Chapter II: Gambling Debts
It happened suddenly, and it was too late for the three people in the shop to stop it, and the bearded two people probably didn't even know what was going on because they had their backs to them. Seeing that the bald man was about to be stabbed by a sharp blade, he saw his body slightly to the right, Sun Qian stabbed in the air, and the whole person pounced in front of him. Before the body landed, his wrist had been pinched by the bald man's left hand, and the dagger fell to the ground. Due to the excessive force of the leap just now, Sun Qian's body continued to rush forward at this moment, but the bald man had already formed a fist with his right hand and struck straight towards Sun Qian's head. If this punch hits, Sun Qian's life is estimated to be unsaved. Unexpectedly, halfway through the fist, it stopped unexpectedly, and it turned out that Hanako didn't know when to make a move, and caught the bald man's fist with one palm. In the flash of light, Sun Qian had already walked back and forth on the edge of life and death, so fast that even she didn't react.
"The young man behaves recklessly, and I hope that Your Excellency will be forgiving." After a brief confrontation, Hanako was the first to speak.
The bald man was silent for a moment: "Well, it's okay this time, if there is a next time, it won't be so simple!" I didn't expect him to be willing to reconcile, which was completely different from the aggressive attitude of the bearded man before, and Yuan Rui was also very surprised.
Sure enough, he was stunned for a while, and after understanding what was happening in front of him, his beard jumped like thunder: "Okay, Yang Lan, I didn't expect you to be so bold and dare to do it." Shen Gong! Take them all down for me! ”
However, what embarrassed the bearded man was that the bald man did not obey the order, but persuaded him: "Second master, the general has instructed not to cause trouble, and his subordinates are not injured, according to his subordinates, it is better to stop this matter, which can not only reflect the second master's bearing, but also give the young man a chance to reform himself." ”
The bearded man wanted to say something more, but the bald man winked at him and stepped out the door. Sun Qian saw that the two were about to leave again, and struggled to chase them out again, but her hand was held by Hanako, and she couldn't break free.
The bearded man went out for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask the bald man: "Shen Gong, why didn't you do it when you had such a good opportunity just now?" Don't you know how much effort I put into getting that beauty?"
The bald man didn't answer his question, but asked him, "Second master, can you tell me about the specific process of the battle just now?" ”
Bearded: "What are you kidding?" How can I see how quickly it happened? ”
Bald: "It's normal to see clearly, but just now not only did someone see it clearly, but he also shot to stop his subordinates from punching the next punch, you need to know that the subordinates didn't leave their hands behind that punch, this person is by no means simple!" ”
Bearded: "Shen Gong, you are the black impermanence Shen Kun who was rampant ten years ago, can't you help him?" ”
Shen Kun: "If your subordinates go all out, they should be able to beat him, but then they won't have time to take care of the second master." The female doll's martial arts are common, and she is not a problem, but the young man next to her has not made a move, and his subordinates don't know his depth, but just looking at his calm and relaxed appearance, his martial arts should not be weak, and if we start to do it, our chances of winning are not big. According to the humble opinion of her subordinates, since the female doll is willing to do it for Yang Lan, the relationship between them is by no means simple. It's better to take advantage of the fact that they haven't left yet, let's hurry back to the house to call someone, and then give them a net, which can be regarded as your wish for the past year, Second Master. ”
"Good! Good! That's it! You just said that the female doll, could it be that the one who did it was a female doll, no wonder it looks like it has fine skin and tender flesh, I don't know if it feels the same smooth. Hahahaha! The beard turned from anger to joy, and Shen Kun also laughed lewdly with flattery, and the two obscene figures slowly disappeared at the end of the distant street.
In the calligraphy and painting shop, seeing that the bearded two had gone away, Huazi let go of the hand that grabbed Sun Qian: "Offended." ”
At this time, the shopkeeper also stepped forward to thank the three of them: "Thank you to the three sons for helping to solve the siege, this son is fine, fortunately, the person surnamed Shen is still a good person, otherwise he will ......." As he spoke, he looked at Sun Qian.
Hanako said coldly: "He's not a good person, the punch just now was clearly to put this girl to death, maybe he later felt that he didn't have the certainty of victory, so he persuaded his master not to pursue it." ”
The shopkeeper was obviously taken aback: "Is this son a girl?" ”
Yuan Rui wanted to take the opportunity to adjust the solemn atmosphere in the shop, and teased Sun Qian: "That's right! Trouble girl, the next time you disguise yourself as a man, remember not to wear rouge gouache again, unless you are worried that others will not be able to see it, haha! ”
Sun Qian ignored Yuan Rui, but rushed to the shopkeeper, took her hand and asked, "Shopkeeper, you must know the origin of those two people just now, right?" Please tell me! ”
Although she already knew that she was a daughter, she was held by a man dressed as a man, and the shopkeeper still looked a little unaccustomed, and gently pulled out the hand that was being held: "You call me Yang Lan." I only know that the one with hair is Lian Dayi, the younger brother of Lian Dayong, the town general, who bullies men and dominates the market here, and the entire army and people of Yingyang are afraid of him. ”
"Thank you, Sister Yang!" Sun Qian turned around and was about to leave.
"Girl, slow down!" Hanako couldn't help but stop her, "Although I don't know what grievances you have with that surnamed Shen, you are by no means his opponent, so it's better not to be too impulsive." ”
Sun Qian stopped, seemed to remember something, and slowly returned to Yang Lan: "Sister Yang, I'm very sorry that I was too reckless to hurt you just now, listening to that Lian righteous tone, it seems that I won't give up, is there anything I can help with?" ”
"Yes, Miss Yang, how did you provoke that bully? What about the three thousand taels of silver? Yuan Rui interjected.
"Hey!" Yang Lan let out a long sigh, "It's a long story, this shop was originally run by my father-in-law, and it is also a little famous in Yingyang, and our family is living a good life." In recent years, the husband has slowly transferred the business of the shop to my husband, and is ready to enjoy a few years of happiness in the future. But my husband was not angry, and a year ago he somehow became addicted to gambling, and lost all his family savings in a flash. Later, his father-in-law was angry and locked him up. It's strange to say, I don't know where he learned his skills, every time he can sneak out and continue gambling, and he won't go home for several days after a gamble. Later, some relatives and friends came to the door to ask for debts, and we learned that he actually borrowed money from everywhere in order to continue gambling. Seeing that we really couldn't pay the money, most of the relatives were also considerate, and took some calligraphy and painting. After a while, his relatives and friends could not borrow money, so he went to borrow money from the gangsters who gambled together, so that there were often gangsters in our shop who came to make trouble, and the business plummeted. Later, after about a month or so, we all looked forward to a miracle that he would be able to improve and live with peace of mind. But the good times didn't last long, one morning, when the father-in-law was taking care of the shop, Na Lian Dayi suddenly broke in with a few people, saying that my husband owed him three thousand taels of silver and had not paid it back, and he had been imprisoned, and asked his father-in-law to ransom him with the silver. The father-in-law didn't believe that he would gamble so much, and after many inquiries, it was finally confirmed that it was indeed true. We had no choice but to follow the old way and propose to use calligraphy and painting or this shop to pay off the debt, but Lian Dayi said that he was a rough man who didn't know calligraphy and painting, let alone run a shop, he only needed real money, or, or...... Woman. Speaking of this, Yang Lan couldn't help but blush her cheeks, lowered her head and didn't dare to look at everyone.
After stabilizing her mood for a while, Yang Lan continued: "We had to borrow from relatives and friends door to door, and at the same time ask people around to find people who are willing to take over our shop. We say it's borrowing, but we actually know that we can't afford to pay it back. When relatives and friends learned what had happened, some of them lent us a few taels of silver like beggars, some of them directly said that they would not throw the silver into the bottomless pit of our house, and some of them worked with the ruffians to force us to return the money we owed to them. At first, several wealthy businessmen were willing to take over our shop, but then they all regretted it one by one, either because our shop had bad feng shui or because their family members suddenly objected. Two months ago, my husband was carried back, and he was already out of breath, saying that he couldn't stand the suffering in prison and hanged himself. My father-in-law fainted on the spot, maybe it was too aggrieved for a year, and after waking up, my father-in-law fell ill, and then his condition got worse and worse, and he went there a few days later. I remember that my father-in-law said before his death that the calligraphy and paintings here could be sold for a total of two or three hundred taels of silver, so I had to estimate that they would be sold for two taels of silver each. Later, there were fewer people making trouble, and only those who were even righteous would come over every once in a while, and then you will know what happened later. ”
Listening to Yang Lan's words, everyone was a little depressed in their hearts, not only sad for her tragic experience, but also worried about her future. "So do you have any plans? What if the bully comes to arrest someone after five days of righteousness? Yuan Rui asked.
Yang Lan's gaze suddenly became extremely firm: "I won't let him succeed, if it really comes to that moment, I will die in front of him!"
Hua Zidu: "Do you have relatives and friends from other places who are willing to take you in, I think that the purpose of this righteousness is not in the silver at all, as long as you are still in this Yingyang Town, it will be difficult to escape his clutches after all." ”
"Hey!" Yang Lan sighed again, "In the past year, everyone has avoided us like a plague, how can anyone be willing to take me in, my mother's family is not in Yingyang, but my parents have long since died, and my eldest brother has a good relationship with our family, I shouldn't have borrowed three hundred taels of silver from him, and now he simply treats me as an enemy......"