Chapter 5 Believe it or not, it's true

Before dawn, Glass Flower called Si Cui to accompany her, came out of the medicine shop, and went outside the south gate to invite Dai Kuiyi, who was playing the slingshot.The two crossed out of Guyi Street and reached the gate of the north city. They didn't take the shortcut of "entering the north gate and exiting the south gate".This is because Glass Flower is afraid that people will see him, so she walks through the streets and alleys all the way, choosing quiet and less crowded roads.Bastards always like to walk in the middle of the street, and cars, sedans, donkeys and horses have to avoid them; they also look around, and if anyone looks at them too much, trouble will come.Today Glass Flower lowered her head vigorously, wishing she could put her head in her bosom.Dead Cui thought to himself; I told you, boy, don’t show your face again today!

At that time, there was a large depression outside the south gate, full of stagnant water puddles where mosquitoes flew around, willow seedlings, criss-crossed earth platforms, wild graves where no one added soil, and airtight reed marshes. .Most of the people living here are Yando.Take platoon guns to shoot wild geese, mallards, herons and crakes, and sell them on the other side of the wall.This is a bustling wild market all year round, commonly known as "Nanshi", where you can buy and sell everything you want, including food, clothing and utility.In addition to fresh fish and new rice, seasonal vegetables and fruits, there are also some hawkers who sell all kinds of new and old groceries for daily use."Gold, vases, colors, hangings" in the rivers and lakes, such as tearing down characters, counting horse lessons, pulling camels or "single birds holding posts", performing tricks, juggling, playing Luanzhou shadows, Those who sing Baotou Luozi, Haha Tune, Xihe Dagu, etc., all gather here to make ends meet.In Tianjin, there is a piece of land that is the master.There are hegemons in the river, there are hegemony in the fishing, there are leaders on the dock, there are feet on the ground, the president of the chamber of commerce, and the ancestors in the business. .In this market, there are "three big guys" who bully and dominate the market--Dai Kuiyi, He Laobai, and Bao Wanjin, all of whom have "settled their seats" for a long time ("big guys" refer to their bodies) Reinforced iron bone tendon meat).The most capable of these three "big guys" is Dai Kuiyi.A slingshot in his hand can be called the world's best.The best trick is to put a thin porcelain wine jug horizontally on the table, and put a clay bomb on the mouth of the bottle. The clay bomb is the same size as the bottle mouth. Throw it away and smash the clay bomb into the pot without damaging the bottle.He uses this superb skill to attract people to watch, and he is really selling "Hua Shi Pill".As long as he has performed a few slingshot moves, he will hold a piece of bloody fresh beef, chew it raw, and then swallow a few pills that look like sheep dung eggs, saying that the pills will disappear in his stomach, raw and cold.He sells medicine in such a way that people are stunned. People spend money to buy medicine, not because they believe that the medicine can really transform food, but because they are afraid of his evil power.It is said that in the 20th year of Guangxu, a horse troupe from Henan performed "Small Knife Mountain".Most of the horse teams in Henan have a lot of Shaolin kung fu skills, relying on their skills, they didn't go to visit him first, which annoyed him.When a young woman climbed up a three or forty-foot-long big cedar pole to get the big top, Dai Kui stood in the distance and shouted: "Grandpa Dai will change your left eye!" !" He shot a ball of mud into the left eye socket of the female handle, and all the men and women in the horse team wanted to fight against Dai Kui. Who would dare to move forward when they saw this loaded slingshot? From now on, no one would If you dare to provoke him, even Glass Flower's left eye is useless, and she doesn't want to change it to a mud ball.

"Grandpa Dai, please come here, buddies!" Glass Flower cupped her hands and said.He was not strong at this time, and he was not energetic when he spoke. "What are you talking about, third master! Brothers, I am in the south of the city, and you are in the north of the city. The city is separated by people, not by loyalty. The other day, fourth master Cui came and passed your words to me. I told the fourth master , As long as your third master says a word, our buddies will recognize it! But... I just used my brain to think about it, is that silly boy who sells fried tofu worth a mud ball from Dai Kuiyi? Ah? Hahahaha. "

Dai Kui grinned his mouth wide and laughed wildly on his back.He is shirtless.This smile is full of pimples and moves up and down like a live mouse.He is tall and broad, with an ape-back and wasp-waist, eagle nose and leopard eyes, and a wide orange satin belt with a willow fork and a large slingshot made of cowhide.At the moment, he was standing in front of his shop, and there were two skeletons of dead people hanging on the wall facing him.The background and the attire set it off, making it even more fierce.Originally, Dai Kuiyi had promised to go for the glass flower today.Although he has always been fearless, he has a brain. In the past two days, he has often heard rumors about Sha Er's braids, and the rumors are miraculous.Between doubts, he began to weigh up whether it was worth it to touch that idiot who didn't know his roots for this bastard who had never done anything to him and was currently memorizing...

Si Cui seemed to have seen how Dai Kui moved the chess pieces in his mind.He thought that if Dai Kui didn't help, he would squeeze the glass flower and attack Sha Er secretly.Anyway, Glass Flower never dared to fight Silly Er again, and had planned several times to send a few gangsters to attack Silly Er secretly.It has always been better to do it secretly than to do it openly.As long as Sha Er is disabled, the glass flower will shake again on the Yiyi Street.Therefore, we must try to get Dai Kui to fight Sha Er.If Dai Kui wins, he spreads the wind outside and says that Glass Flower is incompetent and kills people with a knife, and Glass Flower's face will be disgraceful; if Sha Er wins, Dai Kui must hate Glass Flower for ruining his reputation and return Will there be glass flowers? Thinking of this, he provoked Dai Kui with words:

"Master Dai, I heard that idiot say that you are not a saltwater man at all." "How do you say it?" Dai Kui didn't understand what the words meant. "That idiot is a saltwater man. He said that the salty water is hard, and the people are hard, so there are no crabs." Si Cui said. "I don't understand your words." Dai Kui said. Dead Cui smiled and said: "I'm just scolding you! The bones of the crab grow on the outside, and the meat grows on the inside. It's hard on the outside and soft on the inside, but it looks hard. Don't be angry, that idiot still has something to say, he said, talking about the arm No one can stand up to his braids except for his thighs, your slingshot is just a piece of cake!"

The ability to deal with people depends entirely on whether you can pinpoint the opponent's vitals.Look for the key point, and it's over with one stab.Dead Cui knew well that although Dai Kuiyi was tall and big, his mind was no bigger than the eye of a needle.He understands better that jealousy is quite funny: men are jealous of men, women are jealous of women, peers are jealous of peers, peers are jealous of peers; --I've never heard that a famous chef in Shanhaiguan would be jealous of a calligraphy and painting seller in Guangdong, even if the guy who dances with ink is more famous than him.

Sure enough, Dai Kuiyi couldn't hold these few words in his chest, and cursed out of anger. Dead Cui added fuel to the fire: "Everyone calls the idiot's braid the 'magic whip'!" This "magic whip" was made up by him in order to anger Dai Kuiyi. "Why is it called 'Divine Whip'?" Dai Kui roared.The fire in his heart flowed through his whole body along with the blood, and the noodle-thick blue veins on the back of his hands, arms, neck, and temples all swelled up. "He said, as long as you are a mortal, you can smoke whoever you want!" Si Cui said, looking at Dai Kui's angry face with a pair of small black eyes.He had to watch the jealousy burn Dai Kuiyi's chest.

Dai Kui shouted: "He's a god, I'll shoot him down too!" Then, he took the slingshot around his waist in his hand, turned around and made a move of "Looking back at the moon", and shot two clay bullets in succession. go up.I just heard a "pop" from the sky.The second clay bomb flew even faster and smashed the first one to pieces. Glass Flower clapped her hands and shouted: "Good work, turn that idiot's head into a colander!" When Dai Kui heard this, a smile appeared on his face.He asked his apprentice to go into the room and take out a satin embroidered ammunition bag, and then from the rows of clay balls hanging on the bluestone board, he selected some of the roundest, hardest, black colored clay balls to fill the bag.As soon as Dai Kui rolled his eyes, he went into the room and took two iron bullets and tucked them around his waist, then he came out and took two apprentices with him to fight Glass Flower and Si Cui looking for Sha Er.

Walking from Xiguan Street to the end, there is a courtyard surrounded by adobe walls.The wall is quite high, and only three or two green tile roofs are exposed on it.A few old jujube trees are black and purple, not sprouting, and their thorny branches are densely covered.There was no movement in the courtyard, no birds chirping in the trees, no smoke coming out of the chimney, it looked like some strange people lived in it. Someone emboldened Glass Flower, and he suddenly became more energetic.Go up and knock on the door with a "crack! Crack" and shout: "Playing with a dog's tail, the third master has come to the door!"

After smashing it for a while, there was no sound.He found half a brick and was about to throw it at the door when he heard a hoarse voice: "I'm here!" They looked back involuntarily, and saw Silly Er standing under a few big willow trees not far away.It was still the same blue cloth coat, with thick and long braids coiled around his head.The glass flower jumped up, wishing to tear up the silly two: "Don't think that the third master has fallen. I will ask you to pay the bill today!" Silly Er's attitude is humble, and he speaks sincerely: "Where did the third master go? I don't have the ability to fight with you. I was also confused that day. I happened to bump into your third master twice. You don't take it seriously!" "Good boy, do you still want to embarrass me? You fucking beat me up 'in a daze'? What a sigh of relief! Idiot, let me tell you, I don't need the third master to teach you today. This one, have you seen it, Dai?" Kui Yi, Mr. Dai, who shoots the slingshot in Nanshi, the brother of your third master, is here to change your eyeballs. Do it if you can!" Dai Kui stood still, cupped his hands and said, "I am a crab, come and know how to whip!" These words are sour, and they seem to be squeezed out of teeth. Silly Er was dumbfounded.Is it a crab? Magic Whip? What is the magic whip? He said: "Don't hear me badly. I don't understand what you're saying. Please say it again." Dai Kui smiled: "You've heard it beautifully, and I want to listen to it again. I never serve people with words. Since both of us are salt water people, we were raised with salt water—with you and without me, there is I don't have you, come on!" He took off his coat, took out his bow and loaded it. Glass Flower leaned forward and said, "Master Dai is really good. If you need anything in the north of the city, you can come to me. Hey, you can watch out for his braids!" Silly Er listened to what he said about drinking salt water, and it was even more inexplicable. Before he could ask, Dai Kui forced him: "How to play?" silly two said: "Forget it, I have seen your kung fu. Why should we be enemies?" Dead Cui shouted beside him: "Did you understand? Master Dai, he only said that he had seen your kung fu, but he didn't say it was good or bad. Does it matter if you have seen it? You have seen sugar blowers and dough kneaders too!" This is another breath on the fire.Dai Kui stared at Sha Er's face angrily and said, "You don't move, I'll move!" He had already stretched the slingshot, and the tense tendon was shaking. Silly Er thought for a while, walked to a place three feet away, stood up, and said to Dai Kuiyi: "You hit me with three clay bombs and we're done, okay?" Dai Kuiyi said: "Three? No, just wear one! Look--" As he said, he took a big step back with his right leg, leaned his upper body back, and made an "iron bridge".This trick is also called "the overlord draws his bow backwards".Immediately, he loosened his fingers, and at the sound of the bow, a clay bomb flew towards Sha Er, too fast to be seen, and only heard the sound of "chucking" through the air, followed by, bang! The clay bomb fell to the center of the field and jumped. Three times, roll twice, and stop.Look again, Silly Er's braid has fallen from the top of his head to his shoulders.The clay bomb was obviously dropped to the ground by the braid.This action can be described as "unbelievable", which made Dai Kuiyi and the others witness the inconceivable miraculous power of Silly Er's braid. Dai Kui lost a move.Regardless of what he said just now, he shot very quickly, took out the two pig iron bullets hidden in his waist, and shot them at the same time.This is called "Double Beads Contesting for the Championship". One ball takes Sha Er's head directly, and the other pill goes to remove it, so that Sha Er can't hide from the top but not the bottom.This trick is another housekeeping skill that Dai Kuiyi seldom uses. The iron bullet was big and heavy, and when it flew out, it made a whining sound, and then I heard the silly cry: "Good job!" With a twist of the body, the big black braid turned around like lightning, drawing a big black circle, pop! pop! ! Pull the two projectiles to the ground again.Half of the heavy iron projectile sank into the ground.Silly Er stood there leisurely, as if waving away two flies, not taking it seriously.Everyone was dumbfounded. This time, if you didn't see it with your own eyes, no one would believe it.But something is happening, and it is true if you don’t believe it. Dai Kui's face swelled into a red cloth.He can't fight anymore.Originally, he said he would play one bullet, but he has already played three; besides, he has no more powerful moves, so he can only admit defeat.He stuck the slingshot into his belt, cupped his hands and said: "It's your turn, let go!" Sha Er shook his hands and said: "Grandpa Dai, if you want to hit me again, you will never fight back. Let's be friends today, not a competition of kung fu. You just play a few bombs for fun." These few words didn't have any hooks or thorns at all, it was obvious that this idiot didn't want to be troublesome.Dai Kui thought in his heart, if he stopped here, he could go back with face; if the trouble continued, he would have to lose face here.I definitely can't stand Sha Er's elusive, magical braid.It's better to know the way and take advantage of the silly two's words to hurry down the steps.At this time, the silly second said: "Master Dai, I'm a fried tofu maker, not from the martial arts world, and I don't intend to go here. Therefore, I don't want to have any enemies with anyone. I can't figure out what you just said--why did you say that?" I am from Xianshuigu? I have been from Anci County for eight generations, and I was also born in my hometown in the countryside. Also, who do you mean by the "magic whip"? Did you screw it up? Or is someone trying to make you money with nonsense? Anyway, I’m telling the truth, not a single word is false.” These few words immediately extinguished all the anger in Dai Kui's heart.He didn't answer, but cupped his fists and said to Silly Er, "You are a bright man. I--go!" He turned around and left without answering Glass Flower and Si Cui. Seeing that the matter was over, Silly Er also went home. Glass Flower caught up with Dai Kui and said: "Grandfather Dai, you can't just let it go. Don't listen to the words of a fool who pretends to be cute. Once you leave, you will fall to him. Don't you still have the ability to 'change eyes'..." Dai Kuiyi seemed to be full of breath, without saying a word, striding forward, walking, suddenly stopped, opened his mouth and cursed Glass Flower: "Go to hell, I almost told you to smash the sign! You His mother can't beat him, so pull me to back him up. My surname Dai has never been so useless as I am today, and you still push me to death. I, I will change your eyeballs first!" As he said, he pulled up the slingshot and shot to fight.The rubber band is stretched as thin as a thread.It seemed that he wanted to vent all his anger with this clay marble. When Glass Flower got scared, she flopped and knelt on the ground, yelling in horror: "Master Dai, Mr. Dai, you are my grandfather! You must not destroy me. I still have an 80-year-old mother and a son in my arms!" In fact, he is a bachelor.This is a cliché in the world of begging for mercy. How can bastards be afraid of death? Glass Flower has always made fun of death.Why is there pus today? Could it be that the braids of the silly second broke the spine? This way, everyone will look down on the glass flower. "Si Cui, you still don't want to smooth things over!" Glass Flower wanted to call Si Cui the trouble. Cui Hehe smiled slyly, without saying a word.This is exactly what he wanted. Glass Flower had no choice but to kneel on the ground and beg Dai Kui for mercy. Dai Kui pulled the slingshot vigorously, but the clay marbles didn't go out, but snapped the double-strand beef tendons, and the bow frame was left in the ditch by the side of the road.With a stern face, he took his apprentice away without saying a word. Glass Flower knelt for a while.Suddenly thinking of Si Cui, he turned his head and saw that there was no one there.Dead Cui is long gone. He stood up, thought for a while, and felt that something was wrong, so he went straight to the "pot guy" in Beidaguan.This "gut guy" is the place where the scumbags gather for business.Si Cui was inside, and he fell out with Si Cui when he entered the house.Si Cui is not like usual. Not only is he not afraid of him, but he is even more aggressive than him. The punks who usually follow behind him are also aggressive with him.In the past, he was held up by a bad temper, and he kept his word on Juyi Street, but now he seemed to have lost his temper, and he couldn't get hard no matter what, and he actually asked the gangsters to come out like a dog.He had nowhere to go, so he ran to Ruizhitang Pharmacy, still thinking about living in the room in the backyard.At this time, it was Cai Liu who took care of the shop.The kid smiled but didn't smile, and his words were a bit insulting, he didn't ask him in, but invited him out, so angry that Glass Flower yelled in the street: "Okay! Beat the drums and beat people! When the third master pulls the fool's braids off, he will smash your shop!" Cai Liu gently wiped the dust on the counter with a feather duster, as if he didn't hear it.People on the road stood still, watching the glass flower making a scene, like watching a vicious tiger in a cage. Although it looked scary, there was nothing scary about it.