After dealing with this, Zhang Yifan fell into deep thought, although he was now desperate to retreat and cultivate, he had completely looked at himself with the mentality of an immortal cultivator, and he was getting farther and farther away from the mundane world.

But the thorn in his heart always exists, if he doesn't deal with it, he will always feel sorry for the hundreds of heroic souls who have passed away, sorry for the uncle and aunt who were killed because of himself, and his mood is not transparent, so how to cultivate immortals.

Besides, cultivating oneself is also for the sake of dreams, and if you want to save your relatives and friends, if you only care about cultivation, wouldn't you put the cart before the horse, then it will be meaningless to cultivate immortals by yourself, and some things must be done.

Zhang Yifan corrected the mentality in his heart of pursuing strength and longing for power, and persuaded himself.

After figuring it out, Zhang Yifan found that he was suddenly much more relaxed, and his heart was more accessible, he liked this state very much, and then began to think about the crocodile gang.

According to the information collected from the crocodile gang's rudder, the crocodile gang has several secret strongholds in Lingquan City, and these secret strongholds are mainly for the crocodile gang to sell smuggled salt and smuggle forbidden goods from the imperial court, covering the three states of Lingling, Hai and Qiong, with amazing profits, and contributing millions of taels of silver to the crocodile gang every year.

The information of those dark rudders is not detailed, but there are some secret stronghold codes, and there is no obvious evidence, it is precisely because of this that Zhang Yifan decided to go to Lingzhou to dig up the real evidence.

Through intelligence analysis, Zhang Yifan found that a person nicknamed 'Salt Knife Handle' was inextricably linked to these dark spots. Now all he needs to do is find the 'Salt Knife Handle', and then follow the vine to find those secret strongholds and find out the information he needs.

The salt knife handle is not easy to find, no one knows his true identity, only that he is a ghost wandering in the dark underground of Lingquan City, fierce and vicious, and his weapon is a salt knife that cuts salt mines.

Before, the salt knife handle often had conflicts of interest with all kinds of people due to smuggling, and a salt knife broke into the dark underground world, fierce and desperate not afraid of death, and over time people gave the nickname 'salt knife handle'.

Zhang Yifan disguised himself as an old-fashioned trader, and now his disguise skills have become somewhat proficient, looking at himself in the bronze mirror, Zhang Yifan is also a little unrecognizable.

I don't know why he suddenly remembered Wang Wu, and he was melancholy again. After pondering for a while, Zhang Yifan cleaned up his mood and went out to cover his face in the night.

Tianji Tower, one of the three major intelligence organizations in Chu State, mainly sells all kinds of intelligence and secret information, it is the power under the name of the old man of Tianji who compiled the Tianji List, and it is thanks to the intelligence of Tianji Tower, so the Heaven and Earth List arranged every year is quite convincing.

Tianjilou has offices in all states of Chu State, and each state stronghold is mainly responsible for local intelligence, and classifies the intelligence according to its importance, and only the news above the second grade will be transmitted to the headquarters of Tianjilou. At this time, Zhang Yifan was in Tianji Tower's office in Lingquan City.

"This guest, what can I do to help?" Zhang Yifan was led into a secret room by the attendants of Tianji Building, the secret room was impermeable, there was only a small opening, and the voice of inquiry came from the small mouth, thinking that there was a dark room inside.

"I want to ask for news about the salt knife handle in Lingquan City. Zhang Yifan deliberately lowered his voice and asked in a low and deep voice.

"The guest is looking for detailed information and general information. ”

"The more detailed, the better. ”

"The salt knife handle information, some time ago it was promoted from the second class to the first class, and the detailed information required a hundred taels of gold. ”

When Zhang Yifan heard that a piece of information actually required a hundred taels of gold, which was equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver, he couldn't help but secretly smack his tongue, this information is too expensive.

"Your information is too expensive, isn't it?" Zhang Yifan said dissatisfiedly.

"This guest has really wronged our Tianji Tower, but the person you consulted has been really special recently, so the intelligence level has been upgraded to the first grade. The cost has also increased a lot. If the guest only needs general information, he only needs to pay ten taels of gold. In addition, you can also go to Qinglou Zhai and see Weige to inquire, and then the guests will know that there is no such thing as deceiving guests in our Tianji Building. The person in the dark replied unhurriedly, as for the Qinglou Zhai and Jianwei Pavilion that he said, they were the other two intelligence organizations with the same name as Tianji Tower.

"Hmph, give me the information on the salt knife handle as soon as possible, the more detailed the better. Then Zhang Yifan took out a 100 taels of gold bar and handed it to Xiaokou, and then the gold bar was taken away.

Zhang Yifan had dozens of gold bars in his hand that he had obtained from Jia Jinhuan's mansion before, these were all things outside his body, and he needed to find the salt knife handle as soon as possible.

The Cao Gang has begun to be targeted by the Six Doors, and it is likely that the Crocodile Gang has reacted and begun to purge and evacuate those people and things that cannot be seen in the dark, and he must quickly find the key evidence.

After waiting for about half a cup of tea, a dark golden wooden tube-style thing was placed at the small mouth, which was engraved with several golden ancient seal characters of 'Lingzhou Jia No. 76', which looked quite mysterious.

"Guest, this Heavenly Secret Cylinder is the information you need, please. ”

Zhang Yifan picked up the wooden tube, disassembled it and took out the brocade cloth in it.

"Salt knife handle, name unknown, about forty years old, Haizhou people, currently the leader of the dark underground smuggling in Lingzhou, has not been ascertained what force he belongs to. His martial arts have reached the realm of first-class masters, and he has not entered the list. His life deeds are as follows: 20 years ago, he entered Lingzhou from Haizhou, participated in the underground smuggling land competition, and killed 19 people angrily with a salt knife, laying the foundation...... Ten years ago, he opened up some smuggling channels in Lingzhou, Haizhou, and Qiongzhou, and became one of the main leaders of underground smuggling in Lingzhou...... Two months ago, because it was found out that he had dealings with the Catch the Sea Gang, he was involved in the bloody case of Xiaodeng Island in Liumen, and his intelligence level was raised from B to A. At present, his whereabouts are uncertain, because of his addiction, he has a close relationship with Wukui of Liushun Gambling House in Lingquan City, if you want to find the salt knife handle, it is recommended to find out the news from the Liushun Gambling House, maybe Wukui knows the relevant whereabouts of the salt knife handle. ”

After reading the information provided by Tianjilou, Zhang Yifan was a little satisfied, at least he had some clues.

"Is your information reliable?"

"Guests can rest assured that the reputation of Tianjilou is false and ten will be lost. ”

"That's good. Zhang Yifan returned the Tianji Secret Cylinder to Tianji Building, and then said goodbye and left.

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Liushun Gambling House is located next to the most prosperous West Market in Xicheng District of Lingquan City, with three religions and nine streams, mixed dragons and snakes, although it is not the largest gambling house in Lingquan City, but it is definitely the most popular gambling house in Lingquan City.

Liushun Gambling House is located in the West City where the flow of people gathers, every year to earn a lot of money, it stands to reason that the local gangs in Lingzhou can not give up this fat flowing oil sales nest, but Liushun Gambling House in Lingquan City has a transcendent status and does not belong to any gang forces.

The reason for this situation is that Wukui, the owner of Liushun Gambling House, is said to have an extremely deep official background, so the local gangs will give Wukui some face.

There is gossip that Wu Kui has a sister who is a partial lady of Lingzhou Thorn Shi, no one seeks the truth about this kind of thing, but everyone knows that Wu Kui does have a deep official background support, which is not something ordinary people can afford, and this is enough.

Uquay has been very unhappy in recent months, and he feels that he has really been unlucky lately.

Since the bloody case of Liumen Xiaodeng Island was announced, not only the rivers and lakes of Lingzhou and the ordinary people were shaken, but there was also a major earthquake in the officialdom of Lingzhou.

In addition, the people in the rivers and lakes of Lingzhou are in danger of being retaliated against by the six gates, so most of them are much more low-key, which leads to the decline of the gambling house's business.

What made him vomit blood the most was that the Sifang Money Village was seized because it was involved in the Liumen Xiaodeng Island Bloody Case, and the Liushun Gambling House had nearly five layers of silver stored in the Sifang Money Bank, at least in the short term, and it was even possible that he would never get it back, because he couldn't explain the source of some accounts.

At this time, Wukui tea is not fragrant, and even the favorite concubine looks a little eye-catching, and she is anxious to get out of several bubbles.

It is very different from those gossip in Lingzhou, in fact, Lingzhou Thorn Shi is his godfather, he was secretly raised by Lingzhou Thorn Shi since he was a child, and opened Liushun Gambling House with the secret help of Lingzhou Thorn History, so in fact, the owner of this Liushun Gambling House Lingzhou Thorn History.

He was very anxious, afraid that the imperial court would purge the Lingzhou gang forces with a crushing force, and liquidate everyone in the Lingzhou officialdom, and then the Lingzhou assassin Shi, who was the first person in the Lingzhou government, would be implicated even if there was no problem.

And without Lingzhou Thorn History as a backer, it is difficult to say whether the Liushun Gambling House can be opened, but it will definitely be forcibly occupied by those powerful forces who covet this piece of fat.

Maybe you need to make plans in advance, look at the form after the New Year, if it continues to deteriorate, you have to leave Lingzhou to make another plan, so far the godfather has not given him an answer, which makes him a little uneasy.

"Wu Ye, Wu Ye, something is wrong!" A reckless man with an anxious face hurriedly broke into the house, and even forgot to knock on the door.

"What are you shouting, are you dead in the family or have been collected for debts, next time you don't knock on the door, Lao Tzu will chop off your hands and paws!" Wu Kui said angrily, and the nameless fire in his heart gushed out.

"Wu Ye, damn it, the little one doesn't have a long memory, I must pay attention next time. The reckless man knew that his owner had been in a bad mood recently, so he slapped himself a few times and said with a smile.

"Tell me, what's the matter, so flustered?" Wu Kui saw this, and his anger in his heart subsided slightly, and then he asked.

"Wu Ye, something happened to our gambling house! There is a very powerful master, even winning ten cups, and now he has won our 10,000 taels of silver, and the gold medal gambler of our gambling house does not dare to open it. Brother Xu, I asked you to come over and have a look. ”

"The rules of the Liushun gambling house, if you win ten in a row, you will automatically leave the game, what is the way this guy comes from?"

"It seems to be from out of town, and I don't know the rules. ”

"Then let him know the rules of our gambling house! Wu Kui pointed at the reckless man and scolded unceremoniously.

Brother Xu slapped the man in the face, as if he had suffered some hidden losses, so he stabilized the situation and did not act for the time being. When asked about his request, he said he would talk to you later. The reckless man said cautiously.

"Damn, look for death!Lead the way, let me see where the sacredness is!Inform the Iron Catch!" Ukui slammed the door in a rage.