Yangzhou's water system is vertical and horizontal, and the shipping industry is very developed, and it is the water gang such as the Cao Gang that came into being.

At the beginning, the Cao Gang was just a group of people who begged for a living on the water, resisting the bullying of the rich businessmen and gentry, and then gradually formed their own forces, which became larger and more tightly organized.

This time, the leader of the Cao Gang is surnamed Cheng Xiaotian, who fights for righteousness and squanders money, and the thirteen Taibao practice kung fu, claiming to be invincible all over the south of the Yangtze River.

Cheng Xiaotian is over sixty years old, in recent years, things in the gang have been managed by his sons and disciples, but Lao Tzu is a hero, and his son is not necessarily a hero.

Although there are different voices in the gang, the power in the gang is in the hands of the young gang leader, and if you have ideas, you can only endure it.

Recently, a mysterious person found Cheng Yong and offered 100,000 taels of silver, asking him to do one thing, which was to get rid of Ye Xun, the great eunuch from the capital.

In fact, this matter is no longer a mysterious secret in the Jiangnan underworld, because someone has already offered a price, and there are those who take Ye Xun's head, and the reward is 100,000 silver, and there is even a legend that it is 200,000 taels.

It's just that those are legends, and the price given to find Cheng Yong, a mysterious person, is real.

The helm of the Cao Gang is located in a manor on the Yangtze River, not far from Baoyang Lake, and claims that this is the mansion of a salt merchant.

At this moment, in the living room, except for the tiger skin chair in the middle, the left and right sides are full of strong men.

On the chair next to the tiger skin chair sat a horse-faced man in a brocade robe, in his thirties, with cloudy eyes, sitting there also gave people a sense of majesty as if he was going to choose someone to eat at any time, he was Cheng Yong, the master of the young gang.

The following people are all the hall directors of each incense hall, and they were summoned today, because there is already news that Ye Xun and his party have arrived in Jiangbei, and it seems that they may cross the river tomorrow.

Cheng Yong has already accepted the money from others and killed someone, for them Jianghu men, it is really simpler than killing a chicken, what they have to consider is whether the government will investigate it in the future, after all, the eunuch is also a person in the government.

There is also a young scholar beside Cheng Yong, with a fair face and a feminine appearance, who is good at intrigue and trickery.

This person's name is Bi Wen, and he is Cheng Yong's chief staff.

The men in the rivers and lakes are not so particular, so even though the young gang leader is here, there are still some people who are whispering and laughing among the strong men below.

Cheng Yong glanced at Bi Wen, Bi Wen nodded knowingly, then cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, the eunuch will be here soon, how to do it, let's talk about it!" ”

When the mysterious man hired Cheng Yong, he said that Ye Xun was a big traitor who brought disaster to the country and the people, and getting rid of him was to eliminate harm for the people and a righteous move.

The people below were silent for a moment, and a red-faced man said loudly: "Since the young gang leader decided to do it, the brothers sacrificed their lives to follow each other, but the eunuch thief is a person in the government after all, in order to avoid trouble in the future, the brother suggested that when the eunuch's boat crossed the river, sink his boat, and then kill him in the water, so that even if someone finds it out afterwards, it can be said that he drowned"

"What the third brother said is that I heard that the five hundred guards around the eunuch are all from the most elite Liaodong army, if you fight hard, the brothers are afraid that they are not opponents, but if they go to the water, it will be our brothers' world, and the king of heaven will kill him in the same way."

The Cao Gang has great influence in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Water Cao Gang and the Land Salt Gang are all a group of outlaws, even if the officers and soldiers encounter them, they must retreat, which also develops the character of these people who are not afraid of heaven and earth.

In the midst of a chorus, a discordant voice suddenly sounded.

"Everyone, as far as I know, this Ye Gonggong is a big hero who is fair to Liaodong and rejects Mongolia, let's not be used as a gun, besides, I also heard that Ye Gonggong's martial arts are unfathomable, and he can come and go freely on the sea, if we want to deal with him in the river, I'm afraid it's not easy!"

It was a hall master surnamed Hong who spoke.

As soon as Hall Master Hong's voice fell, Bi Wen sneered and said, "Rumors, I heard!" I've also heard some people say that he is the reincarnation of Lei Gong! Is it possible? I have also collected a lot of information about him, this thief first pretended to be the hand of Wei Zhongxian, brutalized the gentlemen of Donglin, and then imprisoned His Majesty, and betrayed the official mantle to cause chaos in the court, he is a veritable traitor, get rid of him, it is for the country to hoe the traitor, maybe the court will give the young gang master a half-official position"

With Bi Wen's words, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out at the bottom, and Cheng Yong's face also showed a smile, although it is more cumbersome to be an official, but if you can really be an official, it is not bad, after all, no one wants to be the king of the mountain for a lifetime.

Just as he was about to agree on the specific details of the operation, he saw a man in a strong suit suddenly break into the hall.

The man walked quickly to Cheng Yong's side, and whispered beside Cheng Yong: "Young gang leader, the old gang leader will send you a message, you must not participate in this matter, and you will be dealt with in violation of the family law."

Cheng Yong was stunned, although he knew that he couldn't hide anything from the old man, but in recent years, his father has rarely asked him about it, how could he suddenly let people talk today?

Pondered for a while, and said to the people below: "The banquet is ready, and I will talk about it after a few drinks."

Saying that, he glanced at Bi Wen, then got up and turned to the back house, his father also lives in this courtyard, but the yard is too big and has been divided into several branches, and the old gang leader Cheng Xiaotian lives in the last small courtyard.

"The old man doesn't seem to want me to be involved in this, can you guess what the situation is?"

Cheng Yong said to Bi Wen as he walked.

Bi Wen pondered for a moment and said, "Don't you get the news from the government and put pressure on the old man, right?" ”

Cheng Yong nodded, convinced of Bi Wen's words.

Cheng Xiaotian is not in the back house at the moment, when a person reaches a certain age, he has experienced a lot of things, and he will see through a lot of things.

Jiangnan Green Forest Underworld is already surging because of Ye Xun's southward journey, although the old man does not ask about the world, but he has a pair of eyes that are perceptive to everything.

It turned out that Jiangnan's understanding of what happened in the north of the Ming Dynasty was limited to rumors, but since there was the Ming Morning Post, the people of Jiangnan had a more intuitive understanding of what happened in Liaodong.

The old man licked the blood in the first half of his life, but in the second half of his life, he paid attention to national affairs, which cannot but be said to be a breakthrough.

It is precisely because of this that the old man felt the crisis after this incident, and after killing Ye Xun, the final outcome is likely to be someone else's substitute for the dead, and if Ye Xun does not die, with his style in Liaodong and the capital, will he let go of the Cao Gang?

At that time, I am afraid that a monstrous disaster is waiting for the Cao Gang, and the Cheng family will inevitably end up in a catastrophe, so after weighing it, he sent someone to warn his son.

Just when Cheng Yong went to the back house to find his father, Mr. Cheng had already gone fishing at the invitation of an old friend