Li Qiufeng couldn't help frowning when he heard what Zhuyue said viciously, and thought: "These Fusang people are ruthless, they are ruthless, and they will kill people if they don't agree with each other, but I am afraid that they have become so violent because they have been educated too little by the saints." He said: "Everyone is born of their parents, and it is not the right way in the world to talk about killing lightly." If we don't meet them, if we do, we can't watch these people die in vain!"

Moon by Moon "snorted", but did not speak again.

By this time it was already getting dark. The three of them thought about it again, and finally decided to see how Qunhao behaved before making a decision. Li Qiufeng and Xiao Zhanpeng were side by side with Qunhao in the Imperial Mausoleum and Yong'an City to defend against the enemy, and at this time, they didn't want Qunhao to recognize it, so they covered half of their faces with cloth. Zhuyue didn't want to be masked, but Li Qiufeng said that there were dragons and snakes mixed here, and he was afraid that the killers sent by Yanagi Zongyan would be mixed in it, so it was better to be cautious. There was no way to do it month by month, and he also ripped off half of his shirt to cover his face. Fortunately, there are all kinds of strange dresses in the rivers and lakes, and the three of them don't have to worry about attracting the attention of others.

After cleaning up, the three of them walked out of the woods. Xiao Zhanpeng untied his tethered mount, and the three of them walked towards the camping place of the group of heroes.

At this time, there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the road, and most of them are dressed up as people from the rivers and lakes, and almost everyone has a sword on their bodies. Li Qiufeng and the other three walked among the crowd, but no one paid attention.

When I walked to the place where the heroes camped, I saw that more than 2,000 people had gathered here, and the whole road was full of people on both sides. When many people saw their acquaintances, they stepped forward to greet them. Most of these people are rough men, and they have no scruples when they speak, and they quarrel upside down.

Li Qiufeng saw that there were many familiar people among the heroes, so he didn't dare to go to the middle of the crowd, but just stood in the corner with Xiao Zhanpeng and Zhuyue. saw that Xu Chenghe, the head of the Qingcheng faction, and Lin Yilang, the head of the Songshan faction, were among them, and they were talking in a low voice to several leaders of other gangs.

Xiao Zhanpeng also saw Xu Chenghe and Lin Yilang at the head of Yong'an City, and when he saw the two of them at this time, he immediately thought about it, and said to Li Qiufeng in a low voice: "It turns out that he is the one who spoke just now, I have seen this person in Yong'an City, and he is very good at swordsmanship." ”

At this moment, I only heard someone shouting: "The old man Zuo of Shanxi Zuojiazhuang has arrived!"

Li Qiufeng's heart is down, Zuojiazhuang in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province is famous in the rivers and lakes, and everyone in the martial arts has to give some face. Zuojiazhuang's prestige was not made by martial arts, but was bought with money. Since the beginning of Taizu's founding of the country, the Zuo family has been running a money shop business north of the Yangtze River. Due to the excellent reputation of the Zuo family's money shops in various places, the business became bigger and bigger, and slowly penetrated to the south of the Yangtze River. I think that Jiangnan was originally a rich place, and there were many money shops for trading, but they were all eaten up by the Zuo family. When the Battle of Jingjing broke out, the Zuo family provided a large amount of silver for Chengzu to raise troops as military salaries, and the Yan army went south, and the Zuo family money shops in various places along the way sent money and food for military use. After Chengzu ascended the throne, in order to repay the Zuo family for their support to him, he asked the household department to provide convenience for the Zuo family's business. With the support of the imperial court, the Zuo family's business is naturally becoming more and more prosperous, from the capital to Lingnan, the Zuo family's money shop business is blooming everywhere.

The Zuo family's business has become bigger, and it is also a secret communication with the martial arts gangs in various places. Some of the silver that is not seen in light circulates through the Zuo family's money shop, which is very convenient for people in the rivers and lakes. It is the official yamen, gangs in the rivers and lakes, and even the green forest cottages in all parts of the world that are respectful and respectful to the Zuo family, for fear of offending this God of Wealth, and inevitably cut off their own financial routes.

Although the Zuo family's business exists all over the place, but the big shopkeeper has been living in the old house in Taiyuan, Shanxi. With the development of the Zuo family, the entire Zhuangzi where the old mansion is located was bought by the Zuo family. It is said that Taiyuan Mansion also specially sent a battalion of officers and soldiers to be stationed in Zuojiazhuang to act as the Zuo family's guard, which shows how powerful the Zuo family is.

When Li Qiufeng was in Jinyiwei, he had already heard of the name of the Zuo family. And Jinyiwei will receive silver from the Zuo family every year, from the commander to the general flag below, everyone has a filial piety. It's just that when it was sent, of course, it was not in the name of the Zuo family, but under the banner of the governor of Shanxi. When it was Jin Yiwei handling the case, if it involved the Zuo family, as long as the Zuo family suffered losses, it would be investigated to the end. If the Zuo family committed a crime, they would turn a blind eye and let it go.

The big shopkeeper of this generation of the Zuo family is named Zuo Sheng, who is said to be nearly eighty years old, and everyone calls him "Old Lady Zuo" without his name. He is old, rarely shows up, and his sons take care of all the business, and he didn't expect to appear here today, which caused a sensation when the group of heroes appeared.

Li Qiufeng and Xiao Zhanpeng stood outside the crowd, but they didn't want to join in the excitement. Xiao Zhanpeng said with a smile: "It seems that in the rivers and lakes, money is much easier to use than martial arts." There are money shops of the Zuo family everywhere in Fujian, and even the government has to give the Zuo family face. The old man of my family often admonished our brothers that the government and the Zuo family's money shop should not be offended, because one of them is power and the other is money. It's the most terrible thing in the world. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "Senior Xiao said that it is indeed good. If you don't have money, no matter how good your martial arts are, I'm afraid it will be difficult to move an inch in the rivers and lakes. Which of these people in front of him does not run an industry? If you want to make money, you are afraid that you will have to deal with the Zuo family's money shop. Old lady Zuo is the God of Wealth of these people, the God of Wealth has arrived, how can there be any reason not to greet him?"

When the two were talking, they saw a sedan chair coming from the western road. There were more than a dozen servants in Tsing Yi walking in front of the sedan chair, but there was a person in front of him riding a tall horse, dressed in brocade clothes and looking arrogant. On each side of the sedan chair were two maids, holding silver bottles or tea sets. After the sedan chair, there were more than a dozen people. These people were riding horses or walking, and among them was a monk in yellow with a fierce face, who at first glance was not a good person.

Qunhao stood respectfully on the side of the road. The brocade-clothed man riding a tall horse came to everyone, restrained his mount, but did not dismount, and said triumphantly: "Is the head of Hu Jishi Hu of the Diancang faction here?"

His voice fell, and he saw a short and fat middle-aged man squeezed out of the crowd, walked quickly to the brocade-clothed people with a sneer, bowed down and said, "The junior is here, I don't know what the big housekeeper Zuo commands?"

Although the Diancang faction is not listed among the top ten sects in the rivers and lakes, it is also a famous and decent sect in the southwest. The head of the family, Hu Jishi, is famous for his 36-way point swordsmanship, and is a first-class master with a high status in the martial arts. I didn't expect to see a housekeeper of the Zuo family today, and he actually carried out the disciple ceremony. The head of the faction is like this, which shows how powerful the Zuo family is.

The big housekeeper didn't even raise his hand, and said to Hu Jishi: "Master Hu, you can't wait any longer for that amount of silver." If the deficit of this account drags on any longer, we will not look good. ”

Qunhao saw that the big housekeeper Zuo was talking about silver with Hu Jishi in public, and everyone's face changed. It must be known that most of the people in the rivers and lakes here are inextricably linked to the Zuo family's money shop. This Hu Jishi didn't know which money had not been repaid, and he was forced to pay off by the Zuo family in public, and this embarrassment can be imagined. Many gang leaders who owe the Zuo family money are secretly worried, for fear that the big housekeeper Zuo will find his bad luck next.

I saw that Hu Jishi was still smiling, and nodded vigorously: "Please rest assured that the big housekeeper Zuo will definitely send the silver to the Zuo family money shop in Dali at the end of the year." At the beginning of this year, the frost was affected, and the tea harvest was not good, half of the harvest was less than in previous years, but it was not that the silver was not returned......

The big housekeeper Zuo sneered: "It's true that the tea harvest is poor, but it's just that you ordered the Cang faction to destroy the Wuyun Village in Lincang, and there are always three or four hundred thousand taels of silver?"

As soon as the big housekeeper Zuo said this, Hu Jishi saw a cold sweat on his forehead. Most of the martial arts people in the Central Plains didn't know what Zuo Da Butler meant, and they didn't know what Wuyun Village was. It's just that the Jianghu characters who were born in Yunnan know that Lincang Wuyun Village is the base camp of Yunnan salt owls. Salt and iron are monopolized by the government, and private trading is strictly prohibited. Yunnan is also located in the southwest of the remote place, it is extremely difficult to transport salt, and the income from salt sales is extremely high. Although the imperial court was extremely tightly controlled, there were still many smugglers who took risks. As more and more of these people grew, they formed a gang and set up a village in Lincang, called Wuyun Village, which controlled more than half of the illegal salt trade in Yunnan. After Wuyun Village sat down, it not only had the soldiers, but also bought off the government offices in various parts of Yunnan, and the private salt was smooth from the southeast coast to Yunnan. Wuyun Village made a windfall and was known as the richest village in the southwest. It's just that I didn't expect such a big piece of fat to be swallowed by the Diancang faction.

(End of chapter)