The waiter was worried about causing trouble, so after translating the foreign woman's words, he tilted his head and stopped talking.
Changsheng didn't want to cause trouble. He wanted to take the waist bag from the woman's hand and let her go. But before he could do it, several burly men with sharp blades rushed out from nearby. These strong men were also foreigners. The tribesmen, tall and sinister in appearance, rushed out and surrounded Chang Sheng in the middle of the road, shouting and cursing loudly.
Similar things may happen from time to time. The businesses on both sides of the street and the pedestrians on the road were not too surprised. They did what they should do, but they just didn't come closer.
Changsheng looked around and saw that there were five foreign men surrounding him. These five men were undoubtedly in the same group as the female pickpocket. The division of labor among this group of people was also very clear. If they could steal, they would steal. If they couldn't, the women would beat them up. , blackmail.
After the five people surrounded Chang Sheng, they immediately cursed and reprimanded him in unskilled Chinese. They only said that Chang Sheng, a Han man, had no shame and actually molested their woman in the street. They were unwilling to give up on Chang Sheng.
Changsheng was grabbing the female pickpocket's wrist at this time, and the female pickpocket was still holding his waist bag. It wasn't that the female pickpocket was not smart and ignored that she should throw away the waist bag, but Changsheng found that she wanted to throw it away. He grabbed her waist bag and deliberately pinched her wrist, making her fingers curl up and not allowed to stretch.
When the five people yelled and cursed loudly, Changsheng raised his right hand and showed the female pickpocket's left hand holding the waist bag to others. This is a mountain of ironclad evidence, which is enough to explain the whole story.
But a person who deliberately pretends to be asleep cannot be woken up. Although the facts are right in front of them, the five people deliberately seek trouble and turn a blind eye to the evidence. They still scold and curse. What's more, they even go forward with a knife and want to take action.
Changsheng didn't want to take action at first, but he never thought that Young Master Hei on the side noticed the danger. When someone approached with a knife, he instinctively kicked up and kicked one of them away.
Seeing that their accomplices were attacked, the remaining people immediately rushed forward. These foreign men were fierce and tough, and the sharp blades in their hands pointed directly at Chang Sheng's head and face.
Realizing that these foreign men wanted to kill him, Changsheng no longer hesitated. He still held the female pickpocket in his right hand, kicked left and right, kicked forward and back, and kicked the remaining four people away one by one.
Chang Sheng had a heavy hand this time, or to be precise, a heavy kick. The people who were kicked away were knocked into the shops and stalls on both sides of the road, making a mess. After they landed, there was blood on the corners of their mouths, and they screamed pitifully. .
Chang Sheng deliberately struck hard, and he knew where to kick several people. He could have avoided the shops and stalls on both sides, so that they would not suffer any damage, but he deliberately kicked the barbarians over and destroyed them. The reason was also It's very simple, he doesn't want those who stand by and protect themselves to have a bad end.
After kicking four people away, Changsheng slowly stretched out his hand, took out his waist bag from the woman's hand, threw the woman out with his backhand, and tied the waist bag again around his waist.
After tying his waist bag, Changsheng continued to move forward. Seeing that he was about to leave, the shopkeepers of the surrounding shops ran out one after another, shouting to stop him and asking him to compensate for their losses.
Changsheng was still wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat at this time. Hearing the noise from the crowd, he stopped and turned around, frowning and raising his head, "They broke the things. Why do you ask me to compensate you? But I feel like I can't offend them, but I can't offend me." ?”
Hearing Chang Sheng's strong words and seeing his cold eyes, several shopkeepers backed away in fear, no longer daring to shout to stop him.
The Hu people who were beaten kept shouting loudly. This time, they were no longer shouting in Chinese, but in their own dialect. Although Changsheng could not understand what they were shouting, he guessed what they were shouting based on their expressions. reinforcement.
Sure enough, before Chang Sheng could walk out of this street, many barbarians appeared on both sides of the street. Most of the barbarians who appeared this time were strong men, and each of them was holding a sharp weapon. There were at least twenty or thirty people.
Seeing the barbarians appearing on the street and at the end of the street at the same time, Chang Sheng was stopped. The shops on both sides of the street were immediately closed. Pedestrians who were originally walking on the street also ran to hide in the shops on both sides. Except for the barbarians on the whole street Only Changsheng himself is left.
Knowing that he could no longer do good, Changsheng slowly drew his sword out of its sheath. It is precisely because there are too many wise people who protect themselves and too many so-called smart people who have nothing to do with themselves that the bad people in this world can be so rampant and unscrupulous. , if you bully Zhang San, Zhang San will fight with him, bully Li Si, and Li Si will fight with him, the bad guys will not be so arrogant.
The barbarians who came after hearing the sound originally ran towards Changsheng from the streets and the end of the street. When they saw him unsheathing his sword, they immediately stopped nervously. However, they were not religious men and women. Although they were very nervous, they still slowly moved towards Changsheng. come over.
Changsheng looked up at the sky, and after making sure he had enough time, he stood there and waited for these people to come over.
The Hu people really came over, and Changsheng really took action. Luo Yangzi once told him that when it was time to take action, do it, don't be too hard on yourself. If you always endure it with humiliation, and endure it until the end, you get angry and kill the person, it's better to do it all at once. If you take action from the beginning, you will not be wronged, and the other party will not lose his life because of taking advantage of the situation.
Changsheng didn't kill anyone, but he didn't show mercy either. Whoever slashed him with a sharp blade, he would take off the other person's arm holding the sharp blade. Taoism pursues responsibility and fairness. If someone wants to slash you, beating him up would be too light. It's a bit heavy to kill, so it's most suitable to remove an arm. This is the speed. Taoist priests spend their whole lives to master this speed.
No one is really not afraid of death. After removing a dozen arms, the remaining ones were so scared that they peed their pants and ran away.
Changsheng returned the sword to its sheath, followed the path pointed by the previous clerk, crossed two streets, and finally saw the Taiping Trading Company carrying a flag.
Before they could reach the door of Taiping Trading House, a group of officers and soldiers chased them from behind. The leader of the group, a police officer, shouted, "Those wearing hats, stop here."
Chang Sheng stopped when he heard the sound and turned around.
The head catcher came quickly with the officers and soldiers, and once again surrounded Changsheng, "A bold and crazy man, he actually committed a murder in the street in broad daylight, and he didn't just let him go to avoid suffering."
"Arrested without mercy?" Changsheng raised his head to look at the arrester, "You have arrested the wrong person, right? Those barbarians are the ones committing murder on the street. I was just defending myself. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, anyone who intentionally kills someone, maliciously injures someone, or forcibly rapes someone , the victim was killed without guilt, but as an official and a police officer, you don’t understand the law?"
The head catcher did not expect Changsheng to refer to the laws of the Tang Dynasty. He was speechless for a moment, and then he said after a moment of silence, "Although these people you injured are foreigners, they are our citizens of the Tang Dynasty. We in the Tang Dynasty have always treated ethnic minorities favorably. You hurt so many people." If there are many foreigners who are not punished severely, they will definitely refuse to accept the crime and we must put the overall situation first."
"As the saying goes, the emperor breaks the law and the common people are equally guilty, so ethnic minorities can do whatever they want and not abide by the law? Are we Han people inferior to them?" Changsheng asked casually.
"You!" The policeman couldn't tell Chang Sheng, and he also knew that Chang Sheng was very skilled in martial arts. He was worried that if he pushed too hard, Chang Sheng would jump over the wall in a hurry. After looking around, he whispered, "You come from the Middle Earth and don't know the situation in Tingzhou. Run away quickly." Well, these people are very difficult to deal with."
Before Changsheng could speak, a middle-aged man in his forties ran up behind him, "My boss, my boss?"
Hearing someone talking, Changsheng turned around and looked at the person, "Have you received Song Cai's flying pigeon letter?"
"Yes, yes," the shopkeeper Chong Changsheng bowed and saluted, "Young Ma Bukui, I have met my boss."
"Yes." Changsheng nodded, turned around and said to the catcher, "You go back first and let Li Dexin come over to see me."
Li Dexin was the governor of Tingzhou. When he saw Changsheng calling Li Dexin by his first name, the arrester was confused and frightened, "Do you know our Lord Li?"
Ma Bukui from the Taiping Trading Company seemed to recognize the catcher. Seeing the catcher's confusion, he ran forward and whispered a few words to him.
Hearing what Shopkeeper Ma said, the catcher's expression suddenly changed and he fell to his knees, "Little Wu Size, please see the general."
"Get up," Changsheng said casually, then turned to the shopkeeper Ma and asked, "Where will the auction come from?"
Shopkeeper Ma knew what Changsheng meant, so he replied, "The Dayao Goods Yard in Beicheng."
Hearing shopkeeper Ma's words, Chang Sheng rushed to the head catcher and said, "Go back and tell Li Dexin that I'm here, and ask him to take his army soldiers and catchers to Dayao Goods Yard. I'll be going there soon."
The head catcher heard the words and responded repeatedly, turning around to start.
"Wait a minute," Changsheng suddenly remembered something and called out to him, "As an official, you should enforce the law impartially and distinguish right from wrong. You cannot be indifferent to right from wrong."
"Yes, yes, the general admonished me, and I have written it down." The catcher responded nervously and left uneasily.
Shopkeeper Ma had received a letter from Song Cai earlier, and had prepared accommodation and meals for Changsheng early. When the arrester left with the officers and soldiers, Shopkeeper Ma hurriedly invited Changsheng into Taiping Trading Company, served him water and tea, and Serve food and drinks.
Changsheng had not slept for two days and two nights. He needed rest more than food, but the auction was about to start soon, and he would have to rush to the goods yard in Beicheng, so he had no time to rest.
While Chang Sheng was eating, Shopkeeper Ma took the opportunity to talk to him about the auction, including the situation of the three sweat-blooded BMWs. The three sweat-blooded BMWs were two males and one female. The female horse was already pregnant with Liujia, and the sweat-blooded BMWs were The gestation period is three hundred and sixty days, and the mare will give birth in two months.
The starting price of a male horse is one hundred thousand taels of silver. Since a male horse is better at running than a female horse, the price of a female horse is slightly lower. However, this female horse is pregnant, which is equivalent to two horses, so the female horse The starting price is 150,000 taels of silver, and the price is increased by 10,000 taels or multiples of 10,000 taels each time.
Because the name of the sweat-blooded horse is so great and it is well deserved, all the countries in the Western Regions sent people to buy it after getting the news. Some sects running rampant in the northwest and some military-respecting military envoys also heard about it. When the news arrived, more than thirty admission license plates were issued.
This kind of admission number plate is not issued casually. It requires a capital verification of one hundred thousand taels. To put it bluntly, people are not welcome to watch the fun. Without the number plate, you can't even enter the gate of the goods yard.
Shopkeeper Ma had received Song Cai's instruction before and prepared a number plate for Changsheng in advance, numbered twenty-eight.
Shopkeeper Ma knew Changsheng's identity and that he had inherited the Ni family's unparalleled wealth, but he was still very worried about the auction. He was worried that Changsheng would not be able to take the three bloody horses, and he was also worried that even if he did, it would not go smoothly. Take them away, because this time there are not only dignitaries and royal relatives from various countries in the Western Region participating in the bidding, but also military governors and some powerful Jianghu sects. If Changsheng came to bid for these people on behalf of the imperial court, There may still be some worries, but Chang Sheng's trip is a personal act, and Shopkeeper Ma is worried that these people will not buy his account.
Hearing what Shopkeeper Ma said, Chang Sheng didn't answer, because Shopkeeper Ma's worry was not unnecessary. He wasn't worried about whether he could take the photo back with him. He was only worried about whether he could take the photo, even though he took a lot of treasures with him. , but all the people who came to bid were extremely wealthy and were bound to win. It would be no problem to take one of them by yourself, but it would be extremely difficult to win all three...
