Chapter 29 The Men And The Children

Two weeks later, Deming rested in a small pavilion on the side of the road. He was eating his vegetarian buns, and two old men in their forties and two teenagers walked in. The two older men and the two teenagers are dressed beautifully. He noticed that the two teenagers were dressed exactly the same, with the same faces.

The taller older man in red looked at Deming and said, "This young hunter of Guzheng Sector, if you don't mind, can rest in there with you."

Deming looked up at the older man and said, "Go ahead." He moved the bag to the end of the pavilion to make room for the four of them.

Deming watched the taller older man in red poured some water from his bota canteen onto his white handkerchief. Then, the man squeezed out the excess water and began to wipe the other man's face.

Lee Dachin said, "Yaoting, I feel better." Lee Dachin smiled at Fang Yaoting and took the handkerchief from Fang Yaoting's hand then wiped Fang Yaoting's face.

Fang Weimin complained, "Father, when can we go hunting?"

Fang Yaoting said, "Have you ever asked your grandfather before you left the Fang's house?"

Fang Weisheng answered, "We did, he said no."

Fang Yaoting said, "Then it's settled."

Fang Weisheng, "Just sitting at home with all those seniors to babysit us, how can we learn?" Fang Weisheng grabbed on Lee Dachin's left sleeve. "Uncle Dachin, please beg on our behalf."

Lee Dachin smiled and said, "I have promised your grandfather that I will not express any opinion on family matters." He smiled at Fang Weisheng. "Listen to your grandfather, he's older and wiser, so he knows what's best for the two of you."

Fang Weimin whispered to Fang Weisheng, "I told you it was a waste of saliva."

Lee Dachin smiled at the twins and said, "Don't get discouraged, maybe keep practicing hard. When your grandfather see progress, your grandfather will let you two go out hunting. All you two have to do is show him that you have grown up already and able to take care of yourself."

Fang Weisheng looked at Deming and studied Deming up and down, "Uncle Dachin look over there." He pointed to Deming. "That young man is about our age. He can travel on his own."

Lee Dachin shook his head, "Weisheng, is not nice to point your finger at people." Lee Dachin stood up and walked toward Deming. "Young hunter." He smiled at Deming. "Please forgive my son for being impolite."

Deming stood up, "I don't mind."

Fang Yaoting looked at his sons, "Now you understand why that young hunter can travel alone and you cannot."

Lee Dachin looked at Deming and said, "May I ask where you are going?"

Deming, "Oh, senior, I'm going to Cloud City."

Fang Weisheng jumped up and walked to Lee Dachin and Deming. He asked, "Why are you going to Cloud City? What business do you have there?"

Deming introduced himself, "I'm Dong Enlai of Guzheng Sector."

Fang Weisheng interrupted Deming and said, "You don't need to tell us which sector you belong to, we already knew that you are from Guzheng Sector, just by looking at your clothes." He smirked. "So, why are you going to Cloud City?"

Deming said, "I'm going to Cloud City to learn their principles."

Fang Weisheng, "Really?"

Fang Weimin said, "The Guzheng Sector already has very good principles and teaching, why should you study the Guozhao principle?"

Deming smiled and said, "When it comes to learning, the sky is the limit."

Fang Weisheng scratched his head, "Huh?"

Fang Weimin gave his brother a disappointment glance. He frowned, "You are so stupid."

Deming walked to his horse and poured water for the horse. He left the two men and the twins rest inside the pavilion. From a distance, Deming saw a man and a woman walking towards the pavilion. The woman wears red and white, and the men wear black. The two twins stood up happily. Deming knew from the color of the clothes that the two persons must be Guozhao Hunters. He continued to feed his horse, ignoring the man and woman.

The man and the woman greeted the two elders, "Third Master." Then they looked at Lee Dachin. "Teacher Lee."

The twins said happily, "Senior brother."

Lee Dachin smiled and said, "I'm very happy that you two came back safely."

Fang Yaoting asked, "Zhiqiang, Chuntao, how was it?"

Deming was so shocked that his heart was shaking, as if it would stop at any moment. He believed he had heard it wrong. He slowly turned to the small pavilion and saw Guozhao Zhiqiang standing in front of the two older men. Deming whispered, "Zhiqiang." Looking at Guozhao Zhiqiang, his heart was full of happiness. He wanted to rush to hug him.

Yang Chuntao asked, "Whose bag is this?"

Fang Weisheng smiled lightly, "It's that brother." He pointed to Deming and his horse. "He said he was going to Cloud City to study our principles."

Yang Chuntao looked at Deming, "Really?" She smiled at Deming.

Deming nodded at Yang Chuntao. He glanced at Guozhao Zhiqiang, but Guozhao Zhiqiang did not look at Deming like the other disciples. Deming saw Guozhao Zhiqiang, and Yang Chuntao sat on a bench together. Yang Chuntao gave Guozhao Zhiqiang food. Guozhao Zhiqiang willingly accepted it. Deming didn't know why; he was very angry when he saw the two of them sitting together offering food back and forth.

Before long, a group of merchants and some hunters also came to rest around the small pavilion. Then, a little girl about ten years old and a little boy about four years old ran towards the group of people.

The little girl cried for help, "Please help us. Please someone help us."

A man's voice came from behind, "Fen'er run away."

The young girl and boy came to the hunters. The girl pleaded, "Hunters…please help us." The little girl knelt down right in front of the hunters. "Please these big brothers and big sisters, please help us."

When the girl was begging, more than twenty people surrounded the small pavilion. One of the men dragged an older man over and threw him to the ground. The man was seriously injured, and blood stains were visible on his head and face. The injured man fell to the ground and coughed violently.

Pang Tao stepped forward and said, "A good dog should not block a gentleman's path."

Fang Weimin stood beside Guozhao Zhiqiang, "I agree. Good dogs should not block a gentleman's path."

Xu Shi said angrily, "Kid, stay away from man's business."

Fang Weisheng stood next to his brothers and said angrily, "Who do you call kid?"

Pang Tao smirked, "Of course you." He peaked back and he saw Yang Chuntao. "Heh…look at this beauty here." He smirked at Yang Chuntao. "How about you go with us, and we will leave your little brothers go?"

Fang Weimin smirked at Pang Tao, "Tsk…tsk… if you still want your hand to hold your penis while urinating, I advise you to leave her alone."

Pang Tao, "Good suggestion. I will satisfy your wishes." He threw his fist at Fang Weimin.

Guozhao Zhiqiang grabbed Pang Tao's fist and kicked Pang Tao hard in the stomach. Guozhao Zhiqiang kicked Pang Tao out of the pavilion twenty yards away.

Xu Shi called out, "Everyone attack the weirdo."

Fang Weisheng angrily said, "How dare you call my senior brother a weirdo." He attacked the attackers.

Fang Weimin smiled and said, "Attacking our senior brother, is the biggest mistake you dogs have made."

The other hunters and merchants pulled away from the crowd that had begun the fight and walked towards Deming. Deming looked at the two older men sitting in the pavilion, both of them were very calm. The shorter older man in white had peeled an orange and handed it to the old man in red. The two older men didn't seem to worry at all.

Four people shot arrows at Guozhao Zhiqiang, and his junior. Deming flew out, used the guzheng, emitted powerful sound waves, blocked the arrows from hitting Guozhao Zhiqiang and the twins.

Guozhao Zhiqiang flipped backward and sent out a talisman at the group. The talisman turned into many tiny balls of fire. The group of men were severely burned. Then small rocks and mud fragments floated around Guozhao Zhiqiang. Gou Zhao Zhiqiang softly said, "Hit." Rocks and mud fragments flew towards the group of people and hit them heavily. The men groaned in pain, blocking the flying shards with their hands.

Pang Tao looked around and looked at the many hunters standing beside him. He raised his voice and shouted, "Any hunter here, if you are willing to catch this weirdo, I will reward you greatly."

One of the hunters stood up and said, "No matter how high the reward is, we will not be an enemy of Guozhao Hunters."

Pang Tao's voice trembled, "You...you are all Guozhao Hunters?"