Xiao Wuyi didn't go to class for a few days, and every day after the class bell rang, he took advantage of the teacher's short time from the office to the classroom to sneak attack the person who beat him before, Li Tieniu and Li Tiedan were beaten particularly miserably.

After class, Li Tieniu will lead a group of people to search for Xiao Wu everywhere around the school, including Li Tieniu will block the school gate after school to see if Xiao Wu will meet with the students in Sanlitun.

After a long time, the students who were attacked by Xiao Wu were afraid, and every time they went to school, they were all soldiers, for fear that Xiao Wu would suddenly jump out of a corner and give a fist to his brain.

At that time, it was the summer solstice, the weather was dry and irritable, and Xiao Wu was not at school and could not go to class, so he either played marbles with a group of children around the school, or ran to the fields to catch pheasants and hares, and then after school, he met with Jiang Sheng and Zhao Dahai and went to bathe in the big river not far from Sanlitun.

The big river is in the east of Sanlitun, usually the villagers of Sanlitun rely on that river to water the land, when the people of Sanlitun dug the canal shoveled out the yellow mud and stone chips are piled up by the river, there are two or three adults as high, so the boy is not afraid of being seen by passers-by when he bathes in the river.

Sometimes Xiao Wu stood on the mound with his bare butt when he came ashore from the river, and he didn't hide when someone passed by, and if a little girl scolded him for being a little rascal with a red face, he would hold up the little finch and shout to others: "You see I have a cock and you don't have it, haha!" ”

Jiang Sheng and the three of them will follow them when they take a bath, at that time I also want to go down to the river to bathe, Jiang Sheng said that girls can't take off their clothes in front of boys casually, so he asked me to lift my pants and stand by the river to play in the water, and he looked at me from time to time when swimming, for fear that I would accidentally fall into the deep water.

Jiang Sheng's skin was very white, and his body was not full of red bumps like the others, and the three of them frolicked in the water, and they would only go ashore when they were tired of playing.

Once Xiao Wu suddenly had leg cramps while swimming, and poured several mouthfuls of water on the water surface, Jiang Sheng and Zhao Dahai hurriedly swam over when they saw this, and it took a long time to get him to the shore, Xiao Wu was so frightened that he cried, saying that he was almost drowned.

At that time, the water of the river was very clean, and the big children in the nearby villages often came to the river to bathe, and when Jiang Sheng saw a lot of people, he would ask me to go back to Tunzi or wait on the other side of the river, and when he finished bathing, he immediately ran to find me, and when he saw me and ran around, he said, "Jiang Rong, go home." ”

One day after school, we ran to the river as usual, and Jiang Sheng ran the fastest, and when he ran to the riverbank, he suddenly stopped, turned back and made a silent gesture at us.

Xiao Wu and Zhao Dahai and I were very curious, and we didn't know what Jiang Sheng had discovered, so we crept up the river bank and quietly looked at the river.

There was a group of teenagers swimming in Dakoi, seven or eight people, led by Zhao Zhuang, who had not appeared for a long time.

Zhao Zhuang has rarely gone home since he was beaten by his father half a year ago, except for a few days when he went home during the Chinese New Year, the rest of the time was spent in the town, when some people in the village said that they saw him enter the hall of Qiantang Town, and carried a knife everywhere to grab land with people to collect protection money, and dared to touch a woman's ass on the street.

Once people are not bound by the law, they will be lawless, especially in Beiping, where the situation is chaotic.

Zhao Zhuang was seventeen years old that year, and he was already the boss of the nearby ten miles and eight villages, and the half-grown children had to call Brother Zhao when they saw him, and they could help cut a person by stuffing him with a pack of cigarettes or inviting him to a meal.

At the moment, seven or eight teenagers were bathing in the river, having a good time, but there was a young man with a weak face standing in the water in a daze, looking worried.

A dark-skinned teenager patted the weak boy and said, "What are you afraid of, don't you just play a big girl, what's the big deal." ”

The weak young man said: "But if you let the adults in the family know that they will definitely kill me, if they go to the police station to report the case, won't we all have to go to jail?" ”

"That girl, does she know what a report is?" The swarthy boy said disapprerovingly.

"It's the eighth child, you can't see all the scenes with our brother, what is this, Brother Zhao is now in the hall, that's Uncle Qin's person, just let people know what if we that woman?" Another teenager said, then looked at Zhao Zhuang who was swimming in the middle of the river and shouted, "Isn't it, big brother?" ”

The teenagers were headed by Zhao Zhuang, who was looking forward to him, Zhao Zhuang was proud, the corners of his mouth chuckled, he patted the weak boy and said: "Eighth child, you are just timid, what is it to be a woman, a big fart!" Didn't the older generation say that since ancient times, most of the heroes were slaughtering dogs, and they wanted to start from scratch, and only by giving up that body could they pull the emperor off the horse, have you forgotten how you bullied others in the first place? ”

The weak young man didn't dare to refute in the face of Zhao Zhuang, so he had to nod, Zhao Zhuang said: "Now that the troubled times are in power, warlords are everywhere, only by being ruthless can you be a hero, then Zhu Yuanzhang can be the emperor with a cow herding baby, why can't we?" Today, I'm not afraid to tell my brothers that my master's hands have been dipped in human blood! ”

"Brother Zhao, have you really killed someone?" A teenager asked.

Zhao Zhuang snorted and said, "What ruthless person has no life in his hands these days, how can you do big things with your courage?" ”

"It's not bragging, is it, big brother?" The swarthy boy asked.

Zhao Zhuang raised his eyebrows and said, "How could I have bragged? I'm not going to tell you the truth about what we're doing in the wheat field today, including Liu Lanying, the most beautiful woman in Sanlitun, I've also done it. ”

"Isn't Liu Lanying the landlord's wife, she has been dead for half a year." A teenager said.

Zhao Zhuang's face changed slightly, and he said with a sigh: "Don't mention this bad woman, I almost killed Lao Tzu, let's play for a while and go back to town, there is still something to do at night." ”

Zhao Zhuang's words were clearly heard by us, Zhao Dahai's face was pale, his eyes were red, Jiang Sheng was afraid that Zhao Dahai would rush over and fight with Zhao Zhuang, so he grabbed Zhao Dahai's clothes.

"Let's go, I'm going back and tell my dad." Zhao Dahai whispered.

The four of us quickly left the river with our heads down, and after arriving at Sanlitun, Zhao Dahai ignored us and went home, I don't know what Zhao Dahai said to Zhao Fugui, I only heard Zhao Fugui's angry roar coming from the yard of his house, followed by Zhao Dahai's howl.

Zhao Fugui rode to the town in the evening of the same day, with a fierce expression, and when I went to school the next day, I saw that half of Zhao Dahai's face was swollen, and he looked very depressed.

That was the day when Zhao Zhuang was arrested.

At that time, the public order in Beiping was chaotic, and there were many cases of molesting women every day, and some women were ashamed to open their mouths, and the criminals secretly spent money privately, or someone guaranteed it, and they would be released after a long time.

Since Zhao Zhuang joined Tangkou, naturally there was someone to protect him, and he didn't admit it at all two days before he was arrested at the police station, only saying that he was bragging, and he hadn't done anything illegal, so he waited for the people from Tangkou to come and protect him.

But Zhao Zhuang overestimated himself too much, and when the people from Tangkou arrived at the police station, they found that Zhao Zhuang's matter was a little tricky, and it cost a lot of money to get it out, so they simply ignored it.

I don't know how the case was tried, but Zhao Zhuang finally admitted it, saying that he had indeed molested Liu Lanying, and also signed and drew the charge.

Zhao Zhuang was held in a special cell for three or five days, during which he was not tried again, nor did he hear any notice of his sentencing, until one morning, the prison guard handed him two osmanthus cigarettes.

In the cell, it has never been a matter for the prison guard to hand a cigarette to a prisoner, Zhao Zhuang took the cigarette at first and giggled, thinking that he was a person who was a mess after all, and the prison guards had to give him a face, when Zhao Fugui went to see Zhao Zhuang, Zhao Zhuang also said proudly: "It's just a small landlord, what can you do to me?" ”

Until noon on the day he finished saying this, Zhao Zhuang saw that his Chinese food was two meat and one vegetarian, and he was a little panicked.

The meals in the prison are all the same, even if there is a special relationship, it would be good to add an egg at most, two meat and one vegetable, I am afraid that the prison director will not have this treatment.

Zhao Zhuang hurriedly asked the prison guard what was going on, but the prison guard did not answer, let him eat with peace of mind and eat well, the more Zhao Zhuang listened, the more wrong he became, and then he began to beg the prison guard to inform his father in Sanlitun.

Zhao Zhuang said: "I beg you, brother prison guard, you can do me a favor and inform Zhao Shugen in Sanlitun, saying that I am being locked up here, and let him take money to ransom me." ”

The prison guards didn't care, no one wanted to run for more than ten miles, Zhao Zhuang said again: "I live in the backyard of Guanghe Restaurant, you go there and ask where my bed is, and there are six Yuan Datou hidden in my pillow, all of which are given to you." ”

The prison guards listened to Zhao Zhuang's conditions, so they reluctantly agreed, and went to Sanlitun to inform Zhao Zhuang's father, Zhao Shugen.

In fact, Zhao Shugen knew that Zhao Zhuang had been arrested a few days ago.

Several of the teenagers who were in the rivers and lakes with Zhao Zhuang were from Sanlitun, and they went home to tell their families that Zhao Zhuang had been arrested, and this matter naturally spread throughout Tunzi.

And everyone in the tunzi also knows that the reason why Zhao Zhuang was arrested was because he molested Liu Lanying, and the person who reported the case was the landlord Zhao Fugui.

Zhao Shugen was furious after knowing this incident, and when he met people, he talked about Zhao Zhuang, a rebel, and he raised him so big for nothing, he didn't have the face to see Zhao Fugui, so he went directly to the police station, but the people at the police station didn't let him see Zhao Zhuang alive or dead, and he didn't go after that, thinking that it would be better to sentence him to two years.

Until the prison guard who was guarding Zhao Zhuang personally arrived at Sanlitun and asked him to take a look at Zhao Zhuang and take one last look.

Zhao Shugen didn't understand at all when he heard the words of the prison guard, what does it mean to take a last look? A half-old child, even if he kills someone, he will not be guilty of death, not to mention that the person he molested is a person who is already dead, and there is no proof of death, even if he does not admit it, what can he do?

The prison guard didn't say anything, Zhao Shugen followed the prison guard all the way to the prison, Zhao Shugen saw Zhao Zhuang, slapped him fiercely, and scolded: "You little brute, you deserve to do such a hurtful thing, you deserve it!" ”

Zhao Zhuang said anxiously: "Dad, something is wrong, this thing must be wrong, you ask this prison guard why he gave me such a good meal at noon, this is a dead man's meal!" ”

The prison guard listened to Zhao Shugen and Zhao Zhuang for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say: "Originally, this matter was not allowed to be said, and it was not announced, but now that it is time for me to tell you the truth, there are still three days to go, someone wants this child's life, try to eat and drink as much as possible." ”

Zhao Shugen and Zhao Zhuang were frightened by the words of the prison guards, and Zhao Zhuang hurriedly said: "Dad, it must be Zhao Fugui's mongrel who is secretly doing evil, you go to the people in the hall and beg them to save me, Uncle Qin's subordinates can save me with a word, I don't want to die." ”

After Zhao Shugen got out of prison, he went straight to Zhao Fugui's house, he shouted at the door of Zhao Fugui's house for a long time, Zhao Fugui didn't open the door, and finally knelt down to kowtow to Zhao Fugui, and Zhao Fugui didn't come out.

Zhao Shugen had no choice but to go to the town to find the people in Tangkou again, but the people in Tangkou recognized him as old, and no one paid attention to him even if he was soft and hard, and finally he was blasted out of the door.

Zhao Shugen was helpless, and he was anxious to find someone everywhere, he knew that my father Jiang Zhengyang knew someone at the police station, so he dragged him to help inquire about what was going on.

The next day, when my father returned to Tunzi in the evening, his expression was solemn, and he said: "Zhao Zhuang recruited everything, Liu Lanying was killed by him, and he killed more than one person." ”

Zhao Shugen was anxious when he heard this, he said: "It must be a trick, these dogs, I will kill Zhao Fugui's dog mongrel, he has to kill my son's life, I want him to die!" ”

"Don't worry." The father said: "My friend from the police station said that he would bring Zhao Zhuang to identify the scene tomorrow, and he admitted that he killed Liu Lanying, and hid Liu Lanying's dirty pants under the bed of Zhang Guang's house, and the person was not killed by Zhang Guang. ”