Blackening starts from the golden years

"Ya Nei!"

Seeing Chi Yanei really kneel down, the servants behind him, such as He Si and Lu Wu, immediately knelt down with him. Looking at the large group of people kneeling in front of him, Ren Jiang couldn't help but feel extremely proud. Chi Yanei was the head of the twelve guilds in Tokyo, and he was also a well-known figure in Tokyo City, but what was the result?

He knelt before him, just like those ordinary untouchables, like a stray dog, terrified.

Looking at the people kneeling in the mud, Ren Jiang looked at them with contempt, holding a horsewhip in his hand and poking Chi Yanei who was kneeling at his feet. His face was distorted and he taunted viciously:
"Aren't you known as the head of the Twelve Trades in Tokyo? How come you can't even manage a small dock? On weekdays, your tail is almost up in the air. I think you are not even as good as a dog. Thirteenth Young Master, I think you should be called Thirteenth Dog from now on. I ask you, do you accept it?"

"Clothes!"

Being insulted so viciously by Ren Jiang, Chi Yanei dared not say a word. He knelt in the mud and prostrated himself at Ren Jiang's feet in humiliation, his hands clenched tightly together, his face flushed red.

Behind him, He Si, Lu Wu and others knelt together, watching Ren Jiang trample their own yamen into the mud. They couldn't help but feel angry, but they didn't dare to say a word of justice out loud. They just knelt on the ground and grumbled softly:

"Dog Tip, this is because he thinks we didn't give him enough red envelopes last time, so he's here to pick a fight."

"Keep your voice down, he might hear you."

Lu Wu said helplessly:

"They are officials who are giving advice, and we are just ordinary people. Since ancient times, ordinary people should not fight against officials. Arms cannot twist thighs. Didn't you see that even the yamen has knelt down?"

"Humph, you dog official!"

He Si cursed indignantly in a low voice, then buried his head even lower and knelt on the ground.

Lu Wu next to him followed suit, kneeling down and whispering:

"Just kneel down, we are all untouchables."

"Our young master usually has the best reputation, but now he has lost all his face."

"Yes, our son of a noble family is pitiful. It's all because of that bastard official Ren Jiang."

Except for He Si and Lu Wu, everyone else was kneeling on the dock covered with smelly mud and talking in low voices.

"Quiet!"

Ren Jiang shouted loudly, holding a whip in his hand, he glanced disdainfully at the people kneeling in front of him, and shouted loudly:
"Do you all want to rebel?!"

After shocking everyone, he pointed his whip at Chi Yanei and taught him a lesson:

"Scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans, the most despicable are you business people, full of thieves and whores, none of you are good!"

"Calm down, I'll take some people to repair the dock right now."

Chi Yanei didn't want to stay here and embarrass himself any longer, so he wanted to get up and take people to repair the dock. However, Ren Jiang was unwilling to let him go so easily. He wanted to completely trample Chi Yanei's dignity and pride into the stinking mud on the dock, so that he would have to kneel at his feet like a dog and let him do whatever he wanted.

With this in mind, Ren Jiang kicked Chi Yanei, who was about to stand up, to the ground with his muddy boots, and said arrogantly:

"Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you say that in front of me? If the dock is not repaired before tonight, I will chop off your dog head tomorrow!"

Hearing Ren Jiang say this, Chi Yanei couldn't help but said in fear:

"Even if you kill me, I can't fix the dock today!"

Seeing that Chi Yanei dared to talk back to him, Ren Jiang could not help but fly into a rage. He drew out the phoenix-beak knife from his waist, put it on Chi Yanei's neck and shouted:

"You dare to disobey my orders? Believe it or not, I will send you to hell right now!"

Seeing Ren Jiang wielding a knife, the onlookers were all shocked, and Chi Yanei was also frightened and stunned. Although He Si, Lu Wu and others were timid, they were loyal to Chi Yanei. They did not dare to resist the court officials, so they could only throw themselves at Ren Jiang's feet, kowtowed repeatedly in the mud and begged for mercy:

"Please spare my life, please spare my life."

"Just a reminder, just release our Yanei."

"A word of advice, spare our Yanei, spare our Yanei."

……

At this moment, with the knife on his neck, Chi Yanei was really scared. He murmured and begged for mercy:

"Please spare my life, please spare my life."

Seeing Chi Yanei trembling with fear, Ren Jiang smiled with disdain. He was just trying to scare him. Even though he was an official of the court, he did not have the privilege to kill people at will.

Looking at Chi Yanei kneeling in the mud, Ren Jiang arrogantly put his foot on his shoulder and said with a joking smile:
"Okay, if you lick my boots clean, I'll spare your life."

……

On the river bank, Yuan Xudong walked over with Zhao Paner and several other girls.

Seeing Chi Yanei being humiliated, Zhang Haohao, who had some friendship with him, couldn't help but look at Yuan Xudong beside him and begged:

"Husband, can you help Chi Yanei?"

Hearing this, Yuan Xudong withdrew his gaze from Chi Yanei, looked at Zhang Haohao beside him and asked with a smile:

"Why, are you friends with him?"

"Well, we have some friendship. He has helped me before and helped me out of trouble. Today I just want to return a favor to him."

Looking up at Yuan Xudong, Zhang Haohao smiled and said:

"Husband, can you please help me repay this favor?"

"Okay, I'll help you repay this favor today."

"Thank you, my husband." Yuan Xudong smiled and continued to look at the field. Chi Yanei hesitated for a moment. In front of so many people around him, he actually wanted to lick the boots covered with stinky mud.

I don't know if he is really cowardly and stupid, or if he is just bearing the humiliation. At this time, Yuan Xudong walked over and said in a deep voice:

"Chi Pan, just stretch out your neck for him to chop. I want to see if he dares to kill someone in the street today!"

Hearing someone trying to get ahead, Ren Jiang frowned slightly. He turned around and was stunned. He was so scared that he quickly dropped his sword, knelt in the mud, kowtowed and begged for mercy:

"My lord, please spare my life, my lord, please spare my life."

Yuan Xudong was wearing a green dragon robe, and the people around him knelt down one after another. For a moment, he looked very majestic.

Looking at the many people kneeling around them, and then looking at Yuan Xudong standing in the center of the crowd, Zhao Pan'er and the other daughters couldn't help but feel honored. Their husbands were of noble status and were being worshipped by so many people. For a moment, their eyes were sparkling, and they were all very excited. They couldn't help but want to be favored by Yuan Xudong, to enjoy the pleasure under him, and to cry softly.

A man's power and status is a fatal attraction to women, especially beautiful women.

……

"Everyone, please get up. No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After asking the people around to stand up, Yuan Xudong looked at Ren Jiang and the others who were still kneeling on the ground and said in a deep voice:

"You are a river manager. What right do you have to kill people in the street without a trial? To you, what are the laws of the Song Dynasty?"

Hearing Yuan Xudong's reproach, Ren Jiang was so frightened that he knelt in the mud and explained:

"Your Highness, please forgive me. He delayed the river work. I just wanted to scare him, not really kill him. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"Delaying river affairs?"

Looking at Ren Jiang who still dared to quibble, Yuan Xudong said in a deep voice:

"The so-called dock boss is nothing more than the leader of the civilian foot trade. When will it be the turn of the common people to be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the docks, and the dredging and repair of the river? If Chi Pan is willing to assist, it is because he is grateful for the emperor's grace and wants to serve the court. As a supervisor, why don't you repair the dock in the first place, but instead show off your power here to hinder others from repairing it? What's the reason?!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know I was wrong. I will arrange for someone to repair the dock immediately."

Ren Jiang was so scared that he kowtowed repeatedly to admit his mistake.

"Since you know you are wrong, then accept the punishment. I see that you like to whip people, so I will punish you with fifty lashes."

Yuan Xudong said calmly.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please spare my life. I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong."

Ignoring Ren Jiang's pleas for mercy, the guards of the palace carried out the caning. Amid Ren Jiang's shrill screams, Yuan Xudong looked at Chi Yanei next to him and said with a smile:
"Chi Pan, take your men and continue to repair the dock. If anyone makes things difficult for you again, come to the palace and find me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely take my men to repair the dock as soon as possible."

Chi Yanei said excitedly that he was wantonly insulted by Ren Jiang, the person in charge of river affairs, today just because the other party was an official and he was just a commoner. Since ancient times, common people have not fought against officials. He suffered such a great humiliation today and he finally understood that even if he was extremely rich, he was still a lowly person in the eyes of those officials. Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, he was a businessman. If he wanted not to be bullied by those officials, he had to find a backer.

And now, he felt that he could first try to please Yuan Xudong, the noble prince. If he had the prince as his backer, surely no one would dare to bully him, right?

After encouraging Chi Yanei, Yuan Xudong left. He didn't take this little thing to heart. What he didn't know was that the stimulated Chi Yanei was preparing to curry favor with him and become a wealthy businessman with a powerful background, so that he would never be insulted like this again.

The carriage slowly drove towards Mahang Street. In the carriage, Yuan Xudong sat in the middle, and Zhang Haohao took the initiative to snuggle into his arms. She looked up at him, her beautiful eyes showing a hint of affection, and smiled charmingly:

"My dear husband, you were so majestic just now. My heart was intoxicated."

Hearing Zhang Haohao say this, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but smile, and the other women blushed with shame. Seeing Zhang Haohao flirting with Yuan Xudong so blatantly, Sun Sanniang couldn't help but whispered:

"You little bitch, you're really good at seducing men, and you don't even know how to be ashamed."

Hearing Sun Sanniang's muttering, Zhang Haohao was not annoyed. She raised her eyes and looked at Yuan Xudong. A pair of snow-white and delicate arms appeared from her sleeves. She climbed onto Yuan Xudong's neck and smiled:

"My husband, Sister Sanniang scolded me, but you didn't care about her."

"Who cares? Isn't she telling the truth?"

Looking down at Zhang Haohao in his arms, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"You are a little hoof, but my husband likes you."

As he said this, he put his right hand under Zhang Haohao's skirt.

"Hmm~"

……

The carriage drove into Ma Xing Street and finally stopped slowly in front of the Zhao Teahouse. Yuan Xudong got off the carriage first, and then took Zhao Pan'er and the other girls off the carriage by hand. The last person to be taken off the carriage by Yuan Xudong was Zhang Haohao. As soon as her feet touched the ground, her legs softened. If Yuan Xudong hadn't been supporting her, she would have almost fallen to the ground.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Pan'er and the other girls couldn't help but burst out laughing, then covered their mouths and laughed, unable to hold back their laughter.

Zhang Haohao blushed with shame for a moment, and felt ashamed to face people, so she threw herself into Yuan Xudong's arms, feeling extremely shy, and said in a coquettish voice:
"It's all your fault, it's all your fault~~"

"Haha~~"

"You're still laughing. Stop laughing."

Zhang Haohao was so embarrassed that she almost cried. Yuan Xudong picked her up and walked back into the carriage. He put her on the cushion and said with a smile:
"Okay, just rest in the carriage for a while."

"Hmm~"

Zhang Haohao hummed softly, and her two beautiful white legs were tightly pressed together under her skirt.

...(End of chapter)