Chapter 8 Anger Goes Mei Kaifang
When Xu Qing and his entourage arrived at Dong Xijun's house in the west of the city, they saw a handsome young man with a tall and strong body lying in a pool of blood, and Dong Xijun did not know where to go. Xu Qing found Dong Xijun's neighbor, asked about it, and confirmed that this was Dong Xijun's home, and the deceased was her husband.
Xu Qing asked Dong Xijun's neighbors to report the case, and ordered Zhao Tuozhi, Nie Hu, and Jia Quan to track down the murderer and Dong Xijun's whereabouts, while Xu Qing and Zhao Mengchen went to Mingjian Villa in the east of the city to report the crime. Dong Yuanshan, the owner of Mingjian Villa, personally met Xu Qing and Zhao Mengchen, and heard that his eldest son-in-law, who had not been admitted by him, was killed at home and his eldest daughter was missing, he was very anxious, and sent people around to find the whereabouts of his eldest daughter and the murderer, and asked his eldest son to go to the government to put pressure on the government to make every effort to solve the case.
Xu Qing and Zhao Mengchen did not delay much in the Famous Sword Villa, and quickly returned to the Longmen Dart Bureau after reporting the news. After that, Xu Qing ordered the secret intelligence agency in his hands to launch a secret investigation into the case of Dong Xijun's disappearance and the murder of her husband.
Fang Bang was very well-informed, and Fang Xing quickly found out Xu Qing's whereabouts. Not long after Xu Qing returned to the Longmen Dart Bureau from the Famous Sword Villa and sent people to investigate the case of Dong Xijun's disappearance and the murder of her husband, Fang Xing led 2,000 of his men to the Longmen Dart Bureau to gather and demand that the Longmen Dart Bureau hand over Xu Qing. The General Bureau of the Longmen Dart Bureau is in the downtown area, and there are more than 1,000 people. Before Xu Qing came to Youzhou, Xu Qing asked Zhao Tuozhi to buy a large area of more than 10 square kilometers of land in the uninhabited mountainous area of Yanshan outside the city in the name of planting ginseng, fungus, vegetables, fruits, and horses, and placed 4,000 people from the first, second, and third dart divisions brought from Liangzhou and their families there, and trained them strictly.
The Tang Dynasty encouraged the opening of wasteland, and the land was sold cheaply, and the price of land bought by bribing court officials was even cheaper. Xu Qing spent half of his time at the Yanshan base and half of his time at the General Bureau of the Longmen Dart Bureau.
The people of the Longmen Dart Bureau clashed with the Fang Gang, which soon caused a scuffle. Xu Qing was hesitant at first, not wanting to be spicy to the Fang gang who had official help, but when he saw his own people splashing blood on the spot, he made up his mind and issued a killing order. Xu Qing as a commander, did not participate in the war, Zhao Mengchen is a little girl, never killed anyone, and could not bear to kill, nor did he participate in the war, Zhao Tuozhi never thought of opposing the imperial court, following Xu Qing because he was deceived by Xu Qing at the beginning, and Xu Qing went to the Lanzhou Palace to bring out Sun Jieyu and Princess Jinchi, and inadvertently violated the royal law, and later saw that Xu Qing was only against Wu Zetian, not against the imperial court, and trained the army not for personal gain, but for the purpose of regaining a large area of territory lost by Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty in the future. He was ordered to stop his anti-Tang actions, and was mistaken by the Tang Dynasty court as a rebel of the Sui Dynasty, and was ready to be encircled and suppressed, and was moved by his noble patriotic sentiment without regrets, so he firmly followed Xu Qing. This is also the reason why Zhao Mengchen is willing to follow Xu Qing and can tolerate Xu Qing's interference in her freedom of marriage. Zhao Tuozhi also did not participate in the battle. More than a dozen of Xu Qing's personal guards led by Nie Hu and Jia Quan participated in the battle, they were originally the remnants of the Sui Dynasty, and they had no scruples about killing the Fang Gang supported by the Tang Dynasty court.
The scuffle lasted for about a long time, and the Fang Gang lost one-third, and the Longmen Dart Game also lost one-quarter, which shows the intensity of the melee. Although the Fang Gang is a Jianghu Gang, it is supported by the envoys of King Yan and Fan Yangjiedu, and it is well-armed and well-trained, and everything is compared with the regular army of the imperial court, so its combat effectiveness is extremely strong.
Fang Xing saw that the enemy's strength was strong, and the outcome of the battle was unpredictable, he had endless glory and wealth, and he didn't want to put himself in danger, so he suddenly ordered the battle to end when the victory or defeat was not scored, and led the crowd to leave.
Xu Qing never thought of killing and injuring hundreds of people, staring blankly at the corpses everywhere, and did not give the order to chase the enemy.
After that, Fang Zairong and Fang Xing brothers instructed Fang Gang to recruit more than 50 so-called "Ten King Kongs" and "Thirteen Taibao" and Jianghu masters from all over the country, including "Jian Wu", a disciple of the swordsman "Jian Si" who was famous in the rivers and lakes 40 years ago, to deploy the assassination of Xu Qing on the way back to the Yanshan base from the Longmen Dart Bureau at night.
"Ten King Kongs" and "Thirteen Taibao" are rampant in Youzhou on weekdays, but they are nothing under the hands of Xu Qing, Zhao Tuozhi, Nie Hu, and Jia Quan, no one can take their ten moves, not even Zhao Mengchen's moves. But "Sword Five" is the top master of the rivers and lakes hired by Fang Zairong with great money, and he is the first master of the Fang Gang, and "Sword Five" is his name in the rivers and lakes, because of his resounding name, his real name has been forgotten. It is said that the "Sword Five" once swore that when he was against someone, he would not use more than five strokes of the sword, and if he could not kill the opponent after five moves, he would no longer make moves and let the opponent escape, which is also the origin of his name. Although "Sword Five" is known as "Sword Five", one more move than "Sword Four", but "Sword Four" has been missing in the rivers and lakes for 20 years, if he is still alive, he is almost eighty years old, and "Sword Five" is only forty years old, just in the prime of life, "Sword Five" martial arts may still be above "Sword Four", the reason why he is called "Sword Five" instead of "Sword Three" is to give way to his teacher.
Xu Qing, Zhao Tuozhi, Nie Hu, and Jia are all not opponents of the "Sword Five". Zhao Mengchen saw the strong strength of the "Sword Five", and was worried that his father, Xu Qing, Nie Hu, and Jia Quan would lose, so he took the initiative to find the "Sword Five" and fight alone with the "Sword Five". "Sword Five" is just the state of the acquired great master, one hundred and twenty years of strength, compared with Zhao Mengchen, an innate master with one hundred and eighty years of strength, there is also an acquired great consummation state in the middle, two levels worse, and the gap in internal strength is very large. In terms of martial arts moves, Zhao Mengchen's grandfather Zhao Zengyi is a disciple of the Snow School, and Zhao Mengchen's father, Zhao Tuozhi, married a female disciple of the Tianshan School as his wife, so Zhao Mengchen learned both the Tianshan School and the Snow Mountain School. However, "Sword Five" has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, has rich experience in fighting, has killed countless people, and has won the three words of "fast, accurate, and ruthless", and Zhao Mengchen has only been walking the rivers and lakes for a few months, and he has very little experience in fighting, and it is the first time to fight with people to the death, so the two are on a par.
The master is lonely, the opponent is difficult to find, the "Sword Five" has not met an opponent for many years, so he does not abide by the oath he made many years ago, not only did he not stop after five moves, but he also fought with Zhao Mengchen after a hundred hands. Hit two hundred moves outside, Zhao Mengchen's innate master's advantage is reflected, her internal force is inexhaustible, exhausted, no fatigue, and "Sword Five" has been using ten percent of the internal force to fight against Zhao Mengchen, the internal force is excessively depleted, unable to continue, I feel that it is the end of the strong crossbow, and suddenly the sword rises, and the "winter" with the most powerful trick "Four Seasons Sword Technique" is used, forcing Zhao Mengchen to retreat, and then fleeing.
The Fang Gang's interception and killing of Xu Qing this time was led by "Sword Five", and "Sword Five" fled first, and the rest of the Fang Gang fled.
Xu Qing had Zhao Mengchen, Zhao Tuozhi, Nie Hu, Jia Quan and a platoon of master guards drawn from the new army, and survived the interception without firing a shot. Xu Qing's side killed two people and injured seven, while the Fang Gang side killed eight people, seriously injured ten people, and lightly injured thirteen people.
Xu Qing's side only caught ten seriously injured masked people, and did not chase the enemy, and after interrogation, he learned that it was the Fang Gang who ambushed him with the best of the gang.
This scene was seen by Mei Kaifang, the eldest lady of the Mei family who was interested in Xu Qing and stared at Xu Qing, Mei Kaifang appeared to meet Xu Qing, she didn't know that there were Xu Qing's first, second, and third dart divisions behind the Longmen Dart Bureau, a total of 4,000 elite forces, including 2,000 new troops, thinking that Xu Qing and Yan Wang and Fan Yang Jiedu made Li Yong's son-in-law Fang Zairong and his cousin Fang Xing have a grudge, Fang Zairong can't move Xu Qing, and he will definitely persuade Li Yong to mobilize the imperial army and destroy the Longmen Dart Bureau.
"Childe, we meet again. Fang Zairong, the leader of the Fang Gang, is the son-in-law of King Yan and Li Yong, the envoy of Fan Yang Jiedu, Fang Zairong and your grudge are getting deeper and deeper, he can't destroy the Longmen Dart Bureau, he will definitely let the King of Yan mobilize heavy troops, and dissolve the Longmen Dart Bureau on the charge of 'gathering people to fight', if you don't disband the Longmen Dart Bureau, he will order the army to attack. Not only will you have no hope in the Dragon Gate Dart Game, but you will also sit back and wait for death. Now the only one who can save you is my Mei family. My aunt is the favorite concubine of King Yan, my uncle is a four-grade general sealed by the imperial court, and he is the chief of the guard in the Yan Palace, and there are more than 5,000 people in the Feiyun Dart Bureau opened by my Mei family, and there are more than 1,000 people in the Youzhou General Bureau. King Yan will not take sides between my Mei family and the Fang family, if you take refuge in my Mei family, you will have a life, if you still stay in the Longmen Dart Bureau, you will only wait to be arrested by the officers and soldiers. Mei Kaifang regards herself as a savior and gets straight to the point.
"But I only have a one-sided relationship with Miss Mei, Fang Zairong is considered to be related to you, I don't understand why Miss Mei turned her face with Fang Zairong for the sake of an outsider?" Xu Qingdao.
"Fang Zairong is married to the daughter of Concubine Yan Wang, and my aunt is the side concubine of King Yan, my aunt has always had a bad relationship with Concubine Yan Wang, my Mei family and the Fang family are not only not relatives, but also enemies. The enemy of the enemy is a friend, the person who the Fang Gang is fighting hard, our Mei family will try our best to protect and win over, I don't know if you understand? Mei Kaifang explained.
Xu Qing said "oh", "I see. Thank you Miss Mei for your kindness, Miss Mei's kindness will always be remembered in the future. However, I admit that I don't steal, I don't rob, and I act above board, even if the Fang Gang joins forces with King Yan to attack me, I'm not afraid. ”
Mei Kaifang said in disbelief: "The General Bureau of the Longmen Dart Bureau is only more than a thousand people, and the tens of thousands of elite soldiers of King Yan can raze the Longmen Dart Bureau to the ground without much effort." Do you still dare to say that you are not afraid, do you not believe that King Yan will send a large army to encircle and suppress the Longmen Dart Bureau, or do you think that you are strong and are not afraid of the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers? ”
Xu Qing said: "The Longmen Dart Bureau is doing business legitimately, and it has not done anything illegal or criminal, so I don't believe that Li Yong dares to destroy a legitimate business organization by fabricating a crime casually." If this is the case, there will be no heavenly principles and no royal laws in Youzhou. Xu Qing just said this, he didn't want to affect the Mei family, and he didn't want to take refuge in the Mei family and seek the protection of women, in fact, he believed what Mei Kaifang said.
Mei Kaifang was very angry and said: "I see that you are strong in martial arts and look good, but I never expected that your head was full of grass!" If I had known that, I wouldn't have told you more. I'm gone, you can ask for more blessings! After speaking, he began to work lightly and left.
Xu Qing transferred the first dart division regiment and a regiment of the new army from the Yanshan base overnight to the General Bureau of the Longmen Dart Bureau to strengthen the defense of the Longmen Dart Bureau, and transferred Yang Ziyan, Yang Yi, and Cui Zhenhai, who were good at marching and fighting. During this dangerous time, Xu Qing had been sitting in the Longmen Dart Bureau and did not dare to leave. The Longmen Dart Bureau is now Xu Qing's main financial route, and there is no room for error.