20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 20 Clues
"No...nothing!" Jiang Xiaodao said in a panic.

"Hey! Why are you nervous? I'm just asking." Lao Cui smiled and said, "I thought your father gave you something good."

Jiang Xiaodao was about to change the topic, so he took over the conversation and asked: "Old Cui, who is my father?"

Lao Cui raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise: "You don't even know who Jiang Chenghai is, so you accept him as your father?"

"Well... I didn't have much choice at the time, so I just muddleheadedly accepted him as a thief..." When the words came to his lips, Jiang Xiaodao quickly changed his words, "I recognized him as my father."

When Lao Cui heard this, he immediately sat upright and assumed the posture of a storyteller.

"Your father, Jiang Chenghai! He was a soldier in his early years and went to the Northwest with Mr. Zuo. Do you know Mr. Zuo?"

Jiang Xiaodao shook his head: "I don't know."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. You just need to know that your father is a serious soldier who has fought in eight wars." Lao Cui continued, "Later, your father returned to the Northeast and brought two brothers with him to occupy the mountain and become the king. Got a beard.”

"Wait, isn't there six?"

"Hey! The fourth and fifth brothers joined the gang later. The sixth and seventh brothers only came in the past two years. They were not there yet!" Lao Cui motioned Jiang Xiaodao not to interrupt, "It was not like now, where the imperial court suppressed bandits and suppressed bandits. Awesome! Your father thought that wandering around the mountains was not very interesting, so he took his brother to Fengtian to worship Zhou Yunfu!"

Jiang Xiaodao tilted his head and asked, "So, Zhou Yunfu is better than my father?"

Lao Cui immediately widened his eyes: "Hey! Who is Zhou Yunfu? The leader of Fengtian Dark Eight Gates! He has friendship with General Shengjing Zengqi Zengzeng! However, your father's brothers are indeed capable. Da, after just a few years of working with Zhou Yunfu, he became the top horse of the Four Liangs, doing his work cleanly and doing everything neatly!"

"Just those few crooked melons and cracked dates?"

Jiang Xiaodao couldn't believe it. After Lao Cui's introduction, he had a general understanding of his six uncles.

The second eldest child, Li Tianwei, nicknamed "Ban La Lian", has a hot temper and a strong temper.

The third child was the thin man with a beard. His real name was Sun Xueru. He was a scholar, not sour or rotten. He was originally thinking about an official career. Later, when he saw that the country was in ruins, he suddenly had a sudden enlightenment one night, burned the classics, joined the green forest, and changed his name to Sun Chengmo.

The fourth brother, Jin Xiaoyi, was originally from Guaizixing, Hebei Province. He was a master of martial arts, had practiced Baji and Xingyi, and became a master of martial arts with Jiang Chenghai in Fengtian.

The fifth eldest son, Shen Guoliang, was originally a member of Du Baozeng, a green forest in western Liaoning. Later, when the Du family was in civil strife and the young master Du Lisan came to power, he took advantage of the chaos and ran to Fengtian and met Jiang Chenghai.

Lao Liu Guanwei may be a foreigner, no one can tell whether he is, but in short, he likes spicy cabbage. In order to avoid the Japanese, he fled here. He joined the gang two years ago and has no reputation in the world.

Lao Qigong Baonan was even later, joining the group last year. He joined the "loyalty army" two years ago and killed Mao Zi.Later, there was internal discord among the three leaders, and the combined efforts of the Russian army, the Qing court, and the local security forces to suppress him made Gong Baonan feel disheartened and returned to the streets.

"I didn't expect that even Uncle Qi, who looks so careless, doesn't come from a simple background!" Jiang Xiaodao murmured to himself.

"Hehe, this means that people should not be judged by their appearance!"

Lao Cui patted Xiaodao on the shoulder, stood up and said, "Okay, I've had enough sleep, it's time to go out to work!"

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Mrs. Feng has been half frightened since she came back from Xicheng.

Of course, she didn't dare to touch the 30 taels of silver. Instead, she wrapped it up and stored it in a crack in the wall, ready to think of an excuse and return it in full some other day.

After calling a doctor for Hook and stabilizing his injuries, she still felt uneasy. She was always worried that Jiang Chenghai would stir up trouble and retaliate before the matter was over.

After much thought, Mrs. Feng decided to spend money and find a few nursing homes to look after the homes to strengthen her momentum.The first thought that flashed through my mind was to find He Lishan from Changfeng Escort Bureau.

Although the royal residence in Nancheng was stolen not long ago, which severely damaged the reputation of Changfeng Escort Agency, their strength is still there after all.

As the saying goes, open guns are easy to block, but hidden arrows are difficult to guard against. They cannot be entirely blamed for the theft of the royal residence.

To take a step back, if Changfeng Escort Bureau can't stop it, Mrs. Feng really can't think of any other charlatan shop in Liaoyang City that can do it.

On the other side, since the return of Mr. Hu to take charge, the Changfeng Escort Bureau has gradually stabilized its position.

Hu Biao is an old escort who "goes to the aisle".

He Lishan is the big shopkeeper, and he usually doesn't travel far, so Hu Biao becomes the "leg" in the escort agency.

Over the years, he has traveled all over the country and has a wide network of contacts. A few years ago, he even took the military salary of Liaoyang City, which shows the trust that He Xinpei and his son have in him.

The big shopkeeper He Lishan first appeased his former boss Wang Youcai, and then Hu Biao came forward to find President Liu of the local Changchun Association and stabilized the business of temple fair spectators.

Usually, at any lively temple fair or market, the government would send officers from the government office to patrol the area to prevent some idle street kids from stirring up fights.

But since the year before last, when the Russian army moved south, General Shengjing Zengqi abandoned Fengtian and fled to the new people. The government offices in many small places were almost paralyzed, and the situation in Liaoyang City was naturally not much better.

Since then, President Liu of the Changchun Society has handed over the security matters of the temple fair in the past two years to the Changfeng Escort Bureau.

Stabilizing this business is crucial to Changfeng Escort Bureau.

Now that Mrs. Feng came to pay for a nursing home again, He Lishan was naturally even more happy and received her in person with Mr. Hu.

"Shopkeeper Feng can ignore the rumors and still trust us at this time. I, He, am really grateful!"

Old Mrs. Feng had a grimace on her face: "Oh! Forget it, I'm also blind, I offended someone I shouldn't have offended, and the flood flooded the Dragon King Temple. I don't dare not be on guard!"

Hu Biao wiped his beard and asked: "Shopkeeper Feng, who did you offend?"

"Hey! I don't even believe it when I tell you that. In this line of work, I can actually offend the 'Owl'!"

Upon hearing this name, He Lishan immediately frowned: "Shopkeeper Feng, don't be offended if I speak frankly. How can your business be at odds with that 'Owl'?"

"I didn't know that he had recently adopted a son with us! What bad luck! What bad luck!"

After some questioning, Mrs. Feng recounted exactly what happened last night.

After listening, He Lishan and Hu Biao couldn't help but look at each other.

Hu Biao's eyes widened and his face started to tremble.

"Shopkeeper, I remember the second strongman said that on the night when the Wang residence was stolen, he originally caught a half-grown child, who was also thirteen or fourteen years old?"

He Lishan nodded: "It seems that it is Jiang Chenghai and the others who are behind this!"

When Old Mrs. Feng heard what the two of them said, she couldn't help but suspect that she had said something wrong, and she quickly said: "Oh, Shopkeeper He, Mr. Hu, I don't know what's going on between you, but you must not sell me out." , just pretend that I didn’t say anything! I didn’t say anything!”

　Gentlemen, please support me in pursuing my studies!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)