Chapter 124: Sailing into Suzhou
On the Jiangling ferry, Xue Qingyi, Qian Mi and Yu Xuanji waited for Lei Changye to return, and saw Wuhou and bad people running around on the dock, talking to each other, not knowing what they were doing, and Lei Changye had not returned for a long time, and all the signs were wrong.
The three of them were discussing what to do, and they saw Nie Yingying walking towards the Qianlizhou with the stone big mouth played by Lei Changye. The Wuhou and bad people encountered along the way got out of the way, and no one dared to stand in front of them.
"Could it be that you have been recognized?" Xue Qingyi, Qian Mi and Yu Xuanji were all shocked in their hearts.
"This is the noble person I met. Lei Changye saw the three of them and hurriedly turned his head to Nie Yingying and said.
At this moment, Nie Yingying and Xue Qingyi met face to face. She was stunned, and hurriedly put her hands together, bent her legs and bowed, and saluted: "Nie Yingying, a third-generation disciple of the Hengshan Yunxiang Sect, has seen Sect Master Xue. ”
Ten thousand thoughts flashed through Xue Qingyi's mind. She vaguely captured a little of the current situation, and nodded indifferently: "Hmm." Is Ling Tang in good health?"
"My mother is fine. It is rare for the sect master to come, why not move the Yunxiang Jiangling branch altar, so that the whole door can enjoy the friendship of the landlord. Nie Yingying said respectfully.
"No need. Boss Shi ......" Xue Qingyi looked at Lei Changye, and quickly thought of a suitable statement, "Is it wrong?"
"Thank you, Sect Master, for your concern, the big thing is over, and there is nothing to worry about. Lei Changye still used his pretended to be a bright voice.
Xue Qingyi, Qian Mi and Yu Xuanji are all clever people, and when they heard the meaning of Lei Changye's words, they knew that his identity was not broken, but it seemed that there was a big deal.
"Zheng Taiyuan, the scum of this sect, is a secret recipe for incense, and he colluded with Hengjiang thieves to kill Shi Dazui's family, which is indeed innocent. The sect master asked Shi Dazui to return to Jiangling to find me, when he was right, I would definitely avenge him, and I had no last resort, and Yingying admired it. Nie Yingying bowed and said.
Xue Qingyi, Qian Mi and Yu Xuanji were silent on their faces, but their hearts were about to explode. They didn't expect that Lei Changye would be able to take out such a high-end family murder case by casually taking out a black household registration.
"......" Xue Qingyi squinted at Lei Changye, who bowed his head and was silent, and sneered, "The scum sent by Yunxiang, of course, has to be handed over to the Yunxiang faction to solve it by itself." However, you say that this is my calculation, but I am ashamed to do it. ”
"Oh?" Nie Yingying raised her eyebrows.
"Boss Shi, did the nephew of Changye tell you not to tell him?" Xue Qingyi looked at Lei Changye.
"Uh......" Lei Changye chuckled in his heart.
"I'm just passing through here. This stone big mouth, but Lei Changye stuffed it into my ship. I'm just giving him a ride. How to take revenge, how to calculate, I don't know anything, I think it was a plan by the nephew of the long night, and it finally came in handy. Xue Qingyi said slowly, "I have never asked about these junior things. ”
"I see, it's that thunder long night......" Nie Yingying seemed to remember some bad memories, and her face gradually became gloomy.
"Is this what it's like to be dumped?" Lei Changye hung his head helplessly. It seems that he has to eat this cause and effect.
"Dare to ask Sect Master Xue where he wants to go?" Nie Yingying asked respectfully.
"Suzhou. Xue Qingyi said indifferently.
"Miss Nie, can I go?" asked Lei Changye at the right time.
"You're going to Suzhou too?" asked Nie Yingying.
"yes. Gangneung is never coming back. I'm going to settle down in Suzhou. Lei Changye bowed his head and said.
"Suzhou...... Alas!" Nie Yingying sighed abruptly. At this moment, she hated Zheng Tae-won to death. Because of this product, she wants to eat a mouthful of dried incense, and she has to go to Suzhou!
After Lei Changye boarded the ship, the five Yin generals sailed and stepped on the wheel at the same time, and the thousand-mile boat floated out of the port. On the Jiangling ferry, Nie Yingying stood in the wind, still looking at the Qianli boat.
Seeing that Nie Yingying didn't follow Ling Bo in a slight step, Lei Changye breathed a long sigh of relief. He hurriedly briefly told Xue Qingyi, Qian Mi and Yu Xuanji about the incident that happened in Jiangling Mansion.
After listening to the cause and effect of the incident, everyone felt incredible.
"Senior brother, you are a peach blossom offender, which has made you meet the most outstanding female disciple of the Yunxiang Sect, and you have a fate with her. "Yu Xuanji has the biggest brain hole, and his thinking directly diverges.
"Do you call this fate?" asked Lei Changye helplessly.
"Of course. Nie Yingying heard about your name, why did you still grit your teeth?" Yu Xuanji didn't know that Lei Changye had "snatched" the Xuanjin Xuanxiu sister and brother to Shushan in the hands of the eight factions, and he was very curious why he could make Nie Yingying so obsessed.
"Who knows......" Lei Changye rolled his eyes. He didn't want to mention it. provoked Nie Yingying twice for no reason, according to the Nie family's revenge temperament, once he appeared in Yangzhou, he would definitely be targeted by the Yunxiang faction.
Nie Yingying is really not easy to mess with. Zheng Tae-won was the size of a semi-enlightened beast and was stabbed to death by her nine knives. This attack power is a little stronger than the fish mystery. Lei Changye thought that his own upgraded version of the Golden Armor Fu with the Golden Top Horizontal Practice, it was estimated that he could block about eight swords, but the key was that he was really a little vague about the ninth swords.
"In any case, it is very rare that you can skillfully use Nie Yingying's hand to get rid of Zheng Taiyuan, without making a move yourself or revealing your identity. Xue Qingyi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Shi Dazui is a person from our Bashu, and he was killed by a disciple of the Yunxiang Sect. I don't know about it, but once I know, I'm afraid it's a little embarrassing. ”
"Yes, the disciple also feels that if this matter cannot be handled by himself, the implication will be widespread. Lei Changye said in a deep voice.
"Nie Yingying is willing to clean up the portal by herself, you are a big mouth, but you owe a big favor. Xue Qingyi glanced at Lei Changye, "The Nie woman is in charge, what kind of mind you have, you have to think about it yourself." ”
Lei Changye nodded silently. He also thought of this, but as long as he still pretended to be Shi Dazui and was not a person in the rivers and lakes, Nie Yingying would never do things too much, and when the time came, he would get over the matter.
The Qianli boat went down the river, arrived at Runzhou in a few days, passed through the checkpoint of Zhejiang West Town, turned south, went south along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and drove to Suzhou City on the shore of Taihu Lake.
The section of the canal to Suzhou goes southward and the section goes east, forming the moat of the western and southern sections of Suzhou. Suzhou in the Tang Dynasty was in the ascendant at the beginning of its glory.
At that time, Wu Zixu had opened up eight canals in the city, so there were eight water and land gates in the city, and now Suzhou has fourteen water canals across the east and west, and the whole city seems to have a double chessboard pattern of rivers and streets, water and land parallel.
Qianlizhou from the northwest to Suzhou along the canal, straight to the Changmen wharf, waited for half a day, and then crossed the boat river to find a private house to rent the wharf to stop.
Lei Changye left a Yin general to take care of the ship, and ordered the other four Yin generals to follow Xue Qingyi and others to the old site of the Suzhou Wumeng Branch Altar to do business.
And he himself carried the luggage belonging to Shi Dazui's identity, made a dusty appearance, and ran towards the center of his Changmen town.
In the Tang Dynasty, the vicinity of Suzhou Changmen was already the most prosperous place in Suzhou. The proximity to the Chang Mun Pier is a prime area for opening restaurants. Merchants and pawns, boatmen, people from the rivers and lakes, literati and writers who traveled, officials from various towns and hired laborers who came to Suzhou to make a living were all gathered and distributed here.
In the wharf, fresh goods from all over the country are greatly abundant, and all kinds of outsiders are even more hungry. It is not only easy to attract customers, but also easy to purchase ingredients, which can be described as a godsend.
Moreover, there are many distinguished customers in the gate, the most popular Qinglou famous shop in Suzhou, the most elegant restaurant and tea shop, the most prosperous bazaar, and the most expensive shops are concentrated here. Countless distinguished guests linger here. Especially after the curfew was lifted in Suzhou, it is a city that never sleeps. There were idlers walking around all night.
If you want to collect intelligence on the rivers and lakes, sell special products, and even do black market trading, this is a good place to go.
The first thing Lei Changye thought of was to set up a shop here. Because, according to the aerial view of the Tang Dynasty on the human armor symbol, the ghost king maggot is lurking in the dwellings near the gate.
The dwellings here are built by the water, the bridges and streets are staggered, the terrain is complex, if the ghost king maggot wants to escape, there are many ways to choose, if you want to reflexively fight, there are more ways to attack, slightly tricky.
However, Lei Changye didn't think about catching the ghost king maggot by himself at all, and he didn't even plan to tell Xue Qingyi the news, but wanted to do a big thing to knock the mountain and shock the tiger, and shock the entire Jiangnan force to Suzhou to play.
Lei Changye quickly fell in love with a treasure land to open a shop, which is not far from Changmen, on the edge of Shantang Street, with a moderate location and good passenger flow. There was a restaurant here, but it seemed that it was not doing well, it was in a state of depression, and the restaurant looked helpless.
Lei Changye squatted on the corner of the street, patiently observing the surroundings of this restaurant. Just by sitting down, two groups of gang members had already come here to collect protection money, and the shopkeeper was obviously overwhelmed, taking out the last copper from the cabinet and begging for mercy.
Lei Changye counted the little beggars passing by in the store, and an hour could probably pass five or six dials. These little beggars came and went in groups, apparently the sons of the displaced people in Suzhou, begging with each other, and taking care of each other.
There are many gangs in Suzhou, and it is the stage when the strong dragon and the local snake are fighting into a pot of porridge and trying to determine the sphere of influence.
In the past, Suzhou had a good life of several generations of famous ministers, but now the dragons in the south of the Yangtze River have no leader, and there is no support from the imperial court behind the history of Suzhou, so they can only barely maintain local financial stability.
There are many sects that try to enter Suzhou, and the major families in the world, the Sixteen Sects of the Left Dao, the Five Sects of the Evil Dao, the Eight Sects of the Wumeng, and even the Northern Barbarians, Southern Wu and Xihu have all installed forces in Suzhou.
The power struggle of these forces in Suzhou has all been integrated into the struggle for turf among the Suzhou gangs. Changmen, a commercial port and a distribution center for immigrants, was the core of the struggle.
Just by looking at the fact that there are two groups of gang members collecting protection money in this restaurant, you know that the struggle is still raging.
This is also the reason why the ghost king maggot likes Suzhou. In this melting pot of dragons and snakes, he had the aura of an evil sect master, but it seemed so traceless, like water dripping into the sea.
Lei Changye squatted for a day, and saw a total of more than a dozen groups of beggars passing by the restaurant, and five or six groups of gang figures patrolling the streets, and there were four fierce verbal quarrels with each other, but no one fought. Obviously, all gangs have an iron rule of not fighting in the gate.
If you want to suck the blood of Suzhou, you must let Suzhou live. Changmen is the lifeblood of Suzhou, at least the gangsters of all walks of life in Suzhou still have this cognition.
Lei Changye stood up and made up his mind.
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