Chapter 66: Fighting Injustice First
Yang Ze exclaimed and said, "There are still people singing songs in this shop. Isn't this the same as the Song and Dance Floor?" He remembered Yu Feiyan.
Xie Wenxiu said: "It's not necessarily from the store, it may be from another place. I remember that there were no songs in this store before, come in!"
As soon as the door opened, two people walked into the outside. One was an old man in his fifties with gray hair, and the other was a woman in her twenties dressed as a young woman, holding a pipa in her hand. It seemed that she was a father and daughter.
Yang Ze saw that there were patches on their clothes, but they were neat and clean, especially the young woman was quite pretty, with her eyebrows down and eyes pleasing to the eye, and she looked very docile.
Yang Ze smiled and said, "You are not locals? Where did you come from?"
"When I say that, the villain escaped from Qimen County. There was a flood at home, and only the villain and the little girl died in the whole family. He had to sing all the way to Guazhou." The old man replied, with a humble expression on his face. It seemed that he had suffered a lot of hardships on the road and was discriminated against, and he was not so energetic.
Yang Ze said: "Qimen County? It's thousands of miles away from Guazhou. You've just walked along the way? Why don't you go to the prosperous places like the capital, but come to our border instead?"
The old man showed his bitterness and said, "The capital is indeed prosperous, but there are many people who escape. No matter how prosperous the place is, it is not easy to make a living. So the villain walked towards Guazhou in the opposite direction. Although it is not too prosperous, there are few people who escape. In addition, the little girl is still able to sing songs, so she can earn a living."
Yang Ze nodded and said, "Smart, I guess those who flee to big places will not live as well as you!"
Xie Wenxiu also said: "You are a shameful person. It seems that you have suffered a lot. I have also heard of the flood in Qimen County. I heard that the county magistrate there does not build river embankments well on weekdays. When the flood comes, he escapes first and has been caught. It seems that he was sent to the capital and beheaded for public display, right?"
The old man sighed and said, "The dog official was cut off his head. He didn't treat the people as human beings. It should be that the court cut him off, but it has made us ordinary people suffer. We have no home to return, so we can only stay outside." When we talked about the sadness, we couldn't help crying.
The young woman sat down on the round pier, hugged the pipa, and sang a small song. Unlike the old man's sad face, the song she sang was cheerful, and it turned out to be a song called Sheden. I believe she saw that Yang Ze and Jie Wenxiu were dressed up by literati, so she sang this song, wishing both of them could achieve fame and fortune. As long as the guests were happy to listen, they would naturally have more rewards.
After the song, Yang Ze smiled and said, "According to me, this woman sang well, no worse than Yu Feiyan, it sounds nice!" In his opinion, it was good to listen to it, and there was no requirement for singing skills.
Xie Wenxiu thought to himself: "It's much worse, there's no turning point at all, that is, his voice is not bad." But he dared not say that Yang Ze did not appreciate his level, but instead said: "Well, Brother Yang said so much. If this woman goes to the shop and sings and dresses up well, she will not be even more popular than Yu Feiyan."
Yang Ze exchanged a string of copper coins from the bag and gave it to the old man, saying, "Take it, I hope you can take your daughter home soon."
The old man was really surprised and happy to take this string of copper coins, saying that he was too much. The old man was so generous. Since he fled home, he and his daughter have never received so much reward. They went out with great gratitude.
Yang Ze and Xie Wenxiu started chatting again, and this time they were talking about singing and dancing girls. Xie Wenxiu praised Yang Ze's talent for poetry. He was a little drunk. After listening to a song, he aroused his interest again. He actually wanted to take Yang Ze to the song and dance workshop and let him treat him to the two of them to have fun.
However, I thought it was pretty and I wanted to have fun, but Jie Wenxiu drank too much and was already confused. She fell asleep on the table and started to snore.
Yang Ze had no choice but to ask the guy to come and carry Jie Wenxiu home, but then he thought that the Jie family was waiting to flatter people now. The future judicial Gongcao went back like this, which was a bit embarrassing. It would be better to wait. If he doesn't wake up yet, then think of a way.
The old man took his daughter to the lobby. The old man took the string of copper coins and said, "Daughter, this string of money is enough for us to pay the five-day room. Otherwise, we will rest for a long time tomorrow. You will be too tired these days and sing every day."
"My daughter is not tired, so don't take a break. Singing more can make more money, so we can go home early." The young woman said.
The father and daughter were talking, and suddenly heard someone at the entrance of the store saying strangely: "Oh, why did this little lady come here? It's so hard to sing. Many people go home with me to enjoy their happiness!"
The father and daughter looked up and were shocked at the same time. The old man hurriedly hid his daughter behind him. The young woman shivered constantly, and the old man was full of horror, as he saw that they were both very afraid of the person who was talking.
Four or five people came in outside the store, and the leader was a young man wearing a black silk shirt. His face was full of ruffianity and a slutty inside. He looked like a scoundrel. The people following him were all not old, but they were all wearing short clothes and looked like a scoundrel.
These people are all small gangsters in Guazhou, and they are still small gangsters who don’t do well. However, even if they are poor, they are still gangsters. They bully the elderly, weak, women and children from other places, which is not a problem.
When the shopkeeper saw these people coming, his face became ugly. He was not afraid of such little gangsters. If the little gangsters dared to cause trouble in his store, he could call them out by recruiting a friend, but he was afraid of trouble. People who opened the door to do business were afraid of trouble and would affect the business.
This kind of little gangster is best at harming people, such as throwing a dead dog at the entrance of a restaurant, or taking a clay pot, putting urine and defecation at the entrance of the store, and then throwing it to the entrance of the store. The little gangster turns around and runs away, and can't even catch it, but it makes the store dirty, so how can you do business! This kind of little gangster is a typical toad that does not bite but disgusting people.
The shopkeeper stood behind the counter without moving, but just smiled and said, "Isn't this Mr. Ma? Why are you free to visit my small shop today? Unfortunately, today the customer service is full and there are no seats, why do you change your house!"
He meant that I had no place to entertain you, so get out of here, but I was just kind of polite, but the meaning was still the same, leaving some face to this scoundrel called Ma Erye.
Mr. Ma is definitely not a tyrant of Guazhou. He can only show off his might in the nearby streets. After these streets, other big gangsters can beat him so hard that he can't find the north. Moreover, even on these streets, he cannot bully anyone. For example, the shopkeeper in front of him dare not do anything to others.
Mr. Ma snorted and said, "I am not here to eat here. The food here is not to my taste. I am here to arrest people!"
He suddenly pointed to the young woman selling singing and shouted, "I bought this little widow for ten cents of money, but he dared to run away. Grandpa, I came to catch her. It has nothing to do with others. Don't meddle in other people's business!" As he said that, he came over and pushed the old man away and went to buy the young woman buying singing!
The old man was pushed to the ground by him, crying in pain, and the young singer cried out loud, struggling desperately, the shopkeeper was furious and said angrily: "Don't make trouble in my store, go out!"
The scoundrels behind us rushed over to catch the young woman selling singing. Mr. Ma smiled at the shopkeeper, "Of course I have to go out, can you still want to keep us for drinking? I have been watching this little widow for several days, and she escaped every time. Today is a mess!"
No matter what, Ma Erye was finally a man who could not get on the table. He was really afraid that the shopkeeper would get angry, so he asked his friends to come over together. He repeatedly urged his subordinates to drag the young singer out of the store. It was already dark outside now, and as long as the young singer's mouth was blocked, no one would notice it.
She was busy outside, screaming and crying. Yang Ze heard it in the room sincerely and thought to himself: "What's going on? Could it be that there is a case of forcing the robbery of a civilian girl in Guazhou? This public security is not very good, why don't the soldiers patrolling the street come over!"
He looked at Jie Wenxiu who was lying on the table and saw that Wenxiu was sleeping soundly and his saliva flowed to the table. He even pushed Wenxiu several times. Apart from getting a few hums, this future judicial master had no other reaction.
Yang Ze complained in his heart. The judicial gongcao was sleeping in the house, and there was a forced robbery of a woman outside the house. Isn’t this a slap in the face in public? If the matter spreads, it cannot be explained. Could it be that he has to go out and stand up for the injustice? Even if he wants to stand up for the injustice, he has to fight first. But now he is alone, and I really don’t know if he can beat the gangsters outside.
With a slap in the table, Yang Ze stood up, even if he couldn't beat it, so what if he watched the young singing woman snatched away? If he didn't stop at this time, even if someone was asked to arrest them afterwards, the young singing woman would be bullied. How sad she would be, how sad her old father would be!
When I saw injustice, I yelled and took action when it was time to take action. Whoever hesitated would be no one!
Yang Ze kicked open the door and shouted, "The judicial master is here, who dares to act rashly!" As soon as the door was kicked open, he found that only the fallen old man was left in the lobby, and the young singing woman had been pulled out of the store.
Yang Zechong said angrily: "You don't care about this kind of evil happening in your store. How can you be a friend of those evil people?"
The shopkeeper was also full of anger at this time. When he saw Yang Ze coming out, he hurriedly said, "Don't blame me, the villain has already asked someone to report to the official. Even if the constable comes late, the officers and soldiers who patrol the streets can come. They will arrive soon, and they will arrive soon!"
Of course, the constable would come late, because they were waiting at Jie Wenxiu's house, waiting to flatter. The soldiers on the street didn't know where the patrol had been, so how could they come here so quickly.
The old man was helped up by his friends. He was old and fell heavily, so he couldn't chase him out immediately. He just shouted, "Help, help me, please beg me, so I'll take my daughter back!"
Yang Ze picked up a bench and shouted to the guys: "Go out with me to chase people!"
The guys looked at each other, and no one moved. They all looked at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva because two people who came to escape from other places offended the local gangsters and were a little unreasonable. Besides, he had sent someone to report to the official position, and he fulfilled his obligations. He really didn't want to cause more trouble.
A guy shouted: "Shopkeeper, we don't need to be afraid of the Ma surname, he is a thing!"
The shopkeeper said angrily: "Who is afraid of him? I'm afraid... Humph, I'm not afraid of anyone, you all go!" After a pause, he said: "Help that customer, it's better not to do it."
He was not very brave and did not dare to seriously turn against the gangsters, just because the gangsters always colluded with each other. If they offended one, it would be equivalent to offending a large group. He didn't have to be afraid of Ma Erye, but Ma Erye knew many people. If he offended too many gangsters, his shop would not be able to open.
Chapter completed!