20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 267 Xia Family Teahouse (more updates)

Liaohe Pier, the sound of water roaring.

The interrogation process lasted for two sticks of incense, and the boys stood on the river bank to relax.

The broken boat drifted with the waves, floating up and down on the dark river water, with the fishing fire on the bow swaying left and right and creaking.

Li Zhengxi flicked a cigarette butt towards the river.

"Plop-hiss-"

The boat tilted suddenly, and a figure moved in the cabin. Wang Zhengnan quickly walked to the shore and helped Brother Dao off the bow.

"Brother Dao, what's going on? Is there any news?"

"It's pretty good, I'm almost at the end of it."

Jiang Lianheng jumped off the bow of the ship, smiled, and then ordered: "Xifeng, go back tonight and tell Liu Yansheng that you two should pack up and move back to the old market starting tomorrow."

Li Zhengxi responded repeatedly, as if he couldn't wait for a long time.

However, Wang Zhengnan was still a little worried and tried to dissuade him: "Brother Dao, Mr. Qiao died just a few days ago. Otherwise, let them hide for a few more days and wait until the news is over."

Jiang Lianheng waved his hand nonchalantly, but said, "Don't worry! There won't be any more rumors."

"But--"

"Stop it! Brother Dao has already spoken, what else do you have to worry about?"

Before Nanfeng finished speaking, Li Zhengxi replied first, then raised his chin towards the cabin, lowered his voice and asked: "Brother Dao, what should I do with that bitch on the boat? Should I keep it or get rid of it?" ?”

Jiang Lianheng replied indifferently: "Take medicine."

"Want it? What kind of medicine should I take?" Li Zhengxi was confused.

"The medicine on the ship!" Jiang Lianheng explained, "If she hasn't taken the smoking cessation medicine on the ship in the past few days, you will arrange for someone to throw her into the river before we leave."

Once you take the medicine, it is just the dregs of a bad habit that is hard to change. It is not a problem at all and can even be easily controlled.

If he changes his mind and is no longer contaminated by Toyang Hongwan, his willpower must be stronger than that of ordinary people, and he should be eradicated as soon as possible.

"Then if she eats it, do we really let her go?"

Li Zhengxi was a little hesitant and glanced into the cabin. Hazy, he saw Mr. Qiao's daughter-in-law lying inside, her clothes a little messy, her body rising and falling with the waves, and she seemed to have fallen asleep.

"Brother Dao, nothing can happen, right?"

Jiang Lian waved his hand and said, "She knows a lot. Nine times out of ten, she has personally gone through everything about Mr. Qiao's business. She keeps it for now. If it's not all, it will be useful in the future. In addition, Mr. Qiao's Don’t worry about anything, someone will protect us.”

Li Zhengxi frowned and asked, "Who will protect us?"

Jiang Lianheng snorted coldly: "Whoever uses us as gunmen will have to do his best to protect us."

"Xiao Laoer?" Wang Zhengnan interjected and asked, "But why do they protect us?"

"You guys don't have to worry about this matter yet," Jiang Lianheng said, "Nanfeng, go back later and I'll give you a few names, and then you can send a telegram to your sister-in-law."

Wang Zhengnan asked, "Then should we still investigate Liu Fengqi?"

Jiang Lianheng said with a relaxed expression: "No need to check. When he has nothing to do, doesn't he always listen to books in the shabby Xia Family Teahouse? Just go and meet him tomorrow."

Li Zhengxi responded quickly: "Okay, then I'll go back right away and arrange the people first to avoid anything going wrong tomorrow."

Jiang Lianheng seemed to be very confident. Seeing this, Nan Feng and Xifeng stopped asking any more questions.

The three of them exchanged a few words on the pier, and then took advantage of the darkness to take action.

…………

At noon the next day, the spring was beautiful.

Jiang Lianheng came to Wakengdian early and took a good seat at the Xia Family Teahouse. He ordered a pot of good tea, cakes, melon seeds, hawthorn slices and other snacks, waiting for Liu Fengqi to show up.

Before Mr. Chang, the storyteller, arrived, the teahouse gradually started to fill up.

In a short time, the pit was full again, causing all the spectators and listeners to shout and shout from time to time.

"Hey! Why aren't you here, Mr. Chang? I'm starting to put on a show, or something?"

"Who says it's not the case! You've been waiting for a long time, and you're chewing melon seeds until you're bald. Why don't you come?"

The waiters in the store carried large iron teapots and shuttled back and forth among the crowd, refilling people's water and making fun of them from time to time.

"Several guests came early. Mr. Chang is always on time. Please be patient and they will be here soon."

Jiang Lianheng didn't care about this.

Under the influence of his father, he often listened to books and always respected Mr. Tuan Chai.

Since the fire hole is turning around, making noises, and turning into horns, it should be a bit pompous, and you can't just give in to anyone.

Jianghu entertainers have been wandering around for half their lives, just to avoid being looked down upon by others and have a decent meal!

Otherwise, what does the so-called Cheng Jiaoer mean?

But Li Zhengxi was impatient, and he didn't come here just to listen to a book. He was sitting on the tea table, and the noise all around made him even more anxious.

There were already many people standing in the store waiting to open books, but in the corner, the tea table specially reserved for Liu Fengqi was still empty.

Li Zhengxi couldn't help but stand up and said, "Brother Dao, can I go out and take a look again?"

Jiang Lian banged his melon seeds and nodded, as if he was staying out of the incident.

As soon as the west wind left, there was a roar of applause in the teahouse. But I saw Mr. Chang, wearing a green shirt and coat, with his hands clasped in his fists. He walked to the table very politely. He first said a few lines of setting poems, then woke up and clapped his hands, and continued the preface. Everyone was silent.

There is no unnecessary idle talk, just a few words to explain the background, and then quickly get into the action, telling the story of Tong Lin, the purple-faced Kunlun hero who conquers all directions, bravely fights against the Hun Yuan hero Li Kun, and shows his unique skills, which astonishes everyone.

Once you listen to it, you won't feel that time flies.

Jiang Lianheng only knew that the west wind came and went, in and out, at least five or six times.

"Brother Dao!" Li Zhengxi lowered his voice so low that he almost bit his ears, "That old boy Liu Fengqi hasn't shown up all the time. What should we do?"

Jiang Lianheng laughed playfully, but said: "He can come when he likes. If he doesn't come, don't worry about him. Come on, come on, stop tossing back and forth, sit down and listen to the book!"

Li Zhengxi sat down reluctantly and looked at each other with Wang Zhengnan and Liu Yansheng.

Although they didn't say it explicitly, Xi Feng and Nan Feng unanimously felt that Jiang Lianheng was really becoming more and more like the "Owl" in some aspects.

Until Mr. Chang finished talking about today's chapter, Xingmu clapped his hands and everyone left, Liu Fengqi still didn't show up.

Li Zhengxi's neck became thicker. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to loosen his collar and said, "Brother Dao, he has a guilty conscience. He's a bastard. He's playing tricks on us, no matter how high or low he is!"

Liu Yansheng had already torn off his fake beard and transformed from an immortal master into a mortal.

"Then our trip today was in vain?"

"How can you say you came here in vain?" Jiang Lianheng asked, "Why, Mr. Chang's book is not good?"

Wang Zhengnan and others laughed dryly at the same time - obviously, not everyone likes to listen to books.

Jiang Lianheng took a sip of tea and continued: "Besides, Liu Fengqi has not shown up during this trip today, so he cannot be Xiao Laoer."

Hearing this, the three of them were stunned for a moment, and then thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was indeed the truth.

The time arranged by Xiao Laoer is to meet at Deshun Shabu Shabu on the pier at 12 noon tomorrow.

Now that his name has been revealed, if Liu Fengqi is really Xiao Laoer, at this time, he suddenly and unexpectedly stopped coming to the Xia Family Teahouse, which will actually cover up the truth and arouse suspicion.

"That's indeed what I mean." Liu Yansheng said, "However, Liu Sheng's failure to come is actually equivalent to a disguised confession. He was also involved in Xiao Laoer's matter."

"Participation may not be voluntary." Jiang Lianheng thought, "In the final analysis, Liu Fengqi is just a land dealer, doing Mingbamen's business. Moreover, even the money for the land allocation comes from others. He was blinded, and appointed himself as the manager. He is well-informed, and that’s because he is in this bastard place, and in terms of means, he can’t play with the elites in the Anbamen. "

At this point, the doubts in everyone's minds gradually dissipated.

Although the Eight Sects of Light and Darkness are all members of the Jianghu, one side mainly relies on mouth to make a living, and the other side mainly relies on means to make a living.

If we really meet each other, no matter how big a man is from the Ming Eight Gates, he still has to bow to the people from the Dark Eight Gates and apologize.

Wang Zhengnan shook the pastry crumbs from his clothes and asked, "Brother Dao, what do you mean, that Liu Fengqi was forced to do it?"

"I don't know. Until things are clear, anything is possible."

Jiang Lianheng suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, have you sent the telegram to my family?"

"It's been sent, it's been sent." Wang Zhengnan said hurriedly, "It just so happened that my sister-in-law got a reply from me."

"What did you say?"

"The first is to say that the matter of collecting pig bristles at home has gone smoothly, so we don't have to worry." Wang Zhengnan suddenly felt a little happy, "The second is to say that shopkeeper Xie of Rongan Pharmacy hired those two killers, and most of them were hired by others. Cheated."

Li Zhengxi frowned and asked, "Who is it?"

"Xifeng, we know those two the best!" Wang Zhengnan said with a smile, "Dahuangya, do you still remember?"

Li Zhengxi slapped the table and laughed loudly: "When did those two old bastards become killers? A while ago, they were drawing lots on the street to deceive children!"

Jiang Lianheng interrupted the two of them, but asked: "Who is Dahuangya?"

"Hey, they are just two old beggars!" Li Zhengxi explained, "In the past, when my second brother and I were begging for food on the street, we would always let those two beggars. It was Lao Cui who helped us go to the road. Lao Cui came from Liaoyang. After we were thrown away, those two started to bully us again. Fortunately, you and my sister-in-law were there to protect us, and my godfather equipped us with guns, so those two never dared to bully us again."

Hearing Lao Cui's name, Jiang Lianheng's eyes flashed with loneliness.

"By the way, Brother Dao, do you still remember Xiao Shitou? When he was in Xiaoxiguan, he was also attacked by the big yellow-toothed bear. I took people there, and as soon as I pulled out my gun, those two old bastards were scared away."

Jiang Lianheng nodded and asked: "Xifeng, based on your understanding of those two people, will they come to Yingkou?"

Li Zhengxi waved his hand quickly: "Pull him down! He wouldn't dare even if they had the courage to do so! The key is that those two people are in Fengtian. There is no way they don't know who our Jiang family is. I met them in Daxiguan last year, and they... Nod and bow to me to apologize! Please don’t take my past matters to heart.”

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!" Wang Zhengnan looked at Jiang Lianheng, "That's weird! Brother Dao, if it wasn't Da Huangya, who were the two killers we met in Laoye Pavilion that night?"

Needless to say, there must be someone else.

Jiang Lianheng silently took out a cigarette, and when he reached the butt of the cigarette, he figured it out.

"Hiss! Now I feel that the two killers at Laoye Pavilion that night and the note at the dock that night are actually the same thing."

Liu Yansheng seemed to have some realization: "Brother Dao, you mean that this Xiao Laoer has been reminding us that there may be danger?"

Li Zhengxi shook his head, but said, "No, I think he might be deliberately trying to stir up trouble!"

"Hiss!" Wang Zhengnan wrinkled his face again, "Then is Xiao Laoer an enemy or a friend?"

"Enemy and friend!"

Jiang Lianheng sneered and thought to himself - this is the world.

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(End of this chapter)