Courtyard House: Wudang Disciple Sweeps Through the Compound

Just as he was about to cry for help, Chen Wenqi shoved the rag he had prepared into his mouth, completely silencing his cries for help.

Yi Zhonghai's face was instantly covered in blood, and his consciousness gradually blurred in the excruciating pain. He instinctively reached out his trembling hand, trying to tear off the suffocating rag from his mouth.

Chen Wenqi's gaze was icy cold. Without the slightest hesitation, he raised the brick in his hand high again and smashed it precisely at Yi Zhonghai's outstretched arm.

The cracking sound of bones breaking was accompanied by excruciating pain. Tears welled up in Yi Zhonghai's eyes, and he could only let out a mournful "woo-woo" sound from his throat as his body twisted and rolled on the ground in agony.

He tried desperately to recall when he had offended such a ruthless person.

Even after his arm was broken, Yi Zhonghai did not give up the idea of ​​survival. He struggled to raise his other arm and tried to wave it towards the door for help.

But Chen Wenqi was faster. He grabbed his wrist and, with a sudden burst of strength, dislocated the joint of his other arm.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Wenqi stepped forward and firmly pinned Yi Zhonghai under his foot, rendering him unable to move an inch.

Driven by a strong will to survive, Yi Zhonghai kicked his legs wildly, accidentally knocking over an old wooden table next to him.

Chen Wenqi's eyes flashed with anger, and he suddenly exerted force with his foot, stomping hard and breaking Yi Zhonghai's left calf.

Yi Zhonghai suddenly convulsed violently, completely losing control of his body, and became incontinent on the spot, looking utterly pathetic.

Just as Yi Zhonghai was breathing weakly and on the verge of death, he vaguely heard a series of chaotic and ear-piercing smashing sounds.

Then, a few indistinct whispers drifted into his ears:

"Jia Dongxu was right after all; this old man who has no descendants really does have a lot of hidden money."

The words had barely left his mouth when a clear sound of a door closing rang out, and silence returned to the surroundings.

Chen Wenqi walked calmly out of Yi Zhonghai's house and turned to leave the courtyard.

He turned into a deserted, narrow alley, quickly entered the secret realm, removed all the disguises from his face, and restored his original appearance.

Then, he quietly returned to his room, as if nothing had ever happened.

Just then, her mother's voice came from the living room, clear and warm:

"Children, dinner is ready, come and eat!"

Chen Wenqi responded from inside the room, then pushed open the door and went out.

The younger siblings also heard the call and ran out happily from the next room.

The family of four sat around the dining table, enjoying lunch together in a warm and harmonious atmosphere.

At the same time, an elderly woman who went out to buy groceries pushed open her own door.

The sight before her froze her in place, terrified out of her wits—Yi Zhonghai lay on the ground, his face covered in blood, his limbs twisted and limp in unnatural positions, the furniture in the room smashed and in complete disarray.

She snapped out of her daze, rushed forward, and forcefully pulled the rag out of Yi Zhonghai's mouth.

Immediately afterwards, the woman used all her strength to shout for help:

"Help! Something terrible has happened!"

Hearing the desperate cries for help, the neighbors of the Zhongyuan Court immediately rushed over.

The residents in the front and back yards followed the sound and came running to see what was going on.

As soon as Chen Wenqi stepped out of the room, he ran into Xu Damao.

The other person asked with a curious look:

"What's going on? It's so noisy inside, what happened?"

Chen Wenqi gently shook his head and answered calmly:

"I don't know either, I only heard someone shouting for help from the Intermediate Court."

A neighbor who had just run out of the intermediate court chimed in:

"Something happened at Grandpa Yi's house! He was robbed! Grandpa Yi's arms and legs were broken, he looks terrible!"

Upon hearing the news, Xu Damao's face immediately lit up with undisguised joy.

He hurriedly started walking and rushed towards the Intermediate People's Court, eager to see Yi Zhonghai's miserable state with his own eyes.

Chen Wenqi walked forward with the crowd of onlookers. From a distance, he could see Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu frantically carrying the unconscious Yi Zhonghai onto a cart.

They planned to get him to the hospital for emergency treatment as soon as possible.

The neighbors gathered in a circle, chattering amongst themselves:

"In broad daylight, someone actually broke into the yard and committed robbery. What kind of deep-seated hatred could drive someone to do that?"

Xu Damao stood beside the crowd, a mocking smile playing on his lips, and said in a strange tone:

"If you ask me, it's because he's done so many bad things in the past, and now he's finally getting his comeuppance!"

In Xu Damao's mind, his hatred for Yi Zhonghai was only slightly less than his hatred for the deaf old woman, while Sha Zhu was firmly ranked third on his list of haters.

Over the years, whenever Sha Zhu hit him, Yi Zhonghai would always side with Sha Zhu without any principles, and would even often turn the tables and criticize him for being ignorant and like to cause trouble.

Now, witnessing Yi Zhonghai fall into such a miserable state, Xu Damao felt a sense of relief, and the resentment that had accumulated over the years seemed to have lessened considerably.

Chen Wenqi stood quietly on the periphery of the crowd, secretly sneering to himself.

This was exactly the result he wanted—he intended to ensure that Yi Zhonghai, that cunning old fox, would not be able to live a single day of peace and tranquility in his later years.

As for Jia Dongxu, whose lifespan was already short, there would be plenty of time to deal with him slowly in the future.

During this operation, he deliberately mentioned that Jia Dongxu had revealed Yi Zhonghai's hidden money in order to create an irreconcilable conflict between the two.

He wanted to turn this seemingly harmonious "master and apprentice" relationship into complete enemies.

Soon after, rumors of a robbery at Yi Zhonghai's home spread like wildfire throughout the entire courtyard.

Xu Damao was also fanning the flames, deliberately spreading rumors that Yi Zhonghai was being cruelly retaliated against because of his improper behavior and having an affair with another man's wife.

On the other side, Yi Zhonghai was rushed to the hospital by the crowd as quickly as possible.

Upon seeing his dire condition, the doctor immediately arranged for him to be taken to the operating room for emergency treatment.

An elderly woman was asked to sign a surgical consent form, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

Meanwhile, rumors about "Uncle Yi's extramarital affair and seduction of another man's wife leading to retaliation" were already circulating widely both inside and outside the courtyard.

Almost everyone had heard this shocking news; it was the talk of the town.

An elderly woman clutched the hem of her clothes tightly, her face filled with urgency as she pleaded with the doctor, "Doctor, you must save my old man!"

The doctor, with a solemn expression, replied earnestly, "Rest assured, our entire medical team will do our utmost to treat him."

At this moment, Aunt Yi's eyes were already red, and crystal tears kept welling up in her eyes, but she still held back and refused to let the tears fall.

Her mind was blank, a jumbled mess, and she couldn't sort out her thoughts at all. She had no idea what sudden change had befallen her family.

Just then, she suddenly realized that she had to call the police immediately. So she quickly turned to Jia Dongxu and Shazhu standing beside her and said urgently, "Dongxu, please go to the police station to report this to the police as soon as possible; Zhuzi, you stay here and look after your uncle. I'm going home to get some money to pay for the medical bills."

Jia Dongxu immediately nodded in agreement and said hurriedly, "Yes, Master's wife, I'll go right away and set off immediately."

Sha Zhu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Auntie Yi, you can go back with peace of mind. I'll keep an eye on Uncle Yi, so nothing will go wrong."

Sha Zhu had no other thoughts in his mind; he was simply shocked and furious that someone would dare to break into someone else's home and commit violence in broad daylight.

But Jia Dongxu's thoughts had already wandered several times, and he had begun to secretly plot.

He secretly pondered to himself: if Yi Zhonghai is really seriously injured this time and becomes disabled, he might have to rely on himself to take care of him in his old age and see him off in his final days.

I absolutely cannot get involved in such a thankless and unprofitable business; I must never do something so foolish.

All he cared about was the house under Yi Zhonghai's name and his savings. As for the responsibility of caring for Yi Zhonghai in his old age and seeing him off in his final days, he was completely unwilling to take on that responsibility.

A deep sense of helplessness welled up in Aunt Yi's heart. This was the hardship of not having a son in the family.

When faced with such urgent, difficult, and dangerous situations, one can only rely on seeking help from outsiders to barely manage to keep things afloat.

After rushing home, the woman immediately began searching for her money and valuables.

She searched carefully and found that the several hundred yuan in cash stored at home was still intact in its original place, without any signs of being disturbed.

Then, she suddenly remembered that she and Yi Zhonghai had several bankbooks under their names, so she quickly searched around the house.

When she saw that the passbook was still safely in its original place, she finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and her anxiety eased a little.

Unbeknownst to Aunt Yi, Yi Zhonghai had secretly hidden five gold bars and 10,000 yuan in cash in a place she couldn't find.

These valuable items were all secretly hidden by Yi Zhonghai. He has always been a very suspicious person and distrusts everyone around him.

Even with his wife, with whom he had shared a bed and lived for over a decade, he was always wary and didn't trust her at all.

She carefully put the passbook and cash close to her body, checked them carefully again, and only locked the door after confirming that everything was safe.

After locking the door, she hurriedly turned around and rushed back to the hospital, afraid of delaying the payment of medical expenses.

Not long after, Jia Dongxu arrived at the hospital with two uniformed police officers and headed straight for Yi Zhonghai's ward.

Yi Zhonghai's injuries were far more serious than everyone initially imagined. He had obvious fractures in his left calf and right arm, and his condition was not optimistic.