Chapter 1: The First Lesson of Jianghu

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Some people say, I'm a bad person.

At the gambling table, I pushed the enemy down the abyss of gambling; In front of the gambling stone stall, I kicked my opponent into the ghost gate.

Once upon a time, I was also an honest and obedient child.

My name is Zhou Li, I was born in the northern Windy City, my family is wealthy, and in the era when 10,000 households were still rare, my family had luxury cars worth millions.

When I was ten years old, in the early nineties.

I came to a turning point in my fate.

My aunt, Zhou Meixin, came to my house under the leadership of the police and picked me up.

I didn't know that my parents had died tragically, so I left with her.

She became my guardian.

She has the right to dispose of my family's property, which is a wealth that her family will not be able to earn in ten lifetimes.

Zhou Meixin, as her name suggests, has no heart.

After getting my family's property, you should treat me well, and after living in her house for half a year, I deeply experienced the pain and humiliation under the fence.

From the beginning of being scolded every day has become the norm, to the dark day of abuse.

The bruising marks left by the soles on my ass never faded; The whip marks left by the belt on my back are still vivid.

The crescent-shaped scar left on my head by Zhou Meixin's eldest son, Liu Daqiang, is like a wound that will never heal......

People say that time can dilute everything.

As it turned out, that was wrong.

I'll never forget that sunny winter afternoon:

Liu Daqiang and Liu Xiaoqiang rode on me and hit me the back of the head, and I lay motionless on the ground like a half-beaten dog, my lips were broken by the cold and hard ground, and I was dripping with blood.

Zhou Meixin sat in the courtyard, slapping the ground like crazy, raising bursts of dust, dispersing her hair, crying and screaming, almost despairing.

My brother-in-law drank his wine, roared like a beast, cursed hastily, and suddenly burst into a rage, smashed his glass, and rushed at me.

My intuition tells me that if I don't run, I will definitely be killed!

Human potential is unlimited, especially the will to survive.

I arched up with all my might, and Liu Daqiang and Liu Xiaoqiang, who were pressing on me, fell to the ground, and Liu Xiaoqiang's head hit the ground, howling and crying.

Suddenly, the courtyard was boiling.

I rushed desperately towards the door, and the four demons behind me all chased after me.

The brother-in-law who rushed to the front ran down the steps, his body was unstable due to a drunken attack, and his head hit the stone lion, and blood was splattered. Shishi was given by my father.

Screams, cries, yelling, cries for help......

Everything that should be, everything that is there.

I knew that I had run into the woods across the road, and I didn't know how long I had been running, and I didn't know how many times I had fallen.

There is only one voice in my head: Run!

Until I tripped over the grass and fell to the ground, my lip was broken again, and a tooth fell out.

I picked up the bloody tooth, clenched it tightly in my hand, got up, hid under the tall locust tree, quietly poked my head out and looked back, no one was chasing me, I was relieved, and I went limp.

The escape was undecided, and his mind went blank.

In an instant, tears flowed without warning, I wanted to cry, but I didn't dare to make a sound, the sun was broken by the bare branches......

The reason for the abuse and beating was only because I hit an old man on my bicycle and cost Zhou Meixin 2,000 yuan.

But my house is worth millions!

As the sun sets, the temperature gets cooler and cooler.

I struggled to my feet, thirsty, hungry, my body trembling like a branch in the cold wind, and I struggled forward with a heavy step.

When I got to the river, I picked up a rock and threw it at the ice, the ice slag splashed everywhere, and I grabbed two pieces of ice and held them in my mouth, moistening my chapped lips and burning throat.

Determined to survive, I had long since lost my fear of the dark and walked along the river.

I hope that the road in front of me can go on forever, there is no end, and I can see my parents as I walk.

When I arrived at the abandoned chemical factory, I couldn't walk anymore, so I curled up in the corner, grabbing some wild grass and covering my body to drive away the cold.

The clouds overhead, the north wind blew, rolled up the garbage and flew into the sky, mixed with ice slag and smashed down on the head and face.

It's cold!

Gradually, the feeling of cold became lighter and lighter, but a little warmer.

I was getting sleepy and wanted to sleep beautifully, but in a daze, I heard the sound of a car, and the remaining consciousness told me that it must be Zhou Meixin who sent someone to arrest me, and I wanted to escape, but I couldn't move.

I heard someone whisper, "What about here......"

I didn't hear the rest clearly, and I lost consciousness completely.

It wasn't until I slowly opened my eyes that I saw the snow-white roof, and I was lying on a warm bed, with an old man with closed eyes and a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old sitting next to me.

When the girl saw me wake up, she whispered, "Grandpa, he's awake." ”

The old man opened his eyes and looked at me without any emotion in his eyes, "Now I can tell you that your parents are dead...... Want revenge? ”

I nodded firmly, bit my lip, and shouted with all my might: "Yes!" ”

I didn't cry when I heard about my parents' deaths.

The person I hate is not an enemy, it is Zhou Meixin's family, if there is a knife in my hand, I will not hesitate to pierce their hearts and crush them hard......

"Want revenge, forget hatred!"

The old man took me out of the Windy City and into another city: Hai Jui.

I went to school while studying art, and at the same time I had a new name: Tong Boxue, and I had a few more teachers around me.

Some taught me a thousand techniques, from poker to dice, from mahjong to bull cards, and they were amazing in his hands.

Some taught me to appreciate treasures, from copper coins to porcelain, from jade to bronze, as long as he touched it, he knew the truth and falsehood, and said the past year, never made a mistake.

Some taught me kung fu, and kung fu is not the dazzling fists and kicks in the movie. Kung Fu is a killing technique!

I inherited the good genes from my parents, and I was able to learn what my teachers taught me very quickly.

They also took me into major casinos, antique cities, and black market boxing.

I have seen with my own eyes gambling casinos, some people laughing madly, some people going bankrupt, gambling in front of stone stalls, some people getting rich overnight, and some people jumping off buildings. There are no rules in black market boxing, fight for your life.

Skill is a talisman, and if a person dies, it is a puff of green smoke in the cremation plant.

A whole decade!

I grew from a skinny child to a young man with a height of 1.8 meters.

On the night of my graduation from high school, my three teachers and the old man got together with the girl.

The girl is more beautiful, although she is without makeup, but she is very moving.

The old man said earnestly: "Little boy, you have been studying art for ten years, and it is time to become a teacher." But, I don't want you to break into the world. ”

"Jianghu?"

I was a little surprised.

The word "rivers and lakes" seems to be far away from me, and rivers and lakes are fictional in martial arts novels.

The old man nodded: "When you get out of the house, you will be the rivers and lakes." There is no chivalry, only intrigue and sophistication. ”

Before the old man could finish speaking, the girl looked at me contemptuously, "Come, I'll give you the first lesson in the rivers and lakes." "Throw me a copper coin," take a closer look. ”

I didn't pick it up, but I knew the origin of the copper coin at a glance, "The four-body money of the Yuan Dynasty." ”

She looked at me with a smirk, and the look in her eyes made me hateful, like teasing a dog that had been trained to be very obedient, "Look at it again." ”

I was a little confused, picked it up and looked at it carefully, and said firmly, "I can't be mistaken." And he threw the coin to her.

She caught it with one hand, turned to the old man and said, "Grandpa, he has talent, but his brain is not good." Believe it or not, Jianghu Road will kill him in three days. ”

I'm a little angry.

She threw the copper coin to me again, "I'll give it to you, sell it, and be your capital to break into the rivers and lakes." ”

I was just about to speak, I felt dizzy, I must have been drugged, and suddenly I heard the girl say, "I'm right......"

When I woke up, I was lying on a park bench with a note in my hand, with only one sentence on it: Go back to Windy City if you want, and the road ahead is up to you.

Copper coins are threaded on paper by red threads.

The first lesson of Jianghu, I understand.

Walking the rivers and lakes, no one should believe it!

Thinking of the girl's eyes and harsh words, I really want to smack myself in the mouth.

I had no money, so I had to sell the copper coins and exchange them for travel expenses.

Having lived in Hai Jui for ten years, I know where to find pawn shops.

Four-body money is not worth much.

There is a small amount of the world, there is no market, and it is not certain whether it can be sold.

Two thousand years ago, pawn shops are not like now everywhere, the nearest to me is ten kilometers away Hengtong Baoxing, next to a Tianhe antique city, want to get the first pot of gold in the rivers and lakes, the money is only gambling stones or leaks, of course, the underground casino is also a good place.

I walked all morning to get there.

The antique market is full of goods.

I looked at it casually, and 99% of them were fakes, and even if they were real, they weren't worth much.

There are a lot of people in the gambling stone area, there are people standing in front of several rough stone shops, there are almost no people who do it, they have been bargaining, and some people are holding flashlights.

The flashlight is nothing more than a psychological hint to yourself.

Even if there is jade, maybe there is only jade in the small area where the flashlight shines, and it is deliberately for people to see.

At that time, counterfeiting technology was already sophisticated, and many rough stones were synthetic.

One knife is poor, one knife is rich, and one knife is draped in linen.

Gambling on stones is more exciting than gambling on cards, the stones are there, and you can't get out of a thousand at all.

I didn't look too much, and when I walked into the door of Hengtong Baoxing, the store was decorated with an ancient style, and even the staff were wearing gray shirts from the old society.

When the man saw me come in, he lazily put down the teacup and asked a little absent-mindedly, "Sir, are you pawning or redeeming?" ”

"Pawn."

The guy motioned for me to sit down, and there were a few tools on the table, "Sir, declare in advance, we don't want people and goods, and we don't want ghost goods." ”

People and goods are antiques that have a legitimate source.

Ghost goods are illegal, like stolen from ancient tombs, or even stolen from museums.

"People and goods. Call your treasurers. ”

The guy smiled contemptuously, "Sir, I haven't seen anything yet, so I call the shopkeeper out, which is not in accordance with the rules." ”

I pulled out the copper coin and put it on the table.

The guy didn't pick it up, but glanced at it and said, "The four-body bronze of the Yuan Dynasty has almost no ghosts." He's right. Because the ancient tombs of the Yuan Dynasty were stolen very little.

Therefore, the antiques of the Yuan Dynasty that circulate in the world are generally human goods.

He picked up the magnifying glass and looked at it, put it down casually, and said meaningfully: "Sir, you better put it away, we don't want it." ”

I was in dire need of money, but I didn't show it and asked puzzledly, "No price?" ”

The guy put down the magnifying glass and shook his head slightly: "It's not about money......"

It's not about money, it's about money itself.

I picked up the copper coin, and the moment I grabbed it, I felt that the copper coin was fake.

Once again, I was deceived by the little girl!

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