Zhu said that he acted vigorously and resolutely. To resolve his doubts, he briefly communicated with Magistrate Jiang and then planned to go to Li Chunlin's former residence. Jiang Zhixian nodded and said, "Then I will arrange for a government servant to go with you."
Zhu Shuo shook his head and said: "Not many people know me now. If I bring a government servant there, it will be easy to alert the snake."
Jiang Zhixian thought for a moment, then approached Zhu Shuo and said mysteriously: "There is a man named Ding Xiaowu, who looks like he is in his early twenties. His family sells breakfast. I specially arranged for him to be in the west of the city to monitor Regarding the situation with the Yiyang Gang, Li Chunlin's home happens to be in the west of the city, so you can meet him. Don't worry, he is definitely trustworthy."
Zhu Shuo nodded and went to the west of the city alone, to the address of Li Chunlin's home. Zhu said he found Li Chunlin's home based on the location recorded in the archives. Zhu said he didn't know what Li Chunlin's previous house looked like, but what he saw now was a spacious single courtyard. Above the majestic mahogany door, the word "Guo Mansion" is hung. From the outside, you can see the luxurious two-story building inside. The other houses adjacent to it on the left and right are about ten feet away from the "Guo Mansion". In the aisle, Zhu said he felt a little unhappy and murmured: "I don't know how many people have been oppressed by such a luxurious mansion."
Zhu said he found a tea shed nearby and sat down, ordered a pot of herbal tea and watched what was going on in the Guo Mansion. Although there were occasional entries and exits, there were no other abnormalities. The proprietress of the tea shed put herbal tea and some food on the table. Zhu Shuo stopped the proprietress and asked: "Madam proprietress, there used to be a man named Li Chunlin here. Do you know?"
When the proprietress heard Li Chunlin's name, she showed a regretful expression on her face and said, "Why don't you recognize me? That Guo Mansion, the place in the middle, used to be his home. But, alas~"
Zhu said: "Oh? Then why is it now the Guo Mansion?"
The landlady said: "This year ago, Li Chunlin owed money to Mr. Guo. In the end, he had no choice but to pay off the debt with his family's house and land. What a pity."
"Guo Laoer?"
"Oh, I see you are from out of town, maybe you don't know. There is a Yiyang Gang in our city. The current gang leader is Guo Renjie. He has a younger brother named Guo Zixiong. People in the past called him Guo Laoer. Now it's a little bit... When you are able, let others call him Mr. Guo Er. It’s really like putting a green onion in a pig’s nose and pretending to be an elephant.”
"That's right. Then why do you say it's a pity?"
"Li Chunlin's family used to live across the street from mine. He was a motivated and hard-working person. Over the past few years, he earned some money and renovated his old house. Later, he owed He gave Guo Laoer 500 taels of silver. For this matter, he went to the government, and the government finally sentenced him to pay back the money to Guo Laoer. How could he have so much silver? He couldn't mortgage his house and land to Guo Laoer. The second child. Oh, his mother, she was not in good health to begin with, and she was so pissed off because of this."
"Then do you know how he owes this Guo Zixiong money?"
"I heard that I was gambling in a casino, so I borrowed it when I lost. In the end, I borrowed five hundred taels for some reason," the proprietress recalled.
"Thank you, boss lady, your tea is good." With that, Zhu Shuo picked up the tea bowl, took a big sip, paid for the tea, and planned to leave. Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure, the government servant Lao Zhang. Zhu said he sat down hurriedly and covered himself with other people's bodies to prevent Lao Zhang from recognizing him. Lao Zhang looked around at the passage next to Guo Mansion. After making sure there was nothing wrong, he quickly ran in.
Zhu said he got up and ran to the passage, slowly looking inside. He saw a side door next to Guo's Mansion opened, and Yamen Zhang walked in. Zhu said he was confused, "Why is that Zhang Yamen here?" Zhu said there was no reason to enter Guo Mansion, so he had to leave. As I walked, I thought, Yiyang Gang. Immediately, thinking of Ding Xiaowu mentioned by Jiang Zhixian, he asked along the road and walked to the door of Yiyang Gang. He looked around and saw a young man diagonally opposite the Yiyang Gang's gate. He was packing up the breakfast items while looking towards the Yiyang Gang's gate.
A middle-aged woman said with a complaining tone: "Xiao Wu! Clean up quickly. After cleaning up, I will help your brother pick tea leaves in the afternoon."
Zhu said that after hearing this, he confirmed that this person should be Ding Xiaowu mentioned by Jiang Zhixian.
Ding Xiaowu said: "Mom! I have something else to do in the afternoon!"
The middle-aged woman was full of anger and said, "What do you want to do this afternoon? I sent you to learn martial arts for a few years, and then asked you to work as a servant in the county government. After you didn't work for a long time, you were kicked out. Tell me what you can do!"
Zhu Shuo approached Ding Xiaowu and shouted to Ding Xiaowu: "Xiaowu, what you told me is almost done. Let's go take a look together in the afternoon."
Ding Xiaowu didn't know Zhu Shuo and looked at him suspiciously. Zhu Yuan walked over, put an arm on Ding Xiaowu's shoulder very affectionately, and whispered, "It was Magistrate Jiang who asked me to come."
When Ding Xiaowu heard this, he reacted, "Really! Then let's go take a look in the afternoon."
Ding's mother asked: "Xiaowu, who is this?"
"This is, this is," Ding Xiaowu couldn't answer for a while.
Zhu said he bowed politely to Ding's mother and said, "Hello, Auntie. It's like this. Xiaowu and I are friends, so he asked me to help him find a job. There happened to be a master , I want to find a strong porter, so I’ll call Xiaowu and let him try. The wages are pretty good."
Seeing that Zhu said he was good-looking and polite, Ding's mother believed in what he said and said with a smile: "Really? That's good. You take Xiaowu to try. He has no other abilities, but If you have some strength, you can find a job for him."
"Okay." Zhu replied.
Ding Xiaowu packed up the things and put them into the pole. Ding's mother happily picked up the pole and left. After Ding's mother left, Ding Xiaowu immediately changed his face and asked, "Who are you?"
Zhu said: "I am the master recruited by the magistrate. My name is Zhu Shuo."
Ding Xiaowu didn't believe it and asked, "Oh? Why should I believe you?"
Zhu said: "Zhijiang County arranged for you to monitor the Yiyang Gang, does anyone else know?"
Ding Xiaowu recalled that time. County Magistrate Jiang told him that he would take advantage of the disturbance that day to drive him out of the county office and let him monitor the situation of the Yiyang Gang. Only Jiang Zhixian and Ding Xiaowu knew about this, and absolutely no third person knew about it. This person knew, naturally it was Magistrate Jiang who said it. He softened his tone and asked, "What's the matter with Magistrate Jiang asking you to come?"
Zhu said: "This is not the place to talk. Let's talk somewhere else."
Ding Xiaowu said: "Follow me, I have a place where there are few people."
Zhu Shuo followed Ding Xiaowu to a corner that was filled with an unpleasant smell. Zhu Shuo frowned and glanced around, only to realize that this was near a pig pen. Ding Xiaowu said: "This place can just see the gate of Yiyang Gang."
Zhu said that although he had some resistance to this place, now was not the time to care about it, so he told Ding Xiaowu about Li Chunlin and what he had just seen about Lao Zhang. Ding Xiaowu said, "I have long suspected that Lao Zhang." Zhang is no longer a good thing!"
Zhu Shuo pulled Ding Xiaowu and said, "Don't make any noise. Have you discovered anything here?"
Ding Xiaowu shook his head, "I haven't found much in the past two days here. Apart from normal operations, the Yiyang Gang has not seen any special actions."
"How does the Yiyang Gang operate? What is their main income?"
"Most of the casinos and brothels in Xinyang City are under their names. There are also some businessmen in the gang. Oh, by the way, we are the largest tea merchant in Xinyang County. Our money is very close to them."
Zhu Shuo had heard about Qian Bufei's name for a long time. Most of the reason why he came to be this master this time was because of Qian Bufei's name. Zhu said: "Xiaowu, didn't you just follow Yamen Zhang before?"
Ding Xiaowu said: "Yes. I followed him and became a coward."
Zhu said: "Then you should know Zhang Yamen's daily routine."
"I know roughly."
"Then you work harder, and if you can, you can monitor Yamen Zhang's actions."
Ding Xiaowu nodded firmly and said, "Okay!"
Zhu said: "From now on, at the end of every day, we will meet here to talk about your recent discoveries." After the two agreed, Zhu said goodbye to Ding Xiaowu and returned to the county government. He now wants to investigate another person. one thing.
At noon, Ti forgot to bring some food and returned to the bamboo house. Seeing that Li Yu was not in the main room, he went to the kitchen. At the door, I noticed Li Yu behind the water tank, and said in a scolding tone: "Disciple, what are you doing?"
As soon as Li Yu heard that he had come back, he immediately ran out and rushed over as if he had seen the savior. He said, "Master! You are back! I was almost taken back by the yamen today to take credit for it!" Then he told what happened this morning. I told Ti Wang about the incident.
Ti Wang felt a little ashamed and said: "I didn't expect that they actually found this place. However, now that they know that this is where I live, they probably won't come again."
Li Yu was still frightened and said: "This thing scared me. Then I kept hiding and didn't dare to go out for fear of bumping into them. So, those tanks of water, right?"
Ti Wang knew Li Yu's little thoughts and said, "Then fill them up in the afternoon."
Li Yu said: "Ah! Master, I want to practice the Arhat Boxing you called me this afternoon."
Ti Wang said: "You have to fight in the water and practice your boxing. Although it was a bit unexpected, you still have to do what you have to do."
Li Yu nodded frustratedly and said, "I understand."
Ti Wang took the dishes and chopsticks from the kitchen and asked Li Yu to go back to the house to eat. Li Yu and Ti Wang went back to the house to eat together. During the meal, Ti Wang said, "Today, I met Deputy Leader Hua at the county government office. I have to say that he looks really talented."
Li Yu ate his meal and said naturally, "Of course. Liu Zhan, the leader of the Jiangsu Alliance, looks even more impressive!"
Ti Wang said: "Oh? Do you know this alliance leader?"
Li Yu was embarrassed and said, "His reputation is huge in the Central Plains world. Who doesn't know about it? By the way, Master, that person didn't notice you." Li Yu changed the subject.
Ti Wang said: "Probably not, but when people walk by the river, there is no way their shoes won't get wet. Originally, the county government arranged for me to take care of their daily life, but I declined."
Li Yu said: "That's good."
Ti Wang stood up and said, "I'm going back. I can't be out for too long."
Li Yu ate his rice and muttered: "Master, please walk slowly."
Tiwang looked at Li Yu who was not doing anything serious. He was a little angry and a little funny, and said: "After you finish eating, clear the table. Wash the dishes and chopsticks yourself. I will check them when I come back. Also, in the morning I won’t talk about it anymore, I’ll fill up the water tank this afternoon. Do you understand?”
"I know." Li Yu replied. Ti Wang left the bamboo house.
