Rebellious Contract Beast

In Jiangzhou City, on an unknown street near the west of the east city, several thugs from the west of the city suddenly broke into a shop. After a while, the sound of smashing things was heard from inside, along with a man begging.

"Gentlemen, please stop smashing things! Please stop smashing things! If you find anything valuable, take it away!"

"How much are these junks worth? Return the money quickly!"

"Don't think you can get away with this debt just because your brother is dead. If he dies, you will have to pay it back!"

"I, I don't have that much money, this is really all I have left!"

"Just these few coins? Keep throwing them!"

"..."

The constant noise coming from the shop quickly attracted the attention of the people around. Pedestrians from the surrounding shops and those passing by gathered around. Someone seemed to know something and explained to the confused people: "Those people are the thugs in the Love Casino. We call the man in the shop Lao Wencai. He has a hard life. His family was living well, but his disappointing brother went to the Love Casino to play cards with others, lost money, and borrowed a lot. Now they are here to collect the debt."

"What happened to Lao Wencai's younger brother?"

"Of course he's dead. I haven't heard anyone say that."

"I heard half a month ago that the house built by Old Wencai seemed to have been demolished, and his wife and children don't know where they live now."

"The thugs from Love Casino, didn't they come here a few days ago? Why are they here again now?"

"You don't know what kind of people they are. They are willing to kill you just to get the money."

"..."

Apparently having heard the discussion of the crowd outside, several thugs immediately walked out of the store, pointed their shiny steel knives at the crowd, and shouted fiercely: "What are you yelling about? Shut up, everyone. If you dare to pull the fried dough twist again, I'll kill you!"

"Did you hear that? You want to die, right?"

"You dare to owe money to our Lefu Casino? You are tired of living!"

"Lao Wencai! I'll ask you one last time, do you have any money?"

"My lords! Please let me go! I really have no money. My family can't even afford to eat. Besides... besides, I have already paid back what I owe you. Why is this happening?"

"You're still a rotten mother! Nine out of thirteen return. Do you know how many months your brother owes us?"

"Five months! Your brother borrowed fifty taels of silver. Calculating the monthly interest, it has now reached one hundred and fifty taels! You and your brother have already paid back seventy taels, and now we still need eighty taels!"

"Eighty taels? Who has that much silver? You are trying to kill me!"

"No, right? Well then! Your daughter and your wife will each pay off the debt with 20 taels!"

"No! No!"

Lao Wencai shouted loudly. No one outside saw what happened inside afterwards. They only heard the sounds of smashing things in the shop became more frequent and more intense.

As ordinary people, faced with such a scene, all they could do was to mind their own business or watch from afar, and no one dared to step forward to stop it.

"what!!"

Suddenly, a little girl's scream came from the shop, causing everyone in front of the door to tremble violently.

"This voice belongs to Old Wencai's daughter!"

"Why did you bring the doll into the store? Now you've been caught. What a sin!"

"None of these people in Love Casino has any humanity!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, or they will hear you!"

"Is there anything wrong with what I said? It's simply inhumane that they didn't even let go of such a small child."

The screams of the struggling girl in the shop became louder and more miserable. Old Wencai knelt on the ground and moved his body over, crying and begging the thugs to let his daughter go, but the other party ignored him. Several people rushed forward and searched the shop inside and out, apparently trying to find his wife again.

Fortunately, they did not get what they wanted in the end.

"Take this kid back to pay off the debt first."

"Good."

"Gentlemen! This won't do! I beg you, please let my Ni'er go, she is still so young..."

"Get out of here, if you grab me again I'll break your legs."

One of the thugs kicked Lao Wencai away, then picked up the crying girl and walked out.

Just when people were feeling hopeless about Lao Wencai's experience, a gap was suddenly opened in the crowd, and several burly, ferocious-looking men forced their way out.

"Get out of the way! The Tiger Gang is doing business, please don't block our way!"

When they heard that they were members of the Tiger Gang, the crowd dared not block the road and quickly moved to the sides.

As soon as the big men appeared, they came directly in front of the thugs. The leader asked fiercely, "Where are you guys from?"

"You are?"

"Are you deaf? We are from the Tiger Gang!"

"Oh, so you are a member of the Tiger Gang. I am so sorry for your disrespect."

"What are you doing here? Do you know that this is the territory of the Tiger Gang?"

"We are guys from the Love Casino. Someone owes us money and we came here to collect it."

"Collecting debts?" The leading burly man glanced at the shop, which was in a mess. He turned his head and looked at the little girl who was being held by the hand by one of the thugs. Her eyes were red and there were traces of tears on her face.

When several Tiger Gang disciples showed up with ferocious looks on their faces, the little girl was so scared that she stopped crying.

"Who owes you money? Him?" The leading man finally set his sights on Lao Wencai. At this time, he was still kneeling on the ground, looking at the people from the Tiger Gang, his eyes becoming more and more uneasy.

Upon hearing this, the thugs of the Love Casino immediately said, "Yes, he still owes us eighty taels of silver, including the principal and interest. He has no money, so we can just use his daughter to pay off the debt. We will leave immediately."

"Why are you walking? Stand right here."

The leading burly man waved his hand, and the Tiger Gang disciples behind him immediately surrounded them, blocking the way of the thugs.

After doing all this, he pointed at Lao Wencai on the ground, but looked at one of the disciples and asked, "Did Lao Wencai pay the protection fee this month?"

Hearing this, the disciple took out the account book and flipped through it. After a while, he nodded and said, "I paid it. Two hundred coins."

The leading man grinned and laughed: "Hand it in, then it will be easy."

Then he looked at the thugs, pointed a steel knife at one of them, and shouted, "Let him go! You dare to cause trouble on the territory of the Tiger Gang, are you tired of living?"

As soon as these words came out, the thug leading the Love Casino suddenly looked gloomy: "Brother, what do you mean by this?"

"Don't you understand what I'm saying? I told you to get lost!" "It's only natural to pay back your debts. Don't the people from the Tiger Gang even understand this?"

"Ha! Don't others know what kind of people these gossipers in your Love Casino are? I don't want to get involved in your trivial matters. We are also doing things for money. Since the person has paid the protection fee, I, the Tiger Gang, have to keep him safe! At least nothing can happen on our territory, get out of here!"

The leading man shouted this very loudly, and the onlookers looked as if they had seen a ghost. Old Wencai was also a little confused.

The sun comes out in the west?

This protection fee is called protection fee, but the shop owners on this street are all aware that it can only be regarded as a disguised form of extortion. If they don't pay it, the people from the Tiger Gang will come to the store to cause trouble every day. No one can stand it, so they can only spend some money to buy peace.

As for helping people settle things?

No need to think about it!
While everyone was thinking about it, the confrontation atmosphere over there became tense.

"I told you to release the person and get out of here right away, do you hear me?"

"roll!"

"If you don't get out of here, I'll kill you!"

"..."

The leader of the Love Casino had an increasingly gloomy expression on his face. After a long silence, he looked at the leader and said coldly, "Don't you guys want to follow the rules?"

"Rules? In this area, the rules of the Tiger Gang are the only rules. Why, you don't accept it?"

"..."

"roll!"

"Did you hear me? I'll count to three. If you don't get out of here, you'll have to stay here."

The leading thug had a gloomy face and said nothing, but the leading thug on the Tiger Gang's side had already started counting down.

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

He counted three times quickly, and seeing that the other party was not leaving, the leading man waved his hand, and a dozen Tiger Gang disciples squeezed out from behind the crowd, each holding a steel knife in his hand and with a hostile look on his face.

Seeing this, the thugs from Love's Casino quickly put the girl down, turned around and ran towards the west of the city, not daring to stay any longer.

There are too many people in the Tiger Gang. If a fight really breaks out, they would be courting death.

Watching them run away, the big man in the lead shouldered the steel knife and couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, what a bunch of cowards!"

After laughing, he saw several thugs disappear from his sight. The leading man looked at everyone and said, "Did you see it? This is the result of causing trouble in the Tiger Gang!"

"Our new gang leader said that from today on, as long as someone pays the protection fee, all the Tiger Gang members are obliged to protect his family! As for those who haven't paid the protection fee... why don't you pay it quickly? What are you waiting for?"

"Also, the Tiger Gang will never let anyone who causes trouble in our territory go! If anyone dares to cause trouble in your store, just come to the hall and tell us. Remember! Tiger Gang disciples are professionals in settling disputes! Did you hear me?"

"it is good!"

Some people started clapping, and with the sound of clapping, more people couldn't help but applaud, and the applause lasted for a long time.

In addition to here, the same thing is happening in other places. No one knows when, the Tiger Gang seems to have returned to the past and become the Tiger Gang that punished evil and eliminated evil.

The Tiger Gang also followed the ideas of a certain contracted beast, and its reputation gradually improved.

Time passed, and soon it was New Year's Eve. Early in the morning, the young members of the Zhu family went out to worship their ancestors under the leadership of their elders. In the evening, the Zhu family held a family dinner. Some young members of the Zhu family showed their talents to their elders and wrote various poems and lyrics. However, these had nothing to do with the old witch He Jianchuyun.

After all, to the Zhu family, she was just an outsider. She was just going through the motions in this family dinner. During the process, she met Zhu Birong and her mother Peng. Peng Hu looked at her as if he wanted to cut her into pieces, but He Jian Chuyun ignored her, rolled her eyes and continued to wander around.

Through this family dinner, Shen Yi finally met Zhu Jianqing, the mysterious head of the Zhu family.

He is obviously almost seventy years old, but he looks like he is less than thirty. He is elegant, calm, reserved and very handsome.

Shen Yi could only sigh that he was worthy of being the youngest patriarch among the four major families in Jiangzhou City, but what made him want to complain was that Zhu Yandong, who was obviously Zhu Jianqing's eldest son, looked older than his father.

It's really magical.

After New Year's Eve, Zhuhong took four maids out to buy a lot of dishes, preparing to make a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner. However, just as the dishes were ready, Zhu Yandong came with the purpose of taking Hejian Chuyun to Qingshui Songyuan. From what he said, it was Hejian Yanqiu who wanted her to go over and spend the New Year with her.

There was no choice but for He Jianchuyun to go.

"How is Auntie these days?"

"Ah."

"..."

On the way, she asked Zhu Yandong about some family matters, but he just hummed and hummed, and didn't say much. Seeing that he didn't want to talk, He Jian Chuyun shut up and said nothing more.

The atmosphere between the two was very stiff and awkward.

Fortunately, the distance from Mingyanyuan to Qingshuisongyuan was not long, and under the leadership of Zhu Yandong, she quickly reached her destination.

As soon as she entered the door, the first thing she saw was a young man in his twenties, who looked 70% like Zhu Jianqing, riding on a wooden horse, teasing a child in front of him with a tiger ball hanging from a branch.

When she saw this person, a look of confusion suddenly appeared on her face.

That child was none other than her cousin Zhu Yanfeng. As for this young man...

Wan had not been married to the Zhu family for long. Although she had given birth to a son, he was still very young. The illegitimate sons born to other concubines were not allowed to enter the main courtyard at will, so his status...

Probably guessing something, as expected, when he saw the two people coming in, the young man immediately turned his head and kept his eyes on He Jian Chu Yun, while greeting Zhu Yandong: "You are back so soon? Who is this person?"

When the young man was about to finish his words, he looked at Zhu Yandong, and he replied expressionlessly: "She is your cousin, He Jian Chu Yun."

"Oh! So it's cousin Chu Yun. No wonder you've grown so big." As he spoke, he pinched Zhu Yanfeng's head and pushed him aside. He stood up and walked over, looking at her face and asked, "Do you still recognize me?"

"Uh, Chu Yun has met his cousin."

"You're welcome. We're all family. By the way, I saw you when you were a child. You were so small and cute back then. How come you've changed so much now?"

"Uh..." He Jianchuyun looked embarrassed. It was such a long time ago that she had no impression of this second cousin.

He turned to look at Zhu Yandong for help, but the other party had a sour face and walked towards the hall without saying a word.

Only she, Zhu Yanhan and Zhu Yanfeng were left.

...(End of chapter)