Chapter 19 Leverage
The bazaar is full of traffic and the cries of vendors. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Three young men dressed as gangsters were collecting money along the road.
"I said Lao Zhang, you better hand over the money quickly." The thug in the lead squinted at the vegetable vendor 'Lao Zhang', and as he spoke, he weighed the machete in his hand.
"Master Ma, I want to make friends when I smile, isn't this not open yet? When it opens, I will pay it by all means. Lao Zhang smiled all over his face. It turned out that the gangster who was the leader was called 'Ma Ye'.
"Don't do this!" Ma Ye, who was weighing the machete, was furious when he heard this, his hand was raised, and the knife fell. I saw a half-human-high machete cut through the vegetables and nail them to the board underneath.
Lao Zhang was startled when he saw this. Then his legs began to tremble, and even his hands trembled slightly. His lips opened and closed, but he didn't make a sound out of too much nervousness and fear.
"Don't think I don't know your little calculations. It's nothing more than trying to sell some money in the morning and close the stall early in the afternoon, right? Think this will get away from us? Tell you, now the rules have changed, and the lord has already collected the money in the morning! When he said the last sentence, Ma Ye looked around and glanced at the surrounding vendors.
"Search for me!" Ma Ye gave an order, and the two followers behind him immediately went up to pull Lao Zhang, wanting to search his body.
Of course, Lao Zhang, a vegetable vendor, did not want his hard-earned money to be taken away in vain, so he struggled fiercely. The two thugs couldn't get it for a while.
"Idiot! Who told you to search him? Searching for these dishes, I suspect that there is a murder weapon hidden in this pile of dishes. Ma Ye kicked his men away, and then pulled out the machete from the board and cut the vegetables.
Suddenly kicked by his boss, the gangster who was entangled with the vegetable vendor was puzzled, but when he heard the second half of the eldest brother's words, he finally reacted, and then began to 'search' the vegetable pile with excitement on his face.
For a time, the vegetables flew sideways, and the vegetables rained down.
"Oops~, my dish, my dish..."The vegetable vendor Lao Zhang beat his chest and saw that all his dishes were ruined. His eyes turned red.
"I'm fighting with you!" He yelled loudly and hugged Ma Ye by the waist. It's just that he is old and frail after all, how can he be the opponent of the thugs in the prime of life?! Before he rushed to the front, he was kicked away by Ma Ye, who had been on guard for a long time. He didn't breathe, and fainted.
Seeing what happened to his peers, the surrounding vendors began to be scared, for fear that they would be like Lao Zhang.
As a result, it became much easier to collect money next. Vendors are almost always eager to shove money into the hands of the thugs who collect it. Ma Ye looked at the two subordinates who came out empty-handed and returned with a full hand, and his face showed a hint of triumph.
"You're a thug here, aren't you? Take me to meet your boss. Just as he was triumphant, a voice suddenly came from behind him. He was startled and hurriedly turned around.
"Who are you?" Ma Ye's face sank, and he looked at the brocade-clothed man who suddenly appeared behind him. For some reason, this brocade-clothed man gave him a creepy feeling. Because of this, although he was a little frightened, he restrained himself and did not open his mouth to scold.
"It doesn't matter who I am, take me to see your boss, maybe I'm in a good mood and can spare your life." The brocade man smiled. How does it feel to have such a cold word and a gentle smile?
Looking at the middle-aged brocade clothes who seemed to be joking, Ma Ye couldn't laugh, and the slightest feeling of horror was instantly amplified. His pupils contracted suddenly.
At this time, Ma Ye's two subordinates finally realized that something was wrong with the situation here, and they immediately rushed over.
"What the hell! How dare you talk to our eldest brother like this, today I won't beat you as... cough cough..."Before they finished scolding, before their raised fists fell, they were already grabbed by the necks of the brocade man one by one.
The Jinyi people are very thin and seem to have been underfed for a long time and malnourished. His face was a little pale, as if he had just been seriously ill. However, such a person who seemed weak and couldn't help but hold the wind grabbed the two big men around their necks.
The two thugs were stuck in the neck, breathing began to become difficult, and the green tendons on their faces and necks protruded. They struggled, they thrashed, they pulled hard, but no matter how desperate they tried, they couldn't break free from the seemingly slender and weak hand in front of them.
The only remaining gangster leader, that is, 'Ma Ye', seemed to be frightened by the sudden burst of power in the middle-aged brocade clothes, and he stood there without the slightest movement.
Still, this may be where he is smart. Would a person who can burst out with such power be defenseless and expose the door to an enemy?
"Okay!" Suddenly, a cheering voice erupted from the surrounding crowd.
"Kill these goddamn thugs." I don't know who is continuing to shout. It seems to be trying to stir up everyone's emotions.
However, he did not succeed, and the people around him still watched coldly, quietly being an onlooker.
Perhaps awakened by this sudden shout, Ma Ye finally came back to his senses, only to see it fall to its knees with a 'poof'.
"This master, please also ask you to spare the two brothers of the younger one, and the younger one will take you to our boss." Ma Ye begged with a begging face.
The brocade man's gaze swept around, looked at the surrounding vendors, and then looked at the thug who was kneeling on the ground with a pleading face, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and then he let go of his hands.
"Poof, ahem..."The sound of two thugs falling to the ground in front of him, followed by the sound of coughing mixed with desperate breathing.
"Our boss is in the old man's temple in the west of the city, today is the time to collect rent, and he will stay there until all the shares are collected before leaving." Ma Ye hurriedly said, for fear that if he said it slowly, he would make the master in front of him angry. He even had a smile on his face that looked clearly forced.
The brocade-clothed man looked at Ma Ye, who was kneeling on the ground, his face covered with sweat, and there was a clear hint of approval in his eyes.
"You're smart and you know each other." After saying this, the brocade man walked away. For some reason, I didn't let 'Ma Ye' lead the way.
"Big brother, you betrayed the boss like this, if the boss finds out, I'm afraid ......" The two thugs who fell to the ground finally relieved themselves, and one of them said with concern on his face.
"Yes, big brother......" The other thug also realized something and hurriedly agreed.
"What? Scared? The leader of the gangster Ma Ye replied while staring at the direction where the brocade-clothed man disappeared. There was a hint of happiness on his face.
"How is it possible, when has my old cow ever been afraid!" The gangster who was the first to speak suddenly seemed to be stimulated by something, and his emotions began to get excited, he had an impossible expression on his face, and his voice was a little high.
"I'm just a little worried about you, big brother, I'm afraid you'll be ...... on the boss's side," his voice became very low when he said this.
"You think the eldest brother is afraid of the boss?" The other thug spoke, and a stubbornness could be heard in his words.
"No, it's not ......" Lao Niu quickly shook his head, but he didn't know how to explain it, so he could only repeat 'no' and shake his head.
Just when the two little gangsters were arguing, Ma Ye finally came back to his senses, and he took a closer look at his two brothers.
"Do you two believe me?" He asked, just staring at them.
"That's a must! Who else can we trust if we don't believe in big brother? The two spoke almost in unison.
Ma Ye looked at the expressions of the two brothers and got the answer he wanted, and he was secretly relieved.
"Then let's get out of here as far as possible!" Ma Ye said and walked in the direction of the north city gate.
The rest of the thugs were stunned. They looked at each other, and then they both followed with puzzled faces. However, for such a hurried departure that is like running for his life, Lao Niu is obviously a little unwilling.
"Big brother, why don't we go back and pack our things first?" He asked cautiously.
"My life is almost gone, what are you packing up?!" Ma Ye turned his head to look at Lao Niu, his eyes were full of rebuke and seriousness.
The two thugs were startled.
"The boss can't be so desperate, right? It's not a big deal, can he still kill us? ”
"Zhang Mazi, he probably can't protect himself now, hehe." Ma Ye said with a hint of ridicule and a wry smile on the corner of his mouth.