Chapter 244: The Island of Two
Boom, thunder.
The figure was knocked into the rain curtain and flew across the street, smashing a broken wooden table on the other side of the street, and countless splashes of water splashed in the curtain of rain, and the figure rolled to the ground, and the blood had stained the water on the ground. On the gloomy long street, in the rain curtain, there were originally two groups of people facing each other, seeing this scene happening, people on one side ran over and tried to help the injured up, but more than a dozen people on the other side watched coldly, without moving, just quietly watching the situation in the restaurant on the side.
The wounded on the ground were lifted up, already limp and dying. Before the attack here, there were a few bangs in the restaurant, wood chips splashed, a middle-aged man staggered out holding his chest, and retreated more than a dozen steps before being helped, this person's eyes were bloodshot, and he wanted to crack, as if he was holding his breath, and it took a long time before he roared: "Chen Fan...... Hello-"
In the restaurant, the sound of fighting is still chaotic.
It was an old building that had been damaged by the earthquake, and at this time, in the confrontation between two groups of people on the street, figures could be seen moving in the building, and I don't know who was fighting fiercely. When the side of the old building was violently impacted, some pieces of dust and wood could be seen falling down. At a certain moment, I only heard a roar of "ah-" from someone in the building, and then a loud noise exploded, and on the wall on the side of the restaurant, a pillar with a thick mouth of a sea bowl rushed out, and the earth and stone flew into pieces, and the pillar was probably a certain beam and pillar in the house, and it was picked up by someone at this time.
The pillar was embedded in the rain outside the wall for a moment, and the restaurant was still fighting, and then the pillar slammed back, leaving only a huge gap in the wall. After a few breaths, the pillar smashed through the few remaining doors of the restaurant. Fly out of the streets. Someone in the building shouted: "Chen Fan! I want your lifeβ"
"Good!" A young voice exclaimed, "-Good! Good! Good! β
In the loud cheers on both sides, there was a "bang", then a "bang", a loud thunder, and the streets were clearly audible, and then another figure smashed through the side walls and fell into a large cloud of bricks and rain. The young people in the building were laughing.
"Good! Haha That's it! Joyfully! I have heard for a long time that Zhangshan is full of thunder and strength, and it really deserves its name. I just lost a small way. Come on, come on, come again! β
With that laughter, an arrogant figure half covered in blood strode out of the gap. This person's figure seems to be just well-proportioned, not a strong man with a height of eight feet and a waist circumference of eight feet. The face is not very rough, but there was a fight, and the long hair was completely messed up, with the momentum at this time, the bloody big smile was quite crazy. This is Chen Fan, who has caused many people a headache in Hangzhou in the past half a month.
He went all the way, "Ha Lu Ha" a few times, and grabbed the man's clothes on the ground with both hands. Let the other person stand up in the rain. He took two steps back and pointed with his hand: "Let's come again!" He turned around and took a good step, and swung his right fist out, breaking through the wind and rain. His punch almost rolled up the surrounding rainstorm, looking like a whip, but before the fist could reach the wind, the man in front of him had already fallen down again like a scarecrow, and the fist swept through the air above the man's head. Then he stopped somewhat awkwardly.
The young man was stunned for a while, then retracted his fist, stood up straight, and grabbed his hair: "Uh, you don't want to look like this......"
He went over and pulled the man's shirt up, looked at it a few times, and then patted the other person on the cheek. probed the other party's snort, and found that there was no snort in such a rainy day, so he hammered the other party's chest again. The man who fell was obviously the leader of a group of people in the street, but no one dared to go up at this time, and just watched the young man toss the man's body in the rain.
"It's a shame......"
Finally, it was time to make sure that the man was out of breath. The young man stood up with some regret and said a word, then turned his head and looked at the people on the street, among whom the more quiet and orderly dozen people had been brought by him, and the other group had their own uneasy expressions. The two sides looked at each other for a while, and not far from Chen Fan's side, the old building, which was already crumbling, collapsed in the rain. The dust was pressed down by the rain and mist, Chen Fan turned his head to look, and then turned back.
"I said a long time ago, I'm stupid, I can't be an official, and I have a bad temper, don't make trouble with you gang of murderers, and don't quarrel with me if you make trouble. Okay now? He looked back at the dead man in the ruins, "But ...... Master Chen and I had a fair discussion today. He's injured now, I'm injured, so there's no need to worry about it in the future. Okay, I'm going to heal my wounds, and you can also carry Master Chen to see the doctor, hurry up." Ladies and gentlemen of Zhangshan, Chen Fan said goodbye and don't make trouble in the future...... Don't quarrel with me.........", after saying this, the young man turned around and left with his men, as for the master Chen in the ruins, he had exhausted his mental strength when he was fighting in the building, and he was actually dead. After walking a few steps, Chen Fan looked back at the other end of the street, a carriage had been parked there for a long time, obviously seeing the whole process of the fight, he looked at it for a while, and then walked back. When they got to the carriage, the men inside lifted the curtains.
"Jixin."
"Mr. Zu."
Jixin is Chen Fan's word. In the carriage was a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby figure and a kind smile. This person can be regarded as Chen Fan's knowledge, to be precise, it should be regarded as the knowledge of Fang Qifo. His name is Zu Shiyuan, he is not a military general, and his strategy is mediocre, but he is good at internal affairs, although the rebel army does not pay much attention to internal affairs, and it is nothing more than grabbing and running when he goes to a place, but if he does not have all of them, it is naturally impossible. There are not many such talents in the army, Zu Shiyuan is quite important, and Fang La's title to emperor has been in the last few days, so it is naturally the busiest time for the other party. Chen Fan empathized with this, so he was relatively respectful in his words.
"Zhangshan Chen Damu...... You're messing around like this again, beware of the Buddha Shuai coming back and talking about you. β
"Mr. Zu, you have also seen it, everyone is from the rivers and lakes, and they have a bad temperament, and they can't hold their hands after a few quarrels, and I am also injured...... The teacher knows my character, and he can expect it by putting me here, otherwise...... Mr. Zu, you can just point someone to replace me, there is nothing to do in Huzhou, call An Xifu back......"
"Haha The chubby middle-aged man laughed and handed out a coat. "It's raining heavily, the blood on your body is someone else's, where are you hurt? Speaking of which, Hangzhou has been in a mess these days, and if it can be sorted out, I want to thank you. Chen Damu They are Bao Daoyi's people, and their appearance is really bad these days, and they just search for real estate gold and silver. Blocking water transportation and collecting money everywhere, if this continues, Hangzhou will not be able to sustain itself. It's just that you do it too aggressively and always make enemies for yourself. Chen Damu is dead when he dies, but Bao Daoyi is scheming, you still have to pay attention to it. β
Chen Fan put the robe on his body: "Huh? Is that so? β
"Heh, you know what to do. For this matter, Lou Shuwang, the eldest son of the Lou family, came to me many times, saying that if Bao Daoyi and the others continued like this, they would soon not be able to maintain it. I heard that he went to look for you and ate the closed door. Hehe, these things you have done in the past few days, I think he must admit it. The head of the Lou family and this eldest prince are quite capable, and Lou Shuwang is the same age as you, if you have the heart, you might as well make friends at that time. β
Chen Fan glanced at the other party and nodded a little boredly.
That Zu Shiyuan also has something to do, after saying this. was about to leave, but after just a few steps of the carriage, he stopped again: "Oh, by the way, a few days ago, what happened to Ning Liheng at this time?" β
"Mr. Zu is also interested in this?"
Zu Shiyuan laughed: "I heard that person stirred up the war situation in Huzhou. Although I haven't seen it, I still admire it a little. A few days ago, you were mingling in front of the temple, and the matter was temporarily suppressed, but there were still many people who wanted to kill him, and they were looking for a way everywhere. I am now in charge of these trivial matters in Hangzhou, and naturally some people have inquired about me. A few days earlier, General Li Tianyou Li made a special trip to me, saying that their Li brothers would kill this person......"
"Then wait for that crazy woman to come to the door...... Chen Fan muttered in a low voice, and then said, "I didn't participate in the fight in front of the Heavenly Palace a few days ago, and I still have a fight to fight." If I were to say that that man was scheming, and he could still play them around when he was seriously ill, and now he was only in his early twenties, so he naturally killed early, and I hate smart people the most. Why did Mr. Zu come to ask me? β
"Heh, although a few days ago for the matter of Ning Liheng, Jixin you did not participate, but no one in front of the palace knew the relationship between you and the girl of the Liu family, such a major event, since the girl of the Liu family wanted to stop it, although it was mainly to persuade the Holy Father, but if you didn't know anything, I ......"
Before Zu Shiyuan finished speaking, Chen Fan had already widened his eyes over there: "I, me, I...... My relationship with that woman? Mr. Zu, grandfather, what are you kidding? I've been in a fight with her a few times, if I hadn't shown mercy...... No, I don't have anything to do with her......"
Zu Shiyuan looked at him for a long time: "It's not that the Holy Father intends to be a matchmaker........., "The old people are like this, I like the virtuous, that woman is a madman......"
"But both I and the Lingshi feel ...... Jixin and Miss Liu are a good match......"
"Yes, two crazy people, they can't get by." Chen Fan pursed his lips, at this time everyone had already walked forward for a while, maybe he remembered something, he looked to the side of the field of vision, and then gestured slightly, and said: "Okay, then Ning Liheng's matter, I do know it, since Mr. Zu is here, you have already asked...... Well, that's it......"
The time was in the afternoon, the rain was drenching, Zu Shiyuan followed Chen Fan's gaze, and saw that in a courtyard not far away, someone was wearing a cloak and was hitting something with a brick on the roof. Presumably the roof was leaking, so I went up to repair it, and the little girl's shout was faintly heard in the rain: "Uncle, uncle, you come down......"
The man on the roof looked young and seemed to be a little emaciated. Zu Shiyuan wanted to ask if this person was Ning Liheng to confirm, but after taking another look, he saw that a man was sitting under the eaves of the courtyard gate at this time, looking like he was very bored guarding the door, carrying a knife behind his back. He looked over, and the man looked at him with a sharp gaze, and then lowered his eyes again. Zu Shiyuan thought about it, he knew this person, the girl with the name Liu Dabiaozi had eight powerful swordsmen under him, this person was one of them, since he was here, there must be more people around.
The girl of the Liu family has a strange temperament and is unpredictable to ordinary people. Regarding Ning Liheng's matter, he just asked casually, and he didn't want to get involved too much, but at this time, he didn't expect Chen Fan to say this, so he nodded. At this time, I only heard a bang from there, and then there was a girl's scream, and the two were looking in the direction of the courtyard, but they saw a big hole in the roof over there, and Ning Yi, who was mending the roof, seemed to have fallen from the roof. The guard with the knife on his back immediately pushed the door in, and the two looked at it for a long time, a little dumbfounded.
"Ahem, a scholar, even if you know how to strategize, you will inevitably come to be a craftsman, it will inevitably ......be like this" The carriage gradually drove by, Zu Shiyuan said casually, and then lowered his voice: "I was on the side of the Holy Father before, I saw the Buddha Shuai send someone to send a message, the battle in Jiaxing is fierce, I am afraid that the victory or defeat in the near future is difficult to say, I heard that the girl of the Liu family was injured, I am afraid that she will come back in the next few days, at that time, I don't know how she will settle this person...... Oh, this is a continuation of the new knowledge, right? β
"Hurt?" Chen Fan frowned, glanced at the other party, and after a moment, he looked forward and digested this matter as a fact, "She will also be injured?" β
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The words were divided into two ends, when Chen Fan and Zu Shiyuan walked through the streets in the heavy rain, as Ning Yi at this time, he didn't know that his problem had caused a group fight among the high-ranking members of the Fang La army.
He is not a person who completely sits still, but since things have not taken a turn for the better, he has to go with the flow for the time being. An hour or two ago, he had been suffering from a leaky room, the water had been leaking since the morning, and he had gone to the academy in front of him to teach for a long time, and the only thing the little maid had to do was to find all kinds of tattered utensils in the room to catch the water, and then busily poured the rainwater out of the room. When Ning Yi came back, he found the backbone slightly, and the two checked all kinds of leaks there, Ning Yi volunteered to go up to fill the leaks, and then, a tragedy happened.
The engineer who can guide and coordinate many people to build skyscrapers is not necessarily an excellent mason, Ning Yi's body has not healed at this time, not to mention that the house has also decayed, and halfway through the repair, the beams of the house collapsed, and a big hole was broken. Ning Yi was fine, but Xiaochan's bed had been completely wet, but fortunately, at least half of the repaired results were saved, and they moved the other bed to keep the relatively dry half of the room.
Then throughout the afternoon, Ning Yi took a big shovel and Xiao Chan held a small shovel, and built a small embankment and drainage ditch in the room like a house, so that the rainwater from the hole could be discharged from there.
It is a room arranged at will, there are not many furnishings in the room, there were originally two beds, a cabinet and a small bench, but at this time it became smaller, the eaves outside leaked rain everywhere, and there was half a kitchen next door next door that could be used, so it became a narrow world where the two could move at this time. On the way to repair the small embankment, the two of them also went to the kitchen to salvage the dry and wet firewood that could be used.
Towards the end of the evening, the rain did not stop, the smoke column rose from the rain, and then was constantly decomposed and pressed down by the water droplets, and the sound of the two of them hurriedly making a fire and cooking came from the kitchen, because he was very bored, Ning Yi also went over to help, speaking of which, although Xiaochan understands cooking and cooking, she is actually not good at it.
Then the torches were raised, and the night fell silently with the heavy rain. In the huge city of Hangzhou, this small courtyard with only one and a half rooms, under the light of small torches, seems to be divided into an isolated island that is about to be submerged at any time, and in the heavy rain, it is surrounded by the entire world...... (To be continued......)