The bright moon hangs high, and the moonlight shines on the river, creating sparkling waves.
The Hutou Gang Headquarters is located on a street near the river in Dongcheng, not far from the dock. It operates two casinos and a brothel, and also pumps water from the dock cargo gang, making life quite comfortable.
Late at night, in the main hall, gang leader Wang Dazhao was lazily leaning on the chair.
Behind him stood a man holding a cooked copper stick, with a peony embroidered on each shoulder.
Wang Dazhao caressed the beautifully carved white jade tiger in his hand, and said to the three men in front of him: "Long San, Liu Mao, and Li Pu, tell me how the investigation went?"
"Gang leader, I asked more than a dozen people today, both black and white. No one knows where his family members are."
The Long San who spoke was the man in black whom Zhao Lin saw at the temple fair.
"Gang leader, the same goes for me." Liu Mao said next to Long San.
Wang Dazhao paused and said without raising his head: "What do the people from the Yamen say?"
Long San replied: "They don't know either. They only know that he sleeps in the Yamen every day, as if he has no home."
Wang Dazhao frowned, "You two have been investigating this matter for some time, right? Why haven't you found anything yet?"
Long San wiped the sweat from his head, "I guess his family members are probably no longer in Qinghe County."
Wang Dazhao lowered his face and said, "Nonsense, I also know that he is not in Qinghe County. The question is where did he go? His parents and brothers are farmers in the mountains. They are either sick or disabled. They can't get out without help!"
Long San and Liu Mao were silent. Li Pu, who had been silent until now, suddenly said: "Gang leader, I used to practice martial arts at Feihu Martial Arts Hall."
"I congratulated a senior brother on his birthday yesterday and overheard him saying that Zhao Lin was also there when he went out with the Xinglong Escort Bureau a few months ago."
Wang Dazhao raised his eyebrows and said, "Seriously? Go on!"
"Do you think it's possible that the person was transported away from the escort agency?"
Li Pu looked thoughtful, "Otherwise, it would be impossible for the three living people to escape the eyes and ears of the mountain leopard, whether they are walking by water or through the city gate."
"That makes sense!"
Wang Dazhao sat up straight and patted the white jade tiger in his hand, "We have acquaintances in the escort agency, why don't we go and ask?"
Li Pu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The people in the escort agency keep secrets first. If you ask directly, I'm afraid you won't be able to tell anything."
"But every time they send out escorts, they are accompanied by masters from martial arts schools and sects."
"Although these people don't know what the escort cargo is, they should be able to get clues by asking if the convoy transports large items, such as carriages with the curtains always drawn, or large wooden boxes that can hold people."
Wang Dazhao slapped his thigh, pointed at Long San and Liu Mao and said, "Did you hear that? You have to learn to use your brain when doing things!"
"You should follow this line to check first. If you can't find it, then think of other methods."
Long San and Liu Maolian claimed so.
Wang Dazhao waved his hand impatiently, "Hurry up. When Zhuanshan Leopard came to find me, Zhao was still a white man, but now he is a captain!"
"Damn it, I won't do this kind of job again next time..."
There was a steady sound of footsteps at the door, and a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked in.
Several members of the Hutou Gang were shocked and looked over.
"Gang Leader Wang, I heard that you are looking for my family?" Zhao Lin walked into the hall calmly.
Wang Dazhao jumped up from his chair as if his butt was burned by fire, "Captain Zhao?"
Zhao Lin said calmly: "Tell me, what do you want from my family?"
Wang Dazhao grinned and showed an honest smile: "Captain Zhao has taken office as a new officer, and our Tiger Head Gang will also be under your control, right?"
"So I wanted to give you a small gift to honor you, but I heard that Captain Zhao has been living in the Yamen and it is not convenient to send things there, so I asked about it."
Seeing Zhao Lin alone, Wang Dazhao breathed a sigh of relief.
He had heard about Zhao Lin's deeds a long time ago. He was born in the Liuhe Sect and had excellent skills, but his cultivation was only at the second level of strength, which was inferior to his own.
Coupled with the advantages of age and experience, Wang Dazhao did not feel sorry for Zhao Lin.
Moreover, his bodyguards are also at the second level of strength, and they are extremely fierce in fighting. With three subordinates, if they really want to take action, the advantage will be on their own side.
"It turns out Gang Leader Wang has good intentions."
Zhao Lin nodded, and suddenly the conversation changed, "I thought I heard the word "mountain leopard" just now.
Wang Dazhao felt a thump in his heart. He and his group were not very loud when they conspired just now. How could Zhao Lin hear it?
He quickly defended: "Captain Zhao must have heard wrongly!"
"Really?"
"Really! Captain Zhao has just eliminated harm for the people. Even though we are in a gang, we still yearn for it. How could we get mixed up with the evil-doing Beard!"
Zhao Lin seemed to believe his words and did not pursue further. He chuckled and said: "Gang Leader Wang, I heard that there is a rule in Taoism that all gangs must abide by. I want to ask you for advice."
Wang Dazhao chuckled and said, "It's out of the question to ask for advice. Captain Zhao, please give me some advice!"
Zhao Lin said with a serious expression: "This rule means that no harm comes to the family. No matter how life-and-death fights between gangs are, the other party's family members cannot be touched. Otherwise, they will be fully retaliated by the other party, and their subordinates will be alienated. Is that so?"
Wang Dazhao's expression changed, he put it on the hilt of the knife at his waist and said in a deep voice: "Captain Zhao is overthinking. How can we ordinary people dare to take ideas from your family?"
Zhao Lin smiled slightly, looked like a ghost, and suddenly rushed over, hitting Wang Dazhao hard with the iron ruler in his hand.
Wang Dazhao was so shocked that his eyes almost fell out of his head. Zhao Lin was standing five feet away a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye he was there.
The iron ruler's strong wind hit his face, which was obviously a killer move.
It was too late for him to draw the sword at this time. Just as he was about to retreat, he remembered that there was a chair behind him. He rolled over and rolled to the side in embarrassment, shouting at the same time: "Mu Sheng!"
Musheng was the name of Wang Dazhao's guard. While he was shouting, he had already taken action, waving a cooked copper stick to meet Zhao Lin's iron ruler.
There was a muffled sound of "bang", followed by a "clang".
Mu Sheng's tiger's mouth cracked, the cooked copper stick fell to the ground, and Zhao Lin's iron ruler was also bent.
Without the weapon in his hand, Mu Shenghu roared, stepped forward and punched Zhao Lin in the chest.
Zhao Lin saw the five blue-white joints on the opponent's fist and knew that he was also in the bone training period, so he gathered all his strength and punched out.
There was a crisp sound of broken bones, and Mu Sheng howled miserably and fell backwards, just sitting on Wang Dazhao's chair.
Zhao Lin didn't give the opponent a chance to breathe, and stabbed the iron ruler deeply into his chest.
"Do it and kill him!"
Wang Dazhao stood up and drew out his sword. In the blink of an eye, he saw that his guard was dead, and he couldn't help but trembled in his heart.
Isn't he at the second level of strength realm, just in the bone training period? Why is it so strong?
Wang Dazhao asked himself that he did not have this ability, but fortunately the three men were also very skilled. As long as they took advantage of the large number of people, the chance of winning was still high.
Two fists are no match for four hands, and a person's limited perspective makes it difficult to withstand attacks from the side and rear.
He made up his mind that once he killed Zhao Lin, he would fly away.
It’s a pity that this business has been operating for many years...
The three men also reacted and drew out their whistle sticks and rushed towards Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin withdrew the iron ruler and stared at Wang Dazhao. The iron ruler suddenly swung back.
As if there were eyes in the back of his head, it hit Long San, the first one who ran up, on the head with a "slap".
Long San fell to the ground without even making a sound.
Wang Dazhao was horrified, and his two men were so frightened that they stopped quickly.
