Chapter 61: Causing Trouble
Chapter 61: Causing Trouble
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Hearing Zhuang Qingbei’s accusation, Su Yu said without hesitation, “How can the debate within the Profound Language Pavilion be counted? Back then, it was drawing lots to determine the direction of the debate, not my true thoughts!”
Zhuang Qingbei laughed coldly. “Oh, so that’s how it is. It seems that Brother Su’s insincere words were learned from Minister Su then?”
This fellow was being sinister and eccentric on purpose.
Su Yu replied, “The reestablishment of the Secret Shadow Guard naturally has its benefits. The Great Zhou Empire has always been governed by the cabinet. Now that we have caught wind of corruption, it’s time to cleanse it. If we don’t do something drastic, how can it be effective?”
At this moment, an old man with a grizzled beard spoke, “Corruption has taken wind in the Great Zhou’s government? Wasn’t it all caused by your father, Su Changqing? In this old man’s opinion, we only need to change the prime minister and do an investigation of the Ministry of Appointments as well as the Royal Censorship. It won’t take three to five years for the governing of the government to become clean, so why should we re-establish the Secret Shadow Guards?”
The old man who spoke was called Guo Bin. He was someone with an extremely high status in the Great Zhou’s literary circle and was also a high-ranking official in the Great Zhou Dynasty’s court. He competed with Su Changqing for the same position, but unfortunately, he ultimately failed and was pushed out of the court by Su Changqing.
As soon as Guo Bin spoke, Zhuang Qingbei’s back straightened. He quickly echoed, “Elder Guo is right. Who doesn’t know that Prime Minister Su’s residence was confiscated of over 200 million taels of silver a few days ago? What kind of concept is this? If even the head of all officials is like this, how can you still blame the officials for being corrupt?”
Su Yu said furiously, “My father’s wealth has its own source and is not corrupted. Otherwise, how can he still sit in the position of prime minister?”
Guo Bin sneered and said, “What do you know? He has a trade source? If he didn’t keep his business route to himself and instead handed it over to the Imperial Court, wouldn’t the Royal Treasury be filled to the brim? He used his authority to ship rare items back from the Southern Oceans and sold them at a high price to the people. Isn’t that exploiting them?”
The moment Guo Bin finished his sentence, Su Wen, who was still seated outside, opened his eyes.
“Which old fart jumped out from his coffin? Zhao Jin, follow me in!”
“Yes!” Zhao Jin pulled open the carriage door.
Su Wen slowly walked down the stairs and walked to the door. At this moment, the waiter on duty hurriedly stopped him and said with a smile, “Sir, today is Roc’s Journey Banquet, hence the Immortals’ Abode Pavilion is not open to outsiders. Do you have an invitation?”
Zhao Jin took a step forward and puffed out his chest. He said fiercely, “F*ck! Don’t you know who my Young Master is? It’s Su Wen! Do you know? The Third Young Master of the Prime Minister’s estate! So what if he doesn’t have an invitation? Are you not allowing him to enter?”
Upon hearing Su Wen’s identity, the waiter immediately cowered. In addition to Zhao Jin’s fierce expression, he did not dare to stop him. He could only let Su Wen in and quickly went to look for the boss. After all, Su Wen did not look like he was here to do charity.
In the room, Zhuang Qingbei continued in an arrogant tone, “If Elder Guo hadn’t said so, I wouldn’t have known. So this is the source of the Su family’s wealth. How ridiculous is it for a Prime Minister to personally run a business and degrade his status? However, I heard that Minister Su often accepts gifts and doesn’t do anything, right? For some money, he doesn’t even care about his face. Brother Su, if I were you, I would leave today. Why should I be humiliated here?”
Su Yu was about to refute when he heard a voice sounding from afar.
“Good sh*t! Good sh*t! What a really good load of bullsh*t!”
Su Wen slowly clapped as he walked in. He looked around and asked curiously, “When I passed by the door just now, I heard some loud farts coming from the Immortals’ Abode Pavilion. I wonder who let it out?”
Zhuang Qingbei did not know Su Wen, but Su Wen’s words were clearly meant to scold him and Guo Bin. Zhuang Qingbei raged, “Where did this brat come from? Get lost!”
“Zhao Jin, beat him up!”
Su Wen grabbed a handful of peanuts from the table as he casually instructed.
Zhao Jin immediately stepped forward, grabbed Zhuang Qingbei, and gave him a good slap.
With this slap, Zhuang Qingbei’s face instantly turned red and swollen, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
And this was the result of Zhao Jin showing mercy.
However, this was only the beginning. Zhao Jin gave Zhuang Qingbei more than ten slaps to the face, causing him to feel dizzy, unable to differentiate between the ground and the sky.
At this moment, someone recognized Su Wen. “This is the Third Young Master of the Prime Minister’s estate, Su Wen.”
“That’s right. I went to see him when he was competing in wealth. That’s him.”
“What the f*ck! He’s too arrogant. He started beating someone up right away.”
At this moment, the head organizer from the Profound Language Pavilion as well as the host, Fei Chi, stood up and said with a serious expression, “Su Wen, don’t be impudent! This is the Roc’s Journey Banquet! What are you doing?”
Su Wen tilted his head and looked at him with a smile. “Oh? You actually know who this Young Master is?”
Su Wen’s expression turned serious as he said, “Everyone here, listen up. This Young Master here doesn’t have any other rules. He just doesn’t want to hear all of you talking nonsense. I’ll beat up whoever dares to badmouth my father! If you have the ability, go f*cking complain about me. It doesn’t matter who isn’t convinced. Stand up and I’ll beat them up together!”
After saying that, Su Wen looked at Guo Bin and sneered. “You old fart, it’s you, right? I could hear your loud farts from afar. Zhao Jin, beat up this old dog for me!”
After saying those words, he turned to Su Yu and said with a smile, “You, have you gone stupid from studying? When others talk about your father, who cares if he’s right or wrong? Beat him up first!”
“Are you kidding me?” Su Yu was helpless.
Su Wen rolled his eyes and sneered. “Why? Why are you debating with him about right and wrong when others are smearing your father’s name? There are some things that don’t have an outcome. Who can guarantee the future of the Secret Shadow Guard if it’s established or not? However much you debate, it won’t have an end. It will just end up with your father being mocked badly.”
Su Yu felt extremely awkward when he heard Su Wen calling him ‘your father’. “He’s your father too!”
“Yeah, that’s why I’m beating them up!”
While the brothers were talking on one side, Zhao Jin had already thrown the beaten Zhuang Qingbei to the side. He turned around and walked towards Guo Bin with a sinister smile.
Old Guo was stunned. He had always been proud of his seniority. When had he ever encountered such an unreasonable person?
He saw Zhuang Qingbei’s miserable state clearly, but given his old age, he wondered if he could survive the same treatment. His legs began trembling when he saw Zhao Jin walking over.
At this moment, Fei Chi stood in front of Zhao Jin and harshly shouted, “Su Wen, this is not a place for you to fool around. I will definitely report this to His Majesty!”
Zhao Jin couldn’t be bothered with what he was saying. He reached out and pushed Fei Bin away. How could Fei Bin be a match for him? He instantly fell to the ground like a rubber ball.
Su Wen burst into laughter at this comical scene.
Zhao Jin walked in front of Guo Bin. At this moment, Guo Bin clutched his chest and his eyes turned white. He immediately used the divine skill of an old man — pretending to faint!
Zhao Jin was stunned and turned to look at Su Wen.
Su Wen walked forward and reached out to pinch Guo Bin’s nose. He cried out in shock, “F*ck, this old fellow has stopped breathing. You guys have seen for yourselves that he died on his own. It has nothing to do with me!”
However, throughout the process of talking, he did not let go of Guo Bin’s nose at all.
Guo Bin’s nose was tightly pinched. This old man was originally pretending to be unconscious, but with someone now pinching his nose, he couldn’t breathe at all and felt as if his chest was about to explode.
He could not hold it in any longer and opened his mouth to breathe.
“Huuu!”
Su Wen cried out in alarm, “The corpse moved! A zombie!”
With that said, he punched Guo Bin’s chest.