Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chapter 563 A real man

The skinny monkey leader Zhao Yizhi arrived with several hundred of his clansmen.

"Hmph." Guan Song snorted coldly, tilted his head at Zhao Yizhi, and smiled slyly. "You've come at the right time. I've been wanting to teach you a lesson for a while now. Go! Beat him up!"

At Guan Song's command, the Guan family members pounced on the Zhao family like chickens swarming for food, a fierce and tidal wave.

Guan Song, holding a whistle, looked at the short, skinny monkey next to Zhao Yizhi and played a trick on him. The whistle, which was originally aimed at Zhao Yizhi's head, changed direction and went straight for the skinny monkey's head.

"Not good!" Zhao Yizhi had been practicing martial arts since childhood and had been rivals with Guan Song for over a decade. He knew Guan Song's nature well; this guy was used to bullying the weak. So he gritted his teeth, stretched out his arm, and blocked Guan Song's path.

With a muffled thud, Zhao Yizhi cried out in pain as his arm fell limply to his side, clearly broken.

Guan Song was dumbfounded. Although his Guan family was powerful and noble, no matter how powerful they were, they could never be more powerful than the royal family. He certainly didn't dare to do anything to Zhao Yizhi. He had picked an easy target, but he didn't expect Zhao Yizhi to be so stupid as to help that lowly commoner.

"Damn it, how dare you hurt our brother! Get him!" The Zhao clan members were completely enraged and started beating wildly with sticks. The Guan family members were not afraid either and all began to fight with deadly force. In just a few breaths, cries of pain filled the air as everyone was beaten black and blue, their heads bleeding.

Gu Ming stood in front of the people with his long sword. The Guan family dared not step forward, and the grain robbers dared not leave. Seeing the fighting in the field escalating and looking like soldiers were about to clash, he became anxious. However, the two groups fighting blocked the way, making it impossible to send someone to inform the government troops. Taking a detour would take a long time. What should he do?

"Ah, he has a knife!" A scream suddenly came from the Zhao family's house. It turned out that the Guan family members had gotten into a fight and someone had pulled out a dagger and stabbed someone. The war began to escalate and the situation began to deteriorate. People from both clans drew their daggers and engaged in close combat.

Zhao Yizhi, unable to bear it any longer, picked up a long stick that someone had left under the eaves to sweep dust, knocked a dagger from the hand of a member of the Guan family, rushed into the scene, and shouted, "We are all neighbors, we must not harm people!"

Holding a stick, Zhao Yizhi moved between the two clansmen, striking left and right to attract attention. For the past six months, he had been managing affairs in the community and had a very high reputation. Under his persuasion, most of the Zhao clansmen had kept some backup plans.

However, the Guan family did not think so, especially Guan Song. After he injured Zhao Yi, he was surrounded and beaten by several members of the Zhao family and got a good beating. Now, seeing Zhao Yi, who was still wielding a long stick with great power despite his broken hand, Guan Song felt a surge of jealousy. Since the beginning of this year, Zhao Yi had climbed up to that country bumpkin Wang Erniu and become a steward in the neighborhood. The Zhao family patriarch even praised him, saying that he handled things properly and made the Zhao family look good in Youzhou.

When the news reached the Guan family, everyone disliked him. Guan Song was also angry, wondering why everyone else was a playboy while he got better, but he was the one being scolded.

Guan Song looked at Zhao Yizhi, who seemed to be shining brightly in the crowd, and saw that the Guan family members were also showing signs of wavering. He could no longer hold back. Taking advantage of Zhao Yizhi's inattention, he snatched the dagger from the clansman next to him and stabbed him from the shadows. As the saying goes, it is easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. Zhao Yizhi was careless and was stabbed in the back.

"Uh...you!" Zhao Yizhi turned around, somewhat incredulous. Gu Shi, who had been watching them closely, could no longer hold back and attacked. With a flick of his soft sword, he slashed at Guan Song's hand. Guan Song released his hand, took a step back with a look of annoyance, and hid in the crowd of Guan family members.

"The Guan family has gone too far! Kill them!" Seeing Zhao Yizhi injured in front of them, the Zhao clan members showed no mercy and acted decisively and ruthlessly. In an instant, several members of the Guan family fell down.

"Stop... your hand..." Zhao Yizhi clutched his stomach, struggling to say something.

Gu Ming helped him up, "You should take care of yourself first."

Fortunately, the injury wasn't too serious. Seeing Lulu quickly open her bundle, take out a brand-new inner lining, and tear it into strips to bandage him.

Gu Ming turned his face away with some heartache. Lulu noticed something was wrong and quickly explained, "I made two extra sets for you at home. I'll get them for you later."

Gu Ming blushed slightly and gave a soft "Mmm." "I'll go help."

As they were talking, several more people fell over there, some from the Zhao family and some from the Guan family. Seeing all this, Guan Song became emboldened and shouted incitement, "Kill them, don't worry about the others, our Guan family will pay compensation!"

"You bastard, I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your father!" Gu Mingyi slapped him across the face, instantly causing half of his face to swell up.

The Zhao clan members became increasingly unrestrained, their blows almost drawing blood. Just as countless people were about to be killed or injured, the terrified refugees cried out, "Stop fighting! The soldiers are coming!"

With the clanging of clothes against armor, Zhang Biao and Zhang Hu led two thousand soldiers to surround the West Market. Some of the still-fighting people were knocked away by Zhang Hu with his long sword, instantly bringing them to a standstill. Everyone stopped fighting and looked around to see the two families wailing in agony.

Seeing that things were not going well, Guan Song quietly retreated. There was a door behind him that was either disturbed by the fighting or was just half-open. Seeing that he was about to retreat into the house, Gu Ming coldly called out, "Young Master Guan, where do you think you're going?"

Guan Song stood there stunned. Zhang Hu stepped forward and had his men take him away.

"Take them away!"

The soldiers were cleaning up the alley. In the chaos, nearly a dozen people were killed or injured. The wounded were sent to the hospital, and the others who were neither injured nor dead, along with all the Guan family members and the refugees who had looted, were all taken to prison.

Nearly two-thirds of the goods at Wangji's shop were looted.

The next day, Lin Er posted a notice stating that Wang Ji's shop had been looted and that some of his accomplices had been arrested. He requested that those who looted return the goods and compensate for the loss of the goods within the day. Anyone who failed to return the goods within the day would be required to pay three times the amount of silver as compensation and be sentenced to five days in prison the following day.

Nobody cared; everyone just assumed it was a case of the law not being enforced by the masses.

That afternoon, Ma Ying and the entire Guan family within five degrees of kinship had their homes ransacked. A notice was issued stating that Ma Ying had colluded with the Liao people and, with the Guan family's local connections as collateral, had committed numerous evil deeds. He was to be beheaded immediately and his head displayed to the public. Within half a day, Ma Ying, Guan Tianlai, Guan Song, and nearly ten others were beheaded in public.

This action became known throughout the city, and every household kept their doors tightly shut. However, Wang's shop quietly received a lot of goods and money returned by people surnamed Guan.

That evening, Zhang Biao approached Gu Ming and asked, "How is it going? How much more is needed? You can't be so reckless next time. Mr. Lin said you are his successor. If something happens because of this, it will be a huge loss."

Gu Ming smiled faintly and said to the tent, "A true man has things he will do and things he will not do. What is there to fear about death? Protecting the weak and ensuring their safety is simply what I should do."