The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 89 Someone is doing something bad
Don't worry, the lifespan of a fried dough stick is much longer than that of any treacherous official or martial arts master.

This was Wu Chengyu's true feeling; he found it difficult to accept the impending changes in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Shi Miyuan was a powerful and treacherous minister in the late Southern Song Dynasty. The later Jia Sidao and Ding Daquan are still just kids now.

Last year, Shi Miyuan conspired with others to secretly murder Han Tuozhou, and then sent the head of this Southern Song prime minister to the Jin Dynasty to sue for peace.

Although he knew the general trend of history long ago, Wu Chengyu still found it hard to accept.

The true nature of Han Tuozhou remains uncertain in history, but the fact that he murdered the leader of his own pro-war faction in order to seek peace with the enemy state meant that the Southern Song Dynasty was essentially doomed.

Those officials who were also in favor of war had their backbone broken from that point on.

This year, Shi Miyuan also did two other things. One was, as Wu Jinshui said, to exonerate Qin Hui, restoring his title of Prince Shen and the posthumous title of Zhongxian. This alone caused a stir throughout the court and the country.

In September, he would sign the most humiliating peace treaty in the history of the Song and Jin dynasties, namely the Jiading Peace Treaty, with an annual tribute of 300,000 taels of silver and military expenses of 3 million taels of silver, all of which would be passed on to the common people.

Next year, Shi Miyuan will become the Right Chancellor, beginning his more than twenty years of absolute power in the Song Dynasty. Although the Song Dynasty was originally weak, its economy had always been quite good. With Shi Miyuan in power, the economy of the Southern Song Dynasty gradually collapsed.

In short, starting from the first year of the Jiading era, the Southern Song Dynasty embarked on a fast track to its demise.

Although Wu Chengyu never wanted to get involved in politics or change the course of history, he knew he didn't have the courage or the mindset for it. But being in the big picture, he and the Wu family's future would inevitably be affected.

Thinking of this, Wu Chengyu knew he needed to make plans early. If he didn't have a family, he would be much more at ease in the future. But now that he was tied to the family and was being taken care of by them, he had to find a way to survive for the Wu clan.

Thinking of this, he lost interest in continuing to taste the dishes. It was getting late, and the evening market was about to begin. As the person in charge, it was not appropriate to leave before the evening market ended.

Wu Chengyu asked the kitchen to bring some snacks. After mastering the Niu Ma Zhuang, his appetite decreased sharply. He just ate a little something to tide him over, as he still had to have dinner with A Ku when he got back that night.

As the evening service began, a sign in front of Wuweilou Restaurant announced the launch of new dishes at a 30% discount.

Most of the customers still eat hot pot, but they also really enjoy the new dishes that have just been served.

However, tonight seemed a little different. Wu Chengyu's keen senses quickly detected some suspicious people standing in a corner outside the restaurant, constantly looking around inside and outside the restaurant with strange expressions, clearly harboring ulterior motives.

He silently walked to the window, closed his eyes, and began to construct a three-dimensional model of the area around the restaurant.

Soon, he noticed that one of them was carrying a bundle, and there seemed to be many things wriggling inside the bundle; judging from the sounds, they were clearly rats.

The man looked around, thinking no one was paying attention, and slowly walked into the back alley.

The next moment, Wu Chengyu raised his eyebrows and saw a person emerge from the back kitchen of the restaurant. He was also very cautious and nervous, and quickly took a few steps to meet the person.

Wu Chengyu also knew this person; he was a member of the Wu family from outside the clan, named Feng Gui, and had always worked as a kitchen handyman.

"See this bag of rats? Just sneak into the restaurant lobby, throw this bag on the ground, and you don't need to worry about the rest."

"After all, I rely on the Wu family for my livelihood. It's not right for me to do this. Can you spare me?"

"Don't forget, you lost the money gambling yourself, and there are things you did. You can back out if you want, but it's a total of over two hundred taels of silver. Give it to me now, or I'll take your wife and daughter away. Although they won't fetch two hundred taels, it'll be enough to cover the interest." Wu Chengyu immediately understood that someone was really causing trouble for the Wu family.

It's an old trick. I guess they set a trap to make the restaurant staff incur gambling debts, then force them to do some dirty work. As soon as Feng Gui brings these rats into the restaurant, they suddenly release them, and the rats run all over the place, ruining the reputation that Wuweilou has built up over the years.

The methods may be old and simple, but they are often the most effective.

If the Wu family hadn't forced Wu Chengyu to take over the restaurant, anyone else, even a martial arts master, would have been caught off guard and allowed the other party to succeed, lacking Wu Chengyu's keen perception.

"This is disrespectful to me. I've only been here for two months and they're already causing me trouble."

It's unclear which faction is behind this; they're probably not from within the Wu family, as they wouldn't need to go through such a complicated process.

My contributions to the Wu family are known only to a few elders. I usually keep a low profile, so no one is jealous of me or tries to find fault with me.

But why would it be someone from outside? The Wu family wields considerable power in Suzhou; ordinary thugs wouldn't dare to provoke them easily.

Wu Chengyu touched his lips. Now his upper lip had some dark downy hair, which meant he was beginning to shed his unreliable age. He thought to himself.

After struggling for a while, Feng Gui finally lowered his head and accepted the bundle from his opponent. His face twitched uncontrollably, clearly terrified.

Seeing Feng Gui lower his head, the other party chuckled and turned to leave, but how could Wu Chengyu let him escape?

Just as he turned around, he suddenly found everything went black.

This guy was short, probably just over 1.6 meters tall. Wu Chengyu jumped down from the building and landed lightly behind him without making a sound.

The man was startled and was about to scream when Wu Chengyu gently pressed on his body, instantly sealing several acupoints and rendering him unable to make a sound.

Wu Chengyu looked up at Feng Gui, who was about to do something bad but was caught red-handed, and his face turned ashen.

His hands trembled uncontrollably, and the bundle he was holding was about to fall to the ground.

Wu Chengyu swiftly snatched the bundle from his hand. Even if he hadn't brought it into the restaurant, it would have been a huge problem if it had run out through the back alley.

With a slight turn of his wrist, an invisible force field immediately enveloped the bundle. Within this force field, multiple forces operated in a completely irregular manner, first enveloping it, and then rapidly contracting and strangling it.

The rats in the bundle let out a final, mournful cry, and then a large amount of blood seeped out of the bundle. All the rats had been killed by Wu Chengyu.

Feng Gui didn't understand Wu Chengyu's actions at all, but that didn't mean he didn't know what had happened.

Feng Gui was trembling and almost fainted: "Young Master Wu, I was really forced into this. I never thought of betraying the Wu family."

Wu Chengyu had no interest in listening to his explanation. The Wu family had treated him well, and even if there were a thousand reasons, he couldn't escape the word "death." But the person behind this matter also had to be dealt with.

"Come on, don't be afraid. Hold the package tightly in your arms, as if it were your life. The ground in this back alley is dirty. You have to clean it up for me before you die."

(End of this chapter)