Chapter 4: Lawlessness, Draw a Sword to Help
Under the leadership of Shangguan Ningxuan, Wang Mang quickly walked out of the gate of Wang's house and came to the alley.
In this alley, except for the small guy who plays the watch, there are no other idle people, etc., and it is very quiet.
He took a closer look at the architectural pattern of the alley, his brow furrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything.
"It's just an alley, it doesn't mean anything." Wang Mang thought so.
Shangguan Ningxuan didn't know what he was thinking, but seeing that his brows were slightly furrowed, he thought that he didn't want to relax in this alley. So he took him to turn left and right, and took a shortcut to run to the main street.
After a row, it took more than half an hour, and the two of them had already arrived at the main street.
In the past half an hour, Shangguan Ningxuan said that she wanted Wang Mang to call herself sister-in-law, not Shangguan sister-in-law.
But Wang Mang disagreed, and resolutely did not call him sister-in-law, either calling Shangguan girl or Shangguan girl.
Shangguan Ningxuan couldn't, so she had to reluctantly keep her mouth shut and not do useless work.
This main street is countless times more lively than the alley, although it is the middle of the night, but it is still full of people and cars.
These people are either vegetable farmers, spies of big families, or procurers from big families and royal families, or various people of three religions and nine streams.
Now the Western Han Dynasty is extremely unstable, and all those who have some forces have sent many spies to the imperial capital to investigate intelligence.
In the middle of the night, it is best to investigate some special things and do some unseemly business activities.
Wang Mang saw that the vegetable farmers were dressed in completely different clothes from his own time, holding torches, shouting ancient words loudly, and his brows were condensed in a straight line, and it took a long time to let go.
sighed lightly, and secretly thought: "It seems that it is really not Shangguan Sister and Aunt who deceived me, but that I really traveled to this Western Han Dynasty." Father, mother, please forgive the child for not being filial and not being able to serve in bed to take care of you at the most critical time. If I have the chance, I will definitely go back to support you in your old age.
Also, please bless me and my father so that I can get ahead here. Uncle Li Lang said that I didn't have any chances, it was impossible for me to become a big official, and it was impossible for me to realize my dreams.
But here, I have the identity of the royal family, I can become a big official, I can realize my dreams, and I can have the opportunity to let the people of the world not have to starve and freeze. If I realize this dream, I think you two will be happy too, right? ”
His last doubts dissipated and he began to accept the fact. It is in this capacity that you want to fulfill your dreams and fulfill your wishes.
"Miss Shangguan, it's good here, people come and go, it's very lively, let's go around here." Wang Mang let down his guard and smiled.
Shangguan Ningxuan had been frowning at first when he saw him, but when he came here, he showed a rare smile, and immediately followed with a happy smile, nodded and agreed, "Little uncle, since you like to be lively, then let's go around here." ”
She introduced Wang Mang as she walked, and told Wang Mang which family was which family and who lived. If you meet someone you know on the road, you can also tell Wang Mang in a whisper and introduce your identity.
Wang Mang took her introduction to heart and began to understand everything in this era.
Slowly, after walking for more than an hour, the two saw an inn in front of them.
Wang Mang's nose smelled, and he immediately smelled the fragrance wafting from the inn, and suddenly his stomach gurgled.
Although he had just eaten something, it didn't work, and he wasn't full at all.
Shangguan Ningxuan heard the voice, smiled knowingly, and walked over with him.
At this moment, a loud voice interrupted the two of them.
The two looked at the noise and saw an old vegetable seller arguing with a big family. And next to the old man, there are some vegetable farmers who speak out to help.
Behind the old man was a little girl of about eleven or twelve years old, with tattered clothes and big eyes full of fear.
The girl was the old man's daughter and came out to help the old man buy groceries together.
Seeing this situation, Wang Mang could think of a general situation of the matter with his feet.
In line with the idea that heroes and heroes should hoe the strong and help the weak, they strode over.
Shangguan Ningxuan wanted to stop it, but she stopped her words and followed.
She had already discovered that Wang Mang's posture couldn't be stopped at all.
She didn't know why Wang Mang's temperament suddenly became so stubborn, so she could only think about how to deal with the aftermath.
She also knows those little guys, and they can even be said to be old friends, and they have dealt with many times, and they are another tyrant family, the "Huo family".
This Huo family has a very big background, and it is a descendant of Huo Guang in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, that is, the descendant of Hou Huo, the champion of the great Sima general during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Although the history books. It is recorded that the Huo family had broken its roots in the Huo Guang era and was annihilated by the emperor and the prime minister at that time, but this is just a record on the surface.
In fact, the Huo family still had side branches at that time. The survival of these side branches was completely due to the secret rescue of Huo Guang's former descendants.
Later, after the development of these side branches, with the help of the incompetence of several emperors, they quickly stood on their feet, cooperated with the foundation of the previous generations, regained power, and obtained the official position of prime minister, which was prominent.
However, this Huo family is not as good as Huo Quai's illness and Huo Guang's Huo family at that time. not only deviated from the original Huo family's heroic pride and benevolence, but also did not have their unparalleled ability to lead the army and govern the country. Some are just conspiracies and calculations, and they are big families like heroes.
In the current Western Han Dynasty, in addition to the royal lineage, there are seven major families, namely the Huo family, the Wang family, the Wei family, the Zhao family, the Sun family, the Li family and the Zhou family.
Among them, the rights of the royal family are scattered, and the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is young and ignorant, belongs to the puppet, and has no rights, so the rights of the royal family are divided among several princes.
Although all the princes together are strong and belong to the first force, these princes are not of the same mind and have their own calculations, so they cannot work together at all.
The Zhao family and the Sun family, as well as the Li family and the Zhou family, were the governors of the Western Han Dynasty.
As for the Wei family, they are equally amazing, they are the maiden family of Empress Wei Zifu during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and they belong to the deep-rooted old aristocratic forces, and they still control the position of the queen.
Among these seven big families, the Huo family controls the official position of prime minister, the Wang family controls the official position of Taiwei, and the Wei family controls the official position of imperial history. In addition to the royal lineage, the three major families of the Huo family, the Wang family, and the Wei family are almost equal, and the other four families are slightly weaker, but they are not much different.
Of course, these official positions are all imaginary, they are all decorations on the surface, and in fact, they still rely on the military power in their hands to speak.
In troubled times, only military power is the most real right to speak.
Shangguan Ningxuan saw that the other party was from the Huo family, so she was secretly vigilant, followed behind Wang Mang, and did not come out to pay attention to the matter, and let Wang Mang reason.
Wang Mang came to the vegetable farmer and asked others for details and the origin of the other party.
Shangguan Ningxuan didn't have time to tell Wang Mang about the origin of these little guys, so Wang Mang didn't know them, and these little guys didn't know Wang Mang either.
Wang Mang has been frail and sickly since he was a child, rarely goes out, and outsiders have only heard his name and have not met him a few times. Coupled with their status as small servants, they are not qualified to know such young figures as Wang Mang at all.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you have come to judge the old man. My dish was obviously a fresh dish that had just been picked, but they insisted that it was a few days ago, it was not fresh, and they refused to buy it at the price of fresh vegetables, and they wanted to pay a low price.
Old man, I have worked hard to grow some vegetables to support my family, if it is sold too cheaply, how can my family survive? So I didn't sell it, and they didn't agree, saying that I was unreasonable, deliberately deceived them, and sat on the ground to raise the price...."The old man shouted that he was wronged, and his face turned red in a hurry, and tears flashed in the corners of his eyes.
Although the man has tears and does not flick, it is a major matter related to the survival of the family, and the other party is a wealthy person, he can't fight, he has been wronged, and he will inevitably worry about his heart.
The old man understood that he had no money or power alone, and he couldn't fight with reason at all, so he could only pull other vegetable farmers to help, so that he had a chance to open this dilemma.
This thing is actually very simple, it is just that these little guys want to be greedy for some money.
If they only offered a little lower price, the old man would not argue with them like this. It's just that these little guys are so hateful that they only pay one-fifth of the normal price. This is tantamount to selling cheaply, how can the old man agree?
"Old fellow, don't be ignorant, thirty dollars is already very reasonable." A little guy said coldly.
"Where is thirty wen? These dishes of mine can sell at least 150 yuan. I won't ask for any more points, old man, if you give a hundred yuan, all the dishes here will belong to you, and the extra money will be considered as wine money for a few little brothers. The old man said to him.
"Hmph, dare to bargain with us? When we can't make a fool? Look for death! ”
Another somewhat burly guy saw that more and more people were gathered, and he immediately raised his eyebrows and boiled murderously.
Syllable....
A slap was instigated, and the old man was facing the door. The beaten old man fell to the ground, leaving a clear slap mark on his face, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
A slap was not enough, and the little guy raised his foot and kicked it again.
Helplessly, the old man didn't have the strength to resist, and he didn't have time to dodge, so he kicked him right in the abdomen.
The old man screamed, spitting out blood all over the ground, and his face was pale.
"Daddy, Daddy..."
The daughter behind the old man saw that her father was being bullied, and immediately screamed, tears in her eyes.
Then I don't know where the courage came from, so I picked up the flat pole on the side, waved my hand and slapped it at the little guy who beat people.
But where does this little girl have any strength? It's also very slow.
The little girl seemed to know some martial arts routines, so he grabbed the flat dan, and also grabbed the little girl with his hand, sprayed a mouthful of spit at the old man, and said to the girl: "I don't know what is dead or alive, and I dare to be rude to the uncle?" I'm done with you today, try the garlic. and then sold to Yichun Courtyard to be the goddaughter of Shen Lao Bustard, presumably Shen Lao Bustard likes you very much, right? ”
When the rest of the vegetable farmers saw that the little girl had beaten the old man out of blood and caught the little girl, they immediately became angry one by one, and they couldn't wait to beat these little girls to death here.
Seeing this, the other little guy yelled, "Are you all impatient?" Want to get us in trouble? Don't look at how many heads you have? If you want to live, get out of here. Don't annoy the uncle, otherwise you will be destroyed. ”
When the vegetable farmers on the side heard the threat, although they hated these people very much, they really didn't dare to do it, they didn't dare to fight, and they retreated to the side one by one with cannibalistic eyes.
When the beaten vegetable farmer saw this, his face suddenly turned to ashes. He already knew that these people didn't dare to come forward to help, and if he didn't say that he was going to die here this time, his daughter would not be saved.
When the little girl saw that the vegetable farmers began to retreat, she kept laughing, "It's all cheap bones, do you think you're great if you don't fight twice?" ”
"Uncle, uncle, these dishes are all a few days ago, not fresh. Uncle, take it all, I don't want any money. I only beg you to let my daughter go, and beg the grandfathers to be gracious. ”
The old man struggled to get up from the ground, kept kowtowing to the little girl, saying things against his will, and his heart was terrified to the extreme, and he secretly hated why he was fighting.
The old man kept kowtowing, his forehead was red, and the blood was not stopping.
"Hmph, begging for mercy now? It's late. Not only do we want your food this time, but we also want your daughter. As for the money, there is not a cent, which is the cost of the time you paid us for the delay. Okay, old fellow, I'll let you go today, uncle, and you can get out. Don't show up on this street in the future, or I'll see you and hit it once. The little guy shouted arrogantly.
These people rely on the protection of the great forces behind them, and they are used to lawlessness, no one dares to offend, and they can do whatever they want, and the emperor can't control it.
The little girl who was caught in the hand of the little girl suddenly stopped crying, and then twisted her head, bit the little girl's arm, and even bit off a piece of meat on the little girl's arm.
"Ahh
The little girl was in pain, hugged her bleeding arm and screamed, very painful, and said wildly to the little girl who came together: "This little girl is too cheap, arrest her for me, I want to teach her a good lesson." As for the old man, he was killed directly. If there's a problem, I'll take care of it. ”
The little guys were wearing the same crotch, and now when they saw that their companions had accidentally suffered a loss, they all felt that their faces were gloomy, and they all shot at the old man and grabbed the girl.
At this moment, the little guys completely showed their ruthlessness, and they had to kill the old man here.
Looking at their cruel eyes, you can predict how this little girl will be treated miserably afterwards. It can even be said unceremoniously that it is normal for them to have sex in turns. As for the more vicious forms of abuse, they are bound to emerge in a frightening manner.
This scene happened too fast, Wang Mang just understood all the ins and outs, figured out the identity of the other party, and was thinking about how to solve it.
After all, there are many people on the other side, and it seems that all of them can fight. If you force your way out by yourself, not only will you not be able to save the two vegetable farmers, but you may even be killed here.
Wang Mang didn't expect that so many things would happen in such a stunned manner.
There is no regret medicine in the world, and since it has happened, Wang Mang can't stop it.
At that moment, he came out of the crowd, kicked the unsuspecting little guy, and yelled: "Bastards, stop it!" ”