Chapter 137: The Night of Killing (I)
Although Luer Town is small, there is more than the Locke family restaurant on the street, there is a drunken flower building at the other end of the long street, which is not high, only two floors, the dishes are not as delicious as the Locke Restaurant, but the wine that can be sold is especially better than three points, so there are a lot of customers on weekdays, these days with a group of people from afar after the influx, the store's business is a lot better, and even the stock of wine has been exhausted.
The shopkeeper of Zuihualou is surnamed Lu, his name is Mingshui, but he is already gray-haired, not tall, thin, with a goatee, and likes to wear a gray gown, and is standing behind the counter at the moment to reconcile the accounts.
The sound of insects outside the house continued, it was obviously the night when the willows were on the moon and the cold was getting cold, but there were still a lot of customers in the store, and none of them were outsiders, all of them were local people, and all of them were men, and everyone looked strange.
The restaurant was quiet, except for the occasional sound of the shopkeeper Lu dialing the abacus, it was the men who were whispering in a low voice,???? It's like a worm crawling on the ground, and it's very weird.
At this time, the originally closed door of the restaurant was suddenly kicked open from the outside, and then I saw a man wearing a set of the most common black military uniforms, but the temperament revealed on his body was a middle-aged man who looked like a lazy man, with a scumbag sighing, deep eye sockets, sloppy, and a sluggish look, looking extremely unbearable.
It is no wonder that the dress on this person is extremely inconsistent with his external image and temperament, and Gai is not a martial artist from a foreign country, but indeed a local man in their Luer Town.
In fact, in the early years, this person's family also earned a few acres of thin fields, a few tiled houses, at least food and clothing is not worried, but this person is born lazy to do, study and practice martial arts, one is not successful, but also a good drink, and drunk also like to take the initiative to make trouble, originally married a daughter-in-law, because he couldn't stand his beating, was forced to flee back to his parents' house, and then even had to be blackmailed by this person, and finally his parents-in-law and his family really couldn't stand this scoundrel, so they exchanged silver for a letter of resignation for him, and moved his family out of Luer Town overnight, and there was no newsγ
After that, he was drunk all day long, didn't do any work, and soon sold everything that could be sold at home, and finally only a rough earthen embryo room was left, poor and white, and he didn't even have a good mattress when he lay on the bed in winter, but even if he was shivering with cold, he wouldn't think about working hard, he would only curse God for having no eyes and harsh him.
That's not all, his daughter-in-law ran away, but left him with a two-year-old child, he didn't care, and even the child was hungry, crying so upset that he directly slapped over, punching and kicking at every turn, so that in the end even the neighbors couldn't look at it, so they had to take this poor child to their own home to raise, just like you raise a few days and I raise a few days, the child eats a hundred meals and grows to the age of ten now, but it looks like an ordinary six or seven-year-old child, with a big head and a small body, so thin that he is skinny, not to mention how pitiful.
Thinking that their Luer Town is not a prosperous and rich place like Jiangnan, one more person is one more mouth, even if these well-wishers themselves feel that it is okay, but after a long time, they are read by their families a lot, but they have to take care of this matter again, after all, this is a bottomless pit.
With such a father, the poor child couldn't do it, and because he was sensible early, he didn't dare to cause trouble to others, so he took the initiative to ask to help the people in the town do some odd jobs and odd jobs, so hard to live.
But Rao is this poor child's hard work, it can be said that he has earned a few copper plates with hard work, but he has to be robbed by his own father to buy wine, if he doesn't give it, he will be beaten immediately, saying that without him, there will be no him, this is what he should give.
The people of the town often saw the child on the street with a blue nose and swollen face, and his steps were vain, and he looked like he was about to starve to death, and some people were angry, and he beat the man several times, but every time he immediately lay on the ground and wailed and begged for mercy, and after letting him go, it was still like this, and after a long time, everyone couldn't do anything about him, so they couldn't kill him.
Because of this, none of the people sitting here now have a good face for him, not to mention that in the past few days, he somehow has fallen on the side of a group of well-known Jianghu people, and has become the pawn of the other party, not only has he not washed his head for more than ten years, but his hair has been knotted into a ball and his dirty body like a beggar has been washed, and he has changed into clean clothes, which looks like a bit of a person, and then he thinks that he has a backer, now it is not what it used to be, it is very arrogant outside, and there have been a lot of incidents in the past few days, but everyone else does not want to have much trouble, so he endured it, but looked at his eyes, but it's the kind of cold eyes that look at outsiders, not the town's own people.
As soon as the lazy man broke in, he plucked his ear with the ring finger of his left hand, and at the same time threw a bag of silver on the counter with a smile, leaned next to the counter, and said in a big stabbing voice: "Old Lu, hurry up and call the two guys, move a cart of your best wine here, and send it to me." β
As he spoke, he smeared a piece of slimy, green-colored earwax directly on the counter, and then looked around boredly while twisting his nose.
He leaned on the edge of the counter, turned his head to look around, and found that all the people sitting here looked at him, and did not speak, he saw it, and felt a little strange, how could it be that at this time, there were still so many people sitting here, and they were all from the town, Rao was so cheeky as him, and he was also a little hairy, and he couldn't help but shout at the top of his throat: "What the do you see?"
Someone couldn't help it, and immediately sneered and sneered: "Ge Yegou, you bastard, didn't you use your son's earned money to buy a bar again!"
When the man heard this, he was anxious all of a sudden, he didn't think there was anything wrong with taking his son's money, but he couldn't stand the tone of the other party looking down on him so much, you know, he is not what he used to be now, how can he allow these rural sluts to ridicule at will, he was angry, and then scolded.
"Wang San, I'm afraid that your mother didn't give birth to such an eyeless crumb as you with the loaches in the cave of the stream, you show Lao Tzu a good look! This is the silver that the martial master gave to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is here today to buy wine for the martial masters!"
The more he spoke, the more proud and complacent he became, as if he was doing something great.
But as soon as these words came out, he soon realized that something was wrong, those men who had to swallow their anger in front of him and let him retaliate after hearing that he was now doing things for those martial masters a few days ago, but at this moment there was a fierce meaning in their eyes, as terrible as the butchers were looking at a sheep to be slaughtered.
Wang San, who was insulted by him, slowly stood up from behind the table, looking like that, as if he was going to rush over directly to teach himself a lesson, the man surnamed Ge was taken aback, and couldn't help but take a step back, the whole person was completely attached to the counter, and his mouth hurriedly shouted: "You, you, what do you want to do?" I, I can tell you, I, old, Lao Tzu came this time with the order of the martial masters, don't mess around!"
After saying this, he suddenly felt a little more confident, as if he had more strength out of thin air, and he suddenly stood up straight, his mouth no longer stammered, and even his tone became extremely arrogant.
"Wang San, it's not that Lao Tzu looks down on you, you dare to move Lao Tzu to try it today! Let's see if the martial artists don't break your two dog legs! Come on! Wang San, do you dare?"
As he spoke, he poked his head forward, stretched his neck, and shouted at the people opposite, this time many people in the room were angry when they saw it, and they were about to move underneath, so they almost immediately rushed up and beat him to death directly.
Nowadays, "martial arts" has become a word that cannot be mentioned casually in front of the local people in Luer Town, because these outsiders are rampaging in Luer Town, looking high-minded and not treating people as human beings at all, which has led to the infinite anger and resentment that has already accumulated in the hearts of the local people, and now there is only an outlet to vent.
However, there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, no matter how angry they are, no matter how much they hate, they can't help it, but this broken settlement surnamed Ge is even if it stinks on the street on weekdays, not to mention eating inside and out, and now he dares to take the initiative to bump into it, and put out a martial artist to press them, which is suddenly like a little spark falling from the sky, instantly igniting the pile of dry firewood, and seeing that it is about to become out of control.
At this moment, Lu Mingshui, who had been silent behind the counter, suddenly put down the account book, gently stroked his palm, and slapped the paperweight on the table with the paperweight in his hand, making a crisp sound, attracting everyone's attention.
"Okay, if you want to make trouble, don't make trouble in my shop, and Brother Ge, you don't have to say a word, oh, by the way, don't you want to buy wine? Okay, I'll find two guys to accompany you and transport the wine, you wait a while." β
As soon as these words came out, the crowd that was about to move slowly sat down again, and all of them looked weird, and there was a kind of hunting cruelty in their eyes, but the man didn't notice this, he was patting Lu Mingshui's shoulder with his dirty palm at the moment, and his tone was like a senior who was carrying the next generation.
"It's still Lao Lu, you go to the road, when I go back, I will definitely say a few good words for you in front of the martial masters, you don't know, now I am not ordinary on the side of those martial artists, as long as I say a word, I will ensure that you are fine!"
Lu Mingshui followed the other party expressionlessly, and a quarter of an hour later, when the man and the two restaurant guys left with a cart full of drinks, the door gradually closed, and all the people inside had a weird smile on their faces.