Chapter Twenty-Three: Lu Zhongshan blackmails the Sink Gang
Weng Bo said: The Zhao family of the Qin Palace is the minister of state, and the eunuchs are rich and defeated; Wang Wenshu, a cool official in the Han Dynasty, is as cruel as a tiger and wolf; Liang Bozhuo, a powerful relative, is a powerful general who is rich and rivals the country; After the meritorious service, the famous stone is admired, but the wealth is made by plunder; Fengxiang Zai Fuyuan Shilang, specializing in Chang'an Zhan Sanfang; Xining Jinshi crowned six thieves, greedy and faked his reputation; Chunxi Jinshi was promoted to the right minister, and Chen Ziqiang, who sold the official mantle; There are fake eight tigers in the fish and meat township, and the greed for ink can be the crown; stealing power and profiteering are six traitors, and the rich world is Yan Song; is greedy and famous, and his net worth is comparable to that of the country; Greed is high and difficult to satisfy, and a life of vain hatred and waste; notorious who is not evil, died and died after the death of the police. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Let's say that a man in a silver-white coat blocked the eagle claws of the man in black with a sword with one hand, hugged Di Rong with the other, and then used his internal strength to knock the man in black back. This person is none other than Nanmen Jing. He Shizi and Zhang Shunzi were a little at ease, so they took over the positions of Di Rong and Jin Zhaoyue and continued to fight with the five.
"Who are you who dare to me?" The man in black asked. I can hear that it is the senior who studied with him before.
"The left hill of the south gate of Changbai Mountain." Di Rong heard the sound of the south gate Zuoqiu, took a look, and fainted in his arms.
"It turned out to be the hero of the South Gate, what a disrespect!"
Nanmen Jing also glanced at Di Rong, and didn't directly deal with the man in black, but said coldly: "Next time, let me know that you killed the girl, and I will abolish you!" β
"What a Nanmen Jing, who is not good at learning, but he is not like learning four things, and he is nosy!" As soon as the words fell, the man in black stretched out his hands to take Nanmen Jing's life. Nanmen Jing did not draw his sword, but resisted with one hand, hugged Di Rong with the other, and his eyes were always on her.
After a while, first Huo Xiaoling couldn't catch the move, and then Sima Qian and Ma Qian couldn't support it. After all, Zhang Shunzi is a mouse who touches the sky, and his heart is bright, so he saw it early, so he said to Master He: "Here I will take it first, and you will save the three younger sisters." "Master He and I took advantage of the gap to come out, and one person fought with the three people who used the Dragon Fist, the Tiger Fist, and the Holy Fire Palm. Sima Qian went to take care of Le Yuxia, while Ma Qian and Huo Xiaoling stood aside to rest and watch the battle, but they were nervous and a little frightened.
Fighting against the five-person group, due to the absence of He Shi and I, and the five people used "Five Hands", with skillful cooperation, after a while, Mu Yingchun, Ban Mengqiu and Liu Dongmei were difficult to resist, Zhang Shunzi fortunately did a light job, and he couldn't hurt a little for a while. And He Shi and I can only barely parry for a while with one enemy and three, and we are a little powerless, not to mention Ma Xian and Huo Jiade. Only Sima Changyu and the one-armed leader are still inseparable. Seeing it in his eyes, Nanmen Jing pulled out the Bingxuan sword, and with just one move, the sword pierced into the left shoulder of the man in black, and then with one move, he pushed him out a few zhang away. The man in black couldn't, so he had to flee.
The one-armed leader was very alarmed when he saw this, so he asked the archers to release more arrows, but they fired rockets, most of which were on the ship. And when he and the other eleven people came out, they no longer fought, and scattered like birds and beasts, only caring about fleeing for their lives. The crowd had just finished dealing with the rockets, but they saw that all the ships were on fire. Nanmen Jing didn't care about this, didn't say much, picked up Di Rong and left, before leaving, said: "When Miss Di's injury improves, I will come to you." β
He Shi, I went to help Le Yu Xia, and Le Yu Xia said that he was fine, and he was only slightly injured. I went to see Huo Jian and Ma Xi again, but fortunately, they were all slightly injured, so He Shi and I and the others began to put out the fire. And the fire grew bigger, and it was no longer possible to get on the boat, and there was not much food to save. The people couldn't do it, so they had to give up, and watched as the raging fire burned the food. Sima Changyu sighed: "It's over, this time my Sink Gang is going to be in a big disaster." β
Huo Jian said: "Sixth uncle, don't bluff people! Isn't it just that this business was burned down due to thieves and lost money. There are so many brothers and sisters here to testify, and there is also the county lord. What's the big problem? Everyone nodded yes, and they were all willing to prove it for the Sink Gang.
Sima Changyu thanked him and said, "I hope." But in his heart, he thought of the words of the one-armed leader: I thought that the other managers were here, so that we could clean up together and save us from going to Yingzhou again. But the things in front of him still have to be done, Sima Changyu led all the captains to settle the casualties of the sailors. The three of Huo, the three of Ma, and He Shi and I greeted each other, and at this time, He Shi and I learned that there were three survivors in the Dama Dart Bureau, Ma Qian, Ma Xian and Ma Xi, and I was very happy. As he spoke, it was already dawn. After breakfast at an inn, everyone went to the Jiedu Envoy's house.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, Sima Qian saw his father Sima Ren and said that the deputy envoy Lu Xiaopu and Gai Yihuan had just returned. After Sima Qian shouted "Dad", he quickly ran to Sima Ren and said. The father and daughter embraced each other and were very happy. Sima Qian introduced everyone to his father one by one. Sima Ren said that after greeting everyone for a while, he invited them into the house. Everyone sat down, and Sima Qian carefully told his father about the robbery of the food and salary escorted by the Sink Gang, and begged his father not to offend them.
Sima Ren said: "Even Nanmen Jing can't protect you thoroughly, I think we can discuss this matter again." β
Sima Changyu and the Huo family thanked them, and Sima Changyu said: "We are willing to compensate all the food and salary according to the price, and please let the adults bear with us!" β
Lu Xiaopu grabbed ahead of what Sima Ren said and said: "The court trusts you, so it entrusts Caoyun's errand to your gang, this is a great grace!" Your Sink Gang claims to be the number one gang in Jianghuai Hehan, how can you be so careless? I mean, in case, there is a war on the border of Anzhou, or the imperial court immediately orders the lord to send troops north to resist the barbarians. If you lack food and wages, the Holy One blames you, can you afford this responsibility? Besides, do you know how difficult it is to get some money and food now? The imperial court was also tight. With such a small amount of food, do you know that the festival has caused a lot of thought for adults? You can go out and inquire about how many other envoys can get food from the imperial court, besides our Jiedu envoys? Tell me, how many are there? Everyone understood that Lu Xiaopu didn't have a red pay.
Zhang Shunzi couldn't get used to it, and said, "Didn't you collect the people's taxes in advance? Next year's taxes have also been collected, and they have been doubled! It should be able to be used for a while, and when the time comes, they will make up for this trip and give them time to prepare money and food, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? β
"Who are you to dare to be so presumptuous! The tax is collected by the imperial court's edict, and it will be handed over to the imperial court in a unified manner. β
"Old City Zhang Shunzi. Isn't there no war now, why should the vice-capital envoy be aggressive? Can it be accommodating? Zhang Shunzi said with a smiling face.
Lu Xiaopu didn't talk to him, he just cared about drinking tea by himself. Sima Ren said that he wanted to get up to persuade peace, but he was also stopped by him. Zhang Shunzi wanted to speak, but was blocked by He Shi and me. At this time, Sima Changyu had already discussed with Huo Jiade, Huo Jian, and Huo Xiaoling, and said: "In addition to exempting all the costs of this trip, our Sink Gang is willing to pay an extra 10% of the food and salary to compensate for the loss of the Jiedu Embassy!" β
Lu Xiaopu immediately put down the tea and said with a smile: "This is what Chief Sima said?!" β
"It's the old man's will, and I ask the deputy to make the adults laugh!"
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."
"Then we'll make up our minds!"
Sima Changyu talked to Lu Xiaopu, Sima Renshu and others for a while. At this time, the housekeeper Sima Quan came and said that the meal was ready, and invited everyone to eat. Zhang Shunzi had already been blown up by Lu Xiaopu, where was he willing to be at the same table with him, and he left the Jiedu Embassy with a flick of his legs. He Shi and I chased it out, and the sisters also came out. Sima Changyu said that he was going to visit the casualties of the waterworkers, and he also had to raise money and food, and led Huo Jiade, Huo Jian and Huo Xiaoling to also leave the Jiedu Embassy. Ma Qian, Ma Xi, and Ma Xian saw everyone leave, and they also said goodbye. Huo Jiade, Huo Jian, Huo Xiaoling, Ma Qian, Ma Xi and Ma Xian followed He Shi and me, and Sima Changyu went to be busy with the matter of the Sink Gang, needless to say.
Sima Ren said that he wanted to keep everyone, but was stopped by Lu Xiaopu again. Sima Ren said that he glanced at his daughter Sima Qian and motioned for her to entertain them. After Sima Qian left, Lu Xiaopu said: "The festival makes adults not have to mind, and they don't have to take this matter to heart. If you don't take the extra 10 percent, I'll take the sin for you." β
Lu Xiaopu saw Sima Ren and said that he had been watching his daughter Sima Qian leave, and then said: "With our county lord coming out to appease those people in the martial arts, it will naturally be successful." We still have important things to discuss, let's go, and talk while eating. Sima Ren said no, so he dined with him.
Zhang Shunzi was drinking in the wing room of an inn, but when he saw He Shi and I, the three Huo family and the Ma family coming one after another, he asked the guy to put on the dishes and chopsticks again, and said: "Everyone says that it is good to be an official, this time I understand." β
Huo Jian followed Zhang Shunzi's words and said, "I don't think that pair of envoys is a good thing!" β
Jin Zhaoyue said: "Be careful that the wall has ears. β
Zhang Shunzi put down the wine glass and said, "Nothing can be said to people!" What are you afraid of, if he dares to do it, I will dare to say it! β
Hogard said: "Anyway, it's my Sink Gang that didn't deliver the goods to others. We didn't do it right, and we should make reparations. β
Zhang Shunzi was dumbfounded and said, "I said the eldest son of the Huo family, is your brain burned by the fire?" Full compensation, waiver of all miscellaneous fees, this is nothing to say. But he asked for the full amount of 10%, how much money did this knock you on? Also, in the Anzhou territory, how much money has been squeezed by the people? β
Ma Qian explained: "Those are taxes, and my uncle is going to hand them over to the imperial court!" β
Zhang Shunzi smiled slightly, glanced at it again, and said, "You believe this, little sister!" Have you heard how many knots make the tax pay? β
Ma Qian hesitated and said, "This ......"
Zhang Shunzi didn't wait for Ma Qian to finish speaking, grabbed the words, and said: "What is this, it must be full of private pockets!" β
Everyone was speechless, and Master He said: "Brother Shunzi, Lord Lu wants so much money, so naturally he has what he means, so you can say a few words." β
Zhang Shunzi said: "I just can't be angry, and I can't get used to it." β
He Shi and I gave Zhang Shunzi a look and said with a smile: "You mean it's happy, but people will be even more painful!" "He Shi, the people I am talking about naturally refer to the Sink Gang, so Zhang Shunzi won't say much. At this time, Sima Qian came. He Shi and I saw that Sima Qian was very relieved to everyone, so I asked her to appease the three members of the Huo family, and I called the others to go to another room. Everyone sat down, and Master He asked, "Do you know what kind of dart your dart board is transporting this time?" β
Ma Qian said: "At first, we didn't know it, but it was later that the Jiedu envoy posted a notice in the mansion, and we knew that it was to escort the treasure map. β
"Who signed that with you?"
Ma Qian, Ma Xi, and Ma Xian shook their heads, and they all said they didn't know. "But at dusk half a month ago, a man in a black cloak came to the game and chatted with my father for a long time in the side hall, and then my father and the man laughed. After my father sent the man away, he said that he would take a very important dart trip in the near future, so everyone started preparing overnight. After that, my father went to the Jiedu Embassy and said hello to my uncle, and I went with him. The county lord's sister can testify. Later, my father also signed an insurance policy with the owner of Zhongyuan Bank. β
"Where are you sending this dart?"
"Gangneung Province."
"Good! Then let me ask you again, were you attacked at the Breeze Cliff? β
"It should be in the grove in front of Qingfeng Cliff."
"Should?"
"That's right."
"How?"
"We started from Anzhou and went west, because the terrain of Qingfeng Ridge was steep, Uncle Ma Qingfeng thought that he had to take a detour for safety, and my father said that he had already greeted his uncle and there would be no problem. Everyone went to Qingfeng Ridge. As soon as I arrived in the grove, I was ambushed. After scattering the smoke, a group of masked men came out. Many people were stunned, and the three of us were also knocked unconscious, and we don't know what happened next. β
"And how did you end up with the Sink Gang?"
"My two brothers and my sisters listened to me slowly. When we woke up, we found ourselves in a small boat, and I still had a small bamboo tube tied to my hand, and there was a small note in it, which said, 'You can go to the old city to find the owner of the Central Plains Money Village or the Freelander Party is xing.' When we got ashore, we learned that we were at the boundary of Meicheng. β
Ma Qian took out the note, handed it to Master He, and continued: "We stopped at the Dongsheng shop and met your eldest brother Di Fan. When we arrived in the old city, the owner of the money village led us to meet the party heroes. After discussion, we went to find Brother Di Fan with the party hero. When I arrived at Yingzhou Wharf, I met it. Brother Di Fan asked us to help the Huo family brothers escort the food, and when we arrived in Anzhou, someone would pick us up. Unexpectedly, at the Zhuanshui Wharf, we would fight with people together. β
Zhang Shunzi said: "Fortunately, it's not your own people who beat your own people!" But the eldest brother is really not interesting, he has gone to Dongsheng Xiaodian, and he doesn't go to Meicheng, let alone Anzhou, it's really! Everyone smiled.
Ma Qian, Ma Xi and Ma Xian immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Please also ask the two brothers and sisters to help find out the murderer, as long as they can avenge us, our big horse dart bureau will be grateful!" β
Zhang Shunzi hurriedly helped the three of them up and said, "The matter of the dart bureau, our Doctor He will find out, thank him for no need." Zhang Shunzi deliberately slowed down the pace and said, "However, it is appropriate to thank our eldest brother." The three members of the Ma family should naturally go down.
I ignored him, and then asked, "Did the man in the black cloak contact your dart bureau later?" β
"No, at least we haven't seen each other again!"
Master He, I looked at the sun, and it was almost past dinner time, so I said, "Okay, let's talk about it today." I think the county lord Sima has also talked to the people of the Sink Gang about the same, let the sisters accompany you and the county lord to eat together, and then make plans. I have other things to do with the Junko brothers. β
Jin Zhaoyue, the four sisters of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter and the three members of the Ma family went to see Sima Xiang together. Before leaving, Ma Xi said: "When we were helping the Huo family brothers escort the food, Huo Jian's second son said that they also agreed with a man in black about the transfer of food, I don't know if there is any connection?" Marcy and Ma nodded yes.
After Zhang Shunzi heard this, he said: "You are in Anzhou, you are walking the dart of the treasure map, and you are far away in Yingzhou, and you are transporting food, what does it matter?" There is no relationship with half a copper coin! β
When everyone heard Zhang Shunzi say this, they went to Sima Xiang's side. And He Shi, I kept looking at Zhang Shunzi, with a squinting look. Zhang Shunzi saw that Master He and I had been staring at him, so he pretended to be a woman's voice and said, "Brother Qiao'er, you hate it very much, you keep looking at people like this, people are embarrassed!" "Master He, I didn't say anything, I still stared at Zhang Shunzi. Zhang Shunzi said some more greasy words, He Shi and I seemed to be frozen, and my expression did not change at all.
Zhang Shunzi got serious and said, "Okay, if I don't mess with you, I won't cooperate at all, it's not interesting." Let's start with the case of the Malaysian Dart Bureau. Judging from the note Ma Qian gave you, and the things she said about the eldest brother, Qian Fatzi and the Dang Zaixing brothers, her words are still credible. β
He Shi also became serious and said, "I have no objection to this. Mainly the man in black who appeared in the Sink Gang and the man in the black cloak who appeared in the big horse dart game, I don't know if there is a relationship between the two, or a deeper unknown relationship. β
"yes, I was thinking about it when I broke them away. It shouldn't matter, the Sink Gang travels by water, and they transport food; The big horse dart game is by land, and the dart is a treasure map. Besides, the Sink Gang is just losing some money, and the Big Horse Dart Game is a big bloody case. Of course, if it is related, then the problem is much more complicated. However, it is certain that MaderΓ³n is certainly not dead, and he knows a lot of things that we don't know yet, at least he knows the man in the black cloak, and we don't; Also, Xu Qingen must have appeared in the grove, which means that Manichaeism was also involved, and Shu Xinzi may also be among them; The most troublesome thing is the treasure map, and I don't know if the dart they bet on is a treasure map, or if it is a real treasure map. β
"We can go and ask the envoy of the festival."
"Don't! I can't believe it! β
"I don't think Master Sima will be ......"
"Not for what? It should be said that Lord Sima is not bad, so he can't believe it! "Master He and I discussed with Zhang Shunzi for a while, but there are still many puzzles.
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