The carriage traveled all the way out of the public concession and headed for the outskirts of Songjiang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoCompared to the prosperity of the concession, it is a wilderness, with no lights and no pedestrians.

Originally, it was not a lively place, but because of the war, it became more desolate and dangerous. Ordinary people do not dare to come here at night, and they can only hear the sound of the hooves of the horses in the horse team, and occasionally follow the wind, and a few wild dogs bark sadly, which makes people shudder.

Chen Lenghe was a little panicked in his heart, grabbed Zhao Guanhou's arm and said, "My dear, you ...... Where are you taking me? ”

"Little fool, do you need to be afraid of being with me? I'm not going to sell you again. I brought a horse team to escort me, what are you afraid of? I'm just taking you to see a lively, which ordinary people can't see, that is, I have this face. As he spoke, he unbuttoned the opening of his suit, and the hem was slightly folded inward, which looked even more strange.

Zhao Guanhou naturally would not go to Songjiang alone, he brought Huo Qiu's guard battalion with him, went to Chen's house for dinner, and was also a sentry guard outside the door, at this time they all rode horses and followed the carriage left and right, but they were not afraid of encountering a strongman or some beast. But this kind of inexplicable thing made Chen Lenghe still feel bottomless. When the carriage stopped, Zhao Guanhou jumped out of the carriage first, and then helped Chen Lenghe down.

Chen Lenghe got off the car and saw that the carriage came to a deserted mansion, at the door of the mansion, two people standing each holding a dead wind lamp, the candlelight in the autumn wind like a ghost fire, standing at the head of the door, like a bull head and horse face, the mansion is like a hell.

The light shone in front of Zhao Guanhou, and then shone on Chen Lenghe's face, and the lantern bearer suddenly wondered: "This is?" ”

"She's my insider, empty son."

"Uncle Xiao, open the incense hall tonight, how can you get in with a vacancy? Do you want to have rules? ”

Zhao Guanhou sneered, "Seeing that the Dajin Kingdom is about to end, it is not okay to still hold on to the old rules." I'm here today, which means that I can't afford to talk about the rules. I'm just going to take her in and have a look, get out of the way. ”

In the mansion, a person also walked out at this time, but it was Ying Xiecheng whom Chen Lenghe knew. He was holding an oil lamp in his hand, and when he saw that it was Chen Lenghe, he turned around and scolded:

"Damn, you're blind, aren't you? This is the handsome wife, are you tired of living? Let's talk about this case, she is half a bitter master, and she can also come in, if there is any trouble, I will say. He immediately led the way and let the two of them in, Huo Qiu followed with eight guards, and the rest stayed outside.

Ying Xiecheng said as he walked: "This bastard is hiding in the house of a concubine in his Capet Concession, and we can't find it." Just kidding, what am I doing, where can I not find him? Inspector Huang of the Capet Concession is also very helpful in this matter, otherwise this guy will be very good at it, and it will take a little effort to arrest him. ”

"Then I'll go back and thank Inspector Huang, how much money he offered."

Chen Lenghe whispered: "Guanhou, what's going on?" I don't understand. ”

"Today, it is our Cao Gang who opened the incense hall to deal with the traitors in the threshold. Although you have studied abroad and have seen a lot, you must not have seen this, so I will take you to open your eyes. Besides, you also know this traitor, Fu Minglou! He betrayed his master and harmed the lives of Boss Shen and Pinxiang Si, and he also betrayed you and caused you to be arrested, shouldn't this account be counted? Come, I'll take you in. ”

Walking into the courtyard, I saw two incense burners outside the door of the upper room, and Zhao Guanhou pointed out: "Look, the incense burner on the right is dedicated to the ship's helmsman, and we call it the old official in our gang; The incense burner on the left is for the four young people in the gang, Shi Zhu Huang Liu. ”

In the upper room, an old man in his fifties came out, greeted Zhao Guanhou, made a gesture of invitation, and said to others: "I'm sorry, today is the incense hall of our Cao Gang, sitting in it, it is the three old and four young people in the gang, outsiders are invited to the wing room to serve tea, and wait until the incense hall is dispersed to entertain a few VIPs." ”

"This is my wife, this case has something to do with her, she must go in. Senior Brother Liu, it's convenient. Immediately, Zhao Guanhou put on his clothes and took the lead in reading: "Yiguan dare not forget the previous dynasty, and he will teach Ercao with his attention; Today, I came to worship my ancestors, when will I see the Han palace robe again. After saying that, he led Chen Lenghe straight in, but the man didn't dare to stop him, so he could only let him in.

This mansion was originally the courtyard of a wealthy family, but it has been abandoned for a long time. In the middle of the offering table was set up, on which were offered to the seventeen ancestors of the Cao Gang from Bodhidharma to the king descending to the ancestors, and in the room, there were more than a dozen men of different heights, and the youngest was also forty miles away. There is one person in the middle, who is over eighty years old, with white hair and an old age.

These men wore no waistcoats or shoulders, and the buttons of their robes were unbuttoned, the corners of the placket were folded inward, their braids were thrown in front of their chests, and their right hands held the ends of their braids.

Chen Lenghe knew some of them, all of whom were well-known businessmen in Songjiang, mainly rice and shipping. There was a bald man in his fifties, his face was full of horizontal flesh, his eyes were fierce, and Chen Lenghe's eyes were the same, and the murderous aura in his eyes made Chen Lenghe's heart tremble slightly, and he was a little scared.

Zhao Guanhou pulled her to the old man in the middle, saluted respectfully, and shouted, "Uncle." ”

The old man looked at him and made a gesture, "It's good that you can come to Xiangtang, but there's nothing to see here, except that the family law is to kill people, and it's not good to bring a woman in." ”

"Uncle must know the intentions of the younger generation, Senior Brother Shen has passed the party, she still has to do business in Songjiang, she can't do without the three old and four young people, bring them to meet, so as not to have misunderstandings in the future."

"Whatever you want." The old man looked at Chen Lenghe, "Little girl, I know you Lao Tzu, and you are also my junior." When you come in here today, it's considered a break in the rules, but since Guanhou insists, I can't say anything, remember my words, open your mouth and close your mouth, don't talk later, just look at it, and sit in the back. ”

Zhao Guanhou pulled Chen Lenghe to sit in the second row, Rao is Chen Lenghe has always been bold, but he has never seen this kind of scene like a church ceremony, his nervous hands and feet are cold, and he subconsciously clutches Zhao Guanhou's hand. At this time, the senior brother surnamed Liu walked in and hung up three portraits, she didn't know them, Zhao Guanhou said in her ear:

"This is the portrait of the three ancestors of Bang Lipan Qian Weng, you see them, the robe has big sleeves, the upper arms are not buttoned, the lower arms are not buttoned, and the right hand holds the braid. We're dressed up like this today, and that's what we're here with. ”

At this time, Senior Brother Liu had already said in a loud voice: "The ten rules of the ancestral gang are not forgiven!" Today, Xiangtang was alerted, and if he broke the law again, he would be on the iron anchor. Take Fu Minglou! ”

Several big men came out of the inner room with a sack, buckled the sack upside down, tied it firmly, and Fu Minglou, who was still stuffed with a cloth ball in his mouth, fell to the ground from the sack. The Chinese detective, who used to be suave, has now become embarrassed, his clothes are torn, and his face is bruised. The bald man with a meaty face said, "What's going on?" If a single person breaks the law and commits suicide by tying himself up, why should he be lynched? ”

The senior brother who acted as a deacon said: "Senior Brother Zhao, Fu Minglou has kung fu, when he was arrested, he refused to admit his guilt, but wanted to resist, so there was no way, he could only make it like this." ”

In the Cao Gang, the most important backbone, if he violates the rules of the gang and the law of the country, he should be caught by himself and wait for it to fall. Fu Minglou resisted stubbornly, this outside made people feel cold, and the bald head had nothing to say. At this time, Zhao Guanhou pointed to the two torture instruments enshrined on the left and right of the incense hall and introduced it to Chen Lenghe:

"There are two family methods in our gang, the one on the left is called the Panlong Stick, which is three feet six inches long and one inch and two minutes thick. The one on the right is called the incense board, also called the yellow board, which is of camphor wood. It is 2 feet 4 inches long, according to the 24 solar terms of a year; four inches wide, according to four knots a year; Thick five points, press five squares. On the board, it is written on one side to protect the law, and on the other hand, it is written that it violates the family rules, and it doesn't matter if you are killed. However, Fu Minglou deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors, and he slashed the teacher, he couldn't eat this stick, so he had to eat the knife directly. ”

"Eat a knife?" Although Chen Lenghe kept in mind the instructions of the opening of the foreign plate, he still couldn't help but say at this time: "He...... He's for Ge Ming, can't he speak according to the gang rules...... He should be sent to the trial hall and handed over to the judge......"

At this time, in the incense hall, the deacon had already taken the things from Fu Minglou's mouth and asked him about killing Shen Baosheng. Fu Minglou does not hide it, he will answer all questions, and he will not hide it.

"That's right, I killed my master and little master. But you can go to Master's house and have a look, I sold my western-style house, and all the money was left to Master's wife, which is enough for her to live. Master's funeral is also borne by me. Killing the master is for justice, not for personal gain, the master controls the waterway, and refuses to help Ge Ming's party transport guns and medicines, but instead wants to cooperate with the water division of the government, which is in conflict with the gang rules of our Cao Gang against Jin Fusong, so I took action......"

The old man sitting in the middle was Shen Baosheng's master Cao Dingxiu, and said angrily at this time: "What nonsense! The first of the ten gang rules in the gang is that those who commit the crime of rebellion are bound to an iron anchor and burned to death, and the second is that they are not allowed to despise their predecessors. You broke two gang rules in a row, what else do you have to say? ”

The bald man suddenly said, "Uncle, you should dissipate your anger first." Fu Minglou killed the teacher, this is not to be said, but if you want to talk about the gang rules, then I also have to ask. Article 9 of the gang rules, it is not allowed to open the floodgates, is this a rule? Then when the incense hall is opened today, someone brings a gap in, isn't this opening the floodgates, how can you say this? ”

Chen Lenghe saw him glaring at him, although he was afraid, but his husband was beside him, he was always bolder, and hummed inexplicably: "What is the opening of the floodgates?" I've never done a flood. As soon as she said this, the visitors were a little helpless, and they stared at Zhao Guanhou.

Zhao Guanhou said with a smile: "Opening the gate and releasing the water means leaking the secrets of the gang to the empty people." For example, taking you into the incense hall and letting you know what is going on in the incense hall is to open the gate and release water, and talk about the rules, you will die. It's the same as Fu Minglou. ”

The bald man nodded, "Zhao Shuai really understands the rules, then I'll ask, how can this be calculated?" ”

Zhao Guanhou pulled Chen Lenghe to get up, came to Fu Minglou, and looked at him a few times, "We drank flower wine together in Pinxianglou, but I didn't expect it to be like this today." Your master is helping the government, but he is actually doing me a favor, and you are doing Ge Ming, which is collapsing my platform. Of course, that's not a problem, but if you help outsiders arrest my wife, that's the problem. Chen Wuwei's boat can avoid the water patrol of foreigners, is it your strength? ”

Fu Minglou nodded, and looked at Chen Lenghe again, "Little auntie, I'm sorry." You are a person who reads foreign books, and you know the truth best, and you can definitely understand my suffering. The country is the country, the country before the family, for the sake of the country, I can even throw away my life, and I can't take care of the gangs. I don't mean to harm you, just to help Chen Dudu. ”

Chen Lenghe saw that he was beaten very badly, his face was bruised everywhere, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he couldn't bear it, and pulled Zhao Guanhou's arm, "You ask him for mercy, don't talk about killing, send him to prison, and sentence him to life imprisonment." ”

Zhao Guanhou ignored her, but said to the bald head: "Fan Gaotou, I brought my wife here because she is the bitter master of this case." Fu Minglou was arrested, it was my strength, he was hiding in the Capet Concession, and it was difficult for Wang Fa to deal with him. It was I who used ten gold bars to offer a reward on the road, so I brought him here to open the incense hall. In this gold bar, there are five to repay the love of Shen's eldest brother, and five are to vent for my wife. He helped people get my wife, and I wanted his head, that's the reason. The rules of the hall are not immutable. only said that it is not allowed to bring empty children into the Xiangtang, the reason is that in our Cao Gang, there is already a purpose of opposing Jin Fusong, and the Xiangtang is open, and human lives are indispensable. Because the government heard the rumors, the gate was not fine, and the ancestor set this rule in order to protect his disciples. But now, the Dajin Kingdom has been like a candle in the wind, and the rebellion has already been done, and in a few days, Emperor Sun will go to Songjiang to set up his own door, and there is no need to be afraid of people to do this. As for killing, it is also divided into who kills, for example, if I kill someone, I am not afraid of who will investigate! ”

That bald head is Fan Gaotou, who is very famous for murder on Songjiang Road, and he has never been right with Shen Baosheng. He is doing two big business, black and white, black is smoke and white is salt, and both the Chinese and foreign worlds are arresting him, so he rarely appears in public.

Today's opening of the incense hall is a major event in the door, and he has to come, and the mastermind behind this case is his disciple Chen Wuwei. If it is implicated, Fan Gaotou himself will inevitably be involved. is because he wants to stir up the incense hall and make it a situation. If you turn the lawsuit into a confused case, you will be exonerated yourself.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guanhou washed away the matter of bringing people into the incense hall, and it seemed that he didn't plan to let Fu Minglou go, and his face became more and more ugly. "Marshal Zhao, you are a first-class marquis of the imperial court, of course you are amazing. If you use the king's law to kill Fu Minglou, be this official, and perform this courtesy, we have nothing to say. But you set up this incense hall, alarming the three old and four young, but you brought a gap in, which makes me wonder, is it to take us people for nothing? ”

Zhao Guanhou smiled, "Why did you bring Leng He in, the reason is actually very simple." Leng He runs a bank and a steamship company, and it is indispensable to deal with all the uncles and brothers in the future, if they have never met, the water will wash the Dragon King Temple, and no one will be happy at that time. Meet today, even if you know each other, from now on, I hope you will restrain your disciples and protégés. If you cooperate with Zhengyuan, everyone will make a fortune together, if you are short of money, open your mouth directly, Cao Gang disciples, everything is easy to discuss. If you want to use your brain, Fu Minglou is a role model! ”

When the sample was exported, Zhao Guanhou took out a pistol from his waist violently, and without saying a word, he pulled the trigger on Fu Minglou. (To be continued.) )