The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 1321 Who Are You?
All night.

In the early morning of the next day, Feng Jiuxiao got up early and walked on the long street.

It was still early at this time, so naturally he would not go to the Jin Mansion.It's just a habit, a simple walk!
The air in the early morning was quite cold. There were not many people on the street, and the mist made it even more deserted.

Feng Jiuxiao felt a little emotional at this time, no matter how bustling and noisy the city is, at twelve hours a day, there will always be times when the bustling recedes and the hustle and bustle is lonely. , once the curtain call is over, all that greets her is loneliness and emptiness, as well as loneliness in the dark!

How brilliant were the lights of Wanjia last night?But at this time, everything is silent and uninhabited, like a ghost town. If it is not explained in advance, who would have thought that this quiet and "depressed" place in front of us would be Wuxi, one of the richest cities in the Southern Tang Dynasty?

He walked forward slowly and lightly, looked at the various shops on the street, and felt that the commercial atmosphere and economic scale here were indeed much larger than in Hengyang.And the people here are indeed more business-minded than those from the north.

After walking for a while, the fog gradually cleared, and there were more and more people. Finally, there was an early breakfast in front of us.

A small river runs from east to west, and countless houses are built along the river.The embankment seems to have been built uniformly by the local government, using all blue bricks and granite. There is a stone arch bridge every few tens of feet on the river, connecting the north and the south.

There was a stone arch bridge in front of Feng Jiuxiao. The word "Wanfu" was engraved on the bridge, which seemed to be the name of the bridge.

Across the "Wanfu Bridge", there is a small tavern in front of you. There is a yellow and white flag hanging on the flagpole outside the door, with three characters written in it, "Zhuangyuanju".

A middle-aged man and woman are busy in the store, it seems that they should be a couple.

The man was kneading his dough when he suddenly found a white-clothed young man standing outside the door. He immediately greeted him, "What do you want to eat, my lord, come in and have a look?" His accent was not from the Wuzhong area, but it sounded like a southern Henan dialect.

Feng Jiuxiao said: "What do you have for breakfast this morning?"

The middle-aged man said: "Silver noodles, deep-fried dough sticks, rice porridge, beef soup, three delicacies wontons, special steamed buns..."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Here's a special steamed bun, a bowl of beef soup. What kind of stuffing does the bun have?"

The middle-aged man said: "The meat is pork, and the vegetarian ones are fungus, eggs, and leeks. Whether it is meat or vegetarian, crab butter is added in it, so it tastes delicious."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Okay, let's have a taste first." He knew that the steamed stuffed buns here are very small, and the sum of ten buns in a basket probably weighs less than a catty.

The proprietress is very simple, and she immediately smiled enthusiastically when she saw a customer, but she was missing a front tooth, which looked weird.

The middle-aged man began to take out the steamed buns that had been wrapped in advance, and lifted the lid of the pot. The steam immediately enveloped the entire space. After a while, the steam dissipated and the buns were already in the pot. He was afraid that the boy would wait for loneliness, so he took the initiative to open it. Chatter box, "Is this your first visit to Wuxi, sir?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Yes. Are you the boss here?"

The man chuckled, "It's just asking for food, what kind of boss is not the boss.",

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Your accent doesn't look like a native of Wuxi either."

The boss smiled and said, "I moved here from Gwangju and have been here for 20 years."

"Why did you come here to take root? It's not close to home."

"Who would leave their hometown if they could have something to eat?" There was a trace of helplessness and melancholy in his eyes.

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Guangzhou?" He immediately thought of many past events in Guangzhou.

At that time, all the big and small gangs in Gwangju were coerced and lured by the two Batians to belong to their own subordinates, and finally formed a pattern of East Batian Old Master Zhang and Xibatian Old Master Qiu fighting for hegemony.

At that time, Feng Jiuxiao couldn't bear the sight of these two old things fighting to the death on the surface, but colluding with each other secretly, using all kinds of despicable means to suppress the local gangs, and harvesting wool mercilessly, so he launched an attack!
The Battle of Gwangju killed countless people!The subordinates of the two Batians suffered heavy casualties!

He strangled Tantai Jingde to death with one hand;

Using gravel as an arrow, shoot Dongfang Yu and Wang Chang'an with a sky-shattering bow;

Slash Nangong Ruyun with Qiushui knife!
During the melee, Gongsun Lingyi was stabbed to death by a boulder centipede, and Di Qinglong surrendered!

In addition, the shadowless sword Zhu Hua, the chasing sword Li Buwei, Heluo Feilong Yuanfeng, Iron Palm Invincible Zhunmang, the passionate son Ji Che, Qiu Feipeng under Liancheng, Yue Chi, Ouyang Qingyun, etc. !
In that battle, Liu Jinlin, the eight-armed Nezha, was also present, and Feng Jiuxiao deliberately let him go!
"Are you saying that life in Gwangju was not easy 20 years ago?"

"Yeah, not to mention the corruption of the government, the local hooligans are rampant, the government comes to collect exorbitant taxes during the day, and the hooligans collect protection fees at night, how can we little people survive?"

"Now I heard that it's very good there, and the government doesn't dare to mess around anymore. The so-called local hooligans have all been integrated. If you want to go back, now is your chance."

The boss smiled wryly, and glanced at the proprietress, "I have settled here now, and my wife is also a local. My parents died early, but her parents are still alive. I can't move now!"

Nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life.Feng Jiuxiao couldn't help but feel a burst of sob.

The young and the young left home and returned to their hometown.

The children met each other, and smiled and asked where the guests came from.

He Zhizhang had been away for more than 50 years when he returned to his hometown from the capital!How many years have passed in the song "The Puppet Book of Returning Home"? How many vicissitudes have passed?

Feng Jiuxiao said: "You have seven or eight tables in this shop, it seems that business is usually good!"

The boss's face darkened suddenly, "No matter how good the business is, it can't stand the profit!"

Feng Jiuxiao said with a smile: "Who is taking advantage? The government? The local ruffian?"

The boss said: "The government here is much stronger than the one in my hometown. The emperor in the Southern Tang Dynasty was good to the common people, mainly because of some local hooligans."

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Who are they?"

The boss said: "They are all from Mrs. Jin!" The lady boss gave him a sudden look and shouted: "You want to die, please keep your voice down!"

The boss immediately looked around in fright, and found no one outside the window. He relaxed his nervousness a little, and said embarrassingly: "If you can't beat them, don't let them talk about it!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "The old man Jin should not be short of money, I heard he has a lot of business, and there are people in his family who are officials, shouldn't he care about taking this little money from you?" In his impression, the protection fee has never been paid. There will be too many, and if there are too many, it will be tantamount to killing the chicken and taking the eggs, exhausting the pond and fishing!In order to keep the water flowing and the financial resources rolling in, usually the protection fee collected will have a moderate amount.But in any case, this amount is definitely very small compared with normal business income.

The boss said: "Although he didn't collect much, he was not bad. He took almost [-]% of my income!" The lady boss added: "It's not [-]% of net income, but [-]% of gross income!"

Twenty percent, that is, two tenths, and twenty percent of the income!That is to say, for every ten taels of silver they received, they had to take away two taels!
"My cost accounts for about [-]%, which means that half of the net profit is taken by them!"

Feng Jiuxiao frowned, "It's too dark!" Zhang and Qiu from Guangzhou were already dark enough, but the protection fee they collected didn't exceed [-]%!

The boss said: "On the one hand, the protection fee is collected because the benefits here are really not small, and on the other hand, he is purely to support people!"

Feng Jiuxiao wondered: "Nurture people?"

The boss said softly: "Raise some idlers to do things that bully men and women, this is purely to show his momentum!"

Although Feng Jiuxiao didn't agree with his strange theory, he still expressed his agreement on face, "Oh, so it is like this!"

The boss said: "Look, the whole West City is full of Old Master Jin's subordinates. They have nothing to do except collect protection fees. They just wander around in pretense. Isn't it just to show their power? Isn't it just to warn everyone not to act rashly?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "The government colluded with him, so it doesn't matter at all, right?"

The boss opened the steamer, and the mist filled the whole space again. After a while, the mist dissipated. He brought a basket of steamed buns to Feng Jiuxiao, "There are several officials in his family, who dares to mess with it?"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "I heard that there is a Li Dashan who is against him?"

The boss nodded and said, "Yes." He started kneading the noodles again, preparing to make wontons later.

Feng Jiuxiao said: "It seems that Li Dashan has done a lot of good deeds, otherwise how can he be called Li Dashan?"

The boss immediately sneered when he heard this, and said: "The title of his great benevolent person is a nickname given to him by the gangsters on the rivers and lakes. He often subsidizes those who are desperate in the rivers and lakes. You can get silver to help them continue to flee."

Feng Jiuxiao frowned, "Specially sheltering and sheltering those bullies and gangsters, isn't this against the righteous way of martial arts?"

"Yes!"

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Presumably this Li Dashan has a strong background?"

"Yes!"

Feng Jiuxiao smiled faintly, "No hurry, talk to Lao Jin today, and talk to Lao Li tomorrow."

The boss was startled, not knowing what the white-clothed boy meant, but he vaguely felt that the boy seemed to be talking about Mrs. Jin and Li Dashan, and he meant to talk to these two people?He glanced at his wife, and the wife made a look, indicating that the young man was quite weird, so he should be careful.

At this moment, there was a sound from outside the door, but two people came in, both of them were burly, with fierce faces, and both were armed with weapons.

One of them has a beard on his face, the other has no beard.

The big bearded man's eyes were sharp, and he said directly: "What does the store have to eat?"

Frightened by his aura, the boss immediately replied: "Wontons, buns, noodles, meatloaf..."

The bearded man's voice was like a loud bell, "First, two bowls of wontons, one with meat filling, one big bowl, five baskets of buns per person." He said to the man without a beard, "The buns here are so small that five baskets may not be enough to eat. We're full, let's deal with it first, and when we get to Suzhou, I'll treat you to the No. [-] pick!"

Suzhou's Zhuangyuanti, also called Zhuangyuan's trotters, is braised pig's trotters.Zhuangyuanti is actually not an exclusive feature of Suzhou. Many places in the world have this famous delicacy, but one is that two people must pass through Suzhou on their way, and the other is that most of Suzhou dishes are excellent fish and shrimp. Only Zhuangyuanti is fat but not greasy. Meat dishes suit each other's tastes!
Wuxunan noticed Feng Jiuxiao as soon as he entered the hall.Early in the morning, there were almost no people in the entire city, and it was quite eye-catching for this young man in white to appear here!

Seeing that the beardless man had been staring at him, Feng Jiuxiao was a little displeased. Anyway, he was going to make a big fuss in Wuxi. He didn't want to endure this birdishness, so he said coldly: "What are you looking at?"

Wuxunan felt that Feng Jiuxiao was suspicious, and was about to question him, but he didn't expect this young man to be so hot-tempered, and he took the lead in attacking him!

He slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Stinky boy! Who are you talking to?"

Feng Jiuxiao's heart was actually peaceful, but his face showed arrogance, "Following you, are you blind?" He could see that these two people seemed to be from the government, and there was a kind of superiority in their speech and demeanor. Feeling superior, Feng Jiuxiao is very annoying, and wants to teach them a lesson today!
The beardless man suddenly became furious, and said angrily: "You are looking for death!" He said with a clang, drew out the long knife at his waist, and was about to rush over!
But the big bearded man pressed his hand like lightning, and said: "Brother Hou, don't make trouble!"

There is no need for the big man to stop immediately!His eyes flickered, his figure trembled, and he looked very angry. He was forcibly suppressing his anger. It seemed that reason had the upper hand. He put the knife back into its sheath, and said coldly: "I have something important to do, so I've made it easier for you today!"

Feng Jiuxiao sarcastically said: "There are no outsiders here. If you have the guts, you should do it? You can kill me first and then go to yours? Who is cheaper? If you are timid, just say timid, don't find yourself a step If you have the guts, come here!"

The store owner was a little confused!

He looked at the boy in white. This kid doesn't look like a fool. How can he do stupid things?
The bearded man was also taken aback!He had never seen such a dazed boy!Can't this kid see that he just pulled him back from the gate of hell?He even took the initiative to die, crap, is there such a heartless person?The surname Hou killed him for nothing. It can be said that he was chasing a fugitive, encountering stubborn resistance, and killing him on the spot!

Isn't it just a matter of one sentence for them to reverse black and white?
The needless man suddenly stood up and punched Feng Jiuxiao with a punch!

He cursed: "I don't want to kill you now, it would be cheaper for you! Give me a punch!" He wanted to beat Feng Jiuxiao to death!

Feng Jiuxiao dodged, without a punch from the big man, he lost his center of gravity, staggered and fell on the table in front of him, and the table was knocked over immediately!

Feng Jiuxiao said: "Don't worry, I will pay for everything broken here!" He directly threw out a bank note, and the bank note flew in front of the boss and it didn't even land!

The boss took it, and saw the words "Wu Wanliang" imprinted on it, and his blood accelerated and his heart beat wildly!
Needless to say, the big man suddenly punched again, a figure flashed in front of his eyes, and he hit nothing again!
But he saw the young man in white standing in front of him, as if he hadn't moved at all, he was furious and was about to punch away, but he saw the young man waved his sleeve lightly, only heard a crisp sound, and then the left side of his face instantly It's burning hot!
Seeing that the situation was not good, the big man with curly beard suddenly drew his sword!

He pointed his long knife at Feng Jiuxiao, his eyes narrowed into a line, and the indifference revealed was even more frightening, "Who are you?"

Feng Jiuxiao said motionlessly, "Who are you?"

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