Chapter 38 The Mirror
The Sanhe Village where Wang Changhai lives is not too far from the provincial capital, which is only about two hours away. It was noon when we passed by. When Chen Shaoyuan led me to the door of Wang Changhai's house, my face darkened and pointed to a small round mirror next to his house and said, "What's going on?"
That mirror is obviously a mark left by people among the fellow Taoists. In many industries in the Northeast, people who come first and come first will leave something and tell others that I am doing things in front of you, so don’t go forward. The marks left by each industry are different. Those who hunt are lifting a piece of bark down; bandits will put down a small tree and cross the road; warlocks usually hang magic weapons.
The mirror at Wang Changhai’s doorstep was clearly what had just been hung up. Is there a warlock in his house?
Chen Shaoyuan's face was not good-looking anymore. The fat he got was snatched by someone. Whose face looked good?
Chen Shaoyuan pushed the door into the yard without me talking, but I saw an acquaintance through the gate - Zhang Yanxin.
Why did she come?
There was also a middle-aged man in his forties standing next to Zhang Yanxin. When I saw Zhang Yanxin, the other party was also looking at me, and there was no kindness in his eyes.
Before Chen Shaoyuan could speak, the man angrily said, "Didn't you see a mirror hanging outside? Wu Zhengfei has never given you what rules are?"
Without saying a word, I raised my hand and hit two iron peach pits. When the hidden weapon took action, I also drew my sword and chased the hidden weapon tightly into the other party. When the opponent raised his hand and knocked out the two iron peach pits, the sword light of the Nine Stars and Cang Yue had already slashed towards the other party's head. The man was unable to avoid it, subconsciously raised his hand and blocked it, and stepped out two meters away from his feet.
Although the other party hid quickly, my wrist was cut open by my knife, and the tendons were exposed. The blood on the edge of the knife immediately dyed the ground red.
I held the scimitar and said, "For Zhang Wentao's sake, I have no choice but to lose your hands. If you dare to talk to my master next time, I will not be so easy to talk to you."
When the other party looked at me with a vicious look, Zhang Yanxin also said angrily: "Wu Wen, if you have reason, what's wrong with you just taking a knife when you come up?"
I sneered, "When I want to beat someone, I never talk nonsense. Only dogs can whirl loudly across several steps."
In the old days, every type of people had their own rules of conduct, which was also their way of survival. Just like the gangsters in Dadu Hui, although they were notorious, they rarely had life and death. Because they had industries, they were negotiating with their opponents in more cases, and they would only take action if they really couldn’t reach an agreement. The bandits in the Northeast always rely on robbery and kidnap for a living. There was basically no industry to speak of. Many times they would draw their swords and get bloody when they had a disagreement. Without this ruthlessness, they could not survive in the bandit’s nest.
My grandfather spread his banditry to me. He told me that if you want to fight, don’t talk nonsense. If you talk too much, you can easily suffer losses. If you want to talk, you can talk slowly when you knock the other person down. Therefore, I don’t have the habit of talking nonsense to others.
I was telling the truth, but Zhang Yanxin thought I was deliberately angering her. Her chest was so angry that she couldn't speak.
I waved my hand at Chen Shaoyuan: "Old Chen, there is a sir here, let's go!"
If it were someone else, I would definitely stay and fight for the business. I just owed Zhang Wentao a favor, and almost sacked the Zhang family's hand. It would be a bit unreasonable to stay and compete for business with Zhang Yanxin.
Chen Shaoyuan also knew what I meant, and followed me without saying a word.
Before the three of us could reach the door, we heard the man who had been slashed on my wrist and shouted, "Stop!"
I turned around with my knife and looked at the other party with cold eyes. The man thought I was going to do something, so he quickly said, "Wu Wen, I ask you, do you dare to stay and compete with our lady?"
"Not interested!" I turned around and left.
But the man said relentlessly: "Juanshanlong is also frustrated?"
I turned around suddenly: "You don't want your hands anymore, right?"
The man was so scared that he quickly shut up, but Zhang Yanxin took a step forward: "I want to do it, I'll accompany you."
I smiled at Zhang Yanxin and left. Even if she called me behind her back, I didn't mean to look back - I was not interested in a fight with someone for no reason, what's the point of looking back? Besides, even though I knew the other party was going to dig a hole for me, can I still jump in with my eyes open?
The business didn't continue and I didn't take it seriously, but Chen Shaoyuan seemed to be indifferent and didn't say a word on the road until he got in the car and still had a stern face.
I sat in the car and picked up the kettle and wanted to drink a sip of water, but I smelled a bloody smell from the kettle. I poured out a little of the water before I saw that the water in the kettle had turned blood.
Chen Shaoyuan said: "Seeing water turns into blood? Are we getting involved in evil ghosts?"
Chapter completed!