, who was much taller than himself, and inexplicably lowered his head, murmuring:
"Ah... Qi! My... dad said before, if a former brother makes it big while you're still destitute, in this life, you only get one chance to ask for help, and he would only reminisce about old times once... but from then on, there will be no further connection."
His words were stammering at first, but became smoother towards the end.
Bai Qi nodded:
"Ah Xie, maybe your father was right. It's okay, this time, you don't have to ask, I'll help you on my own."
He pressed on Ah Xie's shoulder, his gaze sweeping past the tooth woman, from the still perplexed Ding the Second to the still seated Feng Shao Ling.
The eldest of the Feng Family wanted to stand, placing hands on the chair, yet recalling the dispute with He Jingfeng, felt a surge of inexplicable pride, wanting to put on airs:
"You're Bai Qilang? I've heard say you hold sway over Black River County?"
Bai Qi shook his head, his tone calm:
"I can't say I have absolute sway, Black River County doesn't bear the Bai name. However, one thing is true, from a fisherman to a fish stall owner, everything I've undertaken, I've achieved, and in the vast reach of the Black Water River, anything I disapprove of, will never come to pass."
