Sun Mingjiang said: "It is a man, forty or fifty years old, not fat or thin, from the dress does not seem to be a poor family, at that time he asked me the price of this mat, because it was late, I said a real price, after he pressed the price, I heard that there was still a little money, and I was too lazy to carry it back, so it was closed." Then he paid and called a man who looked like a man who followed him to carry him away. ”

"Dude carried it away? Do you see that man like a man? Is it a follower? Yang Qiuchi asked. This guy and his follower are two different things, and the identity of the master who is pushed out is also different.

"Dressed like a guy, not quite like a siderat. The guy seemed to be very respectful to him. ”

Buddy? So this person may be the shopkeeper of some kind of commercial bill. What did he buy such a big bundle of mats for at once? Yang Qiuchi pondered, ordinary people buy mats, at most two or three are about the same, they won't buy a large bundle, is it a trader who does the business of buying and selling? Or is it for the guys in the commercial ticket?

Yang Qiuchi instructed the catcher to quickly take Sun Mingjiang back to the yamen and find a painter to draw a portrait of the man who sold the mat.

Song Yun'er, Shuang'er, and Xue'er saw that Yang Qiuchi quickly found a clue again, and they were very happy for him, but Yang Qiuchi didn't dare to be blindly optimistic this time, if the person who bought the mat was from Bazhou City, it would be a little easier to handle, if it was a long-distance vendor outside the city, it would be miserable. Even if it's a person in Bazhou City, there are so many people in the city, it's not easy to find, is it okay to let the catcher sit on the street and catch them one by one?

I can only take one step at a time and see the luck of my own Zhenyuan Earl.

Back at the Yamen, Yang Qiuchi arranged to call the Yamen painter to draw the person who bought the mat according to the description of the craftsman Sun. I came to the yamen signing room, while dealing with complicated official business, and waiting for news.

After the portrait was drawn, Zhan Zheng Zhan Zhutou took a few catchers to the signing room, and after letting all the scribes withdraw and avoid, Zhan Zhutou told Yang Qiuchi in a low voice that the person who bought the mat in the painting, they all knew each other, and it was really the shopkeeper of a trading house, named Lin Xiang, who lived in the "Boat Family Commercial Bank" in the south of Bazhou City.

Yang Qiuchi was overjoyed and ordered the arresters to immediately arrest the trader Lin Xiang and bring him to the Yamen for interrogation. Those catchers, you look at me, I look at you, none of them moved.

Yang Qiuchi glared at them: "What are you doing?" Don't you listen to me? ”

Yang Qiuchi was named Earl of Zhenyuan by the emperor, and the imperial court has issued a national announcement, and these catchers are all complacent about having such a big official as their boss. How dare they not obey Yang Qiuchi's orders. It's just that this Lin Xiang has a lot of background, if he doesn't say it, something will happen in the future, but he will blame them. Then Zhan Zhutou said with a smiling face: "Sir, how dare the little ones not listen to orders, it's just that this person ...... and arrest him...... It's best to think long-term. ”

Yang Qiuchi frowned: "Which temple is the relative of the cow ghost snake god?" Even I, the earl, can't hold it down? ”

Zhan Zhutou smiled all over his face: "That's not it, you are the Earl of Zhenyuan, that is the great master of the super first grade, and it is said that in this Bazhou city, even if it is the whole of Sichuan, the adults of the political department, which official is higher than your old age?" ”

Yang Qiuchi smiled and nodded, a little proud, he became a lord at a young age, which is a happy thing.

Zhan Zhutou continued: "It's just that this Lin Xiang, although he doesn't have any backers in the court on the surface, he is a small shopkeeper of our Chuandong Boat Gang. ”

"Boat Gang?" Yang Qiuchi asked suspiciously, "Did you run the boat?" ”

Zhan Zhutou lowered his voice and said: "It's not an ordinary boat runner, this boat gang is a gang of rivers and lakes composed of people running boats on large and small rivers in the eastern Sichuan area. ”

"Oh? What did you do? ”

Zhan Zhutou was a little embarrassed: "This ...... The villain really doesn't know. ”

Yang Qiuchi saw that he was looking ahead and backwards, and thought to himself, since this boat gang is some kind of fucking underworld, this head catcher doesn't dare to provoke them, so he won't force him, although he doesn't speak, he still snorts heavily in his nose.

Zhan Zheng was even more embarrassed: "Sir, don't misunderstand, villain...... The villain really doesn't know. What they do is hidden, how can we know about the Six Doors. After a pause, he peeked at Yang Qiuchi who still had a gloomy face, gritted his teeth, and said stubbornly: "Sir, the villain only knows that the people who provoked them seem to have an accident......

"Oh? So arrogant? What's going on? Yang Qiuchi asked with a smile.

Zhan Zhutou shut up and didn't speak, but looked back, and several other catchers hurriedly went out to the door to guard, and then he said in a low voice with a bitter face: "Don't talk about it from afar, let's take the last Zhizhou Shen Fengsong Shen as an example, it was a small case that provoked their boat gang, and not long after, his wife Pan and his youngest son, who had just turned one year old, disappeared, and it was a few days later that their bodies were found in the lower reaches of the Ba River, that miserable ~ Ah, then Zhizhou also went crazy." ”

Yang Qiuchi's face was gloomy and he asked, "Is there any evidence to prove that they did it?" ”

"There is no evidence, but the corpse has a moon carved on the door of the head, like a ship, which is the symbol of the boat gang. When they kill someone, they will leave such a mark. ”

"So arrogant?" Yang Qiuchi frowned: "However, anyone can engrave such a sign, and this alone can't catch them." It is also possible that it is framed. ”

"Yes, that's exactly the case, so there's no way to take them, the Baoning Mansion sent a general sentence, and the procurator also sent a magistrate to investigate, and after a long time of investigation, he didn't find any results, so he went back. Actually, everyone knows what's going on. During that time, the people of the boat gang were very proud, and they deliberately went to the yamen to set off firecrackers. ”

"Oh? This boat gang is really daring to the extreme! Yang Qiuchi's eyes lit up, and then asked, "What else has to do with them?" ”

"It's too much," Zhan Zhutou said, "Not to mention other places, just in our Bazhou city, it is obvious that they did several kidnapping and murder cases in the past few years, but they can't get evidence, besides, our Bazhou Mountain High Emperor is far away, as long as we don't make any rebellion, the top will turn a blind eye, and no one is willing to risk their lives to take care of this matter." ”

"What about you catchers? Don't you want to find out? Yang Qiuchi still couldn't help but say a word, in fact, he also knew that he didn't care about it, what could they do with these little minions? Who cares?

Sure enough, Zhan Zhengzhan Zhutou's old face turned slightly red, and he said: "I'm not afraid of your old jokes, we eat this bowl of public rice, in the final analysis, to support our family." No one wants to fight them with their family name. As long as they don't provoke us, we don't see it. Zhan Zhutou hesitated for a moment, and then added: "Actually, I can't care about it, there are people covering them." ”

Of course, the underworld will have a protective umbrella, Yang Qiuchi fully understands the powerlessness of these little catchers in the face of a powerful gang, and asked, "Who is covering?" ”

Zhan Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This ...... I don't know about this, anyway, every time something happens, the boss sends someone down to investigate, but it leaves with no result,...... They came down to be sent by the boat gang, and they could find out a fart! ”

Yang Qiuchi nodded, and asked again, "Where is the base camp of this boat gang, do you know?" ”

"How can we know such things, but if I do, I'm afraid I won't live long, and maybe one day I'll die on the streets."

Yang Qiuchi groaned, it seems that this boat gang is obviously an underworld, this underworld must have a protective umbrella, otherwise, it is impossible to be rampant to the point of killing the wives and children of the imperial court officials but no one cares about them.

However, since it has collided, Yang Qiuchi must take care of it. He is the envoy of the Jinyi Guard, he has the power of life and death before the killing, he has the trump card of the Jinyi Guard, and there are masters such as Liu Ruobing and Song Yuner, and there are people who block and kill, and the Buddha blocks and kills the Buddha's 77-style pistol, he doesn't believe that he can't fight a gang, even if this boat gang has a backer behind the scenes, he has to fight with them, he is still a super first-class earl, and the gold medal given by the emperor to avoid death, the emperor is still counting on himself to catch Jianwen, no matter how big the official is, he is not afraid.

Of course, Yang Qiuchi also knows that everything must be done carefully in the fight with the gangsters, and he also does not want to gamble with his net worth and surname, so he has to pay attention to strategies and methods. Where there is life, there is hope.

Zhan Zheng Zhan saw that Yang Qiuchi's face was cloudy, so he persuaded with a smile: "Sir, this boat gang is powerful, as long as he doesn't mess with us, let's not care about their affairs." This matter of Li Hanbao, let's check it slowly from the side, it really doesn't work, so let's take that Sun Mingjiang to atone......"

Zhan Zheng raised his eyes and saw that Yang Qiuchi didn't say anything, knowing that this method was not to his liking, he quickly changed his words: "Otherwise, when the time comes, spend some money to find a death row prisoner to carry this matter, and you can always make up for it, and you won't be able to delay your old achievements." ”

Yang Qiuchi didn't want to startle the snake, so he thought about it deliberately, then nodded and sighed: "Bear with the calm for a while, take a step back and open the sky." Okay, just do as you say. ”

Zhan Zhutou breathed a long sigh of relief, although Yang Qiuchi is a super-first-class earl, he is kind and very good to his subordinates, he has been a capturer for so many years, such a boss is still the first to meet, seeing that he is a high-ranking official at such a young age, he naturally has a bright future, but he can't bear to let him have a hard time with this gangster. Now that I heard him say that he was willing to back down, I thought he had really figured it out, and I was really happy for him in my heart.

Zhan Zhutou took the portrait and asked Yang Qiuchi: "Sir, ...... about this pursuit?"

Yang Qiuchi sighed deliberately, reluctantly took the portrait from his hand, and said, "Don't worry about it for now, leave it here, and talk about it later." The craftsman was first imprisoned. ”

Li Hanbao's case has not yet been resolved, and this Sun Mingjiang has no time to witness, and he is still suspected of a major crime, so he can't be let go for the time being.

Zhan Zhutou smiled and said, "Okay, the villain has retired." He took a few steps backwards and walked out of the signing room, and walked away with the catchers at the door.

Yang Qiuchi waited for them to go away, then slapped the table and sneered: "Hehe, Lao Tzu wants to see what kind of three-headed and six-armed boat gang is!" ”

Yang Qiuchi pondered for a long time in the signing room, and then called his personal guard Nangong Xiong in and whispered to him for a while. Nangong Xiong nodded and went out.

(To be continued)