Chapter 112 He who knows the times is a hero
Liu Mao, who was already a few steps behind, ran back without saying a word when the man shouted and the surrounding houses made noises.
He probably understood what method Sang Yu used. He was such a smart man.
He didn't go too deep at the beginning, and he reacted quickly and ran fast. When the three of them were surrounded from the front and back, he had already run to the alley entrance and stood quietly by to watch the show.
But the three people in the alley were not so lucky. Thieves were rampant in the city and every household had some things stolen.
Now the thief dared to come over openly and want to hurt people. With new and old grudges added together, all kinds of weapons and fists fell on the three people like raindrops.
After a round of beatings and kicks, the man handed his sleeping daughter to his wife and stepped forward to separate the crowd: "Everyone, stop beating. It will be difficult to explain to the authorities if you kill someone."
The three people who were beaten by the crowd huddled together with their hands on their heads, their bodies trembling from time to time. It was obvious that they had been beaten severely.
Noticing that the crowd around him had dispersed, Wang Chengping, who was beaten black and blue, shrank his head and looked up from the gap between his elbows, only to meet the man's playful smile.
"You're a naughty boy, and you want to attack that little girl, right? To tell you the truth, she's already gone. The ones following you all the way are me and my daughter. I brought you here on purpose."
These words were truly heartbreaking. Wang Chengping originally thought that he and his gang had accidentally hit a wall, but he didn't expect that he had found the wrong person at all.
"Okay, we didn't see clearly enough. We'll admit defeat if we're beaten. But we've been beaten and scolded, so can we leave now?"
Although these people did not chop them directly with knives, they used blunt objects such as sticks to hit them.
Wang Chengping still feels the pain in his shoulder blades from being hit. If he takes off his clothes, they will definitely be bruised.
He now had no thoughts of revenge or hatred, he just wanted to escape from here as soon as possible.
"Leave?" The man sneered. "You can come and go as you please in Zhushuixiang? You got so many people wet in the rain, shouldn't you pay for the medicine?"
Well, he ended up blackmailing Wang Chengping.
"You..." The young man who was huddled next to Wang Chengping suddenly jumped up, pointed at the man's nose and started to curse.
Not only were they beaten for no reason, but the originally agreed-upon split of the robbed silver was no longer possible, and now they had to pay out of their own pockets. How could he have the money?
If he really cursed out loud, he would definitely get another beating. Wang Chengping quickly covered his mouth with his hand, smiled apologetically and nodded in agreement: "It's my duty, it's my duty, I should compensate you."
After saying this, he signaled the young man with his eyes to stop talking nonsense, took out two coins from his pocket and handed it to the man respectfully.
"Do you think we can leave now?"
The man weighed the change in his hand. Two qian of silver meant each family would get about ten wen. Even if it was just neighbors, helping out had to be profitable in order to last long.
He finally relented: "Neighbors, let him go."
The crowd blocking the alley made way for them. Seeing this, the three men immediately ran towards the exit, seemingly oblivious to the pain in their bodies.
After running out of the alley and back to the main road, Wang Chengping, exhausted and unable to run anymore, collapsed to the ground without caring about the water on the ground.
While calming his breathing, he complained: "I am so unlucky. I didn't get any money and I even lost two taels of silver."
"Brother Wang, why did you stop me just now? That person was clearly trying to blackmail us."
The person who spoke was the young man who had just wanted to speak. He was still a little indignant about not being able to scold the other person.
Wang Chengping glared at him. "I'm not stupid. I don't know he's blackmailing me. But given the situation, if we don't pay, who knows what they'll do to us."
It was dark, a rainy night, in an alley, and surrounded by dozens of people. Even if one person spitted at them, they would not feel good, not to mention that the other party had weapons in their hands.
In this situation, he is not a coward, but a man of insight and wisdom.
"If I had known earlier, I should have grabbed my knife and subdued that person before they could get out. Even if I'm not fast enough, Maozi is good at fighting, so I'm sure I'll be able to make it in time."
The young man muttered softly, his words full of regret for not being able to perform well. When he mentioned Liu Mao, he looked around and suddenly realized a problem.
"Where's Shigeko?"
Not far away, Liu Mao, who had been following them, slowly walked towards them: "Are you okay?"
"Maozi, you are such a dishonest boy. When all the brothers went in together, you were the one who ran the fastest and you didn't even bother to help your brothers."
Liu Mao didn't say anything. They knew that was his character, so they didn't say anything more. They just thought that he was probably a few steps behind at the time, and he ran fast because he saw the situation was not right.
After sitting and resting for a while, Wang Chengping said, "It's getting late. We should go back first. If we're any later, we might have to wait until curfew."
"So let's just let today's incident go?" The young man still felt resentful. If he were asked, he should sneak back and kidnap the man's daughter, and then burn down his house.
"If that doesn't count, what else do you want to do? Kill people, set fire, burn, kill, and rob?" Wang Chengping didn't want to waste time talking to him at all. He got up and walked west.
If you don't leave now and wait for the city to go into curfew, you won't be able to leave even if you want to. If you're caught running around after curfew, you could go to jail.
Liu Mao followed silently. Today's conversation with Sang Yu touched him a little.
But he couldn't just give up the way to make money because of a few words. It wasn't just money, it was his life.
After being followed once, Sang Yu would look back every time he walked a certain distance, for fear of being targeted again.
As a result, her speed slowed down a bit. When she arrived at the west gate, she saw Sang Yongjing from a distance, sticking his head out and looking around under the gate.
Seeing her, Sang Yongjing didn't care about the rain, and ran towards her with his hands covering his head.
As soon as he got close, Sang Yongjing began to look at her carefully. No one knew how he could accurately spot her through the thick rain curtain and straw raincoat.
"Yu'er, why did you come just now? What happened on the way? Are you hurt? How are your clothes?"
He soon discovered something was wrong; Sang Yu's clothes had changed.
"Nothing happened. I was just delayed for a while to avoid the rain. I took the initiative to exchange clothes with someone so that I could get away more easily."
Sang Yu simply said two words to get the matter over with, took off the hat on her head and put it on him, then led him towards the city gate.
"Hey, wear it and don't get wet." Sang Yongjing didn't want to wear it himself, so he took it off and put it on her.
After the two of them were busy putting on the clothes for each other, neither of them could avoid being drenched in the rain.
Knowing she couldn't persuade him, Sang Yu finally gave up struggling and asked about something that concerned her: "Dad, were you followed when you left the market?"
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