Chapter 20: The Man Who Was

For those who came suddenly, it was not only He Li who felt that there was a big trouble, but almost everyone present knew that there was a big trouble, even if it was a little gangster who was fighting lively;

Judging from the outfit of these people, no one does not know who they are, what they represent is killing, pure killing, not the bloody dead in the battle of the rivers and lakes, they are killing;

Long hair, a straight black suit, and a black nickname coat when the weather is still a little cold, this used to be the symbol of the four major families in Jiangzhou;

In other words, in Jiangzhou more than ten years ago, if anyone could afford to raise such a team, then they could squeeze into a big family;

Strictly speaking, these people are not Jianghu people, that is to say, they will not participate in the business of Jianghu in the Jianghu, nor will they fight for any status in the Jianghu River, their existence is for one purpose, killing;

More than ten years ago, Jiangzhou had three major families, and they were also the actual controllers of Jiangzhou, and these people were the basis for their control of Jiangzhou, and the violent forces that could confront the power of Jiangzhou Prefecture;

At that time, Jiangzhou was not as big as it is now, and its order was also a little chaotic; every state government wanted to govern the people's livelihood, it had to pass the three major families first; and for the interests of power, no one would easily give up; so almost every governor had the experience of fighting with the three major families, and the result was to maintain the original situation, with the three major families actually controlling Jiangzhou, and the governor wanted political achievements or money, although he spoke, but he would never allow the state government to interfere in their affairs;

In this regard, the state government absolutely cannot tolerate it; the state government cannot tolerate it, and the three major families cannot indulge it, so they will start fighting; this is what almost every governor wants to do, and it is also something that must be done, but the scale is different;

The most noisy were two in total, or the state government used the military and police forces of the reserve army to fight two battles with the three major families, and of course the result remained the same, that is to say, these violent forces relied on by the three major families were violent forces that could compete with the reserve army;

It can be seen that using these people for the battle of the rivers and lakes, so what does it mean to ordinary people in the rivers and lakes?

It means killing, and no one can fight against these people;

This state of affairs lasted until the rise of the Zhuang family, and the Zhuang family also had such a force, or rather, a similar power, because the Zhuang family relied on this to eliminate the three major families, and then formed a situation in which the Zhuang family controlled Jiangzhou;

After the Zhuang family took control of Jiangzhou, in order to strengthen the control of Jiangzhou, this force was unabashedly displayed in front of the Jianghu people, and it was assigned to each district and county to be stationed, named the flanker, which means to guard the side of the master's couch, and its image is a black suit, and when the weather is cold, a black nickname coat is added, and the uniform has long hair;

It is precisely because of this that all the people in Jiangzhou know that there is such a power, or as long as they see these people, their hearts tremble;

If nothing else, the power displayed by the Zhuang clan to destroy the three major families is enough to make everyone feel terrified;

Later, the Zhuang clan collapsed, and Jiangzhou returned to the hands of the state capital; the Jianghu forces similar to the three major families ceased to exist; however, the huge vacuum left by the Zhuang clan also caused contention; in the ten years that the Zhuang clan boasted, a new Jianghu force was formed;

In the same way, the violent force of the Zhuang clan was also noticed by these people, and was finally re-established by several of the big forces, and these so-called forces were actually these towns who were originally stationed in various places;

Some of those town masters survived by luck, gathered the garrison forces of the Zhuang clan, and re-formed their forces, which was also the main reason for these battles in the ten years after the collapse of the Zhuang clan;

Of course, these forces can no longer reach the height of the Zhuang family, nor can they reach the height of the three major families, but such forces do exist in Jiangzhou, which is known to all Jianghu people, but it is rarely seen now;

It is precisely because of the existence of such a force that although Jiangzhou is still divided by the three giants, it is not the case in fact;

Jia Hongde is in charge of the order of the rivers and lakes, and the only territories he can actually control are the central district and the southern city; as for other places, he can't interfere; however, he has taken refuge in the state capital, so on the surface, he controls it, and no one has anything to do with him;

It's not that he, Jia Hongde, doesn't know the difference between reality and appearance, but that he has to maintain this state after encountering several such blows, or rather, he doesn't have enough strength to realize his ambitions, so he can only maintain it;

Similarly, because of the existence of this force, Zheng Shan is in charge of the trading company and has abundant funds to do the capital, but he can't meddle in other affairs, because he doesn't know how such a power is refined, because he doesn't have it;

It's not that these people don't love money, but because he is an outsider, and most of these powers are left by the Zhuang family, but if you get a share, you will never share it with others;

At the same time, because of the power of the Zhuang family, in the end, it all disappeared, so it is all related to maintaining the status quo, no longer being the first bird, and rebuilding the power to control a state, and it is precisely because of this that Jiangzhou in the past ten years can be regarded as calm, even if there are occasional fights, it is within the controllable range, and there is no longer an existence that can threaten the majesty of the state capital;

If, on the same night, these men suddenly appeared, and were a little speechless, or that these men had seldom appeared, and now they had come here, the battle would not have been good;

"Young Master;" Zhao Yi also watched these people coming, and was a little frightened there; Zhao Yi had heard of their prestige, but he had never fought with them; or rather, all those who fought with these people were finally thrown into mass graves; this was one of the reasons why they had maintained their former prestige all these years;

"Do you know who these people are?" Although Zhuang Feng has never really left, and he has always paid attention to the affairs in the rivers and lakes, after all, he has not personally participated in it for ten years, and it is not clear who is blindly involved here;

"I don't know;" Zhao Yi replied very simply, because he really didn't know, and at the same time he was a little afraid of getting involved with these people;

Zhuang Feng didn't feel anything wrong with Zhao Yi's answer, because no one knew these people better than him, or that when he established this force, it was to make people fearful, which was also the means by which he controlled Jiangzhou back then;

Yet, now he was somewhat speechless, for he had created such powers, and now he himself had to face them;

Because he understands, he is afraid, and I am afraid that only Zhuang Feng can feel like this, the amount of violence he has built up, but it turns out to be used against himself, which makes people feel unpleasant to think about it;

"Young master, they are from Beicheng;" When Zhuang Feng was a little speechless there, Li Daqing and Li Qing's two brothers also came over, looking at Zhuang Feng with a frown, and said out loud;

No kidding, when these people appeared, Li Daqing and Li Qing stopped their work, because as Zhuang Feng's bodyguards, they naturally knew these people;

"Beicheng?" Zhuang Feng didn't know what to say for a while about Li Daqing's words, or rather, he really didn't know who was in control of Beicheng now;

"Now there are four halls in the two districts of Beicheng, these people should be from Beicheng, but I don't know who it is;" Li Daqing seemed to see what Zhuang Feng was thinking, so he said directly;

"Before the young master came back, we worked as security guards in Boss Zheng's yard;" Li Qing looked at Zhuang Feng with a tight brow, which also interjected to the side;

"Do you know who those halls in Beicheng belong to?" With Li Qing's words, Zhuang Feng asked with some interest;

"Beicheng is the two halls of Zheng Xingbing and Pan Cuifen, and Beiyuan is the hall of Xu Yibin and Xu Lianlian, two brothers and sisters;" Li Daqing said very familiarly, but Zhuang Feng didn't say anything, but his brows tightened deeper, so Li Daqing continued to say to the side: "I saw that person once before when I was on night duty;"

As Li Daqing spoke, he looked at one of those people with his eyes, and at the same time, Zhuang Feng also looked over, but still didn't say anything;

Zhuang Feng believed Li Daqing, because he knew these guards; since Li Daqing said that he had seen them, then he must have seen them; from this, Zhuang Feng was also sure that these people came from Beicheng;

However, for Zhuang Feng, he was still very familiar with that place, and he also left memories, even some good memories;

"Daqing, you just said that there are two women in Beicheng who control the entrance of the hall, right?" Zhuang Feng seemed to suddenly remember something;

"Pan Cuifen and Xu Lianlian;" Li Daqing didn't have the slightest respect for these people, so he directly confirmed with them;

Xu Lianlian ...... Haha......" Zhuang Feng muttered in his mouth, and then laughed out loud, and laughed quite happily, as if he remembered something funny;

However, for Zhuang Feng and the sudden funny appearance of laughing there, Li Daqing and the others next to him were a little confused, where is this;

"Ayi, do you know if there is a secret passage through the back door or anything like that, you can go out directly to the outside passage?" Zhuang Feng smiled and didn't last long, so he asked there;

"It seems to be, but I don't know;" For Zhuang Feng is always so inexplicable, or that his thinking jumps too fast, Zhao Yi is already a little used to it, and he didn't think too much about why Zhuang Feng asked him this, but he also answered honestly;

"Go catch a living, we have to go out to meet an old friend;" Zhuang Feng didn't say anything about Zhao Yi's answer, since Zhao Yi didn't know, then the people in this field should always know;

After Zhuang Feng finished speaking, Li Daqing and Li Qing brothers left again; although Zhuang Feng said that it was unrealistic to catch a job at this time, but Zhuang Feng said that they would not hesitate to do it, and they would not think that it was not unrealistic to do it at this time;

Originally, Zhuang Feng thought that Zhao Yi should know, because Zhao Yi has been in the metropolis for so long, and it is so close to here, he should come to play often; and with Zhao Yi's status, he should be familiar with that Dai Gang, in this case, then he should know something, so he asked Zhao Yi if he knew if he knew the secret passage of the back door here;

In fact, Zhao Yi does often come here to play, and he does have some friendship with Dai Gang, but Zhao Yi is like that, and he doesn't care about things that have much to do with him, so he doesn't know these things very well;

Li Daqing and Li Qing are doing something that seems unrealistic with them, but now it seems that they are actually wrong;

For those flankers who represent killing, of course, what they are called now, this Zhuang Feng does not know;

Anyway, the arrival of these people not only made Zhuang Feng and them feel that they were in big trouble, but also made Dai Gang's subordinates feel frightened, plus the two brothers Li Daqing and Li Qing, who were originally attacking tightly, withdrew their hands, which suddenly relaxed, and at the same time made them feel afraid;

And when Li Daqing and Li Qing brothers were ordered by Zhuang Feng to catch the live mouth, these people finally reacted, and remembered what Zhao Yi had said before, put down the gun and live their lives;

Therefore, when Li Daqing and Li Qing grabbed them alive, these people also gave up the last struggle, obediently put down their guns, and followed Li Daqing and Li Qing to gather to Zhuang Feng's side;

"Figured it out, I called you over earlier, but I didn't listen, what's going on now?" Zhuang Feng jokingly looked at Dai Gang's subordinates, talking nonsense there, he didn't dare to look at him when he saw this, he lowered his head one by one, and continued to say: "Don't be shy, you will be the people of this seat in the future, remember the appearance of this seat, don't kill the wrong person in the future;"

Zhuang Feng said to Enwei there, of course, you can't talk too much at this time, otherwise there will be a fight, and something may happen;

"Daqing, Xiaoqing, you did a good job, they will be led by you in the future;" Zhuang Feng was quite happy about this unexpected gain, and turned his head to express his appreciation to Li Daqing and Li Qing's brothers, and at the same time let these people know that the person they surrendered to was also their master;

Now this situation is not very obvious, although Zhuang Feng has guessed some things, but that is not certain; now that Dai Gang and these people have been gathered, then when there are some unexpected changes, there is also a little more strength to deal with them;

"Daqing, Xiaoqing, you take someone outside to find a lady surnamed Meng, they should be in the teahouse......" Zhuang Feng explained to Li Daqing and Li Qing, and thought that it was wrong, so he stopped there for a while, and continued:

"Now that the teahouse is closed, it should be in the car, remember not to be hurt, whatever, it should be a beauty, and if you are injured, you won't have to play;"

Zhuang Feng said there, this seems to be quite funny, this is not like explaining business, more like chatting with his brother to tease a beautiful woman;

"Yes;" The more Zhuang Feng talked there, the more fun he felt, but the two brothers Li Daqing and Li Qing didn't find it fun, as serious as they usually received the task;

"Go ahead, remember not to hurt her;" Zhuang Feng nodded, and told again not to hurt;

After Zhuang Feng finished speaking, Li Daqing and Li Qing led the group of people who had just gathered and let them go out through the dark passage;

can be used as a place where the entrance of the hall is located, there will always be a back door and a secret passage or something, because there are many things that he can't let outsiders see, and even those little gangsters can contaminate;

Generally speaking, only the hall master or the henchmen of the town lord can know, and these so-called elites are qualified to participate;

In fact, this is also the case, these people are Dai Gang's cronies, they are familiar with the way, and it didn't take much effort to turn out;

And Zhuang Feng looked at the secret passage they opened, and immediately felt a little funny, and he understood why these people did not run through the secret passage, but fought to the death there;

The secret passage of feelings is in Dai Gang's office, and when Dai Gang started fighting, this Zhao Yi killed Dai Gang in the office, and after this came out, this side was blocked by Zhuang Feng and Zhao Yi's people, so they could only resist there to the death, and they couldn't run away if they wanted to;

Perhaps, at this time, only Zhuang Feng could still laugh, and Zhao Yi next to him didn't know what to do;

Well, I didn't know that I could get out of here before, but now that I know, I should be able to go, but Zhuang Feng didn't plan to leave, but instead asked people to throw Dai Gang's body downstairs, and then sit there, watching the gang downstairs fight bloody flesh and blood;

By this time, the scuffle downstairs was almost over, and Dai Gang's gang of thugs had been blocked in the corner, making their last struggle;

In this regard, Zhuang Feng frowned;

"It should have been ordered;" He Li looked at Zhuang Feng and frowned, and said to the side;

Zhuang Feng was a little unhappy there, because generally speaking, most of these gangsters would choose to run or descend when they couldn't beat them;

Zhuang Feng didn't believe that these gangsters were so loyal to Dai Gang, and even Dai Gang's so-called henchmen would choose to surrender when the situation was not right, not to mention these gangsters;

But those gangsters are indeed still fighting to the death, and there is an explanation for this, just like He Li said, these gangs of people of unknown origin received an order not to surrender and kill them;

Only in this way can we explain why there are not many of these little gangsters who are still fighting there, this person has the desire to live, since it is also death, then it is better to fight to the death;

But Zhuang Feng is disgusted by this, isn't it just a bunch of gangsters? Why do you need to kill them cleanly? I don't know when it became like this;

"Ah Li, go and meet the kid with the water pipe, he is the most energetic;" Zhuang Feng was a little unhappy, especially looking at the little gangster with the water pipe, who killed the most fiercely there;