The two people who came in were not dressed like Chinese people. They were dressed in simple, decent and fashionable clothes, and they looked like they were from abroad.
While greeting them, the landlady said to herself, "It's strange why so many people came to such a quiet place today."
The man couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and said to the landlady with a playful smile, "You are really interesting, landlady. You are not happy when customers come to your door." The man spoke with a strange accent.
After the lady boss exchanged a few polite words, the food was served and they began to eat.
The chat at the previous table was still going on. "It has become even more serious in the last month. The two sides have openly and secretly fought dozens of times, large and small. I heard that there were so many people dead. Listen." Later, the Zhang family invited foreign forces." As he said this, the man started drinking and eating food and stopped talking.
After seeing the expectant looks from everyone at the table, he stopped talking and continued, "In the end, it turned out that the commotion was getting really serious. The authorities took action. The Civil Special Committee mobilized the armed security brigade, not just to suppress it, but to provide relief." The two sides mediated, and the official called them uncle."
Hearing this, another person interrupted and said, "That's nonsense. Are the officials just acting as peacemakers? Why don't they just destroy them?"
"If you destroy other people, you know how many companies these families have in their hands, how many industries in Shanghai and Hainan are in their hands, how many people depend on them for food, and how many families they have to support. What if they are destroyed in Shanghai and Haihai, where there is only It’s going to get messier.”
"Then who won in the end."
"I can't say whether I won or not. I can only say that due to official favoritism, the Xiang family took some advantage."
At this point, the topic came to an end for the time being, and then suddenly the topic changed and several people started talking about topics related to Zhang Qilu.
"Do you know what is the hottest topic in the world right now?"
"That goes without saying, of course it's a few children. One person is worth millions of Chinese coins. Just kidding, one child can be exchanged for a gold mountain, which will take more than a few lifetimes to spend."
The woman at the same table said, "I don't know what kind of child he is. He is worth so much money."
In fact, Zhang Qilu had already noticed from the moment these four people came in. These people were looking at his table intentionally or unintentionally, and they were eating and chatting with no intention of drinking.
Zhang Nian'er suddenly said, "My nephew, I'm full. Let's go."
Zhang Qilu and others got up and walked out the door.
...
The following is a monologue from a charlatan:
I'm very nervous now.
Why did they just leave like that? This is not possible.
I am a newcomer who has just stepped into the world. Although I look like an uncle in his forties, in fact I have just turned eighteen. I am not just a person who hangs around in the world. I am also a well-connected person. Although I haven't been in the industry for long.
I remember a year ago, when I was just a peripheral member of the sect and was responsible for helping the sect collect some simple information. No one knew my name at that time. But suddenly a big change occurred in the door, and several important people died overnight.
I was panicked at that time. I had been helpless since I was a child. Since I got this job, I have been doing my best. Gradually, I regarded this place as my home. So I immediately returned to a stronghold in the gate to see if I could help. Although at that time I didn’t know what our sect was called.
I was very unlucky because I was the only one who went to help. What was even more unlucky was that we really encountered a fight when we went back. I was panicked at that time. But I went up to help without hesitation. The opponent was scary, a fat man with a big knife and a pig-head mask, but strangely he didn't attack me. By a strange combination of circumstances, I miraculously saved several important figures in the sect. Afterwards, I learned that the other party was a killer organization, and they would only attack targeted individuals. Killing one more person would be a loss-making deal for them.
I was lucky enough to be noticed by the elder brothers in the sect, and I really entered the sect. Later, I learned about this sect little by little. We are one of the lower nine sects. There are not many people in the sect. They don’t use their real names, they all have their own code names. From now on, I will be called Utama General.
I later learned that they did not recruit me because of my loyalty or my bravery. They said those were just clouds. What they liked was my appearance. I was speechless, but they felt that my appearance had great potential. I could play the role very well from eighty-eight to twenty-eight. I told them that I was only eighteen years old and I could pretend to be a teenager, but they said that was not important and that I just needed to be myself. I was a little hurt hearing them say that.
I don’t have a master, I only have classmates, and I have never met most of the people in the sect. The people who introduced me to me were an old man and a little girl who taught me my skills. I worked hard to learn various skills, especially boxing. I know Learning this skill well can save your life, so I practice very hard every day. The old man was quite satisfied with me and said that I worked hard, but the kid looked down on me because my nose was not my nose and my eyes were not my eyes.
I consider myself a grown man and cannot be looked down upon by a woman, let alone a child. I decided to challenge her. When the old man heard what I said, he smiled happily. He patted me on the shoulder and said nothing. I don't understand what that means. But immediately I understood something. This old man is laughing at me.
The little girl and I only punched each other and she flew out. At that moment, I felt as if all the bones and muscles in my body had been poured with boiling water. I lay in bed for a full month. I hate them, why don't they remind me why they hit so hard.
Later, when I got better, I tried my best to practice the punch of the girl in red. Slowly, I started to punch out. Half a year later, the old man came to congratulate me. I was puzzled. He said that the punch I received is called a life-and-death punch in the industry. If I take it and learn it, then I will truly enter martial arts. I was very touched to hear this. They are my family, and I love my family even more.
I was assigned a task a few days ago. This was my first task after I started. I also brought a few companions from the outer sect, but I was a little nervous.
Although I was very nervous, I couldn't let them go like this. My task was to test the depth of this group of children. Originally there was a lot of foreshadowing, but this little girl suddenly said she wanted to leave, and the rest of the play could not continue. But I want to turn the tide. I stopped them. But they ignored him and continued to walk out the door.
I stopped again and they asked me what I wanted to do. My mind is a little blank at the moment. But my reaction was very quick. I pointed at the man standing at the end of them and said sternly.
"I don't think he looks like a good person, he looks like a child abductor."
"Hey, you're looking for trouble, right? Come on! Let's have a fight first."
It was the same little girl from before who broke my next words again.
They didn't listen to me at all, and the little girl said she wanted to fight with me without even saying a few words. I felt this was a humiliation and agreed without hesitation.
"Why are you making such a fuss? If you want to fight, go outside and fight. Don't make a fool of yourself in my shop."
The proprietress of the hotel kicked us out, and I was shocked when we came outside the hotel. There was a group of villagers gathered there, and I wasn't quite sure who they were.
I didn't put on the boxing stance I had learned some days ago. I cleverly put on a Western boxing stance so as not to attract anyone's attention.
This little girl rushed over so recklessly, I was really afraid that I would knock her out with one punch.
But I was wrong again. I punched straight up with my back hand. Oh my god, this little girl’s fist was harder than the other little girl I knew. It was really fatal. In just a moment, I heard the sound from my right hand. The sound of bones cracking. Then a burning feeling spread from my right hand throughout my body, and I flew out. I didn’t know how far I flew, but I fainted in the air. The last thing I thought about was that I might be finished, my hands were useless, my career in the world might be over, why were there so many little girls with such heavy fists in the world.
Zhang Qilu knew that most of these Jianghu people had practiced external skills, and even if they were very powerful, they had just learned a little bit about how to move blood energy. How could they withstand Zhang Nian'er's powerful energy. This man, who looked to be in his forties, hit the crowd behind him like a kite with its string cut off.
Zhang Qilu was about to take out the talisman and cut it off for everyone, when an old man slowly walked out of the crowd and bowed with his fists clasped.
"My medicine is Wang Bo, and I am waiting for you from afar."
