20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 415: Suppressing the Family
With no one to greet him, Xifeng walked towards the Jiang family mansion alone.

He was released too suddenly without any advance notice. Even Zhao Zhengbei, who interceded for him, did not expect that the third brother would be released from prison that night.

However, as he walked through the streets and alleys, he was no longer alone.

At remote intersections and deep dark alleys, greetings always come from time to time: "Third brother, is that you?"

Li Zhengxi stopped and looked at the corner where the lights were hidden. After staring for a while, he recognized who was calling him, so he grinned and said with a smile, "It's me. Have you guys eaten?"

"It's really Third Brother, Third Brother is back!" Chirping rang out in the alley, "You two, go and tell Shitou and the others that Third Brother is back!"

Soon, several half-grown men walked through the empty streets and came closer, accompanying the west wind.

"Third brother, are you okay?"

"It should be okay." Li Zhengxi didn't stop and asked again, "Have you guys eaten?"

Only people who have truly suffered from hunger would be so persistent on this issue.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Zhengbei walked out of the room, walked around the west wind, and said with a smile: "This patrol station is not good, and they didn't even give you a serious punishment?"

The poor brothers had no money and could not afford to throw a big banquet to welcome Xifeng out of prison. All they could do was to accompany the third brother for a walk so that he would not be alone on the way home.

"No need!" the little beggar said hurriedly, "You have just been released from prison. Let's get together and let's treat you!"

"Can't you just hope that I'll do better?" Li Zhengxi frowned and said with a smile, "What are you worried about? Are you worried that I'll sell you out?"

But that's it.

"That can't be done! Don't we already agree to act with sincerity!"

Everyone looked serious, and then laughed heartily.

A few little beggars didn't take it seriously, waved their hands and said, "Take a bite."

……

He really wanted to invite them to sit in the house, but it was not his house, and Brother Dao and his sister-in-law had no extra energy to deal with these penniless little people.

Hu Xiaoyan nodded in response: "Yansheng is right, the rules at home should have been established long ago."

"Fuck you!" Li Zhengxi scolded with a smile, "Are you all sorry that I didn't get punished?"

Not far away, the Jiang family mansion was brightly lit and heavily guarded. In their eyes, it was so far away and unattainable.

When Li Zhengxi walked into the house, he realized that Brother Dao hadn't come back yet.

……

When she walked into the living room, Hu Xiaoyan was discussing with Dongfeng whether, as the "general leader" of the Jiang family, she could rely on the porters at the freight terminal to steal the batch of arms from the Fengshan Road warehouse.

However, Hu Xiaoyan was not worried. Jiang Lianheng had already called and reported that he was safe. He could not come back in time just because he missed the train. He was expected to return to Fengtian at noon tomorrow.

A few people were talking and walking. After a while, three or five little fans appeared from nowhere and rushed to greet them: "Third brother, have you been severely punished? We are all worried. "

At this time, Liu Yansheng suddenly interjected: "It doesn't matter whether you rebel or not. My sister-in-law has decided to take back all the Jiang family's things."

Li Zhengxi subconsciously touched his pocket, which was slumped. Then he remembered that he didn't bring any money, so he could only smile awkwardly and said, "I'll invite you in two days."

The little beggar stopped at the intersection, as if he had hit an invisible wall head-on, and suddenly stopped walking.

"Xifeng, you came back just in time! Tomorrow morning I'll go to Heshengfang and Huifangli to run an errand!" Sister-in-law looked up at Xifeng, "Both Dongfeng and Nanfeng are not suitable for this errand, Xiaobei I won’t get involved in the family business anymore, so I have to go and do it. Try to clean up the house before your brother comes back.”

"Third brother, I won't see you off. I'll see you by the river when you have time!"

As he spoke, he said with lingering fear: "Thankfully, I was not in there for long, and my sister-in-law fished me out in time, otherwise I would have been sentenced soon."

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"Beifeng caught you!" Hu Xiaoyan couldn't hide her admiration, "I can no longer call you Xiaobei, I have to call you Chief Zhao!"

Li Zhengxi put down his chopsticks and asked seriously: "Are those two rebels?"

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was beginning to open and the wind was a bit cold. There were only a few pedestrians on Xiaoxiguan Street, and most of the shops were not open for business yet.

Everyone stood there, looking down at the straw sandals with half of the toes exposed. They were a little embarrassed. They didn't have any in their hands. They wanted to put them in their pockets, but when they reached out, they touched a bad patch.

A few people chatted and laughed for a while. When Li Zhengxi finished his dinner, Hu Xiaoyan's face suddenly turned cold.

Several newspapers bought this morning were placed on the coffee table as usual, and the headlines on the front page were still the latest reports on the war situation in Europe.

"Okay! Then you go back and tell the man, I may have something to do with them in the next two days."

Accompanied by the sound of carriages and horses, Zhong Yushan led a few brothers and swaggered to the gate of Heshengfang.

"Sister-in-law, I'm back."

In this way, when Li Zhengxi walked to the boundary of Chengbeijiang Homestead, more than twenty young and middle-aged men had already swarmed behind him before he knew it.

Li Zhengxi nodded.

Liu Yansheng was also there to help the staff. He held a thick stack of drafts in his hand, which he wrote while recovering from his injuries.

Li Zhengxi suddenly walked into the living room. Hu Xiaoyan was surprised and happy. She asked briefly about the situation, and after a few words of greeting, she hurriedly shouted into the corridor:
"Mama Song, heat up the food, the west wind is back!"

Everyone responded in agreement, and disappeared in the blink of an eye under the vast night.

Zhao Zhengbei quickly waved his hand and said: "Sister-in-law, please stop underestimating me. I'm just a company commander, and I'm not satisfied with being appointed, so let's leave it at that!"

As usual, Lao Zhong was wearing a white horse jacket and a black jacket, with his arms open and his sleeves rolled up. Thinking of the assassination in the city yesterday, he cursed and complained:

"What a pity! What a damn pity! If I had known the news earlier, joined forces with Lao Han, and intervened with Wang Tiegong during the chaos, and even saved the game, Zhang Laoda must have thought that it was the kid who did it. ! Tell me, if this thing is done, how much contribution it will make to the Jiang family!"

The follower brother said with a smile: "That's right! Brother Shan, if you can get into Wang's niche, you will definitely be the second cabinet of the Jiang family."

Zhong Yushan sighed: "Zhang Laoge's life is really good, he's not even dead!"

Just as he was talking, several people passed by the gate of Heshengfang.

There are still four days left on the seal on the door, so Zhong Yushan is not in a hurry, because not long after Heshengfang was sealed, he opened a black gambling stall on the second floor that only opened at night, and only received those hopeless regular customers. .

This move is of course dangerous. Once discovered by the patrol station, he will only face more serious punishment. But he is greedy for profit, so he still chooses to take the risk.

The most important thing is that the money from the black gambling stalls will not be withdrawn, no matter how much he earns, it will only end up in Zhong Yushan's own pocket, so that he even vaguely expected that the seizure would last longer.

Normally, this would be the time when the gambling dogs are winding down one after another after fighting fiercely all night long.

However, when everyone went around to the back door of Heshengfang, they found that the gambling stall was extremely quiet this morning, and not a single sound could be heard.

Zhong Yushan frowned and pushed open the door. After walking into the lobby, he saw a dozen Jiang family thugs standing vaguely behind rows of brand-new gaming tables.

In addition, there are a few people squatting in the corner with their heads in their hands. If you look closely, they are all the "suckers" in the gambling stalls. Li Zhengxi brought a chair from somewhere, sat in the croupier's position, propped up one leg, and shook the dice cup on the gaming table impatiently.

"Old Zhong, are you here?"

"Xifeng?" Zhong Yushan didn't know whether to be happy or worried for a moment. He stepped forward and said with a smile, "Why did you come out? They -"

"I didn't receive a severe punishment!" Li Zhengxi would answer quickly.

"That's great! The Jiang family still has a reputation in Fengtian!"

Zhong Yushan squinted his eyes and smiled, until he noticed that Xifeng and the others had a straight face and no reaction, then he pretended to be relaxed and cleared his throat and asked: "Why do you have time to come to my place? Why, you want to play. Two handfuls? Come on, come on, give Xifeng a hundred yuan in chips, and the amount you win will be deducted from my account!”

"No need!" Li Zhengxi still shook the dice cup, "Just hand over the key."

"key?"

"Yes! Sister-in-law said that she wants to take this opportunity to 'clean up' the inside and outside of Heshengfang."

Zhong Yushan sat down opposite Li Zhengxi and waved his hands: "No, no, no! It wasn't a big deal last time it was smashed. Look, I've replaced it with a new one, so my sister-in-law doesn't have to spend any more money."

Li Zhengxi raised his eyelids: "What sister-in-law said, are you saying no?"

"Hey! There's really no need. Look, I'm doing well now—"

"Snapped!"

Li Zhengxi slammed the gaming table, and when he moved his palm away, a Browning pistol suddenly appeared on the word "big".

Immediately afterwards, several more people took out their own guns in response, and the atmosphere between the two sides immediately became tense.

Li Zhengxi showed no fear on his face and glanced sideways at Zhong Yushan's close brothers. He suddenly remembered that these people were once Han Ce's subordinates and had been familiar with Zhong Yushan for a long time. After the fall of the Zhou family that year, under the leadership of Zhong Yushan, , affiliated to the Jiang family's power.

"Old Zhong, what do you mean, you want to rebel?" Li Zhengxi asked sternly, "You want to fight with the Jiang family?"

Zhong Yushan shuddered in response, and countless bloody scenes flashed through his mind, and he waved his hands almost subconsciously: "No, no, no! I have never done anything to disgrace Brother Dao! I am the elder of the Jiang family, whoever betrays you, I can’t rebel either!”

In fact, from the moment he saw Xifeng appear in Heshengfang safe and sound, he already knew that the Jiang family's power had returned.

At the moment, it is definitely not a wise move to fall out with Xifeng, not to mention "we are outnumbered". Even if he defeats Xifeng and his gang, he will not be able to "resolve the consequences" without the protection of the Jiang family.

"Put the gun away! What are you doing!" Zhong Yushan yelled at his men, "Xifeng is one of our own, are you going to pull out your gun?"

However, after saying this, he still reluctantly said, "I'll go find my sister-in-law soon and ask her how she wants to decorate it."

Li Zhengxi shook his head, but said: "Not for a while! Brother Dao will go back to Fengtian today, and then go to see Zhang Laogao. You can go when he asks you to go!"

"Brother Dao will be back today? What time will the bus arrive? I have to pick up Feng Xichen!"

"Key!" Li Zhengxi spread his palm, "This is the last time."

Zhong Yushan couldn't help but swallowed. He knew in his heart that the key in his hand was no longer an object used to unlock the door, but the last chance.

He secretly weighed his fault, then took off the key to the gambling stall from his waist and handed it to Xifeng.

Li Zhengxi took the key, but the expression on his face did not soften. When he got up and walked to the back door, he suddenly turned around and reminded lightly: "Brother Dao will send someone to find you tonight. Remember to eat early." ”

Halfway through the door opening, he remembered something again and continued: "By the way, you don't have to go to Han Xinyuan. I told him just now. And -"

Xifeng's eyes swept over Zhong Yushan's close brothers: "Don't forget whose food you are eating."

The moment he opened the door, Zhong Yushan discovered that the streets in the backyard were already filled with Jiang family's thugs.

Not only that, when Li Zhengxi walked out of the gambling house, "rumble" footsteps were heard on the stairs again, and more than a dozen Jiang family thugs came down from the second floor.

Among the crowd, there were even many thugs from Heshengfang who had been previously detained by the patrol station.

Zhong Yushan jumped up from his chair, feeling scared: Fortunately, he had stopped his brothers in time, otherwise he might not even have a chance to explain to Brother Dao in person.

After Xifeng took the people away, several brothers hurriedly came forward and suggested: "Brother Shan, if it really doesn't work, let's take the money and run away!"

"Snapped!"

Zhong Yushan slapped the man with his backhand: "Fuck you! Li Zhengxi can keep us here, so he's not afraid of us slipping away! Try slipping away! You'll die if you go out!"

"Then, how to fix it?"

"Where's the money in the cabinet?" Zhong Yushan asked hurriedly, "Give all that money to Brother Dao to show your merit. Anyway, I did not do anything wrong to the Jiang family. Maybe I can use it to save my life!"

"Didn't you just give the key to Li Zhengxi!" Several people said hurriedly, "Brother Shan, I think if we don't do anything, we will vote for the Zongshe Party and give it a try with the Jiang family! Jiang Lianheng was able to equal that year The Zhou family has nothing to lose. If the Socialist Party becomes a party, we may be better off than we are now! "

At this time, a few Luan Bandian who had been squatting in the corner suddenly said: "Brother Shan, stop looking for it, the money is gone long ago! The Jiang family probably took it away before the stall opened last night. Not only is the money gone, but the guys in the place are also in trouble.”

"Are those guns gone?" Zhong Yushan cursed, "Why the hell are you watching this?"

Several people complained repeatedly: "Before we open the stall, we all have to squint for a while, otherwise our hands will get wet and the work will be difficult. Besides, there was nothing happening last night!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately panicked and looked at Zhong Yushan.

He couldn't run away, and he only had a few guns in his hands to fight hard. Moreover, without the support of the Jiang family, he alone could not deal with the aftermath.

"Don't panic, don't panic!" Zhong Yushan said as if he was deceiving himself, "In any case, we have not sorry Brother Dao... Yes, we have not sorry Brother Dao. If we kowtow and admit our mistakes, we will not..."

……

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At noon, Fengtian Railway Station.

The east square is bustling with cars and horses, and there are crowds of pedestrians. Passengers are walking in a hurry, rushing to the station to wait for their trains. But when they reach the stone steps at the entrance, they still can't help but stop and look back.

I saw a luxuriously decorated four-wheeled carriage parked in the middle of the square. Twenty young and strong young men were lined up in a formation, like fan bones. Everyone was wearing black shorts and Western hats with white socks. They had their hands behind their backs. He spread his legs and stood there, knowing that he was a gangster, but he still kept his spirits high.

"Who is this!"

The middle-aged traveler walked up the steps, looked back, and muttered to himself: "As for such a big battle!"

He was walking without eyes and was muttering when he unexpectedly bumped into two people head-on.

But I saw that one of them had dog-gnawed eyebrows and a knife-cut mouth; the other had red eyes that were slightly upturned.

"Ouch! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!" the middle-aged tourist apologized quickly.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Thin Lips waved his hand nonchalantly and immediately walked down the steps.

The two sides passed by each other, and just as the middle-aged passenger was about to enter the station, he suddenly heard everyone behind him shouting in unison:

"Brother Dao!"

(End of this chapter)