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Chapter 44: Talking
Geng Xuan's gaze suddenly paused, and his mind was filled with agitation.

"Is the child really lost?"

The woman was running and shouting in the street like crazy, and some people followed her. From their discussions, we could tell that they were all from the same neighborhood as the woman, and when they saw this happening, they instinctively gathered together and wanted to help.

As they ran down the street, the news spread quickly.

Geng Xuan, who was thinking about this matter in his mind, suddenly his eyes focused, and he immediately left the room and walked quickly downstairs.

But when the woman walked to the entrance of the market, she was stunned for a moment, as if she remembered something, and rushed in.

The people from the same neighborhood who followed her naturally followed.

All eyes that were paying attention to this matter were drawn to this group of people's actions.

The woman who rushed in had a clear target, which was the area where the vendors in Changpingfang were located.

To be more precise, it is the room where Geng Xuan, Chen Rongshan and others sat and drank tea this morning.

……

When Geng Xuan rushed out of the teahouse and came to the area where the vendors in Changpingfang were located, the place was already noisy and chaotic.

Uncle Chen, Uncle Liao, Uncle Li and a few others were blocked at the door. The woman cursed them for being heartless and kidnapping her child, and at the same time begged them to return the child to her.

Faced with the woman's completely insane words, Chen Rongshan and others felt helpless.

What’s even more frustrating is that the woman refused to listen to any explanation and demanded that they return her son to her.

If she were alone, it would be easy to deal with such unreasonable behavior and tantrums.

But at the beginning, the woman was followed by many people from the same neighborhood, who gathered together with her.

Soon, the vendors and guards in the same block were alarmed and gathered around.

The cultivation level and number of these guards were similar to those of Chen Rongshan and others. Although they did not support the woman, they stood next to Chen Rongshan and others, clearly to prevent them from using force on the woman.

There's no need to force it. Faced with a woman who has lost her son and has gone completely crazy, is it still possible to reason with her?

The situation is at a standstill here.

At this moment, a fierce man rushed out of the crowd and punched Chen Rongshan in the face with endless anger.

Chen Rongshan, who was full of anger, did not tolerate him. He clenched his fist and exerted force gently. The man's arm twisted like a rope and he fell to the ground with a scream.

The woman, who had originally only spoken verbally, screamed and rushed towards Chen Rongshan with her teeth and claws bared.

Faced with this scratching that actually had no lethality, Chen Rongshan could only avoid it and could not fight back.

This makes the situation even more confusing.

Such a farce not only attracted all the people in the market, but also people from outside kept pouring in.

"What's the fuss about?"

A roar sounded.

Then everyone saw several men in black clothes and tight suits forcing their way through. Anyone who blocked the way and did not actively avoid them was forcibly pushed aside. Those who were too crowded to be pushed aside were grabbed and thrown to the side.

Soon, the group came to Chen Rongshan and others.

A middle-aged man came out, and Geng Xuan in the crowd discovered that this man was the man who gave him a bronze token in the morning.

"What's going on?" the man asked seriously.

Chen Rongshan said, "Manager Yan, this matter is actually very simple. Not long after you left this morning, a child ran in..."

He briefly recounted the incident and finally said:

“Manager Yan, this woman lost her child, we won’t bother with her.

But she is crazy. Are the people in Yong'anfang brainless?
If they continue to follow her and make trouble, we will not tolerate it any longer!"

The leader of Yong'anfang standing next to him said:

"Chen Rongshan, when did we start to join in the shouting and clamoring?

We were just afraid that you would assault a woman, so we kept a closer eye on you. Is that wrong?

Besides, no matter what, she lost her child, which has something to do with you..."

"What do you mean by 'some relationship'? Explain yourself clearly!" Another person from Changpingfang stood up and said dissatisfiedly.

Before the people from Kangleji came forward, both sides were still restrained. Now that they have spoken out, the situation is becoming even more tense.

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "Okay, I've heard about this matter clearly. How do you plan to solve it?"

"How to solve it? What does this have to do with us?
She can go find her child wherever she wants, just stop going crazy around us."

As soon as Changpingfang expressed its attitude, the woman went crazy again and rushed up to scratch him regardless of anything.

Although they knew that they were not making sense, but in this situation, with so many eyes on them, the guards of Yong'anfang did not dare to back down. They just said that Changpingfang was too indifferent and they should at least give an explanation.

The two sides were at a stalemate.

The middle-aged man said, "Since you can't come to an agreement, how about going to the museum and asking the chief judge to make the decision?"

Both parties have no objection to this.

This matter must be resolved, we can't just let it stay here forever.

The people in Changpingfang felt that they had suffered an unexpected disaster, but several people in Yonganfang also felt that they were controlled by the "public opinion" in the neighborhood.

Hope things can be resolved sooner.

Although, before this, matters within the neighborhood were basically handled within the neighborhood, and conflicts between neighborhoods were resolved between them without involving a third party like Kangleji.

However, today's incident happened in Kangleji. As the two sides were in a stalemate, Kangleji was willing to come forward to arbitrate the matter, and both sides had no objection.

However, they also put forward a requirement, that is, the abbots of both families must be present when Kangleji makes the final decision.

After the negotiation, the group left the market and headed towards the recreation center in the center of the market.

When others heard about the excitement, they also crowded along to join in.

Geng Xuan followed the crowd into the recreation center and looked around curiously.

Because there were practitioners in black clothes and tight outfits maintaining order, although there were many people in the recreation center at the moment, they were all very well-behaved. They each found a suitable seat and waited quietly.

This incident was also a sudden accident for the recreation center, and emergency arrangements were being made. Someone moved a large, square, old wooden table out of a room and placed it on a high platform that everyone could see. Chairs were placed around the wooden table.

Geng Xuan, who was mixed in the crowd, watched all this, while in his mind he was searching for relevant information from his previous memories and some previous chats with Mr. Chai.

In Kangle Group, the person who truly holds power is called the "sitting master", and the most powerful person among them is called the "grand master". There is a reason for this.

There is no government in Kangleji, but in such a place where good and bad people mix together, disputes and conflicts are bound to exist.

Although the resolution of most disputes and conflicts is simple and direct, either the one with the bigger fist is right, or the one with the stronger backing is right, but there are always some conflicts that cannot be resolved in such a rough way.

Otherwise, it is likely to cause turmoil that affects the entire Kang Le Group.

The solution of Kangleji was to set up a special tea room in the Kangle Hall to bring together all the conflicting parties and have them arbitrate by someone with sufficient prestige.

A person who possesses this qualification to make judgments is called a "sitting official".

The whole process is called "sitting in the hall and reasoning."

Once a ruling is made, it must be strictly enforced.

If anyone pretends to obey but actually disobeys, he will be severely punished by Kangleji.

Kang Le Ji also regards it as an important means to maintain its authority and reputation, and will strive to be fair and impartial when making judgments.

If a certain chairperson has a direct interest in or a family relationship with one of the conflicting parties, he or she must take the initiative to avoid suspicion and choose another chairperson to preside over the arbitration.

Before today, these were basically activities within Kangleji.

This kind of "sitting in the hall to reason" is not only found in Kangle Market, but also in other markets.

Including Geng Xuan, many people from the neighborhood had only heard of him but had never seen him in person.

At this moment, right now.

This was the first time that the conflict between the two neighborhoods was handed over to the chief of Kangleji to "reason" the matter.

Although many people cannot explain it clearly, they all vaguely feel that the significance of this "reasoning" is far more than just the judgment itself.

As the people from Kangleji moved those ordinary-looking tables and chairs out of the room, they placed them on a high platform where everyone could see them.

No one was interested in watching the fun anymore, and those ordinary tables and chairs seemed to have acquired an inexplicable majesty in their eyes.

The crowd became quieter and quieter, and gradually, there was even a sense of solemnity in the air.

The tables and chairs were arranged, and bowls of freshly brewed gaiwan tea were placed in front of each chair.

Then, a group of people appeared on the platform.

Geng Xuan knew two of them. One was Li Qun, the owner of Changpingfang, and the other was the new owner of the market, who was seen killing someone in the street when he came to the market last time and was said to have a very powerful background.

At this moment, Li Fangzhu was standing next to the great master, and there was another person standing on the other side of the great master.

From the whispers of the people around him, Geng Xuan knew that this person was the owner of Yong'anfang, whose surname was Fan.

The others were the other leaders of Kangle Group.

Many people found it incredible that a "small" farce of an ordinary woman losing her child could actually alarm all the big shots in Kangleji.

In the past, unless it was a conflict or dispute that affected the entire Kangle Group, it would be impossible to alarm all the masters to come forward.

The chief abbot sat at the main seat at the old wooden table, while Master Li and Master Fan of Yong'an sat on both sides of him. The other abbots sat in a row on both sides of the chief abbot.

The middle-aged man led all the parties to the podium.

Chen Rongshan, Li Chang, Liao Lei and other guards from Changpingfang, as well as several other guards from Yong'anfang, the woman who lost her child, and the man who swung a punch at Chen Rongshan but was subdued in one move.

The woman who had been yelling and acting crazy in front of Chen Rongshan and others, as if she had completely lost her mind, now seemed like a different person.

From the moment she stepped onto the stage, she behaved like a puppet, moving when she was told to and stopping when she was told to.

The man whose arm was twisted by Chen Rongshan looked pale and trembling with fear. It would not be surprising if he collapsed to the ground the next moment.

The subsequent process was rather lackluster.

The chief master first asked about the incident.

The matter was very simple, and Chen Rongshan and his men explained it in a few words. The woman blamed them for the lost child, which was completely a groundless slander without any evidence.

In response, the woman could not refute a single word except to express her grievance in an almost desperate tone.

Her unreasonable and crazy nature disappeared completely here.

The guards of Yong'anfang showed their attitude of protecting the people in thefang and would not sit idly by and watch their own people being bullied by people from otherfangs.

As for the incident itself, he did not say a single word.

After listening to the stories from all parties, the Grand Master whispered to Masters Li and Fan and then made a judgment.

[There is no evidence to prove that the woman's loss of her child has anything to do with Changpingfang, but considering the pain of losing her child, Changpingfang is willing to give her ten taels of silver as a little consolation.

From now on, Yong'anfang is not allowed to mention this matter without reason, and the woman's family must be restrained from making groundless accusations and making trouble against Changpingfang. 】

Then, Master Li handed ten taels of silver to Master Fan, and signaled to Chen Rongshan and others, and left from the side of the platform together.

The guards of Yong'anfang directly carried the woman and the man who seemed to have lost their souls away from the other side.

Those who had been acting like puppets throughout the whole process also followed the chief master and left the platform.

The platform became empty again.

Someone immediately came up and moved the wooden tables and chairs back to their original room.

Someone noticed that no one used the brewed tea bowls from the beginning to the end, as if they were just props throughout the whole process.

Many onlookers who came for the purpose of watching the fun were somewhat disappointed, feeling that the show started well but ended badly.

However, no one said anything strange about the final outcome, and everyone thought it was pretty good.

Geng Xuan followed the crowded crowd out, stepped over the high threshold of the recreation center, and returned to the street. Suddenly, he felt a little funny.

"Isn't the point of this matter that the woman lost her child?"

"Why hasn't anyone suggested focusing on recovering the child? It seems like everyone assumes that there's no need to look for the child once he's lost."

(End of this chapter)