Thinking of this, Lin Yu frowned tightly and asked, "Brother Hong, what is the price of rice in Luoyang City now?"

Hong Baijiu just stretched out a finger and didn't say anything directly.

The purchase of rice and grain on Mount Emei is basically Ye Mengyue's responsibility, and she knows a little bit about the market, so she responded: "The usual price of rice is only half a tael of silver, and now it is an eventful time, and a tael of silver is not too expensive." ”

Hong Baijiu shook his head and said, "Miss Ye, it's not one tael of silver and one stone of rice, but ten taels of silver and one stone, and it's still priceless, and it's hard to buy it in the city." ”

"What, ten taels of silver, it has risen a full twenty times!" Ye Mengyue exclaimed in some consternation.

How much is a stone of rice worth? For a child of a family like Yan Hong, it is a vague concept at all, so there is no such big reaction as Ye Mengyue. After a while, a hazy mist flashed in her clear eyes, and she asked a little puzzled: "Now that the Yellow River has been flooding for less than a month, the grain store and rice store should have grain in stock, how can it be so expensive, twenty times more expensive?"

Hong Baijiu let out a long sigh again, and said: "This is not the ghost of Liu Baichuan, a big corrupt official, and the Jinsha Gang, these local snakes, they colluded with officials and businessmen, through coercion and inducement, intimidation and kidnapping, and the tiger bought all the rice and grain in the city, and now only their eight rice shops in the eight gates of Luoyang City have rice for sale, and the others are forced to close." ”

Lin Yu frowned tightly and said, "Brother Hong, you beggars have a wide range of sources, and you have lived in Luoyang for a long time, you must know everything about Shili in Luoyang City, and please tell Brother Hong about the situation in the city today!"

Hong Baijiu replied with a big grin: "Brother Lin, what you said is too polite, Luoyang City now has a total of three large shili organizations, with Liu Baichuan as the head of the bureaucracy as one side, and the Jinsha Gang led by Jin Sanhu as the one side, this third party is our beggar gang, usually Liu Baichuan and Jin Sanhu are in cahoots, and officials and businessmen collude, but with our beggar gang, they are basically well water and do not violate river water." ”

Lin Yu nodded slightly, and said, "Oh, then Brother Hong, do you know the background of the Shili organization of Jin Sanhu and the Jinsha Gang?"

Hong Baijiu pondered for a moment and said: "This Golden Three Tigers was originally the head of a smuggler of salt, and later gathered a large number of smuggler salt dealers and funded the establishment of the Jinsha Gang, which was very small at the beginning, with only a few hundred people. However, in just half a year's effort, the Jinsha Gang will take Luoyang City as the center of the gang merchants all to be co-opted, individual dissatisfied, also destroyed overnight, just took more than a year, almost on an equal footing with the first-class shili in the rivers and lakes, its rapid development, the scale of the large, whether it is black and white any shili organization, it is difficult to match. ”

Lin Yu muttered for a moment and asked, "Is Jin Sanhu's martial arts very high?"

Hong Baijiu shook his head and responded: "He is a smuggler of salt, how high his martial arts can be, his kung fu is mediocre, and he is not even second-rate in the rivers and lakes, but he has four first-class masters under him who work for him, and in their annexation of other shili organizations, these four masters can be said to be indispensable." ”

Lin Yu was slightly startled and said, "Oh, which four first-class masters are they?"

Hong Baijiu responded: "Does Brother Lin know the Great Sword Yama of the Mighty Mobei back then?"

Lin Yu's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Do you mean that the big sword Yan Luo Mo Fei, who once fought all over Mobei and defeated thirteen masters of the Central Plains martial arts in a row?"

Hong Baijiu nodded heavily, and said: "Well, it's him, this person has practiced a wonderful Yama sword technique, it is said that each knife can open mountains and break stones, and has the potential to sweep thousands of armies." Now he is the head of the four masters under Jin Sanhu. ”

Lin Yu's expression was slightly stunned, and he hurriedly asked, "What about the second one?"

Hong Baijiu paused for a moment, and responded: "There is a knife hidden in the braid, Sun has no knife!"

The consternation on Lin Yu's expression increased a little more, and he said: "It is said that this person can hide a knife in his hair, can kill people invisibly, and is a tricky and ruthless character, even the desert swordsman Ying Fei almost died in his hands back then." ”

Hong Baijiu said: "This third person is the desert swordsman Ying Fei, it is rumored that this person disappeared mysteriously after competing with Sun Wudao. But he didn't expect that he Zuihou would also defect to Jin Sanhu. ”

"What about this zuihou?" Lin Yu held back his astonishment and asked.

Hong Baijiu paused for a moment, and responded: "This zuihou is the Jiangyang thief King Kong Tietong, who was arrested by the six doors and taken to the prison of the Criminal Department because of dozens of crimes, but for some reason, he actually appeared in Luoyang City, and he stayed for ten years. ”

Lin Yu sneered and said, "Hehe, it's really interesting, it seems that I have to go and meet this Jinsha gang leader for a while." ”

When Ye Mengyue and Yan Hong heard this, they hurriedly said in unison: "Brother Lin, let's go too!"

Yan Yun also hurriedly echoed: "Brother Lin, I'm going too!"

Lin Yu waved his hand at them and said, "The Jinsha Gang can be described as a tiger's den in Longtan, there are too many people, but it is not good. Moreover, Jin Sanhu can gather so many first-class masters to work for him, which must be extraordinary. A few of you should stay here first, and by the way, you can also inquire about the whereabouts of the Heavenly Peerless Master. ”

Ye Mengyue and Yan Hong knew what Lin Yu was worried about, so they didn't say anything more, but just said in unison: "Brother Lin, you have to be more careful!"

Lin Yu smiled slightly, and said, "Don't worry, I have a way to deal with it!" By the way, don't run around, it's not safe in Luoyang City." ”

Hong Baijiu stood up and said, "Brother Lin, I'll go with you, no matter how big their Jinsha Gang is, they will never dare to blatantly oppose our beggar gang!"

Lin Yu shook his head with a smile and responded: "Brother Hong, I understand your kindness, but I didn't go to fight with them, so it will be fine." Moreover, Brother Hong is one of the four elders of the Beggar Gang, and the affairs of this Beggar Gang are still waiting for you to deal with it!"

Hong Baijiu didn't speak anymore, just nodded heavily, and said, "Brother Lin, be more careful yourself, if you need help, notify me in time, even if I, Hong Baijiu, am broken, I have to do it for you." ”

Lin Yu nodded with a resolute expression and said, "Thank you, Brother Hong, without further ado, I'll go to the Jinsha Gang now!"

"Why don't you go now, stay and have a drink, and go again!" Hong Baijiu hurriedly said when he heard this.

Lin Yu responded with a smile: "Brother Hong, this wine is indispensable to you, when I come back, we will have another drink, and when the time comes, we will definitely not get drunk!"

Hong Baijiu is also a cheerful person, and said: "Okay, you must not get drunk!"

Bidding farewell to Hong Baijiu, Ye Mengyue and others, Lin Yu did not go directly to the Jinsha Gang, but turned around and walked towards Baixiang Building!

Baixianglou is the largest fireworks place in Luoyang City, where the most beautiful beauties and the most beautiful wine are here. A place where there are beautiful women and fine wine is naturally not a place where ordinary people can hang out. Lin Yu is naturally not an ordinary person when he came to see him this time.

As soon as he stepped into the Baixiang Building, a middle-aged man with a rich body was already waiting beside him, and greeted him with a smile: "Lin Shaoxia, you are here, the little one has been waiting for you here for a long time." ”

Lin Yu smiled slightly and said, "Oh, it seems that your master already knew that I was coming." ”

The middle-aged man with a rich body still smiled and replied: "This is not something that the little one should know, the little one only knows that he has to wait for a person named Lin Yu here." ”

Lin Yu's face changed slightly, he laughed, and said, "Where is your master, I'm going to see him!"

The middle-aged man with a rich body clapped his hands, and as the voice fell, a young man who looked very shrewd and capable walked over, made a gesture of invitation to Lin Yu, and said, "Lin Shaoxia, please here!"

Lin Yu smiled and said to the rich middle-aged man, "What, won't you take me up?"

The rich middle-aged man shook his head and said, "The little one still has to wait here for someone, and I hope Lin Shaoxia will forgive his sins!"

Lin Yu shook his head with a smile and said, "It seems that there is a good show to watch." ”

Immediately ignored the middle-aged man and walked directly towards the second floor!

This scene of the singing and dancing of the Baixianglou Ying reminded Lin Yu of Du Fu's poem again: "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road!"

Outside Luoyang City, there are people who have died of hunger and disease, and they are diligently in the fields like an old ox, facing the scorching sun of June and the swishing Korean wind of the wax moon, just to have a mouthful of food, to fill their stomachs, and to have a thatched hut to shelter them from the wind and rain...... But now, even these small requests that can't be counted as requests are a luxury.

And those bureaucratic landlords who don't even know what hard work is, are now in this Baixiang Building, holding the most beautiful singers, watching the most gorgeous dances, drinking the sweetest wine, and eating luxurious delicacies from the mountains and seas...... is still complaining about the sorrows of life. I really don't know where the so-called Heavenly Dao is at this time?

Just as Lin Yu was deep in thought, the door suddenly creaked open, and the young man who led the way made a gesture of invitation to Lin Yu, and said, "Lin Shaoxia, please!"

Lin Yu nodded slightly, and then strode in.

But as soon as he entered, he heard the door creak and shut, and before he could go any further, two black shadows had already struck down from the beams of the house.

Lin Yu's figure flashed, avoiding the attack of the two of them, his eyes were like swords, and he shouted coldly: "Who are you, why did you assassinate me?"

The two men in black did not speak, but just glanced at each other, and then each held a weapon, like two hungry wolves, with a faint green light in his eyes, and killed them from the left and right directions......