The five local thugs were enraged to see Tangyu still daring to speak so insolently. In Miyun Town, they were the bosses, the kind of people others would step aside for. Yet today, someone dared to talk to them like this—was simply courting death. In Miyun Town, they could well be considered overlords. Both the chief of the police station and the secretary of Miyun Town were tight buddies with their boss. Frankly, as long as they didn't kill anyone here, everything else could be easily settled.
Even if they crippled someone, it was just a matter of paying some compensation. After all, in a small place, "heaven is high and the Emperor is far away," and with strong fists, others naturally fear you.
This was also why Deng Jianguo was so fearful of these thugs—not because of the men themselves, but because of the force behind them. Once entangled with them, one could expect at the very least a financial ruin, or at worst, a broken family and lost lives.
