Volume 1 The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss Chapter 19 Draw your sword to help
The old woman, who was suddenly noticed by the evil young king Tianlun, looked like she was already over the age of six, wearing a tattered gray-black cotton jacket with a lot of patches, and a small felt hat with many holes on her head, and the hair leaking from it was all strands of silver.
Her right hand, covered in age spots and wrinkled skin, clutched something like an iron tong, and rolled in a pan of oil with a clump of stuff.
This is a deep-fried, similar to the food of the pot helmet, but the bread is not meat, but some shredded white radish pickled with chili, wrapped in batter and fried thoroughly, it tastes crisp and delicious, and the taste is very delicious, and the cold weather attracts many people to stop in front of the stall.
Wang Tianlun turned around and looked at it for a while, and finally took another sip of mutton soup in his hand, put down the bowl, and then stood up and walked over with a slow pace.
"Hey, hey. β
Before he got closer, Wang Tianlun couldn't help but shout twice at the old man, the old woman was scooping out the batter from the basin next to her with her head down, and then wrapped the radish pot helmet that had just been fried for the child standing in front of the stall.
"One Sanwen, three Bawen. β
"Huh. Wang Tianlun couldn't help but sneer, but seeing that the other party was an old man with half of his body in the ground, he was not embarrassed to burn at the beginning, so he spoke first, "Old woman, you are new here, right?"
The old woman only raised her head at this time, only to see that her eyes were cloudy, her temples were white, her face was full of wind and frost, and the traces of time, the old man opened her lips that had not drunk water and asked a little nervously.
"Howγγγγγγ What's wrong. β
Wang Tianlun looked left and right, and then said loudly in a weird voice: "What's the matter? What do you say? On this street, the stalls are all fixed, and your old man came over without saying a word, so what should the others do?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the owner of the mutton noodle stall behind him suddenly shouted: "Lord Wang, the noodles are ready, come and eat them, you don't have to wait for a while." β
As he spoke, the boss was still glancing at the poor old woman opposite, signaling the other party not to say anything more and leave quickly.
You must know which street and which position these small traders can set up stalls are fixed, these stalls are not only the rules they have agreed with each other, but also the private consent of these supervisors, if any daredevils dare to suddenly jump in and occupy a position without consulting in advance, then they don't need to do anything at all, they will deal with it internally.
After all, cutting off people's financial means is like killing their parents, who would want to suddenly have one more competitor out for nothing? Not to mention that they still occupy their own position.
If it weren't for the fact that this woman is really pitiful, the owner of this noodle stall would not be like this, the old man is in his sixties, and he even came out to fry things and sell them on a cold day, isn't it that the family is too miserable, who can do this?
Seeing that the owner of the noodle stall had come forward to solve the siege, the other small vendors who were watching were also relieved.
The so-called county officials are not as good as the current management, and the big officials above are too lazy to take care of this, and those officials who want to go to the early dynasty generally don't have time to eat at home, and they don't have to rely on them to go there to sell food to satisfy their stomachs, not to mention that the problem of dirty and messy streets is not what they worry about at all, first of all, people live in Dongcheng District, and secondly, people usually have to deal with important matters in a state, so hateful low-level officials like Wang Tianlun are what the people are most afraid of, because they are directly in charge of the livelihood of these people, and they can be covered and left with a word, which is why no one has been willing to offend himγ
The so-called Hades is easy to see, and the little ghosts are difficult, this is the truth.
However, Wang Tianlun just looked back at the other party deeply, and shouted loudly: "Just cook another bowl of noodles, don't you see that the official is doing something?"
"Yes, yes, you're busy. β
The man behind the mutton noodle stall kept nodding towards Wang Tianlun, standing behind the cauldron, the mist was steaming, covering most of his face, obviously being drunk by Wang Tianlun, and he didn't dare to say anything more.
He has done his duty, he can't take his own business for a stranger, and his whole family is pointing to him to live alone.
No one talked anymore, so Wang Tianlun turned around, looked at the old man, and persuaded him with a bitter look: "Old man, it's not that I won't let you do business here, after all, this street is all neighborhoods, and it's not good to make it too ugly, just let others tell you about some rules." β
As he spoke, he beckoned to the thin peddler who sold his daughter's favorite trinkets, and then pointed to the old woman: "You come and tell her." β
In fact, Wang Tianlun is just asking for money, as long as he comes up to inspect these people in advance, and then let them clean the streets, he doesn't bother to care about it on weekdays, whoever does business is doing it, whether he is a noodle stall or fried fritters, as long as he gives money, as long as this old lady can pay the regular money, she can set up a stall in this stall until it is put into the ground.
It's just that this kind of words are not suitable for the public, and he can say it by himself in front of everyone, after all, he is also a child from a scholarly family, at least he still needs face, just let the people below convey this kind of words.
The peddler was naturally very interested, and quickly got up and walked over and whispered a few words to the old lady, which was considered to have made the rules clear.
Wang Tianlun glared at the thin peddler again, and asked, "Have you made it clear?"
"Master, it's all clear. The peddler rubbed his hands together, shrunk his head, and walked back to his stall and sat down, daring to look at it again.
Now that it is clear, it will be much easier, Wang Tianlun then said to the old lady: "Rules are rules, and it's not that I want to be this wicked person, it's just that if you don't follow the rules, it's not fair to other people who abide by the rules, right." β
The old woman lowered her head, first gave the newly fried radish pot helmet to the child in front of her, carefully collected the six yuan, put it in her pocket, put down the pliers, and wiped her oily hands on her clothes, and then bowed to Wang Tianlun with her hand: "Old woman, this is all life-saving money, I really can't hand it over to you, my lord, as long as you let the old woman earn enough money to buy medicine, the old woman can make you cattle and horses." β
Seeing that the outsiders in front of the stall were gone, Wang Tianlun waved his hand in disgust, and said coldly: "Why do I want you, an old thing, to make me a cow and a horse?
He doesn't have so much patience to talk about here, in fact, it's really not that he is vicious, but as he said himself, the rules can't be broken, once the rules are broken, other people can also use various reasons to drag and not give money, so what kind of oil and water does he make as a 'supervisor'?
Rules are rules, and rules cannot be broken, because if the order is broken, everything will be chaotic.
The old woman had no choice but to hold on to the stall, trembling and kneeling on the ground, raising her head, and pleading sincerely with Wang Tianlun: "My lord, let the old woman earn enough money to buy medicine, and I will definitely make up for it for my lord later." β
She also has no choice, these days she has been driven all the way here by the prison market of other streets, if she can't stay here, then she really can't help it, but the old man's illness can't be delayed!
The other small traders felt sad when they watched from the sidelines, this age should have been the time to take care of their children, enjoy the children and grandchildren around their knees, and the joy of family, who would come out to sell food on this cold day, and now they are forced to kneel and beg for a descendant, and then think of themselves, all of them have a little sympathy.
Although the old woman begged like this, Wang Tianlun was a bully who didn't learn or know, where could he listen to these words, and immediately waved his hand impatiently: "Old woman, quickly withdraw, don't force Lao Tzu to be angry!"
It's been tossing for so long, but he hasn't even had time to eat, the mutton noodles just now are very fragrant, damn, I'm hungry.
However, the old woman was really helpless, her life was at stake, so she had to kneel on the ground helplessly, and was about to kowtow to him and beg, but she was kicked on the shoulder by Wang Tianlun unguardedly, although the other party was not strong, and in winter she was separated by a layer of thick clothes, so she didn't feel any pain, but she was still kicked directly to the ground.
The old man in his sixties fell to the ground, his cloudy eyes full of tears of sadness and helplessness.
Is this damn way really trying to drive the poor to a dead end?
Old man, I really can't help it this time!
He kicked it, seeing the old man fall to the ground and crying, even the eyes of passers-by on the street were attracted to him, and one by one he looked at his eyes full of disgust, pointing and pointing, Wang Tianlun was immediately unhappy, full of anger to vent, and immediately shouted at the old man: "Get up! Lao Tzu hasn't kicked you yet! Pretend to me again, you be careful of meγγγγγγ β
As he spoke, he raised his hand, ready to fight, but a person behind him suddenly grabbed his wrist.
Wang Tianlun looked back, only to see a handsome boy in a robe stretching out a hand to grab his hand, his face full of coldness.
Gu Xuan's face was cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency has done a little too much." β
Wang Tianlun moved a few times, and found that he couldn't break free at all, and the other party's hand was firmly clamped on his wrist like an iron tong, knowing that he had touched a hard point, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, although he didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, but at least he knew that he was looking at his clothes and looked a little old, but he used the best silver fox skin, obviously from a good family, plus the other party was obviously extraordinary, and the whole person suddenly softened a little.
"You, what do you want?"
Gu Xuan ignored him, first took out some broken silver from his arms, and then handed it to the old man who had just been helped up by the thin man next to him, and asked with concern, "Mother-in-law, is this money enough for you to buy medicine?"
The old woman was stunned for a moment, her eyes were full of struggle, and in the end she didn't reach out to take the silver, but just lowered her head and muttered: "The old woman can earn it herself, but the son doesn't need to γγγγγγ β
Gu Xuan didn't hesitate, slapped the silver directly on the other party's hand, and then held the old man's oily hand and said sincerely: "Hey, old woman, take it, the life-saving money, you can't delay, just return it to me later." β
The words have come to this, and it is indeed as the young man in front of him said, the life-saving money cannot be delayed, the old lady had to take it, lowered her head, and secretly wiped her tears while clutching the broken silver in her hand.
And Wang Tianlun on this side stared at Gu Xuan with wide eyes, and his mouth was still struggling: "Who are you? Do you know what you are doing? This is the order of Jing Zhaoyin Mansion to keep the streets clean!"