Volume 3 The First Entry into the Eunuch Stream Chapter 126 Another Village (Middle)
In general, the area around the Chenghuang Temple in the county capital is the most lively, and all kinds of commercial shops are not even under Yaqian Street. But as the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, Bianjing City is different, because of the prosperity of the Great Xiangguo Temple and other places, it has made the vicinity of the City God Temple, which should be lively, a little remote and deserted.
Not only are there not many shops, but there are not even too many houses, so it is convenient for the beggars who have nowhere to stay, so that they use this corner as their den, and there are always twenty or thirty beggars who sleep here every night.
Tonight is also normal, when the lights are lit up in various parts of the city, there are also bonfires lit on the side of the City God's Temple, and the beggars will put the food they have begged for during the day in clay pots and boil it, and in a short time the smoke will curl and the aroma will be overflowing.
A tall and fierce man with a scar on his face sat on the highest place, took a leg of mutton handed by his beggar and gnawed it fiercely, until everyone around him coveted it, but no one dared to reach out at this time to take the mutton roasted golden dripping oil on the side. Even in this beggar's nest, there are still three, six, nine and so on, and this big man is the leader of all the beggars, and he is the most majestic.
It wasn't until he had gnawed the whole leg of lamb clean and burped with satisfaction that he waved his hand and said, "You can eat too." After hearing this, several stronger beggars hurriedly stepped forward, and in the scramble they tore the roast sheep apart, while the others could only scoop the porridge and water in the crockpot to satisfy their hunger.
But just when a slightly thin young man also brought a bowl and wanted to scoop some porridge and water, the beggar leader came to him and kicked him over with the broken pottery bowl in his hand as soon as he raised his foot: "You also deserve to eat?" How did Lao Tzu make you stare at the inn the day before yesterday? As a result, I actually let the official in, if I hadn't sent someone else to watch, I'm afraid it would have made you a big deal! After saying this, he raised another foot and stomped on the young man's chest, and his scarred face was a little distorted: "You have been hungry for me for the past three days, and you dare to eat a little, Lao Tzu has picked your skin!" ”
The boy was kicked and screamed, but none of the beggars around him dared to speak for him, and only ate his own food. For them, one less person to share food is a good thing.
At this moment, the temple door that was originally half-hidden was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and two figures, one tall and one short, appeared in front of everyone, and it was Sun Tu and Lu Zhishen who came to this beggar's den.
"Hey, who of you are the leader here, come out and talk back to the Sprinkle family." Lu Zhishen stood at the door with a big face, his eyes swept over the beggars, and he said casually.
This made all the beggars inside stunned, and after seeing the other party's majestic appearance, the beggar's heart suddenly tightened, and he waved his hand immediately: "Stop them!" He has quickly made a judgment that these two door-to-door people are friends and foes, and they must strike first!
With his command, several beggars who were already sitting on the ground in front of the door immediately moved, and the pottery bowl in their hands smashed at Sun Tu and the others, and at the same time, they quickly rose up, waved the dog-beating stick at hand and beckoned to the two.
"How daring!" Lu Zhishen laughed when he was suddenly attacked, and quickly turned his head, and he had already let go of the oncoming pottery bowl, and at the same time his fists blasted out, just catching up with those sticks, and in the bang, he had beaten these sticks to the side.
The beggars didn't expect him to react so quickly and with such great force that they were led to stumble out to the side. But then several beggars had already pounced fiercely, and this time the rods and sticks that stabbed were much more methodical than just now, and the four sticks hit Lu Zhishen's face and chest and other vital points.
Lu Zhishen didn't avoid it at all, he just shouted, rushed forward, and grabbed it with his sticks, and pinched the four sticks in his hand, as if he had caught four insects. Then he shouted: "Give me a go!" As soon as the strength of his hand was retracted and released, several rods made a clicking sound, and the bearer of the sticks also exclaimed, and was thrown backwards by this force, and then slammed down on his companions who pounced on them, and knocked them into rolling gourds.
With only a few moves, Lu Zhishen had already beaten more than a dozen beggars to the ground, and this was the result of his deliberate reservations. After seeing his performance like a god, the other beggars who still wanted to come forward were so frightened that they shrank back and didn't dare to come out again.
The beggar's face also showed a look of panic, and knowing that it was not his own ability to deal with the comer, he immediately turned around and threw himself towards the half-collapsed wall on the left. But at the same time as he made this move, a person had quickly jumped forward and grabbed ahead of him to block his way, and it was Sun Tu who also followed, but he had been staring at the head of this beggar who was still majestic just now.
As soon as he saw that the road ahead was blocked, he immediately turned his heart sideways, took out a short knife from his arms, and stabbed fiercely towards Sun Tumian in a low voice, which was his life-saving trick, and he didn't dare to use it until the critical moment. But this only got Sun Tu a sneer, and I saw that when his hand shook, the stick suddenly became longer, and the back hair was drawn on the wrist of the other party holding the knife. With a crackling sound, the beggar's head let out a miserable snort, and the knife flew out with it, and I don't know where it fell.
At the same time, Sun Tu had followed up again, and his feet were quickly kicked out, and he slammed into the opponent's knees, kicking his legs weakly, and then slammed to his knees with a pop. The beggar leader was even more panicked, and he couldn't resist it at this time, so he could only lie on the ground and shout: "A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life!" ”
Sun Tu didn't attack him again, but just pointed a stick on his head: "I'm not a good man and a strong man, but the head of Kaifeng Mansion!" I'm not here to embarrass you today, but I just want to ask you a few questions. ”
As soon as he heard this, the beggar leader felt even more panicked: "Is the government looking for me because of that?" How could they find out about us so quickly? Thinking so in his heart, he said: "It turned out to be an official, you said it earlier...... But we're all beggars here, so I'm afraid we won't be able to help......"
"It's not up to you to decide whether you can help or not." Sun Tu had already put away his slinger as he spoke, and then said, "You raise your head and speak." ”
After a little hesitation, the beggar leader still acted as ordered, and even had a flattering smile on his face: "I don't know what the official has to ask?" At the same time, he also peeked to the side, but found that his right-hand men didn't even dare to move under Lu Zhishen's watch.
Lu Zhishen's hands just now have suppressed everyone here, but he can beat a ruthless man like Zheng Tu to death with three punches, these beggars who are hungry all day naturally can't stand him for a punch or two.
Seeing this, the beggar leader could only break off his heart of resistance and concentrate on dealing with Sun Tu. Sun Tu also waited for him to understand his situation before continuing: "Now you can honestly answer this official's question." Let me ask you, how many people have you sent to keep an eye on Gao's store in the past two days? ”
"Gaojiadian? The villain has never done anything like this. This person quickly denied it, but he knew how powerful the person who made him do things was, so he naturally didn't dare to betray him at will. Although the two people who came to the door today are indeed very capable of fighting, they are far less terrible than those people.
Sun Tu grinned: "What, do you still want to lie to me at this time?" If I hadn't gotten some information, would I have come to me? ”
The threatening meaning of these words was still quite strong, and it immediately made the beggar's face stiffen, but he still said stiffly: "Official, the little one really doesn't dare to lie to you." We're just begging for food in the city of Tokyo, so how can we do any stalking? No matter how bold we are, we don't dare to do anything illegal. ”
"Aren't you not admitting yourself? I've never said stalking is illegal. Say, who instructed you to go to Gao's store to keep an eye on you? Sun Tu was already a little impatient, took a step forward, and asked with a cold face.
"The villain really doesn't know what the official said, if you don't believe it, just kill me, just ......" This one was also a little tough, and he actually insisted that he didn't know anything, so he simply bit his teeth and closed his eyes, making a posture of letting him fight and kill.
This is also where he is clever, as a beggar, he knows that he is far from being the enemy of the other party in terms of ability and mind, and the only advantage is that he is a cheap life, as long as he is open, the other party is really not good at how he treats, especially if the other party has an official background, he can't really kill himself.
Seeing him put on a posture that the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water, the smile on Sun Tu's face became even colder: "I didn't expect you to be really a hard bone." ”
"San Lang, let the Sprinkle family come and ask him, see if he dares to lie again!" Lu Zhishen was angry when he saw it on the side, and he immediately wanted to step forward to teach him a lesson. But Sun Tu shook his head: "Don't bother Brother Lu, I have my own means to make him speak." As he spoke, his hand was already pressed on the electric baton on his waist, and he didn't believe that the other party could withstand the torture of millions of volts.
But at this moment, a voice sounded next to him: "Official...... I know that he had sent me to Gao's store to keep an eye on that Boss Qi before......"
As soon as these words came out, the beggar's body suddenly shook, and then looked at the speaker with a cruel gaze. That is the boy who was robbed of food by him just now and taught a hard lesson! As soon as he said this, he could no longer pretend to be stupid, after all, the young man had even revealed the identity of the person who was being targeted.