The passenger ship not only went down the river, but also went against the wind, greatly speeding up the voyage.
Just after noon, the number of ships coming and going gradually increased, and the figure of Hangzhou City was looming.
"Husband! I saw the city of Hangzhou!"
Shen Wenjun held the telescope and said excitedly, "This telescope is really a good thing. In the future, as long as you stand in the attic of our house, you can see Yunshuifang."
"Okay, you've been looking at it all morning, don't let your eyes wander." Song Che advised.
But Shen Wenjun held the telescope and refused to let go: "Let me look at it for a while. Yesterday, my letter arrived at the Zhou family. Yazhao will definitely come to the dock to pick us up. I have to find her on the boat first."
Song Che smiled and shook his head. Naturally, it was just as long as she was happy.
"No!" Shen Wenjun suddenly looked serious and pointed to the shore not far away: "There is a group of people committing murder, and they are holding sticks!"
Song Che looked along and could roughly see with the naked eye that there was a group of people chasing someone on the shore. "Well... I don't know the cause and effect, so let's mind our own business."
"The one who was beaten was a young man. The beater was so cruel. He hit him on the head. If you don't believe it, just look at it!" Shen Wenjun handed over the binoculars with an urgent look in his eyes.
Song Che smiled and said, "Oh? Then did they beat the boy into a Bodhisattva's head?"
"No kidding, I'm going to kill someone!" Shen Wenjun said anxiously.
Song Che took a look through the binoculars and saw that the attackers were all adult men. One was wearing red clothes and three were wearing blue clothes. The clothes were of the same style. They seemed to be servants of some family. The one who was beaten was a commoner boy, about fifteen or sixteen years old. , was beaten to the point of running around, and rolled into clay figures on the shore.
"Maybe this kid was beaten because he stole someone else's money?"
Even if you don't steal money, there are many bullies and bullies in this world. Well...it's all just idle business. Well... don't mind your own business.
Shen Wenjun said loudly: "If you steal the money, you can hand it over to the government. If you beat me deliberately outside the city, you obviously want to kill someone!"
Song Che said helplessly: "But there is no pier on the river beach, and the passenger ship draft is so deep, we can't get ashore."
Shen Wenjun snatched the telescope and looked more and more eagerly, "That boy was beaten so hard that he couldn't get up. Oh... Husband, please think of a solution! Now that we have seen this, we can't just sit back and ignore it!"
Song Che let out a long sigh: "Alas...who told my wife to be kind-hearted?"
In order to avoid accidents, all passenger ships are equipped with small boats. Song Che explained it to the boss of the boat, and the boss of the boat quickly put down the boat.
Shen Wenjun also wanted to go, but Song Che pushed him back. These servants were vicious and did not want to meddle in other people's business.
The boss of the boat personally paddled the oar and took Song Che to the river.
The young man protected his head with both hands and huddled up into a ball. He was beaten and kicked without ever making a sound of pain.
"You little bastard who doesn't know the heights of the world! You still dare to report to the official! I think you are tired of living!"
"Hit me! Even if I can't beat him to death, I have to take off his legs!"
The domestic servant was violent, beating and scolding him at the same time, so he was very cruel.
"Stop it!" Song Che yelled four or five feet away from the bank.
The servant in red clothes was obviously the boss. He glanced at Song Che and shouted impatiently: "Go, go, don't come here to cause trouble, or I'll beat you too!"
Song Che originally wanted to ask about the situation first, but looking at this evil servant born from the heart, it is almost self-evident which one is good and which one is bad.
He pulled out his pistol, aimed it at the feet of the servants, and heard a "pop" sound, which immediately frightened the evil servants, "If you don't stop, I'll hit you in the head with the next shot!"
The evil servant in red clothes said fiercely: "Boy, do you know who we are?"
Song Che said coldly: "I don't care whether you are a turtle or a bastard. Are you going to beat people to death in broad daylight?"
The evil servant in red clothes squinted his eyes and winked at the other three people, "Here you go!" He waved the wooden stick and barely took two steps -
"Snapped!"
There was another gunshot, accurately hitting the crown of the hair. The evil servant in red clothes immediately collapsed on the ground, tremblingly wiping his hair that was singed by the bullet, and finally became afraid of Song Che.
"This shot was supposed to hit you in the head, but it missed a little." Song Che pointed the gun at the evil servant and asked with a smile: "Can you give me another chance to try again, this time?" It’s guaranteed to hit the center of your eyebrows.”
The evil servant in red clothes swallowed his saliva and crawled back to the shore. As he left, he did not forget to threaten the young man on the ground: "You little bastard, I will let you go today. If you step in again from now on, Half a step outside Hangzhou city, I will kill you and throw you into the river to feed the fish!"
What a cruel person!
The young man clenched his fists tightly and failed to stand up despite several punches.
Song Che asked the boat boss to dock, and went to the beach to lift the young man up. His nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he was beaten to the point where he might not even recognize his mother. Fortunately, the young man was in good health. If he were a little older, he would have lost half his life.
"Little brother, what grudges do you have with those people? Why do they want to beat you here?" Song Che asked.
The young man gritted his teeth stubbornly, "They... killed my whole family!"
"This..." Song Che frowned, did it involve human lives, "Why don't you report it to the official?"
"Report to the official?" the young man scolded: "Officials and businessmen interact with each other, and we poor people can't get justice even if we die!"
The young man looked up to the sky and cried: "Father! Mother! Sister! I hate that I am useless! I can't avenge you! Wuwuwu... The sky has no eyes! The sky is ruthless!"
These helpless roars made Song Che very worried.
The boat boss on the side also wiped away tears, "Yes, how can the poor live a good life in this world..."
"Little brother, those people just now were just bad guys, right?" Song Che asked.
The young man nodded, "They are all Zhou Papi's subordinates."
"Who is Zhou Papi?" Song Che asked again.
"Zhou Bapi is the shopkeeper of Zhou's Trading Company in the north of Hangzhou City. This beast took advantage of him and raped my sister. She couldn't bear the humiliation, so she jumped into the canal that night... My father went to Zhou Bapi to argue, but he He refused to admit it, and sent evil servants to beat my father to serious injuries. Within two days, my father died with hatred. My mother was heartbroken and died of vomiting blood not long after. I went to the government seven times to file a lawsuit, and was dismissed six times. I was turned away. This morning, Zhou Papi sent people to burn down my ancestral house and wanted to take me outside the city and beat me to death with sticks..."
Oh my God, the world is declining, and there is still such great evil!
The boy's eyes were bloodshot with hatred!
"Zhou's Trading Company, who sells jewelry?" Song Che asked.
The young man said: "Exactly!"
Song Che took a deep breath, isn't this grandma's house?
The boat boss said at this time: "Young man, you are very lucky today. Do you know who the person in front of you is? He is the famous wealthy businessman in Suzhou City, Mr. Song of the Shen family. He has always been kind and charitable, helping the strong and helping the weak. Today If you meet him, you will definitely be able to clear your case!"
This good guy card came unexpectedly!
The young man knelt down at Song Che's feet and made three clicks: "If my uncle can redress my family's injustice, Fang Qi is willing to work as a cow or horse for my uncle and be a slave for the rest of his life!"
Song Che quickly picked up the young man, what should he do? The Zhou family is her mother's family, and since Zhou Papi's surname is Zhou, she might be related to her. This, this, this...
"After all, I'm from Suzhou, and this is Hangzhou. Even if I want to help you, I can't help you, so I can only try my best." Song Che took out a silver coin from his sleeve and handed it to the boy: "You can take this money. Come on, let’s recover from the injury first.”
The young man quickly refused, "My uncle has done you a great favor by saving me from a murderer today. How dare I ask for your money again?"
Song Che forced the money into the boy's hands and sighed: "Little brother, the Zhou family covers the sky with only one hand in Hangzhou. It will be difficult to seek revenge from them, but remember, a gentleman takes revenge. It is never too late in ten years. You can take it with me With this money, you need to heal your injuries first, and then go find a master, or learn a skill, or learn martial arts. If you can't change the world, then work hard to change yourself and make yourself stronger. Only then will you be qualified. Make the bad guys pay."
"Uncle..."
"I'm leaving. We'll meet again if we have the chance."
Song Che let go of the young man and let out a long sigh. No matter how much the young man tried to persuade him, he did not look back. He quickly stepped onto the boat and left the river beach.
"Old Sun, when my wife asks about the accident later, you just say you don't know, do you understand?" Song Che told the captain of the ship.
The ship boss nodded in agreement.
