The young man swept past Li An and them, his eyes were on Ah Fist, and he frowned.

"It's you."

"It's you."

The two spoke out almost at the same time.

Ah Quan also looked at Duan Yingfeng in surprise.

Li An's eyes swept over the two of them, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"You two know each other, that's just right."

Duan Yingfeng then put his eyes on Li An's face, frowned and asked, "Who is you?" And what are you doing with me? ”

Li An looked at the patient lying on the chair looking at his teeth.

"We're not in a hurry, and we don't have any ill will towards you, we'll talk when you help the guest finish his teeth."

Seeing that the person in front of him didn't seem to be lying when he spoke, Duan Yingfeng nodded:

"Okay, you sit down first."

He shouted, "Ash, pour a cup of tea for the guest." ”

"Yes, got it. Little brother. ”

The young man known as Ash seemed to be a little uncoordinated in his speech and hands and feet, and Li An saw the other party coming over with herbal tea and got up to pick it up.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Ash hurriedly waved his hand: "You sit first." ”

Seeing Ash walking inside to get busy, Ang Lee took a sip from the glass teacup and looked around.

The small shop is divided into two distinct areas, the dental clinic on the left, and the sign of the Sweet Bean Candy Factory on the wall on the right, and Ash is the only one busy.

Because the city does not need a license and does not need to pay taxes, there are hundreds of such family-style food processing factories in the walled city.

Ah Fist seemed to be a little out of breath, holding the teacup with both hands, and staring at Duan Yingfeng with his eyes.

It wasn't until the other party extracted the patient's tooth and handed him a cup of mouthwash that he put down the teacup in his hand and prepared to get up.

Syllable!

At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Two four-nines, with ruffians on their faces and wooden sticks in their hands, walked in.

Seeing that the two of them were not good-looking, Ah Quan hurriedly stepped forward.

"What's the matter?"

Sijiu, who was wearing a black hexagram, glanced at Ah Quan and asked in an obedient tone, "Are you the boss?" ”

"It's not." Ah Fist shook his head.

"Why don't you just get out of the way, short-lived."

Sijiuyi pushed away Ah Fist, his eyes widened, and he scolded when he opened his mouth.

Duan Yingfeng walked over and stopped Ah Fist behind him, with a smile on his face.

"I'm the boss, what's the matter with the two big brothers?"

"What can you do, of course, is to pay the health fee."

As he spoke, Sijiu glanced at the candy factory: "Two servings, thirty yuan." ”

Duan Yingfeng frowned: "The two eldest brothers, weren't they both twenty yuan before?" This time it will rise by ten yuan, will it be too much, we will not be able to earn so much in a month. ”

"Many?"

Sijiu Wei laughed: "In the past, wonton noodles were only two cents a bowl, but now they are all five cents, everything has risen, and the health fee will naturally rise, if it doesn't rise, what will we eat?" ”

Duan Yingfeng paused, and his hands subconsciously clenched into fists.

"What? Don't want to pay it? ”

Sijiu lifted the wooden stick and knocked it on the palm of his hand, and said maliciously:

"Think about it, if you don't pay it, you dentist office"

He pointed at the candy factory with a wooden stick: "There is no need to do the candy factory." ”

Duan Yingfeng glanced back, and was pointed at by Sijiu with a wooden stick, Xiao Zhi seemed to be a little frightened, and squatted in the corner with his head in his hands.

He took a deep breath, put on a smiling face, took out three blue crabs from his trouser pocket and handed them over.

"That's thirty dollars."

Sijiu took the money and slapped Duan Yingfeng's face: "That's right, remember to be smart in the future." ”

Crack.

A mouthful of spit was spit on Duan Yingfeng's face.

"Let's go."

The two Sijiu laughed and swaggered away.

"Boss, I've got the money here."

The customer who had already had his tooth extracted didn't seem to want to stay longer, so he threw down the two-dollar consultation fee and left in a hurry.

Duan Yingfeng was just silent, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the spit off his glasses and face without saying a word.

"They charge protection money?" Ah Quan asked.

"Didn't you see that?"

"You practice the Eight Extremes, why should you be oppressed by them? Why not get your hands dirty? ”

Facing Ah Fist's questioning, Duan Yingfeng did not answer, but walked quickly to Xiao Zhi, who was squatting on the ground with his head in his hands.

Mouth reassuring:

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

After a while, to calm Ash down, he walked towards Li An's side.

Smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry to make you laugh." ”

"It's human nature."

Li An waved his hand, and he could naturally see that most of the reasons why Duan Yingfeng forbearance was because of Xiao Zhi.

"You haven't answered my question yet."

Ah Quan asked again.

Because from the first time the two met, he knew that Duan Yingfeng was Duan Tongtian's son.

"Ash is like this, it's because I'm strong that I was retaliated and broke my head. You know what I mean? ”

Duan Yingfeng's lips trembled.

The scenes of the past seem to be vivid.

He was young and vigorous, hoping to be a hero like his father, and he was strong in the walled city, but the other party took advantage of his absence at home to retaliate, and Ash was beaten with blood

"In the walled city, the power of the fellow townsmen association is very large, I can't beat four hands with two fists, if I don't pay the protection money today and drive them away, tomorrow will only attract more people's revenge, what is the use of me fighting, Xiaozhi can't fight, children can't beat me I can't just care about my own heroes, and bring disaster to my family."

Ah Quan glanced at Ash in a daze, and was silent for a while: "I'm sorry"

"Needless to say."

Duan Yingfeng stretched out his hand to interrupt Ah Fist's words, took a deep breath, and calmed his mood.

Turning his head to look at Ang Lee:

"Tell me, what are you looking for me?"

Li An pointed at Ah Fist, "It's Ah Fist looking for you to inquire about the whereabouts of a person, I heard that your Duan Clan's Baji Gate has been in the city for a long time, so I brought him over to ask." ”

Duan Yingfeng's eyes froze: "How do you know about Duan's eight poles?" ”

"You are not incognito, many old people in the city know it, but because they are all new immigrants now, the Duan family Baji has been slowly forgotten."

Ang Lee's eyes didn't blink.

Duan Yingfeng didn't think much about it, because it was true that as the other party said, as soon as his father left, in more than ten years, their Duan Eight Poles were slowly forgotten, and there were fewer people who knew about the city.

He asked:

"Who are you looking for?"

Ah Quan took over: "Chaoxia." ”

"Asaka?"

Duan Yingfeng looked at Ah Quan in disbelief: "Who are you?" ”

"Asaka's Brother"

Ah Quan almost blurted out, but immediately reacted again, and the words changed: "It's my worker at the dock." ”

Duan Yingfeng looked at him suspiciously.

"You don't believe it."

Ah Quan took out a pair of small woven bracers from his pocket and handed them over: "This is what Chaoyang entrusted me to give to his sister." ”

Duan Yingfeng took it and looked at it carefully for a while: "This is indeed what Chaoyang used to practice boxing when he was a child." ”

Ah Quan hurriedly asked:

"Do you know the whereabouts of Asaka?"

Duan Yingfeng was silent for a while: "She's dead." ”

Ah Quan was stunned for a moment, although he was prepared, but the moment he really heard it, he still couldn't accept it for a while

He asked in a dry voice, "How did she die?" ”

"Fifteen years ago, after the death of Chaoxia's parents, Chaoxia lived alone on the streets of the walled city. But the children in the walled city saw her as if they saw an enemy, and scolded her for being a harmful spirit. In desperation, Chaoxia could only go to live in the back mountain of the walled city alone, and never came back. But suddenly one day there was a mountain fire in the mountain behind the walled city, and the fire burned for three days and three nights.

Speaking of this, Duan Yingfeng paused.

returned the bracers to Ah Fist, and said to Ah Fist again:

"Wait a minute, I'll go and bring you Asaka's shoes."

After a while, he turned back and handed over a burnt embroidered shoe.

Ah Fist took it in his hand, and at a glance he recognized that it was the pair that his sister was wearing, and his eyes dimmed.

"Brother, don't look at me wearing a pair of embroidered shoes and think I'm embroidered legs, look at the move!"

The little girl's crisp voice seemed to be remembered in her ears.

Tears unconsciously welled up in the corners of Ah Fist's eyes.

Duan Yingfeng looked at Ah Fist's expression in his eyes, and asked seemingly casually:

"By the way, why didn't Chaoyang come to his sister by himself?"

Ah Fist's voice was low: "Chaoxia is gone, and Chaoyang is also gone"

Duan Yingfeng was a little skeptical, but he didn't seem to want to delve into it, and after a little thought, he still said:

"It turned out to be a relic. It just so happened that you came, and handed over the shoes to you, and I also forgot about it. If nothing else, you can go. ”

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute."

Ah Fist stopped him.

"Even the neighbors can't forgive Chaoxia, you are a victim, why are you so kind to their brothers and sisters?"

"Whether his father is really my father's enemy or not, it has nothing to do with the child."

Duan Yingfeng sighed: "Actually, their brothers and sisters are all innocent, just like me. ”

Hearing this, Ah Quan stopped talking and seemed to fall into memory.

At this time, Li An noticed Duan Yingfeng's first sentence and said:

"That said, you're not sure if you killed your dad in Chaomengshan?"

Duan Yingfeng looked at Li An's face: "Why do you ask this?" Who are you? ”

Ang Lee's face was calm.

"I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Ang Lee."

Duan Yingfeng pondered the name, and always felt a little familiar, and blurted out after a while:

"You're the one who robbed Ke Wanchang's gambling house?"

Li An shook his head and smiled: "Is it so fast, even you know it." ”

"The walled city is not big, and everyone knows that it can be spread at the slightest breeze. What's more, it happened in Longjin Road again, how could we not know. ”

Duan Yingfeng stared at Li An, his eyes burning:

"You haven't said why you're asking this?"

Li An's face did not change: "Because I also practice the Eight Poles, I have long heard about the two Eight Pole Fist Masters in the walled city, and I came to the Walled City this time to see if there is a chance to meet the descendants of the two grandmasters and see the Eight Poles of the Duan Family and the Eight Poles of the Chao Family." ”

The Eight Poles are also divided into several different genres.

The unified style is fierce and violent, and the force is generally the same, but there are slight differences in individuals.

The strength of the eight poles of the Chao family is strong and strong, and the eight poles of the Duan family are flexible.

Of course, there are also art investors, so the difference is a little bigger.

For example, those who mainly practice Bajiquan have short strength. Some practice the eight poles just to make up for the close-up, and the main practice is to split and hang through the back, and the force is longer.

Duan Yingfeng looked at Li An with some surprise and hesitated:

"I don't know, but my dad did die from a tiger climbing the mountain."

Li An shook his head: "A move doesn't mean that this person is the murderer, it's too arbitrary." You must know that there are not many Hong Kong clubs, but there are many of them. ”

"But there are few people who can tie with my dad, not to mention that they still practice Baji."

The meaning of Duan Yingfeng's words is very clear, and Chao Mengshan is the most suspicious.

Ang Lee pondered for a while, trying to guide:

"But have you ever thought about why as soon as your father died, Chao Mengshan died, if it was really Chaomengshan who killed your father, then who killed Chaomengshan?"

After a pause, Ang Lee continued:

"What's more, there is no hatred for no reason, you must know that killing people has a purpose. As soon as Duan Tongtian and Chao Mengshan die, whoever gets more benefits will be more suspicious. ”

Ang Lee stopped at the point and didn't say more.

"Think about it."

Ah Quan was still holding wrist guards and embroidered shoes in both hands, his expression was depressed, and the whole person looked like he was in a state of disgrace.

What Li An and Duan Yingfeng talked about just now, Ah Quan didn't seem to listen to a word.

"Ah Fist, let's go."

Li An pulled Ah Fist, and the group walked out of the dentist's office.

Only Duan Yingfeng was left standing in place with his brows furrowed, pondering over and over again what Li An had just said in his mind.

Whoever gets the most benefits will be the most suspicious.

Almost explicitly pointed to the fellow townspeople's association.

But there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with Ang Li's words?

Could it be that Chao Mengshan really killed his father just to share the victory with his father?

Chaoxia's mother was killed by her uncle and the neighbors, but who killed Chaomengshan?

Duan Yingfeng thought about it for a moment, and his brows frowned even deeper.

There are many benefits, but there are many suspicions?

Needless to say, if his father and Chao Mengshan were still there, the townspeople would not dare to enter the city, and the city would definitely not be as chaotic as it is today.

But as soon as his father and Chao Mengshan died, the townspeople association settled in the walled city.

I don't know how long it took for Ash's shouting to interrupt Duan Yingfeng's thoughts.

"Little brother, someone has come to see the teeth."

"Oh"

Duan Yingfeng came back to his senses and raised his eyes to look at the two women who entered the door.

And Diao Lan saw Duan Yingfeng, who was wearing a white coat and was gentle and elegant, but her eyes lit up, and a pair of eyes stared directly at Duan Yingfeng.

Sister-in-law Bi slapped her forehead and stepped on Diao Lan's foot.

"Ah~ what are you doing?"

"You're here to see your teeth, not to make a fuss."

Ah Quan followed Li An in a daze, until he came to the street of Longjin Road, and gradually came back to his senses.

He said to Ang Lee with a depressed expression:

"I'm sorry, I might be leaving, I can't help you."

He took out a few Hong Kong dollars from his trouser pocket: "This is the money you borrowed from me, and I only spent two yuan." I'll find a chance to pay you back in the future. ”

Li An stopped and glanced at Ah Fist, who had his head down.

"How do you know your sister is dead?"

"Didn't Duan Yingfeng say just now, Chaoxia was on fire."

Ah Quan said to himself, and halfway through speaking, he reacted: "Do you know that I am Chaoyang? ”

"I can see your expression just now, even Duan Yingfeng doubts your identity in his heart, but he doesn't want to say more."

"But Chaoxia is gone, and Chaoyang is also gone"

Ah Fist's voice lowered.

"To live is to see people, and to die is to see corpses. Don't you want to find out the cause of your father's death? ”

(End of chapter)