Chapter 4: The hand that turns everything upside down
Sun Wu sighed in his heart, but he saw Fei Lianxiu carefully reading the words on the wall and chanting softly. 26nbsp;
"Take my silver and sell your organs...If you don't repay the debt, buy the coffin first...Lu Feiyang, you piece of shit..."
It was obviously a curse word, but when Fei Lianxiu's crisp voice read it word for word, it sounded as sweet as music, and made Sun Wu laugh and cry.
"Hey, Miss Fei, can your eyes...can you see these words? I thought you were blind."
"It's true that I can't see these words, but there are still ways to read them. Let's put this matter aside for now. Sun Shaoxia, is your elder's surname Luo or Lu? The owner of this house seems to be surnamed Lu."
"Well...that should be Lu."
Sun Wu was very embarrassed, but he really couldn't give a definite answer. He couldn't remember Uncle Luo's name. He even remembered the pronunciation of his surname. He didn't see what he had written. He really didn't dare to answer categorically whether his surname was Luo or Lu.
"Strange, how could I be so ridiculous? I can't remember my name, but I even remembered Uncle Lu's last name wrong? It didn't seem that bad at the beginning? Why...the older I get, the less I remember his name.
What happened?"
The young man secretly cursed himself for being confused, but he felt confused, and Xiao Shang, as if he had seen through this thought, added lightly, "It's normal. The longer things go by, the blurr the memory becomes. Could it be that your memory
Will it become clearer as I get older?"
"Well, that's right..."
After Xiao Shang said this, Sun Wu immediately felt relieved, and Xiang Ling, who went to inquire about the news, also came back, and the clues he brought were just as everyone expected. This Honest Rice Shop has been passed down for three generations and has been a decades-old store.
The shop owners are all named Lu, and the current shop owner is a middle-aged man named Lu Feiyang.
Lu Feiyang was fond of martial arts since he was a child. As an adult, he studied martial arts with his masters and traveled around the world. It is said that he once practiced martial arts in Cihangjing Palace and joined the army and fought in battles during the Taiping Rebellion. Later, he returned to his hometown and took over the army.
The ancestral rice shop business was doing well at the beginning. The rice store business was very good and the prices were fair. However, since Lu Feiyang became obsessed with practicing kung fu, some unscrupulous people began to come in and out of the family, tempting him to get involved.
After taking up bad habits, the situation changed.
Among the three things of pornography, gambling, and drugs, as long as a man touches one of them, half of his life will be ruined. Lu Feiyang touched all three, and he was dissolute. A good and promising young man seemed to have changed. It didn't take long for him to become a different person.
The family property was completely ruined, and even the rice store ceased operations. After surviving for a few years, he couldn't stand the repeated pressures of debt collectors. He escaped and disappeared one night and never came back. However, the loan sharks could not catch him.
People, then pointed the finger at the neighbors in all directions, making the neighbors unbearable. When Xiang Ling asked about Lu Feiyang, he cursed all the obscenities out of his mouth.
"Uncle Lu...how did it become like this?"
In Sun Wu's memory, Lu Feiyang was gentle, kind and humorous, like an older brother more than an uncle. It is hard to imagine that after not seeing each other for many years, he would sink to this level. Look at this deserted and dilapidated house, and
Those unsightly threatening messages left behind are simply a loss of family life.
"Could it be..."
An idea popped up in Sun Wu's mind, and he quickly asked Xiang Ling for confirmation, wanting to know the time when Lu Feiyang became obsessed with practicing martial arts.
"This... I didn't ask very clearly just now, but according to what those people said, the approximate time should be..."
Xiangling told the time, and Sun Wu added up the calculations in his mind and found that it was the day after Lu Feiyang disappeared in Liangshanbo, and he couldn't help but start to wonder whether Lu Feiyang was rejected in Liangshanbo and was too shocked.
, so after returning home, he became obsessed with practicing Qigong, and from then on he lost his mind, became dissolute, gave up on himself, and embarked on a path of no return?
"It's not good, sister. If this is really the case, you are a sinner... But it still doesn't make sense. My sister is not a beautiful woman. The failed courtship is not such a big blow, right?"
Sun Wu shook his head vigorously, feeling unbelievable. He could not find the road to Feiyang at present, and it was difficult to answer this question. Being delayed like this, the time for his journey had already exceeded, and he had to find a place to stay and rest. Sun Wu himself did not want to leave Pingyang too soon.
He discussed with everyone and quickly came to the conclusion of finding a hotel to stay temporarily.
"It's fine to live anywhere, except for the related industries of Wanzilou."
When it comes to accommodation requirements, this is what Sun Wu proposed. Ever since he figured out the meaning of a 'brothel' house, Sun Wu has avoided Wan Zi Lou. Although Xiang Ling said that Wan Zi Lou's inn was of the best quality, Sun Wu still
I persisted in refusing and finally chose a reasonably priced hotel to stay in.
After everyone had a rest, Sun Wu practiced in his room as usual. However, he was thinking about Lu Feiyang's situation and couldn't calm down. He couldn't help but go out and look around. But as soon as he stepped out of the room, he
I met Xiang Ling who was waiting outside.
"Master, it's getting late, please bring me an extra robe."
"Xiang Ling, you...have you been waiting outside?"
"A competent personal servant must be at your side, but you must also know how to reserve space. If I nail someone so urgently, Master, you will not be able to bear it, right? I heard you coming out in the room.
, just came here with the robe."
"Oh...thank you."
Sun Wu put on his outer robe as he was told and looked around, but did not see Xiao Shang. When he asked Xiang Ling, he found out that Xiao Shang had not come out after entering the room. The sound of gold and iron knocking could be heard frequently in the room, and through the paper window
Looking inside, I saw some strange and huge black shadows.
The young man seemed to have thought of something, and his expression was a little worried. He wanted to go over and take a look, but he couldn't make up his mind. This situation fell into Xiang Ling's eyes, and she immediately understood what he was thinking.
"Are you worried about Miss Shang's health? Why don't I go invite her?"
"No, no need. Xiao Shang is probably busy with her own research and transformation. When she does dangerous things, she never picks the right place and just disturbs her at will. She might cause a big explosion as soon as she opens the door.
"
"So dangerous? Master, you really understand Miss Shang."
"Of course, who do you think she blows up every time? How did I reach the sixth level of the Golden Bell Cover in such a short period of time?"
Xiangling knew that she shouldn't laugh at the things contained in this sentence, but she couldn't help but laugh. Sun Wu glanced at her and said nothing. Xiangling immediately put away his smile and walked with Sun Wu. They arrived not long after.
Be honest.
There was no life in the empty mansion. Even if he was just standing outside the gate and watching from a distance, the young man could smell the desolate atmosphere inside, and he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart.
"Master, it may be inappropriate for Xiang Ling to say this, but the rise and fall of a rich family is quite common in today's world. It doesn't make much sense for us to just sigh here. We should try to find your uncle.
More practical.”
"What you said makes sense, but how should I find it?"
As long as Wan Zilou's intelligence network in Pingyang City is used, it is easy to find a common man. However, Xiang Ling naturally couldn't say this and instead suggested entrusting Yuan Chenfeng to use the power of the Alliance to find the person.
"Well, I have to ask Brother Yuan again. I'm really sorry for him."
If possible, Sun Wu doesn't want to trouble Yuan Chenfeng, but finding someone requires the assistance of local organizations. It doesn't mean that someone with good martial arts skills will be able to do it. It seems that he has to ask Yuan Chenfeng for help. However, even if he finds the person, he may not be able to help much.
Very limited. Uncle Lu's family business is bankrupt and he has no money. Should he invite him for a meal and everyone just say goodbye and leave?
"Hey, Xiangling, in a situation like Uncle Lu, he goes bankrupt, what will happen to the people in Honest Mihang?"
"Well... if they were originally free contract workers, at most they would not be able to get their salary, and there would be no more harm. However, those slaves who signed the contract of sale, as well as the owner's family, would be treated as such.
As part of the assets, it is re-sold to the government, and the money gained from the sale will be given to creditors to pay off debts."
"Ah, Uncle Lu's family will be sold? Then...where will they be sold?"
"Wherever you buy it, you will sell it. There is no choice. Men may be sold to mines in mountainous areas or do other hard work. As for women, the ones with worse looks are
Those who are bought to be servants, the prettier ones... are mostly bought by prostitutes at a high price, and even three-year-old children are bought to be nurtured early."
"Is it so miserable?"
Sun Wu thought that Uncle Lu's family might be auctioned off as slaves, and he felt really sad for him. However, when he thought of this, he was suddenly shocked, because what Xiang Ling said was probably a reflection of herself. Wasn't she also sold as a slave since she was a child?
Wan Zilou?
"Xiang Ling, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ask this..."
Sun Wu stretched out his hand, intending to hold Xiang Ling's hand and speak, but when he reached out with one hand, he touched her surprisingly thin waist. Thinking of the waist as thin as a willow under the wide clothes, he couldn't help but feel even more excited.
Pity, her palms were gently placed on Liu's waist as if she was afraid of hurting the beauty. Just when she was about to speak, the girl's soft and boneless body had already leaned over in the direction, and her hair fell on the young man's shoulders. The fresh fragrance
Go straight to the tip of the nose.
"...Since traveling with the young master, Xiangling has been very happy, and every day has been like a dream."
The soft words and sweet fragrance made Sun Wu feel hot in his heart. He felt honored and happy at the same time. It was really an honor for him to be trusted by such a beautiful and gentle girl, but in retrospect, he seemed to have never given it to him.
What's so good about Xiangling? After being with him, he was either fighting or killing all day long, and he was chased more often than killed. The so-called living every day was like a dream, couldn't it be a nightmare?
?
The short warm moment between the two of them was interrupted by the sound of neat footsteps, and they saw ten monks holding Zen staffs striding past. It didn't look like a collective alms fundraiser, but more like a security patrol.
Sun Wu was so surprised that Xiang Ling whispered in his ear and explained that Pingyang City was very close to Cihang Jingdian's main temple and was within the sphere of influence of Cihang Jingdian. The current situation was in chaos and the monks in the temple wanted to ensure that
The surrounding cities are safe, and a special patrol team has been formed to help maintain public security in several nearby big cities.
"Well, it turns out that these great monks are all good people. If the Cihang Jingdian Temple becomes more powerful, more people can be taken care of."
"It's hard to say whether he is a good person or not, but it is certainly a good way to make money."
Xiang Ling said that sending monks to Cihang Jingdian to patrol is a way to kill two birds with one stone. It can not only ensure the safety within the sphere of influence, but also take the opportunity to train the new generation of soldiers. After all, this place is very close to our hospital. What happened?
They can send experts to help immediately, so that uncontrollable damage will not occur. In other words, under controllable circumstances, the juniors responsible for patrols can have the opportunity to hone their skills.
"...In addition to these intangible benefits, there are also tangible rewards. Several nearby cities have to pay security fees to Cihang Jingdian. Being able to use other people's money to train their own young disciples, this is what Cihang Jingdian did.
In business, you have something to eat and gain, and you can definitely make a profit without losing anything."
"Security fee? What is the difference between this and the protection fee charged by the underworld?"
"The price is about the same. Cihangjingdian advertises high-quality security and refuses to charge cheap fees. However, Cihangjingdian is a well-known sect and everything is institutionalized. It will not be like some local gangs who accept money and then deny people.
They often turn around and blackmail the owners.”
After hearing this, Sun Wu thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case. A sect as big as Cihang Jingdian must have a lot of expenses on weekdays. It is impossible to do charity all day long. It still needs a considerable amount of income to maintain operations. For the local people,
If a sum of money has to be spent eventually, at least it would be more trustworthy to spend it on Cihang Jingdian.
"This kind of world...even monks have to be security guards."
Sun Wu shook his head, but saw the group of patrolling monks leaving in a hurry as if they had received some message.
"There's something going on locally, and these monks went to help deal with it. I haven't heard of any evil forces in Pingyang City. It's probably because someone ate without paying, or there were drunken people in the hotel causing trouble."
Cihang Jingdian assisted in the city's security. The monks originally avoided drinking and sex, but court laws did not prohibit prostitution and restaurants, so the monks who were responsible for the city's security had to deal with it together. Basically, they had to deal with it together.
, whenever someone is drunk and causes trouble in the 'prostitute' house, the laymen in the security team will take care of it as much as possible. However, occasionally there will be a shortage of manpower. These great monks still have to bite the bullet and step into the 'prostitute'.
Pavilion.
Sun Wu was not interested in this kind of excitement. Seeing a group of great monks leaving quickly, he also took Xiang Ling and took a detour in the opposite direction back to the inn. Unexpectedly, the more things he didn't want to touch, the more he would come to his door. Sun Wu also
Before I even stepped into the inn, I heard someone making a loud noise inside. It was very noisy.
Judging from the words mixed with foul language, the situation was much more serious than a drunken dispute. Not only was someone drunk, but they also raped the maid who came to the counter to flirt with him. Although the innkeeper repeatedly begged that he was just an ordinary inn,
No special services were provided, but the troublemakers turned a blind eye and sneered arrogantly.
"What the hell are you doing? So arrogant? Isn't this the territory of Cihang Jingdian?"
Looking towards the door of the store from afar, Sun Wu was shocked when he saw several men in military attaché uniforms confronting a team of monks. Coincidentally, both sides were bald.
Where can there be so many bald heads in the world? Sun Wu immediately suspected that the two sides were from the same sect, and this reasonable suspicion was quickly confirmed, because the ten great monks in the monk team all lowered their heads, using a rather unreasonable and humble attitude.
Call those military attaches junior brothers.
The low posture of one side was met with the arrogance of the other side. Although the attitude of the monk team was extremely low, they failed to gain the respect of the military attaches. They ate wine and meat and ignored the cries of the women in their arms.
They screamed, tore their clothes in public, and sneered at the senior brothers for being pedantic and unreliable.
Sun Wu was furious after seeing all the ugly things, but he noticed that the eyes of the monks were also full of anger, and decided to wait a little longer, hoping that the monks could clean up the house on their own, otherwise he would have to intervene in other people's housework.
"...However, it seems strange. Is there also a factional dispute in Cihang Jingdian? These people look like they are from two factions, and they are deliberately looking for trouble."
The more Sun Wu looked at it, the more he felt that his guess was correct, and Cihang Jingdian may have issued strict orders to prevent his disciples from similar conflicts, because those military attaches not only made rude remarks, but even provoked them. One military attache extended his palm and pushed the monk leader.
The man did not dodge, he took the palm forcefully, chanted the Buddha's name, and asked the juniors to take care of the teacher's face and not to do anything that would harm the reputation of the teacher.
"Why? I call you Senior Brother, do you really think you are anything special? It's just the fifth level of the Golden Bell. You can go home and eat milk."
Hearing this sentence in Sun Wu's ears, it was really painful indescribable. If he had not encountered an adventure in the Cloud Road Ladder, he would still be in the fifth level of the Golden Bell. This sentence was like scolding himself.
Already.
But the military attache didn't just talk in vain. After saying one sentence, he pushed out a palm and hit the monk with the fifth-level golden bell. The palm was not fast, and it didn't seem to be heavy.
But when Sun Wu looked at the direction of the palm, he had an indescribable strange feeling. But just before the palm hit, the military attache suddenly changed his palm into a finger and stabbed the monk's left wrist, where the monk's golden bell was.
The mask failed to fight, and a very painful expression appeared on his face.
"What's wrong? His finger?"
As a fellow practitioner of the Golden Bell Shield, Sun Wu was extremely surprised by this situation. He opened his eyes wide, but saw that the monk's left wrist was vaguely covered with a layer of white frost, and that finger was obviously a rather insidious cold force, and that
The military attache succeeded with one finger, and immediately turned his fingers into palms. He shouted, "Try my Vajra Palm." He quickly smacked the monk with his palm, flying up from the ground, passing through the door curtain, and falling towards the counter behind the door.
, only a "crash" sound was heard, and the wooden counter seemed to be completely smashed.
"Huh, these incompetent guys, the same sect of Cihang Jingdian and the Qiang wall, but they use the cotton-lined needle of the Heluo Sword Sect."
Xiangling watched everything that happened inside and whispered: "The middle finger is covered with cold and frost. This internal strength is quite good. I believe they don't have this ability. If they haven't learned some heretical kung fu, they may have hidden special magic weapons.
body."
Sun Wu nodded when he heard this. Although he didn't understand it very well, he could vaguely feel that these military attaches from Cihangjing Palace had deliberately learned techniques that could restrain their own martial arts and came back to provoke trouble.
This guess should be correct, because when the monks saw the leader of the group being beaten out, they immediately became angry and had a heated argument with the military attachés. The military attachés spoke sarcastically, saying that they were subjected to all kinds of abuse by the senior brothers when they were practicing in Cihang Jingdian.
They oppressed and deliberately concealed their selfishness when teaching martial arts. They did not teach the real superior martial arts and only practiced basic skills all day long. Now that they are successful in martial arts, they have to come back to seek this bad breath.
In response to this accusation, the monks argued that to practice Cihang Jingdian martial arts, laying the foundation is the most important. If you don’t start with the daily water-carrying and horse-walking exercises to build a tall building, you will never be able to achieve a high level.
Even if one barely manages to master martial arts, the foundation is still unstable and will cause great worries and dangers.
Of course, no one listened to these words, which in turn aggravated the anger of the young military attachés, because they were clearly accusing them of having a wrong practice method. If it was really wrong, why could they beat away the senior brother who "practiced correctly" just now?
Get out? Since you are right, it means that these senior brothers will not change their ways until they die. They are all incurable old stubborns.
In fact, the average age difference between the two parties was at most ten years, but the quarrel was tense, with everyone blushing and thick-necked. Seeing that the two sides were losing control of their emotions, they were about to start a fight, but there was a sudden explosion behind the door curtain, like the sound of wood exploding.
Then a black shadow flashed out, and everyone could see clearly that it was the monk who had been knocked out by the powerful Vajra Palm just now.
The monk came very quickly, and flew towards the military attache. The military attache who took the lead just now raised his palm to greet him, but as soon as he came into contact with the black shadow, he let out a scream.
His wrists and elbows were shattered by the shock, and he fell down howling in pain.
"Good fellow! If you really attack the official, do you monks want to rebel?"
Official status is the greatest talisman for this group of military attaches, and it is also the reason why the monks are tolerant to these junior brothers. Therefore, when they see their companions being defeated by their senior brothers, these military attaches immediately reveal their official status to protect themselves.
However, the monk who tried to teach the bad junior brother fell down immediately and couldn't get up for a long time. Only then did everyone understand that he didn't take the initiative to pounce, but was simply thrown out. The one who hit him just now was the monk.
The military attaché hit him, and the internal force counterattacked, causing his wrist to shatter.
By purely relying on internal force to react, one can break a person's wrist bone. Naturally, this kind of skill does not belong to the monk, but comes from the person who threw him out. Suddenly, an expert intervened in this matter, and everyone present was shocked.
Especially the group of young military attachés. They had already conducted investigations in advance and were sure that the elders and masters of Cihang Jingdian were in the courtyard and would not go down the mountain casually. Only then did they dare to come here to show off their power. Now that the situation has suddenly changed, everyone is a
Face uneasy.
If it was really an elder or master from Cihang Jingdian who arrived, his official status would still have a protective effect, but the voice that broke the silence was unusually young, which surprised everyone.
"Those bald donkeys outside! What on earth are you doing? ***, a bunch of bald thieves and little bald thieves, just beat them to death if you like. Are you tired of interrupting the young master's romantic time for nothing?
?”
Angrily, a 16-year-old young man walked out from behind the curtain with his head held high. He had a handsome appearance. Although there was a dark red scar on his left eye, his long black hair was flying around his shoulders. He looked indescribably chic and comfortable.
From the moment he lifted the curtain and appeared, everyone felt their eyes light up, and the narrow hall seemed to suddenly become brighter.
However, this handsome young man did not have any fancy clothes that matched his outstanding appearance. Not only was he shirtless, he even wore his trousers belt while walking, as if he had just put on his trousers.
Sun Wu stared at him from a distance, with many questions in his mind.
"What...what is this man doing? Did he not wear pants just now? What was he doing without pants?"
What a shocking question, but he saw a petite figure hurriedly flashing behind the door curtain. Sun Wu vaguely recognized that it was the maid who was serving dishes in the hall earlier. Her face was red and her clothes were disheveled, but her eyes seemed to be full of joy.
, completely different from the humiliated and frightened women in the hall.
Sun Wu was not so pure that he could not see what was going on. He was shocked when he saw this, but even more surprising things happened one after another, because there was not only one woman running past, but one after another, a total of three girls.
Leaving, Sun Wu was so surprised that he was speechless.
"Three people? Where are they hiding? Are they all inside the counter? Then there are four people, how can they fit in?"
Sun Wu was surprised, but when he looked sideways at Xiang Ling, he found that she had lost her usual calmness, her face was quite ugly, and her hands were even shaking slightly, as if she was quite angry.
"Why are you so angry? Does Xiangling have any grudge against this slutty man?"
Sun Wucai was surprised that the group of military attachés had recognized the person and started shouting curses.
"Ren Xianyou, you shameless big 'slut', what are you doing here?"
"You have so many cases on your back and the court is looking for you. Do you think you can escape?"
He was also a wanted criminal, which made Sun Wu feel a little familiar. However, in addition to the military attaches, the group of great monks next to him also showed an angry attitude, scolding the monks for wandering in front of the formation and escaping, causing the division to lose troops and generals, causing huge casualties.
"What about escaping before the battle? Do you usually eat food or shit in the temple? What you said is so stinky. Did you old guys make an appointment with me? You didn't even make an appointment beforehand, and suddenly you set off fireworks and asked me to go to work, too.
They didn't ask me if I wanted to go, why? I went when they asked me to, do I need to be so obedient? The Iron-Blooded Cavalry is a group of barbarians, not a beauty group, and the young master has no interest in this kind of mission. "
The frivolous attitude naturally caused displeasure among the people on both sides. On the contrary, Sun Wu was a little curious and was surprised that there was such a person in Cihang Jing Palace.
However, the people on both sides were unhappy, but facing this man, no one dared to take the lead. It seemed that they all expected the party next door to take action first and teach this arrogant young man a lesson.
But at the end of the stalemate, it was Ren Wandering who made the first move. The cries of the girls whose clothes were torn caught his attention, and then aroused his anger.
"Who made these ladies cry?"
A roar shook the roof tiles, and everyone's ears rang like thunder. The most rare thing was that it was not a roar of encouragement, but a pure anger, which made Sun Wu very fond of this man.
Ren Wanxuan roared angrily, and in a flash, he arrived in front of the girls. One of the girls was still held in the arms of a military attache. When he saw help coming, he began to struggle. The military attache had done this kind of thing many times before.
When he encountered resistance, he wanted to use violence, but a pair of majestic eyes like a lion stared at him.
"Ren Wandering, you...what do you want..."
"What are you stuttering about? Did anyone ask you something? Fuck your mother!"
The roar was accompanied by a slap, which hit the military attache's face hard. Amidst the slap, the crisp sound of broken bones was heard. Everyone witnessed a spectacle with their own eyes. The military attaché's head turned back several times.
, his neck was twisted like a twist, and he died on the spot, his lifeless head hanging softly to one side.
The girl who was being hugged by him screamed when she saw this, but the scream stopped halfway. A strong yet gentle kiss interrupted the scream. Everyone around them stared in disbelief.
He watched the girl gradually calm down from the fright. When the last kiss ended, her face was full of joy and shyness, and she stared at that handsome and charming face with adoring eyes.
"I'm really sorry for scaring the beautiful lady. I sincerely apologize. The villain who harassed you has been punished. I believe he will not bother you again in the future."
After he spoke softly and affectionately, he kissed the girl's fingertips. His impeccable image made the girl's eyes never leave him for half a second. Even Sun Wu, who was watching from a distance, was amazed.
I don’t know why Xiang Ling next to me is still angry.
After solving the problem of women, the next step is to deal with the problem between men. When Ren Wanxuan gently helped the girl aside, a group of military attachés also surrounded him, wanting to seek justice from him and ask him
Is killing an official in public an intention to commit rebellion?
He helped the girl sit down and raised his head again, his expression completely changed, his heroic aura was like a sword being drawn out of its sheath.
"...Can problems between men be solved with this excuse? Everything should be settled with strength and see who has the bigger fist. This is your favorite way, right? Then what are you waiting for? Close the door and let the dogs out.