From Ancient Times to the Present Chapter 9: The Road Is Uneven
Li Qingcang, who was completely rejuvenated, wandered along the street, and couldn't help but think of the scene at home before, when he didn't need to worry about money except for practicing literature and martial arts, and when he came out to explore the rivers and lakes, his family also prepared enough for him. If the silver is short, you have to do a few things to punish bullies, kill the rich and help the poor, and fill your pockets by the way. But now I am very unfamiliar with this world, my eyes are black, and I don't know where to start if I want to do it? There are only two small pieces of paper left in the trouser pocket, and if you don't get a little entanglement, this stomach won't agree.
After thinking about it, I walked to a railway sign (bus stop), and saw a three-zhang long and one-zhang high iron car coming from the road to stop and release people from the carriage. Pedestrians on the platform rushed forward one after another, you pushed me and squeezed, did not give in to each other, and crowded into the carriage.
Li Qingcang felt fresh, so he stopped to watch.
Suddenly, I heard a woman exclaiming, "My wallet, eh! Don't run! Catch him, catch the thief......! ”
With the screams, I saw a very neatly dressed white-faced young man squeezed out of the iron carriage, looking like Sven, but after getting off the car, he ran wildly.
The fat woman with a round face and curly hair was about to get out of the car to chase after her, but a scar-faced young man blocked the door of the carriage in front of her and blocked her.
The woman couldn't get out of the car, couldn't catch up, had no choice but to shout for help, although the expressions of the people on the side of the car were different, but no one helped to catch up, and after the white young man ran away, the young man Scarface turned sideways to let the woman get out of the car.
At this time, the white young man who stole the bag had run more than ten zhang away, the woman was obese, and after running a few steps, she thought that she couldn't catch up, so she stopped and cried and scolded.
Li Qingcang couldn't see it, and set off to chase after him, only to see him striding a meteor, this figure was as fast as a horse galloping when he moved, even the current Olympic sprint champion didn't have this speed, and ran behind the white young man in the blink of an eye.
The detective grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back, the young man's forward momentum stopped, his body leaned back, his steps forward, his center of gravity had been lost, and with a "poof", he had already fallen a solid buttocks, and a purse in his hand also fell to the ground.
Seeing that the thief had been caught, the woman hurried over to pick up her purse and kicked the young man a few times.
Only then did he turn around and say to Li Qingcang: "Thank you, young man, if it weren't for you, you would have let this thief run away, there are really not many young people like you who are righteous and brave now, thank you!" ”
As he spoke, he opened his wallet to inspect the items, and when he found that there was nothing missing, he took out two hundred-yuan bills and handed them to Li Qingcang, still thanking him.
Li Qingcang waved his hand and said: "My generation of martial artists, the road is uneven, it is the righteousness of the deserved, just a trivial matter, why worry about it." Thank you for all your efforts! ”
The woman couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when she heard this Li Qingcang come out with a sentence of crepe crepe. I guess I didn't understand, but after thinking for a while, I understood, and praised: "You guy also has a literary and artistic speech, that's good, thank you so much!" I still have something to do, let's go first, handsome young man, you Nanjing people look like a man, goodbye! ”
Li Qingcang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, pointed to the thief sitting on the ground and said, "Then how to deal with this person?" ”
The woman said helplessly: "I'm not a local, and I haven't lost anything, so forget it!" ”
It's no wonder that the woman spoke like this, this kind of thing can be said to be commonplace in modern society, the woman didn't lose her property, and she kicked the thief twice. It takes a lot of time to go to the police station to register and record, and she doesn't want to get into trouble as a woman from other places, which is really normal.
Li Qingcang was quite puzzled, in the Song Dynasty, even if this person was not sent to the official, the onlookers would definitely beat up the thief.
The ancients were simple, and their education had no legal concepts, so they swallowed their anger at the bad guys. But if you can beat it, you will never show mercy.
Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, most of the village tyrants who were rampant in the township, the thieves who laughed at the mountains and forests, and the thieves who crisscrossed the rivers and lakes were all skilled in martial arts, and they were also physically strong, but there were not too many thieves like this who dared to come out and do evil without a trace of martial arts.
Li Qingcang was wondering in his heart, but he saw that the woman had turned around and hurriedly chased after another approaching iron carriage, and she still waved her hand to thank him as she ran.
Li Qingcang turned his eyes to look at the thief sitting on the ground, the thief was not panicked, and his eyes were staring at him coldly, full of resentment.
Li Qingcang didn't care about the threat of this steal's gaze, since the owner didn't pursue it, he didn't have much to do, just about to turn around and leave, and then thought about it, didn't he just send a ready-made living mouth, he didn't know anything about this world, he didn't know a few big characters, and he didn't know anyone. It just so happens that you can ask this thief about some of the people's customs and regulations of this era, where can I find some decent things to do?
Don't worry about the absurdity of your own questions, how the thief thinks of himself, if the thief doesn't know each other, the old fist is facing him, and it is not considered bullying goodness.
As soon as they thought of it, they walked up to the thief and said, "Hey! Get up, I won't arrest you, but I'll let you go if I ask you something, what do you think? ”
I never thought that the thief was quite temperamental, twisted his neck, turned his face to the side, and left the back of his head for Li Qingcang, but he ignored Li Qingcang.
Li Qingcang also found it interesting, stretched out his left hand, and grabbed the back of the thief's neck, and pressed his thumb on his big vertebral point with a slight force, the thief suddenly felt numb all over his body, and was picked up by Li Qingcang. I wanted to break free, but my hands and feet were weak, I couldn't move, and I was in a hurry, and blurted out: "Leopard, why don't you come and beat him quickly, this stupid guy wants to catch Lao Tzu." ”
Before the words fell, he could only hear the sound of footsteps behind him, Li Qingcang looked sideways, and the scar-faced young man who was blocking the woman at the door of the carriage just now had rushed over, holding a small piece of cold and shining iron in his left hand and slashing at Li Qingcang's face.
Li Qingcang stretched out his right hand, and he had pinched the wrist of the scar-faced young man, twisted it slightly, "Click" There was a crisp sound, the scar-faced man's wrist had been dislocated, and the iron piece had fallen to the ground, this guy was also hard, although his face was pale in pain, and the green tendons on his head were jumping, but he still didn't say a word, just waved his right hand and kicked his feet, but where could he get Li Qingcang.
Seeing that he was stubborn, Li Qingcang used force in his hand and pinched his wrist numbness, and the scar-faced man was soft and numb, and he was also dragged over by Li Qingcang. Like an eagle catching a chicken, he pinched the two of them so much that they couldn't move.
Seeing this, the white-faced man knew that he had met a powerful character, so he couldn't help but convince and said: "Friend, if you have something to say, don't do it." ”
Li Qingcang looked at the cold shining blades that fell on the ground and sighed: "I said, you two little thieves, why are you so ignorant? You two are sound hands and feet, but you don't want to work, but you have to do this little thing in broad daylight, and you have a vicious mind and a sharp weapon in hand, I can't say it, I want to discipline your parents well. ”
This lot of sour words came out, and I only heard the two thieves in a daze, as if they had returned to ancient times and met the heroes who eliminated violence and peace.
The scarface man was impatient and said, "Don't say so much, we don't understand?" Today, we admit it, if you want to fight, you can do it, and if you want to knock on the bamboo bar, you can say that you will take the money on both of us. ”
After speaking, he tilted his head and rolled his eyes, with a single expression that you can do whatever you want, but Lao Tzu was unconvinced.
Li Qingcang's face sank and said, "I just want to ask you and others some questions, what are you doing?" ”
The white-faced child thought to himself, "My mud mother, why are you waiting for me?" This freak came out of nowhere, and his speech is weird, like Chinese. Scarface thought to himself, "This stupid speech is like a fucking ancient, a set of sour disgusting. I'm embarrassed to say I won't fight, Lao Tzu's hands have been broken by you, I'm a mud mom! It's just that neither of them dared to say this, but they were just ruthless in their hearts.
Seeing the indignant and unconvinced expressions of these two people, Li Qingcang wanted to make these two people suffer more.
But I heard the white face say: "Friend, if you want to ask, just ask, but I don't understand what you said, can you speak Mandarin?" And is it possible to let us go, you can rest assured, we will never run, and you will not be able to win. ”
Li Qingcang didn't feel funny when he heard it, probably because he was angry just now and said a few words according to the ancient habit, no wonder these two guys would say that they didn't understand, so they dispelled the idea of educating the two again. After all, there will be questions to ask the two of them later, and it is not necessarily a good thing to be ruthless, so let go of the two of them, and the sour feeling on the two of them has faded a lot.
Scarface covered his wrist and said, "Let's talk in a less crowded place, look here, we're all monkeys." ”
Li Qingcang had long known that there was a large circle of people standing around. Men, women, and children, tall, short, fat and thin, with different shapes, were pointing at the three of them, and there were many discussions. There are not many modern people who dare to meddle in their affairs, but there are many who like to watch the excitement.
Seeing Li Qingcang catch the two, those who knew thought it was the plainclothes police who caught the thief, and those who didn't know thought that the young man was fighting on the street, anyway, it was lively and happy.
Seeing that there were many people here, Li Qingcang didn't want to be watched, so he separated the crowd with the two of them and walked out.
After walking for a short distance, Baiyan turned around and asked, "Friend, what do you want to ask me?" ”
Li Qingcang pondered for a moment and said, "You find a quiet place first, I have more problems." ”
The white-faced man heard him say this, and glanced at Scarface for advice.
Scarface said: "Otherwise, let's find a teahouse, invite you to have a cup of tea, chat, it's also an apology, this friend has anything to say, it's easy to ask, as long as we know, we will definitely tell you, but I don't know that we can't help it, you don't talk and don't count, and you want to arrest us again." ”
This scarface man seems to be rude, but he is actually a little smart, seeing that Li Qingcang is talking a bit like the ancient people on TV, but his skills are quite powerful, and he easily made the two of them unable to move.
He couldn't figure out whether Li Qingcang was a plainclothes policeman or a high-ranking person? I'm afraid that Li Qingcang will ask them what suspense case or what question he wants to betray his fellow people when he arrives.
Therefore, making this suggestion and drinking tea in a teahouse is also a more formal way to make amends in the rivers and lakes, first of all, to express my apologies. If this person knows the question and it is not easy to say, it is naturally "one push, two, five, six", pretending to be stupid, but he is afraid that he will not give him a satisfactory answer by then, and this person will turn his face again, so that he will say it first, so that Li Qingcang will not be able to break his promise when the time comes.
Li Qingcang nodded in agreement, and easily connected his wrist, and the scarface man's face returned to blood.
Then follow the two of them through the streets and alleys, and after a while, they came to a three-story teahouse, and the bottom layer is a transparent crystal wall, and you can see some people sitting inside. Before he could enter, a young man at the counter at the door saw a few people, but he hurriedly ran out and beckoned to the two thieves: "You are here!" As he spoke, his eyes glared at the two of them, and he motioned for the two of them to leave quickly.
When these two people were a little inexplicable, they saw five or six people rushing out of the room, all of them fierce and vicious.
The first middle-aged man with a bald head, a face full of meat, and a dragon and phoenix tattoo on his hands yelled at the two thieves: "You two little B cubs, where do you see you running today?" ”
When the two thieves saw that their faces also changed, they wanted to slip away, but those people had already surrounded the three of them.
Seeing that he couldn't run away, the scarface man spoke: "Brother Biao, it's not interesting to make such a big scene, right?" ”
The bald man laughed and said: "Make a scene, make you a little cub Lao Tzu still have to make a scene, come here to find money, you don't even pay protection money, you don't inquire, which one of the bus lines on this road dares not to give Lao Tzu an offering, but you two "live haunted" don't get on the road, I don't want to say hello to you a few times, today Lao Tzu doesn't stop you Lao Tzu and you mess with you." ”
After speaking, he looked at Li Qingcang and asked, "You are a fool, are you with them?" ”