To be honest, on this familiar escort road, it is rare for gangsters and escort masters to actually "fight", and such a large-scale bloodshed is even rarer in "fights".
The experienced escort knew in his heart that he could not go any further on this escort trip, because these bandits had killed so many people in vain and had already formed a deadly feud. The gangsters would definitely catch up with them and take revenge along the way.
The top priority is that they must return to the capital first to ensure the safety of the goods.
But the Yu family brothers were so proud that they were not willing to agree. As a result, such a dispute delayed their efforts, and the escort team was locked out of the city gate that night. Unexpectedly, the gangsters really caught up with them, and even took advantage of the situation.
At night, they used rockets to attack the escort vehicle and burned half of the cargo.
At this point, this escort trip can be said to be a complete "smash". Because the escort agency must compensate for damage to the goods and failure to deliver the goods on time. Moreover, the relationship with the gangsters has broken down like this, and the escort journey will naturally be in trouble.
After being blocked, if there is another business with the same escort route, no matter how big or fat it is, the escort agency will just give it up.
When Fourth Master Sun learned of this, he was furious. He quickly organized people and combined the efforts of officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits. In the end, it took more than half a month and an unknown amount of money and favors to remove the village and open up the escort route again.
However, after the incident, although Fourth Master Sun severely punished the errant escort, he did not criticize the Yu brothers too harshly. Because Fourth Master Sun himself said that this unexpected situation was caused by his neglect of the escort.
The reason for their xenophobia. More importantly, he mistakenly believed that the main point of wrestling was to throw people and take them. The lethality was very limited. Even if he did it, there was a lot of room for maneuver. But he didn't know that it was him who had no control over it.
I thought wrong. So the responsibility should be on him, not the fault of the Yu family brothers.
Why do you say that?
In fact, this is also because Mr. Yu gave Mr. Sun a detailed explanation on the origin of wrestling. According to Mr. Yu, the so-called "Puhu" in Shanpu Camp actually comes from the name of Mongolian wrestling "Boke"
(boh), it was originally a close-quarters killing technique tailor-made for the purpose of fighting on foot on the battlefield.
Specifically, the birth process of "Boke" is as follows - on ancient battlefields, whenever warriors faced heavily armed enemies on foot on the battlefield, they often found that fighting the enemy with fists and kicks was tantamount to self-mutilation. Moreover, it was also
We often encounter situations where we are heavily surrounded and our heads may be chopped off by enemies around us at any time. So after going through bloody battles, soldiers with rich combat experience have concluded the most direct and effective way to fight on foot, which is to fall down quickly.
The enemy is then killed with one more blow, which is exactly the original intention of Meng Qiao.
Therefore, in Mongolian wrestling, the most typical and common attack method is a technique suitable for use when holding a weapon. Most of them attack the area below the knees with a low kick, causing the enemy to lose balance and fall to the ground. Like this, one kick and one knife
The most rapid and unreasonable way to kill people.
Through this conversation, Fourth Master Sun learned the real situation, so he had to make some targeted adjustments to the Yu family brothers who had astonishing lethality.
The initial arrangement made by Fourth Master Sun was as follows. He temporarily prohibited the Yu brothers from carrying weapons, and also arranged for a loyal old escort to lead the way for the two brothers, so that they could take the South Shuiyun Road instead. This actually meant
Obviously, it was simply because they were afraid that the Yu brothers would be killed again, so they were strictly prohibited from using weapons. At the same time, because the waterway was very limited, most of the people along the way were detained on the boat. Compared with the old escort master,
It's easier to keep an eye on the two of them.
However, although Fourth Master Sun seems to have many restrictions on the two brothers, in fact, the shopkeeper is really good to the Yu family brothers.
Because water escorts travel by boat, they do not have to ride on saddles and carriages, which is recognized as a good thing in the escort industry. Moreover, most of the areas that water escorts pass through are fertile lands. There are many tax bureaus and tax bureaus along the route, and there are many water passes and ship locks.
, there are officers and soldiers stationed in these places, so there are naturally fewer thieves, so the waterway is much safer than the land route. Even if you encounter criminals, "open robbery" is basically rare, and most of them are "secret robbery". As long as the escort can strictly abide by the rules
If you follow the "Three Rules of the Waterway", "sleep day and night", "never leave the boat", and "avoid women", you can ensure a safe journey without any mishaps.
It has to be said that Fourth Master Sun has indeed considered everything. However, this shrewd shopkeeper did not expect that even with the "safety darts" he had in hand this time, the Yu family brothers actually caused trouble.
Trouble made him feel troublesome again.
What's going on?
It turns out that this time when the cargo ship arrived at a dock along the way, the Yu family brothers witnessed a group of people on the shore robbing a boatman's wife and daughter under the pretext of extorting debts. As a result, their sense of justice exploded, and they did not care about the old escort.
Dissuaded by "If a man does not leave the ship, don't try to divert the tiger away from the mountain", he forces the boatman to dock, fights off the bullies who bully men and women, and becomes a hero who saves others from danger.
But in the end, although this matter was not a "trap" as the old escort had worried, the Yu family brothers also offended the local gangsters, so that when the escort's cargo ship arrived at the next water pass, they were
The garrison officers and soldiers bribed by local snakes made excuses and detained Xiao for a month.
Later, thanks to the intervention of the old bodyguard, he contacted familiar local martial arts people to help, laid out dishes to talk about friendship, and finally spent some silver to cover the table at the best local restaurant and held a huge "apology wine", which finally calmed down the situation.
The incident was resolved and the cargo ship was allowed to resume its journey. As soon as he returned to the capital, the old escort told Fourth Master Sun that he would never take the Yu brothers as escorts again.
Regarding this result, what else could Fourth Master Sun say? He could only shake his head and sigh, and told the truth to the two brothers of the Yu family. He said that they had too much official spirit and a strong sense of justice, and they were prone to acting on impulse.
This kind of appearance is only suitable for being a knight and fighting in the wrestling ring, but it is really not suitable for being a high-ranking official (the honorific title for escort masters among the people) and running escorts.
Things have turned out like this, and both parties feel very awkward.
The Yu family brothers mainly felt that they had caused trouble to Fourth Master Sun and caused losses to the escort agency. They wanted to find another job, but they felt it was too embarrassing to leave like this.
From Fourth Master Sun's point of view, even if he wanted to quit the two of them, he couldn't because he had to take into account industry rules and reputation.
You must know that the business of the escort agency has the special nature of life and death, so as long as the bodyguards do not violate morality and do not break the rules, the escort will not be fired. It has always been the case that only one person quits his job, and no one quits his job. But this time, although the two brothers of the Yu family are against each other,
There are some violations of the rules of escorting, but its starting point is to act chivalrously and righteously. The name of "Meeting Friends Escort Agency" originally means making friends and making friends through force. Besides, there is a middleman in this matter. If
For this matter, letting the two brothers from the Yu family leave empty-handed would not only look too embarrassing, but would also make them laugh at their friends in the world.
In fact, shopkeeper Sun felt that the two brothers from the Yu family were quite suitable for another business contracted by the Escort Bureau - to provide nursing homes for wealthy families. However, the two brothers from the Yu family maintained their own identities and refused to enter the house to ask for greetings.
As soon as he mentioned this matter, he was rejected by both of them without even leaving a single word.
When things got to this point, the two sides were stagnant. Both sides were so proud that no one could bring up the word "go" first. But neither side had any good ideas. Gradually, the situation started to get worse.
Every day when I meet my husband, I feel uncomfortable.
Fortunately, it didn't take long, and shopkeeper Sun finally came up with another idea, which was to let the Yu brothers go to Dashilan to "sit the night away."
The so-called Dashilar, in fact, was not originally a place name in the prosperous commercial district of the capital. It refers to a real iron-wood structure fence. This type of fence first emerged in the middle of the Ming Dynasty and was spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital until the Qing Dynasty.
More than a thousand additional buildings were built in the city. They were opened every morning and closed at night, not only to delineate boundaries and clarify responsibilities, but also for safety.
The opening and closing of the fence in the outer city was originally carried out by the officers and soldiers of the South Battalion of the Fifth Patrol Battalion of the Infantry Command Yamen, and was later transferred to the command of the Outer City Soldiers and Horses Division. As the outer city gradually evolved into a business district, the nightlife was very lively, so the red light
Green wine, singing and dancing gradually broke through the morning and night closing system of the fence. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the official system reform was carried out, and the Wucheng Patrol Censor and its subordinate agencies were abolished. The Wucheng Lianyong was reorganized into a patrol police, but there was no director in the patrol police charter.
It is the responsibility of the people to open and close the fence, so the officials no longer manage the fence.
Opening the fences in the streets and alleys in the morning and closing them at night has both advantages and disadvantages for the business community. The advantage is that it strengthens public security management, but the disadvantage is that it hinders the night market. So after the official gave up the management rights of the fences, Dashilar and the Jewelry Market, two major
The businesses in the commercial street held a joint meeting and unanimously passed the resolution to manage the fence on their own: first, a joint venture to hire a member escort to be responsible for managing the fence at the street entrance; second, the opening and closing time was changed to close after the theater is over, and start after the city gate opens; third,
, In case of emergency, you can pass through during closing hours with the store slip of each store; 4. In the event of a riot, the fence will be closed day and night to ensure the safety of the street.
As for this job, it is a unique business contracted by the Huiyou Escort Agency. However, the remuneration paid by these businesses to the Escort Agency is actually not much. This is because of their original intentions. They do not believe that there will really be anything big in the City of the Best.
Despite the sudden change, the real expectation of the merchants is that as long as there are a few escorts responsible for opening and closing the fence every day, and to guard against "water leakage" in the shops and thieves at night, they will be satisfied.
Therefore, the profit of the escort agency is not high, so the number of escorts sent to Dashilan cannot be too many. And most of them are old and frail, or disabled due to escorting, so they are honored by the counter.
A trained escort. This is equivalent to being a "cold bench" within the escort agency.
However, the two brothers from the Yu family didn't care because they felt guilty about what happened before. They discussed it and decided to work for a full year anyway, and then resign after repaying Fourth Master Sun's favor.
The two brothers happily agreed, and from then on they resumed wearing swords, patrolling the night every day, and became the "night watchers" of Dashilar.
But they never expected that the so-called "fate is impermanent" was indeed a truth, because just when everyone thought nothing big would happen, something big happened.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month in 1912, the "Three Towns Mutiny" planned by Yuan Shikai suddenly broke out in the capital.
That night, the rebels began to set fire and loot in the city. After a fire broke out in the bustling Dong'an Market, the rebels immediately ran to the front door to loot the business district.
Fortunately, the two brothers from the Yu family heard something was wrong from the footsteps of the rebels in time, and quickly called on other bodyguards to quickly close the fence at the street entrance. At the same time, they also drew their swords and stepped forward. With only two people, they actually blocked the way.
Dozens of rioters rushed up to try to stop the fence from being closed, so that the fence was successfully closed and the street was blocked. The price paid by the Yu family brothers was that they were also trapped outside the fence.
The street lights in the old days were dim, which had a great impact on vision. After a burst of fighting cries and random gunshots in the dark night, the reinforcements temporarily organized by the escort office quickly arrived. At this moment, the rebels saw that there was no hope of breaking through the fence, so they
Not wanting to hurt more people, I turned to another way to look for opportunities to make a fortune.
It was not until the smoke cleared in the morning and the other burned blocks were gradually exposed to the morning light that the escorts and frightened merchants saw what a tragic scene was outside the sealed fence entrance.
I saw more than forty rebel soldiers who had been hacked to death lying in a mess, and the blood stains almost dyed the entire street ground black and purple. But among these corpses, Yu Wei's body was still standing, with his back
His back was pressed against the fence. He had been shot six or seven times and was already dead. However, his eyes were still open fiercely, and he still held the handle of the knife tightly in his hand. The knife also pierced the neck of a rebel soldier.
The two corpses were connected together by weapons.
Everyone was extremely excited when they saw this, and with gratitude to the savior, they hurriedly searched for the whereabouts of Master Yu.
Fortunately, Mr. Yu was very lucky. He was crushed under the body of a soldier. Although he was shot and unconscious, his vitals were not injured after all, and he was still breathing.
The Huiyou Escort Bureau had business dealings with foreign firms, so they knew many foreign doctors. After everyone pulled Master Yu out from under the body, they quickly sent someone to send him to the foreign hospital in Dongjiaomin Lane, and finally saved his life.