Liang Chen didn't know how long he had been asleep, and the moment his consciousness awakened, his head had been dizzy. The things in front of me seemed to have been spelled by something, and they were all dangling and dangling past, and there was no static posture at all.

Liang Chen slowly stood up from the ground, gently patted the dust off his clothes, took a few steps forward, and stumbled several times in a row, almost being knocked to the ground by the blowing breeze.

The stomach was empty, and it was clear that I hadn't eaten in a long time. Liang Chen wanted to find something to eat around here, but after walking a few miles, there were mountains and mountains around.

Just when he wanted to fall asleep again, some houses and shops suddenly appeared not far away, and when he sniffed lightly with his nose, he could smell the smell of baked cakes.

"God still hasn't treated me badly. Liang Chen thought to himself.

Driven by the smell of baked cakes, Liang Chen was no longer as sleepy as before, his pace gradually began to quicken, and his consciousness began to become clear and clear.

As long as there is food, his body will not be overwhelmed by the god of sleep.

After taking a few steps forward, I saw a three-meter-high plaque with three words engraved on it at the front of the house.

"Ten Mile Township. ”

Looking at it, the area of this village is not very large, and there are not many people walking on the street, but what makes Liang Chen feel a little strange is that the shops on both sides of the street are open in rows.

There are not many people, but there are quite a lot of shops, which is really rare and strange.

But now is not the time to think about this, feed your belly first.

Liang Chen took advantage of the situation and walked to the nearest store to him, which was a shop that bought baked cakes, and the store was opened by a middle-aged man dressed plainly, who was neatly cutting baked cakes with a kitchen knife, and did not notice Liang Chen's arrival.

"Boss, how much do you have to burn the cake?"

Liang Chen knew that the smell of baked cakes just now should come from here, and if he ate one here, he wouldn't be too sleepy to hurry.

When the middle-aged man heard someone asking him, he replied without raising his head: "One penny a piece." ”

"It's so expensive! I only have five yuan in my hand, can you give me five yuan?" Liang Chen felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this price, wasn't all those baked cakes all three yuan a penny before this? Why is the price so expensive in such a small village?

"The price starts at ten cents, and it doesn't sell for five cents!"

When the middle-aged man heard someone say that he sold the cakes expensively, he raised his head and looked at Liang Chen. saw that Liang Chen's clothes were shabby, his hair was scattered, and his whole body was dirty, like a little flower who came to ask for food.

"I'll only pay five cents, I haven't eaten for two days, so you can barely sell me a little!"

Liang Chen didn't want to speak like a homeless man, but now that he was hungry, he could only let go of his face and talk like this.

"Look at you like this, it should be a little boy from outside, Hanako! I only sell the baked cakes here to those who are neatly dressed, and a little Hanako like you is not worthy of eating the baked cakes I make!

The middle-aged man first ridiculed him, and then directly rejected Liang Chen's request, and continued to cut the baked cake by himself, ignoring Liang Chen's gaze.

Liang Chen's heart was a little uncomfortable, he thought that the people in this small village were simple, and the people here were loyal and honest, seeing that he was so hungry, he should give himself a little food. But unexpectedly, this person not only rejected his request outright, but also sneered at him.

"Can't you even afford to sell a piece of baked cake?" Liang Chen couldn't help but say.

"You little Hanako, I ignore you, and you're still here to spread wildness for me! I won't sell you, can you still eat me! Come if you have money, get out if you don't have money! Don't disturb labor business here!"

The middle-aged man directly spewed out a bunch of unbearable foul words, those foul words Liang Chen had heard countless times, but it was really uncomfortable to say from the mouth of such a villager.

Liang Chen was about to say something more, when there was a gradual sound of horses' hooves on the side of the street, and when he looked back, he saw a carriage swaying towards the bakery.

When the middle-aged man saw the carriage, his original disdain disappeared at once, replaced by panic and panic. saw that his face became very gloomy, the kitchen knife in his hand stopped, and the other hand put the money bag on the table into the small pocket on his body.

At this time, several men in purple official uniforms walked down from the carriage, but they saw that they were fat, bloated, and swaying as they walked, like Maitreya Buddha in the temple, and walked in front of the middle-aged man with a smile. Obviously, they should be petty officials of the local government.

Seeing these officials walking towards him with a smile, the middle-aged man hurriedly took out a few freshly cut baked cakes from the table, and took the initiative to hand them to the senior officials who came over, and also said with a smile: "Several officials have come here to visit the shop, this is the freshly made baked cakes, specially prepared for you." ”

One of the leading officials took a stack of biscuits, and gnawed down on it, and a large piece of biscuits instantly turned into minced pieces under the ravages of the officials. After the leading official finished eating the baked cake, he licked his red lips very happily, nodded and smiled: "For the sake of your good baked cake, I will only charge you ninety percent of the protection fee this time." ”

What is the difference between this and giving all? Liang Chen immediately understood the intention of this official, it turned out that these people rushed over to collect taxes, no wonder this middle-aged man had such a courteous attitude towards these officials. Why should you be so vague about collecting taxes?!

"A few officials, you see that the baked cakes here are so delicious, why don't I get you a few more. It's not easy to do a small business, the official might as well give a small preferential treatment, how about it?" This middle-aged man is also a little embarrassed, he usually can't make a lot of money himself, these high taxes cost people's lives, and he really doesn't want to let himself do a loss-making business.

As he spoke, he took out a few more biscuits from the table and prepared to hand them to the leading official. Seeing that the middle-aged man did not agree to his words, the leading official first licked his lips with his fat tongue, and then went over to knock over the baked cake handed over to the ground with one hand. The middle-aged man's hand retracted instantly, but the big official was a little unhappy when he saw this, and he gave the man two kicks on his legs, and the man was kicked and almost fell to the ground.

"Do you not have long eyes? Or do you not have long brains? Have you spoken to your official grandfather like this? You haven't paid the protection fee for ten days, and today I will give you a nine-percent discount that is enough to give you face!

"Official, it's really not easy to be small! You see, I survive by making such a little baked cake, if I lose money, I won't be alive here!" The middle-aged man showed a begging gaze and looked at the angry official pitifully.

"I don't care if you live or die, anyway, you have to hand over the three hundred dollars to me today. If you can't hand it over, I'll smash your shop today!" said that, the official, who was full of fierce faces, was about to raise his foot and kick it to the table where the baked cakes were kept, but the foot did not fall directly on the table, but only gently wiped it.

The big man was startled, thinking that this official was really going to kick over the table, but when he saw that the official's feet were not on the table, he breathed a slight sigh of relief in his heart. He glanced at Liang Chen, who was standing next to him, and suddenly had a plan, changed his face, pointed at him and said to the official: "Official, I have money here." It's just that the money bag on my body was taken away by this little Hanako, and I can't hand it over!"

When Liang Chen heard this, he was a little angry in his heart. It's okay if this middle-aged man doesn't sell him baked cakes, and now he frames himself for taking his money bag, what kind of person is this!

When the official saw this Liang Chen standing here for a long time, at first he felt that something was not right with this young man, but now when he heard the words of the middle-aged man, he actually believed it and really believed that he had taken this man's money bag. He pointed at Liang Chen and shouted, "Xiao Huazi, did you take that middle-aged man's money bag away?" If you have, hurry up and hand it over to your official grandfather!"

Liang Chen was a little anxious, if it weren't for those officials coming, he would have wanted to leave. In order not to make those people suspicious, he watched as a diner for the time being, but he didn't expect that this middle-aged man had bad intentions and pushed this trouble that had nothing to do with him onto himself. It seems that now I want to go, don't think about leaving!

"I'm just a passer-by, and I happen to be hungry and come over to buy a pancake to eat, and the money bag is not with me at all, and it has nothing to do with me. How can you casually point to someone else's money bag?"

"I don't care if you go along or not, anyway, if you see me today, it's your bad luck. Since the seller said that you went with the bait, then you went with it. I don't care about anything else, as long as you give me 500 pieces of silver, I will let you go! Otherwise, you will go to the government with me today to discuss matters!"

The leading official spoke in a coaxing manner, as if he had opened this ten-mile township, and he had the final say on everything. Liang Chen has seen a lot of people like him in the past, and it will be over if he looks at it, but today this trouble is looking for his head, and he can't do it if he doesn't make a move.

Liang Chen said unconvinced: "Why don't you let me leave? I haven't asked you for anything! I won't give you money today, what else can you do with me?"

The leading official was naturally very uncomfortable when he saw that Liang Chen was also speaking with urgency, but when he heard that Liang Chen didn't give him silver taels, his heart instantly became a little excited. Since this little Hanako is asking for food outside, then he must have some broken silver given to him by others, and this broken silver can definitely cover the wine money of two taels for him. Since he didn't give money, he couldn't be hard, so he changed his face and looked at Liang Chen very gently.

"I know you're definitely hungry right now, and I've got a few complete stamps here, and if you give me the scraps of money you have, I'll keep you from starving, and I'll let you stay here for two more days and eat before you leave. How?"

Liang Chen was certainly not the kind of fool who would leave in a hurry, and although he was now dizzy from hunger, his consciousness was still very clear. He knew very well what this official meant, wasn't he just putting the bait naked in front of him to coax himself into taking the bait? He subconsciously took a few steps back, and looked at the smiling official very vigilantly.

"I won't ask for your food stamps even if I eat, don't think I'll go with you if you coax me like this? I won't let you take a penny from me, unless I'm full!"

As soon as the official heard this, the anger in his heart rushed up, but he didn't expect that this little Hanako not only didn't fall for himself, but was also so stubborn. He pointed to Liang Chen's face, and said menacingly: "Xiao Huazi, since you don't accept my affection so much, then don't blame your official grandfather, I'm welcome!"

As he spoke, he took out a sharpened dagger from his back pocket and stabbed it towards Liang Chen. Liang Chen saw that this official was going to come over to get a tattoo, so he turned his body around and kicked him in the back of the big official.

Although Liang Chen is hungry now, he is by no means the kind of little flower who eats soft rice. After wandering for ten years, I also indirectly learned some self-defense tricks on the rivers and lakes, it was those old rivers and lakes who taught me martial arts, and then I learned other people's three-step self-defense techniques, and practiced my own small body that can dodge, dodge, attack and defend.

The official's fat body was kicked like this, and he was so painful that he was about to grab Liang Chen with a knife, but Liang Chen gave him another kick. The official usually doesn't pay attention to exercise, and his body is obese, so his flexibility and agility are not as good as Liang Chen, who is more than ten years younger than him.

The middle-aged man on the other side saw that this official was teased like this, and he was also so anxious that he suddenly had an idea, thinking that if he helped the big official kill this little Huazi, maybe he would reward himself with a few dollars. Thinking like this, he picked up the kitchen knife on the table with his hand, and ran behind Liang Chen, ready to slash at the back of his head.

At this moment, something like a blade flew out of nowhere, and a silver light flashed, and in an instant, the kitchen knife in the middle-aged man's hand was cut in half.

It was also at this time that the official stopped and looked to the other side of the street, and he thought that there was a figure walking towards him. Just as his gaze fell on the figure over there, his legs trembled coldly twice, and he almost fell backwards.