20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 309 People die for money, birds die for food

To the east of the city, there is a ditch and a bay, and the Iron Can Temple is an abandoned temple.

As the sun rises, the light shines through the broken tiles on the roof and shines on the mottled clay Buddha statue, reflecting a strange smile.

In the main hall, Jiang Lianheng and Ren Pengfei stood side by side, raising their heads and looking at the solemn Buddha statue for a moment.

Behind the two men stood a dozen gun-bearing soldiers in gray-blue military uniforms.

Ren Pengfei gathered the hay on the ground with his feet, piled up a straw mat, knelt on it, clasped his hands together, and pretended to chant a few Buddhist chants.

"Amitabha, sorry for bothering you, please forgive me..."

Jiang Lianheng seemed indifferent. He just looked at the statue of Buddha on the stage, which was as tall as a human being. He felt that the kind eyes and brows were no different from his own. A bit of contempt and disdain flashed through his expression unconsciously. provocative.

After Ren Pengfei finished praying, he said to the Buddha statue inexplicably, "Yes, it's settled!"

After saying that, he suddenly stood up, turned around and asked for an ax from his men.

Immediately afterwards, he rushed up to the altar table, walked to the Buddha statue, swung the ax across his waist, and struck the big Buddha's belly hard.

This Buddha statue had been in disrepair for a long time. Due to the weather and the sun, the inside had already turned into dregs. As soon as the ax blade fell, the body of the Buddha immediately opened a large hole.

There was only a loud "crash" sound like a torrential downpour!

Snowflakes and silver poured out of the Buddha statue in an instant, and everyone in the hall was shocked.

Silver dollars, silver ingots, copper plates, jewelry...

There were not only more than 10,000 taels of official silver stolen here, but also a lot of stolen goods stolen and obtained by relying on the power of the Double Dragon Society under the guise of Wen Tingge.

Whenever a statue of the Buddha is made, a hole must be left behind it to stuff scriptures, grains, medicinal materials and other items into it, and then be sealed and consecrated for "containment".

Shuanglonghui, together with the lower-level officers, did not dare to reveal their wealth easily after stealing official silver, so they hid a lot of silver here and waited for the news to pass before they divided and sold the stolen goods.

Now, the Buddha has no gold and silver in his belly, and his compassionate face seems to have become more ferocious.

Ren Pengfei jumped down from the altar table, his face already blooming with joy. He hurriedly ordered his subordinates to close the door of the palace and bring the boxes to carry them. He walked up to Jiang Lianheng with a smile on his face.

"Brother, there's more than official silver here!"

"That's right. Otherwise, why would I have asked Commander Ren to bring a few 'sensible' people over first!"

Ren Pengfei bared his big teeth and laughed loudly: "Oh, you! Tell me, take a look! This! Oh, tsk, tsk, tsk, this is inappropriate! It's inappropriate!"

Jiang Lianheng laughed and said, "Hey! Sir Ren, I'm just borrowing flowers to offer to the Buddha. Just don't pick on me."

"Here! Look! Here, ugh!" Ren Pengfei hesitated for a long time, and finally clapped his hands and said, "Except for the official silver, each of us will get half of it!"

"Don't mention it! Sir Ren, it's not easy for you to come here. There are brothers below and officers above. The most difficult thing is people like you who are caught in the middle. Brothers, we can't let them come in vain, and those above can't let them go without. Oil and water, if each of us loses half of it again, there will be nothing left in your hands."

"No, no, absolutely not! Half for one person!"

"Sir Ren, if you say that, my brother, I will just leave!"

"Oh, Brother Jiang, you are such a stubborn person! If you do this, you can give your brother some face and get 30% of it! You can't let your brother be unkind!"

"Then... I'll keep it?"

"It must be kept! Brother, I still hope that you will be fine in front of those officers in Fengtian. Please say a few nice words to me!"

"Sir, you are too kind."

"Hey, it's boring to talk about it anymore!"

"Okay, okay!" Jiang Lianheng nodded and said with a smile, "Sir, the gang of gangsters in Goudaowanzi will be left to you first! You can call some people over later to identify and detain these bandits. If it’s serious, I won’t get involved. I have to go back to the city as soon as possible and send the medicinal materials back.”

When Ren Pengfei heard this, he immediately ordered to his subordinates: "Who is that? Who else is that? Come here, go to the town and recruit a carriage to escort Brother Jiang back. Be smart, this is our teacher Zhang's friend!"

"Yes!"

The two soldiers also divided the money and were naturally very motivated.

He walked out of the store with a gun on his shoulder. After a while, he borrowed a carriage from the town to help Jiang Lianheng and others transport the medicinal materials.

Immediately afterwards, Ren Pengfei sent troops to the military camp to ask for help, blocked the town entrance, and based on the identification of Pan's wife, he searched for the key members of Pan Di Laizi's group of Hu bandits.

This group of people was originally a ragtag group. After the leader was arrested, most of them just surrendered and soon began to expose each other in order to seek leniency.

The military master came to capture the bandits and caused quite a stir in Goudao Wanzi.

The news quickly spread around the area. Some members of the Double Dragon Society heard the news and immediately ran towards the city to report the news.

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In the east of Liaoyang City, there is a gambling stall called Taihe.

Li Hailong briefly explained a few words to Kang Er, Jia Bao and others, and was about to leave for Goudao Wanzi to discuss countermeasures with "Ground Dragon" Pan Defeng.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door was pushed open, the younger brother from outside the meeting rushed in.

"Second brother, Boss Jia, it's over, it's over!" The cigarette butt raised his finger and pointed out the window and said, "Brother Pan, let the people from the military camp arrest you!"

"What do you say?"

Everyone in the room suddenly stood up, with angry eyes and fierce expressions on their faces.

"Caught!" Cigarette Butt repeated quickly, "Pan Defeng was arrested by the people from the military camp! We have changed from the 'Double Dragon Club' to the 'Old Dragon Club' again!"

Li Hailong grabbed the neck of the cigarette butt and asked quickly: "When did it happen?"

"Today, just now! We are currently checking door to door in Goudaowanzi!"

Boss Jia's legs gave way and he slumped down on the stool. He murmured to himself in despair, "Why did you say you were arrested? Where is our informant? Why can't the stinky street patrol come over and take a breather?" "

The cigarette butt said anxiously: "This is a military camp, and I didn't see any movement from the patrol police."

Hearing this, Kang Er and others immediately jumped up and cursed angrily: "Damn it, it must be that Jiang Lianheng who is responsible for this! It's a matter of Jianghu, go to the military camp to code people, what the hell!"

Li Hailong's neck suddenly became thicker, but he asked: "Where is the money?"

"W-what money?" asked the cigarette butt.

Li Hailong angrily yelled: "Stealing official silver money!"

"W-how do I know this? I don't know where the money is from the beginning!"

The butt of the cigarette looked left and right in a panic, hoping that Chief Jia could say something to him. But Chief Jia seemed to be frightened. He glanced at Li Hailong and said, "Second brother, let's run!"

"Why are you running away? You have been working in vain for so many years!" Kang Er scolded angrily, and then turned around and said, "Second brother, that kid Jiang Lianheng must have shared the dirt with the people in the military camp. Eighty percent of our money is in In his hands! Brothers, go to his house right now, tie up his wife, and make him spit out the money!"

Boss Jia lamented: "Hey, are you all fucking crazy? Everything has been leaked, your head is on the line, and you are still thinking about asking for money?"

"Damn you coward!" Kang Er said, "Second brother, that kid named Jiang must be with the people in the military camp now. There is only one big-bellied woman left in the family. If we want to take action, we have to do it now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of brothers started cheering.

"Yes, even if you can't get money, you can't just treat that kid named Jiang so cheaply! Kill as many as you can!"

In an instant, the crowd was excited.

Li Hailong couldn't suppress everyone's anger, so he nodded and ordered: "Kang Er, take your brothers and go there quickly!"

"Okay! Brothers, copycats, follow me!"

As soon as Kang Er gave the order, the brothers took out sticks, machetes, guns and other household items from all around, rumbled down the stairs, led by the cigarette butts, crossed the street diagonally, and rushed straight to the boundary of Nancheng to kill the general.

Suddenly there were only a few old people left in the house, including Li Hailong, Jia Baotouer and Lao Cao.

Seeing everyone leaving, Li Hailong quickly opened the drawer, poured the gold and silver money on the cabinet into his arms, and then ordered: "Boss Jia, is there a train at this time?"

Jia was stunned and said hurriedly: "There will be a trip around eight forty!"

"That's about it. Go downstairs and prepare your horses. Go get some tickets with the Japanese! Let Kang Er's brats make a fuss and buy us some time! If you don't have any tickets, just run away in the carriage! Don't Take the main road, not the main entrance! Go quickly!"

Boss Jia also reacted at this time, and after a hasty response, he quickly ran down the stairs.

On the other side, Cigarette Butt led Kang Er and others angrily to the boundary of Nancheng and arrived at the Jiang family's residence. He kicked the door open and Wu Yangyang entered, but he missed it without thinking!

The whole room was empty, not even a rat was to be found, let alone a living person!

Kang Er became angry from embarrassment, grabbed the butt of the cigarette, and asked angrily: "Is this the place!"

"Yes, yes! When I came over the afternoon before yesterday, I saw it!" said the butt of the cigarette, "I also specifically asked the neighbors here, and they all said that there is a big belly living in this house. Po! You must be right!"

"What about now? Where are the people!"

"I, I don't know either! By the way, this house used to be lived by Mr. Yuan, and his aunt is right across the door. Let's go there and ask!"

Kang Er immediately pushed away the cigarette butt, led a dozen brothers across the street, and kicked open the door.

Yuan Xinfa and his son were washing in the yard and preparing to work on the railway. When they heard a shout outside, they quickly protected their son behind them.

"Son, go into the house to find your mother, and don't come out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "clang" sound, and Kang Er and others rushed into the small courtyard.

The cigarette butt saw that the coward couldn't hold on to the fire, so naturally he was the first to bear the brunt and asked sternly: "Yuan Xinfa, where is the family across the door?"

Yuan Xinfa shook his head and still said dullly: "I don't know, I'm not here."

"Fuck you, get out of the way!"

Kang Er raised his hand and shouted to several brothers to hold Yuan Xinfa down, then let the cigarette butt lead the way and broke into the house.

"Hey! What are you doing? I told you, it's not here!"

Yuan Xinfa struggled hard, trying to rush over and block the door.

But no matter how strong and strong he was, he could not withstand the grasp and pressure of four or five gangsters.

Aunt Yuan rushed out of the house and asked anxiously: "Hey, brothers, what are you doing?"

"Get the fuck out of here!"

The cigarette butt raised its foot and kicked Aunt Yuan to the ground.

Kang Er immediately rushed into the house, grabbed Eiko's hair, pressed her on the kang, took out an imitation box cannon, and threatened, "Tell me, where did the family across the door go!"

"I, I don't know either!" Yingzi cried.

Kang Er's lips twitched, and he cursed: "Tell you, I don't have much time to hang out with you here, so you did it! My brothers are in a bad mood today, don't end up venting their anger on your family!"

Seeing his mother being humiliated, the youngest son of the Yuan family immediately rushed over from the corner, hugged Kang Er's arm and bit her hard.

"Ouch! Fuck you little bastard, get out of here!"

Kangji slapped the big fat boy with his backhand - "Pah"!

At this moment, Yuan Xinfa shouted loudly outside the window. As if with a magical power, he actually bounced all four or five thugs away. Then he turned around and rushed into the house. He picked up the hatchet and stretched out his five fingers to explore. Lu, with scarlet eyes, cursed loudly.

"Kangji, try fucking my wife again!"

The bloody disaster is about to break out——

Suddenly, a piercing police whistle sounded outside the door!

But they saw a dozen patrol policemen wearing large caps, led by the leading captain, rushing into the small courtyard one after another.

Among the crowd, there were two people dressed as civilians, one with a foreign accent and the other with a face like an actor.

Kang Er frowned and shouted to the patrolman outside through the window: "Captain Chen, what do you mean, your elbows are turned outward, why are you helping outsiders? Have you forgotten what happened to you?"

Under the gaze of a crowd of onlookers, the leading captain looked embarrassed, coughed twice, and cleared his throat.

"Ahem! What are you saying about outsiders? Do you know who this is?"

"I know!" Kang Er narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Isn't he Jiang Lianheng's younger brother?"

Liu Yansheng smiled, took a step forward, took out a letter of appointment from his arms, and said, "Do you know the characters?"

Kangji looked at the patrol captain in confusion.

Captain Chen coughed twice more, but said: "This is the criminal investigation consultant from the Fengtian Patrol Bureau. He came here specially to assist us in investigating the theft of official silver. Kang Er, you guys cooperate and come with me!" "

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At the same time, in the northwest corner outside the city, near the White Tower.

A young lady sat in a wheelchair, escorted by many followers, and slowly approached a stall on the street.

The old man running the stall had never seen such a battle before. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous at the moment. He rubbed his hands, smiled innocently at the disabled lady, and then asked very politely:

"Uh... young lady, look at what you want to have. It's just been made and it's hot!"

"Please give me two pieces of date cake, thank you." The lady said lightly.

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