Republic of China

Chapter 354: Lu Bu Riding Dian Wei

The backyard of Three Trees Inn.

Liu Mangfan was the first to come back. Since Mo Wenshan had gone somewhere unknown, he was bored being alone, so he came here to feed the big blue donkey when he had nothing to do.

When I was alone, I missed my hometown a little. It has been almost a year since I last saw my wife and children. I didn’t know how they were doing at Lao Li’s house.

When I think about it carefully, I was actually forced into the vortex of the storm. I was working in the teahouse and unknowingly became enemies with the Japanese.

It’s not that I have much resentment in my heart, but I have to bear all the consequences, but I didn’t even get to see the Onmyoji, and I didn’t even get to satisfy my desire to talk to him.

"Brother Liu, next year is your zodiac year, right? Come and try it on to see if it fits." Kang Muang stood beside Liu Mangfan and handed him a red cotton ear bag.

"It's a waste of money. Why should I spend money on my sometimes-not-so-good hearing?"

"It's because my ears are sick that I need to take good care of them. It doesn't cost much."

Liu Mangfan complained in words but his body was honest. He happily put on the cotton earmuffs, which, combined with his popcorn hairstyle and wretched looks, made him look very funny.

"How are you doing there?"

"Don't think that Brother Liu is just thinking about the things in my crotch when I enter the brothel. I have some gains, but they are not accurate. I want to wait until the brothers come back to analyze them. What about you?"

"Well, I don't know if I have gained anything."

After that, Kang Muang took out many items from the cloth bag. Valuable ones included banknotes, silver dollars, jewelry, and less valuable ones included weights, pens, and military water bottles. In short, there were a lot of things.

Liu Mangfan stared with his eyes wide open.

I thought to myself, brother, you are going to the food tray, why do you have to do a few more jobs while you are there? You are not that kind of person.

"Don't get me wrong, I went to Yuan Wenqiu's gambling house. If I just asked around and didn't participate, I would be kicked out. I had no choice but to play a few hands."

"And then you'll make a fortune, right? Oh, I just remembered what we said before at Maoshan Forest Farm. According to the Eight Characters, Sanyuan is prone to committing adultery, and you are prone to gambling addiction, so the old man has been training you specifically since you were young. As a result, Sanyuan is not very interested in women now, and you..."

Kang Muang spread his hands helplessly, "I'm a simple person. I've been to various gambling houses since I was a child and have seen all kinds of gambling games. Of course, I've learned a lot of gambling skills. We don't have much money in our pockets, so we have to be careful with it. We can't just step on a plate and have to pay for it."

"No matter how good you are at gambling, you can't win every time, right? Will the casino manager let you go?" Liu Mangfan roughly calculated that the property that Brother Kang brought back was worth about one thousand eight hundred yuan in total. Logically speaking, no casino would allow such a person to kill so many people at the gambling table.

"Well, that's the logic, but I don't know what happened to me today. I couldn't even lose. I was 100% sure I would lose this round, but I still won. The more I wanted to lose, the more I won."

"You're not possessed by something, are you?"

Kang Muang nodded repeatedly, "Brother Liu, you are right. It's really strange tonight. I always feel like something is staring at me. I don't know if it's an illusion or something."

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It was outrageous to hear these words coming from Kang Muang's mouth. Liu Mangfan thought to himself, your Xuanmen magic is so powerful, how could you not know what kind of monsters and demons can get close to you?
It's scary enough to think about it
"What happened to you? Did you step on donkey dung? You all look so ugly." Lu Xiucai put his arm around the two brothers' shoulders with curiosity. He thought that they had some trouble and didn't want to let their brothers know, so he asked in a low voice: "Don't hide it from me. Brother Liu, did you go to the brothel without paying and were hunted down, or did Brother Kang do good deeds and offend some gods? If there is anything, let's deal with it together. Don't hide it."

"It's okay. It might be the aftereffect of the last time I overexerted myself in Zheng County Prison. I'm just dizzy. Don't worry about it." Kang Muang was afraid that his brothers would worry, so he chose to give up.

After looking Kang Muang up and down, Lu Xiucai didn't ask any more questions. He took out something from his arms and handed it to Liu Mangfan.

"I found some good stuff on my way back, wool socks made in Northern Europe, and this is the only pair left. Brother Liu, try them out when you have time."

"Foreign goods? Aren't they cheap? I heard that foreign glass socks are very expensive."

"Oh, how expensive can a pair of socks be? If you really like glass socks, I'll find a way to buy two pairs. You can give them to your sister-in-law when we get home."

"Forget it, your sister-in-law is just an old woman from the Northeast. She doesn't know how to wear glass stockings. But you really have to help me find something when you have time. She is coveting small flower umbrellas. You said that umbrellas can't keep out the rain, so what's the use of them? I don't know why they are so rare."

Liu Mangfan still didn't mean what he said. He was teasing his wife, but his brothers all knew that their brother Liu loved his wife very much. As long as he was at home, he would not let his wife do a lot of housework. He kept her plump and white, which was a good omen for her husband.

"A small Western flower umbrella, right? Okay, I'll go to the British Concession and the French Concession when I have time. They're the best at making fancy stuff like this."

"By the way, did you gain anything from this trip?"

Lu Xiucai replied as a matter of course: "Yes, and there are quite a few, but Sanyuan said not to act rashly, so I didn't act too radically."

"Okay, then let's wait for Sanyuan to come back and we'll get some together. Wow~ these socks are really nice, they don't prick my fingers at all."

The brothers were chatting idly. The big blue donkey was very beautiful. It was so nice to have three of them feeding it. It crunched up some bean cakes, which made the donkeys and horses next door very envious.

After a while, a visitor arrived.

Zhang Linyi brought a jar of the best Xinghuacun wine as a gift. He knew that Mo Wenshan was addicted to wine, so as long as there was good wine, the sooner it was brought, the better.

After all, they are idols. You have to have the right attitude to chase them and invest money in them.

"Ah? Brother Mo is not here? What a pity." Zhang Linyi sighed while holding the jar of wine.

Kang Muang apologized, "Master is always elusive. Every time he goes out, we have no idea where he goes. I hope Uncle Yi will forgive you for making such a wasted trip in the middle of the night."

"It's impossible to meet a god-like person every time. It doesn't matter. My trip is not in vain. Remember the nephew I mentioned who is going back to China? It's easy to delay the return if he travels across the ocean, so I left the address here before. If he doesn't see me at the port, he can meet here."

Zhang Linyi has a relatively easy-going personality and understands that nothing can be forced.

Being able to meet Jian Jue in this life has already fulfilled my great wish. Of course, there are still some regrets, because Mo Wenshan has quite a lot of unique skills. If I could just see the Three Emperors Sword, my life would be worthwhile.

"An old man like me has no hope anymore. From now on, it will be you young people who will rule the world. Well, considering the ages, my nephew is about the same age as Brother Lu. If we have a chance to meet, I hope you can get along well with him so that he can take care of me in the future."

"Of course, with the relationship with my uncle, I believe we can succeed—"

Kang Muang's voice stopped abruptly.

Because he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

I saw Zhang Xiaogou supporting the staggering Zhao Sanyuan and walking into the backyard.

What shocked the brothers was that the younger brother looked really shabby, his coat was torn and stained in many places, and his face was bruised and swollen.

It's no wonder they were shocked. It's really rare to see my brother in such a miserable state. I remember that when I was in the Shimen branch of the Way of Oneness, my brother was not in such a state.

"No! Who the hell was it? How could you beat Lu Bu and Dian Wei into this state?" Old Liu was so angry that his teeth were itching. He planned to avenge Sanyuan after settling him down.

"Did you run into the person who killed Tong Weishan? It seems that this person is very troublesome." Lu Xiucai also frowned, and while supporting Zhao Sanyuan, he was gathering his anger. No one inside or outside the pass had ever suffered such a big loss.

Lao Kang, who was supporting Zhao Sanyuan on the other side, didn't say anything, but anyone who saw him could tell that he was holding back something.

Only the big blue donkey was grinning and jumping around happily in the circle, looking so happy and joyful.

"How blind he is to have provoked these youngsters." Zhang Linyi sighed that someone would be in trouble soon. These youngsters would never let him go, not to mention that there was a true god behind them. Just from yesterday's chat, he was very sure that Mo Wenshan was an old man who was extremely protective of his own people.

Zhao Sanyuan rubbed his swollen left eye and gasped in pain.

"Do you have a cigarette? Light it up for me." Liu Mangfan put a cigarette in his brother's mouth and lit it. He already had a gun in his hand and asked Zhang Xiaogou, "What's going on? Tell me!"

This really made it difficult for Zhang Xiaogou, as he couldn't describe the fight in the alley with his limited vocabulary, and he was still in shock and unable to extricate himself.

"Nothing, I just had a fight with some jerk. He has nothing to do with the Anqing Gang. I misunderstood." Zhao Sanyuan smoked a cigarette with a tired face. He had to admit that he did run into a tough guy this time.

"Misunderstanding? It's not okay even if it's a misunderstanding! Can you beat someone up like this just because of a misunderstanding?" Liu Mangfan's worldly wisdom was gone, and what was even deeper in his bones was that he would only help his relatives and not others.

Misunderstanding, right? Okay, I'll also misunderstanding you.

Kang Muang and Lu Xiucai both had the same idea. We dare not say that we are good people, but isn't it easier to be a bad person? We must help our younger brother to vent his anger before we can let it go. Although the injuries he suffered were just superficial and looked miserable, but in fact, they were not serious, that was not acceptable.

"Oh, that's not the case."

"Stop talking nonsense and just tell him where he is!"

“That’s the one behind.”

The brothers' eyes were as sharp as knives as they swept towards the backyard fence.

I saw a rickshaw stop slowly, and the driver wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the passenger in the back seat.

"Boss, we've arrived. Would you like to pay for the ride?"

no respond.

The rickshaw driver looked helplessly at Kang Muang and the others, "Are you friends of this boss? How about helping to pay the fare?"

Then a scream was heard.

Zhang Linyi rushed over like a mourner.

He hugged Cherry, who was still foaming at the mouth in the back seat of the car, and cried loudly.

"Lizi! Wake up! Which bastard did this? I, the Seventh Master, will help you get revenge even at the cost of my life!"

Speaking of miserable, Cherry looked much more miserable than Zhao Sanyuan. His originally straight suit was now torn into rags, his body had many minor wounds, and the iconic golden wig on his head was also burnt, looking more like a chicken coop than Zhao Sanyuan's hairstyle.

After a while of shaking, Cherry slowly woke up. After he regained consciousness, the first thing he saw was Zhang Linyi's fingers dangling in front of him. He immediately screamed reflexively, as if he was extremely afraid of the fingers.

"Oh shit!!!"

"It's me! It's Master Qi, Li Zi! Tell me what happened? Which bastard did this to you?"

Over there, Zhang Linyi was doing his best to comfort Cherry, but the atmosphere over here became much more subtle, especially when seeing Cherry's reaction when she saw her finger.

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The anger that had just been aroused has dissipated.

The brothers' eyes all fell on the younger brother. The meaning of their question was self-evident, but they really couldn't ask given the situation.

Zhao Sanyuan shrugged helplessly, "Don't look at me like that, I already said it was a misunderstanding, I have my reasons too, okay?"

"Did you know that Master personally invited Zhang Linyi to have tea?"

"I know"

"Did you know that Cherry is Zhang Linyi's great-nephew?"

"I know"

"Zhang Linyi brought some good wine to visit Master tonight, and you beat up his nephew like a bear?"

"Well, I already told you that I have my reasons."

Wrong, there must have been a mistake first. Zhao Sanyuan admitted that he and his dock brothers conducted an investigation on passers-by at the port. From a rational point of view, Cherry's response was completely reasonable.

But the guys working at the dock value their reputation the most. Zhang Xiaogou's brothers were wronged, and Zhao Sanyuan couldn't just stand by and watch.

When facing the opponent, I just wanted to get back at him, but I never expected Cherry's偃术 was too strong, and I got carried away after a few rounds.

And then that's it
"What did you do to him?"

"Nothing," Zhao Sanyuan stammered, his eyes evasive, which was rare.

Old Liu was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down. "Why don't you tell the truth at this time? If you don't tell me, I won't help you smooth things over."

"It's nothing, just some talismans."

"What talisman did you use?"

“All used”

"Oh my god, keep talking about what else you used!"

"I used a knife and used Yehuo."

"Don't you say it's a misunderstanding? Why are you trying to kill someone? Is there anything else?"

"He used the Three Emperors Sword twice, but the Three Emperors Sword didn't do that much damage to him. Some of his Yanshu moves were actually very effective against the Three Emperors Sword."

Silence is our Cambridge tonight and the sound of farewell.

Hearing Zhang Linyi's angry curses and Cherry's crying, Lao Liu was the first to break the silence.

"I'd better go upstairs and try on my socks." Liu Mangfan was the first to put oil on his feet. He really couldn't afford such embarrassment.

"The day after tomorrow is the first day of the lunar year. I have to go burn incense to the Buddha."

Lü Xiucai followed closely behind, "Are you kidding me? What kind of revenge are you taking? Didn't you see how badly my brother got beaten? My parents are still here, okay? The gifts from my parents are still here, okay? I've lived for more than 20 years and I've never lost such a big person. Good luck to you, brother."

embarrassment?

Kang Muang was also embarrassed.

He said personally that when he met Cherry he would make friends with her so that he could take care of her in the future.

If the younger brother was more seriously injured, he would definitely not give face to anyone, but the big blue donkey in the circle could also see that Cherry was in a worse situation, and he was foaming at the mouth when he came.
(End of this chapter)