Tang Shan didn't hesitate for long, then turned around and ran back.

This is not a wise choice. Because there are five people on the other side, although not everyone is taller and stout than Tang Shan, but their arrogance is quite arrogant, and they are obviously real hooligans who have been on the street for a while, and there must be a boss behind him who covers the sky with one hand. And Tang Shan is just a student who has just run out of school for two days, he joins the battle group, and he can't change the old man's situation, and he will also catch himself, with a blue nose and swollen face, and a broken hand and foot at worst.

Tang Shan can actually turn around and leave. Like everyone walking on the bridge, it's as if you don't see anything.

Fundamentally, Tang Shan made the unwise choice to turn back because he fell for the poison of martial arts novels. He took the rivers and lakes in the novel and put them into reality. He felt that he should be righteous. Although he had known the old man for less than a day, the other party not only invited him to eat two bowls of rice noodles, but also gave him all the money he had cheated on the first day, and finally, he also inexplicably stuffed the chess game that he had been thinking about for 30 years to get through.

Of course, in the current Tangshan's view, two bowls of rice noodles and an income of 2,000 yuan a day are far more important than that bullshit endgame. It wasn't until a few years later that he was able to completely overturn his current view and truly understand how much chess meant to his life.

Just when everyone else was taking a detour, Tang Shan rushed into the bridgehead battle group with a stupid blood boiling, and shouted indignantly:

"What are you doing, a few big men are bullying an old man, is there any reason for it?"

People don't tell him about the principles of heaven. A yellow hairman with earrings, without saying a word, came up and punched him in the face.

Tang Shan covered his mouth and nose and squatted on the ground, and he didn't know which villain was behind him, and kicked him hard in the ass again, and he fell in front of the old man like a burning dog. The two were face to face on the ground, their four eyes glaring at each other, like two pairs of cross-eyed.

The two guys who held the old man down began to grope the old man and searched all his net worth. Tang Shan visually inspected it, and estimated that it would not be less than a thousand.

Tang Shan suddenly bounced up from the ground, ignoring the blood and tears on his face, roared, and slammed into the green hair who counted the money, this person was caught off guard, and immediately fell to the ground, hit his head on the bridge railing, and wailed in pain, and even the money in his hand was not grasped steadily, and the banknotes were scattered all over the ground.

Several other estimates didn't expect that Tang Shan dared to resist in this situation, and after the collision, for at least ten seconds, everyone was dumbfounded. Tang Shan took advantage of this gap, squatted down, and quickly picked up money on the ground with his hands like chickens pecking rice.

It's a pity that he hasn't picked up the two hundred and five that he made the flower out just now, and he was punched in the left and right faces, and kicked in the left and right waists, and he was unsteady on his feet again and fell to the ground. It happened to be the old man on the ground again.

His fists and feet kept beckoning to Tang Shan, and he couldn't count how many hits he had received. Tang Shan was powerless to fight back, except for continuing to play cross-eyed with the old man, he grabbed two hundred-yuan bills with both hands.

I don't know how long I fought. The punches and kicks stopped, and everyone was panting. Tang Shan and the old man didn't gasp, they were still cross-eyed.

Two guys were picking up money on the ground, and one was breaking Tang Shan's hands, trying to snatch the two hundred yuan in his hand. But Tang Shan's whole body strength was on the palm of his hand at this time, and the guy broke it for a long time, until his forehead sweated, and he didn't move a bit.

Two people with four hands, sticking to the ground. Grabbed out of breath, just for two hundred-dollar bills. After a long time, it was still a state of see-saw, and finally the fourth guy couldn't see it, although he couldn't see it, he didn't help his companion break Tang Shan's fingers together, but kicked Tang Shan twice in the back.

Tang Shan still didn't let go. Seeing him so tenacious, others were a little overwhelmed, but they were unwilling to give up these two hundred yuan. So the fifth guy was ready to give punches and kicks to Tang Shan's body. At this time, the old man blinked and spoke to Tang Shan:

"Forget it, give it to them. Otherwise you'll be killed. ”

When Tang Shan heard this, he knew that he couldn't keep these two hundred yuan with that strength alone, so he reluctantly let go. Seeing that Tang Shan had finally handed over the two bills, the fifth guy stretched out one foot halfway and retracted it again.

Before the group left, one of the guys crouched down, put on a leading demeanor, and said to the four cross-eyed men on the ground:

"We set up a stall on our site, and we take half of the income. This is the gauge distance. You didn't hand it over last night, but you took it all today, and you will give me a little realisation in the future. ”

It took a long time for Tang Shan and the old man to get up from the ground. Tang Shan was in pain all over his body, he leaned on the railing of the bridge, barely moved his four feet, twisted his waist and neck a few times, and estimated that he should be fine except for the flesh and skin injuries. This is a great blessing in misfortune.

As soon as the old man stood up, he slid down the railing to the ground, gasped for breath and rested for a while, and suddenly laughed sneeringly:

"What are you doing here? Think you're a martial arts master? You wouldn't have had to take this beating. ”

Tang Shan wiped the blood from his nostrils and the corners of his mouth, was furious in his heart, and scolded inarticulately:

"Damn, didn't you see you being pinned to the ground and unable to move?"

The old man smiled again: "Why are you because of me? Obviously because of the money. I was beaten and clutched money so tightly, it was the first time in my life that I had seen this kind of strange thing. ”

Tang Shan is right to think about it, the reason why he rushed back just now was that in addition to feeling that it was a bit unrighteous to turn around and leave, what he was more afraid of was that today's income was missing. Only now did he react, and when he turned back to join the war group, his income was also unsettled. Bai was beaten. Thinking about it, I felt that I was not just stupid at that time, it was simply a psychopath.

Thinking about it like this, Tang Shan's anger disappeared. Sighing and asking the old man:

"Who are these people? You are known as an old rascal, why can't you do anything about them? ”

The old man replied helplessly: "They are Brother Dongcheng's subordinates. I'm an old man who puts the end of the game, what can I do with them? The title of the old rascal is your seal. However, in the past, this was not their territory, but the middle zone, Dongcheng District and Ximen District, which was the dividing line of this bridge, so this place is considered a three-way street. ”

Tang Shan muttered, "Brother Liang? Is that Zhou Weiliang? ”

The old man nodded: "You know him?" ”

Tang Shan shouted in his heart, I don't just know him, I have a deep hatred with him. But this was a secret that he had buried in his heart for many years, and he had not told it to the old man.

Tang Shan smiled noncommittally: "Who doesn't know the biggest hooligan in this town?" It's just that he doesn't know me. ”

The old man stood up and pointed under the bridge: "Go down and see if our belongings are still there." ”

The two walked under the bridge, and most of the stalls that had been kicked down just now fell into the river and washed away, but fortunately, the broken bag was hung by a stone corner sticking out of the river. The old man took out his bag for a while, took out a bottle of potion, and a few plasters, and handed them to Tang Shan:

"Go back and stick the broken place on the ground, and wipe the red and swollen area with this oil."

Tang Shan didn't answer: "You better keep it for yourself." ”

The old man smiled: "Don't worry, this is not a fake medicine." The plaster is bought in pharmacies; This bottle was brought back from Hong Kong by a trustee, and it is very effective for bruises. I wasn't actually beaten, I just couldn't move when I was pinned to the ground, so I didn't need to. ”

Tang Shan took it and didn't speak. Once again, I felt that today's beating was very unjust.

The old man continued, "Go back, for today's deal will not be done." More on that tomorrow. ”

At this time, it was almost dusk, so the two broke up at the bridge and left. Tang Shan returned to the rental house with a lot of pain, and he heard the sound of mahjong in the hall on the first floor, mixed with the sound of laughter and spitting, which was simply full of people. It seems that the four mahjong tables are full at this time.

Tang Shan didn't go to the front door and collapsed the front hall, because he didn't want people to see his blue nose and swollen face. He went around to the side door, trying to go up the stairs without anyone noticing, and enter his house without a sound. The side door was unlocked, but as soon as he stepped into the threshold, he was pushed out. He was about to get angry, but suddenly he realized that the person who pushed him was actually a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

The girl's face is small and her eyes are large, the bridge of her nose is straight and high, her face is white and red, and she has two small dimples, and her hair is long and black, and her appearance can be said to be extremely charming. The only drawback is that the body is too slender and does not seem to be fully developed. Tang Shan couldn't help but be stunned, and his anger dissipated for a while.

The girl suddenly glared, almost spitting on Tang Shan, and said arrogantly: "Where is the beggar?" What are you doing here? Want to steal? ”

Tang Shan sneered: "I am a tenant here. Just moved in in the morning. Who are you? ”

When the girl saw Tang Shan say this, she suddenly looked innocent again, turned sideways to get out of the way, and murmured, "The tenant who just moved in today? Why does my mom rent from everyone? ”

Tang Shan laughed again: "So you are the landlord's daughter?" ”

The girl snorted in her nostrils and ignored him.

Tang Shan had no choice but to go upstairs boringly, returned to his room, and first went to the bathroom and poured a few handfuls of water on his face. In the blurred realm on the wall, I saw my own appearance, I was no longer human, my mouth was not a mouth, my nose was not my nose, my face was full of dust and blood, this ghost look, even I was disgusted when I saw it, no wonder the little girl downstairs had such a bad attitude towards herself.

At this time, Tang Shan didn't realize that the little girl just now would have a bizarre story with him a few years later.

Tangshan didn't have dinner that day. After being beaten, I didn't have much appetite, and of course, the main thing was that I didn't have any money. The big tickets are gone, and there are only two ten pieces and a few pieces left, all of which are less than thirty.

Later, he applied a meal of medicine to the red and swollen parts of his body, and fell asleep in a daze. Tired and tired from the beating, he slept until noon the next day.

At noon, Tang Shan spent fifteen yuan at a street stall to eat a bowl of rice noodles, feeling that it was not enjoyable, but the money was not enough, so he had to go to Dongli Qiaotou half-starved. He waited all afternoon, but did not see the old man appear. It wasn't until nightfall that Tangshan returned to the rental house.

At the same time on the third day, the old man still did not appear. This time, Tang Shan suddenly remembered that the old man had confessed to him when they first met, and if the other party did not show up one day, he would find a place to leave a message in the bridge hole below.

However, Tang Shan didn't think that the old man would really leave a message in the bridge cave, so he was ready to leave. In his opinion, he and this eccentric old man originally met in Pingshui, and they couldn't talk about a deep friendship; The other party invited him to eat two bowls of rice noodles, and gave him all the income from selling fake medicines, and he also beat up the street ruffians for the other party. Even if they don't owe each other, there is nothing wrong with forgetting each other.

Before Tang Shan left Qiaotou, recalling what happened in the past few days, no matter how he thought about it, he felt that the old man was full of strangeness. Strange people must have strange things, and under the ghost's envoy, Tang Shan turned around and went down to the bridge again.

While searching for the wall, Tang Shan smiled at himself in his heart, feeling that his behavior was a bit unreasonable.

However, Tang Shan finally pulled out a note in an inconspicuous crack in the wall, and while he was surprised, he felt that things were even more unreasonable.

There was only one sentence on the note, no punctuation and no date:

The western suburbs shipyard is coming

Tang Shan didn't know when the note was stuffed in, and he didn't even know if it was the old man's handwriting.