At the door of Wang's house, Duan Tianming held the handle of his saber tightly in his right hand.
Wei Qi was humiliated just now, and he wanted to rush forward and cut the housekeeper in half with a knife.
But Xiao Chen never said anything, so he could only endure it for the time being.
Wei Qi, who was standing next to him, had never seen Xiao Chen take action.
When Xiao Chen showed a smile, Wei Qi also sighed secretly in his heart.
Although Dongchang has the supreme power, it is understandable even if it means losing a smile.
However, when he heard Xiao Chen's last words, Wei Qi's heart felt as if he had been hit hard by a boulder, and he felt a little sad for Butler Su.
Wang Dachuan is the biggest in Hangzhou, but is he bigger than the emperor who owns the entire Ming Dynasty?
Aren't you competing against the backstage? Come on, keep competing.
The frustration in Wei Qi's heart suddenly felt much better.
"Your Majesty, are you from the Emperor?" The old man was a little panicked and stuttered.
"I am from Dongchang, and the entire Dongchang belongs to the emperor. Don't you know Dongchang? Well, how can a country man like you know the important events of the imperial court?" Xiao Chen shook his head,
It seems that I feel so ignorant in asking.
The old man was already at a loss, and the servants holding sticks behind him were looking around, not knowing what to do.
They really don’t know what Dongchang is, but they know that the current emperor’s name is Zhu Di. Calling the emperor Master, how can the Wang family afford to offend this person? Let alone the Wang family, Hangzhou Prefecture and the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang Province cannot afford to offend him.
"Sir, sir, I don't know your identity. I will apologize to you right now." The old man was shaking all over and was about to kneel down.
"Don't bother me." Xiao Chen stretched out his hand to stop the old man from kneeling down, "You are doing something for the master, there is nothing you can do about it, why don't you apologize?"
"May I ask what your name is?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.
Seeing that Xiao Chen actually ignored the previous suspicion and excused himself, the old man was relieved and hurriedly replied: "The villain Su Lie, the steward of the Wang family."
Wei Qi couldn't help but admire the housekeeper Xiao Chen for being so generous.
People in Dongchang are open-minded, unlike me. I get very angry after being spoken to by others, but I can't do anything about it. I can only hold it in my stomach and hurt myself.
On the other hand, Duan Tianming and several Dongchang captains behind him looked at Butler Su and shook their heads involuntarily.
The angry Xiao Chen was not scary, at most he would just be beheaded on the spot.
Once you smile like crescent moons with your eyes and speak extra politely, it means that the other person will "enjoy" the "beautiful" feeling that life would be worse than death.
"Su Lie, what a good name." Xiao Chen gave a thumbs up in admiration and asked, "Which Lie is the strong one?"
"Sir, you are exactly the kind of staunch Lie."
"Let me tell you, in order to protect the interests of the Wang family, you are not afraid of death and even dare to scold thousands of guards. It turns out that the name is well chosen."
The old man was startled and vaguely heard some bad omens.
"Sir, I didn't scold Wei Qianhu. I just told Wei Qianhu that the master and his wife were not in the house." The old man hurriedly saw that it was a sophistry.
Xiao Chen nodded: "Yes, that's right. However, even if you are the steward of the first family in Hangzhou, you are just a common man. Wei Qianhu is a fifth-rank military attache of the imperial court. If a commoner speaks rudely to a fifth-rank military attache, he should be punished.
Shouldn’t he be punished?”
The old man was stunned and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes. I will compensate Wei Qianhu in money right now."
Xiao Chen turned around and said, "Wei Qianhu, Butler Su said he would compensate you with money, do you accept it?"
"I, Wei Qi, rely on the salary from the court to support my family. Although I am not rich, I can live a stable life. The ill-gotten wealth of the Wang family is like dung to me and is not rare." Wei Qi said coldly.
As a Qianhu who controls the entire Hangzhou garrison, he can't even get the most basic respect on weekdays. If he bends his back for money again, he might as well die headlong. Living in this world is not shameful enough.
Xiao Chen spread his hands, with a hint of helplessness on his face: "Wei Qianhu doesn't want to accept your money, how about a little corporal punishment?"
"How about corporal punishment? You won't let him slap me a few times, right?" The old man couldn't help but tremble all over. His old bones couldn't withstand the punches and kicks.
"How could it be? As the saying goes, it's easier to hit someone than to slap them in the face. If he wants to slap you, I won't allow it. There is also an old saying that a gentleman should talk but not use his hands, and he should not use his fists or feet casually." Xiao Chen said seriously.
"Okay, if that's the case, then let's use corporal punishment as you like." The old man let out a long breath and said.
As long as you don't punch or kick me, what kind of corporal punishment can there be?
Xiao Chen nodded, and Duan Tianming walked over understandingly.
"Steward Su, please lie down on the ground. Since you're not going to do anything, you have to be sincere and get your posture right." Xiao Chen said, pressing Su Lie to the ground and handing him over to Duan Tianming.
He turned around and walked up to the group of Wang family servants. He grabbed a wooden stick as thick as an arm from one of the servants and stuffed it into Wei Qianhu's hand.
"Take it and punish it however you want."
"Sir, we have agreed that a gentleman should talk but not move." Seeing the wooden stick, the old man shouted. He wanted to struggle, but how could he struggle against the strong Duan Tianming.
"I didn't do anything, I just moved the stick." Xiao Chen said a little aggrievedly.
With a "pop" sound, Wei Qi hit the old man on the buttocks with a stick.
"How can you spank the butt? How can you let Butler Su sit down in the future?" Xiao Chen took the wooden stick from Wei Qi's hand dissatisfied, "If you want to spank, hit the waist, calves, thighs and other places with hard bones. This won't work.
It will be too painful, and at most it will just break a bone."
Xiao Chen picked up the stick and hit Butler Su on the lower back.
There was a "click" and the spine was broken in the middle.
"Ah..." Butler Su howled loudly, "Sir, my waist is broken."
"I see that your bones are not straight, so I am just helping you straighten them. It doesn't matter if your lumbar vertebrae are broken. I can use the money that Wei Qianhu didn't ask for to buy some gold healing medicine, and it will heal quickly."
As he said that, he hit Butler Su on the calf with another stick.
"Ah..." Another fierce cry sounded, "Sir, stop hitting, stop hitting, I can't stand this kind of punishment."
"What? Can't stand it? How can you talk like this? You forgot your name, Su Lie, and it is fierce Lie. How can such a howl be worthy of your name? Bear with it, I will finish it soon."
The stick in Xiao Chen's hand fell again and again, breaking a bone every time.
After hitting him with a dozen sticks in a row, Xiao Chen put the stick back into Wei Qi's hand: "Have you seen my demonstration? I must hit him on the bone every time."
Even though he was holding a wooden stick in his hand, Wei Qi could not help but feel a chill in his heart.
He had killed people before, but this torture method of breaking bones and making the other person die from pain made his understanding of Xiao Chen rise to countless heights.
