On this day, Xu Zhengrong and his sister-in-law set up the stall as usual, and the pier was not very lively in the morning, so they took time to order a few bowls of tofu nao at a nearby breakfast stall.

Ah Shui prefers sweets, so Xu Zhengrong asked for some extra sugar for him, and was just about to walk back with a small bowl in his hand when he suddenly heard a noise from the other side of the old street.

This is a rare thing, Xu Zhengrong turned his head and asked the boss selling tofu brains: "Is there some important person here? Why is it so lively over there?"

The tension on the boss's face was obviously relieved, he first looked around twice, and vaguely heard the peddler in front shout: "Master Yang is here, Master Yang is here!" His heart sank suddenly.

Not caring about answering Xu Zhengrong's question, he waved his hands indiscriminately at the two people who were still in line: "The business is closed today! Come back! Come back!" while cleaning up the stall in a hurry and preparing to leave.

Xu Zhengrong was dazed by his reaction, seeing that he couldn't ask anything, he turned back to Ah Shui in a daze.

Passed the sweet tofu nao to Ah Shui, Ah Shui ate several mouthfuls in a row, and asked vaguely: "Brother Xu, the street is weird today, I just saw two or three of them just closed the stalls and stopped doing it." ...What the hell is going on!"

Xu Zhengrong didn't know, he shook his head lightly, and the old man who was standing leisurely selling straw sandals replied casually, "It's the lord from the yamen who came to patrol the streets! I heard that it's Lord Yang Changyang who came here today."

After finishing speaking, he sighed again, with a frowning look on his face: "I come here every few days to collect protection fees, no wonder they can't bear it, they are afraid of something when they hear people's voices from afar, pack up and leave... "

After Ah Shui finished listening, she blinked and couldn't help but asked worriedly: "In that case, sir, why don't you go?"

"Why am I leaving? Half a pair of straw sandals have not been sold, and a pauper with no copper coins on his body, what can he, Yang Chang, do to me? All the people who are leaving are oily, like me, and the officials don't even want to look at it , What can he rob me? A load of straw sandals won’t be worth a few coppers!”

He simply broke the jar, and didn't bother to run away. The old man really didn't believe that the people in the yamen could die if they couldn't grab the money!

But... "I said Brother Ah Shui, old man, I still advise you to find a place to hide. Your small stall makes a lot of money every day, right? If Yang Chang catches you, I'm afraid you will end up with a lot of wronged money!"

Xu Yao's family is a woman, so frightened by the old man, her heart is in her throat, and she is in a hurry to clean up the stall.

Xu Zhengrong frowned. According to the old man's description, it should be possible to accommodate him with some money, so he was not in a hurry.

The main target of Yang Chang's visit this time was Xu Zhengrong. He just deliberately collected money from several shops on the street, and soon rushed to the small stall set up by Xu's family. Seeing that Xu Yaoshi was cleaning up the stall, he immediately He shouted loudly and stopped: "Are you new here? Seeing that the officials have worked so hard to protect you, but you don't even say a word of gratitude, you want to run away, do you understand the rules?"

It's better not to have this protection!

Xu Zhengrong complained from the bottom of his heart, but he also knew the reason why people don't fight with officials, so he greeted them with a smile, and said politely: "What did the official say! You really wronged the people! I heard that you were coming, but I didn’t see it from a distance, and I was anxious, so I thought about moving the stall to the front, so I could see your style earlier, didn’t I?”

Sure enough, he is a person who can speak well, with a glib tongue, he can say black into white, and white into black, no wonder my cousin-in-law will suffer from him.

Yang Chang sneered, seeing Xu Zhengrong's eyes became more and more unfriendly, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, so he stretched out his hand straightly, and said casually, "Now you have seen and seen the demeanor, so you can't show it at all. Bar?"

"All the vendors on this old street are under my control, and they all know my rules. Since you are new here, then give me a discount, and I will accept you for the time being..."

"Ten taels of silver!"

Not only Xu Yaoshi and Ah Shui showed ugly looks, even Xu Zhengrong was bluffed by the ten taels of silver he opened his mouth like a lion.

Ah Shui spoke bluntly, and immediately yelled: "Ten taels? Why don't you grab it?! Are you an official or a bandit in the mountains!"

Yang Chang narrowed his small eyes, and recognized that the little brother in front of him was Ah Shui, who was supposed to marry into the Lin family, and asked with a malicious smile, "Why? I took my brother to escort you all around. , with a head pinned to the waistband, ten taels of silver is not too much, right? Or, do you think our lives are not worth ten taels?"

This is clearly arrogance!Ah Shuiqi's eyes were all red, and his lips were trembling, but he couldn't say a word.

At this time, Xu Zhengrong also saw clearly that Mr. Yang made it clear that he wanted to make trouble with his family, but he really couldn't figure out when he offended the people in the yamen.

After coming to this other world, there are only two families that have been offended in the true sense, one is the Zhang family of White Lotus, and the other is the Lin family.

The Zhang family is just a farmer who loves to be cheap, and they shouldn't have much connection with the government, otherwise they wouldn't have been frightened by his sentence of sending them to the government.

Then the most likely one should be the Lin family.

Because he failed to make Ah Shui happy, it is not impossible to come to the door to provoke him.

Xu Zhengrong's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Ah Shui, you go to the back and hide first, this is someone from the Lin family who came here to make trouble!"

Yang Chang looked at Xu Zhengrong in amazement, "Oh! It's good to know, a mud-legged countryman dares to rob people from my family's forestry industry? Fortunately, my uncle is very tolerant. You can pay ten taels of silver before going to Lin's house, and give it to me. Brother-in-law kowtows and kneels to sincerely apologize, let's leave this matter alone, otherwise..."

He deliberately brought three yamen servants to come up, flexing their fists and feet, the threat was self-evident.

These few are all people who are used to showing off their power by Yang Chang's side. They usually do things to bully the people. In their eyes, ordinary people like Xu Zhengrong who have no background are just things to rub at will. !

Besides, they were carefully told by Yang Chang before they came, saying that this kid named Xu Zhengrong has hard bones and thick skin, so he must beat him hard.

"Boy, did you hear what my boss said? Pay the money or let us beat you up and ruin your business. You can think about it yourself!"

After hearing this, Xu Zhengrong calmed down. First, he turned his face to let Ah Shui and his sister-in-law take two steps back, greeted him with a smile, and bowed very politely, but what he said was quite arrogant: "Then if I don't want to pay money and I don't want to be beaten up by you, what should I do?"

One of the yamen servants suddenly turned his face into a tiger, and asked without knowing why: "What do you mean by that?"

Xu Zhengrong didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he raised his fist and hit the yamen servant hard on the eye socket, only turning the person's color blue, and fell to his knees on the ground with an ouch.

They were all bullying paper tigers. Compared with Xu Zhengrong, a mercenary with rich combat experience, these yamen servants were really vulnerable, and they all fell to the ground within a few blows.

Yang Chang looked at the situation in front of him, and immediately took a few steps back in a panic, "What are you doing?! How dare you hit someone in the government!"

Xu Zhengrong raised the corners of his lips, and replied indifferently: "Can't you see? I'm just beating someone!"

While speaking, he swung his iron fist and slammed Yang Chang's chest hard. This time he had gained experience and knew how to hit someone so that it hurts without leaving any traces.

What about the people in the yamen? To put it bluntly, a yamen servant like Yang Chang is just a dog around the official. If the official is happy, he can reward him with meat. Kick to the side.

Since Xu Zhengrong intends to do business in the Xu country, he naturally knows the importance of personal connections, relying on the owner of the pharmacy, he has already dealt with the government's master.

The officials in Bronze Town do nothing at all, and they are greedy for money, otherwise they would not have allowed moths like Yang Chang to collect protection fees at will in the old street.

That being the case, it's just a young man who can show off his power by relying on the official, so why not just fight?

Yang Chang was caught off guard by him, and completely lost the strength to resist, so he let Xu Zhengrong kick him several times.

Ah Shui and Kidou'er were hiding behind, hugging each other and shivering, but now seeing Xu Zhengrong's power, the two of them looked at each other, and rushed forward in a tacit understanding. It was just a kick in the stomach, and Kidou'er rushed up with bared teeth and claws, and bit Yang Chang's arm hard a few times.

It's impossible to dislike Xu Zhengrong, and educate him earnestly: "Zi Douer! Don't bite people! You don't think dirty?"

Yang Chang vigorously pushed Kidou'er aside, the child staggered and nearly fell to the ground.

"You! You are so good! You dare to hit the people in the yamen! You can't eat and walk away!"

It was the first time that Yang Chang had lost such a big face when collecting protection fees, and there were many vendors watching beside him, so how could he come out to meet people in the future?

Besides, I originally wanted to vent my anger on my cousin, but I didn't expect to go out now. Instead, I was beaten up without dignity. How could Yang Chang bear it, and said viciously: "You wait! If It's your fault if you don't go to jail!"

As soon as he said this, Xu Zhengrong couldn't possibly let him go. He kicked Yang Chang's knee, and Yang Chang couldn't stand still. He bent his knee and knelt down in front of Xu Zhengrong in embarrassment.

Xu Zhengrong whistled lightly, and grinned mockingly: "Yo, Mr. Yang, what are you doing? Kneeling in front of the villain is not afraid of breaking your own life?!"

Yang Chang was so angry that his eyes turned red and he couldn't utter a word.

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