Chapter 61 Cao Yun
After satisfying everyone's curiosity, Zhang Yang and chasing his life were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. Although Dingdong, a young girl, bites her lip with a resentful face for such a powerful "qualification", obviously a little envious.
She has been studying martial arts for five or six years, but unfortunately she has not made much progress, and her level can be maintained at the same level as dealing with two ordinary adult men, no matter how much she can. And in terms of internal strength, I don't know if it's a talent problem, or if this girl is too lazy, and she has always been standing still.
Originally, Ding Dong was depressed enough for his poor qualifications, but now he has come out with a publicity, which directly makes Ding Dong feel very depressed, after all, the old saying is good, people are better than people, and people are angry.
In any case, the return of Zhang Yang and chasing his life was just in time for the critical time, and after the iron hand reported the two of them again, Zhuge Zheng and I gave an order to let everyone go to search for clues to the life-killing Lan, even if it could not be directly proved that An Shigeng was the mastermind behind the scenes, it was still very important to collect the necessary evidence.
It's just that in the afternoon of the same day, a bombshell news came out, and the birthplace was Six Doors. And the people of the Shenhou Mansion who learned the news were also extremely shocked, because Cen Chong, the head of the four gods of the six gates, was killed last night!
"Cen Chong killed? Isn't anyone who is under the hands of the gods not afraid of being chased and killed by the gods! ”
This news was a little too sudden, which caught Zhuge Zheng and me and the others a little off guard. Except, of course, flamboyance.
"Could it be that Cen Chong found some important clues and was killed? Do you remember the mysterious man who appeared when Six Doors blocked the riverside workshop? The other two gods died at his hands! Iron Hand reminded everyone.
The reason why this news is more shocking than the news of the death of other gods. The reason is also very simple, that is Cen Chong who died tonight. It is the last of the remaining of the four gods of the six gates.
On the day that Zhang Yang joined the Shenhou Mansion, the fourth god captured Han Long while chasing the assassins, he was killed. Soon after, when the riverside workshop was sealed, the second and third two gods also died here. This series of bad news not only severely damaged the morale of the six gates, but also caused three of the four pillars of the six doors to fall, leaving only Cen Chong, the head of the god hunt, still holding on!
There is no doubt that the death of the first three gods has broken six doors at most, but it is not mad. After all, the martial arts of the other three major gods were weaker than Cen Chonglai. The forces are also relatively small. It can be said unceremoniously that Cen Chong's own connections and prestige in the Six Doors alone surpasses the combination of any two of the other three!
If the death of the other three people is like stabbing the giant of Six Doors three times, then Cen Chong's death is like directly cutting off an arm. Don't forget that the red-clothed head catcher is not so easy to cultivate, loyalty, ability, and martial arts. Character is indispensable. Before leaving the six doors in cold blood, he had the hope of becoming one of the four great gods, but the arrested gods sent him to the Shenhou Mansion as a spy.
Cen Chong's death is very likely to make the god catcher red-eyed. After all, his martial arts are high, but it is impossible to do everything himself. He doesn't know how to split his body, so he can't get busy with many things. And the meaning of the four gods is to share these affairs for him.
Zhang Yang knew how Cen Chong died. When this guy was invited to An Shigeng's banquet by the god of fishing, he used his lips to read the conversation between Ji Yaohua and An Shigeng. As a result, the secrets of the two were known, including the purpose of killing the god hunter.
After the incident in the riverside workshop, Cen Chong used this as a threat to break into the bathhouse where Ji Yaohua and a group of female catchers were taking a bath, and while eating tofu, he also proposed to cooperate with An Shigeng to kill the god catcher and let him take the throne. Of course, this guy also hinted at Ji Yaohua, if he wants him to cooperate with An Shigeng's plan, then he must come up with a "reward" that satisfies him, and this reward is, of course, the body of Ji Yaohua and the female head catcher.......
Thinking of this, Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh at this unlucky guy: "I have no ambition, but I don't have the ability to match it, no matter how high my martial arts are, it's just a life to work for people." ”
Cen Chong's martial arts can't be said to be low, after all, he is the first of the four famous catches. But there is no intention, plus Ji Yaohua is also a red-clothed head catcher, and she also has a lot of Penglai secret techniques, after tempting Cen Chong to be distracted with her naked body, she chose to sneak attack, and killed Cen Chongge in the bath on the spot with other female catchers.
It's a pity that Cen Chong didn't become a flower thief, but instead took his own life, and Ji Yaohua made up an excuse to give Cen Chong the name of a pervert, not only did he not get what he wanted, but he even lost his innocence after he died.
If it is another way, Cen Chong has Ji Yaohua's handle in his hand, so he can naturally cut the meat with a blunt knife and negotiate with An Shigeng little by little, after all, An Shigeng's purpose is to kill the god of hunting, and then indirectly master the six doors, Cen Chong should not refuse to take the initiative to surrender so much.
If nothing else, at the cost of An Shigeng's butterfly's life, he cleared the obstacles to Ji Yaohua's follow-up plan, maybe it was really possible to give Ji Yaohua to Cen Chong. Of course, it is more likely that An Shigeng killed Cen Chong after killing the god hunter, because in An Shigeng's heart, Ji Yaohua, a female subordinate, is different from others, but has a love for her.
It's just that Cen Chong hasn't survived to this point, and he has been planted in another big pit, that is, he didn't expect that Ji Yaohua had true feelings for cold-bloodedness, plus the sisterhood between him and the female catcher deepened. In my heart, I have already had the idea of getting rid of An Shi Geng's control. If Cen Chong changed one condition, it would be fine, but the condition was to let Ji Yaohua dedicate herself to him, which is a more uncomfortable thing for a woman than life, so Cen Chong was tragic, the beauty didn't get it, and he drank a mouthful of bath water, okay, the bath water was also just soaked by Ji Yaohua and the other women......
After Cen Chong's death, the situation of the matter underwent some very subtle changes, and the Shenhou Mansion was sealed, which was the result of six doors on the surface, and An Shigeng and Cai Xiang joining forces secretly. Of course, because of the large number of people in the six gates, even if four red-clothed catchers died, there were still some black-clothed catchers with good martial arts as a reserve army, but when this matter spread, the reputation and majesty of the six doors will undoubtedly be negatively affected.
And at this time, it was a good time for An Shigeng to continue his next plan, and it was also at this time that everyone in the Shenhou Mansion untied their hearts and reunited in the Zuiyue Building, ready to find trouble with An Shigeng. It's like an iron spear against a spear, a needle point against a wheat mang, both sides are brewing their own plans, I don't know what kind of sparks will come out?
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After digesting the impact of Cen Chong's death, Zhang Yang and the others did not change their plans, and still began to look for clues to the life-killing orchid. Because the target of everyone's suspicion has been locked on An Shigeng's body, then the next action is to stare at the goods transported by An Jia's Caoyun Wharf.
Around the capital, there are two cargo terminals, connecting the capital with the outside waterways. And the An family itself started by doing Caoyun, because of the good management, coupled with the generosity, the officials were satisfied all the way, and the business was getting bigger and bigger. After saving a sum of capital, he began to get involved in all kinds of illegal businesses such as illegal salt, private iron and copper, and sought huge profits.
Even Cai Xiang drummed up something about Huashi Gang, and there was also a joke in the Water Margin about Wu outwitting Shengchengang, and the An family even used the business to transport a lot of valuable treasures privately, some of which were used to deal with officials, and some of them were exchanged for hard currency such as gold and silver, hoarding grain, casting weapons in large quantities, hiring soldiers, etc., to prepare for rebellion.
From this point of view, it can be seen that An Shigeng and An Yunshan are very cautious and cautious, and they have a very long-term vision. Once the rebellion is successful, then the things that were sent out before will naturally be able to make those who accept them obediently spit out, as the so-called world does not have a free lunch, eating people with soft mouths, and it is not so easy to take people with short hands.
It is precisely because of the long time that the An family has become more and more fearless, so the protection of the goods at the wharf is much smaller.
The two wharves are one south and one north, the south wharf is the place where Anjia has the last delivery, because of the speed of the waterway, so Anjia's transportation matters are based on a cycle of ten days, and there are about three batches of goods sent to the capital every month, in addition to most of the reselling, there are also many things that are directly sent to An Shigeng's huge mansion in the capital.
Food, wine, porcelain and silk, calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, just one name is enough to fool the inspectors at the docks, and these people dare not really open and inspect what Anjia wants to deliver. is such a place with huge doubts, it was targeted by the Shenhou Mansion, and the three of them, Zhang Yang, chasing their lives, and the iron hand, they were eyeing the latest batch of goods that came ashore in the An family.
Tong Guò inquired, but Tie Shou knew that this batch of goods was transported from Yangzhou all the way north, and it was the Grand Canal excavated by Emperor Yang of Sui. Although it is said that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was arrogant and extravagant, the follow-up value of the excavation of this Grand Canal was gradually highlighted. The goods and merchants from the north and south were connected to the guò waterway, which could easily circulate and trade with each other, which also greatly promoted the economic and commercial development of the Song Dynasty. (To be continued......)