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The tracker said: "There were some in previous years, but not so many."

Ren Pingsheng looked around and found that there were more barbarians in the port than expected. Most of them were strong and strong, and seemed to have good cultivation and not weak strength.

"Sir, the man in front of you is Liu Laosan. He owns several boats and rents them to others on weekdays. The price is not high. If you want to rent a boat, he is the right person to contact."

The tracker stopped, pointed at a middle-aged man with a big belly not far away, and said so.

Ren Pingsheng nodded slightly, indicating that he understood, then walked towards the middle-aged man and asked, "Can you rent a boat here?"

When the middle-aged man heard the voice, he turned to look at Ren Pingsheng. Seeing that he was dressed luxuriously, he immediately put on a smile: "Master, how big a boat do you want to rent? How long will it take?"

Ren Pingsheng said: "It's enough for five or six people to go out to sea to see the scenery and fish for a day or two."

The middle-aged man said: "I got one hundred and ten taels of silver, do you think?"

Ren Pingsheng waved his hand and said: "No problem, how long do we have to wait?"

The middle-aged man said: "As long as the weather is suitable, we can set off at any time."

Ren Pingsheng nodded slightly, took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, handed it over, and said, "I will come to you to rent a boat in a few days. These will be regarded as the deposit."

When the middle-aged man saw the banknote, his smile became even brighter. After taking it with both hands, he said respectfully: "Then I will leave a boat for the young master. Whenever the young master is interested, he will come to me."

This sounds a bit strange.

I knew he was renting a boat to go out to sea, but those who didn't know thought he was the oiran on the flower boat...

Ren Pingsheng cursed in his heart, turned around and left.

At this time, a fierce quarrel suddenly came from not far away.

Turn around and look.

I saw a tall, blond and blue-eyed man, pointing at a dark-skinned, lean man, and yelling something.

What he said was not the official dialect of Zhou Dynasty, and I couldn't understand a word of it.

The man stood there with his head lowered and said nothing.

Behind him was a boy of six or seven years old, with his hands clasped, staring straight at the Hu man, his teeth clenched tightly.

aside.

Liu Laosan showed annoyance and cursed in a low voice: "These sons of bitches, relying on the support of the government, are getting more and more arrogant day by day. I really don't know if this is the Zhou people's territory or their territory." !”

Ren Pingsheng was slightly startled and asked: "These barbarians are supported by the government? Why do you say this?"

Liu Laosan said: "Young master is a foreigner and doesn't know anything about our situation.

As long as we are in this port, if we have a conflict with a barbarian, we will always be punished after reporting it to the official. Even if the barbarian does something bad, we will only be fined two or three taels of silver at most.

And those policemen, when they saw the Hu people, they were like seeing their masters. They were busy and busy, and they knew without thinking that the government was colluding with these Hu people. If not, why was the government so partial to them? "

After hearing this, Ren Pingsheng looked forward again.

The barbarians were still cursing arrogantly and chattering endlessly.

The dark-skinned man stood there, still silent and enduring silently.

The boy behind him seemed to want to step forward to argue, but was stopped by the man.

The passers-by just glanced at it and then looked away, with numbness written on their faces, as if they were used to such things.

Ren Pingsheng frowned slightly and asked, "What are the barbarians talking about?"

Liu Laosan said: "I couldn't hear you clearly. He was probably scolding someone for being blind, and I bumped into him while walking."

The words just fell.

The barbarian suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped the lean man hard on the face. He was still shouting and his expression became more and more ferocious.

Seeing this scene, Ren Pingsheng couldn't bear it anymore. He walked up, looked at the barbarian, and asked coldly: "Why did you beat him?"

The barbarian looked Ren Pingsheng up and down, and seeing his extraordinary bearing, his originally ferocious face softened a little, and he said in poor Zhou Mandarin: "He... bumped into me."

"You fart!"

The boy behind the man pointed at the stranger, with an angry look on his face, and shouted loudly: "We walked well, you obviously hit my dad!"

The barbarian stared at the boy and instinctively raised his hand to hit him.

The next second, seeing a cold light bursting out of Ren Pingsheng's eyes, he stopped abruptly, scratched his nose, and said nothing.

When Ren Pingsheng saw this scene, he basically understood what was going on.

He looked at the barbarian, then at the man, and said: "Since you all said that the other person hit you, let the policeman judge which of you told the lie and which of you told the truth."

After saying that, he turned to look at Liu Laosan and said coldly: "Report to the official!"

Liu Laosan glanced at the lean man with hesitation on his face.

The lean man was slightly startled, and then he said hurriedly: "Sir, it's just a small matter, so there's no need to report it to the official..."

Ren Pingsheng did not look at him, but repeated coldly: "Go and report to the official."

Seeing his client's displeasure, Liu Laosan did not hesitate and responded: "Yes, sir."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

There are patrol officers at the port, and they will deal with any disputes or thefts on weekdays.

If it doesn't work, send it to the yamen in the city.

Therefore, it only takes at most one stick of incense for the police to get here.

I heard the word "report to the official".

The thin man looked uneasy. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. He looked a little anxious.

And the Hu people, who were the first to start the fight, seemed to be fearless and stood there waiting without saying a word.

After an incense stick.

A uniformed police officer with a knife came over, looked at the few people with a serious expression, and asked coldly: "What's going on?"

The Hu people spoke again, saying in poor Da Zhou official language: "He bumped into me..."

The boy shouted: "He bumped into my father! And he beat people!"

The police officer waved his hand, signaling them to be quiet, and then said: "It's just a bump, why make such a fuss?"

The boy looked indignant: "He also beat my father!"

The police officer glanced at him and said indifferently: "If your father didn't do anything, would people beat him?"

The boy obviously didn't expect the police officer to say that, and he was stunned in place, not knowing what to say for a while.

At this time.

The police officer continued: "Since you have reported to the police, follow me. What is the truth? We can't just look at what you say..."

Before he finished speaking.

He suddenly heard the sound of breaking wind in his ear.

Then, there was a crisp sound.

Snap!

The next second.

The pain surged up like a tide.

He covered his face, widened his eyes, stared at Ren Pingsheng, and said in an unclear voice: "You... you dare to hit me!"

Ren Pingsheng sneered: "This young master has a reason to hit you. If you didn't do anything, why would this young master hit you?"

"You!"

The constable obviously didn't expect that the dandy in front of him, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, dared to humiliate him like this.

He was about to get angry, but suddenly found that the dandy in front of him was actually glowing with a faint green light.

"Sixth-rank warrior?!"

The constable couldn't help but exclaimed, and then subconsciously took a step back and kept a distance from Ren Pingsheng.

In Chanzhou City.

The sixth-rank warrior is already a medium-to-high level of cultivation.

If he really angered the other party, he wouldn't get any advantage.

What's more, the man in front of him had an extraordinary temperament, and it was obvious that he was not easy to mess with.

That's all I thought about.

He took a deep breath, calmed down, and said indifferently: "What is your relationship with the father and son?"

Ren Pingsheng said: "A passerby."

The constable said: "Since you are a passerby, why bother to meddle in other people's business."

Ren Pingsheng sneered: "This is a trivial matter today, and I am still involved in it. What do you want?"

The constable looked at him, thought for a few seconds, and said seriously: "In this case, you can tell me who hit who first?"

Tell the truth.

Ren Pingsheng really didn't see it, but the Hu people bullied others by taking advantage of their power.

"Who hit who first, I didn't see, but who hit who first, I saw clearly."

The constable pointed to the Hu people and asked: "Are you talking about him?"

Ren Pingsheng's face was cold and he chose to default.

Seeing this, the constable said no more, walked up to the Hu man, and said coldly: "This is my Great Zhou land. Who gave you the courage to bully my Great Zhou people?"

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The Hu man seemed to be a little confused when he encountered such a thing for the first time.

The constable seemed not to see his expression and continued: "Today, I will punish you to pay one or two silver coins to compensate this person, otherwise we will meet in the yamen!"

Hearing the word "yamen".

The Hu man raised his eyebrows and said loudly in poor official language: "Go to... Yamen!"

"Okay!"

The constable said: "Then follow me back to the yamen!"

After speaking, he looked at the father and son and said seriously: "Don't worry, I will give you justice today."

The voice fell.

Take the Hu man and leave.

The rapid change of attitude before and after made everyone, including Ren Pingsheng, a little confused.

"This..."

It was the first time that Liu Laosan saw these constables not favor the Hu people. His mouth opened slightly and his face showed a blank look.

But he soon reacted.

The reason why the constable did this was because he was concerned about the young master.

When the young master left, the father and son would be sad at the port.

The dark-skinned man obviously realized this. After a few seconds of trance, a hint of sadness appeared in his eyes. He bowed to Ren Pingsheng and said, "Thank you, young master."

After that, he took his son and was about to leave.

At this time.

Ren Pingsheng stopped him: "Wait a minute."

The father and son stopped and looked at Ren Pingsheng, with no expression on their faces.

Ren Pingsheng looked at him and asked, "What's your name?"

The man hesitated for a moment and answered truthfully, "My name is Li Wan."

Ren Pingsheng said, "From now on, you will come to the city to see me every three days.

My name is Ren Ping, and I live in Shuiyunjian. When you come, I will do something for you."

The man was slightly startled, but soon realized that he had met a noble man, and hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, sir, thank you..."

Aside.

When Liu Laosan and the constable heard this, their expressions changed slightly.

The constable hesitated for a few seconds, but finally did not speak again, and turned around and left with the Hu man.

And Liu Laosan was more attentive, stepped forward, and lowered his voice: "Mr. Ren, the constable just now was named Wang Heng, and he has always favored the Hu people. The reason why he did so today is probably because he saw that you have an extraordinary temperament and did not want to offend you."

"This young master knows."

Ren Pingsheng nodded slightly, looked at Liu Laosan, and asked: "Is this kind of thing common in this port?"

Liu Laosan said: "To answer your question, it is true. Those Hu people are used to being arrogant and domineering. It is only because they see your temperament that they dare not make trouble again.

If you are not here, the Hu people will definitely beat Li Wan before leaving."

These Hu people have become so arrogant and domineering?

A cold light flashed in Ren Pingsheng's eyes.

At the same time, a question came to his mind.

"Are these constables so partial to the Hu people because they have received benefits from the Hu people and are doing so on purpose, or have they received instructions from the government? Do the Tongzhi of Chanzhou know about this?"

Following this question, he thought further.

"If these detectives were instructed by the government, then did the officials in the government collude with these Hu merchants?

If there was collusion, to what extent? Could the strange deaths of the three Chanzhou prefects be related to these Hu people?"

He thought about it for a while.

Ren Pingsheng put aside his distracting thoughts, looked at Liu Laosan, and asked: "Do the masters in the government know the situation here?"

Liu Laosan shook his head and said: "I am just a boatman. How can I know about the affairs of the government?"

Ren Pingsheng nodded slightly, no longer entangled in this issue, waved his hand and said: "This young master will go around by himself, you go back."

Liu Laosan said attentively: "Young master, if you have anything, just tell me."

Through this brief contact.

He has almost confirmed that the young master Ren in front of him is definitely not an ordinary person.

If he can get in touch with him, he may rise to prominence in the future.

Therefore

He decided that as long as the young master showed up at the port, he would serve him wholeheartedly, answer all questions, and never lie.

As for the possibility of offending the constables and the Hu people, as long as he could gain the appreciation of the young master, it would be no big deal.

That's it.

He changed his self-proclaimed name from "I" to "little one", bowed respectfully to Ren Pingsheng, and then turned and left.

For more than half an hour.

Ren Pingsheng walked around nearby.

He found that the facts were indeed as Liu Laosan said, most of the Hu people here were arrogant and domineering.

The local people in Chanzhou were submissive, and even if they were wronged, they did not dare to resist, obviously because they had suffered the pain of resistance before.

The patrolling constables saw this scene and turned a blind eye, and even took the opportunity to extort money.

"Dog-like things!"

Ren Pingsheng stared at them straight, his eyes full of coldness.

After a moment.

He took a deep breath and suppressed his anger in his heart.

Because he knew very well.

It was meaningless for him to stand up for these fishermen at this time.

The root of the problem was in the Chanzhou government office.

If he wanted to solve the problem, he naturally had to go back to the Chanzhou government office.

"Chanzhou Tongzhi, I hope you can give this prince an explanation when the time comes."

Ren Pingsheng's eyes were dim, and he walked away from Chanzhou Port.