Li Bochen sat by the window of Zhang Tangzi Restaurant and ordered a bowl of black rice porridge, two meat-filled buns, and a plate of fried pork. I thought that the amount of vegetables in the south would be smaller, but when the fried pork was served, it was stacked high.

The guy seemed to see what he was thinking, so he put the handkerchief on his shoulder and said with a smile: "The guest just came to Zhangcheng, right?"

Li Bochen nodded: "How did the little brother see it?"

He was a newcomer. I entered the city yesterday and found it today.

The guy laughed again: "There are not many people in Zhang City who eat meat like you." ”

sighed again: "It's not all about Kongming's troubles - I won't tell you, this roasted meat is still left over from yesterday, and it is also because of winter that I dare to serve it to you." The chef cooks two catties a day, and there are two leftovers for three days. ”

The window of Zhang Tangzi's restaurant is very large, and there is no curtain at this time, so the store is a little cold, and he is the only customer at the moment. Li Bochen saw that this guy was talkative, so he smiled and said, "What do you call the little brother?"

The man sat down at a table next to him: "It's good if the guests call me Arrow." What are you asking about?"

"Yes. Li Bochen picked up the porridge and took a sip along the edge of the bowl, "The Yi Shenghe diagonally opposite, I heard that the owner is a woman?"

Ah Luo's eyes lit up: "Haha, what is the guest asking about this?"

"I have a cousin, and the family trustee wants to ask him to go to the counter to go to school, so I will come and see first. ”

"That's right. Ah Luo thought for a moment and lowered his voice, "Guest, I'm afraid that your cousin's business will not be done." ”

Li Bochen's heart jumped: "How do you say this?"

Ah Luo glanced over at the merchant, "Look, the door is closed. His family had gone to the north a few months ago to sell goods, and had only returned a few days earlier. I heard that I met bandits on the road, and two of them died. The owner also broke his leg and is raising it. Alas, it is not easy to be a widow, a woman comes and goes in the wind and rain, it is estimated that she will have to raise her for a winter, and she probably won't have anyone anymore. ”

Li Bochen breathed a sigh of relief. He also thought that he pushed Ye Yinghong out of the Wujing Mountain like that. I wanted to ask where the two dead guys were, but I couldn't speak for a while, so I hesitated for a while.

How do you know that Ah Luo is very talkative, wiped his hands with a hand towel, and said: "Speaking of those two guys, it's a pity." One spring is going to get married, and a family is just about to start a house, and they used to come to me often......"

He spoke bits and pieces for a while, and Li Bochen knew that the two dead were living in Zhangcheng, one in the south of the city and the other in the east of the city. At this time, three more husbands came in to raise the curtain, and Aro confessed and called them. Li Bochen looked at the Yishenghe firm diagonally opposite from the window, ate all the things on the table, put aside another ten cents, and walked out of the store.

The city of Zhangcheng is much warmer and much larger than the city of Wuliang. However, after all, the Sui Kingdom is far north among the six kingdoms of the Son of Heaven, so there is still a thin layer of residual snow on the streets of Zhangcheng, and there is no greenery.

Li Bochen was full of food and drink, and he was wearing cotton clothes, so he didn't feel cold at this time. He walked all the way down the street to the south of the city, found a noodle stall and inquired about the residence of one of the fellows, and threw a piece of gold collar into the courtyard through the low wall, and likewise inquired about the residence of the fellow in the east of the city, and threw another piece of gold collar into it.

As a result, there were only six coins and a jade pendant left on his body. But he was relieved. Zhangcheng is adjacent to Xiliu City, and it is also close to Li Guo. Along the way, I heard a lot of people speaking with Li Guo accents, it should be because of the war over there and moved to Sui State.

His name is Li Bochen, and this name is quite common among the people of Li Guo. Most of the people of Li worship the Beichen Emperor, and they like to use the word Chen to name boys. The "uncle" in the middle of his name is the ranking, there must be a lot of duplicate names in Zhangcheng, and there should be some "Zhongchen", "Shuchen", "Jichen" and the like, so even if he reports his real name, there is no problem.

There are many pedestrians on Zhangcheng Street, and he plans to take advantage of the warmth in his stomach to try his luck at the foot shop along the river, and first do hard work to earn a few days of money, and then think about how to settle down.

He thought as he walked, and before he knew it, he turned into a side street, and the pedestrians were thinning out. On the side of the street is a high-walled compound that looks like the home of the wealthy. There was no work to be found in such a place, so he planned to turn out again.

But when I got to the corner of the street, I saw that there seemed to be several people arguing in another alley. He glanced and saw that it was four young men in black cotton robes who had blocked an old man in his fifties against the wall. The old man was well-dressed, and he was afraid that he was a scholar. But the four black-robed young men all had knives stuck in their waists, Li Bochen looked at it and found that it was a wooden knife. But even so, it is easy to break a person's bones with force.

He pretended to pass by and coughed.

If it is an ordinary person, it is time to retreat when you see this scene. But the young man looked up at him, and three of them approached the old man and went on to say something to him. The other pulled out the wooden knife at his waist and shouted, "Don't be troublesome, go yours!"

He really didn't want to do much, because at this time he had already seen that the taller one of the three people who spoke seemed to be slightly older, and occasionally smiled when talking to the old man, which didn't seem to be a robbery, but more like the gang and the old man had some trouble.

This kind of thing often involves debt disputes, and he can't take care of it, so he plans to leave.

But the young man who drew the wooden knife seemed to be very impatient, and when he saw that he did not immediately raise his foot, he came over and shouted, "What are you looking at?

Li Bochen was stunned, he had heard the name "Kong Ming Society" in the mouths of the guys at Zhang Tangzi Restaurant before. After being stunned for such a moment, the young man was even more angry, and he actually slashed over with a knife: "Tell you to go!"

The man's knife wasn't swinging quickly, and it seemed like it was trying to be scary. Li Bochen's beard is long these days, and his face is unkempt, and he looks really down. But he has always eaten soft rather than hard, and when he saw that this person was arrogant and unreasonable, he was a little angry in his heart. Without dodging or dodging, he raised his hand with a low snort and waved it violently, only to hear a snap, and the man's wooden knife was cut in his hand and broken.

The young man didn't seem to expect this result, and raised his knife and froze in place. Li Bochen put down his hand, and couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart. The record he made just now can barely be regarded as his self-created palm technique - a change from the knife technique he comprehended on the battlefield, and he named it "Wind Chopping Palm". Empty-handed is the palm method, and having a knife in the hand is the knife method.

Ordinary people struck the wooden knife with their palms, and the knife was slender and unsteady, probably smashing the knife crooked at most. But he ate the Sumeru fetus before, and it seemed that because of the effect of the flesh and blood of the demon beast, the strength was even stronger than before, and he actually split the wooden knife alive.

He was about to say, "Your Excellency, don't deceive people too much," but the young man reacted and stabbed him with a knife from his bosom.

Li Bochen gave birth to real fire - young frivolity and armed murder are two different things. The man rushed in with little discipline, and with all his ferocity, he kicked him sideways, hitting him in the left leg of the thigh.

The young man was immediately kicked by him and fell back, slid three or four steps on the ground, and the knife was also out of his hand. I couldn't help but hug my leg and screamed, but it seemed to hurt more when I touched my leg, so I quickly let go of my hand. He shouted twice, gritting his teeth, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.