"Here, that's the one you want to kill." Ye Mingyue pursed her lips in the direction of Zhang Xiaopou.
"He wants to join the Six Sects? Which one?" Heipao Ke mistakenly thought that Zhang Xiaozu wanted to join the Six Sects and make the Six Sects bigger and stronger.
"No, he doesn't want to join the Six Sects, he wants to make half of their bandits bigger and stronger." Ye Mingyue explained.
"His big bandit with only five people?" Hei Pao Ke sneered disdainfully.
"No, there are six people now. I, Ye Mingyue, am the leader of half of the bandits." Ye Mingyue introduced herself solemnly.
"Haha——" Hei Pao Ke couldn't help but sneer. He didn't believe Ye Mingyue's words at all. He raised his feet and took a step back. His body suddenly disappeared into the void and said: "You've had enough fun and come to the Shadow Gate to find me. I'm the deputy master of the Shadow Gate." I will keep you for one year."
"No need, I don't care about it." Ye Mingyue curled her lips and dismissed the position of deputy master of the Shadow Sect.
Then he straightened his clothes, smoothed his hair, moistened his red lips, twisted his waist, and walked towards Zhang Xiaozu and the others.
"Second Master, are you short of money?" She walked closer and asked Niu Dawa, looking familiar.
"Que!" Niu Dawa nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"I have a big deal that requires no capital, are you interested?" Ye Mingyue gave Niu Dawa a "you know" look.
"How old?" Niu Dawa immediately became interested.
Ye Mingyue glanced around cautiously, then stretched out five fingers and said in a low voice: "Five million taels of snowflake silver."
"Done!" Niu Dawa said with eyes shining.
"——You just did it!" Zhang Xiaozhu shouted with eyes wide open.
"What's wrong?" Niu Dawa asked.
Zhang Xiaozu said angrily: "You didn't ask her who she was? What did she do? You just agreed without hesitation, and you weren't afraid of being taken into a ditch by her."
Niu Dawa held her chin and looked Ye Mingyue up and down, and said thoughtfully: "What bad intentions can there be in someone who is so beautiful?"
"——" Zhang Xiaozu became angry and kicked Niu Dawa away.
"Giggle--" Ye Mingyue was so happy that she glanced sideways at Zhang Xiaopeng and said happily: "Listen to this person's speaking level. You don't know how many levels higher it is. You have nothing to do and read more books to improve your cultural literacy. "
"Fuck! I know a lot more words than him." Zhang Xiaozhu said unconvinced.
"Vulgar, vulgar. This beauty disdains your company." Ye Mingyue looked disgusted, then twisted her waist to find Niu Dawa.
"——" Zhang Xiaozhu had the urge to vomit blood.
"May I ask what the beauty's name is? Where did she live? Oh no, where is her hometown?" Niu Dawa asked Ye Mingyue who was walking over.
"My surname is Ye, my name is Mingyue, and I am the fifth leader of half of the bandits." Ye Mingyue replied with a smile.
"Haha, what a coincidence, I am half the leader of the bandit group." Niu Dawa said happily.
"I have admired you for a long time." Ye Mingyue quickly held her hands.
"Nice to meet you." Niu Dawa responded politely, and then asked in a low voice: "You just said you have no business?"
"There are so many people here, why not find a secluded place, get a pot of good wine and two side dishes, and let's talk while drinking." Ye Mingyue said.
"Very good. Very good." Niu Dawa nodded in agreement.
"please!"
"please!"
"——" Looking at the retreating figures of Niu Dawa and Ye Mingyue, Zhang Xiaozhu was about to cry but had no tears. He lowered his head and looked at Zhou Jianlai, who was lying on the ground sleeping soundly. He couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "It is said that those who are close to the red will be red. Those who are close to ink are black, sincerely don’t deceive me.”
He thought that Niu Dawa was infected by Zhou Jianlai and began to make mistakes intermittently. Little did he know that he himself often made mistakes.
"Hey, why are you still standing there? Get that drunkard on your back and leave. With the old man watching over you, who else dares to bully us in the imperial capital?" Niu Dawa, who had walked far away, shouted at Zhang Xiaopeng.
"What a fool." Zhang Xiaozu muttered unhappily, then picked up Zhou Jian and chased after him.
Jiang Han quickly followed up and said, "Mr. Zhang, His Royal Highness has prepared wine and food in the Wuwei camp. He sincerely invites the three young gentlemen to drink fine wine together. I sincerely ask the three young gentlemen to appreciate it."
His words were polite and sincere, no longer condescending, and his attitude towards Zhang Xiaopou had obviously changed.
This change was not because of how powerful Zhang Xiaozu and Niu Dawa showed, but because of Zhang Butcher's attitude towards them.
Jiang Han eagerly wanted to help Su Hui establish a close relationship with Zhang Xiaozhu and Niu Dawa, and wanted to win the support of Butcher Zhang through them.
If he could win the support of Butcher Zhang, then no one would be able to shake Su Hui's position as crown prince.
"Thank you for your kindness, His Royal Highness."
"But when I think of your father and son instructing Tuozhou Jiedushi Guang Jingshuo to collude with water thieves to rob the southern border of disaster food, causing countless starving deaths on the southern border, I feel extremely angry."
"So I won't drink anymore. His Royal Highness's wine burns people's hearts."
Zhang Xiaozhu rejected Jiang Han's kind invitation.
Jiang Han couldn't help but frown, because Zhang Xiaozhu's words were full of unabashed disgust and hatred for Su Hui.
This is not good news.
Jiang Han frowned and thought for a moment, and then said: "I will convey the young master's words to His Highness the Crown Prince. I believe that His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely give the Young Master a satisfactory answer."
After that, he left quickly.
…
Butcher Zhang returned to Beijing.
This breaking news spread to every corner of the imperial capital in just half an hour.
It was like an extraterrestrial meteorite that smashed into the bottomless lake of the Imperial Capital, causing huge waves in the lake and boiling the entire lake.
Zhang Xiaozu carried Zhou Jianlai on his back, walked into the imperial capital city from the main south gate with Niu Dawa and Ye Mingyue, stepping on the afterglow of dusk.
Those who coveted the Bright Sword had no choice but to give up after learning that Zhang Xiaozu, Niu Dawa and Zhang Butcher had a close relationship.
"Help—help—"
"You damn scoundrels, I'll fight you!"
"I've clearly paid back the money I owe you. I've paid it back. Let my daughter go, let us go."
As they walked to Zhaofu Street, the shrill calls for help, roars and cries and pleas caught Zhang Xiaopou's attention.
He frowned sharply.
There were two groups of people fighting and fighting each other on the street.
To be precise, it was not a fight, but a group of people beating up a middle-aged man.
Next to him was a man with a goatee, holding a beautiful girl in his hand.
The woman cried for help and struggled desperately to break free from the goatee man's grip.
However, she had no strength to restrain her and was firmly grasped by the iron-like hands of the goatee man.
A woman was kneeling in front of the goatee man, sobbing and pleading, begging him to let her daughter go.
A group of spectators gathered around, pointing and talking, but no one dared to step forward to stop the Goatee group's atrocities.
Zhang Xiaozhu had seen Goatee's group. They were the same group of people who were collecting debts on the street this morning. They claimed to be from the Guojiu Mansion.
Zhang Xiaozhu had also seen the three people who were being bullied. They were none other than the family of three who were being debt-collected by Goatee's group that morning.
So Zhang Xiaozu frowned, because he had obviously helped this family of three pay off their debts, but now this group of people came to collect debts again.
"You cunning woman -" The man with the goatee got angry when the woman knelt in front of him and tore him apart. With a fierce look in his eyes, he kicked the woman to the ground, then shook his left hand at the crowd of onlookers. A piece of yellowed paper shouted: "Everyone, look at it carefully. The IOU is written in black and white, and the fingerprint of Mr. Zhao is clearly printed on it.
A loan of seventy-five taels of snowflake silver was to be repaid in three years with interest. If the debt was not repaid, the daughter would be sold to repay the debt.
Now that the three-year period has expired, the principal plus interest totals eighty taels.
Folks, after borrowing seventy-five taels for three years, the interest increased by only fifty taels. It was only five taels.
If it weren't for our uncle's kindness and charity, how could such good things happen.
If you don't believe it, you can try borrowing money from an underground bank. If you borrow five taels, you will end up with at least 20 taels with interest in one year.
Borrowing seventy-five taels for three years only earns five taels of interest. What is the difference between this and lending it to you for free?
But this Zhao Laosi actually acted like a rogue. Forget about eighty taels, he was not even willing to pay back eighty taels.
Our Uncle Guo is indeed kind-hearted and charitable, but you can't treat Uncle Guo as a fool and take advantage of him.
If a good person like Uncle Guo is chilled in his heart, then who will dare to be a good person or a good person in the future?
Guys, tell me, can you chill our uncle? "
"cannot."
The emotions of the crowd of onlookers were aroused by the goatee man. Many people stared at the family of three with hatred, treating them as scoundrels who cheated money, and wished that they would be punished immediately.
But some people frowned, feeling sorry for the family of three, because these people happened to be present when Zhang Xiaozu helped the family of three pay off their debts in the morning.
But they only dare to feel unfair in their hearts.
They have no guts about the uncle's house.
"Should we fulfill the contract in accordance with the IOU written in black and white and let our good uncle Guo suffer some losses?" the goatee man asked again.
"Yes." Ten or twenty people responded in unison.
The woman was kicked in the chest by the man with the goatee and was knocked out of breath. She curled up on the ground for a long time before she got up. Her face had turned purple from the suffocation. If she had held it in for a while longer, she would have died of suffocation.
"Wow--"
As soon as the woman regained her breath, she threw herself in front of the man with the goatee and howled loudly. While crying, she said: "We have paid off the debt to the uncle, we have paid it off! You are here to collect the debt this morning -"
"You cunning woman, you started talking nonsense again!" The man with the goatee kicked her over again.
The woman huddled on the ground, her face turned purple, and she slapped her chest with both hands. She opened her mouth wide and tried to breathe, but her chest seemed to be blocked by something, and she couldn't take a breath no matter how hard she breathed.
"Mother - mother - wu wu - dad - dad - wu wu -" The girl seemed to be so frightened that she lost her mind and couldn't say a single word. She could only cry for father and mother.
The man with the goatee looked at the twitching woman curled up on the ground, a hint of malice and pride flashed deep in his eyes.
On the surface, his kick didn't seem to use much force, but in fact it used a little secret force. It would be easy to kick an ordinary woman to death.
The previous kick was a mistake, causing the woman to get up again, so he added a little more force to this kick to ensure nothing went wrong.
But just when he was feeling smug, someone squeezed out from the crowd of onlookers, walked up to the woman in a few steps, knelt down and slapped her on the back, causing the woman to cough violently and catch her breath.
The goatee man's eyes were about to get angry, and he cursed in his heart: "Where did you come from, you bastard? How dare you interfere in the affairs of the uncle's house?"
He was about to scold him, but when he saw the face of the nosy person, he was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "It's you!"
"Yes, what a coincidence." Zhang Xiaozu stood up and smiled at the goatee man.
"It's a coincidence." The goatee man sneered, then his eyes turned cold, and he said in a gloomy tone: "Boy, I remember reminding you this morning and asking you to stay away from the affairs of the uncle's house. Did you forget it so quickly? ?”
