Chapter 14: The Undercurrent is Turbulent
The sun was shining, and the pedestrians who came and went to the side of the street, occasionally moved the screen on their mobile phones, and looked at the Zhenxing Martial Arts Hall on the side of the small square, where several cars with flashing police lights were parked opposite the door.
Originally, they were supposed to be practicing students and disciples, but six figures in police uniforms scattered them and asked them one by one if they had heard any movement in the alley that day, or if there were any suspicious people. Ma Lin, who bandaged her arm, was the most eye-catching, and was naturally interrogated by a female policeman.
Q: "How did your hand hurt?"
Answer: "When I was practicing, I was accidentally injured by the equipment. β
Q: "Do you have medical records from the hospital?"
A: "Yes, I can have someone from my family deliver it, but it will only take a few minutes." β
Asked: "I heard that someone came to make trouble the day before, do you know who it is?"
Answer: "Some thugs on the street. β
Q: "How did your hand hurt?"
Ma Lin turned her gaze slightly, not looking at the straight policewoman standing opposite, looking at the sunlight outside the window, "Sister policewoman, you asked this question just now." β
"Okay, I'll ask some others. β
The policewoman lowered the notebook in a calm tone, looked at the woman with a serious expression, "Is there anyone else in the ..... martial arts hall? Did you all come here? Did you hurt your hand when the thugs came to look for trouble that day?"
"......" Marin tilted her head away, rolled her eyes, and sighed speechlessly.
At the same time, there was also a continuous sound of speech in the martial arts hall's office.
"The owner of the Cheng Pavilion has been in Jiaohe County for more than 20 years, especially in Nancheng, a murder occurred in the alley behind your martial arts hall yesterday, I don't know if you have any news, we are also considered to be cooperating with the police and the people, after all, the murderer is on the run, and there is a threat to everyone and everything in the environment that the old gentleman is familiar with. β
With Fang Zhi's calm voice, Cheng Guangen, who was sitting behind the desk, looked as usual, folded his palms on the table, nodded in agreement with the other party's words from time to time, and looked straight at the police captain opposite, and waited until the other party's voice stopped, and then the old man spoke:
"The cooperation between the police and the people is the responsibility of the old man, but what happened in the alley that day, I really didn't know too much, Captain Fang should have investigated it when he came, before the incident, this hall had just experienced a disciple's betrayal, wanting to destroy the teacher's big drama, the disciples and students in the hall were injured, and they were frightened, and they didn't even dare to go out of the door. β
Then he added: "Although there are many good deeds in the hall, it may be okay to steal chickens and dogs, fights and brawls, but if you really want to kill someone, I am afraid that you don't have the courage to do so, Captain Fang should go to other places and ask." β
"Since the owner of the Cheng Pavilion has no clues to provide, Fang has no choice but to lead the team to leave, if there is any news, please contact the police station. Fang Zhi suddenly thought of another private matter to ask, and the steps he had originally walked out stopped and turned around and asked, "By the way, isn't Xia Yi doing chores here?"
The old man was stunned for a moment, raised his hand, pointed to the TV on the wall, and smiled: "Isn't that him?"
"Fighting competition?" Fang Zhi looked at the live TV broadcast in a bit of a daze, a familiar figure walked into the ring slowly, it was his wife and brother Xia Yi, and after a moment, he let out a somewhat unbelievable 'ha' breath.
Turning around, he said in an unhappy tone: "No...... I said Master Cheng, he knows some tricks, I know as a brother-in-law, but he just came here to work and do some cleaning, and you let him go up and fight, isn't this deliberately letting him be beaten?"
Cheng Guangen crossed his hands and leaned back in the chair, and said with a smile:
"Captain Fang, it's official business, it's official time, I don't have to answer the questions on private matters. β
"Well, it's me who is reckless!" Fang Zhi nodded, he was bored, in fact, he didn't pay much attention to the fighting event, let alone the details, just out of concern for Xia Yi, he said what he said just now.
Opening the door, he turned sideways and looked at the old man sitting at the back of the table again: "Pavilion Master Cheng, let me ask again, before the incident, there were really no suspicious people nearby?"
Cheng Guangen looked at Xia Yi on TV and stood in the middle of the ring, tapped his fingertips on the table a few times, retracted his gaze, and shook his head.
"Nope. β
The door slammed shut, and the wind stirred the calligraphy and painting on the wall with the words 'martial spirit'......
In the hall, there was a loud noise of countless sounds, as if the roof of the hall was about to be lifted.
The fat man carried a bundle of cardboard on his back, followed cautiously, chattering endlessly: "Such an arrogant guy, in general, novels are tricky, don't talk nonsense with him, just overturn it directly...... Alas, Lao Yi, are you listening? β
Earlier, Xia Yi had already stepped into the ring, facing the eyes of many people and several cameras roaming nearby, the muscles of his hands and feet were tense, after all, the prison has been closed for a long time, and once it is on this occasion, there will be some nervousness in his heart.
The host opened the tablet in his hand, looked at the information of the two players above, and shouted loudly to the surrounding spectators.
"Today's first game is just a friendly match at the opening ceremony, and it is not an official game, but it is just to ignite your fighting spirit for today's opening, please No. 17, Shi Kening from the Chengming Martial Arts Hallββ"
The cockscomb head, standing in the middle of the field and playing with nunchucks twice, from time to time slapped the sleeveless leather jacket with rivets with his hands, raised his thumb and swept around, and when he faced Xia Yishi, who came up, his thumb turned downward, and then made a throat-cutting motion on his neck.
Only the corners of one side of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he said fiercely: "Boy, you are dead-"
"See, the players in the Chengming Martial Arts Gym have already shown their fighting spirit, and I already foresee that today will be a competition that will feast everyone's eyes, so we have the sixteenth player-"
The voice of the male host drifted to the second floor, and on the only private room stand, on the crimson sofa, in the unique sound of the mechanical lighter, he lit a cigar and pecked hard between his lips, a man about forty years old, with shiny hair combed back up, leaned on the single sofa cushion with open arms, listened to the voice of the host below, and watched the smoke change various shapes in the air.
"Look, sitting here and watching these people fight like fighting dogs, show us, and earn us enough money, this is the gap between people, what bullshit warriors!"
He grinned with gold teeth, and the thick beard around his lips gave people a stern and fierce feeling, and he reached out and shook the ashes of his cigarette, and someone hurriedly came over to pick it up with his palm.
He opened his mouth again and said: "After a few events, it is a handicap of tens of millions, if you change to a bigger place, this number will be turned up, it is all money, the land in the south of the city is worth more, but you are messing up for me!"
The figure on the sofa sat up straight, holding a cigar and pointing at a kneeling person not far away, with two bandages on his head, it was Chang Wu who was broken by Xia Yiyi's brick that day.
He hurriedly lowered his head, "Boss, that person is really powerful, more than twenty brothers, plus me, are not his opponents." β
"How powerful is a person!?"
The man slammed his fist on the marble coffee table, "Don't fucking bluff me, what's his name!"
Chang Wu suddenly heard a voice, raised his head sharply, looked down, and then pointed to the ring.
.......
"Player No. 16, Xia Yi from the Zhenxing Martial Arts Gym! However, the information shows that this player has not studied in the Zhenxing Martial Arts Hall for a long time, in order not to impersonate someone, he specially consulted the martial arts hall by phone, it turns out that this Xia Yi player has been working there as a cleaner before, and he only temporarily joined the Zhenxing Martial Arts Hall to participate in the competition. β
The host's words caused whispers and laughter from all around. The cockscomb head opposite Xia Yi shrugged his shoulders and laughed: "I'm really sorry that you met me in a friendly match." β
"Listen, Shi Kening released cruel words, today is just a friendly match, but it is about to usher in a dragon fight......"
Bell β
Underneath the ring, the referee rang the bell.
Shi Kening narrowed his eyes, and while playing with the weapon on his shoulders, armpits, and waist, he quickly flipped around Xia Yi, who was holding a stick, and the next second, he shouted loudly: "Ahda-"
Pounced.
"...... pen. Xia Yi kicked the tail of the stick with his toes, and the body of the stick rushed up suddenly, raised into the sky, held the hand at the other end, and smashed it down lightly.
Phew-
The cockscomb's head suddenly hung down on the top of his head, and his whole body was like being swatted by a fly, and the limbs of the big lama were stretched out and lying on the ground, and he had already fainted.
The audience was in an uproar, some people understood why the Zhenxing Martial Arts Hall wanted to let a sweeper come to participate in the competition, and many people even speculated that in the future events, the person named Xia Yi would be a dark horse.
"Look at ......, Shi Kening of the Chengming Martial Arts Hall is wielding nunchucks, so fierce, it is bound to be difficult to resist...... Belch...... That's it?"
Next to him, the host's voice was still continuing, and at this moment he blinked and looked at the seventeenth player who was motionless in the ring, and then was dragged away, prepared a lot of words, all of which were blocked in his throat, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but after hearing the bell of victory, he hurriedly came to the center of the ring and pretended to be excited to raise Xia Yi's hand.
"Thank you Xia Yi for bringing us wonderful ..... eh...... Tournaments to beat your opponents quickly...... I declare that this is the end of the opening ceremony, and tomorrow will be the official competition, so please go back and have a good rest and welcome ......"
At this time, Xia Yi had already returned the long stick and walked out of the hall with a confused fat man, Zhao Dezhu followed excitedly, "Lao Yi, you are so good, you can play in the national competition, if you bring Xiao Yu over, even if you can't see it, let her listen to it, right?"
"That's a good idea. β
Xia Yi didn't look at the gazes cast around him, and walked straight out of here.
......
On the second floor, Chang Wu was still kneeling on the ground, but people came to the gap in the railing, looking at the empty ring with unblinking eyes.
"Isn't this guy powerful with a double stick? Why is the long stick so powerful?"
Behind him, a man in a striped suit kicked over, pressing Chang Wu's whole person against the gap, his face was deformed and distorted, and he only heard the other party's voice saying: "Find a way to kill this person and revitalize the land of the martial arts hall, I want it, and the handicap of the game is not allowed to change." β
He lifted his finger and tapped his head.
"This time, you have to use your head to kill someone, since you know him, then think about it, just give you three days, you can't think of it, roll up and get out, I don't raise waste. β
The white leather shoes were loosened, and Chang Wu hurriedly knelt down and lowered his head: "Yes, I will definitely do it." β
In this time, Xia Yi and the fat man disappeared into the busy crowd on the tricycle they came, and in the peaceful weather of April, the atmosphere of the expansion of the city and the fighting competition was still climbing, and in this same atmosphere, the investigation of the commuter bureau and the police was also deepening.......