Zhou Hao saw that there were many large ships in front of him and the clothes the crew wore were similar in style, so he took a look.
"Brother Zhongyong, that is the stronghold of the Wu'an Gang. The Wu'an Gang is the largest canal transport gang in Yangzhou. Most of the canal transport in Yangzhou City is in their hands."
Yang Yue: "Wu'an Gang? When I was in the capital, I heard from the storyteller that the leader of the Wu'an Gang was Xie Baili. People in the Jianghu said that Xie Dandao was called. He had to make a splash in the canal transport from Suzhou to Jiangning. The big gangs and small villages in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were going to sell him face. However, in recent years, he has become older and has not come forward much. He handed over the affairs of the gang to Shangguan Xi, the head of Zhuque Hall."
Speaking of Shangguan Xi.
At this time, a graceful woman walked down from the large ship of the Wu'an Gang.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but be attracted by her graceful figure.
However, she had a sense of majesty. If Zhou Hao described it, she was a strong woman in the workplace.
She was wearing a light blue dress, making her temperament look particularly cold.
Behind her was a man with a large tied man, with injuries on his face, and he was obviously beaten.
The gang members who were escorted were followed behind.
After getting off the boat, the man was pressed to kneel on the ground.
Zhou Hao and the others couldn't help but stop. Watching the fun is human nature.
Yuan Jinxia couldn't help asking, "Who is that young lady?"
Yang Yue looked at the woman with a little confused look, as if he hadn't heard it.
Yuan Jinxia said dissatisfiedly: "I'm asking you!"
"Uh, it should be Shangguan Xi, the leader of Zhuque Hall, who studied under Nan Shaolin and had a superb swordsmanship. Don't be aware that she is a woman. She once chose Jiangning's Cao Gang alone three years ago, and then incorporated her into the Wu'an Gang."
Yang Yue's eyes looked like he was looking at an idol's fan.
Shangguan Xi looked at the kneeling man with a cold look on his face and took the bloody whip from the gangster next to him.
His voice was a little cold and said, "I ask you, what oaths have you made to the ancestor on the day you join the gang?"
The tied man trembled and said, "From the time when he entered Wu'an, loyalty and righteousness must be the first priority. If he has two hearts, he will never refuse to die!"
Pa! Shangguan Xi whipped the man hard with a whip.
Ah! The man was sobbed that he wailed.
"This whip will betray the gang members for you and betray the gang leader!"
Bang...ah! Shangguan Xi whipped another whip.
"This whip is for you to betray your faith and sell your owner for honor."
Shangguan Xi glanced at the traitor in disgust and handed the whip to the person next to him.
Then he said coldly: "Don't loosen your ties, throw it down!"
"yes!"
Two gang members pulled the traitor and were about to throw it into the water.
The man struggled desperately to beg for mercy, and he would die if he didn't loosen his ties.
Shangguan Xi's face looked like frost and unmoved.
Yuan Jinxia couldn't help but blurt out when she saw this scene: "In broad daylight, she dared to abuse lynching...Stop!"
She said that, she had already rushed over, but Yang Yue did not stop her. He was afraid that Yuan Jinxia would suffer, so he could only bite the bullet and go there.
Zhou Hao has no idea about abuse of lynching.
Betrayal is a shameful thing. In this era, the imperial court had no similar legal constraints and could only use lynching.
Otherwise, everyone can betray for the sake of profit, and there will be no credible people.
This is like a company in later generations. If you sign a contract and dare to sell the company's secrets, the boss will have the ability to send you in and step on a sewing machine.
But there is no such law at this time, so Zhou Hao feels that the existence of lynching is inevitable.
Moreover, there were many lynchings allowed in this era, such as adultery. The court stipulated that husbands could catch adultery and revenge, and clans could also lynch their family law.
Gangs like this punishing traitors are lynchings that the government acquiesced.
Even if the victim's family members sued the officials, no one would care. When you joined the Cao Gang, you had already abide by these systems by default.
What happened? Now that I want the court to take charge, why do you think so beautifully?
Yuan Jinxia had never seen the world, so she went out to save people impulsively.
Shangguan Xi turned his face and swept across everyone's face, paused on Zhou Hao's face for a moment, well, after all, he was so handsome, so shocked.
Then she focused on the prefect Wei Ying she knew.
She clasped her fists and showed a smile that made people feel like spring breeze: "Master!"
"Master Shangguan Hall, long time no see, how are you doing recently?" Wei Ying greeted warmly.
Shangguan Xi: "It is great to have a lot of money from the official, and it is great to have a piece of tiles covering the roof."
Zhou Hao looked at her and didn't say anything. This woman made Zhou Hao urge to take over as his subordinate.
Unfortunately, he is now the Jinyiwei, so he can't recall a female Jinyiwei, right?
Shangguan Xi looked at Zhou Hao with his eyes, but asked Wei Ying: "Master, who are these officials?"
Wei Ying quickly introduced: "I am rude. This is the commander of the Jinyiwei, the loyal and brave uncle - Lu Yi, Lord Lu!"
Then he said to Zhou Hao: "This is the leader of Shangguan Xi, the Wu'an Gang."
Shangguan Xi bowed with a little shock on his face and said, "Shangguan Xi pays homage to Boye. The gang's civil affairs have tainted Boye's eyes. Please forgive me."
This is really nice. Zhou Hao was about to say something when he saw a guy with a bearded face walked out from behind.
"Are the people in the government idle? Even the private affairs of my Wu'an Gang are in charge of."
Zhou Hao looked at this guy coldly. Did he think he couldn't recognize him if he was wearing a mask?
This man was the man in black who wanted to rob Sha Xiuzhu while on the boat.
What I should be talking about when I am nosy is Yuan Jinxia, ​​but he only spoke after Wei Ying introduced Zhou Hao.
It is clearly meant by Zhou Hao.
"The bold and madman, loyal and brave uncle, actually spoke disrespectful words and took them down!"
This idiot has no idea how high the Count's status is now, and things are precious because they are rare.
Now the royal family is huge and bloated, with the generals and lieutenants of Fengguo everywhere, which makes their status lower.
Since the Yongle Dynasty, the rule that "no military contributions cannot be granted titles" made Yan Song, who was in power, dared not seek a title for himself.
God knows how hated Zhou Hao is.
Now it is still the world of civil officials. Civil officials generally do not lead troops to fight, so it is impossible to get a title.
So this guy is stupid. No matter what position he is in the Wu'an Gang, he will be fighting against Zhongyong Bo as the court.
If Lu Yi takes advantage of the situation, he will be able to destroy the Wu'an Gang at any time with the power of the Jinyiwei.
When Zhu Houcong was awarded the title of Zhou Hao, the cabinet bargained with the emperor for the exchange.
The cabinet means that if Zhou Hao is awarded the title, he must withdraw from the Jinyiwei and concentrate on being an earl.
And when Lu Ting retires in the future, he will not be able to take over.
But Zhu Houcong disagreed. He needed Lu Yi a lot, so he took a step back. The iron coupon of the "Golden Medal for Immortality" was not given to Zhou Hao.
In fact, Zhou Hao is not interested. At present, Zhu Houcan has a lot of control over the court.
As long as he doesn't want to kill Zhou Hao, there is no difference between having a gold medal for avoiding death. If he wants to kill Zhou Hao, the gold medal for avoiding death will be invalid at any time.
A Jinyiwei with a high status and a real power in his hands is something that even those civil and military officials do not want to see.
Obviously, this lazy guy doesn't understand these things.
Knock! When the Jinyiwei pulled out the Xiuchun sword and surrounded it, he realized that the other party was not scaring people.
Chapter completed!