The world is like a prison, my body is holy

Chapter 55: Three Points Destined

"Squeak."

The door of the Sanhe Gang's dark and damp cell opened, and Wang Wen walked slowly into the cell carrying two jars of old wine.

When the Sanhe Gang leaders imprisoned in the cell saw him, they all rushed to the cell door and cried for help as if they had found a lifeline...

However, Wang Wen didn't even bother to look at these people. He carried two jars of old wine and walked through the long corridor, stopping in front of the two innermost cells.

In the cell, two young men in silk clothes were lying and sitting, with different expressions on their faces when they saw him.

"Oh, I wonder whose rabbit god is so favored."

The man lying down squinted at him and sneered, his eyes full of hatred and venom. "So you're the top player of the Qinghe Gang, Mr. Wang Erhu! What's the matter? Are you here to laugh at me?"

"You too?"

Wang Wen glanced at him and sneered, "Don't act like you're full of hatred and resentment. I wasn't the one who did anything wrong, and I, Wang Lao Hu, don't owe you, Zhang Yu, anything. We're all in this together, and even if we don't admit right or wrong, we should at least have the magnanimity to accept defeat, right? Don't bring shame to your Sanhe Gang!"

"whispering sound."

Zhang Yu sneered and turned his head away from him: "It's not you who killed your whole family, so of course you say that."

Wang Wen squatted down and unscrewed two jars of old wine. "I don't have the same appetite as your family. I can't bring about such a disaster that will kill your whole family...Okay, you're already dying, so don't bother me. Even if I drag you out and beat you up now, I won't feel any sense of accomplishment."

Zhang Yu glared at him, but did not dare to provoke him any further.

Wang Wen looked up at Zhang Qing, who was leaning against the wall in the corner with a dazed look on his face, his head lowered. He lifted a jar of wine, clinked it with another, and took a large gulp. "I've heard about your kindness from my uncle-in-law... Thank you, Brother Qing!"

According to Jiang Jin, when he led his men into the Sanhe Gang last night, Zhang Qing's hands and feet were chained by his father and he was locked in the woodshed.

It was because Zhang Qing not only repeatedly pleaded for mercy for him and Xu Ergou and the others, but also tried to secretly send them a letter to force them out of the city...

There are some things that Wang Wen has only just figured out completely.

Zhang Yuan, the leader of the Sanhe Gang, has two sons.

The eldest son Zhang Yu is Wang Erhu's number one enemy in Lichunyuan.

The second son, Zhang Qing, is Wang Wen's right-hand man in the Dusi Tianjian, and his status is equivalent to Xu Ergou.

As the eldest son of the Zhang family, Zhang Yu had long known part of the plans of his father Zhang Yuan and the White Lotus Sect, so when the Astronomical Observatory was first opened, he refused to go undercover no matter what.

Zhang Qing, the naive second son, thought he had finally gotten a great deal from his always-eating and greedy eldest brother, and happily went to the Astronomical Observatory to report...

What happened next is very clear.

Zhang Qing was Wang Wen's right-hand man, and they were brothers from the same gang. Wang Wen was almost defenseless against him. He even revealed to him some of the information he had heard from Zhao Zhiling and others without hesitation.

And how could a young fledgling like Zhang Qing be a match for a veteran like his father Zhang Yuan?

It can be said that every day when Zhang Qing returned home from get off work, his father Zhang Yuan would tell him everything he saw and heard in the Dusi Tianjian Yamen during the day... I'm afraid Zhang Yuan even knew what color underwear Wang Wen wore every day.

This included the incident a few days ago when Wang Wen quit his job and returned to his official residence and stayed indoors because Zhao Zhiling, Ji Liang and other Taoist priests suspected him of having a relationship with Huang Xingde.

It was from that incident that Zhang Yuan concluded that the Chief Astronomical Observatory had already suspected the Cao Gang, and that Huang Xingde had most likely learned of the matter from Wang Wen and traced the matter back to him. Zhang Yuan's judgment was indeed accurate, and the facts proved to be just as he had predicted.

The only deviation from his expectations was that Huang Xingde's sense of smell was more sensitive than he expected, and his reaction was faster and more brutal than he expected!

The reason why Zhang Yuan and his men chose to take action last night was because Wang Wen had driven all of his Cao Gang disciples back home yesterday, giving them the illusion that their crimes were about to be exposed.

It should be noted that among the one hundred or so Cao Gang disciples under Wang Wen, half are from the Qinghe Gang and the other half are from the Sanhe Gang.

In the eyes of Zhang Yuan and the others, isn't Wang Wen just guarding against their Sanhe Gang?
This is also why Zhang Yuan personally brought people to surround the Qinghe Gang and block Wang Wen last night.

Because they didn't dare to let Wang Wen go home to meet Huang Xingde.

They were unwilling to confront Huang Xingde head-on, so they had no choice but to resort to this last resort.

Even Wang Wen himself did not expect that his good intention of sending his brothers back home to hide from the limelight yesterday because he was worried that there might be changes in the Dusi Tianjian Office would eventually become the fuse of a fight.

All I can say is that everyone can only stand on their own standpoint and make the most favorable judgment based on what they see and hear.

As for whether this judgment is right or wrong, whether it succeeds or not, it all depends on God's will.

Maybe this is what it means... 30% is determined by fate and 70% depends on hard work?

No one is omnipotent and omniscient.

……

Zhang Qing looked up at Wang Wen blankly and asked in a hoarse voice, "You killed my father?"

Overnight, this handsome young man aged ten years, and even had strands of white hair in his hair.

Wang Wen felt depressed and heavy at heart. He lifted the wine jar and took another gulp of wine. He exhaled the alcohol and said in a muffled voice, "I can't do anything. He wants to kill my father!"

Zhang Qing closed his eyes in agony and said in a hoarse, trembling voice, "No matter what, the hatred for killing my father is irreconcilable. You and I... are no longer friends and will never see each other again in this life!"

Wang Wen's face was gloomy. He shook the jar of wine in his hand again and clinked it heavily with the jar of wine in front of the prison door. "You can mix them up, but I have to distinguish one thing from another."

He raised his head and drank the wine in the jar in one gulp. He stood up and said, "You won't die. I've already asked my uncle to plead for you. He will let you go tonight. You definitely can't go back to the Metropolitan Observatory, and it's difficult for you to stay in Yangzhou City anymore. Go on your own. There is always a place for you in the world."

After a pause, he added in a more serious tone, "If you want revenge, I'll take it anytime. We'll all leave our fate to fate, but you'd better come after me personally, otherwise... you know my temper. If I get angry, I'll do anything, but don't force me to dig up the graves of your Zhang family's eighteenth generation ancestors!"

Zhang Qing closed his eyes and replied calmly, "If you don't remove the roots, you will regret it."

Wang Wen glanced at him and said, "You'd better not make me regret it. It won't do you any good."

After saying that, he turned around and strode out of the prison door, sighing softly in his heart.

He is not afraid of having one more enemy. Who doesn’t have ten or eight enemies when they are out there?
If you are afraid of making enemies, then don't go out and just stay at home and be a good kid, wouldn't that be better?

He just felt a little sorry that he lost a friend...

(End of this chapter)