"Hand in Hand Travel"

Author: Lu You

Chapter 9 Muay Thai Gym

At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, the sun was a little dazzling in the sky. The top branches of the green trees swayed slightly in the wind, and two small black sparrows flew up to the sky......

Xu Lixue and I followed Tessana to the Muay Thai gym.

This Muay Thai gym is a large eight-figure sloping tin house, the iron frame under the eaves is printed with a large sign with blue letters on a white background, the icon in the middle is two people fighting, and there are two large earthy yellow water tanks at the door, and the tanks are planted with dense clusters of medicinal herbs. Three motorbikes are parked in front of the door.

Muay Thai is a legendary Thai martial arts technique, particularly elbow strikes, which are extremely lethal and are known for their ferocity and agility.

We were standing in front of the Muay Thai gym and heard the sound of a fierce fight in the room, "Drink-ah-ah!"

"This is the Muay Thai gym that my father owned. Tessana said enthusiastically.

There was a middle-aged man in his fifties, bare-armed, with dark muscles on his upper body and short hair in a pair of big blue athletic shorts, practicing Muay Thai under a banana tree. He kept kicking a banana tree, its trunk shaking with vibration, its skin deeply dented and cracked, dripping pale blue sap. He screamed and exerted his strength, and with a snap, the banana tree was kicked off by him. It shows how fierce his legs are!

Tessana shouted a pronunciation, "Thor." ”

I guess it means Thai dad.

Tessana stretched out her hand and gestured, "This is my dad Dinidabang, the person you're looking for." ”

"Hello, I'm Gao Qidao and I'm from China. My grandfather, Gao Wangbo, knew you. ”

"Are you Boss Gao's grandson?" asked Dinidabang in surprise.

"Yes. "I was surprised that Dinida was fluent in Chinese.

"I've been to China before and opened a Thai gym in Hong Kong. That's when I met your grandfather. Your grandpa is very nice. Dinida said happily.

"Uncle Dabang, this is the 10,000 yuan that my grandfather asked me to pass on to you. "I took out 10,000 baht from my pocket.

"This ...... Does your grandfather remember this? I've forgotten it for years. If you don't say it now, I can't even remember. How is your grandfather now?"

"My grandfather has been dead for three months. ”

"Boss Gao has passed away?"

"Yes. ”

"What did Boss Gao die for?"

"Died of illness. ”

"How old is Boss Gao?"

"85 years old. ”

"Don't be too upset. Condolences change. ”

"Thank you for your concern. ”

"You don't have to pay back the 10,000 yuan. "Dinida forced the cash back into my pocket.

"How can this work? This is my grandfather's last wish!"

"This ......"

"Please be sure to accept the 10,000 yuan. "I shoved the cash back into Dinida's hands.

"Would you like to hear a story?"

"What's the story?"

"It's about your grandfather who opened a plastic factory in Hong Kong. ”

"Yes. ”

"Five years ago, I opened a Thai gym in Hong Kong to teach apprentices Muay Thai. One day, your grandfather came to the door with a teal plastic sprinkler and a red plastic bucket. He told me that the bucket was of good quality and sturdy. I took it in my hand and looked at the bucket carefully, and the toughness of the rubber was really good. I decided to buy 20 buckets for the apprentices to use in the bath. Later, an apprentice discovered that one of the plastic buckets was leaking while using them. When your grandfather found out, he brought a brand new bucket that night. ”

"Hmm. My grandfather found that there was a problem with one bucket and replaced it with you in time. That's good. ”

"But ......"

"But what?"

"It was only later that I found out that the bucket was filled with water because the apprentice had accidentally touched a nail in the plank. ”

"And then?"

"Later, I explained to your grandfather that the reason was not the quality of the bucket, but the accidental damage of the bucket. ”

Suddenly, a construction worker wearing a yellow hard hat repairing the roof accidentally knocked over a bamboo ladder and smashed it into Xu Lixue and me......

There was a loud bang, and a young man kicked the bamboo ladder with his foot in the air, and actually kicked off a bamboo!

The young man was about 22 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a hemp rope tied around his forehead and arms. He has solid arms on his upper body, the muscles of his arms protrude from dark blue veins, like tree roots, and he wears a pair of fiery red sports shorts embroidered with burning flames, and a curved dragon with teeth bared and soaring, and the posture is like the letter S.

The construction worker on the roof kept waving his hand to show sorry, frowning and showing an embarrassed expression.

"Thank you. "I thanked.

"You're welcome. The man responded.

"This is Muay Thai champion Phuket Sang, nicknamed Wolf Slayer. He's also my fiancé. We are all students of our Chinese teacher, Watera. Tessana introduced.

"Hello, I'm glad to meet you. I held out my right hand and made a handshake gesture.

"Hello, so am I. "Phuket San and I shook hands warmly, and because he practiced martial arts a lot, his palms felt unusually rough.

"It's good that you kicked the bamboo ladder away. Otherwise, this ladder will hit us both in the head, and the consequences will be unimaginable, and we may even have a concussion. ”

"Do you know Chinese kung fu?"

"I know a little bit of martial arts, but not at a high level. ”

"I heard that Chinese kung fu is very powerful, and I really want to learn about it. ”

"This ......"

"You two go to the ring and try a fight. You can also learn from each other and make progress together. Dinida tapped me on the shoulder with his hand.

"It's okay, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate. ”

We walked into the Muay Thai gym together, there were two golden competition trophies and many award-winning honorary certificates on the wooden cabinet, and canvas sandbags were hung with iron chains on the iron frame beams, some people were playing sandbags, some people were skipping rope, and some people were practicing target shooting......

There are two people in the ring practicing target shooting, one is holding a rectangular sponge target, and the other is kicking the sponge target vigorously, snap! The target taker keeps retreating, and the target kicker follows closely with agility, bang!

Dinidabang told them to stop practicing target kicking for a while, and let me and Phuket San compete in the ring.

The ring is a blue square about five meters long and wide, surrounded by an elastic rope fence and cushioned on the plane.

At this time, a unique Thai tune was playing in the gym, that is, the music that was played every time he took the stage, and the melody was melodious and deep, and there was a hidden murderous intention.

Pu Jisan is dancing the apprenticeship dance on the cushion of the boxing ring, with his hands folded, his knees bent, and then his left foot arched, and his right foot landing, his whole body movements are slow and strange, like the sacrifices of ancient shamans to ghosts and gods.

The apprenticeship dance of Muay Thai has four major functions: to calm down the mood and prepare for the fight, second, to warm up and relax the tense muscles of the whole body, third, to demonstrate to the opponent to show firm faith, and fourth, to show the essence of Muay Thai.

I clasp my fist with my right fist and left palm, forming a circle in front of my chest.

At this time, the referee in the white shirt pulled the bell with his hand, and when it sounded, the game began.

With his left foot in front and his right foot behind, his hands bent into fists, his eyes watching my every move, ready to strike.

I was two metres away from Phuket San, and he slowly approached my body and lured me in with his left fist shaking in front of me.

Suddenly, Phuket Sang used one of Muay Thai's back hand hooks hard, and I quickly used the Wing Chun spreadhand, followed by a short straight punch of Muay Thai, and I immediately responded with one of the Wing Chun lap hands.

There is a big difference between Muay Thai and Wing Chun, Muay Thai focuses on beating the opponent to a serious injury, while Wing Chun does not want to hurt the opponent and wants to reduce the damage of the opponent.

Pukitisan took advantage of my lower body to spin and hit my left leg with a low right kick, and the kick was really powerful! I immediately fell to the ground, the flesh of my left thigh was extremely painful, and the bones were sore.

The strength of Muay Thai comes from the seven factors of movement, speed, spin, bouncing, twisting, sinking and gravity. This powerful kick is extremely destructive!

Muay Thai is not a well-mannered painting of the piano, but an act of violence that destroys the opponent.

Xu Lixue shouted loudly under the ring: "Gao Qidao, come on! Hurry up and stand up!"

I gritted my teeth and got up from the ring......

Phuket San attacked my chest with a straight right hand, and I quickly used my Wing Chun hand to raise his straight right hand, then pushed his shoulder with my hand to unsteady his center of gravity, and then slammed my right shoulder into his body.

Unconvinced, Phuket San continued to fight back against me, grabbed his right hand with my left hand, and while he was not on his feet, I changed my intended punch to push his chin up in order not to hurt his body.

Annoyed, Phuket San used Muay Thai's most vicious elbow, and I quickly responded with the Japanese word punch of Wing Chun.

Both my and I's arms bounced back with the powerful impact, and both of us took two steps back.

For a moment, I felt extreme pain in my fingers, but luckily I was hit in the fist by Phuket San, and if he had hit me in the chest, I would have broken two bones.

When the bang sounds, the time for the game is over.

"What's your name?" asked Phuket San.

"Gao Qidao. ”

"Your Wing Chun is good. ”

Phuket San knew that I was using Wing Chun, which proved that he also knew Chinese martial arts, not just Muay Thai.

Xu Lixue hurriedly ran over to condole, "Gao Qidao, are you okay?"

I pulled up the hem of my pants with my hand, and saw that the skin of my thigh that had been kicked by Phuket San was already bruised, and it might hurt even more tomorrow. This time he exchanged martial arts, and he actually moved seriously.

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry. ”

Xu Lixue turned around and asked Dinidabang: "Uncle Dabang, do you have any iron medicine wine?"

"Yes! Muay Thai martial arts gyms are often injured due to martial arts, and they must be equipped with iron medicine and wine. After Dinida had finished speaking, he went to the latte to make the medicated wine.

A dog has his day. Last time, Xu Lixue injured her toe, and I helped her wipe the iron and wine, and this time it was my thigh injury, and she helped me wipe the iron and wine.

"I'll help you wipe the iron and make the pills. Xu Lixue squatted down with iron and medicinal wine.

"Thank you. ”

Xu Lixue twisted the cap of the iron medicated wine, dipped a cotton swab with the potion, and evenly applied it to my thigh wound, "I rub the iron medicated wine like this, does your wound hurt?"

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Suddenly, I suddenly remembered: Could the death of boxer Sughrawa be related to Muay Thai?

Sugrava was a professional boxer, and it would not be easy for the average person to kill him with his bare hands! Unless he was a stronger martial artist than him! And it was very likely that he used Muay Thai elbow to hit the temple in the head and die!

Muay Thai gym master Dinida Bang and Muay Thai champion Phuket San both have this kind of lethality, could it be one of them?

On the other hand, could the crime scene not be at the Mano Hotel, but somewhere else?

Now, let me sort out the timeline of the case:

July 10 at the funeral home when the deceased died. (Inferred from zombie)

At 23 o'clock on July 12, the ladyboy Pershi sent the drunk Sugrava back to the Mano Hotel. (Memories of the actress of the Tai Tai Song and Dance Theater)

At 11 o'clock on July 13th, Xu Lixue and I met Sugrava in the elevator; at 12 o'clock, Xu Lixue and I met the ladyboy Pershi in the passage of the room and fled in a panic, and found Sugrava's body; at 16 o'clock, the ladyboy Pershi appeared at the floating market; and at 20 o'clock at the Tai Song and Dance Theater, we found that the ladyboy Pershi was killed.

Next, I want to investigate: what were Muay Thai martial arts master Dinida Bang and Muay Thai king Phuket San doing in the hour of the crime?