Chapter 76: Su Bai Gets Jailed! (1/2)
From young, Su Bai has always gotten what he wanted. Furthermore, he was intelligent, so he never suffered setbacks. When has he ever been humiliated like that?
Yet, those in the Imperial Army were all boors who speak through their strength. Su Bai’s reputation meant nothing to them at all!
“Wang Chong! Someday, I will return the humiliation back to you!”
Since he wasn’t able to deal with these powerful commanders Imperial Army, especially when he didn’t know their identities, he chose to vent his anger on Wang Chong instead.
Wang Chong didn’t know of Su Bai’s thoughts, and he couldn’t be bothered with them either. However, he found it interesting to see Su Bai’s face flush with anger and embarrassment.
In any case, Wang Chong was more bothered about the sudden appearance of the Imperial Army. Until now, he was still unable to comprehend why this many Imperial Army commanders were at his home all of the sudden.
Furthermore, each of them was of prestigious standing. Thus, Wang Chong had to deal with them properly.
“We’ll talk about the swords inside later!”
Wang Chong said. Given the large crowd which was increasing by the moment, this wasn’t a good place to have a chat.
Boom!
Hearing Wang Chong’s words, the Imperial Army commanders immediately cheered in agreement.
“We’ll listen to gongzi‘s words!”
“Gongzi, feel free to do as you please. I won’t be polite with anyone who dares to cause trouble!”
“Gongzi, feel free to command us, we’ll follow your orders!”
“Gongzi, you must help us smith our swords! If I can’t buy the Wootz steel sword, I’ll really die!”
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Hearing those fawning words, Su Bai’s face flushed further in resentment.
Those Imperial Army commanders in the royal court often looked down on others and refused to submit to anyone. No one has ever seen them speaking so politely and fawning on someone. It was truly a mystery what kind of magic Wang Chong used to turn them like that!
Su Bai could already be considered to be calm among the crowd. The other scions watching the sight were completely flabbergasted.
“This Wang Chong… Isn’t he too formidable!”
“To be able to make the commanders of the Imperial Army fawn on him like that!”
“To think that we helped Su Bai deal with him!”
“Even ten Su Bais aren’t a match for him, this is like smashing an egg against a stone!”
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The scions stared at Wang Chong, who was surrounded by the Imperial Army, in admiration. They wondered if they could ever be as impressive as Wang Chong and be respected by even the commanders of the Imperial Army.
But amidst their admiration was fear.
The current Wang Chong was already at a level far beyond them. He was someone they could only look up to.
“Meng Long, make some arrangements. Pay the people who had loaned me money based on their debt notes.”
Ignoring the crowd, Wang Chong turned to instruct Meng Long.
“Yes, young master.”
Meng Long replied. These nobles came with malicious intentions, but the debt was a separate matter. Meng Long admired his young master on how he didn’t renege on his promises.
“Come over here to exchange the debt notes for your money. Our young master is magnanimous and won’t fuss over this matter.”
Meng Long beckoned the scions over.
Upon hearing that they could claim their money, the crowd cheered joyfully. They hurriedly rushed over to Meng Long. At the same time, a favorable impression of Wang Chong sprouted in them.
“Lord, does the hundred gold taels matter still apply now?”
A scion asked carefully.
“Scram!”
Meng Long reprimanded and everyone burst into laughter. Somehow, their relationship with the Wang Clan didn’t feel as stiff as how it was a moment ago.
Upon seeing the sight, Wang Chong smiled. Just when he was about to walk over, he saw a figure with his peripheral vision and his gaze turned cold. He bellowed:
“Su Bai, where do you think you’re going?”
As though thunder from the heavens, the shout shot through the streets. Dozens of steps away, Su Bai’s body trembled. He abruptly stopped a few steps before his green carriage.
At the same moment, all eyes immediately shot onto the son of the Duke of Su.
The cheerings and laughter disappeared in an instant and the atmosphere suddenly tensed once more.
“Wang Chong, what do you want?”
Su Bai slowly turned around to look at Wang Chong furiously.
The situation has changed and the tides were against him now. Initially, he intended to slip into his carriage and leave discreetly. Yet, Wang Chong noticed him.
“Hmph, since you’ve come, do you think you’ll be allowed to leave that easily?”
Wang Chong flung his sleeves and spoke coldly.
This Su Bai had staged this event to bring his downfall. For this, he even brought the officials from the Court of Judicial Review and Censor Fu He, all these just to create an uproar over the debt to strike a blow onto the Wang Clan.
Wang Chong could still reluctantly overlook the matter if Su Bai had charged straight at him. However, he had intended to bring calamity upon the entire Wang Clan through this matter, leaving no point of reconciliation.
If Wang Chong were to allow Su Bai to leave just like that, he wouldn’t be Wang Chong.
In an instant, the entrance of the Wang Family Residence turned silent. The atmosphere felt bizarre and dangerous, and the scions and nobles whom Su Bai brought didn’t dare to even breathe.
Even though Wang Chong seemed like an amiable person, sometimes, he released an aura which instilled fear into others. The current Wang Chong may seem calm, but he emanated an aura which one couldn’t help but feel terrified.
“What do you want? Do you intend to assault me before so many people?”