Under the sky

Chapter 17 Side Story: Old Beggar Peng
Kunlun, summer and May of 25
Three years after Yuefeng Casino opened, its business has become increasingly prosperous.

In the midsummer afternoon, the sun was blazing brighter. Peng Zhenhao looked up at the cloth banner above his head that said "Bodyguard for one day, arrive safely at home". He pulled out the knife from the leather sheath and put the blade against his face.There was a refreshing coolness on the blade, and he breathed a sigh of relief, then put one side against his other cheek.After a while, he put the knife back into its sheath, fearing that the knife would be exposed to the sun for a long time and even the last little way to cool down would be gone.

"Damn it, are those gamblers so hot? Hundreds of people cram into one room!" The person who spoke was Qian Liu, another bodyguard.He took out the water bottle and took a sip to moisturize his cracked lips.

"There's a roof covering it inside, and there are people spraying water. It's much cooler than outside. Hey, if you don't take care of your parents, you are unworthy." The person who spoke was another bodyguard, Ou Dahua, who had a particularly eye-catching garlic nose.

"I've been coveting my parents' money all day long. Even if I were to be offered as a bodhisattva, wouldn't I be unworthy?" The last person to speak was Zhao Feng. He looked at the door of the gambling house and cursed, "If you win a bet for me, buy it." He lives in a small house, marries a wife, and when he returns home from work, his wife will serve him a bowl of ice water freshly picked up from the well. Phew! Drink it in one gulp, it feels so good!"

"Then your wife asks you, have you made any money today? If you say no, your wife will slap you in the face and scold you, you are useless, go drink my urine!" Qian Liu said with a smile.

"If she dares to be nagging, I'll slap her back and tell her what's wrong!" Zhao Feng replied.

Qian Liu chuckled and said, "When you went out, she picked up Xinruan and ran away with the young man across the street. Oh, no, where did you get Xinruan?"

Zhao Feng scolded: "Don't fucking fart! It's hot weather, save some saliva to moisten your throat!" Then he murmured, "Just one bet, one bet is enough!"

Zhao Feng always saves the money he saves from his small business. Every time he saves a penny, he goes to the gambling house to place bets, and he bets on a leopard six, which is said to be a six-six hit.None of his colleagues tried to persuade him. He only said that the name of Yue Feng Gambling Shop was very popular with him. The evidence was that he received business as soon as he came to set up a stall, which was very good.

Peng Zhenhao didn't interrupt, just as Zhao Feng said, the weather is too hot, so save some saliva to moisten your throat.

"Have you heard about the Changle Gang and Donghaimen?" Ou Dahua said, "Didn't Zhang Yunliang go back a few months ago? He was from Donghaimen. I heard the news recently. I heard that more than a dozen good players died. I think Zhang Yunliang probably won’t come back.”

"One less person is trying to steal business." Qian Liu said with a smile, "We won't be fighting for a few more years. The rules set by the Nine Families are that hatred cannot last more than three generations. There is not much that can be avenged for the grudges made decades ago."

"Fuck, who remembers the feud between distant relatives decades ago? It's all fake, just a land grab!" Zhao Feng said, "I heard from people from Gusu that there are some conflicts in business between the two parties, and the Changle Gang doesn't know They were all in their seventies. They pointed at an old man in Donghaimen and said that your grandfather so-and-so killed my father so-and-so. The two sides started to get angry. Damn it, they were obviously taking advantage of the opportunity. , we can fight as many times as possible, but if the last root cause is cut off, it will be inconvenient in the future."

The heat was so bad that Peng Zhenhao took out the knife again and pressed it against his face. It was warm but useless.

It seems there is no business again today.

"I'll find a cooler place..."

As soon as he stood up, a woman, Pingping Tingting, came over and immediately caught Peng Zhenhao's attention.She stood in front of Peng Zhenhao, about half a head shorter than him, and asked, "I heard there are bodyguards here?"

"What a white neck!" Peng Zhenhao thought to himself.He saw that her pink neck was still wet with sweat, and he couldn't help but have the urge to wipe her sweat.

"I have a question for you!" said the girl.Peng Zhenhao noticed that he had lost his temper, but before he spoke, Qian Liu and others hurriedly said: "Girl, ignore him, he is so hot!" "That's it, girl, are you looking for a bodyguard?" "Where do you live? Outside the city or inside the city? "

Peng Zhenhao covered up his gaffe and said hurriedly: "How many girls do you want to invite?"

The girl asked again: "Just a few of you?"

Qian Liudao: "The most capable people are here!"

The girl looked at Peng Zhenhao as if asking for his opinion. Peng Zhenhao said calmly: "There are seven more. I went to have tea to escape the summer heat. I will be back later."

Zhao Feng interrupted: "Those who don't work because they are afraid of the heat, do you still expect them to help you fight? The good ones are all here, just pick any girl!"

"Call everyone here, I'll invite them all." The girl said, "I'll pay two cents for the escort every day. I want to go to Hunan to visit the bride."

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Two dollars a day was a big deal. All the one-day bodyguards gathered in front of the Yuefeng Casino. There were eleven in total. They were whispering to each other, marveling at each other, and guessing the origin of this girl.

"My name is Bai Ruolan, and you will call me Miss Bai from now on. You will send me to Yueyang, Hunan, to the territory of the Hengshan sect, where I will deliver food and leave." The girl said, "I have prepared the carriage for you."

There are four carriages in total, all riding side by side, with eight horses.Bai Ruolan asked: "Which of you doesn't know how to ride a horse?"

These people all come from martial arts backgrounds and are very skilled in horse riding skills.Bai Ruolan asked, "Who will help me drive?" Qian Liu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I'll do it!"

Bai Ruolan looked at Qian Liu doubtfully and asked, "Can you drive?"

Qian Liu chuckled and said, "The horse I drive is more obedient than the dog!"

Bai Ruolan said: "Stop talking nonsense, be careful." She took the lead in getting in the car. Peng Zhenhao saw that each car had a two-seater and assigned them to each. He walked directly to Bai Ruolan's car, opened the curtain and wanted to get in.Bai Ruolan was furious, whipped her horse whip at Peng Zhenhao, and cursed angrily: "Beast! Who told you to get in this car?" Peng Zhenhao turned his head slightly and got into the car.

Bai Ruolan scolded: "Why don't you get out?"

Peng Zhenhao sat down and said: "Twelve people, three in a car. If I take another carriage, that car will be slow. If a car is slow, everyone will have to wait, and I will arrive in Yueyang three days late." .”

Bai Ruolan said: "You are quite thick-skinned. You are the only one who dares to get involved."

Peng Zhenhao: "They didn't settle the account clearly."

The carriage drove towards Yueyang.Peng Zhenhao looked at Bai Ruolan, always looking for a way to talk, so he asked, "Where does the girl get her money?"

"Damn it!" Peng Zhenhao cursed in his heart, "Peng Zhenhao, you are such an idiot who can't speak!"

Bai Ruolan shouted: "Stop!"

The carriage stopped, and so did the other three.Bai Ruolan said: "Can you drive?"

Peng Zhenhao nodded.

Bai Ruolan said: "You go and take his place."

Peng Zhenhao changed places with Qian Liu, and Qian Liu couldn't hide the pride on his face.

At night, 12 people found an inn to stay.Zhao Feng drank a bowl of wine and praised: "This is fucking wine! What did you drink in Linchuan? It was urine!"

Qian Liudao: "In Linchuan, you can't afford to drink urine!" He scraped the meat foam on the plate, "Two taels of silver a day. It takes about ten days to travel from Linchuan to Yueyang. Two taels of silver is a lot!"

Ou Dahua asked: "How come I haven't heard of a wealthy family named Bai in Linchuan? It's strange that a girl went on a long trip to visit relatives and didn't bring any entourage."

Zhao Feng said: "How many families in Linchuan do you know all of them?"

Qian Liu said: "Would you like to inquire?"

"Don't be too troublesome." Peng Zhenhao took a sip of wine and looked sideways at Bai Ruolan's bedroom, "Unless you want to be kicked out of the car."

Qian Liudao: "I think there's something fishy. Could it be that I'm a runaway concubine who took away the family property?"

Zhao Feng said: "You stupid bird! The concubine who escaped was not in a hurry to hide. He hired eleven bodyguards at once, made such a big noise, and was captured before he even left Linchuan!"

Ou Dahua asked: "Old man Peng, what do you think?"

Peng Zhenhao frowned and said, "Just call me Lao Peng."

Zhao Feng said: "Hey, don't you want others to call you that?"

"Go to bed early and don't get too drunk. You have to be on the road tomorrow." After Peng Zhenhao finished speaking, he went back to his room.

Peng Zhenhao went to bed and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.After the second watch, I walked out of the room and saw everyone in the inn going back to their rooms. They walked through the corridor and arrived in front of Bai Ruolan's house. Seeing that her candle had been extinguished, she knocked on the door and whispered: "Miss Bai, I know you're not asleep, open the door."

With a "Yeah" sound, the door opened a crack, Bai Ruolan raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "What are you doing?"

"You will need me." Peng Zhenhao said, "Let Qian Liu drive from tomorrow, and I will sleep in the car."

"Why?" Bai Ruolan mocked, "Respect the elderly and the virtuous?"

Peng Zhenhao's face turned red and he said, "You have to keep vigil alone so that you can sleep peacefully. I'll sleep during the day."

Bai Ruolan said: "Qian Liu came to me and told you the same thing, but I didn't agree to him."

"Qian Liu has never looked for you. He is not that meticulous." Peng Zhenhao said, "I paid attention. No one knocked on your door, so I came here."

Bai Ruolan narrowed her eyes, seeming to be a little interested in Peng Zhenhao, and asked, "What else do you want?"

"Let me be the leader and control them." Peng Zhenhao said, "The way they drink tonight, if they meet a strong man, they will all fall down before they can fight."

Bai Ruolan said: "That's it?"

"They pay two dollars, but I want three dollars a day." Peng Zhenhao said, "I am worth more than them."

"You are so old." Peng Zhenhao heard the last words she said before closing the door, "Do as you say."

The next day, Bai Ruolan found a reason to let Peng Zhenhao be the escort leader, and asked Peng Zhenhao to ride with her in the car.Peng Zhenhao fell asleep as soon as he got in the car and slept until noon. When he woke up, he asked Bai Ruolan for water again and drank until his clothes were soaked.

The carriage was still moving forward, and they only ate dry food and had no rest.Peng Zhenhao tried his best to avoid Bai Ruolan and looked outside.

Bai Ruolan suddenly asked: "Am I good-looking?"

Peng Zhenhao had a sudden thought, but he still didn't dare to look at him, he just said: "She is a beauty."

Bai Ruolan chuckled and said, "Have you fallen in love with me?" She moved her body and faced Peng Zhenhao from the side, "I guessed it when you saw my appearance that day."

Peng Zhenhao thought about the pink neck when they first met, and secretly cursed a few times. "Don't seduce your bodyguard." Peng Zhenhao pretended to be calm, "If you cause trouble, you will be the one in trouble."

Bai Ruolan smiled and said, "It's a pity. If you were in your twenties, maybe I would like you."

Peng Zhenhao asked: "What do you mean?"

Bai Ruolan said: "How old are you?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "27."

"You lied!" Bai Ruolan's eyes widened in disbelief, "They call you Old Man Peng, you look at least fifty!"

Peng Zhenhao said with a bitter face: "First you have this face, then you have this title, first you look like this, then you can call me old man." He sighed, "I'm really 27."

Bai Ruolan laughed heartily and said: "You said you are 37 and I can barely believe it, 27? Hahahaha!"

Peng Zhenhao kicked the carriage and shouted, "Qian Liu, how old am I?"

Qian Liuhui, who was driving the car, said: "55!"

Peng Zhenhao scolded: "If you keep talking nonsense, I will make it difficult for you in the past ten days!"

Qian Liu then said: "Twenties... 27 or 25? I can't remember."

"What's your name?" Bai Ruolan asked, "I only know your surname is Peng."

"Peng Zhenhao." Peng Zhenhao answered.

"The Peng family? A senior citizen?" Bai Ruolan asked, "Is it the Peng family?"

Peng Zhenhao nodded.Bai Ruolan looked at his face and smiled so hard: "Were you six feet long when you were born, and you spent the first 20 years hiding from your mother's womb?"

Peng Zhenhao could only look at her and smile, speechless.

Bai Ruolan asked again: "You are from the Peng family, how did you end up working as a bodyguard?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "I am a distant relative and a concubine."

Bai Ruolan said: "Even if the Peng family concubines can't share the property, they can at least learn skills. If they go back and join the Five Tigers, they will always have something to eat."

Peng Zhenhao said: "A big family has many things to do."

Bai Ruolan said: "So you joined the Beggar Gang?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "Did you see it?"

Bai Ruolan said: "The clothes are new, but there are holes in the cuffs. They are the same as the ones you wore yesterday. This is the custom of the beggars."

Peng Zhenhao said: "I don't have a job, and I'm not even allowed to wear a beggar's uniform. In recent years, there have been more and more rules. To be a hero, you have to get a knighthood certificate. As for me, I just want to find something to do."

Peng Zhenhao looked outside the car and saw rolling yellow sand blown by the strong wind on the road.

"This world is becoming less and less of a world."

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That night, Peng Zhenhao limited everyone's drinking.Zhao Feng cursed wildly for a while, but was persuaded by Qian Liu.Several people borrowed dice from the inn and started shouting and drinking.

A few people who didn't gamble gathered together and listened to Ou Dahua's stories.

"That time was terrible. The old man said he won five taels. He lived in the suburbs outside the city and asked me to take him back. I said the escort would cost a hundred cents, but he still wanted to bargain." Ou Dahua said angrily and unfairly, "My heart Thinking that five taels of silver wouldn't offend any powerful enemy, I sent him all the way out of the city, but I didn't expect that he would have been targeted. A man from behind stopped me and asked for directions. I just turned around and said nothing, but I lost my mind. Damn it. I got this stab in the stomach!" He lifted up his clothes and saw a slender scar of about two inches across his waist.

"I was really blinded at the time. I grabbed his hand and pushed him hard. I pulled out the knife and hit him!" Ou Dahua gestured. "This knife cut blood all over his chest and abdomen, and I didn't care. After confirming whether he was dead, I grabbed the old man and ran away. Then two more people came, and I asked the old man to go first. I chopped and chopped randomly, using all my ancestral kung fu. Fortunately, the two men were not very good at it. Hey, he ran away when he saw me struggling!"

Ou Dahua poured a cup of tea and drank it, and then said: "Later I found out that the old man won a full 50 taels of silver! He couldn't bear to hire two more bodyguards. No wonder he was jealous. I will be back in the city for two months, and I will take care of medicine. I don’t know how much I spent, but the old man didn’t pay me any compensation. I curse him every day to lose his pants!”

Peng Zhenhao listened to the story quietly and said, "Don't be too wild, everyone, we have to be on our way tomorrow morning." After that, he went back to his room.

He arranged to live next door to Bai Ruolan, entered the house, put the knife on the table, and leaned against the door to watch the night.

He concentrated and adjusted his breathing evenly so as not to miss the movement.Suddenly, there was a sound on the door next door and a slight push on the door. Peng Zhenhao was immediately startled and held the knife on the table.

There was a slight knock at the door, and it was Bai Ruolan's voice: "Are you asleep?"

Peng Zhenhao breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door and asked, "What's the matter?"

Bai Ruolan came in wearing a nightgown, and Peng Zhenhao smelled the faint fragrance on her body, like the smell of perfume tablets.

Just listen to Bai Ruolan say: "I can't sleep, so I came to see you."

Peng Zhenhao said: "I said, don't seduce your bodyguard."

Seeing that he didn't close the door, Bai Ruolan asked, "You won't close the door?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "I closed the door and you shouted for help. I couldn't explain it clearly."

Bai Ruolan smiled and said, "I promise not to call for help."

Peng Zhenhao asked: "What are you doing without calling for help?"

Bai Ruolan asked, "What do you want to do?"

The lights in the room had been turned off, and Peng Zhenhao couldn't see Bai Ruolan's face clearly in the dimness, but he knew that he must be blushing.

Bai Ruolan giggled and said, "Close the door, I can't eat from you."

Peng Zhenhao took out the fire folder, shook it, lit the candle, and then closed the door.

Bai Ruolan sat on the edge of the bed and asked, "You said you are from the Peng family, show your skills?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "It's so late, come to see me play monkey?"

Bai Ruolan said: "It depends on whether you are really capable or just a fool."

Hearing her provocation, Peng Zhenhao pulled out the knife from its sheath and said, "Watch."

He swung out the knife, as fast as the wind, and cut off the wicks of the candles.If this knife was just to cut off the candle, it would only be considered quick but not accurate, but if he cut off a small section of the wick and the candle was still burning, it would be quick and accurate.

Bai Ruolan exclaimed: "This knife is indeed fast and accurate."

Peng Zhenhao didn't reply, but while the candle was still burning, he stabbed him again with his backhand, causing the candle to light up again.He put the wick back, which was more difficult than cutting it off. It was not only fast and accurate, but also powerful and skillful.

Bai Ruolan clapped her hands and said, "I've never seen this kind of thing before."

Peng Zhenhao said: "Girl, are you satisfied?"

Bai Ruolan asked again: "You have such good skills, if I am in danger, will you save me?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "How can we, as bodyguards, ignore our employer?"

Bai Ruolan said: "Aren't you afraid of death?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "You have to sacrifice your life for two dollars a day. That's too cheap. It's just a matter of human resources."

"You took three pieces of silver." Bai Ruolan suddenly stood up and walked to Peng Zhenhao. The two of them almost breathed each other.She asked in a low voice: "Do you have any other skills?"

Peng Zhenhao smelled the fragrance on her body and saw her eyes watering under the light, and she couldn't even breathe.He felt that he was not a gentleman, and the other party's hint was obvious enough, but for some reason, he still backed away and said: "A life on the edge of a knife is only as good as the ability on the edge of the knife."

Bai Ruolan looked at him steadily, then suddenly slapped him across the face with a "pop" sound, kicked the door open and walked away.This shocked everyone, and everyone looked over. Peng Zhenhao hurriedly closed the door and pretended that nothing happened.

He knew he had missed an opportunity and was regretting it.

At dawn, Peng Zhenhao felt that everyone's expressions on him had changed. There were envy, contempt, and a kind of worldly sophistication that he didn't know where.

How damn embarrassing, Peng Zhenhao thought to himself, he’d better get in the car earlier.

Getting in the car and seeing Bai Ruolan was another kind of embarrassment.Peng Zhenhao simply pretended to be asleep, and Bai Ruolan didn't call him again.In the next few days, he would sleep in the car, wake up, get off the car, and go to the inn to work.It was obviously a journey of about ten days, but it felt like a few months, and he couldn't make it through.

One day, in the afternoon, he pretended to sleep again. Bai Ruolan stretched out her foot and kicked him and said, "Stop pretending. I slept for six or seven hours a day. Didn't I boring you?"

Peng Zhenhao stood up with a wry smile, and the two of them were speechless.After a while, Peng Zhenhao asked: "Why are you going to Yueyang?"

"Promise." Bai Ruolan said.

"You spend a lot of money, but your family doesn't send anyone to follow you?" Peng Zhenhao asked.

Bai Ruolan said: "My family doesn't like me as a relative and won't let me go."

Peng Zhenhao asked: "When will you come back?" He thought that as long as he returned to Fuzhou, there would always be a chance to meet again.

Bai Ruolan said: "I won't come back."

Peng Zhenhao suddenly felt disappointed: "Aren't you going back to Fuzhou?"

"I'm not from Fuzhou," Bai Ruolan said, "I'm from Anhui."

"Anhui?" Peng Zhenhao thought to himself, that is under the jurisdiction of Wudang, why not take the waterway from Hubei, but go around to Jiangxi, where the beggars are?
"Old man Peng, something's wrong!" Qian Liuyi shouted, and Peng Zhenhao opened the car curtain and looked out.

Dust was billowing in the distance, and more than twenty riders came galloping.

Qian Liudao: "Isn't he a horse thief?"

Peng Zhenhao frowned and said, "Zhao Feng's car is on the road. Don't panic, nothing may happen."

The convoy and the cavalry were getting closer and closer. Peng Zhenhao looked at them from a distance and saw that everyone on the other side was dressed in smart clothes and seemed to have no intention of slowing down. He felt a little relieved.The two sides passed each other and saw nothing happened. Peng Zhenhao turned back to look at Bai Ruolan, but saw that Bai Ruolan's face was pale and extremely uneasy, and he couldn't help but wonder.Suddenly, several horses in the team circled back and chased the team from behind.Qian Liu said: "Old man Peng, they are catching up!"

Peng Zhenhao said: "Ignore them and leave!"

However, the horse was faster after all, and after a while, two or three riders were standing side by side with the carriage. The young man in the carriage shouted: "Stop!"

Peng Zhenhao shot out of the car like an arrow, kicked the young man off the horse, sat astride the horse, shouted to Qian Liu: "Let's go!" and turned the horse's head.He saw a young man drawing a sword and stabbing him. He bent down and narrowly avoided it. Another young man also rode his horse and stabbed him diagonally. The young man who had just fallen off his horse was still crying out in pain and could not stand up.

One-on-two, it's not difficult, Peng Zhenhao thought.He put his left hand on the saddle, turned his body horizontally, and performed a spin kick in mid-air, knocking off the horse the young man who was coming from the side.The young man who had just failed to swing his sword pulled the reins, turned around and struck with the sword. Peng Zhenhao raised his sword to match.The swords collided. Before the young man could sheath his sword, Peng Zhenhao grabbed the other man's chest and threw him off his horse.

These few times the rabbit rises and the falcon falls, very quickly.When Peng Zhenhao saw the pursuers coming from behind, he drew his sword and slashed each of the remaining two horses.The two horses were in pain and ran wildly.Peng Zhenhao rode away, thinking: "If they were ordinary bandits, this would be enough to make them retreat."

After a while, Peng Zhenhao caught up with the convoy.Qian Liu's eyes were full of admiration: "Old man Peng, I didn't expect you to be so powerful!"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Peng Zhenhao thought to himself, "Bai Ruolan must be hiding a secret."

He looked back, and sure enough, dust was rising from behind, indicating that the opponent was chasing him.

After all, a convoy is not as fast as a horse. If this continues, they will be overtaken sooner or later. They have to find a place that is conducive to fighting.Peng Zhenhao pointed to a dilapidated house in the distance and shouted: "Go over there!"

Twelve people in four cars stopped in front of the broken house. Peng Zhenhao confirmed that it was a two-story wild inn that had long been abandoned and there was no one nearby.Peng Zhenhao ordered: "Unload the carriage and block the door, tie the horse up, don't let the horse run away, move quickly!"

He yelled very urgently, and everyone knew that the situation was urgent and started to move one after another.Peng Zhenhao shouted again: "Miss Bai, hide in!"

Bai Ruolan entered the dilapidated inn, and everyone unloaded the carriage and blocked the door.Someone asked: "How can we get in like this?" Zhao Feng scolded: "Fuck you, you idiot, climb through the window!"

Everyone tied their horses in the backyard and climbed in through the windows.Peng Zhenhao saw that the other party had arrived, and there were two people sitting on each of the three horses. He expected them to be the three people who had taken the horses from him before.

Peng Zhenhao turned over and jumped into the house, shouting: "Watch the doors and windows!"

He just showed off his martial arts skills, and everyone was surprised. They didn't expect that the one-day bodyguard in front of the casino had such good skills.At this moment, he was the bodyguard leader again, so he naturally obeyed orders. The ten bodyguards each stood guard in front of the window.

The cavalry approached the inn and did not attack. They just walked around the inn a few times. Peng Zhenhao knew that they were surveying the terrain, and he was obviously a veteran in the world.He counted the number of people and found that there were 22 people, which was exactly twice his own number.

This is not easy to deal with.Most of the day's bodyguards can't find live knights, and their skills are limited. If the opponent is just an ordinary horse thief, they may be able to deal with it, but they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.Fortunately, they had a good location and the other party didn't dare to attack rashly for a while.

What if it’s not an ordinary horse thief?
Peng Zhenhao thought of Bai Ruolan, pulled her over and said, "Follow me!"

He pulled Bai Ruolan into the guest room on the second floor, and Bai Ruolan said, "You don't want me just now, do you?"

Peng Zhenhao asked: "Those people came to see you?"

Bai Ruolan bit her lower lip, remained silent for a while, and nodded slowly.

Peng Zhenhao asked again: "Who are those people?"

Bai Ruolan said: "My husband's family is the second young master of the Jiuhua Sect."

Peng Zhenhao felt dizzy.He finally understood why he had flinched that night, because he sensed that there was trouble in this woman.Not only is she married, she is also the young lady of the Jianghu sect.

Bai Ruolan continued: "My father is the head of the Tianlong Gang in Hunan. After Kunlun's consensus, the hatred of three generations was resolved. Hengshan wanted to have good relations with Wudang, so he taught the subordinate sects to marry each other. Three years ago, my father married me to Jiu The second young master of the Hua sect."

Peng Zhenhao knew this kind of thing.After the death of King Nu, various factions competed for territory, attacked and killed each other, and forged many grudges.The reason why the Kunlun Council decided on the rule that the enemy could not last more than three generations was to bring an end to the decades of fighting.Not only that, the nine families also asked their subordinate sects to get married to each other as a sign of friendship.

Peng Zhenhao said: "You didn't like that man and you wanted to go home, so you escaped? You took a detour to Jiangxi just to avoid the eyes of the Jiuhua Sect under Wudang's jurisdiction?"

Bai Ruolan said: "You don't know what kind of person my husband is!" She said bitterly, "He doesn't love women at all! After three years of marriage, he would only touch me if he was forced to do so, which was less than three times a year! "She said quietly, "I went to find you that night because I really wanted a man, a real man!"

Peng Zhenhao's eyes widened. "Now is not the time to be surprised!" He thought to himself, "So those people outside are all regular disciples of the sect?" This is an extraordinary horse thief. The ten one-day bodyguards are definitely no match for him. If they fight, there will be many casualties.

He looked down from upstairs, and sure enough there were five or six people down there with pale faces, and even the hands holding weapons were shaking.If this continues, I'm afraid that as soon as the opponent comes in, they will surrender immediately.No, the opponent had already surrendered before they even came in.

Peng Zhenhao gritted his teeth and asked, "How much money do you have left?"

Bai Ruolan asked: "Why do you ask this?"

Peng Zhenhao said anxiously: "Don't expect people to work hard for you for two cents of silver! Take it all, hurry up!"

Bai Ruolan took out a stack of banknotes from her arms. Peng Zhenhao counted it, it was about 200 taels, and asked: "That's it? Gone?"

Bai Ruolan said: "No more."

"Do you know what is more terrifying than death?" Peng Zhenhao looked downstairs, "Only poverty!"

He walked out of the room, stood upstairs, held up the banknote and said, "Brothers, here are 200 taels of silver! We repelled the gang of horse thieves outside, saved Miss Bai, and everyone divided it!"

When everyone heard that there were 200 taels to be divided, everyone was in high spirits. They thought that the opponent was just an ordinary horse thief, and it shouldn't be difficult to fight one on one. In addition, there was a master like Peng Zhenhao sitting in, so it might not be impossible to win.

There must be a brave man behind a lot of money, and Peng Zhenhao understands this truth.But he also knows that facing those regular disciples, these one-day bodyguards are probably no match.

"How should we defeat the twenty-some?" This problem was difficult to explain for a while.Fortunately, the opponent was not in a hurry to attack, and just stood [-] feet away and watched.He was doubting when he suddenly heard someone outside the door shouting: "Senior inside, please come out for a while!"

"Senior? Which senior?" He was still doubting, and saw everyone looking over.Then I heard someone outside say, "That's the senior who just injured three of our brothers!"

"Fucking chicken!" Peng Zhenhao cursed, "I'm only 27 years old!" After thinking about it, he realized that it turned out that he had just shown a unique skill and made the other party overestimate him. strength, so he has not been able to attack for a long time.

This may be an opportunity.Peng Zhenhao said: "I'll go meet them."

"You won't abandon me, will you?" He turned around and saw Bai Ruolan saying with a pair of tearful eyes, "If you can't hand me over to them, then you might as well kill me!" He then said, "If you don't help me, I will Just say you are evil and I am innocent! Everyone saw me coming out of your room that night!"

"I received you three coins a day, which is different from the people below." Peng Zhenhao sighed, "I will definitely save you."

He turned over, landed on the beam, and jumped out of the window lightly.He deliberately showed off his martial arts skills, not only to reassure his own people, but also to scare the other party.

He jumped out of the window and landed outside the house. Everyone admired his qinggong skills when they saw him.A young man walked up, raised his hands and asked, "Senior, may I ask your surname? Which road do you belong to? What is your name?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "My surname is Peng, no need to mention my name. Who is in charge here?"

A middle-aged man walked out of the crowd and said, "I am Yuan Jin from the Jiuhua sect. Why did you hurt our people, sir?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "The person you are looking for is inside. She doesn't want to go back with you." He looked at Yuan Jin and thought to himself that this person is full of energy and is a top master. You may not be able to beat him one on one, let alone There are so many helpers.

Yuan Jin said: "Sir...do you know what she committed and why she was hunted down by the Jiuhua Sect?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "Then do you know why she ran away? You don't know much about your second son? You're delaying a girl's youth in a boudoir. If her father knows about it, he may not agree, right?"

Old Yuan Jin blushed and asked, "So, sir, what are your plans?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "I will send her back to the Tianlong Gang. Gang Leader Bai will decide what to do with this daughter. You can discuss it with Gang Leader Bai."

A father will always protect his daughter, right?he thinks.With the intervention of the Tianlong Gang, the two gangs will settle the matter, and even if they withdraw, they will have an explanation.

Yuan Jin said calmly: "Actually, Gang Leader Bai knows about the second young master."

"Ah?" Peng Zhenhao was surprised again.

"But you may not know about the young lady." Yuan Jin hesitated and said, "The young lady left and took away 2000 taels of silver. This is unreasonable."

"Two thousand taels?!" Peng Zhenhao felt his cheek twitch, as if he had been slapped hotly.Damn, that woman is such a big liar!
"The silver will be returned. I want to take this woman away." Peng Zhenhao said, "I will bring the money."

Peng Zhenhao turned around and jumped back to the inn from the window. Qian Liu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What, what's going on?"

Without saying a word, Peng Zhenhao went upstairs, stretched out his hand to Bai Ruolan and said, "Take them all out."

Bai Ruolan said: "What to take?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "2000 taels!"

Bai Ruolan cried: "You are trying to kill me!"

Peng Zhenhao said: "If I hand you over to them, you won't have anyone or money!"

Bai Ruolan said: "Didn't you just say that poverty is more terrifying than death?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "I won't let you die of poverty! Go back to the Tianlong Gang, your father will take care of you."

Bai Ruolan cried: "My father doesn't care whether I live or die!"

Peng Zhenhao said: "Your father doesn't care, I do! If you follow me, I won't let you starve to death!"

Bai Ruolan looked at Peng Zhenhao, sighed, and took out a stack of banknotes from her arms: "They're all here."

Peng Zhenhao counted and found that there were only one thousand, nine hundred taels. He stretched out his hand and said, "It's still 900 taels short."

Bai Ruolan said: "All the money is spent!"

"In one month, you spent 100 taels? How did you spend it?"

"A bodyguard earns two dollars a day, including food and accommodation, eight horses, and four cars. Just spend it all the way." Bai Ruolan asked again, "Will you save me?"

Peng Zhenhao walked out of the room and shouted to everyone downstairs: "Everyone is gone!"

Bai Ruolan exclaimed: "What did you say?!"

Peng Zhenhao said: "Everyone should leave, two people and one horse, and go back to Linchuan!"

Bai Ruolan rushed outside the house and shouted: "You can't leave! You have received my bodyguard money, you can't leave!"

The people below looked at each other, not knowing who to listen to.

Peng Zhenhao shouted angrily: "The people outside are all regular sect disciples. How many lives do you have to kill? Let's go, I have nothing to do with you anymore!"

When everyone heard this, they jumped out of the window.Everyone outside the door was on guard when they saw them jumping out of the window, but when they saw them riding away, they were shocked again.

Bai Ruolan grabbed Peng Zhenhao and beat him, crying loudly: "You killed me! I shouldn't believe you, you liar! Liar! You said you would save me!" She cried so hard that her heart was broken.

Peng Zhenhao ignored Bai Ruolan and jumped out of the window.Yuan Jin is still waiting for him.

"You young mistress spends money like you don't know how. You only have so much left." He handed the silver to Yuan Jin, "You can't afford to support her, I'm going to take her away."

Yuan Jin's expression suddenly changed and he said, "I'm afraid this won't work!"

Peng Zhenhao said: "Then I have no choice but to break in. Kill as many as you want along the way."

Yuan Jin said: "You should keep some helpers, no matter how bad things are, they will be helpers. Now, you are the only one left." He sneered, "It is unwise to act like a hero."

Peng Zhenhao said: "If you can't get through, I will kill this girl with one knife. You will answer to Gang Leader Bai yourself."

Yuan Jin said: "What are you planning?"

Peng Zhenhao said: "Let me explain, I promised her."

Yuan Jin pondered for a while and said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to wait for our young master to come."

Peng Zhenhao said: "Your young master is here too?"

Yuan Jin said: "We have sent people to report the news. They are on the way. We can't wait long."

Peng Zhenhao nodded and returned to the inn to wait.Bai Ruolan just cried, and Peng Zhenhao didn't explain.

About an hour later, several horses came galloping over. Among them, a white horse was particularly handsome, which made the young man seem a little ordinary.

Yuan Jin said something to the young man on the white horse, who nodded.Seeing that they had the result, Peng Zhenhao also walked out of the inn.

Yuan Jin said: "Young master said that he missed the happiness of young mistress and is very sorry. I respect you as a good man, but the face of Jiuhua sect cannot be diminished."

Peng Zhenhao asked: "What is his plan?"

Yuan Jin said: "The competition is one-on-one. If you win, I won't ask whether the young lady will stay or leave. Otherwise, if the young lady stays, you won't ask about the rest."

Peng Zhenhao stretched out his thumb and praised: "Refreshing!"

Yuan Jin said: "Young master sent me to fight."

"It was expected." Peng Zhenhao knew that this would be the first dangerous battle in his life.

Yuan Jin shook his head and said, "You don't understand the Second Young Mistress, she...well, I hope you won't regret it in the future."

Peng Zhenhao smiled and said: "If you don't do it now, you will regret it immediately."

Yuan Jin said: "Leave a name so that I can explain it to the Peng family in case something happens."

"Peng Zhenhao." Peng Zhenhao held the knife, "The Peng family of the Five Tigers Cutting the Door."

Yuan Jin frowned: "Peng Zhenhao? Zhenzi senior?" He originally thought that Peng Zhenhao was a famous master of the Peng family, but he did not expect that his seniority was so low.

"I'm only 27 years old!" Peng Zhenhao laughed, "Fighting is not for young people, seniors, be careful!"

Yuan Jin cupped his fists and said: "Life or death is determined by fate, please!"

After saying that, Yuan Jin took a step forward, leaned his right shoulder forward, and made a shoulder thrust. Peng Zhenhao raised his arm to block it, and felt severe pain in the bones of his hand. The force of the collision was so great.He knew he couldn't hit Peng Zhenhao head-on, so he went around to the left, half-removing and half-pushing. Yuan Jin changed his moves with lightning, and hit Peng Zhenhao in the face with his right fist, hitting him almost fainting. He thought to himself: "This man is full of murderous weapons! " He leaned back with his upper body, flew up and kicked Yuan Jin with his left foot, but it was as if he had hit an iron plate.

He is a master of horizontal training!Peng Zhenhao had an idea, but Yuan Jin grabbed his feet and threw them to the ground. He felt that his nose bones were broken, his front teeth were broken, his mouth was full of sand and dust, and several of his ribs were broken.

Damn it, you will lose!No, he'll get fucking killed!Peng Zhenhao held the knife, but before he could take it out of its sheath, he hit Yuan Jin on the head with all his strength. This blow used all his strength. Yuan Jin didn't expect that he had such strength, and his steps bumped.Peng Zhenhao was about to rush forward when he suddenly saw Yuan Jin making a circle with his hands and about to push forward.

It was a palm full of inner strength. Once struck, death was inevitable.Seeing that he couldn't dodge, Peng Zhenhao opened his mouth and vomited, blood mixed with the two broken front teeth and spurted out with hidden internal force, hitting Yuan Jin's eyes.

Yuan Jin was startled, and turned his palms to the side. Peng Zhenhao was able to dodge, but his chest was still swept, and his clothes were completely torn.Taking advantage of this gap, Peng Zhenhao jumped and the tiger came down the mountain!

He could only draw this cross horizontally and vertically, and slashed at Yuan Jin's head and chest with one knife.

Yuan Jin fell down, his face covered in blood.If Peng Zhenhao's knife had been unsheathed, this knife would have cut him into four pieces.

Yuan Jin just fainted.

Damn, did I win?Peng Zhenhao staggered and fell to the ground, looking around blankly and then at Yuan Jin who fell on the ground.

The young man on the white horse waved his hand, indicating to his men to carry Yuan Jin back.He cupped his hands to Peng Zhenhao and said: "I admire your excellency in martial arts and thank you for not killing me. Apologize to Miss Bai for me, her husband cannot give her happiness."

Peng Zhenhao nodded blankly and wanted to reply with a few polite words, but was speechless.

After everyone left, Peng Zhenhao lay on the ground and looked at the sky.

The sun sets over the western mountains, and the stars and the moon rise.

fucking...

Peng Zhenhao still couldn't move.

Bai Ruolan walked out of the inn and helped Peng Zhenhao get on the horse. She rode another horse and led him towards Yueyang.After a few days of being groggy and relying on Bai Ruolan to take care of her, Peng Zhenhao thought to himself, this woman also has merits.

He felt a strange pain in his chest, and when he looked, he saw a large bruise on his chest.It turned out that Yuan Jin's palm failed to completely dodge and was still swept by the edge. Just a single sweep caused such an injury. If it was hit hard, he would definitely die.

When they arrived in Yueyang, Bai Ruolan found a medical center to let Peng Zhenhao recover from his injuries.Peng Zhenhao didn't ask her where she got the money, and he didn't know why she didn't take him to the Tianlong Gang.

Bai Ruolan bit her lower lip, looked at Peng Zhenhao lying on the bed and said, "You are such a good person. If I had met you earlier, I would have married you. Alas, it would be better if you looked younger."

What does this mean?Peng Zhenhao thought to himself: "Is her father willing to take her in?"

Bai Ruolan called out, "Come here, I've met my benefactor." After she finished speaking, a handsome young man came over.

Bai Ruolan said: "I asked him to take the waterway to Yueyang to meet me. They came to me just to ask who he was."

Peng Zhenhao suddenly understood something. It turned out that this was why Yuan Jin was hesitating?

The family scandal should not be publicized, and no one wants to let the young lady steal someone.

The handsome young man said, "Thank you, Master Peng."

Peng Daxia...fuck...fuck...Peng Zhenhao smiled bitterly.

"Do you still have enough money?" he asked.

"There are still dozens of taels of silver and three horses left." Bai Ruolan lowered her head, "Living a simple life is not a problem."

"Aren't you going to go home?" Peng Zhenhao thought, she still kept dozens of taels, but she was still lying to me in the end.

Bai Ruolan said: "If I don't go back, dad won't let him be with me. Hey, stop standing here and wait for me outside."

The young man went out.

"Are you leaving?" Peng Zhenhao asked.

Bai Ruolan bit her lip, her cheeks flushed: "You should have asked for mine that night, then I might change my mind."

"Can't you change your mind now?"

"You are a hero. There are too few people like you nowadays." She said with red eyes, "I am not worthy of you, you deserve better." She added, "I left 20 taels of silver and a A horse for you.”

"Fifteen days, three dollars a day, just leave four or two or five dollars to me." Peng Zhenhao closed his eyes, "Get out of here!"

Bai Ruolan kissed him warmly on the face.

Bai Ruolan left.

After recovering from his injuries, Peng Zhenhao rode the horse left by Bai Ruolan and returned to Linchuan, Fuzhou.

He received a hero's welcome. It was widely rumored in the martial arts that he was the one man who saved the orphan girl by defeating twenty pursuing soldiers.

The young mistress of the Jiuhua sect stole someone, but they didn't explain it.

The daughter of the Tianlong Gang stole someone, and they didn't explain it.

Peng Zhenhao was promoted to a disciple of the Four Bags, received an official position, and became the well-known hero Peng Lao Beggar among the people.

All he thought in his mind was: What a fuck...

(End of this chapter)