Delong

Chapter 112: Whale Slaying (4)

After dawn, Zuo Caixiang, with dark circles under his eyes, came to visit with his elder brother.

As the black ribbon of Jing'an Terrace, even if it is only the Jingjiehu of Dongzhen Fusi, he also received the courtesy he deserved. Zhang Xing and Li Qingchen both sat down equally on the second floor, accompanied by patrolling horses After that, the two sides also spoke politely.

But after getting into the essence, the third child of the Zuo family gave a simple and clear statement: "What my elder brother means is what I mean!"

Now, even Li Qingchen found it hard to understand: "Your elder brother doesn't understand, don't you understand Jing'antai family law and family rules?"

About seven or eight years younger than Zuo Caihou, who was only in his early thirties this year, Zuo Cai was silent for a moment, then glanced at his elder brother who bowed his head and said nothing, and answered with difficulty: "I believe in the hearts of the people of the country. "

Li Qingchen was dumbfounded, and Zhang Xing felt even more absurd.

After a long while, Li Twelve Lang couldn't help asking: "Do you know that you don't need national laws and family laws, you just need a transfer order to transfer you to Dongdu... and you will never know your life or death for the rest of your life? You want the people of the country and laws , we can also give you a black prison where you are exhausted and exhausted, okay? What is the national law and the human heart? The emperor is the national law, and the Yitian sword that my family inspects is the human heart! You...why do you think that Jing'an Tower cannot represent the imperial court? Can it represent the imperial court better than anyone else?"

Zuo Lao San panted again and again, but didn't respond.

"Then do you know?" Seeing the other party's expression was different, Zhang Xing hesitated for a while, and joined in the pressure. "After the imperial court transferred Chen Ling away, they didn't directly send generals to replace them. Instead, they asked the military officer Wai Lang who was with us to hold the military talisman for a while. What is the purpose? As long as we want, we can dispatch thousands of armored soldiers to go south at any time, and there will be no need at that time The armies of Xuzhou and Jiangdu can easily burn everything together... I really don't understand, what are you planning? Do you really think that your family's power, status, life, Huankou foundation, and Fuli clan are all up to you? Really think the court Is there any loophole for you to take advantage of? This is the world of Wei! And it is the place of the heart!"

The third child on the left raised his head, hesitated to speak, but remained silent after glancing at his elder brother.

Li Qingchen looked at Zhang Xing.

Zhang Xing hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"We have exhausted our benevolence and righteousness." Li Qingchen stood up suddenly. "Let's stop here, let's all live in peace!"

"Please wait a little bit, Bai Shou, I've sent people down the river to report to my second brother." Boss Zuo stood up and gritted his teeth. "It will arrive in seven or eight days, let's not make a fuss."

"Coincidentally." Li Qingchen responded coldly. "My home inspection is in Ruyin, upstream of the Huai River. If I go to call at this time, I don't even need to call. It's just that we have lost the return, and it will only arrive in seven or eight days."

"So, please raise your hands high..." Boss Zuo immediately bowed his head and saluted respectfully. "There is no other request. I just ask Bai Xunjian to stay still for the time being. When my second child comes over, there must be a new explanation."

Li Qingchen went to see Zhang Xing again.

The latter was silent for a while, and actually nodded: "We can call my house for inspection three or five days later, but tomorrow we will take over the Giant Whale Gang... At the same time, we will start dispatching soldiers to the south to prevent you from instigating rebellion!"

Li Qingchen walked away again and again, and went upstairs directly. Unexpectedly, although Boss Zuo on the opposite side didn't look up, he didn't make any rebuttals, and even felt a little relieved.

But Zhou Xingfan, who was standing behind, was the most erratic. What he thought was that when the critical moment came, Brother Zhang still used the word "giant whale".

At this point, the negotiation broke down in stages, and Zhang Xing ignored the Zuo brothers, but also went up to the third floor and went to the South Pavilion.

Over there, Li Qingchen had been waiting there early.

However, neither of them spoke, but looked outside together with their hands behind their backs. They crossed the farther Huaishang and Ferry and the bustling scenery inside and outside Huankou Town, and set their eyes on the main rudder of the Long Whale Gang.

Outside the building, dozens of elite practitioners and middle-aged men in uniform gathered, as well as dozens of wealthy businessmen and people who looked like local officials.When they saw Zuo Gangzhu and Zuo Heishou coming out together, they immediately swarmed up and surrounded them.

But soon, there was a burst of noise and shouting, and some people even showed their blades on the spot, trying to attack the three-story building, and it was obvious that the left boss opened his hands and blocked the crowd, while the left third severely reprimanded, saying Some nonsense like national law.Amidst the noise, someone who looked up looked up, but saw Zhang Xing and Li Qingchen standing side by side on the third floor and looking at them coldly. Gradually quieted down in the mess of words.

And the Zuo brothers also took the opportunity to coax people out with their confidants.

Only before they left the yard, the two of them didn't know if they had a good understanding, they turned their heads together in the chaos, and took another look at the two white ribbons on the third-floor attic.

That is, after looking at each other with the Zuo brothers this time, Zhang Xing suddenly turned his head and said something very inexplicable:
"The Zuo brothers seem to be asking for help."

Li Qingchen, who had already turned around, looked back in surprise, stunned... It wasn't that he disliked the other party as a riddler, but that he didn't believe the other party's words: "You mean, these two people can't make decisions at all, even this foundation is only for others Hold on, if you don't get the answer, you can only use these three to resist?"

"Yes." Zhang Xing nodded seriously.

"Zhang Sanlang." Li Qingchen took several deep breaths, and then he was serious here. "I don't want to get the reputation of being jealous of the virtuous and capable. In fact, I do think that your human intelligence is slightly better than mine, and stronger than the others in the group. Otherwise, the inspector would not have met you by the river that day. ... But today's incident, it is really unreasonable for you to repeat it again and again."

"I know." Zhang Xing didn't refute, nor did he care about the other party's extraneous things, because his remarks were indeed strange.

"You know..." Li Qingchen suppressed his anger and continued. "According to what you said, either someone is holding onto the three brothers, or the second child is ignorant of his conscience, and he directly looks at the objects of the elder brother and the younger brother who will cultivate the master realm in the future, and blackmails his own brothers at every turn. ...but is it possible?"

"So analyze."

Zhang Xing turned back to his seat, stroked his chin, and replied seriously. "There's a saying about the handle, it's called "do not suppress the situation..." The Whale Gang is such a big stall, with Huankou Town as the axis, one arm holds Huanshui, and it directly intervenes in the autumn grain and spring plans of dozens of counties in the southeast. Carrying the Huai River, doing water transportation on the Huai River, whether there are some or not, everyone knows... But if there is no evidence, do we think they didn't do smuggling with Dongyi and Yaozu Beidao? What? Fifty states in Dongyi, twenty states in Beidao of Yaozu, what a lucrative market, which gang in Huaishang and the coast does not do this kind of business in private? Taking ten thousand steps back, there is really something serious about it , is it comparable to the Mangdang Mountain incident? Therefore, even if there is a reason, in the face of the scale of the Changjing Gang, the power of the three Zuo brothers, and the pressure of our Jing'antai's chariots and horses , it all seemed a little too ridiculous.”

"That's right... Then there is only the second possibility." Li Qingchen sneered. "I really can't say it's impossible... There are everyone in this world, but the second brother on the left is a cold-hearted person who treats his brothers as nothing. They are really afraid that their second brother will cut themselves off with a sword. "

"This is unreasonable after all." Zhang Xing shook his head instead.

"Then you still say that?" Li Qingchen became more and more irritable.

"One size fits all, it's true that they behaved strangely, and it's also true that these two analyzes don't work." Zhang Xing didn't take it seriously at all. "Bold assumptions, careful verification... Tell me, is there such a possibility? Let's connect these two theories... For example, the reason why Zuo Er Er has been wandering around Donghai County and the sea all year round is because he was born in the early years. They voted for Dongyi, and the Whale Gang has been working as spies for Dongyi all these years. Zuo Boss and Zuo Laosan knew that their second child was too deeply trapped by the Dongyi people, so for the sake of the second child, they carried it to death..."

Li Qingchen sighed expressionlessly.

Zhang Xing also shook his head: "This is even more wrong...not to mention Zuo Lao Er's cultivation base, if the Dongyi people are so mean and ungrateful, Zuo Lao Er should have just fled back early, and the other way around , the Zuo Boss and the Zuo Lao San are going to destroy the gang, but the Zuo Lao Er needs to worry about them, why should they be so difficult?"

"The possibility you mentioned is actually not unreasonable at all, but Zuo Cai will be the son of Dongyi's governor, and he may take over the position of the governor and the whale fishing boat in the future, so it is worth ignoring Zuo's second son. Putting all your thoughts on Dongyi is worthy of Boss Zuo voluntarily becoming an abandoned son for the sake of the family's future... If you think about it this way, the unwillingness expressed by the third son Zuo is also in line." Li Qingchen held his hands behind his back. laugh. "But... still that sentence, is it possible? How likely is it?"

Zhang Xing thought for a moment, and asked seriously: "It really seems to be a little bit reasonable...but it's still not right. If so, Boss Zuo will pack up and go to Dongyi...So, he is just delaying time, waiting for his second son To pick him up and go to Dongyi? So, let's turn a blind eye and close one eye, and the matter will be settled?"

"Are you serious?" Li Qingchen was completely speechless.

"This is an idea." Zhang Xing nodded without hesitation. "It may sound absurd, but when it comes to the most critical point, if it is corrected and supplemented with new information, it may suddenly get through somewhere... It's like Chen Ling's family motto that day."

"But it's still not the right way. It's better to continue to exert pressure according to the original plan." Li Qingchen shook his head. "Three hundred soldiers have already gone south ahead of schedule, so they will be transferred here first, and they will be caught off guard, and then they will be suppressed step by step... It's good for them to be subdued, but if they don't, it's okay to push them up and smash them to pieces. "

Zhang Xing paused for a moment, and became more serious: "Li Twelve Lang, I have a consistent temperament, and I am opposed to fighting with each other and hurting innocent people. You have seen tens of thousands of people in a town, and three hundred soldiers are fine. Now, when the time comes, thousands of soldiers will come in, and the Long Whale Gang will also have thousands of people. What will be the result then? However, I have to admit that I don't have a good idea to do this right now... So, first Call three hundred soldiers over and continue to exert pressure, I also agree, and I have no intention of opposing you throughout the whole process."

"Then I won't tell you anymore, I'll go back to Longgang to dispatch troops." Li Qingchen felt relieved. "Just waiting for your promise!"

"Qin Bao is fine." Zhang Xing was surprised for a moment. "There's no need for you to go back in person."

"Let me be honest, Zhang Sanlang, I can't bear it...you can't stand your thoughts, and you can pretend to be a child of your family if you can't stand it...Anyway, I can't bear it anymore." Li Qingchen waved his hands repeatedly. , go straight to the stairs. "Besides, I'm gone. Qin Baoxiaozhou and the others respect you, and it's convenient for you to use your fists to look beautiful... Do it for yourself, don't waste your life! After all, they have a master of alchemy!"

"You have a good trip, go and come back quickly." Zhang Xing watched the other party go out, and tried to respond.

Zhang Xing knew that Li Twelve was telling the truth, and also knew that Li Twelve had other personal and business reasons for being so emotionally wrong. After the noise, he was unexpectedly not angry.

It's really not angry, the kind that can't get angry, and there's no hostility, the kind that can't be born at all.

It can only be said that unconsciously, I have changed a lot.

Only as people grow older, people will inevitably change, but no one can tell whether this change is good or bad... It seems that Zhang Xing himself does not know that this kind of mentality is alienated by the officialdom at this moment, and he has become smooth and tolerant ; Or are you really mature, broaden your horizons, think too much about things, and don't bother to care about such small emotions?
Just as he was thinking about it, as Li Qingchen went downstairs, there was another commotion downstairs.

Zhang Xing got up again and leaned on the railing, and he saw Li Qingchen showing off his power downstairs. This guy was like a hundred, and he was in the head of the Changjing gang in public. Helping the Zuo brothers plot against the law and resist the law, and now he is going back to Longgang to transfer thousands of soldiers, and then see who dares to disobey the Jingantai Yunyun, which will make the following go crazy.

I don't know what happened in the end, anyway, after all, Li Qingchen grandiosely took a confidant patrol and several local officials who were caught in the face to go north to transfer troops... Is he really As part of the original pressure plan, the three hundred soldiers had already set out from Longgang. They would encounter them on the way, and then turn back directly, becoming the necessary main force to control the situation.

But regardless of what happened to Li Qingchen's place for the time being, it is only said that after the white ribbon left in public, the whole town became tense, and the Long Whale Gang felt like a formidable enemy.

Especially inside the Long Whale Gang, you can clearly see messengers coming and going, on land and on water, everywhere.And from noon that day, other elite gangs gathered from other places, the three-story "mansion" where Zhang Xing, Qin Bao and others lived became tense, and the security below began to become chaotic. There are already many strange-looking practitioners who have started sneaking up to peep.

One is afraid that the dog will jump over the wall in a hurry; the other is afraid that there will be two fools and two fools who are ignorant.

Anyway, the rest of the Jinyi Patrollers did not dare to neglect at all. Their actions became more serious and tidy, and they began to pay attention to the food and water... From noon, when a meal was delivered, only one person ate it, and the rest had to wait until Half a day later, I ate cold rice and drank cold water.

Nothing happened during the day.

At night, Zhang Xing was reading a book by Huai in the attic, when suddenly, Qin Bao and Zhou Xingfan went upstairs without stopping.

Zhang Xing turned around in surprise, expressing his bewilderment.

"Someone is lying outside this attic. I guess it has been hiding for an hour." Qin Bao was a little embarrassed. "It should have come in the evening. I didn't realize it until the man moved and touched the iron wire we buried."

"It doesn't matter." Zhang Xing was taken aback for a moment, then immediately put down the book in his hand, and spoke first. "Since he can easily hide it from us, he must be a master at the stage of the eight meridian meridians, and such a master should not be too easy to deal with our patrol cavalry who have cultivated the right meridian... He has been hiding for a long time, he should be waiting for an opportunity to speak , not to embarrass us...Your Excellency, do you think my guess is right?"

As soon as the voice fell, a man in black with his face "walked" directly from the third floor window, and then he walked to the middle of the attic, immediately pulled off the mask, and then bowed his hands and saluted:
"The attic can be seen from all sides. Originally, I wanted to wait for Zhang Sanlang and Zhang Baishou to leave the place to speak privately again, but unexpectedly alarmed the thunder hand Qin Erlang. Fan's cultivation is also blind for nothing... Shame, shame."

"Dare to ask the origin of Mr. Fan's name?" Zhang Xing thought about it for a while, and then asked seriously, but the other party was a little older and looked like he was in his forties, so he used Mr. Fan. "Have we met before?"

Na Fan was embarrassed on the spot for a while.

On the contrary, Zhou Xingfan couldn't hold back again, and reminded him a little later: "Brother Zhang... This is Fan Shiyong Fan's deputy leader! You shook hands with him yesterday! The eight meridians of the strange meridians have already been connected to seven meridians, and only a few The governor's pulse has not moved, and he is a top-notch master in the gang. He is 45 years old this year, and his father was the county magistrate of the Northern Qi Dynasty."

Suddenly, Zhang Xing got up and shook hands again: "Ashamed, ashamed, Your Excellency is wearing a face scarf, I didn't recognize it for a while."

I had already taken it down, and I even gave my surname, but Deputy Gang Leader Fan was speechless, but he could only go forward and shake hands again: "It's okay, it's okay."

After shaking hands, Zhang Xing sat down again and asked earnestly with his iced tea, "What's the purpose of Vice-Clan Master Fan here?"

Fan Shiyong held back again, but still held his hand seriously: "To tell the truth, I, Fan, did not come here alone. I don't care about personal life or death, honor or disgrace. Fan came to find Zhang Baishou on behalf of many brothers in the gang. This is not Zhang Baishou. He was put under house arrest by the Zuo brothers, and Fan is a master of longevity and true energy..."

"I understand, I understand." Zhang Xing nodded again and again, and then urged him with tea. "and then?"

"Then I just want to ask Zhang Baishou face to face, is the imperial court going to punish the Zuo brothers or the Changjing gang? If we don't ask this clearly, we won't be able to sleep at all." Fan Shiyong asked sincerely.

"The imperial court wants to punish the crimes of the Zuo brothers and the Changjing Gang." Zhang Xing replied earnestly, and then he stared at the other party's pale face for a few breaths before continuing. "But the court believes that a new gang is also needed to continue to manage the trackers and maintain the transportation of Huan Shui and Huai Shui..."

Fan Shiyong immediately felt relieved, but then stopped talking.

"What?" Zhang Xing was puzzled for a moment.

Fan Shiyong just went to see Qin Bao and Zhou Xingfan who were behind each other.

Zhang Xing understood, and quickly explained: "Qin Erlang is my real brother and arm, and Xiao Zhou is the youngest son of Duke Zhou who stayed behind in Jiangdu Prefecture. I also trust him very much."

Fan Shiyong was stunned for a moment, more overjoyed, and then directly ignored the age difference, bowed down on the spot, and before he could stand up, he raised his head and cupped his hands on the ground again, and confessed his heart:

"To tell the truth, Zhang Baishou, Fan and many others are dissatisfied with the Zuo brothers and the Long Whale Gang, and they are just waiting for you to become Qingtian!"

Zhang Xing also laughed, got up and left the seat directly, helped the other party up, and then said earnestly: "To tell the truth, Deputy Chief Fan, I felt that you are a good one yesterday... If you, Fan Shiyong, come out to fight, I will support you." How about you being the new owner of Huankou Town...?"

Fan Shiyong, Deputy Gang Leader Fan couldn't hide his joy, but he couldn't show it.

"Let's come in and talk slowly?" Zhang Xing became more earnest.

PS: Good night everyone.

(End of this chapter)