This sentence completely defeated Sun Dabiao. Bi Xuansheng's words were so accurate that when he tried to refute them, there was no flaw in them. Sun Dabiao understood at this time: his trick of "stepping on two boats" to see the wind direction could no longer be played. Even if his "good brother" Feng Haijiao didn't give him this shit, the Australian County Magistrate Wang wouldn't tolerate him being a "sitting tiger" here.
"...It's not a student's arbitrariness," Bi Xuansheng was already confident at this moment, "In less than three or five days, the thieves will make a fuss about this and ask Mr. Sun to give up Dalangwei - not wanting your whole family to be responsible for it. Nor do you want to 'punish the murderer'..."
Sun Dabiao was completely in a daze at this moment. Bi Xuansheng lowered his voice and said: "Master Sun, time waits for no one. You always want to cope with all changes by remaining unchanged, but you don't know that the 'unchanged' is what Kun Thief hates the most. What they want Wherever you go, huge waves are set off, and thousands of years of established laws are thrown into pieces. Even if you don't want to be an official of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty was around, you could always do whatever you wanted. Did the county ever Any objections? To put it bluntly, as long as you don't rebel, you will be an 'official' in Yangshan County, but if you don't do it, you are supporting the Ming Dynasty. You are supporting yourself - please think twice."
After much thought, Sun Dabiao finally made a decision: get on Feng Haijiao's ship! However, he still had a trace of luck in his heart, thinking that maybe County Magistrate Wang would not want Dalangwei. If this was the case, there would still be room for change, so he refused to put his words to death and only ordered people to quickly invite Zhang Tianbo to "discuss the matter."
Zhang Tianbo was shocked when he got the news. Feng Haijiao's boldness greatly exceeded his expectations. But now that the matter has come to this, there is no point in complaining anymore. The three of them are now grasshoppers on the same line. If anyone is unlucky, everyone else will have a hard time. He agreed with Sun Dabiao's view that no matter what, he should first strive for "lenient treatment".
"...You go and find out what price County Magistrate Wang wants." Sun Dabiao said, "Although I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty, I don't want to fall out with the Australians right now."
"This, I wonder how far this little brother can go?"
"As long as he doesn't want my Dawangwei, I'm willing to do it even if he wants my wife." Sun Dabiao said, "There's no need to talk about anything else."
Unexpectedly, County Magistrate Wang was not interested in Sun Dabiao's wife, but he wanted to get Sun Dabiao's heartthrob - Dalangwei.
Feng Haijiao was indeed vicious. After hearing Wang Chuyi's conditions, Zhang Tianbo knew that there was no room for redemption. The next thing is how to stand in one's own situation.
He lowered his head and crossed his hands and said: "I will go to Dalangwei now to convey the master's intention to Sun Dabiao. But this Dalangwei is Master Sun's ancestral property. He regards it as a treasure, and he is afraid that he will not be able to part with his wife... "
"Dalangwei used to be the land of the Ming Dynasty, so how did it become his ancestral property? Besides, it is now the world of the Song Dynasty." Wang Chuyi said with a smile, "Go ahead and tell Sun Dabiao that as long as he does this, I will protect his family property. No worries, live happily and be a rich man in peace."
"Yes, I understand." Zhang Tianbo sighed secretly and had to retreat.
Zhang Tianbo returned to his place and thought about it. Among the "Three Hegemons of Yangshan", his strength is the smallest. It is only because of the title of "Head Catcher" that he can be called both Feng Haijiao and Sun Dabiao. Although he now has the title of "Detective Captain", in fact, he cannot get involved in various affairs in the county. The people who manage public security are naturalized cadres brought by the Australians themselves. Both Luo Yiming and You Ciren only He asked him about the situation and did not ask him to participate in specific actions - he could feel that these two "fake Kun" completely distrusted him and were even hostile.
As for his specific job, it is actually to act as a lobbyist in the middle.
Now that Feng Haijiao had been recruited by the imperial court, and Sun Dabiao had such an affair... With Zhang Tianbo's mind, he naturally understood that he was useless. If he can't protect himself, the thief will use his own knife to sell the good of the people. He has a lot of enemies. Ever since the Australians entered Yangshan, the Yamen has been receiving complaints against him. Some of them have written complaints publicly beating drums to cry out for injustice, while others have secretly and anonymously submitted complaints... A few of them have been retained by the Yamen. His disciples and grandsons secretly told him that these things were kept with County Magistrate Wang and "carried in a special paper bag."
Although Wang Chuyi suppressed all these materials, there was no legendary person who could win people's hearts and "burn them with fire" in front of him. This made Zhang Tianbo secretly worried that one day, "the bird will be gone". When "hiding", these are the ironclad evidence of facing the scene.
Zhang Tianbo thought about it and was in a dilemma. I had to go to Li Shuangkuai again to ask for advice.
"This matter is nothing special." After hearing his disciple's troubles, Li Shuangkuai smiled slightly, "I have an idea. But the difference between winning and losing is between 50 and 50. If you lose, you will be doomed and there will be no chance to come back again. .”
Zhang Tianbo thought to himself, isn't this the same as not saying anything?
"Please ask the master to give guidance to the disciples."
Li Shuangqi coughed and whispered: "Australians and us are not the same people."
Zhang Tianbo's eyelids twitched and he said: "Master! We who are public servants have always been in the same category as those who are officials..."
Li Shuang quickly shook his head: "You are wrong about this. Although we are humble servants in public service, we have the same destiny as officials. We have to rely on the prestige of officials, what about officials? They have to use us as their pawns. No matter whether he is Hai Rui or Mr. Yan Ge, whether he is clean or dirty, he has to use us. It's just that the rules are tighter and looser. Where are the Australians?"
Zhang Tianbo was stunned and said: "Speaking of it, it is indeed different from the Ming Dynasty..."
"That's what happened," Li Shuangkuai's face was a little gloomy, "Although I am no longer on duty in the yamen, I still know a little bit about the affairs of the Australian yamen and the county these days."
"Master, what you mean is..."
"Australians and the Ming Dynasty are not the same," Li Shuangkuai said with a sad feeling, "There is no need for people like us."
Zhang Tianbo understood what Li Shuangkuai meant. If he followed the Australians, no matter what the result was, he would definitely be "nothing to eat."
"Disciple Sun understands."
"As long as you understand." Li Shuang said quickly, "But in this Ming Dynasty, I don't think I can support Adou. There is no need to rely on the government for three to five years... The choice is all up to you..."
Zhang Tianbo came out of Li Shuangkuai's house and was in a daze when he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder and was startled. Taking a closer look, it was Jiang Xiaotian.
Jiang Xiaotian was originally a gangster who hid in Li Shuangkuai's farm, but he could only work as a long-term laborer. Although he didn't have to work in the fields, he was not as happy as a thief. Such a boring and hard life has long made him unable to bear the loneliness. Seeing that the order in Yangshan County was gradually calming down and the roads were open to business travelers again, I couldn't help but feel itchy hands and wanted to go out to do some "business".
Since ancient times, a lone thief like him would not be able to do it without the care of people in the yamen. It's just that once the Australian came, there were no acquaintances in the yamen - the ones retained were those with relatively clean resumes. Even though there was some friendship at first, when they saw "old friends" like Jiang Xiaotian, they all hid faster than rabbits. If you really can't avoid it, you'll just talk nonsense. Jiang Xiaotian is so smart, he knows that all these people are unreliable.
After thinking about it, I thought of the former head catcher and current detective captain. He was already familiar with Zhang Tianbo in the past, and he made a lot of "tribute" money every year, so he was quite familiar with him. It's just that I haven't had the chance not long ago. Now that I see him coming out alone, I won't let him go. So he took him and invited him to drink.
Zhang Tianbo was depressed and had no way out, and was about to drink to drown his sorrows. He pulled and pushed him and went to Jiang Xiaotian's place - this was the countryside, and there were no wine shops or restaurants. The Li family brewed their own turbid wine. Jiang Xiaotian took out the money and asked the kitchen to cut a plate of preserved meat and get some dried fruits. The two of them came over to each other in Jiang Xiaotian's room.
After a while of changing cups, I got drunk. Jiang Xiaotian revealed that he wanted to go back to "doing business" and wanted to ask Zhang Tianbo to "take care of" him.
"...As long as I'm willing to take care of it, our rules will remain the same." Jiang Xiaotian said, "Get some more money to prepare for emergencies. It has become too powerful these days."
Zhang Tianbo smiled bitterly and said: "You still expect me to take care of you, but I don't know who to look for!" As he said this, he took advantage of his drunkenness to pour out all his complaints.
"...I'm in the Yamen now, and I'm not even a shitty detective captain." He shook his little finger, "Australians look down on our group of people! We are all brought from Qiongzhou. Fake Kun. Even if we promote a few old people from the past, we will always choose those who are honest and incompetent."
"I see." Jiang Xiaotian nodded and said, "The Kun thieves are so uninteresting, why should I still follow them? Why don't you go out and do it yourself?"
"Fuck on your own? It's not that easy." Zhang Tianbo, who was sixty-seven points drunk, sighed, "I'm no better than Feng Haijiao and Sun Dabiao. I have a plate and a minions. I, Zhang Tianbo, work in the county, and I rely on A face. Now that Australians don’t give me a face, what can I use to fool around?”
"If you don't keep me here, I have a place to keep you!" Jiang Xiaotian slapped the table and said, "It's so frustrating, what else are you doing?!"
"What else can I do if I don't do this? The imperial court has run away, and I'm just a policeman. It's easy to go home and live a life in vain. It's just that I have been a policeman for many years..."
He didn't say any more, just sighed. Jiang Xiaotian knew: He had many enemies in Yangshan. Without an official to protect him, he would not be able to sleep well when he returned home. When I thought about it, there really was no way out, so I couldn't help but sigh, quite disappointed. Suddenly he remembered Bi Xuansheng who had quietly come here not long ago, and asked:
"Brother Zhang, do you know the new master Bi Xuansheng from Feng Haijiao's place?"
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