Street Fight at the Alley Entrance

A gang of thugs blocked the entrance, splashing filthy water over the walls.

When Li Yan arrived, this was the scene before him.

A crowd of commoners had gathered nearby, all pointing and whispering as they watched the spectacle.

They had seen scenes like this plenty of times.

There were countless ways for hooligans to disgust people.

"Cursing in the streets," "lying in coffins," "pouring boiling oil over themselves," "opening the latrine channel"...

Whatever made you uncomfortable, they would do it.

And most of the time, there was truly nothing you could do about them.

If you reported them to the authorities, at most they would be thrown in jail and beaten, then locked up for a few days.

Once they came out, these ruffians would instead be praised and launch even more disgusting reprisals.

Even those with money and influence might not be able to afford provoking them.

There had once been a domineering wealthy merchant who saw Guo Huo come to his door, injure themselves, and extort money. He simply ordered his servants to beat them to death, then smoothed things over with the authorities afterward, thinking he could sleep soundly from then on. He never imagined that this was only the beginning of his nightmare.

First, rats and flies began appearing in his shop. Then, at night, people started dumping excrement at his door.

Guo Huo even drew lots of life and death. Every few days, someone would risk their life to come to the shop and disgust him, nearly forcing him to close.

That was the barefoot man's fearlessness before the shoe-wearer.

In the end, the wealthy merchant could only swallow his misfortune, invite people to a banquet, and ask them to mediate.

Li Yan was not surprised in the slightest by the things these bastards