At the east gate of Lingqiu, several gate soldiers sat lazily in the shade of the gate opening, opening their lapels and fanning themselves with their hands.
The chief flag officer sat on a bench, with a square table in front of him, with a teapot and a teacup on it. He was fanning the cattail leaf fan in his hand and taking a sip of tea from the teacup from time to time.
"It's so damn hot, the sky is breaking, and it's not even raining." The flag officer raised his head and looked at the sky.
A soldier on the side said feebly: "If the heat continues like this, the seedlings in the field will dry up."
A soldier answered: "I heard that there are several large water trucks collecting water in Xujiazhuang. Grain production in other places has decreased this year, but the grain production in Xujiazhuang has not decreased, but is better than previous years."
"It's easy to eat carrots and don't worry about it." The chief flag officer said, "Your family's land is not in Xujiazhuang, so why are you worrying so much? Get up and stand up. If the Qianhu adults see your current behavior, be careful to beat you. board."
One by one, the soldiers stood up lazily, leaning on the city gate listlessly with spears in their hands.
tread! tread! tread……
The sound of horse hoofbeats came from far and near, and the flag officer turned to look over.
Dust was flying in the distance. First there was a fast horse, followed by a team of dozens of people.
Soon, the team from afar came to the city gate. The man on the horse raised his hand and said: "Master, I hope it's convenient for you. This is some money, Master, keep it for tea."
After saying this, the man took out two broken pieces of silver from his arms and threw them to the flag officer.
"Easy to say, easy to say." The chief flag officer put away the money and said with a smile on his face, "You may enter the city, but try to cover up the blunderbuss in your hands. The people in the city are so talkative that it will not reach the ears of the garrison. Great."
"Thank you so much, Master." Zhao Wu cupped his fists and said, "Drive!"
Knocking the horse's belly with both feet, he rode into the city.
The thirty-odd people who came with him stood in two lines and followed him into the city.
When they walked away, a soldier came up to the flag officer and whispered: "Damn it, these Tiger Flag people don't mind the heat. On a hot day, everyone is actually wearing cotton armor."
"Okay, why bother with such noisy business!" the chief flag officer scolded.
He looked in the direction of the people with the Tiger Flag in the distance and murmured to himself: "It's such a troubled time. I don't know who provoked these murderous gods."
The people in Laicai Gambling House had no idea that a group of people had already approached them.
"Place your bet, place your bet... If you buy it, leave it, if you buy it, leave it."
"Big! Big! Big! Big!"
"Open, leopard, the dealer takes all."
In a room next to the gambling house, Xiao Qi stood in it, and opposite him sat the Fourth Master.
Xiao Qi said respectfully: "Fourth Master, I have inquired. In addition to Han Guangsan of Hanjiazhuang, there are several other families who have received pensions from the Tiger Flag. If we can get the pension money, it will be at least one or two hundred taels." .”
The Fourth Master put down his teacup, rubbed his chin, and said, "You do this without leaving any trace. Zhang Laifu's method is good. As long as you let these families write IOUs, you won't be afraid that you won't be able to squeeze out any money in the end."
"I understand, little one." Xiao Qi responded.
At this time, a bang was heard, and there seemed to be the sound of a gunshot in the gambling house, and then there were the sounds of chairs overturned, tables turned over and gamblers' screams coming from inside the gambling house.
The Fourth Master's face sank, "Xiao Qi, take people out to see who is so bold as to dare to cause trouble in our Laicai Gambling Shop. If you catch someone, chop off their hands and throw them into the street."
From time to time, gamblers who lost everything would come to the gambling house to cause trouble, so he was not too worried.
"You guys, follow me." Xiao Qi waved to the men in the room.
As soon as he left the room, he cursed: "Who the hell..."
Halfway through his words, his throat seemed to be strangled, and he choked on the next words.
In the gambling house, there were more than a dozen big men with swords on their waists and blunderbuss in their hands.
As soon as he went out, he was hit on the head with a blunderbuss.
"Hero, if you have anything to say, please speak carefully. Watch out for this thing to go off fire!" Xiaoqi raised his hands, level with his shoulders, and his heart was beating wildly.
"Come here, squat over there!" The gunman tilted his head inside the casino.
"Easy to say, easy to say."
Xiao Qi took a few big men around him, walked to the gambling house, and squatted with the gamblers inside.
The hand holding the gun on the side lifted up the curtain of the room where Xiao Qi came out. When he saw the fourth master inside, he raised the mouth of the gun and scolded: "Put down the knife, hold your head and come out."
The Fourth Master knew something was wrong when he heard Xiao Qi's voice. Unfortunately, as soon as he picked up the knife and prepared to break out, he was pointed at by a blunderbuss that reached into the room.
The match rope on the blunderbuss has been lit and is ready to be fired at any time.
There was only a few steps between the two sides, and Fourth Master knew that no matter how fast he was, he couldn't beat the opponent's blunderbuss speed.
He had no choice but to drop the knife in his hand, put his head in his hands and walked out of the house.
There were two floors in Laicai Gambling House. The gunman drove everyone out of several rooms and drove them to the lobby on the first floor.
"Guard Zhao, everyone who came to Caicai Gambling House is here." The captain of the Fire Gun Team came to Zhao Wu and said.
Zhao Wu took two steps forward, holding a blunderbuss in his hand. He glanced at the dark head in front of him and said, "Who is Zhang Laifu? Come forward."
After asking, no one answered.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhao Wu's mouth, he raised his blunderbuss, pointed it at the gambling table next to him, and pulled the trigger.
boom!
Sawdust flew up from the gaming table, and there was a hole in it.
"Ask me again, who is Zhang Laifu? Stand up yourself, don't wait for me to take action." Zhao Wuhe asked.
Reload the gunpowder with gunpowder and iron beads in your hand, and tamp it down with a rod.
"I, I am Zhang Laifu." A thin man stood up from the crowd squatting on the ground.
Zhao Wu pointed with his hand and said: "Go over there and squat with your head in your hands."
Zhang Laifu walked out of the crowd shivering, staggered to an open space and squatted down.
Zhao Wu stopped looking at him and continued: "Who else went to Han Zhuangzi to force Han Guangsan to write an IOU? Please stand up."
Xiao Qi in the crowd felt her heart skip a beat, knowing that something had happened. The people holding gunshots in front of her were most likely people from the Tiger Flag.
Thinking of this, he looked at the fourth master not far away for help.
Fourth Master did not look at Xiao Qi at all, his head was buried deeply between his legs.
"It doesn't matter if you don't come out." Zhao Wu snorted coldly, then turned to Zhang Laifu and said, "Who is Han Zhuangzi who went with you in Laicai Gambling House? Point it out to me."
"Yes, yes." Zhang Laifu stuttered in response, stood up slowly, looked around at the crowd squatting on the ground on the other side, and finally fell on Xiao Qi, and said, "Qi, Qi Ye, come out on your own. Bar!"
Xiao Qi knew that she couldn't hide, so she stood up from the ground bravely.
"There's more!" Zhao Wuhe asked.
He got the news that Zhang Laifu and Xiao Qi were not the only people going to Hanzhuangzi.
The thugs who went to Hanzhuangzi's gambling house with Xiao Qi knew they couldn't escape and stood up one by one.
