In the northwest of Guangzhou Prefecture, there is a dangerous mountain called Baiteng Gang. Not far from the hill, there is a waterway.
On weekdays, this place is also quite lively, because many travelers coming to Guangzhou by water will choose to disembark at the landing port here, and then they can enter the city after walking for about half a day.
Of course, this "liveliness" is only during the day.
After all, there was no electricity in those days. Except for the Fireworks Willow Alley and some special places, there were very few places in the city that were still open after dark, let alone places outside the city.
But tonight, there is something unusual about this place...
I saw more than thirty men in uniform uniforms, thick and ugly, with ugly faces, all equipped with weapons and torches, and they had gathered here since the evening.
At first glance, this group of people is not a good-natured person. They are obviously waiting for someone here.
Who are you waiting for?
Naturally, we have to wait for Shuangxie and the others.
According to the original estimate of this group of people, the Cangdu gang's boat should arrive around Youshi, but before they knew it, they waited eagerly until Haishi.
"Alai, it's been this hour and there's still no sign... Is the information from the spies wrong?" Looking at the almost dark water, Zu Tingfeng, who had been waiting impatiently, finally turned to the person next to him. Alai, the capable man, asked.
"Gang leader, the news must be correct. Several spies saw the boat when it passed Mafang Village and the mouth of Sanshui River in the afternoon. If they took a detour, they would definitely be discovered." Alai replied.
"Then what you mean is that they deliberately stopped on the river and didn't come over?" Zu Tingfeng paused and then said, "Or...what happened to their boat on the last stretch of the road?"
"This..." Alai was not a drone, so how could he know what was going on.
Zu Tingfeng didn't really want him to answer, he just wanted to hear what his subordinates thought of his two guesses, and complained along the way.
Coincidentally, just as they were talking about this, a sharp-eyed person among the gang members on the bank who was responsible for looking out saw the shadows of several boats approaching on the river.
"Gang leader! Here we come!" The gang members stared at him for a few more seconds. After confirming that they were right, he shouted loudly.
At this point in time, there are generally no ferries or cargo ships continuing to sail on the water, and the shadows of the fishermen’s boats and fishing boats are not that big; only the boats on the Green Forest Road can still sail and return in the middle of the night. Dare to drive...
Therefore, just by seeing the shadow, you can basically conclude that this is someone from the Cangdu Gang.
"Hmph... I finally waited." Once he heard that he had not waited in vain, Zu Tingfeng's anger immediately subsided.
He quickly regained his composure, straightened his expression, walked slowly to the landing port, took a pose, and was ready to implement his plan to "receive the wind and wash away the dust".
What is this ancestor Tingfeng’s plan? It's very simple. He just wants to cut off the "only way" for Shuangxue, take over Shuangxue before Hao Jingyu and the government, and please go back and entertain him.
If he can successfully win over the other party during this period, that would be great; even if he fails, he can still conduct the first test of these two "third parties specially invited by the government".
In addition, after other forces heard that Shuang Xie had gone to his place first, they would probably suspect that "Shuang Xie had been won over by Zu Tingfeng", which invisibly pushed Shuang Xie to Zu Tingfeng's side. .
It can be said that Zu Tingfeng's preemptive strategy is invincible. Tonight, as long as he successfully gets the person to his place, regardless of whether he can win over the other person, his goal will be achieved.
Dong——呲——
After a while, with waves of wooden boats scraping against the stone shore, the Cangdu Gang's boats docked one after another.
Without even touching the handle of the boat, the members of the Zhenyun Gang on the shore (Zu Tingfeng is the leader of the Zhenyun Gang) helped the other party tie the boat rope.
"Soaring into the sky, clouds dominate the five mountains."
"The sound shakes the world and travels across the world."
Although both parties have guessed the identity of the other party, as they are both the leading gangs on the "Thirteen Roads", they still have to follow the rules of the code.
After the incision was completed, a person stepped out of the boat. It seemed that he was also a small leader of the Cangdu Gang, but he was not Gan Feihong.
"A Yuan, I have met the leader of the ancestral gang." Faced with the boss of the Green Forest Road, A Yuan behaved neither humble nor overbearing.
"Well..." Zu Tingfeng's seniority and status are much higher than that of the other party, and he is not a polite and virtuous corporal like Hao Jingyu, so even if the other party has cupped his fists and offered his hand, and took the initiative to say hello, the Zu Tingfeng leader only made a sound from his nostrils. nodded.
The next second, without waiting for Zu Tingfeng's instructions, Alai stepped forward and said the lines he had prepared: "Brother Yuan, today our gang leader personally brings people to pick up the wind for you, why is your bow and sword double You don't even show your face? Isn't this too disrespectful?"
His first sentence set him up.
The implication is: Let the people named Gan and Dong Xie and Xi Du come out quickly, stop hiding them, otherwise we will fall out.
Zu Tingfeng originally thought that a small character like A Yuan would not be able to cope with such a situation. As long as he exerted a little pressure, the other party would do what he wanted, but he did not expect...
"Ha..." A Yuan actually looked confident. He chuckled and replied politely and calmly, "Brother Lai, you have misunderstood. Our Cangdu Gang has always treated Comrade Lu Lin very well. Treating each other with courtesy, how can you deliberately deny face? It's just..." He paused for half a second, and the expression on his face seemed to be unbearable, "Our brother Gan is not on these ships now."
"What?" Alai's expression changed slightly when he heard this.
Zu Tingfeng’s expression behind him also darkened.
But A Yuan's words were not finished yet: "Brother Gan had already disembarked from the boat with the two young heroes Sun and Huang and several of their companions the day before yesterday, and changed to take the land route. According to their footsteps... I think it will be here before noon today. Have you entered the city already?"
"This... you..." Alai looked speechless.
"What? Brother Lai doesn't believe it?" A Yuan said, "otherwise, would you please follow us to the ship to check it out?"
"No need." Zu Tingfeng finally told the other party at this time, "Since there is no fate, then that's it."
After all, he is a green forest lord, and he quickly accepted the fact that he was put in a different position, and turned his depression into a smile, saying coldly: "Hmph... I have always heard that East and West are poisonous, clever and calculating, and behave surly. Today Zu is also I’ve seen a thing or two…”
As Zu Tingfeng said this, he turned back and prepared to lead the team away.
There is nothing here anymore that he wants, and staying any longer would be self-inflicted.
But before leaving, he still left a message as if he was talking to himself: "I want to see if they can even figure out the way Gong Lianjun died."
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At the same time, in Guangzhou City, there was a certain guard in Jinyi Guards.
A room, a few bright lights.
A table of mahjong, four men.
These four people... one is in white satin, one is in a police officer's uniform, one has no eyes, and one has no neck.
"Haha~ I drew 30,000! What a fool!" Sun Yixie pushed down another hand. This was the fifteenth hand he won tonight.
Although Huang Donglai, who was sitting on his left, looked a little unhappy, he was not panicking, because based on his friendship with Brother Sun, no matter how much he lost, he could still owe, delay... and eventually give up.
But the man in white and the one in the police uniform looked solemn...
"Huh? You two lost all your money again? It's okay, it's okay. I still have some banknotes here. You two can keep playing with them." Seeing the two people's frowning expressions, Sun Yixie stretched out his hand without hesitation. Got into the sleeves and prepared to pay.
"No, no, no... Sun Shaoxia..." Bai Zhulong, the chief arrester of Guangzhou Prefecture, is supposed to have a lot of money, but he really lost miserably tonight. If he asks Brother Sun to "borrow" him like this again... even if The other party didn't charge interest, so he couldn't stand it anymore.
As for the man in white...it was okay; although he was covered in cold sweat, he had not lost his composure.
After all, he is a "Vice Thousand Household", and his family wealth is not comparable to that of a head catcher.
Of course, Brother Sun's wealth is not comparable to that of a thousand households...
"Haha...Sun Shaoxia is so good at playing cards that Li is willing to lose."
Now that the book is here, let’s not give it away. This Deputy Li Qianhu is the man in white who appears many times in our story in this volume. His name is Li Chongda. He has been dealing with Green Forest Road for many years. He can be said to be in charge of special tasks. A veteran of this "anti-gang group".
He had a little friendship with Yun Shili from "Wind, Cloud, Water and Moon", so he heard a lot of anecdotes about Sun and Huang from the latter. This time, he also relied on this relationship, Only then did he ask Sun and Huang to do this.
However, Li Chongda never expected that as soon as the Cangdu Gang brought Shuangxie into the city, the two men would leave their companions with Hao Jingyu, and then find themselves in the guardhouse without hesitation. Moreover, they also offered to let Li Chongda bring in the local snake in the city, namely Bai Baotou, to "discuss countermeasures."
After being messed with by these two guys, wouldn't Li Chongda's move of asking the Cangdu Gang to act as "white gloves" for him to avoid suspicion become unnecessary? Wouldn't it be faster if he simply asked the officials to escort them?
What's even more outrageous is that after Li Chongda called Bai Zhulong over, Shuangxi didn't talk to them about business. He just took them to have a meal together, and then suggested that they all go for a "swim in the dry water" to connect with each other. .
This way of not treating himself as a guest caught Li Chongda off guard. He couldn't help but ask himself: Is it you or me who is talking about this?
But he wanted to think about it, because the things Shuangxi put forward were not excessive demands. In addition, he was asking for something from others, so he cooperated with them.
As for this cooperation...he and Bai Baotou exported thousands of taels of silver within a few hours.
"Hahaha, it's just good luck." Sun Yixie replied with a smile, "Don't take the money you owe me seriously... Huh? Hahahaha..."
After Li Chongda and Bai Zhulong heard this, they were thinking in their hearts: Why don't you feel relieved that I owe you so much gambling debt for no reason? We are shameless people, and we are also members of a public family. If you tell people everywhere that we owe you a debt and refuse to repay it, how can we still get along?
"Uh... Sun Shaoxia." Li Chongda felt that he might go bankrupt if he continued like this, so he quickly put down the cards on the table and started talking about the topic, "We have been playing this game for a long time, so let's talk about the case. .”
"That's right." When Bai Zhulong heard this, he quickly agreed, "What Mr. Li said is absolutely true. Let Mr. Bai talk about this case first..."
Before he finished half of his sentence, Huang Donglai interrupted: "What the hell, why do you want to make it so complicated? Let those old guys choose which one is which, and who dares to come out to cause trouble? Just grab them for target practice."
Before he finished speaking, Sun Yixie raised his eyebrows and continued: "Hey~ Brother Huang, you can't say that. If you kill one gang, another gang will rise. If you kill one young and Dangerous boy, another one will show up." Then, he glanced at Li Chongda at the opposite table and Bai Zhulong on his right, "Master Li and the others want 'calm weather, stability and prosperity', and they cannot solve the problem by 'shooting the lead'."
Huang Donglai obviously memorized the words very well, so he continued: "Huh... Lu Lindao, why do you want to choose the leader, like in the old Zhu family, where the father passes on to the son, so there is no need to argue?"
Sun Yixie continued: "The choice of the leader was a hundred years before the chief minister of the dynasty started the voting process. If it is not decided for a day, this road will not be peaceful for a day."
These two guys were talking to each other, and they played a rehearsed children's play, which made Li Chongda and Bai Zhulong feel numb.
Li Chongda thought: "The slang of these two people is very good. I have been dealing with Green Forest Road for decades, and there are many words that I have heard for the first time. The key is that among the ones I can understand...many of them are... These are the following rebellious and treasonous words. You two are saying such nonsense in front of me, a royal guard, do you really not treat me as an outsider? Or do you not treat me as a human being?"
Just when Li Chongda was thinking about whether he should arrest these two people for interrogation first, Huang Donglai took advantage of the situation and said to him: "Master Li, in total, this matter is of great importance. The two of us have little experience. , My ability is average, I’m afraid... I’m embarrassed to take on such a heavy responsibility?”
"Hey! Are you waiting here for me?" When Li Chongda heard this, he realized that these two people wanted to negotiate terms.
Bai Zhulong is also a shrewd and capable man, and he also understood: these two boys started messing around, making us eat and drink, and when we got excited, they said they wanted to play mahjong, and then they coaxed us to owe them a large sum of money. After the gambling was over, we started to exaggerate our serious affairs, and then retreated in order to advance, pretending to shirk... Now if we dare to be aggressive with them, they will say that we are using power for personal gain. They plotted to murder young Jianghu heroes after squandering a small amount of gambling debt, and we have to entrust them to do the work, and they have to raise the price... Hmm... this East and West poison really lives up to its reputation.
"Young Master Huang, you're too modest..." After a few seconds, Li Chongda weighed it up and finally spoke again, "You two must handle this matter..." At this point, he turned to Bai Zhulong and threw a With a helpless look, he said in a tone that was almost gritting his teeth, "If there is anything you need help from Mr. Li and Mr. Bai... just ask..."
