At noon on the second day of July in the seventh year of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, in Tongcheng County, Anqing Prefecture, south of the Ming Dynasty, on the most prosperous East-West Street in the county, traffickers, small farmers, merchants and monks were wandering among the restaurants, shops, inns and teahouses along the street. Guests came and went, and even though the weather was somewhat muggy in July, it was still quite lively.
A dead mouse was suspended in the air by its tail held up by two slender white fingers. As the owner of the fingers moved, the dead mouse swayed back and forth behind the man's buttocks.
I saw this man wearing a green robe, a guala hat, square-toed shoes, and a folding fan on the left side of his belt. He had a face of about 17 or 18 years old with plump muscles and jade color, long eyebrows and slender temples, and the corners of his eyes were slightly raised. Coupled with his medium-to-high stature, he looks like a handsome young man, a type that is favored by women at all times. However, he has a rogue and slutty look on his face, which may not be liked by some women.
Next to this young man, there was also an entourage who looked like a domestic servant. He was about fifteen or sixteen years old and had a lot of acne on his face.
The young man was walking with the mouse behind his back, and the people he saw on the left and right looked sideways at him. The young man turned a blind eye to the disdainful looks of everyone, and looked left and right to himself, looking at the young woman passing by on the street with evil eyes. .
"That idiot from the Pang family is out again. I wonder who will suffer again."
"I don't know what evil the old Pang family boss has done. To give birth to such a son, I won't say that he is stupid. He has done nothing but good deeds."
"Who says it's not the case? Being a slave can harm a lot of people. Last time...hey, look, look!"
Sure enough, I saw the young man from the Pang family quickening his steps. There was a woman standing outside a paper shop in front of her. She was wearing a white dress and a long skirt. Her back was quite slender and beautiful. She was sorting something.
The young man from the Pang family walked quietly behind the young woman, waved his right hand, and the ferocious dead rat flew out of the air, drew a dark and graceful parabola, and hit the woman's butt with a snap.
"ah!"
The woman's sensitive part was attacked by surprise, her buttocks instinctively pushed forward, she turned around and took two steps back with a scream.
"There's a rat!"
The young man shouted loudly.
The woman looked intently at the ground, and it turned out to be a mouse. Naturally, the woman was afraid of this animal, and she suddenly turned pale with fear.
The young man from the Pang family took the opportunity to catch up and stepped on the dead mouse on the ground with one foot. He opened his hands as if to protect the woman, but he got closer and closer, leaning against the woman and touching her. The woman panicked. I didn't notice at all that a salty pig's hand was on me.
The mouse on the ground was flattened by the boy. It may have died not long ago, and some black blood was squeezed out, which was smeared on the bluestone of the street along with the trampling.
Hearing the excitement here, a circle of people immediately gathered around to see what kind of fun this place was.
At this time, after the woman took a few steps back, she recovered from her shock. Seeing that the young man acted so bravely, she was about to say thank you.
Seeing that the woman had retreated, the young man had no choice but to continue chasing and touching her, so he turned around and said politely to the woman: "Girl, don't be afraid, this mouse is quite powerful. I chased it for half a street, but luckily it didn't get hurt." Girl...hey, hey, what are you doing!"
A big man rushed out of the paper shop behind the woman, brandished a pick stick and beat the Pang boy shamelessly. While beating him, he shouted: "You idiot, I saw you in there, I know you Throwing mice, if you dare to molest my daughter, I will beat you to death!"
What I'm talking about is not Tongcheng local.
"You dare to get rough with me, I'm from the Zaoban class, ah, spare your life... You are a bitch, just wait, don't hit me!"
The Pang boy scolded and begged for mercy.
As soon as the onlookers saw this battle, they dispersed far away with a roar, and they stopped only when they were far away from the range of the sticks. Naturally, they couldn't miss it as the excitement became bigger. The young men of the Pang family were usually quite annoying, and the common people watched evil people being beaten.
, many people even cheered.
I saw the big man, who was tall and thick. Hearing the cheers of the crowd, he became more and more energetic. He swung the stick with great force. The young man's servants yelled and cursed beside him but did not dare to get close. The young man blocked with his hands and feet, and was beaten repeatedly.
After a few blows, he grimaced in pain and turned around to run. As soon as he turned around, he heard a "bang" sound, and the stick hit his head. Amidst the screams of the crowd, the young man's body stiffened. After a moment of pause, he faced down with a bang.
He fell to the ground, and there was no movement for a while. The crowd of onlookers burst into even louder screams.
The big man looked blankly at the young man lying on the ground, and stayed in the open space in the middle of the crowd at a loss.
The servant quickly threw himself on the young man and turned the young man over with great effort. He saw blood coming from the young man's head and nose. The servant cried twice, but the young man did not move at all.
The onlookers came closer to take a look, and saw the servant put his finger under the boy's nostril with trembling fingers. After pausing for a moment, he screamed, "The young master is dead! He was beaten to death!"
With a clang, the big man dropped the stick in his hand and sat down on the ground. The woman who was walking over just now also stayed on the spot after hearing this.
An old man next to him stretched out his hand to take a breath and exclaimed, "I'm really out of breath. How can this be a good thing?"
The onlookers saw someone dead, but it was really chaotic. Tongcheng belongs to the Anqing Prefecture of Nanzhili, and is adjacent to the Yangtze River to the south and Huguang to the west. Agriculture and commerce are quite prosperous. It has been considered peaceful for many years. Murders in broad daylight are very rare.
, everyone didn’t know how to give first aid, so they were at a loss for ideas.
"Oh, a life has been lost, shopkeeper of the Zhou family, you...hey, even though the Pang family boy is a fool, you can't beat him to death."
"Go and report to the official!"
"Whose family does this person belong to? Find someone to tell them. If you know anyone who knows this, go, go quickly."
I don’t know who said, “He is a county official!”
"Ah! People from the county government..." Shopkeeper Zhou was dumbfounded, and he just stammered: "I didn't think about it... you all call it beating, how could I know."
The woman who had just been hit on the butt by the mouse recovered her senses. At this time, she came over and said softly, "Dad, don't be afraid, this happened because of my daughter, and he was always unreasonable.
Just in case it is said that it is necessary to risk one's life, it is my daughter who will do it."
Shopkeeper Zhou said blankly: "You didn't fight, and you can't resist it. It's over, it's over! It's so easy to live peacefully here!"
Shopkeeper Zhou let out a long howl, sat next to the young man's body, and burst into tears in the street with the young man's servant.
The crying made people even more panicked. Everyone was talking about it and had no idea. After a while of commotion, the Pang boy on the ground suddenly straightened up and sat up.
Everyone around originally thought that the young man from the Pang family was dead. At this time, it was either a fake corpse or something. Amidst the screams, the crowd dispersed with a roar. Even shopkeeper Zhou and the servants jumped up and ran away. On the street
There was a flurry of excitement, and a lot of baskets were dumped on the stall.
The young man from the Pang family grinned and rubbed his head. He had a splitting headache. He opened his eyes and looked around in confusion. It was an ancient scene. There were some people far away on the street who seemed to be looking at him in fear.
The young man from the Pang family murmured: "What the hell, the elevator is so far away."
Then he stood up despite his headache and screamed at the people on the street: "Who! Who the hell brought me to Hengdian?"