Travel Notes of Tianlong

"We are guests from afar, please have a cup of tea to relieve the heat!"A tea stall owner on the street saw Tang Hao wandering alone, so he invited him to his stall. When he asked whether Tang Hao was from outside the village, he politely invited him to drink tea.

This is the time when he came to the West On the second day of the village, the four landlords of Wangyou Building had already told everyone in the building that Tang Hao could come and go as he pleased, so his movements were not restricted.

Tang Hao had breakfast in the morning and heard that the four landlords had their own plans. He was busy so he didn't go looking for them. He planned to go to the village alone to see if there were any clues. Although he didn't have any hope, it was idle anyway.

Tang Hao learned from the chat with the tea stall owner. The vast majority of residents in this Xizhai are aboriginal mountain people from nearby. It is not until recent years that some martial arts people from various places have slowly moved here to escape the world or hide from enemies. The originally peaceful place has been The existence of this group of martial arts people allowed the Wangyoulou brothers, headed by Boss Qi, to set a lot of rules for the village.

However, Xizhai was not completely isolated from the world, and there were often traveling merchants from outside to sell some The residents in the village will also exchange their own goods with the merchants in exchange for what they need. However, the surrounding countries seem to have no intention of annexing the village for some reason. In Tang Hao's view, these are bigger problems. Maybe it's because this place is too insignificant for the country.

After bidding farewell to the tea stall owner, Tang Hao continued to wander on the street. In his eyes, this village was not much different from some small towns, and those The villagers dressed as martial arts people did not behave out of the ordinary. It seemed that Boss Qi's rules were quite intimidating.

However, Tang Hao didn't care much about them. He was more curious that Boss Qi specially invited him to the west. The reason for the village, and the game system has unlocked an area after a long time, it can’t be just for him to wander around and relieve his boredom. The entire village is not very large, and Tang Hao can walk around it in less than half a day. Overall, The village is quite peaceful, and the ordinary people living here get along well with the martial arts people. However, Tang Hao still instinctively thinks that some things should not be taken at face value. Anyway, he has already made up his mind to stay here for three days, so why not observe more? Observe.

Near noon, Tang Hao was gnawing on a sesame seed cake bought from a stall in one hand and looking around,"Eh?"He really saw something unusual.

On the far corner of the street, there were a few big men dragging a little girl into the alley. It seemed that the girl was very resistant. In Tang Hao's opinion, this might be something he could dig into. If something was revealed, he immediately decided to follow him.

"Help! Help!"The girl's shout echoed in the alley, but it is indeed a bit remote here and no one came out.

Tang Hao has been observing secretly. He will naturally come to the rescue if necessary, but now he is more interested in the ins and outs of the whole thing.

"Little girl, stop shouting. Your father took our money and sold you. Here is the deed of sale. Even if you file a lawsuit with the government, you have to go with us!"The person who looked like the leader held up a piece of paper and said

"It makes some sense," Tang Hao nodded. It was not uncommon for parents to sell their children in this era. Although the girl was a little pitiful, Tang Hao's rash actions broke the rules.

"Brothers, please, my mother is sick, and my heartless father has gambled all the money in the family. I beg you, please let me go..." The girl who looked very immature begged.

"That's not okay." The leader shook his head,"Your father took twenty taels of silver from us. We are not unreasonable. Either you pay us money or you go with us."

"Hey," Tang Hao shook his head,"It's easy for the screenwriter to design the plot of this game. Just use an old plot and come up with it." Tang Hao had seen this scene before him countless times.

"Hey! Everyone! I heard what you said, how about I be a peacemaker?"The little girl over there was still pleading, but Tang Hao didn't want to hear it anymore,"Friends passing by, I advise you to leave this matter alone. We are just entrusted by others."The leaders of several big men bowed their hands to Tang Hao.

"Don’t worry, everyone, I don’t mean anything else. I just want to disturb you to help me clarify my doubts. As for this little girl, I just heard that your father took twenty taels of silver from you. I will give you one hundred taels. How about letting the girl go?"The rules of the world cannot be broken. Tang Hao does not want to antagonize the other party."

""Your Excellency," the leader took the money and weighed it in his hand,"let her go, girl. You are lucky to have this gentleman come to your rescue today.""

"Little girl, thank you big brother!"The little girl quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Tang Hao,"If you're not busy, you stay here for a while. I'll take you home after I finish chatting with these elder brothers. Hero, can you take a step to speak?"Tang Hao turned around and looked at the leader

"You guys wait here," the leader ordered and followed Tang Hao a little further away. Naturally, Tang Hao was not at ease with them, so he just stayed away for a short distance and controlled everyone within his sight. Within the range, even if they still want to misbehave with the girl, he can stop them in time.

"Your Excellency is straightforward and respects the rules. If you have any questions, just ask me and see if I, Lao Jin, can help." It turns out that the leader's surname is Jin.

"Brother Jin is quite abiding by the rules," Tang Hao laughed. He didn't expect that a gangster doing this kind of business would keep the rules on his lips.

"Hahaha, brother is joking." Seeing that Tang Hao didn't want to reveal his name, the golden leader didn't care,"You know, although the things that brothers do are not very fair, if they don't abide by the village rules set by Boss Qi of Wangyoulou, , then we brothers will be miserable."

Subsequently, Tang Hao learned from Jin Touxian about the dark side of Xizhai. Because there were more and more outsiders here, some wine shops and gambling stalls gradually appeared in the village. Over time, people in the village would also go in and out of them in their free time. Play a few hands.

As time went by, many old gamblers began to sell their children and daughters to pay off debts. This was not uncommon at the time and the government would officially formalize these so-called"legal" transactions. Issue a deed of sale.

However, this Xizhai theoretically belongs to the"Three No Ones" zone, so Boss Qi and the others can only"regulate" this transaction in the village by drawing on government practices.

Boss Jin and the others are the only ones in the village who have been"authorized" organization,"But, brother, you can help this little girl once, but you can't help her forever. Her gambling father has turned his back on me." Of course, the people who do this business know the whole story. Understand something

"Boss Jin was joking, I was just following along, not out of any sense of justice." Tang Hao never talked about justice,"But this girl is also pitiful. Her mother is seriously ill. Did she find a doctor? heal?"

"Hahaha, that girl's gambler dad used all the money he had to gamble. He didn't have time to find someone to treat her illness. I guess her mother couldn't hold on any longer. Xiongtai redeemed her body today, ostensibly to save her. , In fact, he might have harmed that girl."

Boss Jin lit up his cigarette, took a deep breath, and looked at the little girl who was still worried.

"oh? Could it be that if I was sold by you, I would have a good place to go?"Tang Hao was also surprised. He had always believed that women in this era would not have an easy life if they did not join the lowly status. He had heard a lot about the stories of girls being forced into prostitution.

"What we do is serious business, and the places we find for them are all the houses of officials or merchants and gentry. Working as a maid in one of those houses is no worse than staying in this village for the rest of your life, right?"Boss Jin blew out a smoke ring.

"It's my fault." Tang Hao then thought, if the girl's father went back and saw the sold daughter back home, there is a high probability that he would not be happy about the reunion but would be thinking about having no money. It's time to sell it for money.

"Hahahaha, it doesn't matter. In a few days, that girl will come to me, Lao Jin." Boss Jin's confident look made Tang Hao a little helpless.

After chatting with Boss Jin for a long time, Tang Hao felt that this person was interested in the people in Wangyou Building. His understanding was not deep, so he didn’t stop any further,"Brother Jin is a righteous man, please keep this in mind, we will see you soon!"After that, Tang Hao turned around and walked towards the little girl who was still in shock.

"Little sister, it’s okay, I’ll take you home." Seeing Boss Jin and others leaving, Tang Hao was ready to do it to the end. Although he could not be called a benevolent and righteous hero, he would not do things halfway.

"Brother, please save my mother, I can do anything you ask me to do!"The little girl immediately knelt down and kowtowed, begging Tang Hao to help save her mother again,"Big Brother saved me today, then I am yours, and I can do whatever Big Brother wants me to do.""This girl looks about fifteen or sixteen years old, and she already understands many things.

"Hiss..." Tang Hao hesitated. Originally, he just saved someone, but now it has become a troublesome thing. It is not difficult to save this girl's mother, but what about her worried father? It would be easier to kill him. , how to explain the problem to the remaining orphans and widows?

"Okay, big brother will send you home, and I can just give your mother some diagnosis and treatment." Tang Hao was not willing to do the indiscriminate killing of innocent people. He decided to withdraw after saving people. As for what happened next, it actually had nothing to do with him..

After following the little girl for a while, they came to a broken hut,"Brother, my mother is inside, please find a way to save her!""The girl believed this strange brother from the bottom of her heart,"Don't worry, wait for me to take a look."As soon as Tang Hao brought up the system and scanned it, the information of the mother lying motionless appeared in front of him. She was an ordinary peasant woman. There was nothing special about her. She was just suffering from fever and malnutrition because she had not had enough to eat for a long time. condition, but if not treated in time, it really won’t last long.

"Little sister, it's okay, your mother can be saved. Tang Hao put his hand on the peasant woman and slowly injected a gentle internal force to restore her vitality."Here, give your mother this pill to make sure she is fine.""Tang Hao took out a brown pill and handed it to the little sister.

"anyone there! Where is that bastard Jiang Si!"As soon as I took the medicine, there was a shouting and cursing outside the door,"Is this?"Tang Hao looked at the little girl,"Jiang Si is my father, maybe..." the little girl said timidly,"Ah, I understand, just stay here with your mother and use this bag of rice to cook some porridge. Feed her to drink when she wakes up."Tang Hao stood up and took out another bag of millet for the mother and daughter.

"Yo! ? Come out with a pretty boy!"Seeing that it was not Jiang Si but Tang Hao who came out of the hut, the crowd around them became even more noisy.

"You are? Tang Hao saw that they were all dressed up in different ways, and they seemed to be more than just a group of people."Hahaha, I'm the boss of various gambling stalls in Xizhai. Today I'm here to ask for the debt from Jiang Si. If you can't pay, This dilapidated house, his wife and children will all be used to pay off the debt!"From what the stall said, it seems that Jiang Si has nothing to lose.

"who are you? Couldn't it be that Jiang Si's wife was in love with? One of them uttered obscene words,"Pah!""A loud slap on his face, Tang Hao went up and knocked out a few of his teeth,"If you have something to say, don't talk about anything else!"

"How dare you use violence! Others shouted,"Wait a minute!""However, one of the people with some background in martial arts saw that Tang Hao was unusual. From the time Tang Hao made his move until he returned to his original position, he did not see his movements clearly. That person immediately realized that this stranger was not easy to mess with.

"Friends, it is natural for us to pay back debts. What is wrong with us asking for debts? If you have nothing to do with Jiang Si's family, please make it a convenience and not get involved in this matter, otherwise we won't be able to explain it to the superiors."The man clasped his fists at Tang Hao

"This is just like a human saying," Tang Hao said with his hands behind his back,"I really have nothing to do with that Chiang Si, but a good man will send Buddha to the West to the end, so if he encounters him, he should be dealt with."Gamblers bring their own fault, but the mother and daughter are innocent. Tang Hao really can't bear to let them suffer."

"If you don't drink the toast, you'll get a fine drink, come on..." One of the stalls became impatient and turned around to tell his subordinates to take action,"Slow down!"It was the person with some foundation who stopped them,"Friend, do you want to use force?"To be honest, he knew very well that if he really wanted to take action, their three-legged cat skills were no match for the stranger opposite him.

"No, no, no, that's not the case." Tang Hao also believed that it was reasonable for the other party to come to ask for debts, and naturally he would not use force to bully the weak."What I mean is that I will pay back the money they owe, and you can each show the proof of the debt. I promise that you will pay everything today. Pay off."A bad gambler can't owe much money in a small place like this. He, Tang Hao, doesn't take it seriously at all.

"hey-hey! Jiang Si had some kind of bad luck, and the God of Wealth actually came to help him pay back the money."Everyone was naturally happy when they heard that the other party was willing to pay back the money on the spot. For them, collecting money is the first priority.

Tang Hao didn't waste any time. He looked at the vouchers that the group of people took out and reconciled the accounts one by one. It was clean, and the facts were as he expected. The fourth Jiang company owed only two hundred taels of silver, both original and with interest, which was nothing to Tang Hao. When everyone dispersed with the money, the little girl just now was crying. He came up and knelt down and kowtowed to Tang Hao,"Brother, I really can't repay you, so just take my life. I will never be able to repay the money my father owes me in my lifetime!""

""Get up, you don't have to pay back the money." Tang Hao did this just on a temporary basis,"Just take the money and buy your mother some food to replenish her body."After that, Tang Hao left the Jiang family.

As the saying goes, treating the symptoms does not cure the root cause. The root cause of the mother and daughter's tragedy lies in the rotten gambler father. If this root cause is not solved, what happened today will happen again sooner or later.

"Yo! Friends, do you still remember me?"Tang Hao walked quickly and immediately caught up with the driver who was controlling the field."Brother, do you have any advice?"The man asked curiously. He even thought that Tang Hao was coming to take back the silver coins that he had just helped return to their gambling stall.

"I want to ask you, where is Jiang Si now?"Tang Hao asked

"oh! That kid, I'm afraid he's hiding somewhere to hide from debts. He probably won't show up in the next few days. If brother wants to find him, why don't you come back with me to upgrade the company? My boss may be able to help you."The stall owner replied

"Then I'll help you, my friend." Tang Hao originally wanted to observe more about the customs and customs of Xizhai, so it wouldn't hurt to go and see the gambling stalls.