Chapter 16: Chaos

With this mentality, I began to listen very quietly to Yun Xiaobao’s so-called evidence.

Originally, I thought that this evidence involved Yun Xiaobao’s only son, Yun Baogen. After all, when my master sold them the spirit jade, Yun Baochun had said that it was for his only grandson Yun Baogen, who was not in good health.

However, what Yun Xiaobao said was about Yun Baochun, who had passed away three years ago.

In the crowd, Yun Xiaobao was still speaking emotionally: “My friends who came with me all know that my father passed away three years ago, which was considered a long life. But in the period before his death, it was very difficult, and he was tortured. Fortunately, five years ago, I met Master Chen, and with Master Chen’s help, a series of things were resolved, and some things I saw with my own eyes, which could not be faked. I guarantee with my character that Master Chen is indeed capable.

Yun Xiaobao’s words were simple. After he said that, he bowed to the crowd and then said no more. The crowd also quieted down. People were also thinking, these people are well-known, they wouldn’t come to make false testimony, so what is the truth?

After Yun Xiaobao stopped talking, Ma Dudu jumped out again: “My name is Ma Dudu, of course, it’s just a nickname. If you don’t believe Yun Xiaobao’s words, I can also testify that something strange happened in the shop before, and Master Chen solved it.”

Huh, this Ma Dudu, I finished eating the pear in my hand, felt half-full, wiped my hands, then took out two cigarettes, gave one to the crispy meat, and then lit one for myself. I saw Ma Dudu finish speaking, and the remaining people had nothing else to say?

Sure enough, the people who followed Yun Xiaobao this time seemed to treat the so-called Master Chen as their father, and one by one they all stood up and said a few words. However, when it came to privacy, no one said what the specific matter was.

Afterwards, the so-called Master Chen regained his calm demeanor, and appeared to be compassionate and sympathetic, but there was a hint of smugness in his expression that could not be concealed.

“Boundless Supreme Being.” First, he performed a Taoist ritual.

Only then did Master Chen say, “Fortunately, these benefactors have remembered to testify on Chen’s behalf, otherwise even if Chen had a thousand mouths, he could not explain himself. In desperation, he could only take a big fall here! As the saying goes, life takes a turn for the better. Chen was just wondering, he originally knew a little about divination, but he had not calculated that he would have this disaster. It turns out that he has friends to help him, which is also a blessing.

Shit, he’s already decided on the outcome? Is he already playing? Is he implying that he didn’t have this disaster, meaning that he passed?

With the testimony of these people, people once again began to waver. After all, this is the inevitable nature of human beings. If it is not too related to oneself, one likes to follow the crowd and repeat what others say.

At the same time, the small business owners were also panicking. One of them came forward and said, “Master Chen, as you said, is there really a ghost here? Then you’d better help us solve it.”

“Forget it, I can’t solve the ghosts here. Someone used this to set up a trap to lure me in. It’s already a blessing to escape. I’m sorry I can’t help you.” Master Chen said very calmly, but the meaning of his words was clearly angry.

His apprentices also began to cooperate just right. One of them walked up and said, “My master is very busy. He takes over so many things every day. I can’t remember how much you gave him in incense money. Give us a number and we’ll return it to you. You came here to work sincerely, but you actually want to send us to the police station. Hmph…”

Master Chen had to appear calm and dignified, so his subordinates naturally did not have to worry about this, and of course they had to help Master Chen express his emotions appropriately.

The bosses were not knowledgeable or learned people, and they were blind when it came to metaphysics. But these small bosses were more superstitious than anyone else, and when they saw what was going on, they panicked.

There were all kinds of people begging Master Chen and asking Yun Xiaobao to help them.

Huh, it’s a good thing that Master Chen is so capable that he can still turn the tables like this. Su Rou said to me in my ear, “This liar has too many connections. Sanwa, we can’t beat him. Let’s get ready to run. We’ve already packed our luggage, so let’s run now, then buy a train ticket for the night and leave.”

I said to Su Rou, “Don’t panic. I have a plan.”

“What the hell, what can you do now?” Su Rou said anxiously to me, and was about to pull me away.

At this moment, Master Chen just snorted and suddenly looked at me and Su Rou, and said, “I have always been a generous person. I don’t understand why you two are picking on me. I just want one reason, so you can tell me. I don’t care about the rest. I want a reason, and I also want to know if it has anything to do with my enemies.”

“What enemies could you have?” I looked at him sideways with a cigarette in my mouth, looking at him with disdain.

Master Chen looked at me like this, and his face immediately sank.

Actually, it’s not strange that Master Chen felt that way. After the incident, Su Rou told me that he wanted to beat me up when he saw me. He was clearly a Taoist priest, but he had the aura of a petty criminal, and he looked like he needed a beating.

Well, it’s not my fault. Who let my buddy be a rebellious and rock ‘n’ roll youth when he was in Beijing?

However, Master Chen is a man who cares about his reputation, and he didn’t want to get angry with me, a “little rascal.” He just said, “My enemies, the people and things I come into contact with, are not something you can know. I’m just afraid that you’ve been used and are counting the money for others.”

This is an interesting statement, directly implying that people have already decided on a verdict, pointing directly at me and Su Rou as the ones who set the trap. Plus, he also made himself sound very mysterious.

Su Rou was so angry that he was about to say something. The small boss who had once made fake money for us couldn’t wait to jump out: “Actually, I recognize them. They are just selling clothes and setting up stalls. They came to me a while ago to help make some fake money. I said that I didn’t trust them very much just now.”

Come on, what is this, a mob mentality? I was speechless, and Su Rou was already so angry that he was about to go up and beat the little boss. He yelled, “You really know how to kick someone when they’re down. Why didn’t you say anything when you were making money? You son of a bitch.”

The little boss roared and quickly hid behind Master Chen. In his opinion, Master Chen was a great man and naturally very powerful.

Master Chen would not miss the opportunity to create a righteous image, and immediately took a step forward, shouting, “You dare to do this, you little brat!”

But Su Rou wanted to hit Master Chen, so he didn’t care. You see, Su Rou and I are the same. When we get into trouble, we both have a kind of loner temperament. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have taken a kitchen knife, rolling pin and hungry ghost king to fight desperately. And what Su Rou wanted to hit the most was not the little boss, but Master Chen.

Just as Master Chen was basking in his glorious image, thinking that he could hold Su Rou off with his many followers, he didn’t expect Su Rou to punch him hard in the eye.

“Ah!” Master Chen shouted as he covered his eyes. His disciples were about to surround Su Rou and beat him up.

I was furious, so I grabbed a plate of offerings and rushed over, yelling, “What are you doing? What are you doing? Do you want to beat people up? Do you think there are no laws in China? If you don’t beat us to death today, you won’t get away either, and even if I die, I’ll take a few of you with me.”

It’s not my fault. I’m a gentleman on the surface, but a hot-tempered man inside. When I’m provoked, I’m very much like a loner. I originally wanted to pretend to be a sage, but look, I’m not as good as Master Chen, so I just came out as a little rascal.

And Su Rou also knew how to cooperate with me. He shouted, “I don’t understand ancient Chinese, but just now he shouted a sentence. I heard that it meant, don’t hit him, hit me. I did as I was told. Don’t bully people!”

If Su Rou wants to talk nonsense, then he can only compete with Qin Huai for first place. I was originally angry, but after Su Rou teased me, I thought it was funny.

The master still wanted to maintain his composure, but he didn’t want to let us off the hook. He just said, “This person is inexplicably violent, but we still have to be reasonable. Let’s go directly to the police station and talk it out.”

Oh, now it’s the other way around. Do you want to send us to the police station? So I looked at Yun Xiaobao and shouted, “Uncle Yun, don’t you recognize me after all these years? No wonder you were tricked by the fake Taoist priest!”