"My name is Ge Xin, Ge from Zhuge, new from old, new from old. I am thirty-one this year. I am from Shuihan County. I am a barber by profession."
In fact, Ge Xin was not originally named Ge Xin. He chose this name for himself later, but his real name was louder - he was originally called Feng Baisui.
Feng is a very rare surname, and the name Feng Baisui is also extraordinary. If it were placed in a story book, it might be the name of a protagonist. At the worst, he would be an expert hermit.
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"Xiao Feng, my mother asked you and your eldest brother to come to my house tonight, and she will make dumplings for us to eat."
"Okay, Sister Ge, tell my aunt that I want to eat stuffed with green onions."
"Go, where can I get so many green onions to make dumplings for you?"
"Please, Sister Ge..."
"Hey, what's the use of begging me? Let your brother beg me!"
The fortune teller told the old man that the boy was lucky and could live to be a hundred years old, so the old man named him Bai Sui. Feng Baisui was born with a hard life, but could not live with relatives. His mother passed away shortly after Feng Baisui was born. When he was three years old, his father also died, leaving only him and his brother. Feng's eldest brother Fengxing, who is 100 years old, is twelve years older than him. On the one hand, he relies on the support of the Ge family next door, and on the other hand, he goes out to work early, and finally supports his younger brother.
This year, Feng Baisui is less than ten years old, Feng Xing is nineteen, and Granting is eleven.
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"Sister Ge, you are nineteen and you are still not married. Sister Liu who is the same age as you already has two children."
"Go, what's wrong with being nineteen? What's wrong with not getting married?"
"How about you wait two years to marry me."
"Go, if you want to marry, you must also marry your brother. Who wants to marry you? If you marry you, your family will be in a state of chaos every day?"
"It's wrong of you to say that. Isn't it true that we are all in a state of panic every day now?"
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"Cough, cough... Fengxing, now you are thirty years old. People say that it is too late to start a family at thirty. As for you, Uncle Ge, I estimate that we only have a month or two. , your aunt also left early..."
"Uncle Ge, don't say that, you still have many more years to live..."
"Cough, cough, don't interrupt yet. I still know how my old body is doing. Uncle Ge, I had a wish before I died - cough, cough, Lan Ting has been in love with this girl since she was a child. You, but it’s not easy for you to support your brother all these years, and it’s even more difficult to support our family, so I haven’t mentioned this matter to you, Uncle Ge, but we two old guys will not be tired for a while. Please take the trouble, just let Lan Ting come through when I go..."
"No, Uncle Ge, as you said, didn't my brother and I rely on the help of you and my aunt to survive when we were young..."
"Cough, cough... I just want to ask you a question, will you promise me or not?"
"Promise, I promise."
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"Brother, brother! Wake up, brother! Wake up!"
"Xiao Feng... your brother has been working hard all these years. In fact, he has been exhausted for a long time. He just held on and didn't tell us..."
"Ge...sister-in-law, my brother is only thirty-two, why is he gone..."
"I only hate that I didn't marry him earlier, and that the two of us didn't even have children..."
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"It's your blessing that our master likes you as a widow. Don't be so shameless!"
"Do you dare to say another word?"
"Hey, you little brat, how can you say anything? Hit me!"
"...Please, please stop hitting me! Can't I just go with you? Please stop hitting my brother!"
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"Xiao Feng, let's go. Their family is very powerful and we can't afford to offend them..."
"Sister-in-law, let's run out secretly. If they find out, they won't know where we have gone. Let's change our lives incognito in another place..."
"Xiao Feng, just pretend that you don't have me as your sister-in-law, you don't have me as your sister... I'm already sorry for your brother, I can't delay you anymore..."
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Granting was forcibly taken over by the county bully Yin Shijie, and Feng Baisui was beaten several times. He would definitely have no chance of seeking justice on his own, and the county officials turned a deaf ear to the matter because they accepted Yin Shijie's benefits. In the end, Feng Baisui left the county alone.
That year Feng was twenty years old and Granting was twenty-four.
Feng Baisui had great thoughts. He wanted to practice martial arts and then return home in glory to kill the bully, and then rescue his sister-in-law Granting from the abyss of suffering. But who would accept him? His age is no longer in the best period for practicing martial arts, and his talent is extremely average, and no one has recommended him. Even though he has done some hard work since he was a child and has a pretty good physique, considering his conditions, he has to be hired by a wise man. The sect is very difficult, so they just hang out with a third-rate martial artist. The master and apprentice make a living by performing arts, and they live day by day.
When he was twenty-five years old, Feng Baisui's master also got into trouble with someone over the matter of dividing territory and performing arts, and was beaten to death on the spot. This time the other party actually lost a lot of money, and Feng Baisui felt that his martial arts skills were not bad, so he returned to Shuihan County. Unexpectedly, he was kicked out as soon as he arrived in front of Yin Shijie's mansion and knocked on the door. Feng Baisui fought Thinking that he had martial arts skills, he beat two servants, but he didn't know that his three-legged cat skills could bully ordinary people. He couldn't even fight with a slightly more powerful character, so he was killed by the nurse in Yin Shijie's house. A leg was broken, and he was slapped several times. In the end, Yin Shijie was not even seen.
Fortunately, Yin Shijie didn't show up, otherwise the villain would have spared Feng Baisui's life, and in the end his hands and feet would have been cut off. The nurse who fought against Feng Baisui was just a living person and was not an evil slave of the Yin family. After giving him a lesson, he ignored him and just drove him away.
Feng Baisui, who was lying in the mud that night, thought a lot. He thought about the joy of childhood, the love and care of his brother, the submission of Sister Ge, and all the pain he had experienced over the years, but he never thought about giving up.
His eldest brother is like his father, and his eldest sister-in-law is like his mother. Feng Baisui can recall very few of his parents, but his brother and sister-in-law are like parents in his heart. His mother has been bullied, how can he Don't you want to take revenge?
Thinking of this, Feng Baisui patted the muddy water on his body, stood up and limped away. It had been many years since he left Shuihan County.
Although he has never been in the so-called arena, as he grows older, his experience in the arena becomes more and more abundant. He knows that now that he has a lame leg, if he wants to seek revenge by force, he will basically have no chance. We can only find another way.
He doesn't have the bravery that a man would not deserve, he doesn't have a resourceful mind, he doesn't have a trick to use, and he doesn't have the qualifications to hide a sword in the belly of a fish and assassinate Yin Shijie at the dinner table. All he has is a life, a courage and a lifetime. Yin Shijie has bullied men and women for many years, so he naturally has many enemies, and his guards rarely leave his body. Ge Xin needs an absolutely foolproof striking distance, and there seems to be no choice to use this "distance" as a cover and opportunity. He can't He disguised himself as a woman - in fact, he had not thought about it, but Yin Shijie obviously looked down on him. Even before his disfigurement, he was still a tall and thick man. In order to prevent others from recognizing him, he used self-mutilation methods such as "painting his body to change his face and swallowing charcoal to change his voice" to destroy his appearance and change his voice. He also changed his name to "Ge Xin". He returned to Shuihan County and became a barber.
Ordinary barbers mostly carry tools and sell them along the street, but Yin Shijie, a wealthy landlord with the largest number in the county, likes to have a fixed place to go, whether he is eating, drinking, shaving, bathing, or even visiting the kiln. Fixed cook and master. And Yin Shijie can not see the cook, he can stay away from the guests, and he can keep his guards by his side at all times, but when he is shaving his hair, he will never let the barber stay a few feet away from him, right? Thinking that this was a rare choice for Ge Xin, he asked about Yin Shijie's usual barber shop and became an apprentice.
The old barber saw that Ge Xin was willing to learn and was capable, so he kept him for a small salary. Later, he even handed over the management of the store. During this period, Ge Xin also met Yin Shijie several times. , and even trimmed his hair and beard himself, but he didn't do it due to the presence of others - he could ensure that he succeeded, but he still had to save his life to rescue his sister-in-law. Since Ge Xin had been disfigured, Yin Shijie certainly could not recognize that the man who gave him a haircut and shaved his face had been severely beaten by him. Although Ge Xin's lame leg was also a characteristic, Yin Shijie was not the only one who had been lame in his life. Even if he didn't do it himself, how could he have thought that this ugly guy with good skills would have a huge relationship with him?
In order to win Yin Shijie's trust, Ge Xin can now not only hide the hatred in his heart, but also flatter him. When Ge Xin shaved Yin Shijie's head, he asked in an envious tone: "Master Yin, I see. Your servants all enjoy spicy food, I wonder if I am lucky enough to be appreciated by Master Yin?"
Yin Shijie, who had his eyes closed, showed a contemptuous sneer at the corner of his mouth, and sneered: "What can I do with a cripple like you? I think your skills are good, so you should just do your job honestly. Maybe one day I will be in a good mood." I’ll reward you with a tael of silver.”
"Master Yin, don't look at my legs like this, I have a very smart mind!"
"Clever? Smart, you can ask this?" Perhaps because he didn't want to see Ge Xin's terrifying face, Yin Shijie still closed his eyes: "Have you seen these two of my men? They are both highly skilled in martial arts. My master who kills people without blinking an eye, do you know martial arts? Do you dare to kill people?"
"This..." Ge Xin pretended to be speechless for a moment, showing a timid and embarrassed look, even the movements of his hands paused.
The Yin family nursing staff who were standing aside couldn't help laughing contemptuously when they saw Ge Xin's appearance, and they didn't forget to say a few sarcastic words to Ge Xin before they left.
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In the ninth year of Wangping, on the ninth day of winter, it is appropriate to shave your hair and take a bath.
Yin Shijie came to this small store as usual.
"Be quick with your hands and feet. I'll have something to do later." Yin Shijie sat down with a look of displeasure on his face.
"Master Yin, please be patient." Ge Xin put a cloth around Yin Shijie, "Master Yin, why are you so angry today?"
"Humph, it's not the concubine in my room who is making trouble. She has been here for almost ten years and can't give birth to a son. She still puts on a bad face every day. She deserves to die. It's just bad luck. , so dead that I died on the bed..."
Ge Xin could no longer hear what Yin Shijie said next. He just felt like the world was spinning and his head was buzzing.
"What the hell are you doing?" Seeing that Ge Xin didn't do anything for a long time, Yin Shijie slapped Ge Xin on the face.
This slap took away Ge Xin's despair and made him angry.
Ge Xin didn't say anything. He signaled to Yin Shijie that it was time to shave.
"Master Yin, do you remember the last time I told you that I wanted to work under you? You said I couldn't do it." After a while, Yin Shijie suddenly asked, "I also thought about it later. Although I don't know Kung Fu, I can't do it." I still have the courage to kill..."
Yin Shijie grinned when he heard this: "Just you? Who the hell do you dare to kill?"
Ge Xin used all his strength to push the sharp razor into Yin Shijie's exposed throat. Bright red blood splashed all over Ge Xin's head and face, as if he had taken a blood bath.
Yin Shijie rolled off the bed suddenly. He wanted to say something but couldn't utter a single syllable. He covered his throat with both hands to slow down the blood spurt, but it was of no avail. He looked at it in shock. In front of this ugly guy who was always flattering, he could only see a pair of empty eyes.
"kill you."
