Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 425: Debt collection, the blockade people came to the door

"Gambling house? That's a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones."

"Who says it's not true? There was a man next door who got addicted to gambling. As a result, his family was torn apart. In the end, he couldn't pay off his gambling debts, so he was taken away by the gambling house and hasn't come back yet."

"How could the young master of the Shen family do such a thing?"

"How good can a child born from a concubine who is not presentable be? I heard that he is good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling!"

"So it was a concubine's child. No wonder."

The onlookers looked sideways and pointed at the Shen family. Shen Wenting was embarrassed and annoyed, so he asked the servants to drive the men away: "He is not in the mansion, I don't care where you are from, if you know what's best for you, get out of here and don't cause trouble in front of the Shen mansion."

"Lord Shen, are you trying to cheat? You didn't get the money today, and you didn't bring the person back. How are you going to let us report? Our brothers are all waiting to finish work and go home!" The big man didn't get angry, he just looked at him with his arms folded.

"Are you not leaving?" Shen Wenting glared at them.

"Oh, you're right! If we don't leave, we will let the people of the whole capital see what your illegitimate son has done! Everyone, come and have a look. Lord Shen, a dignified official of the imperial court, raised a concubine who is addicted to gambling, and now he wants to cheat and refuse to pay back the money. Tsk tsk... He is really well-educated... We are ashamed of ourselves..."

The leading man was not afraid at all, but shouted even louder. Shen Wenting was furious and ordered his servants to beat the man up and drive him away.

But these people in the casino were not pushovers. The two sides soon started fighting, and there was chaos in front of the mansion. The servants in the mansion were no match for them and were knocked down in a few moves. The people saw them fighting and were worried about getting hurt, so they scattered in all directions. Only a few brave ones watched from afar.

When the old lady and Yao Qingnian came out, they saw chaos in front of the mansion. The big man was leading people to beat down the servants in the mansion. Shen Wenting saw that the situation was not good and wanted to run. Yao Qingnian shouted directly: "Father, where are you going! Be careful!"

"Sir Shen, you want to run?" The big man grabbed the weakling Shen Wenting and slapped him twice.

"How dare you beat an official appointed by the imperial court!" Shen Wenting didn't expect that he would dare to hit him.

"Did anyone see me hitting Lord Shen? How could you be so careless!" After saying that, he punched him twice more, causing him to vomit blood.

"Stop it! Why are you still standing there? Aren't you very powerful? Go and help your father!" The old lady anxiously asked Yao Qingnian to go over and help.

"Grandmother, they are all grown men, and I am a weak woman. I dare not go up. You'd better hand over Shen Haobo quickly, or just return the silver! If this matter goes on any further, not only will my father be beaten, but also the reputation of our mansion will be ruined. My sister just married into Prince Rui's mansion, how will others see her..." Yao Qingnian was watching the show with great interest. When she heard what the old lady said, she hurriedly offered some advice.

"Stop! Stop it now! Wen Ting! Let us pay back the money! Pay back the money!" The old lady wailed at them to stop.

"If you had said you would pay me back earlier, there would be no need to fight." The big man helped Shen Wenting up and patted his clothes: "Sir Shen, did you fall?"

It was strange today. On weekdays, there were soldiers patrolling the streets. They should have come over quickly if they heard someone fighting. But I don't know what happened today. After such a long fight and with such a big commotion, there was not a single officer to be seen.

"Humph!" Shen Wenting broke free and returned to the old lady in a panic: "Mother, where can I give them the money?"

"Son, even if we don't have silver, we have to think of a way. It's not a solution if they make trouble like this every day. Isn't the betrothal gift sent by Prince Rui worth some silver? Find a way to change it into silver and pay off the debt first!" The old lady supported Shen Wenting tremblingly and spoke to him softly.

After weighing the pros and cons, Shen Wenting said, "I can give you silver, but only the three thousand taels written on the receipt. Don't think I don't know the dirty tricks of your gambling house. If you push me too far, I will not let you get a penny. At worst, both sides will be destroyed. I, Shen Wenting, have been an official for decades, and I am no pushover." Shen Wenting looked at them with bloodshot eyes.

The big man was unmoved and said, "This is not something I can decide. You reduced the price from five thousand taels to three thousand taels in one go. Do you think this is buying vegetables?"

"Then what do you want?"

"Five thousand taels, not a cent less!" the big man said bluntly.

"Impossible!" Shen Wenting disagreed.

"Then let's come to the Shen Mansion and make some trouble every day. I wonder how you, Lord Shen, will go out and meet people in the future!"

"My daughter is the concubine of Prince Rui! If you don't know what's good for you, don't blame Prince Rui for punishing you!"

"If you hadn't told us, we wouldn't have known! That's great. Let's go to Prince Rui's mansion and make some noise, asking your daughter to return the silver. It's just five thousand taels, Prince Rui's mansion can surely afford it." The big man was not threatened by him at all and became even more excited after hearing it.

"You dare!" Shen Wenting originally wanted to bring up Prince Rui to scare them, but he didn't expect that they didn't take it seriously at all and even wanted to go to Prince Rui's mansion to make trouble. That wouldn't work. If Prince Rui was disturbed, he would be in trouble, and You Ran would not have an easy time in the mansion in the future.

In the end, he had no choice but to agree. He covered his beaten face with his hands, choked, and looked at the old lady.

"Go and take out the silver." The old lady instructed the nanny beside her with concern.

"Yes, old lady." The nanny took the order and went back home to get the silver.

After a while, the nanny came out holding a box, opened it and revealed scattered silver bills inside. It seemed that they were collected from all over the place. The big man's stern face finally relaxed and he looked at them with a smile: "Since the silver is here, then we will..."

"Wait, I can give you the silver, but I still have a request."

The big man stopped smiling and asked patiently, "Master Shen, what else do you want?"

"Now that you have taken the silver, you are not allowed to come to the Shen Mansion or the academy to cause trouble again! Also, don't publicize what happened today!"

"Of course. Although we work in a casino, we still abide by the rules of the underworld. After we get the money, we will have nothing to do with each other." The big man patted his chest and assured.

Shen Wenting then gave them the silver, handing over the money in one hand and the receipt in the other, and the matter was finally resolved.

"Lord Shen, I won't bother you anymore. Brothers, let's call it a day!" The big man waved his hand and told his brothers to retreat.

Shen Wenting finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the people leave, and went back home with the old lady. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He asked the mansion to cut off Shen Haobo's food. He would not die of starvation even if he was starved for two days, so he had to reflect on himself in the yard.

Seeing that everyone had left, Yao Qingnian walked towards the alley not far away.