Volume 1 Little Yuanba Chapter 2 Jumping to Chunxiang Building
Li Dan glanced at the grand scene of overturned tables and chairs in the lobby, and said in a deep voice: "Mom, please step aside and leave this place to me."
Aunt Su responded repeatedly and hurriedly greeted the irrelevant people and hid. She knew that although this young man was young, he was very brave and fierce, and fighting would rarely involve blood.
"Zhao Sanlang, Zhao Sange, long time no see. How are you?" Li Dan said as he walked towards the stairs.
It turned out that when he glanced around, the Zhao family's minions were everywhere, but he could not see the real owner. He knew that his idea was to hide up there and let his subordinates take the lead.
Sure enough, the Zhao family's nursing instructor winked, and everyone rushed forward, holding sticks and iron rulers and shouting.
They saw Li Dan coming in with his hands behind his back, but unexpectedly when someone came closer, a pair of short sticks suddenly appeared in his hands. They danced like flying balls to protect themselves, hitting their wrists and ankles accurately and cruelly.
In just a few breaths, no one among the dozen or so servants of the Zhao family was left standing. They all fell to the ground and cried out in pain, "Oh my God."
From the corner of his eye, Li Dan saw two or three government officials poking their heads outside the door, and asked loudly: "Old Wei, you are all here, why don't you come in?"
"Hey, Sanlang, you have really good eyesight." Wei Xiong, the head of the government office, chuckled and flattered, "Aren't we... We saw you were busy, sir, and we were afraid of disturbing you, weren't we?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The following followers quickly nodded and bowed.
"Now that you're here, don't be idle," Li Dan said, looking at the embarrassed faces of several people, and smiled: "Brother Wei, please help me maintain it and drive away all the spectators."
"Oh, that's natural, that's natural." There was no need to fight against the distinguished servants. Several servants breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly turned around and shouted to drive the gathered onlookers to both sides of the street.
Li Dan took a breath, held the two short sticks in his right hand, and lightly lifted the hem with his left hand to go upstairs.
When I was still short of the last level, I suddenly felt something coming with the sound of wind. I stepped on the first level with my left foot and turned my head to hide. It turned out to be a door latch as thick as my forearm.
He pressed his hand lightly on the ground and rolled it, then kicked him behind him. The guy who hit him with the black stick couldn't stand on his butt. He tilted his body, screamed, and fell down the stairs like a ball.
At this time, another person rushed out with a strange cry, and was stunned when he saw the one in front of him falling. Li Dan stood up, patted his clothes, looked at the boy dressed as a book boy with disdain, and waved, "Go away."
The boy slowly moved out and was hit on the head with a stick. The boy was so frightened that he screamed "Ouch" and ran away.
Li Dan stretched his head and looked inside, and saw Zhao Xuan, the third son of the Zhao family, sitting on a chair with a panic-stricken look on his face, shaking like a pile of white cotton.
He sneered and said: "Oh, Third Brother Zhao is here, which makes it easier for me to find him."
"Haha," Zhao Xuan swallowed dryly, and his smile was uglier than crying. He came here today with the intention of avenging his shame, but he didn't expect that after arranging nearly twenty minions, he still couldn't stop Li Dan!
"Brother Li San, farewell, are you okay? I'm just here to have fun today."
"A joke? You broke my brother's arm. Is this a joke?" Li Dan suddenly raised his voice.
The sound of "Woo" was carried by the cold wind, and one end of the short stick was placed on Zhao San's forehead. He was so frightened that he broke out in sweat and shouted: "Hey, brother Li, if you have something to say, don't do anything."
"Why don't you do it?" Li Dan asked doubtfully, "Then what did your slave just do?" He raised his other hand with a short stick.
"Misunderstanding, accidental injury!" Zhao Xuan was so frightened that he slipped to the ground and crawled towards the door while looking back at Li Dan's ferocious face, wondering why the threshold was so far away?
Li Dan hit his fat buttocks with two sticks in succession. Mr. Zhao, regardless of the pain, shouted "Ouch! Ouch!" and stumbled towards the stairs.
Li Dan sneered condescendingly, the weather is not warm now, and the clothes on his body are still a little thick, why is it so painful?
He turned back and pushed open a house facing the street, rushed to the verandah in a few steps, stepped on the roof tiles and stepped down a few steps. He leaned over and pressed his hand, and then he did a somersault in the air and landed firmly on the ground.
On the street, water splashed under the feet of Zhao San, who had just staggered out.
Someone in the crowd took the lead and shouted: "Okay!", and there was a burst of cheers. Unconsciously, the rain had become much lighter.
Li Dan bowed to everyone in a circle, then walked over calmly, opened his cattail leaf fan, pinched Zhao Xuan's neck with his big hand, and knocked three or five times on the head.
He grabbed him by the collar, threw him into the rain and cement in front of the door, and said loudly: "Dear neighbors, this man named Zhao is originally from Nancheng. He came to our northern city for a banquet today, looking for an opportunity to cause trouble and hurt innocent people.
Now, just because of a 'misunderstanding', you think about it and leave, do you think it's feasible?"
"No! This is unreasonable!" the onlookers shouted one after another.
"What should we do?"
"Beat him and see if he still dares to come to Beicheng and run rampant! That's it!"
"Master, can you please let me say a word?" Everyone was talking about it, when an old man with gray hair and beard suddenly pushed aside the people holding umbrellas in front of him, stepped forward and offered his hands.
Li Dan looked over and saw that the old man was wearing a gray robe that was not old, and he was wearing a blue armor with a cloud pattern on it. He was clean, calm, and had his own temperament. There was a boy behind him holding an umbrella for him, and he couldn't help but feel good about him.
He hurriedly returned the greeting and asked: "Sir, as an elder, what can you give me?"
"As the saying goes, 'When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured.' In today's matter, it was Mr. Zhao who hurt others first. He can just give him a small punishment, but there is no need to pursue it to the end."
Zhao Xuan was overjoyed after hearing this: "This old man is still sensible!"
As he said this, he was about to bow, but the old man stopped him with his hand and said, "Wait a minute, I haven't finished speaking yet. If everyone goes to court on this matter, Mr. Zhao, you will let your slaves commit crimes, destroy things and hurt people, and you will not be able to escape the crime of provoking quarrels and provoking troubles."
dropped.
Based on these three rules, Mr. Li will always be justified in whether he is beaten or punished."
"Ah?" Zhao San grinned, suddenly thinking that if he could just accept some money as a fine, he would be spared the physical pain.
Li Dan happened to raise the short stick in his hand, and he was so frightened that he quickly asked: "Then... what about the punishment?"
The old man smiled and said nothing, looking at Li Dan.
Li Dan knew that the old man was letting him make the decision, so he looked back at Aunt Su and his brothers and said, "The compensation for Chunxiang Tower is one hundred taels, and my brothers also need sixty taels for medicine."
"so much?"
"You still need to spend fifty taels. If you disturb the neighbors and disrupt the business of half the street, everyone will have to pay some compensation!"
"Ah? Then I didn't, so you might as well give me a good beating!" Zhao Xuan simply lied.
"No, right?" Li Dan sneered: "That's okay. Just break as many of my brother's arms as you want, and suffer as many sticks and iron rulers as I have. This is the loss of Chunxiang House and the neighborhood...
...It’s cheap for you, it’s 5 taels of silver per stick. What do you think, third brother?”
Zhao Xuan was stunned. He was a playboy who only knew how to bully others. How could he have thought that he could settle accounts like this?
While he was thinking about a move, the old man suddenly came over and whispered in his ear: "This third young master, you should admit it first. You are a son of a distinguished family, you should know what is the crime of eating flower wine during the national mourning period...
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Before he finished speaking, Zhao Xuan suddenly understood and his throat moved involuntarily.
His family was a noble one, and he had long known about the death of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager from the newspaper in his residence. Now during the national mourning period, the people dress modestly, and no marriage, entertainment, or banquets are allowed at home.
Although there is no clear rule that brothels are prohibited from operating, it is basic common sense among nobles and officials not to drink wine or go whoring.
It would not be easy to be accused by any censor of having no king or father, being insane, or being immoral and disobedient. This old man knows this. He must have been in the officialdom...?
But he didn't have time to study the person's resume. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly made a smile: "This...this matter is indeed the fault of me. I drank a few more drinks and didn't distinguish between north and south. I offended my neighbors. I deserve to be punished."
Deserve punishment!
I, I came out in panic today. I don’t have much silver, but I still have two hundred taels. Please show me your kindness, Sir, Aunt Su, and all the fellow villagers!"
Li Dan was stunned, glanced at the old man, and wondered what he did to make this kid surrender so quickly?
"Okay, third brother is happy, and so am I. You pay the money, and today's matter will be over." As he said this, he called Yang Yi to collect the money.
Zhao Xuan felt ashamed to be asked for money in public, so he picked at the money and took out some silver coins and two or three counter checks.
Yang Yi went to the money shop to exchange the silver and copper coins, and borrowed a few coins from others to weigh them. He kept fifty taels as mentioned just now, and distributed the rest to Chunxiang Tower and the neighbors in public.
I accepted it with great gratitude.
Zhao Xuan lost a boot at some point. With the help of a boy, he walked back with one foot high and one foot low. He turned around and said: "Li San'er, don't be too happy too early."
Isn't it just because there is a Chen family as an in-law? Let me tell you, Tiqi is on the way and will arrive in this county soon. Let's see how long your Li family can be proud!"
Seeing him walking away in embarrassment amidst the cheers of the crowd, these few words made Li Dan feel a little confused.
He circled around with the government officials and asked Yang Yi to give Wei Xiong a few taels of tea money. When he looked back, the old man was gone.
"Brother Dan, you are still the best!" Yang Yi chuckled and handed over the remaining silver in his hand.
Li Dan picked it up and weighed it, then took out two small barleys and put them in his arms, saying: "The old rule is that each person will pay two taels for their hard work, and those who are injured and bleeding will receive four taels, and the rest will be kept by the public.
King Kong's arm needs to be seen by a doctor quickly. He can't do anything these days, so he's leaving an extra two taels for his sister-in-law for household expenses. I have something urgent that I need to do quickly, so I'll help you here."
"Don't worry, I won't worry." Yang Yi responded quickly.
Li Dan had an idea in his mind that he couldn't let go of, so he hurriedly walked south in the rain.
It turns out that at this moment, word of his amazing feat has spread, and people are excitedly pointing out the protagonist of "Xiao Yuanba leaped in Tianxiang Tower, Zhao Sanlang in Meishan Lane begged for mercy" and started talking about it.
From time to time, people greeted him, but he had no intention of staying and hurriedly returned the greeting.
There is someone he misses all the time in his heart, that peach-like smiling face that he has never forgotten since meeting him in the garden seven years ago. What Zhao Laosan said just now couldn't be your Chen family, right? He was worried.
, the steps are fast.
Little Yuanba Li Dan is going to the Chunqiu Arcade Street in Ximen. The current head of the family, Chen Shi'an, and Li Dan's father, Li Mu, are both from the same hometown and are Jinshi in the same ranking.
Mrs. He has two daughters. The eldest daughter, whose maiden name is Hui'er, is married to Li Shuo, the second son of the Li family, and the daughter of his ex-wife Gao.
The second daughter is the person Li Dan longs for, named Meng'er. Meng'er is three years younger than Li Dan, but she is the most loved by Mr. Chen and his wife.
After Mr. Chen moved to Yingtianfu in Nanjing to study politics, he arranged for Mr. He to send Hui'er back to his hometown to marry Li Shuo. After he bought a residence in Nanjing, he notified his wife to take Meng'er south, so the couple are still stranded in their hometown.
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The Chen Mansion was not big, and the officials who were engaged in academic affairs could not earn much money. There were only two black doors tightly closed on the whitewashed walls. After the rain had washed them away, they glowed with a faint purple light of some years.
Next to the door hangs a wooden sign with iron calligraphy of the length of a ruler, which reads "Tixuefu".
It was quiet outside the door, with occasional pedestrians passing through the rain in the distance, but no neighbor came out to walk around in front of the door. I couldn't find anyone if I wanted to ask questions.
Li Dan looked at both ends of the alley, frowned, and decided to go home first. As long as everything was fine, if something happened to his in-laws, the Li family should have received the news and responded.