The night breeze was cool, but it couldn't extinguish the anger in Zhao Shun's heart.

"Profiteer, pay me back!" Zhao Shun strode into the pawnshop, smashed the cut pieces of fake silver on the high counter, and shouted angrily at the dozing melon skin hat shopkeeper.

The clay man also has a three-point temper, not to mention a seven-foot Shandong man like Zhao Shun.

The shopkeeper raised his head, opened his eyes and looked contemptuously at the man in front of the counter, the counter was high, but the man was taller. He recognized at a glance that this was the man who had just come to be a gun, and he had expected this person to come back. But he had seen it countless times, and he could get the money out of his hand again.

A hillbilly, Tian She Han'er, is called Hanako.

The shopkeeper of the melon skin hat stretched out his hand and pointed to a sign hanging next to him through the fence on the cabinet.

"The money is out of the cabinet, and it is not responsible!"

The brand is not big or conspicuous, but the shopkeeper of the melon peel pointed to the sign and smiled proudly.

"What you gave me was counterfeit silver, less than 10% fine, and it was full of lead." Zhao Shun shouted angrily.

"What a bold traitor, come to me with a broken fire gun, I think you are pitiful, and make an exception for a broken gun as five taels of silver for you. At that time, I also reminded you to take a closer look, it was full of five taels of gold and silver, you didn't say that there was a problem when you left the store, and you turned around and took a few pieces of counterfeit silver to me to cheat money, and you actually dared to accuse me of being fake silver, what a fat dog guts, come to someone! ”

With a shout, seven or eight big men with faces full of meat turned out from behind, and they didn't look like good people at a glance, all of them took sticks and surrounded Zhao Shun.

"This kind of traitor was taken down for me, tied up and sent to the yamen for punishment."

Zhao Shun calmed down at this time, remembered the words of the pharmacy account before, and knew that he had really encountered a group of scoundrels.

"Give me back my switch, I won't pursue this matter, and I won't publicize it."

The shopkeeper of the melon skin hat smirked, "Dog thief, do you think this matter will be solved so easily?" ”

Zhao Shun looked around, looking for something that could be used, ready to break the net.

"I pawned the gun to exchange it for silver to save my son's life, I don't want to cause trouble, but if you don't give me a way to live, I can only fight with you." He said coldly.

It's a pity that these words heard to the shopkeeper of the melon skin hat, but this poor man's bluff, he has met many such poor men, after taking the fake silver, and then come to the door, all kinds of people, to come desperately to find death, and to kneel and kowtow, in short, all kinds of things, but no one has ever asked for money back from his hands.

"Don't talk nonsense, grab it."

A group of big men rushed over, Zhao Shun rushed to the side first, directly grabbed an elm official hat chair, and used it as a weapon to fight with those big men. Zhao Shunren is tall and big, seven feet tall, long and stout, like an iron tower. And he used to be a blacksmith, with a perennial hammer and great strength.

And in the past in Shandong hometown, that is still learned boxing and practiced guns, at this time although only holding a chair in the hand, but the dance is whirring, and so the idlers can not get close, a few big men with a stick not only did not ask for a bargain, but were knocked down a few times.

"But I reported to the lord and asked the lord to invite someone from the yamen to come over." The shopkeeper of the melon skin hat was also very surprised that this poor man's combat effectiveness was so capable of fighting, and he felt a little tricky, so he hurriedly recruited a guy and asked him to inform the Zhang butcher.

Sai Wan Lu Fu.

The dinner has ended, but the guests have not left immediately, Liu Jun and Daddy and Big Brother are still with Lu Weizhang, accompanying the guests to drink tea and eat snacks and chat.

There are many guests who stayed to drink tea, most of them are squires and landlords with heads and faces in Xiwan, because Li Chunjiang is also there, and Liu Jun has recently been promoted, so even many people in the county have come over, and Lu Zhixian did not come in person, but he also sent the master over to give gifts. Zhao Xiancheng and Liu Zhushu came in person, and in addition, the county's canons, scribes, Xu officials, head catchers and other cadres also came in person.

Everyone in the county understands that Liu Jun is a dark horse that has sprung up in Macheng County, this kid is as dazzling as a meteor at the moment, with the appreciation and support of the Li family and the Mei family, and now he is married to the Lu family. Although the Lu family only has a lot of influence in Xiwan, the Lu family is rich. is such an only daughter, and now it is promised to Liu Jun, and the money of the Lu family will naturally be the money of the Liu family in the future.

Liu Jun has the appreciation of the two wealthy families of Mei and Li, and holds hundreds of elite nine-headed bird Xiangyong in his hands, and now he has served as the patrol inspector of Hutou Pass, and married the daughter of Lu Yuanwai, it is really necessary to have people, money, and backers, in Macheng, this acre and three points of land, and those surnamed Liu will have a place in the future. If you don't come to the scene to build a good relationship now, how long will it take?

For these people, Liu Jun still tried his best to greet them with a smile, and he also knew that at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the local officials and gentry colluded, and their influence was extremely strong, and they could not bypass them in the future.

"Jiye, now that the matter between you and Miss Lu has been decided, I am happy for you. In two days, I will leave for Nanjing, I know that you are now a new inspector, the next will be very busy, today is our farewell, the nine-headed bird handed over to you, I hope you can do better and better, do not forget the original intention of our original establishment of the nine-headed bird. ”

Liu Jun and Li Chunjiang sat together, they were very emotional, although they didn't get along for a long time, but the two formed a deep friendship, like brothers.

"I won't forget."

Li Chunjiang said, "In a few months, the September Township Examination will begin, although you are now a patrol inspector and have an official body, you can still participate in the martial arts." I suggest that you still sign up for reference at that time, if you can pass the martial arts exam, it will be more helpful for you in the future. He spent all this time with Liu Jun, and he also knew that Liu Jun was an ambitious person, and it was impossible for him to live in the countryside with peace of mind. But if you want to go further, you have to make a difference in your career.

First of all, you have to have a higher background than the martial arts, and the little martial arts can be a patrol, but not the top. If you want to enter the officialdom, you must at least have the identity of a lifter, and if you don't have a civil service, you must also have martial arts.

"I'll think about it." Liu Jundao said that he had never made up his mind to participate in the imperial examination, and many people persuaded him to participate.

"Although I won't be in Macheng for a while, if there is anything, you can still write to me, or you can go directly to my uncle, he also appreciates you, and he will help you if you have something."

Li Chunjiang is a very good person, although he invested more than 5,000 taels of silver in the nine-headed bird, and spent so much effort, and even relied on the influence of the family to raise thousands of taels of silver for the nine-headed bird, and also got more than 100 horses, and found a channel to purchase ordnance.

But now he is leaving, but he is leaving very simply, he took all the Li family members he brought into the team with him and did not stay. He didn't ask for any money in the team, and he didn't even want any of the more than 30,000 taels of gold and silver, leaving it all to Liu Jun and the nine-headed bird. In doing so, he eliminated his influence and left the nine-headed bird intact to his good brother Liu Jun.

In fact, Liu Jun also wanted to tell Li Chunjiang that the Ming Dynasty would be finished in five years, and it would be useless to take the Jinshi exam at this time. But in the end, these things could not be said, how could he prove his words. He can't prove it, and even if he can prove it, it may not necessarily affect Li Chunjiang's decision.

All he can decide is his own plans.

The two drank wine, and they were a little reluctant. Partnering with Li Chunjiang is really tacit, few people can support him like him, although he is only a team vice-president, but it is difficult for him to give him power. If it were someone else, Liu Jun would not have had such an influence in the team.

Even if it is a nine-headed bird established by the children of other families, and now he is leaving, this nine-headed bird is not dissolved, but will be taken over by other children of the family, where will it be like now, and he is so generous to hand over this team to Liu Jun.

At this time, a Lu Fu family member came in with a person.

hurriedly found Zhao Xiancheng and Zhang Butcher, who were guests drinking tea in Lufu, and quietly reported the matter of the pawnshop.

"It's the other way he is!" After hearing this, the butcher slapped the table and shouted.

Liu Jun heard the sound, frowned, and beckoned to the Lu Mansion family who brought people in.

"What's wrong?"

The housekeeper was the one who was guarding the door outside, and when he saw his aunt asking, he hurriedly told the truth what he had just asked on the road.

"Something happened to the pawnshop of the Zhang butcher, and a man said that the pawnshop gave him five taels of counterfeit silver, and now the two parties are in trouble and fighting. I heard that that man was also very good, and more than a dozen big men in the pawnshop couldn't catch him, but he was knocked down several times. No, the pawnshop invited the Yamen to catch it quickly, who knew that the man was not alone, there was actually a group of companions rushed over, and now hundreds of people gathered on both sides, fighting at the crossroads, and now they came to invite Zhao Xiancheng and Zhang Butcher, Chen Zhutou and them over. ”

Liu Jun couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the fight of hundreds of people at the crossroads, for fear that it was the thieves and spies who mixed in to provoke the incident and create chaos. This is also the most common means of warfare for the thieves, first sending a small worker into the city, provoking trouble, creating a riot, and then taking down the city gate, and leading the thieves into the city.

"Let's go, go over and have a look!" Liu Jun hurriedly got up and said.

As soon as Zhao Xiancheng and Zhang Butcher heard that such a big incident had happened to their pawnshop, a group of refugees by the south moat outside the city rose up to make trouble, and they were also angry and hurriedly left.

Liu Jun took more than a dozen brothers and more than a dozen young and strong families from the Lu Mansion, and also gathered a team of about 30 people and rushed all the way over.

Far away from the crossroads, he could already see fires everywhere and noisy shouts, Liu Jun's heart tightened, he had really burned and killed.

I hurried over, and when I got closer, I saw the intersection of the street, one east and one west, hundreds of people facing each other across the street, on one side was a group of vicious thugs and the Zhang family's men and some fast catchers, and on the other side were all ragged but angry men, they were holding all kinds of sticks and goods, holding torches.

Seeing this, Liu Jun breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the situation is still under control. However, he had some doubts in his heart, he already knew that the group of poor men were homeless people living in shacks by the moat outside the southern city, but why did they suddenly gather in groups like this and come to the county town in the middle of the night to make trouble?