1. Midnight terror
The Bozi Sea is surging, beating the embankment of Bozi Town day and night, endlessly. On the embankment, there are more than a dozen flowers in the moon and the season are as red as they burn, and it is the early autumn of August. A round of red sun slowly fell, and the sparse daylight sprinkled onto the town, adding a touch of gloom. A large clearing in the town was filled with men, women, and children, watching intently as two men fought.
The man on the left is tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his body movements are extremely flexible, and every punch is scornful, hitting the opponent's head. The opponent was a young man of medium stature and fair skin, he was thin and muscular. I saw him stand firmly, shaking his head to dodge, but he dodged eight of the ten punches, and the remaining two punches also waved his arms to block. When the tall man's attack slowed down, the thin young man suddenly bent down and tightened his abdomen, and punched the opponent's abdomen. The tall man was slightly stunned and retreated sharply. The onlookers applauded in unison.
After a while, I heard a girl's voice say: "Mom, why is he retreating, if he raises his leg and sweeps low at this time, he can completely regain the advantage!" Beside her stood a middle-aged woman with sleek yellow hair, who said: "The bystanders are clear, but the authorities are confused! Every move in the struggle is often a subconscious reaction; this person does not fight back, but chooses to retreat, just subconsciously." It can be seen that his daily training is both internal and external. The two of them fought fiercely, not paying attention to the conversation between the mother and son. The people around looked at the mother and daughter again, and thought in their hearts: "Look at the voices and faces of their mothers, eighty percent of them are migrant workers who have just come from other places to make a living, and their tone of voice looks like a person who practices martial arts!"
At this time, the situation in the fight changed again, and the tall man turned from defense to attack, punching and kicking, and his movements were coherent and smooth. The short man retreated and resisted with all his might, but he was able to return one of the three moves. The short vests on both were soaked with sweat. By this time it was already dark, and gradually someone took out matches and lit candles. The middle-aged woman looked at it for a while, and saw that the two of them kept moving towards her, but they couldn't tell the difference between their fists and feet, so she couldn't help but be excited, and said to the girl, "It's dark, let's go." On the first day of today, I need to find a place to live. Then he turned and left.
Although the short man fought back with all his might, he was still at a disadvantage, and for a moment he was competitive, suddenly raised his leg and slashed at the tall man. The tall man didn't expect the other party to suddenly counterattack, and he hurriedly dodged to the left in a panic. The short man's leg was too fast and too hard, and he couldn't retract the momentum halfway, knowing that the other party had avoided it, and he had to kick forward, but in front of him was the back of a weak girl, and shouted in a hurry: "Be careful!" The girl had turned to leave, and suddenly heard the scream, and immediately knew that the situation was not good, and hurriedly turned around and raised her hand to block the kick. But the kick was very fast, and although the girl had blocked it, she was still knocked to the ground by the incoming momentum, and her arms were sore and painful. The onlookers exclaimed in unison. The short man couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he saw that the girl was able to block his own hard blow, but when he saw that the girl was not injured, he was immediately relieved.
When he saw the girl standing up, he hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm sorry, girl, I didn't see you, otherwise I wouldn't have dared to kick this kick just now." At this time, the middle-aged woman had also walked back, and the short man apologized to the girl, and then arched his hand to the middle-aged woman, saying: "I am learning martial arts with my friends and preparing for tomorrow's Zhenwu Conference, but I didn't expect to provoke so many people to watch, and it is really because it is dark and I can't see people clearly, I'm sorry." ”
The tall man also came over at this time and apologized to the mother and daughter.
The middle-aged woman's name is Wang Xiaoli, her family suddenly changed ten years ago, and then she took her daughter around to make a living. When she saw her daughter being knocked down, she was furious, but before they met, the tall and the short were modest and sincere, and most of their anger disappeared, and she sighed and said, "It's okay, you didn't mean it." The short man smiled and said to the girl, "Thank you, little girl, next time I have the opportunity, I will teach you some kung fu, which is an apology!"
He saw that the girl seemed to be a good student, and he thought that she was good at martial arts, so he said this sentence to make her happy. Who knows that this girl listened, her heart was quite unhappy, she followed her mother to a lot of cities, thinking that she had a little knowledge, can be independent, who knows that whenever someone sees her, she is not called "little girl" or "little girl", she does not treat her as an adult, not to mention that she has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she is quite conceited about practicing martial arts. She is active by nature, and when she saw that the two of them had been fighting for a long time, she was already eager to try, and said gloomily at the moment: "What do you thank me? I am the one who kicked you, my mother forgave you, but I didn't." Also, my name is Wang Xue, not a little girl!" A trace of surprise flashed on the short man's face, and then he smiled and said, "Okay, Wang Xue." So what do you want me to do?" Wang Xue said: "You fight with me for a last round, and I will forgive you if you win." The short man saw the old man with the corners of Wang Xue's mouth pursed and his face full of grievances and anger, and secretly laughed in his heart: "You are really a stubborn little girl! If I really win against you, where will you forgive me." Suddenly, seeing Wang Xue with a big bag of luggage behind her, she thought that her mother and daughter were migrant workers who came from other places to make a living, and they had a plan in their hearts at the moment, so they smiled and said: "I'm tired now, you see it's the first day here, I think so, I'll find you an inn to stay in for the time being, tomorrow the Zhenwu Conference will be held in the town, and you can come to me to avenge this kick, how about it?" I thought that Wang Xue was angry at this time, so I might as well have a delaying plan first, and wait until tomorrow to talk about anything.
Wang Xue didn't know what the Zhenwu Conference was, but it sounded quite interesting, and seeing that it was getting late at this time, it was impossible to make any more moves, so she nodded and said okay. Wang Xiaoli reprimanded: "Wang Xue, don't mess around, people didn't kick you on purpose." We are going to live here for a while, and if you are good at martial arts, you will have the opportunity to learn from these two senior brothers in the future. ”
The tall man laughed and said loudly: "My name is Zhang Guanhua, and his name is Li Hao." As he spoke, he pointed to the short man, and said, "You can just call us by name, and we don't dare to call us 'senior brother'." ”
Wang Xue looked at the short man, and thought, "So your name is Li Hao!" In fact, Li Hao's height is not short, he is a little taller than Wang Xue, but that Zhang Guanhua is really tall, a head taller than ordinary people, Li Hao and him stand side by side, naturally looking much shorter.
The onlookers saw that Wang Xue and the four of them were talking more and more kindly, and they expected that there would be no more excitement to see, and it was really dark again, so they dispersed one after another.
Li Hao said: "Let's go, I'll go find an inn for you to settle down." Without waiting for Wang Xiaoli's mother and daughter to nod in agreement, they picked up the luggage behind Wang Xue. Wang Xiaoli saw that Li Hao had a friendly attitude, and trusted him for eight or nine points, thinking that he was just enthusiastic about helping others, and had no other intentions, so she thanked Li Hao at the moment, and Wang Xue followed later.
Wang Xiaoli asked about the Zhenwu Conference. Zhang Guanhua said: "Our town holds a martial arts competition in August every year, at first it was just a competition between our Haba Gate and Zhenwu Gate, and then other sects came to teach one after another, and this annual martial arts competition is getting more and more lively!" Wang Xiaoli Wang Xue couldn't help but be slightly stunned when she heard the word "Zhenwu Gate". The reputation of Zhenwumen has been very important in the rivers and lakes for decades, and there are its disciples in Tiannan, Haibei and Haibei, but it is the first time that Habamen has heard of it. Wang Xue grinned and said, "Is your sect called 'Habamen', what an interesting name, tomorrow I have to come to see your competition." Li Hao and Zhang Guanhua also smiled slightly.
Li Hao led the three of them across three streets and walked into an alley, suddenly frowned, stopped, and said in a low voice: "Wait!" Wang Xue said: "What, have you arrived at the inn?" She walked for a day, and she was really physically and mentally exhausted. Li Hao stared coldly ahead, not saying a word. Wang Xue followed his gaze and saw that there seemed to be a figure slowly approaching not far ahead, and when he got closer, he saw clearly through the faint moonlight, and sure enough, a person walked slowly. I saw that this person was burly, although his height was not as good as Zhang Guanhua, but he was much stronger than Zhang Guanhua, he was dressed in black, wearing a big black cloth hat, covering his forehead all the time, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, and saw that this person had a short dagger hanging from his waist, standing ten meters away, Leng Sensen's eyes forced him to look at him, and he expected that this person probably had bad intentions. Wang Xue snorted and shouted in a low voice: "Do you want to block the road and rob, we are not afraid of you, there are many of us!" As soon as the words fell, I saw two more people walking in front of me, standing next to the black-clothed man, and three people came out of the street corner behind him, except for the black-clothed man, there were a total of five people, all dressed in black, holding daggers. Wang Xue snorted softly and said, "Alas, when I didn't say it. ”
Li Hao took a step forward and said loudly: "Who are you and why are you stopping us?" When he spoke, Zhang Guanhua had already turned around and stood behind Wang Xue's mother and daughter. Both mother and daughter thought to themselves, "You two are very righteous." Seeing that no one answered, Li Hao said: "Something is coming at our two brothers, no matter what happens to them, they are here for the first time today, and they don't know anything." Wang Xiaoli thought to herself: "You are righteous, and we can't leave you alone." "She was born in a martial arts family, and her personality has the arrogance of a martial arts student, and her skills are not weak. She and Wang Xue have been making a living everywhere for many years, and they have encountered a lot of theft, fraud, and robbery, and they can defeat and repel the bandits every time, although the other party has a large number of people, they are not very afraid. Wang Xue thought to herself: "Don't look at the number of you, if you really make a move, it's not certain who wins and who loses!"
The burly man said, "I'm looking for their mother and daughter, and it has nothing to do with you." Wang Xiaoli and Wang Xue glanced at each other, and they both felt strange in their hearts. Wang Xiaoli said awe-inspiringly: "We first came to your land, and we don't know where we offended you, you might as well say it clearly, and we apologize." If you want to rob us, we really don't have much money on our mother and daughter. When the big man heard her words, he had the intention of calming things down, but he came prepared today, just to embarrass Wang Xiaoli's mother and daughter, how could it be ended with an apology? Suddenly, he shouted loudly: "Do it!" As soon as the words fell, the other five people attacked with knives together.
Before Zhang Guanhua met, the two black-clothed people suddenly moved, and it was too late to explain more, so he put his hands out together and firmly grabbed the wrists of the two people holding knives. The third person has also attacked at this time, and if Zhang Guanhua lets go and retreats at this moment, Wang Xue's mother and daughter will be exposed to the opponent's knife. He was hesitating when Wang Xiaoli suddenly slanted over and raised her leg and kicked the man in the chest. The kick was swift and hard, and without warning, the man screamed, took a big step back, and fell to the ground. Zhang Guanhua was secretly frightened: "This woman is so good at kung fu, I'm afraid that her skills are still above me!"
Li Hao and Wang Xue also fought with the two in front of them respectively. Li Hao aimed at the opponent's wrist, intending to snatch his dagger, but the man's movements were surprisingly fast, and the dagger couldn't be taken down for a while. Wang Xueyun became a fist, but forced the black-clothed man with a dagger to take a few steps back, she has been heroic and aggressive since she was a child, and it is okay to say other things, and she will not suffer any loss when she says anything in her fists and feet. Li Hao was shocked when he saw her skills, and just thought: "This little girl is really powerful, fortunately, I didn't do it with her before, otherwise I might not have won her." ”
The burly man who was the first to block the road stood aside, coldly watching everyone fighting, suddenly shouted, rushed towards Wang Xue, and struck her at the root of her ear from the bottom up. Wang Xue saw that he was coming very fast, and he didn't dare to hold it up, so he immediately waved his arm to block, but he didn't know that the manpower was very fierce, his arms were against his fists, and his elbows hurt hotly. The man punched again, Wang Xue didn't dare to stretch out his arm to resist, and hurriedly avoided backwards, but there happened to be another man in black standing behind him. When she realized that it was too late, the man in black swung a dagger and slashed it from top to bottom, cutting the clothes on Wang Xue's back out of the road. Blood flowed from Wang Xue's back, she had never been so frustrated since her debut, her face was red with anger, and she was trembling all over.
The burly man rushed towards Li Hao again, his shot was vicious, his strength was fierce, and he knocked Li Hao back with three punches and two feet. Wang Xiaoli was originally fighting with Zhang Guanhua against the three of them, but when she saw her daughter injured, her heart was shocked, and she suddenly turned around to help. She loved her daughter so much that she forgot the taboo of not exposing her back to the enemy under any circumstances. The two black-clothed men saw that Wang Xiaoli suddenly showed a big flaw, and immediately raised their daggers and stabbed them diagonally. Wang Xue was shocked and screamed, "Mom, be careful behind!" The two daggers were about to pierce Wang Xiaoli's body, and a figure suddenly blocked in front and suffered these two knives on her behalf. Wang Xiaoli hurriedly turned around and saw that it was Zhang Guanhua who sacrificed his life to save her. The two saw that Zhang Guanhua was injured and fell to the ground, his clothes were covered with blood, and it was impossible to get up and do it again, so they withdrew their daggers and attacked Wang Xiaoli together with the third person.
Wang Xue was furious and shouted, "Who are you, and what kind of grudge do you have with us?" shouted in his mouth, but his hands still didn't stop. Li Hao ran to her side and attacked the burly man with her. Both of them knew that this big man was the leader of the enemy, and they only hoped to restrain him and then coerce the other five to bind him. How can this big man be extremely good, Wang Xue and Li Hao were in danger for a moment, not to mention restraining him, it was a great luck that he was not controlled, not to mention that there were two accomplices standing next to the big man waiting for the opportunity to move.
Wang Xiaoli and Wang Xue practiced the authentic Wang family boxing method, which is known for its fierceness and fierceness, and every move and style is powerful, but although the boxing method is fierce, it is also extremely physically demanding. Wang Xiaoli's opponents were already physically exhausted, and she was distracted and worried about the safety of Zhang Guanhua and Wang Xue, so she suffered setbacks one after another. Wang Xiaoli was secretly frightened, knowing that the four of her own people would be unlucky if she continued to fight, so she suddenly raised her leg and kicked forward, forcing the three of them to take a step back, and took this opportunity to glance in the direction of Wang Xue, only to see a large swollen piece on Wang Xue's right cheek, Li Hao was covered with dust, and he didn't know how many times he had been knocked down. Seeing that the three people were bullied again, they immediately jumped to the left and shouted, "Everyone, stop!"
The three of them stopped approaching, and the burly man stopped. Wang Xue and Li Hao were afraid that the big man would suddenly make a surprise attack, so they each jumped back a step.
Wang Xiaoli saw that the enemy was fierce, and it was by no means an ordinary roadblock, so she said loudly: "Our mother and daughter are here for the first time today, and I don't know what offended you. Today you have many servants, and we have acknowledged it. But even if you want us to die, you have to let us die to understand! Why are you embarrassed by our mother and daughter? I'm afraid that you have recognized the wrong person!"
The black-clothed man at the head snorted and said, "Admit your mistake? I can recognize you even if you turn to ashes! Don't you know what you have done? Don't think that I will forgive you after many years!" Wang Xiaoli was surprised in her heart, listening to his tone, she seemed to know herself, but the other party's face was covered by a black cloth and she couldn't see her appearance clearly, and even her voice was very unfamiliar, and she couldn't remember who it was for a while. Wang Xue couldn't help but say loudly: "You are talking nonsense, your mother has only created evil!" The big man was stunned, and then looked up to the sky and laughed.
Li Hao looked at the situation tonight, and knew that the other party would not stop easily, and when Wang Xiaoli was speaking, he took out a meteor from his arms, lit a match, and as soon as his hand was loosened, a bright red light shot straight into the sky.
The burly man was furious and shouted loudly: "Do you call a helper, do you think your helper can come to save you in time?" suddenly took a step forward and attacked Li Hao and Wang Xue with both fists. Li Hao and Wang Xue avoided on the left and right sides. Wang Xiaoli was far away, and was about to step forward to help, when she suddenly felt a pain in her back, and her back had been held against a dagger. The other two grabbed her by the arm, flipped her to the ground, and dragged her around the corner. One person shouted: "It's done, let's withdraw first!"
Wang Xue yelled Mom and wanted to rush to the rescue, but the big man was so entangled that he couldn't get out for a while. Seeing that the five of his men had disappeared into the night one after another, the big man stopped fighting, pointed at Wang Xue and Li Hao and shouted, "I'll clean you up next time!" Wang Xue shouted: "Put my mother back!" and chased after him quickly. It's just that she is not familiar with the road, and it is too dark, and she chases and loses people in only one street, and she can't hear her mother's screams in all directions.
When Wang Xue first came to the town, she encountered a major accident, which only frightened her into being at a loss, and she slowly walked back after a while. Li Hao leaned over to check Zhang Guanhua's injuries and saw that there were two knife wounds on his body, although the knife edge was deep, but it did not hit the vital point, so he was a little relieved. At this time, footsteps were heard again, and two people walked briskly. When Wang Xue saw that someone was coming again, she was in good spirits and secretly guarded. The men were a young man and a young girl, the young man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a young face and a thin body, and the girl was a little older, with neat short hair. Li Hao said: "Don't worry, it's all your own people." ”
Li Hao waited for the two to approach and briefly explained the situation of the suitable. The girl frowned and sighed softly, hugged Wang Xue with her hands, and said softly: "Little sister, don't you know the people who robbed your mother?" Wang Xue wept and said: "I don't know." My mom and I are here for the first time today. The boy never left Zhang Guanhua when Li Hao spoke, and then suddenly turned his head, looked at Wang Xue with an apologetic face, and said in a low voice: "Let's go back first, and then find a way to save your mother tomorrow, okay?"
Wang Xue has been dependent on her mother since she was a child, and has never left her mother for many years, when she saw that her mother was taken away by a wicked person, she just wanted to rush to rescue her immediately, but then she thought about it: "That Zhang Guanhua was seriously injured by my mother, and it would be too selfish for me to insist on saving my mother regardless of his life or death at this time." What's more, even if we catch up with them, we will definitely beat them, and then not only will we not be able to save our mother, but we will have to put the lives of the four of them on the line. Although the four of them met for the first time today, it can be concluded that they are all good people, and they can be trusted. Then he said, "Yes, I will listen to you." ”
Li Hao glanced at the boy, and the two of them bent down together, helped Zhang Guanhua up, and took Wang Xue to turn two streets and walk towards a remote path.