13: Chapter 13: Another henchman recruited

Returning to the base, Chen Hu summoned Da Niu and Er Niu.

"Can the two of you achieve a Breakthrough within three days?"

"Boss, three days is too short. I am confident I can achieve a Breakthrough within ten days!" Er Niu answered directly.

Da Niu followed up, saying: "Boss, I don't have much confidence either; it will take at least five or six days to achieve a Breakthrough!"

Chen Hu frowned slightly and said: "The Hall Master gave me a spot for a minor leader, but I must submit the name within three days. There isn't that much time for you to achieve a Breakthrough!"

Having said this, Chen Hu took out two essence blood pills and handed them to the two brothers.

"One essence blood pill each. Whoever can achieve a Breakthrough within three days, I will recommend you to be the minor leader. If neither of you can, this spot will have to go to waste!"

"Thank you, Boss!"

"Boss, we will certainly not let you down!" Da Niu and Er Niu said gratefully.

"Alright, I'll give you two brothers three days off. Go back and Cultivate!" Chen Hu waved his hand, dismissing the two brothers.

However, after walking out of the office, Er Niu shoved his essence blood pill to Da Niu: "Big Brother, take this Medicinal Pill!"

"Er Niu, you?"

Er Niu said dismissively: "I am reckless and not suited to be a minor leader. Big Brother, you are more suitable. With an extra essence blood pill, your chances of achieving a Breakthrough within three days will be higher. Otherwise, if neither of us achieves a Breakthrough within three days, it will just go to someone else for free!"

"Alright, Er Niu. As your Big Brother, I won't be coy. I will accept this essence blood pill." Da Niu patted Er Niu on the shoulder, quite moved.

Time flew by until noon. Chen Hu was just about to go eat.

A subordinate rushed over to report: "Boss Hu, at the Zuichun Restaurant on Feiquan Street, someone is eating without paying and is also beating people and causing trouble."

"Who is it?" Chen Hu asked, somewhat surprised.

"It's Wang Ying, that guy who just became a Constable!" the subordinate said.

"Alright then, gather some men, let's go over and take a look!" Chen Hu said in a deep voice.

As mentioned before, the Great Yong Dynasty was already in decline, and the influence of the government was far less than before.

Even so, the Gangs were still quite wary of the government.

Take the Fierce Tiger Gang, for example; they had to secretly pay a tribute of silver to the government every month.

Although Chen Hu didn't know how much, it was at least several hundred taels of silver.

Plus, the Fierce Tiger Gang worked for the noble families.

Therefore, as long as the Fierce Tiger Gang didn't commit any heinous crimes, the government would turn a blind eye.

Soon, Chen Hu arrived at the Zuichun Restaurant on Feiquan Street with his men.

The manager, who had been waiting at the entrance of the restaurant, immediately came up and smiled ingratiatingly: "Lord Hu, the other party is a Constable. We cannot afford to offend them, so we had to trouble you to make a trip!"

"Lead the way!" Chen Hu waved his hand.

Then the manager led them to a private room upstairs.

The room was a mess.

The table had been overturned, and fragments of bowls and plates were scattered on the floor along with leftover food splattered everywhere.

Besides that, a waiter with a swollen cheek stood aggrieved in the corner of the room.

Wang Ying, who had just become a Constable, was sitting on a chair with a domineering air.

There were also four young men in the room.

Judging by their attire, they were likely just ordinary people.

Chen Hu scanned Wang Ying and the others indifferently, then asked: "Manager, tell me, what exactly is going on?"

Seeing Chen Hu arrive without greeting him immediately made Wang Ying very unhappy.

So he deliberately provoked him: "I was wondering who it was; it turns out to be the great minor leader Chen of the Fierce Tiger Gang.

What, is the great minor leader Chen so arrogant that you don't even know how to greet me now that you've seen this Constable?"

"You want me to greet you, is that it?" A strange look appeared on Chen Hu's face as he stepped forward and slapped him across the face.

Seeing the slap coming toward his cheek, Wang Ying's expression changed drastically.

He wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.

"Smack!" With a crisp sound of a slap, Wang Ying was slapped to the floor.

"Chen Hu, you are bold! How dare you lay a hand on an official officer? You have no regard for the government!" Wang Ying shouted, his voice harsh but his heart fearful.

"Shut up!" Chen Hu's eyes turned cold as he looked at Wang Ying.

Being stared at by his icy eyes, Wang Ying suddenly felt a surge of fear and anxiety.

"Manager, tell me the details of what happened!" Chen Hu repeated.

"Yes!" The manager immediately began to recount the story.

The story is this: Wang Ying brought his friends and ordered a table full of good food, consuming a total of twelve taels and three hundred coins.

When it came time to pay, the waiter, having received instructions, wiped off the fraction, telling him to pay just twelve taels.

Afterwards, Wang Ying revealed his identity, saying he was a Constable from the prefectural government.

After consulting with the manager, another tael was deducted.

Wang Ying was still not satisfied and used the situation as an excuse to make trouble.

Encouraged by his friends, he beat up the waiter.

At the same time, he demanded an explanation from the Zuichun Restaurant.

After hearing the manager's account, Chen Hu looked at Wang Ying and asked: "It is only right and proper to pay for a meal. Constable Wang, the manager didn't exaggerate, did he?"

"Hmph!" Wang Ying had already stood up from the floor and snorted coldly: "Let's put that matter aside for now. Chen Hu, you hit me, and this cannot just end like this!"

"Then what else do you want?" Chen Hu said playfully.

"Pay up!" "Make him pay!" "Our Brother Ying is an official Constable of the prefectural government. How can you hit a Constable without paying!" Wang Ying's friends started clamoring again.

"Didn't you hear a dog barking here? Make them shut up!" Chen Hu said in an indifferent tone.

Immediately, his subordinates swarmed in, rushed up, and gave Wang Ying's friends a sound thrashing.

"Stop!" Wang Ying roared and wanted to rush over to save his friends, but Chen Hu blocked him, grabbed his shoulder, and said: "Let's go, let's go to the next room and talk!"

"Let me go!" Wang Ying struggled, but was shocked to find that Chen Hu's palm was like an iron pincer, locking his shoulder tightly.

No matter how he struggled, he couldn't break free.

After dragging Wang Ying to the room next door, Chen Hu let him go.

The other party stepped back, staring at Chen Hu vigilantly: "What do you want to do?"

Chen Hu smiled: "Who gave you the courage to come to the Fierce Tiger Gang's territory and eat without paying?"

Before Wang Ying could answer, Chen Hu continued: "Go back and ask your Constable Seniors if they dare to come to our Fierce Tiger Gang's restaurant to eat without paying and hit people?"

"What do you mean?" Wang Ying had a vague, ominous feeling.

Chen Hu continued: "The meaning is simple.

Our Fierce Tiger Gang works for the noble families in the Inner City, and we also pay silver to the government every month.

Therefore, the government turns a blind eye to us Gangs.

You just became a Constable, haven't even figured out the situation, and you're already acting arrogant.

Do you believe I'll send someone to take you to the prefectural government, report you for eating without paying and hitting people, and your Chief Constable will immediately strip you of your uniform?"

"This?" Hearing Chen Hu's words, Wang Ying's face instantly became extremely ugly, and his eyes revealed guilt and anxiety.

"Know to be afraid now?" Chen Hu said with a face full of mockery.

"Thud!" Suddenly, Wang Ying knelt on the ground and begged: "Brother Hu, I beg you to spare me. Please don't send me to the prefectural government. I am willing to apologize and pay the silver!"

"The meal cost twelve taels and three hundred coins, the overturned table and broken bowls and plates will be two taels and seven hundred coins, plus five taels for the waiter's medical expenses. That's twenty taels. Pay up!"

Hearing twenty taels, Wang Ying was stunned.

With an embarrassed face, he said: "Brother Hu, I don't have that much silver. I only have five taels on me. Can I owe the rest for a while?"

In fact, he didn't expect a meal at the Zuichun Restaurant to cost over ten taels of silver.

He only made a scene because he couldn't afford to pay.

"You only have five taels, yet you dared to order so many dishes?" Chen Hu looked at Wang Ying, speechless.

"It was all ordered by my friends!" Wang Ying said, looking depressed.

In fact, he only ordered two dishes; the other food and wine were all ordered by his four friends.

And they all ordered the expensive ones.

"Hahaha, it seems your friends are quite good to you!" Chen Hu teased.

Hearing Chen Hu's sarcastic remark, Wang Ying also realized that his four friends were likely jealous of him becoming a Constable and wanted to take him for a ride.

"How about this: you agree to one condition, and you can pay the five taels first.

I will cover the rest for you, and you can pay me back when you have money!" Chen Hu said.

"What condition do you have?" Wang Ying asked, somewhat vigilantly.

"Bow to me as your Big Brother!" Chen Hu smiled.

"That's impossible!" Wang Ying shouted immediately.

"Then I'll send you to the prefectural government!"

"No!" Wang Ying shouted in terror.

"This won't work, that won't work, you are making things very difficult for me!"

In the end, Wang Ying chose to submit, and shouted, feeling aggrieved: "Little brother Wang Ying greets Big Brother!"