Chapter Thirty-Four: Another Incident
The group of people swept out of the yamen, and more than a dozen officials wearing tolerance robes walked on the street, and they were quite powerful. The people of Tongyu County www.biquge.info pen fun pavilion rarely saw such a big scene, and they looked sideways while avoiding it, and there were many discussions.
Yang Bantou followed behind Zhang Zhen, seeing this situation, he felt a sense of pride in his heart for no reason. The difficulty is not terrible, the terrible thing is that the strength is not to make it in one place, a person hides a kind of mind, and the little energy that is not much is used on internal friction, and he is scorched and exhausted, and he lives so aggrieved.
And now, the group of brothers around me who usually work together on an errand have finally sat on a boat and have the appearance of doing a little bit of great things.
Thinking about it, Yang Bantou couldn't help but look at the man in front of him, although he knew that his trip was almost hitting the mountain with eggs, he still faintly gave birth to a little expectation.
Just as Yang Bantou was wandering, the man in front of him suddenly slowed down.
Yang Bantou was stunned, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, he was afraid that he would stop, and said to himself: "Forget it, the Black Tiger Gang can't afford to provoke it, let's go back." ”
Yang Bantou caught up with Zhang Zhen with apprehension, only to hear him say to himself in a suppressed voice: "Someone is following us, you go first, I'll deal with it." ”
Yang Bantou breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately, his heart was raised again, and he looked behind him very vigilantly, and asked in the same suppressed voice, "Who?" Which one? ”
Zhang Zhen said: "The one who wears black clothes and a straw hat and holds a fan in his hand." ”
Yang Bantou turned his head and glanced at it quickly, and sure enough, not far behind him, there was a person dressed in black with a fan in his hand, the straw hat on his head was pressed very low, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly, and he was tightly behind the team not far away.
"What to do? Isn't it someone from the Black Tiger Gang? Yang Bantou was a little flustered. If the three people who left before went to report the news, the Black Tiger Gang would send a group of people to block them into the corners, although they would not be killed, a fat beating would be inevitable.
Zhang Zhen said in a deep voice: "You take them away first, and I'll touch his bottom." As he spoke, he left the team without a trace, shook his body, and flashed into a nearby alley.
Someone in the back saw Zhang Zhen's move, and suddenly you look at me and I look at you, and they began to talk in a whisper, and the team became a little chaotic. Yang Bantou suppressed his voice and said comfortingly: "You guys go with me first, Zhang Zhutou has other important matters, come back immediately." ”
After he said this, the discussion in the team was quieter, but the spirit of the entire team suddenly disappeared, and it turned into a plate of scattered sand. Yang Bantou looked secretly sad: It seems that he still can't control this group of people.
The man in black that Yang Bantou had seen earlier was walking behind the team of officials, when suddenly an arm stretched out from the side and pulled him closer to the alley, and then a chopstick was pressed against his chin.
"Say! Who sent you? Why track us? ”
The man in black looked at the unsightly but impressive face in front of him, took off the straw hat on his head, and said, "It's me." ”
Zhang Zhen was slightly stunned, put away his cold look, and said suspiciously: "Steward Zhao? ”
After a few days of getting along, Zhang Zhen has a good impression of this Steward Zhao, who is old-minded, thoughtful and loyal. But soon he realized that Steward Zhao was a member of the Black Tiger Gang after all, and he didn't look as kind and simple as Zhao Lei, and the purpose of his trip was to deal with the Black Tiger Gang, so Steward Zhao's behavior was debatable.
Zhang Zhen frowned and said, "Are you following us?" For what? ”
Steward Zhao looked out of the alley very carefully, and made sure that no one was paying attention to this side, so he leaned into Zhang Zhen's ear and whispered: "It's my young master who wants to see the head catcher, and he is now waiting in Yixiang Courtyard." ”
Zhang Zhenqi said: "Zhao Gongzi? What does he ask me for? ”
Steward Zhao shook his head and said: "I don't know, but it should be a very important matter, before I went out, he repeatedly told me to be cautious, avoid the eyes and ears of others, and convey the words to you alone." But since I saw the head catcher come out of the yamen, there was a group of people behind me, and I couldn't find a good opportunity, so I kept following you. ”
Zhang Zhen groaned slightly, thinking that it should not be a big problem for Yang Bantou to arrest a jailer with more than a dozen arresters, as for the pressure of the Black Tiger Gang, it should be after the arrest of people. Zhao Lei is so careful and mysterious in front of him, I'm afraid that there is really any important trouble, so I might as well go and see it first.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Zhen said to Steward Zhao: "Zhao Gongzi is waiting in Yixiang Courtyard now?" Go, take me there. ”
The two rushed all the way to Yixiang Courtyard, and before entering, Zhang Zhen first glanced at his own noodle restaurant opposite. After returning from Beixinzhuang, Zhang Zhen lived in the county government's public house in order to guard Xue Qi, and he had not been to the noodle restaurant. This time, I glanced at it hurriedly, only the walls of the hall had been repainted, and the windows had been replaced, and they looked neater and cleaner than before they were burned.
Entering Yixiang Courtyard, since the last incident of being covered in blood, the guys in Yixiang Courtyard looked at Zhang Zhen's eyes a little unnaturally, Zhang Zhen didn't care, and followed Steward Zhao straight up to the second floor and walked into a guest room.
In the guest room, Zhao Lei was holding a copy of "The Words of the Sage" in his hand, but his eyes were looking out the window, and he was distracted.
Hearing the sound, Zhao Lei looked at the door, his expression was still a little weak, but his spirit was much better. Seeing that it was Zhang Zhen and his housekeeper, he seemed to be relieved, but his brows furrowed again, and his expression was complicated.
Zhang Zhen opened his mouth and said, "Zhao Gongzi, are you looking for me?" ”
Zhao Lei nodded, and then gestured to the stool opposite him, Zhang Zhen walked to the stool and sat opposite Zhao Lei.
Waiting for Zhang Zhen to sit down, Zhao Lei turned his head and said to Steward Zhao cautiously: "Uncle Cai, you go to the door to guard, no one is allowed to come in without my permission." ”
Steward Zhao nodded in agreement, stepped back and went out at the same time closing the door of the guest room tightly.
In Zhang Zhen's impression, Zhao Lei has always been a person who speaks Sven and is kind to everyone, and it is the first time to see him so serious and cautious at this time, and I can't help but be more curious about the purpose of Zhao Lei's search for him.
Zhang Zhen looked at Zhao Lei quietly, waiting for him to speak.
Zhao Lei's gaze stopped at the "Sage's Language" in his hand, flipped two pages back and forth, looked up at Zhang Zhen, his lips moved, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, but he quickly looked away and looked out the window.
When Zhang Zhen was about to ask in desperation, Zhao Lei suddenly spoke up.
"You went from being a noodle shop shopkeeper to a head catcher to deal with my father, right?"
Zhang Zhen was stunned, and he didn't intend to hide it from him, this was almost an obvious thing, and it was not strange that he could figure it out, so he nodded.
Zhao Lei was silent again, looking down at the "Sage's Language" in his hand, and reading something quickly in his mouth, but he didn't make a sound. After a long time, he raised his head again and looked at Zhang Zhen, exhaled a long breath, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "I can help you deal with my father!" ”
Amazing!
Zhang Zhen was taken aback for a while, and after a while, he hesitated for a moment and said as best he could: "Zhao Gongzi's kindness...... I got it. If Childe wants to repay me because of the matter in Beixinzhuang, I can only say that it is my duty, and Childe doesn't have to take it to heart. Zhao ...... After all, the helper is your father, even if the two of you have a big difference in concepts, the blood relationship between the closest relatives is still there, and the son just wants to return the favor, so he doesn't have to help me on this issue. To tell the truth, since that day Childe helped in the noodle restaurant, I have always been grateful to Childe, and now I have to deal with Ling Zun, I should be embarrassed, how dare I ask Childe for help. ”
"I'm conditional on helping you." Zhao Lei said, and then he sighed again, waved the "Sage Language" in his hand, and said with a gloomy expression: "The high position should belong to a virtuous person, my father and he...... I won't tell you anything, don't look at the scenery that he is now covering the sky with one hand, how many times in his early years he was chased by the enemy and hid everywhere, like a lost dog. Because of him, I have seen a lot of underworld fights, killings, and power struggles, but whoever is the boss, which one is not in a lot of blood debts, and which one can die in bed peacefully. ”
Speaking of this, he looked out of the window again, as if he was recalling something, a trace of pain appeared on his face, and after a while, he said: "I will help you deal with him, pull him down from that position, it may not be a bad thing for him, I just ask you to promise me one condition......"
"On what terms?" Zhang Zhen asked.
"Spare him his life." Zhao Lei said: "I know that he is heinous, and his crimes are too numerous to mention. But like you said, he's my father after all, and I'm ...... This is a reluctant invitation from me as a son of man. ”
Zhang Zhen thought for a while and said, "I understand what you mean." Personal relationships aside, it seems like a win-win situation for the two of us to work together on this issue. To be honest, I don't actually have any hatred for your father, what I want to deal with is Fan Meng, only because Fan Meng is standing behind the entire Black Tiger Gang, so I have to attack the Black Tiger Gang. Of course I can agree to your conditions, but I'm just a head catcher, and there is a Wu County order above, so I don't dare to say what he means. ”
Zhao Lei laughed and said, "Are you really stupid when I read?" Wu Xianling is a puppet, a person who does not dare to take responsibility, he is a puppet now, and he will be a puppet in the future. Hasn't he been calling sick ever since you became a head catcher? He thought that he would be very smart to throw off the black cauldron, but if he really overthrew the Black Tiger Gang, who contributed the most power, the people could see it, and the officials could also see it, and he didn't have the support of the imperial court, why should the entire Tongyu City listen to him at that time, isn't it you who are in charge? ”
Zhang Zhen sighed for a while when he heard this, although he has seen the big names in the world, but they are all just for the sake of killing, and he really hasn't thought much about these power disputes. After thinking about it, Zhang Zhen said: "I didn't think about it so much, I just thought about it, and I can go back and open my noodle restaurant quietly." ”
Zhao Lei grinned, not knowing what it meant.
After a pause, he said, "You can think about my proposal and give me an answer when you come back." ”
Zhang Zhen asked, "How can I find you then?" ”
Zhao Lei said: "When you think clearly, tell Lian Rui, and let her help us arrange a meeting when the time comes." ”
Zhang Zhen nodded and said okay.
Zhao Lei said: "You go first, I'll go later, let others see the two of us together, it's inconvenient." ”
Zhang Zhen left Yixiang Courtyard and thought about Zhao Lei's words all the way. Seeing that after two more alleys, I will arrive at the county office, and two people suddenly ran out in front of me, wearing fast soap suits, which is very eye-catching. Zhang Zhen looked at it, and saw that the person in front of him was Xing Jianxun, and he vaguely remembered the name of the other, as if it was Zhong Xing, so Zhang Zhen stood still.
Didn't they go to catch Koji Qi, why did only two people come back?
Seeing Zhang Zhen, the two of them quickened their pace and ran to Zhang Zhen's side. Xing Jianxun looked at Zhang Zhen's eyes with a strange look, while Zhong Xing was out of breath and said with a worried face: "Oh no! Headcatcher! Something happened to Yang Bantou! ”