Longevity starts from strengthening internal organs

Chapter 233
Yongyangfang is located in the northwest corner of Yandu City, it is a very inconspicuous small workshop.

The people who live here are basically peddlers and common people. They are not too poor, but they are far from rich.

It rained all night, and the road in Yongyangfang was muddy.

Shang Jingchuan walked with difficulty carrying enough food for a day.

If someone he knew saw him at this time, he would be shocked and afraid to recognize him.

Because of the former Shang County Sheriff who had a heavy appearance and kept clean and decent no matter what happened.

At this moment, his beard was unshaven, his hair was even more messy, and he was wearing a worn-out gown. At first glance, he looked like a poor and down-to-earth teacher.

Finally walking out of the muddy road, Shang Jingchuan came to a small inn that couldn't be smaller, wiped off the mud from the soles of his shoes on the threshold steps, and then walked in slowly.

"Master, you came back so early today!" the inn clerk greeted with a smile.

Speaking of buddies, in fact, there are only two people including the shopkeeper in this small inn, and they are both father and son.

So this kid, who is only fifteen or sixteen years old, also serves as the young shopkeeper of the inn.

"Well, there aren't many people in the market today, so I bought some food and came back early." Shang Jingchuan said while passing the things in his hand.

The little guy took it quickly, opened it for a look, and asked, "Is it still the same?"

"Well, as usual."

"okay!"

The boy went into the kitchen with his things.

Regardless of his young age, his cooking skills are not bad.

In order to save money, Shang Jingchuan often buys ingredients by himself, and then asks this little guy to process them for him.

Shang Jingchuan went to the counter to pour a pot of tea, and sat on a chair to drink it slowly.

This kind of small inn that doesn't even have a name or surname naturally can't afford good tea. It is basically the leftovers from the last sale of the tea house, and they are mixed and sold out.

The advantage is that it is cheap, and sometimes you can buy good tea if you are lucky, but the disadvantage is that it has all kinds of flavors.

At the beginning, Shang Jingchuan also found it difficult to swallow, but after these days of getting used to it, he suddenly felt that the tea soup, which was like soy sauce, tasted really good.

While drinking tea, the innkeeper came in from the outside.

The innkeeper's surname is Bai, and Shang Jingchuan didn't ask him the specific name, so he always called him the innkeeper.

This shopkeeper Bai is only in his 40s. I don't know if it's because of the poverty of life or something else. His back is hunched early, his hair is gray, and his face is often sad, so he looks like a man in his [-]s. Same old man.

But today Shang Jingchuan still felt something was wrong, because the shopkeeper Bai's face was more sad than usual, almost overflowing.

He hunched over and came to Shang Jingchuan, sat down and drank a bowl of tea soup, and then wiped his mouth.

"Old man, I'm really sorry, you can move out today."

"Move away? Why do you want to move away? I don't owe you rent?" Shang Jingchuan asked in astonishment.

When he "run away from home", he brought a sum of money with him. Although it was not much, it was enough to live in such a small shop.

"It's not that you owe me the rent. To be honest, my store... can't continue!"

At the end, Shopkeeper Bai spoke sadly, tears welling in his eye sockets.

"What's going on?" Shang Jingchuan couldn't help asking.

"Oh, don't ask, it won't help the matter if you ask, I don't want the rent for these few days, you just move out."

After saying this, shopkeeper Bai stood up and staggered away.

Looking at his back, Shang Jingchuan was puzzled.

Although this small shop is dilapidated, it is still clean, and this house is the ancestral house left by Shopkeeper Bai's ancestors.

In addition, there is no employment, and the father and son do everything by themselves, so the cost is very small, so although there are not many customers, they can still make ends meet.

Why did it open well before, but suddenly it was about to close?
When he was wondering, he suddenly heard the sound of arguing in the kitchen, and then saw the young man rushing out of the room with a kitchen knife.

Shopkeeper Bai tightly hugged his waist from behind, tearfully persuading him, "Son, you can't go, after you go, even your life will be on the line."

"Father, let me go. This group of people have all set their minds on our inn. I really can't bear it if I say this."

The usually kind boy, now his eyes are red and his face is a bit ferocious.

"What do you use to fight against him? They are backed by the Four Seas Gang. That's fine, let's accept our fate. At worst, we'll move to the countryside." Shopkeeper Bai said crying.

Maybe it was the words Four Seas Gang that played a role. The boy froze all over, and the kitchen knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. Then he squatted down slowly, covering his face and crying bitterly.

Shang Jingchuan was confused when he heard it, but he still heard the name of the Four Seas Gang clearly.

He didn't understand how such a small inn could be related to the Four Seas Gang.

So he walked over and helped shopkeeper Bai who was also crying bitterly on the ground up.

"Old man, what's going on, can you tell me?"

"Oh, that's all, since you insist on asking, it's okay to tell you."

Afterwards, shopkeeper Bai gave a brief account of what had happened.

It turned out that there was a group of ruffians in Yongyangfang, and the leader was a man named Bai Laosan.

This person bullies and dominates the market and does all kinds of evil, but because his brother is a small leader in the Four Seas Gang, with this background, Bai Laosan is even more confident and no one dares to provoke him.

The small shop run by shopkeeper Bai had to pay a protection fee every month, otherwise, it would be impossible to open it in Yongyangfang.

If that's all it is, if you lose money and avoid disaster, shopkeeper Bai will bear it.

But I didn't expect that just today, the youngest Bai suddenly called shopkeeper Bai over, saying that he was interested in his family's ancestral property, and planned to pay for it, but the price he offered was not even one-third of the market price. less than.

No matter how willing this shopkeeper Bai was, he had no choice but to give the ultimatum directly, regardless of whether he agreed or not.

Restrict them to pack everything within three days and get out of this house, otherwise they will be beaten once every time they see each other.

Then, disregarding shopkeeper Bai's begging, he was thrown out directly.

Shopkeeper Bai returned home in a daze.

After listening, Shang Jingchuan couldn't help but burst into anger.

"This is simply too bullying, why don't you report to the police?"

"Report to the official?" Shopkeeper Bai smiled wryly upon hearing the words, "Believe it or not, if I report to the official today, I will die in prison tomorrow."

"Why? Is this Bai Lao San so powerful?" Shang Jingchuan said angrily.

"It's not why, it's just because we little people have no power and power, and deserve to be bullied."

At this time, shopkeeper Bai has accepted his fate.

"Old man, you should hurry up too. Bai Laosan's people may come at any time. If they see that you haven't moved out, maybe even you will be implicated."

"Then what do you do?"

"What else can I do? Of course I'm going to move out, it's a pity that my ancestors left behind the property!" Bai shopkeeper said full of reluctance.

Shang Jingchuan's lungs were about to explode.

He once lived high above the temple. Although he knew that there were many injustices among the people, he thought it was just a very rare phenomenon.

It turned out that what he saw and heard in just a few days completely overturned Shang Jingchuan's three views.

He found that the injustice among the people is no longer an isolated phenomenon, but a shocking normality.

For example, in the case of the old Bai family store, just because of a word from Bai Laosan, the shopkeeper Bai and his son had to pack up and leave obediently. If there was any resistance, they would be beaten to death.

And Bai Laosan, who is so arrogant to such a degree, is not even a member of the Four Seas Gang, but just a little gangster who uses his name to show off his might.

You can see how dark it is.

For the first time, Shang Jingchuan had a more intuitive understanding of the corruption and depravity of this Great Yan.

"I won't leave, but I want to see if the old man Bai has three heads and six arms, otherwise how dare he act like this."

Shang Jingchuan committed the stubbornness of a scholar again.

"Don't say that, Bai Laosan's subordinates are all outlaws, and they really dare to kill people." Shopkeeper Bai said with a pale face in fright.

"Dare to kill? I want to see if they dare to kill me!"

As soon as the voice fell, a sneer came from outside the door.

"Who is so bold as to dare to challenge our third master Bai?"

Following the voice, a group of green-skinned hooligans broke into the inn.

Seeing them, shopkeeper Bai was so frightened that he started to tremble all over.

"Every...Masters, he is a passer-by and doesn't know the rules. Don't be as knowledgeable as him."

"Go away, how can you talk here?"

Accompanied by a yell, a green skin with dragon and phoenix patterns walked up to Shang Jingchuan, looked him up and down, and then sneered.

"Old Bangzi, you're still fucking arrogant."

Everyone laughed.

Shang Jingchuan was also a little apprehensive, but he still bite the bullet and said: "You openly rob other people's property, don't you think there is no kingly law?"

"Hey, return the king's law, let me tell you, in this Yongyangfang, the words of our third master Bai are the king's law!"

Following the words, Qing Pi raised his hand and was slapped.

Snapped!
After a crisp sound.

Shang Jingchuan looked at the other side in a daze, "How dare you hit me?"

"What's the matter with beating you? You were the one who beat you. I think you are tired of your old bastard. Brothers, let him relax."

This gang of green skins swarmed up, quickly knocked Shang Jingchuan to the ground, and then kicked and kicked him.

Seeing this scene, shopkeeper Bai knelt down on the ground with a plop, kowtowed like pounding garlic, begging.

"Don't fight, everyone. If you kill someone, this place will become unlucky. Then how will Mr. Bai still live?"

Maybe this sentence played a role.

Only then did the gangsters stop, and then the leader spit thick phlegm at Shang Jingchuan who was on the ground.

"Damn it, I thought it was some kind of great person, but it turned out like this? If it wasn't for the fear of dirtying Mr. Bai's place, I'd kill you first today."

Shang Jingchuan was lying on the ground with his face covered in blood, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Shopkeeper Bai kept talking good things here, and managed to make these green-skinned gangsters happy.

"Okay, I see you're a good old boy, let's forget about it today, pack up your things and get out, or Mr. Bai may really kill you."

After saying this, the group of people walked away.

Shopkeeper Bai hurriedly helped Shang Jingchuan who was on the ground up.

His son called for face wash and wiped away the blood on Shang Jingchuan's face.

After checking it, shopkeeper Bai couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, it's just some skin trauma. It will take a few days to recover. Old man, I appreciate your friendship, but we can't afford to offend him, so let's go quickly." Shopkeeper Bai said sadly.

Shang Jingchuan, however, acted as if he had never heard of it, his eyes were fixed.

"Bad dad, this old man won't be beaten stupid!" The boy said anxiously.

At this moment, Shang Jingchuan suddenly stood up and walked out.

"Hey, old man, what are you doing?"

But Shang Jingchuan didn't say anything at all, instead he ran out quickly.

When he came to the street, many people looked at him with strange eyes.

Because at this moment, Shang Jingchuan's hair was disheveled, his body was covered in dust, and bloodstains could still be seen in many places, he was no different from a lunatic.

But Shang Jingchuan turned a deaf ear to these strange eyes, but ran quickly to Guangdefang.

If you lose your shoes, just run barefoot.

When he reached Xiaojing Hutong in Guangdefang, he was no different from a beggar.

After finally reaching the gate, Shang Jingchuan gasped for a while, and then knocked on the gate.

Boom boom boom!
The voice is fast.

Soon, drunk'er's voice came from the courtyard.

"Come here, who is this?"

As she said that, she opened a gap, and when she saw Shang Jingchuan standing outside the door, Zui'er couldn't help being startled, and then hurriedly said: "There are leftovers at home, you wait here, I'll get them you take."

This obviously regarded Shang Jingchuan as a beggar.

"Miss Zui'er, it's me!" Shang Jingchuan shouted.

"Ah? Uncle Shang?" Zui'er said in disbelief.

"Yes, it's me. Is Zhao Shaoxia at home?"

"I'm here!"

Zui'er hurriedly opened the door and Shang Jingchuan greeted him in.

At this moment, Shang Luoluo also rushed over after hearing the sound, and was shocked when he saw his father in such a mess.

"Father, what's the matter with you?"

"Stop asking, it's important to save people!"

As he said that, Shang Jingchuan ran into the backyard, and saw Zhao Ya who was studying the newly acquired wind chopping technique.

Zhao Ya was also taken aback, and then asked, "Uncle Shang?"

"You need to help me with something."

"what's up?"

"Kill!" Shang Jingchuan said firmly.

Zhao Ya was stunned, "Kill? Who?"

"People from the Four Seas Gang! Follow me first, and I'll talk to you on the way."

As he said that, Shang Jingchuan dragged Zhao Ya and walked out.

Zhao Ya had no choice but to talk to Shang Luoluo and Zui'er, and then followed him out the door.

While on the way, Shang Jingchuan briefly recounted what happened.

After listening to it, Zhao Ya was a little dumbfounded.

"So you want me to kill that Bai San for you?"

"That's right!"

"It's easy to kill him, but then?"

"What then?"

"There are too many people like Bai San. If you kill him, there may be worse people. Do you think you can kill him?"

Shang Jingchuan stopped when he heard this, and lowered his head to think.

Zhao Ya didn't urge him either.

He wanted to see what choice Shang Jingchuan, who was once immersed in the grand narrative and couldn't extricate himself from, would make.

After a while, Shang Jingchuan raised his head abruptly, and said with bright eyes, "You can't kill him with your own strength, but what if you add me, the governor of Jingzhao?"

(End of this chapter)