Hong Kong Comprehensive: Who said that those who practice martial arts have no money?

Chapter 139 Helplessness, past events, guidance
However, the young man glanced past Li An and the others, focused on Ah Quan, and frowned.

"It's you."

"It's you."

The two spoke out almost at the same time.

Ah Quan also looked at Duan Yingfeng in surprise.

Li An glanced at the two of them with a smile on his lips.

"It's just right that you two know each other."

Duan Yingfeng then focused his attention on Li An's face, frowned and asked, "Who are you? And why do you want to come to my place?"

Li An looked at the patient lying on the chair for dental treatment.

"We're not in a hurry, and we don't have any ill intentions towards you. We'll talk again after you finish your dental work for the customer."

Seeing that the man in front of him didn't seem to be lying, Duan Yingfeng nodded:

"Okay, you guys sit down first."

He called out: "Xiao Zhi, pour a cup of tea for the guest."

"I know, I know. Little senior brother."

The young man known as Xiaozhi seemed to be a little uncoordinated in his speech and hands and feet. Li An saw the other person coming over with herbal tea and stood up to pick it up.

"Thank you."

"you are welcome."

Xiaozhi waved his hand quickly: "You guys sit down first."

Seeing Xiaozhi walking to the inner room to be busy, Li An took a sip from the glass tea cup and looked around.

The small shop is divided into two distinct areas. On the left is the dental clinic. On the inner wall on the right is the sign of the Sweet Pea Candy Factory. Only Xiaozhi is busy.

Because there are no licenses or taxes required in the Walled City, there are hundreds of these family-style food rough processing factories in the Walled City.

Ah Quan seemed a little out of breath, holding the tea cup with both hands and staring directly at Duan Yingfeng.

It wasn't until the other party pulled out the patient's teeth and handed him a cup of mouthwash that he put down the teacup in his hand and prepared to stand up.

Snapped!
At this time, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Two men with scornful faces and wooden sticks in their hands walked in.

Seeing the unkind expressions on the two men's faces, Ah Quan hurriedly stepped forward.

"Is there a problem?"

Sijiu, who was wearing a black short hexagram, glanced at Aquan and asked perversely: "Are you the boss?"

"No." Aquan shook his head.

"Why don't you just get out of here, you short-lived creature?"

Sijiu pushed Ah Quan away, his eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to curse.

Duan Yingfeng came over and blocked Ah Quan behind him with a smile on his face.

"I'm the boss, what do you two brothers want?"

"What can I do? Of course I have to pay the health fee."

As he said that, Sijiu glanced at the candy factory: "Two copies, 30 yuan."

Duan Yingfeng frowned: "Two eldest brothers, wasn't it always 20 yuan before? Now it has increased by [-] yuan. Isn't it too much? We can't make so much in a month."

"many?"

Sijiu laughed strangely: "In the past, a bowl of wonton noodles only cost [-] cents, but now it's [-] cents. The price of everything has increased, and the health fee will naturally increase. If it doesn't increase, what will we eat?"

Duan Yingfeng paused and subconsciously clenched his fists with his hands.

"What? You don't want to pay?"

Sijiu picked up the wooden stick and knocked it on his palm, and said maliciously:

"Consider it carefully. If you don't pay, what will happen to your dental clinic?"

He pointed his wooden stick at the candy factory: "There is still a candy factory, so there is no need to work."

Duan Yingfeng looked back and was pointed at by Sijiu with a wooden stick. Xiaozhi seemed a little frightened and squatted in the corner with his head in his hands.

He took a deep breath, put on a smiling face, took out three blue crabs from his trouser pocket and handed them over.

"This is 30 yuan."

Sijiu took the money and slapped Duan Yingfeng on the face: "This is right. Remember to be smarter in the future."

A spat.

A mouthful of saliva spat on Duan Yingfeng's face.

"let's go."

The two Forty-Nine chatted and laughed and left in a swaggering manner.

"Boss, I put the money here."

The customer who had already had his tooth extracted didn't seem to want to stay any longer, so he dropped the two yuan consultation fee and left in a hurry.

Duan Yingfeng just remained silent, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the saliva on his glasses and face without saying a word.

"Are they charging protection fees?" Aquan asked.

"Are not you just saw it?"

"You practice Baji, why are you being oppressed by them? Why don't you take action?"

Facing Ah Quan's questioning, Duan Yingfeng did not answer, but walked quickly to Xiaozhi who was squatting on the ground with his head in his hands.

He kept saying comforting words from his mouth:

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

After a while, Xiaozhi was calmed down, and then he walked towards Li An.

Smiling apologetically: "Sorry, I made you laugh."

"Human nature."

Li An waved his hand, and he could naturally see that most of Duan Yingfeng's forbearance was because of Xiaozhi.

"you have not answer my question yet."

Aquan asked again.

Because from the first time they met, he knew that Duan Yingfeng was Duan Tongtian's son.

"Xiao Zhi is like this because he was beaten in the head in retaliation because I stood up for myself. Do you know what I mean?"

Duan Yingfeng's lips trembled.

Scenes from the past seemed vivid in my mind.

He was young and energetic, hoping to be a hero like his father and learn to be strong in the walled city. However, the other party took advantage of him not being at home and came to retaliate. Xiaozhi was beaten until his head was covered with blood.
"In the walled city, the hometown association is very powerful. I can't beat them with just two fists. If I don't pay the protection fee today and drive them away, it will only attract more people's revenge tomorrow. What can I do?" Yes, Xiaozhi can’t be hit, and the child can’t be hit. I can’t just act like a hero and bring disaster to my family.”

Ah Quan glanced at Xiaozhi, who was in a daze, and was silent for a while: "I'm sorry."

"Needless to say."

Duan Yingfeng reached out to interrupt Ah Quan's words, took a deep breath, and calmed down his mood.

Turning to look at Li An:

"Tell me, what's your business with me?"

Li An pointed at Ah Quan and said, "A Quan is looking for you to inquire about the whereabouts of a person. I heard that your Duan family's Bajimen has been staying in the walled city for a long time, so I brought him here to ask."

Duan Yingfeng's eyes narrowed: "How do you know Duan's Baji?"

"You are not hiding your names. Many old people in the walled city know it. Just because they are all new immigrants now, the Duan family's Baji have been slowly forgotten."

Li An didn't even blink.

Duan Yingfeng didn't think much about it, because it was true as the other party said, as soon as his father left, over ten years, the Duan family's Baji were slowly forgotten by people, and fewer people in the city knew about it.

He asked:
"Who are you looking for?"

Aquan took the words: "Zhaoxia."

"Zhaoxia?"

Duan Yingfeng looked at Ah Quan in confusion: "Who are you?"

"Zhaoxia's brother" Aquan almost blurted out, but he immediately reacted and changed the topic: "He is a co-worker of mine at the dock."

Duan Yingfeng looked at him suspiciously.

"You don't believe it."

Ah Quan took out a pair of small braided wristbands from his pocket and handed them over: "Chaoyang asked me to give these to his sister."

Duan Yingfeng took it and looked at it carefully for a while: "This is indeed what Chaoyang used to practice boxing when he was a child."

Ah Quan asked hurriedly:

"Do you know the whereabouts of Zhaoxia?"

Duan Yingfeng was silent for a while: "She is dead."

Ah Quan was stunned for a moment. Although he was prepared in his heart, the moment he actually heard it, he still found it difficult to accept it.
He asked in a dry voice: "How did she die?"

"Fifteen years ago, after Zhaoxia's parents died, Zhaoxia lived alone on the streets of the city. But the children in the city saw her as if they were an enemy and called her a pest. In desperation, Zhaoxia could only go to the city alone. She lived in the back hill of the village and never came back. But one day suddenly a fire broke out in the back hill of the walled city. The fire burned for three days and three nights. I went to the back hill to look for her, but unfortunately I only found one of her shoes."

Speaking of this, Duan Yingfeng paused.

He returned the wristband to Ah Quan and said to Ah Quan again:
"Wait a minute, I'll get Asaka's shoes to you."

After a while, he came back and handed over a burned embroidered cloth shoe.

Taking the fist in his hand, he recognized at a glance that it was the pair his sister was wearing, and his eyes dimmed.

"Brother, don't look at me wearing a pair of embroidered shoes and think that I am embroidering my legs with fancy fists. Just watch the trick!"

The clear voice of the little girl seemed to linger in my ears.

Tears welled up in the corners of Ah Quan's eyes unconsciously.

Duan Yingfeng saw Ah Quan's expression and asked seemingly casually:
"By the way, why didn't Chaoyang come find his sister by himself?"

Aquan's voice was low: "Zhaoxia is gone, and Chaoyang is also gone."

Duan Yingfeng was a little hesitant, but seemed unwilling to delve deeper into it. After thinking for a moment, he said:
"It turns out to be a relic. You just happened to be here. I handed the shoes over to you, and I have put an end to my worries. If there is nothing else, you can go."

After speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Ah Quan stopped him.

"Even the neighbors can't forgive Zhaoxia. You are the victim. Why are you so nice to them?"

"Whether his father is really my father-killing enemy or not, it has nothing to do with the child."

Duan Yingfeng sighed: "Actually, these brothers and sisters are just like me, they are all innocent."

Hearing this, Ah Quan stopped talking and seemed to be lost in memories.

At this time, Li An noticed Duan Yingfeng's first words and said:
"That means you are not sure whether Chao Mengshan killed your father?"

Duan Yingfeng put his eyes on Li An's face: "Why do you ask this? Who are you?"

Li An looked calm.

"I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Li An."

Duan Yingfeng thought about the name and felt it was somewhat familiar. It took him a while before he blurted out:

"You were the one who robbed Ke Wanchang's gambling house?"

Li An shook his head and laughed: "How quickly did it spread? Even you guys know about it."

"The walled city is not big, and everyone knows about the slightest disturbance. What's more, it happened on Longjin Road, how could we not know about it."

Duan Yingfeng stared at Li An, his eyes burning:

"You haven't said why you asked this?"

Li An said without changing his expression: "Because I also practice Baji, and I have heard about the two Bajiquan masters in the city. I came to the city this time to see if there is a chance to meet these two masters." Descendants of the Grand Master, let’s meet the eight extremes of the Duan family and the eight extremes of the Chao family.”

Baji is also divided into several different schools.

The unified style is fierce and violent, and the force is generally the same, with only slight individual differences.

Chaojia's Baji is more powerful and strong, while Duan's Baji is more flexible in footwork.

Of course, there are also people who lead art investment projects, so the difference is a little bigger.

For example, the main practitioner of Baji Quan has short energy.Some people practice Baji just to make up for the close body. The main practice is to do splits across the back, which exerts a longer force.

Duan Yingfeng looked at Li An in surprise and hesitated:
"I don't know, but my dad did die from a tiger climbing a mountain."

Ang Lee shook his head: "One move does not prove that this person is the murderer, it is too arbitrary. You must know that there are not many people in Hong Kong who know the Eight Extremes, but there are also many."

"But there are not many people who can tie with my dad, let alone those who practice Baji."

The meaning of Duan Yingfeng's words was very clear, Chao Mengshan was the most suspected.

Li An pondered for a while and tried to guide:

"But have you ever thought about why Chao Mengshan died as soon as your father died? If Chao Mengshan really killed your father, who killed Chao Mengshan?"

After a pause, Li An continued:
"Besides, there is no such thing as hatred without reason. You must know that killing has a purpose. When Duan Tongtian and Chao Mengshan die, whoever benefits more will be more suspicious."

Li An stopped talking and said no more.

"Think about it."

Ah Quan was still holding the wristbands and embroidered shoes in both hands, his expression was depressed, and he looked like he was distracted.

Ah Quan didn't seem to hear a word of what Li An and Duan Yingfeng had just talked about.

"Aquan, let's go."

Li An took Ah Quan and the group walked out of the dental clinic.

Duan Yingfeng was left standing there with a frown on his face, thinking over and over in his mind what Li An had just said.

Whoever benefits the most will be the most suspect.

It almost clearly points to the hometown association.

But there seems to be nothing wrong with Li An’s words?
Could it be that Chao Mengshan really beat his father to death just to decide the outcome?
Zhaoxia's mother was beaten to death by her uncle and the neighbors, but who killed Chaomengshan?

Duan Yingfeng's thoughts changed and his brows furrowed deeper.

Lots of benefits, but lots of suspicion?
Needless to say, if his father and Chao Mengshan were still there, the fellow villagers would not dare to enter the city, and the walled city would definitely not be as chaotic as it is today.

But as soon as his father and Chao Mengshan died, the hometown association settled in the walled city.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiaozhi's shout interrupted Duan Yingfeng's thoughts.

"Senior Brother, someone is here to see your teeth."

"Oh"

Duan Yingfeng finally came to his senses and raised his eyes to look at the two women who entered the door.

However, Diao Lan's eyes lit up when she saw Duan Yingfeng, who was wearing a white coat and was gentle and elegant. Her eyes were fixed on Duan Yingfeng.

Sister-in-law Bi patted her forehead and stepped on Diao Lan's foot.

"Ah~ what are you doing?"

"You're here to see your dentist, not to show off."

Ah Quan followed Li An in a daze until he came to the street of Longjin Road, and then he gradually came back to his senses.

He said to Li An with a low expression:

"I'm sorry, I might have to leave, so I won't be able to help you here."

He took out a few Hong Kong dollars from his trouser pocket: "This is the money you borrowed from me. I only spent two yuan. I will find an opportunity to pay you back in the future."

Li An stopped and glanced at Ah Quan, who had his head lowered.

"How did you know your sister was dead?"

"Didn't Duan Yingfeng just say that Zhaoxia was in flames?"

Ah Quan was talking to himself. Halfway through, he realized what he was saying: "Do you know I am Chaoyang?"

"Don't tell me that I saw your expression just now. Even Duan Yingfeng was suspicious of your identity, but he didn't want to say more."

"But Zhaoxia is gone, so is Chaoyang."

Ah Quan's voice was low.

"You want to see the person when you are alive, and you want to see the body when you die. Don't you want to find out the cause of your father's death?"

(End of this chapter)