Return to Yanzhen.
There were more than ten large cars parked on the street, and a group of people were busy loading them. There are young adults, women and children, and children are also helping each other, and they are busy in full swing.
"Everyone, please be quick with your hands and feet. Tomorrow is the day of delivery. We must finish loading the car today." A man in gray clothes in his thirties wiped his sweat and greeted everyone loudly.
The goods on the car are all small boxes, and I don't know what is inside. But it looks like it should be light enough for children to move.
"It seems that life is still difficult." Hu Fei sighed.
The so-called Huiyan Yidao Ryu is actually a martial arts dojo called Yidao Ryu in Huiyan Town, with a total of less than a hundred core disciples. Disciples are selected from the town, and they are not prohibited from teaching kung fu to their families, as long as it is not spread outside the town.
As time passed, everyone in Huiyan Town learned martial arts, few were engaged in production, and most made a living doing things like escorting. Surrounding towns sought refuge and paid a monthly tribute.
Di Shengqianzhou does not have a country in the traditional sense. It is basically divided into territories by various sects. The lifestyle of Huiyan Town is a microcosm of the whole.
Doing business now means that you can no longer make a living in the past, so you have to find another way out. Of course, more importantly, the townspeople are all sallow and thin, and it is obvious at a glance that they often do not have enough to eat.
"Grandpa, where are you from?"
A little girl noticed Hu Fei and said hello out of curiosity.
Hu Fei replied. "Come from far away."
The little girl asked: "What are you doing here?"
Hu Fei felt more and more distressed when he saw that the little girl was very thin, and he knelt down and said. "Of course I'm going home. This is grandpa's home."
The adults also noticed Hu Fei, and a young woman ran over and pulled the child away. Several young men also took out their weapons and jumped over to block the front. The leading man in gray clothes even shouted sternly.
"Where are you from? Don't you know that Huiyan Town is the territory of the Shuanglong Gang?"
Hu Fei frowned.
He can understand the vigilance of these people, after all, the world is in chaos now. But what is the Double Dragon Gang? When did Huiyan Town become their territory?
Just as he was about to ask, a box in the car next to him was not securely placed and rolled down. The lid popped open to reveal what was inside.
Hu Fei glanced casually and his pupils shrank sharply.
"Pujincao?!" Hu Fei grabbed it and opened a few more boxes, his eyes filled with disbelief. "It's all peeled grass cores. You don't know that turf is highly toxic..."
Hu Fei stopped abruptly.
Only then did he realize that the fingers of the townspeople were all black and yellow. Not only adults, but even children.
Pujincao is a kind of grass from Di Shengqianzhou. The core of the grass is golden and can be used to brew medicine. However, the turf is highly toxic and the grass core is very fragile, so it can only be peeled off by hand. Although there are medicines available, they can cause great harm to the body.
"You old man, don't mess around. This is what the Double Dragon Gang wants. If you don't deliver it by then, the whole town will be in trouble."
"If you are passing by, there is an inn where you can rest. Don't mention other things."
"Stop gossiping and get to work quickly..."
The townspeople saw that Hu Fei meant no harm and softened their attitude a lot. Except for a few young men who were still standing nearby warily, the others began to get busy again.
"Huh? The weight of this box is wrong." The man in gray clothes suddenly discovered a problem when he was moving the box. When he opened it, he became angry.
"Whose family handed this over? Why is there only half of it?"
Several people came over to take a look and found that there was only a sparse layer of grass core in the small box and it was not full at all.
"Hey, these two boxes are also..."
Others found two more half-empty boxes.
"Whose family does it belong to?" The man in gray clothes was furious. "Isn't there a name on the box? Let's see who handed it in."
"I, my family..." is the mother of the little girl from before.
The young woman was very panicked. "That's not right. I packed it full. How could it be only half a box?"
"What are you talking about? Here are the facts!" The man in gray clothes was angry. "This is not a matter for your family, but for the whole town."
"If the Double Dragon Gang finds trouble over this matter, do you know how many people will die?"
"That's right, isn't this harmful to everyone..."
The townspeople also became angry and blamed the woman.
"I know...but I'm really full." The young woman cried. "Because of these grass cores, Xiaoni and I didn't even dare to sleep. We peeled them day and night. My second sister-in-law helped me check them last night. They were indeed full..."
"Oh, I was just looking around, but I didn't see clearly." A round-faced woman interrupted. "If you haven't paid enough, you haven't paid enough. The facts are here. But don't complain. Fortunately, we discovered it in time and made up for it."
"What about your house?" The man in gray noticed something was wrong and looked at the round-faced woman suspiciously, "Wait a minute, I went to your house a few days ago and I didn't see many grass cores..."
"I've finished it a long time ago." The round-faced woman's eyes were a little wandering. "It's all packed, so we can go to Xiaoni's house to help. That's no good."
The man in gray clothes turned to the young woman and asked, "Do you have any marks on the grass cores you peeled?"
The young woman shook her head. "They are all the same, there are no marks."
"There is a mark." The little girl interrupted. "My mother's hands were peeled and torn, and some of them were stained with blood. Although she wiped them carefully, they were not completely wiped off."
The face of the round-faced woman changed, and she scolded: "How can you turn it in when it's stained with blood? Aren't you doing harm to others?"
The man in gray clothes said nothing and took out the box from the car. Ignoring the round-faced woman's obstruction, she opened them all.
Between the layers of white grass cores, a faint hint of dark red can be seen.
"I, my hand is broken too..." The round-faced woman raised her hand and shook it. She felt something was wrong and quickly retracted it.
There is only a relatively light yellow color, which is different from the heavy color of other people's fingers.
The townspeople all understood and were furious.
"How can you take someone else's? We all risk our lives in exchange."
"I just finished peeling the grass, and my fingers are all black. But your hands..."
"You stole it secretly, and you even hid it. Can you hide it from the people in the town, and the people from the Double Dragon Gang?"
"unacceptable."
"You..." The man in gray clothes was trembling even more angrily, raising his hand to pull away.
The round-faced woman shrieked and ran away, crying. "What are you doing? This doesn't prove anything. Who said I stole it? You have no proof. What's wrong with the color of my fingers? Can I recover well... Our leader is dead and he bullies us orphans and widows..."
"Isn't Xiaoni's family orphaned and widowed? You..."
"Okay, okay, let's stop arguing for now. Let's help each other quickly and make up for the shortcomings first. Let's talk about other things after passing this level."
The townspeople were quarreling fiercely there, and Hu Fei felt a sense of sadness.
In the past, when I returned to Yan Town, I dared not say that the people were honest and honest, but I never saw such despicable things. What is even more sad is that the reason for harming friends and neighbors is just to survive.
"If I remember correctly, there should be a martial arts dojo called Itto-ryu here." Hu Fei asked with a dark face, "Is there anyone from the martial arts dojo here? I have something to ask."
Everyone's expressions changed instantly.
"What a one-sword style, I've never heard of it."
"Go away quickly and don't talk nonsense in the future..."
The townspeople were all panicked, as if they heard some taboo.
Just when Hu Fei's face became increasingly ugly, an old man vaguely recognized this uninvited guest.
"Eh? This person seems to be Head Hu?"
"It's a bit similar, but a little older. Head Hu is in his prime."
"You are old and confused. It has been decades. Of course you will change."
"Master Hu, is it really you..."
"It's me." Looking at these familiar yet unfamiliar old people, Hu Fei's face turned frighteningly blue. "Where is the Laoshizi Shuanglong Gang?"
"East Lake outside the town." someone answered.
Hu Fei was startled and thought of Su Qing.
More and more people recognized Hu Fei, and gradually the whole town became excited.
"So you're not dead yet..."
"Wow, the town is saved..."
The crowd roared and the townspeople were inexplicably excited.
Hu Fei, who was surrounded by the townspeople, finally thought of a question.
"It turns out that Xianjun was waiting at the intersection because I didn't go to the right place. Then why did Huang Songzi say... Damn it, you old man, you tricked me!"
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There is banditry in the village, so you can avoid death by paying for food. A woman steals her neighbor's rice, fills it with earth and rocks, and turns it over for her own safety. The bandits were angry and slaughtered the village in anger, and women were not immune. The elder said that man-made disasters are more dangerous than natural disasters, and selfishness is more dangerous than man-made disasters.
"Qianzhou Menghualu"
