On February 12, arrived in Nanjing. On February 14th, arrived in Tokyo. On February 17, arrived in Xijing. Along the way, we dropped off the clerks and shopkeepers who opened bank branches, and the fleet continued westward. The next stop was Chang'an.
"Oh, beautiful girl Nangong, you must believe that Allah is omnipotent. If you believe in Allah, you will ascend to heaven after death..." Tang Hulu turned into a missionary and read the Quran to everyone. Of course, everyone has a left ear. It goes in his right ear and comes out, just because he is farting.
"Boss Tang, my hands are stained with blood, I have deceived people before, and I was born in the dust of society. What kind of God do you have, will you really not dislike me?"
"Also, what is the relationship between your God and our Jade Emperor?"
"Yes, yes, if Allah and Buddha duel, who is more powerful?"
"Boss Tang, if you want me to see it, forget it if you believe in Buddhism. Look, the top of your head is bald, hahaha..."
"Oh, Allah, forgive these ignorant women!" When different ideas and cultures collide, it is difficult to distinguish the winner.
February 20th, the wind is warm and the sun is beautiful. The cargo ship arrived in Shaanzhou and took rest and supplies as usual. The folk customs of the northwest have been reflected here. As for food, unlike the south, the people here prefer wheat and pasta, and the taste is sour. They especially like to eat vinegar and garlic, and their meat is mainly beef and sheep.
People's personalities are also relatively strong and masculine. It has not yet reached March, and all the men who work at the dock have bare arms, are covered in tendons, and have wheat-colored skin that shines in the sun.
"Little bastard, don't run away!" As soon as Song Che and the others got off the boat, they saw five or six big men holding knives and sticks, menacingly chasing a young man in civilian clothes wearing a Beatle hair.
The civilian-clothed boy plunged into the crowd of people at the pier, overturned the goods, knocked over the porters, and tried to stop the group of big men behind him.
But running further from the pier is the riverside, and he has undoubtedly entered a dead end.
"Don't run away! Little bastard, if you don't pay back the money you owe, I'll break your legs!"
"Help! Killer! Killer!" The young man shouted as he ran, but the men who were chasing him looked fierce and ruffian. Who dared to meddle in other people's business?
"Boss?" Nangong Yue glanced at Song Che. Song Che stared at the young man, feeling like he had seen him before somewhere.
He nodded,
"Let's go and take a look." At this time, the young man accidentally tripped and fell heavily to the ground. When he wanted to get up and run again, the big man surrounded him.
I saw a teacher wearing a long gown with fleshless cheeks. He grabbed the boy's hair, lifted him up from the ground, and cursed: "Little bastard, are you running away again? How dare you owe Mr. Niu money?" Do you think your life is too long?" The young man held his hair and cried: "I...I don't intend to owe you any money. I just want to go home. My parents are doing business in Chang'an. When I get home, I will let them ——”
"Pah!" The teacher slapped the boy in the face and scolded: "When you f**king get the money, the day lily will be cold! Let me tell you, if you don't pay back the money today, according to the rules of the gambling house, first Cut off two of your fingers! Come on!" The big man pressed the young man to the ground, rolled up his sleeves, pressed his hands to the ground, and showed off the white blade.
"Tsk, my little hands are quite white. It's a pity that I'm not lucky, otherwise I wouldn't have asked for two of your fingers, right?"
"Let me go, I... I'll pay you back, I'll find a way to pay you back, you can let me be a cow or a horse, don't cut off my hands, please! Wow, oh, oh, oh... Dad, mother , Brother-in-law, save me quickly!" The young man cried loudly.
"When I just ran away, I didn't see you being so soft-spoken. Now it's too late to beg for mercy! Cut it! Teach this kid a lesson!" The teacher ordered harshly, but the moment the knife fell -
"Bang!" A stone hit the man holding the knife squarely on the wrist, causing the blade to fly away.
"Who! Who? Dare to stop my Niu family from doing things!" The teacher looked around and shouted loudly.
"Isn't it too cruel to chop off someone's fingers in broad daylight?" The crowd of spectators was pushed aside, and Song Che strode in.
The young man on the ground suddenly raised his head, stared at Song Che, and yelled like his throat was broken: "Brother-in-law!" Huh?
Song Che took a closer look and saw that the face shape, the outline, and the voice were actually: "Xiang'er!" Liu Xiang'er.
"It's me! Brother-in-law, you're really here! Sure enough, it has to be you! I missed you! Then you showed up! Brother-in-law, please save me quickly, they are going to cut off my hand!" Liu Xiang'er cried and struggled.
"Hey!" The teacher was surprised and stopped in front of Liu Xiang'er.
"What a coincidence. You are his brother-in-law, and she is your brother. So, are you here to pay back the money she owes me?" He stretched out his hand and asked Song Che: "The principal plus interest, a total of fifty taels of silver, give me the money." Bar?"
"Fifty taels!" Liu Xiang'er exclaimed: "I just borrowed twenty taels from you, and it's only been less than two days, how come it has become fifty taels?" The teacher shouted: "There is no need to calculate the interest. Huh? There are so many brothers in my Niu family who have been with you for a long time. Don’t we need to count the missed wages? And don’t you need to count your two fingers? I charge you fifty taels for the sake of your brother-in-law. Otherwise, without a hundred taels, you would never be able to escape today!"
"Fifty taels, not much." Song Che casually took out five taels of gold and threw it over. The teacher took the gold ingot, put it in his mouth and bit it.
"What gold! I didn't expect a poor boy like you to have such a rich brother-in-law... Let him go!" The big man released Liu Xiang'er.
Liu Xiang'er fell into Song Che's arms and cried loudly. Although Song Che didn't know why she appeared here, she must have gotten into trouble willfully.
Fortunately, she was pretending to be a man. If she had revealed her identity as a woman, she would have been sold to a brothel by these gangsters.
"Brother-in-law, they beat me. Look, it hurts so much..." Liu Xiang'er brushed away her messy hair and raised her face with thumbprints embedded in it. Her tearful eyes were really heartbreaking.
Although she was naughty and mischievous, she was still a girl. Seeing the red palm prints, Song Che was slightly angry. He tilted his head and whispered to Nangong Yue and other female sword attendants: "Ten slaps for each person is considered the price."
"Yes!" The female swordsmen rushed forward and beat the teacher and the villain to the ground in a few blows, and then each of them received ten slaps on their ears, making a crackling sound.
"Well... we are Mr. Niu's subordinates. You... you... oh! Just wait for me!" The teacher covered his swollen face and fled to the dock with the help of other men.
Song Che was afraid that local snakes would cause trouble, so he didn't dare to stay any longer, so he boarded the cargo ship with Liu Xiang'er and left the Xiazhou Pier.
Every time I meet this girl, nothing good happens!
