Late at night, the county seat was under curfew, and the streets were empty and deserted. Only the occasional sound of bangs reminded everyone to be careful of the fire and the hour.

The county magistrate Zheng Mansion on West Street.

Before County Lieutenant Zheng fell asleep, there was an oil lamp lit in the study, and he was practicing his pen, pretending to be in his heart. Just today, the county government received a commendation communiqué from the government office of 'Wulin County' above. He was encouraged by the emphasis, and the Huang County Order was not left behind, this is a political achievement. However, the promotion or dispatch letter that he was expecting did not.

His activities were spent in vain.

"Brother Zheng Xian, now that the border war is not going well, the pressure on the court is huge, and an order has been issued, especially the soldiers guarding the border and the chief officials of the border city, they must not be easily transferred without fault, but the court will record the political achievements and merits, and when the border is stable, the reward will be increased, which can be of great use!"

This is the reply of one of the officials of his activities, just a private message, and the words are very polite.

In a word, there is nothing that can be done from above.

This made the hope in the heart of Zheng County Lieutenant turn into a heavy one.

He has served as the county lieutenant for five years, and he has made a lot of money and done a lot of practical things, and Ren County's customs clearance tax contributes as much as 1,000 gold coins to the kingdom every year, which is a lot. Such a contribution is dozens of times higher than that of many counties in the north. According to the usual practice, the chief officer of the county has an advantage in promotion. But now, this advantage has become a disadvantage, because the imperial court needs border stability and careful and prudent personnel scheduling.

The fact is that the current Ren County is already a dangerous place, and he is not the only one who wants to be transferred. Even the Huang County Order did not get his wish. What he knows is that the backer behind the Huang County Order is the prefect of Wulin County Mansion.

"Master, the clear soup tea ordered by Madame. Let you drink it while it is hot. A little maid came in with a plate.

"Put it down—"

"By the way, hasn't Madame slept yet?"

The little maid placed the small bowl on the side of the desk. He replied, "Madame was not feeling well, so she took medicine." ”

"The old problem has recurred?" Then he sighed and put it down.

When I was old, I fell into the root of the disease when I gave birth to my eldest son, and I have been doing it for so many years, and I have seen many doctors, but I have never gone to the root. However, he and his wife met and fell in love, and their relationship was not shallow. Although he also accepted two equal wives, it was far inferior to the tacit understanding with the eldest lady.

He and the eldest lady have a daughter and a son.

The eldest daughter is married and is not in the county. In Wulin County, the eldest son is also over there, he is already a talent, and he is still taking the test to gain fame, and he is better than him. And the two flat wives did not come out. This may be because Lieutenant Zheng has been injured and is difficult to follow.

In this way, County Lieutenant Zheng looked more highly at Mrs. Zheng.

"Master, I heard that the doctor of the 'Yonghe Hall' on East Street has very high medical skills and elixir. It's—" said the little maid, plucking up her courage.

"What's it? I can't talk well!"

Since the landing of 'Yonghetang', he hasn't paid much attention to it, but he has heard about the 'sky-high diagnosis fee' since then. Later, the 'Yonghetang' treated many wounded soldiers, none of whom died, and the generals of the Hu cavalry battalion feasted on the doctors. Zhang Weidong was also invited, and he knew these things. But. That's all you know. It's just a medicine hall, and it's not enough to get him to pay attention.

The little maid stuck out her tongue. said: "It's just that the price is too dark, just the diagnosis fee costs 1 silver coin, and the medicine is even more expensive, many people say that 'Yonghetang' is for the rich, and the poor can't afford to see a doctor." ”

County Lieutenant Zheng couldn't help but move in his heart, the doctors of the seven major medicine halls had all seen his wife and taken medicine, even the doctor in the 'Hanging Pot Hall' who had served in the palace of Wulin County was like this, but unfortunately it was only reduced, and it was impossible to get rid of it. If there is a magic elixir in 'Yonghetang', you can try it!

County Lieutenant Zheng knows that Zhang Weidong is a martial artist and his skills are above him, but he is not even a martial artist. But I don't want to, Zhang Weidong is still a doctor.

As for the high cost of diagnosis and the high cost of medicine, for people like Zheng Countywei, it is not a problem at all, as long as the disease can be cured.

"Tomorrow I will go to 'Yonghetang' to see my wife!" said after a while.

The little maid was suddenly happy: "Yes, master, the slave will tell the lady to go!"

was stirred up by the little maid, and County Lieutenant Zheng's mood was much better, not only for him

At the same time, there are people who can't sleep.

There is a green building on South Street, and there is a famous 'Tiger Martial Arts Hall'. It has a gold-lettered plaque on a black background wrapped in red cloth, and there is a large martial arts training venue. Every morning, there are many disciples practicing martial arts, which is very loud and a little disturbing to the people.

However, many people in Ren County know that this 'Tiger Martial Arts Gym' is the same as the 'Tempest Martial Arts Gym' on North Street, which is a gang station. In the name of martial arts halls, they recruit fee-paying disciples and recruit some members, but they exercise the style and rights of gangs. In Ren County, only the Hu Cavalry Battalion has a deterrent effect on the gangs.

Therefore, although the two major gangs exist and are also collecting protection fees, they dare not go too far, otherwise they will attract the encirclement and suppression of the Hu cavalry camp, which will be a catastrophe. At the same time, the gangs are inextricably linked with some county officials and huge wealthies, and their interests are deeply rooted.

For ordinary people, gangs have a great deterrent effect on them, and they dare not speak out.

The Hurricane Gang is a local gang in Ren County, with charcoal, firewood, vegetables and meat, etc., all involved, with hundreds of personnel, and friends with the Hu Cavalry Battalion, and is often used as a logistical force. It's just that its force is insufficient, and it can't compare to the 'Tiger Martial Arts Pavilion'.

The 'Tiger Martial Arts Hall' is the rudder of the Tiger Gang in Wulin County, and the rudder of the county is very hard.

There is a helmsman in the helmsman of the Tiger Ren County, named Jiang Chao, nicknamed 'Magic Silver Hand', and he has more kung fu in his hands, two deputy helmsmen Shu Xiaoyang and Ren Pingtao, and there are more than 70 people under his command, operating shops, casinos, and participating in Qinglou, and there are more than 40 people in pure combat power. Some time ago, the government and the Hu cavalry camp surrounded and suppressed the Huangsha thieves, and pulled out the true identity of the deputy helmsman Shu Xiaoyang, whose real name is Shumeng Xiaoyang, and Xiaowu, the big boss of the Huangsha thieves, are brothers.

The combat power of the rudder division in Ren County has been reduced, and there is a deputy helmsman missing, and several members are absconding. If Jiang Chao hadn't cleared up the relationship with them in time and made a dot up and down, Ren County's rudder might have been destroyed.

However, the business of the upper echelons of the gang. The details are unknown to outsiders.

It was late at night. Except for those on duty, most of them have rested. However, the lights were still on in Jiang Chao's room. There was also someone here, another deputy helmsman, Ping Tao. The two drank and ate something, but not excessively, and the conversation was also muffled.

"Although the deputy helmsman of the book has been driven out of the rudder, it is for outsiders to see, and the existence of the yellow sand thieves is also very beneficial to my rudder to gain a foothold in Ren County, and this point has been concluded. Pity. The people of the Yellow Sand Thieves are too stupid, they were completely wiped out by the Hu Cavalry Camp and abolished!" Jiang Chao said.

"It's a pity. Ren Pingtao raised his eyebrows and said lightly. He also vaguely knew some about the affairs between the Huangsha thief and the deputy helmsman of the book and the helmsman of Ren County, but he didn't know much. In short, the Yellow Sand Thieves are like an arm of the rudder in Ren County, and they can do things that are inconvenient for the rudder. Now the yellow sand has been planted, and the rudder is like a broken arm.

And two co-helmsmen. It is impossible to be harmonious on weekdays, and the struggle for power and profit and friction are common.

Now that the opponent is planted, Ren Pingtao is happy, but he can't show it. Can't show disregard for the overall situation. He is only the deputy helmsman, and Jiang Chao, the unfathomable helmsman, is pressing. As long as Jiang Chao is not satisfied, Ren Pingtao will be uneasy.

The discord between the two is this. Jiang Chao also knew, but he turned a blind eye. This is the way to go.

"Helmsman, you called me so late—" Ren Pingtao couldn't help it.

"That's right. There must be at least two deputy helmsmen in a county, and now there is one less, so there will definitely be a new deputy helmsman in the gang, just recently. ”

Ren Pingtao's eyes jumped, and his heart sank.

Recently, he has been like a fish in water, and many people have come to the door to give gifts, and if the new co-helmsman comes down and takes over the rights of the previous co-helmsman, he will have to be beaten back to his original form. Nominally, he was just the second-ranked co-helmsman.

"Helmsman, I wonder if the new deputy helmsman is the one who promotes the rudder, or is he parachuted above?" can't you fight for it?" Ren Pingtao asked.

There are also two halls of the rudder, the merchant hall and the war hall, two hall masters, and three enshrined rudder elders. These five people are all eligible for promotion, the difference is who has the older qualifications, who is the most suitable, and whose backer is harder. If it is promoted within the rudder, it is much better, at least understand each other.

Jiang Chao glanced at him and said with a smile: "I can't interfere with the appointment of the deputy helmsman in the gang, it has always been like this." ”

The powers of the helmsman are in the two halls, the two deputy helmsmen, and the worship elders. As for the appointment of the deputy helmsman, at that time, the means of controlling the rudder were not allowed to interfere with the rudder.

Ren Pingtao's face was heavy.

Jiang Chao said again: "No matter who is the deputy helmsman, you have to get along well, and I plan to put you in charge of the business hall, what do you think?"

Ren Pingtao was immediately overjoyed.

Zhantang is Jiang Chao's forbidden body, he is personally in charge, and Shangtang has the first deputy helmsman in charge, as for Ren Pingtao's power is much smaller, it purely belongs to a dozen miscellaneous, although the oil and water in charge of logistics are abundant, but the power in the rudder is very small, and he can't really control logistics, and Shangtang's influence is greater.

With such a charge, isn't he the first co-helmsman?

"Thank you for the helmsman's cultivation, I'm fine, but in this way, the new helmsman may have ideas-" Ren Pingtao suppressed this joy and said a little calmly.

Jiang Chao said flatly: "It is my right to adjust the affairs in the rudder, you have to master the business hall, you must ensure that it is the same as before, and at the same time, whether the rudder of Ren County will not be affected, and the annuity will be handed over to the gangli, it depends on yours!"

"Don't worry, helmsman!" Ren Pingtao suddenly understood what Jiang Chao meant, although Shangtang was in charge of him, it must be under Jiang Chao's control.

Next, the two talked about annuities.

Generally, at the end of the year, the major rudder will pay a certain amount of annuity to the gang, and in a rich county like Ren County, there are 50 gold coins for a year's annuity, and the rest is counted as the operating capital of the rudder. Everyone's income depends on how much is left.

After staying for a while, Ren Pingtao suppressed his excitement and took his leave.

Jiang Chao looked at Ren Pingtao's back as he left in a hurry, his eyes were a little complicated.

Let Ren Pingtao be in charge of the business hall, this is also a matter of no choice. The new deputy helmsman appointed by the gang this time has been decided, and he has actually had a holiday with himself, not a person all the way. Shang Tang is related to the interests of everyone, and it is also related to his huge interests, so naturally he can't let the new deputy helmsman take charge.

However, this Ren Pingtao is not of the same mind as himself, but fortunately, this person is self-conscious and knows how to measure himself on weekdays, and I hope that he can have the same attitude after he is in charge of Shangtang.

"I don't know what's going on over there?" Shu Xiaoyang, in order to take revenge on you, I will benefit, but I even let you command the hall master and several capable subordinates, don't let me down!" Jiang Chao was leisurely distracted, and his mind drifted to East Street

Sou!

A man in black climbed over the wall, touched the edge of the stable, and cursed 'bad luck'. The smell in the stable was not good, and I could smell it through the cloth.

It was only when he was about to move forward that there was a slight sound of breaking the air in his ears, and his face changed and he was about to dodge, when a sharp arrow pierced his neck, and the strength was just right. The man in black fell to the ground almost silently.

Around the courtyard, there are many shadows.

But then the courtyard heard the sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air, and after a few moments, everything fell silent.

The starlight was hazy, and a person walked out under the gloomy eaves, holding a bow in his hand and a quiver on his back, and there were only two arrows left, it was Zhang Weidong.

"Eighteen!"

"Who is the hell who has a deep hatred with Yonghetang? Black clothes, swords, and oil, do you plan to set a fire after killing people and extinguishing their mouths?"

At that moment, two people jumped up on the wall, and one of them lost his voice.

"Hey, what's going on, why is it so quiet, people?"

"No, it's weird!" said another.

Sou!

Another person climbed over the wall, and also lowered his voice: "Brother Xing, military advisor, what's so strange?"

"There are masters!"

"Brothers, maybe, maybe planted!"

"What?!"

The third person seems to be the mastermind and has also found something wrong.

Just now, more than a dozen or twenty people climbed over the wall to enter, but it was quiet at the moment.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, two coherent strong sounds, breaking through the air, revealed the mystery and shot at Brother Xing and Ma Junshi respectively.

"Watch out for the bow and arrows, enter!" The mastermind found it early, although he couldn't see it clearly, but he could hear it, reacted quickly, and immediately reminded him.

The three of them jumped up, did not retreat, but advanced, and jumped off the wall. Now that it has been discovered, it can only be brutal and solve it quickly.

Poof, poof!

fell to the ground twice, but Brother Xing and Ma Junshi fell to the ground, cooing a few times, and there was no sound anymore.

"You killed them?!Hide your head and show your tail, not a good man!" There was only one person left, with the tip of his sword hanging and his eyes blazing. Twenty-one people, twenty people died in the blink of an eye, and there were important people among them, which made him blind, crazy, how to explain to the people behind him? I'm afraid I have to die!

Zhang Weidong walked out of the shadow under the eaves, throwing away his bow and empty quiver, and at this time, there was a noise in several rooms, which obviously woke Xu Qing and the others up.

"Do you have a good man who sneaks over the wall in the middle of the night? Report your origin and let you leave the whole corpse!" Zhang Weidong sneered.

"Then let you be a fool and die!"

The person who came laughed, looking crazy, as if he was about to fight, but with the other hand, he raised something and smashed it vigorously at Zhang Weidong. He didn't advance but retreated, he actually turned around and fled, very fast and neat.

"Want to run, it's too late!"

Zhang Weidong flashed away, and when he saw that the other party was about to escape, he snorted coldly, one step at a time, as fast as thunder, and caught up with the other party in a few steps, and smashed it out with a punch. (To be continued.) )

PS: Here is a confession, the characters in the book make cameos as book friends, no matter the wicked or the good, just let everyone have fun and participate, if the creation is not in place, I hope you will forgive me, thank you for your support!