Chapter 5: Drawing a knife when the road is uneven
When he said this, Wang Zheng deliberately made a proud appearance on the surface, but his body was leaning forward slightly, his hands were ready to move at any time, and he stared closely at the expressions of the two officers and soldiers in front of him.
If there is the slightest mistake between these two people, Wang Zheng will draw his knife without hesitation, and make the first move!
However, things obviously did not develop as Wang Zheng feared, and the two guards in front of them first glanced at each other after hearing Wang Zheng's words, and then directly left and right to get out of the way into the city.
At first, the person who asked the man walked to Wang Zheng's side with a smile, and said as if he was almost a trick: "Brother, I'm afraid I've reaped a lot of benefits when I go out of the city this time, right?" ”
Hearing this, Wang Zheng rolled his eyes, laughed and said: "That's natural, they all went to Zhuangzi outside to be happy, and only Ben Ye came back first." ”
While speaking, Wang Zhengbian swaggered into Ninghaizhou City in the envious eyes of the two gatekeepers, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Entering the city, Wang Zheng suddenly had a feeling of being dazed, he had never been here before, so he naturally didn't know how to go, glanced at the two military households behind him, and saw that they were still looking at him, so he had to go straight and then turned straight into an alley.
Ninghaizhou City is not as big and prosperous as Wang Zheng's imagination, and the streets are full of all kinds of garbage and cow and sheep dung, and I don't know how many years it has not been cleaned up.
There were also some unknown liquids that were splashed on the side of the road, and all kinds of stenches followed, and the color of the stone bricks that had been wrapped in them was no longer visible at all, only the dirty land could be seen.
In fact, in the early Ming Dynasty, there were indeed officials who specialized in cleaning up the streets, but since they arrived in Jiajing, their treatment has been declining year by year, and the silver is not enough for one person to eat, so naturally no one likes to do this thankless work.
In the ninth year of the Chongzhen Dynasty, he had already escaped completely, and there would not be a few left in the capital, and no one would bother to investigate the officials of this kind of remote small state city.
Perhaps it was still early in the morning, and none of the few shops in the city were open, and there were few pedestrians on the streets.
To be honest, Wang Zheng, who was walking in the alley, was actually lost and didn't know where to go...
After all, it was the first time to come to Ninghaizhou City, although it was not as big as in the impression, but the intricate network of streets and alleys was too deep for Wang Zheng, Wang Zheng didn't even know where he went, just walked forward aimlessly.
The width of this alley can only allow one and a half people to walk side by side, and Wang Zheng must not only avoid the occasional protruding stones on both sides, but also keep an eye on his feet, and there may be a pile of excrement piled up here for an unknown amount of time.
Pinched his nose and came to a courtyard that was not big or small, and like Yijingzhuang, the low earthen wall of this courtyard Wang Zheng could easily step over, but Wang Zheng still knocked on the door politely.
"Knock knock..."
Wang Zheng's fingers struck the wooden door, although the force was not great, but it also shook the wooden door.
After knocking for a long time, no one responded, Wang Zheng pursed his lips, it seems that he came too early, the family has not yet gotten up, and he is about to leave when he turns around.
However, Wang Zheng had just turned around and taken a step, and his ears moved, and he heard a faint 'hmm' sound coming from inside the door.
The steps were slammed, and although there was no sound from inside the door, Wang Zheng was still motionless, stopping to listen carefully.
Huang Tian paid off, and just about a quarter of an hour later, the sound of struggle came from inside the door again, and this time the sound was louder.
Wang Zheng's eyes tightened, I was afraid that something had happened in this house!
Just as he was thinking of this, there was a 'pop' sound from inside the door, followed by a woman's scream, and a thick and angry voice came out.
"Stinky girl, uncle, I can see that you are your great convincing, why do you eat and drink spicy food with uncle? What a bitch archway! ”
Hearing this, Wang Zheng kicked the door open, and the scene he saw made him feel suffocated.
I saw two corpses of a man and a woman lying horizontally in the middle of the house, blood spilling all over the ground, and a woman was tied to an old locust tree, and a rag was gagged in her mouth.
Seeing Wang Zheng, the woman's 'hmm' voice was even more frequent, the struggle was more intense, and her eyes full of hope looked at Wang Zheng.
In front of the woman was a big man holding a waist knife, and the waist knife was still stained with coagulated blood, but the big man was relieved to see Wang Zheng break in.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be a man who didn't have all the hair, Uncle Ben is in a good mood today, get out of the way, so as not to disturb Uncle Ben's business!"
Wang Zheng was about to turn around and leave, but he didn't want to meddle in things, because this kind of troubled life is too worthless, not only the barbaric Jurchens and Mongols outside the Guanwai want to slaughter the Han people, but even the officers and soldiers of the imperial court and the wealthy families in various places will not let go of these ordinary people, and they can't manage one by one at all.
Besides, I am not familiar with my life when I first arrived, so I should do the right thing first, buy medicine to save Wang Liu, and then say, more things are better than less things.
But after turning around and walking two steps, when he heard the laughter coming from behind him, Wang Zheng turned his head suddenly, stared at the big man, and asked word by word.
"Who do you say is the man who hasn't grown all his hair?"
When the big man saw Wang Zheng turn around and leave, he laughed and was about to mock a few more words, but when he saw that he had just turned around without hesitation, the kid actually turned around and turned around, and the kind of eyes that stared at people actually made the big man shudder.
However, he still sneered stubbornly, put down the woman in his hand, and walked in front of Wang Zheng with a few steps.
"Yo he~, what's wrong with saying that your hair hasn't grown, and you're still not convinced?"
After speaking, he wanted to push Wang Zheng with his hand, maybe this big man just wanted to pat Wang Zheng a few times, but in Wang Zheng's eyes, this was already a full provocation, and Wang Zheng immediately pinched the big man's wrist.
"Yo yo... You let go of the tenderness, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu... Don't, uncle... It hurts, it hurts! ”
At first, the big man was fighting with Wang Zheng with his strength, but soon, he found that this boy who seemed to be weak and couldn't help the wind actually had more strength than him, and gradually ran out of strength, and his right hand was bent by Wang Zheng a little bit, and his face turned into the color of pig liver, and he kept begging his grandfather to tell his grandmother to let Wang Zheng go.
With a cold snort, Wang Zheng was naturally skillful, and asked, "Can you have silver money on your scum?" ”
Seeing this big man's eyes flickering, Wang Zheng said coldly: "Don't be deceitful, if you use a little force, your right hand will be useless!" ”
Hearing this, the big man was really convinced, nodded again and again, and begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother and shouted: "Oh, my grandfather, how dare the little one lie to you, he has a few taels of silver on his body, all of which are on the left side, why don't you let go of the small one and take it out for you?" ”
Although the big man's bitter expression didn't seem to be fake, Wang Zheng didn't buy his account, and only grabbed the big man's right hand with his left hand, and stretched his right hand into the big man's left pocket.
Sure enough, he reached in and touched a few hard things, took out a few taels of silver, and let go of the big man, Wang Zheng said lightly: "Get out, don't let this master see you bullying a good woman in the future, otherwise you will definitely discount your pair of dog legs!" ”
The big man was thrown to the ground by Wang Zheng, got up and rubbed his right arm, which was almost unconscious, and his eyes when he looked at Wang Zheng suddenly turned vicious.
"You kid wait, uncle, I am the family member of the Liu Mansion, and I have angered the Liu family in Ninghaizhou City, grandpa wants to see how you die!"
As soon as the cruel words were finished, seeing Wang Zheng trying to chase after him, the big man hurriedly ran away without a trace, and he didn't even bother to pick up the waist knife.
Shaking his head disdainfully, Wang Zheng hurriedly used his waist knife to pick up the knot on the woman's body, and before he could say anything, he only felt a gust of nephrite fragrance rush into his arms.
"Eun Gong, woo woo woo... My father and mother were killed by Liu Wu who killed that day, woo woo..."
Wang Zheng was stunned for a moment, and after reacting, he also saw that she was okay, so he had to quietly pat the woman's back, sighing in his heart.
"Alas, what kind of world is this..."