20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 121 Deadline
Jiang Xiaodao left the north branch of Guangyuan Qianzhuang.

That night, he brought Su Wenqi's message to his father.

Early the next morning, Gong Baonan followed Jiang Chenghai's instructions and visited Su Wenqi alone and learned where Wang Sanquan was hiding.

Two days later, the most critical witness in the "Woyun Tower" shooting case, Wang Sanquan, disappeared mysteriously, as if this person had never existed.

But in Fengtian Jianghu, no one was surprised - people had long been accustomed to this.

For more than ten years, anyone who has offended Zhou Yunfu will always disappear mysteriously, commit suicide inexplicably, or suffer tragic accidents. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this matter is inseparable from the "Owl", but there is no conclusive evidence.

As long as Zhou Yunfu and Jiang Chenghai do not break up, this kind of intimidating power will always permeate the Fengtian arena.

When the news reached the Su family, Su Wenqi couldn't help but admire and sigh in secret!
If "Owl" had worshiped Su's father Su Yuansheng instead of Zhou Yunfu, the situation in Fengtian for more than ten years might have been very different.

Apart from being envious, I also felt a little bit afraid.

However, some people are happy and some are worried.

When Bai Guoping, the eldest son of the Bai family, learned about this, he was so angry that he immediately called out all his confidants, stood in a row, and scolded them one by one.

It didn't matter that Wang Sanquan died. Bai Guoping originally planned to use this as an excuse to make a big fuss and kill Zhou Yunfu's majesty.

But now Wang Sanquan is neither alive nor dead, and is not in the possession of the Bai family. At most, he can only file a missing person case, which makes it difficult to use the topic to expand the situation.

Young people are full of energy, but Bai Baochen seems much calmer.

Wang Sanquan was cleared, and the old man was not surprised.

In the case of "Woyun Tower", Wang Yanzong, a reckless man, shot and killed the ghost police "Black Hat" halfway through. This triggered a series of chain reactions, leading to negotiations between the Fengtian Negotiation Bureau and the ghosts.

In the end, "Woyun Tower" was sealed, and Zhou Yunfu paid the Japanese 5000 yuan in silver out of his own pocket.

This matter has basically been concluded.

Even if Wang Sanquan is still alive, the case will not have much improvement.

To put it bluntly, after negotiation, the tone has been set for both of you to take a step back. If the Bai family dares to make trouble again, it will be a slap in the face, and you are ignorant!

Because of this, Bai Baochen relaxed his protection of Wang Sanquan.

Otherwise, no matter how capable the "Owl" brothers are, they will not be able to make a person disappear out of thin air like this.

Bai Baochen doesn't get hung up on these minutiae, he cares about the overall situation.

After this case, Zhou Yunfu lost his tobacco business and lost an arm, Xu Ruqing's brothel business went from bad to worse, Jiang Chenghaiye was old, Chen Wantang was ready to make a move, and Han Ce was still the same bear.

In terms of overall situation, the Bai family already has the upper hand, so what's the harm if two people die?

After all, Bai Baochen had never expected to be able to eat Zhou Yunfu in one bite, and it was safest to do it step by step.

However, this old man is not really calm.

There is still an unsolved knot in his mind - the arson case at Baoguo Match Factory, who is the real culprit is still unknown.

The Bai family has spent a lot of money on this match factory, so of course they can't just let it go.Moreover, the "Woyun Tower" case was, to be honest, a cover for the arson case. They were holding on to Guan Wei and Gong Baonan, but in fact they were ignoring the root of the matter.

From then on, Bai Baochen began to use various informants to find out whether Zhou Yunfu had other unidentified "black guns", and the first target of the investigation was naturally the Bai family's biggest enemy over the years - "Owl"!
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Next, nothing major happened in Fengtian Jianghu for several days.

Relying on the power of the Japanese, Bai Baochen was in the limelight and asked thugs to pretend to be Japanese factory workers and look for trouble everywhere.

Zhou Yunfu calmed down his troops and drums to avoid the sharp edge, and ordered the "four beams" to sit down, endure when things happen, give in when they can, and wait for the changes in the situation.

This man who once dominated the world of Fengtian has become an old bastard. He just hides himself in his shell and cannot fight back or scold him. No matter what the Bai family does, he can only drag his feet. Done.

The old man does nothing else every day and is only busy with two things:

The first is to send Han Ce to develop contacts and manage relationships in the martial arts halls of the three eastern provinces.

The second is to read the newspaper. As long as I have free time, I will never leave the newspaper in my hand, and my fingertips are often dark.

Tired of reading, Zhou Yunfu asked Han Ce to sit next to him and read to him, and always asked "Chuan'erhong" to help him find out the secret oral news that was not published in newspapers. The two Jiangxiang faction from the south, He also gradually entered the old man’s sight.

Xu Ruqing is in charge of the prostitution business and has the best access to gossip, especially the rumors about the Qing faction. He is often the first to know.

The old man combined newspaper news and Jianghu news. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something big would happen in the next two years, so he became more determined to delay the war.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

The Bai family swung their fists in the air, and every move did not receive any response, so they gradually became more relaxed.Everyone spread rumors that Zhou Yunfu was dead, cowardly, cowardly, and defeated.

This is where the drag-zi technique begins to show results!

However, Zhou Yunfu is in charge of the overall situation, but the people under his command may not see that far ahead, nor may they be willing to accompany him.

Jiang Chenghai, Xu Ruqing and Han Ce were able to suppress the anger and listen to advice, but the prerequisite for all this stability was that Chen Wantang's "Heshengfang" was struggling to support it.

The money for developing contacts in the martial arts halls in the three eastern provinces has to be paid for by the business of the gambling house; the money for buying new land and building houses for "Huifangli" in Xiaoxiguan has to be paid for by the business of the gambling house; the money for the thugs' wages and dividends must be paid The money needs to come from the business of the gambling house!
Needless to say, Chen Wantang was dissatisfied. Even his subordinates had already complained.

"Second brother! Do we owe them what we deserve or what we owe them? Then Han Ce and Xu Ruqing's cousins ​​have their own businesses in trouble. Why should our cousins ​​give them money?"

"That's right! Don't let anyone fucking say that I'm obsessed with money. If their business can't turn over, let us help you, once or twice, forget it, but what's the point of it now? Brother They worked so hard and all the money they earned went to them for fun!"

"Second brother, you were working with Zhou Yunfu back then, which is different from 'Hai Lao Owl' and 'Chun'er Hong'. They were called father-in-law!"

"Who says it's not the case! Normally, we don't care at all about their bad things! This time, they just waited for something to happen before they came to us!"

"What a bastard! I can't bear it, it's so fucking bullying!"

"Second brother! Let's do the opposite!"

"Yes! Damn it! Brothers, go get Zhou Yunfu and use Lao Deng's head as a pledge of surrender. Don't worry about Bai Baochen not trusting us!"

However, no matter what the brothers said, Chen Wantang just sat on the chair, looking through the old account books, and said nothing.

The Eight Generals of a Thousand Doors: Promote the truth but turn it away, eliminate rumors by wind and fire.

This group of people is called Blue Horse or Luan Bangdian when they are on the card table; when they are off the card table, they can also rely on their respective talents to wander around the world.

For example, the Ti general specializes in persuading people to join the game, but he is actually a smooth-tongued lobbyist; the Feng general watches the wind and collects intelligence; the Fire general is simply a thug.

However, there is a common problem in Luangbangdian: people gather and disperse as they please, benefits come and go, accounts are divided unevenly, and people turn against each other and become enemies.

Chen Wantang suppressed people point-by-point, with ability and skill, but most importantly, he had Zhou Yunfu behind him, so he was still able to suppress them. Without this mountain, he might not be where he is today.

This is obviously different from the brothers of "Ocean Owl". How can the buddies at the card table and the buddies on the mountain be the same thing?
Originally, Chen Wantang planned to fish in troubled waters and let Zhou Yunfu and Bai Baochen fight to the death, and then he would take the opportunity to stand on his own feet.

But at present, it seems that the connections and power of those two old guys are still far above his, so they can only have empty ambitions.

When it comes to betrayal, there is no turning back. Once you decide, you have to go all the way.

If Bai Baochen only uses him as a spearman to deal with Zhou Yunfu, but ignores his grievances with the Su family, he will end up losing everything in the end; but if he keeps dragging on like this, his own men will probably... Let’s rebel first.

Previously, Chen Wantang sent his fire generals to rescue Wang Sanquan and asked him to help deliver the message, just to show his goodwill to Bai Baochen, but so far, he has not received any response from the other party.

He will not make a decision easily before getting the commitment from the Bai family.

Everyone saw that the second brother was reluctant to speak, and the noisy voices gradually calmed down.

Chen Wantang slowly closed the account book and asked, "Is everything finished?"

"Say... it's over." Everyone said hesitantly.

So Chen Wantang stretched out a finger and said: "One year!"

"What year?"

"If you still recognize me as your second brother, just wait another year! Let's see if Zhou Yunfu can beat Bai Baochen."

"Second brother, don't blame me for talking too much. In this situation, is it necessary to wait?"

"It's necessary!" Chen Wantang nodded firmly, "The cooperation between Zhou Yunfu and us has been going on for more than ten years, and it has always been very stable. For such a long time, no one has complained. If it is not a last resort, I don't want to Break this situation. Can any of you guarantee that your cooperation with others will be more stable than Zhou Yunfu's?"

The crowd was silent.

Indeed, they were so stable when they joined Zhou Yunfu that they almost ignored how valuable this stability was.

After thinking for a moment, everyone gritted their teeth and said fiercely: "Okay! Then listen to the second brother! Wait for him for a year and see what happens then, and also see if Bai Baochen has that ability!"

When Chen Wantang heard this, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief - the situation was finally stabilized for the time being.

At this moment, the wind suddenly came outside the door.

"Second brother! Second brother! Something big happened! News about the spy from 'Ebi Owl'!"

As the Feng General spoke, he ran closer, lowered his head and whispered a few words, but Chen Wantang was shocked and said hurriedly: "Don't make any noise, keep this knife for now!"

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