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Chapter 126: Fellows

The crowd watching the excitement saw both sides firing guns and immediately retreated to the periphery in panic for fear of accidentally hurting themselves. In the blink of an eye, only Xie Hushan, the two policemen who were frozen on the spot, and the four young men who originally wanted to kidnap Erxi were left nearby.

Xie Hushan was certain that the other party would not dare to use guns or make a big fuss because they had problems.

The leading armed policeman's clothes were the wrong size, he was not wearing uniform pants, and the holster on his waist was placed in the wrong position. He was good at scaring ordinary people, but he was not very good at that.

Both the special envoy Lao Feng and the master Lao Zhang had told them long ago that the holster should be hung close to the waist so that the hand can be placed on the holster as soon as it is lowered. When the hand is lowered and then raised again, the gun can be held in the hand immediately.

The other guy wanted to tie the holster to his belly button and walk with his belly sticking out, for fear that no one could see him.

First of all, this guy has never been a soldier, so even if he is really a policeman, according to the current police work code, such a person cannot have a gun.

I definitely don’t know which colleague’s equipment he took to come and help his relative or friend, in order to scare this “blind migrant” with a foreign accent.

This kind of guy would scare him to death and he wouldn't dare to fire the gun because the gun wasn't his.

The public security commissioner who is equipped with a gun does have the power to shoot first and report later, but if the gun goes off when he is not in his hand, then it will be a big problem.

This guy is essentially killing the colleague who lent him the equipment.

"Two!" When Xie Hushan shouted two, sweat was already breaking out on the other party's face!

Han Hongbing was standing by and saw the expressions of the two opponents. What else could he not understand?

He immediately took Erxi's hand and walked over, directly pushed away the other person's hand on the holster, and took out the gun himself:
"This gun follows you, just like a fairy marrying a eunuch. It's not yours, so you've never played with it, right?"

After getting the gun in his hand, Han Hongbing looked at Xie Hushan. Xie Hushan poked the other's forehead with the gun and said:
"You're in big trouble this time. Why are you still standing there? Come on, lead the way. Aren't you going to take us and the dog to the police station to explain everything?"

"This time both of us and the dog can go with you."

At this moment, a voice in the crowd seemed to be unable to hold back laughter, and said with a Beijing accent:
"Hey, look at it. It's a bull terrier, a proper English dog, and the farmer who's transporting it has a temperament that matches the dog."

"My two militia brothers, please give me some face and don't go to the police station to turn yourself in. Didn't you see that the guy next to me has turned green? Give him some face."

Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man standing at the front of the crowd, about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, tall and strong, with a dark and rough face. He was wearing foreign branded clothes, a gold watch, and had a crew cut. He was surrounded by two men in their thirties or forties.

But even though he was dressed like a decent person, he couldn't hide his temperament as a member of the lower class.

Just like when Zhu Youjun first went to Hong Kong Island, she didn’t look like a city girl even when she put on a fashionable dress.

This young man looked like a sturdy worker or farmer. These brand-name clothes looked out of place on him, and looked uncoordinated in every way, as if he had just stolen them and put them on hastily.

On the contrary, the two people who followed him and helped him carry his bags looked like they were used to a life of luxury, with delicate skin and tender flesh. Now, looking at the conflict just now, they were so anxious that sweat broke out on their faces.

"Don't move! Put down your guns!" In the distance, several policemen seemed to have received the message. They held their hats with their left hands and holsters with their right hands and ran towards the crowd.

Xie Hushan raised his gun and responded to the young man:

"Brother, it's not that we want to threaten you with guns, it's just that they are too bullying. What we carry in our backpacks are veterinary information books purchased by the County Animal Husbandry Bureau. This dog also belongs to the County Animal Husbandry Bureau. We also showed our ID, but these people didn't even look at it and blatantly tried to rob the state property we were escorting."

The young man listened to Xie Hushan's words, smiled and nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, yes, I saw it all. Okay, come at me, brother, can you put down your gun first? I promise you'll be fine. Just look at my outfit, which I just bought from Macau. You can tell that I'm not an ordinary person."

"I can't deliberately joke with you two militia comrades. And you can tell from my accent that I'm from the north. We live close to each other, so we can't piss on the same pot."

Xie Hushan hesitated and put away his gun. Several armed policemen rushed to Xie Hushan from a distance, with guns raised in their hands. They loudly signaled Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing to drop their weapons and put their hands on their heads.

Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing looked at the young man who had just asked them to put down their guns, exchanged glances, and did not let go of their guns.

The young man walked in front of Xie Hushan with a smile, turned around, blocked the muzzle of the gun for him, looked directly at the police, scratched his ear with his left hand, and looked at the thugs opposite and the police who thought they had come to support him:
"I'm also confused. Why the hell did I meet you idiots again? I really have a connection with idiots in my life."

"When I left here a few days ago, you guys were making things difficult for me, a worker. Now when I came back, I ran into you making things difficult for two peasant brothers. What's going on? Did the capitalists send you to lurk here as saboteurs to stir up conflict?"

As he spoke, he reached into his waist and threw two brand new pistols at the police's feet as if he was taking out trash.

And they were not the most common Type 54, but two different styles of pistols that neither Xie Hushan nor Han Hongbing had seen before. They were obviously foreign products.

"Look carefully, I not only carry guns with me, but one is American and the other is German. I don't have a gun license or a letter of introduction. This is a more serious crime than holding a dog. Arrest me!"

"Catch me and take me to your Yangcheng Artillery Bureau. I've only been to the Yanjing Artillery Bureau since I was a child, and I haven't had the chance to see the ones from other places. This is just right for me to go in and experience it, so I can brag about it to others when I go back." The young man stretched out his hands forward, made a gesture of surrendering and waiting to die, and said to several policemen with guns in hand.

Several policemen were startled by the young man's action of throwing the gun.

The young man stared at the policeman who had been shot by Han Hongbing:

"You're wearing your colleague's clothes, holding someone else's gun and coming here to bully outsiders. Today, I'm going to show you how outsiders bully you! Come here and cuff me!"

"Brother Fei, don't bother with these people..." A middle-aged man who followed the young man stepped forward and wanted to speak.

"When you came here, you were the one trying to smooth things over and told me not to bother with these bastards. Now you're trying this again. I'm going to give you face, Old Wu. Look at the kind of people under your command." The young man turned his head and looked at the other person. His face, which had been smiling just now, turned gloomy now.

The middle-aged man named Lao Wu was so frightened by the young man's look that he dared not say anything more. He took out his work ID and walked towards the police, signaling the police who came to arrest the two policemen who had just frightened Xie Hushan:
"They are wearing police uniforms and swindling people. Are they just pointing their guns at the people? Cuff them and these hooligans!"

Xie Hushan couldn't see what ID the other party showed, but the police who arrived reacted quickly after seeing it and immediately handcuffed the two policemen and four hooligans.

"I'm fucking using you to help me show my ID to scare people?" The young man who was called Brother Fei by the middle-aged man Lao Wu spoke very dissatisfiedly when he saw the other party's arrangement of showing ID to arrest people.

"Brother Fei, I beg you, Old Wu will definitely kill them all when he gets back, leaving no one alive, okay? Don't let them know who you are. What you did would easily give people a heart attack." Another henchman came over and whispered to the young man:

"There are people all around. Considering the impact, just let Old Wu get rid of them."

Fei Ge said confidently:
"I don't care about the impact. I'm just an ordinary worker, I'm not afraid of being embarrassed. They don't care about workers and farmers, so I have to save face for them?"

Xie Hushan saw everything clearly from behind the young man. After the policemen who arrived had tortured the man, one of them, perhaps with good intentions, whispered a few words into the ear of the policeman who had threatened him. The policeman who had threatened him and had his gun confiscated immediately changed his face and even his hands began to tremble unconsciously.

He was obviously frightened by the middle-aged man's ID.

This middle-aged man, Old Wu, is already a formidable figure in the other party's eyes. Then, what kind of powerful figure must be the young man who can make him feel intimidated at this moment?
But this guy really doesn't look like one, especially since he calls himself a worker, and his appearance has nothing to do with that of a big shot. Those branded clothes look like a country bumpkin in a suit, which looks awkward no matter how you look at it.

Old Wu picked up the two guns that the young man had dropped on the ground, put them into his bag, and waved his hand. Several policemen acted as if they had been pardoned and were about to take the man away quickly. The young man saw this and said unsatisfactorily:
"Hey, hey, what?"

After saying that, he turned to look at Han Hongbing and said with a smile: "Comrade militia, can you give me the gun you seized?"

Han Hongbing looked at Xie Hushan, who nodded. Han Hongbing handed the gun to him. The young man looked at the two of them, grinned, and then turned around:
"Old Wu, your people don't even want their guns?"

The policeman who had been confiscated was now handcuffed, looking ashen, and trembling as he looked at the young man. Old Wu had already known that the other party was going to return the gun to him, so he walked towards him. As a result, the young man named Fei Ge dismantled the Type 54 in his hand into a pile of parts in the blink of an eye, and threw it towards the distant square along with the bullets like a fairy scattering flowers. The parts and bullets were scattered in the crowd and disappeared:
"Whoever owns the gun can pick it up! Everyone knows how to make things difficult for others!"

This Brother Fei just showed off his speed in dismantling a gun, which made Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing stunned.

If we really have to compete in snatching and dismantling guns, I'm afraid that not only Master Zhang, but also Special Envoy Lao Feng would not be his match.

Which magical factory did this worker come from?
The man called Old Wu was not angry. He motioned the police to pick up the spare parts on the ground and said with a smile:
"Calm down, I'll check what they did and punish them severely!"

"If you go for a stroll in the Bada Hutongs and ask people for the price, you have to pay two large coins for the teapot. Now the peasant comrade has returned the guns to you and will not pursue the matter any more. You want to leave without any expression of gratitude? Do you have any social etiquette at all?" The young man named Fei Ge said to Old Wu.

Old Wu smiled contemptuously, looked at Xie Hushan and the other man, then looked at the young man:

"Brother Fei, how do you think I can compensate these two comrades? I..."

"My two farmer brothers, I just heard that it was the armed militia coming from Bingyang County?" The young man ignored Old Wu, turned to look at Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing, and asked.

Xie Hushan and the other man nodded.

"Zhili Province. We have to change trains in Yanjing if we go back from here. Okay, we're on the way." The young man saw the two nod and said with a smile. He turned to Old Wu and frowned:
"Don't pretend to be such a smiling tiger. It must be difficult to buy tickets for the two peasant comrades, especially since they brought a dog with them. You guys delayed their escort mission, so you have to compensate them for the tickets."

Old Wu wiped the sweat off his face and nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course."

He was one of the only two people present who knew the identity of the young man. He understood that this living ancestor was a reckless person. Not to mention fighting and making trouble, he even dared to collapse the sky. "Sun Wukong's havoc in heaven" was not enough to describe what this young man did back then.

"Let the two peasant brothers go with me in the car and see if there are any tickets for the high-end soft sleeper suite next to mine. Arrange them for them. I'm afraid that you guys will retaliate after I leave." The young man pointed at Xie Hushan and the other man and ordered Old Wu:
Old Wu wiped the sweat off his face and nodded repeatedly:
"No problem. Brother Fei, we'll make the arrangements as you say."

"You are the only one who knows how to behave. If I hadn't rushed at you, I would have fired a few shots before dismantling the gun." The young man cursed Old Wu, patted the other's fat face with his hand, and said arrogantly:
"To be honest, I don't trust you anymore, Old Wu. When I came here, I encountered a few bastards who were trying to make fun of me. You told me that you would definitely deal with them, but when I went back today, I encountered them bullying me again."

"If you don't have friendship with the people, I will have no friendship with you in the future. This is just this time. If I meet you again next time, I will make you retire due to disability on the same day."

Old Wu almost cried when he heard the tone:
"My dear Brother Fei, whatever you say is true. I will hold a public trial when I get back and sentence these bastards severely! If you are worried, I will have someone take some photos of them when I execute them and send them to you."

"You decide." Brother Fei said coldly, and then looked at the scoundrels whose hands were cuffed and whose legs were weak:
"My grandfather's name is Cheng Yunfei. He's a big guy at the Yanjing Railway Station. He has a nickname, Fake Flower."

"If you come out and are not convinced and want to fight me, you can come find me anytime. You can choose the place, no matter where it is, and bring as many people as you want. Grandpa will go alone. If you show any weakness for even a moment, I will take your last name from now on! Get lost!"

He said "get out", and Old Wu quickly waved his hand. The police carried a few scoundrels and quickly disappeared from Brother Fei's sight.

"This worker is more aggressive than you, and he speaks so arrogantly." After watching this scene, Han Hongbing whispered in Xie Hushan's ear with admiration.

Xie Hushan nodded in agreement and motioned Han Hongbing to look at the young man's hands:

"It's mainly because he's very skilled. The surface of both of his fists are covered with calluses. If I had the ability to dismantle the gun like this guy just did, I'd be even more arrogant than him."

……

Zhang Chunguang, the leader of the shunting team at Yangcheng Railway Station, had just finished his work and was standing on the platform to take a breath, preparing to go to lunch soon, when he saw Xie Hushan walking along the platform with a white dog.

There was another young man next to them who was wearing a dress but couldn't hide his rustic appearance. He was walking and bending down to stroke the dog's head. The two were talking and laughing, and there was another young man next to them who was carrying a lot of bags.

This made Zhang Chunguang a little angry. He had already told the other party to come to him in the evening, and he would arrange for them to get on the bus quietly then. It was only noon now, why did they come in so ostentatiously, and were they afraid that others would not see them walking the dog?
And we agreed to have two people, how come it became three?

This young man named Xie Hushan was quite sensible when he talked to me before, why did he become so stupid when he did something?

He hurried over to stop Xie Hushan and the young man, with some dissatisfaction in his tone:
"What's wrong with you two? Didn't I say I'd come back in the evening? If the leader sees us..."

"Comrade, who are you?" The young man named Brother Fei was stopped by Zhang Chunguang. He was not angry, but just looked at the other party curiously. He probably didn't expect that someone would dare to stop him.

"I am a brother-in-law." Xie Hushan explained to Cheng Yunfei, and then said to Zhang Chunguang:
"Brother-in-law, we have tickets. We are getting on the bus and ready to go. Isn't this big brother..."

The young man named Brother Fei indicated that Xie Hushan didn't need to explain, and instead asked Xie Hushan: "Is he really your brother-in-law?"

"No, I'm from Zhili Province, how could I have any relatives here? We were escorted here to stay in the guesthouse. This is the lover of the lady in the guesthouse. He felt sorry for me when he saw me with my dog, so he planned to arrange for us to take a truck or luggage car back to Yanjing."

After listening to Xie Hushan's explanation, the young man turned around and cursed at the people behind him:
"Look at how conscious they are. When they see their fellow peasants, they at least know that it's not easy for them, so they help them if they can. Look at you, you are nothing."

Only then did Zhang Chunguang notice that several of his leaders were following him obediently from a distance, looking over here, which made him suddenly startled.

How does it feel like to use the backdoor while being watched by all the leaders?
"Leader, don't be afraid." Seeing that Zhang Chunguang looked a little unhappy, Brother Fei smiled at Zhang Chunguang, then turned his head to look at the people in the distance:

"This is my brother-in-law. Look carefully. If I find out you're making things difficult for him, I'll break off his feet one by one!"

Zhang Chunguang was left standing there in a daze, stunned. Xie Hushan, Han Hongbing and Erxi were led by Cheng Yunfei and arranged to stay in a two-person luxury soft sleeper compartment on a train like VIP guests. As soon as they put down their belongings, Brother Fei came over from the next room, squatted on the ground and stroked the dog. It was obvious that he liked Erxi very much.

"Don't worry about me. I'll just play with the dog for a while and then I'll go back to my room." Cheng Yunfei rubbed the dog's head and spoke English fluently, asking Erxi to perform various actions according to the English instructions.

"Brother, who are you?" Han Hongbing looked around the magnificent box and asked Cheng Yunfei.

"I'm just an ordinary worker, genuine, guaranteed to be authentic, a worker at the freight team of Yanjing Railway Station, a heavy-duty worker. You'll see clearly when you get out of Yanjing Station. It's my turn to go to work." Brother Fei stroked the dog, saw that Xie Hushan and Han Hongbing were looking at him as if they were seeing a monster, and said with a smile:

"Don't treat me like a big shot, brother. I'm really not one."

"Come on, the people outside are so scared that they almost kneel down before you. How can you be an ordinary worker?" Xie Hushan said as he sat on the bed next to him. "A worker may not be able to afford this outfit and watch in his lifetime."

"Do you think I'm dressed like that? These were bought for me by Old Wu and the other fools who were stirring up trouble. They owe me a favor. As for me, I'll just eat and drink with my grandson, but I won't thank my grandson!" Brother Fei stroked the dog and said with a smile:

"You think you are such a big shot and asked me to go to Macau to do business with you. Do you really think I am an unsophisticated brother who would be dazzled by a Rolex?"

Xie Hushan took out a Marlboro and handed it to Cheng Yunfei: "It's impossible for an ordinary worker to even know the name of your watch."

"I also saw it in the Foreign Friends Store in Yanjing." Cheng Yunfei took the cigarette and looked at the brand, then leaned over to light it with Xie Hushan's lighter, and said with a smile:

"But the cigarettes and dogs you two have are definitely not from a foreign friend's store. Your methods are pretty wild. You dare to write a stolen dog on the purchase certificate and pretend it's public property?"

"I didn't steal it, really..." Xie Hushan quickly tried to argue, but Cheng Yunfei waved his hand:

"Forget it. This dog can understand English. I can tell at a glance that it was stolen from the other side when you two were escorting it. Don't be afraid. I won't report it. I also stole dogs from foreigners in the past. We are in the same boat."

"Brother, did you also go to Hong Kong Island to steal?" Xie Hushan asked Cheng Yunfei.

Cheng Yunfei was holding a cigarette in his mouth and stroking Erxi:

"Come on, I don't have the skills you guys have to travel all the way from Zhili Province to Hong Kong Island to steal dogs. I stole dogs from foreign embassies in Yanjing."

(End of this chapter)