4

A few days later, there was a bloody case in Yongping Mansion, the scribe who had flaunted Zhuang Jin in Hu Yuan's house was killed at home for no reason, his family reported to the official, and the county official saw that he had died, and immediately sent a head arrester to investigate, and found out that the scribe was missing a treasure of Zhuang Jin, and the criminal undoubtedly came to Zhuang Jin.

The crowd quickly searched for clues to Zhuangjin, and soon learned that Hu Sheng, the butler of Hu Yuanwai, a former friend of the scribe, was missing. After interrogating the people concerned, he quickly concluded that the case was committed by Hu Sheng, but Hu Sheng had already escaped and could no longer be arrested, so he ordered him to take 300 taels of silver to compensate the victim's family.

Not long after, a case also occurred in Hejian Mansion, thousands of miles away from Juxian Village, which was in a market town, there was a small inn, and a wandering monk lived in it, and two other unknown people fought.

The man of the inn got up in the morning to carry water, heard a drum noise, and there was a "crackling" sound of smashing things, felt strange, followed the sound, saw a guest room door wide open, the sound of fighting came out, and then, two people rushed out of the door, one of them was carrying a burden, saw the shopkeeper, pushed it away, and ran out.

"Stop." Suddenly, there was a shout, and a burly man stood in front of them.

The shopkeeper was pushed up, fell so hard that his buttocks hurt, and he was annoyed by himself, when he suddenly saw the big man, the surprise rescue arrived, and he hurriedly shouted: "Master Li, stop them." ”

The two people who fled saw that someone was blocking the way, indiscriminately, they stepped forward and punched and struck, trying to break out, the big man flashed, stretched out his legs, and hooked his legs, one of the people carrying the burden fell down, and the other person was stunned for a moment, and ran away, but saw the big man catch up with him with a big stride, and kicked out with a leg like lightning, hitting the butt of the person who fled. At this moment, the shopkeeper arrived from outside, and the person who had just been kicked collided with the shopkeeper, and both fell at the same time.

The shopkeeper had already climbed up, took a piece of firewood, and scolded in his mouth: "Little thief, dare to push me, let you taste it." Holding a firewood stick in his hand, he hit two sticks on the buttocks of two people.

The shopkeeper also got up and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The guy chattered and said: "I don't know where these two people came from, they must be little thieves, they were fighting in the house of the monk who lived in the hotel just now, they just ran out, they were stopped by me, I was outnumbered, fortunately Master Li arrived, and one by one they overturned, and they didn't inquire, Master Li of Hejian Mansion, a world-famous martial artist, can you two thieves escape?" ”

At this time, all the shopkeepers rushed over, and the guests who stayed in the hotel also came out to see the excitement, and the shopkeeper was afraid that the thieves would run away and eat the lawsuit by himself, so he hurriedly tied up the two suspicious people, and ordered to wait for the sunrise to send the official, and thanked "Master Li" again and again.

The "Master Li" said: "I seemed to see these two thieves yesterday, wandering in front of the store, I feel like thieves, sure enough, there are ghosts, where did they steal?" Master Monk's room? ”

"Yes," the shopkeeper said, patting his head, "yes, how is the monk, we have to go to the house to see." As he spoke, he threw the sticks and walked to the monk's room, and then heard the shopkeeper exclaim inside, "Ouch, this master, how are you, you are not dead, are you?" So much blood......"

The shopkeeper was taken aback, if someone died in the shop, it would be troublesome and mildew, and hurriedly ran into the room, saw a bloodstain on the ground, a monk sat on the ground, turned his head to look at the shopkeeper, raised his hand and pointed to the bag that the shopkeeper was carrying, and said weakly: "Bao, Bao......"

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, the person was not dead, so it didn't matter much, not to mention that the thief had already caught it, lifted the bag and said, "Master, is this burden yours?" We have taken it back, and we have not let the thieves steal it. ”

The monk took the bag over, his eyes lit up, and he held the bag in his arms. At this time, "Master Li" walked in and said, "Hurry up and take a look at the injury, don't bleed too much." Everyone helped the monk up, and saw that one leg was stabbed, although there was a lot of bleeding, but it was not a big problem, but the other calf was in severe pain and could not move, and it seemed that it was kicked off.

Master Li knew a little about bruises, three times and two times, wrapped the monk's wounds, and bandaged the broken leg firmly, and said to the monk: "The martial arts are prosperous here, and there are many doctors who can treat such external injuries, so you can go and see it again." ”

The monk thanked him, shook his head and said, "No need, these external injuries can be raised slowly, and I will ask the shopkeeper to help me hire a carriage, and I will go back to my hometown in the north to recuperate." ”

Master Li was enthusiastic, "You go to the north?" That's right, I'm also going to the north, if it's the same road, you can just take our car, I know a little bit of medicine anyway, and I can also give you a leg by the way. ”

The monk hesitated for a moment and agreed, "Okay." ”

The shopkeeper wished that the monk would leave quickly, and said: "Yes, yes, yes, Master Li is not only superb in medicine, but also famous in ancient ways, and better yet, strong in martial arts, you are incapacitated, if another thief comes to the door, how can you deal with it?" With Master Li as his companion, he will lie in the safe......"

In the afternoon of the same day, the monk went on the road with Master Li, and the thief caught in the store was sent to the court and taken to the cell.

5

Time flies, in a blink of an eye, the Qing Emperor Puyi abdicated, the feudal dynasty withdrew from the historical stage, Yuan Shikai usurped power, various warlords fought, and China fell into war and chaos.

In the seventh year of the Republic of China, Juxian Zhuang is at the junction of the Feng system and the direct line, the war is intermittent, the rich family surnamed Hu in the village has gradually declined, the owner of the Hu family, Hu Laohan, more than 50 years old, the family used to have thousands of acres of fertile land, the days of a hundred responses are no more, the war is a disaster, the crops are not harvested, the business is difficult to do, the Hu family has fallen in the middle of the road, barely maintain a medium family, to rent a farm to live.

On this day, Hu Laohan was elated, killing chickens and sheep at home, it turned out that his youngest son Hu Xuan came back, Hu Xuan went to school in Tianjin, which is a rare talent in the countryside, originally Hu Laohan was not very happy about his son going to the "foreign school" outside, his greatest wish was to let his son learn to do business, revitalize the family style, and make a fortune. As soon as his son came back and entered the house, he babbled and said, "What's the use of going to school now? In the future, whether in Tianjin or at home, it is serious to find some business to do, be a boss, and make a fortune. ”

The son did not squeak and ignored his father's nagging. When he was in school, he embraced radical ideas and had already agreed with his classmates that he would go to the south and join the revolutionary party.

Hu Laohan was nagging here, Hu Xuan was silent, and the stone lock from the neighboring town walked in. Shi Suo was a friend of Hu Shuo when he was a child, and he had originally discussed going to the south together, and he would leave in a few days.

Hu Laohan was very happy to see that his son's good friend was coming, and he was busy greeting him, but the stone lock was nervous, and said to Hu Laohan and Hu Xuan: "Uncle, brother, I encountered a strange thing, and I rushed over to tell you." ”

"What's the matter?" Hu Shuan asked.

"I was in the town, I met two people who lived in the hotel, and asked if there was anyone surnamed Hu in Juxianzhuang, as far as I know, you Juxianzhuang seems to be the only one surnamed Hu."

"Yes," Hu Laohan said, "We are the only ones in the village whose surname is Hu, what kind of person is that guest?" ”

Shi Suo recalled, "Orion is dressed with a Kanto accent. What's even more suspicious is that in the package they carried, I found a gun barrel exposed, and I suspected that it was a beard with a gun, so I hurried over to report it. ”

In these years, the army was in chaos, the bearded bandits robbed and harmed people, it has always been normal, Hu Laohan suddenly became nervous, and immediately gathered a few relatives and friends, arranged to be prepared, Shi Suo said: "I am also here, and you will deal with those two people together." "This stone lock usually likes to practice martial arts, and a group of people in the village boxing exercises, playing with knives and sticks, lifting stone locks, and is famous in dozens of miles from far and near.

After lunch, everyone checked the courtyard wall and courtyard together, to prevent the sneak attack of the beard, Hu Laohan had two **, also took out, not long, the staff who were guarding the door came in and reported: "Coming, coming, two guests with foreign accents, asking to see the host." ”

These two people came to the door to challenge? Hu Laohan was a little strange, so he hurriedly made some preparations, let Shi Suo and Hu Xuan hide in the room, and then sat in the living room with a strong relative, and ordered the guests to be brought in.

With the sound of footsteps, two sturdy men entered, one tall and one short. Wearing coarse cloth clothes and trousers, with leggings tied with strings on the trouser legs, he looks quite athletic. The tall man was carrying a long package, and sure enough, the end of the package revealed a black barrel.

The tall fat man arched his hand, "Excuse me, are you Brother Hu?" ”

"Yes, my surname is Hu." Hu Laohan replied.

But the two men didn't see any hostility, and the tall fat man sat down on his chair, took a sip of tea, and said, "We are the hunters of Fengtian, and we are here to be entrusted by others to send something." As he spoke, he unwrapped the package, took out a pale yellow fabric, and placed it on the table.

The fabric is embroidered with green mountains and green waters, a piece of splendor, placed on the table, revealing antique fragrance, very beautiful.

Hu Laohan stared at the fabric, and suddenly exclaimed: "That magnificent brocade." ”

When the two guests heard Hu Laohan's tone, they were relieved. With a relaxed look on his face, the short man said: "Since Brother Hu knows this thing, it proves that it is clearly your family's thing, and we are entrusted by others to deliver the thing, which is considered to have completed the mission, so we will leave." With that, the two guests, tall and short, stood up and prepared to leave.

"Slowly," Old Man Hu's face softened, "Sit widely, please tell me, what's going on?" Who sent it to you? "Let's refill the tea for the two of them with my own hands.