The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 2: Severe Punishment
Juqiu, also known as a leather ball, is used in the game of Cuju.

Cuju is kicking with feet, and ju is a round ball with leather outside and rice bran and pork bladder inside. The two words together mean kicking the ball.

Cuju is a game that has existed since ancient times and is the most popular nowadays. It is played by everyone from the palace to the streets. In the capital city, there are groups called Yuanshe and Qishe that specialize in playing football. Bookstores also sell small books that teach people how to play football.

At this time, the ball was close to Zhao Ti and his men. Bai Zhan rushed forward, whistled softly, raised his arm and punched out.

This punch seemed strong, but actually contained a flexible force. With a muffled "puff" sound, the ball was not blown away, but was penetrated through and wrapped around his arm. The rice bran inside flew everywhere.

Zhou Tong praised: "Bai Dalang has great punching power!"

Su Da and Yu Er also jumped forward at this moment. Su Da had a long beard and a strong body, like a bear, while Yu Er was thin and agile, like a macaque. They both shouted together: "How dare you!"

All eyes in the field were immediately drawn to him. The hooligans had ferocious expressions, stared fiercely, and were ready to fight.

The scoundrel with a knife-like face who was throwing the ball looked over here, and saw that Zhao Ti was dressed as a scholar in white, Zhou Tong was dressed in commoner clothes, and the other three were also simple. He couldn't help but sneered and said, "Okay, okay, I'm having a bad day today. Just now, these two old men blocked my way to play ball, and now you have destroyed my things. You still dare to speak up? Are you looking for death?"

Su shouted, "The middle of the street is for people to walk, not for playing Cuju. Are you deliberately using this to extort money from the innocent people?"

His voice was loud, like thunder in a dry land, and the ruffians covered their ears one after another.

"Extortion?" The knife-faced man was so frightened that he trembled and became angry. "What a murderer! Why don't you ask me about my grandfather's current status? How could I extort such a small amount of money from you? You must kowtow and apologize for what happened today. You must slap your mouth and cannot leave until all your teeth fall out. Then you will know how powerful I, Gao Qiu, am!"

"You filthy little bird, a pig-like thing, dare you speak such nonsense!" Su Da clenched his fists into a bowl, looked back at Zhao Ti, and was about to rush over to attack.

Zhao Ti had been staring at the scoundrel with a knife-like face. When he heard him introduce himself, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Your name is Gao Qiu?"

The knife-faced man saw the white clothes that looked like flowing clouds and flying snow, or like mountains and deep abysses, and his heart skipped a beat for no reason. However, he had someone to rely on, so he was not afraid of ordinary families, not to mention officials. He patted his chest and said, "I am Gao Qiu, have you heard of me, little pretty boy?"

"Gao Qiu who is good at passing the buck?" Zhao Ti touched his chin.

"It seems you know this, so why don't you kowtow and admit your mistake, or give yourself dozens of slaps to make amends!"

Zhao Ti smiled and lowered his eyes slightly. Upon seeing this, Su Dayuer immediately rushed over.

The hooligans who had been beating the vendors, young and old, came forward yelling, but they were no match for the two men. They were like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, or a falcon entering a crow's nest. In no time, they knocked the hooligans to the ground, and they all cried for their parents and groaned in pain.

Zhao Ti said calmly from behind: "You were too gentle."

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhan said, "Young master, I'll go!" After saying that, he jumped out a few feet away, came close to the fallen scoundrel, raised his foot and stepped on him, and immediately, bones broke and wailing sounds rang out one after another.

Gao Qiu's face suddenly changed when he saw Su Dayu Er rushing towards him. He immediately stepped back and shouted, "How dare you... I am a disciple of Mr. Su, and a close follower of Prince Duan. How dare you attack me? Are you tired of living?"

When Zhao Ti heard this, the corner of his mouth curled up. It seemed that it was indeed Gao Qiu.

Whether it is the historical Gao Qiu or the Gao Qiu in later novels, their experiences are roughly the same. He was a street hanger-on with a scoundrel nature. After many twists and turns, he luckily ended up in Su Shi's mansion. Later, Su Shi was demoted to another place and sent him to his brother Su Zhe's mansion. He was then sent elsewhere by Su Zhe, and finally by chance he came to the side of Prince Duan Zhao Ji.

The "Little Su" mentioned by Gao Qiu is Su Zhe, who is now the deputy prime minister, the backbone of the old party, and the direct confidant of the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao. Seeing that the other party was silent, Gao Qiu immediately showed his satisfaction. With such a backer, he can say that he is not afraid of anyone in Tokyo. It is like the poem that says, "In the past, I was not worthy of boasting about my filthiness, but now I am unrestrained and have no limit to my thoughts." Now even the government has to give him some face.

"Since you know my name, why don't you beg for mercy..."

"You play football well." Zhao Ti folded his sleeves in front of him, smiled slightly, and then shook his head, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"Grandpa is naturally good at playing football, but you guys...ah!" Su Da had already come close to him, and before he could finish his words, he stretched out his hand and picked him up like a chick.

The remaining ruffians on both sides saw that the situation was not good and turned around to run, but Bai Zhanyuer caught up with them and knocked them to the ground in a few hits. Their sticky poles were broken, their slingshots were shattered, and they kept screaming.

"Whose grandfather are you?" Su Da stared at Gao Qiu in a muffled voice.

"I, I..." Gao Qiu's eyes rolled around, unable to break free: "I am Prince Duan's..."

"Pa!" Su Da slapped him in the face: "Stop using Prince Duan to scare people!"

"You, you are not afraid of His Royal Highness Prince Duan?" Gao Qiu opened his mouth and spat out two teeth, revealing a look of astonishment: "You dare to hit me? His Royal Highness Prince Duan will not forgive you!"

Su Da ignored him and turned to look at Zhao Ti: "Sir, how should we deal with this?"

Zhao Ti said slowly: "Although this man is only a minor evil now, he is treacherous and cunning by nature. He is good at using tricks to deceive the master. He will become a great harm in the future. I will break his legs and stop his tricks of flattering the master!"

"What?" Gao Qiu's body suddenly went limp when he heard that. All his skills were in Cuju. If his legs were broken, how could he play football?
"Please spare my life! I have no eyes to recognize the great man, I..."

Su Da didn't listen to him. He raised his knees and smashed his legs twice with "bangs", and then threw them to the ground like noodles.

The onlookers cheered when they saw this. From Zhouqiao to Xiangguo Temple, who on this street didn't know Gao Qiu? In the past, they hated him and disliked him, but now they were really afraid of him, because he not only climbed up to Xiao Su Xianggong, but also became a close follower of Prince Duan.

There were some who were outspoken and impatient and advised them to leave quickly, saying that otherwise there would be trouble if the patrol army came and they would definitely be thrown into jail.

Bai Zhan returned to Zhao Ti and said, "Sir, do you need to let someone know about this in Kaifeng Prefecture?"

Zhao Ti looked at the hooligans wailing on the ground and said, "There are always military patrol officers patrolling this street every day, but we can't see a single one for a long time. I'm afraid they are deliberately avoiding Gao Qiu."

"Sir, Kaifeng Prefecture is in charge of the civil security of the capital, and the chief official is a high-ranking official. How could they ask people to hide from a street scoundrel?" Zhou Tong asked in confusion.

Zhao Ti shook his head and said, "The chief officer will not ask him to hide, but the soldiers from the lower offices have been stationed in the city for a long time, dealing with gang members every day. They know that Gao Qiu has joined Prince Duan's sect, so they will inevitably try to curry favor with him. Prince Duan and Su Zhe are not good at judging people. If they condone small evil now, it will inevitably lead to big evil in the future."

"So that's how it is. I understand." Zhou Tong figured out the key point and said yes.

Just as the two were talking, there was a sudden commotion outside the crowd, and someone shouted, "What are you doing? How dare you fight in the city in broad daylight? All of you will be locked up and taken to Kaifeng Prefecture for questioning!"

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