Zhang Yuanwai said: "When this old thing stole something from my village and was about to escape, it was unfortunately discovered by the patrolling family, so I chased it all the way here. I was about to catch him, but you stopped him from letting him run, what do you think next?"

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Chen suddenly felt a strong smell of gunpowder from his words.

Zhang Yuanwai said coldly: "The old thing was let go by you, and the loss should be compensated by you." ”

"Fart, instead of catching the thief, you knocked on my bamboo pole?"

"Who told you to meddle in your affairs, this old thing has done a lot of work, and now he is gone, it is even more difficult to find him than to ascend to the sky, it's strange that I don't ask you for compensation!"

Xu Chen sneered a few times: "I don't have time to accompany you here to talk nonsense, if you want to catch the thief, you go by yourself." With that, he turned and prepared to ride out of the place, so as not to get entangled with these people.

"Want to run?" Zhang Yuanwai's face changed, and he glanced at a big man on the side.

"Boy, don't run!" The big man suddenly rushed forward and punched Xu Chen, the speed was very fast, and it reached Xu Chen's chest in an instant.

But this level of sneak attack didn't work at all for Xu Chen, he turned his body to the side, avoided the big man's fist, and turned around and kicked it with a kick.

"Plop!" the big man fell to the ground on his back.

"Ah, this kid is not honest!" Seeing that his companion was kicked down by Xu Chen, another big man in black came over to help.

He shot very hard, using almost all the strength of his body. Because he was not stupid at all, when he saw Xu Chen kick down his companion, he knew that this young man was not an idle person.

But the difference in strength between the two was too great, Xu Chen went around his back and punched him in a blink of an eye,

The big man didn't have time to react, so he leaned forward by Xu Chen's punch, stumbled a few steps and fell down.

"Give it all to me, don't let this kid go!"

Zhang Yuanwai's mouth was shouting continuously, but people were frightened and retreated.

He is a businessman, and he has long developed a pair of shrewd eyes, and when he talked to Xu Chen, he saw that the blanket behind him was very heavy, and it was woven from fine linen, and he suddenly knew that this young man had a lot of money on him, how could he be willing to let him go easily.

Hearing the old man's words, these dozen or so family members immediately picked up sticks and weapons and surrounded Xu Chen, only the few strong men who were scared at the beginning cowered and did not dare to move forward.

One of the housekeepers said: "I see that this kid has a thief's eyebrows, and he must be the old guy's accomplice." ”

"It makes sense, wait until you catch him and send him directly to the government for a first trial. ”

Before the fight started, these family members began to discuss, as if Xu Chen was already unable to fly.

Xu Chen was shocked when he heard their words, although these guys were numerous, Xu Chen didn't take them seriously, but the family who said that he was going to arrest him to the official mansion reminded him of one thing, that is, he must not cause trouble!

is about to arrive at the boundary of Shangzhou, at this time, if the government is alarmed, and he is interrogated by several veterans of the case, with his not smart head, he may not say anything, and even his identity will be exposed.

At that time, it will be troublesome, although these officials can't help themselves, but I can't kill them all, right? In that case, the senior brothers and sisters of Chongwu Mountain will be even more convinced that they are a demon who kills people without blinking!

This Xu Chen's idea is indeed simple and ridiculous, in other words, he is a slightly more clever person, who can directly knock this group of people to the ground and then ride away with a whip, but he is out of proportion in his heart.

Seeing that a person had rushed up and slashed at him with a sword, Xu Chen hurriedly gathered his mind and rushed over, and the unlucky ghost heard the sound of "dangchang", and the long sword in his hand fell to the ground at once.

Immediately after that, he sat on the ground with his buttocks, his face pale, and before he could come back to his senses, Xu Chen had already stepped on his chest.

"Don't come here, you have something to say!" Xu Chen shouted, and immediately shocked the gang.

Zhang Yuanwai heard a trace of uneasiness from Xu Chen's seemingly strong words, so he stood behind the crowd and said, "Young man, don't be strong, as long as you are willing to lose money, we won't care about you." ”

Xu Chen sighed secretly, his heart was already soft, thinking that he was just an old man, how many things he could steal, it was better to make less trouble and pay for it. So he asked, "How much do you have to lose?"

"That old thing stole three gold cups, a pearl necklace, and three jade ......hairpins from me," Zhang Yuanwai opened his mouth to report a long list, and finally said with a smile: "A total of thirty-eight taels of gold is equivalent to four coins." ”

"Isn't it, asking for so much money?" Xu Chen's tongue almost stuck out, he never thought that this old man who looked old on the surface was so clever with his hands and feet, and he could steal so much stolen goods.

"Isn't there no money, if you don't have money, you will be escorted to the yamen......" As soon as a family member who didn't know what to do squeaked, Zhang Yuanwai stopped the words of this daredevil, because he was good at observing words and feelings, he had already seen that Xu Chen's mind had loosened.

"Ahem, little brother, as the saying goes, it is said that wealth is broken and disasters are eliminated, why make such a fuss?" After Zhang Yuanwai finished saying this, his eyes stared directly at Xu Chen's coat.

Xu Chen pondered for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll still spend money to buy peace." With that, he untied his coat from his back.

"That's right, I already knew that my little brother was a reasonable person. Zhang Yuanwai hurriedly reached out to pick up the blanket, but was pushed away by Xu Chen.

Xu Chen took out eight ingots of gold from his jacket with a cold face, a total of forty taels, this is all his entanglement, the food and accommodation in front of him plus the cost of buying a horse, he has no money left.

Zhang Yuanwai's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly held it with both hands, first weighed the weight, and then put each ingot of gold in his mouth and bit it uneasily, and after confirming that they were all real gold, he suddenly smiled.

Those family members all laughed, they didn't expect this stranger to be so easy to bully. Xu Chen blushed, as if he was the thief who stole Zhang Yuan's belongings.

Xu Chen lived with his parents in a small mountain village with simple folk customs when he was a child, and when he grew up, he went to Chongwu Mountain to practice, and almost never walked around in society. This is the first time in his life that he has gone far away, and he lacks life experience, so it is inevitable that he will be deceived.

After the clerk put away the gold, he took out two ingots of silver weighing ten taels from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Chen and said, "Seeing that the little brother is so refreshing, I don't take advantage of you, this is looking for your money, you have to take it." ”

At that time, the exchange price was one tael of gold equal to ten taels of silver, according to the account in Zhang Yuanwai's heart, he should only have found Xu Chen more than ten taels of silver, but now he gave a few taels of silver, and he regarded it as doing a good deed.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, the group dispersed in a hurry. Xu Chen was about to ride a horse when he heard someone in the gang say something mean: "What a fool, if Lao Tzu is killed, he won't give a penny." ”

Xu Chen gritted his teeth angrily when he heard this, but the money had already been given to others, and even if he had all kinds of grievances in his heart, he had to endure the bad attack.

In this way, Xu Chen went on the road full of grievances, and arrived in another town after traveling for an hour. He looked around and saw that there were houses with flying eaves and red tiles hidden everywhere between the green forests and old trees, showing a simple and quiet atmosphere, and he knew that this was an ancient town with a long history.

When I asked someone, I found out that this place is called Dawang Town, which is at the outermost edge of Shangzhou, because the first Taiping King was born here, so the ancient town gave such a somewhat domineering name.

After entering the town, Xu Chen found a hotel to stay in, and planned to rest for one night and go to Qingping County tomorrow to find the whereabouts of Song seniors.

The guy in the inn was very enthusiastic about the guests, and only told Xu Chen not to go out at night when he led Xu Chen into the guest room to rest.

Xu Chen was stunned, so he asked what the reason was.

It turns out that there have been monsters in Dawang Town recently, to be precise, there is a monster in the house of Zhang Yuanwai, the richest person in the town.

At first, it was just a night watchman and a watchman who saw a monster wandering in the garden in the dark night. Later, whether it is day or night, this monster will suddenly appear, and the frightened people will not possess the body.

This monster looks like a tiger, but there is a fire burning all over its body, and every time it appears, it has to eat at least the amount of a pig's food, and if Zhang Yuanwai doesn't take food to honor it, this monster will breathe fire and burn his yard.

Xu Chen couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "What does that foreign monster have to do with me, it won't come to provoke me." ”

"Oh, Guest, be careful!" the fellow whispered to him, "Some nocturnal passers-by have seen this monster haunt the town, and if you accidentally bump into it, let alone eat you, it can burn you to death with a spout of fire." ”

"That's right, thank you for the reminder. Xu Chen saw that this monster did not harass the people, but patronized the rich people's homes, and he didn't want to meddle in his heart, so he slept until late in the evening before going down to the hall for dinner.

As soon as he found a seat to sit down, Xu Chen found that the guests at the table next to him were a little familiar, and when he looked at it, he couldn't help but secretly exclaim: "Aren't these two guys the ones who were beaten up by me in the morning?"

As soon as he thought that he had wrongfully lost thirty-eight taels of gold, Xu Chenqi came, and suddenly remembered that the guy in the store said that the rich family with monsters in the house was called Zhang Yuanwai, isn't this the same surname as the fat man who blackmailed me, are they the same person?

At this moment, Xu Chen was no longer stable, he stood up abruptly and walked over and sat among them.

The two of them were startled when they saw Xu Chen's sudden appearance, they had suffered a loss, and they hurriedly said with a smile: "It turned out to be a young man, have you eaten?

Xu Chen didn't bother to say polite words to them, grabbed a chicken leg on the plate and gnawed it, thinking that you blackmailed me for dozens of taels of gold, and the master couldn't be polite to you.

Xu Chen was eating vigorously, but when he saw that these two people had bitter gourd faces, he immediately frowned and said, "It seems that you are a little reluctant to invite this meal, isn't it?"

"No, no!" the two quickly shook their heads, but the depressed expressions on their faces were not alleviated in the slightest.

"Then why are you putting on a stinky face to show me? The master knocked out a lot of money for your master today, and he didn't get angry. ”

"Those of us who are subordinates, how dare we not get along with the young man. Seeing that Xu Chen didn't mean to blame, a family member boldly replied: "We are worried about how to go back and deal with the master at night." ”

Xu Chen sneered and said, "What's the matter, Zhang Yuanwai thinks that the few ingots of gold that slandered me are not enough, and he still wants you to find another wronged boss?"

"Where, where, Shaoxia, you misunderstood. This Ding carefully poured him a glass of wine before he said the troubles in his heart.