In the early morning, fog began to cover the entire Tangjiang town.
The curfew was lifted, and more than a dozen official officers with knives in hand began to wash the ground and collect the corpses along the entire long and narrow alleyway.
"Don't look, I told you not to look!"
"We have checked. There were a group of wild dogs last night and they killed people."
The officers dispersed the crowd and shouted angrily.
Xifang, the inner wing of Sihai Teahouse.
The four old men were silent, staring at the steam coming out of the tea table, in a daze for a long time.
Lu Zizhong stood aside and tried his best to bend his body as much as possible to make himself look harmless and avoid being angered.
"One hundred and nineteen people, including a top assassin from Muyun State, can't defeat a small boss? Who dares to believe it?"
"I didn't think carefully before. The alleyway over there is long and narrow. If there are tigers guarding the pass, no one can open it."
"Hu Shi? I haven't heard this term for a long time. A small boss who is in exile at the border. Where did he get the capital?"
"A bad move."
"Zizhong, put your head up."
Lu Zizhong felt cold in his heart, but he still hurriedly stretched his head over.
Bang!
A tea cup instantly bloomed with blood on Lu Zizhong's head.
The four old men stood up coldly and walked out of the inner compartment.
…
Dongfang, Xujiazhuang.
The entire Zhuangzi was shrouded in an atmosphere of sadness.
"Chen Sheng, I will go to Fengcheng later. I will put one hundred taels of silver in a wooden box and find an escort agency to give it to Luo Wu's family."
Chen Sheng nodded and took the silver bag.
"Xu Lang, will those officials come to arrest people?" Jiang Caiwei's voice was anxious. She knew something was going on last night and she had already hurriedly led people there.
But who would have thought that just after they passed...Xu Mu and the other seven had won the battle.
"I don't dare." Xu Mu shook his head, "They are not fools. If this matter gets spread, the chief director of Changyang will send someone to investigate."
"I guess the street fight last night was covered up with excuses."
"Master, what should I do now?"
Without hesitation, Xu Mu said solemnly, "Continue doing business and leave no orders."
If Xujiazhuang is afraid and retreats, where else can they go? Does he really want to go out and become bandits with these people from the village?
Dogs in troubled times are rootless duckweeds, unable to break out of their own way, and can only be eaten as shrimps, leaving no residue behind.
"Chen Sheng, what do Heifu's gang say?"
In the street fight last night, five or six of the twelve stickmen who were willing to accompany them died, and Xu Mu also paid one hundred taels of silver as a pension.
Fortunately, there is a lot of deposit at Yuetou Liquor Market, and until now, there is still more than three hundred taels left.
"Heifu woke up and has already agreed to take the remaining six stick men to seek refuge in Xujiazhuang."
"Chen Sheng, you are all bringing your family, right?"
"Take them all. There are more than a dozen family members in total."
Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief, not because he looked down on the stickman, but because there were no family members left in the village, so the sense of belonging was not good after all.
"People like Hei Fu weren't bad before. It was because they had no choice but to make a living as a stickman."
Nodding, Xu Mu did not continue to struggle with this issue. The battle last night was enough to prove that they are all good guys who are trying to seduce their eggs.
"How about Bow Dog?"
"I hurt my hand. I guess I won't be able to use the bow within half a month."
Among the seven people, except Luo Wu who died and Gonguo had his hand cut off, the remaining people like Chen Sheng were not seriously injured and could recover in a few days.
Not to mention the monster brother, the kind who can't be beaten to death.
"My boss, there is one more thing." Chen Sheng muttered mysteriously.
"When we came back earlier, the three brothers were so angry that they tied up a few people and hid them."
Xu Mu frowned.
"Where are the people?"
"They were all hidden. I took a look later and found that these people all had tags from the four major households on them."
Listing is equivalent to the identity of an employee. Generally, those employed by larger portals will have such listings. The same was true for the guards of the food delivery team in Changjia Town.
To be honest, even if there is a listing, it is of little use. Those officials don't care, and the four major households are even more unscrupulous.
This is a very indifferent place.
However, there is always something to fight for.
"Chen Sheng, throw the person into the carriage."
"What does the boss want to do?"
"Be a good person and send him back."
Chen Sheng didn't believe it. He knew a little about his little boss's temper.
"Go quickly."
Chen Sheng stood up in a hurry, took two young men with him, and hurried to the place where the people were hiding.
…
A carriage came out of Dongfang, taking advantage of the bright sun, and drove slowly towards Xifang.
Not long after, they stopped in front of Guanfang Street.
Several official servants who had returned from washing the land suddenly saw Xu Mu, and their faces became grave. If Xu Mu wins this battle, their share of money will be at least doubled.
"What are you doing here at Guanfang?" The official, a slightly fat middle-aged man, took the first few steps and spoke in a solemn voice.
In Tangjiang City, as early as decades ago, the four major households had closely tied the interests of officials and merchants. No one will welcome a small club that wants to cross the river.
Xu Mu got out of the car with a smile and raised his hand.
Chen Sheng and the two men behind them hurriedly tied up the guards and threw them coldly on the street.
"Caught a few thieves and sent them to the official office to ask for rewards."
This matter that he knew well was put on the table by Xu Muyi. Especially the tags on several guards are enough to prove many things.
"Since it's been sent... let's hand it over to the official office."
"These thieves broke into my village and stole two thousand taels of property. I can't find it now. I handed it over to the official. Can you help me find it back?"
Si Hu took off his sword, clanged it, held it heavily in his hand, and stood beside Xu Mu.
Several officials immediately stopped. They probably knew what happened last night, and the four major households wanted to stab the little boss in the name of curfew.
I never thought that I would be killed in a wave of counterattacks.
There is no need to provoke such a ruthless person and wade through muddy waters.
"If you don't care, I will send it to the chief commander in the inner city." Xu Mu smiled again.
In fact, he also knew that even if the chief executive was stabbed, the four major households would be able to escape unscathed if they offered enough money.
In this world, poor people should not fight for truth.
Of course, Xu Mu didn't want to fight for reason, he just wanted to fight for time and money, until one day he got angry and trampled on the four major households.
The official took a few steps back and calmly ordered people to go around the front street of Guanfang and hurry forward to report the news.
"Chen Sheng, take Zhang Mazha."
Chen Sheng nodded, took out another small horse tie from the carriage, placed it on the ground, and asked Xu Mu to sit down.
All around, the crowd of onlookers suddenly gathered more and more.
Several guards from the four major households were blown off their heads by the street wind for a while, and finally woke up slowly. They begged for mercy, made excuses, and threatened.
Xu Muquan turned a deaf ear.
Now that we have reached this point where we can't wait to die, if we continue to retreat, we will reach the cliff one step back. If you fall, you will be shattered to pieces.
…
The four old ghosts stood on the balcony together, with unspeakable anger in their eyes.
"He wants to keep playing with us."
"If not, will we fight him again?"
"He wants two thousand taels, but he dares to ask."
"If things get messy again, I'm afraid the chief executive in the inner city will be stabbed. By then, it will probably cost more than two thousand taels."
"Zizhong, please feel aggrieved. Go and bring him back."
The four old ghosts all sighed again.
One hundred and nineteen big men who licked blood from their swords, and one top assassin, could not kill seven unruly border people, and they were still unreasonable.
Lu Zizhong nodded and turned around, taking a few steps forward, his face full of anger and unwillingness.
