Chapter 26 Strange Hero Meets Thief

Zhang Lingyu walked forward on the road, to the sparsely populated places in the mountainous areas, he exerted light skills as fast as the wind, when there were many people, he also walked quickly, and he did not eat on the road, and arrived at Qingzhou Mansion at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhang Lingyu walked into the city, walked on the street for a while, met the guests and walked in, Xiao Er hurriedly greeted him with a smile and said: "Son, please come inside, whether you want to stay in the hotel or eat." Zhang Lingyu said: "Eat first and then stay in the hotel." After speaking, he found a table by the window and sat down, took off the burden and put it on the table, Xiao Er followed and stood aside and said, "Childe, please order what you want to eat." Zhang Lingyu said: "Cut me a plate of braised beef, a plate of peanuts, and a pot of bamboo leaf wine." Xiao Er shouted hello, muttered the names of the dishes and wine, and went to the back kitchen.

Zhang Lingyu saw that there was one person eating in the lobby, and after a while, Xiao Er brought the wine and food and said, "Son, your wine and food are here, please use it slowly." Xiao Er put the wine and chopsticks and left, Zhang Lingyu poured himself a cup and took a sip, took a piece of beef and put it in his mouth and chewed, then a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy came over, he walked to the opposite side of the table and stood and said: "Childe, can you give me something to eat, I haven't eaten for three days." I saw that the beggar's clothes were not torn but a little dirty, and his face was clear and dirty, and he wore a broken hat, and he had a stick and a bowl, and he looked pitiful. Zhang Lingyu looked at it and said, "Little Er, add another set of chopsticks." Xiao Er said, "Okay." Then I went to get the chopsticks.

The beggar hurriedly said, 'No, I have.' As he spoke, he stretched out two pairs of half-pair chopsticks and grabbed a piece of beef and put it in his mouth and chewed it, he ate it piece by piece, Xiao Er took the chopsticks and smiled when he saw this and walked away. Zhang Lingyu only ate three pieces of beef, and those were all eaten by the little beggar. The little beggar burped and said, "Thank you for your generosity, I am full, and my sister has not eaten for three days, so I bring peanuts to my sister to eat." With that, he reached out and brought the peanuts and poured them into his bowl. He smiled and said, "Xiexie, your son, you are really a good person, and good people will be rewarded." Then he walked out of the inn.

At this time, the shopkeeper came over and said, "I'm sorry son, why don't you get another one and count it as my treat." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "No need, I'm willing to let him eat it, and if I do it again, how much will it be." The shopkeeper left, and after a while, Xiao Er brought the dishes again, put them on the table, and put away the empty plates before leaving. Zhang Lingyu stopped him and said, "Little Er, don't leave yet, I have something to ask you." Xiao Er smiled and said: "Do you want to inquire about the news, even if you ask me the right person, **, I know all about Baidao, but some questions have to be charged." Zhang Lingyu said: "How is the Fan Tongzhang family of the Qingzhou prefect now." Xiao Er was stunned and said, "You ask him what he is doing." Zhang Lingyu said: "He owed our family a debt before, and I came to him today to ask him to repay it." Xiao Er said: "It's an unjust debt, I advise the son not to ask for it, he is now a big official in the capital, you go to collect debts, it's not good that the debt is not begging for a small life but it is lost, how many unjust cases he has judged, but no one can sue him, but the official is getting bigger and bigger." ’

Zhang Lingyu said: "It turns out that he went to Beijing to be an official, how about his two sons. Xiao Er said: "There is a son who is a little demented, there is a son who is rampant and domineering, I heard that the idiot was beaten by a scholar when he was a child, and the scholar ran away and was not caught, it is really God's eyes." Zhang Lingyu took out a few copper coins and handed them to Xiao Er, and said with a smile: "Little Second Brother, Xiexie, you tell me the news." Xiao Er waved his hand and said, "Don't, don't, everyone in Qingzhou City knows this news." After that, he left.

After Zhang Lingyu was full of wine and food, he walked to the counter with his burden on his back, took out a piece of silver and put it on the table and said, "I want to stay in a single room for one night, and settle the bill tomorrow morning." The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Haode, Xiao Er takes the son to the room." Then he registered. Xiao Er ran over and said, "Childe, please come with me." Zhang Lingyu said: "Little second brother, you can help me prepare, now I want to go to the street to have a look." Xiao Erdao: "Haode." Zhang Lingyu walked towards the door.

Zhang Lingyu came to the street and inquired about a few more people, and the situation was similar to what Xiao Er said. As he walked, he saw a tailor's shop, so he went in and ordered two sets of clothes, a white brocade coat and a black shortcoat, and said that he would pick them up tomorrow.

Zhang Lingyu walked slowly on the street out of the tailor's shop, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, when suddenly a handsome young man in luxurious clothes stumbled into Zhang Lingyu's arms, and Zhang Lingyu suddenly took a step across to avoid it. The young man was about to fall to the ground, but suddenly pressed his hands on the ground, and his body swooped over and fell to the ground steadily, attracting many people to stop and watch. The young man who watched was a little embarrassed and said, "What's so nice about this, it's not a trick." After speaking, he walked away, and said secretly: "That kid is deliberately walking away or unintentionally walking away, if he deliberately walks away, the reaction is too fast, I can't see that he is still a master, I think I have never missed a flying thief, even ordinary martial arts masters can't avoid my magic hand, is it planted in the hands of this young man today, is his kung fu as handsome and chic as his appearance, I have to test it again." ’

Thinking of this, the flying god turned around and followed, speeding up his pace and soon catching up with Zhang Lingyu, brushing Zhang Lingyu's side, with a smug face, walked a section and turned into an alley, took out a money bag that he had just stolen from his sleeve, poured out the money bag and looked shocked, it turned out to be just a few stones, and he looked depressed. He said, 'Did he already know that I was going to steal his purse?' Suddenly, he jumped as if he had been pricked by a needle, and hurriedly touched the money bag in his arms, but disappeared, and secretly said: "I have caught eagles all my life, but today I was pecked by the eagle, and I didn't expect to meet a real thief today, so I have to learn a few tricks from him." So he went back to the street, looked around and saw no trace of Zhang Lingyu, and hurriedly chased after him.

The flying thief chased forward for a while and finally saw Zhang Lingyu, only to see that he was still leisurely wandering. The Flying God hurried behind Zhang Lingyu and said, "This brother, please stay." Zhang Lingyu stopped, but did not look back, and said, "What advice does your son have?" The Flying God said: "I don't dare to give advice, I just want to ask for advice." As he spoke, he walked up to Zhang Lingyu. Zhang Lingyu said: "I don't know what the son asked. The Flying God said, "I want to ask which disciple the brother is." Zhang Lingyu said: "Five lakes and four seas." The Flying God thought for a moment and said, "I haven't heard of this sect. Zhang Lingyu smiled: "Of course you haven't heard of it, because it just opened today." The Flying God said with a cold face: "You are playing tricks on me, let's make it clear, you can keep the silver, you have to return the jade pendant to me, it is my family's ancestral token, I offended my brother by getting an axe at the end of work, and I hope that Brother Tai will forgive me." ’

Zhang Lingyu also said with a calm face: "You can't see that I am a poor man, and Weishenme attacked me." The Flying God said, "Because you are more handsome and dashing than me, I feel uncomfortable and want to teach you a lesson. Zhang Lingyu smiled when she heard this: "There are really all kinds of people, and you are too childish." The Flying God snickered, "Brother Tai is not much older than me." Zhang Lingyu raised his right hand and said, "Look, I didn't take your money bag at all." The Flying Thief secretly mused, "You may have already put away the money bag, how can you keep it in your hands." Zhang Lingyu looked at him with a look of disbelief, raised his left hand and let go: "Still not." The Flying God said, "You might as well put it somewhere else." Zhang Lingyu said: "You don't believe me, where do you say I can put it, if you guess correctly, I will invite you to drink." ’

Then the little beggar who was eating beef came up with a stick and laughed, 'I said, "This good man, brother, if I guess it, you can invite me to drink." Zhang Lingyu smiled: "Of course, please, you can talk about it." The little beggar pointed to the flying god and snickered, "On himself." Zhang Lingyu smiled and said, "How do you know it's on him." The little beggar smiled and said, "I know that he is a famous flying thief in the rivers and lakes, and he likes to steal and suspects that others are the same as him, and he is a thief shouting to catch a thief." Zhang Lingyu smiled: "What the little brother said makes sense. Then he said to the Flying Thief: "Brother Tai turned out to be a famous Flying Thief, disrespectful, disrespectful." The Flying God said hurriedly: 'I said, man, you believe what this little beggar says.' Zhang Lingyu said: "Aren't you a flying thief?" The Flying Thief said, "My nickname is the Flying Thief, but I don't need to be a thief." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "Facts speak louder than words, see if you have a money bag on you." ’

The flying god thief touched into his arms in disbelief, and suddenly his face changed, and the hand that was stretched out refused to take it out. The little beggar laughed and said, 'Well, I'm right, take it out quickly, or I'll have to search my body.' As he spoke, he set his hands to take it in his arms, and the Flying God Thief secretly said, "Today is considered to have met a master." Forced to take out the money bag, Zhang Lingyu smiled and said: "Brother Tai, see if it's your money bag." The Flying God thief poured out the money bag and saw that the silver and jade pendants were there, and said embarrassedly: "This is impossible, my money bag is obviously gone, why did it come back, this is also amazing." The little beggar said, "Brother thief, don't act anymore, and no one will watch it again." ’

The Flying Thief couldn't speak clearly, his face was flushed with anxiety, and he said excitedly: "Big brother, I admit defeat, can't I worship you as a teacher, you can save me." As he spoke, he was about to kneel down and salute, Zhang Lingyu stretched out his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "There is no need to apprentice, I have nothing to teach you, and no one wants to harm you, tell me how to save it." The Flying God said, "Big brother, you have to tell the truth about this money bag, otherwise this little beggar will laugh at me for the rest of my life." Zhang Lingyu said: "It's okay to tell the truth, but you also have to tell the truth, who are you doing this work for." The Flying God said: "My target is a rich young master, a rich businessman, a corrupt official, and the money I get to save the poor." ’

Zhang Lingyu smiled and said: "Okay, brother, I handed over your brother, what do you think." The Flying God Thief smiled happily and said, "Big brother, are you serious, the younger brother Tong Yunfei gave the eldest brother a salute." As he spoke, he clasped his fists and saluted. The little beggar said, "I said big brother, you believe him when he says this, usually I ask him for a few food money, he doesn't give him, he is a miser." Tong Yunfei said: "You are the grandson of the number one gang leader in the rivers and lakes, and you still want to ask me for money, and my money is used to save the poor." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "It turns out that this little brother is the grandson of the leader of the beggar gang, and he is disrespectful." The little beggar smiled and said, "Good brother, you are too polite, little brother Ma Junlan, I don't know the eldest brother's surname." Zhang Lingyu said: "I am Zhang Lingyu, the prodigal son of the rivers and lakes." Ma Junlan smiled in surprise and said: "You are Zhang Lingyu, the wonder man Zhang Lingyu who splits the three strange things." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "What kind of wonder is a rumor." Tong Yunfei said with a smile: "It turns out that the eldest brother is a wonder man in the rivers and lakes, and the defeat of the younger brother in your hands is not wronged at all, but it is a blessing for the brothers, I want to worship the eldest brother as a brother, I don't know if the eldest brother dislikes it." ’

Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "Brother, why do you say this, I can't ask for a brother to become a brother with your flying thief, at least there will be no shortage of silver flowers." Tong Yunfei smiled embarrassedly: "Big brother, don't make fun of me, my thief will become a stupid thief in front of my eldest brother." Ma Junlan said: "Brother Tong, you mean that the eldest brother took your money bag and then returned it to you, but you don't know." Tong Yunfei said: "That's right. Ma Junlan giggled when she heard this. Tong Yunfei said: "Is it so funny?" Ma Junlan said with a smile: "Of course it's funny, wouldn't it be funny if this is to be spread to the rivers and lakes." Tong Yunfei said: "As long as the people in the rivers and lakes know that I lost in the hands of Qixia, they will say that they are excusable." Ma Junlan thought for a while and said, "What Brother Tong said also makes sense. ’

Tong Yunfei said: "Big brother, let's go and prepare incense and candles to worship, and I will invite my eldest brother to eat and drink in the evening." Ma Junlan said: "Big brother, you and I will also become brothers with you, you won't look down on me as a little beggar." Tong Yunfei said: "Your grandfather is a big gang leader, I'm afraid we won't be able to climb high." Ma Junlan pouted and said, "You don't taunt me, whoever wants to bow to you, I want to bow to my eldest brother." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "Don't quarrel between the two of you, since you meet together, it's fate, Brother Ma, I recognize your brother." Ma Junlan smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Zhang." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "I'm very happy to meet the two brothers today, and I'll treat you to the guest inn in the evening." With that, the three of them walked towards the guest house.

It was getting late, the three of them came to the guest inn, there were already many people eating and drinking in the lobby, they found an empty table to sit down, the little second brother came up to greet him, Zhang Lingyu instructed the little two to serve the wine and food, and after a while, the little two sent the wine and food to the table, and three meat and three vegetables took out three pots of wine. Ma Junlan saw that the vegetables came up and stretched out her hand to get the chicken legs, but Tong Yunfei stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Brother, you hurry up and wash your hands, you have to use chopsticks to coerce your hands after washing your hands, and you are not allowed to grab them with your hands." Ma Junlan said: "I want to arrest you, what are you doing." Tong Yunfei said: "You will affect our appetite like this, Brother Zhang, are you right?" Zhang Lingyu smiled: "Brother Ma, you can go wash it." Ma Junlan saw that Zhang Lingyu also wanted him to wash, so she had no choice but to wash, and glared at Tong Yunfei before leaving, Tong Yunfei smiled proudly.

Tong Yunfei poured all the wine, Ma Junlan washed her hands and came back and sat down, stretched out her hand and smiled: "It's okay now." Tong Yunfei grabbed Ma Junlan's hand and said with a smile: "Oh, you are a man's hand, it is clearly a girl's hand." Zhang Lingyu saw that it was indeed a snow-white little hand, and he smiled and said secretly: "With my sensitive sense of smell, no matter how you draw it, it can't fill me, I already knew that she was my daughter's family." Ma Junlan hurriedly withdrew her hand and put it under the table, blushing and said, "You are a woman, or I will take off my clothes for you to see." Tong Yunfei smiled and said, "Okay, okay." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "Don't make trouble between the two brothers, let's eat meat and drink wine." Zhang Lingyu said that he had just entered the rivers and lakes, and Tong Yunfei and Ma Junlan showed their own magic powers and told anecdotes about the rivers and lakes.

Zhang Lingyu and they were full of wine and food, and told Xiao Er to bring some incense and incense burners to his room, Zhang Lingyu and they came to the guest room, and after a while, Xiao Er brought incense and incense burners, and the three of them set up incense cases and knelt down together. Zhang Lingyu said: 'I, Zhang Lingyu, am seventeen years old and have the fifteenth birthday of the first month. Tong Yunfei said: "I, Tong Yunfei, am sixteen years old, and I have the third birthday of the third month of March. Ma Junlan said: "I, Ma Junlan, am fifteen years old and have the sixth birthday of the first month. Then they all said: "The Emperor testifies that although we were not born on the same day, we would like to die on the same day, the same month, and the same day." After speaking, he kowtowed three times to the incense case. Zhang Lingyu is the eldest brother, Tong Yunfei is the second brother, and Ma Junlan is the younger brother. Tong Yunfei smiled happily: "Tonight, the three of us brothers slept in the same bed and talked about him all night. Ma Junlan said: "Big brother, I'm sleepy, I'll go back to sleep first." Tong Yunfei was about to open his mouth to count him, but Zhang Lingyu preemptively said: "Third brother, if you are sleepy, go back to sleep first, and the days will be long in the future, as long as there is a fate, we will meet." Ma Junlan said goodbye to the two and left alone, Zhang Lingyu and Tong Yunfei chatted very closely, and chatted until midnight before falling asleep.

After breakfast the next day, Tong Yunfei accompanied Zhang Lingyu to pick up clothes, and met Ma Junlan on the way, Ma Junlan said: "Where are the eldest brother and second brother going." Zhang Lingyu said: "I ordered two sets of clothes yesterday, and now I will go and get them." Then he went with them to the tailor's shop, and when he got there, he had to wait, so they went shopping.

There are more and more pedestrians on the street, and it is a lively scene. As they walked for a while, they saw a circle of people in an open field. Zhang Lingyu said: "Second brother, third brother, you see what many people are doing over there. Tong Yunfei said: "That's juggling." Zhang Lingyu said: "Let's go over and have a look." They walked to see that it was a class, a middle-aged couple with a son and two daughters, only to see a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl playing with a single knife, although the knife technique is not subtle but very skillful and smooth, a set of knife skills ended with Bo's applause. A little girl of seven or eight years old was holding a gong next to each other to collect money. A middle-aged man clasped his fists and saluted in a circle: "Those who have money help the money field, and those who have no money help the people field, xiexie everyone."

The little girl walked up to Zhang Lingyu and them, Tong Yunfei put in a few copper coins, Zhang Lingyu put some broken silver, and the little girl couldn't help bowing happily. The little girl continued to collect the money, and walked up to a fat man, who had a face full of flesh and a smirk, and when she saw the little girl coming to her, she smiled and said, "Two dogs, collect the money." Behind him, a young man with five big and three thick walked out, and stretched out his hand to pour all the money in the gong into his mouth. As soon as the little girl saw how she could be willing, she reached out and grabbed it, and the big man raised her leg and kicked the little girl a few feet away, spitting blood on the spot. The family was busy running over, and the middle-aged man took the girl in his arms, and said with tears in his eyes: "Xiaohong, Hong'er," and there was no response after a few calls, and he closed his eyes and fell unconscious.

It turned out that this guy with a meaty face was the local head snake Xiong Wu, and he still didn't give up on his feelings, Xiong Wu scolded: "I limit you to leave Qingzhou City before noon, otherwise you will look good." His minions swarmed up and smashed the little red wheelbarrow and the box.

Zhang Lingyu hurriedly walked up to Hong'er, checked his pulse, and said, "Uncle, you hold her up and sit down." Zhang Lingyu waited for Hong'er to be helped up and sat up, pressed her palm against her life gate to input true qi, and after a while, she woke up, and when she woke up, she cried and called her father and mother. When Xiong Wu saw that the child was awake, he came over and scolded: 'I told you to get out of here, or I will break all your legs.' ’

Zhang Lingyu stood up and said to Xiong Wu: "Why are you beating people, why are you driving people away." Xiong Wuwei rolled his eyes and said: "This is Lao Tzu's territory, can you manage it, if you know each other, get out quickly, otherwise it will not be good for you." Zhang Lingyu glared and said: "I said that this is my territory, you beat people and destroy things on my territory, and you have to pay several times the compensation, you will give one hundred taels of silver to others, and forget it. After hearing this, Xiong Wu said, "Boy, you are not afraid of the wind fanning your tongue." After speaking, he swung his fist at Zhang Lingyu, Zhang Lingyu used one finger to hit Xiong Wu's fist, and he screamed and retreated several steps. Zhang Lingyu stepped forward and slapped his mouth, only to hear Long Xiongwu's mouth full of bright red, and then wow-la-spitting out a lot of teeth, just listening to him wah-wah wow-la-la, he couldn't tell what it was.

His subordinates didn't know how to do well, Xiong Wu had no choice but to make gestures to beat Zhang Lingyu, seven or eight of his subordinates came over together, punching and kicking, and seven or eight thugs were lying on the ground humming. Zhang Lingyu walked up to Xiong Wu, only to see that his mouth was swollen and high, and he retreated in fright. Zhang Lingyu shouted: "Don't move." He really stood still. Zhang Lingyu said: "One hundred taels of silver, not a penny less, if you don't say a word, you will break your legs, until you unscrew your head, you don't want silver." Then he kicked a small stone from the ground with his foot, and reached out to catch a twist of the powder. Xiong Wu nodded in fright when he saw this. Zhang Lingyu said: "Go back and get the silver, we are waiting for you here, you can find a master to deal with me, and you will pay the consequences." ’

Xiong Wu waved his hand and limped away with a group of thugs, and after a while, Xiong Wu really sent someone to send a hundred taels of silver, but Xiaohong's father refused to ask for it, he had to ask Zhang Lingyu to take it himself, and he would be grateful if he could vent for them. Zhang Lingyu gave them the silver, and said, "Uncle, you hurry up and repair the car and leave here." Xiaohong's family was busy repairing the car, packing up, and soon left Qingzhou City. Just walked a short distance, Zhang Lingyu saw two people sneakily following behind, picked up two small pebbles and threw them over, hitting the ankles of the two people, and squatted down at that time. Suddenly, I heard someone whispering: 'Go back and tell the bastard surnamed Xiong, if you want to harm people again, you will let them all die.' The two looked up and didn't find anyone talking, the two limped and looked around, walked back, went back to see Xiong Wuyi and said, Xiong Wu trembled in fright, waved his hand and told not to chase.

Zhang Lingyu saw that this matter was over, so he walked towards the tailor shop with Tong Yunfei and Ma Junlan, Tong Yunfei said: "Big brother, you get silver faster than the younger brother, and they have to give silver when they are looking for teeth all over the ground, which is really happy, but will the rivers and lakes say that you are robbing." Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "I don't care what the rivers and lakes say, it's cheap for him today, but I just asked for compensation, and I confiscated his wages." Ma Junlan smiled: "Big brother, what kind of salary did you say?" Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "You think I beat people casually, they forced me to beat them, of course they have to pay them." Tong Yunfei said with a smile: "Now I know that the eldest brother is a wonder hero on the rivers and lakes, because the eldest brother wants to be a hero again, but he is not as serious as some heroes." Ma Junlan said with a smile: "Big brother, what kind of medicine is used to treat what disease, and what tricks are used against whom." ’

Zhang Lingyu said with a smile: "The third brother said the best, why can they be bad guys and use any tricks, we have to follow the rules if we are good people, this is too unfair, my proposition is that when you meet a scoundrel, you must be worse than him, if you meet a ruthless person, you must be more ruthless than him, and if you meet a good person, of course, you must be better than him, in short, you must repay the other in the other way." ’

Tong Yunfei said: 'Big brother, I want to go with you to the rivers and lakes and do chivalrous deeds. Ma Junlan also said: "Big brother, little brother is also willing to follow." Zhang Lingyu smiled: "Not now, when I finish this matter, you can follow me every day." Tong Yunfei said: "If the eldest brother wants to do something, the younger brother can also help." Zhang Lingyu said: "I don't need it this time, I want to do it alone." They had already arrived at the tailor's shop, and it was almost noon when Zhang Lingyu took out his clothes, and the three of them had lunch together.

After lunch, they said goodbye to each other, and Tong Yunfei said, "Big brother, when will we meet again." Zhang Lingyu said: "In May, I may go to Jinling to attend a friend's wedding. Tong Yunfei said: "Okay, I'll see you in Jinling then." Ma Junlan said: "Which son of Jinling." Zhang Lingyu said: "Liujiazhuang in the south of the city, meteor swordsman Liu Qingyang." Ma Junlan said: "I've heard of this person." ’

Zhang Lingyu said goodbye to Tong Yunfei and Ma Junlan, walked on the street, and walked for a while and saw a craft shop, selling books, calligraphy and paintings, singing and opera, kite folding fans, and many handicrafts. Zhang Lingyu secretly said: "This time I went to Qingyuan to take revenge, if I killed his whole family, it would be a big case, and it would be difficult to mix in the rivers and lakes after this alarming the government, so it is best to make up and act in disguise, so that he will always be a fan." Thinking of this, I walked into the store to see what kind of mask, went to the store for a while, and took a fancy to the fake beard and false eyebrows, the beard is a big beard, and the eyebrows are black and long thick eyebrows.