I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

Li Mubai is definitely not a disciple of the Confucian sage; he can guarantee that with 100% certainty, since he was one of the Confucian sage's closed-door disciples.

"understood."

Pei Yan tossed him a sentence and then fell silent.

It seems the only solution is to have that group of people come over and bring them under control.

Otherwise, if the officials arrive in a little while, they will all be in trouble.

Pei Yan thought to himself and prepared to head up to the second floor.

Upon seeing this, Fang Xiaoxiao's first thought was that this guy had chickened out and was trying to run away.

That Pei Yan is truly despicable. Aside from threatening me, he's nothing but a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong.

"coward!"

She couldn't help but resist the external attacks.

He spoke very softly, almost inaudibly, and unfortunately, Pei Yan had very sensitive hearing.

Upon hearing this, he immediately stopped in his tracks, looked at Fang Xiaoxiao with a cold expression, and questioned her.

"Were you just calling me a coward?"

"This, how is this possible?"

"How is it impossible!"

"!"

After Pei Yan said that, Fang Xiaoxiao didn't dare to say anything more and could only acquiesce.

Fortunately, Pei Yan didn't argue with her much, and just said it in a low voice.

"I'm going to find someone, don't overthink it."

Is he trying to explain this to me? This is truly astounding!

Fang Xiaoxiao was somewhat dazed. This was the first time in so long that Pei Yan had explained things to her.

Suddenly, my heart started pounding wildly for no apparent reason.

This really scared Fang Xiaoxiao quite a bit, and she even had a feeling that she was missing someone.

No, I'm a modern person, I can't fall in love with someone from ancient times.

She forced herself to remain calm and not let her mind wander.

Li Mubai looked at the group of men standing in front of him, and among them were several who were even more handsome than him, and jealousy instantly arose in his heart.

He felt very resentful. Why were there people in this world who were better looking than him? It was so unfair.

Li Mubai coughed twice, as if sending some kind of signal.

The die-hard fans standing next to him, seeing their idol speak, prepared to scatter and smash the shop to pieces to stand up for their idol.

Just then, a number of yamen runners suddenly appeared outside the shop. This group of people quickly entered the shop and drew their long knives.

The head constable, with a full beard, shouted loudly.

"Don't move! If anyone dares to move, I'll chop off their dog head today."

"You bastards, is there no law anymore? How dare you cause trouble right under my nose!"

As the constable was speaking, a handsome man dressed in plain clothes with a scholarly air suddenly walked out from behind him.

The person who came was Wen Rushi, who had just been asking Fang Xiaoxiao about the Tao Te Ching.

Wen Rushi had just noticed that a lot of people had suddenly appeared in the shop, with Li Mubai leading the way.

He knew Li Mubai; that guy was a conman who swindled and cheated.

Moreover, in order to achieve his goals, he even resorted to extremely dirty tricks, making him a talented man with a very bad reputation.

When Wen Rushi came to Changle County from the capital, he heard his master, the Confucian sage, tell him to find a way to capture Li Mubai and bring him back to the capital.

The Confucian sage said that Li Mubai was once an outer disciple of his, but this man was wicked and committed evil deeds everywhere under the guise of being the Confucian sage's disciple.

Wen Rushi knew his teacher's personality; he was a person who hated evil as if it were his enemy and could not tolerate the slightest injustice.

Li Mubai can be considered a stain on a teacher's life.

Wen Rushi glanced at Li Mubai and said in a cold voice.

"Catch him!"

Seeing this, Li Mubai was not afraid at all; instead, he smiled and said...

"That's right, arrest them all."

He didn't know Wen Rushi, but he knew that the other party must be someone of great importance.

For Li Mubai, the most important thing in life is to learn to be pragmatic.

Wen Rushi didn't even lift his eyelids, and walked straight toward Fang Xiaoxiao and the others.

He politely bowed to the crowd.

"I'm so sorry to have bothered you."

Seeing how polite he was, Fang Xiaoxiao waved her hand in response.

"Hey, what do you mean by disturbing me? You're being too polite!"

She didn't know exactly what had happened, but judging from the situation, it certainly wasn't about arresting her and her husbands.

Besides, all of her husbands were bought with a lot of money, and she paid the head tax of five hundred taels of silver per person every month on time.

The authorities certainly wouldn't arrest them.

There's only one truth: these constables are all here to arrest Li Mubai.

As for why, she had no idea.

Wen Rushi smiled and didn't say anything more. Instead, he turned to the bearded constable and spoke.

"Arrest Li Mubai, and take all these troublemakers back to the yamen. All the men over eighteen years old will be forced into corvée labor. If the women can't pay their fines, they'll all be sent to the brothel."

The reason he gave such an order was that none of the people here were good people; they were all villains who followed Li Mubai and bullied others.

Li Mubai is truly clever; he knows how to use a group of people who admire him to make them earn some dirty money for him.

It was only then that Li Mubai realized that this group of people were after him.

He quickly stepped back, shielding the brainless fan in front of him, his eyes filled with ruthlessness, and he angrily pointed at Wen Rushi.

"Who are you? What right do you have to arrest me? What have I done to offend you!"

"If I, Li Mubai, have done anything wrong, I hope you will forgive me."

Li Mubai kept thinking and took out several hundred-yuan silver notes from his pocket.

All of this money came from his earnings in Jiangnan Province.

As for how he acquired it, it was thanks to the group of die-hard fans around him.

He took advantage of the fearless nature of these die-hard fans to sell his calligraphy and paintings in Jiangnan Province, specifically targeting wealthy families.

Anyway, those people have plenty of money. If they dare to disagree, he'll have his brainwashed fans surround their house, and if possible, he might even physically teach some of those who are too ignorant a lesson.

In just a few months, Li Mubai accumulated a certain amount of wealth and truly achieved financial freedom, instead of living like before, wearing and using only defective products and struggling to make a living every day.

As for this change, he actually has to thank Fang Xiaoxiao.

When Li Mubai pretended to faint last time and was taken to the clinic by the three sisters for treatment, he gained some inspiration from it.

Wen Rushi looked at him coldly and spoke sharply.

"Arrest them! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

"As for you, Li Mubai, I advise you not to try any more tricks. To me, they are nothing but a piece of waste paper."

"!"

No, impossible! How could anyone in this world not be interested in money?

Li Mubai didn't believe it. He felt that everyone has a price, and if the other party didn't accept it, it could only mean that the price wasn't enough.