Jin Zhu looked the visitor up and down.
I saw that he was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a thin build. He looked not as tall as Jiang Axiu, weighing just over a hundred pounds at most.
"Who is this person?" Jin Zhu asked.
Zhu Renxia introduced: "This is my friend who has been playing with me since childhood. His name is Zhu Luxin. He calls me uncle according to his seniority. He is also a sixth-rank Lieutenant Feng Guo."
Jin Zhu smiled and said, "I can see it. The one with the patches piled on top of the patch is probably the one who has eaten the last meal but failed to finish the next meal."
Zhu Luxin looked at Jin Zhu and Jiang Axiu warily, "Uncle Xiazi, what do these two women do?"
Zhu Renxia raised her lips slightly and said proudly: "The older one is my guard, Miss Jin, and the younger one is your aunt, Mrs. Jiang."
"Can you please stop talking about your age?" Jin Zhu exploded directly, "Is it annoying to hear it eight times a day?"
Zhu Luxin couldn't help but exclaimed: "Okay, Uncle Xia Zi, I've been away for two months and he actually kidnapped a daughter-in-law and came back."
"Ouch... I didn't even notice that you were wearing a satin gown and boots. Where did you get the sword in your waist? My uncle, you are going to be successful!"
"Where are your coarse clothes and those shoes? You didn't throw them away, did you? Bring them for me to wear. It's going to be winter soon."
Zhu Renxia took out a fifty-tael silver ingot from his arms and stuffed it into Zhu Luxin's hand: "I threw away my smelly clothes a long time ago. Is this enough for you to buy some winter clothes?"
"Ah... such a big ingot."
Zhu Luxin's eyes almost straightened, "Is this really for me? No way, am I dreaming?"
"Let me pinch you to see if you are dreaming?"
Zhu Renxia pinched Zhu Luxin's fleshless face as if joking, "Let's get down to business, what's wrong with Big Chengzi? He's also a lieutenant of the country. Who dares to chop off his fingers?"
Zhu Luxin hurriedly stuffed the ingot into his arms, pulled Zhu Renxia and ran away: "Run quickly, if it's too late, Big Orange's fingers won't be saved."
Zhu Renxia had no choice but to follow Zhu Luxin and run wildly, listening to his narration of the whole story while running, while Jin Zhu and Jiang Axiu followed behind.
It turns out that the big orange's real name is Zhu Rencheng. He is the same generation as Zhu Renxia and is also the lowest-ranking lieutenant in Fengguo. But his father is a fifth-grade lieutenant of the Fuguo State, and he can still receive some salary, so that he doesn't have to eat one meal without finishing the next meal.
"This morning, a big yellow dog ran into Da Chengzi's vegetable garden and destroyed the radishes and cabbages grown by his parents. Da Chengzi was so distressed and angry that he picked up a stick to beat the dog."
"Perhaps due to excessive force, the front legs of this yellow dog were broken. Who knew that its owner turned out to be Zhu Renbo? This matter is really serious."
Zhu Renxia frowned: "Are you talking about the brave and ruthless general Zhu Renbo who does all kinds of evil?"
"Who else but him could be so rampant and cruel, disregarding the righteousness of the same clan and wanting to cut off the fingers of his compatriots."
Zhu Luxin's mouth was not idle, and his legs were not idle either. "Let's hurry up. If it's too late, Big Orange's fingers will not be saved."
Within one meal, Zhu Renxia followed Zhu Luxin to the door of Da Chengzi's house.
The street was crowded with people, and onlookers surrounded the three floors inside and three floors outside. People in the Jingjiang Palace were having internal strife, and the common people were happy to hear about it.
"Give me a moment, give me a moment."
Zhu Renxia pushed through the crowd and got into the innermost part.
Zhu Rencheng was lying on the ground with a bruised nose and swollen face. His head, which was already round due to obesity, now looked more like a pig's head.
Zhu Renbo, who had a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks and a mustache on his upper lip, had his hands on his hips and was giving orders. There were more than a dozen young men in green clothes holding sticks beside him.
An injured big yellow dog was lying next to it, wagging its tail and begging for mercy. It looked triumphant, as if a dog was taking advantage of others.
Zhu Rencheng's father, Zhu Bangpei, and his wife, Liu, kept bowing and begging for mercy.
"General, General, Chengzi really doesn't know that this big yellow dog is yours, otherwise he wouldn't dare to take action even if he borrowed a hundred courages. You have hit and cursed. Please don't remember it." It's a villain, please forgive him this time, right?"
"snort!"
Zhu Renbo exhaled through his nostrils, "You son of a bitch dared to hit my rhubarb. You are so brave! It's your blessing that it came to your vegetable garden. Why doesn't it go to other people's vegetable gardens to wallow?"
"Yes, yes, that's what the general taught you." Zhu Bangpei nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, admitting his mistake.
"If you want to get over what happened today, you must either pay ten taels of silver as Rhubarb's medical expenses. Or have your son kowtow to my Rhubarb in public to admit his mistake and call it daddy."
Zhu Renbo picked his nostrils and put forward the conditions with disdain.
A servant next to him stepped forward to admonish: "General, this fat pig is also a member of our Jingjiang clan. It is not appropriate for him to call him daddy. If someone with ulterior motives reports him to the prince, he will definitely get into trouble."
"It makes sense."
Zhu Renbo immediately changed his mind, "If you want to let this matter go, your family must either pay ten taels of silver, kowtow to Dahuang in the street and admit his mistake, or let me cut off a finger."
Jiang Axiu, who had just squeezed into the crowd, had a worried look on her face. She quietly tugged on Jin Zhu's lapel and asked, "Sister, why are they all members of the clan? His title is general, but my husband is only the lowest rank of Fengguo Lieutenant?"
"Mayor Shicai said he was the general of the auxiliary country."
Jinzhu's father used to be an imperial physician, and she was from a scholarly family, so she was naturally familiar with the title system of the Ming Dynasty.
"If we extrapolate further, his father is the general of Zhenguo, and his grandfather is the king of Jingjiang."
"Oh...that's it." Axiu suddenly realized.
Jin Zhu quietly placed a hand on the scimitar at his waist and said softly: "Don't worry, if these people dare to be rude to the mayor, I will take action."
Axiu muttered: "This is the vassal territory of the Jingjiang royal family. Please don't do anything. I believe your husband will be able to solve it."
"Zhu Renbo!"
With a scolding, Zhu Renxia stood up from the crowd, "Your vicious dog ruined other people's vegetables. Instead of apologizing, you bullied others. Do you believe that I will sue you in front of the prince?"
"Who do I think I am? It turns out to be Zhu Lumeng's follower!"
Zhu Renbo laughed loudly, with arrogance written all over his face, "You are going to sue me in front of the prince? With you, the lowest-ranking Fengguo lieutenant, can you step into the threshold of the prince's palace?"
"Maybe I can't cross the threshold of the palace, but I can enter the Zhenguo General's Palace, and I can meet General Zhu Rentu."
Zhu Renxia sneered and went to help Zhu Rencheng.
"Big Orange, get up."
Zhu Renxia bent down and helped Zhu Rencheng up, "How is it? Is it okay?"
"Oh... Hero, you are back. I thought you were wiped on the neck by a robber..."
Zhu Rencheng sat on the ground, wiped away the nosebleed, and said with lingering fear, "These gangsters are really cruel. The bridge of my nose may be broken..."
Seeing that Zhu Renxia didn't take him seriously, Zhu Renbo was furious: "You damn boy, use Zhu Rentu to suppress me, kids, beat me hard!"
Four or five evil slaves rushed forward again, brandishing sticks, "If you dare to offend my young master, you are seeking death!"
The scene in front of him seemed familiar to Zhu Renxia, but now he is no longer the salesman he was before.
With a "choking" sound, Zhu Renxia unsheathed his sword.
He glared at several servants who were like wolves and tigers, and said coldly: "If one dares to attack, I will kill one. If two dare to attack, I will kill both!"
