Chapter 67: The Snake of the Earth (I)

Jintian, is one of the earliest three municipalities directly under the central government in China, located in the north of the North China Plain, since ancient times because of the rise of Cao Yun, Ming Yongle two years of November 21 officially built the city, is the only city in ancient China that has an exact time record of the city.

In 1860, after Jintian City became a treaty port, many Western countries set up concessions in Jintian, and Jintian became the frontier of northern China's opening up and the base of modern China's "Westernization" movement.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Jintian City played an important role in the political arena, because it was only a foot away from the capital, hundreds of bureaucrats and politicians in the lower fields at that time, as well as the old and young remnants of the Qing Dynasty, entered the Tianjin Concession for refuge and tried to restore.

Therefore, in Jintian City, you can see many buildings that combine Chinese and Western, there are Western churches, and there are also deep mansions similar to the courtyard houses in Beijing, and the whole city gives people a feeling of deep historical heritage without losing modernity.

Not far from the Haizhu Hotel where Qin Feng and others lived, is the famous Chongren Palace Antique Street in Jintian City, which is the earliest antique trading place in Jintian, and it was a place where literati and scholars gathered before liberation.

"Boss Feng, what are we doing here? I've been wandering the streets for two days......"

It has been three days since he came to Jintian, except for the first day when Qin Feng slept soundly, the other two days, he has been wandering around the antique street.

The first day was okay, with Xie Xuan following, but now that Xie Xuan went home, Li Tianyuan became Qin Feng's follower, which made him miserable, and he felt that walking for a day felt harder than practicing kung fu for a day.

"Yuanzi, can't you use your brain?"

Qin Feng looked at Li Tianyuan, who was tall and tall, a little helplessly, pointed to the bustling crowd on the antique street, and said, "How do you feel when you see these people?" ”

"Feelings?"

Li Tianyuan blinked his eyes a little confused, looked at the tourists on the antique street, and said: "It's just people, they are all idlers who have nothing to do when they are full." ”

"Yes, just like you, I really doubt that when you were the boss before, why didn't you be killed?"

Qin Feng angrily knocked on Li Tianyuan's head, lowered his voice and said: "Popularity, it represents wealth, there is a large flow of people here, it is a place to gather treasures, do you really think that our money is enough?" ”

"Hehe, Brother Feng, I know I'm stupid, so don't I go out and mess around."

was beaten by Qin Feng, Li Tianyuan was not angry, he stayed in the correctional center for a few years, and he also saw clearly, when he was the boss outside, he was the boss when he was fine, but when something happened, he was the one who topped the cylinder.

This is also the reason why Li Tianyuan no longer interacts with his former brothers after he is released from prison, following Qin Feng, he is down-to-earth, he knows that this boss, who is one year younger than himself, at least will not harm himself.

"Brother Feng, do you want to get another vote here?"

After working hard for a long time, Li Tianyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "There are many more people here than on the antique street in Shishi, and there must be more money, but there are too many people, and there seem to be some ...... to watch the scene."

No matter what Li Tianyuan said, he was also mixed in society, and after shopping around this day, he found many things that others could not observe through his own perspective.

That is, in this market, in addition to the market administrator, Li Tianyuan also found that there are also some sturdy young people mixed here, maintaining the order of the antique street.

"Well, you're not stupid yet, there should be someone covering here." Qin Feng nodded, but his brows furrowed slightly.

But where the popularity is strong, there must be petty theft, Chongren Palace, as an old antique trading place that can almost be as famous as the capital Panjiayuan, is naturally also a place where thieves gather.

However, after two days of wandering, Qin Feng also saw some clues, most of those thieves stole the wallets of foreign tourists, but for the local people who really came to Taobao to pick up leaks, they rarely started.

Yesterday, there was an old man who looked like a retired teacher, who shouted that he had lost his wallet, and within ten minutes, his lost wallet was sent back to the management office, and there was not a penny missing in it.

From this, Qin Feng can judge that this antique street is occupied by a certain shili, just like a tycoon who dominated one side in ancient times, and if he wants to beg for food on this territory, he must be recognized by this local snake.

"Brother Feng, do you want to ...... Let's knock this down, so many shops, how much protection money do you have to charge this month? ”

After hearing Qin Feng's words, Li Tianyuan's eyes lit up, his head was not as flexible as Xie Xuan, except for fighting and killing, he didn't know what else he could do to help Qin Feng.

"Fart, how many people can you hit with a pair of fists? Someone else can drown you with a mouthful of foam! ”

Qin Feng glared at Li Tianyuan angrily, lowered his voice and said, "You don't make trouble, this is not a stone market, beware of others putting you in a sack and sinking directly into the river." ”

Qin Feng was not scaring Li Tianyuan, at the beginning, he also thought that this society was maintained by the legal system, including his own imprisonment, which was the embodiment of a legal society.

But since worshipping under the Zaiyu Gate, Qin Feng has known what the real rivers and lakes are.

Most of the people in the rivers and lakes are outside the legal system, which does not mean that the law is not binding on them, but this binding force is somewhat weak.

For example, everyone understands the truth of killing people to pay for their lives, but after a person dies, it is always necessary to report the case to the bitter master, and then the public security will investigate, and the normal process is like this.

But when the rivers and lakes vendetta or the cleanup of the sect, the bitter masters often dare not come forward, because they need to follow the rules of the rivers and lakes, that is, they do not enter the public door.

As a result, even if some vicious cases are filed by the police, it is often difficult for them to obtain the cooperation of the deceased family members in the process of detection, and some of them may not even find the sufferer, which will cause great trouble to the detection of the case.

Huge amounts of energy and financial resources have been spent, but many cases have still not been solved, so that the public security system has to suspend many cases every year, and after a long time, they will become death cases.

Since the opening of the port in the Qing Dynasty, Jintian City has been a mixed place, and I don't know how many outsiders are thrown into the Haihe River every year.

With Li Tianyuan's three-legged cat's kung fu, if he rashly moves the interests of some people, I am afraid that it will evaporate in the world in a few days.

"Brother Feng, can I listen to you in the future?" Li Tianyuan was taken aback by Qin Feng's words, and he didn't walk so highly.

"We don't cause trouble, and we won't be afraid of things......"

As he spoke, Qin Feng looked up and saw a note posted on the outside of a shop that operated the Four Treasures of the Scholar's Room, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he walked in with his feet raised.

The shop has more than 20 bungalows, and in the middle of the room is a hollowed-out mahogany cabinet, which divides the whole room into two, and on all sides against the wall, there are calligraphy and paintings, rice paper and brushes.

A young man in his twenties was sitting on the wooden counter, and when he heard someone coming in, he didn't raise his head and said, "What to buy?" See for yourself, everything is 20% off! ”

Qin Feng looked at this shop, nodded secretly, and said, "Big brother, I will buy a few pieces of rice paper, can you introduce them?" ”

"You don't need to use rice paper to practice calligraphy in school, right?"

The young man walked out of the room, and when he saw Qin Feng, he was normal, but when his eyes swept over Li Tianyuan, his face suddenly changed, and he said, "My store is ready to be transferred, what do you want?" Do you want to bully people when you see my grandfather dead? ”

"Bullying?" Qin Feng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, shook his head and said, "I don't know what you said, I'm just here to buy things......"

"You...... You are not from the Yuan family? The young man's eyes were fixed on Li Tianyuan, and he muttered: "If you look like this, it's not a good thing at first glance!" ”

"Hey, I said boy, can you talk? It's my parents who give it to me like this, and it's my business? ”

Li Tianyuan was immediately anxious when he heard this, and he rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward to beat someone, but he was stopped by Qin Feng, turned to the young man and said, "My brother is ugly and kind, you can't judge people by their appearance, right?" ”

"It's good if it's not from the Yuan family......" The young man was a little embarrassed by Qin Feng's words, "I'm sorry, you can pick any of the things in here, and it will be regarded as my apology." ”

"This big brother, I see that the location of your shop is also good, why do you want to transfer it?"

Qin Feng showed a curious look on his face, and asked, "Who else is the surname Yuan?" Could it be that there is also bullying here, you can call the police! ”

"Is there a use for calling the police? In these three places, who dares to provoke the old Yuan family? ”

Qin Feng's words seemed to arouse the hatred of the young man, and also made him ignore Qin Feng's slightly immature face, and shouted angrily: "They only hung a dead dog in front of my house yesterday, what's the use of the police coming to the door, killing a dog is not illegal......"

The young man's speech was a little upside down, but under Qin Feng's inducement, he told the truth of the matter one by one.

It turned out that this young man's surname was Xin, with a single name and a Nanzi, to say that the experiences of Xinan and Qin Feng were somewhat similar, when Xinan was eleven years old, his parents died in a car accident, but fortunately, there was a grandfather who depended on him.

Due to the influence of his grandfather, Xin Nan was particularly interested in antiques in the study room since he was a child, and he was admitted to the archaeology department of Beijing University in college, and he just graduated this year.

But just two months after Xinnan graduated, his grandfather passed away suddenly, leaving behind the old store that had been in business for nearly 20 years.

In order to inherit his grandfather's last wish, Xin Nan reluctantly gave up the opportunity to enter the Institute of Archaeology of Beijing University after graduation, and returned to the antique street after taking care of his grandfather's funeral.

But what Xin Nan didn't expect was that the day after the store called "Wen Bao Zhai" reopened, he ran into trouble.

PS: The second update, Monday's collection of recommended votes is very important, and it is troublesome for friends to support it, and it will not take much time to vote for a recommendation vote.