"Dong dong dong... dong dong dong..."
Following a rapid knock on the door, the expats outside Zhumen began to shout loudly.
"Open the door! Open the door!"
"If you don't open the door, I'm going to knock it down!"
"Kick the door open for me!"
"..."
No matter how noisy it was outside the door, there was silence and deathly silence inside.
Seeing this scene, the nearby residents who were watching from a distance and Liba who worked near the dock also started talking about it.
No matter how many words are said, it still makes people unable to understand how this ordinary house, which has almost never been opened, got into trouble with this group of vicious "bandits".
But the residents living nearby know that there are clearly people here, an old deaf-mute man in charge of purchasing, who comes in and out every day.
Apart from him, no one else lived in it.
As for the old man in charge of purchasing, he should be out shopping at this time, but no one dared to go over and tell the "gangsters" that there might be no one at home.
Like the neighbors watching the excitement, the coolies on the docks, and the passersby passing by, there is another pair of eyes that is closely watching the development of the situation.
Across the road diagonally from the house, in a black box carriage parked on the road, Xiao Yu was leaning against the car window and looking out.
After watching for a while, he looked away and glanced at the thin young man sitting on the cushion opposite him.
That was Xiao Shunzi, but he looked timid and embarrassed, and he didn't know where to look.
"Xiao Shunzi, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao Yu asked calmly, with every gesture and gesture showing the magnanimity that a noble prince should have.
For some reason, Xiao Shunzi became extremely nervous. He raised his buttocks and bowed his head, mumbling:
"Young prince, I... I took you the wrong way. The dog was caught by someone in this yard. I sneaked in and saw it with my own eyes!"
Xiao Yu blinked, his face still calm.
"I know, I can trust you."
Xiao Shunzi's head suddenly hit the soft cushion. It didn't hurt at all, but the little prince's voice came to his ears.
"Stop talking, there are no outsiders here, and I don't like these red tapes. Sit down and talk for a while, don't be so nervous."
"Here, young prince..."
Only then did Xiao Shunzi dare to raise his head and carefully look at the young prince in front of him.
Although there was no expression on his face and his eyes were always looking out the window, it seemed that in Xiao Shunzi's past life experience, there were very few noble princes who were as noble and approachable as the young prince.
He has seen many wealthy young men who put on makeup and makeup all day long. They dress gorgeously, behave elegantly, and always talk about the romance of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. However, those people are not necessarily good people at heart, and their behavior is artificial and annoying.
Compared with the real princes and nobles in front of them, they are at best country chickens, not phoenixes.
At this time, he noticed the clear eyes of the young prince looking at him, and he quickly lowered his head.
"Xiao Shunzi, do you come here often with your dog?"
"Well, if you don't come and beg for food, you might go hungry."
"Then when did you find this place and meet She Quli?"
"The little one didn't know the Hu man. It was the dog who found him. As for how he found him at that time, the dog never told the little one. At that time, he always begged for food by himself. He didn't eat until after the meal. Take it back to Qiaoqiao Fang and send it to those barbarians secretly."
"Since he didn't tell you, how did you find out later?"
"The little one felt strange one day and followed him quietly, only to see him crawling into the dog hole. The little one was timid and did not dare to follow, so he waited outside. When he came out that day and saw the little one outside, he told the little one exactly. what is inside."
"Then will you help him beg for food from now on?"
"How is that possible, young prince? The food that I asked for is not enough for myself, so I give it to others? Besides, the people there are all barbarians. I grew up in the Northern Dynasties, and my grandfather is Those who were shot to death by barbarians for no reason, Xiao Shunzi hated them so much that he would not share the food with them." Xiao Shunzi was obviously gritting his teeth when he said this, but he quickly calmed down and thought for a long time, " Well... Gou'er is obviously a Han, but Gou'er doesn't hate the Hu people, and even made friends with the Hu people. I really don't know what he thinks, little prince, the Hu people have robbed our Han family. Land, do you hate barbarians?”
Xiao Yu smiled calmly: "If you really ask me whether I hate it or not, I really don't know how to answer. Both Han people and Hu people are good and bad. Of course, those barbarian nobles who robbed our Han family's land and enslaved us Han people It's hateful, but think about it, are there no good people among the Hu people you have come into contact with? Are there no bad people among the Han people you have come into contact with? Those who kidnapped the dogs and persecuted the barbarians, although they are Han people, are they good people? "
Xiao Shunzi scratched his head: "Hey, Hu people, Han people, good people, bad people, these are really troublesome, it gives me a headache just thinking about it."
"Whether he is a barbarian or a Han, as long as he has good intentions in his heart, he is a good person and can be made friends. The world is so big. Doesn't it mean that people who are not my race can't have their own living space? Those who invade our country from the south The Hu aristocrats in their hometown are certainly hateful, but from the perspective of their ethnic group, they may be heroes and good people in their own ethnic group. And our heroes who fought back against the Hu tribe's southern invasion, such as Emperor Ran of the Ran Wei Dynasty, Min, in the long history of China, he is a hero. His appearance saved the northern Han people from the disaster caused by the Hu people's invasion from the south. However, in the eyes of the Hu people, he was a devil. His "Kill the Hu Order" made Jie The clan is almost on the verge of national subjugation and genocide. Who is right and who is wrong cannot be said clearly in one sentence."
Xiao Shunzi listened in confusion, but he was still grateful that the young prince could say so many things to him.
But he noticed that the young prince's eyes were always looking out the window, and there seemed to be a little anxiety in the depths of his peaceful eyes.
Not knowing where the courage came from, he suddenly asked: "Little Prince, do you think... can we rescue the dog?"
Xiao Yu glanced at him: "Of course we can save him."
"If...if the dog...is in danger...what should we do..."
Xiao Yu's peaceful eyes suddenly gained a hint of fierceness.
But this subtle change also frightened Xiao Shunzi at that moment.
Xiao Yu seemed to have noticed his gaffe. He immediately adjusted his state and said:
"No, the dog will be fine."
Xiao Shunzi plucked up the courage and said: "But...but the little prince! There are...all cruel and vicious people there. Yesterday I...I saw them forcefully twist...one of them was twisted off." The old barbarian’s arm...they won’t break...the dog’s arm too!”
Xiao Yu smiled, his smile was a little forced.
"How is that possible? You are just children. Who would do such a cruel thing to a child?"
Yes, who would do those cruel things to a child?
But what can’t humans do as an animal?
The evil of human nature can only exceed people's imagination. What kind of secrets are hidden behind that seemingly ordinary courtyard gate?
Xiao Yu didn't know, but he knew that the secret inside the courtyard gate would soon be revealed to the world.
...
In front of the house's door, Dongfang Lao's face was flushed with anxiety.
The brothers around him took turns in batches, kicking and smashing, and using all kinds of unpleasant insults, but there was still no sound at all from behind the door.
He occasionally looked back in the direction of the carriage, and he began to wonder if he had found the wrong place.
He looked up at the courtyard wall. Although the courtyard wall was high, it was not high enough to stump him.
He was about to climb over the wall to take a look at the other side, but at this moment he heard rapid footsteps coming from behind the door.
It's just that the sound was far away from the courtyard gate. It seemed that several groups of people from different directions were gathering in one place, with the same unpleasant yelling and cursing vaguely mixed in between.
"Stop knocking yet!" Dongfang Lao waved his hand and ordered.
After a few sporadic knocks on the door, it became unusually quiet. The two to three hundred brothers came well prepared. They were used to fighting bravely and kept their weapons close to their bodies. Now seeing that there was a battle to be fought, all of them had red eyes and felt as energetic as chicken blood.
"Brother, how to arrange it!"
Yu Tianmin pushed aside a man in front of him and came to Mr. Dongfang.
Now the Qingzhou Gang and the Yanzhou Gang are as close as brothers. When one side is in trouble, the other side will give its full support. Yu Tianmin brought a hundred brothers to follow them this time.
A fierce light flashed in Old Dongfang's eyes, and he said coldly: "The young prince said that it is easy to fish in muddy water. As soon as the door opens, don't talk nonsense to them. Let's rush in while fighting. There are all kinds of fish inside." We are not afraid of making things worse because of our shameful deeds, but we are afraid that outsiders will not know about it!"
The teacher was well-known, and everyone present felt at ease.
Yu Tianmin nodded vigorously, with a kind of heroic spirit to help his brothers. He used to use a fire stick, so he carried the stick on his shoulders.
Everyone held their breath and held the weapons in their hands, waiting for the footsteps that were getting closer and closer to the house door.
Xiao Yu, who was in the carriage not far away, was also nervously watching the changes in the situation, with cold sweat on his hands, feet and heart.
The Zhumen made a long and unpleasant sound of "squeaking" before someone opened it from the inside. A door hangs precariously from its frame.
A burst of yelling came from the crack in the door that was not completely open.
"Knock, knock, knock, knock on your mother's door. The door is broken. Where did this short-lived ghost come from? He is so tired of living that he dares to come to our Yama Palace to cause trouble?"
Before he finished speaking, a burly man holding a ring-headed sword squeezed out from the crack in the door. He was dressed in extraordinary clothes. The clothes were made of excellent materials. One look showed that the employer behind him was extremely wealthy.
He rushed out rashly, with his mouth dirty. When he saw the one, two, or three hundred men of various colors with fleshy faces and angry glares, he couldn't help but be startled. The domineering and arrogant aura he had just had suddenly disappeared. remove.
"Smash him!"
Boss Dongfang roared.
I saw that the men standing in front were itching unbearably. They picked up the sticks in their hands and gave the strong man a fierce greeting.
Although the strong man had a ring-shaped sword in his hand, he didn't know how to parry the rain of sticks.
He had to hold his head and cry for father and mother. It didn't take much time, and he was beaten black and blue all over his body. His fine clothes were torn to pieces one by one.
Xiao Yu, who was watching quietly on the carriage, couldn't help but frown when he saw this scene. It hurt to see it.
But for some reason, Xiao Yu had a feeling of déjà vu in his heart when he saw that reckless and strong man. He seemed to have seen that person before somewhere.
While several people were surrounding the strong man and smashing them, others swarmed in through the crack in the door.
For a moment, there were constant shouts of killing and cursing inside and outside the door. No matter which direction you looked at it, the situation in front of you was complicated and chaotic.
Xiao Yu's heart was already in his throat. While he was anxiously paying attention to the changes in the situation, he looked outside the car on both sides of the road from time to time, as if he was waiting for something.
In front of the house door, Dongfang Lao kicked the strong man who was bruised and bruised down the steps.
The strong man had been beaten half to death. He groaned at the foot of the steps, and the foreigners who rushed forward stepped on him, but he had no strength to resist at all.
Seeing that the situation was improving, just at this moment, Dongfang Lao found that all his brothers were crowded in front of the door, and it seemed that they couldn't squeeze in at all.
He couldn't help but feel strange and shouted:
"What happened to the brothers in front? Why didn't they rush in? Hack them to death with a thousand knives!"
Someone from the front replied: "No, leader, the people in front are very powerful, and we are all squeezed into the narrow courtyard inside!"
Dongfang Lao and Yu Tianmin were mixed in the crowd. Fortunately, they were not far apart, so they looked at each other after hearing this.
What kind of enemy made these overseas Chinese who came from the Northern Dynasties to fight and kill all the way to the south so passive?
But looking at the situation in front of them, the nursing homes inside were definitely not as simple as human traffickers as they had expected in advance.
"Brother Fish, let's go to the front and have a look!"
"Brother Dongfang, just rush forward, and all you brothers can do is keep up!"
The two of them pushed aside the brothers who were blocking the way and squeezed into the courtyard gate.
Inside is an extremely small courtyard with tall walls on both sides and a courtyard gate in front.
The hundreds of brothers were suppressed in this small courtyard, unable to use their skills at all.
In front of the front courtyard gate, about ten or twenty big men in uniform black uniforms were lining up in an orderly queue to carry the immigrants.
The swords in the hands of those big men were flying back and forth. Wherever the blades passed, blood splashed into the air, while bursts of screams came from the residents on the opposite side.
On the expatriate side, people were constantly injured and dragged down from the front by their companions, while people from behind stepped forward to fill their positions.
Even in a wheel battle, the opponent's formation is not chaotic at all.
Old Dongfang hesitated slightly, but when he saw those strong men setting up the formation in an orderly manner, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Looking at the pattern of the ring-headed swords in their hands, the formation is like soldiers marching in formation. The decisive and killing spirit of each person is clearly telling the mob in front of them that they seem to be soldiers with actual combat experience.
Why would such an elite sergeant stay here?
Thinking of this relationship, Old Dongfang's back started to get cold.
That dog has really caused a big trouble. If he goes further in, I'm afraid the entire Chunhefang will not be enough!
Dongfang Lao's sudden hesitation did not seem to affect the others.
Even if the expats were injured, they would fill it in at all costs.
Yu Tianmin was already at the front. He was taller and burlier than the average person. When he saw his companions returning injured one by one, he couldn't help but feel furious.
He picked up the fire stick and threw it forward.
His strength was so strong that several big men in strong suits tried to stop him, but they were unable to do so. The stick in his hand was swung out and hit the wall heavily.
A gap immediately appeared in the formation of the powerfully dressed man, and the expats were shouting to rush through it.
However, he saw that several people came back immediately to fill the gap completely.
The expatriates, whose morale had improved, were shocked by the other party's ability to respond so quickly. There seemed to be an insurmountable steel wall in front of them.
Just listen to a thunderous voice: "Generals, listen to the order!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
The twenty or thirty well-dressed men roared in response at the same time.
"Any enemy who takes another step forward will be killed without mercy. No one will be spared!"
"Ho! Roar! Roar!"
Seeing those big men in strong suits holding ring-shou swords starting to move forward rhythmically, there were many more big men in strong suits behind them, but the weapons held by those big men were long spears.
This is clearly a formation of troops!
Dongfang Lao was stunned for a moment, but such a formation seemed so familiar to him.
At this time, a brother bumped into him suddenly.
"Brother, what should I do!"
Old Dongfang just came back to his senses and shouted loudly: "Back up! Back up!"
