Outside the small courtyard, seven or eight idle men with filial piety tied on their heads and hemp ropes tied around their waists gathered together in twos and threes. From time to time they yelled and cursed at the small courtyard in front, and occasionally picked up some broken bricks from the ground.

Rotten tiles were thrown in through the courtyard wall, making a clanging sound.

There was a deathly silence in the courtyard. It seemed that no one was there at all.

"This doesn't look like the family of the deceased!" Xiao Ding frowned and looked at everything in front of him.

Xiao Cheng sneered: "The real family members of the deceased may make a fuss out of temporary anger, but how can they persist for such a long time? Brother, look, there is no trace of sadness on these people's faces? Some of them

He was still yelling and scolding while eating snacks. They were obviously some idle men from the market who were hired to make things difficult for Xin Jian."

"Damn it!" Xiao Ding was furious.

Xiao Cheng turned to Li Xin and said: "Take my note, go to the nearest patrol shop, and tell the military leader inside that if he doesn't ignore it anymore, I will go directly to Kaifeng County or Kaifeng Prefecture."

The leader of the Maozhu Street Army patrol, who was escorting Li Tong, was eating a plate of spiced broad beans and drinking a little wine. A dozen soldiers in the military store were also bored in the room, not far from here.

They just pretended that they didn't see or hear what happened at Xin Jian's house.

Someone greeted them and gave them a reward. Anyway, they just yelled and cursed, and they wouldn't rush into Xin Jian's yard to beat people to death, so he was happy to be a smooth favor.

Besides, this Xin Jian is also useless. I heard that the Taiwei valued him and asked him to take a hundred Dragon Guard soldiers to compete with ten border troops from the north. He suffered heavy casualties and lost completely.

, such a person actually still has the honor to live?

He should have been killed long ago.

Most of the people living on Maozhu Street were the family members of the guards and soldiers. So many people died this time, who wouldn't feel the same way?

"Boss Li, a young man named Li Xin came outside and said that Xin Jian's family was making a big fuss and wanted us to drive away the idlers!" A soldier rushed in.

"What do you mean by an idle man? They are the family members of the victim." Li Tong stared and said angrily: "Who is this Li Xin? How dare he yell at our army's patrol shop?"

"They say they belong to a family named Xiao. Here, boss, this is the name tattoo he gave me!" The soldier gave Xiao Cheng's name tattoo to Li Tong. The soldier was illiterate and didn't know what was written on it.

Although Li Tong didn't know much about literacy, he could still see the name thorns clearly.

When I took it over and glanced at it, my hand felt as if it had been burned by a red-hot iron, and I almost dropped the tattoo on the ground.

"Damn it, you dare to take away his famous assassin!" Li Tong wished he could kick this ignorant solitary crutch so that he would never be able to stand upright and walk for the rest of his life.

"Who is this man? Does he have a great background?" the soldier said innocently.

Li Ze straightened his clothes and said, "You don't know about Xiao Cheng, but do you know about Xiao Ding? Do you know about Xiao Yu and Xiao Longtu, the envoy of the Third Secretary?"

The soldier trembled: "Is it the one who controls Xiao Dingxiao with ten to one hundred?"

"Now it's the commander." Li Tong strode out: "Oh my God, why did these ancestors come to my small temple?"

When I walked outside, I saw a young man in Tsing Yi standing there with an air of dignity, his hands behind his back.

Li Tong did not dare to be negligent at all, and stepped forward to return the famous assassination with both hands, "This little brother, I wonder what Mr. Xiao Erlang's orders are?"

"What kind of people are making trouble outside Xin Jian's house?" Li Xin said: "Today, my eldest son and second son came to visit Xin Yazheng. They were very unhappy when they saw this."

"They are all family members of the victims!" Li Tong said carelessly.

"Family of the victim?" Li Xin sneered and looked straight at Li Tong. "I can't see it, can I?"

A layer of cold sweat broke out in Li Tong's vest. What kind of victims? These people died at the hands of the eldest son of the Xiao family. He was scolding a bald man in front of a monk. Are you tired of living?

"I'm going to deal with it right away. They must be some idle people who are trying to extort some money. We must not allow them to ruin the atmosphere of Maozhu Street!" Li Ze said loudly, picking up the iron chain and ruler beside the wall with one hand, and shouted loudly

He shouted: "Brothers, follow me."

The two Xiao brothers watched with cold eyes as the shop patrol soldiers on Maozhu Street waved iron chains and rulers and beat up a bunch of idle men in an instant until they ran away crying and howling.

"I have met the two gentlemen!" Li Tong's heart thumped. He only glanced at the ferocious bearded faces in front of him, and his calves felt a little cramped. In fact, Xiao Ding himself was very kind-hearted.

However, the appearance came from his heart, and Li Tong determined that the guy in front of him was a ferocious figure. In his eyes, he looked like Yama.

"Thank you, Li Xunpu!" Xiao Cheng smiled brightly and winked at Li Xin. Li Xin took out a bunch of money from his horse's belt and handed it to Li Tong knowingly.

"This is the duty of a villain, how can I dare to ask for Erlangjun's reward?" Li Tong shook his hand wildly.

"It should be, it should be." Xiao Cheng chuckled and said: "We also know the situation here. It has something to do with my Xiao family. It makes Li Jun's head difficult. A little care is not respectful.

, buy some water and wine for your brother. Li Juntou, don’t refuse anymore, otherwise I will get angry.”

Seeing that Xiao Cheng didn't seem to be hypocritical, Li Tong accepted the offer with great gratitude.

Xiao Ding was too lazy to talk to this person and walked directly towards Xin Jian's courtyard.

Standing in front of the door, Xiao Ding knocked hard on the iron ring on the door.

There was silence in the house.

As he listened carefully, he seemed to be able to hear the whimpering sounds of tiny women and children coming from inside the room.

"Xin Jian, I'm Xiao Ding, open the door!" Xiao Ding said directly.

There was a banging sound in the yard, as if something had been knocked over to the ground.

"Xin Jian, Commander Xiao is here to see you. You are so proud and you still don't open the door!" Outside, Li Tong also shouted at the top of his voice.

However, his flattery was directly slapped on the horse's hoof. Xiao Ding turned his head and glared at him. Li Tong immediately shuddered and stepped back a few steps.

"Li Junpu, our brothers can handle the rest by ourselves. If it's too much trouble, please ask the military leader to take the brothers back!" Xiao Cheng said with a genuine smile.

"Yes, yes!" Li Tong also wanted to stay away from Xiao Ding, the King of Hell, but he didn't dare to leave without permission without anyone's orders. When he heard what Xiao Cheng said, he immediately bowed and ran away.

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Xiao Ding knocked on the courtyard door again, and this time he didn't wait long. The courtyard door opened with a bang, revealing Xin Jian's tired, desperate but slightly vigilant face.

"Brother Xin, Xiao is here to visit, why don't you invite me to come in and sit for a while?" Xiao Ding said, cupping his fists.

Xin Jian really couldn't figure out why Xiao Ding came to him.

The two people come from very different families, and their current status is even more so. Xiao Ding became famous in one battle and has been promoted to the rank of commander, while he has even lost his military certificate.

It can be said that Xiao Ding's commander rose up by stepping on Xin Jian's head.

Xin Jian really wanted to drive this culprit out, but looking at Xiao Ding's determined look, he felt guilty. Huang Hai, who was just a general in the bodyguard army, tortured himself to death. If he really wants to offend the commander in front of him again, how can he still survive?

The Xiao family is not comparable to the Huang family!

After hesitating for a long time, Xin Jian turned around and said, "Please!"

Stepping into the yard, the small yard was full of broken bricks, rotten vegetable leaves, and even some rotten and smelly internal organs. The whole yard was filled with a stench, and there was almost no place to put one's feet. .

"Commander Xiao, please come inside!" Xin Jian bowed.

With one front and two side rooms, you can have a panoramic view at a glance. When the Xiao brothers entered the door, they happened to see a woman and two children hurriedly evacuate to the side wing and walked into the small main hall. Suddenly, I heard an old woman moaning from the side compartment on the other side.

"What is this?" Xiao Ding asked.

Xin Jian lowered his head and said, "Xin is unfilial. My mother was so angry that she fell ill because of what happened to me. However, Xin has no money to hire a doctor to treat her."

Xiao Ding suddenly realized that Xin Jian had been sued earlier for taking advantage of his free wages, and almost all his property was lost.

He turned to look at Xiao Cheng.

Before the eldest brother could speak, Xiao Cheng had already turned to Li Xin and said, "Li Xin, take the post from eldest brother and go to Dr. Wang's house and ask Dr. Wang to come over and take a look."

It was necessary to invite Dr. Wang to come over, but Xiao Cheng was not qualified, but as the eldest brother, a fresh commander with his father's name, there was still no problem.

Xin Jian suddenly raised his head and instinctively wanted to refuse, but when he heard the moans from next door, he pursed his lips. He could only cup his hands and say, "Thank you, Commander, Xin Jian."

Xiao Ding shook his head: "What you are today has a lot to do with me."

Xin Jian lowered his head a little aggrievedly.

Xiao Cheng was not idle on the other end, but continued to direct a few servants to clean up the messy yard, and even assigned one person to go to the nearest restaurant to order a table and come back.

"Xin Yazheng, you won't stand talking to my eldest brother all the time, right?" After arranging all this, Xiao Cheng came over and said with a smile.

"Commander, please take a seat!"
Chapter completed!