Inside the fruit shop there was a sturdy middle-aged woman, sitting on a bamboo chair in a daze, looking very scoundrelly. It seemed that business was indeed slow. When the aunt saw Qi Ji, who was wrapped tightly in a cloak, walking straight to her, she suddenly became energetic, creaked and moved the chair in front of her, and a friendly smile appeared on her face: "Kid, what do you want to buy? The apples I have here are definitely the sweetest in the East District!" Oh right! Speaking of buying things, I don’t seem to have the currency of this world? If I had known earlier, I should have asked Lunxi and the others for some money... As descendants of a noble family, they certainly wouldn't be short of money, and they certainly wouldn't mind giving a little money to their savior. Well, there is no point in worrying about this now. Qi Ji said in a brisk tone: "Hello, grandma. I'm a traveler from out of town. I just happened to be passing through this city. Can I ask you something?" Hearing Qi Ji's soft and pleasant voice, the aunt was startled, then smiled kindly like an old woman: "What a beautiful voice the little girl has! Ask me, I will definitely tell you if I know the answer." "beep!"
A pink and tender little girl suddenly appeared from under the table. She looked about seven or eight years old. She rested her chin on the table and looked at Qi Ji curiously. "Ah, this is my daughter." The aunt smiled lovingly. The little girl blinked and stared at Qi Ji motionlessly. Suddenly, she exclaimed in a shrill voice in an exaggerated way: "Sister is so beautiful!" "Uh..." Qi Ji suddenly realized that because the little girl's perspective was relatively low, the hood could not block her vision, so he could see her face directly. "Speak more quietly!" The aunt patted the little girl's shoulder lightly and scolded her lovingly. "Oh, it's okay." Qi Ji couldn't help but reach out and touch the girl's head. The girl was not afraid of strangers and raised her little head, looking very happy. "It feels very desolate here. Did something happen?" “Uh…” The old lady was startled and sighed deeply. She changed her previous kind and optimistic look and explained with a hint of sadness: “It’s still that damn plague!” "Plague? What plague?" "It started to appear a few months ago. The men seemed to call it something... I can't remember clearly," the aunt lowered her eyes, as if recalling something, "Once you get it, you have no effect at all. You have to lie in bed for a long time before you can get better. And only men can get it... Oh, girl, let me tell you, Tommy's family next door has suffered terribly..." As soon as the aunt started talking, she started to talk a lot. She could make a lot of completely irrelevant details into long speeches. She had no focus at all and often went off topic. She talked about everything from the bachelor next door to the bakery in the South District. Qi Ji's head was in a mess. But it was not easy to interrupt her, so he could only listen to her patiently. After more than ten minutes, Qi Ji barely sorted out a few meaningful pieces of information from her extremely fragmented chatter. Simply put, more than a month ago, a new infectious disease spread in Stio and nearby areas. The official name is "fever". The sick will become weak and unable to work. However, it is difficult to be fatal, and usually a good rest for a week or two will heal. But the worst thing is that this disease only affects men in their twenties and thirties, and the incidence rate is extremely high. When it was the worst, half of the young and middle-aged people in the city were infected. This was a devastating blow to ordinary families, because the main source of income for ordinary families was the labor of men in the family. If they didn't work for a day or two, the whole family would starve, and if they got hungry and sick, they would be out of luck, forming a vicious cycle. During the peak of the epidemic, hundreds of people died of starvation and disease in the city. You have to know that the entire city of Stio has a population of just over 10,000. The poorest southern district was like hell, with corpses stinking and people almost eating each other. Fortunately, supplies from the church arrived later and barely helped the city of Stio overcome the difficulties, so it did not end up in a tragic situation with people starving everywhere. But recently, a large number of people have been infected and fallen ill, and a new round of epidemic may come again. Nowadays, most people are hiding at home, either lying down to recuperate or afraid of being infected, so of course there are few people on the streets. "How tragic..." Qi Ji felt sympathy but was powerless to do anything. He could only hope that the supplies would arrive in time this time so that no one would starve to death again.
Shaking his head imperceptibly, feeling sad about the miserable lives of the working people, Qi Ji thanked them, turned around and left, preparing to visit other districts. “Swish!——” After walking a few steps, I keenly heard the sound of a carriage behind me, and it was getting closer and closer! "somebody is coming?" She looked back. As soon as she turned her head, a tattered four-wheeled carriage turned out from the street corner in the distance. The simple open carriage was packed with seven or eight people, rushing towards them with an arrogant look! The car was full of burly men with flesh on their faces, holding swords, sticks and clubs. They looked murderous and it was obvious that they were not here for good. The few pedestrians who saw this scene all fled in fear, and the few stall owners also closed their shops and left in a hurry, as if this was something more terrifying than wild beasts or the plague. What's going on? ! The group of uninvited guests stopped in the middle of the road. A bearded man with a blue turban jumped out of the car, holding up a knife and laughing wildly: "Little ones, let's have meat tonight!" The other strong men jumped out of the car and smashed things wantonly on the empty street. The woman in the fruit shop was half a step slower in closing her stall, so they targeted her. So a large group of people rushed in and there was a lot of banging, and then some messy debris was thrown out and piled up on the ground. It looked like bandits entering the village. "This is... robbery?!" Qi Ji reacted immediately. Hard! The fist is hard! She can't just sit back and watch this happen, otherwise she won't be able to sleep well at night. A little girl's cry was heard from the shabby fruit shop. A sturdy man walked in with a knife in hand, a ferocious smile on his face. "Master! Take whatever you want!" The woman in the fruit shop was dragged out by her head, but she ignored the pain and begged for mercy desperately, "Don't kill my daughter! I will give you as many lives as I want!" "Damn, you fat bitch, just looking at her makes me sick!" The sturdy man who was holding her spat viciously and picked up the knife to chop her down. "Oh!" He flew up into the sky, spinning and dragging a blood droplet in a smooth parabola, and finally landed on the ground with a thud. He stayed in the air for more than a second, and Robinson exclaimed that he was an expert. "Are you okay?" Qi Ji clapped his hands, feeling that this scene was familiar. He looked down at the old lady and confirmed that she was fine except for the skin injuries caused by the dragging. He then looked at the little girl in the fruit shop and saw that she was also not injured. Finally, Qi Ji raised his head and looked at the bandits in front of him, his eyes gradually becoming cold. Because of her insertion, the other robbers stopped their violence and looked over in disbelief. "Adventurer?!" The bandit with a blue turban was stunned and flew into a rage, "Hey! I told you not to meddle in other people's business!" At this time, the strong man who ran to check on the robber who was knocked away suddenly gasped and shouted towards us with a pale face: "Boss, Magnum is dead!" "What!?" The man in the blue turban was furious, "Shorty! You dare to kill our people? I will chop you into pieces today!"
Chapter 6 Hong Kong Drama Police Oh, murder... Qi Ji glanced coldly at the robber who was lying on the ground in a shapeless form, and his mood was... very calm. She was so calm that she was surprised. It was her first time killing someone, but she felt...nothing. I didn't feel guilty, nauseous, or even happy. It was like I was just doing something as ordinary as breathing or walking, not enough to stir up any waves in my heart. I don't know if it's her nature or if she's influenced by this body. "I advise you to be sensible and put down your weapons..." She took a deep breath, letting the bloody air pass through her chest, "Be prepared to die." "So you're a little girl, you're so arrogant!" The blue-headed scarf judged Qi Ji's age and gender from his voice and sneered, "I just don't know if you can still be so arrogant after we strip you naked, bang all the holes on your body and hang you on the wall for three days and three nights." Qi Jicai ignored him and walked forward a few steps to stay away from the aunt to avoid any accidental injuries when he used his skills later. "Zheng!——" While the blue-turbaned man was speaking, a bandit on the side suddenly raised his hand and shot an arrow at Qi Ji. The short but sharp arrow pierced the air, leaving a series of murderous screams. Qi Ji certainly noticed the arrow. Even if he was shot, it wouldn't matter, but after all, there were so many people watching, and it would be foolish to just stand there and let others hit him. So he slightly moved his body and just managed to avoid it. But she misjudged her own collision volume. The arrow that broke through the air did not hit her body, but scraped the edge of her hood. Under the scrape, the hood was lifted back and fell down, returning to the position of Qi Ji's back. "..."The air seemed to freeze. Forget it, I'm too lazy to care about these details. Glancing at the stunned and stiff-faced bandits, Qi Ji wondered if his face could be used as a memetic weapon. So far, it seems to work quite well. "Guys, catch him alive!" The man with the blue headscarf shouted excitedly. The other bandits also had strong desires in their eyes and licked their lips greedily. "If all else fails, we can kill him..." "Boom!" A shallow pit appeared on the ground under Qi Ji's feet. He dodged and rushed to the robber who had shot the arrow before, and slapped him hard! The bow-wielding robber's head was hit so hard that it turned three times on his neck. He flew backwards and smashed the other robber into the opposite wall. Then Qi Ji changed his pace, and his figure that was rushing in a straight line suddenly formed a sharp angle, and punched the third robber on the path, hitting him right in the chest. "Oh!" It was like the muffled sound of a balloon exploding! A thick blood mist suddenly burst out, and the robber was hit chest to back, flying far away like a piece of rag. "Bang! Bang! Bang!..." In the eyes of onlookers, Qi Ji seemed to have disappeared, leaving only a black shadow that turned at a sharp angle among the bandits. Every time it turned, at least one bloody man flew out. The corners of the cloak made crackling sounds and thin dust rose up, as if thousands of invisible whips were hitting the ground! At the moment when the last bandit flew into the air, the ghostly black shadow disappeared, and a petite figure in a long cloak appeared again in the middle of the street.
In the blink of an eye, none of the arrogant bandits were still standing. The whole process took less than a second, and no one even had time to scream. The first bandit who was knocked away had just landed on the ground. "Tsk... it feels good to fight like this." Qi Ji slowly loosened his clenched fists and said to the bandits running around, "Don't play dead. I know how many people I left alive." "Master, please spare my life!" The man with the blue turban covered in blood climbed up from the ground using both his hands and feet. However, his turban had already fallen to somewhere unknown, so this nickname may have become a little inappropriate. "I know I was wrong! I know I was wrong! I was the one who foul-mouthed you, I'll slap you in the face!" As he said that, he slapped himself a few times. There were repeated crisp sounds and blood was oozing from his cheeks. It seemed that he had really used all his strength. The blue turban just felt that he was unlucky today! He had brought his brothers out to kill, set fire, and rob houses. It should have been a very happy thing, but he ran into such a difficult situation. In fact, before he took action, he had guessed that this incredibly beautiful girl probably had some strength. After all, she killed one of his strong brothers with one blow as soon as she appeared on the stage, so she had the capital to be a hero. But being this strong was too outrageous! He hadn't even reacted yet, and was begging for mercy out of his most basic desire to survive. Is there such a powerful adventurer in Stio? Or how could such a powerful extraordinary person have the leisure to come out and do justice? If he had known this, he would rather starve to death than set foot here! "Boom!" There were dense footsteps coming from not far away. Qi Ji looked up and saw a group of sword-wielding soldiers in uniform grey uniforms trotting over. Should it be the city’s official security force? But this business ability is too poor. They actually allowed a car full of thugs to run into the city blatantly. The robbers did not hide at all and drove the carriage in a swagger! If Qi Ji hadn't happened to pass by, the bandits would have probably robbed everything by now, and there would definitely have been casualties. Why is he cosplaying as a policeman in a Hong Kong gangster movie? Why does he have to wait until the plot is almost over before he is refreshed? Qi Ji doesn't really want to get involved with the judicial system, at least not yet, as it seems too troublesome. So, before they noticed her, she turned around and told the aunt who hadn't fully understood the situation: "I'm leaving now. If anyone asks you questions later, just answer them truthfully." "Oh, oh..." The aunt nodded as if she understood. Qi Ji disappeared in a flash, but actually he hid in a secluded corner, quietly sticking his head out to observe the situation secretly. "How is this going!?" When the soldiers saw a group of strong men lying unconscious on the ground, they were all stunned as if they were struck by lightning. "Sir, help me!" Seeing Qi Ji suddenly disappear and the security team arriving late, the man in the blue headscarf kneeling on the ground felt as if he had been pardoned. He rolled and crawled to the security team, crying and begging for help, as if he was the victim. Seeing this, the leading soldier frowned and said nothing, as if he was thinking about something. He waved his hand, and the other soldiers came forward to hold up the blue turban and tie it up. In addition to the blue turban, there were three other bandits alive, all of whom Qi Ji had deliberately left alive. The soldiers tied up all three of them, threw their bodies onto the broken carriage, and drove them away together. No one resisted the whole time. Qi Ji was worried that the soldiers would embarrass the old lady, but it was obvious that she was worrying too much. No one looked at the old lady from beginning to end, and she was left running back to the fruit shop with her daughter in her arms, still in fear, as if there was no one there. They didn't even bother to question the witnesses. This attitude is too lazy...
Watching the soldiers gradually walk away until they completely disappeared around the corner of the street, Qi Ji walked out from the darkness and returned to the blood-stained street. "Little girl! Little girl!" The aunt held her daughter's hand and shouted to Qi Ji while hiding in the shattered fruit shop. Qi Ji turned around and walked over: "Are those people in gray clothes the city's security team? Their efficiency is too low." "These guys who eat for nothing are so useless every time!" The aunt patted her chest in anger and fear, "If it weren't for you this time, my mother and I would have been in trouble. Thank you so much!" "Thank you, thank you beautiful sister..." The little girl, with red eyes, timidly imitated her mother to say thank you.
