Xi Yuanxiu, who had drunk too much, and Liu Xiao went out under the disgusted eyes of the shopkeeper, and the two of them sang a little song of Xinghualou on the street, holding each other crazy, and stopped after two steps.

The people on the street all avoided walking when they saw it, and no one came up to say hello to anyone they knew, because these two people seemed to be a little shameless, and it was convenient to untie their clothes on the street, and they also beckoned people to come and go with them.

The two of them kept walking on the street, and when they were finally half-awakened by the evening breeze, Liu Xiao suddenly said: "Why don't you go to the casino to play a few games?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu looked at him like an idiot, put his hands on his face and said, "It's closed!" ”

Liu Xiao nodded thoughtfully: "I forgot!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu didn't know whether to look at his face, or if he remembered the picture of those corpses bleeding and irritated his stomach, turned his head and ran to the bridge and vomited.

Liu Xiao looked at Xi Yuanxiu, who was vomiting on the steps of the stone bridge in front of him, and wanted to go over and pat him on the back, but he couldn't hold back, and squatted on the side of the bridge to accompany him.

"You two want to die here?"

A slightly cold voice put an end to their disgusting behavior by the bridge in advance, and after Xi Yuanxiu heard the voice, he casually wiped the residue on the side of his mouth with his sleeve.

Turning his head and seeing the two people standing under the tree by the river, the slight evening breeze blew the young man's blue clothes, Xi Yuanxiu grinned and said, "You're back!" ”

Xu Lai is back!

So on the widest street of Scoop City, those two madmen had two more companions!

It was not only these two who also drank a lot this night, but also the two adults in Yangzhou City.

There are a lot of dishes on the wine table, and the price of the fish in the middle alone is enough for ordinary people to eat for a year.

And only Xiao Ye and Xue Luping were eating at the table, the two of them were ruddy, and they seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, Xue Luping patted Xiao Ye who was drinking soup with his hand, and said in a disdainful tone: "Hey, you said, you said that Qincha, Zhou Hebin, you really used a chicken feather as an arrow!" ”

After hearing this, Xiao Ye put down the spoon, looked out the window a few times vigilantly, stared at Xue Luping and said: "You can't be quiet, this is also in the courtyard of my salt and iron division, if you are somewhere else, let those people in the mirage hear, your head will be home immediately!" ”

Xue Luping was so excited by these words that he seemed to be a little drunk, so he quickly covered his mouth, and put his hand down after a while, as if he could feel at ease.

"Lao Xiao, do you say it's easy for me, for the sake of my relatives, I have settled all those who can be settled, and I will send the donkey from my hometown to be a war horse in the army!" Xue Luping took another sip of wine, then burped, and continued: "As a prefect, I didn't even suppress this case, if I collapse, what should I do with my relatives, there are too many people who are worried about my position, in addition to you Lao Xiao, I have also offended a lot of people over the years, that Zhu Wuye and Ma Anbang even dared to let me investigate this case three times and twice, two fools!" ”

Xiao Ye's face also showed a bitter smile, he drank all the wine in the cup, stared at the cup in his hand, and then said: "Yes, no matter what the case is this time, I, the salt and iron envoy, and you, the prefect, I'm afraid it won't be a few days!" ”

When he looked up again, Xue Luping was already lying on the table, muttering Ma Anbang's name in his mouth.

Seeing this, Xiao Ye ordered the two people standing outside the door to send Xue Luping back to the house, and he began to drink cup after cup again.

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Xi Yuanxiu, who returned to the yamen, did not forget that the guests came, and went back to the room to change into new clothes before coming out, Liu Xiao went back to the house and slept hard, he came to be an old man, not a beautiful girl, he didn't want to sit in the courtyard with an old man in this beautiful night and have a long talk, but Xi Yuanxiu wanted to do it now!

After the gray-clothed old man saw Xi Yuanxiu coming out of the back of the lobby, he got up from his seat and bowed, Xi Yuanxiu raised his hand and returned the half-salute, and stretched out his hand to signal that he would like to be seated.

Xu Lai on the side felt that the two of them were very boring, so he began to drink his own tea, although it was not good to drink tea at night, but he had nothing else to do, and he couldn't go, once this old man struck a violent blow, the current Xi Yuanxiu couldn't bear it!

Xi Yuanxiu looked at the gray-clothed old man, looked at it from top to bottom, and said with a little regret: "You are Cao Chengcao Boss of the Qingzhou Yishui Gang!" ”

Cao Cheng felt that Xi Yuanxiu's tone of speech was very interesting, and he not only smiled: "The adult has won the award, thanks to the promotion of friends on the road, but the adult doesn't seem to be satisfied!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu took a sip of tea, wiped the taste in his mouth, spit it aside, and replied: "I just think that your appearance doesn't look like the leader of the Salt Gang, but like a down-and-out beggar!" ”

Cao Cheng felt a little bitter in his heart, and after hearing this, he didn't feel that the other party was humiliating him, because now he is indeed a lost dog.

According to his words, the day before Xu Lai went to Yangzhou to transfer to Qingzhou, Cao Cheng was preparing to avoid the limelight, stopped his business in Qingzhou, and on the way back to his hometown with his two men, he was robbed by a group of people who suddenly appeared.

His subordinates were killed on the spot, he was stuffed into the carriage by the group of people, and on the carriage, he asked him to write a handwritten letter, and then entered Qingzhou City, after Xi Yuanxiu received the news through the red tide, he asked Xu Lai to kill him, but he didn't expect Xu Lai to bring people back!

Xi Yuanxiu saw that Cao Cheng was still thinking about what happened a few days ago, so he coughed, and seeing that Cao Cheng's thoughts came back, Xi Yuanxiu said: "I thought you were going out of the city to find a secret place to hide, but I didn't expect you to be kidnapped by someone, if Xu Lai hadn't explained to me on the road just now, I thought it was his master Gu seniors who came!" ”

Xu Lai was wondering if he had told him or he had rushed to ask!

Cao Cheng thought for a while and said, "I still want to thank you for saving your life!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu waved his hand and said, "I wanted to kill you, I didn't want to save you, people like you deserve to die!" ”

Cao Cheng replied: "If you save it, you will save it!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu didn't pay any attention to him, and continued to ask, "I want to know what they asked you to write in the handwriting?" ”

Cao Cheng said: "The Yishui Gang is incorporated into the Chenghua Gang"

Seeing Xi Yuanxiu's puzzled eyes, Cao Cheng said again: "Qingyang and Yangzhou have their own gangs, they are several years behind us, but the momentum is much fiercer than ours."

Xi Yuanxiu said: "So the current business is all done by the Chenghua Gang?" ”

Cao Cheng hummed in agreement.

From this point of view, now there is a person in Yangzhou City who should be the Chenghua Gang, and now the behavior of the Chenghua Gang is also very interesting, when the Qincha of the imperial court has arrived in Yangzhou, he also made some moves in nearby states and counties, and also took the opportunity to find Cao Cheng and let him merge the gang into the Chenghua Gang, a very dangerous move in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Xi Yuanxiu, it is very smart!

This kind of moment is naturally the best opportunity to annex the opponent, because no one will be as bold as them, so as long as Cao Cheng is controlled in his hands, everything is simple, as long as he can survive this time and find a scapegoat to come out, the rest of the day will be smooth, but are you really not afraid that someone will find them?

Xi Yuanxiu saw that Cao Cheng was a little sleepy, so he took him to the room where Bian Ying lived before to rest, and was going to talk to him about this tomorrow, Xu came to see Cao Cheng and went back together, after all, it was too much energy to hurry, even if he was a person standing at the top of the rivers and lakes, he would be tired.

When Xi Yuanxiu missed his kang in bed, he began to sort out these clues again, how did the people of the Chenghua Gang operate so smoothly, and the murder in the gambling house that night, only against himself or against all the people related to this case, then Lord Zhou in Yangzhou, and the two princes should also be targeted, at this time, this case is like a dark cloud, shrouded in Xi Yuanxiu's head, lingering!

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However, all sad things will pass in dreams, and soon the next day will usher in a good situation, and now there are still four people in the yamen, after all, it is not so lonely, Liu Xiao misses the days when Bian Ying was there, and the two of them can secretly complain about Xi Yuanxiu's pink clothes in the cabinet, as well as Xu Lai's expression that has never changed much like a city wall.

But he still has a lot to do now, to follow the dog, since someone played with Aunt Hao's dog son, this old man has not come to the door for several days, Xi Yuanxiu is also rare to be quiet for a few days, or as before, get up every day to play his own five poultry plays, and then go back to the room to see the news delivered.

The news on the letter was not much different from what he estimated, the hat-bearers in the gambling house and his accomplices were all from the capital, but he also became a good man and buried everyone at sea that night, including Lao Sun.

Liu Xiao will take a notebook every day to record where this dog has been, and then go back to the yamen to hand over the book to Xi Yuanxiu, Xu Lai still practices swordsmanship as always!

Cao Cheng, who had been living for several days, stayed here very peacefully, because Xi Yuanxiu neither questioned him nor put him in prison, but also because the prison in the yamen was in disrepair, and no official could go to the doorless prison every day to watch the prisoners.

The book that Zhou Wenbin sent to Xi Yuanxiu had some more useful news, and there were some places where it was inconvenient for Chichao to enter, but it was very easy for this Lord Qincha, such as the prison of Yangzhou Yamen, Zhou Wenbin's work efficiency was okay, and he soon got the news that Xi Yuanxiu wanted, and someone had secretly gone to the prison to see Zhao Benliu! There is also the scene of the day Zhao Benliu was arrested.

"The person who secretly went to see a smuggler of salt, naturally not to investigate the case, the man in Tsing Yi at the gate of the city, the master of hidden weapons, the murder of the gambling house, the actions of the Chenghua Gang, and the disappeared convoy, Jia Daya, whose whereabouts are unknown, what do you always think are the shortcomings?" Xi Yuanxiu sat on the chair in the front hall thinking about these things, flapping his legs, and his favorite tea was cold on the table.

Cao Cheng stood at the door of the front hall and said, "Why don't we talk?" ”