Chapter 883: The Long Day at Noon (Part I)
On the twenty-third day of the twelfth month of the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Beijing City, noon. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's the warmest time of the whole winter day, and the sun hangs high above people's heads, exuding a warm heat and shining on people. This makes the number of pedestrians buying New Year's goods and wandering on the street a few points more than before, and the people here naturally do not know what happened in the Tanzhe Temple, let alone what will happen next in the whole city of Beijing.
On the streets, where people are next to people, cars to cars, all cars have to keep moving forward at a slow pace, whether you are walking or riding a horse, whether it is a horse or a donkey or an ox pulling the cart.
However, people are not anxious, although today is a small year, they are not in a hurry, and they are not in a hurry to buy New Year's goods. Only the fast horses of the brocade guards who came and went just now disrupted the traffic slightly, and now everything has long been back to normal.
An ox cart with a low curtain was moving forward so slowly, and it seemed so inconspicuous in the midst of these pedestrian vehicles. The driver of the car is also a black and thin man who looks honest and wrinkled, and I saw him controlling the bridle to let the car move forward smoothly without any bumps, obviously a veteran of driving for many years.
The humble ox cart creaked forward with the footsteps of pedestrians all the way, until it reached a somewhat secluded alley, then turned its head and went inside, and then turned around and around in it, before stopping at the back door of a slightly dilapidated courtyard and even overgrown with green vines.
As soon as the ox cart stopped, the back door was opened from the inside, and then, when the coachman saw this, he grinned unconsciously, and with a flick of his wrist, the cart entered the yard and stopped steadily in an open yard.
"How?" It was only then that a strong man came over and asked with some expectation.
"It's finished." The coachman replied sullenly, and then pointed to the ox cart, "Both of them are inside, and they are still unconscious." ”
When the strong man heard this, his face suddenly showed joy, and he hurriedly stepped forward to lift the curtain and looked in, and saw two women leaning against the wall of the carriage with their eyes closed and sleeping, these two women were very beautiful in color, and faintly with some nobility, it was Yang Zhen's two wives - Luo Yueying and Zhang Jingyun.
"Excellent! Then we can implement the next step. The strong man laughed and said: "Jinyiwei has been pressing us all the time, we can't breathe, this time it's time to pay tribute to them!" ”
There were a few companions around, and they all showed smug expressions when they heard the words. For today, they have endured it for a long time and prepared for a long time, and now, it is time to take it back from Jinyiwei and Yang Zhen to that terrible enemy!
When he turned off the horse, a thick haze appeared in Yang Zhen's heart again, and he felt as if a large net had appeared above his head, slowly falling towards him, and he had nowhere to hide.
It wasn't until he stood still and took a long deep breath that he suppressed this extremely uneasy emotion, and then he raised his gaze and glanced at the plaque of the mansion in front of him, which read two simple words - Lin Mansion!
Beijing City is known as rich in the west and expensive in the east, poor in the south and cheap in the north, if the mansion in front of him is placed on the east and west sides, it is naturally nothing, but now Yang Zhen's location is in the north city, which is in stark contrast to the low and dilapidated huts around. However, as long as you look at the plaque on this door, all the doubts will be explained, because this is Lin Tiande's house.
As the most famous and most powerful man in the major gangs in the capital, he deliberately built his house here in order to get closer to his brothers at the bottom. Don't look around at the small dilapidated houses, but no one knows what's hidden inside. Once someone really dares to be unfavorable to the Lin Mansion, one hundred and ten strong men can be killed in this somewhat chaotic environment immediately.
Of course, Yang Zhen didn't come to look for trouble this time, but to ask Lin Tiande for help. When he learned from his subordinates that there were people from the Flying Fish Gang involved in the kidnapping, the first person he thought of was Lin Tiande.
This is not only because Lin Tiande has a good relationship with the major gangs in the capital, can speak, and knows the Tao well, but also because Yang Zhen also has a good relationship with him. At the beginning of the Lantern Festival fire in the capital, Yang Zhen was the one who found the widows with the assistance of this Lin gang leader.
Speaking of which, Lin Tiande is indeed an amazing character. People thought that he could have such a momentum in the capital, mostly because of the support and help of his brother Lin Tianxing, who was once a staff member under Feng Bao. But as a result, when Feng Bao completely collapsed, his brother was also implicated, but Lin Tiande himself did not have any influence, and after a few years, the momentum was greater than before.
Such a result naturally attracted everyone's admiration, but only Lin Tiande himself knew that the reason why he was so safe was because Yang Zhen and Jin Yiwei held his noble hand high to him, otherwise at that time, with just one sentence, he and his brothers on the street would definitely not have a good life.
Therefore, when he learned that Yang Zhen suddenly came to visit, Lin Tiande, who was at home, hurriedly greeted him. When he saw Yang Zhen, he clenched his fists: "I said how can there be a magpie calling in front of the door today, it turns out that there is a distinguished guest like Yang Dudu, who has come to the door!" ”
In this regard, Yang Zhen just smiled reluctantly: "Brother Lin has been okay recently, don't blame him for not going to the Three Treasures Hall for having nothing to do." ”
"Where, I've been looking forward to Yang Dudu for you to come to the door for advice." Speaking of this, Lin Tiande had already seen that Yang Zhen was in a hurry to ask him for help, so he hurriedly invited him into the hall to talk, and very thoughtfully withdrew the other subordinates first.
When there were only two of them in the hall, Lin Tiande said with a straight face: "I don't know what trouble you have encountered Yang Dudu, is there anything you can serve on your behalf?" ”
The matter was urgent, and Yang Zhen didn't mean to detour, so he immediately said: "My two wives were kidnapped and kidnapped in Tanzhe Temple......
After listening to Yang Zhen briefly explain the matter, Lin Tiande suddenly showed a look of surprise: "Who actually broke ground on Tai Sui's head and dared to kidnap Yang Dudu's wife, I'm afraid that he didn't eat the bear's heart and leopard gall?" ”
"I don't have a clue what the hell is doing, but the other party is definitely coming for me." Yang Zhen made a judgment with a gloomy face.
"Does Governor Yang need to use his brothers on the ground in the capital to find out the news for you? In fact, as long as the adult calls someone to give an order, the hundreds of brothers under Xia and his subordinates will definitely do their best to find someone for you......" Lin Tiande immediately patted his chest and said: "There are other gangs in Beijing, as long as the adults allow, I will also inform them to find them together." ”
"No, since the other party dares to do this, he is not afraid that I will send someone to search the whole city. If you really want to do this, you have your own government to come forward, and I don't have to ask Brother Lin for your help. Yang Zhen shook his head and said.
"Also, as Yang Dudu, as long as you speak, whether it is the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division or the Shuntian Mansion, they will do their best to find people, which is indeed much more useful than our brothers."
Yang Zhen naturally didn't care about whether the other party would be dissatisfied with this at this time, and only said: "I came here today to help me find the people of the Flying Fish Gang, and I have something to ask them." At this point, it must be easier for Brother Lin to do things than the people in our government. ”
"The Flying Fish? Would they have the audacity to kidnap Yang Dudu's family? Lin Tiande said in surprise again. He naturally knew who the Flying Fish Gang were, it was just a small gang, the total number of people was less than twenty or thirty, and it was usually just a matter of soliciting some black and white work in the docks and the city, and it was really difficult to connect them with such a big case.
"What, Brother Lin, are you questioning my judgment?" Yang Zhen's eyes narrowed unconsciously as he spoke.
Feeling Yang Zhen's unhappiness, Lin Tiande couldn't help but snort, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't dare to go down." Since Yang Dudu, you said so, there must be a basis for the matter, so why don't you go and call Chu Yufei of the Flying Fish Gang to you for questioning? ”
Yang Zhen's expression looked a little better, but then, after glancing at the sky outside, he shook his head again: "I still have something to do, it's impossible to wait here for a long time." In this case, you send someone to the Suppression Division for questioning. So saying, he got up to take his leave.
When Lin Tiande saw it, he also quickly stood up, and promised repeatedly: "Nacheng, I will help you do things in the future, and after the time, I will definitely send someone to the Zhenfu Division." ”
"Hmm!" Yang Zhen nodded slightly, and as soon as he threw his hand at the other party, he also turned around and left.
At this time, it was half past noon, and there was less than half an hour left before the time he had agreed to meet, so he had to prepare early and rush over.
It wasn't until he saw Yang Zhen leave that Lin Tiande exhaled a long breath. Now that he is facing Yang Zhen, this young man at the beginning has put much more pressure on him than before. In the past, Yang Zhen was a sharp blade out of the sheath that people didn't dare to look at, but now he is like a high mountain, although he is not aggressive, but he can overwhelm people without moving.
"Boss, this is not simple, do we really want to get involved?" Lin Tiande's closest brother, Liu Sui, turned out from behind the screen at this time and asked with a solemn face.
Lin Tiande smiled bitterly: "Can you still do it according to his wishes?" What kind of identity we are, others don't know, don't you and I don't know? ”
"But if you hand over the Flying Fish Gang to the government, boss, your reputation among these people will be ......," Liu Sui said with some concerns.
"I can't take care of that much at this time. What are they doing badly in the Flying Fish Gang, they actually dare to be enemies with Jinyiwei and Yang Dudu. I don't think anyone who had a brain would have done such a thing! Go, immediately let Xiao Wu find Chu Yufei of the Flying Fish Gang, and then take them to the Zhenfu Division to surrender. Lin Tiande finally made up his mind and said.