Chapter Eighty-Eight: Death Asks for Money
"I don't know!" Scarred Tiger shook his head slowly, "but today my people were captured by you, and I knew you would come to me." What does it have to do with that white jade Guanyin?"
"The night before yesterday, 17 gold shops outside South Street were stolen overnight. The Yihe Society shouldn't have been unaware of such a big thing, right? Moreover, the murderer also killed five people and shaved all five of them into skeletons.
Without further ado, where is Hou Junyi?"
"My lord, it's not easy to do a small business......" Scartiger grinned slightly. But this smile is really not flattering. Fortunately, it's daylight, and it's probably even more scary at night.
"Lord Lu, Lord Duan, I didn't steal this white jade Guanyin, although I am very greedy but I don't have the guts. But yesterday morning, a God of Wealth came to my gambling house.
Not to mention the addiction to gambling, it is also very bad luck in gambling. In less than half a day, it was clean and slippery. Originally, I thought that this guy should go, but who knew that he directly took out a gold bowl as collateral, so I lent him 50,000 taels of silver.
In less than an hour, the fifty thousand taels of silver were lost again. I don't have to make 50,000 taels of silver in a square gambling house in a day.
When the money ran out, he took out another treasure, and I lent him another 100,000 taels.
He kept losing, kept taking out the treasures, so in one day and one night, the lost treasures of the seventeen gold shops were complete.
This morning, he left after losing his last money. Seriously, I've been on the road for so many years, and it's the first time I've seen such a wide God of Wealth......"
"It's all stolen, of course it's not distressing. Where's the stuff?"
"It's all in my hands, but my lord...... I've earned all of this as a child. Seventeen treasures, but I paid eight million taels of silver. β
"It's originally stolen goods, how can you earn it from all over the world? The wool is out of the sheep, and your eight million taels of silver haven't changed hands?"
"But that's not the case, I open my door to do business, and what I do is the money of these gamblers. My lord, although I know that these things are hot on my hands, if I eat them secretly, I can swallow them, so there is no need to take them out for you to catch, right?
Should the government give me a discount?"
"Huh?" Duan Fei was suddenly amused by Scartiger's face, "I said brother, you really dare to speak." Do you know what I'm doing, brother?"
Duan Fei is obviously much younger than Scarred Tiger, but this brother is quite natural to call himself.
"Looking at Lord Duan's outfit, it should be a military attachΓ©, right? There is no standing army in Suzhou Prefecture, and there is no high-level military general in the garrison army. Forgive me for being clumsy, I don't know what position Master Duan is in?"
"Bang dang-" Duan Fei took out his waist card and threw it on the table, "Do you know this?"
Scartiger looked down, and his body stiffened. The cold sweat of the bean was constantly overflowing from the pale forehead.
After a long time, Scar Tiger slowly came back to his senses, and stood up with difficulty and bowed to Duan Fei and hugged his fists, "Jinling Absolute Top Pattern, Yellow Crane Soaring Order, you are the Feiling Guard of Nanling Palace?"
"It's good to know, do you still want to cash out?"
"Give me some......"
"I'll go, you guy really wants money and doesn't want to die!" Duan Fei suddenly felt that Scarred Tiger was a little cute.
As long as it is in Jiangnan Province, whenever the underworld forces hear about Fei Lingwei, they will be so frightened that they can't say anything. Although Scartiger was also frightened, he didn't even change his appearance of asking for money. Really...... Wizards.
"Well, it wasn't just the seventeen gold shops on South Street that were stolen the night before yesterday......" Lu Sheng said faintly, playing with his wine glass.
"What?" Scar Tiger and Duan Fei looked at Lu Sheng in surprise. Scar Tiger is still very confident in the intelligence ability of his subordinates, saying that it is seventeen gold shops, it is definitely seventeen gold shops. It can't be eighteen, and it can't be sixteen.
"Brother Lu, where else has it been stolen?"
"Mention the Criminal Division!" Lu Sheng slowly raised his head, and the scar tiger with cold eyes was furious.
"Your Excellency really knows...... It's really a joke...... If Hou Junyi dares to steal the Criminal Division, he doesn't have the life to come to me to squander it. β
"It's true!" Lu Sheng's face didn't mean to joke, "The Criminal Division has stolen seven gold bars, and the roots are full of color. β
Scartiger's face suddenly changed, and the smile on the corner of his mouth began to become so reluctant.
"Every gold bar is engraved on the coffin of Lu Sheng, the Suzhou Criminal Division!"
"My lord, I understand!" Scarred Tiger immediately bowed his head.
"What do you understand?" Lu Sheng asked softly with a gentle smile on his face.
"The adult suspects that the villain is conspiring with Hou Junyi to steal, and orders a search, and then the adult will search the villain's home and find the gold bars. This is ironclad evidence, and even if the villain has a thousand mouths, there is no way to justify it. β
"It's good to know!" Lu Sheng gently pushed away the attentive beauties around him, "After Hou Junyi leaves, your people should be staring at it, right?"
"That's natural, twelve hours a day, and he knows when he eats and when he pulls me. My lord, I'll lead the way myself, but ...... My lord, can I keep one of the seventeen treasures? My lord, that's eight million taels of silver for the villain......"
"Those seven gold bars are also the lifeblood of this official. β
"Yes, my lord, I'll get it all for you. Arrest Hou Junyi, I'll go in person, don't work for adults!"
"Don't worry, this official will give you the Good Citizen Award. β
The afternoon was heavy, but the scorching heat made the air thin and the pedestrians on the street looked much more lazy.
Suddenly, a crowd of people poured out of the crowded streets. There are officials from the government, guards from the Criminal Division, and even members of the Righteous Association dressed in colorful clothes.
The people quickly gathered at the door of a restaurant. At this moment, it is still early before dusk, and there are few people in the restaurant.
"Spread out and block the front door and back window. You, you, you, come in with me!"
Scar Tiger drank majestically, as if he had become the leader of this operation. Lu Sheng and Duan Fei didn't pay attention, their eyes staring at the window of the back window.
In the middle of the window, there is an upper room.
On the bed, a man with a short beard was sleeping soundly.
Suddenly, a flash of light erupted from the room, like lightning bolts. Hou Junyi turned over with a whoosh, and with a flick of his hand, a sharp pig-killing knife fell into his hand.
The pig-killing knife is not a kitchen knife, it is about a foot long, the handle is three fingers wide, and the closer you get to the sword, the thinner it becomes, and the whole knife resembles a slender triangle.
This is a knife that is neither domineering nor noticeable. But it is such a knife that can be seen in every pork stall, but it is so terrible in Hou Junyi's hands.
"Bang-" The door slammed open, and three members of the Righteous Harmony poured into the room. The first time to form a triangle to lock Hou Junyi.
It is rumored that the Suzhou Yihe Association is the most moral, but now it seems that I am still too stupid. Where is the morality of those who are mixed with the underworld?"
"Hou Junyi, don't talk about morality with your brothers. It's easy for you to come to Suzhou to talk to me for a drink, but you come to my land to commit a crime? Even if you steal, why do you still kill people? Do you know that Lao Tzu's territory has always been closed at night?"
Scar Tiger stepped into the room with a figure-eight step, and Scar Tiger was not making excuses in this sentence. Scar Tiger has always boasted that he is the underground overlord of Suzhou City, and he is willing to steal and rob himself, but others can't spread wild on his land.
What's more, Scar Tiger originally opened a nightlife business, but because of Hou Junyi's affairs, Suzhou City, which had not had a curfew for decades, suddenly had a curfew. Ma Dan, the money he lost overnight made Scartiger cry in distress.
For a money-hungry person like Scartiger, this is more painful than cutting his flesh.
Ordering someone to take the white jade Guanyin to the pawnshop is actually to inform Lu Sheng. If Lu Sheng doesn't do it, he Scarhead Tiger will also do it. This kind of alien species is invading, and Scartiger and Lu Sheng are absolutely the same enemy.
"I've heard that the Scarring Tiger of the Righteous Fellowship is invulnerable, and I've heard that no one has been able to leave a wound on your body so far. I wonder if this knife can cut through your copper skin and iron bones?"
Hou Junyi's words are naked irony, and the scars on Scar's face are still hanging.
When the words landed, Scartiger's face suddenly became gloomy, and his momentum surged. But in an instant, Hou Junyi's figure suddenly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he came strangely in front of Scarring Tiger.
Such a ghostly body really scared Scar Tiger.
The sharp cold light hit in an instant.
Scar Tiger instantly sank into the dantian, and the clothes on his body burst one after another and turned into butterflies. The bronze body appeared with a golden halo.
"Ding-" There was a green sound, and the pig-killing knife was fiercely fixed at the three-inch position on Scar Tiger's chest.
The swarthy pig-killing knife is as if it has been energized at this moment.
A cyclone exploded at the tip of the sword and the golden bell jar of the Scarred Tiger, and the crackling sound sounded one after another like fried beans.
Scartiger's men instantly compressed the encirclement.
"Don't come here, stand back!" Scartiger shouted, "Whoever comes here will die, get out!"
"At this time, you still care about the life and death of your subordinates?" Hou Junyi's hoarse voice sounded, and the knife in his hand slowly approached Scar Tiger's chest inch by inch.
The power of Scar Tiger's urging became even more intense, and the cold sweat of the bean kept overflowing and dripping down his forehead.
Although he hasn't fought anyone for five years, Scar's martial arts have not fallen behind for a day. The peak of the day after tomorrow, the golden bell jar of the Nine Realms makes Scarred Tiger confident that he can face any master in Suzhou Mansion.
Even if you don't lose, the consumption will be a tie.
But at this moment, Scarred Tiger regretted it a little.
Hou Junyi's murderous reputation makes many people only remember Hou Junyi's cruel killing methods. However, a person who can break out of such a fierce reputation will not be idle in martial arts.
At this moment, Hou Junyi is breaking the golden bell jar of the scar tiger inch by inch. At this moment, Scar Tiger can't even save the situation.
He had to push his strength with all his might, and he had to hold his breath motionlessly. But even so, he could only watch the pig-killing knife get closer and closer to his heart.
There was a chill in the heart, and for a moment it was accompanied by a hot pain.
The feeling of pain, Scartiger hasn't felt in a long time. Maybe in the next second, the pig-killing knife will pierce his heart.
"Boom-"
With a loud bang, Hou Junyi suddenly retreated, and his body rushed to the window as fast as lightning.
But as if at the same time, Hou Junyi's figure suddenly turned back again.
Hou Junyi stood quietly in the center of the room, holding his left hand, dripping with blood.
"I saw your confident appearance just now, and I thought you could handle it......" Lu Sheng appeared at the window at some point, looking at the frightened Scar Tiger with a smile.
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