Chapter 1: The Night of the Stump 1
readx;? From Zhongyi Hutong on Qushuiting Street to the North Gate of Daming Lake and then to the North Pole Temple, it is only about one kilometer away, and it takes about twenty minutes to walk. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
I trotted all the way and soon caught up with Big Brother and Thunder.
"Stone, why are you here?" the eldest brother's face was gloomy.
"Picking locust flowers. I replied with a grin.
"Go back. The eldest brother said coldly.
He had never been so strict with me, and in front of the thunder, my face was a little unbearable: "I will pick my locust flowers, and I will not delay your business." โ
"What do you know about us?" the eldest brother stood still, his right hand in his arms.
"Aren't you just going to pick up girls and catch horses?" I asked rhetorically.
The eldest brother shook his head: "No." โ
At that time, we were already standing at the corner of the east side of the north gate of Daming Lake, and if we went forward fifty steps, we could take advantage of the night to climb over the iron fence by the lake and enter the scenic spot.
Before going out, I eavesdropped on the conversation between my eldest brother and Lei Zi, and knew that they had made an appointment to meet at the Arctic Temple.
"Go back, stone, listen to your brother. "Thunder helps.
I looked at the north gate, sniffled, and smelled the fragrance of acacia flowers wafting from Daming Lake.
"Go back, turn back now, go back. The eldest brother's voice was even colder.
I hesitated, and my eldest brother took a step, pressed my shoulder, and gave me a heavy push.
Caught off guard, I was pushed.
"Go back, go back!" I blushed, took a step back, and let out a low voice.
"Let's go. The eldest brother turned around and instructed Lei Zi.
Lei Zi followed in the footsteps of his eldest brother, and a minute later, the two of them climbed over the iron fence one and a half years high together and disappeared behind the bushes.
Spring nights always make young people restless.
I didn't listen to my eldest brother, but followed the direction they were going, climbed over the iron fence, through the bushes, and ran to the old locust tree by the lake.
Since I was a child, I have loved to eat locust pancakes, and before I went to school, I learned to carry a hook to pick locust flowers, and I couldn't eat enough at once.
When I got to the locust tree, I spat in the palm of my hand, divided it by two, and then pulled out a small nylon bag from my trouser pocket and stuffed it into the bag while picking locust flowers.
Daming Lake in the night is not quiet, the wind and waves, patting the lake, emitting bursts of "quack, quack" low moan.
Not far to the west, next to the dock wharf, there are more than a dozen old wooden boats docked, their hulls swaying and colliding with the waves, and from time to time making a dull "porphyry" sound.
Daming Lake, Thousand Buddha Mountain, and Baotu Spring are the three treasures of Jinan, and they are also the pride of the old Jinan people. A native of Jinan like me treats these three places as their own back gardens, turning them in and out, never caring whether to pay for the entrance fee or not.
Standing on the locust tree, surrounded by the scent of locust flowers, I felt like I was getting drunk with the scent of itโuntil there was a faint smell of blood in the air.
I straightened up, and carefully discerned that the smell of blood was coming from the west.
"Ahh
The scream lasted only two seconds before it was cut off, presumably covered in the mouth.
I will not be thirteen in two months, but I have seen my eldest brother fight in the streets many times. I've never been afraid of bloodshed in fights, because every fight ends with big brother crushing the other side.
The eldest brother always carried a military thorn with him, and except for a limited few times, he didn't need it, and the enemy was already on his knees and surrendered.
"Could it be that the eldest brother has made an appointment to fight tonight?" I thought about it, and my mood immediately became much better.
I like to watch my eldest brother fight, and I think he was as cool and handsome as the old boy in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies and television at that time.
"There's a good show!" I said, carrying my bag and getting down from the tree, and trotted out into the shadows of the trees to the east of the Arctic Temple.
I stood still and listened with my ears sideways, and there was indeed an unusual movement in the temple on the high platform.
"If you fight, you fight, don't ask me to come and see. I muttered to myself, wondering if I should go up and watch the fight now.
"Do you want to say it?" a middle-aged man's voice came from the Arctic Temple.
The man spoke in a strange Mandarin, like a foreigner speaking Chinese, all of them were pronounced correctly, but in an outrageous tone.
"Say, or don't say, that thing is useless to you, take it out and give it to me, and I can give you a lot of money, a lot of money......" The voice continued.
I looked up, and the entrance of the temple was dark, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
"I don't know, I don't know...... someone screamed like a pig.
I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that it was the voice of Leizi.
"Of course you don't know. The voice said, "I'm asking him." โ
The blood all over my body suddenly poured up to the heavenly spirit cover, Lei Zi was with the eldest brother, and the "he" must be the eldest brother.
"Big brother is in danger!" I figured it out at once.
After only five seconds, I immediately decided on my next move, which was to go back and call someone.
My eldest brother taught me that when I encounter danger, the smartest decision is to go back and call someone, and I must not be blind to it.
I exited the bushes, slumped east, and soon reached the North Water Gate.
The North Water Gate is a waterway that goes north from Daming Lake, and there is a sluice in the middle of the water, and when the sluice is pulled, the boat can go directly to the Xiaoqing River from here.
In the summer, I once swam in the waterway with my eldest brother, and I still remember the depth and temperature of the water inside.
So, when I got to the water gate, I subconsciously looked inside.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a small boat was parked in the shadows, and there were two people sitting on the boat.
I saw them, and they saw me.
"Child, stop. The two of them quickly got up and stepped onto the road in one step.
I knew early on that there were watchmen patrolling Daming Lake at night to catch those who climbed over the wall to fish.
Normally, we try to avoid the attendants, but tonight I saw them like a savior.
"Uncle, my brother is fighting with people in the North Pole Temple, save them!" I didn't stop, and crashed directly into the arms of one of them.
"Fighting? Who's fighting with whom?" the man smelled of smoke and made me want to vomit.
"My brother, and my neighbor Brother Lei Zi, are in that temple. I pointed back.
"How do you know? You saw them fighting?" the man asked, crouching down, grabbing my arm and staring at my face.
"I didn't see it, I came secretly to pick locust flowers, and I just heard Brother Lei Zi screaming...... Uncle, please save them, they are not here to fish, we just came in to play, we have never fished, I don't believe you smell, we don't smell fishy at all......" I defended two sentences, grabbed the other party's sleeve, and wanted to drag them west.
"Do you have any other partners?" asked another.
"No, it's me. I hastened to answer.
"Let's go, let's see. The other man agreed.
On the way back to the North Pole Temple, I kept dragging that person's sleeve, eager to rush to the temple in one step.
In my opinion, the identity of the duty officer is equivalent to that of the police officer at the police station, and as soon as the two adults arrive, they will definitely be able to save the eldest brother and Leizi.
"Uncle, do you have any guns?" I asked before the steps at the entrance of the temple.
"Guess?" the man asked with a grin.
I was quick, and with a slap on his waist, I felt a hard, cold iron object in my palm, and I immediately settled down.
"This kid, you're smart!" said the other, sneering.
"We have guns, don't worry. The man nodded.
I dragged him up the steps and strode into the temple door, the smell of blood growing stronger and heavier in my nose.
"Big brother!" I called, "I'll bring someone to save you!"
I have been in this temple many times, but this is the first time I have come at night.
There is a half-lit candle on the ground in the corner of the main hall, which can only illuminate the ground one step in diameter.
I made up my mind and found that there were two people tied to the pillar on the left-hand side, it was the eldest brother and Lei Zi. Both of them had stuffed their mouths full, and they couldn't make a sound.
"Uncle, save my brother. I looked back at the man.
"Okay, no problem. The man replied.
"Who is he?" the voice of the middle-aged man I first heard came from the other side of the hall.
I turned my head to see a tall, thin man standing in the shadows.
He was drinking from a cup, his eyes burning in the dark.
"I don't know, he said these two people are his older brothers. The man replied.
"Really?" the man stepped over, grabbed my chin, and turned my face towards him.
"Uncle...... Help my brother...... "My mind hasn't turned a corner yet, and I'm struggling to scream.
"Don't scream, don't move. The man pulled the gun from his waist, but instead of pointing at the man, it was against my temple.
I didn't dare to move, because it was supposed to be a real gun, and it would kill someone.
"Kid, your surname is Xia, what's your name?" the man crouched down and stared me straight in the eye.
"My name is Summer Stone. I answered honestly.
By this time, I still thought that this was an ordinary incident of fighting, and there would be no more terrible consequences.
"Summer into the summer, summer stone ...... Summer stone, summer into ......" The man muttered back and forth twice, slowly holding my right hand.
"Woo, woo-" The eldest brother struggled twice, trying to spit out the stuff in his mouth, but he couldn't.
"Summer is natural...... Summer Stone, the Stone of Heaven...... What two good names, what two good names......" The man laughed, flattening my palm.
Instead of looking down at my palm, he slowly swept the thumb of his left hand over my palm.
"Don't move, boy. The muzzle of the gun against my temple thrust again, and I gasped in pain.
The two people who came with me were in the same group as the man in front of me, and I was equivalent to just leaving the wolf's den and entering the tiger's mouth.
"Don't be nervous, people from the Xia family...... Concentration is deep, and you won't be nervous......" The man pursed the corners of his mouth and smiled, his smile was full of seven points of evil and three points of weirdness.
His brow furrowed slowly, and his thumbs were pressed against my palms.
"Kid, you're not lying to me, are you?" he asked faintly.
I shook my head, not knowing what he meant.
"Your surname is Xia, are you really surnamed Xia?" his two thumbs rotated slowly in my palm, the thumb of my left hand was counterclockwise, and the thumb of my right hand was clockwise.
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