Gangli is a wharf leased by the Chao family all year round, the terrain is remote, there is a large warehouse, and there is a stable, and dozens of good Mongolian horses are raised all year round. The fifty pro-soldiers are too conspicuous, and all of them are tall and tall. The murderous aura on his body was so strong that he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to, Luo Yun took his own soldiers and Chao Xiong and others from the navy army to stay at the dock.

There is no hurry to enter the city, the water and oil market outside the east city gate is just outside the east city gate, the terrain is very good, next to the canal by the road, where the prosperity is.

Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Shi Xiu, Le and the four of them came to the market in casual clothes, and they did not alarm the shopkeeper of the market.

Shi Xiu and Le He are also people who have seen the world, but they are still stunned when they see this situation. Tens of thousands of square meters of big market, more than 100 stalls, live poultry trading area chickens, ducks and geese cages are lined high, chickens, geese, ducks are constantly calling. Next to it are all kinds of eggs, eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, and even quail eggs, pigeon eggs, there are many varieties. Le He said: "This, why are there so many poultry here." ”

Chao Gai said: "The water surface of Liangshan in Yuncheng is white in summer, and you say that there are not many ducks and geese. So much poultry is produced and eventually consumed, if it can't be sold, how can the people still have enthusiasm, so they have spent a lot of effort to build this market. ”

The market is full of people, both casual buyers and wholesale vendors. The transaction is very hot, and the sound of bargaining, the sound of settling accounts, etc., hurts the ears.

After more than an hour, the flow of customers gradually decreased, because the wholesale market is mainly a morning market, and wholesale is the main business.

Chao Gai was about to go back, but there was a sudden panic in the market, and a group of burly men came, led by a very strong man, tall and tall, not to mention a long scar on his face.

Each of these people had a stick in their hand, and they smashed it when they came in.

Shi Xiu said: "This person should be Dongmen Tiger, it seems that he is not an ordinary ruffian, he should be born in the army, and most of the big men he brought are also practitioners, which is not ordinary." ”

Chao Gai nodded, and the secret said a little interesting.

An urgent whistle sounded in the market. Guys are basically from Shandong, and they dare to work hard at critical moments, anyway, the owner said, if unfortunately they are killed, they will be compensated for 30 yuan, and the old people will be sent to the end of the elderly, and the children will be raised until they are 16 years old.

Almost hundreds of tough guys, holding the hard stick of black locust wood, rushed up, the two sides lifted the blood sideways, although the lethality of the wooden stick is low, but it will also be bloody when hit on the head.

The guys in the Shuibo grain and oil market are actually very capable of fighting, and they are all young men in their twenties who dare to start, but the problem is that there is no leader. After all, it is impossible for the market to be equipped with a particularly brave person to take the lead. So it didn't take long for the guys to be scattered, Le He wanted to go over, and Shi Xiu next to him shook his head. The four of them pretended to watch the excitement, and saw that Dongmen Tiger had stirred up the market, and then said to the shopkeeper who was in a daze next to him: "Give you the last three days to think about it, if you don't agree, don't blame me for being ruthless." After saying that, Dongmen Tiger swaggered away.

The market losses are still very large, some eggs are broken, and some chicken coops are broken and chickens are running around. More than 20 of the guys were beaten to the head and bleeding, and some of them were old wounds that were not healed and new ones were added. Due to frequent fights, the market has prepared medicine, and those who are not injured are given medicine and bandages, and then everyone silently cleans the market, and morale is obviously a little low.

Chao Gai didn't bother, and took Jiao Ting, Shi Xiu, Le He and a group of four people back to the dock, and then took people into the city.

The capital is not as good as other places, and the inspection of long weapons is very strict, even the officials from other places are not allowed to bring long weapons into the city, of course, waist knives and short knives and the like are still okay. Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Le He and others took more than a dozen special combat team members into the city wearing the clothes of the officials, and the interesting thing is that the gate army actually asked for red envelopes, and they all knew that at this time, the local government officials came to the capital to pay New Year's greetings.

Although Jiao Ting wanted to beat people very much, he still suppressed it, and he couldn't be willful as a personal follower. Jiao Ting gave the door army ten taels of silver, and if he wanted to stay somewhere else, he had to nod his head immediately, but the price of the capital was expensive, and the gate army was a little impatient, and said: "Go in and go in, don't rub it in." "Obviously, I don't like to give less.

There is also a place to settle in the city, Chao Gai is naturally reluctant to live in a hotel, there is a set of large courtyards rented near the Great Xiangguo Temple, the place is relatively remote, but the area is very large, and it is no problem to live dozens of people.

At night, when the city of Tokyo is lit up, the air is filled with the smell of roast lamb and grilled fish when the authentic barbecue stalls at Daishokokuji Market are filled with smoke. Hundreds of tables and chairs were already full, and the legs of a dozen or so men were about to break. But in the back room, Li Si sat on a chair and happily ate roast mutton.

At this time, a personal buddy came over and said to Li Si: "Boss, someone from my hometown is here." ”

Li Sidao: "When did you arrive?" ”

"I don't know about this, let you pass."

"Got it, you get out." Li Si drove away the guys, changed his clothes and put on a big hat, although he knew that no one was watching, he still walked around the crowd for a long time before he arrived at the big courtyard covered by Chao, and the sentry on duty took Li Si to Chaogai's study.

Li Si looked a little restrained, now Li Si is no longer the broken household who relies on stealing vegetables, he and Zhang San each manage these seven or eight barbecue restaurants, of course, all of this is funded by Chao Gai.

"Here, sit down and talk, don't be so nervous." Chao Gai said.

Li Si pulled a chair and sat down, and said, "When did my brother arrive, this cold day is hard enough." ”

"Hard work is something that can't be helped, let's talk about it, how about arranging your investigation." Chao Gai said.

Li Si said: "Let's talk about Lin Chong first, Lin Jiaotou is now the head of the forbidden army in the army, and he is responsible for the teaching of guns and sticks." Married a daughter-in-law is the daughter of the old Zhang Jiaotou, this Lin Jiaotou has no special hobbies, occasionally drinks and is not drunk, and has been to our barbecue stall, people are very easy-going, never in arrears of wine money. ”

"Oh, okay. Let's talk about the eastern tiger, this person can't be born out of nowhere. Chao Gai asked.

Li Sidao: "Dongmen Hu, this person is a retired soldier in the Northern Army, and he used to be a soldier in Zhending Mansion and fought with Liao soldiers. Later, because I offended my boss, I quit, and I went to Tokyo about half a year ago, and I took a few people to find a piece of land in the area of the East Gate, but unfortunately I just let the prefect Yamen give Lianwo to the end, and all of them were arrested and sent to prison. But it didn't take long for it to be released, and this Dongmen Tiger had a good relationship with the City Patrol Division, a good relationship with the Patrol Battalion, and a good relationship with the head of the prefect's yamen. ”

Chao Gai said: "Let's talk about the point, who is Dongmen Hu, and who is the boss behind the scenes?" ”

Li Si said shamefully: "I really didn't find out this, but I just heard some of it, some said it was Gao Yu, some said it was Tong Guan, and some said it was the old Wang Taiwei." ”

"The whereabouts of the Dongmen Tiger have been found out." Chao Gai said.

Li Sidao: "That's for sure, Dongmen Hu is very cautious, he knows that there are many enemies, even if he sleeps at night, he has to live with his brothers." In the East Water Gate in the willow street, on the edge of the Bianhe River. ”

Chao Gai asked, "Did you draw a picture?" ”

"Yes, yes." Li Si said as he handed a drawing to Chao Gai. Chao Gai saw that this handwriting was powerful, everyone's demeanor, but it didn't look like a military map, so let's just look at it.

"Who drew this?" Chao Gai asked.

Li Sidao: "This is a frequent visitor to the barbecue stall, a scholar named Zhang Zeduan painted, this scholar is poor and burns buns, and he often comes to eat when he has no money, and he has no money to give after eating, so he occasionally helps me draw some paintings and pay for food." ”

Chao Gai was taken aback, who is Zhang Zeduan, who is too famous, he has a famous painting that has been handed down from generation to generation, called Qingming Shanghe Tu. This painting is worth a fortune after a thousand years, but it may not be valuable at the time, and now Zhang Zeduan is still a down-and-out scholar.

Chao Gai secretly decided to deal with the matter and then go to meet that Zhang Zeduan.

"Go back, I'll call you again if there's something." Chao Gai said.

Li Si left, and Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Shi Xiu, and Le He took two carriages to the East Water Gate. The distance is still relatively long, and it took about half an hour to reach Willow Street. This willow street is next to the Bianhe River, it is said that it is a street is actually a large willow forest, because the river often sends water in these years and no one builds a house here, the base of Dongmen Tiger is here, it was originally a flower building, and then it is often haunted, and the boss is afraid of transferring it at a low price. Dongmen Tiger gave this building a name called Dongmen Tower. The building has four floors and covers a large area. There were four or five big men standing at the door, and ordinary people had to speed up their pace when they walked here. The two carriages slowed down a little, and the big man at the door shouted: "What are you doing, hurry up, and then look at your eyeballs as bubbles." ”

At this time, it was just night, so I came here to get to know the place.

In the evening, Chao Gai came again with Shi Xiu and Lehe, this time the three of them sneaked over, the carriage was too conspicuous, and came directly from the Bianhe River, carefully observing the East Gate Tower, the terrain here is indeed a place where people like Dongmen Tiger live, it seems that Dongmen Tiger is very confident in himself and his brothers.

I believe that the reconnaissance matter will be handed over to Shi Xiu and Leng Ning's special forces, and they are all trained by Chao Gai, so it is still easy to handle such a thing.

Chao Gai has not been idle in the past few days, of course, he first visited his uncle Chao Buzhi. Then he made friends with a commander of the patrol battalion, which was a light infantry unit, not a garrison force, and was equivalent to the armed police force in later generations. The main task was to patrol the city, and the command was still quite large, with 2,000 infantry in his hands. Every day, 1,000 infantry patrolled the outer city. This commander is called Li Ang, and his kung fu is good, but he is too greedy, and Chao Gai smashed 10,000 yuan at him.

Three days later, Chao Gai called the shopkeeper of the Shuibo grain and oil market to the wharf.

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