Chapter 48: Ghost Fist and Translation

Li Si was just the beginning, and in the next few days, several leaders of the Sea Dragon Gang were attacked by Cheng DΓΉ. Especially the other two of the Four Heavenly Kings, Qiao Zhen was directly paralyzed by a punch, and Yi Guodong was pinched off his limbs and is still unconscious.

Faced with this situation, the Sea Dragon Gang had to begin to shrink its power in the new 6 ports, but the Hundred Schools, which had been suppressed before, took this opportunity to extend their hands to the port.

Early in the morning, Xiaolan ran into the house with an excited face, and saw Zuo Zhicheng sitting on the table, holding a bowl of white porridge and drinking, she hurriedly said: "This time it's the white-haired wolf Qiao Zhen, haha, I heard that he was beaten several times in a row and can't get out of bed now." ”

"Oh? Then the four heavenly kings of the Sea Dragon Gang are all kneeling, right? Zuo Zhicheng smiled and said: "Anyway, who did the Sea Dragon Gang offend this time, it was so powerful, it was almost the whole Sea Dragon Gang picked by himself, right?" ”

"Yes, now it's rumored on the dock, and they all say that he is a nine-foot-tall man, his fist is bigger than a pineapple, and his waist is thicker than the door panel......" Xiaolan said while using exaggerated body movements to show that the other party's fist was really big: "It's really big, I heard that he can smash a watermelon with one punch!" ”

"Where did you hear that, nonsense."

As if worried that Zuo Zhicheng would not believe it, Xiaolan puffed out her cheeks and said, "Really, I heard from the street next door with a big mouth, his brother is on the dock and helps the Sea Dragon Gang move goods." ”

"Okay, okay, nine feet tall, bigger than a pineapple, I know."

"More than that." Xiaolan's eyes were full of stars: "I heard that he came and went without a trace, every time he beat the people of the Sea Dragon Gang, he disappeared, and people couldn't find him, and now everyone calls him Ghost Fist."

That's amazing! Maybe it's even better than Master Jiang! ”

Zuo Zhicheng just smiled when he heard this, and his expression didn't change much, just like an older brother who listened to his sister's bragging and telling stories: "Then the martial arts hall is okay, right?" ”

"So what else can I do? Everything the Sea Dragon Gang can fight will be beaten into a pig's head, and no one can compete with Master Jiang, of course, forget it. Xiao Lan gestured her little fist and said with a smile: "Brother Zuo, let's go back to the martial arts hall tomorrow." ”

"Okay." Zuo Zhicheng slowly drank the last mouthful of porridge: "I'll go to the martial arts hall tomorrow to have a look." ”

In the following day, Zuo Zhicheng put on makeup and looked like another person. To be honest, it's quite difficult to make up a specific person, but it's relatively simple to become a stranger.

Zuo Zhicheng put on makeup as someone else again today, but he no longer looked like a 'ghost fist', but a middle-aged man who looked thin and weak, but this kind of Cheng DΓΉ's makeup was too easy for people to see the flaws, so he also brought a hat to cover up.

Since arriving in New 6 Port, he has been looking for people who know ancient characters, and the reason why he only acted today is because until today, he has found several possible targets, a total of four. They were two teachers from the academy, an official of the imperial court, and a retired old scholar.

The second reason is that he has always been in a state of no money before, and it is impossible to threaten these cultural people with his fists, which is too easy to go wrong. So while attacking the Sea Dragon Gang in the past few days, he collected about 10,000 yuan, because it was enough for him to ask these literati for help.

He had already investigated the living habits of the four of them in advance, and today he was just in the place where they frequented, marked with a few ancient characters that he had messed up from the cheats, and ordinary people would probably only think it was a pattern when they saw it, but if they knew ancient characters, they would definitely be able to see the difference.

He figured out the method of guΓ² to test which of the four people knew ancient characters.

An afternoon passed, and only the official and the retired old man of the four had reacted to the ancient characters. Zuo Zhicheng, of course, set his sights on the old scholars.

Compared to a retired old man, he didn't want to have any contact with the imperial court for the time being.

Zuo Zhicheng pressed the hat and walked to a small courtyard in the west of the city, in front of him, an old man on crutches and walking slowly. The old man was white-haired, his face was ruddy, and he looked like a fairy-like bone. In his other hand, he was holding a piece of white paper, on which were several special characters copied, which was really an ancient character left by Zuo Zhicheng.

Looking at his funny face and the way he kept looking at the characters, he obviously knew the ancient characters.

And Zuo Zhicheng followed behind, and the other party's information slowly flowed through his mind.

"Liu Changding, a native of the Central Plains, came to the new 6 cities 30 years ago and opened a shop in the north of the city, specializing in selling all kinds of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, as well as antique calligraphy and painting, and has a good understanding of some ancient cultures."

After the old man turned into an alley, Zuo Zhicheng pressed the hat with one hand, looked at the pedestrians who had not passed by for the time being, and chased after him at once, striding in front of the old man.

He lowered his head, so that people couldn't see his appearance clearly, and then arched his hand and said, "Mr. Liu, I have something to ask you for help." ”

"Who are you?" When Liu Changding saw a stranger with a hat suddenly appear in front of him, his first reaction was naturally vigilance.

"It doesn't matter who I am. Sir, a few ancient characters in your hand are left by me. Zuo Zhicheng said: "I hope you can copy all the information you know about ancient characters and give it to me." Naturally, I have a good reward for you. ”

Zuo Zhicheng naturally did not plan to learn ancient characters from these literati or let them translate them directly, because it would be too easy to expose and prone to all kinds of problems. His plan was for these people to transcribe him a dictionary of ancient words and other study materials, and then slowly learn on his own. It's slower, but it's safer. He also has enough patience to do this kind of thing.

However, Liu Changding saw the other party's sneaky appearance, but he was reluctant, and replied: "I don't know much about this, Your Excellency should ask another master." ”

"Why did Mr. Liu refuse so quickly." Zuo Zhicheng smiled: "I know that your shop, since it was handed over to the eldest son, the second son has been quite dissatisfied, I have seven thousand yuan here, and if I hand it over to Mr. Liu, even if it is to open another shop, it will not be so difficult." ”

As he spoke, he took out a money bag from his arms, shook it and said: "Here is a deposit of five hundred yuan, if Mr. Liu accepts it today, I will come to pick it up in two months, and when the time comes, I will pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other." ”

Liu Changding frowned, he wanted to refuse, but thinking of the contradiction between the two sons in the family, he hesitated a little. If there were more than 7,000 yuan, the second son probably wouldn't have been making trouble all the time and complaining.

Thinking of this, he sighed and took the money in the other party's hand: "There are a lot of ancient characters, you want them all?" ”

"Yes." Zuo Zhicheng smiled: "It's best if every word you know can write their corresponding meaning." ”

"It's going to be a long time, I'm too old, I can't work too long a day, two months is too short."

"And how long will it take you?" Zuo Zhicheng asked.

Liu Changding thought for a while: "Four months, four months later, at this time today, you come here to pick it up." ”

"Okay, that's a deal." As he spoke, Zuo Zhicheng turned over and crossed the high wall of the alley beside him, like a sensitive leopard, and disappeared after a few jumps, leaving only Liu Changding with a stunned face, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

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