Chapter 24 Punish Bullies

Besides, Lu Si walked out of the living room to find someone, and after a while, Master Han and Master Shen came to the living room to see Diao Debao. Master Han was in his thirties, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle Diao, what's the urgency of calling down so late?" Diao Debao said: "It's a bit of a thing, this time I'm afraid to labor the two masters to make a move, tonight there is a Jianghu boy to Chunxiang Pavilion to take Cuihua away, the old bustard can't fight him, send someone to call me over to see, I heard that this kid's kung fu is very good, a few stewards of Chunxiang Pavilion are not opponents at all." Master Han said, "How old is that kid?" Diao Debao said: "I heard that it is a teenager. Master Han smiled and said, "It turned out to be a hairy boy, how much kung fu can I have, I can go alone, I have to beat him all over the ground to find teeth." ’

Master Shen was a middle-aged man, and said on the side: "Master Han, you can't say that, young heroes on the rivers and lakes are not uncommon, you and I should be careful." Master Han said, "Master Shen, you are always so cautious in doing things, where are there so many young heroes." Diao Debao interjected: "Master Han, don't fight, what Master Shen said makes sense, it's good to be careful, as the saying goes, oh good, those who come are not good, and those who are good don't come, since he dares to come at me openly, he must have something to hold, let's go and see if the time comes." Then the three of them walked out of the living room and towards the door.

Master Han carried a knife, Master Shen wore a sword, and followed Diao Debao to the gate, there were more than a dozen thugs waiting in front of the door, all of them were young people in their twenties, all of them were strong and strong, and some were swinging punches and kicking to warm up. When everyone saw Diao Debao coming, they stood still, waiting for Diao Debao's orders. Diao Debao said: "Usually you say that you can jump, but today I will take you to see it." There was a man named Ergou who said: "Uncle Diao, I want to teach someone a lesson tonight, and I have to ask your old man to run it himself." Diao Debao said: "A young madman." Ergou said: "I think he is crazy, and if he dares to go against Uncle Diao, he is looking for death." Diao Debao said: "It's up to you whether he is looking for death or not, let's go, and target Chunxiang Pavilion." A group of people walked towards Chunxiang Pavilion in a menacing manner.

Diao Debao led people to the front of Chunxiang Pavilion, and when he saw that there were many people here to see the excitement, Diao Debao shouted: "If there is anything to see, disperse quickly." Seeing the excitement, I saw Diao Debao with a group of wolf-like thugs, and even the two teachers came, and he was frightened to retreat a long way when he drank like this, and he couldn't help but sweat for this young man. Diao Debao walked into Chunxiang Pavilion, and a few people who watched the excitement withdrew, but when they arrived at the door, they stood still again, which was all bold.

Diao Debao entered the hall with his head held high, and at a glance he saw a handsome young man sitting next to Ren and Cuihua, dressed very rustic, and half of the worries in his heart were relaxed. A thug had already moved a chair for him to sit down, and after Diao Debao sat down, he put on an empty look and said loudly: "Old bustard, which kid is making trouble here." The old bustard came over and pointed at Zhang Lingyu and said, "It's this Zhang Gongzi, he said that he is Cuihua's cousin." Diao Debao looked at Zhang Lingyu and sneered: "He said that he is a cousin, and you also believe it, this is just a cover for covering up, I said Zhang Gongzi, Diao someone has an enmity with you." Zhang Lingyu said: "There is no hatred." Diao Debao said, "I have a grudge against you." Zhang Lingyu said: "No complaints." Diao Debao sank his face, and said with a fierce look in his eyes: "Diao someone has no grudge against you, and you can't get along with Diao." Zhang Lingyu said sternly: "I am the road to see the unevenness and draw a knife to help." ’

Diao Debao smiled and said, "Diao someone wants to see how you can help tonight." Zhang Lingyu said: "I must take Cuihua away tonight." Diao Debao said viciously: "If you want to take Cuihua away, it depends on whether the uncle is happy or not." Zhang Lingyu said: "Who are you, why do you want you to be happy." Diao Debao said, "Just the money her family owes me." Zhang Lingyu said: "I don't believe that you have less money, what evidence do you have." Diao Debao took out an IOU from his arms and held it up and said: "This is an IOU from Ren's family, you don't want to be a hero who upholds justice, you shouldn't be unreasonable and bullying." Zhang Lingyu said: "Oh, Uncle Diao is still a reasonable person, this matter is easy to handle, let me see if the IOU is true or false." As he spoke, he walked over and reached for the IOU.

Diao Debao heard Zhao Liu say that Cuihua's deed of sale had been ruined by Zhang Lingyu, and he was busy retracting his hand holding the IOU, and suddenly saw Zhang Lingyu holding an IOU and looking at it carefully, and he was busy raising his hand to take a look, and was shocked into a cold sweat. He asked in a low voice, "Two masters, do you see how he took the IOU?" Both masters said they didn't see it, and Master Shen said, "Look at his technique, it's a bit like the Flying Thief, but it's a step higher than the Flying Thief." Zhang Lingyu looked at the IOU and said: "I said Uncle Diao, this loan is only ten taels of silver in total, I will give you ten taels of silver now, I will take Cuihua away, and in the future, we will not interfere with each other with the well water, do you think it is okay." ’

Diao Debao hahadaxiao said: "How can there be such a clever thing in the world, although there are only ten taels of silver on the IOU, but there is still interest, she is not going to pay the debt herself, I still have to pay the labor money." Zhang Lingyu said: "Even if the artificial interest is changed from ten taels to fifty taels, but you sell one hundred taels, you should return fifty taels to Cuihua Niang Ren's family, but Ren has not seen a penny," Diao Debao sneered: "Zhang Gongzi, you are really good at telling jokes, I want to share it with others when I do business with someone, if she sells one thousand taels by herself, I will only need her fifty taels." Zhang Lingyu said: "Listening to Uncle Diao's words is full of reasonableness, since you are so reasonable, I will reason with you, you pull Cuihua away without Ren's consent, this is called robbery; without Cuihua's consent, sell her to a nasty place like Chunxiang Pavilion, this is called forced sale; Ren is strongly damaged, you have to accompany the mental loss fee; Cuihua is not only mentally harmed, but also her reputation is harmed. I want you to compensate a total of 100 taels of silver to Cuihua's mother and daughter, because of this matter, I will have to deal with it, and you have to pay me 100 taels of silver, I am not serving for free. ’

Diao Debao heard the anger and laughed: "You are really a boy who doesn't know the height of the sky, you want to be really crazy, and you blackmailed someone on Diao's head, the people of Ningguo County say that I am a scoundrel, I see that your kid is more reliable than me, you really think that I am afraid that you will not succeed." Then he waved his hand and said, 'Hit me, and you will be killed.' Zhang Lingyu interrupted and said, "Slow." The thugs were about to start and stopped. Diao Debao said: "I'm afraid, it's too late, you can't leave if you want to now." Zhang Lingyu smiled: "I'm not afraid, I still have something to say to you clearly, lest you complain that I didn't tell you then, master, I have to charge for beating people, you only need to give two hundred taels of silver now, once the fight starts, the silver will grow upward, don't regret it then." ’

Diao Debao said viciously: "I don't know who regrets coming. Regret is a grandson, give me a beating. As soon as the words fell, the dozen or so thugs of the nursing home rushed up, punching and kicking, but they didn't see Lingyu make a move, and a few people in front of them were holding their heads and screaming in pain. The next few people didn't know whether they were dead or alive or slashed their heads and covered their faces, but they ran away with the same screams as the previous ones. Diao Debao scolded: "All of them are useless things, and they ran away without fighting." He looked closely and was shocked, and saw that the thugs were all blue-eyed, swollen, crooked, and slanted, and there was a wail, which was unbearable.

Diao Debao didn't know what to say, and was stunned. At this time, Master Han behind him jumped out, holding a steel knife, and without saying a word, he swung the knife and slashed at Zhang Lingyu, Zhang Lingyu shook his body and let go of the blade, then reached out and pinched the back of the knife, and snatched the steel knife with a slight shake, followed by a kick on Master Han's leg, only to fly to the wall with a click, and hit the wall again, lying there screaming in pain, seeing that it was a broken leg and an arm injury. Master Shen saw that this young man's martial arts were strong, and he didn't dare to be reckless, so he slowly stepped forward and hugged his fist and said, "The young man is really strong in martial arts, and Shen has come to learn a lesson or two." After speaking, he showed his sword and said, "Please show your weapon." Zhang Lingyu said: "We who learn martial arts should help the weak in addition to the strong, but you help the abuse, and you are not worthy of letting me use the sword, just use your skills." ’

Master Shen said to look at the sword, turned a sword flower and stabbed at Zhang Lingyu, it seemed that the sword was flying, but in Zhang Lingyu's eyes, it was full of flaws, every time Master Shen stabbed the sword, Zhang Lingyu flicked the sword away with a flick of his fingers. After attacking more than a dozen moves but not even touching the corners of Lingyu's clothes, Master Shen swept at the sight of it again, Zhang Lingyu stretched out two fingers and pinched his sword body, and the sword was broken with a flick of his wrist, Master Shen suddenly felt a light in his hand, and he knew that something was wrong and hurriedly retreated, seeing that Zhang Lingyu was not chasing, he was relieved, and when he saw that there was only half a sword left in his hand, he was already frightened at this time, and said: "It seems that this young man's subordinates are merciful, otherwise he would have been lying down like Master Han and couldn't move." Thinking of this, he threw down half of the sword, hugged his fists and saluted: "Thank you for the mercy of Shaoxia's subordinates, Shen wrote it down, and there will be a period later." Then he walked away.

The dear Wawa shouted: "Waste, waste without conscience, usually eats me, uses mine, and takes my silver, but at the critical moment you pick a child, I want to see what you kid is capable of." After speaking, he jumped and made a shape of an eagle spreading his wings, he practiced eagle claw skills, Diao Debaokong played a few times, and suddenly made a move of eagle claw lock throat, straight towards Zhang Lingyu's throat lock. Zhang Lingyu saw that Diao Debao's eagle claws had just arrived in front of him, and reached out to clasp his wrist and used it hard, only to hear a click, his wrist was broken, and he didn't make a sound in a cold sweat because of the pain. Zhang Lingyu grabbed Diao Debao's broken wrist and lay on the ground towards the side, and then stepped on the back of his chest. Zhang Lingyu said: 'Believe it or not, I trampled you to death. ’

Diao Debao only knew at this time that he had met his evil star, and the above domineering aura was swept away, pretending to be pitiful and begging for mercy: "I believe it, and please spare your life, you just say how much silver you want." Zhang Lingyu said: "You regret it now." Diao Debao said: "I regret it very much, and I ask the hero to raise his noble hand." Zhang Lingyu smiled and said, "I'm not a hero, I'm just a scoundrel who is more scoundrel than you." Diao Debao said: "That's a lie, you can't take it to heart." Zhang Lingyu said: "Of course I won't take it to heart, and I won't ask you for more silver, I am paid according to my work, it is one hundred taels to deal with that group of thugs, one hundred taels to deal with two masters, and one hundred taels to deal with you Uncle Diao, plus the above one hundred taels for a total of four hundred taels, and one hundred taels for Cuihua's mother and daughter, Uncle Diao, you don't see much." Diao Debao hurriedly said, "Not much, not much, I'll give you the silver." Zhang Lingyu stood on the ground with his feet raised, grabbed Diao Debao's collar and lifted it to the stool next to him, and said in a deep voice: "Quickly bring the silver." Diao Debao endured the pain and said, "Is it okay to have a silver ticket?" Zhang Lingyu said: "What a silver ticket." Diao Debao said: "The four seas of money are common throughout the country." After speaking, he took out five hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms with that good hand, and respectfully handed them to Zhang Lingyu, Zhang Lingyu took the silver tickets and took out one and gave it to Ren. Ren said: "We dare not ask for this silver, as long as we can give my daughter back her freedom, we will be grateful." ’

Zhang Lingyu put the silver ticket in Ren's hand and said, "You don't have to be afraid, this silver is what you deserve, and no one will trouble you." Zhang Lingyu turned his face to Diao Debao and said, "Uncle Diao, Cuihua and her mother still live in Ningguo County, if anyone bullies them again, I will settle accounts with you Uncle Diao." Diao Debao endured the pain of breaking his wrist, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Daxia, I will protect them well, and they will be my family." Zhang Lingyu said: "This is the best, if you provoke me, I will kill people and set fires, if you want to take revenge, find me, I am not a hero, I am Zhang Lingyu, a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes." Diao Debao said: "Don't dare, in the future, as long as the hero is useful, just say it, and I will do it in the future." Zhang Lingyu said: "I am alone, and I don't have anything to use you, I only advise you, do more good deeds to accumulate virtue, and less bad deeds to plant evil consequences." Diao Debao said: "What Zhang Daxia said makes sense, I will ask someone to write it down and paste it in the room when I go back." Zhang Lingyu said: "That's useless, you have to keep it in mind." Diao Debao said: "Yes, yes, Diao must keep it in mind." ’

Zhang Lingyu saw the painful appearance of everyone, and said, "Okay, you can all go back to heal and rest, and we have to leave too." Everyone got up to leave, and Zhang Lingyu said, "Old bustard." The old bustard shuddered and hurriedly responded, "What does the hero command?" Zhang Lingyu said: "I'm going to take Cuihua away, it's Uncle Diao who took your silver, and if you want the silver, ask Uncle Diao for it." The old bustard said, "You take the cuihua, and I don't want the silver." Zhang Lingyu said: "Whether you want silver or not, that's a matter for you and Uncle Diao, I don't care." Diao Debao said, "I will return the money to the old bustard." After speaking, he left Chunxiang Pavilion with a group of people.

Ren took the silver ticket and said to Zhang Lingyu: "Zhang Daxia, it is already a great favor for you to rescue my daughter, how can we ask for silver." Zhang Lingyu said: "Auntie's words are wrong, this silver is what you deserve, and besides, I don't give it to you, if you don't want it, you really see me as a scoundrel." Ren was busy and was about to kneel, but Zhang Lingyu stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "Auntie, what are you doing here." Ren said gratefully: "We can't repay the hero's kindness, we just want to kowtow to the hero a few times to express my respect, it's better to be respectful than to obey my fate, and I also accepted the silver ticket." Zhang Lingyu said: "You can just accept the silver ticket, and kowtow will be waived." After saying that, Zhang Lingyu and Ren's and Cuihua walked out of Chunxiang Pavilion, and there were many people on the street who watched the excitement, gossiping and discussing.

Diao Debao left in embarrassment with a group of thugs, and walked for a while before arriving at Diao Debao's house, Diao Debao went to the living room and sat down and said: "Go and find me a few famous Langzhong in the city, and treat us as soon as possible." Lu Si took a few family members to find Lang Zhong separately, and Diao Debao instructed again: "Ah Cai, you go and inquire about where this kid came from." Ah Cai answered and walked out. A man named Ah Niu came over and said, "Uncle, in my opinion, I will take care of those two after that kid leaves." Diao Debao was startled and scolded: "You bastard, you want to kill me, you still can't figure out the situation, if he hears what you say, you have to kill me." ’

Suddenly, a voice in the sky above the village said: "Uncle Diao, you have done a good job, if you want to harm Cuihua and them, it's best not to think about it, but you can think about how to deal with me, and you can do it yourself." Diao Debao and the thugs were frightened into a cold sweat when they heard the sound, and the people in the house did not dare to come out to see, standing still in the courtyard, their eyes were looking at the sky but they could not see the figure, they were all listening quietly, sometimes the sound came from afar, and sometimes they felt that it was beside them. The voice disappeared for a while, and everyone was still trying to breathe and listen.

Later, the family brought Lang Zhong back to break the terrible silence, and several Lang Zhong came here and became busy, some helped people to pick up bones, some helped people bandage their wounds, and some were busy prescribing prescriptions to ask people to grab medicine, it was really a mess, and from time to time someone screamed in pain.

Diao Debao's wrist bone had been bandaged, and he sat there pondering silently, when Ah Cai, who had gone out to inquire about the news, came back. He said excitedly: "Uncle, uncle, I inquired, one by one" Before he finished speaking, Diao Debao used a gesture to stop him from continuing, and then made a gesture to tell him to come closer, and when he got closer, Diao Debao whispered: "You whisper, what do you want." Ah Cai whispered: "The boy surnamed Zhang, Cuihua Niang, both went to the old horse who drove the carriage, and then inquired again to know that the kid came in the carriage of the horse boss, and it was dark to arrive, I heard that the prodigal son Zhang Lingyu had just debuted, a few days ago he and Huashan sent a disciple meteor swordsman Liu Qingyang to the Wild Wolf Valley to meet a strongman, so he persuaded a few words, and the gang of strongmen washed their hands and did not dry them, and the escort team was disbanded.

After listening to this, Diao Debao secretly said: "Look at the love of this kid is indeed not small, if it is not a tough backstage, or he himself has profound martial arts, most of them are he with profound martial arts to deter that group of strongmen, I am just a local snake, how can I compare with the strongmen in Wolf Valley, even they are intimidated, we suffer this little hardship, what is it to break a little fortune." Diao Debao said: "It seems that this Lingyu is indeed a martial arts master. Ah Cai said: "Uncle, what you said is right, I heard that he was at a three-fork in Fengshan Town, and he killed all three monsters in Qionglai by himself." Diao Debao was even more shocked when he heard this: "Aren't those three monsters the wicked people who have been hunted down by the martial arts righteous path and the government for many years. Ah Caidao: "It's those three monsters." Diao Debao unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat, wiped his forehead with his hand, and said, "Uncle, he is indeed a powerful character, you see how we want to deal with him." ’

Diao Debao shook in fright when he heard this, raised his hand and gave Ah Cai a big mouth, he screamed in pain, it turned out that he was beaten with that broken hand, and he was even more furious, and kicked Ah Cai again, scolding: "Bastard thing, who said that I want to deal with him, we must remember his words, we must do more good deeds and accumulate virtue, and do less bad things and plant evil results." Ah Cai was stuffy, his face was hot, and his lower abdomen was also kicked painfully, he was Zhang Er's monk who was confused, looking around, seeing everyone looking at him with strange eyes, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, for fear that he would be hit again. Diao Debao said: "It's none of your business here, go and see if the kitchen meal is ready." Ah Cai walked out holding his stomach.

Besides, Zhang Lingyu, Ren's family, and Cuihua walked towards Ma Rufeng's house after leaving Chunxiang Pavilion, and the people on the street gradually dispersed. After walking for a while, Zhang Lingyu said: "Auntie, you go to Uncle Ma's house first, and I'll come back as soon as I have something to do." Ren said: "Okay, can you find the Ma family when you come back?" Zhang Lingyu said: "Don't worry, you can find it." After speaking, he walked to the black shadow, and went to the roof with a flicker, and chased Diao Debao from the roof, and soon caught up, and followed him until his house. After warning Diao Debao, he returned to Ma Rufeng's house, and when he entered the door, he saw that the wine and food had been arranged, so he waited for Zhang Lingyu to eat.

When Ma Rufeng saw Zhang Lingyu enter the door, he walked over and smiled enthusiastically: "Brother Zhang, we will wait for you to come back when the wine and food are ready, please take a seat." Ma Rufeng's mother and son, Ren and Cuihua all stood up to greet him. Zhang Lingyu sat down politely, and after everyone sat down, Ma Rufeng introduced again: "Brother Zhang, this is my mother-in-law Yu, and this is my son Zhengchun." Zhang Lingyu greeted them again, and Ma Rufeng said with a smile: "Let's all have a glass of wine together to celebrate Cuihua's freedom." The three women all said that they couldn't drink, Ma Rufeng smiled and said: "If you can't drink, you have to drink tonight, tonight is a very happy thing, not only Cuihua is free, but also for the people of Ningguo County, each of you drink a little less to celebrate." Ma Zhengchun got up and poured them a little less wine, and Ma Rufeng picked up the wine glass and said, "Come, let's all toast together." Then they drank their wines.

After eating, Yu was busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Ren and Cuihua rushed to help, and quickly cleaned up the table, Ma Zhengchun made two cups of hot tea and brought them up: "Zhang Daxia, please drink tea." He brought another cup to Ma Rufeng. Zhang Lingyu looked at Ma Zhengchun and said, "How old is Brother Ma this year." Ma Zhengchun said: "I am eighteen years old this year, and I think Zhang Daxia is also quite young." Zhang Lingyu said: "I am one year younger than you, and I am seventeen years old this year." Ma Zhengchun said: "Zhang Daxia has such kung fu at such a young age, it is really amazing." Zhang Lingyu said: "This is called doing each one, and I am definitely not as good as you in driving the carriage." Ma Zhengchun said: "What kind of jishu is driving a carriage, it's just a mouthful of food." Zhang Lingyu secretly said: "Cuihua and her mother are orphans and widows, and there are many inconveniences in the future life, if you can tell her a good family, you will really live a worry-free life, I think Ma Zhengchun is a good young man, come and match them." ’

Thinking of this, Zhang Lingyu asked Ma Rufeng and said, "Uncle Ma, did Brother Ma say kissed?" Ma Rufeng said: "I haven't said it yet, he doesn't want to tell him a few." Zhang Lingyu said: "Brother Ma, what do you think of Miss Cuihua." Ma Zhengchun lowered his head and smiled: "It's very good-looking." Zhang Lingyu said: "How about being your daughter-in-law." Ma Zhengchun looked at Ma Rufeng and waited for him to speak, Ma Rufeng smiled and said: "Boy, what do you think I'm doing, Zhang Daxia is asking you." Ma Zhengchun smiled: "I have no opinion, Dad, what do you say." Ma Rufeng said: "I think Cuihua is a good girl, sensible and capable, but I don't know what people think." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "I'll tell my aunt about this, I think there is an eight or nine that is not far from ten." ’

Zhang Lingyu went to the kitchen and called Ren and Cuihua outside and said, "Auntie, Cuihua, I see that your mother's life is not easy, I want to tell Cuihua about family affairs, what do you think." Ren said: "It must be wrong for the heroes to fancy people, of course I am happy, is it the son of the Ma brothers." Zhang Lingyu smiled: "Auntie, you have guessed everything." Ren also smiled and said, "It's hard to guess, you haven't known many people since you came to Ningguo County, I'm afraid that people will dislike Cuihua and enter the Chunxiang Pavilion." Zhang Lingyu said: "You don't have to worry about this, I have said it, Uncle Ma and Brother Ma have no opinion, I don't know if Cuihua can agree." Cuihua lowered her head and said shyly: "I listen to my mother." Ren smiled: "That's great, Cuihua finds a good family, I can rest assured even if I die." Zhang Lingyu said: "Auntie, why did you say that you are dead, your good life has just begun." Ren smiled: "I'm just too happy, just casually said, you have nothing to repay our mother's great kindness in this life, so I have to never forget it." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "It's just a matter of raising your hands, and the aunt doesn't have to worry about it." ’

After they finished speaking, they returned to the house, and Zhang Lingyu said, "Congratulations, Brother Ma, I have already talked about your relationship with Cuihua." Ma Zhengchun lowered his head and smiled silently, and Cuihua didn't dare to raise his head. Ma Rufeng smiled at Ren and said, "Sister-in-law, from now on we will be in-laws." Ren smiled: "Cuihua can find you good family, it's all thanks to Zhang Daxia." Ma Rufeng said: "I'm afraid that my family is not worthy of Cuihua in the spring." Ren said: "Don't say that, in-laws, we are climbing." They all rested at Ma's house that night.

The next day, the Ma family got up and finished breakfast, Ma Rufeng went to prepare the dowry, Zhang Lingyu and Ren's and Cuihua went to redeem the old house, and moved the moved furniture back. At noon, they had dinner at Cuihua's house, and Ren and Cuihua were busy and smiling. After the marriage, the two families will marry them after the autumn, hoping that Zhang Lingyu will come to officiate the wedding for them at that time. Zhang Lingyu promised to come if he was fine.

Early in the morning of the third day, Zhang Lingyu said goodbye to the Ma family and Cuihua, and went north. In the evening, I went to the foot of Niutou Mountain, stepped up and walked for a while to see Niujiazhuang, Zhang Lingyu remembered that there was a kind person in Niujiazhuang, I don't know how I am doing now, I must go to see it.