County Town Chapter 20: The Arrogant Young Man

  First floor of the business club.

  In the billiard room, everyone was either lying on the floor or sprawled across the green baize of the billiard table. Regardless of who they were, each person had a clear imprint on their forehead, with fresh blood slowly flowing out. The crowd moaned incessantly.

  Yitian Xing patted the now-empty backpack, his left hand lightly weighing the last half brick, looking at the room full of Xuesaner with a provocative tone: "Ten bricks, I've taken down nineteen of you. And there's still this last half brick, who's going to take it?"

  Arrogant, this high school student is too arrogant!

  A group of people lay on the ground, wailing continuously. Who dared to provoke this master who was not afraid of pain, known for having practiced Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt? They stared at each other for a long time before one of them, a rascal, got up with his hand covering his forehead, trembling as he said: "We really don't know where Third Master is."

  "I don't care." Yi Tianxing casually tossed the remaining half brick of red brick onto the billiard table, making a loud noise. "If Xue Saner doesn't come out to see me for a day, I'll make trouble in his territory for a day."

  He turned around and left, walking to the door and coldly throwing out a sentence: "Don't blame me for being ruthless, if you don't want to taste the pain of being hit by bricks, run faster next time I come."

  …………………………………

  Days passed again, and Xue Saner was indeed a turtle that had been through the storm, being shouted and beaten by a high school student in the entire county town, single-handedly smashing the scene everywhere, he could bear it, shrinking his head back into his shell, not moving at all.

  Yi Tianxing was also helpless. After all, he was just a high school student, and when it came to fighting, he was not afraid of anyone in this county town. But finding someone who had made up their mind to hide was not easy for the time being. Of course, his reputation in the county town had already spread far and wide, almost catching up with that old gentleman from the provincial city who had returned to retire, and basically no one dared to fight him.

  Now in the county town, as soon as his name is mentioned, or a high school student with a yellow-green military bag is seen from afar, no matter if it's a hoodlum from the East Gate area or not, they will scatter like rabbits. Thanks to him, the high school students in Chengguan County, especially He Wei and Hu Yun's younger brothers, have gained some prestige, and seem to have turned over a new leaf and become the masters of their own destiny.

  Yi Tianxing didn't know about these things, he was just very focused on finding Xue San'er and breaking his leg - regarding Lele's injury, he was very persistent, with a persistence that ordinary people couldn't imagine.

  The more he wanted to find someone, the more he couldn't find them. The high school entrance exam date was approaching, and the mock exams in the past few days were also missed due to this matter. He didn't have much time to waste on the hoodlums of a small county town. However, his anxiety was useless, and the anger in his chest grew more and more intense. Even sitting by the pond next to his own little black house couldn't calm him down.

  He knew that at this time, Xue Saner was hiding, and the only ones who could find his whereabouts were the powerful government machinery and the Gu family, which had deep roots in the county. The old master didn't care about anything, the eldest son was in the city, and the second son in the county also didn't speak up, so the rest of the big shots in the county were watching from the sidelines, and as long as things didn't get out of hand, the Public Security Bureau wouldn't even bother with these small-time hooligans' infighting.

  Moreover, he was just a ragged kid who couldn't possibly be connected to the two most powerful forces in the county town.

  Then he did something, something very funny and arrogant, enough to shock the entire county. This thing is still a classic rumor that people in Gaoyang County like to talk about after meals many years later.

  He tore his tattered bed sheet into two strips, then went to a stationery store to buy a brush and ink, and wrote a few big characters in his small black room. After the ink was completely dry, he casually picked it up and came to Jiefang Road, the busiest street in the entire county.

  The shops on Liberation Road are lined up, and the pedestrians are like a brocade. It is the most prosperous place in Gaoyang County. Today is Sunday, and it's even more lively than usual.

  Yitian walked alone to the entrance of a clothing store called Seagull, slightly raised his chin, looked around at the people walking back and forth with happy faces, then suddenly pulled out the cloth strip from his arms and hung it on two big trees on either side.

  There were two sentences written on the cloth strip, with powerful and vigorous handwriting, and the ink marks were dense and forest-like.

  One sentence is what Yitian remembered from the news broadcast conveying the central spirit.

  "Strike against black and evil forces, thoroughly investigate gangs, resolutely crack down on black and evil forces and groups with a black society nature!"

  The next sentence would have implicated all of Gaoyang County's thugs.

  "On the road of Gaoyang County, all brothers are women!"

  The two words "women" were followed by an exclamation mark that was painted large and bold with ink, like a stunned big mouth, silently ridiculing the characters in the county town.

  ………………………………

  The crowd slowly gathered around, and after a while, the crowd that was shocked by these two slogans slowly dispersed, stopping not far away to peek. The country people like to watch lively things, looking at this young man in front of them who seemed to have gone mad, saying that he might be beaten up by others soon, such a fresh thing can't be missed.

  Yitian walked with his eyes slightly closed, scanning the people around him with his peripheral vision, listening to their hushed conversations filled with surprise and mocking laughter. After a while, more people came walking from the streets, these people looked no different from ordinary civilians in terms of clothing, but the fierce aura emanating from them made the surrounding crowd avoid them.

  Here.

  Yi Tian Xing smiled faintly, he knew that no matter which industry it was, they could not tolerate such blatant provocation in broad daylight.

  The police car arrived soon after.

  "Alright, alright! Who's that? That kid, quickly take down these two pieces of torn fabric!" A middle-aged policeman rushed over from the car and shouted at Yi Tianxing, his finger pointing back and forth in front of his eyes.

  Yi Tianxing furrowed his brow, disliking this impolite behavior. He disliked even more that the people from the Dao had not yet arrived, but instead he ran into someone from a specialized government agency. He smiled slightly at the policeman and said, "Officer, why do you need to take it away?"

  The police officer rubbed his hat brim, thinking to himself, "That's right, why should this kid be allowed to take down the banner?" After a moment of thought, he bellowed: "According to Article 19 of Chapter 3 of the Public Security Administration Punishments Regulations, for those who commit any of the following acts that disturb public order and do not constitute a criminal offense, they shall be detained for up to fifteen days, fined up to two hundred yuan, or given a warning: (1) disturbing the order of government agencies, organizations, enterprises, institutions, causing work, production, business, medical treatment, education, scientific research, etc. to be unable to proceed normally, without resulting in serious losses."

  Yitianxing smiled: "You recite the rules very fluently."

  "That's right, just after the exam." The middle-aged policeman almost laughed out loud and immediately came to his senses, pointing at Yitianxing's nose and scolding: "You hung a banner on Liberation Road, causing traffic congestion, which is disturbing public order!"

  The young policeman in the car turned off the engine and hastily ran to the middle-aged policeman's side, whispering a few words in his ear. The middle-aged policeman's face gradually showed a look of doubt, their whispers were naturally heard clearly by Yitian Xing, who smiled slightly, wondering what they would do next.

  "Is your surname Yi?" The middle-aged policeman walked up to him again, but his attitude became much more gentle.

  "Yes, uncle." Yi Tianxing's mouth was quite sweet.

  The middle-aged policeman sighed and said, "Your affairs are all over the place, I know why you're doing this and that you can fight. But you can't just openly humiliate all the thugs in the county like this, can you? A hero can't defeat a multitude of hands, and even an elephant can't withstand the bites of ants. You'd better take this thing down, otherwise, look at those thugs outside, they really will fight with you. The other day, you just cleaned up the scene for Xue Saner, and they didn't care, but today's incident has really blown up, I don't even know if I can protect you later."

  Yitianxing smiled gratefully and said: "Then can you tell me where Xuesan'er is?"

  The middle-aged policeman suddenly became serious and said, "I'm telling you, what you've been doing at night for the past few days is already illegal. If you think Xue San'er has done something harmful to you, you can report it."

  It's easy to report a case if you think about it, but I still said thank you.

  The middle-aged policeman looked at him with disdain, still refusing to take down the banner, and got a bit angry, retreated back into the police car, not driving away, just staring at the commotion on the scene.

  The crowd on Liberation Road grew larger and larger, with a large group of burly men with menacing faces appearing all around. With his good eyesight, Yitian had already spotted someone with a bulging package in their arms. However, he was not afraid, nor did he care; he had made up his mind to follow the words of Master Jishizong.

  Today I am the Buddha, whoever blocks me will be killed! Yi Tianxing glared at those thugs with a slanted eye, and although they were furious on their faces, not one of them dared to come forward.

  This is what you get for your pains!

  Night was approaching, and on the Liberation Road in the county town at dusk, a strange scene appeared. A high school student stood between two banners with large characters written on them, while dozens of meters away from him, hundreds of people who were obviously not good guys surrounded him, as if all the thugs in the county had gathered here, with a strong murderous aura, and next to it, a police car was parked alone.

  One man against a city.

  This is the most impressive thing that Yi Tianxing left to the residents of this small county town. In the face-off, he touched his fingers as hard as steel and thought: "Then come on."

  At this moment, a black Toyota Crown came from afar and stopped in front of Yi Tianxing with a screech.

  Yi Tian Xing's lips curled up slightly as he smiled, the person he was waiting for had finally arrived.