Volume 1 Chapter 28 Someone Is Robbing

Chapter 28 Someone is robbing

The market was crowded with people. It was the first time that Zhang Pa saw so many people. It was so lively and bustling. Everything seemed new to him and he looked around.

The market was divided into areas according to the types of goods. Li Zhuang led everyone to the vegetable market to buy salt and other seasonings. He took out paper and pen and ticked each item he bought. After purchasing the necessities, Li Zhuang went to the bank to exchange gold. He told everyone to wait there and he went to the bank himself.

Three thugs were squatting at the door of the bank, driving their big cars to scan the passers-by. Zhang Pa entered the bank, and one of the thugs said disdainfully: "What era? Poor guys also come to the bank." A man next to him said: "I guess they just sold farm products. Maybe they have some money." The third man stood up and said: "Go in and take a look." He walked into the bank alone.

Not long after, the man came out again, pulled the two people at the door and whispered: "There is really some money. The poor guy is exchanging gold, gold nuggets as big as fingers." The two were a little tempted and looked at each other: "Stay?" "Nonsense, look at that stupid look, it's not worth spending money."

The three ruffians planned to rob Li Zhuang, but Li Zhuang didn't know and walked out happily. He didn't expect that a piece of gold could be exchanged for more than 50 taels of silver and hundreds of copper coins. This money was enough for the whole family to live a happy life for two years.

Li Zhuang left the bank and went to meet Zhang Pa and others. The three ruffians winked and followed behind. There were too many pedestrians in the city, which was inconvenient, so they planned to do it outside the city.

The women looked at each stall, especially the colorful cloth. It was rare to have some money and come to the market, and they wanted to make a new set of clothes for their children. The man followed him, but he was thinking about the old wine in his heart, thinking about how to ask the woman to agree to buy wine. Zhang Pa didn't want to buy anything, but he was very interested in toys. He was very happy to see the rattle and tumbler. Finally, he couldn't help it and chose a big and beautiful tumbler to buy. But he had no silver or copper coins, only gold. The vendor didn't have so much change to give him, so he asked him to go to the bank to change it into small silver. Zhang Pa scratched his head. Is it so troublesome to buy something?

At this time, Li Zhuang came back. Zhang Pa saw three thugs following him at a glance. He felt strange and asked Li Zhuang: "Why do those three people keep looking at you?" Li Zhuang looked back: "Who? Who is looking at me?" Seeing Zhang Pa pointing at them, the thugs had already squeezed to the stalls and pretended to buy things. Zhang Pa wondered: "Am I seeing wrong?" He said to Li Zhuang: "No one, where is the bank? I'll go to change money." Li Zhuang hurriedly took out a few pieces of silver and handed them to him: "What are you going to change? I have them here. Just buy whatever you want."

When Li saw her husband coming back, she wanted to ask him for some money to buy cloth. Just happened to see Li Zhuang giving Zhang Pa money, and he gave her several taels of silver at once. She hurriedly grabbed Li Zhuang and winked at him.

Li Zhuang knew what his wife was thinking, so he stuffed three taels of silver into her pocket: "Don't you want to buy cloth? Go buy it. And gouache, if you like, buy some too." Li was shocked and asked anxiously: "Where did you get so much money? Is it for goods? How can you live if you spend it all?" After thinking for a while, he felt something was wrong, so he asked again: "There's not so much money for goods. Tell me where the money came from? Did you steal it?" Li Zhuang felt funny and comforted her, saying: "Don't worry, it's definitely from a legitimate source. Go buy things so that you can go back early." Li was still a little suspicious, so Li Zhuang said seriously: "Don't you believe me? Go buy things!" Li took the silver to the cloth stall to choose cloth, and then went to buy rouge and gouache, as well as cheap accessories such as fake pearls, and bought ten kilograms of old wine. Her spending money made her companions very envious, but she didn't have much money on her, so she could only envy.

Zhang Pa returned the broken silver to Li Zhuang, asked about the location of the bank, and went to exchange money alone. It didn't take long to go back and forth, and because of doubts, he paid special attention to the three ruffians. Sure enough, they kept staring at Li Zhuang. Although they didn't know the reason, there must be something wrong. After exchanging silver for the tumbler, he followed Li Zhuang and others. He wanted to know what the ruffian was going to do.

The ruffian found that there were quite a few people in Li Zhuang's group, so he sent one person out of the market, and the remaining two continued to follow.

The women bought cloth, the men went to buy wine, and then went to the blacksmith shop to look at farm tools. Li Zhuang had money, so he bought some piglets and chickens. The group returned to the entrance of the market, found their own carriage, and prepared to go home. Seeing that Li Zhuang's family suddenly bought so many things, the people who were traveling with him were suspicious and envious, and kept asking questions, especially the women, who were very jealous of the rouge and powder in Li's hand. Zhang Pa saw it in his eyes. He just spent a few coins on the tumbler and had dozens of taels of silver left. He simply bought something to make everyone happy, so he asked Li Zhuang to wait for him here and come back soon.

In a moment, he brought back two large jars of wine, some cooked meat dishes, and a roasted whole lamb. There were also some cloth and powder, all distributed to the villagers. Seeing their happy and joyful expressions, he was also very happy.

When the convoy left the city, Li Zhuang and others were invited by Zhang Pa to return to the village together, thinking of entertaining him for a few more days. Zhang Pa used his spiritual sense to detect that the two thugs were hiding behind a house not far away. They smiled and said to the villagers, "No, I have to hurry on my way. Thank you for your kindness; but we can leave the city together."

The three carriages were unloaded of their cargo, and they were much lighter, and the horses ran happily. Not far out of the city, the dirt road became narrower, and seven or eight people stood on the road. Li Zhuang shouted: "Excuse me, please make way." Those people didn't move at all, and Li Zhuang had no choice but to stop the car and go forward to ask questions. Before he could say anything, a man stood up on the opposite side and shouted: "I opened this road and planted this tree. If you want to pass through here, leave money to buy your way." After shouting, the others came forward and surrounded the carriage.

The villagers on the carriage were scared. Did they encounter robbers? Li Zhuang hurriedly bowed: "My lords, we are very poor, please spare us."

The man who just spoke snorted: "Poor people? Poor people have gold? Hurry up and give me the money, otherwise... hum."

At this time, the two ruffians following the car finally caught up, panting and going around to the front, cursing: "Fuck his uncle, I'm so tired, I want more money."

Zhang Pa was very curious. Is this the legendary robbery? He wanted to see more, but the leader of the gangsters slapped Li Zhuang in the face, then kicked him again, and cursed: "Hurry up and give me the money, or I'll kill you."

Li Zhuang was furious, went back to the car and pulled out a hatchet, and shouted at the gangsters: "Hurry up and get out of the way, or I'll kill you." Zhang Pa knew that something was wrong, and to avoid the villagers getting hurt, he had to stop them, so he quietly released three big dogs to let them disperse the thieves.

The big dogs pretended to be good all day, and they were very aggrieved. It was a rare opportunity for them to show off their power. They rushed to the front of the thieves and roared wildly, and their voices could shake the sky. The gangsters were originally arrogant, but they became timid after seeing the three big dogs, and asked each other: "Are these dogs?" Xiao Hei was impatient and roared wildly. These idiots didn't run away? He rushed to the front of the gangster leader in one step, opened his mouth and bit him, biting off half of his arm. The gangster screamed in pain, and the others saw the danger, screamed for help and fled in all directions.

The three dogs were not happy enough, and they kept roaring, scaring the hooligans to run away. Soon, they all ran away. Not only the hooligans were afraid, but Li Zhuang was also afraid. His son played with the big dogs all day yesterday. If something happened... He was a little scared when he thought about it.

After the hooligans with broken arms ran away in pain, the three big dogs stopped roaring and surrounded Zhang Pa. Zhang Pa bowed and said goodbye to Li Zhuang. Li Zhuang knew that he could not keep him, so he did not persuade him much. He said some words of thanks and drove away.

Not long after Li Zhuang left, a strong breath rushed in this direction. Zhang Pa thought about it and put the big dog into the beast bag and stood still.

After a while, a figure appeared in the distance, driving a silver spear and flying over quickly. Seeing Zhang Pa, he put away the gun and fell to the ground. Zhang Pa looked at the man, wearing a bright yellow battle suit, with a refined and handsome face, and was a middle-aged man with a lot of demeanor.