Liang Run took Zhao Yao to continue shopping in the West Market. After walking around for a while, I saw a lot of people gathered not far in front, as if they were watching something exciting.
Zhao Yao likes to watch the excitement most. When he sees the excitement, he immediately runs forward. Taking advantage of his small size, he squeezed through the crowd like a loach and pushed his way to the front. Only then did he see clearly that it was several teenagers beating a thin young man.
These young men were all dressed in brocade uniforms, with fierce expressions and gloating smiles on their lips. The young man who was trampled under their feet was wearing gray linen. His face was so bruised and swollen that his true appearance was completely unclear. He curled up on the ground, his eyes full of fear, and he kept begging for mercy.
However, the more he begged for mercy, the happier the teenagers who beat him laughed. They kicked him from time to time and whipped him with horsewhips from time to time.
Zhao Yao frowned when he saw this scene. However, he did not rush to define it, but first asked the uncle around him.
"Uncle, why did they beat him?"
When the uncle saw Zhao Yao's handsome appearance, he couldn't help but like him. He said to him lovingly: "That man is a thief. He was so bold as to steal the money of these young gentlemen. Unexpectedly, he was caught on the spot, and then he was killed by several young men. The young master was beaten."
Another uncle next to him said: "This man is a habitual thief. This is not the first time he has stolen money from others. He was unlucky today and stole from these people." At this point, the uncle suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Stealed from these people." On several overlords.”
Someone else interrupted and said: "This man is too brave to provoke these people. If he is not beaten to death, these overlords will not let him go."
Hearing the elders calling several young men in brocade clothes "Overlords", Zhao Yao asked curiously: "Who are they and why are they called Overlords?"
The first uncle who spoke to Zhao Yao felt a little weird when he saw that Zhao Yao didn't recognize these overlords. After all, these overlords were very famous in the capital.
"You don't even know about them?"
Zhao Yao shook his head: "I don't know, are they famous?" Judging from the dress and behavior of these people, they should be famous dandies in the capital.
"Everyone in the entire West City knows them." The uncle looked at the overlords and saw that they were still bullying the thief, so he cautiously said to Zhao Yao, "Their fathers are all high officials of the imperial court."
"How old is the high official of the imperial court?"
"I heard that they are all the sons of the general."
"General, what are their last names?" There are many generals in the court. These generals were all heroes who conquered the country together with their father.
"Song, Zhang, Shen, and Chu."
Zhao Yao looked surprised: "These are all generals."
"Isn't it? Otherwise, why would they be so arrogant and domineering?" The uncle continued, "Even though they are young, they dare to do anything. It is common for them to beat people on the street, and they dare to beat anyone."
"Are you so arrogant? Does Jing Zhaoyin not care?"
"Their fathers are both generals. How dare Jing Zhaoyin take care of them." The uncle kindly reminded Zhao Yao, "You can't afford to offend these overlords. When you see them in the future, you must stay away from them."
Zhao Yao nodded and said, "I understand." He asked again, "Have any of them killed anyone?"
"I didn't beat anyone to death, but I often beat people half to death, like now." The uncle shook his head and said in horror, "There will be no good outcome if you offend them."
"They don't know how to eat without giving money, do they?" Zhao Yao asked very quietly, "Are they still robbing people's things, are they robbing civilian women?"
"That's not true."
"No?" Isn't that what dandy boys do?
"Although they often cause trouble, they never robbed anything or raped women."
"Then why are they overlords?"
"Because they are overbearing and unreasonable, and they often beat people." The uncle added, "They also often fight cocks and dogs."
"So this is ah."
"These bullies are even afraid of the cats and dogs on the street. They stay away when they see them."
Zhao Yao thought in his heart: This is why cats hate dogs.
Seeing the thief wet his pants after being beaten, several teenagers burst out laughing. The tallest and strongest boy among them used his riding crop to pick up the thief's chin and warned him fiercely: "If we catch you stealing something in the future, be careful with your life."
The thief cried and said: "I don't dare to do it anymore. I don't dare to do it anymore."
The tall and strong young man sneered with disgust, straightened up and said to the others: "Let's go."
"Where to go?"
"Go to the teahouse and listen to a book."
"Let's go to the teahouse again."
"Otherwise, where do you want to go? To Yihongyuan?"
"Are we going to Yihongyuan? Do we really want to go?"
"Do you dare to go?"
"Don't dare."
"I don't dare either."
If their father knew that they were going to Yihongyuan, their lives would be lost.
"If you don't want to go to a teahouse, you might as well go to a fight."
Only after seeing a few overlords leaving did the crowd of onlookers dare to comment. As for the thief who was beaten to a pulp by several teenagers, no one cared.
Zhao Yao asked Liang Run: "Second uncle, do you know those people just now?"
"I know, they are famous in the West City. They are from the Song family, the Zhang family, the Shen family, and the Chu family." Liang Run said, "They are the youngest sons of these families, and they must be spoiled. That's why they are so arrogant. However, they didn't cause any harm, so Jing Zhaoyin turned a blind eye to them."
"The eldest sons of these families are very famous and serve in the military. Unexpectedly, their younger sons are causing trouble in the market."
"As for the younger son, I will pamper him a little."
"I am also the youngest son, so I am not favored." Zhao Yao sighed quietly, "Oh, my youngest son was also punished to copy the Analects of Confucius a hundred times."
Liang Run felt very distressed when he heard what Zhao Yao said. He rubbed Zhao Yao's head and said, "Second uncle dotes on you." Neither sister nor Yao Yao are favored, probably because the Liang family is humble.
"Although my father doesn't dote on me, I do have my mother-in-law, my uncle, and my second uncle who dote on me."
"What do you want to eat? Second uncle can buy it for you?"
"I also want to eat pastries."
"Then buy some more."
The nephews and uncle went to the most popular snack shop in Beijing to buy pastries, and unexpectedly they met the young men from before. Three of them were standing outside the snack shop, and one was probably buying snacks.
Seeing the three of them standing at the door of the pastry shop, people passing by looked scared and stayed away from them, as if they were man-eating tigers who would be eaten if they came even slightly close to them.
The three of them were very satisfied with the passerby's fearful reaction, and they put on an even more unprovoked expression, which made the passerby walk faster when he passed the door.
Not only was Zhao Yao not afraid of them, he also turned a blind eye to them.
The three of them met a pretty little kid and thought they would be frightened. Unexpectedly, the little kid was so courageous that he dared to walk directly in front of them into the pastry shop.
Liang Run was naturally not afraid of the few brats who didn't have all their hair, so he followed Zhao Yao into the dim sum shop.
The three of them followed Zhao Yao all the way. When Zhao Yao walked into the dim sum shop, they looked at each other.
"Who was that little guy just now? He wasn't afraid of us?"
"Doesn't he know who we are?"
"Did we be underestimated just now?"
"When he comes out, we scare him to death and let him know that we are scary."
Zhao Yao walked into the dim sum shop and saw the waiter talking carefully to the young man in brocade clothes.
The boy in brocade clothes seemed to enjoy the boy's fearful reaction. Although he had a cute, chubby little face, he pretended to be serious and fierce.
When the waiter saw the young man in brocade giving him money, he quickly waved his hand and said he didn't want the money.
The young man in brocade clothes said angrily: "Why, you look down on me?"
The boy was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly and said with a horrified expression: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
The young man in brocade clothes raised his chin and put on an arrogant look: "Master, I am not short of these few dollars." After saying that, he put the money on the table hard.
The man quickly thanked him: "Thank you, sir."
The young man in brocade clothes left with satisfaction.
When he left, the man let out a long sigh of relief, with an expression on his face that he was surviving the disaster.
"Are you okay?" Zhao Yao asked with concern.
When the waiter saw a cute little doll standing in front of the counter, his heart suddenly softened, and the expression on his face instantly became gentle.
"Little Master, what snacks do you want to buy?"
"Are you OK?"
"I'm fine. Thank you for your concern, young master." The clerk bent down and asked Zhao Yao, "young master, what do you want to buy?"
Zhao Yao said crisply: "I want to buy peach blossom cakes, walnut and jujube cakes, lotus cakes..." These snacks are all his favorites. Of course, it is also what the mother-in-law likes to eat.
"Please wait."
The young man in brocade just walked out of the dim sum shop. He learned from his friends that there was a little kid who was not afraid of them, so he was naturally very angry. He and the other three people stood guard at the door of the snack shop, waiting for the little boy to come out after buying the snacks. Then they would give him a good look.
When Zhao Yao came out after buying snacks, he saw four young men in brocade clothes looking fierce and glaring at him fiercely.
The young men in brocade clothes put on their most terrifying expressions, thinking they would scare the little ones to tears.
