The area around Tonghui Inn was originally the first prosperous place in Xuzhou, but now it is very deserted, as soon as a few brocade guards live, and then come to this side, those who want to stay in the hotel or enter the inn will be strictly checked, and the people of Xuzhou are not stupid, who dares to come over at this time, if it is considered to have ulterior motives, I am afraid that even their lives will be gone.

The road was so deserted, and those "idlers" did not leave, but only chatted there. "It's a fan who lives inside, and this group of people will take whoever they say." "They have wine, meat, and girls inside, but we drink the wind outside." "Have you heard, Boss You arranged for someone to come over today, and he lost his temper, I heard that Laoguan in the west of the city didn't want to leave people, so he scolded him." "This is a fanzi, even Zhizhou can take it" "Shhhh “

The two people who were talking were very careful, and when they saw the person in a hurry approaching, they breathed a sigh of relief, and one of them couldn't help laughing and scolding: "What is the hurry, scaring the individual, why is your face so pale?" What's wrong? ”

The newcomer's face was pale, full of horror, and he looked left and right and whispered: "Lao Guan is dead, and his two brothers who want to be good are also dead." ”

Just now, Lao Guan was talking about it, and when he heard the news, the two of them were covered in sweat and hair, and one of them opened his mouth with a trill, and asked in a low voice: "Isn't Lao Guan an official?" Why did you die? ”

"I heard that I went home to rest at noon, and then the neighbors listened to someone over there, and they didn't dare to come out to see, and they didn't dare to report to the official when it was quiet, and when the people who caught the house went, they found that the house was full of blood, Lao Guan's head was cut off, and his two brothers were also bloody holes, miserable!" "And what are you doing here?" "Boss You has already spoken, saying that the people under Lao Guan's hands are under his direct control, and no one should mess with the rules of doing things, let me let me know."

After saying this, he was about to leave, but he was caught by a person and whispered: "Lao Guan also has the identity of a servant, what does the official family say about this matter?" ”

"Old Lady Chen and Old Lady Zhao have spoken, now they are busy with the affairs of Fanzi, Lao Guan will postpone it later, I have to go elsewhere, you look carefully." The man said a few words and hurried away.

As soon as the messenger left, the two people who had just been talking looked at each other, and they didn't have anything to say, and one of them shook his head and said with a dry smile: "Why is it so cold!" ”

Bright or covert news was transmitted all over the city, and the leaders of such officials as the six-room clerk were naturally very well-informed.

Li Shuban was at home at this time, and his nephew was standing on the side to serve, the identity of this official was passed down from generation to generation, but Li Shuban only had a few daughters, and this position was to be handed over to his nephew in the future, so the year before last, he arranged his nephew into the Yamen torture room, and followed him to experience and learn.

"Lao Guan is fake shrewdness and really confused, at this time, he still wants to wait and see, and he can't blame others for being cleaned up."

When his cronies passed the news, Li Shuban commented disdainfully, took a sip of tea and said: "Even if Fanzi really wants to deal with the Zhao family, he has nothing to do with it, a gangster on the street, who does he think he is." ”

The nephew of the Li family on the side smiled, lowered his voice and said: "Uncle, we can't stand the business in Hejiazhuang, and there are a lot of businesses and wineries in this city, should our family make preparations." ”

"Prepare a fight, just a few times, do you think you can turn the sky upside down, not to mention whether you can catch it, even if they are caught, we will be in chaos on the ground in Xuzhou, at that time, those who don't have long eyes won't be able to live, do you think Zhao Jin can't enter this city?" Li Shuban asked sharply.

The nephew of the Li family smiled dryly and bowed his head, Li Shuban put the teacup in his hand on the table, and said sharply: "Don't even think about such thoughts, what our family has to do now is to help the Zhao family with one mind, don't stay hard, don't change favors, help those who can help, and talk if you can't, do you understand?" ”

"Uncle, the fans are here, if you really want to check their Zhao family, who would dare to touch the side?"

"Confused! Confused! Do you think Lao Zhao is just a team leader who catches houses, and there are thousands of knives in the city who give him his life, let's show something wrong, the whole family can't survive, and Lao Zhao's family must be guarding against someone now! ”

Zhao Zhentang did not rest at home at night, but went to the freight yard, He Cuihua was accompanied by Zhao San and his wife and the Meng family brothers and sisters, but went to live in a house near the west gate, and will leave the city at dawn tomorrow.

The family members of the Zhao Zi battalion, the errand officers in the yamen, the people and horses in the city, and the backbone leaders are all concentrated here, constantly getting orders and deployments, and hurriedly going out to get busy.

There are also people sitting in the yamen, and Chen Wu, the chief catcher, is on the side of the arresting room, and now the news of the entry and exit in the yamen has to pass through his side.

Zhao Zhentang was in the lobby of the main house of the freight yard, with a ghost head knife in his hand, Zhao Ziying's Lian Zheng in the city stood behind him with his backhand, and the young man who was following Zhao Zhentang to learn to cut off his head stood on the side, this person is also a male in the Zhao family, and he is Zhao Zhentang's nephew, but he is two years older than Zhao Jin, known as Zhao Shiyi, and he is a relative and Zhao Zhentang's apprentice, and he also bowed his head and stood aside.

In front of Zhao Zhentang, You Zhenrong's face was pale, and he couldn't stop scolding: "These wolf-hearted and dog-lunged bastards, who have been taking benefits for so many years, actually shrank their heads when they saw the real chapter, I am blind." ”

"You don't have to be so angry, Lao Guan's head can make them understand, let's not worry too much, the four people in the inn have drunk so much wine, and they are tossing around the powder, things can't be done, but be careful of a few things, see if there are any spies in the city, and be in case of any long-sighted past!" Zhao Zhentang said in a deep voice.

You Zhenrong nodded, and said in a muffled voice: "Don't worry, old lady, our people are watching inside and out, even if a mosquito wants to fly in, we can know the way." ”

Zhao Zhentang nodded slowly and said, "Everyone is tired tonight, and tomorrow Erkui and they will go into the city to help, so everyone won't have to be so tired." ”

You Zhenrong hurriedly smiled and said: "That's good, there are not many people in the city now, old lady, you rest first, I will go to the inn to suppress the formation, and I will always keep an eye on those small ones." ”

Said hello and went out, came to the yard outside the yard, You Zhenrong's two cronies hurriedly followed, lowered their voices and asked, You Zhenrong looked back, a few men followed not far away, You Zhenrong gritted his teeth and said: "What else can I do, what Lao Zhao says, tomorrow Qi Erkui's gang will enter the city, whoever wants to be careful will definitely be a dead end." ”

Hearing the name of "Qi Erkui", everyone was silent, and their pace accelerated a lot.

The three religions and nine streams in the city are still good people, but the salt lords outside the city violated the king's law, and they did a desperate job, killing people without seeing blood, this Qi Erkui had a murderous reputation back then, and it was even more amazing after following Zhao Jin, several fires and all of them were big victories, and the heads of the people killed were rolling, and the gang of ruffians in the city was okay in the fight, and the one who could see blood and kill people was ruthless, how could he compare with Qi Erkui, a gang of illegal salt dealers,

And others can consider being good citizens, but the smuggling salt dealers are mortal enemies with the government, this group of people must be of the same mind as the Zhao family, think about the fate of Lao Guan, and then think about Qi Erkui entering the city the next day, everyone feels cold.

Zhang Jianting and the other four fans all got up late, beat the fans out, and after washing, the store hurriedly sent in pancakes and mutton soup.

"This wine is really good, and I don't have a headache after drinking so much." Someone muttered.

"Damn, something is really wrong in this Xuzhou place, yesterday afternoon, today the sun is high, no one comes to the door to look for it, do you take our brothers seriously, or are you afraid of that Zhao Jin?" Someone scolded.

Zhang Jianting tore the cake and soaked it in the soup, and said with a smile: "Whatever, in front of our Jinyi Guard, how can anyone else be violent, today let's go directly to the Zhizhou Yamen, since we don't want to give face, let's go directly to knock it, are you afraid that it won't bleed if you smash the bones?" ”

Everyone laughed, and when everything was cleaned up, it was almost lunch, and their luggage and horses were stored in the inn, and the four of them asked for the way, and went directly to the yamen.

As soon as they left the inn, some people entered their houses, and some went to the stables, and carefully examined their luggage and mounts, and then restored them to their original state, to see if they could see from these things their intentions or find any clues.

Choose to pass at lunch time, this is also the rule of officialdom, the receiving party always has to keep the meal, and Jinyiwei such a scary messenger comes to the door, but also wants the hospitality of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and it is necessary to invite the women in the courtyard to have a meeting, or go directly to the courtyard to entertain, this advantage is always to be taken.

Xuzhou is poor, and the streets of the state city are also very deserted, pedestrians come and go, and they see the brocade guards wearing official robes dodging to the side.

Zhang Jianting and the other four had long been accustomed to this kind of awe, and they didn't care at all, and they didn't notice the appearance of these "pedestrians" exchanging glances with each other.

"Zhang Jianting, a small banner of 400 households in Nanjing Jinyi Weizuo, together with the three school captains, came to Xuzhou to investigate the case, and the trouble was passed on to Lord Zhizhou." In front of the gate of the Zhizhou Yamen, Zhang Jianting explained his identity loudly to the porter.

Hearing the name of this Jinyi Guard, the porter shrank in fright, looked left and right and said: "A few errands, the master of Zhizhou is recuperating and does not see outsiders." ”

Recuperate? Zhang Jianting frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "Since Lord Zhizhou is not here, Lord Tongzhi is here?" ”

"It's really unfortunate that Lord Tongzhi is also sick." "Where's the judge?"

"Ahem, the judge is also sick, saying that he can't be in the noisy place in the city, and has gone to the mountains outside the city"

The faces of the four fans were gloomy, one person was sick, but all three of them were sick at once, and they deliberately went outside the city to recuperate, they naturally understood what this was for.

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