As soon as he finished speaking, he left here directly.
Looking at his back, the old snake had many thoughts.
It wasn't until a while later that someone asked tentatively: "Master Snake, what should we do now?"
The old snake thought for a moment: "Let's check first."
As he spoke, he also gestured to a man: "Ask your brothers if this has happened."
"This." The man was obviously unhappy, with a look of confusion on his face: "Master Snake, he said to the King of Hell that if he asked us to hand over people, we have to hand over people to him. How can we mess around in the future?"
"Okay, let's clarify things first." The old snake said impatiently.
"Yes." The man had to reluctantly agree.
Qinzhou is a big place. This matter may seem like finding a needle in a haystack, but it is not the case. As the saying goes, officials have official roads and bandits have gangster roads. If we start from the road, the situation will be different.
The person who stole the fan pendant was indeed a pickpocket following the old snake. Therefore, it didn't take long for him to be called over.
The pickpocket's appearance was that of a deer-headed rat. When he saw the old snake, he nodded and bowed and said, "Master Snake has called the young one here. I don't know what he wants to say."
"At the end of the day, did you steal someone else's fan pendant?" The old snake got straight to the point.
"This, yes." This is equivalent to their internal affairs, and pickpockets naturally dare not hide it.
"Bring it here." The old snake stretched out his hand.
"This..." The pickpocket hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly took out the fan pendant and handed it over.
Fortunately, he was not in a hurry to take action, but if he did, he would have been caught long ago on the official road.
Needless to say, the exquisiteness of this jade pendant is not only a rare and beautiful jade, but also made by a famous craftsman. Although Old Snake is doing well in the world, he is not a person who has seen much of the world. With his status , it is even more impossible to see that this is related to the Lu family.
But even a fool can understand that this jade must be worth a lot of money. After the old snake took it, he looked at it carefully and couldn't help but said: "This pendant is probably worth hundreds of taels of silver..."
What he didn't know was that this jade pendant couldn't be bought for ten thousand gold, but when the people around him heard this, they were shocked. The pickpocket's eyes even shone, and he quickly said to please: "Master Snake, this pendant is for the villain Shun Shun." Of course I have to show my respect to you when I come, but you can’t monopolize it either.”
The old snake glanced at him: "Did you know that King Qi Yan came here before, looking for the whereabouts of this pendant?"
"Ah?" The pickpocket's expression changed.
Someone else said: "Master Snake, this is hundreds of taels of silver, maybe more than this price! We gave it to him with just one word from Qi Ying? What do you think, brothers?"
"What do you mean?"
"This pendant will keep my brothers happy for a while. If King Qi comes back tomorrow, the worst he can do is say he didn't find it, so what can he do?" the man said.
"Yes, Lord Snake..." Everyone agreed.
"Well..." Old Snake rolled his eyes and pondered.
The next morning, Wuwei Mansion.
Qi Ying didn't just find Lao She. He had set up a dragnet in all gambling shops and pawn shops. Most thieves have a bad habit of gambling. As soon as this pendant appears, they will be caught immediately.
But he still placed the important line with Old Snake.
Not long after, his follower walked in, and Qi Ying also asked directly: "Is there no news from Old Snake and the others?"
"There's no movement." The follower returned.
Qi Ying frowned. He understood both black and white. He had a wide network of contacts among the three religions and nine schools. Otherwise, Qi Ying would not have the reputation of King of Hell. He knew what the old snakes were doing, and there was no news yet. This It can only mean that the other party is playing tricks.
Thinking of this, he immediately stood up: "Call Captain Liu and the others over."
"Yes!" The follower took the order and left.
Soon, a group of low-level officers gathered in the hall.
Qi Ying didn't say any nonsense. He stood sideways in front of the detailed map of Qinzhou and marked an area on the map with his sword: "Jiangdong District, all gambling houses, brothels, and places where three religions and nine streams mingle, on the grounds of routine inspection, Seize them all.”
"Act now!"
"Yes!" All the officers clasped their fists together.
Following the issuance of this order, the Wuwei Mansion dispatched a large number of soldiers, divided into dozens of teams, and swept through the entire East Street District in just one morning.
Under the thunderous tactics, countless gangsters were caught and many shops were ransacked.
In the courtyard where dragons and snakes were mixed, a young man ran in in a panic: "Master Snake is in trouble, all our shops have been seized by the government, and dozens of brothers have been arrested. …”
"What!?" When the old snake heard this, he couldn't sit still. After reacting, he took a deep breath, tried to calm down, and said quietly: "It seems that King Qi Yan is not joking this time. That pendant is indeed very important."
"Master Snake, what should we do now?" The little guy looked nervous and anxious.
"Let me think about it." The old snake raised his hand and began to pace back and forth.
He was completely toasting people without eating and being punished with wine. Wuwei Mansion specializes in dealing with scoundrels.
To put it bluntly, whether the old snake can live in Qinzhou depends on whether Qi Ying will give him a piece of food.
This time he played like this, which obviously annoyed the latter.
Before he could decide whether to hand over the fan pendant or not, there was the sound of neat running outside, and then, Qi Ying led a large number of soldiers and broke into the place.
Seeing this scene, the little guy couldn't help but take a few steps back.
The old snake immediately put on a smile and stepped forward: "Oh, Mr. Qi, what are you doing..."
"Where is the fan pendant?" Qi Ying asked directly.
"Here, after Mr. Qi gave the order yesterday, the villain has handed over the explanation, but up to now, there is no news." The old snake showed an embarrassed look on his face, not that he didn't want to hand it over, but that he didn't dare to hand it over at this time.
After listening, Qi Ying nodded, then pulled out the sword from the waist of a soldier behind him, handed it back to the old snake with the handle of the knife, and stepped forward and forced it into the latter's hand, making him hold it. Got the sword.
The old snake didn't know why. He instinctively held the sword and looked confused. At that moment, he was a little unresponsive.
As a result, Qi Ying immediately took a few steps back and said in a cold voice: "Old snake, how dare you resist arrest, hold a sharp knife, want to kill officers and soldiers, and openly confront the country!"
ah! ? Hearing this, the old snake's face suddenly turned pale, and then he came back to his senses. His hands trembled, and he quickly threw the sword away. At the same time, he shouted in a trembling voice: "Master Qi, how dare I be an enemy of the country? You You can’t frame a villain..."
Qi Ying ignored him, waved his hand forward and said: "Take it! Tomorrow at noon, behead him in public!"
"No!" The soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward.
Under such circumstances, the old snake screamed, knelt on the ground, and said repeatedly: "Master Qi, please forgive me, I will return the fan pendant immediately, return it immediately..."
