Chapter 33: Maple Leaf City: A God-Given Opportunity (Ask for Recommendations)
After observing the courtyard, Zhang Peng and the others successfully found the residence of the two. It's a place to live, but it's better to say it's a firewood house that has been picked up. It's still the kind of house that is ventilated on all sides and has a leaky roof. However, this is already a good house for Zhang Peng and the others. The two of them did not dislike it at all, and strode in.
The room was covered in cobwebs and dust, and there was not even a single piece of furniture intact in the empty room. Zhang Jie searched everywhere to no avail, and in the end, he could only hold two tree stumps and hand one to Zhang Peng.
"By the way, Peng'er, don't you have a master? Have you ever practiced kung fu?" asked Zhang Jie, who was sitting on a tree stump.
Zhang Peng shook his head helplessly and said, "No!"
Yes, although Zhang Peng has the master of the Dustless Daoist, the time they have only been together for three days is not just said that they will let the Dustless Daoist teach him martial arts, and he was driven out to perform the task.
"Then what if you are in danger like this!" Zhang Jie said with a frown.
Hearing Zhang Jie's words, Zhang Peng seemed to sense his other meaning, and then asked, "Xiaojie, do you know kung fu?"
Zhang Jie looked serious, pretended to cover his mouth and coughed twice, and said: "Speaking of which, this is not a great kung fu for me, at best it is just a means of self-preservation." It's not that hard, if you want to learn, I can teach you. ”
Hearing Zhang Jie's words, Zhang Peng suddenly became excited, and hurriedly said: "Then teach me quickly, so that I also have the means to protect myself." Maybe it will help me a lot with what I'm going to do next. ”
"Actually, this is also what an old man called Hua taught me, and a one called shrinking the ground into inches, simply put, it is light work. The other is breathing, which allows you to freeze your death for a period of time. I can hand over to you to shrink the ground into inches first, this is relatively easy, as for this breathing technique, it is a bit complicated, and I can only teach you slowly. Zhang Jie said.
Hearing this, Zhang Peng looked at Zhang Jie very gratefully and said, "Xiaojie, thank you!"
When Zhang Jie heard this, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, then stood up and walked to Zhang Peng's side, patted Zhang Peng's shoulder, and said seriously: "Don't thank me, after all, you are the first friend in my life, the best brother!"
After hearing this, Zhang Peng also nodded firmly, looked at Zhang Jie and said solemnly: "Well, you too!"
The two looked at each other and laughed together.
"All the servants of the Liu Mansion pay attention, hurry up to the front yard hall to gather, the lord has something to explain, give me a little bit of money, if you are late, don't blame my house rules for serving!"
Just when the two of them were laughing heartily in the house, a familiar voice came in from outside the house, and the two listened carefully, only to know that the person who spoke was the housekeeper Liu Kun who had met before. This made Zhang Peng and the others a little stunned, and their faces became embarrassed, you must know that when they were on the street before, the two of them had a relationship with Liu Yuan, but this relationship was a little unpleasant.
"Alright, don't worry, there are so many servants in this family. He doesn't necessarily find us. Zhang Jie said.
Let's go, let's go and have a look. It's a big deal that the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth!" Zhang Peng also said.
With that, the two of them left the room together, followed by a large number of servants in the direction of the front yard hall.
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Front yard hall.
At this time, Zhang Peng and the two followed many servants of the Liu Mansion in a dignified manner, standing respectfully in the hall. At the top of the hall, there sat a middle-aged man in his forties, this person had sharp edges and corners on his face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, giving people a kind of intimidating and angry, like the momentum of a superior person, this person was the head of the Liu Mansion, Liu Qingfeng. On the left hand side of the middle-aged man, it was Liu Yuan, whom Zhang Peng had seen on the street that day. On the right-hand side is a thin man, who seems to be overindulgent and listless, this person is the fatal flying knife, Li Yi. Next to Li Yi was a middle-aged man who looked like a rough man, with a tiger's back and a big beard, and this person was a butcher.
Seeing the servants gathered below, Liu Qingfeng pointed his finger on the table, and said leisurely: "It will be August 15 in a few days, according to the past practice, every year on August 15, my Liu family will send people to participate in the annual auction of Yulong Villa, this time I will call you over, just to tell me what to do after I leave." ”
Zhang Peng and the two below, when they heard that Liu Qingfeng was leaving Liu's mansion, their eyes couldn't help revealing a glimmer of light. The others also straightened their backs slightly. Only that Liu Yuan, who seemed to be careless, holding his head with his hands, didn't know what he was thinking.
"This time, I, the second master and the butcher will go together, as for the matter in Liu's mansion, Liu Kun, you have to think more about it. Li Yi will stay in the mansion, if you encounter something that cannot be handled, you will go to ask your wife to decide. Liu Qingfeng continued.
The wife in Liu Qingfeng's mouth is his wife, Zhao. It's just that the Zhao family has been eating fasting and reciting Buddha all these years, and he lives in a simple place in the Buddhist hall. Even Liu Qingfeng rarely bothered her Qingxiu. But even so, the Zhao family's status in the Liu Mansion is second only to Liu Qingfeng. Even Liu Yuan, who is accustomed to being arrogant and domineering, is also respectful when he sees the Zhao family, after all, the Zhao family is Liu Qingfeng's wife and half the master of the Liu Mansion.
"Obey the master's words!" Hearing Liu Qingfeng's words, Liu Kun hurriedly nodded.
"Master Liu is going to Yulong Villa, although rest assured, I am guarding the house and keeping the house safe. Li Yi also said with a smile on the side.
Hearing Li Yi's words, Liu Qingfeng nodded, looked at the people below, his eyes instantly became cold, and said, "In the days when I am not there, your affairs in the mansion are as usual." If I let me know who is opportunistic and clever during my absence, I will look good when I return!"
"Yes, sir!" the crowd responded.
"Well, okay. That's all there is to it. Let's disperse. Seeing everyone's reaction, Liu Qingfeng nodded with satisfaction, and just announced that everyone would disperse, Liu Yuan on the side suddenly stood up, snorted coldly, and said loudly: "Wait first!"
When everyone heard Liu Yuan's words, they immediately stopped their figures, looked at Liu Yuan suspiciously, and even Liu Qingfeng looked at Liu Yuan in confusion, and said lightly: "What's the matter?"
Liu Yuan didn't speak, but slowly left his position and came to Liu Kun's side, then pointed to Zhang Peng and the others standing at the back, and asked Liu Kun in a cold voice: "Liu Kun, shouldn't you explain what these two people are about?"
When Zhang Peng and the others saw Liu Yuan suddenly pointing at the two of them, they couldn't help shaking, and a trace of cold sweat broke out in their palms.
Hearing Liu Yuan's questioning, Liu Kun was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly said, "Second... Second master, these two boys were introduced by Sun Jian's guy to do short-term work. ”
"Oh, what a coincidence!" Liu Yuan said in a strange manner.
"Liu Yuan, what's going on?" Seeing that Liu Yuan was unusually concerned about his subordinates, Liu Qingfeng on the side was a little puzzled, usually Liu Kun had always taken care of the affairs of these subordinates, and they wouldn't care about these at all.
"Big brother, it's a coincidence, these two little guys had a relationship with me yesterday. Liu Yuan looked at Liu Qingfeng and said in a strange manner.
Liu Kun on the side saw the expression of the second master, and instantly saw that this Liu Yuan was not interested in this Li Dong and Liu Xi, and hurriedly said: "Second master, if you don't like them, I will drive them away now!"
"Don't worry, these two people blocked my way in Maple Leaf City yesterday and offended me, and today they happened to be my Liu Mansion's subordinates again, how can they be disciplined and disciplined? Liu Yuan said with a smile, but this smile made Zhang Peng and the others a little numb.
Even Liu Qingfeng on the side couldn't help frowning. He still has some understanding of his cousin, Liu Yuan's arrogance in this Maple Leaf City is already a well-known thing, but what he did did not harm the Dao Liu Mansion, and Liu Qingfeng turned a blind eye.
"What a bastard!" Liu Kun heard the words of the second master, and immediately shouted angrily.
Although Zhang Peng and the others had resentment in their hearts at this time, they were angry at the domineering of the Liu Mansion, but they could only bear it, after all, they finally entered the Liu Mansion, and Zhang Peng couldn't just give up halfway.
"Well, it's not a big deal, if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished. Let one of these two people go to get thirty sticks later, and just punish them slightly. Liu Yuan waved his hand and said lightly.
When the surrounding subordinates heard Liu Qingfeng's words, they looked at Zhang Peng and the two with expressions full of sympathy. At such a young age, with such a thin body, thirty sticks would kill them. Zhang Peng and the others also had a somewhat hideous face, with a hint of murderous aura in their eyes.
When Liu Qingfeng heard Liu Yuan's words, he frowned and said: "The two of them are so young, they will definitely die if they go down with thirty sticks, after all, this is what we spent money to invite back, if they die, won't the gains outweigh the losses? Just let them remember it for a long time. Liu Qingfeng said.
Then Liu Qingfeng waved his hand and signaled everyone to retreat first, while Zhang Peng and the two were pulled to the courtyard by the family, lying on the stool and receiving ten sticks, and the spanking was bloody and fleshy. Zhang Jie is okay, after all, he was used to being beaten when he was a beggar, but Zhang Peng was the first time, and every time he went down, he grinned in pain.
After being beaten, the two returned to the dilapidated firewood house and lay on the only wooden bed.
"Xiaojie, I'm sorry to cause you to be affected by me. Zhang Peng looked at the expressionless Zhang Jie and said.
Zhang Jie smiled indifferently and said, "Okay, we are brothers, there is nothing that is not connected." Besides, I'm used to it in Maple Leaf City, but you, are you okay?"
"It hurts!" Zhang Peng grinned.
"Hmph, let's remember this matter first! Sooner or later, they will regret it!" Zhang Jie restrained his smile, and the killing intent in his eyes flooded.
Zhang Peng also narrowed his eyes slightly and snorted coldly. Originally, he was reluctant to steal the dragon and phoenix jade pendant, but today's encounter made him know that this Liu Mansion is not a good man and a woman, which makes the only bit of kindness he has left gone.
"By the way, it will be August 15 in a few days, but when Liu Qingfeng and the three of them will leave Liu's mansion, this is a good thing for us, if Li Yi is left alone in the backyard, we will not be so jealous anymore. Zhang Jie suddenly said aloud.
When Zhang Peng heard this, he couldn't help but smile, because this is definitely a God-given opportunity!