Chapter 1 Mixed in the Gate

Zhuo Tian is a person of unknown origin. He suddenly appeared in the gate under the imperial green hills when he was about a few years old.

It is a miracle that this fatherless child survived.

In Zhuo Tian's impression, he seems to have done everything by begging, stealing, fraud and robbery.

For good, he has now grown into a 20-year-old young man. Every time he looks in the mirror, he is not happy, and he has his own decent profession, which is much more legitimate than before and charges protection fees.

Few people in the gate alley don't know him. The ones who know him best are the gangsters in this city, because he fight fiercely enough; in addition, there are fast catchers in the county government, because he has been captured many times.

In the eyes of Mr. Gao, the owner of the small steamed bun shop, he had another impression of him. The man was thick-skinned and did not feel comfortable at all.

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao will arrive.

"Protection fee has been charged! "Old man!" A shout came from outside the door.

The old man, who was wiping the table, was too lazy to raise his eyelids, and he had already put a pile of copper money on another table with his finger. Zhuo Tian didn't care and stretched out his hand to take it with a smile.

He looked out for a while, then found a table on the side and sat down, patting the table: "A pot..."

With a bang, a drawer of steamed buns and a pot of tea had been thrown in front of him. Looking up, the old man said, "A pot of tea and a drawer of steamed buns, can you stop patting the table? The other tables in this store are still semi-new, and I have changed several times at the door..."

Zhuo Tian was stunned and said, "Fuck you can't poop to blame the hut..."

Old Gao ignored him, turned around and walked away, muttering to himself, "I'm not tired of eating this set, and I'm not tired of looking at a girl?"

The merchants and residents of this area know that Zhuo Tian fell in love with Xiaoqing, the girl in the antique shop opposite the steamed bun shop. That girl is handsome, just 28 years old, Chu Chu Chu is touching.

Zhuo Tian looked over there, and the steamed buns were still confused when they dipped in the teacup.

I don't know when, old man Gao sat opposite him and coughed. Zhuo Tian came to his senses and said to the old man without blushing, "It's a nice day today!"

"Do you like Xiaoqing?" The old man smiled and said, "You have a good vision!"

"Joke! Can I see a maid? Why are you an old man with such a loud voice?!" Zhuo Tian lowered his voice, but his heart was secretly entangled. I am a gangster. I have been poor since childhood without a father or mother. Now I don't have to worry about eating and drinking, but I have no family and no job. How can I talk about marriage? It seems to show off his power in the gate, but who doesn't look at him with contempt?

"What's wrong with the girl? They make money with their own hands, at least they are not idle hoodlums!" Old man Gao was dissatisfied and said, "Speaking of which, Xiaoqing is still the niece of a cousin from my distant house..."

"Grandpa Gao..."

Old Gao waved his hand and said, "Well, don't, I can't afford it."

"Seeing that you have charged me for so many years of protection, and you are finally an acquaintance, I will tell you not to be delusional." The old man said solemnly, "There are many people who pursue our Xiaoqing. The students, darts masters, merchants' children, and governmentmen are all decent people, so Xiaoqing's parents are still picky."

Zhuo Tian was furious and slapped the table.

"Would you like steamed buns again?" Old man Gao plugged it in in time.

"No more! Accounts! Today is the day to collect protection fees, and this street hasn't been collected yet!" Zhuo Tian threw out a handful of copper coins and rushed out angrily.

Old Gao looked at the copper money more than the protection fee that had just been collected, and a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Soon, he heard the sound of chickens and dogs jumping next door. The owner of the gouache shop, a big and strong bitch, chased Zhuo Tian out of the store with a feather duster in her hand.

Zhuo Tian fled back to the steamed bun shop with his head in his arms.

"Damn little ruffian! Bullying me, I won't see if I can sit to death!"

The fat woman stood in the middle of the street and cursed herself.

"Listen, what kind of person is this?" Zhuo Tian didn't expect old man Gao to support justice, but he still complained angrily: "I'm all playing tricks like this. Do I still want to protect you?! I just don't hit women, otherwise..."

Old man Gao shook his head and sighed, "You'd better protect yourself first..."

In the next two days, as expected, rumors spread on this street, saying that Xiaonan, the chaste and martyred the boss of the gouache shop in broad daylight, failed... This is not to mention for the time being.

Zhuo Tian was unhappy and sat at the table near the door, feeling very faceless. Because everyone came out to see the excitement when they heard the sound of fighting, Xiaoqing also looked out and took a look. Zhuo Tian hung his head into his crotch.

Quiet for a while, Zhuo Tian secretly thought about how to regain his face and let him kill these neighbors. He really couldn't do it.

"Oh, I'm old." Old man Gao sighed while working: "My hands and feet are not convenient, and I have no children. If only I could find a shop assistant to help."

"You can't think about it! Let me tell you, you are insulting a gangster!" Zhuo Tian was angry and shouted angrily, "How dare you want me to be such a low-level servant? I'll burn your shop when I mention this later!"

"Oc, you are powerful! Did the old man's self-spoken also offend you?

"The protection fee of your store will be doubled next month!"

"In!"

Zhuo Tian looked at the opposite street and was stunned for a while and meditated. For a long time, he said to the old man, "Old man, how do you think people should live in this life?"

"There is no need to worry about eating and drinking, happy and comfortable."

"Is it like you?" Zhuo Tian turned his head and stared at him.

"What's good about me? Lonely, no relatives and no friends. The old man said sadly in his eyes, "Yes, you still need to have a family, a daughter-in-law, a son and daughter..."

Zhuo Tian looked at him and smiled: "Actually, the life you said is not difficult to achieve. Ordinary people live like this... But there are very few people who can't do it."

"Are you this kind of person?"

"Yes." Zhuo Tian muttered, "It's very difficult for me."

"It's just that you don't want this kind of life. You are naturally arrogant, unwilling to condescend to others, and don't want to live a humble life; but you are not the kind of person who can do great things. You see, you can't fight and kill a woman. You are kind and soft-hearted - to put it bluntly, your heart is higher than the sky, so what..."

Zhuo Tian's eyes flashed, and suddenly smiled and said, "I don't think you look like a steamed bun seller."

Old man Gao's face stiffened and smiled, "Then what do you think I am?"

"Why do I think you are teaching her grandson like a broken-mouthed old lady?" Zhuo Tian laughed.

Old man Gao also laughed and shook his head, "I'm old. I can't help it. I just talk too much."

Zhuo Tian looked up at the outside of the store and sighed.

"You said I was soft-hearted, but in fact..."

"No, you don't have to say. I'll change a pot of hot tea for you." Old man Gao staggered to the kitchen.

He knows what kind of person Zhuo Tian is.

The protection fee was spelled out by him and his partners. Several children who have grown up without a father or mother from begging and stealing together can't suddenly convince the hooligans in this county.

In the past, there were several underworld forces in the gate. Li, a former gangster in the west of the city, suddenly one day he was really abducted inexplicably, and his calf was broken.

The iron man in the east became an iron palm gang, and his 20 brothers injured countless people. Everyone was afraid to hear it. One day, he suddenly announced his retirement, because his pair of eyes disappeared and became blind.

The rogue leader of the largest force in the city is the cousin of the brother-in-law who caught the head in the city. After drinking one day, he broke into a private house and raped the family's daughter. That night, he disappeared. Others thought he absconded for fear of crime. Only Zhuo Tian knew that he was buried outside the city after being stabbed more than 20 times. The mass grave.

"I'm soft-hearted?" Zhuo Tian looked down at his white hands and thought to himself, "This hand has indeed cut off other people's legs, dug other people's eyes, and killed people..."