Early in the morning, Wu Gan changed into civilian clothes and hurried to the north of the city. Today, a student was sick and had to send his homework to his home according to Mr. Zhu's instructions.

As soon as I arrived in the north of the city, beggars appeared on the street in front of me, many of whom were children. The north of the city is a place where Chinese people gather, and there are also many people living here. Although Dingyuan City has strict control over the Shuren, it can't stop some people from sneaking in through various methods.

These people are either servants or slaves, or they are simply vagabonds, and they have no fixed place to live. Poverty is the root of all evil, and the north of the city has become the most chaotic area in Dingyuan City.

After only walking a few hundred zhang, Wu Gen was stopped by more than a dozen beggars one after another. Looking at these ragged and skinny people, Wu Gan couldn't be ruthless in anything, so he bought a pack of buns and handed them out as he walked.

What surprised him was that some beggars only needed money and did not accept buns. Suddenly, Wu Yan came to his senses, looked up and looked around, only to see two burly strong men with a horizontal face, leaning on the corner of the wall and looking around.

Wu Jian knew in his heart that this was the so-called pole, that is, the head of the beggars who ruled this place.

He was born as a bandit, they were all ninth-rate, and each industry had its own rules, Wu Jian didn't want to ruin people's business, so he shook his head and got up to leave.

A beggar who looked young and had sores all over his body followed, begging again and again, "Uncle, nobleman, it's okay." Reward the villain for one or two, I haven't gotten any money today, and I'm going to break my leg when I go back. ”

With a sigh, Wu Yan took out two copper coins and handed them to this person, got up and left quickly. Otherwise, if this case is made, I am afraid that there will be countless people behind me, all of whom ask for money, and no amount of money is enough to squander it so much.

Finally getting rid of these people, Wu Gan had already made a big circle, this was already close to the city wall, and the houses were much more sparse. Because of the high city wall, there is no day for half of the day, so it is also the most lowly and chaotic place in the city.

Walking down the street, there is a smell of shame in the air. The streets are filthy and cluttered, mixed with the convenience of people and animals. Lined with low-slung houses, adobe and thatched and mud roofs crumbling, many of the windows were tattered and shivering in the wind.

Most of the people who live here are at the lowest level of Dingyuan City, engaged in the lowest nine-rate livelihood, coolies, secret prostitutes, beggars, thieves, etc., the darkest side of the city can be found here.

Walking along the city wall, Wu Gen suddenly felt something, looked up at the sky, and a crow was flying silently from the city wall.

Staring at the crows that were gradually moving away, Wu Yan was silent. This crow was exactly the same as the one he saw on the way to the abandoned fortress, and I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in my heart.

Just as he was looking down and thinking about moving forward, there were several young people in front of him who were blocked at the mouth of the alley, with unkind faces and fierce eyes, or squatting or standing to stare at Wu Gan.

A man with a cross-faced face stepped forward with his arms crossed and said in a rough voice, "Boy, come with us." ”

Wu Gen tilted his head and looked at these people, feeling a little helpless and a little curious, this unlucky one, he knew that he was wearing a public uniform, and he just ran into these green skins.

This is the bandit ancestor being targeted, Wu Yan walked forward helplessly, and said with a smile: "A few big brothers, I don't know what to tell to find the younger brother." ”

When the man saw Wu Qian's delicate appearance, he couldn't help but make a louder voice, "Don't be oily in front of me, boy, do you know what kind of place this is, Brother Qing's territory."

When I get to this place, you have to coil me if it's a dragon, and you have to lie down for me if it's a tiger. Tell you, the government of this place doesn't care, and the brothers are the heavens here. ”

Wu Gen looked up at the sky, and said with some doubts: "There is no name written in the sky, could it be that a few people surnamed Zhao, are relatives of the emperor, and cover the sky with one hand." ”

The man was so angry that he reached out and grabbed Wu Gan's placket, "Boy, pretend to be stupid with me, if it weren't for your young age, I would have taken off your arm now." Look at your stinky mouth or grandpa's fist. ”

A thin black young man with pointed ears next to him couldn't help it, and said coldly: "Boy, don't look for death." In the north of the city, there are not many heads in the stinky ditch, and there are not many more than you. If you don't want to endure hardship, honestly hand over the money on your body, otherwise the king of heaven and Lao Tzu will not be able to save you. ”

As soon as the thin black young man spoke, the big man stopped talking, obviously the other party was a leader.

Wu Yan knew that Fang Cai's alms had revealed his wealth, so he arched his hand, "Okay, the younger brother also knows the truth that the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and he didn't worship the dock when he came, but there was no money, and there was a rotten life." ”

Several people sneered and pulled out daggers, ropes and other murder weapons, and the big man took out an axe directly from behind him.

The thin black young man rolled his eyes and looked at Wu Yan while playing with the dagger, "I see that you are also a person who understands, we don't kill people, we only seek wealth, hand over all the money on our bodies, and we won't move you." Now you have two options, take it out yourself and be searched by us. ”

"The third." Wu Yan hurriedly replied, "No." ”

The black thin young man smiled: "It seems that I have encountered hard stubble, and I am screaming." Brothers, I see if his mouth is hard, or our knife is hard. ”

The strong man rushed up first and shouted: "Boy, dare to play with Brother Qing, Uncle Stay will use a soldering iron to cure your duck's beak." ”

Several people surrounded Wu Gan, and each guy and rushed up. Wu Jian blocked the strong man's fist with his hand, and after trying it, he knew that this group of people had not practiced martial arts, but only fought with brute force.

Not surprisingly, soon a few little green skins were knocked to the ground, staggering on the ground and humming, only the black and thin young man lay on the ground without saying a word, looking at Wu Yan with hateful eyes.

Sitting on the strong man's body, Wu Gen smiled, "You always have to pay it back when you come out, and please take out the money on your body and give it to me." Tsk, one by one, stinking, dirty hands. ”

The thin black young man said fiercely: "You have the ability to kill a few of us." ”

Wu Yan patted his chest, "I'm scared to death, I hate others threatening me the most." He took out the broken knife and shook it in front of the strong man.

The strong man closed his eyes and shouted, "There is a kind of stabbing me to death, and the master will not blink an eye." But his hands shook unconsciously.

Wu Yan stepped on the strong man's hand on the mud with one foot, his five fingers were forcibly separated, and he glanced at the black thin young man who was staring at him, "Let's have fun, if my knife hits someone's hand, I will let them go, and they will take turns one by one." In advance, my eyes are not very good. After speaking, Wu Yan quickly stabbed the fingers of the strong man with the tip of his knife.

The strong man stared at the tip of the knife that jumped rapidly between his fingers, and his five fingers were desperately separated, for fear that Wu Gan would accidentally prick his hand, and cold sweat continued to flow down his forehead.

Wu Yan shouted, "Look, it's time to live." As he spoke, he closed his eyes, and the knife in his hand was still poking at him.

The man's eyes looked at Shui Yunsheng, and then at the black and thin young man, his eyes widened more and more.

Time passed, and the alley was silent, except for the popping sound of the tip of a knife sticking into the dirt.

The strong man was tense, looking at the light jumping between his fingers, his face was full of fear, and he pleaded to the black and thin young man: "Brother Qing......"

The thin black man shouted, "That's enough, we'll give you the money, let the people go." ”

Wu Gan bared his teeth and was happy, dealing with these ruffians who had been in the ground for many years, he might not be afraid of fighting, but this kind of torturous punishment was not something that anyone could bear. At the beginning, in the village, when intimidating and kidnapping tickets, the ten tortures used were all gods.

Among them, there is a kind of Wu Gan who still remembers vividly, that is, tying people to the sky and tying them to the ground. A large bucket hangs overhead, and water droplets are constantly dripping from the bucket, which falls right on the forehead of the person. A drop of water is insignificant, but a drop in a day, any tough guy will go crazy.

"Okay, let's take out all the money on you." Wu Yan squatted on the ground and commanded.

Several people stood up with each other's arms, trembling and taking out money from their bodies, all of which were some copper coins, and they didn't even see the silver, it seems that these people are really down.

"Here you go. Today, I'm Aoki planted. The thin black man handed over the money.

Glancing at it with disdain, Wu Yan took it, "Is there any, who still hid the money, if I search it out, it won't look good." ”

The young man named Aoki yelled: "No, how can we have so much money, and if we have money, will we rob it." ”

Wu Gen looked at everyone carefully, walked in front of the strong man, the knife flashed, the man's belt was cut, and a small piece of broken silver fell out of the belt. Several people were dumbfounded when they saw it, and Aoki turned around and glanced at the strong man fiercely.

The strong man bowed his head and said nothing, his hands clutching his belt tightly. Picking up the silver, Wu Gen looked around at everyone, "People don't stand without faith, since someone has lied, now, take off all your clothes, I have to check it carefully." ”

Several green skins had angry expressions on their faces, Wu Yan didn't care about it, raised his hand and held a knife against the strong man's throat, "Take it off." Seeing that everyone did not move, he gently handed the knife into it again, and a drop of blood seeped out of the man's neck.

Aoki gritted his teeth and arched his hand to Wu Gan: "This brother, today we are blind and offended, please let go." ”

"Take it off." Wu Yan was unmoved, looking at Aoki, the knife in his hand slowly moved down, slowly moving to the belly of the strong man, "Otherwise, he will be killed." ”

The man's eyelids trembled, and his face was snow-white.

Aoki's eyes closed and he screamed in pain, "Take it off for me, don't keep a penny." As he spoke, he took off his clothes first. Several people looked at each other, and they also took off their clothes one after another, and took out the silver coins hidden on their bodies.

Wu Gen walked over and took the silver money, and bowed his hand to everyone again and again, "Thank you, big brothers, you have made a profit when you just arrived here, and I hope that you big brothers will take care of your business more in the future." After saying that, he walked away.

Several people looked at each other speechlessly, and Aoki kicked the strong man and yelled, "Get dressed, go." ”

Wu Jian delivered the homework, shook it a few times, and walked to a narrow alley bored. Just wanted to walk through the alley, a voice came from behind the courtyard wall next to him, and he carefully identified it as Aoki's voice, and there was the laughter of children next to him, "Brother Qing, why are you so unhappy today." ”

Aoki laughed twice, "I met a vicious dog when I went out today, and I was almost bitten by it." ”

"Brother Qing, don't worry, which dog is it, let us go out with the Thirteenth Taibao, slaughter it and give Brother Qing a stew to drink."

Thirteen Taibao, Wu Jian laughed in his heart, what a tone this is. It's just that what is the relationship between Aoki and these children has aroused Wu Gan's curiosity.

Just as I was about to take a look at the wall, there was a noise at the gate of the courtyard, and a person pushed the door and walked in, and the courtyard was suddenly silent.

"Meet the Alliance Leader." Aoki's voice came.

"Aoki, I've found out what I asked you to inquire about, when did the woman arrive here and when did she leave?" A deep voice came, and the words were quite majestic, and even the children in the courtyard did not dare to make a sound.

After waiting for a while, he heard Aoki's voice trembling slightly, "Alliance leader, my subordinates are not doing things well, and I haven't heard the news for the time being." But please rest assured, these days, I have sent all my men to inquire around, and I think I will soon find out. ”

"Don't do what those gangsters do for some small profits, because of small losses. I know you're here to feed these little cubs, and that's understandable, but it's important to focus on the alliance.

It's better to take these children away for you, just because the crow pawns are short of manpower, you see. The voice of the alliance leader sounded again, it seemed to be a consultation, but in fact it could not be refused.

In the courtyard, the noise of children rang out.

"Let's not get out of here."

"What is the crow pawn, I won't do it."

“......”

"Don't speak." Aoki's hurried voice sounded again, and when the courtyard was quiet, he pleaded, "Alliance leader, I definitely won't miss the big things in the alliance, but these children were brought up by me, and I really can't help them leave, and I ask the alliance leader to be lenient." ”

When Wu Jian heard this, he became curious and quietly touched the gate of the courtyard.