The north wind howls in the dark night, a small winter snow falls, the Grand Canal is frozen for thousands of miles, and the entire northern section is no longer passable, and business is very depressed at this time of year, but the drunken incense garden outside the west wall of the brick city is brightly lit, and even the surroundings are quite vibrant.

Linqing merchants come and go, is also a gold nest, the golden bottle plum is known as seventy-two orchestra buildings, all kinds of styles have, although this place is near the northern section, but because of the convenience of the canal, the wind of luxury is no different from the south of the Yangtze River, in the Ming Dynasty 240 state cities, belongs to one of the most heavyweight, in addition to the prosperity in the city, the city around the radiation is far away, the streets are also very straight.

There is also a curfew outside the city of Linqing, but Dongzha Street is not among them, a street is brightly lit, gambling houses, green buildings, and Goolan are all open, and several tea shops and food shops mixed with them are also staying up all night waiting.

Zuixiangyuan is the most advanced green building outside the city of Linqing, the style is also similar to Qin Huai, the main entrance is low-key and elegant, there are a few maids and servants standing, there is no obscene words in it, but there is a faint sound of silk and bamboo, it seems very stylish.

There are a few Qingke tea shops in business opposite the drunken fragrance garden, this kind of tea shop is very small, each room is only two or three people to sit opposite, the owner inside is called Qingke, the ugly point is the part-time turtle Gong, these people often read some books, relying on the brothel around the Qinglou, with a style of small tea shop to attract those pretentious people, and then Qingke to accompany them to chat and play, there will generally be tea tasting, listening, Go, double 6 and other activities, after closing the distance, Qingke will introduce the nearby Qinglou to the guest, if the guest goes, You can get a commission. On weekdays, when you have nothing to do, you can also help the red corner of the Qinglou to run errands and buy things, and do some things to help earn money for running away, so it is also called helping idle, which is one of the links in the biological chain of the Qinglou. However, it is not the official establishment of the Qinglou, and it is probably a temporary employee.

Facing the gate of the Qingke shop hung a zhang of the bamboo shop sign, although the width of his façade is less than a zhang, the shop sign on the book "bamboo cloud leisure" three elegant big characters, next to the big character painted with ink a few bamboo joints, the word is a distant mountain and clouds, in the surrounding gold and silver with tassels in a slip of shop signs appear very chic, but more attractive ideas.

"It's only five o'clock."

At this time, a shout came out of Zhuyunxian, and there was a sound. The two dice rolled into the bowl and collided with each other twice, one two and one three, and the hook-nosed guest laughed and moved a black horse into the six lines on the right, leaving only two on the left.

"Guest, you are really a master. It's inappropriate to only let the villain have a chip. The Qingke on the other side shook his head again and again, with a look of chagrin, in fact, he was happy in his heart, Qingke was good at these things to play, and he also understood the psychology of those guests. often deliberately loses to guests, and then flatters them, gives them enough face, and lifts those guests to extremely high positions. After that, you can introduce the Qinglou girl, and those sons often have to lose face to consume. The two guests in front of him were full of joy, and they were about to take the bait.

The younger guest sat at the door of the small room, seemingly distracted from the Double 6. The Qing guest thought that it was caused by seeing the Qinglou opposite, and couldn't help but ask the guest at the door: "The guest officer has taken a fancy to the drunken incense garden opposite?" ”

Sitting at the door was Qin Rong. After Wang Erya set that tone, he had to revise the plan, cancel the second cover group, and all the covering personnel lurked around the Qinglou, and the main task was changed to assassination, and he personally led it. The other two groups are the tobacco factory and the house of the owner.

Hearing Qingke ask, he smiled slightly: "Zuixiangyuan is famous, it turned out to be here, and it was a coincidence, so I took a few more looks, but it was also very ordinary." ”

Qingke had no intention of playing chess, threw a seven-point horse casually, and then said to Qin Rong: "Gongzi doesn't know anything, but where there is a high-end place, the more ordinary the appearance, it is rare to hide in the city." With the goodness of the two sons, how can the ordinary hook bar be worthy of the two. ”

Eagle hook nose interjected: "I look very tight, a few maids lack a certain aura, it can be seen that the girl is not necessarily good." ”

Qingke turned his head back, "The six girls in the drunken fragrance garden are Qinxiang and Benzoin, but they are a must-have in Linqing, they are more pretty than the sisters in the Qinglou in the city, and they are also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially that benzoin, the most common double 6, and the son can compete with her." ”

Eagle hook nose looked up and stared at Qingke, there was an uncommon anger in his eyes, that Qingke also saw a lot of Jianghu guests, these two people in front of him were very richly dressed, especially Eagle Hook Nose, not only the action was rude and the language was vulgar, and the next double 6 was also a mess, most of them hooked up with the bandits in the south, but he didn't think too much, there were a few fighting lines on the other side, all of them were good, and they were not afraid of anyone making trouble, anyway, as long as they gave silver, it would be done, regardless of whether he was a Jiangyang thief or a bandit.

Eagle hook nose lewd smile and said: "There is actually a sister named benzoin, that's so interesting, this benzoin is available today?" If you're there, check it out. ”

Qingke suddenly looked embarrassed, "This, today's Dongyue's proprietor invited all the lords of the state government, and the six girls were ordered, otherwise the son can find other sisters to spend the night first, and it is not too late to get up tomorrow morning to find the benzoin." ”

"What does that smell like?" Hooknose buried his head in the chessboard again, "I like to play double 6 and do that at the same time." ”

Qin Rong at the door got the news, stood up and said: "It's okay not to go over and take a look, it's going to stay overnight after all, it's better to find a sister to accompany than to sleep alone, I'll go buy some meeting gifts for those sisters first." ”

The Qing guest hurriedly said: "If the guest officer wants to buy a gift, he will be in the fifth shop on the left, there is everything in it, and those sisters' favorites are all there, and the villain Jian Yizi buys Dai Chunlin's incense shop osmanthus oil, benzoin, woven yarn, flower silk, painting silk ......"

Qin Rong didn't listen at all, he walked out, felt a cigarette in the white powder in the sky and lit it, and didn't light the scythe even after hitting it several times, Qin Rong pretended to curse, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the liaison in the distance leaving, knowing that the signal had been received, he turned around, went north to the shop that sold spices, bought some benzoin, and gave face.

While waiting to make up the money, Qin Rong glanced at the shop, which was full of Dongyue cigarettes, and he didn't even see a pack of Wen Dengxiang, Qin Rong also bought a pack, lit the candle in the store, and took two puffs and spit out. The taste is much worse, and there is no filter, which hurts his mouthful of tobacco leaves.

"What the is this broken cigarette, is there any Wenden's filter scent?"

The shopkeeper looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "If you want to filter the mouth of the guest officer, don't raise your voice, it will be heard by the tooth shop, and I won't dare to sell it to you, we are around here." They can only buy and sell Dongyue's cigarettes. ”

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he took out a pack of Wen Dengxiang as a thief, Qin Rong was about to finish smoking, so he immediately took it and looked at it, the cigarette pack was relatively long, and the word Wen Dengxiang was written on the front. Behind is a gorgeous woman, indeed genuine, handed over five cents of silver, the shopkeeper hurriedly shook his hand and said, "Mr. is still five cents of silver." ”

"So expensive? A bag of silver?? "Qin Rong has never sold such expensive cigarettes in Denglai, and the cigarettes with the picture of the lady have always been sold in a pack of fifths.

"The guest officer whispered, those green-skinned lamas saw it, and they were going to snatch it for us. The tooth shop also has to come to fine the tax silver. The shopkeeper looked left and right, saw that there was no talent, and said, "The whole street can only sell a little here, and the more you do, the better." Naturally, it is more expensive. ”

Qin Rong threw out five cents of silver unhappily, it seems that Linqing can only be ruthless here, according to Wang Erya's estimate, Dongyue Tobacco Factory technically imitates the appearance. The market has a monopoly on the tooth shop, and the cigarettes sold from Linqing this year are worth 300,000 taels. And the means are very inferior, they have special cigarettes for customers to try to smoke, these cigarettes are actually bought Wen Dengxiang, in exchange for a Dongyue wrapping paper, those customers will not come to Qing after being fooled, and may even no longer do cigarette business, which will shrink the market.

Qin Rong took the cigarette, walked all the way in front of several small tea shops, pretended to be choked by the smoke, coughed again and again, and slowly returned to the bamboo cloud leisure, where the Qingke was still flickering with the hooked nose.

Qin Rong waited at the door of the small room, paying attention to the movement outside, his eyes kept staring at the night sky until the light and shadow there began to change somewhat, he sneered and nodded at the hooked nose.

Eagle Hook Nose was playing Double 6 happily with that Qingke, and when he saw Qin Rong's code, he suddenly grabbed Qingke by the collar and dragged it on the chessboard, and before Qingke could shout, he was punched in the temple, and his whole body shook and fainted. The hook nose then twisted the neck of the Qingke, then took out two swords from the baggage and handed one to Qin Rong.

There were some cries of fire outside, and then they slowly expanded, and the maids and servants at the gate of the drunken fragrance garden were pointing to the south, and after a while, the gate of the drunken fragrance garden creaked open, and two people who looked like they were in line rushed out, stood in the center of the street and looked around, and then hurriedly ran back.

There were more people on the street, and many neighbors and shops rushed to the tobacco factory with hemp hooks, including five or six people from the Qinglou, not because they were kind-hearted, but because they knew that the fire could spread easily, and to fight the fire was to save themselves.

A group of people ran out of the middle of the drunken fragrance garden, and in front of him was a big man with an anxious face, who was the tallest in that group, and his characteristics were very obvious, and his appearance matched the information provided by the trading company. This plan was modified by Qin Rong, using the fire to lead out the owner's house, and killing him at the gate of the Qinglou.

The owner of the Dongyue Tobacco Factory was so anxious that he wanted to cry, the fire was near the warehouse, where the tobacco leaves were worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, and he punched and kicked several guards to fight the fire, and in a blink of an eye, only the owner and a few officials were left.

Qin Rong hid the sword in his sleeve and shouted, "It's water!" Guys go and help. ”

Seven or eight team members hiding in several tea shops around walked out of the tea shop at the same time, and a few people held eight-foot hemp in their hands, which was the most basic fire prevention equipment in the Ming Dynasty.

Qin Rong followed, and the owner of Dongyue loudly commanded the people who arrived, and the group of officials and gentry were like lambs on the slaughter, and they were unconscious, and kept beckoning the approaching people to put out the fire.

"Do it!" Qin Rong snorted.

Five or six team members who approached a few steps under the cover of the crowd tore off the sackcloth on the head of the gun at the same time, and at the gate of Zuixiangyuan, they stabbed a group of gentry officials in front of them with their eight-foot spears, and the rest of the people attacked with short knives around the boss of Dongyue. The officials and gentry who were not diligent could not even escape, they were all stabbed to the ground, blood was flowing all over the ground, the people who saw them around screamed and fled, and there were no people who put out the fire for a while.

The action team members killed people very neatly, and the requirement for them was to destroy the enemy in the shortest possible time, because they would not have too much time, Qin Rong cut off the head of the owner with a knife, and another masked trading company employee pointed to the state Tongzhi, Qin Rong also beheaded him, and the other team members took advantage of this time to keep stabbing the people on the ground, and the people who were not dead for a while screamed loudly. This scene frightened the firefighters, they all looked at it from a distance, and it was okay to say that they were fighting the fire, but the scene in front of them was killing people and selling goods, and no one dared to help.

After the head arrived, Qin Rong shouted loudly: "Everyone has withdrawn." ”

The team member with the spear threw away the spear at the same time, followed Qin Rong into the alley, and soon disappeared into the darkness, the sky was black and cloudy, and the snowflakes turned into goose feathers.

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