When it was time to leave, Chen Qilu said goodbye to Bailang cordially with a smile on his face. It could be seen that he was very satisfied with the result of tonight's "making peace". Using Bailang's favor in exchange for Hu Xia's generous gift, Chen Qilu felt it was a good deal.
And Bailang was also smiling. He was in love with Chen Qilu, so he would give him face no matter what. What's more, in his eyes, he and Liang Zi, who traveled with Hengshun, didn't have a life-or-death feud. He didn't suffer any loss, and it was okay for him to turn big things into small things. Of course, the prerequisite is that the other party gives a sufficient price.
In the end, only Hu Xia, who was driving in Hengshun, changed his face between green and red, and it was obvious that he was trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart.
Hu Xia would have been uncomfortable if the people in the sword shop, who he had always looked down upon and felt were not worthy of being compared with him, had to bow their heads, not to mention the fact that they had to pay ten gold for the "medicine fee" and ten gold for the "missed work fee". In the end, they even had to buy 20 large and heavy trucks from Hengshun Vehicle and Horse Racing Co., Ltd. "You have a surplus over there anyway" at half price.
Such a large amount of money is not only painful, but also a slap in the face. And there is no room for haggling. Chen Qilu only engaged in bargaining but did not help, and Bailang held a knife and would not fight with Hu Xia. It was even made clear that the price was mentioned for Chen Qilu's sake, otherwise the "fight" would continue. Anyway, the only thing that Knife Shop has to do is to make a living. It depends on how long Hengshun Carry and Horse Shop can hold on.
What else could Hu Xia do? He didn't dare to let Bailang continue to intimidate the coachmen in his hands in Dongcheng. Half of the coachmen who were already idle were working hard for a few more days. At that time, all orders will be affected. Once your reputation is damaged, you will be completely finished in this industry.
So Hu Xia wrote an IOU to Bailang in front of Chen Qilu, promising to pay the compensation of 20 gold and 20 large trucks within half a month.
With such a loss, Hu Xia naturally couldn't look good.
"Zhentang, this Hu Xia looks very unconvinced! Do you think we should find someone to give him some color?" Zhang Wu has been waiting in the side room, and he is also very aware of the private work in Bai Lang's hands. He was the one who brought the coachmen who came to threaten Hengshun Carriage and Horse Racing Company before. Now he has truly come under Bailang's control, and is no longer just the leader of Qianfang.
Zhang Wu has seen many people like Hu Xia. Many rich and powerful people don't pay attention to knife shops, and knife shops try to keep a low profile because they don't make money, so there are more and more such people. They forget about trivial matters and don't bother to worry about it, but when they really have money to make, these people will understand why the knife shop has such a bad reputation.
Therefore, when Zhang Wu saw Hu Xia's unkind expression when he left, he had the idea in his heart to let the other party experience what it felt like to cut flesh with a knife.
"No need. The recent turmoil in the city is not the time to act recklessly. Anyone who dares to act randomly at this time will definitely not get good results if he offends the city lord's palace. Hu Xia is just a rich man with two coins, and he can do some calculations like Zhang Shun's An honest man is okay, but he is far from being able to play with us. I hope he doesn't hold back his farts later, so that I can have the chance to carve out the flesh from him again.
By the way, take this money and share it with the brothers who have been busy these days, and treat it as hard work. "
Bailang said, taking out six silver tablets from his pocket and placing them in Zhang Wu's hand. He now has a lot of money, not only the large sum of money left by Huang Yi before, but also the daily income from the dock behind him. Naturally, he will not be stingy when taking action.
"Zhentang, this is not necessary, right?"
"Take it. It's not an errand for the knife studio, so we can't let the brothers work in vain."
"Then I'll thank the town hall for them." Zhang Wu didn't show any pretense, he declined for a moment and then put it away. It is clear that this is Bai Zhentang trying to win people's hearts. This is about establishing your own power. It doesn't matter what others think about Zhang Wu, he is ready to settle with Bailang anyway. And he also secretly helped Bailang win over some waist knives in Qianfang. The five people who helped Bailang handle personal matters this time were the ones Zhang Wu thought were pretty good.
After sending Chen Qilu away, Bailang returned to the public room, and Zhang Wu refilled the hot tea.
"Is there any news about Master She in the Yamen? Can't we go in to visit him yet?" Bai Lang had previously approached Xiao Cheng, the jailer in the Yamen, and wanted to see Liu She. After all, Liu She is the shopkeeper of Qianfang, so he should go and see him both publicly and privately. But in the end, Xiao Chengdu gave up. It is said that the entire prison in Yongchuan City has been requisitioned by others.
As for who the "others" were, Xiao Chengsan remained silent and didn't say anything at all.
Zhang Wu's face became serious when he heard this, and he replied: "The town hall and the prison are still sealed. Even the prison guards in the yamen can't get in. But I heard that the situation in the prison is very wrong, and people are meeting one after another these days. Transport the corpses out in the middle of the night. People in the longevity hall are discussing this privately. I heard that all the people who died were those who were taken in with Lord Snake before."
The news from Zhang Wu made Bai Lang realize that maybe Liu She's trouble this time would be much bigger than everyone thought before. Judging from the news coming back from the prison, the methods of those mysterious people who commandeered the prison were brutal. Even if it didn't matter at all, ordinary people who were just implicated were directly tortured to death.
And those mysterious people behaved so domineeringly, so it was impossible for them to sell any face to the knife studio. As a result, people like Liu She, who has a background in a knife school and is also logically involved in the matter, will definitely not be able to get through easily.
No wonder there was an urgent order from Ma Sheng Alley yesterday, saying that no matter who asks the knife owner to go back for interrogation in any name, or asks to pick up anything in the knife hall, he cannot give in. He can decide whether to kill according to the situation. Resist.
It seems that the sword shop must have been affected by Liu She. However, Bailang was a little surprised that such a strong order came out of the sword hall. After all, those "mysterious people" can even commandeer the yamen dungeon, so they are obviously extremely powerful. The Knife Hall is so adamant about killing and resisting, where is the confidence?
The only explanation is that the city lord's palace is supporting the sword hall.
After chatting with Zhang Wu for a while, Bailang checked the water money accounts he had returned in the past few days. Seeing that it was getting darker outside, he got up and prepared to go around the field for the last time before going home.
But who knew that tonight was destined to be unstable.
As soon as he arrived at the door, a group of black-robed warriors that Bai Lang had never seen before poured in from the alley. All of them had long knives hanging on their waists, and a small, diamond-shaped shield on their left forearm. The aura it gave people was very unusual, gloomy but with an obvious smell of blood.
"Hey! Who are you!" Zhang Wu was following Bai Lang, preparing to escort his family out of the alley. Seeing these black-robed warriors coming in, they immediately shouted to stop. When they touched the handle of the knife, their eyes were extremely cautious. Because those who dare to hang a long soldier on their waist are not ordinary people, and they definitely have an official background.
"The secret guard is on duty to find your accounts, cash box, and everyone who was here on the ninth day of last month! Come back to the Yamen with us and ask you something."
The people entering the alley opposite call themselves secret guards. This made Zhang Wu and others confused. They had never heard of this name.
But Bai Lang, who didn't say a word next to Zhang Wu, discovered that the sign hanging on his waist was equally special. There is a crescent moon hidden in the cloud pattern! This is almost exactly the same as the heraldry drawn in Huang Yi's relics. The only difference is that in addition to the cloud pattern and crescent moon, the brands on the waists of the black robes in front of them also have a diamond-shaped shield and a long sword crossed below.
(End of chapter)
