Chapter 55: The Tigers

Wang Zhixian has been living a bad life recently, there is Lu County Cheng in political affairs, and there is Xu Master Book for public security, Wang Zhixian knows that these two people are bigger than him, and they are not easy to provoke, because he has always inherited the principle of not offending the two, and he is at ease to be the shopkeeper, even when the contradiction between Xu and Lu intensifies and makes the city known, Wang Zhixian is pretending to be stupid.

But this time, Wang Zhixian had to come forward. When Tan Zhicheng, the head of the Tan family, came to the door late last night, Wang Zhixian knew that something big had happened. After figuring out the intention of Uncle Tan, Wang Zhixian's brows wrinkled into a flower, twisted a few sparse beards, lay on the bed and thought about it all night, when the rooster crowed in the early morning, Wang Zhixian finally made up his mind, and arranged for someone to send a message to the prison early in the morning, and released the second master Tan who was locked up in prison by Xu Liang.

Wang Zhixian knows very well that Jianchang City can no longer be in turmoil, if there is some turmoil, then, as the chief official of a county, the black yarn on this head will not be guaranteed. If he Wang Zhixian is the lord of a county on the surface, then the Tiger Gang formed by the Tan brothers and Uncle Tan is the big guy in the night, and it is an authentic snake.

After Xu Liang entered the house, Wang Zhixian coughed lightly twice and said, "I heard that Brother Xu arrested Tan Zhisheng, the second master of the Tan family, yesterday?" Well, the county feels that there must be a misunderstanding in this......"

"County Zun," Xu Liang hurriedly said: "Xia Guan tracked down a fugitive arsonist yesterday, and the clues were traced to Tan Erye's house, although he failed to catch the arsonist, but he accidentally found that Tan Erye was actually selling illicit salt!" Since it was late yesterday, I haven't had time to report this situation to the county. ”

Wang Zhixian raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at Xu Liang with burning eyes, and said slowly: "Brother Xu, the two brothers of the Tan family are both figures with heads and faces on the ground in Jianchang, Uncle Tan opened a carriage and horse shop, covering all the carriage and horse business on the first line of Jianchang River, and Tan Er Ye has operated several shops, and he has always been honest management, well, the Tan family has a big business, and it makes sense to occasionally reserve more salt, and it is not necessarily as Brother Xu said, it is to sell illicit salt." ”

"But, county honor, the lower officials found a large amount of salt in Second Master Tan's mansion, is the evidence accurate?" Xu Liang still wanted to argue, but Wang Shortxian waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "Okay! Master Xu, this matter ends here, no matter what you find, don't check it anymore! ”

Xu Liang was stunned when he heard this, and when he heard that Wang Zhixian actually called himself Master Xu, he felt that Wang Zhixian was serious this time, so he had to swallow the anger in his heart at the moment, and arched his hand and said: "Yes, the lower officials will obey the orders of the county." ”

Wang Zhixian looked at Xu Liang and said with some helplessness: "Brother, the situation of the two brothers of the Tan family is very complicated, and it is best for the county not to clash with them head-on." Forget it, brother, this county is for your good. ”

Wang Zhixian has said this, Xu Liang is very angry, and it is inconvenient to attack, so he had to accept it at the moment, wait out of the second hall, and return to the place where he just met with Tan Erye, seeing that there was no shadow of Tan Erye around, Xu Liang suddenly became angry again, called the official standing guard on the side, and asked: "What about Liu Prison and Tan Zhisheng?" ”

The official said: "Back to my lord, Second Master Tan has been gone for a while, and Liu Prison has also gone back." ”

Xu Liang nodded slowly, waved his hand to let the official retreat, stood under the instrument gate and squinted slightly and looked back at the direction of the county prison, a sneer flashed from his mouth, but his face was gloomy.

Xu Liang turned his feet and returned to the main bookkeeper, called Yan Qi, and said solemnly: "Old Qi, you order to go down and give this official a careful investigation of the two brothers of the Tan family and the foundation of the Tiger Gang, the more detailed the better!" ”

"Yes." Yan Qidao, he took out a drawing of a portrait, put it in front of Xu Liang and said: "My lord, last time you ordered, to find out the situation of the emerging Sky Wolf Gang leader in Poyang Lake, the humble position has been clarified, this is the head of the Sky Wolf Gang leader sent back by the people below, this gang leader is named Huang Ziren, in his early twenties, he looks like a scholar, and anyone who sees it will never think of his identity as the leader of the Sky Wolf Gang." ”

"Well, the brothers have done a good job and worked hard," Xu Liang took the image, took out three silver tickets from his arms, and handed them to Yan Qidao: "You can distribute these silver to the brothers, so that they can pay more attention." ”

"Huh." Yan Qi responded. He saw that Xu Liang had no other instructions, so he retreated.

Xu Liang took a closer look at this hand-painted portrait of the leader of the Sky Wolf Gang, although the image presented back was a little out of shape, but Xu Liang still recognized it at a glance, this Sky Wolf Gang leader was Huang Ziren who traveled to the Ming Dynasty with him. Xu Liang had a smile on his face, and secretly said that this Huang Ziren was really capable of tossing, and he actually let him pull up a big gang of two or three hundred people. Okay, Huang Ziren, my Xu Liang's patrol battalion hasn't been completely built yet, and you're doing a great job of the wolf gang? Oh, interesting.

While Xu Liang sighed in the main bookroom, Tan Erye took the carriage back to the house in the alley of Ximen Street, Tan Erye tore off the seal on the door, opened the door and walked in, and when he saw the empty mess in the house like a thief, Tan Erye howled like a wounded beast: "Xu Liang! Lao Tzu is inseparable from you! Yes!!! ”

The subordinates who came with Second Master Tan looked at Second Master Tan in horror, and when Second Master Tan's howl gradually subsided, the subordinates stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Second Master, is this house still lived?" It's such a mess in this courtyard, and it will take a while to clean up. ”

Second Master Tan stared at the man with red eyes, and shouted: "Clean up your uncle, go, go to the helm of the Mawan Tiger Gang." ”

The general rudder of the Tiger Gang is located in the upper reaches of the Jianchang River, where the tributaries of Qiujin and Makou converge into the river, also called Mawan, and on the bright side, the general rudder of the Tiger Gang is called Tan Ji Che Ma Xing.

Second Master Tan entered the inside of the car and horse shop, and found the head of the Tiger Gang, Tan Zhicheng, the uncle of the Tan family, told the cause and effect of the incident with red eyes, and said in a hissing voice at the end: "Big brother, this surnamed Xu is too deceitful, if you don't give him some color to see, he won't know that Lord Ma has three eyes!" ”

Uncle Tan Zhicheng glanced at his second brother, played with the two round crystal balls in his hand, and didn't answer for a long time.

Second Master Tan was anxious and said, "Big brother, the younger brother was bullied like this, you have something to say." ”

Uncle Tan raised his eyelids and said angrily: "What are you talking about making me a big brother?" Second brother, in the final analysis, this Xu Liang is still the head of a county in Jianchang, and he is the official of the Jiupin court, and the people have not fought with officials since ancient times. In my opinion, you can run those shops on Ximen Street for a living, and don't try to get any soap cream. Your house, if it is sealed, it will be sealed, and the eldest brother will talk to Wang Zhixian and remove the seal as soon as possible. ”

"What?" Second Master Tan jumped up from his seat and shouted with a glare: "Then whose loss is it in my house?" Whose is it that I suffer in that dark prison? No, Lao Tzu can't swallow this breath! ”

Uncle Tan rolled his eyes and said, "What do you want to do with the second brother?" ”

"Brother, I've thought about it," Second Master Tan's eyes shone with a cold light, and he twisted his mouth and said: "This Xu Liang has an official title of Jianchang Master on his head, and we can't move him on the official face." But, hum, the most profitable thing in his name is Liang Ji soap cream, Lao Tzu has to bring the soap paste craftsmanship, let's also get a Tan Ji soap paste to do with him, with our connections and financial resources, Lao Tzu has to let his Liang Ji close the door! ”

Uncle Tan groaned, nodded slowly, and said, "Well, I have to let him have a longer memory." Since you want to do this, it's up to you, but," Uncle Tan accentuated his tone and said solemnly: "You kid remember for me, it's okay to suppress the mall, you don't have a hot head and cause any trouble, then Xu Liang is a dignified court official after all, if something happens to him, none of us can think about it." ”

"Eh, brother, little brother knows." Second Master Tan said in his mouth that he knew, and secretly laughed in his heart that this big brother is really going back more and more, the bigger the industry, the less courage he has, and he is not as ruthless as when he was working hard by the Jianchang River.

Second Master Tan found Lin Youcai, who had been placed in the carriage and horse shop in advance, and instructed him to continue experimenting with soap cream. As soon as Lin Youcai heard that the test manuscripts he had worked so hard to get were all taken back by Xu Liang, he suddenly felt so painful that he couldn't do it, and looked at Tan Er Ye with a sad face, and said: "Second Master, it turns out that what is recorded in the manuscript is the important number of the small experiments for a while, and it is really a pity that it has been confiscated now." ”

"The number is gone, you won't try again." Second Master Tan said impatiently.

"Second master, you said it lightly," Lin Youcai said: "If you don't count jΓΉ, the small ones will have to try the same thing, and it will take at least a month to recover the number of jΓΉ." ”

"Ah, what's the trouble?" Tan Er Ye was shocked, he is now eager to open Tan Ji soap paste to open for production immediately, so as to snatch Liang Ji's business. When I heard that it would take a month to recover the number of jΓΉ, I couldn't help but feel very distressed.

Lin Youcai ate and said: "The second master wants to speed up, and there is no way." ”

"Do you have a way? Speak up, talk fast! Tan Erye said in surprise.

"Second master," Lin Youcai stepped forward and whispered: "I have thought about it carefully, if you want to completely produce the same soap paste as Liang Ji, the best way is to steal all the production technology of Liang Ji, oh, take it all out, let's just do it." ”

After Lin Youcai finished speaking, he stared nervously at Second Master Tan's face, of course he didn't dare to say that it was really because his level of learning was limited, and after trying for so long, all the products he tried were defective, if he couldn't try again, he couldn't explain to Second Master Tan.

When Second Master Tan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, he laughed and patted Lin Youcai's shoulder, and said again and again: "It makes sense, it makes sense, why didn't Second Master Ben think of it before?" ”