Chapter 4: Six Years Ago (Part I)
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The Li family is a landlord by the pond in the east of Sifang Town, with hundreds of acres of fertile land, and this pond is another industry, which is a well-known local tyrant in the town.
Six years ago, Shi Tongtang couldn't get together a silver tael to solve the matter, and he heard his wife say that the Li family in the town had borrowed a silver tael, so he just went to ask. There are also many villages where the villagers are in trouble at home and have no money.
The wife said this, "Tong Tang, our family is going to be unable to open the pot this year, the oil and rice are all gone, after a while, I feel that it is time to give birth, when the time comes, Sen'er can't be hungry, please Langzhong's silver, our family's silver taels of oil and rice, and the silver taels of repairing the house, we can't sell our books, the two spirit fruits we brought last time have already been used up as soon as we ran out." I heard that most of the people in the village went to the town to borrow silver from the Li family, you can also go and see, it's strange to say, the Li family was not like this before, this time it was actually kind, you should be careful when you go. ”
The head of the Li family asked his subordinates to send a message that they could lend silver taels, and they only needed to pay it back once a year in winter, and they were not nervous at ordinary times.
The surrounding villagers thought that finding hope could solve their family's difficulties, so they came to Li's house to borrow silver taels, and after leaving, they each went home with a grin.
Shi Tongtang also listened to Yu Hongyu's suggestion at this time and came to the Li family to borrow silver taels. Seeing the happy smiles of the villagers, Shi Tongtang also thought it was a good thing that he was physically and mentally exhausted the previous year.
At first, the villagers thought it was a good thing, and when every family was short of money, they came to Li's house to borrow silver taels.
Who knows that when the year comes, he will repay twice or even three times the amount of silver he has borrowed. Many families could not afford to pay it back and had to pay it back every day, and finally reached a few hundred taels of silver, or even thousands.
The villagers couldn't afford to pay it back, so they simply didn't pay it back after many discussions, anyway, there were many people, and they were not afraid of his Li family.
As a result, the subordinates of the Li family begged for it many times without results, and the subordinates were even beaten and scolded.
The Li family directly dispatched three subordinates who had reached the realm of forging the body to beg for it from door to door, and if they didn't pay it back, they beat all the strong men and took away all the valuable things in the family, and those who had daughters, who were delicate and smart, took all the things back to the Li family's base camp and sold them to the big city.
If there is too fierce resistance, the man will be grabbed directly, dragged to the street, tortured to death, and after death, the body is not allowed to be dragged to another place, or buried as a demonstration.
Later, the villagers did not dare not repay the usury of the Li family, so they smashed the pot and sold iron, trying to repay the Li family's silver taels, or packed up the family property, brought the old and the young, and the family moved to other towns one after another, or ran to a farther place.
When Shi Tongtang repaid the silver taels for the first time, he saw that he had to repay so many silver taels, and then he looked at the three people of the Li family in the forging body realm standing next to him, and he knew that it was the Li family who did the thing.
Shi Tongtang is also a martial arts person, and the way of martial arts has reached the inner strength realm, and with the true qi in his body, he wants to rebel against the Li family. The difference between the internal strength realm and the forging body realm is that the internal strength realm not only has true qi, but also internal strength that can improve its various speeds.
Shi Tongtang practiced "Sun Fist", and he could use his true qi to reach his own fist, and the tree pole was broken from it with one punch, and the place where it hit was scorched black.
It was naturally very easy to deal with the three subordinates, and he knocked the three subordinates to the ground in three or two strokes, covering the beaten place motionless, and there were some traces of burns on the skin and flesh.
Such a big movement occurred at the door of Li's house, which naturally alarmed the Li family. First, he saw the three subordinates lying on the floor tiles of the Li family's compound, and then looked up to see Shi Tongtang standing in a coarse cloth robe, his clenched fists with green tendons prominent, and there was a faint feeling of flames burning around his fists.
At this time, an old man who was guarding the door ran to the head of the Li family and whispered something in his ear. The head of the Li family immediately understood what was happening, and then looked at Shi Tongtang with a smile.
The head of the Li family is in his forties this year, named Li Huangda, formerly known as Li Zhoutong, is the righteous brother of the previous head of the family, and I heard that it is the righteous brother who suddenly appeared when the original head of the family was alive.
After the previous head of the Li family went to Yuhu Mountain and did not return, Li Zhoutong succeeded as the head of the Li family, and then changed his name to Li Huangda, which means Feihuang Tengda.
As a result, under the leadership of the new head of the family, in only one year, the Li family was actually more prosperous than the previous head of the family, and all the close relatives of the previous head of the Li family were wiped out, and then someone took their original place. The Li family is even more rampant than before.
It seems that this Li Zhoutong has already planned to rebel, but his righteous brother happened to go to Yuhu Mountain to explore, and he has not come back yet, so he has not performed it.
Li Huangda wears a silk hat with a white jade inlaid in the center.
His face is white, his small eyes make it impossible to figure out what he really thinks, his eyebrows are sparse, his nose is pointed, he has a mustache, and his mouth is always smiling. If you see it for the first time, it will definitely make people feel good, at least not disgusted.
Wearing a basket robe made of fine clothes, a velvet white wool coat on the outside, holding a snake staff made of gold sandalwood in his right hand, the two pairs of snake eyes on the snake staff are all embedded with crimson jade, vivid, like a real snake, wearing a blue jade ring, and a faint mist appears on the ring. In his left hand, he held two large iron balls painted with gold, and he made a "cluck" and "cluck" sound as he spun around in his hand.
Li Huangda was not annoyed when he saw this situation, he looked at Shi Tongtang with a smile, and put the two golden iron balls in his hand into the red box brought by the next person. With one hand, he rushed to the ground and gently brushed the wounds of the three people who fell to the ground, and the three people quickly got up from the ground and lowered their heads, not daring to look at the head of the Li family.
Li Huangda still looked at the three of them with a smile and waved them back. Then he arched his hand towards Shi Tongtang.
Said: "This brother, do I know that you are the martial artist of that village? Is it Liuhu Village, Dingpeng Village, or Feiran Village? Even these three villages, I have not seen Your Excellency, and it is not like you in other villages, is Your Excellency an outsider?"
After speaking, the water attribute true qi on his body condensed slightly in his hands, making his hands even whiter.
These three villages are the villages with the most martial arts people, and they are also called Wuxing Township in Sifang Township, and there are masters of the Condensation Realm in the village.
The Qi Condensation Realm can temper the body through the previous realm forging the body realm, so that the body can practice the true qi through the exercises, and each person can practice the true qi with different attributes through different exercises, such as Shi Tongtang's "Burning Sun Fist" can practice the true qi of the fire attribute.
Sifang Town has gained a larger area because of these three villages, and it has expanded a lot because of the existence of the Li family. Sifang Town is one of the best towns in this kilometer.
Martial arts are divided into six realms: forging body realm, condensing qi realm, internal strength realm, dark energy realm, imperial qi realm, and punching body realm.
The forging body realm can be seen at a glance, the body is tight, which is different from the tightness of ordinary people. The Condensation Realm is even easier, you only need to see a different aura coming out of the person's body, and you can judge it.
The inner strength realm and the dark strength realm can only be judged by fighting with others, and these two realms need true qi to assist the physical body in order to be cultivated.
Don't look at a person in the Qi Condensation Realm who can be called a master in the village, even a person in the Body Forging Realm is not easy to reach in the village.
Therefore, the head of the Li family first exuded true qi to tell the opponent that he was also a master of true qi.
As a martial arts person, Shi Tongtang naturally understands the rules of martial arts.
He took a step forward with his left foot and returned the salute, and a slight burst of fire appeared from his hand, making the air feel a little burning.
"The head of the Li family is wrong, I am a native of Sifang Town, but a villager of Dashi Village, and it is the first time I see your family master, it really makes Shi ecstatic!" Shi Tongtang said in a light tone with an expressionless face.
"Hahahahaha" Li Huangda laughed, "I made a deal with the head of your village ten years ago, do you know what it is?"
"I know, of course I know, the whole village knows that you want to spend a lot of money to buy the big stone at the entrance of our village, which is opposed by our whole village, and the people in the village also say: As long as you dare to use force, we will beat that stone to pieces. Seeing that you can't get that big stone, you actually killed the old village chief by cruel means, and the old village chief died so that we don't want to avenge him!" Shi Tongtang said hatefully.
"Oh, then why didn't I see your Excellency at that time, you know, I also spent some time in the stone village", said his right hand and gently touched the left side of his ribs.
"I'm ashamed to say that I happened to go to Minghua Town that day, and I came back later, and I only found out about it by asking the people in the village," Shi Tongtang said with some guilt.
"Aha, I'll just say, Shi Wushi, a master of the Qi Condensation Realm, why isn't he in the village, it turns out that there is something going out."
"Hahahahahaha, I thought you ran away early when you saw that the formation was wrong, hahahahaha, I thought you were a coward just now" The Li family servant also laughed.
"Okay!" Shi Tongtang said to stop the people of the Li family who were laughing forward and backwards
"I've also asked clearly, can you tell me about your family's loan shark!" Shi Tongtang's serious voice resounded in the Li family's compound.
"Hey... Li Huangda stopped laughing with difficulty, and touched the lower side of his left rib with his right hand. "Come on, take out the treaty they signed when they borrowed the silver taels!" Li Huangda said loudly.
"Yes," the two Li family members had already brought over a stack of papers.
"Find me the one that Martial Master Shi!" Li Huangda said loudly, still smiling
"Come, prepare tea, move a stool for this Shi Martial Master, I want to sit and talk with Shi Martial Master. ”
"Yes" Another subordinate ran to get ready, and after a while, a wooden table and two wooden chairs were moved.
After putting it down, it began to be placed, and when it was finished, a person who was watching the tea came over with a plate.
Put it on the table and have a cup for each person, then put the pot on the table and retreat.
Shi Tongtang frowned and looked at Li Huangda, who was smiling, and silently walked to the chair and sat down.
"Why did Martial Master Shi come to me to borrow two taels of silver?" After a while, Li Huangda asked first.
"Why does the head of the Li family ask this kind of question, within a radius of a hundred miles, the only one who can afford to borrow so many silver taels is your Li family, where else can I borrow" Shi Tongtang then took a sip of tea.
"Hahahaha It's me who is abrupt, what is the so-called thing about Martial Master Shi going to Minghua Town on the day ten years ago?" was still smiling and groaning, without the slightest expression.
"Minghua Town is rich in fruits, and that day happened to be the day when the village cooperated to buy fruits, and the family took turns to buy fruits with everyone's silver, and it was my family's turn," Shi Tongtang said.