Chapter 19: The City Gate
Lin Fan and the others had just come to the city gate, and before they entered the city, they heard a gloomy sentence: "Stop!" ”
The three of them stopped and looked in the direction from which the voice had come.
I saw that the person who was in the right shape of the team swaggered over and came to Lin Fan, his eyes scanning him up and down.
The man scolded, "Look at your appearance, you're from out of town, right?" I said why do you not understand the rules so much, bring it! ”
As he spoke, the man stretched out his right hand and faced Lin Fan, unconcealing his gesture of asking for benefits.
Lin Fan looked at him with some playfulness and laughed softly: "Oh, what do you want?" ”
The team was enraged by Lin Fan's contemptuous attitude. Since I came here, I have never met such a person who is so ignorant of current affairs.
He yelled, "Are you stupid or fake, don't pretend to be stupid here." Take the money, the tolls, and the three of you each have a tael of silver! ”
Lin Fan's sharp eyes kept staring at him, and he was still unhurried but extremely oppressive and said, "Oh, yes? As far as I know, in the Great Cloud Law, as long as there is a guide, it seems that there is no provision for tolls, right? On the contrary, it is a felony to overcharge and oppress the people for no reason! ”
This person was a little hairy by his staring, and said angrily: "Don't tell me that these are useless!" I'll just tell you, you don't need to use the Great Cloud Law to press me, it's useless at all! Here, Lao Tzu is the king! Don't take the money, do you? Someone, take it for me! ”
At this time, the other sergeants all surrounded at once, surrounded the three of them, and couldn't help but want to move.
Lin Fan said loudly: "Wait! If you do do it, be prepared to suffer the consequences. ”
Some of these sergeants were intimidated by Lin Fan's extraordinary bearing and calmness, ordinary people had already begun to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy at this time, how could they still be so calm and relaxed.
I was a little hesitant for a while, and I hesitated and didn't dare to step forward. Seeing this, the team scolded: "You bastards, what are you still doing in a daze, give it to me!" ”
The sergeants had no choice but to rush forward.
An Ning and Wang Hu protected Lin Fan in the middle and said, "Young Master, these people have been handed over to us, and you don't need to take action in person!" ”
Lin Fan knew that the two of them wanted to establish their majesty for themselves, so as not to lower their status by themselves.
After all, he has an official position, and if he is as knowledgeable as the soldiers guarding the city at the gate where people come and go, or even fight, it will always be a little unsightly, and it is easy to be laughed at.
Since the founding of the country, this dynasty has emphasized literature and light on military force, and if it is because of this incident, it has left people with the impression of being vulgar and useless, and it will have an extremely adverse impact on Lin Fan's future career.
Thinking of this, Lin Fan snorted and said to the two of them: "You two be careful, the injuries on your body are not healed yet, don't be reckless!" ”
Although it is a long word, in fact, everything is in an instant. In the flash of lightning, these people had already pounced on them like wolves, and their eyes were fierce one by one, and it seemed that they did not intend to show mercy to the three of them because they were injured.
An Ning and Wang Hu also took their sidearms from their horses.
An Ning and Lin Fan are from the same school, although their martial arts skills are not as good as Lin Fan's, they are far from being comparable to others.
He was also very proficient in all kinds of blades, and what he took out of his horse was a long sword.
As for Wang Hu, he didn't know martial arts originally, but he had a lot of strength, and in order to set an example for his subordinates when he was training Xiangyong in Jiangyuan Town, he trained very hard and made great progress.
Later, before setting off with Lin Fan, he gave himself a broad-backed broadsword, and when he wielded it, four or five strong men could not get close, but he also had some power.
The two also knew that this time it was just a fight, and there was no distinction between life and death. Therefore, the sword is not unsheathed, so as not to accidentally cause human life.
Wang Hu's knife technique is a mighty road of opening and closing, without any bells and whistles, it doesn't look beautiful, and even a little stupid.
But anyone who is swept by him with a knife is basically the end of broken bones and tendons, although the knife is not unsheathed, it is not something that ordinary people can bear.
In a few moments, several sergeants were knocked to the ground by his sword.
However, Wang Hu's own martial arts are not outstanding, and he relies on the courage of his blood, and he was accidentally hit several times during the fight.
An Ning is the opposite, he is excellent in martial arts, flexible in shape, and exquisite in moves.
In terms of strength alone, he is not as good as Wang Hu, but his moves are all ruthless and killing moves, every move is not far from the key point, and every time he makes a move, someone will fall to the ground.
And under his tossing and turning, until the end, even the corners of his clothes were not touched by those people a few times.
It didn't take long for the dozen sergeants who shot out, except for the team members on the periphery, all of them were knocked to the ground and wailed.
Seeing this situation, the onlookers applauded. For a long time, the people have been oppressed in every way, and they dare not speak out, but now they finally see someone who dares to teach these soldiers a lesson.
The people surrounded this place on three floors and three layers outside, pointing and pointing, clapping their hands and applauding, eager to incarnate themselves as three people in the venue, and teach these bastards who only know how to oppress the people.
However, due to the long-term accumulation of power by these sergeants, coupled with the nature of the people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, no one dared to really step forward to do anything.
Lin Fan will not blame the people for cowering and being timid; After all, they are not as fearless as they are. Even if they are not afraid of these sergeants settling accounts after the autumn, they always have to think about the whole family.
At this time, he looked at the team leader, who no longer had the appearance of showing off his might just now.
The man's legs were a little weak, and he stammered and said to Lin Fan in a fierce and introverted manner: "You, you are lawless, and you dare to beat officials." Do you still have a royal law in your eyes, do you want to rebel? Aren't you afraid of the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, when the time comes, no matter how high your martial arts are, you will definitely not be able to escape the end of ashes, why don't you quickly put down your weapons and be captured? ”
Lin Fan stepped forward, approached him step by step, and teased: "Why, didn't you just say that you are the king?" How did it become like this now? ”
Seeing Lin Fan getting closer and closer, this person's eyes were flustered, he trembled with fright, and stepped back step by step; He took a step back, and Lin Fan followed; After a few steps, the man sat down on the ground in fright, and cried out in horror, "You...... What are you doing? Don't come here! ”
Lin Fan stepped up to him, pulled out his sword with a loud bang, pointed at him with the tip of the sword, and was silent!
At this time, a voice of gnashing teeth came from the onlookers: "Hero, kill him!"
Lin Fan didn't know who shouted it, and he didn't care. The rest of the people also reacted from the initial surprise when Lin Fan drew his sword.
Looking at Lin Fan, there was a trace of fear for him in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by hatred and tyranny towards these people, and they all shouted: "Kill him, kill him, kill him!"
The shouts rose higher and higher, and finally converged into a wave, and the entire city gate seemed to shake. The crowd is excited!
When this person saw such a scene, he knew that he was usually unscrupulous, how unpopular he was, and he was afraid that Lin Fan would really kill him in anger under the surging public sentiment; and feared that he would deliver himself into the hands of these people.
For a while, his face became even more pale, he got up and knelt on the ground, and kept begging for mercy: "Don't, don't!" I know it's wrong! Please, don't kill me! ”
Lin Fan saw that it was almost time, and put away his sword.
He put away his sword and sheathed it, and said indifferently: "Get up!" You look up. Look at the people around you, look at the eyes of them who want to eat you, you should know that if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself! If you don't know how to converge in the future, the end can be imagined, and you will do it for yourself in the future! ”
After Lin Fan finished speaking, he let the people disperse first, and the province would be retaliated against later.
After that, the three of them led the horse and walked towards him towards the city, walked a few steps, and suddenly stopped, and said without looking back: "Don't act like this again in the future If you are really short of money, you can go to the Wuguan Inspection Department to find me." ”
Then he continued to walk forward, leaving only a back for those people.
This person was shocked, and after watching Lin Fan walk away stupidly, he suddenly collapsed to the ground, and his back was already wet with cold sweat.
He stared at Lin Fan's back and was not until the lightly injured sergeant of his subordinate pulled him up, and then slowly came back to his senses.
This team has been guarding the door for a few years, and the ability to recognize people is naturally not too bad.
It's just that he thinks that although Lin Fan's clothes are not bad, they are not luxurious; They are all dusty and wounded, and they seem to be the children of a broken family, and they go out to study together, so they dare to attack them.
He smiled helplessly, he originally thought that this kind of person had money in his hands and was easy to bully, but he didn't expect to hit a hard nail and almost lose his life!
At this time, a subordinate said hatefully in his ear: "Boss, we have suffered such a big loss, is it just that?" I can't swallow this breath, brothers! Do you want to go and tell the county magistrate now, gather people, and arrest these boys. When the time comes, whether they are dead or alive is not up to us! ”
The team gave him a strange look, raised his foot and kicked it, scolding, "Are you stupid?" Don't look at whether we can offend others, can you beat others? Besides, did you hear what the man just said? ”
The sergeant was a little aggrieved and didn't know what he had done wrong; I didn't understand what my head meant, so he said in a hurry: "Doesn't it mean that we can no longer oppress the people in the future, so that we can change our ways and return to righteousness?"
"You! I'm! The team was a little speechless to his subordinates, and he was about to fight, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
He explained, "Can't you guys use your brains! If my prediction is right, this person is the new Wuguan inspection envoy, although he is only the ninth grade, but he is also a serious court official. How did our little soldiers get offended! And, don't forget! People have the banner of the big cloud law, and the county magistrate is facing us again, if it makes a big fuss, it won't help us, if we don't provoke people with a long eye, then it's really looking for death! ”