In less than half a day, he first divided all the rent from those who were difficult to collect, those who lived far away, and those who were prone to arrears in rent. As for himself, he selected a few families who usually paid rent on time and were the most talkative.

Go and collect it. Speaking of which, he also calculated his strength.

In the afternoon of that day, Shao Shanhu had a full meal and took a walk to Peng Lu's house.

Because he felt that there were too many people in the shop at the front door, and people of his status didn't want to squeeze in, so he went straight to the back door, which was the door on the side of the Peng family's house.

Bang bang bang——

Shao Shanhu smashed the door panel several times before a young man hurried over and answered the door.

During the day, Peng was busy working in the shop, and Peng's legs and feet were inconvenient, so naturally Peng Ying, who was studying in the study, came to open the door.

"Tsk, why does it take you so long to open the door? Make me wait for a long time?" Shao Shanhu was not polite at all when he saw Peng Ying. He curled up his big mouth and sounded like a father when he opened his mouth. In fact, he was just

Eighteen or nineteen, a few years older than Peng Ying.

Of course, after all, he is a second-generation martial artist. In terms of physique alone, compared with Peng Ying, there is indeed a gap between Shao Shanhu and Peng Ying. There is a gap between a strong adult and a stunted teenager.

"Oh, it's Young Master Shao. We rarely visit, but we don't know..." Peng Ying once went to Xingyi Gate with her father to wish Shao Dejin on his birthday. She had met Shao Shanhu a few times. She knew he was the landlord's son and didn't dare to offend him.

, he was also very polite when he spoke.

"Stop being so nagging, it's time to pay this month's rent. Bring it and I'll leave." Up to this moment, Shao Shanhu didn't actually have any evil thoughts. He didn't even bother to step into the other party's door.

However...

"What's going on?" At this moment, Mrs. Peng heard that the person talking to her brother had a very loud voice and a bad tone, so she opened the window of her room and asked here.

Shao Shanhu looked over Peng Ying's shoulder and looked across the yard. He just happened to see Peng's head sticking out of the window. At that time, he said to himself: "Hey! The Peng family is great. A phoenix came out of the pheasant nest."

Already?"

Shao Shanhu has always been arrogant on weekdays. The Peng family is just one of their many tenants in Xingyi Gate. Naturally, he doesn't know the specific situation of the other party's family. So now, looking from a distance, he can't tell Peng's family.

Although her legs and feet are inconvenient, I just think that this little lady has a pretty face, and her skin is so white that it looks like she hasn't seen the sun all year round... just one glance.

"Haha... It's kind of interesting." Two seconds later, Shao Shanhu smiled and pushed Peng Ying away, walked into the other party's courtyard, and then looked straight at Peng,

Without looking back he asked, "Who is this?"

With this posture, it was as if this was his own house and Peng Ying was his servant.

As for Peng Ying, although he was staggered by the opponent and was a little stunned, as soon as he recovered, he immediately realized the meaning of Shao Shanhu's words and deeds, so he immediately walked around to Shao Shanhu and stopped him and said:

"Mr. Shao, my sister is ill and has been bedridden all year round. It is inconvenient to see guests. I am not polite enough. I hope you will forgive me."

Even though Peng Ying is young and physically weak, he is not a coward. Even when facing someone like Shao Shanhu who is much stronger than him, he still has to stop him when he should.

"Since you are here to collect rent, please come and sit in the hall, and I will get some silver right away." Peng Ying said, pointing to another room, signaling Shao Shanhu to go there.

When her brother said these words, Mrs. Peng had already closed the window.

"Ah...oh, okay, okay..." But Shao Shanhu's eyes still stayed on the window, looking around while moving.

Of course, no matter how you say he is a well-known and upright young sect leader, you can't say that at this time, he knocked down Peng Ying with one punch and then went into the house to pick flowers... In broad daylight, no high-ranking official from Ximen would do such a thing.

But in Shao Shanhu's heart, he has been thinking about Mr. Peng ever since.

That day, when he returned home after collecting the rent, he asked people, what was going on with the girl from the Peng family?

Well, it wasn't much of a secret. Soon he found out, oh... I got sick when I was young and my legs and feet were weak, so I never got married.

But knowing this did not dispel his thoughts about Peng.

People are like this, and first impressions have a great impact on us: If Shao Shanhu saw Peng for the first time, and the other person appeared on crutches, dragging two slightly deformed legs, he might not have much idea.

But at the first glance, he only saw the other person's face exposed on the window edge, and he fell in love immediately. Later he found out that there was something wrong with the other person's leg, and there was a process of acceptance...

But you said, let him come to propose marriage and let the matchmaker marry him. That is impossible because he is not willing to marry a cripple.

Shao Shanhu just thought that it would be best to have a good relationship with the other person without having to marry him. If one day he no longer wanted to be with the other person, he could just walk away and stop contacting her.

And the more he thought about it, the more he thought it was feasible... because he felt that even able-bodied girls like him, who were both civil and military talents, would have to compete for his support, let alone a disabled "old girl"? She and I

Well, she won't suffer.

Besides, this Peng family has never left the door, and she has been locked up in the house for about twenty years. How come I saw it by such a coincidence? Maybe she was hoping that I would go and be nice to him, so she opened the window specifically.

I saw it, right?

Anyway, this kind of thinking makes you want to slap them both in the mouth, but Shao Shanhu takes it seriously.

Then this kid ran to other people's homes every now and then. Peng Ying couldn't stop her even if she wanted to; she couldn't stop him either. The landlord's son came to talk to you, why don't you drive him away?

But Shao Shanhu said he was chatting with Peng Ying, but in fact he was always looking for opportunities to get in touch with Peng.

Peng Ying was not stupid. He had been doing this three or two times. Why couldn't he figure it out? So he told his sister and father about the matter.

But after thinking about it as a family, there really was nothing they could do. After all, Shao Shanhu had not done anything really bad so far, not to mention he was the landlord's young master. He couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only endure it.

Let's act upright and deal with it carefully. Maybe after a while, he will feel that there is no opportunity to take advantage of him and stop coming.

Unfortunately, that's what they thought. Shao Shanhu thought: They didn't complain about me walking around like this. Maybe they wanted to welcome me, right?

Therefore, he tried harder and worked harder.

And every time Shao Shanhu, an uninvited guest, came back, Peng Ying had to accompany him, keep an eye on him, and be on guard... He couldn't even read the book properly.

Finally one time, Shao Shanhu took advantage of Peng Ying to walk away for a while to pour tea, and ran straight into Peng's room. When Peng Ying saw the other person coming in, she sternly asked him to go out, but Shao Shanhu smiled playfully.

Making teasing remarks and getting closer step by step.

Peng yelled in desperation, and Shao Shanhu panicked and ran out of the house, just in time to bump into Peng Ying again.

Peng Ying thought her sister was being bullied, so she grabbed Shao Shanhu and tried to argue with her. Shao Shanhu felt guilty, so in a hurry, he raised his palm and knocked Peng Ying to the ground, and ran away in a hurry.

Shao Shanhu was a martial arts practitioner. He was in a panic and his attack was careless. Peng Ying's body was already thin. After being beaten like this, she vomited blood on the spot. Later, she lay in bed for half a month, unable to get off the ground.

Rumors about Shao Shanhu also spread among the people, saying that he hurt people and escaped because he failed to tease her.

So can he bear it?

Shao Shanhu still felt that he had been cheated. With his talents, the bitch of the Peng family didn't know how to praise him. He pretended to be a chaste and martyr girl. And his younger brother was like a piece of tofu. He fell down when he was slapped.

Are you trying to blackmail me by gossiping about me everywhere?

No, we have to take revenge. This old Peng family is so shameful. We have to teach them a lesson!

Thinking of this, the dissatisfied Shao Shanhu began to go to Peng's lantern shop every three days to find trouble.

Originally, Peng Lu couldn't take care of his business because his daughter and son now needed to be taken care of and he had to hire a doctor. If Shao Shanhu continued to make such a fuss, he would be completely out of business.

And there is nothing the Peng family can do about it. They will definitely not be able to defeat Shao Shanhu. Even if they sue the officials, the officials will most likely side with the rich and powerful Xingyimen.

Taking a step back, what if we actually win the lawsuit? This matter is nothing more than compensation for medical expenses, but what about after compensation? It will be too easy for Shao Shanhu to retaliate against you in the future; if nothing else,

First of all, if you find a random reason and say that the house is no longer available for rent, what will you do? Will other landlords in the city still dare to rent to you? Will they offend Xingyimen for your family?

The three members of the Peng family thought about it again and again, and finally thought... forget it, let's go on our own. Anyway, we have skills and can live the same life in another place.

Half a month later, Peng Lu went to Xingyimen and said that the house was no longer available for rent and he wanted the deposit back. His family was leaving Cangzhou this time and went to the south to join relatives.

Shao Shanhu took a look at it and said, "That's great. Once you three get out, the neighbors won't be able to gossip for a few days anymore," so he refunded their money.

Peng Lu got back the deposit, bought a car and horses, took his family and luggage, and headed south.

One day, while walking on the road, the weather suddenly changed, and the three of them accidentally entered Zhimaling. They couldn't get out even when it was dark.

As a result, that night, they encountered a pack of wolves. The horses pulling the cart were frightened and ran off on their own, leaving their family of three...Peng's legs and feet were inconvenient, Peng Ying's injuries were not healed, and Peng Lu was even less likely to be left behind.

A pair of children ran for their lives alone.

Therefore, Peng Lu had no choice but to pick up torches and sticks and fight the wolves to the death. Peng and Peng Ying also tried their best to help, but although they succeeded in killing a few wolves, they eventually exhausted themselves, and the remaining wolves were in front of them.

Peng Ying's face bit his father and sister to death and dragged them away.

Peng Ying cried all night, and the next day she hanged herself with the blood-stained belt around her waist made by her sister.

In this way, a family that was originally living a happy life perished in this barren mountain and turned into a lonely ghost with a lot of resentment.

Tonight, they came to Dugu and his son for no other reason than to ask these two heroes to help them find Shao Shanhu... to take revenge!

Of course, don’t get me wrong. These three ghosts of the Peng family don’t want Dugu and his son to kill Shao Shanhu directly. They want Dugu and his son to take the three of them “back to Cangzhou” and let them do it themselves.

Go find that Shao Shanhu to settle the score.

Dugu Yong hated evil as much as he hated his enemies. After listening to Peng Ying's and others' narration, his anger rushed to the top of his head.

He said it right on the spot, saying that this man named Shao had gone too far to bully others, forcing his whole family to have no choice but to die in the mountains and forests. Can I not care about this? I will take care of the three of you. If you fail to claim your lives, I will

You can come and do it for me.

But Dugu Sheng was calmer, and after thinking about it, he asked his son not to talk too much. After all, Xingyi Sect is not a small sect. Besides, Shao Shanhu did not directly kill anyone in this matter. Now you are doing it without any evidence.

If you want to be the judge of yin and yang, how will you explain yourself later in the world?

However, Dugu Sheng didn't say he didn't care, he just said that he should take the three Peng family members to Cangzhou City first and then make further calculations.

Seeing that Dugu and his son had agreed, the three Peng family members also burst into tears of gratitude. Suddenly, Dugu Yong and Dugu Sheng woke up from the place where they had slept.

Everything just now seemed like a dream.

However, at this moment, in the open space beside them, there was a broken piano, a red belt, and a lantern with the word "Peng" written on it.
Chapter completed!