31. The elderly
"If you get three taels of money, drink two drinks, how happy your life is, and you can get drunk without worry......"
The young Taoist hummed a little song and walked happily on the road, jumping and jumping.
Suddenly, he stopped, craned his neck, stood on tiptoe, and tried to quietly turn back the way he came.
Just because there was a man standing not far ahead.
"Why, didn't you just try to get close to me? Now you see me and take a detour? The man sneered and turned slowly.
It turned out to be Bai Gu.
The young Taoist smiled embarrassedly, "Xiao Bai Gu, it's you, who does Poor Dao think it is...... Ah no, it's just that I suddenly remembered that a friend had an appointment with Poor Dao to drink today, and Poor Dao was in a hurry to go over at this time. Well, that's it. ”
Bai Gu nodded, "It's okay to drink, leave the money." ”
"Eh, Xiaobaigu, you don't need to bring money to eat. Although someone else invited me to drink, then I can't bring some snacks, and I can take him to eat something hot after drinking, warm and warm my stomach. Why are you so ignorant of human feelings! ”
Bai Gu pointed to his waist, his eyes became cold, "You take it out yourself, don't force me to do it." ”
The young Taoist pretended to be confused, and asked pretending to be confused, "What are you taking?" ”
"I'm saying it again, take it out!" Bai Gu's right hand clenched tightly, as if he was hiding something.
The young Taoist sighed helplessly, took out a few copper plates from his arms, stretched out his arms, and spread his palms, "Okay, okay, it's all here." ”
Bai Gu just glanced at it, "There is still one missing." ”
The young Taoist couldn't help but jump to his feet, "Oh no, you can see this!" Are you still human? ”
"Xiao Qiu is such a young child, you even cheated her money, is it a person?" Bai Gu sneered and sneered.
The young Taoist was speechless for a while, not knowing how to answer.
This money was indeed earned by him bluffing the little girl and asking her to ask him for a hexagram. Although it's not above board, it's good that I've done my best.
But Bai Gu's eyes made him think of something, and he was a little weak.
He had no choice but to take out another copper plate from his arms, looking helpless, "That's enough." ”
Bai Gu nodded, "I won't take this money, but you are not allowed to spend it either." All this money has to be used to buy food for Xiao Qiu, and you are responsible for her food this winter. ”
"Xiaobai Lonely, you have gone too far! How many copper plates is this, and this winter? That's not even three days! No, you'll have to give some more to the poor. ”
"No money, that's all, who let you cheat Xiaoqiu, you deserve it!" Bai Gu raised his hands and looked at the young Taoist like a fool, "Don't forget, the old guy told me how to clean up you, if you don't believe it, you can try it." ”
"That's a bad old man!" The young Taoist was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he was helpless.
The old beggar is now running to Dongyang City, and he can't leave if he has something to do, otherwise he will directly kill the old beggar and beat the old beggar.
As for Bai Gu, he is only a half-sized child, why do you worry too much about him?
Besides, if the old beggar really taught this stinky boy that method, he wouldn't be able to go toe-to-toe with this kid. In case this kid is in a hurry, if you really move that method out, you will be the one who is unlucky and suffers a big loss.
It's not worth it.
The young Taoist took a deep breath, put away the copper coin, pointed at Bai Gu, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Count you ruthless!" Poor Dao admitted! ”
Bai Gu smiled, "I advise you to put your fingers down, otherwise I don't know if I will rush over and break that thing off." ”
The young Taoist was aggrieved, and there was nothing he could do, so he was so angry that he could only brush his sleeves away.
Looking at the indignant back of the young Taoist, Bai Gu only felt comfortable: "Xiao'er, I can't cure you." ”
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Brother Peng was walking in an alley and was carrying out his daily patrol duties.
This is an alley near Lingding Lane, called Bitter Lane.
It's all the same poor man's alley, but the location of the alley is better than that of Lingding Alley, and there can be a little sun when the weather is good.
But that's about it.
When a good meal is served, the rich use their chopsticks first, and the poor can steal the joy if they can get some vegetable juice, and they still want to eat meat?
Everything in my dreams.
Brother Peng only took Ah Guang alone today, and the brothers were all in shifts, so it happened to be their turn today.
"Brother Peng, this is the last alley, right? You can go back to eat when you're done, right? Ah Guang approached Brother Peng and smiled.
"Well, it's the last trip, finish it early and go back to rest early."
Today's affairs are a bit much, and Brother Peng is also a little tired.
"Eh, the uncle in front, can you get out of the way? We're going to get over. ”
Ah Guang suddenly spoke up, pulling back the thoughts of Brother Peng, who was a little dazed.
I saw an old man with gray hair standing not far in front of him, wearing cloth shoes, bent over his waist, wearing a gray long coat, with his back to Brother Peng.
Hearing Ah Guang's voice, the old man slowly turned around and looked at the two of them, the wrinkles on his face were almost squeezed into a chrysanthemum, "Two, where are you going?" ”
"Hehe, old man, we are from Qianmo Division, and we are in charge of security in this neighborhood. There is only this alley left for today's patrol, and it is getting late, please let me go, my eldest brother and I can go back to rest early, and your old man will go home early. Although Ah Guang has a sideways face, he is still very polite when he speaks, especially when facing elders and children.
The old man smiled and shook his head: "I have something to do with you today." ”
"Is there any difficulty for the elderly? Let's talk about it, our Qianmo Division is to maintain law and order for the people in the neighborhood and solve problems. Ah Guang's face was full of pride when he said it, and it could be seen that he was very proud of this job.
"It's not that hard to say, I just want you to stop. Forget about those kids. The old man put his hands behind him, and his tone was understated.
But Brother Peng's faces changed all of a sudden, and they became ugly.
This is the helper that the children hired?
If it were an ordinary family, three of those children were from other gangs, and they came from the land. The other one, a bit of a background, is heard to come from a big family.
No matter which side it is, it gives Brother Peng a headache.
The local snake is deeply rooted, even if the government has been entangled for more than ten years, it is difficult to eradicate; Big families are rich, powerful, and powerful, and some big families don't even dare to act rashly against them, and confronting them is simply hitting a stone with an egg.
I just don't know which side of the old man in front of me is.
"Dare to ask the old man, which force is it from?" Brother Peng took a step forward and protected Ah Guang behind him.
"As for you, you're not qualified to know."
Brother Peng knew it in his heart.
It was sent by the big family.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so confident and arrogant in his speech.
Brother Peng looked directly at the old man and did not back down at all, "Those children broke into other people's homes and smashed and robbed, causing two little girls to die and seriously injured, and they have not woken up yet." Whether it is according to the official law or the natural righteousness, they should be punished. Especially the mastermind and the main culprit, he should pay for his life! ”
But he didn't think that the old man didn't care, but waved his hand gently, "I don't care about this." I only know that my young master has saved that child. So, I'm just here to inform you, not to discuss. ”
Brother Peng's face sank, "What if we don't?" ”
"Huh, what if? That is, I want to be the enemy of my young master. Are you worthy of such cheap bones? The old man's face was full of contempt.
Ah Guang was so excited by the old man's words that he wanted to rush up and beat the old man, but was stopped by Brother Peng.
Brother Peng leaned into Ah Guang's ear and lowered his voice, "Let's go!" Hurry back! I'll take care of it. ”
Looking at Ah Guang's puzzled and hesitant face, Brother Peng hated that iron could not become steel, "Hurry up and get out!" Run as fast as you can! ”
Saying that, Brother Peng also gave Ah Guang a kick directly.
Ah Guang looked aggrieved, why did he take a kick for some reason. But he still didn't dare to disobey Brother Peng, and he was trotting out of his legs.
Seeing this, the old man just smiled, and the wrinkles on his face deepened, "You are quite smart, you know that the soldiers run in two ways." But do you think you can stop me? Or do you think I'm coming alone? ”
Brother Peng secretly said badly, but it was too late.
The old man stretched out a hand, and there was a chilling momentum on his body, which instantly filled this cramped alley, and his originally rickety body seemed to stand up at this time.
"Want to go? You can try. ”
Brother Peng gritted his teeth, his eyes were full of anxiety, but he was helpless.
If you want to save Ah Guang, you must first defeat the old man in front of you.
But this old man is not simple......