"Say, tell me everything that happened before and after the disappearance of the young gang leader!" He Zan sat on the main seat of the main hall and said in a deep voice. Although He Zhan's voice was not very harsh, everyone in the audience was indeed numb in their hearts and secretly complained.

The hall master of the Southern Gang in the capital was a tall and fat gray-haired old man who had followed He Zan for more than 20 years, about 50 years old, and at this time he stood up from his seat, bowed down and replied, "Gang master, his subordinates really deserve death! On the 14th day of the first month, his subordinates received a summons from the gang leader and learned that the young gang leader was going to the hall to do business. At about two o'clock in the afternoon of the twenty-first day of the first month, the young gang leader and his group of five arrived at the main hall. The subordinates placed the young gang leader and four entourages in the Tianxiang Warm Pavilion to live, and arranged for ten small maids to serve. Early the next morning, the young gang leader was going out with his entourage, and his subordinates were worried about the safety of the young gang leader, so they wanted to send their cousins to protect them. When the young gang leader heard this, he was furious, and his subordinates did not dare to speak again. But after all, the capital is not Chuzhou, and his subordinates really can't rest assured, so they sent six people to follow him quietly. His subordinates didn't dare to take care of him that day, so they waited for the young helper in the hall, and finally saw them come back at three o'clock. When the young gang leader saw his subordinates, he was furious, and reprimanded me for looking down on him, and said that he had killed the six brothers that his subordinates had arranged to secretly protect him. ”

He Zan has been listening quietly, and as for this, he scolded hatefully, "This bastard thing!" The Southern Gang was created by He Zan and his father He Ru with my own hands, and in the past 20 years, I don't know how many hardships and crises I have experienced. How do you know that he, the only seedling son, would do such things behind his back that would alienate the brothers in the gang, which is really stupid. The tall and gray-haired old man paused for a while, saw that the gang leader was speechless, and then said, "The subordinates can't argue with the young gang leader, but since then, they really don't dare to send people to follow him." In the next few days, the young gang leader went out early and returned late every day, and as for what he did during the period, he did not tell his subordinates, and his subordinates did not dare to ask. It's just that since the 27th of this month, some shops have come to the church to ask for accounts. The subordinates inquired about each other, but it was the young gang leader who owed money on credit outside, and he repaid it one by one. These are the bills that the subordinates got. After speaking, he took out a pleated bill from the pocket of his jacket, walked to He Zhan, and bowed down and handed it over.

He Zan took these bills and read them one by one, what are the victims of Xunyue Building, Qingshui Building, Ruiyun Building, and what are Baolai Fang, Cailai Casino, and Gu's Commercial Bank, there are more than a dozen. Zhang Zhang has He Hengyue's signature, and the amount of silver owed is as little as fifty or sixty taels, and the most one is a Baolai Fang bill, which has 3,730 taels. "Bastard!" He Zan slapped his palm on the table, obviously angry. Fortunately, this palm did not use internal strength, otherwise where would this wooden table still be formed and stand. According to Dahua's unified purchasing law, Dahua's rice is only 16 wen a catty, and one tael of silver can buy more than 150 catties of rice, which is the full-term ration for a family of five. He Hengyue has only been in the capital for more than ten days, and he owes more than 11,000 taels of silver, which consumes more than 3,000 people from the Southern Gang for three or four months.

Everyone saw He Zhan's anger, their faces were afraid, but they couldn't help but feel relieved in their hearts, and they all thought, "But we can't be blamed for the troubles caused by the young helper." He Zan suppressed his anger and asked again in a cold voice, "Have these bills been redeemed?" The tall and gray-haired old man replied, "Xunyue Building and Qingshui Building are famous brothels in the capital, this Ruiyun Building is one of the few restaurants and restaurants in the city, Baolai Fang and Cailai Casino are all engaged in gambling transactions, and this Gu family firm is a jade shop run by the Gu family in Ruozhou, and the subordinates have personally checked it, and the bills are indeed correct." ”

The Southern Gang was attached to the Yiwang Mansion, and He Zan naturally informed He Hengyue. During the conversation between the father and son, it was mentioned that King Yi supported the Southern Gang to do private salt trading, and He Hengyue took the initiative to ask for a mission to come to contact King Yi's mansion. He Zan thought that his son was almost thirty years old after all, and although his martial arts were ordinary, he had to take over his mantle after all, so he fulfilled his idea. Worried that something would happen to him, he could send four martial arts experts in the gang to accompany him to protect him. Where do you know this bastard thing, lingering in brothel casinos in the capital these days, and making extravagant shots. He Zan was angry in his heart, looked at the tall and gray-haired old man, and asked in a cold voice, "Hall Master Cui, have you checked these shopkeepers?"

Cui Fang guessed that the gang leader must have blamed himself for not reporting everything here in time, and secretly screamed badly, so he hurriedly replied, "The young gang leader went out early in the morning of the first month of this month and never came back. Previously, the young gang leader had stayed outside three times before and after, and his subordinates didn't think much about it when they saw that the young gang leader had not returned that day. Until the evening of the third day of the new year, the young gang leader had not returned, and his subordinates knew that something was wrong, so they hurriedly sent their cousins to look around. After searching inside and outside for four or five days, he never found the young helper, so the matter was so big that he had to summon him to the helper. In the past thirteen days, three hundred and twenty subordinates have searched inside and outside the capital, especially near the shop where these debts are located. These shops, their subordinates have all been found, except for Ruiyun Building, the others are ordinary traders. Cui Fang flew the pigeon to He Zan on the eighth day of the second month, and He Zan received the letter three days later, and rushed over the next day, at this time He Hengyue had been lost for 13 days. He Zan naturally knew that Cui Fang was not wrong, but his only son had been missing for many days, and he was anxious in his heart, and he always felt angry when he looked at him. At this time, listening to him talk about so much, I knew that he was afraid in his heart, and he excused himself intentionally or unintentionally, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's unusual about Ruiyun Tower?"

Cui was relieved and worried, and replied, "Helper, the boss of this Ruiyun Mansion is nothing, just a person from his former Jaw Palace. ”

"Jaw King's Mansion?" He Zhan's heart tightened, his face became even heavier, and he thought in his heart, "The matter I discussed with His Royal Highness King Yi was indeed detrimental to King Jaw, could it be that he actually took my son under the knife?" Thinking of this, his hands clenched into fists and squeaked. "The young gang leader had a conflict with them?" He Zan asked.

"Judging from the arrears, the young helper ate five times in Ruiyun Building on the three days from the twenty-fifth to the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month, and the meal was credited with 262 taels. The subordinates asked people to inquire that at noon on the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, the young helper had dinner in Ruiyun Building as usual and ordered some dishes, but when they settled the bill after the meal, they did not give credit and insisted that they would give cash. The silver taels brought by the young gang master seemed to be insufficient, so the restaurant maid called the head of the hall to be the director. But for some reason, the two of them had a stalemate, and the two sides fought, as if the young master had suffered a loss. Cui Fang said cautiously.

"Who did it first?" He Zan asked again, his face cold.

"The subordinates are incompetent and have not been inquired. Cui Fang's back and forehead were already oozing cold sweat, and he replied nervously.

"Then on the morning of the first day of this month, where did the young gang leader go?" He Zan asked again.

Cui Fang listened, hurriedly knelt on the ground, his face was miserable, he kept kowtowing, and said nervously, "The subordinates are incompetent, the subordinates are incompetent, and the subordinates have investigated in many ways, but they really haven't found it." "There are already sobs in the words.

He Zan sighed heavily and said, "You go to contact the people who pick up the Star Pavilion, and say that the Nan Gang will give 50,000 taels of silver, and ask them to find a young helper." Speaking of this, he slowly closed his eyes and added softly, "Dead or alive, it doesn't matter." ”