Chapter 153: Riverside Rescue
Before dark, everyone finally found Tangji Inn. Tangji Inn is in the outer city, located on a small street called Baijing Lane, very close to the famous Zhouxi Washe in Bianjing. It is the smallest of the thirteen inns in the Tang family. It covers an area of only one acre, with almost no yard, only a small patio, three floors, and more than twenty houses.
Although the area is small, this inn consumed nearly 10,000 yuan of money to purchase it. It is extremely important to Tangyin County. It is also the hometown association of Tangyin County in the capital. From the shopkeeper to the client, almost all the guests are from Tangyin. After entering the inn, it seems that they have returned to their hometown.
Even Tangyin County officials live here when they come to Beijing for business.
Li Yanqing and the other four were warmly welcomed by the inn shopkeeper and the staff. Their room had been prepared in advance, the hot water had been boiled, and they had also packed a sumptuous meal for them.
Although the shopkeeper's thoughtful arrangement made them tired during the journey, they also eliminated their plan to go out for a big meal. After dinner and showered, the four of them climbed onto the bed tiredly, fell asleep.
At the next five o'clock, the next day, the biological clock woke Li Yanqing up with a precise biological clock. He simply combed his hair, put on a robe and went downstairs quietly. However, he met Yue Fei who had just gotten up in the living room. The two looked at each other and smiled, left the inn gate, and ran on the streets of Beijing that had not yet awakened.
When I returned to the inn, it was already dawn. Many guests had already gotten up and sat in the lobby to eat noodles. The mutton noodles made by the inn were very distinctive and tasted very delicious. With a few dishes of side dishes, you can have a full meal for just over a dozen cents, which is good and cheap.
Li Yanqing washed his face and sat down at a small table with everyone. After a while, the shopkeeper personally brought them four bowls of hot mutton noodles and a few plates of side dishes. Li Yanqing ate a few bites of mutton noodles and asked, "Are you going to report to the martial arts school today?"
Yue Fei nodded, "Registering will start on the first day of the second month, the eighth day of the second month ends, today is the fourth day of the second month, and you must go there."
"Old Li, what are your plans today?" Wang Gui asked vaguely while eating noodles.
"Of course, go to my father's place to check it out!"
Li Yanqing turned around and asked the shopkeeper: "Does the shopkeeper know where Lianchi Street is?"
Manager Luo looked up and thought for a moment, "It seems to be in the north of the city!"
A fellow villager next to him smiled and said, "It's true that it's in the north of the city, just below Tianbo Bridge. The road close to the south of Jinshui River is called Lianchi Street. It's the territory of Chenzhou people. If you ask the locals in the capital, eight out of ten will shake their heads."
"Why?"
"It's famous for being a mess! That area was originally a resettlement place for refugees in Chenzhou. The government built thousands of simple sheds for rent as public housing. There were mixed personnel and there were fights almost every day. However, the monthly rent there was very cheap, and each public housing was one hundred cents lower than the south of the city."
"Thank you!"
After breakfast, Li Yanqing packed up a little and rode his horse to the north alone. The shopkeeper told him to walk north along Weizhou Street, and about four or five miles to Tianbo Bridge.
Weizhou Street is a major road running through the north and south. There are dense houses on both sides, and there are all kinds of shops along the street. The Song Dynasty no longer had the walls of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and shops and houses were mixed together, which greatly developed the business of the Song Dynasty.
When we arrived in Bianjing, almost everyone felt that business was business. The business here included commerce and handicrafts. People living in the capital were integrated into extremely developed commerce in various forms.
Because there are too many pedestrians on the street, Li Yan had to slow down and walk slowly. After walking for half an hour, he walked through the Big Buddha Temple. A big river appeared in front of him, which was the Jinshui River. It came in from the northwest water gate and connected three moats inside, middle and outside. The buildings in this area were obviously low and dilapidated, with sewage flowing everywhere, very dilapidated and dirty, and all kinds of rude and harsh screams and scolding made Li Yanqing feel like he fell into a slum.
Li Yanqing frowned. He didn't understand why his father chose the business address of the business?
He walked all the way to the riverside. There was a street parallel to the Jinshui River and the edge of this slum. This is Lianchi Street. Compared with the dirty shanty towns inside, the conditions were slightly better. There was a row of big trees by the river, which made the area look a little more vibrant.
At this moment, a roar came from front of him, and more than a dozen rascals were holding wooden sticks and ropes in their hands, yelling and chasing at two young men. The two young men were stumbled, one of them was covered in blood, and they were all in horror.
"Pillar!"
Li Yanqing suddenly recognized one of them, Gu Tiezhu, the son of Gu San, and the other man was covered in blood, but Li Yanqing still recognized it, Li Dayin's son Li Yanbiao.
The two of them also saw Li Yanqing and shouted at the same time: "Brother Qing'er, save us!"
Li Yanqing was furious. Without hesitation, he reached out and took out more than a dozen stones from the horse bag and hit him like a bullet. He started a little harder, and beat a group of rascals and rogues to the ground, screaming and wailing.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the last rogue turned around and wanted to escape. Tiezhu hurriedly shouted: "Brother Qing, you can't let him run away, Li Dongdong is in his elder brother's hands."
Li Yanqing shot a stone and hit the back of the man in the head. With a scream, the man staggered and fell to the ground, and was knocked unconscious.
Tiezhu and Li Yanbiao were anxious and rushed up to punch and kick the rogues to vent their anger. Li Yanqing called them, "Just tie up the people in the leader, and the others let them go!"
Gu Tiezhu found a rope and tied up the person in charge with Li Yanbiao. The other rogues moaned and got up, supported each other, and limped away.
"Zhuzi, what's going on today?"
Gu Tiezhu sighed, "Yesterday someone told Li Dongdong that the Lao Liu Tavern at the head of Tianbo Bridge was going to be transferred. The shop was at the bridge head. The location was very good. Dongdong had already taken a fancy to it. This morning, Li Dongdong took us to see the shop, but it turned out to be a trap. Dongdong was blocked by Liu Da, who opened the tavern. We turned around and ran away, but was chased by Liu Er gathered a group of rogues."
Gu Tiezhu pointed to a scoundrel who was tied up like a zongzi, "He is Liu Er. He had dinner and drink with us two days ago, but today he turned against him."
"Drink together?"
Li Yanqing suddenly realized that things might not be as simple as he thought, and asked again: "What did they do to hold Li Dongdong?"
Li Yanbiao had washed the blood on his face by the river. He came over and explained: "It should be that they want the formula for mosquito repellent liquid and mosquito repellent. Liu Da had asked Li Dongdong many times before and wanted to open a store with him to sell mosquito repellent liquid, but Li Dongdong refused it at once."
"Where is my father?" Li Yanqing suddenly remembered his father and asked hurriedly.
"Uncle Wu went to Caizhou a few days ago and invited two incense smiths who worked together last year."
Li Yanqing felt a little relieved and said to the two: "Please take this person and let's go to replace Li Dongdong!"
"Brother Qing, they are here."
When Li Yanqing turned around, he saw a group of people walking quickly in front of him. The leader was a fat black man, who was fat and had a fat face. Gu Tiezhu whispered: "That fat black man is Liu Da, and he is the famous scoundrel leader in this area."
After pausing, Gu Tiezhu added, "He is also Li Dongdong's wife and brother-in-law. He has been selling private wine for several years and was released last year."
Li Yanqing suddenly remembered that Li Dongdong once said that he had lost all his money by participating in selling private wine. It turned out that he was this person, but he was Li Dongdong's inner brother. No wonder he had drunk together before.
At this time, Li Yanqing saw Li Dongdong and was pushed and followed behind, with an angry look on his face.
"We may have misunderstood this little official!"
Liu Da looked very fierce, but he was very slick. He blew and smiled, "We don't want to hit people, but we're afraid that these two little guys would go to report to the officials without knowing the importance of this, so we want to chase them back. Dongdong is my brother-in-law, how could I harm him? Why don't we discuss it?"
Li Dongdong spat fiercely on the ground, "Who is your brother-in-law!"
Li Yanqing smiled, "Since it's your own person, let Dongdong go and I'll return your brother to you."
Li Dongdong was anxious and shouted, "Don't let go of Brother Qing, he will turn against him once he lets go."
"I'm not afraid of his turn against you!"
Li Yanqing pointed to a dead tree twenty steps away and said to everyone: "Did you see that little tree?"
Everyone looked at Xiaoshu in confusion, wondering what this young man wanted to do?
Li Yanqing suddenly shot out a stone. The blow was full of force and was hitting the trunk. With a "crack!", the small tree with a wrist was folded into two pieces and fell to the ground. Everyone exclaimed in surprise. Not to mention the accuracy, they actually broke the small tree with the stone. What a powerful force. Liu Da's face turned white and his eyes showed a look of fear.
Li Yanqing smiled and said, "To show sincerity, let us release others first!"
He waved his hand and said, "Let the person go!"
Li Yanbiao cut off the rope on Liu Er's body. Liu Er glared at Li Yanqing and ran back quickly. Li Yanqing took out a stone, weighed it in his hand, and looked at Liu Da coldly.
Liu Da had seen a little bit of the world. He knew that he had met someone he couldn't afford to offend. If he didn't know the truth, even if he didn't die, he would be beaten up. He quickly turned around and shouted, "Let the person go!"
Li Dongdong also glared at Liu Da fiercely and ran back. Liu Da clasped his fists and smiled, "Today is really a misunderstanding. Why not I set up a banquet to apologize to Dongdong. Please be sure to enjoy the gifts of the little officials!"
"Let's go another day! There's time left in the future, so Master Liu won't be polite."
Seeing that he refused to give him a favor, Liu Da bowed his hand with his fists and turned around and left with his brothers and a group of rogues.
Li Dongdong sighed, bowed to Li Yanqing and apologized: "I'm sorry for using this method to welcome the little official!"
Chapter completed!