The Incense Monopoly Order

Chapter 94 I Don’t Take Profit
"I also want to know how the Chen family is going to give me an explanation!" Shang Jinliang walked with a brisk pace, a stern face and glaring eyes as he pushed aside the Chen family members and walked in.

He brought a lot of people with him, some of whom Shang Mingshu knew and some of whom she didn't. They were all well-known people in Hangzhou.

"The clan leader looks down on us, an orphan and a widow. He can just separate us from the Chen family. There is no need to make such a fuss." Mrs. Chen and Shang Jinliang arrived one after another.

Faced with everyone's doubts, Patriarch Chen, who was obviously in the wrong, was speechless and his hands were shaking so much that he didn't know how to respond.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding..." Seeing that Patriarch Chen was cornered and powerless, an influential member of the Chen clan stepped forward to smooth things over. "The tea recipe is related to the interests of our Chen clan. The Patriarch is overly worried, so he was deceived. I think the most hateful thing is to deceive and provoke the Patriarch."

After saying this with a smile, his expression changed: "Come here, go and tie Chen Jin back!"

In order to clear himself, Chen Jin arranged to go out for a social event with Mr. Chen early this morning. He never expected that Chen Che had found a witness from the beginning and saw him informing the Chen clan leader with his own eyes. Therefore, he was ruthlessly kidnapped from the dining table of Yuzhuan Pavilion by the Chen clan members. He himself could not figure out where the mistake was made.

Chen Yuanwai came back with Chen Jin. Seeing so many people, including Mrs. Chen and Chen Che, he hurried to the head of the Chen clan without asking any questions. "Head, even if Jin'er committed a grave offense, you shouldn't have kidnapped her in public. How can Jin'er hold her head up high in the future?"

"Mr. Chen is absolutely right. Even if we have committed a huge mistake, we should not kidnap people in public. How can I live my life in the future?" Shang Zishu looked indignant.

"you shut up……"

"you shut up!"

Mr. Chen and the head of the Chen clan spoke in unison. Mr. Chen was talking to Shang Zishu, and the head of the Chen clan was talking to Mr. Chen. At the same time, they hit Mr. Chen's knee hard with their crutches.

Chen Yuanwai felt a pain in his knees and fell to the ground with a thud. He looked up in confusion and said, "Clan leader!"

"What a good son you raised!" Clan leader Chen, finding a scapegoat, scolded Mr. Chen as well. "A son of illegitimate is a son of illegitimate. He has no sense of the bigger picture and only stirs up trouble in the family. This little woman raised a petty-minded son! Chen Jin, for his own selfish reasons, spreads mischief and harms Chen Che. Today, I ask you, is Chen Jin a descendant of the Chen family?"

"Chief, could there be a misunderstanding..." No matter how stupid Mr. Chen was, he knew that Chief Chen wanted him to make his own choice.

Since Chen Jin is a descendant of the Chen family, he must be punished according to the Chen family rules.

They said Chen Jin was not a descendant of the Chen family, so he could escape punishment while alive, but he would never be able to touch the Chen family's business again in his lifetime.

"The evidence is conclusive. Tell me for yourself whether he is a descendant of the Chen family!" Patriarch Chen didn't want to argue and wanted to get over the matter as soon as possible.

Mr. Chen finally realized that something was wrong and turned to look at Chen Jin.

Chen Jin looked at Shang Zishu. Shang Zishu seemed aggrieved, but in fact she raised her eyebrows provocatively at Chen Jin.

When they first met in Huizhou Prefecture, Shang Zishu never thought that one day, she and Chen Jin would fight to the death.

Closing his eyes, Chen Jin knew he had completely lost this round. Before Chen Yuanwai could speak, he knelt down with a thud: "As a descendant of the Chen family, if I have done anything to bring shame to the family, I will be punished as you wish."

No matter how severe the punishment is, he cannot lose his identity as a descendant of the Chen family. He cannot return to that small mountain village and associate with those common people who work hard.

"Alright, since you acknowledge yourself as a descendant of the Chen family, you must recite Article 11 of the Chen Family Rules!" Patriarch Chen commanded coldly. Taking a deep breath, Chen Jin gritted his teeth and said, "All members of the family must maintain family harmony. Those who disregard brotherly love, harbor ill intentions, and engage in provocative acts, causing discord within the family, will be punished with thirty lashes."

"Do you recognize it?" Patriarch Chen finally regained a bit of dignity.

"I..." Chen Jin didn't want to admit it, but he knew that if he tried to argue, saying that he hadn't explicitly accused Chen Che of stealing the tea recipe and that it was the clan leader's own misjudgment, the consequences would be even more unimaginable. "I admit it."

"Jin'er!" Mr. Chen's face was filled with horror.

The Chen family rules were approved and tacitly accepted by the government, and the government would not hold him accountable even if he was beaten to death with thirty lashes.

Minister Chen was at the Chen family. He had never been whipped, but he had seen it.

Chen's law enforcers learned how to wield whips soaked in salt water all year round since childhood, and two lashes would be enough to tear the skin and flesh apart.

"Dad, I shouldn't have worried about the family tea recipe being leaked. I made a rash guess without checking, which led to the humiliation of my brother and Madam Shang Er. I deserve to be punished." Chen Jin knelt straight. His courage to take responsibility made many people look up to him.

"Clan leader, clan leader..." Chen Yuanwai couldn't bear it any longer. "Jin'er is weak and frail. Thirty lashes will kill him. Clan leader, can you please show some mercy and reduce the punishment?"

Clan leader Chen also knew that it was his impatience. He said, "It was Chen Jin's fault. The victims were Chen Che and Madam Shang Er."

"Chen Che, Jin'er is your brother no matter what! Do you really want to kill him? You are so hard-hearted, cruel and ruthless, and you don't care about your brothers. Who in the Chen family will dare to associate with you in the future?" Chen Yuanwai loved Chen Jin, and had only disgust and criticism for Chen Che.

"Mr. Chen." Shang Zishu couldn't bear to watch. She didn't give Chen Che a chance to confront Mr. Chen. "You're right. Although Chen Jin was born out of wedlock, he is also your flesh and blood. No matter how partial Mr. Chen is, it's not easy for Chen Che to disobey his father. As a son, you have to be filial and let someone who is not worthy of being your father drink blood and gnaw bones.

For your sake, I, the victim, can be spared."

Chen Yuanwai's face was distorted by Shang Zishu's retort. Chen Che was unwilling to compromise with Shang Zishu, but Shang Zishu held out her hand to stop him. "But I remember that the Chen family rules have been reported to the government and approved by the court. How can we change them overnight? How is this different from ignoring the law of the country? The law of the country cannot be violated, but the relationship between father and son cannot be ignored. Let's compromise."

"How to compromise?" asked the person who had just stepped forward to smooth things over from Chen's side.

Shang Zishu's eyes turned and said, "Chen Jin is frail, and thirty lashes would kill him. So he will take ten lashes first, and then he will take another ten lashes after he recovers. That's thirty lashes in total, and I accept it."

As soon as she finished speaking, many members of the Chen family gasped.

There is a saying that a short pain is worse than a long pain!
No one answered for a moment. Shang Zishu looked left and right, pretending to be surprised: "What? Ten lashes are not enough? Then five lashes, take the punishment in six times. Don't worry, I'm not a pawnshop, I don't charge interest."

Patriarch Chen's face twitched, and he turned to ask Chen Jin: "Do you have any objections?"

Chen Jin looked away from Shang Zishu with a gloomy look: "Chen Jin has no objection."

"Since it's meaningless, why don't you thank Madam Shang Er for her generosity and sparing your life?" Mrs. Chen sneered.

This bastard Chen Jin hated them so much that no matter how many times he was humiliated, he would not feel grateful at all. Why should she let go of such an opportunity?
(End of this chapter)