The Savage Lady Wants to Kill Me! Reborn on the Path of Cultivation

The middle-aged man, with an awkward smile on his face, asked cautiously, "Young man, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

"Listen carefully. I'll give you two choices." The leading young man glanced at him with a mocking smile on his face. "Either you come with us to the clinic and get my brother's injuries assessed; or you pay some money and the matter will be written off. But I have to remind you that the clinic is quite far from here. It will take at least one or two hours to travel back and forth."

The middle-aged man smiled and answered quite happily: "I choose to pay compensation. So, how much compensation do you want?"

The leading young man stretched out his index finger, waved it in front of the middle-aged man, and said calmly: "This number."

The middle-aged man nodded without saying anything. He untied the purse at his waist, took out a piece of silver from it, handed it to the young man, and said with a smile, "This is my small token of apology."

The young man in the lead suddenly looked unhappy. He raised his hand and threw the silver coins to the ground, angrily shouting, "One tael of silver? Are you sending away beggars?!"

The smile on the middle-aged man's face froze instantly. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Young man, how much do you think is appropriate?"

The leading young man said coldly: "One hundred taels!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd watching couldn't help but gasp.

One hundred taels of silver is simply an exorbitant price!

Not to mention a foot, it's more than enough to buy a life!

After hearing what the other party said, the middle-aged man's expression became ugly. He forced out an unnatural smile, and his tone revealed a bit of dissatisfaction: "Young man, this seems a bit too much, right?"

The leading young man had an arrogant look on his face, with his eyebrows raised and a sarcastic smile on his lips. He responded contemptuously: "Oh? You hit someone and you don't want to take responsibility? All right, in that case, let's report it to the police. I'm very familiar with the people in the government, so just wait and see!"

Tong Ling watched this scene from the side, her brows tightly knitted together.

She turned her head and asked Duan Tianyang softly, "Do you know them?"

Duan Tianyang shook his head, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes: "How can I know these people? They are a bunch of street scoundrels who specifically pick on foreign merchants and bully the weak and fear the strong."

Tong Ling continued to ask: "Then why did they say they have acquaintances in the government?"

Duan Tianyang smiled contemptuously: "It's just bragging, a trick to scare people. These little hooligans like to exaggerate and bluff."

As an official appointed by the imperial court, Duan Tianyang was indifferent to the matter. Seeing this, Tong Ling couldn't help but ask, "Don't you plan to take care of it?"

There are so many trivial matters like this that happen every day. If I take care of them all, wouldn't I be so busy?

If Tong Ling hadn't pulled him hard, Duan Tianyang probably wouldn't even have come to look, considering his dislike for joining in the fun.

He rolled his eyes and said lightly, "You think I'm idle? Let's take a look again."

Although others could not see anything unusual, Duan Tianyang could keenly sense through the air currents that those hooligans were just ordinary people, while the seemingly kind middle-aged man and the driver were both martial artists with a high level of cultivation. This made him feel surprised.

When the young man in the lead proposed to report to the authorities, the middle-aged man's attitude immediately softened. He smiled and responded: "Little brother, this is just a small matter. Why bother to alert the authorities?"

"A small matter?" The leading young man frowned and retorted, "My brother's foot was crushed by your carriage. He may become a cripple in the future!" He turned to the injured young man, who, after a brief moment of daze, began to groan in pain.

The leading young man continued firmly, "Look, his leg is broken, how can this be a trivial matter? Let's go to the government to verify it!" After saying that, he grabbed the middle-aged man's collar and prepared to take him to the government.

Although he pulled with all his strength, the middle-aged man stood still like a mountain.

The middle-aged man easily broke free from the young leader's restraint and said in a calm tone: "Young man, why don't we each take a step back and make peace."

After saying this, he took out a silver note from his pocket and handed it to the leading young man, "This is a silver note for one hundred taels, should it be enough?"

However, before the leading young man could express his opinion, a firm voice of opposition suddenly rang out from the crowd: "I disagree!"

Duan Tianyang sighed secretly, thinking that this little brat really likes to meddle in other people's business.

The one who spoke was Tong Ling. She had thought that Duan Tianyang would step forward to stop those unreasonable thugs, but she saw him standing by and allowing them to blackmail her. She was filled with resentment and decided to intervene personally.

She walked up to several young men and angrily accused them, "You are clearly extorting money on purpose. It was just a minor scratch by the carriage, but you asked them to pay a hundred taels of silver. Are you bandits or robbers?"

The young man in the lead suddenly looked gloomy. He glared at Tong Ling and angrily said, "How dare you meddle in other people's business, girl?"

"I insist on intervening in this matter today. What can you do to me?" Tong Ling did not back down. She responded with her hands on her hips aggressively. Her arrogance even surpassed those young men.

"You little bitch, you have no idea how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is. I must teach you a lesson today!" The leading young man was furious, his eyes were wide open, and he was about to swing his hand.

However, the middle-aged man hurriedly stopped him, turned to Tong Ling and said gently: "Miss, thank you for your kindness. But this is just a small misunderstanding. I am willing to resolve it with silver, which is also a little compensation from me." As he spoke, he handed over the silver note.

The leading young man glanced at Tong Ling viciously and was about to take the banknote, but Tong Ling quickly snatched the banknote from the middle-aged man and said to the young man bluntly: "Isn't your companion injured? Doesn't he need a medical examination? Okay, let's go to the clinic now. I want to see how serious his injury is!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man felt a headache. He just wanted to resolve the dispute, but the situation before him seemed out of control.

The young man and others were also feeling very troubled. Things were originally going smoothly, but suddenly such an ungrateful girl showed up.

Duan Tianyang also felt helpless like them. The middle-aged men were all martial artists and did not need help from outsiders at all. However, Tong Ling insisted on intervening. Isn't this just like a dog trying to catch a rat and meddling in other people's business?

"Let's go, let's go to the clinic now!" Tong Ling held the silver bill in her hand and deliberately showed it in front of the leading young man.

The young man looked annoyed and turned his head, as if he was going to leave.

However, just as he turned his back to Tong Ling, he quickly pulled out a dagger from his waist.

Without warning, he turned around and stabbed Tong Ling viciously in the abdomen, roaring, "Go to hell!"