Chapter 15: First Acquaintance with Huinan
Zhang Qing looked at the ground with a funny face, humming and peeking at his short man, he knew what he was doing. The two times that Huahu ate really needed to slow down for a while, but the short man just fell on his ass, and it was impossible for him to act as if he was dying.
The short man saw Zhang Qing smiling at him, not confused by his performance at all, knowing that although the other party was young, he had hard stubble under his hands, so he had to turn over and kneel, crying and begging Zhang Qing for mercy. Huahu also came to his senses at this time, and understood that Zhang Qing had kung fu in his body, and he couldn't move because he was pressed with dozens of catties of things on his body, so he had to lower his head and pretend to be dead, hoping that his brother's begging for mercy would be useful.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's talk about it, what's your name, what are you doing, follow what I want to do. Zhang Qing asked directly.
"Small... The little one's name is Wang Shishi, this is my eldest brother Huahu, and we both usually mix on the ground in Nancheng. Yesterday, the little one saw the young man, and when he saw the young man's generous shot and young appearance, he thought about it, but unfortunately he didn't keep up with the young man at that time. I went out to hang out with my eldest brother today, and I didn't want to meet the young man again, so I discussed with the eldest brother and wanted to get two money from the young man. Wang Shishu answered the question tremblingly.
"Oh, just want to rob money? Don't you want to kidnap me and sell my human teeth to make two more?" In the past, Zhang Shanyi's mother scared him to prevent him from running around, and said that she was careful that the abductors outside abducted him and sold him to human teeth, so Zhang Qing also knew that these ruffians probably still had the job of human traffickers.
"Hey, young man Mingjian, the little ones are just bullying the traders and petty thieves, but they don't dare to be abductors. The people of the Green Snake Gang in our Huinan Mansion dare to do human business, if we dare to stretch out our hand, the Green Snake Gang will definitely kill people. Moreover, the population of this province is small, and the lord of the mansion hates to sell out the people under his rule the most, so even if it is the Green Snake Gang, it is just to go to the villages and counties below to find people who can't survive, and then sell them into the city, and rarely bring them outside. Wang Shishi replied truthfully.
Zhang Qing didn't expect that although this Wang Shishi was a ruffian, he was articulate and spoke in an orderly manner, so he wanted to learn about the situation in Huinan Mansion from him first. He first walked to the door of the house that Hua Hu had just peeped at and kicked the courtyard door open. Just now he entered the alley and jumped on the courtyard wall, so he knew that this house had long been abandoned and uninhabited.
Zhang Qing glanced inside, then stretched out his hand and pulled the knife up, and said to Wang Shishi: "Come in with me, I have a few words to ask you, well answered, I am not to blame for today's matter, let you two leave, how about it?"
Wang Shishi was overjoyed, quickly nodded again and again, and went to help up the Huahu who was crushed next to him, and followed Zhang Qing into the courtyard with him, and closed the courtyard door casually.
Zhang Qing stood in the courtyard and looked at it, overgrown with weeds and dilapidated, only to see that the grinding disc next to him was quite clean, so he had to go over and sit on it, and then asked Wang Shishi and Huahu who were standing in front of him: "Wang Shishi, you just said a green snake gang, what kind of gang are you?"
"Back to Shaoxia, we are just bastards on the ground, but we can't join a big gang like the Green Snake Gang. Our gang is called the Black Tiger Club, which is the name of the head of my family, called Song Black Tiger. This Wang Shishi is not amazing, but he is not like a ruffian at all between his words, and between the questions and answers, Zhang Qing slowly understands the power of the rivers and lakes in Huinan City.
It is said that it is a force in the rivers and lakes, but in fact, because Huinan Mansion is too small and too small, there are no serious sects stationed here at all, and some are just a few gangs similar to the underworld. There are two of the largest, namely the Green Snake Gang and the Five Star Gang. The Green Snake Gang controls the only wharf in Huinan City, and the upper and lower freight are all under their control, and the hard workers on the wharf are also their people, plus the gang leader has the cultivation of the peak of the day after tomorrow, so it is considered the strongest. The Five Star Gang controls most of the shop protection fees in the eastern, southern, and northern cities, and they also have their own fields outside the city, so they are doing quite well. The small gangs outside the two are like the Black Tiger Society, with more than a dozen people controlling a street and reaching the sky. Even so, most of them are split from within the two gangs. The leaders of these small gangs generally learned a few kung fu, and then had some connections with the high-level leaders of the two gangs, and they were also clever, so they were allowed to go out and set up their own doors. In fact, it can be regarded as a tool for high-level private enrichment, and it is also a lubricant between the two gangs.
Then there are several families that practice martial arts, all of which are family kung fu, and they have served under the lord of the mansion or the magistrate below for generations to maintain the safety of the ground. You must know that although the Great Xuan Dynasty was a liuguan system, the main leaders in various places were sent by the imperial court and had a term of office. But since the Zhou Dynasty, this land has paid attention to the royal family and the family to rule the world. The important ministers in the court are basically the children of the family, and even the Daxuan royal family was also a great family under the Zhou Dynasty back then. Therefore, it is intertwined, the people of the big family send the heads of the prefectures and counties to the prefectures and counties, and the people of the small families serve as some assistant officials under them.
The lord of Huinan Mansion is a master of the congenital sky, and with the support of these small families under his hands, although they are not all of one heart, they can still be regarded as the number one force in Huinan. The two major gangs also paid tribute to the lord of the mansion from time to time, and they did not dare to offend. In addition, there are the two peak governors of the Martial Arts Division, which belongs to the department directly under the emperor's jurisdiction and is not under the control of the local government, so it is also considered a force. However, Huinan is remote, and the Control and Martial Arts Division doesn't pay attention to it, so he just let two unpopular guys come here, and he has no backer, so his voice is weak, so he has to rely on the mansion master, and he can usually be regarded as the power of the mansion master.
And Zhang Ling is neither a gang member nor a descendant of a family, he can be regarded as an outsider. In his early years, he wandered the rivers and lakes in the Central Plains, and later came to this Huinan Mansion for some reason to take root, only because of his kindness to others, superb martial arts, and a lot of wealth, he fell into the eyes of the lord of the mansion. It is precisely because he is not a sitting tiger that the owner of the mansion can be bought by the Tinghe Gang so easily, regardless of the killing of the Zhang family, and he also planted a crime.
Speaking of the demise of the Zhang family, even the flower tiger next to him was concerned. The Zhang family is indeed the most charitable family on the ground in Huinan Mansion, often helping the people in distress and repairing countless bridges and roads. Although they are ruffians and hooligans, they can still distinguish who is good and who is evil.
That night, Zhang's mansion was wiped out by the Tinghe Gang, but it was not covered, these people on the ground knew it in their hearts, and they also knew that the people who were guarding the door of Zhang's house were the members of the Green Snake Gang, but they were all rough blanks who didn't know martial arts, and they didn't seem to pay too much attention to it.
As for the affairs outside the mansion, the two who have never left Huinan in their lives are not clear, but they only know about the Tinghe Gang, or because they crossed the river to kill the Zhang family.
"Wang Shishi, I see that you speak clearly and methodically, like a person who has read a book. Why did you become a ruffian?" In the end, Zhang Qing couldn't ask anything else, so he asked curiously and casually.
Unexpectedly, Wang Shishi's face was full of shame, and he replied: "Alas, it is also a villain who is not angry, my father was originally a private school teacher in the county, and I learned to read and write with my father when I was a child. It's a pity that when he was twelve years old, his parents were sick and both died, and the younger had to come to Fucheng alone to make a living. But the little one could only read, and had no skills, and almost starved to death. Fortunately, Brother Tiger took me in and let me live until now, and I followed Brother Tiger as a gangster. In fact, my father named me Wang Xiuwen, but unfortunately when I first came to Fucheng, I was a little nerd, so I was called Wang Shishi by others. ”
Zhang Qing shook his head, he didn't expect that this was also a poor person, so he took about half a catty of meat and four big steamed buns and threw them to the two, and said: "Okay, I can't control you, although you want to rob me, but I beat you instead, which is a clear two." But Lao Wang, you have let me know some things, and I have invited you to eat this little bit. By the way, if I want to ask you for news in the future, where should I find it?"
The two didn't expect that Zhang Qing would not only let them go in the end, but also enjoy meat to eat, and they were overjoyed. first thanked them one after another, and then told Zhang Qing where they often were on the street, and said that their boss Song Heihu liked to make friends with the heroes of the rivers and lakes the most, and if Zhang Qing was willing, they could introduce them on his behalf.
Zhang Qing didn't give them a definite answer, just waved them to leave, and then went back to the abandoned house alone.