Volume 6: Dream Record Chapter 375 Yuan Xudong's identity is exposed
"stop!"
“Don’t run!”
“Get out of the way!”
“Chase after him!”
…
There was a commotion not far away, with chickens and dogs jumping around and pedestrians retreating. Five gangsters armed with weapons were fleeing while being chased by several yamen runners. With nowhere else to go, the gangsters actually broke into the teahouse. The bamboo door that was originally half-closed was kicked open. The leading gangster had a ferocious face and a sharp knife in his hand. Many tea drinkers were immediately panicked and fled in all directions.
As the local head of the Imperial City Bureau, he has the responsibility to manage the improper affairs in the world. In addition, with the presence of two noble persons, Gu Qianfan and Yuan Xudong, Lao Jia plans to perform well. They are just a few stupid thieves and he can deal with them all by himself. Thinking of this, Lao Jia's right hand reached for the sword at his waist, and stood up to help. However, he saw Gu Qianfan shook his head slightly, and then sat back down. He watched these gangsters confront the local yamen runners. For a while, the scene was extremely chaotic. Both sides did not dare to act rashly, but just shouted at each other.
"Put the knife down!"
"Don't come over here!"
"Don't move, don't move!"
Seeing that there was no way to escape, the gangsters began to take hostages. Each of them pulled over a tea drinker and put the sharp machetes in their hands to their necks. Perhaps because Zhao Pan'er was too beautiful, she was still held hostage by the leading gangster even though she was hiding at the back. The silver machete was placed on her most delicate neck. Zhao Pan'er held the fragrant wood tray in her arms and looked at the gangster leader who had held her hostage in panic. There was a hideous scar between his eyebrows, his face was full of flesh, he had a beard, and his eyes were fierce. He was a ruthless man with no mercy at all.
The leader of the gangsters held Zhao Pan'er hostage, then looked at the yamen runners blocking the entrance of the teahouse and threatened loudly:
"Don't come over here, if you come one step closer, I'll kill them all!"
"stop!"
The leading yamen runner shouted in a deep voice:
"Wang San, put down the knife and don't hurt the hostages!"
"Bah, you think I, Wang San, am a fool, right?"
Looking at the leading yamen runner, the leader of the gangsters put the blade of the knife against Zhao Pan'er's delicate neck and sneered:
"Selling salt illegally is a serious crime. It means death anyway. What should I, Wang San, be afraid of?"
As he spoke, his face turned fierce:
"Put down your knives, leave the teahouse, and prepare five fast horses for us, otherwise, all these hostages will die!"
"good!"
Seeing Wang San and his men desperate and trying to make desperate moves, the leading yamen runner slowly put down their swords and retreated step by step, compromising:
"Wang San, as long as you don't hurt anyone, we can talk about anything!"
"Stop talking nonsense and prepare the horses!"
"well!"
…
Seeing the yamen runners laying down their weapons and leaving the teahouse, Yuan Xudong was quite surprised. These yamen runners actually laid down their weapons. He thought that the yamen runners in ancient times were the kind of people who didn't care much about the lives of ordinary people. He didn't expect that he had underestimated the ancients!
In the teahouse, Sun Sanniang lifted the curtain and looked out. She was shocked to see Zhao Pan'er being held hostage by the gangsters. Then she picked up a large copper basin and a kitchen knife, and hid by the door, ready to rush out and rescue Zhao Pan'er at any time.
In addition to being a cook who can make delicious dishes and deer-mingling cakes, she is also a butcher. From childhood to adulthood, she has slaughtered at least 700 or 800 fat pigs, if not 100,000. Her butchering skills are superb, and ordinary men are no match for her. If it were not for the constraints of the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, she would have made her husband kneel down to talk to her, and she would not have been bullied by others at will.
Seeing Zhao Pan'er being held hostage by the gangsters, crying and looking so pitiful, Yuan Xudong felt very distressed. While everyone's attention was focused on the gangsters, he put his right hand into his arms and took out a gold ingot from the dimensional space, which weighed about ten taels and could be exchanged for at least one hundred strings of money. For someone with connections, it was not impossible to exchange it for one hundred and fifty strings of money . For ordinary people, it was a huge sum of money!
In addition to the gold ingots, Yuan Xudong also took out the Desert Eagle pistol and placed it together with the gold ingots. After everything was ready, Yuan Xudong took a few steps forward, bowed to the gang leader and said with a smile:
"Please spare my life, my dear man. Let Miss Pan'er go. I have money. Can I give it to you?"
Not far away, Gu Qianfan was still sitting there leisurely drinking hot tea, watching Yuan Xudong's poor acting skills with interest. Although he didn't know why Yuan Xudong concealed his identity, he didn't care. In Tokyo City, he was called a "living devil", and his own brother was no pushover either, with a violent temper. When he met that blind person, there was no one he dared not beat except the princes and grandchildren of the emperor. He especially liked to beat those second-generation officials who took advantage of their power to bully others. Although he himself was also a second-generation official who took advantage of his power to bully others, this did not prevent him from beating people. Over time, the people even made up nursery rhymes for him, and his reputation of "being an expert in both spear and sword" spread like wildfire!
Looking at the bold Yuan Xudong nearby, the gang leader Wang San smiled and said:
"Okay, brat, you want to learn how to be a hero and save the damsel, right?"
After saying this, without waiting for Yuan Xudong to answer, he put the blade against Zhao Paner's neck and said:
"How much money do you have to redeem this beauty, little brat?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the gangsters next to him also laughed along with their boss. Looking at Yuan Xudong who was wearing coarse cloth clothes, they didn't think that Yuan Xudong could come up with much money to redeem the person. At the moment, they were being pressed too hard by the officials and were nervous. They took advantage of Yuan Xudong to play the hero saving the beauty trick with him. While waiting for the officials to send a fast horse to continue their escape, they took the opportunity to ease the tense atmosphere.
"Is ten taels enough?"
Looking at the laughing criminals, Yuan Xudong smiled naively. He didn't want to kill people unless it was absolutely necessary, especially in front of Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang, as he was afraid that it would leave psychological trauma.
"Ten taels?"
I didn't expect that this young man in front of me would have ten taels. Although it's not a lot, it's not a small amount. They are about to flee to the ends of the earth, and they will definitely need money in the future. Thinking of this, the leader of the gangsters looked at Yuan Xudong and said directly:
"Where's the money?"
"On me!"
Hearing this, all the gangsters looked at Yuan Xudong, Gu Qianfan, Lao Jia, Sun Sanniang who was hiding behind the door of the teahouse, and other guests, including Zhao Paner who was held hostage by the gangster leader Wang San. They all looked at Yuan Xudong with tears in their eyes. She knew that Yuan Xudong had no money on him, so where did he get ten taels of silver?
As he spoke, Yuan Xudong reached his right hand into his arms and took out the gold ingot. Before traveling through time, Yuan Xudong specially ordered a batch of gold and silver ingots, one tael, two taels, ten taels, and even twenty taels, fifty taels, and one hundred taels, just for the convenience of use.
In the teahouse, seeing the golden ingot in Yuan Xudong's hand, the criminals opened their eyes slightly wide, and were overjoyed. They thought it was ten taels of silver, but they didn't expect it to be a whole ingot of gold. The leader of the criminals said excitedly:
"Okay, throw the gold over here!"
“Wait!”
After taking a look at Zhao Pan'er, who also had her eyes slightly wide open but was extremely beautiful, Yuan Xudong put his right hand holding the gold ingot back into his arms and said:
"You have many people and I am alone. Release Pan'er first, and then I will give you the gold!"
As he spoke, Yuan Xudong walked directly to the window, looked at the lake outside and threatened:
"Either let him go, or I throw the gold into the lake?"
"Wait, I'll let him go first!"
Taking a look at Yuan Xudong, who looked like a delicate scholar with no strength, the leader of the gangsters did not take him seriously. Instead, he was more worried that Yuan Xudong might really throw the gold into the lake. He couldn't escape, so he had to get the gold first. Thinking of this, he looked at Yuan Xudong and forced a smile and said:
"Brother, the young lady is yours!"
As he said this, he released Zhao Pan'er who was held hostage in his hand, pushed her towards Yuan Xudong, and said with a smile on his face:
"Gold?"
"Don't worry, the gold will be given to you!"
After taking a look at the criminals who were ready to make a move, Yuan Xudong waited for Zhao Pan'er to come to him. Seeing Zhao Pan'er with red eyes and a red knife mark on her fair neck, Yuan Xudong quickly hugged her waist and said with concern:
"Pan'er, are you okay?"
"fine!"
She shook her head slightly. In public, being held in Yuan Xudong's arms, Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but struggle slightly, blushing and saying:
"You, let go!"
"Don't move!"
Seeing the criminals who were about to lose control, Yuan Xudong blew into Zhao Paner's ear and said:
"Pan'er, can you swim?"
"Yes!"
Looking up at Yuan Xudong, as if she knew his next plan, Zhao Paner stopped struggling and just snuggled quietly in his arms, with her back to the gangsters and her eyes looking at the lake outside the window.
Yuan Xudong almost laughed out loud as he held the soft and fragrant beauty in his arms. It was a good opportunity for him to hug Zhao Pan'er's soft body and smell her pleasant fragrance. Such a beauty with a fair skin and delicate figure, if the occasion was not inappropriate, he would have wanted to become one with her so that he could taste her beauty to his heart's content!
While Yuan Xudong was distracted, he threw the ten-liang gold ingot to the gang leader Wang San. People should be honest and trustworthy. He gave the gold ingot as he said. However, whether he could live to spend it all depended on the gangsters' performance next.
Obviously, the gangsters are gangsters. After getting the gold, the gangster leader looked at Zhao Paner and Yuan Xudong hugging each other and said with a fierce smile:
"Boy, take off all your clothes, and take off the girl next to you too, so I can see what other goodies you have hidden!"
"really!"
Looking at the greedy gangsters, Yuan Xudong smiled. He knew it would be like this. Next, he could jump into the lake with Zhao Paner and let the beauty Zhao Paner save the hero so that he could take advantage. Or he could kill all the gangsters. After thinking about it, Yuan Xudong still chose to jump into the lake. He could save these gangsters for later. His current character setting would not allow it!
The greedy leader of the gangsters approached step by step. Yuan Xudong held the trembling Zhao Paner and retreated step by step until he finally retreated to the window. Just when Yuan Xudong was about to jump into the lake with Zhao Paner in his arms, Zhao Paner took the opportunity to suddenly shout:
"Sanniang, the big copper basin!"
"Okay!"
Following Sun Sanniang's energetic response, a large copper basin flew out from behind the curtain of the teahouse and hit the gangster leader squarely on the forehead, making a vibration sound that made Yuan Xudong's head buzz.
Before the gangsters could recover from the shock, Sun Sanniang rushed out of the teahouse with a kitchen knife in her hand, screaming "Ahhh", and started fighting with the gangsters. Zhao Pan'er also picked up the surrounding tables, chairs, benches, teacups, teapots and other things and threw them around to block the gangsters who were rushing towards her.
Looking at these two crazy women, Yuan Xudong swallowed his saliva, kicked the gangster leader who had fainted on the ground twice, took out his ten taels of gold from his arms and put it away, then took his machete and joined the increasingly chaotic battle.
In the southeast corner of the teahouse, Gu Qianfan was still sitting there drinking tea slowly, watching with interest how Yuan Xudong was hacking people randomly with a sharp machete, but not a drop of blood was seen. Compared with him, Old Jia seemed a little restless. You know, Shixiang Xiao was the most protective person. If something happened to his biological son here, no matter whether it was these gangsters, those yamen runners on duty, or even the tea drinkers, Madam Zhao who sold tea, etc., everyone would be buried with him.
Looking at Gu Qianfan who was still calm, Lao Jia hesitated for a moment and said:
"Commander-in-chief, how about I go and help Young Master Xiao?"
"No, just sit and watch the show!"
Glancing at Lao Jia, Gu Qianfan smiled slightly and said:
"Young Master Xiao is an excellent martial artist, skilled in both spear and sword. He is only dealing with a few petty thieves. Why would he need your help?"
"Your Excellency the Commander is right. I was worrying too much!"
As he spoke, the situation in the field suddenly changed. Zhao Pan'er smashed a gangster's forehead with a silver kettle in her hand. Hot water splashed instantly. The gangster immediately covered his burned eyes and wailed loudly. The knife in his hand flashed and he swung at the air randomly.
Yuan Xudong and Sun Sanniang each dealt with a knife-wielding gangster. The two sides fought back and forth, chopping each other's knives. Another gangster was using a knife to intimidate other tea drinkers. Seeing that his brother's eyes were scalded by Zhao Pan'er's boiling water, he wailed there and swung his knife at Zhao Pan'er. Zhao Pan'er just wanted to dodge, but was tripped by the tables, chairs and benches on the ground and almost fell. Seeing that there was nowhere to hide, just when she was desperate, Yuan Xudong grasped the knife handle with his backhand, with the blade facing outward, his body moved casually, his eyes were cold, and in a flash, the sharp blade cut the neck of the gangster who had been fighting with him for a long time.
Then, he jumped up with a bloody blade in hand, kicked away the steel knife that was chopped towards Zhao Pan'er, then grabbed her waist and held her in his arms. The steel knife that was kicked away by him chopped into the pillar, and most of the blade was inserted into it. Looking at the powerful Yuan Xudong, the gangster was obviously stunned, and then he saw his brother falling in a pool of blood , obviously having his throat cut by Yuan Xudong. The gangster's eyes were instantly bloodshot, and his face flushed. He picked up a steel knife from the ground and rushed straight towards Yuan Xudong, obviously wanting to fight him to the death. This was the first time he had killed someone. Perhaps it was the identity blessing arranged by the system, Yuan Xudong did not feel any discomfort. Holding the sharp blade, he felt murderous. Looking at the gangster who wanted to kill him, Yuan Xudong held the knife in his backhand, exerted his hidden strength in his hand, threw the knife out, and the knife flashed. The sharp blade pierced the gangster's chest directly, nailing him to the black pillar behind him, and he was spitting blood. It was obvious that he would not live long!
"you……"
Being held in Yuan Xudong's arms, Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but look up at him. The grinning Yuan Xudong, the cold-blooded Yuan Xudong, the Yuan Xudong who had killed two people in such a short time, Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but feel a little scared. She asked softly:
"Who are you?"
"Yuan Xudong!"
Looking at Zhao Pan'er who was a little scared of him, Yuan Xudong smiled, put his left hand around her waist, stroked her face with his right hand, and gently slid his fingers across her lips and said with a smile:
"My other name is Xiao Fan. Now that I saved your life, how are you going to repay me?"
