Volume 1 A Hundred Years of Fortune in the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 149 Undercurrent
Stop a random person from the street of Jieshui City and ask him where is the most prosperous area of Jieshui City?
Jieshui City covers an extremely wide area, and the city implements the policy of dividing the four cities of east, west, north and south, and each urban area is divided into six square cities. There are twenty-four squares in total.
Bei'an Fang is the most prosperous Fang City in Jieshui North City, and its prosperity is not the second even if you look at the entire Jieshui City.
The reason for this is not unrelated to the castle guard mansion located in Bei'anfang.
The castle guard is the center of power in Jieshui City, and the two circles of commerce and government formed around this are naturally full of flowers.
The area of Bei'anfang is almost the most expensive area in the city, where there are many shops and countless business opportunities, and the flow of people in and out of the market every day is as high as tens of thousands.
There was a saying that every inch of land must be fought for in Bei'an Fang, which is that the gold of the land in this square is expensive, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as an inch of land.
As a result, this huge Bei'an Fang has almost become the center of commercial development in the city.
Every house is a shop, as long as you walk into Bei'an Fang, there will be a sound of selling in your ears, so lively.
When the Southern Tang Dynasty was in power, it was originally to emphasize agriculture and suppress business, and Jieshui City carried out imperial court decrees, which was naturally no exception. However, the development of the city is closely related to various merchants, and it is precisely because of this that Bei'an City, which is prosperous day and night, has become a pure land for merchants in the city.
Among these many merchants, there is also a martial arts hall located here.
There are many martial arts halls in Jieshui City, but the martial arts hall located in this golden area is only the Xiao Clan Martial Arts Hall.
The Xiao Clan Martial Arts Hall is a new martial arts hall that moved in last year, and as soon as it moved in, it solved two robberies and cracked thousands of taels of gold and silver, which attracted great attention in Jieshui City.
At that time, all the martial arts halls that were trying to survive in Jieshui City were all gearing up to compete with this Xiao Clan Martial Arts Hall, but when they learned about the situation of the Xiao Clan Martial Arts Hall, they soon died down again.
Because the Xiao Martial Arts Hall does not accept apprentices.
How much can a martial arts hall that does not accept apprentices develop.
When people learned about this situation, they all scoffed, and at the same time rejoiced in Xiao Zicong's short-sightedness, after all, the absence of a strong competitor is a thing to be thankful for in itself.
The Shaw Martial Arts Hall is located in the center of Bei'an Fang, quiet in the middle of the noise, with a row of thick willows planted in front of the door. There are few apprentices and the doors are often closed.
The vermilion gate has two rows of iron rivets on the left and right, and under the rivet is a pair of tiger title rings with nostril rings.
In the Southern Tang Dynasty, the tiger was the symbol of the warrior, and the tiger title ring was also the most common title ring on the gate of the martial arts hall.
The dragon ring can usually only be seen on the gate of the sect or martial arts family, and it is extremely rare in Jieshui City.
Xiao Zicong, who was separated from Meng Li and the others after entering the city, returned to the Xiao clan martial arts hall, and it was already completely dark.
The door of the martial arts hall was closed, and there was no one in the door, not even the subordinates who took care of the diet and daily life.
Xiao Zicong seems to have passed the life of living alone, and he has long been comfortable with such days. I opened and closed the door by myself, felt the darkness, and walked into the study in the deepest part of the courtyard.
Xiao Zicong likes to read, and when he sees it, it is often a night, and sometimes he is too lazy to go back, so he simply sleeps in the study, and he has a habit of falling asleep after coming and going.
The night is like ink, and so is the study.
The moonlight shone into the study, and all I could see was the desk facing the door. On the desk, there are four treasures of the study, which are placed very neatly, and on the right side of a red silk inkstone, there is a fire fold that is about to burn out and a residual lamp with turbid oil color.
Xiao Zicong, who walked in the door, went straight to the desk, picked up the fire fold and shook it off with great skill.
The fire turned on the fuel lamp, and the faint light illuminated the study, highlighting a beautiful figure behind Xiao Zicong.
It turned out that before Xiao Zicong entered the door, there was already a person hidden in this study. It was a graceful woman, with a white veil on her head, and in the dim light, her age could not be seen, but she gave people the impression of being extremely young.
The woman's gaze was like a hook, staring directly at Xiao Zicong.
Xiao Zicong was aware of the woman's existence, but he didn't care. After putting the folding fan in his hand on the desk, he directly untied his clothes and changed into a purple warrior shirt, although the white color set off his temperament very well, but when he was at home alone, he still liked this purple martial suit, and only at this time did he feel that he was a warrior.
The woman's eyes moved away from Xiao Zicong, looked at the folding fan that was missing a piece on the fan bone, and sighed sadly: "You person, how many times do you want me to say it, why don't you know how to cherish what I gave you?"
Xiao Zicong said: "A broken fan, what is there to cherish." Besides, if it weren't for the old pervert surnamed Zhu who coveted your beauty, this folding fan wouldn't have fallen into my hands now. ”
A folding fan that smiles for Pomeranians, no matter how good it is, is not worthy of being cherished, especially his Xiao Zicong's cherishment.
When the girl heard him say this, she immediately turned her sorrow into laughter, and giggled: "Look at what you said, if you hear what Master Zhu hears, you won't be angry to death?"
Xiao Zicong said: "Death is death! Anyway, with his drunken way of living, dreaming of death, he won't live long." ”
The girl suddenly stepped forward, hugged Xiao Zicong from behind, and chuckled, "Are you jealous?"
Xiao Zicong didn't wait for him to hug him, he grabbed her hand, his eyes were cold, and said, "Pay attention to your words! Let me ask you, who asked you to come here at this time? Have you forgotten what I said before?"
The girl was caught by him, but she didn't care, and continued to complain: "People miss you! Don't you miss people?"
Xiao Zicong said with a cold face: "The big thing in the gang is the most important thing. This time to enter the city to prepare for the future, there are only you and me, if you make a mistake because of your problem, you see if I will spare you!"
The girl walked away from Xiao Zicong, took a step under her feet, came to the other side of the desk and sat down, waved her hand, and said boringly: "Okay, okay, I know you will say this, you can rest assured that I have made arrangements before I come, and I will not be noticed by the people in the drunken spring breeze." After all, if something happens, even if you can spare me, the helper will not spare me. ”
"Hmph, you know the best!" Xiao Zicong snorted coldly and said, "Get down to business." Tell me, what did you hear this time?"
Seeing Xiao Zicong's businesslike appearance, the girl said angrily: "You guy is really boring, I knew that when I sneaked into Jieshui City, I would have changed my partner." ”
Hearing her say this, Xiao Zicong smiled instead: "Don't worry, the helper will definitely not agree." ”
The girl held her cheeks and said speechlessly: "I really don't know what medicine you gave to the helper, he trusted you when you sold him." ”
"I naturally have my own way. Xiao Zicong smiled proudly, came to the girl, and suddenly took off her veil, hidden under the veil was a peerless face, Xiao Zicong pinched the cheek of this girl named Ji Xiaoqing, and snorted softly: "So, if you really want to follow me, it's best to learn to be smarter." ”
Ji Xiaoqing frowned slightly, slapped Xiao Zicong's hand away, and said solemnly: "Okay, it's time to get down to business." ”
Xiao Zicong stepped aside and listened.
The woman standing in front of him at this time is doing intelligence gathering work, and her news still needs to be taken very seriously!
Ji Xiaoqing said in a deep voice: "Guo Si is dead, almost when you left the Kaolan Mountains, this matter was about to spread to the city. ”
Guo Si is a force that Xiao Zicong worked hard to foster, and even did not hesitate to go to win it in person, but before he could see the results, he was destroyed in one fell swoop.
With Ji Xiaoqing's understanding of Xiao Zicong, the other party would definitely be furious when he heard the news, but this was not the case.
Xiao Zicong not only did not get angry, but was very calm, which made Ji Xiaoqing feel a little incredible.
"I already know what you said!" Xiao Zicong said after hearing the news.
Seeing Xiao Zicong, who was almost indifferent, Ji Xiaoqing was stunned and said, "You know?"
Xiao Zicong nodded and said, "I not only know, but I also know who the murderer is." ”
Ji Xiaoqing reached out and touched her neck, made a murderous movement that was extremely inconsistent with her face, and asked, "So, you killed that person?"
Xiao Zicong shook his head, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face: "I didn't want to do it." ”
Ji Xiaoqing didn't hold back, and laughed out loud. "When did our bloody soul chaser have a compassionate heart?"
Xiao Zicong said: "You don't understand, that guy is very interesting?"
"Interesting?" Ji Xiaoqing wondered.
Xiao Zicong nodded and said, "This person's name is Meng Li, you have a chance to help me pay more attention." ”
"Do you want to win him over?"
"It's a good choice!"
"You madman!" Ji Xiaoqing said speechlessly: "Then what about Guo Si, without him muddying the boundary water city, how can we fish in trouble......d waters?"
"You don't have to worry. Without waiting for Ji Xiaoqing to finish speaking, Xiao Zicong raised a hand and interrupted her. "Guo Si is dead, we have more options. ”
Ji Xiaoqing asked, "What choice?"
"It's a secret!"
The Liu family is a big family in Jieshui City, located in Dongpingfang in Dongcheng, with many diners under the door, and nearly 100 people are raised by warriors alone. It is one of the few families in Jieshui City that started as a businessman and became a first-class family.
The reason why the Liu family was able to come to this point is not unrelated to Hu Bugui. Hu Bugui, who is the Seven Forging of True Qi, is almost the top force in Jieshui City, which discourages many people who covet the fat of the Liu family.
Hu Bugui, who had a lifelong friendship with Liu Chongyuan, the head of the Liu family, was sitting in the study at this time, waiting for Liu Chongyuan to rush back from outside.
In the front yard of Liu's house, the voice of "Meet the master" gradually came. The Liu Mansion is a big family, and the rules are more than other places, just talking about the training of the subordinates, it can be called attentive.
Listening to the sound getting closer and closer, Hu Bugui gradually straightened up. Within a few moments, a middle-aged man pushed the door open. Needless to say, this middle-aged man who can freely go out and go out of the study is naturally Liu Chongyuan, the head of the Li family.
Liu Chongyuan is nine feet tall, his figure can be described as tall, a head taller than the already tall Hu Bugui, flat eyes and heavy eyebrows, not angry and arrogant, it looks like it gives people a very oppressive feeling, which makes it difficult for people to associate with Liu Fengliu's stunned son.