Chapter 54: Fierce Reputation [Thank you to the book friends who tipped]

Xu Zaijing leaned back with force, and soon the three of them leaned against the gatehouse by the street.

This reduced the possibility of an attack from behind.

Several people approached Xu Zaijing, and the sharp blades hidden at their wrists were held in their hands.

"There's a weapon! There's a weapon!"

A passerby with sharp eyes shouted.

The loud screams of the passersby on the street made other passersby avoid them one after another, leaving a small empty space beside Xu Zaijing instantly.

Suddenly,

A quite strong thief matron shouted in her mouth:

"Let go of my young lady!"

Making a gesture to pull the maid beside Xu Pingmei.

There were also two strong men walking quickly toward Xu Zaijing.

"Little beast, kill you."

Saying this, the two surrounded him.

The matron continued to pull at Xu Pingmei, but was stabbed several times by the hairpin in Pingmei's hand.

They had been doing this kind of business for many years.

Boys of Xu Zaijing's age, seeing a knife and hearing this curse, would be scared to pee or be stunned.

They wouldn't use the ruthless, silent style they used against experts.

Shouting was useless against experts.

Threatening, one person's knife had already stabbed toward Xu Zaijing.

However, Xu Zaijing had been training day after day for these years, and he already had a fierce tiger in his heart.

Clearly possessing martial arts, he was unable to display them.

It was also because Xu Zaijing hadn't reached the state of mind of "smelling the roses," only thinking of "roaring in the mountains and forests."

Although he wanted to use his full strength, the reminders from his master during daily training made him calm down for a moment.

Thinking for a moment, Xu Zaijing kicked out.

One bandit's lower leg bent at an incredible angle, and the hand holding the knife was backhanded and stabbed into his own shoulder.

Xu Zaijing's strength was something he couldn't contend with at all, which made his eyes full of confusion.

His companion beside him was kicked in the waist, his body tilted, and he was kicked flying.

Instantly, two people lost their ability to act.

That matron's knee under her skirt was kicked by Xu Zaijing and directly deformed, instantly falling to the side, making a sound like a slaughtered pig.

The people nearby didn't even see clearly how Xu Zaijing made his move.

The contrast in size was so huge, and the result was so surprising.

Four people, less than three seconds.

The one who flew out vomited blood, his eyes full of tears, as if from pain.

"My waist is broken, hand stabbed, retreat quickly! Damn it!"

The person with the knife in his own shoulder was stepped on the ground by Xu Zaijing, unable to move.

"Save me!! Ah!"

Just now, his lower leg deformed, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground; when he landed, the knife went in another inch.

Stepped on the shoulder by Xu Zaijing, he was unable to move.

The five people nearby fell into command confusion; two went to help the person, but three others fiercely rushed toward Xu Zaijing.

There was also a woman going to help the matron with the broken leg.

Xu Zaijing moved his feet slightly and kicked the person lying beside him like a ball.

It knocked down the three people who rushed over.

Then Xu Zaijing turned his head instantly, looking at a boy about his age on the side.

"Hmm??!!"

The spirit brought by long-term training, plus a muffled roar,

that boy was already stunned, and the knife in his hand was dropped to the ground, scared by the look in Xu Zaijing's eyes.

Xu Zaijing just wanted to lift his foot, but the boy was scared to sit on the ground, crawling into the crowd in a panic.

Actually, Xu Zaijing had more violent and concise moves, hitting the throat, kicking the crotch.

However, for a moment, he felt his elder sister behind him, and his eldest brother's wedding date, so he didn't use too bloody killing moves,

mostly injuring people, um, half-paralyzed, missing arms and legs kind of injuries.

Xu Zaijing still didn't leave his sister to pursue.

That group of people also knew they couldn't win, dragging the three disabled people, pushing away the surrounding crowd with force, and entered the dim alley on the side.

In the distance, the soldiers of the City Patrol Division were already blowing bamboo whistles and rushing toward this side to maintain order.

However, going against the flow of people, they took one step and retreated three steps.

All this happened in less than a minute; when Qingyun arrived, that group of people was already dragging people away.

"Pah! Damn thieves."

Pingmei held the hairpin from her hair in her hand and opened her mouth to curse.

Beside her, a wealthy person from Bianjing shouted: "Young lady, fearless in the face of danger, good courage!"

Hearing this, the crowd nearby praised one after another:

"Young lady has good courage!"

"Worthy of being a noble girl of my Bianjing!"

"I don't know which family's young lady this is; if she is not betrothed, I should go and propose for my son."

"Little young master, good skills!"

"Little young master has good strength!"

At this time, Xu Minghua and Sun Shi finally reached this place against the flow of people.

Xu Minghua hurriedly bowed to the surrounding residents and spectators.

"Thank you all for your righteous help. Thank you!"

"The Hou has raised good children, admire, admire!"

"Isn't this Hou Xu of Quyuanjie?"

"Hou Xu!"

Sun Shi, on the other hand, held Xu Anmei tightly with one hand, while asking her daughter and son if they were injured with a pale face; within a few sentences, her eyes were already filled with tears.

Xu Minghua had the servants of the household scatter the gold and silver of gratitude.

Finally, the soldiers of the City Patrol Division arrived here; enthusiastic Bianjing residents pointed out the trail of the thieves just now, and the soldiers pursued them.

After this incident, the Xu family members had no interest in continuing to stroll.

They returned to the Xu Fu.

However, this incident became the talk of the town for the residents of Bianjing after they returned home that night.

Many people claimed that they were beside the Xu family at the time, squeezed to the side of the road, and witnessed the whole process.

Under the instigation of those with ulterior motives.

This attack was said to be because the thieves coveted the beauty of the Xu family's eldest young lady, which was why they attacked.

It was said that Xu Pingmei was like a fox spirit with seductive eyes, and those people were also obsessed by beauty.

There were also righteous passersby who loudly scolded such people for talking nonsense.

Because there were Bianjing people who witnessed with their own eyes that the Xu family's eldest young lady was fearless in the face of danger, pulled out her hairpin to defend herself, and scolded the thieves; she was truly a good woman.

There were also passersby who received the Hou's reward, which was a topic they could show off! (Bragging)!

The passerby also questioned the person who said the Xu family's young lady was a fox spirit, asking where this happened!

That person stammered,

and then covered his face and ran away.

There were also soldiers of the City Patrol Division who asked their colleagues on patrol, asking about what they saw and heard that night; when they heard that Xu Zaijing, at such a young age, had crippled nearly five adults in two breaths, they found it somewhat unbelievable.

They took it as a strange gossip spread by word of mouth.

So for a long time afterward, Xu Zaijing's fierce reputation gradually spread among the various armies in Bianjing, but most people didn't believe it.

A twelve or thirteen-year-old youth, crippling five adults, are you bragging! As it spread, the time of two breaths was omitted by someone.

Perhaps they felt this brag was too big.

Two days after the Lantern Festival,

Ningyuan Hou Fu, Chang Mama was also talking to Bai Shi about the Lantern Festival.

"Hmph, I don't know which black-hearted family this is; they wanted to ruin Ping young lady's reputation! Fortunately, Jing Ge'er was eager to protect his sister."

"Truly frightening, have the thieves been found?"

Chang Mama whispered: "I heard the yamen is urging them urgently, many constables have been beaten, the fierce people were found quickly, on a passenger ship in the city, I heard they were all..."

Bai Shi's eyes turned, and she gasped: "Silenced?"

Since Old Master Bai Wanshu came to Bianjing, after listening to Chang Mama's advice, he also told a few stories of fighting during the startup period to Bai Shi.

Bai Shi Daniang was no longer the little white rabbit she was at the beginning.

"I heard there was even a child over ten years old inside."

"This Bianjing, looking at the prosperity of the whole city, truly doesn't know how many jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards are lurking in the dark, grinding their teeth and licking their claws."

This matter also reached the ears of the Great Zhou Emperor and Empress, and was used as gossip by the palace maids; on the third day after the incident,

the Lantern Festival was still continuing, and the matter of the Xu family's eldest legitimate daughter was spreading wider and wider in Bianjing.

The palace, in the form of an Empress's decree, bestowed rewards and commendations upon the Xu family's eldest legitimate daughter.

The eunuch conveying the decree deliberately passed through the Imperial Street, which had the most people and was the most prosperous, and the accompanying Imperial Guards shouted loudly:

"Empress's decree, commend the Xu family's eldest daughter, fearless in the face of bandits, brave, virtuous, and wise. Idlers, step aside."

"Empress's decree, commend the Xu family's eldest daughter, fearless in the face of bandits, brave, virtuous, and wise. Idlers, step aside."

Hearing these words, the people stepped aside one after another, whispering to each other on the side.

Public opinion in Bianjing began to lean toward the Xu family.

From time to time, residents near Quyuanjie spread that the Qi Guo Gong had sent condolences to calm her shock, and the wife of the British Duke had sent affirmative gifts.

This matter gradually eliminated the negative impact.

At the tea-tasting assembly of the noble ladies of Bianjing,

Xu Zaijing, who was fierce and protected his sister, and crippled an adult at the age of ten, had a fierce reputation spread, and Xu Pingmei's act of pulling out her hairpin to defend herself was also said by some to be too shrewish.

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Ling Guo Gong family gossiped:

"With this kind of martial power, those who marry the Xu family's daughter should consider it! This woman, she should still be gentle!

Her family has such a fierce younger brother; if she accidentally hurts someone's hair, this brother won't come to the door to fight!"

The wife of the eldest branch of the Zhennan Hou Han family also covered her mouth and chuckled: "Yes, this kind of fierce woman, whoever marries her, the husband's authority will not be shaken~"

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