Fang Kewen's eyes always followed the girl, so he saw clearly what happened. The one who stretched out his feet to trip the girl was a tall and strong bald man with a ferocious face and arrogant attitude. This man was a famous hooligan named Song Tuzi who was wandering around Shanxi Road, and was also the disciple of Bai Yunfei, the leader of the Anqing Gang of Tianjin.

Tianjin is located at the bottom of Jiuhe River and is a transit hub for northern water transportation. In 1399 AD, King Yan Zhu Di led his troops south and crossed the river from Sanchakou to attack Cangzhou. From there, he embarked on the imperial journey of conquering the world. Therefore, he regarded Sanchakou as a Fengshui treasure land for his foundation and business development. He named it Tianjin, which means the place where the emperor crossed Tianjin. Since then, Tianjin has gradually become a place where ships gather and commerce flourished, and gang forces followed it.

As a result, most of the shipping industry in Tianjin was controlled by gang forces. Bai Yunfei, Song Tuzi and others were one of the Anqing Gangs. The Anqing Gang was the first to be a member of the Hongmen. It violated the loyalty and righteous purpose of the Hongmen anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty. It established another mountain gate to maintain Anqing as its mission, so it was regarded as a traitor by the Hongmen. There is a proverb from the Hongmen: From Qing to Hong, it is red and hung with color; from Hong to Qing, it is cramped and peeled, which shows the deep hatred for the traitor.

After the Anqing Gang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court instructed the Anqing Gang to escort military rations, transported from Yuhang to Tongzhou, set up dock officers along the canal, and guarded them in sections. Most of the Yangtze River shipping was within the sphere of influence of the Hongmen, so the Hongmen fought against the grain ships escorted by the Anqing Gang, and the two sides fought against each other. Until later, the sea transportation was developed, and the grain was transferred from the seaway to the north, and the Grand Canal gradually lost its function. The basis for the Anqing Gang to make a living changed, and it turned into other industries, opening casinos, brothels, tobacco halls, theaters, bathhouses, teahouses, restaurants, hotels, and even smuggling opium, trafficking in persons, or acting as bodyguards, killers, and assassins for warlords, politicians, capitalists, and gradually evolved into a bully group that made friends with officials and shared the spoils.

In fact, many people around him saw Song Tuzi's actions. However, due to the power of these people, they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out. They all secretly scolded Song Tuzi for being shameless and actually attacked a little girl.

The girl fell so much that it hurt. When she fell, her teeth bit her lips and a lot of blood flowed out of her lips. She endured the pain and didn't even fall into tears. She was very strong at such a young age. She didn't bother to wipe off the blood from her lips. Her chubby little hand hurried to pick up the silver dollars on the ground. Although she was young, she understood the meaning of the silver dollars.

Before his little hand could touch the silver dollar, a big foot wearing black cowhide shoes slapped heavily on the silver dollar with a loud bang. Song Tuzi grinned and revealed two huge gold teeth.

The girl bit her bleeding little mouth and bravely raised her head and looked at Song Tuzi's eyes: "My!"

Song Tuzi burst into laughter. He moved his big feet away, pinched the center of the silver dollar with his thumb and middle finger, picked up the silver dollar, put it in front of his thick purple-black lips and blew it, then put it in his ear and listened. The expression on his face was frivolous and rogue: "Will it agree to you by calling it?"

The little girl widened her eyes, pursed her lips vigorously, and plucked up her courage, "My!"

Song Tuzi said, "Then call me "Dad" and I will give you this ocean."

"Don't shout! It's just not shouting!" The little girl said angrily. She looked at Song Tuzi angrily, her eyes were red, and she could tell that she was holding back her tears.

Fang Kewen couldn't hold back when he saw the scene in front of him. He stood up suddenly, but Luo Lie grabbed his arm. Although Luo Lie had already been indignant, he understood the reason why the strong dragon did not suppress the local snake. Even in this Qingfu Building, Song Tuzi's accomplices were not a small number. If a head-on conflict arises, the three of them may not be able to take advantage, and it may also expose Fang Kewen's true identity.

Luo Lie said in a deep voice: "I'll go!"

Fang Kewen looked at Luo Lie's calm face and finally suppressed the anger in his heart. At this time, the singing on the stage was interrupted, but Xiao Taohong, who was singing Daiyu's burial flower, also noticed the changes here, and hurriedly stopped performing and walked over. She came to the girl's side, looked at the girl with bloody lips with heartache, took out an embroidered handkerchief to cover the girl's bleeding lips, and apologized to Song Tuzi: "Master Song Qi, the child is ignorant and offended you. You don't remember the villain's past, so don't bother with her."

Song Tuzi laughed and said, "This ocean..."

Xiao Taohong said: "Of course it is Mr. Song Qi's."

Fang Kewen looked at the scene in front of him, his lips trembled. The little Taohong in his memory had a strong personality. She would rather break than bend, and she was definitely not like this in front of him. Could it be that her temperament changed with her old face?

The girl who was originally snuggling in Xiao Taohong's arms suddenly broke free and said angrily: "It's mine! It was obviously the kind gentleman just now rewarded me!" After all, she was young and could not understand her mother's painstaking efforts to endure humiliation.

Xiao Taohong suddenly raised her hand and slapped her girl's white and tender little face, and angrily shouted: "What are you talking about when you lose money? If you dare to speak nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart."

The girl was stunned by Xiao Taohong's slap. She covered her little face and tears were circling in her eyes, but she still held back her tears. She stomped her feet and turned around and ran away.

After Xiao Taohong slapped the slap, she felt both distressed and regretful, and said with concern: "You are back!" She wanted to catch up, but was blocked by Song Tuzi's subordinates.

Xiao Taohong apologized to Song Tuzi: "Master Song Qi, what else do you have to give?"

Song Tuzi threw the ocean in his hand: "If I remember correctly, you have been singing here for almost a year, right?"

Xiao Taohong understood what he meant and held back the grievance in her heart and said, "Master Song Qi, I have been sick for three months and my health has just recovered. You can give me three months to give me more rewards."

Song Tuzi sneered and said, "Little Taohong, Xiao Taohong, if you were so sensible back then, you would have become our wife of Brother Xu San, who is pampered and has a good life. Why would you end up like this?" He sighed and said, "It's not that I'm not humane. If you do our business, you have to pay attention to one rule in everything. If you don't follow the rules, let my brothers and I drink the northwest wind?"

Xiao Taohong nodded repeatedly.

Song Tuzi stretched out three fingers and said, "Three days, three days later, you will pay all the fees you owe me. If you delay for a day, don't blame me for being disrespectful and sell all of you, both of you, to the kiln!"

小桃红含泪应承下来.

Song Tuzi waved his hand and signaled Xiao Taohong to return to the stage to continue the performance. He proudly threw the ocean in his hand into the air. Just as he was about to catch it, a big hand with black sheepskin gloves stretched out next to him to catch it.

Song Tuzi raised his head in surprise. In Tianjin, especially on this street, few people have the courage to provoke themselves in public.

Luo Lie looked at Song Tuzi with a smile: "You are Master Song Qi?" While speaking, he gently placed the ocean on the table in front of Song Tuzi.

Song Tuzi frowned. He wanted to have an attack, but when he saw the young man in front of him was well-dressed and extraordinary, he could infer from his appearance that the other person was either rich or noble, and his background was unusual. As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, Luo Lieshen was aware of the importance of dressing up, especially in the current chaotic times, most people became snobbish and realistic inside, and they often judged the other person's identity through appearance. Song Tuzi's lazy guy who bullies the weak is not nothing. At least they all have some eyes, knowing how to judge the situation, knowing who can provoke and who can't provoke.

At this time, Arnold, who was sitting next to him, pretending to say English to Luo Lie.

The Qing Dynasty had just perished and the Republic of China was not long after its founding. The previous Eight-Nation Alliance brought too deep pain to the Chinese people. In the context of the current era, all blond and blue-eyed foreigners have a superlative status in the hearts of the people. Song Tuzi first saw Luo Lie well-dressed and majestic, and then saw that the tall and powerful foreigners were already three points weak in momentum. The people did not fight with officials, and even officials were afraid of foreigners, let alone the despicable roles of Song Tuzi.

Song Tuzi doesn't understand English, Luo Lie said: "Mr. Song Qi, that Mr. Arnold is a wealthy businessman from the British Republic. He wants to do some business in Tianjin. He has heard of the name of Qi Master for a long time and wants to make friends with Qi Master!"

Song Tuzi looked around and found that it was very respectful for him to be able to get in touch with foreigners. Although he had never seen Luo Lie before, after all, there was nothing to be afraid of on his territory. Making friends would not lose a piece of meat. Song Tuzi followed Luo Lie to Arnold, and Arnold stood up and shook hands with Song Tuzi. At this time, Fang Kewen had left. Luo Lie and Arnold were already indignant when they witnessed Song Tuzi's evil deeds just now. The two discussed quietly and decided to let Luo Lie deceive Song Tuzi here in the name of discussing business, and then took the opportunity to hypnotize him.

Arnold held Song Tuzi's hand very enthusiastically and shook it a few times, invited Song Tuzi to sit down, and then said in a rumbling manner. Song Tuzi couldn't understand what he was saying, and looked at Luo Lie beside him. Luo Lie turned a silver ocean on the table at this time. Song Tuzi looked at the rapidly rotating silver ocean and heard Luo Lie's voice in his ears: "Are you guess it's a human head or a word?"

Song Tuzi looked at the silver ocean in a daze, and suddenly felt dizzy in his mind. The scenery in front of him suddenly twisted and deformed and then rotated clockwise. The consciousness in his mind seemed to be pulled out instantly with the rotation of the ocean, completely turning into blank.
Chapter completed!