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Chapter 94 Why Did You Steal My Things? [Bonus Chapter, Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Xie Xida was a skinny monkey, and very agile. He seized the opportunity to pounce on Wang Sanguan and grab his new silk robe. With a "rip," he tore off half of it and cursed, "What a gaudy little chicken feather! Let's see how you pretend to be a chicken after I tear off your feathers."

Wang Sanguan lay on the ground, his face covered in blood. He had sobered up halfway and was about to speak when a group of people pounced on him like wolves! Someone pulled out a greasy, coarse cloth bag from who-knows-where and shoved it over his head! Instantly, everything went black!
"Ouch! I am... um..." Wang Sanguan had only uttered half a cry when he was hit hard in the stomach, causing him to curl up like a shrimp in pain.

"Beat him! Beat this lawless thief to death!" Earl Ying shouted, feigning anger as his fists and feet rained down, targeting the thickest, most painful spots. "You dog! Are you blind?! You dare steal my brother's precious treasure! You're tired of living!"

Xie Xida also rushed forward, grabbed Wang Sanguan who was rolling around in the sack, and started hitting him hard, yelling, "I'll teach you to steal! I'll teach you to steal! How dare you, such filthy scum, touch my own brother's things? Today I'll tear your thieving bones apart!"

Chang Shijie, Zhu Shinian, and the others rushed forward, surrounding the "cloth bag-shaped figure" that was rolling and struggling on the ground, punching and kicking it, hurling insults at it: "Beat it! Beat this thieving stray dog ​​to death!" "Dare to touch my brother's woman, I'll skin you alive!" "See if you dare to lay a hand on it again!" "He must be a habitual thief! Hand him over to the authorities! Beat him to a pulp first!"

Only Hua Zixu stood secretly to the side.

For a moment, the only sounds in the room were the muffled thuds of fists and feet hitting flesh, Wang Sanguan's pig-like screams and mumbled pleas for mercy as he was being slaughtered in the sack, mixed with the hangers' shouts of "Dear brother!" and "Dear brother!"

Li Jiao'er was terrified, cowering in the corner of the bed, trembling and pale.

Hearing the commotion, the madam scrambled in. Upon seeing the scene, especially the sight of Earl Ying standing at the door with his arms crossed and a grim expression, glaring at her like a demon, she was terrified. She fell to her knees with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly, her voice trembling.

"Oh my god! My good grandpas! What are you saying! Please have mercy! Don't... don't hurt anyone... don't dirty your hands... Jiao'er! You damned hussy, hurry up and kowtow to everyone!" She cursed Li Jiao'er while kowtowing loudly to herself.

Earl Ying laughed and said, "Mother, don't be alarmed. These brothers of mine are the most intolerant of any nonsense. Today, they ran into a daring and reckless scoundrel who dared to sneak into my private room and steal my treasures. The brothers were outraged and taught this shameless thief a lesson. If he's killed, I'll pay with my life."

"...If you want to make a living in Qinghe County from now on, you'd better keep your eyes open! You need to know who's the boss and who's the thief! If you let such filthy stuff in again and pollute my peace, don't blame me for being ruthless and burning your den of thieves to the ground!"

His tone was calm, which frightened the madam so much that she trembled like a leaf. Seeing Wang Sanguan being beaten half to death below, and hearing the words "burned down the den of thieves," she screamed at the top of her lungs, "Spare me! My living ancestors! Have mercy! This...this is indeed Wang Sanguan from Zhaoxuan Prefecture...Young Master Wang! He is definitely not some thief or prisoner...it's absolutely true...I wouldn't dare to deceive you even if I had the greatest courage in the world!"

Earl Ying waved his hand, and everyone stopped and walked away.

He strolled slowly over to the still convulsing "rag man," lightly tapped him with the tip of his boot, glanced around at everyone, and said in a low voice, "Oh? The third young master of Zhaoxuan Prefecture? Heh... Mother's words are quite amusing."

After saying that, he suddenly clapped his hands lightly, the sound crisp and clear, like a thunderclap in the deathly silent room: "Alright. Since Mother recognizes him, he is at least a respectable person. If we really kill him, it will make us brothers seem heartless."

Although the group stopped what they were doing, they still surrounded him, like a pack of wolves. Xie Xida ripped off the filthy, smelly rag that was covering Wang Sanguan's head.

Wang Sanguan finally saw the light of day again, his face bruised and swollen, blood streaming from his mouth and nose, one eye swollen shut. He gasped for breath, tears and saliva mingling with blood, staring in terror at the people towering above him. Wang Sanguan was dazed and confused, his mind buzzing. Hearing the words "stealing" struck him like a thunderbolt. Summoning a strange strength, he struggled and screamed incoherently, "No...no...Brother Ying...I'm innocent! A terrible injustice!"

"Nothing?" Earl Ying sneered. He bent down abruptly and precisely "felt" an object from under Wang Sanguan's robe, which was lying on the ground—it was an exquisitely carved jade toad made of mutton-fat white jade, with a gold bead in its mouth and a few natural ink stains on its back. It was the very object that Wang Sanguan cherished and often played with!

Earl Ying held the jade toad high in the light, deliberately shouting loudly, spitting as he spoke: "What is this?! Isn't this the 'Golden Pearl Spitting Auspiciousness' jade toad that I said I lost the other day, the one I got from the old jade craftsman in Tokyo for three hundred taels of silver?! You thieving scoundrel! The stolen goods were hidden under your crotch! Caught red-handed! You still dare to deny it with your bare teeth?!"

Upon seeing his beloved possession labeled as "stolen goods," Wang Sanguan was shocked, furious, and terrified. He was so anxious he nearly fainted, and he screamed hoarsely, "Nonsense! This...this jade toad is clearly mine! I...I bought it with my own money!"

Earl Ying sneered: "If you bought it with your own money, why is it in my hands?"

Wang Sanguan was stunned. Wasn't this the person you just shot? He had never seen anyone so unreasonable before. He pointed at Ying Bojue and stammered for a long time, not knowing what to say. After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "On top... on top there are the two small seal characters of my name, 'Wang San,' engraved! Right under the toad's belly!" He struggled to point it out.

Everyone was stunned!
Lord Ying's hand, which was holding the jade toad high, froze in mid-air. His small eyes rolled around, and the fierce look on his face, filled with righteous indignation, instantly froze, like a rooster whose neck had been grabbed.

Xie Xida, Chang Shijie, Zhu Shinian, Sun Guazui, and their gang looked at each other in disbelief, as if they had been frozen in place. These hooligans were usually skilled at beating people up, causing trouble, and framing others, relying on their strong fists, foul mouths, and thick skin. How could they have imagined that Wang Sanguan, who was half-beaten to death, would still have the mind to do such a meticulous thing as carving his name on something? This was completely beyond their calculations!

For a moment, the room fell deathly silent, save for Wang Sanguan's heavy breathing and the madam's suppressed sobs. The previous uproar of vulgarities and sounds of fists and kicks had been swallowed back down. The henchmen exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes darting around.
Earl Ying laughed and said, "Then I'll have to ask Wang Sanguan, why did you steal my things and then carve your name on them?"

Wang Sanguan was struck dumb, his eyes wide open and his mouth agape, uttering "Ahhhhhh" for a long time without being able to utter a single word.

Upon hearing this, Xie Xida was the first to come to his senses. His face contorted with exaggerated anger and disbelief as he cursed, "You son of a bitch! Not only did you steal my brother's beloved possession, but you even dared to carve your dog's name on it?! Is there any justice left?! Is there any fairness left?!"

Before he finished speaking, Xie Xi strode forward, swung his fist again, and with a whoosh, punched Wang Sanguan hard in the already swollen mouth!
"Pfft—!" Wang Sanguan let out a blood-curdling scream as blood mixed with saliva spurted out!

The other hangers-on were not about to fall behind!
"I'll teach you to talk nonsense! I'll teach you to be so audacious!"

"You stole my own brother's treasure and then dare to turn around and falsely accuse me of engraving it?!"

"You're defying Heaven! You're destroying your ancestors! You're tired of living!"

A group of hangers-on were cursing and making gestures as if they were going to hit him again.

(End of this chapter)