The summer rain fell, and carriages occasionally rushed by, splashing water, and pedestrians hurriedly walked on the road. Looking from a distance, there were several oil lamps arranged in the shop at the intersection, although the light was not very bright.
It will look very open and bright, but because of the effort I put into it, when I saw it now on a dim rainy day, it had a warm artistic conception, which made people want to go in and sit there.
The rain curtain separated the world like a curtain. A man and a woman were saying this in the store, and there was a follower behind the man. The conversation was obscured by the sound of rain and could not be transmitted. However, at a certain moment, one could see the elegant temperament.
The woman shook her head and saluted a little apologetically. This conversation never ended, but it always ended. After a long time, they finished talking. The young man in a dark green robe nodded politely and said goodbye to the woman.
, held up an umbrella and walked into the rain with the entourage with the scar on his face.
He didn't look back until the light of the shop disappeared from the sight behind him. Raindrops crashed all around him. When he turned the corner, he said, "Go to Haiqingfang."
The heavy rain in the evening shows no sign of letting up. Haiqingfang is not far from here. In the early years, there was a wharf nearby, where merchant ships were berthed and goods came and went. Later, a new wharf was built, but this place was gradually abandoned. Now the square is
Dirty and messy, it is the most complex area in Jiangning City. There will be a fight or stabbing in a day or two. Most people will warn their children not to go near this place.
Although it is chaotic, the place is still very lively. Various low-level traders and people running around in the world, including moneyless Hu businessmen, students who are down and out and moneyless, homeless people who take part-time jobs, and gangsters will choose this place as their residence.
When Gu Yanzhen and Lao Liu arrived, due to the low-lying terrain, the streets in the square had already turned into pools in such heavy rains. The various shops and pubs on both sides were brightly lit. They walked inside for a while, and found the largest one in the house.
I put away my umbrella in front of the restaurant and walked in.
In the light of oil lamps and torches, all kinds of people gathered in the lobby of the hotel. It looked like ruthless Jianghu people, with weapons in hand, talking loudly while eating and drinking. People dressed as gangsters were dancing with their companions.
Occasionally, I would make fun of the woman who passed by looking for a financial sponsor. The down-and-out scribes were immersed in eating. Some people looked nervously, looking left and right nervously while eating. Some people were drunk and vomited their wine. Children
Fighting inside.
With Gu Yanzhen's demeanor and temperament, he was obviously out of place in this restaurant. He attracted some people's attention as soon as he entered. However, Lao Liu's gloomy eyes and the scar on his face dissuaded these people from continuing to watch. He left alone.
The fat sheep is easy to slaughter. If there is such a person following, it probably means that the other party has some trust. They walked to a table at the back of the hotel and spent some money to get the down-and-out scribe who was sitting there to get out, and then let him go.
The waiter cleaned up and served new food and wine.
In the noisy environment, they were still waiting quietly. After the food and wine were served, Gu Yanzhen said: "Uncle Liu, sit down, it will take a while..." The old Liu sat down as he was told, but did not eat.
After a while, Gu Yanzhen said: "Uncle Six, do you have something to say?"
"I just feel that the young master is about to take office, and some small things may cause problems."
"You were supportive last time."
"Just because the last time was a major event related to the future of the young master..."
"For me, Gu Yanzhen, they are actually all trivial matters." Gu Yanzhen smiled and looked at the sixth man, "The only difference lies in whether to do it or not. What happened last time was not that big. We just have to overcome an obstacle. This time
This matter is not necessarily a small one. When I returned to Jiangning, it was mostly because of this matter that I came here. Even if it is not perfect, there must be a result."
He paused: "Lao Liu, how many of my friends have been to Haiqingfang?"
"...I'm afraid it's not much."
"They are all rotten scholars, which is ridiculous. They only think that they can be elegant by writing a few poems, have fun with a few women on the boat, and think that they can make the country peaceful by talking about national affairs. They are all blind. Three years ago
Going to Tokyo, I met bandits on the road. One moment, they were all talking loudly about saving the world and saving the people, and then they were panicking. However, there were a few who could remain calm in front of the bandits. They cut them off with a knife. When they saw the wound, they cried loudly and knelt down.
Begging for mercy."
He raised a hand to the level of his eyes: "These pure literati only think that the reality of the world is here." Then he pressed it down to the table, "But they don't know that the so-called reality is actually here. Relatively speaking, those people are here
What's the point of Wen Mo Loutou mocking the other person and thinking he had taken advantage? Not long ago, Shen Zishan knew the identity of the man's adopted son-in-law, and Shen Zishan just thought he would expose the other person. He just saw the excitement and thought he had taken advantage. What's the actual meaning?
What’s the point? It’s like I am farming this year and harvesting nothing. When I see other people having accidents and harvesting nothing, I feel happy. But what’s the point of this matter? Am I still hungry?”
"When I have been doing things since I was a child, I have always determined what I want and what does not matter. As long as I want to do something, I will do whatever it takes to get results. I will never be perfect and I will never let go. If I can get 80%, I will get 80%.
Seventy percent means seventy percent. If I become an official in the future, I should do the same. If I don't do things for the common people perfectly, why don't I stop doing them?"
He knocked on the table: "Now that the situation in the world is chaotic and complicated, and the foundation of the Wu Dynasty is in danger, what's the use of all the literati talking about peaceful principles? For example, the storytellers on the streets of Tokyo, telling how so and so humiliated the domineering envoys of the Liao Kingdom,
The listeners are pleased, but if they really meet the Liao people, why not take a detour, and now our country is being bullied by the Liao people? When we act, we should face our true heart and know what we want..."
"Actually, I am still young and not well-educated enough. When I came back this time, I had too many thoughts and desires in advance. I knew that the bitch was ruthless, but I didn't think that Yunzhu was also such a vulgar thing, which disappointed me. If a few more days
Years ago, I should not be taken advantage of by such emotions, but if I just let go and leave this time, if I think about it one day, it will become a barrier in my heart and prevent me from thinking clearly." He closed his eyes slightly, and flashed through his mind that day.
The silence and astonishment after being slapped on the street, the ridicule in the hearts of many bystanders.
"A man who sacrifices himself for rice, joins a merchant family, writes two poems, thinks he has become a world-famous scribe, and probably thinks he is unique and unique. A man who does a small business thinks he is so great.
The wind and frost are noble, and they have forgotten their past identities. They are all common people like ants. Uncle Liu, in today's world, how can this be a big deal? It's just a small thing, done casually. In the future, I will go to Leping and then to Beidi. This matter... again
What does it count?”
After saying this, he looked outside the store. Two figures were already coming towards this side in the rain...
Haiqingfang, Yingbin Restaurant.
Amidst the noisy crowds and the dim lights, Lao Liu stood up from his seat and stood beside Gu Yanzhen. Gu Yanzhen's eyes also flickered for a moment, and then returned to indifference and calmness. On the other side of the door, two people wearing raincoats
The figure came in from there and looked around. Some people made eye contact with the two of them, and their voices became quieter. People who have been here for a long time probably know these two people. When the waiter came up to meet him, he was two heads shorter than the leader.
Looks like a child.
Both of them are tall and burly, and they are not wearing the bunting attire of warriors. They look like fishermen. But the first man is more than two meters tall, and his whole body is well-proportioned and strong. His eyes are slightly calm, and the other man looks full.
He has a fleshy face and is slightly shorter than the leader, but he looks like an iron tower. His skin is dark, his eyes are smaller, and he is full of hostility. This kind of person is probably the last person in the world that others want to mess with, so he even follows
Compared with them, Lao Liu, who was looking after Gu Yanzhen, also looked weak.
Looking around the restaurant, the leader pushed aside the waiter and came towards Gu Yanzhen and Lao Liu. Most of the others didn't pay much attention to them. Only a few warriors who seemed to be from outside were talking loudly at the door of the restaurant.
, at this time, he turned to look at the two of them, and the iron-tower-like man stopped and looked over with wide eyes. These martial arts warriors did not show weakness. The two sides looked at each other for a moment, but in the end it was these warriors who withdrew their gaze.
The iron tower followed the people in front of him, and then he thought he had discovered something in the restaurant. He reached out and touched the big man who was a head taller than him, pointed to the side and said a few words. The big man nodded, and the iron tower looked towards
Walking over there, the big man came to Gu Yanzhen, showed a heroic-looking smile, and slapped Gu Yanzhen on the shoulder.
"Mr. Gu, it's been a long time."
His words were calm, but not loud enough to be heard by the people next to him. However, Gu Yanzhen was shaken by the slap, gritted his teeth, and said calmly: "I have something to ask you to do."
"What kind of job is it again?"
"Almost the same as last time."
"There has been an assassin, and there has been a lot of noise in recent days."
"It will be removed tomorrow."
"Haha, so, you are the young master..."
The big man was sitting there, and Gu Yanzhen looked completely out of proportion to his size. At this moment, he smiled and looked around. Gu Yanzhen was also looking over there at this time, and saw a man pushing aside a stool on the side of the restaurant and running away.
, the tower walked over a few steps, picked up a stool and knocked the man to the ground.
"Run?" After the second blast, the stool was already broken into pieces, "Old Huang! It's not a good idea not to pay back the money you owe!"
"You're just kidding, my brother will stop and count." The big man picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
"Since when did your brothers become loan sharks?"
"Is this something you should ask?" Gu Yanzhen originally asked that question with a smile. When the big man looked at him, he felt a little embarrassed. The big man patted him on the shoulder again, "Brother, you have to do your duty. You shouldn't."
Don't ask randomly... The money isn't much, and I won't lend it to him, but since he doesn't intend to pay me back, he shouldn't have borrowed from me in the first place."
At this time, Lao Liu gently tapped Gu Yanzhen's shoulder. Gu Yanzhen looked to the side of the restaurant. Two government officials were walking by outside, and he also noticed the chaos in the restaurant.
"I'm going upstairs." He said this, and after the big man nodded, he and Lao Liu walked toward the stairs. When they reached the top of the stairs, they stopped and looked back.
There was constant sound of kicking, beating, and cursing in the restaurant, and the man who was beaten kept begging for mercy and trying to escape. This kind of thing was also common in Haiqingfang. The two government officials looked at the door for a while, probably because they didn't want to take care of it, but then they saw
The man who was beaten had vomited blood all over the floor, and the leading government servant came over: "Stop! Yang Heng, you want to beat someone to death!"
The two government officials were a head shorter than the iron tower, and maybe together they could equal one of him, but after all, they were suppressing, and they had to give some face. The man who was beaten to death on the ground used his strength to run behind the government officials, and said
Vomiting blood: "Second Master Yang, Second Master, I will definitely pay it back. I will definitely pay it back. I have joined the Tiehe Gang. My gang leader is Master Tan. Look at his face. If you give me two days' delay, I will definitely pay it back..."
"
"Master Tan? Although our brothers don't have any gangs, even if your gang leader meets us, he still has to give us face. You name him... is that enough!"
As he spoke, he grabbed a stool and threw it at it, and then wanted to chase him. The slightly younger yamen officer suddenly took a step forward to stop him, and pulled out a simple knife in his hand: "Stop!"
The elderly officer next to him held him down, and the strong man named Yang Heng from the Iron Tower stopped when he saw this action: "Boss Zheng, your subordinate is new to the industry, right?"
The older yamen officer looked at him: "If you keep beating him, he will die!"
"Huh." It doesn't matter if you beat or maim someone. If you kill someone directly, you won't be able to explain it to anyone. Yang Heng smiled and snorted, then raised his hand, "Okay, I, Yang Heng, am a law-abiding person.
, I’m going to give you face to Team Leader Zheng today. Even if he owes me money, I’m right and I won’t pursue it now. But you have to take good care of your new little brother from now on. Pull out the knife at will... It’s scary.
what to do!?"
He stretched out his finger and tapped the young yamen servant's forehead silently. The man who was seriously injured in the back just said: "I will pay it back, I will pay it back..." Yang Heng knelt down and looked at him: "No need to pay it back, treat it as your injury
Pay for the medicine! Just remember from now on that there are two kinds of people in this world, one is a gangster and the other is a desperado. You are a gangster, and if you want to dirty your money, you should clean up the gang of people who are also gangsters like you.
The money should not be used to taint our brothers!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the big man at the head.
The young yamen officer also blushed, and was then dragged out by the older one. Under the rain, he pulled him for a few steps before turning around and leaving: "Monitor, who is that?"
The squad leader had a gloomy face: "Brothers Yang Yi and Yang Heng, don't mess with them if you have nothing to do!"
"How can these people be so arrogant?"
"These two... are real desperadoes..." The squad leader took a deep breath, "But they usually don't cause big troubles, and they are quite measured. Several gangs here in Haiqingfang don't dare to mess with them.
Among them, in the early years, Yang Yi once broke into the Iron Sand Gang alone and dragged a gang leader's intestines around the street three times. He was covered in blood from the killing. They are truly ruthless people..."
"...Is there a murder case on hand?"
"Everyone knows that they must have a murder case, but a fight between gangs is a confusing account that is difficult to manage, and there is no evidence for the rest. They will not imitate others to make small fuss, and this time the gambling that owed money
Ghosts deserve to die too. In the early years, they gambled and lost all the daughters in the family. This time the borrowed money went to their brothers, and they deserved it. In the early years, when the leader Lei was here, he thought of punishing them and arrested Yang.
Yi, ran away from Yang Heng. This Yang Yi has been in jail and refused to plead guilty no matter what. Yang Heng said outside that if anything happened to his brother, he would kill the young boy of Lei Ban's family. In the end... let him go.
But they are also good people, and after that they sent gifts to Bantou Lei’s house to express their gratitude. After that, no one wanted to mess with them easily..."
After the elder yamen said this, the younger one was a little surprised for a moment. The elder yamen shook his head and said: "In short, if you really want to do it, kill them all at once. If you don't have this chance, try to take care of them as little as possible, otherwise there will be trouble in the future."
Infinite. Their brothers are also measured in many things. These are the real ruthless people. There are many gangsters in Haiqingfang... Just take care of these and don't cause anything too eye-catching, that's all..."
Lightning flashed across the sky, and the two government officials walked forward. After being left behind in the restaurant, the Yang brothers walked up to the second floor and discussed the deal with Gu Yanzhen in the private room.
In the ancient city of Jiangning, the rain continues...