The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#257 - Report

Master Yao clearly didn't think he was inadequate, or rather, he could accept being inferior in skill and losing to his opponent, but not even lasting a single move and having his sword grabbed by the other party was a bit too embarrassing.

So afterwards, he gritted his teeth and remained silent, only pushing his own power to the limit, wanting to snatch his sword back from Lu Jing's hand.

However, he tried once but failed, the sword was completely unmoving in Lu Jing's hand.

Then he wanted to try a second time.

But before that, Lu Jing moved first, breaking his sword into two pieces.

Although he was a little surprised that the镖师 was knocked away by Lu Jing, he was not very worried, and his expression remained the same, because he still had Master Yao as his trump card.

A second-rate master was not too rare in the capital, but it was rare to encounter an opponent.

So Jiang Yuanmao never thought that a master like Master Yao would lose to an unknown ginseng merchant, and lose so embarrassingly and decisively.

He was restrained with only one sword strike, and in the end, even the sword he carried with him was broken into two pieces.

Witnessing this scene, the restaurant was now silent.

Although there were many Jianghu people among the guests who came to celebrate the birthday, they all knew that they were not Master Yao's opponents. Since Master Yao had been defeated, they would naturally only be defeated more thoroughly if they went up.

So those Jianghu people saw the situation was not good, and had already returned to their respective seats, pretending not to notice what happened here.

Jiang Yuanmao's eldest son looked around with an almost pleading gaze, but wherever his gaze reached, all the guests lowered their heads.

In fact, to say that there were people available, there were still many followers and guards downstairs, and there were also some Chang Le Gang members in the teahouse opposite, but firstly, it would take time for them to come up, and the distance between Lu Jing and Jiang Yuanmao was only five steps. With Lu Jing's skill, it would only take a blink of an eye to reach Jiang Yuanmao's side, and those people were far from being able to reach him.

Secondly, even if those people arrived in time, it was hard to say whether they could stop Lu Jing. Apart from Jiang's own guards, neither those镖师 nor the Chang Le Gang members would obviously risk their lives for Jiang Yuanmao.

So the current situation can be said to be very bad for Jiang Yuanmao.

However, Jiang Yuanmao was, after all, the head of a guild, and had seen many big scenes. He performed much better than his sons.

Although he was initially panicked, he calmed down after knowing that he could not escape, and said, "What do you want?"

"First return the batch of goods you seized this morning to him," Lu Jing pointed to Gu Caiwei and said, "Brother Gu is the first friend I made in the capital. He is very kind and took the initiative to tell me where to sell old ginseng, so I have to return the favor."

Gu Caiwei was stunned when she heard this, seemingly not expecting that this ginseng merchant from the north would help her, and the reason was actually just a casual chat she had earlier.

However, Gu Caiwei also knew that the opportunity was rare. If it weren't for this Mr. Feng helping her, it would be difficult for her to get her goods back from Jiang Yuanmao tonight.

Moreover, because Mr. Feng intervened, she also avoided completely falling out with the group of Qian Yuan Chamber of Commerce members. Of course, she had definitely offended Jiang Yuanmao badly.

But Jiang Yuanmao was originally her enemy, so there was no loss.

So she didn't decline, but added, "And my people."

"And his people." Lu Jing said to Jiang Yuanmao, "Did you hear that?"

Jiang Yuanmao took a deep breath, nodded expressionlessly, "I heard it."

Then he turned his head to his eldest son and said, "Go to the government and ask them to send the detained people and goods to Shopkeeper Gu's charcoal shop."

The eldest son did not hesitate, and immediately nodded in agreement, and then trotted downstairs.

Seeing this, Gu Caiwei couldn't help but remind, "Be careful he goes to the Imperial City Division."

Lu Jing didn't care when he heard this, "It's okay, anyway, my muscles and bones haven't been stretched tonight, it's better if he goes to the Imperial City Division to complain."

Lu Jing has now deeply realized the joy brought by the alt account.

If his main account was here, although his identity as a first-rate master could play a deterrent role, it would definitely not be so enjoyable. People, as long as they are alive, even if they are emperors, are always inevitably have many concerns.

For example, with his identity, it would definitely be inconvenient to fight with the Imperial City Division. If something goes wrong, he would be turned into a red name, and may even be put on the Imperial City Division's wanted list.

When facing Jiang Yuanmao, he also had to consider the Chang Le Gang and Prince Yun behind him. It didn't matter if it was just him, but he also had Gu Caiwei, and Gu Caiwei had a mother to take care of and a business to run.

On the contrary, it was more enjoyable to be Feng Jiulang's alt account, and he could do whatever he wanted.

After dismissing his eldest son, Jiang Yuanmao opened his mouth again and said, "Does Your Excellency have any other requests?"

The old man was really able to hold his breath. He hadn't even made a wish for his own birthday, and now he was playing Lu Jing's genie.

Lu Jing didn't answer immediately when he heard this, but asked back, "What do you think? What bad things have you done before?"

Jiang Yuanmao frowned and said with a righteous face, "I am doing serious business, and I have always acted openly and aboveboard. What can I be guilty of?"

"Hehe, don't take this kind of nonsense to fool people." Lu Jing turned his head and looked at the guests in the restaurant, "You guys, can anyone provide evidence of Jiang Guild Leader doing bad things?"

The result was naturally no one answered. Although the situation was stronger than others now, and everyone couldn't beat Lu Jing, they also didn't want to offend Jiang Yuanmao, the president of the Qian Yuan Chamber of Commerce, so no one spoke.

Lu Jing tapped the table again and said, "Anyone who can say it, I will let him live."

As soon as these words were spoken, it immediately caused a commotion among the guests.

What does this mean? Could it be that this Mr. Feng is planning to start a massacre next, turning Jiang Yuanmao's birthday banquet into a funeral hall? Is this guy so brutal?

But he's only one person, can he kill everyone? Is he not afraid of everyone fighting to the death?

Although most people thought that Lu Jing was bluffing, after a while, a voice broke the silence.

"I... I might know something."

The speaker was actually an acquaintance of Lu Jing, who had followed him into the restaurant earlier.

Perhaps because he didn't join the Qian Yuan Chamber of Commerce, and no one in his family was in business, although Xu Dianbu didn't want to offend Jiang Yuanmao, he wasn't as afraid of offending Jiang Yuanmao as others.

Especially when choosing between his own life and offending Jiang Yuanmao, it was obviously not very difficult for him.