Chapter 43: The Shadow of the Town (Part II)
Since that parting, the Man in Black hasn't been seen again. After Song Zheng practiced "Heavenly Dragon Soaring Sky" and "Hundred Dragons Competition", he also tried "Dragon in the World", but he didn't know the essentials. As long as you give up first, you can start thinking about the combination of Da Tuo Zhiquan and Tai Chi and free fighting, and with the fish intestine sword, it will evolve into a martial art with fists and swords. The process of innovation is always full of hardships, and Song Zheng pondered and trained for more than seven months before this kind of kung fu called "Tai Tuo Swordsmanship" was roughly formed. Next, it definitely needs to be perfected through actual combat and thinking.
When Song Zheng was concentrating on his new martial arts, he suddenly heard a knock on the door downstairs. Then, there was the sound of the door opening, and the voice of the shopkeeper sounded, "The two guest officers are back!" The room is for the two of you. ”
A deep voice sounded: "Is there still food?" Cut five catties of beef, beat two pots of wine, and then make four large steamed buns and send them to the room. Xiao Er answered. Then there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs. Song Zheng has heard well, and he feels that these are two big men who are powerful and powerful, but they have a certain amount of light body skills, so their voices are thick but not dull, and they are neat and tidy. In addition, there is a slight difference in the severity of the footsteps of the two people, indicating that the two people's kung fu is different.
The figures of the two big men flashed in front of Song Zheng's house and entered the "Tianzi" No. 1 room. After a while, Xiao Er walked by with a figure holding something.
Song Zheng couldn't help but feel a little curious: In such a cold and freezing weather, and the Lantern Festival has just passed, what are these two big men doing in this town? Listening to the meaning of Xiao Er's words, it seems that two big men have already lived here. He slipped quietly to the wall and pressed his ear to the wall.
At the level of architecture in this era, the sound insulation of the room is not very good. Although because of the separation of the walls, the sound was a bit urn-like, but Song Zheng's ear power was good, so he could hear it clearly.
Or just now the big man asked, "Little Er, who is there in the inn?" I saw that the light was still on in the next room. ”
Xiao Er said: "It's Master Song's family from the Mizhou Academy of Literature, as well as two students from Shishan Town and their scholars. Just now the little one sent their carriage to the backyard, a scholar told me. ”
Dahan said: "Master Song of the Academy of Literature? Oh, there's nothing to do, you go out. Xiao Er answered and walked out of the door of House No. 1. When Xiao Er walked away, the big man said: "Brother Jiu, the errand is getting more and more difficult to do now, we have been busy for two days before we got sixty taels of silver, the old rich man's family is quite rich, why don't we get more?" ”
The person who was called the ninth brother said: "Thirteenth brother, do you think I don't want to?" But there are regulations above, you can't get more, this pig has to be raised, and if you kill it all at once, you won't have to get it next year. That Lu Laocai knocked him out for fifty taels last year, if he was wiped out all at once, what if he couldn't take it out next year? Don't forget, the boss has a detailed list. If you find out that our brother has made too much, you won't pick our skin? ”
The thirteenth brother was silent for a while, and said: "Ninth brother, I don't think it matters if you get an extra ten taels or eight taels, last year in Shishan Town, I got ten taels more from that Shi Wanjin's family, and the boss didn't say anything?" ”
The ninth brother said: "Do you think the boss doesn't know? His eyes lit up! Lao Qi's group got an extra thirty taels of silver and put it in their pockets, what happened in the end? The seventh and eighteenth each had a finger cut off. That's for us. This year, the boss has already given a death order, as much as you want, and it is not okay to get one or two more, saying that it will be a long stream. ”
The thirteenth brother said: "That's the seventh brother who came nonsense, not to mention the extra thirty taels, and also harmed other people's daughters, and finally they were afraid of being exposed, and they burned down other people's houses." Li Wenzhen is so close to Mizhou, and if he does this under the nose of the boss, the boss will cut off one of their fingers, which can be regarded as a light spare. ”
Brother Jiu said: "We don't care about the other groups, just take care of ourselves." If the weather is good tomorrow, let's go to Shishan Town, go to Shi Wanjin and Bei Hongda, and get another sixty taels for each family, and this trip will be completed. A total of one hundred and eighty taels, and one and a half of the commission is twenty-seven taels of silver. I'm fifteen and you're twelve, and I should have enough money for a year's food. ”
The thirteenth brother said: "The ninth brother has a mother-in-law and two children, of course there is no problem." But Brother Jiu knew that my brother liked that bite, and this bit of silver slept in Cuihong Mansion for more than ten days. My best friend is still waiting for me to redeem it. ”
The ninth brother said: "Thirteenth brother, it's not that my brother said you, after the New Year, you are twenty-two, and you still dare to find a girl from an ordinary family to start a family." The kind of place in Cuihong Mansion is a gold cave, and the amount of money is not enough for us to fill it. ”
The thirteenth brother said: "Where is the usual woman like Sister Yao who knows how to be interesting, I still want to play for two more years." But this silver? Alas, I didn't expect that we did the work of robbers and still tied our hands and feet, and what did the top say 'thin water and long flow', it was really nonsense, so we simply became a monk and went to fate. ”
The ninth brother reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense, let's talk about this brother, don't talk nonsense when you go back." ”
Thirteen Dao hurriedly said: "Brother Jiu, I'll just talk to you, I understand the rules." In this icy and snowy world, the fifteenth day of the first month will not be able to live in peace. I'm really unwilling to get a little more. ”
The ninth brother didn't speak, and after a while, the thirteenth brother asked again: "Ninth brother, what did you say you were doing with so much silver?" We made nearly 2,000 taels in Mizhou last year, plus the money earned by the gambling house, there are more than 3,000 taels of silver! There are more than 100 states in the country, and there must not be 450,000 taels? ”
The ninth brother said: "These brothers can't be controlled, you know the rules, and we don't ask what we shouldn't ask." Let's just look forward to finishing the errand safely. We are not afraid of those wine bags and rice bags in the government, if we run into the Imperial City Division, it will be troublesome, and it will be another tough battle. ”
The thirteenth brother said: "What are you afraid of, it's a big deal, it's not like I haven't seen it." Besides, the people of the Imperial City Division are all in Mizhou City, so they won't come to the next town. ”
Brother Jiu said: "It's better to be careful, last year, the group of the fourth child was targeted as soon as they entered the city, and the idea was also pierced, and the fourth brother gave them half of it before they got out." Let's hope we're not so lucky. ”
The thirteenth brother didn't say anything, and said after a while: "Ninth brother, let's not talk about this first, I mean, we finally came out for a trip, and we have to get some extra money." Let's not get more of the ones on the boss list, what about the others? ”
Brother Jiu pondered for a while and said, "What do you have in mind?" ”
The thirteenth brother's voice was a little lower, and he said, "Isn't there an official from the Academy of Literature living next door to us?" Shall we use some brains on him? ”
Brother Jiu's voice became stern, "No, although the teaching of the Academy of Literature has no power, it has a great influence. Master Song of the Academy of Literature? Well, among these teachings in the Academy of Literature, there is one surnamed Song. If I'm not mistaken, it should be Xi Song Jue, the deputy head teacher of the Mizhou Academy of Literature. Although we are making money now, we are engaged in intelligence. This Song Jue is an influential figure in the Great Qi Dynasty, and we can't touch his money. ”
The thirteenth brother said: "We don't move him, but the other two students don't matter, right?" Few of those who can afford to go to school are poor. They should have their tuition and food and drink money with them, and everyone must not have a ten-tael-eight-tael? ”
Brother Jiu said: "It's better for us not to make extraneous branches." ”
The thirteenth brother was a little anxious: "Ninth brother, Xiao Linglong is still waiting for me to redeem myself in the Cuihong Mansion!" Brother Jiu, you just let me go, you give me the wind. ”
Brother Jiu didn't speak, and the room calmed down. After a while, Brother Jiu said, "You go downstairs and ask for another pot of wine, and then by the way, take some words from the shopkeeper and ask about the situation." Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years! ”
When Song Zheng heard this, he hurriedly blew out the light and touched it to the bed. At this time, I heard the door of room No. 1 open. A figure flashed in front of his door.
Song Zheng lay quietly on the bed, his heart was like a storm. I had just walked out of Shishan Town, and I actually ran into a robbery criminal gang. From the conversation between the two people just now, Song Zheng quickly summed up the following points: First, this is an intelligence organization that spreads all over the country, and its power is no less than that of the Imperial City Division, a royal secret intelligence agency. Second, this gang is based on casinos. 3. Since last year, this gang has begun to rob wealthy families in various places, and although they have robbed a lot of silver each time, it has not been damaged within the ability of the robbers to pay. Fourth, the robbers should be mainly in towns below the prefecture level, so as to reduce the influence of the robbery and not cause large-scale unrest. Fifth, the robbed money is pooled and used.
Such a large robbery organization is scary to think about. Without great power, it would be impossible to ensure the operation of this organization, and it would not be possible to carry out such evil acts that anger the people of the world in a row. Thinking of the situation that Ming'er once mentioned, Song Zheng probably had a little outline in his heart. However, there is a problem at the moment, the two people next door are very likely to make a move tonight and rob Shi Cunbao and Bei Leye's belongings. Should I take care of it? Although these two of his fellow villagers are good, they are not yet to the extent that they can wade into troubled waters. Song Zheng decided to take a look first.
After a while, the figure flashed in front of the door and entered room No. 1. Song Zheng put his ear on it again, but unfortunately, this time the other party's voice was very small, even if Song Zheng rolled the book into a cylinder and pasted it on the wall, he didn't hear what the other party said.
Song Zheng returned to bed dejectedly, began to run "Spring Yang Spectrum", and magnified his senses to the fullest.
In the silence of the night, except for the sound of wind and snow outside, the surroundings became silent. Soon, even the lights in the foyer downstairs went out, and the whole building became dark.
When Song Zheng was doing five times, he heard the door of the next room open with a faint sound of opening. Song Zheng tiptoed out of bed and put his ear to the door. At this time, there was almost inaudible footsteps outside, and the footsteps stopped in front of Song Zheng's house, and Song Zheng hurriedly held his breath. (Ask for collections, flowers, reviews)