Volume 2: A sudden change in the prison, a red-clothed man goes out to find a thief Chapter 204: There is always something in this world called inheritance
After the New Year, Mingzhou City has regained some of its former appearance, and people on the streets are busy with their own affairs again.
Granny Zhang, who sells noodles, set up her stall on the street early in the morning and stood at the head of the stall simmering noodles. As the mist dissipated, the fresh fragrance of the noodles drifted through the streets and alleys.
Boss Wang of the pawnshop took a set of tables and chairs and placed them in front of the door. He drank tea calmly and waited for the day's business. Judging from his appearance, he must be thinking about how to deduct a few taels of money from the pawned goods.
Old man Lu, who was selling dry biscuits, also drove his ox cart into the city today. He heard that the bandits had been wiped out some time ago, so he dared to continue to enter the city to do business.
After finding a good spot, Old Man Lu jumped off the ox cart and set up his stall. Although there were usually not many people buying dry biscuits in the morning, he was still used to setting up his stall early. After all, selling more was selling more, right? In a few years, his youngest son would get married, so it was always good to prepare more gifts.
At this time, a man dressed in linen clothes and with his head down suddenly walked over, stopped in front of Old Man Lu's shop, and asked.
"Uncle, how much is this dry biscuit?"
Old Man Lu raised his head and took a look at the man in front of him. He felt that the man looked familiar, but he couldn't tell where he had seen him before.
In fact, the person standing in front of him at this moment was Wada no Mamoru, who had robbed him of two biscuits some time ago.
However, at this time, Wada Shou had cleaned himself up and was no longer as disheveled as before, so it was normal that Old Man Lu could not recognize him.
"One penny a piece." Old Man Lu said, he sold these dry biscuits for a fair price, and he was honest and fair to everyone. He didn't ask for a lot of money at a time, but only wanted customers to come back next time.
"Okay, then give me two." He Tianshang said, and took out four copper coins from his pocket.
He came this time to pay for his mistakes.
For him, no matter how big or small a mistake is, it is still a mistake. Since he wants to return to the path of a samurai, he must make up for the mistakes he made before. This is called severing.
Only by cutting off the past can a warrior retreat. This is what his father once warned him.
After taking the dry biscuit, Hetian Shou put four copper coins into Old Man Lu's hand, then turned and left.
Old Man Lu counted the copper coins in his hand and found that the number was too much. He was about to call Wada Mori, but when he looked up, he could no longer find Wada Mori.
In this way, the last mistake has been paid.
Among the crowd, Wada no Kamikaze walked quietly with his hands in his sleeves, thinking silently in his heart.
I can also move forward.
…
At the city gate, a young man in bright clothes, with a broad sword hanging from his waist and wearing a cloak, rode on a tall horse and walked to the edge of the city. His face was as sharp as a knife, his expression was cold, his eyebrows were like swords, and his body was straight. He looked handsome, but also had a sharp look.
When he urged his horse to the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city immediately saw him, stood up straight and spoke politely.
"Captain Zuo, you're back."
"Well, we still have to guard the city this year. Thank you for your hard work." The young man on the horse responded, turned off the horse, bowed politely and asked.
"Nothing serious has happened in the city recently, right?"
"This..." The soldier hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and smiled.
"Nothing serious happened. It was really safe."
There were just some gangsters and bandits who came, and they have all left now.
"That's good." The young man called Captain Zuo nodded, then clasped his fist towards the soldier and said.
"So I will go back to the government office to report. You guys take your leave."
"Goodbye." The soldiers also saluted with a smile, made way for the young man and let him pass.
In the bustling city of Mingzhou, the young man in a black cloak walked slowly into the street, leading his horse.
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Zuo Liangping, 22 years old, is a captain of the police, the captain of the police in Mingzhou City. But at the same time, he is also a constable, a candidate for the Six Gates. Entering the Six Gates has been his dream since he was a child, and now, he feels that he is very close to this wish.
His father was also a constable, and he liked to tell him stories from the Six Gates since he was a child. His favorite stories were naturally about the Six Gates Southeast Chief Constable Yan Tingzhi, who captured the great thief Li Si.
In the story, Yan Tingzhi always hates evil, and Li Si is always so unforgivable. But every time, Captain Yan is always just a little bit away from catching Li Si. And every time, Li Si always manages to escape from the encirclement of the Six Gates.
So from then on he swore that sooner or later he would enter the Six Gates and help Captain Yan Tingzhi to catch the thief king Li Si.
To achieve this goal, he practiced martial arts day and night until his father died in the line of duty and his mother died of illness.
He was seventeen years old that year, and he swore another vow that he would put all the evil people he saw in jail, give justice to his father, and let his mother rest in peace.
At the age of 18, he entered the government and became a constable. At the age of 20, he was awarded a position as a chief constable. At the age of 21, he was promoted as an exception and went to the Six Gates for selection.
At the end of this year, he fulfilled his childhood wish and met Yan Tingzhi, the Southeast Chief Constable of the Six Gates, and solved a major case with him. They arrested 23 wanted criminals and two officials, and seized 5,000 ingots of silver, 600 bolts of silk, and 313 boxes of military equipment.
Captain Yan seemed very satisfied with his performance. Before leaving, he expressed his intention and said that he wanted to take him as his student and asked him to consider it.
For Zuo Liangping, Captain Yan was indeed the most powerful captain he had ever seen. He was highly skilled in martial arts, decisive, thoughtful, fearless of power, and neither humble nor overbearing to officials two levels above him, but approachable to his subordinates. Everything about this man was just like what he had imagined in his childhood, and even better in some ways.
Zuo Liangping was naturally willing to be Yan Tingzhi's student, but this also meant that he would hardly have time to return to Mingzhou City. He had some things to deal with in Mingzhou City, so he asked for leave to come back.
Yan Tingzhi agreed and gave him a letter, asking him to deliver it to the prefect of Mingzhou City to facilitate his future job transfer.
Walking on the street, Zuo Liangping gently clenched the letter in his arms.
All this seemed like a dream to him. He could finally enter the Six Gates and arrest those villains running around everywhere.
Unfortunately, his parents couldn't see all this.
"Huh." After letting out a slow breath, Zuo Liangping loosened the hand holding the letter and thought to himself.
Wait, Dad, Mom, I will become a famous head of the police sooner or later. At that time, I will never let a commoner be bullied again.
And there is the thief saint Li Si. No matter where he hides, I will catch him sooner or later to fulfill my teacher's lifelong wish.
Thinking of Yan Tingzhi's hesitant expression every time he mentioned Li Si, Zuo Liangping had already made up his mind.
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"Ouch." In the backyard of Qianjialou, Ning Caihe screamed again as a vine fell.
At this moment, he was standing in the yard, squatting in horse stance, holding two bowls of water in his hands.
Li Si stood behind him, leisurely patting the rattan in his hand and speaking lazily.
"If you spill the water again, I'll hit you twice more."
As for the strength of the whipping, he naturally controlled it very well. It was painful, but it definitely wouldn't hurt Ning Caihe, and it could also help him relax his muscles and bones to avoid cramps from standing for too long.
"Si, Si brother..." Ning Caihe held the bowl and said in a trembling voice, "I have been standing for half an hour. Let me rest for a while."
Judging from his appearance, he must be about to cry.
"You said you wanted to learn Qinggong. How can you learn it without suffering a little? Be good, stand for another half an hour and then we'll take a break. " Li Si looked at Ning Caihe and shook his head helplessly.
He had told Ning Caihe in advance that learning internal skills was one thing, but learning light skills was much more difficult, and if he wanted to teach seriously, he would not let them off easily.
Ning Caihe also agreed to this and said that she was ready.
But what about the preparations we agreed to make? Alas, children nowadays are still too spoiled. This is totally different. When he was learning Qinggong, he would fall off the cliff and be almost killed if he was not careful.
Has he ever complained about the suffering? Even if he wanted to, he couldn't.
But, to be honest, he was quite happy that someone was willing to learn his martial arts.
We can now be considered to have a successor.
Looking at Ning Caihe in the yard, Li Si smiled gently, and then hit her with another cane.
"Stand up your chest, hold your stomach in, lift your head high, lower your waist, straddle your horse, tighten your sides, and don't spill the water."
