Chapter Twenty-Three: A Storm Rises in the Dark, and I Meets Old Acquaintances When I Go Out
Cheng Gaiyi, Lin'an Feng County, lost a lot of money in the gambling house, and when he was depressed, he didn't pay attention to the excitement, and one accidentally fell from the upstairs and died......
This is the conclusion that the Fengxian county government came to after receiving the case.
A seven-grade official in the imperial court is actually a gambler who is nostalgic for gambling houses all the year round, and he also has a lascivious reputation for the Qinglou, such a person, probably no one will have a good impression of him.
Especially the boss who has been unable to see the absurd behavior of this subordinate for a long time, but he is afraid of a big man behind him, and has always turned a blind eye.
The county magistrate Xu Wuming looked at the file in his hand, threw it back on the case with disdain, and said to the county lieutenant who was standing aside: "This kind of thing is not glorious, and it is not easy to publicize, it is better to have a break as soon as possible, as for the family of Gai County, give more silver to appease!"
The county lieutenant of Fengxian County usually does things rigorously, pondered for a moment, and said with a slight hesitation: "Don't you think this matter is a little strange, even if Lord Gai lost money and was in a bad mood at that time, it is impossible to fall from the upstairs so easily, in case there is something hidden here......"
Xu Wuming immediately interrupted him when he heard this: "Do you mean to strictly investigate those people who played money on the second floor of the Gathering Cabinet Workshop that day and watched the excitement? Do you have to understand that anyone who can play money on that floor is not a simple person, is it because of such a guy who does not do his job all day long, and our official reputation is damaged, to offend those people, and you don't know whose property the building that happened is it!"
When the county lieutenant heard this, he immediately lost the desire to continue investigating this matter.
"Then if someone asks about ......?"
"If the noble man asks, let's put all the matter on the owner behind the cabinet, and then let them solve this matter between the two of them, what do we have to do?"
"Lord Xu is really virtuous, and the lower officials understand......" the county lieutenant replied clearly.
......
When I returned to the small shop on Changxi Street in Zhang Linzi from the Ju Cabinet Fang, it was not early, and there were no guests in the shop.
Zhang Xiaoxian walked in and walked straight to the kettle on the case over there, after most of the day, he didn't drink a drop of water, and he was indeed a little thirsty.
When passing by Zhang Linzi, who was looking down and drawing something on the paper, he said calmly: "I killed the county man surnamed Gai......"
The voice was flat and soft, as if he were talking about something common, without any waves.
Zhang Linzi's hand on the drawing paper paused slightly, then looked up at Zhang Xiaoxian, and asked, "How did you kill it?"
Zhang Xiaoxian shook his head: "He is not worthy yet, he is using a needle!"
A long iron needle, just like that, pierced into Gaiyi's head from the bun behind the ear, this method is one of Zhang Xiaoxian's murder schemes, when hunting in the mountains, Daddy Dead and he studied all kinds of shortest, fastest, and most effective ways to kill wild beasts.
At that time, Zhang Xiaoxian had already begun to understand that Daddy was doing this to deal with enemies and man-eating beasts, and the most important thing should be to make various preparations for their future revenge.
So he went quite smoothly today, Zhang Xiaoxian thought to himself, as long as Gai Yi's death did not attract enough attention, then the iron needle that was deeply rooted in his head would not be discovered, and even if it was discovered, the biggest suspicion was also on the gamblers who were crowded in front of the fence on the second floor of the cabinet shop, watching the excitement, so he didn't have to worry too much about anything.
In the small calligraphy and painting shop on Changxi Street, Zhang Xiaoxian stayed quietly for a few days, helping Zhang Linzi take care of the chores in the shop, and entertaining guests who came here to buy words and paintings.
From the mouths of the guests who came in, there were some interesting things in Lin'an City in the past few days, and some of them also said about the county lord who fell downstairs and died.
But I heard that the meaning is just that an incompetent official went to gamble and had an accident.
Because of his bad mood, he accidentally fell down and fell to his death when he was watching the excitement from upstairs.
After Zhang Xiaoxian heard this, he knew that this matter did not make a big fuss, and it did not attract the attention of the government, so he no longer paid attention to it.
However, Zhang Xiaoxian may not know that his murder in the Cabinet Workshop this time has implemented the handle for some forces to find trouble with the owner of the Cabinet Workshop.
In a certain courtyard in Lin'an City, the one who gambled with Li Sanhao in the cabinet shop, and was finally tricked by Zhang Xiaoxian very cunningly, so he was defeated.
was gathering with King Xun's cronies under the candlelight, discussing something.
"At the bottom of the three, I have basically figured it out, and it is true that I have entered the confusion, but it seems that I have just stepped in, and this can be judged from the internal force of the vitality that he exuded against me. ”
"Well, in this way, there are already two people in the Qianlong Gang who are cultivators, one is this Lisan, who has stepped into the realm of non-confusion, and the other is their gang leader Xiao Yungu, but we have never had a chance to fight against this person, and we don't know what kind of realm he is now?"
Hearing this, Ying Yu said, "No matter what kind of realm it is, he will not be my master's opponent, so there is no need to worry about it at all. ”
After saying this, the man immediately shook his head and said: "Master Zhenyi is similar to the siblings of His Royal Highness King Xun, and he can't be invited to come forward until the last resort, so this time to eradicate the Qianlong Gang, I think it's better to use someone else......"
Without waiting for Ying to say anything, the man said again: "This time there was a death in the cabinet workshop, such a good opportunity to find trouble with the Qianlong Gang, we people from the Xunwang Mansion can't miss it, so tomorrow I will send the people from the Yamen of the capital city to go there to ask the teachers for guilt, and it is best for them to resist, so that we will strive to take down all the people of the Qianlong Gang in one fell swoop...... There are also those gangs who usually have prejudices against their Qianlong Gang, they are also good helpers that we can use!"
The Qianlong Gang, the largest gang in Lin'an City, with more than 3,000 brothers, controls many profiteering businesses such as grain roads, Cao Yun, tea industry, etc., which can really be described as prominent and majestic, and the sound is vibrating in Lin'an.
In addition, in the past few years, Xiao Yungu led several of his brothers to buy the shops on the best and most lively streets in Lin'an City, and the silver that rushed to lease the house flowed into the hands of the Qianlong Gang like flowing water.
The other gangs in the capital, seeing this situation, how could they not be envious and jealous, and they had long thought about sharing a few cups of soup, but because the strength of the Qianlong Gang was greater than theirs, they dared not speak out in private.
At this moment, when someone suddenly came out to provoke the head, saying that they wanted to gather everyone to denounce the Qianlong Gang and let them benefit everyone, these gangs who had been careful for a long time immediately responded and prepared to carry out a cruel encirclement and suppression of the Qianlong Gang.
A rainy storm is coming, and the teenager who created a good excuse for this turmoil has no self-awareness.
It has been several days since Gai Yi was secretly killed, and Zhang Xiaoxian heard about this incident, which did not cause any turmoil, so he was also relieved.
However, in order not to make himself look too abnormal, he decided that in the past two days, he would take time to go to the cabinet shop twice, just like before......
After saying hello to Zhang Linzi, Zhang Xiaoxian walked out of the shop in a comfortable mood and prepared to go on the road.
But just a few steps out of the shop, I saw some people coming up from the opposite side, led by a man with half of his face wrapped in a white veil.
Zhang Xiaoxian was stunned for a moment, but after a closer look, he immediately recognized that person, it was Li Changrong, who was injured by the embroidered duck whip in a fight with Zhang Yun'er in front of Zhang's mansion that night.
"Boy, you let me find it!" Li Changlong's injured face was covered with white veil, and one eye was blocked, so he could only stare at Zhang Xiaoxian viciously with one eye.
"I said that when I was fighting with that stinky girl, how did I feel that someone was behind me, it turned out to be you!" he pointed at Zhang Xiaoxian menacingly.
"Also, that house, but my eldest brother liked it first, and said he wanted to buy it, how did you get it taken by your kid first, who the are you?"
"First of all, please clean your mouth, at the feet of the Son of Heaven in this Lin'an City, you must always speak and act elegantly!" Zhang Xiaoxian looked at the man unhurriedly and said, as if he didn't feel the slightest sign of something bad.
"Wenya, your nonsense, you thing that you don't know where to get out, you dare to use a trick on me behind your back, and I hurt the young master, you still dare to lick your face and say what makes me Wenya?"
"Then what do you want?" Zhang Xiaoxian asked, hugging his arms and looking at him.
Seeing this, Li Changrong sneered: "Naturally, blood for blood, tooth for tooth, and also, Young Master Ben has already inquired and understood, the small calligraphy and painting shop in front seems to be rented by you, okay! All the people under him listen, today we are here to make this guy pay for the stupid things he has done, and secondly, to smash that shop for me......"
The people who followed behind Li Changrong immediately echoed loudly.
At first, Zhang Xiaoxian didn't take these rabble in his heart, he was a young man who killed countless enemies in a border city and could hunt fierce beasts, In the face of these dogs and people, the minions who actually didn't have much ability didn't care at all.
But he cares about Lin Zizhai, and he cares about the person in Lin Zizhai who is writing and drawing......
Hearing Li Changrong clamoring to smash the small shop, Zhang Xiaoxian's face sank, and his eyes were still indifferent, and they instantly became sharp and terrifying.
"How dare you ......"
"I, what don't I dare!" Li Changrong was suddenly frightened by the fierce eyes projected by the other party.
He, a playboy from the middle doctor's family, had never seen such a creepy gaze that made him feel creepy when he looked at it, and this was not from a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy at all, but from the gaze of a murderer.
Facing such a teenager, Li Changrong had an inexplicable fear in his heart.
At this moment, an attendant seemed to see something, came to his side, and whispered, "Young Master, he is just a person...... Nothing remarkable!"
Hearing this, Li Changrong seemed to wake up from his hesitation, gritted his teeth and waved his hand to the servant who followed behind: "Give me a ...... to him."