in spring

Chapter 118

Uncle Qing felt that someone had smeared his face, and his face was a little gloomy: "What kind of bastard are you? How dare you stand in front of my uncle?! Do you know who I am?! How dare you slap me with respect for that little money? Are you alive?" Are you tired?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several stalwart attendants surrounded him. Chunying and Hu Fei were trapped in the middle, looking extremely weak. The nearby vendors and pedestrians had already quietly avoided them, for fear of offending them. help the wicked.

Chunying looked at Hu Fei nervously, and the latter said with a sullen face, "I don't dare, but the rules on this street are set by the old man, and the younger brothers and sisters follow them dutifully. I don't know why Master Qing Do you still want to come with us?"

"Damn!" Uncle Qing kicked the cargo box, "My family has the final say here, and the rules are also set by my family. I can get along with whoever I want! Brat, I just saw your sister grow up. You have to be a little watery to be interested in playing with her, who would make her a fairy? But since you don't know a person, don't blame me for being rude! Come on, catch her back for me!"

The attendants responded in unison, and Chunying was furious when she heard the words: "Is there any law for you?! Do you think anyone can be arrested as you like?!" Uncle Qing didn't know what his background was, but judging by his attire, speech and behavior, he knew that his status was not high enough, so he dared to provoke the Hou family?Although she is just a lowly little girl, it doesn't mean that the masters of the Hou Mansion will tolerate cats and dogs stepping on their faces!

Seeing those dog legs were about to rush over, she was about to reveal her identity loudly, but saw Hu Fei swiping over the shoulder pole, blocking them away.He grabbed his shoulder pole to avoid the crowd, and said angrily: "You have established the rules, but you overthrow them yourself, and you go back on your promises. Is it true that there is no king's law here?!"

Uncle Qing became even angrier: "Here, I am Wang Fa!" After saying that, he waved his hand: "Go! Give him a good lesson! Beat him to death!"

The dog legs rushed forward, and Hu Fei kept swinging the pole, but his physical strength was still limited. He was punched by one of them on the left side of the cheek, and his cheek immediately became red and swollen.Chunying screamed, grabbed a drawer and threw it over, the dog leg that hit the person was smashed right on the ground, and howled loudly in pain.Everyone else was stunned, and Hu Fei immediately took the opportunity to throw a few shoulder poles at those people.He struck so hard that several scars appeared on the faces and hands of the dog legs, and he had to retreat.

Uncle Qing was so angry that he screamed: "Stinky boy, you are impatient! See if I don't kill you..." Before he could finish speaking, Hu Fei spit out a mouthful of blood, grinned, and said: "You are the one who is impatient! This place is at the feet of the Son of Heaven. How dare you say that you are Wang Fa? Your family has the final say here? Where did you put the emperor? Don't you just have a guard at Dongzhimen?" Lao Tzu? What are you talking about? Little military officer, what an ass in the capital?! You annoyed me, so I went to the door of Liu Yushi’s house to complain! Who died when I saw it?!”

Liu Yushi is a well-known stubborn and upright official in the capital. He specializes in getting along with dignitaries and dignitaries. He has to join twenty or thirty high-ranking officials throughout the year. He is extremely unpopular in the court, but the emperor trusts him. Ken dismissed his post, Liu Yushi deeply felt the deep kindness of the king, and he became more motivated to participate, and his name was resounded throughout Beijing because of this.

Uncle Qing is able to dominate Dongzhimen Street because, as Hu Fei said, there is an old man who is the guard of Dongzhimen.Dongzhimen Street is located in a civilian area, where few high-ranking officials and dignitaries live. Uncle Qing’s father has become the master of this place in disguise. His family also takes advantage of this fact to exploit money from nearby civilians or businessmen, and do their best to No one dared to fight against them.But all of this is based on Uncle Qing's father's status as a guard. If Liu Yushi really joined him, all of this would be in vain.

Although Uncle Qing was a bit arrogant, he was not an idiot. After hearing Hu Fei's words, he was a little panicked, but his heart was filled with anger: "How dare you threaten me, kid? Well, I'll ask someone to beat you to death, see How are you going to file a complaint!" After saying that, he ordered his lackeys to go up and beat people again.

Hu Fei swung a shoulder pole vigorously, beating those dog legs until they screamed, but his physical strength gradually weakened. Next to the house, his family always gossips about my mother when they go out to buy vegetables. You ordered my brother to be beaten to death, and you will never hide it from him! This is on the street, everyone has seen it, you have the ability to block it. Shut everyone's mouth?!"

A flash of panic flashed in Uncle Qing's eyes, his heart was shaken, and he hesitated whether to tell his subordinates to stop, but some of those dog legs had already slowed down. Hu Fei took the opportunity to force them back, raised his sleeve and wiped the blood on his face, He sneered and said: "Sister, why do you need to talk to this kind of person? Tell him to kill me, and you tell Mr. Liu immediately! I want to see, what crimes will his family be charged with? Is it bullying the emperor, or treason?"

Uncle Qing's face turned red, but he heard someone calling his name in the distance. He turned his head and saw that it was his father's lieutenant general. He asked impatiently, "What are you doing? Didn't you see that I was busy? !" The deputy general bowed to him with a straight face: "Young Master, Your Excellency will let you go." Seeing Uncle Qing's expression of reluctance, he added: "Your Excellency is angry, and I want you to take all your followers with you. " Uncle Qing couldn't help it, so he had to wave his hand to call the dogs, and let him go. Before leaving, he put down his harsh words: "Wait for me, and see if I don't put you to death!" After hearing this, the deputy general's expression changed slightly, He gave Hu Fei a meaningful look.

Hu Fei watched them leave coldly, and spat out a mouthful of blood.Chunying rushed over and asked worriedly: "Is the injury serious? Does it hurt? You bleed a lot, let's go see a doctor!" Hu Fei smiled and comforted her: "It's okay, it's just a skin injury."

A peddler next to him said timidly: "Brother, you have caused trouble. He is our local bully. I heard that he is very close to the young master in the master's mansion."

Hu Fei said calmly: "It doesn't matter how he tosses me, but he can't bully my sister!" He raised his hand and gently pressed his left cheek, biting his teeth in pain and gasping for air, but he didn't yell out.

Chunying's eyes were a little hot, she hurriedly took out a handkerchief and gently wiped his wound, Hu Fei took the handkerchief with a smile, and said: "Okay, don't rush to cry, let's go, lest he come back to make trouble. "

Chunying nodded violently with tears in her eyes, turned around to tidy up the hairpin earrings that had fallen all over the floor, suddenly remembered the "filial piety" that Hu Fei had handed in, and couldn't help saying angrily: "Today's protection fee was paid in vain! That person is really hateful! "

"Just treat it as being picked up by a dog." Hu Fei didn't pay much attention to it, he just found a piece of cloth to tie up the split part of the pole, picked up the burden, and pulled Chunying away quickly.

Chunying asked about his health all the way, and supported the cargo box, so as to relieve Hu Fei's burden.She felt very guilty, and felt that Hu Fei was beaten because of herself.However, Hu Fei said disapprovingly: "Uncle Qing relied on his father as the military officer guarding the gate. He usually exploited small vendors who set up stalls on the street, and sometimes threatened merchants from other places to buy goods at a low price and resell them at the market price. Sell ​​it and make a profit from it. Because I did business with middlemen two or three times, although I did not block his source of income, it was still considered to be stepping on his territory. He had long intended to teach me a lesson, and he was just venting his anger on you."

It turned out to be an excuse, and Chunying felt better, but she was still very sad: "Anyway, if it wasn't for protecting me, you wouldn't have been beaten... How about we really file a complaint? That Liu Yushi is said to be very To be fair, if Uncle Qing's family can be brought down, the people in the Dongzhimen area will no longer be exploited by him!"

Hu Fei shook his head: "No, I was just coaxing him, Liu Yushi..." He gradually slowed down, with a sad expression on his face, "He is a person who highly respects filial piety. I have already ruined my reputation." It’s fine if others don’t know my details, but if I go to the government, others will know that I am the second son of the Hu family, and the charge of unfilial piety will be suppressed, and Liu Yushi will be considered kind if he doesn’t drive me out..."

Chunying couldn't help being wronged for him: "Could he be so confused? Because of other people's false rumors, he would rather let the people suffer? Then he is not a good official!"

Hu Fei turned around with a wry smile: "Sister, how can there be any real good officials in this world? Mr. Liu is notoriously stubborn, and he will never change what he believes in easily." He snorted coldly in his heart, If there is really a good official who can discern the details, how could he end up being beaten by everyone in the first place?After all, people only think about their own interests.If it wasn't for his own fame and status, why did Liu Yushi spend his time trying to collect criminal evidence from those dignitaries?For this kind of person, just take advantage of it. If you really believe in him, he will never even think about turning over!

Thinking of what happened today, he felt bitter again.What kind of Uncle Qing is just a little dandy, and the sons and sisters in Beijing all take this kind of person as a joke. If it used to be, the other party would be an ant in his eyes at most, but now he has become a commoner, and there is no one else. If he could protect him, even such an ant would dare to fight him.For the past six months, he has been thinking about making money every day and getting ahead, but he has only earned a hundred taels of silver so far. When will he be able to really feel proud?

He was still meditating there, and Chunying also fell into distress: "What should we do in the future? We can't go to Dongzhimen anymore, and there are a bunch of crazy bees and butterflies on the other side of Chaoyangmen. We obviously do business in a responsible manner. Why do people always have trouble with us?"

Hu Fei came to his senses in a flash: "It doesn't matter, we'll go buy mules tomorrow. That Uncle Qing can only do his best in the Dongzhimen area. If we go to do business elsewhere, he can't do anything to us."

Thinking about it, this was the only way to go, Chunying sighed, and helped him up the cargo box, but heard someone not far away calling them: "That peddler, stop for a while!"

Hu Fei stopped, and turned to where the voice came from: "Come on—what do you want..." He stopped suddenly, his face turned pale, and he seemed to want to turn around and run away, but for some reason he could only stop. In the same place, I can't take a step forward.

Chunying noticed something was wrong, and quickly asked: "What's the matter?" Hu Fei shook his head with difficulty, and when he heard the approaching footsteps, he put down his burden and lowered his head slightly.

Chunying looked up at the person who came, but she was a young woman, dressed as a young woman, wearing a linen blue dress, a plain green gown over her head, a silver hairpin inlaid with jade in her black hair, her face was delicate and charming. A little mellow.Her voice was high-pitched and urgent, and she stopped them: "Do you have a thimble? I want brass..." She suddenly stopped, fixed her eyes on Hu Fei, and screamed: "You are... the second young master?!"

Chun Ying was taken aback, and turned to look at Hu Fei, only to see bitterness on his face.

(End of this chapter)