The wine is still open, the fish and dragon are startled, and the chivalrous spirit is soaring.

The three of them Pegasus soon galloped all the way to the north of Jinghua City, only a few miles away from the gathering place of the Cao Gang.

Lu Chengfeng looked from afar, only to see that the Cao gang looked at it, not the deep house compound in his imagination, but a large piece of large and small courtyards, overlapping, built by the water, horizontal and vertical, dense as a weaving net.

These large or small courtyards are hung with a sail of blue and white water ripple flags waving in the wind, at a glance, stretching for ten miles, occupying half of the northern urban area of Jinghua City.

The blackened navy blue base cloth is painted with a white water ripple pattern. As soon as the evening breeze blew, it was like the waves of water rippling in the wind on the flag, stretching for ten miles, just like the blue sea and the waves, there was a huge ship dancing its sails.

Lu Chengfeng saw that the pattern on the flag seemed to be somewhat similar to the plain paper fish pattern in his memory, but it was not completely consistent.

So, he took out the list of clues that King Xuan gave them that night from his arms, and asked Wu Jingmo to light a fire for him, and then handed it to Tian Zifang, and politely asked:

"Brother Tian, may I ask if this wave fish talisman is also the symbol of your Cao Gang? Why is it not the same as the one painted on the flag? ”

Tian Zifang saw it, smiled heartily, and said bluntly:

"Yes! It's just that His Royal Highness took this secret order, called the White Fish Talisman, which is different from the water ripples on our horizontal wave flag. But both of them are my Cao Gang orders, but one is in the light and the other is in the dark! ”

It turns out that this wavy fish pattern is called the white fish charm! This flag is called the Yokobo Flag! It's an image!

"Holding this white fish talisman is our own people! I don't know where His Royal Highness got it? ”

Lu Chengfeng pursed his lips, smiled mysteriously and said:

"You don't care where I got it from, but this is related to the Jiang family's extermination case that has caused a sensation in the city recently."

"Jiang's extermination case!" When Tian Zifang heard this, on his dark and resolute square face, his eyes were like electricity, but there was a look of shock in his pupils!

"Our Cao Gang has always been responsible for transporting salt and grain for the imperial court, although we are also involved in the black market, but most of our Cao Gang brothers are temperamental, and everything we do is straightforward, with clear swords and guns. I can't imagine that there are such ruthless people! ”

Tian Zifang lowered his head heavily and let out a long sigh. When he thought of the gangsters in the Jiang family's extermination case, he was actually hiding among the Cao Gang brothers around him, even a good man like Tian Zifang felt a chill down his spine.

Not long after Lu Chengfeng came out of the mountain, he only heard that there were many people and bullied people, and he was surprised when he heard Tian Zifang's words.

Tian Zi conveniently introduced the Cao Gang to them one by one, and Wu Jingmo also helped explain on the side.

Lu Chengfeng listened to the two of them for a long time, and finally knew the whole background of the Cao Gang:

In the past ten years, due to the successive wars in the southwest and northern border fortresses connecting the south and the north, most of the military households have been transferred to the front line to fight. As a result, the unstaffed fleet of hired chariots and horses came into being.

Over the past ten years, after continuous development and expansion, it has become the Cao gang that is now powerful in the world and the transportation of salt and grain, and has also become a link between the rivers and lakes and the temple.

The Cao Gang had a large number of people, and a large number of sailors, slender men, helmsmen, walkers, martial artists, and so on, along the Grand Canal, which was dug a canal in Dajing several decades ago, was mighty and mighty, and was all over the wharves in the north and south of Dajing.

Later, it developed to the point that wherever there is a water system, there must be a horizontal wave flag fluttering by the Cao Gang.

However, where the crowd gathers, there must be rivers and lakes.

A large number of young men from the bottom of the ladder gather in these docks every day to make a living, and some of them are over-energetic and intelligent people who have begun to figure out some of the tricks of making money.

The above situation, with the expansion of the Cao Gang's power, the situation has become more and more complicated, and many gray areas have gradually taken shape in it.

The current Cao Gang, after more than ten years of evolution, has become a self-contained system with strict hierarchies and complex systems, comparable to any big gang in the world.

This is what people call the "Cao Gang" now.

"I heard that the current leader of your Cao Gang is called Ma Rulong? It is said that he has a deep friendship with Tang Boen, the son of the prime minister of the dynasty? ”

After Lu Chengfeng figured out the basic outline of the Cao Gang, he raised his eyelids, looked at Tian Zifang meaningfully, and asked.

"Your Highness is exactly what you said. The reason why our Cao Gang can be so strong and strong is because of the blessing of our big boss! If he hadn't befriended Tang Gongzi, presumably our Cao Gang wouldn't be in this Jinghua City, so beautiful! ”

Tian Zifang hugged his fists and replied.

The man in front of him, when he was drinking, called himself a rough man, it seems that he is indeed a rectum who doesn't think much!

Lu Chengfeng thought about it, and asked again:

"Along the way, I forgot to ask Brother Tian which dock he was in the Cao Gang? What are you responsible for? If you want to drink in the future, it's better to come to the eldest brother to get drunk and rest! ”

"Hey! I, Tian Zifang, am an ordinary martial artist in the Cao Gang, and I belong to the Dayu Wharf on the Jiuqu River in the suburbs of Beijing. It's a small place, not much better than Jinghua City! However, it is not far from Jinghua City, and I can still come here to drink a little wine after I get the monthly money! It's just that I can't take care of my little round girl...... Alas......"

Tian Zifang said and spoke, his expression slowly changed from elation to gloom, and when he mentioned his tragic death of his sister, he was even more grief-stricken, and he sighed for a long time.

After Lu Chengfeng comforted him a little, he only heard Wu Jingmo ask:

"What Brother Tai just said is that there is a rudder of yours on the bank of the Jiuqu River outside the suburbs of Beijing, called the rudder of Dayu Wharf? I've heard that you rudders, all of them are very skilled! No wonder I think Brother Tian is quite chivalrous, presumably you people from the Great Fool Pier have excellent martial arts! ”

Tian Zifang was praised by him like this, although his dark and shiny cheeks were a little red, he still patted his chest and said proudly:

"Lord Wu has good eyesight! I Tian Zifang can say without modesty, my skill, in the big fool rudder, I say that I am the second, no one dares to be the first, even in the realm of the Cao Gang rudder, my fists and feet are worthy of the name! “

After that, he raised his two thick eyebrows again, and sighed:

"Those of us who are martial artists do know how to do kung fu. It's just that it's still not comparable to those famous people on the rivers and lakes! Anyway, we have a brother in the rudder, and he was killed in the past two days, and now I can't find out which master of the rivers and lakes did it, it's really blind! ”

As he spoke, his hands were clenched into iron fists, and his eyes were already burning with anger.

Lu Chengfeng's face couldn't help but turn red and white.

Wu Jingmo had already taken the answer he wanted from his mouth, and continued:

"Really? But just by the Jiuqu River, there is a large bamboo sea nearby? ”

"Exactly! How do adults know? Could it be that this case has been reported to Beijing? ”

Tian Zifang asked in surprise, he didn't expect that their dead person in the wilderness, the chief official of the capital also knew the news, and he was worthy of being the parent official of the Gyeonggi Heavy Land! It's well-informed, hands and eyes are open!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked:

"Lord Wu, have you received any other reports from Dayu Wharf? We also had a brother who went out with the dead brother, but found only the body of that man. Do you have any news of him? Whether it's dead or alive, let me know that I feel better. ”

"Is he missing? I haven't heard of it. You are close to the Jiuqu River, could it be that you accidentally fell into the river? ”

Wu Jingmo replied nonchalantly.

"Probably." When Tian Zifang heard this, he was depressed again.

What a man with deep affection! Lu Chengfeng and Wu Jingmo couldn't help but secretly admire.