Chapter 176
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Chapter 176 The Nightmare of That Night
Since becoming a master, Jiang Chenhen rarely cursed at people, but today he finally couldn’t hold back anymore.
He had always known that the Jiang family treated him like a dog, and he was willing to be their attack dog. However, it was one thing to think of himself that way, but quite another to hear it from someone else’s mouth!
He was at least twenty-some years older than Jiang Yihe, yet this young master showed him such disrespect, which thoroughly provoked Jiang Chenhen’s anger!
Moreover, this Jiang Yihe completely failed to see the situation before him and actually wanted to drag him to his death! This was something Jiang Chenhen absolutely couldn’t tolerate!
If facing someone else, Jiang Chenhen might have been willing to risk his life to protect the young master, just like when Su Rui had previously disabled his arms. If he had been a coward, if he had remained hidden in the shadows, he wouldn’t have lost both his arms!
But ever since learning that the man before him was the super-fierce warrior who had cut through half the capital with a four-edged military dagger five years ago, Jiang Chenhen couldn’t summon any courage to confront him! He was simply invincible!
With his own limited skills, trying to stand against him was nothing but overestimating himself like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
And now Jiang Yihe’s shouting and screaming appeared to Jiang Chenhen as perfectly described by ten characters: “Like an ant trying to shake a giant tree, laughably presumptuous!”
Jiang Yihe’s face was covered in blood, with one arm broken, and he was already furious. Now hearing Jiang Chenhen dare to curse at him, a subordinate insulting his superior, he became even more enraged: “Jiang Chenhen, you dare curse at me, do you want to die? Don’t you believe I’ll go home and have the old man execute you on the spot!”
Su Rui gave Jiang Yihe a disdainful glance, then said to Jiang Chenhen: “Continue answering my previous question. He insulted my sister and threatened to disable my limbs, so I disabled his limbs. Is that too much?”
Of course it’s not too much! Even killing him wouldn’t be too much!
This was the answer in Jiang Chenhen’s heart, but he couldn’t say it out loud no matter what!
The person before him was Su Rui, the man known as the Blazing War God!
Su Rui continued: “Jiang Chenhen, you can’t distinguish right from wrong and you aid evil. Tell me, how should I punish you?”
Hearing these words, Jiang Chenhen’s body involuntarily trembled! If this master said he would punish someone, it would definitely be an extremely severe punishment!
“Bastard, treating me like this, our Jiang family won’t let you get away with it! Just wait to die!” Jiang Yihe was still shouting madly. He was in extreme pain and humiliation today. In all his years growing up, he had never suffered such insult!
Before this man, he was nothing but an ant!
“Your Jiang family won’t let me get away with it?” Upon hearing this, Su Rui reacted as if he’d heard a joke: “I’ve never cared whether they would let me off or not. But why don’t you ask, will I let them off?”
Jiang Yihe, clutching his broken arm, wanted to curse at Su Rui again, but after seeing his expression, he immediately swallowed the rest of his words!
Will I let them off?
One person, facing a great family dynasty, speaking such arrogant words, yet no one felt he was boasting! It was as if he was simply stating an extremely ordinary fact!
“The events of five years ago, Jiang Yihe might not know about them, but are you unaware?” Su Rui stared at Jiang Chenhen and said: “Tell him how his brother Jiang Yigang became crippled.”
Hearing these words, Ye Binglan was stunned, and so was Jiang Yihe!
And Jiang Chenhen, who knew the inside story, seemed to have heard something extremely terrifying. His body, which could normally maintain perfect stability even when practicing on plum blossom stakes, now began to shake violently and continuously!
Regarding the dramatic events of five years ago, although Ye Binglan wasn’t present, she had heard some accounts from her family elders.
Five years ago, Jiang Yihe was still studying abroad. At that time, his cousin Jiang Yigang had been in the military for ten years, a major and battalion commander with a promising future, a renowned young talent in the Capital Military Region.
The Jiang family’s influence was enormous in both military and political circles. With the support of such a behemoth family, and given that Jiang Yigang’s performance was quite good, barring any unexpected events, becoming a general in the future was almost certain—the only question was how many stars he would eventually wear.
At that time, compared to his brother Jiang Yigang, Jiang Yihe was just an immature youth. Jiang Yigang was shrewd and mature in his dealings, and had already been designated as the next heir of the Jiang family.
However, this promising young officer, on a rainy night, was confronted by another even more brilliant young man wielding a four-edged military dagger, who broke into the Jiang family mansion, carved a bloody path through it, and directly disabled Jiang Yigang’s legs!
The razor-sharp four-edged dagger pierced two clear holes through the Jiang family’s eldest young master’s knees! Ligaments and menisci were completely destroyed! From then on, that renowned young master of the Jiang family with limitless prospects was forced to retire from the military and spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair!
Several years had passed, and the past events had been buried under the dust of time, but now as the dust was blown away, Jiang Chenhen could still clearly feel the terror of that moment!
At the Jiang family mansion that night, five veteran masters had joined forces to protect Jiang Yigang and capture Su Rui, but unexpectedly, Su Rui relied solely on his own strength to break through the blockade of these five renowned masters and cripple Jiang Yigang in the chaos!
If those five masters hadn’t joined forces to block him, Jiang Yigang would probably have been killed!
No one could stop him, no one!
Jiang Chenhen looked at Jiang Yihe, who hadn’t been present at the time, and said with a trembling voice: “Your cousin… your cousin Jiang Yigang was crippled by… by him!”
Hearing this, Jiang Yihe felt as if struck by lightning!
That cousin who had been at the peak of his career suddenly fell, confined to a wheelchair, living in seclusion, no longer involved in any family affairs!
If Jiang Yigang were still as he was before, Jiang Yihe wouldn’t have his current status!
Though Jiang Yihe wasn’t there in person, he had heard from countless people how terrifying that night was. Since that day, with the Jiang family heir disabled, many aspects of the family began to decline!
That incident was almost taboo within the Jiang family; no one dared mention it, no one could mention it!
Unexpectedly, the Jiang family’s tragedy was caused by this young man!
After understanding this connection, Jiang Yihe felt like crying! How unlucky he must be to encounter this man! And he had even threatened to disable his limbs!
Ye Binglan’s expression also showed complete disbelief. Regarding the events of five years ago, she had been attending university in Ninghai and wasn’t particularly clear about the details, but she had heard some discussions among her elders. She never imagined that the person who caused that “Capital Bloody Night” was actually her little brother whom she hadn’t seen for nineteen years.
That upheaval almost overturned the power structure of the capital. Many reclusive old masters emerged because of this incident, but none could stop that brilliant young man. That night, the heirs of several major families in the capital were either disabled or killed on the spot! Many family mansions were covered in blood!
That figure, that military dagger, became almost everyone’s nightmare!
Bai Wangchuan had been studying abroad at the time and didn’t understand the circumstances of that night. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to provoke Su Rui at the annual Medical Association banquet, not even with ten thousand times more courage!
That night, many people in the capital felt a trembling in the depths of their souls, but most people didn’t know why that man, burning like a fierce flame, had caused such a catastrophe! His anger made half the capital tremble!
But what was even more terrifying was yet to come!
After the Capital Bloody Night, the humiliated major families couldn’t contain their anger and united to pressure the higher authorities, attempting to use state violence to kill Su Rui and satisfy their hatred!
After all, such open killing and injuring of so many people, according to Chinese law, would certainly result in immediate execution by firing squad!
However, contrary to the expectations of the major families, when they made their demands, many powerful figures and several old veterans who had lived since the founding of the nation stood up to save Su Rui’s life!
Those who truly understand politics know that at their level, law is no longer a weapon that can solve problems! Since these powerful figures stood up to protect Su Rui, the so-called “a life for a life” principle and the law itself had lost their effect!
Of course, the state couldn’t ignore the tremendous anger of the major families. If these great families caused trouble, it wouldn’t be what the government wanted to see. Finally, after much negotiation between multiple parties, Su Rui’s life was saved!
Of course, as the sole executor of that tragic incident, Su Rui also received some punishment—though in some people’s view, compared to the blood shed in the capital that night, his punishment seemed too light!
“Discharged from military service, expelled from the country, banned from entering for five years.”—This was the result of Su Rui’s case!
Originally, the term “expelled from the country” only applied to citizens of foreign nationalities, but because of the Capital Bloody Night, as a result of negotiations between many powerful figures, Su Rui became the only Chinese national in history to be subjected to the words “expelled from the country”!
For those families who had shed too much blood, this result was naturally too perfunctory. This punishment was barely a drop in the ocean. Su Rui was their greatest enemy, and anything short of death by a thousand cuts was insufficient. Yet he was merely discharged from the military and expelled for five years?
But this time, several high-ranking officials of the Chinese government didn’t consider the wishes of the major families. They took strong action and suppressed these opinions. Both sides compromised, and no one dared mention this matter again!
That Capital Bloody Night also forged the legend of a man with an iron will!
