During this period, some people also came to Pingbo Hall to report some uncertain news. Some said that Jiangdong Tiger Head had defected to Iron Lock and was floating on the Hengjiang River. Others said that someone saw Zhao Qinghu working as the second boss of a certain village in Wuyi Mountain, and even There are even more unreliable stories about seeing a pile of beaten corpses in the mountains, and among them there was a face that looked very similar to Zhao Qinghu, etc.
But when the Ding family went to verify it, they found out that they were all just baseless rumors, and some were just lies made up to get money.
Of course, those who came to defraud money were familiar with the Ding family's ruthless methods, but the problem was that half a year had passed, and Zhao Qinghu and his brothers were in trouble, and there was no news anymore.
Even the Ding family began to think that they had done it perfectly in the first place. Zhao Qinghu might not have known that Pingbotang was the initiator of the Panjia'ao murder case. Thinking that even if he wanted revenge, he would go to Skywarp's group of bandits, so he relaxed his vigilance. Just as the new year was approaching, a caravan of the Ding family set out for Jiujiang.
It should be said that the Ding family is now a big business. Although most of the money comes from water robberies, they also do some legal business on the surface. Not to mention that many of the goods from the robberies have to be shipped out and sold as stolen goods, right? Therefore, the size of the Ding family's caravan is not small, and there are also caravans with different routes.
The Ding family caravan that took the overland route this time was going to sell the stolen goods to a business in Zhangjialing, and then they would sell it to counties and towns deep in the mountainous area, so that everyone could make a profit.
You must know that selling stolen goods is also a technical job. Not only must there be stable channels for selling stolen goods, but also all relationships along the entire line must be taken care of, forming a hidden chain of interests.
And a large-scale bandit like Pingbotang will definitely look down on ordinary small merchant ships. Those who rob are all large caravans. Sometimes they can eat enough in one robbery, and the amount of stolen goods will not be small.
Large business houses often have a certain official background, and the goods and people who have been robbed are recorded. If you want to sell the stolen goods, you cannot go to big cities, and it is easy to be exposed.
Therefore, we can only sell in areas with inconvenient transportation and poor information, which requires local partners to take over. Of course, stolen goods are sold at low prices, so every channel in this line can make money.
Zhangjialing is connected to Wushan, and both are branches of Wuyishan. The land route is the closest, so when the Ding family saw that Zhao Qinghu had disappeared for more than half a year, and might have died in some corner of Gada, they naturally did not want to take the waterway and then go around it. Most of the routes in Zhangjialing are time-consuming and laborious.
However, a few days after the caravan set out, it was robbed by bandits in the mountains. Not only were dozens of pack horses and stolen goods robbed, but all the members of the caravan and the dozen escorting regiments were also killed. Death, no one was left alive, even the head was cut off and hung on the tree. It is said that the first mountaineer who discovered the scene was immediately frightened and fainted.
The Ding family's caravan was robbed, which was big news around Hukou.
Anyone who is a local who knows the Ding family well knows that Pingbotang is the largest bandit force in the area, and he is also the underworld boss who is vaguely responsible for the transactions. Not to mention his relationship with the government, who does not know that Pingbotang is the surrounding green forest village? Give Ping Bo Tang some face.
If he doesn't rob others, even if they burn incense, who is so bold as to dare to stroke the beard of this ferocious beast in the Ding family?
Moreover, the place where the accident happened is within the boundaries of Hukou County. Although it is in Wushan Mountain, it is also a mountain road often traveled by caravans and mountain people. It is not an extremely remote place, otherwise it would not have happened soon after the caravan accident. was discovered.
The problem is that they only robbed them, but they also killed all the people in the caravan and their guards and then beheaded them in public. Someone who was so ruthless must have an undying hatred towards Ping Bo Tang and the Ding family.
Moreover, on a mountain road where people or small caravans may be walking at any time, they took action and wiped out a large caravan guarded by more than a dozen guns, which shows that this group of robbers is not only bold but also quick in action. They are decisive, their numbers will not be small, and their strength cannot be underestimated. They are not ordinary bandits, they must be big gangsters.
The problem is that with the hard work of the Ding family over the years, not to mention the counties surrounding Hukou, even the famous mountain bandits and water bandits in the Wuyi Mountains hundreds of miles away have more or less interacted with each other. Everyone has no conflict of interest. On the surface, they are all in peace and harmony. Who would come to steal from his own territory?
Besides, although the stolen goods that were robbed this time looked like a lot, they were actually worth just over 3,000 yuan. No one else would have to turn against the powerful Ping Bo Tang just for this small amount of money, and it would also ruin his reputation in Green Forest Road. .
The Ding family believed that even the most unscrupulous gangsters such as the Iron Suo Gang and the Sky-Flirting Leopard would not come to enmity with the Ding family for such a small profit.
Only people who have a grudge against the Ding family would behave like this.
You know, in terms of losses alone, thousands of oceans of goods were lost. What really makes the Ding family feel distressed is which caravan members and more than a dozen bodyguards who are well-versed in trade have been fed by the Ding family. And the dozen rifles and bullets.
And the enemies must have known this, so they killed the people in the caravan with the purpose of making the Ding family feel pain.
When it comes to enemies of the Ding family, that's all. Let's talk about the relatives and friends of those who have been robbed and killed over the years, as well as the poor people who were bullied by the Ding family and forced their families to die. Even the Ding family themselves can’t count them.
However, those who have some background are either from far away, or their hands are not long enough. No matter what dirty tricks or tricks they have, they have no foundation in the local area and cannot affect the Ding family at all.
Moreover, the Ding family is not so courageous that they would dare to rob no matter whose goods they have. They must at least understand the background of the owner of the goods, and he would not dare to mess with someone who is too powerful.
As for those ordinary people who were oppressed, the Ding family didn't take it seriously. Those who had the slightest signs of it had been wiped out by the Ding family long ago, so you still have to wait until you come to take revenge.
After much calculation, the Ding family thought of Jiangdong Hutou and his brothers who had disappeared for more than half a year. Only he has this ability and ability.
After all, the name Jiangdong Hutou has not been called for nothing in recent years. His friends from all over the mountains and the five mountains are full of praise for his character and ability. Moreover, he has gathered a group of young men who can fight and kill. If you want to have strength, You have to use means, and even in the eyes of some heroes, Jiangdong Hutou's reputation overshadows the Ding family.
This is why the Ding family first wanted to annex Zhao Qinghu, and then hired bandits to destroy Panjia'ao.
