A road divides Yongze City into north and south. The county government is in the north, and rich people also build houses around the county government in the north. The south is where the poor people gather.
Zhou Zheng rode his horse to the south of the city.
A foul and musty smell assaulted my nostrils, and there were pig manure and various pickled things on the street.
The houses on both sides are low and dilapidated, and some are rickety, as if they could be blown down by a gust of wind.
A few old men with thinning hair and all their teeth were sitting under the eaves, while a few children without pants chased and played with each other.
Zhou Zheng appeared on the road on horseback and immediately attracted the child's attention.
They stopped, looked at Zhou Zheng, and backed away with some fear.
This look was the same as when he was a child and looked at dignitaries.
When Zhou Zheng was a child, he was also naked. When he saw the powerful people wearing silk clothes, he was instinctively afraid.
Zhou Zheng ignored it and continued walking south. When he came to a small corner, he saw a dilapidated thatched house.
The thatch is very thick, as if a new layer has been added.
When Zhou Zheng saw this thatched house, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he felt endless emotion in his heart.
“I thought it had collapsed a long time ago, but it’s still there.”
Zhou Zheng dismounted his horse and walked slowly towards the front door.
"Mother...mother..."
As soon as I walked to the door, I saw two strong men in patched clothes grabbing a woman's hair and dragging her out, followed by a little boy without pants chasing her out the door.
Although the clothes of the strong men are patched, they still have jackets and trousers, which is much better than that of ordinary people.
The woman's clothes were in tatters and there were two big holes in her knees.
"Donkey, go back, go back..."
The woman didn't struggle, she seemed to have accepted her fate. She just felt sorry for the child.
"Little boy, next time your father doesn't have money to pay off his gambling debts, he will sell you too!"
A big-bellied man with a big nose and small eyes cursed fiercely.
"mother..."
The little boy squatted on the ground and cried.
Zhou Zheng glanced inside the room and saw a man sitting slumped in the corner, watching the woman being dragged away.
After all this time, the people living here are still like this.
Zhou Zheng sighed slightly.
"Old pig...Old pig!"
Another strong man bumped the big-bellied man with his elbow and pointed at Zhou Zheng.
The big-bellied man grabbed the woman's hair and looked carefully at Zhou Zheng and the horse behind him.
"Friend, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."
The big-bellied man said coldly.
The woman on the ground glanced at Zhou Zheng with difficulty, and the little boy on the ground also looked at Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng didn't say anything, but walked into the thatched shed. Inside, there was a wooden bed, a stove, a broken pot, and a "magnificent" Taishi chair.
Zhou Zheng sat down on the Taishi chair, sighed and said with a smile: "It's still here."
This Taishi chair was picked up from next to the county government office when he was a child. It is the "furniture" he is most proud of.
The man sitting in the corner looked at Zhou Zheng strangely. The man did not dare to speak.
The two strong men outside were confused by Zhou Zheng's strange behavior.
"Old Zhu, what's going on? This man..."
The strong man pointed to his head.
"Why are you so sick that you can ride a horse and dress so well?"
The big-bellied man doesn't want to cause trouble.
"Walk!"
The big-bellied man dragged the woman outside, and the little boy started crying again.
"etc!"
Zhou Zheng shouted coldly.
The man sitting in the corner moved his lips, and a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.
The two strong men stopped and stared at the door with their eyes wide open.
"Friend, please stop worrying about what the Thunder Fire Gang is doing!"
The big-bellied man is not afraid at all. He is a member of a gang and does not fight alone.
Zhou Zheng stood up slowly, walked outside the house, looked at the big-bellied man, and sneered: "Is your father, Mad Pig, still alive?"
The big-bellied man was stunned for a moment and asked doubtfully: "Do you know me?"
Click!
Zhou Zheng suddenly passed in front of the big-bellied man and crushed the big-bellied man's throat in an instant.
boom!
The big-bellied man's eyes were bulging, and he fell backwards to the ground.
The other strong man was so frightened that he turned around and ran away.
The woman's hair was loosened, and when she saw the strong man lying dead on the ground, she cried: "You have harmed us..."
If you kill the old pig from the Thunder Fire Gang, their whole family will die.
Zhou Zheng took out a dozen gold coins from his body and placed them in the woman's hand.
"You go, I'm here."
The woman was stunned. She had never seen so much money. The man in the room also climbed out, grabbed the gold coins, and kowtowed: "Thank you, sir!"
Zhou Zheng grabbed the man's hair and said viciously: "If you dare to gamble again, I will kill you! Get out!"
The man hurriedly said: "I won't gamble anymore, I won't gamble anymore."
The woman thanked Zhou Zheng, picked up the little boy and ran away.
After the people left, Zhou Zheng was walking slowly in the yard.
Soon, there was a noise outside, and a group of people rushed in and surrounded Zhou Zheng.
"The gang leader is this son of a bitch. He killed the old pig."
The strong man pointed at Zhou Zheng and cursed.
A man in his fifties with gray hair was riding on a horse, wearing silk clothes and a knife hanging on his waist.
This person is Lei Peng, the leader of the Thunder Fire Gang.
Lei Peng glanced at Zhou Zheng, then at the horse parked next to him, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
An old man with an open belly, his hair randomly tied up with a silver hairpin, squatted on the ground and looked closely at the body of the strong man with a big belly.
This man is a mad pig, a big-bellied man.
"You killed my son."
The mad pig raised its head, its eyes red.
Zhou Zheng looked at the mad pig and then at the thatched house. Things from his childhood seemed to be before his eyes again.
It was this mad pig who led two men and beat his adoptive father to death in front of Zhou Zheng.
"Yes, I killed him."
Zhou Zheng spoke very calmly.
Now it is easier for him to kill a mad pig than a chicken.
"Friend, do I have a grudge against you?"
Gang leader Lei Peng asked coldly.
He could tell that Zhou Zheng was not a simple person.
Zhou Zheng ignored Lei Peng, just looked at Mad Pig coldly, and continued: "Do you want to take revenge on me? Come!"
The mad pig was furious, pulled out the dagger from his waist, and stabbed Zhou Zheng violently.
boom!
Zhou Zheng slapped the mad pig on the top of his head, and the silver hairpin pierced the back of the head. The mad pig died on the spot.
The surrounding thugs were shocked.
Zhou Zheng took action too quickly and killed the mad pig instantly.
Lei Peng sat down and backed away in fear. Lei Peng held on to the reins tightly.
"Friends, if our Leihuo Gang has offended anything, please let us know clearly. I, Lei Peng, will never shirk away from it."
"But if you wantonly kill my men like this, we, the Thunder Fire Gang, are not easy to bully."
Lei Peng's tone was strong, but he was very scared in his heart.
He could tell that Zhou Zheng's cultivation level was very high, very high.
Zhou Zheng raised his head, glanced at Lei Peng, and said, "You run a casino and cheat."
Lei Peng was stunned for a moment and said, "Did your friend lose money in my casino?"
Zhou Zheng shook his head and said, "My...father, I lost money."
Lei Peng was very confused and asked: "May I ask your father..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Zheng drew his sword and chopped off Lei Peng's head. Then he turned around and passed through the crowd like a ghost, beheading everyone.
After putting away the knife, Zhou Zheng glanced at the thatched hut, took out a fire stick, lit the thatched grass, mounted his horse, and galloped to the capital without looking back.
Yongze City was not far from the capital, and Zhou Zheng quickly returned to the manor outside the city.
After getting off his horse and entering his room, Zhou Zheng took a set of clothes and went to the backyard to take a bath and sleep.
Yan Xing glanced at the backyard and entered Ji Ba's room.
