Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 139

[Chapter 139 The Taste of a Dandy]

On the streets of the capital, Lin Xiu, who had disguised himself, turned around, looked at Lingyin in confusion and bewilderment, and asked, “Miss, are you calling me?”

Zhao Lingyin walked up quickly and looked him up and down.

For some reason, she always felt that this person was particularly familiar, but she couldn’t tell where he was familiar.

Just now, she almost mistook him for Lin Xiu.

Lin Xiu smiled, looked at her, and asked, “Miss, why are you looking at me like this, do you want me to find a place where there is no one so you can take a good look at me?”

Hearing such frivolous words, Zhao Lingyin’s face showed disgust, waved her hand, and said, “It’s okay, let’s go…”

Lin Xiu glanced at her, and turned away with A Ke.

Zhao Lingyin walked up to her sister and couldn’t help saying, “I almost mistook him for Lin Xiu just now…”

Zhao Lingjun looked at the backs of the two people leaving, and looked away for a long time, shaking her head and said, “They look different, how did you recognize the wrong person?”

Zhao Lingyin said, “I always feel that they are very similar, forget it, I recognized the wrong person.”

She looked up at Zhao Lingjun and asked, “Sister, are you two going to continue like this?”

Zhao Lingjun asked, “Isn’t it good like this?”

Zhao Lingyin couldn’t understand and said, “Even if he finds another woman outside, you won’t be angry at all?”

Zhao Lingjun’s expression on her face remained calm, and she said, “Although we are husband and wife in name, we are not husband and wife in reality. In the final analysis, I owed him first. I have no right to be angry, and I won’t be angry.”

Zhao Lingyin asked, “Are you going to be like this for the rest of your life?”

Zhao Lingjun said, “I won’t delay him for the rest of his life. When we are able to change some things, he can marry the woman he likes.”

Zhao Lingyin sighed softly, thinking that both of them were very pitiful.

One only had cultivation in his eyes, but had to follow the marriage contract and marry.

A man who could have married and had children like a normal person, and had a warm and harmonious family, but because of this marriage, he ruined the happiness that should have belonged to him.

If she had been born a few years earlier, it would not have been like this.

She would not have treated him like her sister.

If he dared to find a woman outside, she would dare to break his legs.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

She is not qualified to do so.

…

At this time, Lin Xiu and A Ke had already come to the noodle shop. He was

almost recognized by Lingyin on the street just now, and he was still frightened.

Although disguise is useful, for the most familiar people, I am afraid that a glance or a habitual action will reveal his identity. In the future, when he disguises himself, he should stay away from Lingyin.

The owner of the noodle shop quickly brought two bowls of noodles and looked at Lin Xiu with a meaningful look. The woman next to the young man was replaced by another one.

Although they are different people, they are equally beautiful.

What an enviable life…

When Lin Xiu and A Ke finished lunch and came to Beicheng, they had already changed their original faces.

The area of the capital is not very large, but each of the four districts in the east, south, west and north is a different world. Most people in the east city have never been to the north city in their lives. Similarly, some poor people in the north city have never set foot in the east city in their lives.

No one here knows Lin Xiu, but A Ke’s wanted order is posted here.

The person A Ke originally wanted to assassinate was a bully named Xu Long in the north city. This person has a great reputation in a small block in the north city. It is said that he bullies the old and the young and is rampant in the countryside. However, because he has a small gang under his command and is closely connected with the government, he has been at large.

Although A Ke is an assassin, she is different from the assassin who assassinated Lin Xiu before.

Those people are paid to do things, and they only recognize silver and not people. She never assassinates for silver. Whenever she passes by a place, if she hears that there is such a damned evil person, she will investigate it herself. If the situation is true and this person is indeed a person who deserves to be killed, she will take action.

Although this approach is very gratifying, it will make her own situation more and more dangerous.

As she took action more and more times, she killed more and more evil people, and the court would pay more and more attention to

her. If one day in the future, the court wanted to kill her and wanted to get rid of her at all costs, as long as a strong man of the heavenly rank was sent, her hiding would be useless and would become her biggest flaw.

In order to weaken her presence in the eyes of the court, she should not take action on things that can be solved through formal channels.

The two stopped an old man on the street, and Lin Xiu asked, “Old man, do you know Xu Long?”

Hearing this name, the old man, who was originally very calm, suddenly changed his face and immediately shook his head and said, “I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know anything, you can go ask somewhere else!”

After that, he ran away quickly.

The speed at which his figure disappeared stunned Lin Xiu. The old man looked old, but his legs and feet were not inferior to those of young people.

Then, he and A Ke stopped another man.

They had just asked a question, and the man immediately said, “Uncle Xu is a famous good man here, don’t wrongly accuse a good man!”

After that, he also hurried away.

Lin Xiu and A Ke stopped a few more people and asked them, but they all got the same answer.

These people either didn’t know Xu Long or kept saying that he was a good person, but judging from their frightened expressions and evasive behavior, it didn’t seem to be the case.

Lin Xiu said to A Ke, “It seems that people here are already terrified of this person’s name.”

A Ke showed murderous intent and said, “I have already investigated it. This person deserves to die ten times for the crimes he committed.”

Lin Xiu glanced at her and said, “You are a girl, don’t always fight and kill. If you encounter this kind of thing in the future, listen to me first, okay?”

A Ke crossed her arms and said, “Then tell me, what should we do now?”

Lin Xiu looked at her and thought to himself that she liked to wear a chest binder, which was not without reason. If she wore an ordinary bellyband, it would be difficult for her to do the action of crossing her arms around her chest.

He thought for a while and said, “Anyway, find this person first, and I will have my own way to deal with the next thing.”

…

Xu Long walked out of a brothel comfortably.

As usual, he ordered two girls and didn’t pay a single copper coin afterwards.

The Black Tiger Gang under his control has more than 20 members. Although he dare not say that he dominates the North City, he is absolutely the boss on these two streets. No one has to pay for meals or prostitution.

Not only do they not have to pay, they also have to pay him for protection.

He took out a part of the money and distributed it to the officials. He was more at ease here.

After leaving the brothel, Xu Long walked on the street with a tiger’s step. A young man and woman came towards him.

The man was handsome and the woman was beautiful. Xu Long had never seen such a beautiful woman in his life, but he just took a second look and walked on his own way.

Although he also likes beautiful women, this couple, judging from their clothes and temperament, don’t look like ordinary people. The reason why

Xu Long can be so carefree today is not because he is so powerful, but because he has good eyesight and knows who to provoke and who not to provoke.

As long as he seems to be a little bit unable to provoke someone, he would rather suffer a loss than cause trouble. But just because

he doesn’t cause trouble doesn’t mean that others won’t cause trouble.

As if noticing that he looked at the beautiful woman for a second, the handsome young man next to the woman looked at him and asked coldly: “What are you looking at?”

If someone dared to talk to him like this, Xu Long would have kicked him.

But in the face of the young man’s provocation, Xu Long did not say anything, but left silently.

Although this is the North City, no big shots live here, but even he feels that the young man’s behavior is too arrogant and domineering. Ordinary people can’t cultivate such people, but those powerful children are all like this.

Xu Long is very self-aware, so he can only bully ordinary people. If he annoys the children of the powerful, he will never know how he died.

So he behaved very low-key and didn’t dare to have any conflict with the other party.

But the young man obviously didn’t think of letting him go.

Xu Long’s disregard made him even angrier. He stepped forward quickly and kicked Xu Long to the ground, angrily saying, “Who are you? How dare you ignore me!”

As he spoke, he kicked Xu Long.

Xu Long cursed in his heart, these damn dude, they are really lawless in the capital, they beat people up when they don’t agree with each other, is there still law under the emperor’s feet…

He thought so in his heart, but he didn’t dare to show it on his face. He held his head and said, “I’m sorry, sir, it’s all Xu’s fault. Xu apologizes to you…”

At this time, several figures who were squatting and chatting on the corner of the street accidentally saw this scene on the street and stood up angrily.

“Isn’t that the big brother?”

“Someone is bullying the big brother!”

“Brothers, grab your weapons!”

…

Seeing the big brother of the gang being beaten in the street, the gang members of the Black Tiger Gang certainly couldn’t stand it. They picked up machetes and sticks and rushed over here. The weapons in their hands were about to hit Lin Xiu.

Seeing this, Xu Long was shocked and hurriedly said: “Stop, stop!”

The big brother said, and several Black Tiger Gang members stopped at the brink of the cliff. One of them still raised the machete in the air and asked puzzledly: “Big brother, you won’t chop him?”

Xu Long said angrily: “Chop your mother, what did I teach you usually? Be kind to others and don’t always fight and kill!”

He got up from the ground and said to the young man in front of him: “It was Xu who offended me just now. It’s all my fault. It’s okay for the young master to beat me up. As long as the anger subsides…”

Everyone in the Black Tiger Gang was confused. When did the big brother become so cowardly? He didn’t fight back when he was beaten. This is not like him!

At this time, several figures ran over not far away.

A constable in official uniform looked at Xu Long, who was covered in footprints and in a state of extreme embarrassment, and said in surprise: “Brother Xu, what happened?”

Xu Long said: “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s all a misunderstanding.”

The constable looked at Xu Long, then at Lin Xiu, and frowned: “Who is so bold that he dared to beat Brother Xu? It’s outrageous. Come with us to the yamen!”

Xu Long hurriedly said: “Captain Zhang, it’s not that bad, it’s really not that bad!”

Captain Zhang waved his sleeves and said: “Don’t worry, I will definitely seek justice for Brother Xu today!”

On the streets of North City, Xu Long was now in a dilemma.

He actually just wanted to keep things quiet, but several constables who had a good relationship with him on weekdays saw him being beaten, and they were indignant and took the young man and woman to the yamen without saying anything. Xu Long couldn’t persuade them no matter what, so he could only follow them to the North City Yamen.

In the Beicheng Yamen, the Beicheng Ling had just walked out after hearing about this. Before he could say anything, the young man in the courtyard said directly: “My name is Lin Xiu, my father is the Earl of Ping’an, this man has angered me, you send someone to send him to the Qingli Division, I will beat him with dozens of boards to vent my anger!”

Hearing that the young man in front of him was the son of the Earl of Ping’an, the Beicheng Ling immediately became uneasy.

The Earl of Ping’an was a newly promoted first-class earl, and he was blessed by heaven. How dare he cause trouble for him?

No matter which Yamen he was in, this guy could walk sideways.

Xu Long regretted it even more, and was angry and regretful. Nothing could have happened, but it was all these damn guys who pushed him into the fire pit and had to be beaten with dozens of boards for nothing.

Of course, the North City Order dared not disobey Lin Xiu’s request, and immediately said to the two constables: “Didn’t you hear what Mr. Lin said? Why don’t you send him to the Qingli Division!”

Zhang, who had just been indignant for Xu Long, immediately kicked him on the butt and said angrily: “Don’t you see who you are? You even dare to provoke Mr. Lin. Be honest and follow us obediently…”

Xu Long had a gloomy face, and he had already greeted Zhang’s ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

If he hadn’t just stepped forward, how could he have been beaten dozens of times in vain?

When he and A Ke walked out of the North City Yamen, Lin Xiu realized for the first time that being a powerful person was like this.

He finally became a real dandy.

When he entered the Yamen, he didn’t need to say anything, just to show his identity.

The North City Order didn’t even ask a question about the case, but listened to him obediently and sent Xu Long to the Qingli Division.

No wonder so many people want to be powerful, and no wonder so many powerful children are so unscrupulous and lawless.

A mere son of a first-class baron can frighten the city’s parents so much, not to mention the top dignitaries above. In their eyes, the law may just be a tool to serve them.

Qin Cong is like this, and so is Qin Rui. This is just what Lin Xiu saw. He didn’t know how much he couldn’t see.

On the way, he asked A Ke to go back and wait for news, and came to the Qingli Division alone.

After temporarily imprisoning Xu Long in the jail, Lin Xiu found Liu Qingfeng and said, “Sir Liu, please help me check the background of the man we just arrested to see what crime he has committed and how he will be sentenced according to the law.”

Liu Qingfeng said, “Don’t worry, Sir Lin, I’ll do it right away.”

Liu Qingfeng acted quickly. In less than half an hour, he returned to Lin Xiu and said, “This man and his Black Tiger Gang have committed many evil deeds and there have been several murders. According to the law, the minimum sentence is beheading…”

Lin Xiu nodded and said, “I’ll trouble you, Sir Liu, to keep an eye on this case.”

Liu Qingfeng said, “I’ll go find Sir Langzhong in a while. After verifying the evidence of his guilt, this man will be beheaded in three days at most.”

Qingli Division, jail.

Xu Long stood in the cell, looked around, and wondered, wasn’t he supposed to be beaten with a stick? Why was he locked up?

Were they planning to beat him later?

Waiting to be beaten didn’t feel comfortable at all, it would be better to just get beaten directly.

After a while, the jailer brought him food.

This meal was far beyond Xu Long’s expectations.

The food at the Qingli Division included fish and chicken, plenty of rice, and wine. There were four dishes and a soup, filling up the table. Xu Long’s appetite was whetted, and he thought that it was worthy of being the Qingli Division. It was different from the poor government offices in the north city. Even the food in the prison was so good…

[PS: I recommend Dan Ke’s new work “I Have a Home in 1982”. This is his work that returns to farming literature. I am also following it. The rural customs of the 1980s are well written. The style is warm and leisurely, but also a little coquettish and cheap. It is very relaxing to read. Readers who like farming literature should not miss it. ]

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