Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 184 Is this how you play it?

After coming out of the money shop and walking onto the street, Chen Xuan was about to go home when he heard a roar from the right.

"You bastard, you dare to steal my steamed buns? I'll beat you to death!"

Subconsciously looking in the direction of the sound, I saw a disheveled boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old running in a panic about ten meters away. He kept stuffing a steamed bun into his mouth until his mouth was about to burst. He stumbled and looked behind him with a look of horror on his face.

A few meters behind the young man, a middle-aged man was chasing him with a wooden stick. He had a fierce look on his face, waving the stick from time to time and shouting curses.

Pedestrians on the street all moved aside, as if they didn't want to get into trouble, or perhaps they were frightened by the middle-aged man waving a stick.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan raised his eyebrows. The young man who was being chased looked back without looking ahead, and ran straight towards him.

"Little Master, please go away!"

"Be careful"

Someone around kindly reminded him that if he continued like this, the boy who didn't look at the road would definitely bump into Chen Xuan and end up with a bloody head.

Speechless, Chen Xuan thought to himself, damn it, how can they be so blatant in broad daylight?

It was obvious that someone was targeting me. Otherwise, how could I encounter such a thing just after coming out of the bank?
Well, he looked young, fresh-faced, and fragile, and there was no adult around him. He had just withdrawn a large sum of money from the bank, and there were many people around. It would be strange if he was not noticed.

To be honest, this was the first time Chen Xuan had encountered such a thing. He was speechless but also a little amused.

Seeing that the panicked young man was about to bump into him, Chen Xuan took a step back without leaving a trace, and then the young man who was almost about to bump into him passed by him.

"This guy is quite insidious. When he was about to bump into me, he reached out to steal money, and he obviously used too much force. If I were really an ordinary eleven-year-old child, wouldn't I be in trouble?"

Chen Xuan, who was clear-minded, was not angry enough, but it was still necessary to punish the other party a little.

The boy, who failed to hit him and walked past him, stumbled due to inertia and stepped on a small stone. He then rolled over and fell on the ground, rolling twice. His forehead was bleeding and he choked on the steamed bun in his mouth. He crawled on the ground covered in dust and retching.

He just happened to step on a stone. Isn't that a coincidence?

This scene made the onlookers stunned for a moment, and they all gave concerned greetings.

"Good luck, my dear, nothing happened."

"Young man, you better watch where you're going. Not only did you steal someone's things, you almost hit someone. Now you're done for, aren't you?"

These words were addressed to Chen Xuan and the boy who fell down.

While thanking the people around him, Chen Xuan noticed that the man who was chasing the young man had a hint of surprise in his eyes, as if he had not expected that his method, which had always been successful, would go wrong.

But he reacted quickly, and immediately stepped forward with a stick and shouted angrily: "You little bastard, I'll see where you can run to. Now I've caught you, I'll take you back and give you a good beating."

As he said this, he grabbed the boy's collar and dragged him away. It was obvious that they were in the same gang, but he wouldn't really beat someone in front of everyone.

Chen Xuan secretly curled his lips. It was a poor acting. The lesson had already been learned. He didn't suffer any loss. Moreover, he had no evidence and couldn't report it to the police. Logically, he could only let the matter go. He couldn't "frame" someone in front of them, right?

Without even turning his head, Chen Xuan reached behind him and grabbed the hand of a ten-year-old child, pulling him in front of him. Looking at the panicked child, he said speechlessly, "You don't even bother to look after others? You're so brazen as to try to lay your hands on me? You didn't expect that I have eyes on my back, right? Surprised?"

That being said, Chen Xuan felt a little annoyed. It seemed that the other party had a trick up their sleeves. If their first plan failed, they had a backup plan. While his attention was drawn, they actually arranged three hands to steal his money from behind.

"What are you doing? Let me go. Just because you have money you can bully the poor at will. Everyone, come and judge. What kind of world is this?" The child who was caught by Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and shouted.

It was totally out of line. He even knew how to use his own advantage to turn the tables. This fuss attracted a crowd of people to watch.

The weak are always the ones who are sympathized with. Look, the child looked aggrieved, as if he was being bullied by the rich, which caused a group of people to point fingers at Chen Xuan.

Then a few people who were standing up for justice came out from the surroundings and glared at Chen Xuan.

"Sir, how can you bully others for no reason?"

"That's right, you look so well-dressed, it seems like you should be the one bullying the poor."

"You seem to be a scholar, but you are worthy of this? Pah..."

Chen Xuan was immediately happy. Great, great, they are in the same group, right? It’s interesting that they framed someone even after the truth was revealed.

Tilting his head slightly, Chen Xuan said to the guards of the bank a few steps away, "This happened right in front of your door, aren't you doing anything about it?"

Anyone with a discerning eye would know what was going on. Chen Xuan didn't believe that the people from the money house had been here for years and couldn't figure out what was going on.

However, the guards of the bank were also embarrassed and said: "My dear, you have already left our bank. If you don't believe me, you will see that you have already left the door. We can't do anything about it. They... Hey, how about we help you report it to the police? Otherwise, this matter will be entangled."

"Okay, okay, let's report it to the authorities. We must report it to the authorities and let them see how the rich bully the poor," someone on the side cheered, looking completely fearless.

Chen Xuan noticed that he had indeed left the bank. It was normal that the guards could not do anything about it, but he did not take sides. He kindly wanted to help report the matter to the police. This was already the most he could do. He thought that the guards of the bank were not in the same group as them. At this moment, the child caught by Chen Xuan also pretended to be wronged and cried, shouting: "Report to the police, everyone, help me report to the police, this rich man bullied me, my hand is broken, pay me back!"

Good god, it suddenly became Chen Xuan's fault. The uninformed people, under the instigation of others, stood on the child's side for moral reasons and sympathy and glared at Chen Xuan.

However, there were still some nearby residents who knew what was going on but dared not speak out. They signaled to Chen Xuan to calm down and leave as soon as possible.

Chen Xuan almost rolled his eyes and thought to himself, I am also a child, why doesn’t anyone sympathize with me?

Then he smiled at the child in his arms and said, "Okay, okay, that's how you play, right? There's no need to report it to the police. I won't lose anything, but you might be in big trouble next."

When the child saw Chen Xuan's smile, he felt a chill down his spine. Without waiting for him to continue shouting as a weakling and making any other reactions, Chen Xuan raised his hand, lifted him up, and threw him gently. While he was screaming in fear, he grabbed one of his legs and held him upside down, shaking him.

As Chen Xuan shook, four or five small items fell from the child's body with a jingling sound. There was a woman's hairpin, an exquisite purse, a jade pendant, and so on...

This scene stunned countless people around, and even the child's accomplice was a little at a loss. They had never encountered such a situation before.

Nothing could be shaken out of the child, so Chen Xuan didn't do anything to him. He put the child aside and walked away easily, saying, "Everyone saw it. I didn't bully anyone. As for whose things fell out of his body, each of you can claim them. If necessary, report them to the police. It's not my business."

"That was my hairpin, how did it fall out of that child?"

"This is my jade pendant! I was wondering where I lost it. Oh well, it turns out you stole it!"

"My purse, my purse! The child is still in the clinic. I need money to save his life!"

"It's him, that kid is a thief"

"Beat him to death, no, beat him half-crippled and send him to the police..."

Before Chen Xuan had gone far, a few people in the crowd who were watching the show suddenly changed their expressions and started to surround him, shouting.

Shaking his head, Chen Xuan continued to leave. The screams, curses and chaos behind him had nothing to do with him. Evildoers will be punished by their own evildoers.

He will not bully the weak. When he meets a truly pitiful person, such as Xiao Miao, he doesn't mind helping to the best of his ability. He won't even get angry over such a small matter, but that doesn't mean he will be magnanimous and pretend nothing happened.

Taking action over such a small matter would only dirty one's hands. Fortunately, the child himself had dirty hands and feet. The things that fell from his body were enough to make him suffer a lot.

The things that the child shook out of his body clearly didn't belong to him. How could they be stolen? If he shook them out in front of everyone and the owner recognized him, he would be in trouble anyway.

He is still a young boy and is not a good student. He is also a gang member. He has no injuries or disabilities on his body and his eyes are sinister and cold. He is definitely not forced. He is purely bad and deserves to be punished.

Of course, considering the child's age and the gang behind him, what happens next won't be too bad, but he will definitely be taught a painful lesson...

What a world this is. Chen Xuan felt helpless.

He ignored what was happening there and not far away when he saw a familiar figure disappearing around the corner of the street from the corner of his eye.

Chen Xuan took a quick look around. He was only a few hundred meters away from the north gate of Mo City. He then looked in the direction where the familiar figure had left.

"North of the city, I remember Zhao Erhe and the others said that day that Xiao Miao's home was at the foot of a wall somewhere in the north of the city. I think that's where it is. No wonder I saw her."

Chen Xuan reacted and, thinking that since he was already here, he turned around and followed in the direction Xiao Miao left, and decided to take a look at her by the way.

He was very familiar with Xiao Miao's scent, and he could clearly locate her movements even if people were hundreds of meters apart.

After turning several times, Chen Xuan soon saw Xiao Miao entering a thatched cottage at the foot of the wall three or four hundred meters away from the city gate.

Although it is said to be under the wall, it is actually more than 100 meters away from the city wall. Any normal person can imagine that an area must be reserved around the city wall, otherwise if an emergency occurs, the army will not be able to climb the city wall in time.

The surrounding area is full of low shacks, and Xiaomiao's house is just an inconspicuous one.

Looking at Xiaomiao's house from a distance, Chen Xuan also saw Master Fang and his apprentices who had helped him with work a few days ago outside her door.

At this moment, Master Fang and his companions were gathered around a long wooden piece of wood with a diameter of half a meter, chanting something in a rhythmic manner.

They were seen circling around the wood, saying, "A fir tree is 36 feet long. I cut it down to make a longevity tree. As I cut, I thought about it, and cried as I thought about it. I thought about the countless hardships the old man had to endure, how he didn't get enough sleep to raise children, and how he worked so hard for them. He suffered worse than an ox or a horse..."

"A fir tree is three feet long. After it's cut, hire a carpenter. When the carpenter comes home, ask him to listen carefully and sew it together properly. Once it's done, use it to house the old man. Make sure the front is wide and the back is big. It's easy to put it in. The top should be as green as the waves, and the bottom should be as willow as the pond. When it's done, have relatives come to watch. It's worth all the hard work of raising a child!"

Seeing this, Chen Xuan quickly understood that this was because Xiaomiao's master, Master Fang, had promised to make a coffin for her grandfather, and the process had already begun.

What they were reciting at this time was the "Birthday Congratulations for Closing the Coffin", which was a ceremony before starting work.

There are also some rules for the birthday wishes when closing a coffin. If the coffin is for a deceased person, the old man in the sentence will be replaced by the deceased person. If the person is still alive, he will be referred to as the old man. The phrase "raising children and daughters without enough sleep" will be replaced by "leaving children and crying loudly"...

(End of this chapter)