Chapter Seventy-Seven: Outwitting the Thief
Boss Wang's hospitality was difficult to resist, so Qin Zhihong planned to stay in the capital for a few days. He was dusty along the way, and when he arrived in the capital, he was already bearded, and on this day, he had nothing to do, so he decided to go out and have a beating.
Qin Zhihong first took a shower in a public bathroom, and then went to a shaving shed to tidy up. Before the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese never shaved their heads, but after the Qing people entered the customs, they had to cut their hair, and there was this industry.
Qin Zhihong thought that he had come early enough, but he didn't expect that there were already two customers waiting in the head shaving shed, and another one had just started shaving his head. And just after taking a shower, Qin Zhihong didn't want to go out and wander around, so he found a place to sit down and wait.
However, the two people who were waiting talked about it, although Qin Zhihong said that he liked to interject, but he was not from the capital, he didn't know anything about them, and he could only listen.
I only heard one of the middle-aged men say: "Now there is a rumor in the rivers and lakes that a person named 'Kang Xiaoba' is said to have done several major cases, and the government has not caught him if he is wanted, and now a reward of 1,000 taels of silver is offered to arrest him, and 500 taels are also rewarded for providing clues." ”
Two of the older men said, "Yes, I know that, too." Not to mention that this person steals and steals, he also kills people and sells goods, and what is even more hateful is that he is extremely lustful and specializes in blackmailing passengers, but once he meets a slightly beautiful woman, he will force others to obey, which is really inferior to a beast. ”
Another replied, "Yes, what a scourge of the land of Beijing and Tianjin!" But I don't know where this guy came from? ”
The older man laughed twice and said proudly:
"You don't know this, in fact, this Kang Xiaoba, called Kang Tianxin, is written like this on the wanted list. However, he was originally from Tianjin, and he was also born in poverty, and he was unruly since he was a child, and later he took a fancy to a rich man in the capital and let him be his own horse. The rich man later bought him a revolver and a few hundred rounds of ammunition to make him his bodyguard. ”
The younger man said, "Isn't that good?" ”
The older man continued: "I'll tell you in detail, and later, someone persuaded the rich man, you bought a gun and bullets for this kid Kang Tianxin, but this kid is a brainless person, and he will definitely cause trouble for you in the future." So the rich man seemed to want his gun back, but several times, Kang Tianxin said to the rich man, if you are in any danger, I will shoot him directly on the side, and then I will be more on your top, isn't it very difficult for you to hold the gun yourself? When the rich man heard this, he stopped asking him for a gun. ”
Qin Zhihong also wondered what happened later, so he didn't say anything and continued to listen. The older man swallowed, and then said:
But this rich man often goes back to his hometown outside the city, so he runs at both ends of the city and countryside all the year round, and Kang Xiaoba follows. Once, the rich man went to his hometown with a large sum of money, think about it, this Kang Tianxin follows the rich man all day long, can you not know? As soon as he came out of the Desheng Gate, the rich man was a little scared when he saw that the surroundings were very desolate and there was no one in sight, and Kang Tianxin also saw it, so he said to the rich man, "Are you very afraid?" If you're afraid, I'll give you the gun. The rich man was about to receive the gun, but Kang Xiaoba shot and killed the rich man, and fled with the money. ”
The young man sighed for a while, and scolded for a while, and Qin Zhihong couldn't help but be surprised when he heard it, thinking to himself, he entered Beijing this time, fortunately he didn't meet this guy, otherwise it would be extremely difficult to deal with. But then again, Kang Xiaoba is a person who relies on his feelings to do things, saying that he is irrational and emotional, but in fact, he is promoting him. Watching him attack his master, he is completely reckless, and he does not have hatred, and he is said to weigh the pros and cons, to put it bluntly, it is just the result of his own whim and making a desperate world.
Qin Zhihong was just about to speak, but the man who had finished his haircut had already gotten up, finished cleaning up the hair on his body, and said:
"You two, do you know that Kang Xiaoba?"
Both of them said, "This kind of bastard thing about people? Then there was a burst of scolding, saying that Kang Xiaoba "will not die well in the future" or something like that.
The man smiled and said, "Then today Kang Ye will let you die clearly, and let you know the true face of Kang Ye, as he spoke, he took out a pistol from his belt and shot at these two people indiscriminately, and all the bullets were shot out in an instant, and the two of them also died on the spot."
Qin Zhihong couldn't help but be frightened by this sudden change at this time, every time Qin Zhihong was able to save the day in the past, it was a dog who lifted the curtain - all with one mouth, provided that the other party could be moved. And this time, Qin Zhihong was helpless, standing on the spot in a daze, facing a person like Kang Xiaoba who only looks at his likes and dislikes to do things, you can't tell his pulse at all, where will you start?
Qin Zhihong watched Kang Xiaoba open his six-shot revolver and reload it. Kang Xiaoba then raised his head and looked at Qin Zhihong again, and said:
"Count you guys lucky, I didn't say bad things about me in front of people behind my back, so I spared you this time, but I also let you bring a word to everyone, let others know, and don't talk about the eighth master behind your back!"
With that, Kang Xiaoba walked out of the shaving shed.
Qin Zhihong stood for a long time, came back to his senses, and thought to himself, if he shot when he changed the bullet, would he be able to succeed? The two who died also said that Kang Xiaoba would know kung fu. It's a pity that the pistol given to him by Admiral Nie Shicheng was left in the package of the Wang family's pharmacy, and if he brought it, he could directly kill this villain.
Soon the people from the government came to the scene, inquired about the detailed situation, and sent someone to pack up the body and go back to the yamen.
Qin Zhihong thought to himself, it seems that this is not the first time that the government has wiped Kang Xiaoba's ass, and there is no need to investigate the case deeply, as long as he catches him or kills him.
didn't shave his head, Qin Zhihong returned to the Wang Hotel, Boss Wang was a little embarrassed when he heard what happened to Qin Zhihong, after all, he asked Qin Zhihong to stay in the capital for a few days. But Qin Zhihong didn't think of this, but just said that he would leave the meeting early tomorrow morning. With Kang Xiaoba's appearance in the capital, Boss Wang couldn't keep Qin Zhihong, so he sealed the medicinal materials the next day, and gave Qin Zhihong a lot of HB sustenances, so Qin Zhihong was on the road.
On this day, Qin Zhihong had just left the capital when he encountered a burst of heavy rain, and he had no choice but to take shelter from the rain in a pavilion on the side of the road. Fortunately, his own medicinal herb Wang Boss sealed it very tightly, otherwise he would have lost a lot.
Wait until the afternoon, the rain will stop, Qin Zhihong has no choice, it seems that he can't catch up much today, so he continued to ride the horse while leading the camel medicine horse forward, hoping to find the village people on the front road and rest for a night.
The sky was gradually getting dark, and at this moment, Qin Zhihong suddenly heard a gunshot from the woods on the side of the road, Qin Zhihong immediately became nervous and carefully observed the surrounding environment. The sound of gunfire came from the woods on the right, although he was not as scared as before, but his horse was already frightened, Qin Zhihong hurriedly dismounted, led them to the woods, and tied them to the trees, so he took out his pistol and slowly looked for it in the woods.
Walking in, Qin Zhihong found that the traces of someone fighting in the woods turned out to be a person and two people confronting each other, and there were two people hiding behind the trees, but that one person pointed a pistol at the tree and did not let the two people come out. Although it was a pair of two, the man had a gun, and he obviously had the upper hand.
I only heard the man with the gun say: "It turns out that the two of you are looking at the high bounty of the government, and they want to make a fortune from the eighth master!" ”
As soon as Qin Zhihong heard it, he knew that it was Kang Xiaoba, and it seemed that he was found by two people to arrest him this time. I heard one of the other two say:
"The two of us also heard that you have done a lot of evil, so we decided to get rid of you, and it has nothing to do with the government's bounty, as long as we can kill you."
Kang Xiaoba laughed and said, "The two of you are also famous martial arts masters, why don't you come to arrest me, come to arrest me?" ”
Qin Zhihong couldn't help but feel a little angry when he heard these provocative words, and thought to himself, you have a gun, and you are not ashamed to speak out here, but you are really shameless. Sure enough, one of the people behind the tree, unable to bear this provocation, hurried out, only to hear another gunshot, and the man hurriedly hid behind another tree. At this time, Kang Xiaoba laughed and said:
"How about you dare to come out? Dead or not? ”
Sure enough, the man said to his companion behind the tree, "Senior Brother Ma, hide well, this kid is very accurate in marksmanship, and I was hit in the arm." ”
The man surnamed Ma hurriedly said: "It's okay, why can't you stand this guy's agitation!" ”
Kang Xiaoba laughed and said, "Eighth Master, I am interested in today, so I will play with you two guys." ”
only listened to the scolding of the surnamed Ma, and Kang Xiaoba just laughed, and slowly walked around the tree, trying to find an angle to shoot at the surnamed Ma.
Qin Zhihong had already understood at this time that these two were martial artists, and they were originally going to arrest Kang Xiaoba, but he didn't expect to be forced by him to use a pistol to not move behind the tree, if Kang Xiaoba injured or killed the surnamed Ma again, it would be bad. At this moment, Qin Zhihong immediately touched the ground, and sure enough, there were many stones on the ground, so he picked it up and threw it behind Kang Xiaoba, the stone fell to the ground and hit the grass, Kang Xiaoba was really startled, turned around and pointed the gun in the direction behind him, and shouted loudly:
"Who? There is a kind of Lao Tzu to come out, don't be sneaky behind! ”
Then Qin Zhihong threw a stone in another direction, and Kang Xiaoba immediately turned around again, but he didn't dare to chase in that direction.
Qin Zhihong took advantage of Kang Xiaoba's back to him at this time, quickly ran behind a tree, and then used the gun left by Nie Shicheng to shoot at Kang Xiaoba, but the result was missed, Kang Xiaoba heard the gunshot, and immediately hid behind the nearest tree. Qin Zhihong immediately fired three shots in a row, but the result was still missed, and at this time, Kang Xiaoba had already run behind the tree, Qin Zhihong couldn't help but be annoyed.
But at this time, the shape had been reversed, and Kang Xiaoba had become a turtle in the urn, unable to get out, but Qin Zhihong knew that he had to fight quickly, otherwise the injured martial artist would definitely lose too much blood after a long time.
And Qin Zhihong also revealed his position at this time, so he and Kang Xiaoba fired two shots at each other, Qin Zhihong was about to fire the third shot, but suddenly found that he had run out of bullets, and he couldn't help but regret in his heart, forgetting that this gun only had six bullets, and the spare bullets were all in the package on horseback, and it was too late to go back and get it. At this time, Qin Zhong also knew that Kang Xiaoba still had two shots left, and if he reloaded the bullets during this time, it would not be good.
Fortunately, Kang Xiaoba didn't know that Qin Zhihong was out of bullets, so he didn't dare to run away from behind the tree, but still hid behind the tree to confront the three of them.
At this time, the martial artist surnamed Ma also knew that someone was coming to help, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly rushed out from behind the tree, changed to another tree, and approached Kang Xiaoba's position step by step, at this time he was less than a few feet away from the back of the tree where Kang Xiaoba was hiding.
Qin Zhihong was also able to see half of Kang Xiaoba's body behind the tree, so he picked up a stone from the ground, he didn't throw it elsewhere to disturb the other party, and it was pointless to do so, but directly copied Kang Xiaoba's head and threw it.
When the master Zhao Sanduo taught Qin Zhihong martial arts, he once taught him the skill of throwing hidden weapons, only to hear a bang, the stone was in the head of Kang Xiaoba, the martial artist surnamed Ma didn't know about it, so he seized the opportunity to rush over from the other direction, Kang Xiaoba also vaguely felt bad, and was about to turn around to protect the other side, but it was too late, a cup of this surnamed Ma kicked in the lower abdomen.
But Kang Xiaoba didn't mess up at all, and was about to turn the muzzle of the gun around when he fell to the ground, and shot at the surnamed Ma, at this time Qin Zhihong saw that the opportunity came, and immediately rushed forward, kicked over, and when Kang Xiaoba's muzzle was about to shoot at the surnamed Ma, he kicked him in the wrist, and the pistol suddenly couldn't hold it and flew out.
Kang Xiaoba was discouraged when he saw the pistol out of his hand, and hurriedly got up and wanted to run, but the surnamed Ma followed two steps and hooked it with a punch, which just hit Kang Xiaoba's neck. Kang Xiaoba stood undetermined and collapsed.
Qin Zhihong could see that it was the number of Xingyi Fist, and he couldn't help but shout hello. The two hurriedly took out the rope and tied Kang Xiaoba to the tree, and at this time, Kang Xiaoba was beaten by this punch and was not yet conscious.
Qin Zhihong hurriedly said: "This big brother, you take a good look at this villain first, and I'll go see the injured big brother." ”
The surnamed Ma saluted and thanked him, Qin Zhihong smiled silently, walked to the injured man, tore off a piece of cloth from his body and tied it to the injured left arm of the man, and then took out the good liquor brought by Boss Wang from his luggage and disinfected the wound. Fortunately, the bullet did not touch the bone, otherwise this arm would be considered useless, but the bullet went through, and there was a wound in the front and back, Qin Zhihong took out a homemade Seven Spirit Flower Scatter, applied it to the two wounds, and then let him take a pack orally, which was considered to be treated.