In a courtyard three miles from here, a crow had just fallen from the sky and was standing on the roof, and inside, two men in black walked out of the house, and it flew down on the shoulders of one of them, chirping and talking.

The two men in black couldn't help but change color.

"Damn it!" The black-robed man's expression was extremely ugly: "This Qi Hongxin is simply damned!"

"The gangs we've spent years supporting, the infiltrated gentry, the officials we've bribed, it's all over. ”

"Not only those human beings, but also many of our demon clans have died in this official encirclement and suppression operation, and it is really hateful that the dignified demon clan has suffered such a fate. ”

"Even if this is the case, we have endured it, after all, the matter of locusts is important now, Qi Hong's emerging big case, there is no one to cure locusts, as for those roots, as long as we are here, we can build again. ”

"I don't want to lose Qi Hongxin, who claims to be upright and honest, is the biggest corrupt official, and he sheltered the officials of the county and county at once, and there will be no turmoil. ”

"This is really unbearable, do we have to endure a big loss and let it continue to be arrogant?"

The black-robed man on the opposite side pondered for a long time, did not speak, and sighed for a long time: "Alas, the human race has many talents, and it is not the blessing of my demon race." ”

"The surrounding locusts have gathered, and they have been in place eight or nine times out of ten, it seems that the locust plague must be launched in advance, and Qi Hongxin cannot be allowed to prepare!"

Shun'an Mansion Yujia Restaurant

This is a famous restaurant, the business has been excellent in the past two days, and even the shopkeeper is smiling, busy and busy, so happy.

The screens on the second floor are separated, and the west room is in the private seat, and the guys quickly serve eight dishes, and the guests at the table are frowning, with panic on their faces, and they don't have the heart to enjoy it.

Reluctantly holding up to persuade wine, a middle-aged man with fat on his face sighed lamentingly.

"Have you heard about what happened in the house?"

"Deputy Inspector He Bi was killed on the spot, and more than 20 yamen messengers were taken down, you say, will the government ...... Will you arrest us too?"

"After all, when the Dragon and Tiger Gang was rampant, they also collected our protection money every year, and some businesses had dividends, and they had to send a share. ”

The thin man wearing Aya Luo sitting on the side is also a businessman who has some shops and business in Shun'an Mansion, he is even more miserable, not only is he involved in the Dragon and Tiger Gang in business, but he also has dealings with two gangs in order to take the waterway, and he sends at least two or three hundred taels of silver every year, and now he also sighs.

"Who says it's not! Brother Sun, I'm also worried about this! I thought that we were oppressed, and we wouldn't have surrounded and suppressed three gangs, and we still came to trouble us bitter masters, right? But even being an official has been cut down with a click, what are we small businessmen?"

"I heard that the homes of those errand workers have been raided, and now the Shun'an Mansion is running short of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, you should have heard about it, right?

"You say, if it's really for the silver, can we people run away? No matter how small the mosquito legs are, it's still meat, isn't it?"

The two people sitting opposite also had ugly faces when they heard this, and the corners of their eyes and eyebrows were irritable.

"Hey, what's the use of talking about this now? Can we still influence the adults to do things? Even if we may cut off the knife and move our heads in the future, at least now that we have not fallen to that point, let's eat and drink first, okay?"

"There is wine today and drunk today, everyone should not be reluctant, let the guys serve all the good dishes here, and then have two jars of daughter red, we are today, if we are not drunk, we will not return!"

"What Brother Zheng said makes sense, damn it, what do you like, anyway, Lao Tzu has to eat a good meal now, just drink!

Then he called a man, added vegetables, and served wine.

Not only that, but through the screen, many people could be heard talking in private, and there were many people who were shocked and panicked, and the merchants, who drank all the two jars of daughter red, drank too much, and were also drunk, and complained about the practices of the government between their words.

"When we were bullied by the three major gangs, the government didn't care, but now that the three major gangs have been wiped out, it really doesn't make sense to come to us for trouble!"

"Okay, okay! Hiccup! Let's drink here today! I see that it's not too early, and it's time to go back! Let's go, don't go back, haha, the tigress in our family, I'm afraid we will think, think that we have been arrested by the government, haha!"

Seeing that the merchant surnamed Zheng was talking more and more, he burped and staggered to his feet.

The three of them also took advantage of this wine to vent some fear and depression in their hearts, and after eating and drinking enough, they threw a silver ingot to the guy, and they didn't need to make change, and went down to the restaurant together.

The ox cart they were riding in was parked in the open space outside the restaurant, and the driver waited in the cart, but before the four of them could staggered over, they were suddenly intercepted by several people.

"Damn, what the hell are you ......" was in a daze, and almost hit the opposite body, and a businessman who was furious was about to raise his head and scold, but when he blinked his eyes and finally saw who the person who intercepted him was, he was immediately frightened, and most of the wine woke up at once.

It turned out to be two officials, wearing official uniforms and holding an iron ruler in their hands, looking at them coldly.

"Official, what do you have and what orders do you have?"

"Don't talk nonsense, my adults want to see a few of you, come with us. The head of the official said that the county has its own yamen, and naturally it also has its own yamen.

But the place where I went was not the yamen, not far away, and I arrived after a few turns.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw a young man wearing a six-grade official uniform standing on the steps, and the four businessmen woke up most of the time, and immediately puffed and knelt down in the courtyard.

"This is our lord!" someone reminded the official who brought them over.

"Mansion, Mansion, the villain is wronged!" The businessman surnamed Zheng reacted first, knelt there and shouted injustice: "The villain just said casually, not really dissatisfied with the government, and ask the adult to forgive the villain's unintentional mistakes!"

When he cried out, the three people who were so frightened that their whole bodies trembled also wept.

"Hugh is noisy. Su Ziji hurriedly raised his hand to stop it, and looked speechlessly at the four people below who were wearing ayaluo, but knelt down at the sight, and sighed in his heart.

Merchants have money, but low status, and that's true.

After walking a few steps, he said: "The official called you over for the reason that Shun'an Mansion was empty......

I mentioned in the restaurant that these businessmen who have been in contact with the gang are afraid that they are the second batch of fat sheep who will be targeted by the government, and not long after they finished talking about this topic, they heard the government talk about it, and for these four businessmen, it was like hearing the drumbeat of urging their lives.

The four people immediately trembled like chaff, banging and kowtowing again and again, and the businessman surnamed Zheng reacted the fastest, shouting: "The villain is willing to donate three hundred taels!"