Volume 1: The Rise of the Western Regions Chapter 43: A Matter of Dignity
Zhao Rang was only halfway through his words when he heard an explosion in front of him and was so shocked that he swallowed it back.
The three of them have already left the royal city.
The royal city is surrounded by the territory of the Lanmo royal family, so it is quite lively. Every ten miles you walk, there will be restaurants and inns.
The explosion came from a restaurant on the roadside.
Zhao Rang saw a person being thrown out of the window with great force and hitting a pillar outside the restaurant. The thick pillar shook suddenly and broke apart, and then the entire restaurant was half-cooked...
A fat man over eight feet tall was being chased step by step by a masked horse bandit with a knife in a restaurant.
The horse bandit raised the knife in his hand and slashed at his head. The fat man shrank his neck and bent down to avoid it. Then he twisted his shoulders and turned half a circle like a windmill to avoid the horse bandit's blade.
But the horse bandit had a knife in his hand and missed the target. He was not discouraged. Instead, he leaned down and stabbed the fat man.
The fat man retreated in a hurry.
It seems that he staggered a few steps, but he still stood firm. The three rings of fat on his belly swayed, seeming to mock the horse bandit's knife for being too slow!
The horse bandit's face was covered so he couldn't see his expression, but he was really surprised. He didn't expect such a fat man to be so flexible!
Before he could think too much, the horse bandits attacked again with knives.
The fat man was using his bare hands, but he had to fight hard, so he could only think of tables, chairs and benches in the restaurant.
With one move of his right hand, he picked up a chair and threw it towards the horse bandit.
In order to avoid the oncoming chair, the horse bandit had to stop his momentum and turn sideways.
The fat man seized the opportunity, rushed to the horse bandit, kicked him hard in the face, and knocked him to the ground. Then, no matter what was at hand, whether it was a table, a chair, or a porcelain plate, the fat man would
Pick up whatever you pick up and smash it.
Although the horse bandits basically blocked it and did not suffer much damage, they looked really embarrassed!
"What's so interesting about this... a fight between unworthy gangsters!"
Yuan Ke was pleased to see that Zhao Rang was looking at it with gusto, and felt a little strange.
It stands to reason that with Zhao Rang's cultivation level, he would not care about this at all, unless there are some blind horse bandits who come forward to rob him of wealth and sex.
"It will be interesting to see it in a while!"
Zhao Rang said perfunctorily, took out some melon seeds from his pocket, and ate them while looking at them.
Yuan Ke was pleased to see that Zhao Rang not only refused to leave, but also became more aggressive. He seemed to have thought of something and stopped urging him.
But she really wasn't interested in this three-pronged attack, so she and Ye Sanniang rode slowly to the tea shed nearby, ordered a pot of tea and a plate of snacks, and ate while waiting.
In the restaurant, the horse bandit quickly regained his composure, rolled his body to the side, stood up on the ground, and slashed the fat man's fat belly with a knife.
But the fat man was as slippery as a fat loach.
After inhaling hard, most of the belly was sunken, but this knife cut through the air again.
After missing one after another, the horse bandit had actually already thought about quitting!
But now, if he just leaves like this, then he will not be able to continue to hang out in this area in the future... Thieves have their own ways, not to mention dignity!
So for the sake of face and future livelihood, he must fight to the end!
After calming down, the horse bandit became fierce and slashed at the fat man's face with sharp swords, slashing left and right.
After more than a dozen cuts, he suddenly turned the knife and stabbed straight.
The fat man dodged sideways, and at the same time, his feet slipped out, and his body moved sideways to the crook of the horse bandit's arm. Then he straightened up suddenly, lifted up his arm, and firmly grasped his knife-holding wrist with his thick palm, and fiercely pulled it downwards.
One press.
The horse bandit was in pain and kept shouting!
The fat man grabbed his hands and wrists, trying to grab the knife!
But the horse bandit was not an idiot. He knew that if he fought hard, his arm would have to be broken, so he used the fat man's strength to do a side flip.
The wrist that had been held to death immediately broke free!
"You can think of this way to relieve his grasp, why can't you give him a kick in the head when he rolls over?!"
Zhao Rang watched the rise on horseback and even gave some guidance.
But the person he was guiding was the knife-wielding horse bandit, which made everyone present, including Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang, very puzzled!
Someone in the crowd of onlookers said to Zhao Rang:
"Seeing the horse bandits killing people, forget it and don't help, but they actually help the thieves with ideas! Who is this!"
"puff!"
Zhao Rang spat out the melon seed peels in his mouth very calmly, turned his head and said to this person:
"It pleases me, but you care about me?!"
"If you have the ability to go up and help yourself, I will definitely applaud you!"
The fat man heard Zhao Rang's words just now and looked for the voice, but happened to see Zhao Rang turning his head to talk to passers-by, so he couldn't see his face clearly.
Seeing that he was distracted, Ma Bandit felt that his sword should have killed him right then and there!
Without saying anything, he held the knife with both hands and used all his strength to look at his neck from the side.
But this knife has obviously hit the target, but the knife is like an iron bull stuck in the quagmire...it can't be pulled out no matter what!
Look at the fat man again. Although he tilts his head, there is not a trace of blood flowing from his neck!
When the horse bandit was confused, the fat man suddenly turned around and said to him:
"I originally wanted to play more with you, but I seem to have seen a good friend, so..."
Only then did the horse bandit see clearly that his blade was caught by the fat on his neck and could not hurt him at all!
Then a fist as big as a pot lid came from the air and hit him hard on the door. The horse bandit's nose was smashed into the back of his head, and he was pushed back straight, and he immediately lost his breath.
After the fat man punched him, he casually rubbed the blood from his fist on his body and looked towards Zhao Rang again.
Yuan Kexin looked at the fat man's last punch, which was like a demon descending from the earth. She remembered that Zhao Rang had helped the horse bandit deal with him just now for some unknown reason. However, she was worried about Zhao Rang's safety and stood up unknowingly.
body.
Ye Sanniang gently touched her shoulder. Yuan Kexin suddenly felt her legs go weak and sat down again, looking at Ye Sanniang in confusion.
"Don't worry, they know each other!"
Hearing Ye Sanniang's explanation, Yuan Kexin could hold back his emotions. But the worry in his eyes was still surging, and even the hands huddled in his sleeves clenched his fists.
The fat man squinted his eyes and looked at Zhao Rang on the horse for a while, then suddenly ran towards him with a smile on his face.
While running, he shouted:
"Brother Rang! It's you, Brother Rang!"
Zhao Rang got off his horse, laughed and said:
"Hahaha, who else could it be if not me?"
After that, he punched the fat man a few times on his thick and elastic belly.
Not only did the fat man not mind, he actually smiled even more happily!
"Brother Rang, you've been gone for half a year and you haven't come back to play with me!"
Zhao Rang said:
"Then you ran out too?"
The fat man grinned and said:
"It's not because you're bored after you leave, so I told dad that I also wanted to go out and have some experience."
Zhao Rang said doubtfully:
"Your father would agree, but how did your grandma agree?"
The fat man said very proudly:
"I told my grandma that if I go out and practice, I can lose weight! If I lose weight, I will look better. I asked her: 'Do you want a good-looking grandson or an ugly grandson'?"
Zhao Rang interrupted the fat man and said:
"It looks good or bad, even your grandma likes it!"
After hearing this, the fat man nodded sharply and said:
"Brother Rang, you are so amazing! That's what my grandma said!"
"But you know what I said next?"
Zhao Rang shook his head, expressing his ignorance.
The fat man continued proudly:
"Then I said, if I am too fat, my life will be short. If my life is short, I won't be able to stay with you for too long!"
"When my grandma heard this, she cried so much that the gatehouse of Ximen Mansion almost collapsed with tears! Just like that, she agreed!"
"Just agreed?"
Zhao Rang asked rhetorically.
The fat man nodded and said sincerely:
"I agreed!"
Zhao Rang sneered, suddenly jumped up, twisted his ears, and said:
"Say it again, do you agree like this?"
The fat man kept shouting "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts," but Zhao Rang didn't let up at all!
"Oh, brother, I was wrong...!"
"I said I said!"
"My grandma didn't agree, so I ran away secretly... I thought she must have asked my father to send people everywhere to look for me, so I thought of walking as far away as possible... So I left home and went straight to the Western Regions...
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When Zhao Rang saw that he finally told the truth, he let go.
A fat man has a pair of hanging Buddha ears, which is an extremely lucky sign in fortune telling.
This fits him perfectly!
Half of the four words "clothing, food, housing and transportation" are related to their family. The Ximen family not only runs Dawei's largest cloth store and ready-made clothing store, but also owns the largest horse farm in Dawei - Sunset Racecourse.
It means "Wherever the sun sets, there will be Simon's horse galloping."
In addition, there are countless other investments and industries.
So in Dawei, everyone knows a saying: The Ximen family is richest in the world.
"Won't you introduce your friends to us?"
Ye Sanniang saw that Zhao Rang and the fat man had finished "exchanging pleasantries", and then she and Yuan Kexin walked out of the tea shed.
"Ah, he is my childhood friend, the eldest son of the Ximen family, Ximen..."
"These two are sisters-in-law, right? Brother Rang is so awesome! I found two such beautiful sisters-in-law when I went out. Before I left, Qingqing from Changchun Court cried and said she missed you. She was with the two sisters-in-law.
No, she is nothing but a crooked melon!"
The fat man spoke happily, pretending not to see that Zhao Rang's face was glowing green...it was simply greener than the green in his mouth!
After the fat man finished speaking, Zhao Rang did not explain anything, and continued what he had just left unfinished:
"His father, Ximen Peugeot, has fifteen children. This damn fat man has six sisters at the top, three sisters at the bottom, and all the rest are sons, but he is the only one who survives."
Speaking of this, Zhao Rang took a deep breath:
"His grandma was afraid that he wouldn't live long, so she gave him a name with a very profound meaning!"
The fat man listened and already covered Zhao Rang's mouth with his hand.
Yuan Kexin and Ye Sanniang also opened their eyes wide, wanting to hear the special name of this young master from the richest family.
"Ximen Da Zhuang!"
As soon as Zhao Rang finished speaking, Mr. Ximen let out a loud cry... The noise was so loud that the three horses were frightened and their hooves dug straight into the ground.