Chapter Twelve: The Daming Mansion Accepts Apprentices
At noon that day, the wind was calm and the sun was beautiful, and the passenger ship sailed into Damingfu.
After several days of hard sailing, the boatman needed to replenish some daily necessities and supplies, the boatman needed to relax, and the guests were a little bored on the boat, so the passenger ship berthed at Damingfu Weihe Pier where sailboats gathered, and the boatman decided to take a rest.
Leave after one day and one night.
Leaving the boatman behind to guard the passenger ship, everyone abandoned the ship in twos and threes and went ashore. Wu Zhi, Xiao'e, Pan Wei and Wang Er also followed the others and got off the ship and boarded the shore.
On the Weihe wharf, cars, horses and boats were passing by, pedestrians and merchants were rubbing shoulders, and the green shades were all over the place. Shops and restaurants lined up on both sides of the market, bustling with people and bustling with people. It was like a prosperous scene in the prosperous times! It is indeed a Daming Mansion.
It is worthy of being the companion capital of the Song Dynasty.
Damingfu, the capital of the north, has both an "outer city" and a "palace city". Although the perimeter of the outer city is not as long as the 80 miles in the Tang Dynasty, it is still 48 miles in circumference; the palace city is three miles in circumference and is quite majestic.
.Daming Mansion can be said to be a city with dangerous heights, wide and deep chasms, majestic drum towers, prosperous people, thousands of dancing pavilions and singing platforms, and tens of thousands of palaces and temples.
Wu Zhi and his party walked around with great interest, looking at the flowers. From time to time, they saw young men in brocade clothes riding high horses passing through the street, beautiful ladies in sedans walking together, and various vendors.
The sound of shouting and hawking can be heard endlessly. It is already four quarters of noon, which is the time to eat. People are coming in and out of restaurants and tea shops everywhere, and the tempting food is fragrant.
The four of them were a little tired from walking. They looked up and saw Wangjiang Restaurant in front of them. The plaque on the building was written with three large gilt characters "Zui Xian Restaurant", which was extraordinary. The building was two stories high, well-proportioned and very quaint. In front of the building was a waiter.
He was busy greeting guests to come in and out. So Wu Zhi led everyone into the building. He decided to have lunch and take a rest in this building.
The lobby on the first floor of "Zui Xian Lou" was bustling with customers, and most of the tables were almost full of people, making it a bit noisy. The four people walked into the restaurant after being greeted by the waiter, and the store owner immediately looked at their luggage and appraised them.
When I saw Pan Wei's golden clothes, Wu Zhi's handsomeness, Xiao'e's beauty, and his servants, they seemed to be of extraordinary origin, so he quickly ordered the waiter to lead them up to the second floor and dine in the private dining room.
When we went up to the second floor, we saw that the floor was quite large, with four guest tables. The other three guest tables were already occupied by guests, and there was only one empty table. When they were seated around the table, Wu Zhi discovered that Pan Wei's servant Wang Erzheng
Standing cautiously behind Pan Wei, he frowned, and then asked him to sit down and eat together. After hearing this, Wang Ercheng looked at Pan Wei with lowered eyebrows in fear, and Pan Wei also looked at Wu Zhi in confusion.
Wu Zhi insisted and had no choice but to tell Wang Er to sit down, looking a little surprised and embarrassed.
"Master, isn't this good?" Wang Er was still worried and stood tremblingly. He looked at Wu Zhi with a face full of surprise and gratitude. He was older than Wu Zhi, probably around 20 years old.
The longer ones are leaner and not so rough.
"Sit down when I ask you to! Stop talking nonsense! Let's eat together!" Wu Zhi waved his hand impatiently and ignored them. He ordered a few signature dishes and told the waiter to serve the dishes quickly while listening to his neighbor next door.
The guests at the table were talking and waiting. Wang Er had to sit down a little uneasily.
The guests at the table next to him spoke a little loudly, and words such as "Han Zhongyan" and "Han Zhi" floated into his ears. "Han Zhongyan?" He felt that it seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember it all at once.
Pan Wei paid for the treat. After a while, the food was served, and Wu Zhi greeted everyone to enjoy the meal. At first, Wang Er was a little cautious, but Wu Zhi smiled and used Wang Er's chopsticks to pick up some vegetables for him, and he felt relieved.
Xiao'e was not surprised by this, while Pan Wei's eyes widened. He didn't understand why Wu Zhi was so polite and easy-going to his servants. They didn't drink when they were out, so they didn't ask for drinks.
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After dinner, they were continuing to sit at the table to rest and chat. At this time, they suddenly heard shouts from downstairs: "Suochao, you little bastard, you still want to run away?" followed by waves of shouts.
There were beatings and scoldings one after another, accompanied by bursts of crying.
"Suo Chao?" Wu Zhi's heart moved, and he quickly walked to the window to look down. He saw a group of people gathered in the street downstairs, and four evil slaves in the middle were talking to a man of about fourteen or fifteen years old.
Strong young men were fighting. The young man was very skilled, and he was not afraid of being defeated by one man. There were three evil slaves lying next to him, their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. The young man was knocked to the ground by them from time to time, but he stubbornly got up.
Behind him, he was struggling to protect a plump and graceful young woman, who was crying in panic. Behind the evil slave, there was a young man in rich clothes gesticulating and shouting, commanding the slaves with a lewd smile on his face. It looked like,
This young man fell in love with that beautiful young woman, and when the molestation failed, he became angry and let his slave hurt her.
The crowd of onlookers is getting bigger and bigger, but no one dares to step forward to interfere. They are probably very afraid of this young master and his evil slaves.
Wu Zhi saw that the boy's situation was getting worse. He didn't have time to say hello to Xiao'e and the others, so he quickly rushed downstairs, ran out the door, and rushed into the crowd.
After squeezing through the crowd, Wu Zhi saw that the young man was pressed tightly to the ground by two evil slaves. He decided to capture the thief first. He stepped forward and immediately grabbed the young master in Jinyi, threw his arms around his neck, and shouted: "
Stop it all!"
Then he tightened his arms again, and the young man in brocade who was stuck was breathing rapidly, screaming repeatedly, and his face turned pale. Suddenly, all the evil slaves stopped moving and looked at him fiercely.
"Let him go!" Wu Zhi pointed at the young man and shouted angrily at Mr. Jinyi.
"Let it go! Let it go!" Mr. Jinyi was so frightened that he nodded his head and agreed repeatedly.
The two evil slaves could only let go of the young man and turned around to surround Wu Zhi. The beautiful young woman cried and helped the young man up, but the young man's face was covered with blood. The young man was very strong, and he comforted the frightened beautiful young woman.
, while looking towards Wu Zhi worriedly and gratefully, he was worried about whether the somewhat white and tender elder brother in front of him could handle it.
"Where did this boy come from? Are you brave enough to eat a bear's heart? Dare you interfere in our Young Master Han's business?" The evil slaves gathered around and shouted loudly, with relaxed and relaxed faces.
Don't care, it seems that the one being caught now is not their young master but Wu Zhi.
"Which Young Master Han?" Wu Zhi was a little confused and asked with a smile. With the hostage in hand, these evil slaves are not afraid of him! It's interesting. Are these people used to being arrogant and domineering?
"Hahaha! It's so funny! Is this kid going to show off his feelings before he understands the situation?" All the evil slaves burst out laughing, thinking they had seen the funniest thing in the world.
"This is Han Xiu, the eldest grandson of Mr. Pu Zhongyan, Master Han of the Prefecture of Han! Let go of our young master quickly, or you will be dragged away without food!" The evil slaves shouted arrogantly.
"Han Zhongyan?" Wu Zhi thought for a moment, oh, it's him! He suddenly remembered a person: Han Zhongyan, courtesy name Shipu, the son of former Prime Minister Han Qi, who was demoted to Daming Prefecture as the prefect.
But what does a demoted person fear?
"Okay! I'll let him go!" Wu Zhi said with a chuckle, then let go of Han Xiu and stepped aside. Seeing that they had let go of the young man, he didn't want to go too far or make enemies.
When Han Xiu saw Wu Zhi let him go after hearing the words, he thought he was scared, so he took a step back and fiercely shouted to the slaves: "Catch him and beat him hard!"
Hearing this, the two evil slaves jumped up and wanted to catch Wu Zhi. Wu Zhi smiled coldly in his heart, then quickly gathered momentum and kicked them to the ground one by one, neatly and freely. Onlookers watched.
The crowd suddenly let out a burst of exclamations.
Han Xiu and the other evil slaves were stunned for a moment. They didn't expect that this seemingly weak scholar would dare to hurt someone!
"Hit him! Beat him!" Han Xiu shouted again, furious.
The remaining evil slaves immediately rushed towards him.
But Wu Zhi did not retreat but advanced. He said it was too late and that he was quick. Then he used the boxing skills taught by Zhou Tong. He was as powerful as a rabbit. He opened his bow from left to right, punched in the east and kicked in the west. Within a moment, he knocked everyone to the ground.
The evil slaves all lay on the ground crying for their fathers and mothers. The crowd watching couldn't help but burst into cheers.
After getting rid of these evil slaves, he quickly grabbed Han Xiu, strangled his neck with one hand, and said with a sneer: "Master Han, how about we also come to compete?" At the same time, he shaved his face.
This time, Han Xiu's face turned even pale with fright, and he begged for mercy again and again in horror: "Young Master, spare your life! Spare your life! I don't dare anymore! I don't dare anymore!"
"I can spare you, but you can't harass them again! Otherwise, I'll beat you every time I see you! Do you hear me?" Wu Zhi pointed at Suo Chao and threatened him. Evil people will only be punished by evil people, and evil people will be afraid to restrain themselves.
After hearing this, Han Xiu nodded his head like a chicken pecking at food and made a promise. What a joke, what if he doesn't bow his head and promise? His life is still in someone else's hands! He agrees first and then comes back later when he has the opportunity. He is thinking
I think so, but whether I can regain my face will be discussed later.
Wu Zhi knew that Han Xiu would not give up just like that, but his purpose was just to save the young man and the beautiful young woman, and he did not want to embarrass him too much, so he let him go and looked at him amidst the laughter of everyone.
After he and the evil slaves ran away in confusion, he walked over and helped up the young man and the beautiful young woman who were kneeling on the ground to thank them.
The two were extremely grateful to Wu Zhi, but they were also uneasy. They were grateful to Wu Zhi for saving his life, but they were also worried that it would bring disaster to their benefactor. After all, in this famous mansion, the Han family is law and heaven.
In the eyes of the lawless Mr. Han, Suo Chao and others were like ants, and their arms could not twist their thighs.
After standing up, the young man looked at Wu Zhi with admiration on his face. He didn't expect that this big brother who looked like a weak scholar could be so powerful. He knocked down those evil slaves with three punches and two kicks, and he did so cleanly and seemingly.
Effortless.
During this period, Xiao'e, Pan Wei and Wang Er had followed. They witnessed all this. Xiao'e was okay, she knew that her brother Dalang was very powerful, but Pan Wei and Wang Er were stunned. They
They didn't expect Wu Zhi to be so powerful, good at literature and martial arts! Wu Zhi became more and more mysterious and unfathomable in their hearts.
The good man did his best and sent the Buddha to the west. Wu Zhi checked the boy and found that he was only slightly injured, so he took him to a drug store on the roadside. The barefoot doctor in the drug store treated him and took some medicine.
After receiving medicine for their wounds, together with Xiao'e, Pan Wei and Wang Er, they sent the young man and the beautiful young woman back to their residence.
In fact, this young man's home is not far away, just in Suojia Lane, a neighborhood in the east of the city, a few miles away.
After introduction, Wu Zhi finally confirmed that this young man is Suo Chao, a member of Daming Mansion. He is now nearly fifteen years old. His father Suo Yanqing is a policeman and is not at home today. His family has martial arts, and his kung fu is exactly
The beautiful young woman awarded by his father was his mother, Yang, who was also from Daming Prefecture.
At the beginning of the day, mother and son went out to visit relatives. Unexpectedly, when they returned at noon, they happened to meet Han Xiu and his party on the road. When Han Xiu saw Yang's beauty, she became jealous and went up to tease her.
, Suo Chao tried his best to stop them, and Han Xiu became angry and ordered the slaves to chase the two of them all the way to Zuixian Tower. Fortunately, Wu Zhi rescued them, otherwise a disaster would have been imminent.
After Suo Chao and Yang found out about Wu Zhi's identity, they were indescribably grateful for his righteous deeds. They thanked him again and called him "benefactor", which made Wu Zhi very embarrassed.
When Suo Chao saw Wu Zhi's outstanding martial arts skills, he was very envious. With a thought in his mind, he decided to worship Wu Zhi as his master. Wu Zhi wanted to refuse, but then thought about it and agreed to his request. He burned incense and knelt before accepting the offer.
He is an apprentice.
Suo Chao will also be a powerful character in the future. He was the general of Daming Mansion, the northern capital of the Song Dynasty, and was famous for his bravery in the three armies. Wu Zhi has found a treasure, can he not agree?
While there was still time, Wu Zhi spent half a day teaching Suo Chao the boxing skills that Zhou Tong had taught him. At the same time, he told him to take a detour when seeing Han Xiu in the future and not to show off. At the same time, he told him that everything would be fine in the future.
You can go to the capital to find him. After the explanation, Wu Zhi and his party said goodbye reluctantly.
Walking in the market, it was already getting dark and the lanterns were just starting to light up. Wu Zhi and the four of them found a small restaurant. Wu Zhi paid the bill and treated everyone to a rather sumptuous dinner.
After dinner, everyone walked around the market and bought some things. They returned to the passenger ship without further delay and stayed on board to wait for the ship to sail the next day.
In the early morning of the next day, the sun rose in the east, facing the sky full of morning glow, and the passenger ship began to set off slowly again.
After the passenger ship sailed out of Daming Mansion, Wu Zhi was relieved. He thought that Han Xiu might come back to trouble him because he was unwilling to give up, but now he had nothing to do and no trouble.
Has this kid become honest? Wu Zhi later found out that Han Zhongyan was very angry after hearing about this incident. In order to eliminate the influence, he banned Han Xiu for a month! It seems that Han Zhongyan is a relatively upright person.