Year 1899.

On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

Yang energy rises and the earth thaws.

Before dawn, the city began to beat gongs and drums, it was lively, speaking of which, the day when the dragon raised its head was more grand than the New Year, the troubled times were at the head, the only thing that the people could hope for was nothing more than a bumper harvest of grains, the wind and rain were smooth, and it naturally took a lot of effort to sacrifice and pray.

"On the second day of February, according to the beam of the house, the scorpion centipede has nowhere to hide...... On the second day of February, knocking on the scoop, ten litters of rats and nine blind ......"

The innkeeper was wearing the new clothes given by the shopkeeper, and on his honest and honest face, he couldn't hide the smile, and after walking a few steps, he had to brush the folds on his head, and when he saw the dust, he had to dust it carefully, and he sang a ballad in his mouth, and he held a broom in his hand, and he swept here, knocked and knocked there, and if he did this well today, the shopkeeper said that there was a reward, and he was happy in his heart, and he was about to sing it.

The sky was gray, the roosters and dogs were already crowing in the east and the west, one after another, and there were gongs and drums, blowing and beating, so every household got up early, and as soon as the city gate opened, the hawkers all poured in, holding the things for sale.

As for the "Yellow Lotus Sect", it has now become the talk of the people, who still remembers the appearance of his devout worship at the beginning.

In the inn.

Su Hongxin was sleeping in a daze, but he didn't know which immoral thing on the street had lost a string of artillery battles, crackling, causing a burst of chickens and dogs to jump, and his eyes were open when he landed, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

When he got up, Su Hongxin subconsciously lifted the cover roll, and before he thought about it, the cool breeze outside the window blew, and he only felt cold and swishing, and then looked down, hey, the clothes and pants were gone, and he was actually bare-bottomed.

Fortunately, he put new clothes next to the bed, and even his few things were there, so Su Hongxin put them on easily.

"Master, you're awake!"

Seeing him go downstairs, the guy immediately greeted him, opened his mouth and wanted to report the name of the dish again, Su Hongxin hurriedly signaled him to stop, but he remembered Agui's kid, and he asked, "What happened to the two who drank with me last night?"

"That fifth master has been out for more than half an hour, went to Lu Zutang, and said that if you wake up, go over and take a look, as for Huo Ye, he is still asleep upstairs!"

Listening to the words of the guy, Su Hongxin was happy, and he took out two big sons from his arms. "The clothes you changed for me last night fit well, then!"

But the guy didn't stretch out his hand, but blinked his eyes and said: "Master, are you mistaken, when I went up last night, there were only Huo Ye and Old Man Li, without you, I thought you went back to the house by yourself, and this clothes are ......."

The guy took a look at what Su Hongxin was wearing.

"It seems that the girl with you bought it early in the morning...... Master, what's wrong with you?"

He saw the man standing there, his eyes strange and his expression stiff, as if he had become a piece of wood.

Su Hongxin's voice seemed to be a little hoarse. "It's okay, I've invited you to drink with this money!"

The guy happily took it and asked, "Master, what are you eating?"

Su Hongxin hurriedly waved his hand. "Don't be, I'll go out for a walk, let go of the wine, and be sober!"

After saying that, he raised his feet and ran away.

Don't look at spring, but the weather in the north is still cold, isn't it snowing at this time last year, Su Hongxin looked at the excitement on the street, and the wine strength also dispersed a lot, or this place is used to making people feel at ease, the capital is hot and prosperous, but he went to those days, either killing people or on the way to killing, or being killed, there was no room for respite.

"Oh, what kind of thing is this? Lao Tzu was actually looked at, and Chen Xiaobraid ...... last night."

Su Hongxin put his hands in his sleeves, his thoughts flew wildly along the way, he was absent-minded, and his mind was full of imagination, a face turned white for a while, and red for a while, and he could make up a short story in his brain. In the final analysis, don't look at how high his martial arts are, no matter how ruthless he is, in fact, a year ago, he was still a young boy, growing so big, except for his six sisters and his mother, he really hasn't been close to other women, and now he is naturally cranky.

"Well, if I had known this, I wouldn't have drunk, so why should I be embarrassed to go back to the inn?

After thinking about it, he couldn't think of a reason, Su Hongxin sighed, wandered around the street aimlessly, and finally found a street stall and sat down, making up for the fireworks.

"Two steamed buns. ”

It's just that the stool isn't hot yet.

"Boom Boom Boom ......"

The sound of a breaking gong suddenly appeared.

"Help Qing to extinguish the ocean, help to clear the ocean, help the Qing to extinguish the foreign......"

I saw that at the end of the long street, many men with red scarves on their heads, holding torches, playing with fists and feet along the way, chanting words in their mouths, burning incense in their hands, and drawing talismans, saying strange words that are invulnerable, and burning talisman water, saying that it can drive away disasters and cure diseases, and provoke people to rob.

Behind them, there are a lot of elated, lively children, shouting the slogan of "helping the Qing to extinguish the ocean" while walking, while knocking on the broken gong in their hands, the children who met on the side of the canal yesterday were impressively inside, all the way down, many people were attracted to come, followed behind, cheering, and the momentum was not small.

Looking at the trick in front of him that was quite similar to the "Yellow Lotus Sect", Su Hongxin raised his eyebrows, this Tianjin Wei realm, the "Boxers" are headed by Cao Futian, this person was born in the Qing Army, quite courageous, these years have been in Jinghai, Nanpi, Qingyun to develop the Boxers, in the previous Wang Wu letters to him, this person was mentioned.

But what surprised Su Hongxin the most was that he still knew the leader.

But who is the Tao?

But I saw that the guy had thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, his head was wrapped in a red scarf, his face had a narrow and hideous scar, and he was only wearing a sleeveless gray cloth gown on his upper body, which was unbuttoned, revealing his thin and dark chest. Holding a pile of rune paper in his hand, jumping and jumping, there were words in his mouth, and after a few steps, he shook his hand, and the rune paper immediately spontaneously ignited without fire, causing a cry of surprise.

He still remembered the name of this person, it seemed to be called Zhuzi, when he first came to Tianjin, the young man who was snotty and scared by the yellow skin, Su Hongxin remembered it clearly, or because his father couldn't rest assured that he couldn't leave his own pair of children when he died.

Unexpectedly, after not seeing him for a year, he actually joined the Boxer Rebellion, and it seems that he still has a bit of status.

"Wow, look at my divine power and body, show my might!"

slapped his chest, only to see the pillar's eyes glaring angrily, and he took two steel knives with both hands, the blades were facing inward, and he chopped them off against himself.

"Bang!

The blade was cut off, and the scene of flesh and blood flying did not appear, but it seemed to be split on the gold stone, leaving no mark, this scene can make many people stunned.

"If you enter my Yihe fist, you can be blessed by the gods and Buddhas, and you will be invulnerable to the gods and Buddhas!"

In a word, many people followed, not only at the bottom of the market, but also some wealthy gentry officers and soldiers, from the prince and the prime minister, to the prostitutes, almost no one was in the group.

Su Hongxin looked at the familiar scene and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

A year has made him understand a lot of things, he doesn't believe that there is really no smart person in this city who sees this as a trick, but many people know that it is false, but they still believe it, it is a life-saving straw, and they are desperate for this world. It's a luxury to live, and if you want to talk to them about etiquette and morality, that's a fart, but you have to talk about a god, a ghost, and keep them as if they were gods.

In the present world, this is a superstitious feudal belief, but now, this is the sadness of an era, how can he, a descendant, be qualified to comment on right and wrong.

Wait to see the Boxers go away.

"Tsk, that's great, that pillar is almost a character!"

The boss of the stall was full of envy and came over with a bun.

Su Hongxin ate the steamed bun and asked vaguely, "How can the boss still know him?"

Then I saw the boss who was over forty years old rubbing his dough and said with a smile: "Hehe, the guest must have just come to Tianjin, don't you know, this person was still a hard worker on the dock years ago, he is honest, and he has a sister, and his father and mother are dead, so he will be taken care of by his second uncle." But his second uncle is not a thing, taking advantage of the pillar to go out, secretly trying to sell the girl to the kiln, but the girl has a strong temperament, she can't obey whether she lives or dies, and she crashes to death on the wall, alas!"

It's a bit embarrassing.

"When the pillar came back from work, his sister's corpse was burned, as the saying goes, the rabbit bites when he is in a hurry, the pillar was stunned and killed his second uncle's family in a fit of anger, all of them were chopped off, and finally threw the boxer, speaking of which, it can be regarded as a hero!"

Su Hongxin sat and ate steamed buns without saying a word, and after listening to it, he put down the money, wiped his mouth, and turned to leave.

Lu Zutang.

This place is close to the South Canal.

Su Hongxin came all the way, and found that many people were rushing here, men, women and children, all of them were more lively than rushing to the market, there were many discussions, and there was a lot of noise, and when he arrived, the sky was a lot brighter.

Without waiting for it to pass, I saw a sea of people, shouting and shouting.

It turned out to be a martial arts exercise, and a group of people were playing martial arts on the platform in front of the palace.

This leader is Wang Wu.

And the one next to him is playing Tai Chi, which is different from the Tai Chi seen in the past, the kung fu under this person's hands is fierce and domineering, how can there be a little softness, it is actually Chen Xiaobraid.

In addition, Yan Qing, Xingyi, Bagua, Lying on the Ground, Three Emperor Cannon Hammer, and Tan Leg can all see a few, leading a group of people to shout like thunder, and play tiger and tiger in the boxing ring.

It was really the Boxer Rebellion on the plain, and it spread everywhere in less than three months.

Many people watched and watched, involuntarily walked into the field, integrated in, and in the end even the platform could not stand, the flow of people extended to the Five Immortals Hall, the inner hall, the stone steps, the flat ground, and even the stone path was full of people, and those who did not go in were honestly standing next to them, carefully observing and practicing boxing.

The morning sun is rising, the golden morning light falls on the fresh faces, as if injecting vitality into this declining and declining city, with more and more people joining, the whole platform, it is really a fist wind roaring, shouting like thunder, earth-shattering.

"Ha-ha-ha-"

Just like the military parade of later generations, one person's strength is very small, but these hundreds of people and thousands of people gather in one place, stomping their feet like an earthquake, lifting their fists like turning the sky upside down, even Su Hongxin's heart is agitated, his blood fluctuates, and he can't wait to blend in.

Su Hongxin took a deep breath, he stood aside, and his eyes were red.

He suddenly felt as if he had something wrong.

Time passed little by little, some people retreated, some people joined in, and more and more people came, Su Hongxin kept retreating.

"Eh, big brother, it's you!"

A voice of surprise suddenly sounded from behind him.

Su Hongxin turned his head to take a look, and saw that the person behind him was the pillar, his face was filled with the original immature smile, as if it had never changed, but the scar that couldn't stop writhing with the smile was a little dazzling.

"You kid, I haven't seen you for a year, and it's changed a lot!"

Zhu Zi asked eagerly, "Big brother, are you also here to learn boxing?"

It's just that after saying that, he seemed to remember something, touched his head, and said with a smile: "Haha, I forgot, eldest brother, you were originally a practitioner, you must be better than me, but you must not be as good as Master Wang, for most of the year, Master Wang has been teaching boxing here, but it's amazing, my kung fu is learned from here!"

The Wang Shi in his mouth is probably Wang Wu.

Su Hongxin was inexplicably touched when he heard it.

"Hehe, I'm definitely not as good as him, a lot of my kung fu is also learned from him!"

The pillar's eyes lit up, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

"Really, then we're brothers, by the way, why don't you go in?"

Su Hongxin was about to reply, but he overheard.

"Don't worry, Grandma I still want to see, where can you retreat?"

A clear and beautiful voice fell, and I saw that on the stone steps not far away, Chen Xiaobraid was wearing a fiery red dress, his phoenix eyes were half-narrowed, as if he was smiling but not smiling, his eyes were not good, and his hands were slowly arranging his sleeves, with a posture of wanting to do it.

As soon as he heard this voice, Su Hongxin said in his heart, this girl wants to do something.

He patted the pillar on the shoulder. "You go in first, I'll invite you to drink later!"

looked at Chen Xiaobraid, who was staring at Su Hongxin, suspiciously, the pillar was a little unclear, but he still responded with a smile and walked quickly into the platform.

"This dress is new, it looks good!"

Looking at Chen Xiaobraid, Su Hong's confidence panicked, and the ghost made a god to say this.

It's okay if he doesn't say it, but when he says it, he regrets it.

Mouth owes.

He cut the last garment.

Chen Xiaobraid's cheeks were red, and his eyes were wide. "You still have the face to say, I'll let you take a bullet, you won't just cut the clothes at the wound?

"That's not the first time, I didn't think about it so much, besides, the third knife didn't cut your pants!" Su Hongxin was also a little embarrassed when he mentioned this.

"Phew!"

Chen Xiaobraid bit his silver teeth and snorted.

At this time, I heard Su Hongxin turn his gaze and whispered a little lacking in breath: "Besides, last night, didn't you already look back, let's be even, and, that's it, did you ...... me?"

The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became.

Then cautiously, he stealthily raised his eyes to look at the man.

But when I raised my eyes, I saw a red shadow flashing sharply, a white clenched fist smashed head-on, and a voice of gnashing teeth erupted on the ground.

"Look at the punch!"