son-in-law

Chapter 1098 Chapter [-]
"You say, this is, what is it..."

The autumn wind was blowing, and the outside of the inn was full of dark clouds, and the silver ingots on the square table were dazzling.Amidst Manager Wu's sigh, Fan Heng and the others sitting here were very angry.

They were born in the south of the Yangtze River, and their family backgrounds were not bad. They used to read a lot of poetry and books. After the Jurchen went south, although the world was chaotic, some things only happened in the most extreme places.On the other hand, the Jurchens are savage and easy to kill. It is understandable that the people live in dire straits wherever they go. Including when they went to the Southwest this time, they were also mentally prepared to see some extreme situations. Who knew that such a thing would happen in the Southwest? It didn't happen, and I didn't see it on Dai Mengwei's territory. When I got here, in the shabby inn in this small county town, it suddenly hit me on the head.

Their moods have been up and down for a long time. At this moment, Guanshi Wu put out the silver taels, and the five young men who followed him lined up. Fan Heng and the others were angry, but no one came forward to speak for a while.

Steward Wu looked at the crowd, then pushed away the stool and stood up.

"Is that what you do?"

"……Um?"

This steward Wu was about to turn around, but he heard unconvinced voices coming from behind several scholars. It was a young man who was sitting a little far away.Just listen to the boy say word by word:

"Today is someone from your Li family, bullying men and women, sister Xiuniang, father and daughter... beaten like that by you, she almost ruined her innocence. They... didn't invite you to provoke you..."

Steward Wu's eyes were gloomy, and he fixed his gaze on the young man.

"The two of you quarreled, and the woman wanted to smash the man's yard. We just went there and rescued Miss Xiu, who didn't cause trouble. Your son-in-law is just for this kind of thing, remember us? He is the head catcher of Tongshan County Or the bandits occupying the mountain?"

"Ok?"

Wu Guanshi's eyes were fierce, but the other party didn't seem to see it.

"A bully who blames the victim for resisting? We didn't say anything in the past, saying we should remember us? You two quarreled, and sister Xiu Niang was almost beaten to death. Do you think they are an eyesore? Let's just say two things. If there is still a king's law in the sentence, it becomes us talking nonsense? You don't even have a word of apology, did the Li family in Tongshan County do things like this?"

The young man got up to question, and after he said this word by word, Guanshi Wu was so angry that he laughed. He showed his thick teeth and looked at the scholars.One of the scholars was afraid that the people here would commit murder, so he got up and stopped the young man who seemed to be angry, and said, "Xiaolong..."

Everyone came along the way, the young man in front of him is a doctor, and his temper has always been kind, but after getting along for a long time, he knows that he likes martial arts, is keen to inquire about the affairs of Jianghu, and also wants to go to Jiangning to watch the upcoming hero meeting.Of course, such a temper is not surprising, which young man doesn't have a bit of vigor in his heart?But in such occasions right now, a gentleman is standing on a dangerous wall, and if the young people are allowed to play, it is obvious that there will be no good results on their own side.

"Who does this child belong to?" Manager Wu looked around the crowd, "It seems that I still haven't made it clear, that's fine."

As he said, he turned around and took a long knife from Qing Zhuang's hand behind him, put the knife and sheath on the table, reached out and nodded: "Choose." He looked at Fan Heng and the others, and then at The boy who was a little further away showed his teeth, "Kid, choose one."

The boy opposite looked at him, frowned slightly, tilted his head, and moved his lips as if he wanted to speak, but he couldn't speak for a while.Chen Junsheng, the most insightful among the scholars, has already gone to protect him behind him: "Okay, Xiaolong, don't think too much about it."

"I……"

Ning Ji's tone of voice was complicated, but in the end, he didn't continue talking.

"Young man Xiaolong is very angry, but what he said is not unreasonable." Fan Heng stood up from the table and said slowly, "The Li family in Tongshan County is a wealthy family, not a bandit in the mountains. When running a house, it is natural to be polite and honest. , What you have done today is unreasonable. In the future, when people talk about the Li family, they will also say that you are unreasonable. Since ancient times, no one's family business has been so big."

What he said was neither humble nor overbearing, and he had a sense of proportion, which can be said to be quite appropriate.Manager Wu on the opposite side smiled: "Speaking of which, are you reminding me not to let you go?"

Fan Heng's lips moved, but he couldn't answer.

"Property, righteousness and shame." Manager Wu sneered, "Praise you a few times, and you won't know who you are. Relying on propriety, righteousness and shame, what did you do to the golden dog? Relying on propriety, righteousness and shame, how did our county get burned? Scholars... You are usually exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and you kneel faster than anyone else in wars. The one in the southwest said that you will destroy your Confucianism. What do you have the guts to do with him? When the golden dog came, who evacuated the villagers to the mountains I went, I followed our Master Li to do things!"

"I've read a few broken books and talked about nonsensical principles. You guys are useless. Let's explain it here today. You, Master Wu, and I have always looked down on you who read broken books the most. I know that you are useless when doing things. You want to be reasonable, right? I think you have all run outside. Today’s incident, our uncle has already remembered you, and he clearly wants to mess with you. Is my lady telling you to leave, is she bullying you? I don’t know good from bad...that’s our lady’s kindness!"

"Our young lady is kind-hearted, Mr. Wu, I am not so kind-hearted, I have provoked Lao Tzu by chirping and yelling, and see if you can walk out of the boundary of Tongshan! I know you are not convinced, don't be convinced, I tell you that these are not Mind, the times have changed. Our family master Li said that people only read sage books when governing the world, and only read knives and guns in troubled times. Now that the emperor is gone and the world is divided, you want to reason—this is reason!"

His voice was loud and loud, taking up the "reason", and it became more and more sonorous.Having said that, with a flick of the hem of the long gown, and with a flick of the toes, the bench in front of him has been picked up.Then his body roared and whirled, and there was a loud bang, and the hard bench was broken into two by him turning around and swinging his legs. The broken stool flew out, smashing some bottles and cans in the store.

Fan Heng, who was at the front, was so frightened that he sat down on the stool.

Wu Guan was wearing a long gown beforehand, everyone thought he was also a scholar, but after the kick was swept out, the effect was really beautiful, only then did they realize that he was also a master of martial arts.Seeing the pale faces of the scholars in the lobby, he himself was quite proud, swept his sleeves, and slowly lowered his long legs.

"If you want to be reasonable, here is also reasonable..." He said slowly, "Several inns in Tongshan County are related to my Li family. If the Li family says they won't let you stay, you won't be able to stay tonight... It’s all good, you can listen to it or not. After tonight, there will be no way to go tomorrow.”

As he said that, he shook his sleeves and led everyone away from the inn. After going out, he vaguely heard a young and strong compliment: "Master Wu's kick is really powerful."

"amazing……"

"Hey, where..."

……

All the scholars in the inn saw the astonishing effect of the kick, their faces were red and white, and they were quiet for a long time.Only Ning Ji looked at the situation where the other party walked away contentedly after the stool was kicked, drooping his shoulders, and sighed a long time.

The shopkeeper who was hiding inside came out to look at the situation at this moment, seeing that the things in the lobby were smashed, he was also a little embarrassed, looked around the crowd and said, "I can't afford it, let's go. Gentlemen, if you want to live again, the small shop will not dare to take you in." .” He said with a sigh, shook his head and went back.

"What should I do?" Someone asked.

Lu Wenke said in a hoarse voice, "Is there really no law for kings?"

"Everyone has seen it."

"Perhaps...isn't that the case with the county magistrate?" Lu Wenke said, "Even...how powerful his Li family is, how can an official let a martial artist have the final say here? After all, we have never tried... ..."

He seemed to have thought of something clearly, and at this moment he said something unwilling, Chen Junsheng came over and patted him on the shoulder, sighing.

"I...I still feel..." Lu Wenke's red eyes looked at the crowd, looking at the oldest Fan Heng, as if he wanted to gain some support or approval.Before the words were finished, there was movement from the door leading to the backyard, and a woman's weak voice sounded.

"Everyone..." Everyone looked back, but they saw that the person who appeared by the door was Wang Xiuniang, who had been injured just before. She had patches on her face and tears flowed from her eyes. She came over while holding onto the door frame: "Everyone... gentlemen, let's... let's go..."

"Xiu Niang, this is..."

Before Fan Heng could finish speaking, Wang Xiuniang entered the door and knelt down there: "I'll wait for my father and daughter... along the way, I depended on gentlemen to take care of me, and it's the same. I really don't dare to drag you down any longer... She made a gesture to kowtow, but Ning Ji had already gone to hold her, only to hear her cry: "Xiuniang has been walking around with her father since she was a child, and she knew that a strong dragon will not overwhelm a snake... This Tongshan Li family is powerful. Gentlemen, even if you want to help Xiuniang, you really shouldn't confront him head-on at this time..."

"Xiuniang wants to leave here... Gentlemen, let's go... I'm afraid..."

She was supported by Ning Ji, her words choked up, tears welled up in her eyes, she begged everyone in the hall like that.Her eyes seemed to be looking at everyone, but more of them fell on Lu Wenke.Lu Wenke sat in the distance, his eyes were red, but at this moment, he couldn't say a word.

Someone slammed his fist on the pillar to show his heartache.Some sighed, others fell silent.Lu Wenke said several times: "Perhaps it would be useful to sue the officials..." But he didn't finish his sentence in the end.

It was getting overcast.

Everyone packed up their luggage, hired a carriage, dragged Wang Jiang, Wang Xiuniang and their daughter, and left the inn before evening, and left the city gate.

Along the way, no one said much.They all knew in their hearts that their group had fled from here in desperation. The situation was stronger than others. Although there was no problem in escaping, there was still more or less humiliation.And before escaping, even Wang Xiuniang used "I'm afraid" to give everyone an excuse to push the boat along.

Ning Ji didn't speak much along the way. Among all the people, his expression was the calmest, and he was the most natural when he packed his luggage.Everyone thought that a child of his age would hold his anger in his heart, but in this situation, he didn't know how to enlighten him. In the end, Fan Heng said half a sentence to him on the road: "Students have the usefulness of scholars, and learning martial arts is also useful for learning martial arts." The usefulness of it... is just this world... oh..."

Ning Ji nodded: "Yes, I know."

Fan Heng didn't know what he was telling the truth, but he couldn't say more to enlighten the kid.

When it was night, they stayed at a small market about ten miles outside Tongshan County, had a simple dinner, and it was getting late.Ning Ji checked the body of Wang Jiang who was still in a coma. As for whether the middle-aged man could get better, he had no other options for the time being. When he saw Wang Xiuniang's injury, Wang Xiuniang just washed her face in tears in the room.

The relationship between her and Lu Wenke has not been determined. Lu Wenke looked angry along the way, but he didn't take the initiative to care about her.In fact, she knew in her heart that this marriage, which was originally her aspiration, probably had no future.Lu Wenke was in the prime of his youth, full of words of "great potential", but in a small place like Tongshan, after all, he suffered a huge humiliation. Even if he was still willing to marry her, every time he saw her in the future, he would inevitably think of his powerlessness today—— This is the most unbearable humiliation for a man.

"...It will be a good thing if Uncle Wang can wake up tomorrow morning, but he has suffered such a serious injury and will not be able to travel in the next few days. I have prepared a few prescriptions here...the first two prescriptions, It is for Uncle Wang to take care of his body for a long time. There is a problem with the hard qigong he practiced, and his body will hurt everywhere when he gets old. These two prescriptions can help him..."

"Xiaolong, thank you."

"Ah."

Ning Ji nodded and accepted her words of thanks.

After leaving the room, the red-eyed Lu Wenke came over and asked him about Wang Xiuniang's physical condition. Ning Ji gave a general answer, and he felt that the dog and the man still cared about each other.His mind is no longer here.

After midnight, it was Ning Ji's 15th birthday, and everyone present didn't know about it.All the things that happened before made everyone very worried. Everyone stayed in a big room for a long time before falling asleep one after another. When Fan Heng got up to go to the latrine in the early morning, he found that there was one person missing in the room. He lit the oil lamp, Search together with everyone: "Where did Xiaolong go?"

At this time, the little doctor Long Aotian had disappeared.

Then he came to understand: "A young man like him probably...doesn't want to go with us anymore..."

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Ning Ji left the inn and walked towards Tongshan County with his luggage on his back. It was night, but to him, it was not much different from daytime. Walking was similar to traveling in mountains and rivers.

Walking with this group of scholars all the way, we must be separated in the end.That's good, too, especially when it happened on a birthday, and it was fun for him.

Unlike what Fan Heng and others imagined, he didn't think it was a humiliating decision to leave Tongshan County.When a person encounters a problem, the most important thing is to have the ability to solve it. When a scholar encounters a hooligan, of course he has to go away first, and then call someone to get back the situation. A martial arts practitioner can have another solution. This is called specific cases. analyze.The training of the Huaxia Army pays attention to blood and bravery, but it is also the most taboo to do it without thinking.

It is very reasonable to send these people away, then go back by yourself, and have a good talk with that steward Wu.

That idiot kicked a stool and broke it stupidly...

He was almost shocked by the opponent's skill...

If it was a group of comrades from the Huaxia Army, they might stare at him and applaud him dumbfounded, and then praise him for being great...

This should go back and praise him...

Thinking this way in his heart, he met a few night walkers not far from the small market...

(End of this chapter)