No matter how prosperous the city is, it also has its dark side, whether it is Beijing, the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty, or a paradise on earth like Hangzhou, it is unavoidable, and Datong is naturally average. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The beggars who live at the bottom of society are one of the manifestations of the dark side of the city. In the eyes of the average person, they are the weakest beings, and it seems that if you scold them, these guys who are full of flattering smiles and beg you for food and money will run away with their tails between their legs. But in fact this is not the case, at least when they face something weaker than themselves, they will show a completely different side.

What Yang Zhen and the others are seeing now is the unknown side of the beggars. Five or six adult beggars chased and beat a young beggar who was much younger than them, and judging from their expressions and movements, they were really about to beat the person to death, and every punch and kick they threw was almost a blow to the weakness of the young man, and if one of them was not good, the young man was likely to die on the spot.

"This ...... How so? Hugo watched with some amazement, for he had never seen anything like this before, though he had been in the market all his life. As for Cai Yingyang, he was even more dumbfounded.

Only Yang Zhen knew what was going on, this beaten young beggar must not belong to the group of beggars who were so powerful, and he also invaded the boundary of their begging, so he was chased and beaten by so many people. In fact, this is a very common low-level phenomenon, what a city can obtain through begging is limited after all, and beggars will naturally group together in order to survive, so there is the "beggar gang" mentioned in later novels and films.

Of course, the beggars in reality are far from being as romantic and lofty as described in literature, they are just a group of poor people who huddle together to survive, and it is impossible to really form a large national organization, at most the beggars of a city are united and have a leader.

When a beggar who does not belong to their group appears in their "sphere of influence" to beg, these beggars naturally use force to drive people away in order to protect their power. That's what you see.

Yang Zhen doesn't take this very seriously, he is not a saint, it is impossible to think about everyone, not to mention that he still has something to do now. But others didn't think so, Hu Ge and Cai Yingyang were stunned, and finally couldn't bear it, and stopped with a shout in their mouths, and wanted to step forward to stop these guys from continuing to commit murder.

When the beggars heard someone shouting, and saw that it was several well-dressed adult men, the ferocity just now was suddenly discharged, and the action of hitting the little beggar was not as hard as before.

Although Yang Zhen didn't want to make a move, since the two brothers couldn't see it, he wouldn't stop them from fighting, so he just smiled and watched the two come forward. But then, his face suddenly froze, as if he had thought of something, and just when Cai Yingyang was about to grab them, he suddenly pulled them back: "Wait!" ”

"Huh? Chito (second brother): What are you doing here? The two brothers, who were being held by him, looked back at him in surprise.

And taking advantage of this meal, the young beggar had stumbled in front of several people, and at this time he received a few more kicks, if it weren't for his dexterity enough, these few blows would have made him fall and eat, and then be caught up by those beggars.

After seeing this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of Yang Zhen's mouth, and he let go of his hand: "Go ahead!" ”

The two glanced at each other a little strangely, but they did not rush to ask the reason, and hurriedly rushed forward a few steps, and drank back a few beggars who were still being chased, and then looked for the little beggar, but there was no trace.

Although Hu Ge and the others asked Yang Zhen why he stopped them from helping people first, and then let them go, Yang Zhen just smiled and did not give the answer.

At this moment, Yang Zhen, who came out of the temple, suddenly mentioned this matter to Hu Ge again, which made him even more puzzled: "Qianhu, what is going on?" Is there anything wrong with that little beggar? ”

"You're not careful enough to observe things. During the day, you only watched those beggars chase and beat the boys, but you didn't notice some unreasonable places in the chase at all, right? Yang Zhen smiled and said.

"Where is it unreasonable? It is most unreasonable for so many of them to chase and beat a child. Hu Ge scratched his scalp and said, "I really don't see anything wrong with the rest." ”

Yang Zhen shook his head lightly: "You also said that it was several adult men chasing and beating a child, so how do you say that the child can keep running away and avoiding without being knocked down and caught up?" You and I also saw that the kid was hit by those people several times along the way we saw it......"

"Huh, yes...... How did he survive? Although they were all beggars, it was an adult man who beat him after all, how could he not be defeated by them as a child? Only then did Hu Ge think of this unreasonable place, and his face was full of doubts.

Yang Zhen glanced at his subordinates amusedly, and then explained: "I also thought it was strange before, but when you were about to help him, you made me see a strange phenomenon - those beggars are very ruthless, and they are often dodged by the young beggars without a trace. And he is also very skillful when dodging, just letting go of the vital point, but letting his attack hit the shoulder and back and other places where he can be forced. Therefore, don't look at the extremely fierce pursuit of those beggars, in fact, they can't really hurt the young beggar. ”

"Huh? How could he have such a skill? Hu Ge was startled when he heard this, and his footsteps stopped.

"Yes, if you look closely, you can see the difference." Yang Zhen said, a hint of strangeness flashed in his eyes: "So I can conclude that the young beggar actually has a good martial arts." It's just that for some reason, I don't dare to show it, and I will be bullied and chased by those beggars. ”

"Could it be that the adults suspect that the young beggar is the clue we are looking for?" Hu Ge quickly understood the purpose of Yang Zhen's trip, but then said with some uncertainty: "But my lord, can you really find clues with just such a little speculation?" Although the young beggar is a little weird, it may not be the person we are looking for, after all, the person who practices martial arts may not be the family members of those rebellious armies, and we don't know where he is now......"

"Although there are many people who practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies, the main purpose of kung fu like him is not something that ordinary martial artists can teach. And we don't have a clue now, we have to follow up with all our strength if we have a clue, let's go, it looks like it's going to rain this day, we need to find him out quickly. Yang Zhen said, the speed under his feet is fast.

Hu Ge still had a lot of questions in his heart, but since his thousands of households had said so, he didn't want to raise any objections or questions, so he quickly quickened his pace and followed Yang Zhen towards the east of the city.

The east of Datong is second only to the south of the city where the rich gather. In this area, there are rows of large mansions, and the stone lions standing in front of each house alone can dazzle passers-by.

But it is in this mansion that there is a small temple that looks very shabby and dilapidated, the paint on the temple door has long been mottled, and the stone steps have been broken, that is, the plaque above that reads the words "City God Temple", which is already full of cobwebs at this time. The whole City God Temple only gives people a feeling of loneliness.

No one remembers when the temple began to fall into disrespect, but with its decline, it gave some poor homeless people a place to shelter from the rain and wind. At this moment, in the side hall of this City God Temple, there are large, two, and three figures curled up on the ground in the corner. From time to time, there were a few gentle coughs coming from the mouth of the big man, although it was not the kind of heart-rending cough, but this kind of light and weak, almost forced cough from the inside of the body made people feel even more frightened when they heard it, as if this cough could cut off the person's breath.

It seemed that even God sighed at the tragic plight of this man, and just after these few coughs, the sky suddenly brightened, and then a thunderclap roared, and the whole land trembled.

The thunder was terrifying, and it woke up the sleeping young beggar. I saw him sit up from the ground with a bang, and his eyes swept around the hall and the half-hidden door for a long time, and after confirming that there was no danger, he breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand.

Next to him, the person who was coughing lightly just now also leaned up, and said in a weak voice: "Yun Xian is fine, it's just thunder." ”

Yun Xian nodded, sighed lightly, and then said, "Auntie, are you okay?" Is that medicine useful? ”

"Hmm...... After taking that medicine, I feel much better than before. I just don't know if your sister's typhoid fever can get better soon. It's useless to blame me, I've been sick for so long, otherwise you and your sister wouldn't have stayed in this Datong City, worrying......" As she spoke, a weak cough burst out of her throat.

Seeing this, Yun Xian hurriedly crawled over, patted his aunt on the back to ease her, and said at the same time: "Auntie, don't say that." If it weren't for you, I would have been caught by them a few months ago, and I would have taken care of you......"

Suddenly, his comforting words to his aunt were paused, and a pair of still immature eyes showed a vigilant and fierce look, staring at the door of the hall.

By this time, it was pouring rain outside, and all that was the sound of raindrops hitting the ground was the sound of it. But Yun Xian still heard another sound that made his heart tense - the sound of footsteps approaching!

In the middle of the night, it rains heavily, who will come to this kind of place? Are you here to arrest your own people?

While Yun Xian's mind kept turning these questions, the door of the temple was pushed open from the outside!