Chapter 11: Ghost Market (text)

"Let's go, it's almost night, and it's time for you to see what the Zhang family has been doing in the mainland over the years!"

Chen lame said to Zhang Meng with a smile. The little stammer led the way in front, perhaps because he was about the same age as Zhang Meng, the little stammerer was more enthusiastic about Zhang Meng, and often introduced some local customs around Zhang Meng, if it wasn't intermittent, Zhang Meng was really willing to listen carefully, but at every critical moment, the little stammerer had to hold back for a few minutes before saying a few words, and that feeling was really a little uncomfortable.

A few people walked like flying, walking more and more deviated, unconsciously they had come to a dense jungle, on the ground can vaguely see a trail stepped out, is there a sound around the Suosuo, as if someone is walking, so that Zhang Meng felt a little hairy, it is seven or eight o'clock in the evening, who else will walk in this deep mountain and old forest?

"Young Master Moe...... Picul...... Worried, these people are here to participate...... Participating in the ghost market, the ghost market is the hidden business of the Zhang family in the mainland for so many years, the entrance is arranged in an air-raid shelter, no one would have thought that we would arrange the venue there! ”

As if seeing Zhang Meng's uneasiness, the little stammered and tried to explain.

I don't know how many circles they went around before they came to a flat land with a slight depression, and stammered softly.

"The ...... of the Ghost City Enter...... When the entrance arrives, please pay attention...... Pay attention to a few contraindications in ...... Don't talk in there! The ghost market transaction does not speak, but uses gesture numbers to represent the counteroffer discount, the ghost market has a 'catch fast' patrol, which is the old tradition of the six doors of old Beijing, the so-called fast catch, not the real catch fast, but responsible for supervising the transaction, prohibiting forced buying and selling, as well as the reverse of the fake and so on. ”

The little stammerer briefly introduced the unspoken rules in the ghost market, looked at his watch, and it was already past twelve o'clock in the night, so he led everyone down the bomb shelter.

Not far from the entrance, the little stammerer took five grimace masks in front of a stall and asked the crowd to put them on.

"Most of the people in the ghost market are Jiangyang thieves, or tomb robbers, wanted criminals, they shoot out Ming weapons that they dare not sell formally, so they have to hide their identities, and there are also officials, tycoons, and businessmen among the buyers, and they have to hide their identities, which is also the rule that has not changed in the ghost market for so many years, and you have to be wronged by a few masters."

Going all the way, even Zhang Meng felt a little frightened, this underground market is so huge, at this time, it is as lively as a vegetable market, but there is no sound at all, this looks extremely weird, everyone is talking with gestures, ghost market, ghost market, it looks really ghostly.

Although the whole ghost market was silent, Zhang Meng still felt some of the breath of slaughter, many people passed by him, Zhang Meng could smell a disgusting bloody smell, Zhao San once told him, this kind of person must have seen blood, it is best not to provoke them, fortunately, there are more people in the ghost market, and no one notices that Zhang Meng is secretly looking at them, which is a big taboo.

At the end of the ghost market, in a relatively simple small room, Mei Zhan knocked on the table, and when he saw the four people coming in, he waved his hand to let the little stammerer out, and then looked at Zhang Meng and the others with a smile on his face, and did not speak.

Mei Zhan is thin, although he doesn't wear a mask, his facial features are like a childhood virgin in a paper shop, very flat and ugly, but he is Zhang Shaohong's only apprentice in the mainland.

Zhao San stared at Mei Zhan with a smile, he didn't speak, Zhang Meng looked puzzled, Chen lame signaled Zhang Meng not to say much, and turned his head away.

After a long time, Mei Zhan stretched his brows and said softly:

"Madman, where to slip away? What for?"

"Hey! If you want to do it, if you want to eat milk, you will come to your mother, you will miss your mother's family, and your uncle will come to the child!" Zhao San replied.

"Hmph, little pheasant stuffy."

"If you want milk, you can go to Tianwang Mountain!"

Mei Zhan smiled, the nervous look on his face suddenly disappeared, and as soon as he waved his hand, seven bodyguards with grimaces walked out of a dark room.

"This must be the little young master, as well as Uncle Zhao, Uncle Chen, and Uncle Ghost, right? The names of several people are thunderous! ”

Mei Zhan said with a smile, he called the Zhang family to add the word 'master' at the end, and to call Zhao San and others, at most one word 'uncle' was added at the end, which is also a seniority rule.

Zhang Meng was baffled by the strange answer between the two, and the lame man seemed to see Zhang Meng's doubts, and explained at the moment: "This was in old Beijing back then, but the famous bandit joint code, and the future codes are all adapted from this, if your third uncle answers a wrong word just now, those seven or eight men will be sure to turn us over as soon as possible!" ”

Zhang Meng suddenly realized, he looked at Mei Zhan and asked straight to the point; "Brother Mei Zhan, I came this time to investigate the cause of my father's death, do you know who touched his house?"

"This is impossible, after your father's accident, I immediately sent a master to stare at that room, not a single fly can fly in, how can someone have tampered with it?"

Mei Zhan asked with some surprise: "Are you sure?" If the house is really passive, then only the Ye family's Tiangang Disha can have this ability. ”

After saying this, the faces of Zhao San and the others suddenly changed, if the Ye family really intervened in this matter, it would be complicated. For a long time, it was Chen Cripple who spoke first to break the silence.

"Mei Zhan, you help us purchase some equipment tomorrow, we have a big bucket that needs to be explored, the fourth master had an accident there before, it may be a little dangerous, can you find a way to get us some high-quality equipment?"

At this time, a servant knocked lightly on the door and walked in, and when he saw Mei Zhan nodding, he put the ginseng tea on the table and left.

"Yes, I just purchased a batch of German goods a while ago, foreign things are a 'strong' word, the folding sapper shovel is five times stronger than the Luoyang shovel, digging a thief hole to save a lot of worry, and there are some basic things, I have it here, but there is no way to get the firearm, if it is found, it is a big crime to shoot, I will wait to find someone to get a few double-barreled shotguns! It's not very powerful, but it should be enough for self-defense. ”

"Uncle Mei Zhan, did my father come to you a while before he left?"

"Alas, after the fourth master came to Hubei, the whole person locked himself in the house like crazy, or he went out mysteriously, and he went for a few months, and he didn't let people follow, every time he asked me for something, he left in a hurry immediately, and it has been like this for several years."

Mei Zhan patted her head, as if she was forcing herself to recall something.

"It was a month before your father's accident, I remember very clearly, at that time your father's expression was very panicked, even if he came to me, I can still feel his heartbeat, that feeling, how to say? It seems that he has fallen into a desperate situation, and I was afraid that something would happen to the fourth master, so I specially sent a few good hands to follow the fourth master, and I didn't find that anyone was following the fourth master. ”

"By the way, he said a few strange words to me that day, and then left in a hurry!"

Mei Zhan picked up the ginseng tea on the table and sniffed it gently, then took a sip.

"Your father said to me at that time......"

Cuckoo!

Mei Zhan suddenly clutched his throat, his face was blue, and the green tendons on his neck were thicker than hemp rope for a moment, he pointed to the bowl of ginseng tea, kicked his feet wildly, and after a while, there was no breath in his nostrils.

"The servant!"

Zhao San was the first to react, he quickly slammed the door and chased after him, Zhang Meng came back to his senses for a long time, his heart was slightly cold, such a short period of effort, a living person died in front of him like this, and an indescribable feeling surged in his heart, guilt, anger?

"If I don't come here, he won't die, right?"

Zhang Meng muttered, he heard his uncle say that Mei Zhan, he used to do business with his head pinned to his waist, but in the past four or five years, nothing has happened, and he has raised three big fat boys, Zhang Shaohong just took a fancy to his ability, so he recruited him, and after the Zhang family fled to Hong Kong, Pai Mei Zhan continued to develop the hidden business of the Zhang family in the mainland.

Thinking of Mei Zhan's wife and children, Zhang Meng felt a little blocked in his heart, without Mei Zhan's protection, if the usual enemies came to the door, how could these defenseless women and children survive?

"Damn, I hit the swallow every day and let the swallow peck the blind eyeballs today! I thought that the third master and I single-handedly faced more than a dozen bandits, and I just played them to death! But I didn't expect that I wouldn't even be able to catch a little thief today. ”

The sick ghost grabbed the bowl of tea in front of his nose and sniffed it gently, he said indifferently: "It's not wronged, this poison is colorless and tasteless, only the Ye family's divine doctor Xian Yu Tong can be worthy of it, no wonder Mei Zhan was recruited." ”

"Yes, and the servant just now must have been pretended by the Ye family, I have long heard that the Ye family has a good nickname 'Grimace', and what he is best at is to disguise himself as someone else, and he can't prevent it. This time, the Ye family is menacing, it seems that the heavens and the earth have been dispatched! Zhao San's face was a little unsightly, one-on-one he was not afraid of the Ye family's troubles, but there were only three people on his side at the moment, and he was carrying a drag oil bottle, and he had no chance of winning against the Ye family.

"How could the news of our coming to the ghost market leak out?"

Chen Cripple suddenly said to himself, his eyes were a little confused, they came to the mainland this time, only the head of the family and a few descendants knew the inside story, it stands to reason that they shouldn't reveal the wind......