Shi Chong and Wang Kai were the two richest men in the city at that time. In order to be able to compare with each other, they do not hesitate to show off their wealth.
For example, in order to show off his family's money, Wang Kai set up a screen woven with silk thread on both sides of the road in front of his house. See Wang Kai like this, Shi Chong nature also not to be outdone. He ordered people to paint the walls with expensive spices, which also flooded the ten-mile purple silk barrier in Wang Kai.
Wang Kai's family is very rich. Even when washing pots and pans, he uses sugar water. Shi Chong is certainly not to be outdone. In order to show his wealth, he ordered the kitchen to burn candles as firewood.
If it's just these means of fighting for money, it still makes sense. After all, they spend their own money and they are happy. However, the struggle between Shi Chong and Wang Kai also involves the indiscriminate killing of human lives. Shi Shuo Xin Yu recorded this evil deed of Shi Chong's killing and showing off.
It turns out that when Shi Chong entertained guests, he often made them drink all the wine in the cup by killing people. Shi Chong likes to let those beautiful women who are shut up at home make guest appearances to persuade them to drink. If the guest doesn't drink, or drinks less, Shi Chong will directly order his men to kill all the beautiful women who advised him to drink. Although the ancient laws were harsh, in such a special historical period, a trivial woman's life was not protected at all. Shi Chong once killed three beautiful women to persuade a guest to drink. His cruelty is outrageous.