My Father in Law is Lu Bu

illed a hooligan.
“The rest of you, subject yourselves to twenty strokes!”

“Understood!” The soldiers replied as their hatred for the fatty grew.

“Let me go!” Jin Pangzi panicked.
He was wrongly accused and was about to be beaten to death.
When did he even pretend to be a noble?

“I came here to deliver something!” Jin Pangzi shouted.

“Drag him away!” Cai Ye furrowed his brows and ordered.
As Jin Pangzi had shouted loudly, he attracted the attention of those passing by.

“Our Boss, Chen Shen, asked me to deliver this!” Jin Pangzi quickly explained.
This had no effect as Cai Ye did not know who Chen Shen was.
Jin Pangzi then brought up Chen Kang but he did not know Chen Kang’s name and even if he did, Chen Kang was only at Cai Ye’s rank in status.

“Right! It is Lord Kuai!” Jin Pangzi finally shouted the name of his savior.

“Who cares about your Lord? You are definitely dead this time!” The soldiers hated him so they berated him without caring about the man’s backing.

“Wait!” Cai Ye suddenly said just before the soldiers threw Jin Pangzi into the torture chamber.

“Grandfather Cai?” The four soldiers questioned.

“Grandfather Cai! This person here is a hooligan!” Cai Zhong objected.

Cai Ye ignored him and asked.
“Who is this Lord Kuai?” There weren’t that many people named Kuai in Jingzhou.
If someone was named Kuai, they likely belonged to the Kuai Family.

“The Lord Kuai that lives at the outer city!”

“Grandfather Cai! Didn’t I already say that this person is lying? The Kuai Family live in the inner city!” All nobles generally live in the inner city especially if they were as influential as the Kuai Family.

“It is Lord Kuai Qingtian (upright)!” Jin Pangzi was about to cry.
He came here to deliver a letter, not to die.

“Kuai Qingtian!” Cai Ye finally understood.
This was what the common people refer Kuai Liang as.
This is because Kuai Liang was strict and upright when he served as judge.
All attempts at bribery or request for leniency is rejected regardless of who the criminal is.
Many nobles had been executed by Kuai Liang, one of which was a child from a close branch of the Cai Family.
Kuai Liang executed that person even though Cai Mao and Kuai Yue had pleaded for leniency.
His method of doing things was more terrifying to the nobles compared to Cao Cao’s multicolored stakes.

Cai Ye himself had a personal connection to the Cai Family child that got executed.
He also knew that Kuai Liang had moved out after arguing with his brother.

“So it is Master Zirou.
Let this person go!” Cai Ye ordered.
He could not afford to offend Kuai Liang as the Kuai Family and the Cai Family were currently allied.
Even though Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue got into an argument, they were still brothers.

“Let me go!” Jin Pangzi said again as he praised his own quick wit the moment he saw heard Cai Ye’s words and saw Cai Ye’s smile return.
Jin Pangzi then took a peek at the bags of money with given to him while the four soldiers looked at him with killing intent.

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“I was sent here by Master Zirou!” Jin Pangzi quickly said.
As a hooligan, he knew how to use powerful connections.

“Apologies for the offense earlier.” Cai Ye cupped his fist in reply.

“Grandfather Cai! This person is a hooligan!” Cai Zhong still could not let it go.

“Shut up!” Cai Ye angrily replied back to Cai Zhong.
Regardless of whether Jin Pangzi was a hooligan or not, Cai Ye could no longer kill him.
At the very least, he need to receive the delivery from Jin Pangzi as it was very likely that Jin Pangzi was telling the truth.
After all, the silk clothes Jin Pangzi was wearing is something Cai Ye himself could not wear.

“But…”

“Do I need you to teach me how to do things?” Cai Ye asked coldly.

“Understood!” Cai Zhong lowered his head and stopped speaking.

Cai Ye looked back at Jin Pangzi.
If Jin Pangzi was really sent by Kuai Liang, then Cai Ye would respond with a smile.
Otherwise, he would have both Jin Pangzi and his family killed.

“Master Zirou said Cai Zhong has offended him and asked for the Cai Family to discipline him!” Jin Pangzi said in retaliation.

“Huh? How did I offend Master Zirou?” Cai Zhong replied rashly as though he was just reacting to Jin Pangzi’s words.
It was obvious that Jin Pangzi simply wanted to bully him.

“What Master Zirou says, goes!” Cai Ye smiled back and slapped Cai Zhong.
After the resounding slap, he ordered for Cai Zhong to be sent to the torture chamber.
Cai Zhong was only an insignificant servant.
Even if Cai Zhong did not offend Kuai Liang, Cai Ye could do anything he wanted to Cai Zhong without repercussions.

“Grandfather Cai! I was accused wrongly!” Cai Zhong wailed as he was dragged away.

Jin Pangzi shuddered as he listened to Cai Zhong’s screams.
He simply wanted to reprimand Cai Zhong, not have him killed.

“Young sir, is that all from Master Zirou?” Cai Ye asked with a smile as he watched with sharp eyes.
If Jin Pangzi were to say that was all, he would join Cai Zhong in the torture chamber.

“No! There is something else!” Jin Pangzi quickly replied in fear.
He wanted to quickly leave this place as a single word was enough to kill.

“Master Zirou asked me to deliver this!” Jin Pangzi took out the invitation letter.

“Hm?” Cai Ye looked at the invitation letter which came as a common envelope.
He then tore it open.

“This is an invitation letter?” Cai Ye looked at the letter.
Written on it was the invitation to the wedding celebration that would happen at the Kuai Residence at the outer city.
The people invited were Cai Mao along with the second Lord and third Lord.2

“Young sir.
Can you wait for a moment? Men! Escort him to the hall for him to rest!” Cai Ye wanted to make sure that the letter was genuine so he acted diplomatically.
Jin Pangzi was not given the chance to refuse even though he really did not want to stay at the Cai Residence any longer.

Cai Ye then quickly disappeared into the residence while the soldiers escort him in.

“Sir, please come in.”

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“Boss! Please take care of yourself!”

Jin Pangzi felt like crying.
He felt like he was going to die soon.

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“Who sent this?” Cai Mao asked.
The war in Jiangxia had been going smoothly because of Zhuge Liang.
Though there were no major victories, there were plenty of small victories.
As a result, both Liu Biao and Cai Mao were happily relaxing at home.
Cai Mao did not expect this sudden invitation.

“A knight-errant.” Cai Ye replied.
Cai Ye had Jin Pangzi investigated after receiving the letter and discovered that yes, Jin Pangzi was just a hooligan.

“A knight-errant?” Cai Mao furrowed his brows.
“Why is it a knight-errant?” Kuai Liang was the one in charge of keeping the peace in Xiangyang.
He was like the chief of police.
On the other hand, knight-errant and hooligans collect protection fees in the name of tax.
These two groups should not have been able to get along.

“The boss of this Jin Pangzi is Chen Shen! This Chen Shen is the nephew of Kuai Liang’s housekeeper!” Cai Ye explained.
He even had Chen Shen investigated.

“That housekeeper?” Cai Mao recalled the housekeeper as he came to an understanding.

“Milord.
Is this invitation a fake?” Cai Ye asked carefully.
If it was a fake, Jin Pangzi is dead.

“The invitation is real.” Cai Mao shook his head.
He recognized the handwriting on the letter as he was acquainted with Kuai Ran and Kuai Liang since before they became influential in Jingzhou.
Kuai Liang had even laughed at Cai Mao for having lousy handwriting.

He could understand everything now since Jin Pangzi was the housekeeper’s men.
Kuai Liang moved out after having a quarrel with Kuai Yue.
Since Kuai Liang was rigid and would not accept assistance from his brother, he had no choice but to use a hooligan.
It was fortunate that Cai Ye was patient enough.
If Jin Pangzi was killed, there would be a big problem.

“Are you going?” Cai Ye asked.
He would need to prepare a carriage and other things if Cai Mao was going to accept the invitation.

“Of course! Why would I not go?” Cai Mao’s reply came immediately.

Cai Mao then laughed to himself.
“Kuai Liang.
You cannot hold it in anymore?” Everyone knew that Kuai Liang was a widower.
Kuai Liang himself did not take a second wife or a concubine because he loved his wife and continued to remain single, raising his two daughters alone even after her death.
Now, Kuai Liang was finally going to marry another person.

Rather than going with his blessings, he wanted to ridicule Kuai Liang.
After all, there were not many chances to do so.

“Cai Ye.
Go and take out one White Tiger Whip3! We cannot go empty handed!” Cai Mao said with a laugh.

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All Mister/Teacher will from now on be Master because it sounds less awkward for a general respectful word and I played too much Koei games. Cai Mao is the head of the Cai Family.
The next two people with the highest authority would be this ‘second Lord’ and ‘third Lord’.
Unfortunately, my adventures in Wikipedia doesn’t say the existence of any sons or brother who would be next in line. 白虎鞭 No idea what this is.
Direct translation would be White Tiger Whip.
So it is probably a whip/horsewhip though I can’t imagine it being appropriate (or purposefully inappropriate since everyone in this series is terrible).
Meanwhile, Google showed me some martial arts thing though that is definitely out.
I will probably not switch it to whatever is more appropriate for this chapter when I actually find out what it is because I would forget its been here.