Most of the Japanese military officials and commanders had committed disembowelment when Hezhou City fell; and in the eyes of foreigners, every person with black hair and black eyes actually looks the same.
But Peng Bo is different.
He was the only person who could enter Qiyuan with foreigners as an interpreter back then. Xu Hang also never forgot any of the obscene and dirty faces that were staring at him from the audience.
Xu Hang had a cold smile on his face. He was slightly taller than Peng Bo, so he took a step forward and said in a low voice, “If you want to say something, just say it. Today is the Governor’s birthday. If someone makes trouble at his banquet, I want to know what will happen to that person.”
Peng Bo was choked by his words, and he was so mad that his face turned into pig’s liver color. “Heh, using sorghum stalks to make glasses—what’s the point of putting on an empty show! Let me tell you, believe it or not, I can kill you with just one finger. Forget it, I won’t get angry with a cheap bastard like you. There’s some mud under my shoes. If you wipe it off for me, I’ll pretend I didn’t see you today.”
As he spoke, he lifted up his robe and stretched out one leg, with an evil smile on his face as his fat trembled.
Xu Hang looked at him coldly, then looked aside and said, “I’m sorry, I don’t have a handkerchief with me, so I can’t wipe it for you.”
That’s rejection.
Peng Bo wanted to humiliate this guy today, so he put his foot close to Xu Hang and rubbed it wantonly on the hem of his clean grey Changshan, rubbing off the mud he had just stepped on. He then smiled and said, “Why need a handkerchief? Isn’t this enough? Well, it’s wiped so clean!”
He was so engrossed in this that he thought Xu Hang’s inaction was a sign of his fear of him. He was completely immersed in the pleasure of bullying others.
When he was almost done wiping and was about to stand up and teach Xu Hang a lesson, he heard someone behind him shouting in full force, “What are you doing?!”
Peng Bo shuddered and looked over, only to see Duan Yelin coming in from the small door, glaring over and striding up to them. The first thing he did was to look down at Xu Hang, and then his expression immediately changed when he saw the stains on his clothes.
“Special Assistant Peng is really free ah. Instead of drinking with others in the front hall, you are here ‘talking’ with my friend.”
There was no warmth in Duan Yelin’s tone, which made Peng Bo feel chill inside.
Well, he was wondering why Xu Hang was so arrogant, it turns out he had hooked up with the commander.
Bah, what a thing!
He quickly retracted his foot, secretly cursing him in his heart, but smiled: “Aiyo, it’s the Commander’s friend ah. Just joking, just joking, I didn’t stand firmly just now and stepped on Mr. Xu’s clothes. The Commander won’t arrest me for a piece of clothes, right? Haha.”
At this time, he had not yet realized what a stupid thing he had done.
Duan Yelin slowly untied his gloves. “Oh? What if I really want to capture the Special Assistant just because of a piece of clothing?”
“This…” Peng Bo choked for a moment, then forced a smile. “The Commander is really good at joking. Since he’s the Commander’s friend, he will understand, understand it.”
He put the gloves in Xu Hang’s hand, and continued, “Who said I was joking?”
His eyes instantly became sinister, like two cold arrows, whizzing at Peng Bo. Peng Bo shuddered for no reason and felt that Duan Yelin was not a normal person and was really going to make a fuss. He became anxious all of a sudden: “Yo, Commander, you are being a bit too arrogant. If words spread out that you, the Commander, are arresting someone for a piece of clothing, then no one might dare to say anything. But if they say that you arrested someone for an opera actor… heh, that would be a bit harsh!”
There was a hint of threat in his words, and then he started to flatter: “Well, I’m a straightforward person, so please bear with me ah.”
Duan Yelin first stood still and looked at Peng Bo. When Peng Bo had finished speaking and was about to leave with his last bow, he suddenly grabbed Peng Bo’s collar, raised his huge fist, and punched him hard in the face!
When the fist came down, with a “pop”, Peng Bo’s front tooth popped out!
Qiao Song once said that when he accompanied Duan Yelin to the mountains to hunt, they encountered a wild boar, and Duan Yelin knocked the boar out with one punch. He didn’t know if the force of this punch was the same as the one he used that time or not.
When he let go, Peng Bo spun around, then sat down on the ground with a thud, covering his face and wailing. One of his eyes was half-closed, and it was so swollen that he couldn’t open it at all. He cried out in agony, looking very miserable.
The instigator put on his gloves again after the beating. When he was fastening the leather buckle, he said to Peng Bo, “My fist hurt a little, so please bear with it, Special Assistant.”
It’s a tooth for a tooth phrase.
Then he took Xu Hang’s hand and walked out of the garden without looking back. Xu Hang was led by Duan Yelin, and they walked in many twists and turns and finally stopped in a small kitchen room.
He opened the door, pulled him in, closed the door, and locked it.
Xu Hang nearly tripped over the threshold, but Duan Yelin fiercely lifted him up, and he managed to stand firmly. Then a hand grabbed his chest, and another hand held his waist from behind. His whole body was lifted up slightly, with only half of his feet touching the ground.
“Hmm…” Xu Hang was struggling.
Duan Yelin’s face was close to Xu Hang, and his facial muscles were tense. He asked, “Why are you here?”
