fast and ferocious

Chapter 99 Dog Skin Plaster (Part [-])
Qin Wubing said:

"That's why the Cao Gang said that officials are not officials because they have no rank, but they also say that people are not people because they can be the masters of their own territory!"

"That's what it means! But the water transportation is through the Huaijing Canal. In order to get a share of the pie, the officials along the way will not deal with them, but they dare not use force. The people of the Cao Gang are not so easy to mess with! "

"Why not reopen the shipping? The Japanese pirates are still there?"

"Are you from Jinghai? Do you know if the Japanese pirates are still here? They disappeared decades ago. If you really have them, can you still live in peace?"

"Then reopen the shipping!" Qin Wubing stood up.

"Water transport is the golden rice bowl for how many people, you can open it if you want?" Guo Yi also stood up.

Qin Wubing looked around, he had cleaned up as if nothing had happened.

He muttered in his mouth: "Why did the people from the Cao Gang want to kill me?"

"How do you know they are here to kill you, not to kill..." Guo Yi asked in a low voice, looking at the tired old monk.

"Who would want to kill him? What's the point of killing him? Even if you want to blame him, you won't ask someone from the Cao Gang to do it!"

Guo Yi was stunned for a moment, and asked urgently: "You said they are members of the Cao Gang?"

Qin Wubing nodded, and then shouted to Lin Huai: "Brother, is the person I hit just now in danger of life?"

Lin Huai ran over and said:

"It's nothing serious. I was hit by a sword on my shoulder. There may be some problems with the bones that were hit by your two sticks. You won't know until you go to the city and let the doctor see it. The bleeding has stopped right now, and there is no danger of life."

"Could there be a carriage for me and the man? I want to ask."

"No problem! These people rode a lot of horses, and they also have a carriage. They are supposed to hold bows and arrows, and they are all hidden in the woods. I will use this carriage to carry those who are seriously injured, and let Chuncao's parents take care of it." Ride a horse and make a carriage for you."

Qin Wubing nodded.

……

After tossing for almost two hours, the team started on the road again.

Qin Wubing sat in the car with a pale face, the man in front of him was lying weakly, and beside him was an old monk.

Qin Wubing discussed with the old monk: "Your surname shouldn't be Li, your surname should be Gao."

"Why?"

"You're a piece of dog skin plaster!"

"Guess what you would do if the emperor knew what you said?"

"Only when children are being bullied, they will ask adults for help. How old are you?"

"Tch, if you talk about breaking the sky, I have to follow you too!"

"Are you planning to report to those people after listening?" Qin Wubing regretted it after finishing speaking. It is the best statement for the old monk to follow him back to Beijing. An IQ like him that fluctuates high and low wants to play without end. Dao, it doesn't really make sense.

The old monk just snorted disdainfully and said, "They deserve it too!"

Qin Wubing didn't dare to say any more, so the old monk sat beside him as he wished.

As the car staggered on the road, Qin Wubing said slowly:

"I said listen. If you want to answer, just say a word. If you don't want to answer, just listen. I don't have to ask you to answer."

"The Huaijing Canal runs directly from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital, and it meets the Yellow River in the middle. But I don't understand why you stole the river money and stopped the prince from repairing the Yellow River? It's not good for your water transportation if the Yellow River breaks."

The man seemed to be in severe pain, and couldn't help frowning.

"I thought about it, your Cao Gang is not ordered by anyone who wants it. Last time, you killed someone in the street because of loan sharks, and the governor let you go anyway. It shows that you are also not to be messed with, and you can't be messed with. No, you haven't reached the point where you can be arrogant and do whatever you want, so where do you have the guts to steal that 50 taels of silver?"

"I, should have killed you a long time ago!" The man opened one eye, and struggled to utter a few words.

The old monk's eyes widened, and he reached out and took out the nunchucks hidden in his arms. Qin Wubing was startled: "Why are you so mad? He is like... using you?"

"Only someone like him can use me!"

"You can either sit and listen, or go out for a ride, you choose one."

The old monk snorted and put away the nunchuck.

Qin Wubing shook his head and looked at the man again, saying:
"You can't kill me at any time! Do you know why? Because I have heaven to protect me!"

The old monk nodded in agreement.

"What did you say just now?" Qin Wubing was thinking.

"Say you are protected by heaven." The old monk reminded.

Qin Wubing opened his mouth, let out a mouthful of foul air, and said softly, "Shut up!"

"Your gang has dealt with local officials all the year round, and your subordinates are all poor people. While transporting grain bitterly, you want to distribute the hard money to those officials who eat people and don't spit out their bones. Is it just a coolie who carries a bag for a lifetime or a coolie, who earns all the money? Is it just those corrupt officials? Everyone in your gang is clean?"

"Let's go back to the 50 taels of silver. You were tricked by the government, so you wanted to get it back from the government, regardless of the merits and demerits of which yamen. Blind, what about yourselves? That’s the money used to build river channels. Don’t you know how important it is to build river channels? Don’t you know how many families’ lives are affected by the flood? Where is your heart so clean?”

"The boat transporting the money is going through the Huaijing Canal, which is your territory. It is not unusual for you to infer what the contents of the boat might be and how many there are based on the draft of the boat. What is strange is that you know when the prince will disembark. After walking on the dry road, you know the method of checking the silver on the ship. If there is an inside ghost who informs you, you will really dare to act. Or that sentence, where do you have the courage? If you even dare to steal the silver that Prince Xiang brought , the tax money paid on the Huaijing Canal every year has not entered your Cao Gang sooner or later? Are you expecting the emperor to dispatch troops to destroy you?"

"Oh, yes, you think no one can find out about the money theft! But, there is a way to verify whether it is what you think... It's called empathy! If you are Prince Xiang, how do you think about the money theft?" thing?"

"Do you think, no matter who does it on the Huaijing Canal, can he escape the eyes of your Cao Gang? Isn't this pouring dirty water on you, what can you do? At this time, think about who can steal the 50 yuan Two silver coins? Is it like a lice on a bald man's head? It's obvious? So Lord Xiang knew that the silver coin was lost, so he didn't worry at all. How many days have passed before we came to Jinling, do you understand? Yes! Who sent you the news? And who persuaded you to do it? This person has bad intentions!"

The man tensed up and stared at Qin Wubing in horror with one eye, without blinking, as if he was waiting for Qin Wubing to continue talking.

(End of this chapter)