Chapter 76: Zujitian

  Du Fei has been away from Xing'an City for several days and has now arrived in a place called Zhongde City. At this time, Du Fei is also walking happily on the street, and the unhappiness of the past few days has long been thrown out of his mind. As he walks, Du Fei feels the local conditions and customs of Zhongde City. This Zhongde City is also a relatively prosperous metropolis and the provincial capital of Zhongde Province, while Du Fei is currently in a medium-sized country called Dongyuan Country.

  After walking out of the Devil's Mountain Range, Du Fei gradually regained his human feelings after several days of adaptation. Some habits also changed, after all, Du Fei had lived in the human world since childhood and only came to the Devil's Mountain Range due to circumstances. As he walked, Du Fei's stomach began to rumble again. He looked around for a place to eat, but now he no longer sought out luxurious inns to dine at. Even eating street food was satisfying, with some places surpassing the inns in terms of flavor.

  Du Fei came to a street stall and sat down, ordering several dishes from the boss before sitting at the table waiting. Eating on the street was not as comfortable as eating in a restaurant. The street was crowded with people coming and going, and the noise was loud everywhere. At the next table to Du Fei, there were several older men talking and eating, holding wine bowls and drinking, their voices extremely loud, with occasional profanity. Du Fei didn't pay much attention to them, just waiting quietly for his own dishes.

  "Grandfather, have mercy on me, please give me some food to eat." The speaker was an old beggar with tattered clothes and a weathered face. At this time, the old beggar knelt down in front of the position where several young people were sitting, begging for a little food.

  "Where did this old beggar come from, begging for food and ending up in front of me? Get out!" The speaker was a young man in his early twenties. He stood up and kicked the old beggar on the ground with one foot, while several other young people laughed and said "haha". After being kicked by the young man, the old beggar quickly got up and dodged the kick. Seeing the old beggar's flustered appearance, the group of people laughed even louder than before. Du Fei heard the group's triumphant laughter and looked at them with some disgust. Originally, Du Fei had a natural aversion to bullying the weak, and he wanted to teach those young people a lesson, but he didn't want to cause trouble on this occasion, so he turned his head and looked at the old beggar instead.

  At this time, the old beggar was also kicked in the foot and was a bit frightened. He sat on the ground with a wronged expression, but he had to walk away helplessly. Looking at Du Fei sitting quietly beside him, he walked unsteadily to Du Fei's side and took out a broken bowl, begging: "Sir, can you spare some food? Please?" As he spoke, the old beggar prepared to kneel down, but Du Fei stopped his action with one hand and handed over a gold coin with the other, saying: "Old man, take this money and buy some food." The old beggar's eyes widened as he looked at the gold coin in Du Fei's hand, and he nodded enthusiastically, saying: "Thank you, sir! You're a good person, you must have a noble fate!" As he spoke, the old beggar grasped the gold coin handed over by Du Fei, holding it in his palm and trembling uncontrollably. His lips were also quivering, and he was so excited that tears streamed down his face. Du Fei, however, felt too shocked - he had only given a small gold coin, but it had surprised the old beggar to such an extent. Du Fei didn't know the value of this gold coin for ordinary people - this small piece of gold was equivalent to 10,000 copper coins! If exchanged for food, it would be enough to eat many good things. Just take the restaurant where Du Fei ate as an example - the dishes he ordered were the best in the house, and they only cost a few dozen copper coins at most. That's why the old beggar was so excited.

  However, the speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. When Du Fei gave the old beggar gold coins, every move was seen by several people sitting next to him. Several people turned their heads and exchanged a few glances with each other. Du Fei was completely unaware, just eating the dishes that had already been served. At this time, one of the young men stood up and walked in the direction where the old beggar had gone earlier. The others continued to pay attention to Du Fei, who also sensed that something was wrong. The few people who were noisy earlier suddenly became quiet, which was indeed strange. However, Du Fei didn't care about them at all and continued eating his meal with his head down.

  Du Fei carelessly threw a gold coin on the table after finishing his meal, preparing to leave. As he walked to the next seat, a man suddenly stood up and collided with Du Fei, causing him to fall to the ground, clutching his body in pain and wailing loudly. Du Fei was taken aback, looking at the man on the ground, and asked: "Hey, are you okay?" As he spoke, Du Fei stretched out one hand to help the fallen man up.

  "Halt." A sudden rebuke came, and Du Fei also quickly raised his head to look at the person who had rebuked him. "What are you doing? You knocked my brother to the ground. Look at my brother's pitiful state, he must be injured. What do you say we should do about this?" The man who had rebuked Du Fei pointed at the man lying on the ground, while several other men also quickly stood up and glared at Du Fei.

  "Haha, didn't expect to run into a group of rascals." Du Fei smiled secretly and asked in doubt: "Hey, this isn't right, he clearly bumped into me, how can they blame me?"

  "Nonsense, I clearly saw it was you who bumped into him, and now you're trying to quibble." One of the men glared at Du Fei and said. The man on the ground, seeing the scene at this time, hugged his body and let out a loud wail again: "Ahh, ahh!"

  "You see my brother's painful appearance, it's not you who else, you little boy think don't admit the account." The man showed a ferocious expression pointing at Du Fei. At this time, Du Fei had already understood the whole thing and knew that these men were blackmailing him, but Du Fei was plotting in his heart.

  Du Fei intentionally said with a wronged expression: "Really, it wasn't me. I didn't even see him. You say I bumped into him, but actually he bumped into me and I fell to the ground myself."

  "Stop quibbling here, I don't care who bumped into whom, anyway my brother is now in this state because of your kid's fault, don't even think about denying it." The man said viciously. At this time, many onlookers had gathered around them. Everyone looked at Du Fei and the several men, and started discussing among themselves. Actually, all the passersby knew that those few men were notorious rascals in the city, who usually made a living by stealing, cheating and deceiving people. They all knew that Du Fei was being framed by those men, but no one dared to come out and speak up for Du Fei, after all, nobody wanted to provoke those rascals.

  "I really didn't." At this time, Du Fei's expression was even more wronged, and the several men who saw Du Fei's appearance were even more arrogant.

  "Come on, kid, let's go see the official," said the man, grabbing Du Fei's front clothes and trying to take him away. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't budge Du Fei an inch. The man increased his strength, pulling and tugging at Du Fei, but it was all in vain. Just then, the man who had left earlier came running back, panting heavily, and nodded at the man who was trying to pull Du Fei away.

  "Give it back to me, give it back to me." At this time, a crying voice came over, Du Fei stretched his head and looked at the place where the cry was coming from, only to see that the old beggar who had just left with a bloody face ran over, grabbed the man who had just left and cried out: "You give it back to me, that's mine, you return my money."

  "Let go, you damned beggar." The man glared at the old beggar with malice, clenched his fist and punched him in the head. However, the old beggar grasped the man's clothes tightly and refused to let go, his eyes filled with resentment and helplessness as he muttered: "Give me back my money." Seeing that the old beggar still wouldn't release his grip, the man threw another punch at him.

  Du Fei's expression changed instantly, his eyes blazing with anger as he glared at the crowd, his fists clenched tightly. Just as Du Fei was about to intervene, a folding fan suddenly blocked the man's falling fist, and a loud "slap" echoed through the air. The onlookers were shocked, their eyes fixed on the person who had produced the fan. A young man of around twenty years old appeared before them, dressed in spotless white attire, with a crisp white scholar's hat on his head, his figure tall and slender, his features strikingly handsome. At this moment, the young man was slowly twirling the folding fan in his hand, a composed smile spreading across his face.

  "What are you doing?" The man with the folded fan glared at the white-clothed man.

  "Heh heh, not doing anything, just can't stand seeing a big group of young people bullying a weak old man, so I'll intervene and stop it. What's wrong with that?" The white-clothed man still smiled as he looked at the men attacking the old man.

  The man said, "You're looking for trouble, brothers, let's go." The crowd stood up, cracking their knuckles and preparing to fight. But before they could even approach the white-clad man, Du Fei had already launched a flurry of punches and kicks at them, sending out cries of "Ah, ah, ah..." in an instant. The white-clad man was also not one to sit idly by and quickly joined forces with Du Fei. Together, they took down several people with just a few moves, leaving them lying on the ground, all knocked unconscious. The onlookers cheered and clapped for the two of them, loudly celebrating their victory. Today, Du Fei had done a good deed, helping to rid the city of its scourge and bring peace to its residents.

  The two of them smiled at each other after dealing with the thugs. Du Fei spoke first: "Thanks a lot, haha, I didn't expect you to be a bookworm who likes to punish evil and uphold justice, thanks again." As he spoke, Du Fei bowed his hands in gratitude towards the man in white clothes.

  "Ah, no need for formalities, young brother. What's your surname and given name?" the man in white clothing replied.

  "Haha, I'm Jin San, but I don't know your esteemed name?" Du Fei smiled and said.

  "Haha, so it's Jin San brother. I apologize for not showing respect earlier. My humble surname is Zu, and my name is Ji Tian." The man in white clothes also slightly bowed his body and clasped his hands together in greeting towards Du Fei. The two of them began chatting as if they had known each other for a long time...