Although Zhou Qingfeng has appeared in public, the west of Fushun City, which he controls, is still loose on the outside and tight on the inside. After the Lin Family Inn encountered the assassin, he did not become as angry as outsiders imagined, but completely blocked the news, as if nothing had happened.

This disposition is a bit unfathomable to Wang Kai and Wang Yuan.

"That guy called 'Thorn' hasn't come back yet?"

Yesterday, the commotion in the west of the city was a bit big, and the news of Zhou Qingfeng's public appearance was reported to the 'thorn' by Wang Yuanwai. Although the 'thorn' did not say when he would act, Wang Yuanwai waited for the news at his house all night, but he did not wait for the 'thorn' to come back the next day, nor did he hear the news of Zhou Qingfeng's death.

Fools know that something must have happened.

"Back to the master, the one who lived in the guest room in the West Building went out last night, and I haven't seen anyone today." A servant stood hunched before the king.

"What's going on over there in the west of the city?" Wang Yuanwai sat in the main hall of his house, still touching his purple clay pot, frowning and asking.

The servant was also embarrassed, and said worriedly: "The lord doesn't know, but now there is news in the west of the city that there is a plague in the city, and more than a dozen streets have all fallen into the gates. No one is allowed to enter except those who are inside, except those who come out to buy. The little one specially asked a few people who came out to buy vegetables from the west of the city, but they either didn't speak, or shook their heads and didn't know anything. There really wasn't any movement at all. ”

The plague caused panic throughout the city, and even a few shops outside the king were dismal. When the merchants from outside heard that there was a plague in the city, many frightened cities did not enter, so they turned around and went back to Shenyang or Tieling.

"It's all the dirty things done by the flower girl, and now it's all over the city, but she hasn't done well. Now everyone in the city is scolding, and even the old man and I are unlucky. "The king is angry and slaps the table directly, and he hates it so much.

The servant at the head of the lower said about another matter: "Back to the master, although the little one has not been able to enter the west of the city, he can get some news from the west gate. The soldiers guarding the city said that early this morning, the officials in the west of the city took a few carts out of the city. The soldiers said that they smelled a strong smell of blood in the car, and that they must have been dead, and there were quite a few dead. ”

"Dead people?" Wang Yuanwai and the housekeeper glanced at each other and paid attention to the news. "Go on, what's wrong with this dead man?"

Seeing that the old man paid attention, the servant not only said proudly: "The little one specially inquired with the soldiers at the city gate, since the west of the city has changed masters, there have been many fewer people who have starved to death and froze to death there recently. Not even one in recent days. ”

It's winter now, and this place in Liaodong drips into ice, and you can freeze into popsicles when you pee. Tens of thousands of people in Fushun City die every winter. Especially those poor men in the west of the city died a lot, and almost every day they had to send people to pull the corpses in a car and send them to the cemetery outside the city to be buried.

But this year, there are many days without death, this is a strange story.

There is also some news about Wang Yuanwai, it is said that someone spent money to raise those poor men. Needless to say, this person is Zhou Qingfeng. Although I don't understand why Zhou Xiaozi did this? But Wang Yuanwai didn't plan to care.

The servant continued: "The dead who were sent outside the city naturally had to be buried, and the little one went to the cemetery of the 'Leaky Garden' and asked the grave keeper there. Only then did I know that the corpses sent by Chengxi this time were stabbed to death, and each corpse was slashed in the neck, and it is said that the knife was fast and sharp, and the incision was very deep. ”

Needless to say, that's what 'thorns' do.

But the king was not happy, and he and his housekeeper looked at each other. The butler shook his head slightly and said, "Master, I'm afraid that this one sent by Hetuara didn't work out." Those who do this will never show up easily once they fail. I guess he's just injured and hiding somewhere. ”

Wang Yuanwai nodded slightly, approving the butler's judgment.

The butler continued: "I have specially inquired with a few monks in the city, and the name of this 'treacherous' master is quite loud. His cultivation is not bad, he has killed a lot of hard stubble, and the asking price on the road is high, not a good one. But this person turned out to be in vain, but I am afraid that Zhou Xiaozi's side is more tricky than we guessed. ”

Wang Yuanwai nodded again, and sighed, "It is said that 'a strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake', this week the kid is really difficult." What should I do if this situation is called my lord? ”

As a businessman, the character of the snake and mouse at both ends is the norm.

Wang Kai refused to take the lead against Zhou Qingfeng on his own, and pushed out the assassins and men sent by Hetuala. But now the assassin has failed without a trace, and the flower girl under his command is still not enough to succeed, and there is more than enough to lose. wanted to spread a rumor to bring down Zhou Qingfeng, who was entrenched in the west of the city, but now he was used by Zhou Qingfeng in turn.

At present, Wang Yuanwai has to worry about Zhou Qingfeng's revenge. He is a wealthy businessman in Liaodong, and he has a lot of industries and personnel, and he is also full of flaws. If Zhou Qingfeng wants to mess with him, he can also make him unable to eat and walk around. "Alas, we can't compare our shoes with our barefoot. Since Zhou Xiaozi has some ability, we might as well back down. ”

Hearing Wang Yuanwai 'increase the prestige of others and destroy his own ambition', the housekeeper on the side knew that his master was afraid. He hurriedly followed the conversation and said: "If you want to say that this kid does have the ability to do it, he can really make a career if he shelters those poor ghosts in the west of the city." Not long ago, didn't he ask Han Gui to spread the word that he wanted to buy grain at half price, so he might as well promise to sell him fifty stones first as a personal favor. ”

Zhou Qingfeng once wanted to pull Wang Kai to join forces to reclaim wasteland around Fushun, but Wang Kai ignored it at all. But now that Zhou Qingfeng has shown his strength, it is the turn of this king to take the initiative to pull the relationship.

Thinking that fifty stone of grain was not much, Wang Yuanwai simply patted his thigh and said: "Alas, it is said that 'it is better to settle the grievance than to settle the knot'." What is half price, just send fifty stone grains to Zhou Xiaozi. If you can't mess with him, sell him well. Let's just say that we are willing to join hands with him to reclaim fertile land, and by the way, we will test what the details of him are? This can be regarded as spending money to eliminate disasters. ”

Wang Yuanwai is greedy for money, but he is very slippery, and he immediately adjusts when he sees that the momentum is not right. The housekeeper got his approval, turned around and went to make friends, at least to let Zhou Qingfeng not take his own home as a target to strike.

As soon as the housekeeper left, the servant in charge of reporting naturally retreated. Before leaving, the servant stopped talking, but did not dare to speak. He left in front of the old man and came out of the back door of the Wang family's mansion. There was a small sedan chair outside the back door, and the sedan curtain was lifted to reveal half of the face of the old bustard girl in Xiuchun Building, "Brother Wang, is the master free?" ”

The servant who came out looked gloomy, and he didn't bother to get close to the sedan chair and waved his hand and shouted: "Hua Niang, you have done a mess, the master is on the fire, and I don't want to see you." Don't come these days. ”

After saying this, the servant turned around and retracted the back door of the Wang family's mansion, and bolted the door with a clang. The flower girl in the sedan chair only had time to 'sigh' for half a voice, and she couldn't even see anyone in front of her. She angrily patted the sedan window and scolded: "These bastards who kill a thousand knives will give such a sentence after taking the old lady's two taels of silver." He must have not even reported it. ”

The flower girl hated, but she was helpless. She scolded the turtle boy who went to make trouble yesterday, "Let that fool throw a few dead people, he can lose himself too, and he was captured alive." Now the city is full of storms, and the old lady is being pointed at even when she goes out. ”

The old bustards of this 'Xiuchun Building' have now become street rats, and now they know that they are afraid and hurriedly come to the Wang family's mansion to ask for the king's protection. Who knew that Wang Kai was angry at home, and the servants below didn't dare to pass the word for her. Now I can't even see anyone, so I can only take a sedan chair back to 'Xiuchun Tower'.

'Xiuchun Building' is in the city, this place is in a good location, and rich businessmen and high-rollers come and go on weekdays. The 'daughters' raised by the flower lady are on the second floor with the windows open to solicit business, and the overnight fare is not cheap. But today, the doors and windows of 'Xiuchun Building' are closed, and there is not even a ghost in front of the door. When the neighbors on the left and right saw her sedan chair coming back, they all scolded her, cursing her for dying of plague and prematurely.

Hua Niang came back angrily, and all the 'daughters' in the family were silent when they saw that her face was not good, and they didn't dare to speak. On weekdays, these 'daughters' are tortured by flower girls, and starving and beating are trivial matters, and it is terrible to be stitched with iron. Ancient brothels were not romantic places.

The conspiracy of 'throwing corpses' failed, and Hua Niang was also afraid of Zhou Qingfeng's revenge. At present, Wang Yuanwai's backer does not come forward, so she can only close the 'Xiuchun Building', and then spend money to find someone to support herself. It's just that after two days, Hua Niang suddenly fell down with a high fever.

This can scare everyone in the 'Xiuchun Building' a lot. The rumor of an outbreak of typhoid fever in the city has spread widely, and no one is afraid of it. As the source of the outbreak, several old and decrepit prostitutes also suffered from nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms after high fever - and finally diarrhea to the point of incontinence, and they were 'thrown away' by Hua Niang's subordinate Turtle Gong.

Hua Niang fell ill, and the others in the 'Xiuchun Building' didn't dare to stay any longer, so they packed up and fled out. Those who had families to flee fled home, and the homeless ran to the west of the city to seek refuge - the whole incident was caused by the fact that several 'daughters' recently bought by 'Xiuchunlou' fled to the west of the city.

That night, the flower lady who had diarrhea and was so weak that she fell on her bed and cursed constantly. At this moment, she is also as filthy and stinky as the prostitute who was 'dumped' a few days ago. If the onset of typhoid fever is not treated as soon as possible, it will cause the patient to lose the ability to take care of himself in a short period of time.

Hua Niang scolded and scolded, but suddenly found that the light was on in the house. She opened her eyes slightly, only to see that one of the 'daughters' who had escaped a few days ago had turned out the lights and returned. She didn't know why, so she hurriedly reached out and called for help. But behind the 'daughter', another teenager stood up.

The 'daughter' pointed to Hua Niang and said to the young man: "It's her, she bought us from Renyazi, and began to starve us, beat us, scolded us, and asked the turtle to strip us naked on snowy days." She said that if she didn't sell her virgin for more money, she would have to call a dozen men to take turns to kill us. Now the wicked man has finally been punished. ”

Someone came in behind the young man and whispered, "Boss, there are still four or five sick people in the other rooms of this 'Xiuchun Building'. There are men and women, what should be done? ”

The young man sneered: "Let this girl recognize it, she said that she is a good person, she will be fed medicine and washed and taken away." She said that if she was a bad person, she would leave it alone. ”

During the whole process, Hua Niang kept reaching out and screaming in her mouth. But the boy left quickly, and the 'daughter' holding the oil lamp spat at her with hatred, and scolded: "You black-hearted filthy bastard, stink here and wait for death." ”

Hua Niang kicked her legs angrily, her eyes were black, and she swallowed her breath after a while. The epidemic in the whole city that Zhou Qingfeng thought was about to break out.