A cloud came, like smoke and fog.
The sky is blue, waiting for misty rain, waiting, waiting, and the drizzle falls for a long time, adding to the coolness of autumn.
As mentioned before, the West Market is the largest market in Daqian Capital City.
Half of the plaques hang with Zheng's name.
The West Market is adjacent to the Xicheng Gate.
Xiaoyaofang is located in the corner of the West Market, only two lanes away from the city gate.
On the outside, Xiaoyaofang is a grocery store, selling firewood, rice, oil and salt during the day, and gathering for gambling at night.
A janitor came out from the corner of the alley. He had just relieved himself on the roadside. He was holding up the waistband of his pants and tying it while smiling at another person:
"Guess what I saw? Those cats at Six Gates took the wrong medicine. They stayed up most of the night and posted arrest warrants all over the streets!"
"Arrest warrant? Who to arrest?"
"I've never heard of him. It doesn't sound like he's from the public. His name is Zhang San."
When the other person heard the name, he sneered and shook his head: "I've never heard of it. Who is he? Is he worthy of those cats fighting against him?"
"What a coincidence, that Zhang San also calls himself Master Dao."
"..."
The air was quiet for a while, and the two gatekeepers of Xiaoyaofang looked at each other.
At this time, someone smiled: "What are you thinking about? Our Dao Master is not called Zhang San."
"That's right. You said this is a complete mess. Isn't it a coincidence?"
"What a bad name!"
"That's right, what a bad name!"
"It's worth a thousand taels of silver!"
"Hiss! Is this three piece of goods so valuable? If I want to touch it, I have to chop it up and send it to the Yamen to collect the reward."
"Hahaha! I won't have to worry about it for the rest of my life!"
The two of them guarded the door boredly.
After a while, one of them couldn't help but ask: "What did Zhang San do? How can he be worth a thousand taels of silver?"
"Robbing homes, robbing homes, killing people and stealing goods, these are heinous crimes."
Another person read the words on the arrest warrant word by word.
The first person was dumbfounded when he heard this.
That's it?
Who didn’t do this kind of thing in those ruined times twenty years ago?
Is it worth a thousand taels of silver?
Twenty years ago, this kind of arrest warrant cost only half a tael of silver.
"Why did the price increase?"
The two were aggrieved by the bounty.
The increase is ridiculous.
Tap tap tap tap…
It's late at night and the horses' hooves are rushing.
A luxurious carriage stopped in front of Xiaoyaofang.
A graceful and noble man, wearing a crown, a jade on his waist, and extraordinary equipment, walked down calmly.
The two of them met many dignitaries and dignitaries, and when they saw the man stepping off the carriage, he must be the father of the benefactor.
Just as they were about to greet him with a shy face and say welcome, they felt a chill on the back of their necks, the machine spring clicked, and a cold and sharp touch silently pressed on their necks.
Qing Shisan took out a stack of thick notebooks from his arms, stepped forward, raised their chins and looked at them for a while, then turned back and reported to the Red King:
"Qiu Zhong, a native of Liao County, Tongzhou, registered in the Ministry of Household Affairs, alias Yuan Shan, has a pair of lives on his back."
"Jia Ziling is also from Liao County, Tongzhou. He is registered in the Ministry of Household Affairs. His pseudonym is Wang Eryang. He is responsible for three lives."
"What a coincidence, these two people used to call themselves 'Tongzhou Shuanglong'."
Ssangyong had also lived a life of licking blood from the knife edge, so he naturally knew what the cold touch pressing on his neck at this moment was. It couldn't be a popsicle! They didn't dare to move, for fear that the man behind them would kill the wrong person with his shaking hands. But before they could quibble, this man, dressed in slovenly clothes and wearing straw sandals, actually told them the past before they became anonymous. They immediately broke out in cold sweat, showed crying faces, and thousands of words in their hearts converged into the same sentence:
"Sir, spare your life!"
"Sir, spare your life!"
Zheng Xiu wondered: "It took you just one day to find out their details?"
Qing Shisan was working this time, lighting up his dry cigarette with peace of mind, smoking happily, and said leisurely: "This is all thanks to Mr. Dao. He clearly wrote all the details of these people in his diary. I'm sure I burned light on their roof for half an hour in the middle of the night and was so exhausted."
When Tongzhou Shuanglong heard this, he scolded the eighteenth generation of Dao Ye's ancestors until their graves were smoking.
Zheng Xiu asked curiously: "Can a serious person keep a diary?"
Qing Shisan spread his hands: "Perhaps he is afraid that he will forget the background of these people?"
"That makes sense."
Zheng Xiu nodded.
The moment the Red King nodded, the two Brotherhood assassins, whose faces were hidden in black clothes, groaned at the same time.
"Everything is empty,"
"All things are permitted."
Phew!
The sleeve arrows protrude and retract.
Tongzhou Shuanglong's eyes widened, but his mouth was covered.
After a while, the two of them turned into hot corpses and fell softly.
Qing Shisan educated: "You should finish reading the words before going out."
“Boss, haven’t we, haven’t worked for a long time?”
"It's urgent, it's urgent!"
The two brothers of the Brotherhood smiled, turned into shadows again, disappeared into the darkness.
After killing two people, Zheng Xiu and Qing Shisan stepped inside.
There are nine winding paths in Xiaoyaofang, and there is another world.
After passing a few screens, Zheng Xiu could hear the smoky atmosphere inside through the door. There were groups of twos and threes. Some people were squatting on stools with their legs stretched out, some were staring at the card game, and some were hysterically losing money and wailing. They were playing. Some backward things such as pot throwing, chess playing, grass fighting, archery, and muscle-twitching.
This is a "human" game, so there's not much fun.
Mahjong, dice, these big gambling games must be played later.
"Be quiet and don't disturb the people's interest."
Zheng Xiu's tone was calm, and a simple sentence could determine the life or death of many people.
Qing Shisan blew the whistle twice with a smile.
There was a secret sentry in the village, and the thugs responsible for maintaining the order of the gambling game had just noticed the two "new faces" who broke into Xiaoyaofang. They were secretly cursing the gatekeeper Shuanglong that he must have gone somewhere else to steal the chicken, and were about to step forward to interrogate him. Zheng Xiu and Qing Shisan, the shadows behind them flashed and disappeared, and the thugs fell down one after another.
From birth to death, it only took a blink of an eye, and they didn't even have time to make a sound before they died.
As Zheng Xiuan walked quietly inside, one person fell down in the dark one after another. There was always a shadow that would appear strangely at the right place, covering the thug's mouth and nose, and stabbing the most secret thing from his sleeve. sword.
Kill one person in ten steps!
Even the former Secret Service did not know how many "brothers" there were in the "Brotherhood" cultivated by the Zheng family. What they knew, where they hid, and what they usually did were all a mystery.
The "Brotherhood" is like Zheng's shadow, and now it has become the shadow of the Red King, following him everywhere, killing people silently.
Even if the Red King does not control the huge disaster prevention bureau now, there is nothing else but this "Brotherhood" that has been cultivated for ten years, a secret assassin organization headed by the three giants Ji Hongou, Qing Shisan, and Pei Gaoya. , was enough to make everyone extremely fearful. Even the three princes... no, the other two princes except the second prince did not dare to offend the Zheng family easily.
The killings that took place in Xiaoyaofang were so quiet that no trace was left. The gamblers whose eyes were red from gambling in the casino didn't even notice that the thugs who usually stood in the corners like iron towers were all gone. In the corners, the body temperature gradually turned from warm to cold.
From beginning to end, Zheng Xiu didn't know how many people the Brotherhood had killed, and he didn't care. He went straight to the courtyard, where there were many people patrolling with lanterns.
Qing Shisan glanced at it and raised his notebook to check: "Thirteen people, yes, all have murder cases."
"Who is there? Little Plum, are you peeing?"
Qing Shisan's voice attracted the attention of one of the thugs. He was about to walk behind the rockery to take a look, and then thirteen shadows fell on the roof. They were wearing black hoods and moved silently. Thirteen sleeve arrows popped out "Zheng". "The sound almost merged into one, and the thirteen people in the yard fell limply.
Zheng Xiu kept walking, Qing Shisan pointed the way, and Zheng Xiu walked straight forward.
"If the red lotus root is here, it will probably be done faster. Just sprinkle a handful of powder and it will be done."
"What's happened to her recently?"
"Her man is about to die." Qing Shisan's tone was inexplicably sad.
"Have you let Situ Yong read it?"
"I saw it and said that I should have left long ago. Now that I have lived for ten more years, I am satisfied."
Zheng Xiu knew the story of Ji Hongou.
Back then, she was burdened with a murder case and had nowhere to call home. Later, she met her husband. Her husband was a good man and allowed Ji Hongou to settle in the city in the "name of husband and wife." With his apparent identity, Ji Hongou remained anonymous until today.
The couple had the name of husband and wife, but not the reality of husband and wife. Ji Hongou repaid her kindness and took care of the man for ten years.
Zheng Xiu also knew that Qing Shisan and Ji Hongou had a well-known story in the world back then, but now, it is embarrassing.
It’s all fate that plays tricks on people.
The yard was not big, and this section of the road was only less than ten feet long. But when Zheng Xiu looked back, the corpses in the yard had been arranged in a row, all covered with white cloth, and they looked very festive. Zheng Xiu silently praised the brotherhood's work efficiency, and quietly told Qing Shisan that the monthly salary would be fully increased if he returned, which would be good for everyone. The Red King would be the first to get angry with anyone who got less money.
Qing Shisan accepted the Red King's favor with a smile. What did they care about was the monthly money. It has become a "rule" for their brotherhood to work. The more work they do, the more money they receive, and the deeper their connections. They have become accustomed to it over the years.
Everyone is acting according to the rules. What's more, this rule is so happy.
Behind the yard was a seemingly ordinary small attic. The attic was brightly lit. Downstairs, Zheng Xiu could clearly hear the clatter of mahjong, the shaking of dice, the shouts of wealthy businessmen, the sound of young men playing, and the sound of women gasping.
"What a relaxing place to stay."
Zheng Xiu frowned first, then relaxed. Qing Shisan's work efficiency was ridiculously high. It only took one day to find out Er Niang's entanglement, and then copied everyone's details into a book, and even found out the way inside.
Qingpi is really my treasure! Chi Wang silently gave Qing Shisan crazy praises and rockets. With Qing Shisan leading the way, they came to a room in the corner of the second floor.
Compared with other rooms, there was not much movement inside, with the occasional sound of dice shaking and whispers coming from time to time.
Qing Shisan first said: Dao Ye; then he raised three fingers and said: thug; finally he raised two fingers and said: Er Niang, Mom and Dad.
Zheng Xiu nodded, and then there was a conversation inside.
"Let me tell you, you two have made a lot of money in Xiaoyaofang. You have earned hundreds of taels of silver from going back and forth. You can't keep delaying your promise to Master Dao, right?"
"Hey! I said these two are so old, how can they be so shameless!"
"Nonsense!" The two thugs were playing bad words, and a calm voice was reprimanding loudly. It was the legendary Master Dao. He laughed through the door: "Don't be offended, I'm a young gang. They have a bad temper and sometimes even I can't control them. Just last month, for example, there was a young man who owed more than a thousand taels of gambling debt. I told these young men clearly that this young man was We don't have much money for a few days, so it doesn't matter if we let him delay for a few days. Hey! These young guys couldn't hold it back for a moment and dragged the young man into the alley with a bang and broke his legs. Hey, let's get this done. It’s such a big deal, if I didn’t have some connections with you... oh! I almost couldn’t suppress it.”
"Don't worry Master Dao, as the saying goes, blood is thicker than water, and blood is thicker than water. Although we haven't seen that baby for many years, she is still a piece of meat that fell from her mother's belly. She will never die without saving her." of!"
"Bah!" The woman's voice was sharp and raised a few points. Zheng Xiu could picture the face of a woman with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks through the door. There was something flattering in the woman's voice. She chuckled and said, "Master Dao, please be at ease! That day at my house, I secretly saw this little bitch on the street...cough! I That daughter, she looks like a water spirit, and she looks tender and smooth. Don’t worry, when you look at her face, she has a soft-hearted face. How can I, the mother-in-law, not understand her? Lord Dao, you Don’t worry, my daughter will definitely listen to her mother, and when the time comes, she will perform a shocking recognition of her kin! Let’s kiss the Chiwang family! In a few months, we will get to know each other well, and I can still be here My daughter blows the air. I heard that she is already old and is still alone. The slave family sees that Mr. Dao is pretty and has pretty features. He and my daughter are talented and beautiful. They are a perfect match. I can’t be sure. When we meet, oh! I’m attracted to you! Aren’t you and the Red King even more intimate! When the time comes, Mr. Dao, you will become a relative of the emperor, so don’t forget us as a couple!”
Qing Shisan listened to the conversation inside.
His expression was strange, his heart thumped at the same time, and he screamed something bad, secretly wondering why these people were so unlucky, you were secretly trying to die under the covers and no one cared about you, but today you just hit the knife edge.
How can we just let go of what we say in our hearts and say it to others?
Qing Shisan glanced at the Red King.
Zheng Xiu is now the stranger who has opened the seventh door. His five senses are sharp and he can hear the conversation inside clearly. As soon as he nodded, there was a slight noise inside.
"who!"
Master Dao yelled.
Thump thump, several people fell down one after another.
Zheng Xiu went in and saw that the couple had fainted and were still breathing. The three thugs had a blood hole on their necks, and blood was pouring out. Two people entering the gambling room.
"Huh?"
A glass-like "Master Dao" shattered with a bang, and it turned out to be fake.
"Can you run away? It's interesting."
Qing Shisan grinned, and the thick smoke completely submerged his figure.
Zheng Xiu stood still and counted about twenty breaths. The smoke dissipated and Qing Shisan walked out carrying Dao Ye who was dying like a dead dog.
"Qianmen General is quite capable of deceiving."
Qing Shisan took a hard sip and smiled.
(End of chapter)
