Chapter 126: Willows, Darkness, Flowers, Another Village (Part 2)
The Chenghuang Temple area in the prefectures and counties is the most lively place, and various commercial shops are not even under Yaqian Street. However, the city of Bianjing, which is the capital of the Song Dynasty, is different. Because of the prosperity of Daxiangguo Temple and other places, the area around the former bustling Chenghuang Temple has become a bit remote and deserted.
Not only are there not many shops here, but there are not many residential houses. This makes it convenient for beggars and wandering children who have nowhere to stay, so they use this corner as their own den. There are always twenty or thirty beggars and thirty beggars to rest here every night.
Tonight is also normal. When the lights in the city were first on, a bunch of bonfires were lit in the City God Temple, and the beggars put the food they asked for during the day and cooked it. Soon, smoke was curling and the fragrance was everywhere.
A tall and fierce man with scars on his face sat at the highest point. He took a lamb leg handed over by his beggar and bitten it hard. He looked at everyone around him and coveted it, but no one dared to reach out to get the golden oil-dripping lamb beside him at this time. Even in this beggar's nest, there were still differences. This man was the leader of the beggars, and he was the most majestic.
It was not until he nipped the whole leg of lamb clean and burped with satisfaction that he waved his hand and said, "You eat too." After hearing what he said, several stronger beggars rushed forward and pulled the roasted lamb into pieces while the others could only scoop the porridge water from the clay pot to fill their hunger.
But just when a slightly thin boy also brought a bowl to scoo up some porridge, the beggar's head came to him, and raised his foot and kicked him over with the broken pottery bowl in his hand: "You deserve to eat too? Why did I let 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 would have ruined you a big deal!" After saying this, he raised his foot again and stepped on the boy's chest hard, and his scarred face was a little distorted: "You are hungry these three days, and you dare to eat something, I've peeled your skin!"
The boy was kicked and screamed, but none of the beggars around him dared to come forward to speak for him, and they just ate food on their own. For them, it would be a good thing to share food without one person.
At this moment, the temple gate that was originally half-covered was suddenly pushed open from outside, and two figures, one tall and one short, appeared in front of everyone. It was Sun Tu and Lu Zhishen who came to this beggar's nest.
"Hey, who is the one who is the one who is here? Come out and talk to Sa's house." Lu Zhishen stood at the door with a gaze swept across the beggars and said casually.
This made all the beggars in the middle stunned. After seeing the other party's majestic appearance, the beggar's head suddenly felt tight and immediately waved his hand: "Stop them!" He had quickly made a judgment that these two people coming to the door were enemies, not friends, and they must first take action!
With his order, the beggars who were already sitting on the ground in front of the door immediately moved, and smashed the pottery bowl in their hands at Sun Tu and the others. At the same time, they quickly rose up, waved the dog-beating stick at their hands and greeted them.
"What a courage!" Lu Zhishen was suddenly attacked and laughed instead of anger. He quickly turned his head and had already passed the pottery bowl that was smashing towards him. At the same time, he punched out his two fists, and was facing the sticks. With the bang, he had beaten these sticks to the side.
The beggars did not expect that his reaction was so fast and his strength was so strong that they were led to staggering out to the side. But then several beggars had already rushed up fiercely. The rods that were slashed at this time were much more organized than those just now. Four sticks hit Lu Zhishen's face and chest and other vital points.
Lu Zhishen did not avoid it at all. He just shouted loudly, snatched forward, and reached out to catch the stick. He actually pinched the four sticks in his hand, as if he had caught four bugs. Then he shouted again: "Save me off!" The force in his hand was retracted and released. While the rods made a sound of kras, the stick holder also exclaimed in surprise, and was thrown back by the force, and then hit the companions who rushed up, knocking them into rolling gourds.
With just a few moves, Lu Zhishen had beaten more than ten beggars to the ground, and this was the result of his deliberate reservation. After seeing his performance as a god descending to earth, the other beggars who wanted to step forward were so scared that they shrank back and did not dare to stand up again.
The beggar's head also showed a look of panic on his face. He knew that the person he came was not something he could handle, so he turned around and rushed towards the half-collapsed wall on the left. But as he made this move, he quickly rushed forward and blocked his way in front of him. It was Sun Tu who followed him and he had been staring at the head of the beggar who was so majestic just now.
As soon as he saw that the road ahead was blocked, the man immediately turned his mind and asked for a short knife from his arms. He shouted softly and stabbed Sun Tu fiercely. This was his life-saving trick, and he dared not use it until the critical moment. But this was exchanged for Sun Tu's sneer. As his hand shook, the stick suddenly became longer, and the back hair was first pulled on the other party's wrist holding the knife. With the sound of the crackling sound, the beggar's head let out a miserable hum, and the knife was knocked away, and he fell to somewhere.
At the same time, Sun Tu had followed up again, kicking his feet out quickly, and kicking his head on the other party's knees, making his legs weak, and he knelt on the ground with a thud. The beggar's head was even more panicked, and he could no longer resist at this time, so he could only lie on the ground and shouted: "Good man, please spare your life, good man!"
Sun Tu did not attack him anymore, but just pointed it on his head with a stick: "I am not a strong man, but the capital of Kaifeng Prefecture! I am not here to make things difficult for you today, I just want to ask you a few questions."
When the beggar leader heard this, he felt even more panicked: "Did the government look for me because of that? How could they find us so quickly?" He thought to himself, but said, "It turns out that he is the official. You have said a long time ago... But we are all beggars here, I'm afraid we won't be able to help..."
"You have no choice but to help." Sun Tu had already put away the stick while speaking, and then said, "You raise your head and talk."
After hesitating for a moment, the beggar leader still acted as orders, and even had a flattering smile on his face: "I wonder what the hell is there to ask?" At the same time, he looked at the side, but found that his powerful brothers were not even afraid to move under Lu Zhishen's guard.
Lu Zhishen's hand had already suppressed everyone here, but he could use three punches to kill a ruthless man like Zheng Tu. These beggars who were hungry all day long could not stand his punches or two.
Seeing this, the beggar leader could only stop his resistance and concentrate on dealing with Sun Tu. Sun Tu was waiting for him to understand his situation before continuing: "Now you can honestly answer my questions. Let me ask you, how many people have you sent to follow the Gaojia store these two days?"
"Gaojiadian? The villain has never done such a thing." The man quickly denied that he knew how powerful the person who made him do things was, so he naturally did not dare to betray him at will. Although the two people who came to the door today were indeed very good at fighting, they were far less terrifying than those people.
Sun Tu grinned: "Why, do you still want to lie to me at this time? If I hadn't grasped some inside information, would it come to me?"
The threatening intention of this was quite strong, which immediately made the beggar's head's face froze, but he still said stubbornly: "Official, I really don't dare to lie to you. We are just asking for food in Tokyo, so how could we do any stalking work? No matter how brave we are, we don't dare to do anything illegal."
"Aren't you just telling yourself? I have never said that stalking is illegal. Who instructed you to go to Gaojia Store to follow me?" Sun Tu was 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..." This guy was a little tough, and insisted that he knew nothing, so he bit his teeth and closed his eyes, and acted like he could beat and kill.
This is exactly what he is so wise. As a beggar, he knows well that in terms of ability and mind, he is far from being an enemy of the other party. His only advantage is that he is a cheap life. As long as he sacrifices his life, the other party will really not be able to do anything to him, especially since the other party has an official background, he will not be able to really kill himself.
Seeing him showing that he was not afraid of boiling water, Sun Tu's smile became even colder: "I didn't expect you to be really a hard bone."
"Sanlang, let the Sa family come to ask him, see if he dares to lie again!" Lu Zhishen was angry when he watched from the side, and he immediately wanted to come forward to teach a lesson. But Sun Tu shook his head: "Don't bother Brother Lu, I have the means to let 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, he had sent me to Gaojiadian before and stared at that boss Qi..."
Chapter completed!