Chapter Seventy-Three: The Stumbling Block (1)
Li Qing didn't start building the bridge immediately, if he didn't get rid of this Tang Sheng first, even if he built an iron bridge and a steel bridge, it would be useless, not to mention that he Li Qing still wanted to do some practical things, and when he left, he would take out a Wanmin umbrella to cover the sun, and he would also pull out this stinger first, in short, Tang Sheng had become a stumbling block on Li Qingshi's way.
However, although Tang Sheng has the support of Li Daofu, the assassin of the state, and the protection of the assassin history of Nanxi County, it is not difficult for Li Qing to kick off this stumbling block, and it is even just a piece of cake, but it is his more than 100 underworld minions and accomplices, to clean up this group of people, to prevent leaving hidden dangers and scourge the people in the future, let alone let Yibin County become Emeitang's stronghold in southern Sichuan in the future, which is a little difficult, and it takes a lot of thought.
On this day, Li Qing returned to the house after handling business, and as soon as he entered the mansion gate, he saw the housekeeper Zhang Wang standing nervously at the door of the middle courtyard from a distance. ”
Li Qing saw that his face was pale, and his lips were trembling up and down, and he was slightly surprised in his heart.
"Who's waiting for me?"
"Haha! Yang Ming is an old man. Someone had already walked out of the guest hall with a big laugh, Li Qing was surprised and delighted, the person who came turned out to be the master of Jiannan Dao's power for a while, Zhang Qiu and Qiong, he took two steps quickly, bowed his head and bowed, "The teacher is above, and Li Qing worships!" ”
"Get up! Get up! I don't like men with weak knees, so I can just give a bow when we meet in the future. Zhang Qiu and Qiong pulled him up and laughed: "How? Did Master Lee do well? ”
"I just handed in the chronology a few days ago, why did the teacher come to Yibin County?"
"I'm here to supervise military affairs in Nanxi County, and I'm here to see you."
Li Qing saw that he was dressed in civilian clothes, and looked behind him, there was another person behind him, Nan Jiyun who was also wearing civilian clothes, seeing Li Qing's gaze, he bowed slightly, and a smile appeared on his face, Li Qing suddenly felt a warmth in his heart, and hurriedly invited Zhang Qiu and Qiong into the study, Nan Jiyun only stood at the door, and he did not move like an old pine.
"Teacher, I'm sorry! Originally, there were some excellent Mengding teas, all of which I gave to Mr. Yuhu, this is a new local tea, please taste the tea. Li Qing smiled and personally brought a cup of tea to Zhang Qiu and Qiong.
"Mr. Jade Pot?" Zhang Qiu and Qiong took a slight look, and then smiled: "If Luoyang's relatives and friends ask each other, a piece of ice is in the jade pot, it seems that the relationship between Yangming and Wang Jiangning is good, this person's poetry and character are good, but unfortunately he doesn't understand the rules of officialdom, he talks about the government in vain, and he has a sign in the court, I have the heart to help him, but I can't do anything, and the county lieutenant, how is Yangming getting along with him?" Speaking of this, Zhang Qiu and Qiong squinted at Li Qing, as if smiling.
Li Qing smiled bitterly, "The teacher's good means, the student can be regarded as a teacher." ”
Zhang Qiu and Qiong laughed, patted Li Qing's shoulder and said: "Being a man has to have a beginning and an end, since you promised me to pull out the Hai family, how can you give up halfway, the Shi family is not good, I still have to count on you." ”
Last month, a rice war broke out between the Shi family and the Hai family, and Heilan used Li Qing's method to preemptively hoard rice, causing the price of rice in the Yizhou market to rise.
Zhang Qiu and Qiong saw that Li Qing was silent, smiled and said: "Since you are an official, you should naturally focus on government affairs, you will keep the affairs of the Hai family in mind, you don't have to do it deliberately, but you must not let it go when you seize the opportunity, but now you can't get around, tell me, how are you going to deal with this county lieutenant, don't underestimate this person, he is not only involved in the underworld, but his daughter is Li Daofu's most favored concubine, otherwise he would not be so arrogant." ”
Li Qing smiled and said: "I have a bit of an eyebrow to deal with Tang Sheng, but his more than 100 minions make me nerve-wracking, like a poisonous stinger, if I don't pull them out by the way, I am worried that it will leave hidden dangers for Yibin County in the future, and I can't think about it for a long time, so I ask my teacher for advice." ”
Zhang Qiu and Qiong thought for a while and asked, "Are his subordinates all members of Emei Hall?" ”
"Except for a few Cao officials, most of the others are."
Zhang Qiu and Qiong smiled slightly, "Just transfer them away, as long as you consider the overall situation, there will be a way." ”
"Please make it clear!"
Zhang Qiu and Qiong shook his head, patted Li Qing and said with a smile: "I just stopped by to see you, the military affairs are busy, it's not good to stay for a long time, I'll go, remember!" Although there are many rules of officialdom, but the reputation is the most important, you will do more practical things for the people in the future, accumulate reputation, and in the future, you will have the capital to climb up, and the officials will sit firmly. ”
"The teacher's teachings, Li Qing remembered."
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Li Qing sent Zhang Qiu and Qiong all the way to the dock, and when he left, Zhang Qiu and Qiong blinked, the corners of his mouth turned slightly to the north, and then laughed away.
"North?" Li Qing took two steps, and suddenly realized, patted his head, north, isn't that Chengdu Emei Hall? The overall situation that Zhang Qiu and Qiong pointed out is to start from Emeitang and transfer Tang Sheng's subordinates away, Jiang is worthy of being old and spicy. Zhang Qiu and Qiong only lightly clicked, and Li Qing had a belly case, he smiled faintly, remembering Gao Zhandao, who had been shouting all day long that there was nothing to do.
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Minjiang River originates from Minshan Gonggang Ridge and Langjia Ridge, flows through Chengdu, Meizhou, Jiazhou, and finally joins the Yangtze River in Nanxi County, Minjiang River originally flows turbulently, since the construction of Dujiangyan, its water flow becomes calm and gentle, extremely conducive to shipping, contributed to the prosperity of Bashu's commerce, thousands of sails on the Minjiang River every day, boats come and go, a large number of Shu brocade, porcelain, tea, paper, rice, oil are transported out of Bashu, and the lack of materials is transported in, such a large-scale cargo transportation, but also feeds a large number of cargo coolies, in order to compete for business, compete for territory, These coolies gradually gathered into several major gangs, among which the Min Gang in Chengdu is the most, the Min Gang was originally the rudder of Emeitang, 30 years ago its helmsman died in internal strife, the deputy helmsman was angry and led the crowd to leave Emeitang, opened a faction, founded the Min Gang, developed and grew in the past 30 years, and finally fought against Emeitang, becoming one of the two major gangs in Chengdu.
On this day, Chengdu Jiang Shoujin ferry port is as lively as usual, the wharf is bustling, two passenger ships have just arrived, everywhere are individual passengers carrying large bags and small bags, noisy and noisy rushing to the official road, there are constantly carrying a short flat shoulder porter to come forward to talk, there are many carriage brokers through the crowd looking for a suitable target, from Jiang Shoujin to Chengdu there are still more than ten miles away, although the official road is full of passenger carriages on both sides, but most people still choose to walk back to Chengdu with two legs.
The last man to disembark was a tall man, dressed in a white satin brocade robe and a bamboo hat, his face could not be seen clearly, and he carried a bamboo box in his hand, and when he got off the boat, he walked briskly towards the town.
Jiangshoujin ferry port is the largest wharf in Chengdu, the cargo throughput is very large, requires a lot of labor, over time, it has formed a big town nearby, named Jiangshou Town, nearly 10,000 households, inns, brothels, restaurants in the town are readily available, more importantly, here is the location of the rudder of the Min Gang.
The man wearing the bamboo hat walked into the town, and soon found an inn to live in, he entered the room, took off the bamboo hat, three long whiskers fluttered on his chest, his eyes were clear, it turned out to be Li Qing's personal bodyguard Gao Zhandao, Gao Zhandao was ordered by Li Qing to do a big thing here.
He closed the door and locked it again, then dragged out the bamboo box from under the bed and opened it, there were two packages inside, one of which revealed a corner of black clothes, and the other was in a long strip, heavy, Gao Zhan knife carefully unraveled, inside was a one-foot-long wooden box, pushed open the wooden box, revealing two sharp daggers, the blades flashed with a blue cold light, obviously quenched poison, these two daggers were bought from Chengdu Sword Hall, this Sword Hall is the property of the Hai family. The dagger is extremely ordinary, and its only special thing is that the word 'test sword' is engraved on the handle.
Gao Zhandao lived in Jiangshou Town for three days in a row, and went to the dock every day, and on this day, he came to the dock again, and there was something strange on the dock, and there were people dressed in tight black clothes everywhere.
At this time, a small boat floated on the river, guarding a white painting boat in front and back, left and right, and eight big men on the painting boat stood in a circle, dressed in the black samurai uniform of the Minbang, all with solemn faces and indifferent eyes, like eight cold granite people.
The boat is the boat of the Min gang leader, seeing the gang leader's painting boat docking, a group of subordinates on the shore have already lined up in two teams, waiting for the gang leader to go ashore, but the boat curtain is picked, first out of a pearl-haired sister, the face is pink, can not distinguish the nose and eyes, only to see two red dots in the middle, presumably that is the cherry mouth, she looked around, suddenly two red dots to the side, turned back and complained: "Third brother, is this Chengdu?" I don't think it's as fun as Jiazhou. ”
"Huh! This is only Jiang Shoujin, and there are still more than ten miles away from Chengdu! ”
A man came out behind the woman, he was eight feet tall, with a tiger-eyed lion-nose and a wide face, quite a bit reckless, but the bags under his eyes were swollen and frightening, and he made a pair of tiger eyes into bubbles of goldfish eyes, he was Yang Shanqing, the third-generation gang leader of the Min Gang, and the people on the rivers and lakes called the old monk is, but this is to ridicule him for not picking on women.
Seeing the gang leader appear, the gang on the shore stepped forward and knelt down: "The subordinates see the gang leader and welcome the gang leader home." ”
The woman was not interested, pointing at the kneeling gang and giggling, like a hen that only lays eggs, the Yang gang leader behind her was furious, and knocked her into the water with an old fist, and scolded angrily: "Lao Tzu and mother-in-law don't dare to be presumptuous, you are a **** count." ”
The woman fell into the water, causing a burst of chaos, someone jumped into the water to rescue her, and sent her into the cabin to breathe, Yang Shanqing didn't care, sat on the sliding rod, and was surrounded by everyone and left the revetment.
He didn't know that he had been targeted by a pair of sharp eyes full of murderous intent.