In any case, he couldn't remember the order and location of the messy footprints on the four pages, Wu Zheng didn't even eat lunch, and in the evening, he casually got some dinner, and after eating, he didn't continue to stay in the courtyard, but opened the courtyard door and walked to the street of Causeway City.

At the end of the year, although the weather is very cold, the streets are still bustling and lively. Most of them are pedestrians who go out with their families to buy New Year's goods, young and old, all kinds of people.

Walking aimlessly, wanting not to think about those messy footprints, Wu Zheng really couldn't do it. Even if he was attracted by the chatter and laughter of pedestrians from time to time, it was just a blink of an eye that Wu Zheng's thoughts would return to the seven hundred and twenty footprints.

Just because he was on the street, Wu Zheng still restrained himself and never tried to remember the footprints that were always moving slowly in his mind.

The feeling of being stuffy, dizzy, and wanting to vomit was really bad, and Wu Zheng was a little scared.

Unconsciously, I walked to the gate of the county school where Sui Xing studied, because there was no grocery store nearby, so it was rare to be clean here.

In the nearly four months since he came to Causeway City, Wu Zheng is most familiar with the street where the county school is located. Because in addition to Mu Xiu for three days every month, every day Wu Zheng had to help Sui Xing carry books and the four treasures of the study room and send him to school. After that, he stayed honestly, as long as Sui Xing needed anything, he must let Sui Xing find himself as soon as possible. Therefore, Wu Zheng was either at the gate of the county school, or wandering around at random not far away.

Turn left at the entrance of the county school, and there is a bookstore at the entrance of the two alleys, although I am not sure whether the bookstore is open now, Wu Zheng still walked over.

Sui Xing only gave Wu Zheng a salary of 100 yuan every month, and it was only 400 copper coins in four months. Except for occasionally buying some gadgets for Sui Xing's daughter Meng'er, and also buying worthless things for Cuiliu once or twice, Wu Zheng saved up the others. When he went out today, he deliberately brought a hundred and ten copper coins, and Wu Zheng didn't think about what to buy, so he planned to go to the bookstore to have a look.

Walking over, the bookstore was not closed, but there was no one else inside except for the bookstore shopkeeper who was sitting in front of a plate of charcoal fire and concentrating on the books in his hand.

When Wu Zheng walked in, the shopkeeper took his eyes off the page and asked casually:

"Buying books?"

Wu Zheng, who didn't think about whether to buy a book, also replied casually:

"Just take a look. ”

So the shopkeeper continued to bury his head in the books in his hand, while Wu Zheng casually looked at the books on the shelves.

Almost after sending Sui Xing to the county school, he would come to visit every day, and obviously the shopkeeper also recognized Wu Zheng. After all, Wu Zheng has only been looking at it casually, but he has never bought it, so he has not treated Wu Zheng as a customer.

Just when Wu Zheng was attracted by a copy of "Notes on Wild History" on the shelf, he had just opened it, and he hadn't finished reading a single page, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, and then there was a strange voice of yin and yang:

"Shopkeeper Duan, it's so idle. ”

"You guys, why are you back again? Didn't you say a good year ago?"

It was only then that Wu Zheng saw three young men walking in with their arms dangling.

"We are here to inform Shopkeeper Duan that this year's money has risen. ”

Wu Zheng naturally understands what money is, which is nothing more than the so-called protection fee. Generally, the people who collect the money are collected on a monthly basis, and of course there are also annual money, and from the words of the three young people, it is not difficult to hear that the money of this bookstore is collected on an annual basis.

"Is there still a royal law? I am a small bookstore, and the income is only a dozen taels of silver all year round, and I will only give you three taels, and if the money rises again, our family can only drink the northwest wind. ”

Shopkeeper Duan's tone was full of helplessness and anger.

"What is your freedom to drink, but the money can't help but rise, presumably Shopkeeper Duan also knows who our boss is. Today is also here to inform you, you must be ready before the new year. It's not three taels, it's five taels. ”

"Hmph, I'm going to close the door now. ”

said that, he really wanted to drive Wu Zheng and the three young people out.

"Even if you close your doors now, you won't have to lose a penny of money a year. ”

Another continued:

"If the bookstore is closed, your house won't be open forever. Even if we don't open the door, we have a way to get in. Try it if you don't believe it. ”

"You, do you still let people live? I will go to the county government tomorrow to sue you. ”

Hearing what Shopkeeper Duan said, the three young men clapped their hands and laughed.

"Okay, okay, okay, you are welcome to go to the county government to file a complaint and see if the county master dares to accept your petition. ”

As the saying goes, a rabbit bites when it's anxious, and the shopkeeper Duan was obviously squeezed by the words of the three of them and lost his mind, so he threw the book in his hand towards the person in the middle, and then bent down to pick up the brazier in front of him, and threw it over without thinking.

The three young men in their twenties obviously didn't expect the usually honest bookstore shopkeeper to come to such a hand, and they jumped and dodged a little slower, and inevitably got splashed with some sparks by the brazier that fell to the ground.

I saw one of them, suddenly rushed over, raised his foot and kicked the shopkeeper Duan's chest, after the shopkeeper Duan fell on his back, the man still didn't give up, and continued to kick and beat.

Wu Zheng really couldn't look at it, and shouted:

"Enough, is there really no royal law in Causeway City?!"

"Yo, where did the little wild seed come from, and he actually took care of Lao Tzu's affairs, is he also tired of being crooked?"

Since he was in the discussion room next to the ancestral hall of Wujiabao, Wu Lishan was scolded by Wu Lishan for "wild seeds", and Wu Zheng, who knew his life experience, was naturally very taboo about these two words. Seeing that the other party was walking towards him, Wu Zheng also raised his feet and took a step outward. At the same time, his hands were clenched into fists and hung at his sides, and his eyes glared angrily at the young man who kicked the shopkeeper.

"Brother, look at it, Xiao Ye is still angry. ”

It's completely a cat play mouse expression. However, as he spoke, his hands and feet were not idle. Raising his foot was like kicking the shopkeeper just now, and he came to Wu Zheng's chest with one foot.

Wu Zheng didn't even look at the foot that was about to be on his side, his body turned to the left side, and his right hand hanging down by his side suddenly fished up from the bottom, grabbed the ankle that kicked to the chest, and then squatted slightly, and stood up suddenly, with inertia, his right hand was raised hard, and the person was lifted to the sky.

"It's the opposite, it's the opposite, today I have to pick you up alive!"

Throughout the process, Wu Zheng's eyes kept looking ahead. Seeing that the other two grabbed at the same time, one of them hit his left temple from one side with his fist. One kicks his leg and goes straight to his crotch. And the one who was overturned on the ground didn't even get up, but just pressed his hands on the ground, and his whole body slid towards Wu Zheng on the ground, while hooking the toes of one foot inward, and the outer edge of the sole of his foot was like a blade, and stomped on Wu Zheng's right ankle.

Obviously, the three people in front of him have practiced martial arts.

Wu Zheng, who wanted to retreat, only took half a step back and stuck his body on the bookshelf behind him.

As a last resort, while bending his knee and raising his right foot to protect his crotch, he just dodged a kick from below. With his right hand, he blocks the fist that strikes his left temple upwards from the inside out.

"Huh!"

The three of them exclaimed almost at the same time.

Wu Zheng's action of reaching out and knocking a person to the ground just now did not attract their attention, and now they found that the young man in front of him was also a practitioner.

"Good, good, interesting, Xiao Ye dares to come forward, and he really has something to rely on. ”

The man who was still lying on the ground, his feet rotated while talking, and he stomped on Wu Zheng's left ankle again.

At this time, the other two also changed their moves at the same time, boxing the young man on their left temple, withdrawing their right fist, and turning their left hand into a hook hand to slam Wu Zheng's chin, and when Wu Zheng had to dodge to the right, the person who kicked his crotch had already punched him straight over, and it seemed that he had been waiting for Wu Zheng to turn his head to the right.

What's more, the person who attacked his chin with a hook hand once again changed his hook hand into a standing palm, cutting Wu Zheng directly in front of the door.

There is no retreat, there is a kick under it, a fist on the right, and a standing palm in front of him.

As you tilt your head to the right, your body's center of gravity naturally shifts to the right. In a hurry, Wu Zheng actually made a move that even he couldn't imagine.

The right leg that was originally blocking the crotch seemed to be kicking down, trying to resist the kick of the man lying on the ground who stomped on the ankle of his left foot, but before he hit the ground, his toe straightened and lightly tapped the ankle of his left leg. It was with the help of this insignificant force that the body, with the left leg as the axis, actually shifted half a step to the left side.

Then his right foot went down and slammed it firmly on the ankle of the foot that was stomping towards his ankle.

In this way, not only did he dodge the fist on his right side and stand in front of him, but he also injured the ankle of the person lying on the ground.

You must know that the ankle is one of the most vulnerable parts of the human body, and Wu Zheng kicked it down from top to bottom, with the weight of his body.

I only heard the sound of the man on the ground "oops", and his legs were retracted at the same time, not to speak, and his whole body was already shrunk into a ball on the ground in pain.

The other two seemed to be shocked by Wu Zheng's extremely unreasonable action just now, and did not change their tactics to attack again, but each took half a step back, and one of the tall young men asked in surprise:

"Boy, who is your master?"

Wu Zheng still wants to know who his master is.

Ignoring them at all, thinking that he had already offended the three of them and the boss behind them anyway, he simply didn't do anything and used them to practice his hands.

The action of inadvertently moving half a step just now also attracted Wu Zheng's attention, and he also wanted to verify it immediately, whether it was a mistake, or benefited from the "Lingyun Footwork" that he couldn't understand.

Without saying a word, Wu Zheng suddenly ravaged up, stretched out his hands in front of his chest, and grabbed the two of them at the same time.

Subconsciously, Wu Zheng naturally resorted to the first form of "Lingxiao Nine Styles" - like a bamboo.

The two young men didn't expect that the thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy in front of them would take the initiative to attack, so when they reacted, one wrist of each was grabbed by the teenager.

"Ha, a small wild species that doesn't take it easy. ”

The two raised their hands almost at the same time, trying to shake off the wrists that had been grabbed by each other. I didn't want the young man in front of me to make an unbelievable move again.

I saw Wu Zheng's feet on the ground, following the strength of the two of them to raise their arms, jumping up as light as a swallow, and rotating his feet rapidly in the air, with two soft sounds of "poof", impartially, one was kicked in the left chest, and the other was kicked in the right chest.

The two of them were kicked to the ground by Wu Zheng almost at the same time.