20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 760: No Noble Son in a Poor Family

After Jiang Ya left, the atmosphere in the hall took a sharp turn for the worse.

Everyone knows that this matter cannot be let go like this.

Jiang Lianheng was still sitting on the bench. Before he could express his opinion, a patrol captain came out from Laochaili, probably the person in charge, and rushed to Chen Rui angrily. He raised his arm and hit him, cursing as he hit him: "Are you fucking blind? Whose daughter do you dare to touch?"

Chen Rui retracted his neck and raised his hands subconsciously to protect his head.

"Fuck, you still dare to hide?"

The patrol captain got anxious, grabbed Chen Rui by the collar, and slapped him on the head twice, then took him in front of Jiang Lianheng and shouted at him, "Speak up! Why don't you apologize now? Are you waiting for me to speak for you?"

Chen Rui had only been on the job for a short time, so it was inevitable that his words and actions were not appropriate. Even at this time, he was still just bowing desperately to apologize.

"Boss Jiang, please forgive my ignorance. I really didn't know that was your daughter. And, and I was just following orders..."

Before he could finish his words, the patrol captain's eyes widened, and he kicked him again, cursing with a red face, "Stop spouting shit here, kid. I asked you to arrest the students, who the hell asked you to hit the students?"

"I……"

"What are you talking about? Why don't you kneel down in front of Boss Jiang!"

Chen Rui was stunned when he heard this, he looked down at his uniform, and finally knelt in front of Jiang Lianheng.

When he knelt, the old men behind him all felt ashamed, especially the young ones who were not yet experienced. They felt a little uncomfortable because they could not bring themselves to do it.

But what else can we do if we don’t kneel?

In troubled times, heroes emerge from all directions, and anyone with a gun can become a king.

Patrolmen are just civilians with guns. If civilians have guns, they may not take patrolmen seriously. Besides, aren’t the Jiang family ordinary civilians?

Chen Rui admitted defeat. He knew that his arm was no match for his thigh. It was better to lose face than to lose his life, so he raised his hand and slapped himself in the face.

"I deserve to die, I deserve to die!"

"What the hell are you doing swatting flies?" The patrol captain cursed, "Didn't you eat? Try harder and show Boss Jiang your sincerity!"

With a series of crisp sounds, it sounded like a string of firecrackers were set off in the hall.

In just half a cigarette's time, several bloodstains appeared on Chen Rui's face, and his cheeks swelled up as if they were inflated.

"Boss Jiang, please consider that this is my first offense and I really don't know your young lady's background. Please be merciful and spare me!"

"Right, right, right," the patrol captain came close to Jiang Lianheng, bowed and smiled apologetically, "Boss, this kid is just blind. Why don't you give him a chance? I'll take care of him for you later. If you take care of this scumbag, you're just flattering him!"

Jiang Lianheng said nothing, nor did he respond or look at him.

The smile on the patrol captain's face gradually froze. He turned to look at Chen Rui and scolded, "Did I tell you to stop? Why are you still beating me? Where did your fierceness towards the students go?"

Seeing this, Chen Rui knew that he could not get away with this matter, and it was better to suffer a short pain than a long one, so he simply took ruthless action against himself.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

He slapped Chen Rui's face like it was free, several times in a row. When he looked at Chen Rui's face again, it was no longer just redness, swelling and bruises.

Not only was blood oozing from his mouth and nose, but even the whites of his eyes were covered in bloodshot.

The patrol captain stood nearby, looked around, frowned, and thought, this should be about the right time.
However, Jiang Lianheng never showed any intention of stopping.

Gradually, even Chen Rui himself could not stand it anymore. He swayed, leaned his hands on the ground, and said hesitantly: "Boss Jiang, I really know I was wrong..."

The patrol captain swallowed his saliva and was considering whether to go forward to persuade him again, but he saw Jiang Lianheng suddenly snorted coldly, kicked the ground and jumped up, snatching the baton from his waist.

All of a sudden, there was a whoosh sound of wind rising in the air!
Jiang Lianheng moved his arms vigorously, picked up the baton, swung his arm, and swept it straight towards Chen Rui's face.

"boom!"

The blow was so powerful that the sound alone was enough to make people tremble with fear.

Chen Rui was unable to dodge and he shook his head and fell to the ground immediately. His limbs were stiff and his whole body was tense and hard, as if he had touched an electric switch. Except for a "cluck" sound from his throat, he couldn't even utter a wail.

Who doesn’t have a few friends in this world?
Chen Rui is no exception.

Seeing his miserable state, several young masters hurriedly took half a step forward, wanting to go forward and check his injuries.

"What are you doing!"

Zhao Guoyan and Li Zhengxi immediately came to Jiang Lianheng's side, and the others also responded by lowering their hands to their waists, and rushed forward with a rumble.

Young Lao Chai hesitated. Although he cared about Chen Rui, they were not friends for life. He could only watch Chen Rui lying on the ground twitching.

After all, Lao Chai was not a high-ranking official.

They were of low status in the past and are still unwelcome now, otherwise there wouldn’t be such derogatory names as “stinky-foot patrol”.

The most important thing is that Lao Chai is not united in mind. Several of his superiors are old-fashioned and only want to smooth things over when encountering problems, trying to make big problems small and small problems disappear.

Old Xia from the prison hurried out to smooth things over.

"Oh, no, no, no, we are all old acquaintances, let's not ruin the relationship over such a small matter!"

Captain Xia is a veteran and used to work with the "super detective" Zhao Yongcai.

At that time, he was still a little brother, but now he can stand on his own. Relying on his longest friendship with Jiang Lianheng, he walked over and said with a smile:
"Boss Jiang, anger is bad for your health. Please take a seat first! This guy must have made a mistake first, but the police force in the provincial capital is tight recently. How about you wait a little longer until this storm has passed and then deal with him properly? What do you think?"

That's putting it mildly.

Even if Chen Rui was wrong in every way, you cannot beat him to death in the yamen just because of the clothes he was wearing.

If the emperor wants to kill a minister, he has to make up a crime!
Jiang Lianheng glanced at Lao Xia, threw his baton on the ground, sat down, and winked at Xifeng: "Wake him up."

After saying this, everyone immediately took action.

Drink tea here, splash water there, pinch the Ren Zhong point now, and raise the legs now.

After working for a while, Chen Rui finally came to life. His head was still confused, and he took a moment to calm down before he could speak.

During this time, Jiang Lianheng turned around and asked Lao Xia: "Where is the book that caught my daughter?"

"Hey you," Captain Xia shouted hurriedly, "Go to the evidence room and get that banned book!"

After a while, a thread-bound book was handed to Jiang Lianheng.

Although it is said to be a thread-bound book, the binding is extremely simple and looks more like a reading material that was randomly put together.

I flipped through it and found that it was indeed a handwritten copy. The arguments in it are well known and there is no need to elaborate on them.

Jiang Lianheng simply waved the manuscript in front of Chen Rui and asked, "Is this my daughter's book?"

Chen Rui slumped on the ground, his teeth were loose, blood was gushing from his mouth and nose, his eyes were squeezed into slits by his swollen face, and he shook his head with difficulty.

"do not know."

"I don't know. Why did you arrest my daughter?"

"I, I saw this book in her hand."

"From what you said, this book really belongs to my daughter?" "...No."

"Is it true?" Jiang Lianheng asked seriously.

"Yes... or no?"

Chen Rui has completely lost his own opinion. He no longer cares about the truth, but only cares about what Jiang Lianheng wants to hear.

Everyone in the Jiang family couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Chen Rui was so humiliated that he kept silent.

Jiang Lianheng waved the manuscript in front of Lao Xia and the patrol captain again and asked, "Two officers, what do you think?"

"Hey, Boss Jiang, you're asking unnecessary questions!" Captain Xia and the patrol captain laughed, "How could such a banned book belong to your family? It's obvious that someone must have framed you!"

Jiang Lianheng nodded, then turned to ask Chen Rui: "Did you see who gave this book to my daughter?"

Chen Rui was stunned, shook his head and said, "The situation was too chaotic at the time, I really didn't pay attention, I just saw Miss Jiang throw the book on the ground."

"Didn't you notice?" Jiang Lianheng snorted coldly, "I think you are deliberately shielding the students who are causing trouble!"

Chen Rui was stunned by what he said—a huge crime was just a rumor!

"No, I, I am arresting students..."

Jiang Lianheng did not allow him to finish his words. He turned to look at Lao Xia and the patrol captain and said, "I have heard that many officials in the city condoned the students' riots and secretly competed with the provincial government. Today's petition has caused such a big stir. It seems that the government should investigate its own people."

Upon hearing this, the two of them suddenly understood.

The charges were ready-made. Many prison bosses were actually Jiang family gang members. As long as Chen Rui was thrown into jail on the charge of "sheltering someone", he would never have a chance to walk out alive.

Considering Jiang Lianheng's identity as the "provincial capital's secret agent consultant", this kind of thing is a piece of cake for the Jiang family.

But is this really necessary?

The patrol captain came over, laughed dryly and said, "Boss, you see this kid really knows he is wrong. Ignorance is not a crime, and this is all orders from the higher-ups. This kid is still young, why don't you give him a chance to make amends for his crime?"

"Ignorance is not a crime. What Commander Wang said makes sense."

"You treat me like a human being!"

Jiang Lianheng did not respond. He walked up to the group of old men and continued, "My dear officers, the city has been in turmoil recently and the students are very impulsive. My daughter is young and naive and she did not greet you before. Since she is fine, I will not pursue the matter. However -"

Having said this, he suddenly paused and glanced at everyone.

"Let me make it clear. From today on, everyone has seen my daughter. Don't tell me you don't know her. If this happens again, I don't care what your reasons are or how high your official position is. If you dare to touch my daughter, you are planning to make a mortal enemy of me. Whoever comes forward to mediate will be included in my account."

Everyone looked at each other and dared not say a word.

Old Xia and the patrol captain were even more worried, knowing that they were the ones Jiang Lianheng was targeting.

"Okay, okay, Boss Jiang, don't worry—"

"I'm worried," Jiang Lianheng suddenly interrupted, "No one should tell me this nonsense, we'll see what happens in the future."

After saying that, he waved to his brothers.

"gone!"

Everyone started moving forward immediately.

Old Xia, along with several patrol captains, quickly followed behind, saying, "Have a nice day, Boss Jiang. Have a nice day, brothers!"

The remaining few young old men finally had time to come up to Chen Rui and asked about the situation in a low voice.

Chen Rui was seriously injured. Not only was his mouth full of blood, he was also dizzy, his stomach was churning, and he kept vomiting. It looked like he needed to be sent to the hospital for treatment urgently, but the brothers from the Jiang family had not left yet, so everyone had to wait where they were.

On the other side, Lao Xia and others sent Jiang Lianheng directly out of the prison yard.

"Boss Jiang, the world is in such a mess right now, please forgive me and don't take it to heart!"

"Okay, that's enough. Don't send me off any more!"

Jiang Lianheng waved his hand impatiently and was about to turn around and leave, but he saw another car approaching in the distance.

Perhaps because there were too many Jiang brothers on the street, the car stopped early, and then a figure slowly walked over with a hint of tentativeness.

"Oh, who was it that made such a big scene? It turns out to be Boss Jiang! We haven't seen each other for a long time!"

"Old money?"

Jiang Lianheng recognized that it was someone from the Su family, and he couldn't help but frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

Qian Boshun sighed, pointed at the prison building, and said, "My young master got into trouble and was arrested by the police. I'm here to take him back. What are you doing..."

"Hey, my girl was just picked up."

"Look, I don't know what's wrong with this child now. He's so worrying."

Jiang Lianheng smiled and said, "Your Su family has this tradition, but this is the first time for my daughter."

"You're making fun of me again!" Qian Boshun said with a bow. "Come on, I won't nag you any more. Don't wrong my young master any more. Please go slowly. When you come back, please say hello to your family for me!"

Jiang Lianheng nodded and led his men away.

Qian Boshun walked to the prison gate, and it happened that Lao Xia and others had not returned yet. The two sides met and explained the "misunderstanding" in a few words. Not long after, Su Run was released by the jailer, and took a car back to the Su family mansion before dark.

Then within half an hour.

Several wealthy and powerful gentry came to Fengtian No. 1 Prison. They used their connections and got their children out of prison.

Whether they are rich young men or sons of officials, they still eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks when they return home, as if nothing had happened.

Soon, the only people in the cell were students wearing cloth shoes.

Although they were simple, they were not stupid. As they watched several classmates leave the cell one by one, they gradually tasted the differences between them.

Only after all the rich kids on the list had left did the jailer come to the cell door carrying a lunch bucket.

"Bang!"

The jailer knocked on the bars with the spoon he was using to serve the rice, and said sarcastically, "How about this, are you stupid?"

The silver-gray beam of light in the cell disappeared. The students raised their heads in response, and there was no longer any light in their eyes.

The rice bucket was filled with something sticky and only slightly better than swill, and looked completely unappetizing.

The jailer certainly didn't care. He laughed as he served the rice, "Look at you, your family conditions are so poor, don't you know what's going on? Just study hard, why are you always making trouble for others?

"You bunch of little brats, you can't even handle the world as it is, yet you're thinking about overthrowing this and knocking down that. To put it bluntly, even if you were really given the chance, you wouldn't even know where to put your strength!
"Do you really think that you are the only ones who love the country, and that we are all born with lowly bones and love to be bullied by foreigners?

"Bring out some real stuff to cheer us up, instead of doing these empty talk all day long. Only when it's fishy and sharp can it be as good as a god!
"Come on, let's eat!"

No one said a word, but silently took the bowl, forced the sticky, cold food down, and then curled up in the shadow of the corner to slowly digest it...

(End of this chapter)