Daily life of slaying demons in the government

Chapter 23 Characters of Rope Lane
Li Mazi acted quickly. After going back and telling his lover about it, he started to bargain with Uncle Yu in Masheng Lane the next day, pretending to be a grandson.

After two days of hard work, he successfully bargained the price from ten gold to nine gold. If he hadn't seen Uncle Yu start looking for a knife, he would have continued to bargain with the other party like a dog-skin plaster.

The reason why Uncle Yu lowered the price was, on the one hand, because of Li Mazi's contribution, and on the other hand, because he had heard about Yang Qian's identity and thought it was a good deal.

In the evening, Li Mazi booked a private room in a pub near Masheng Lane. He hosted the party and invited Uncle Yu and Yang Qian to come for a meeting.

Yang Qian arrived first, followed by Uncle Yu with three thugs.

It’s not that Uncle Yu was putting on airs. In fact, Uncle Yu also came early, but Yang Qian was used to arriving earlier, so the two arrived one after the other.

"Hello, Uncle Yu, I've heard a lot about Yang Qian!"

"Oh! Captain Yang, you are too polite. I am not that famous. I am just honored by my brothers. I am sorry to make you laugh."

The word "captain" showed Uncle Yu's ability to gather information to the fullest. He already knew the news that had just come out of the government office. Even Li Mazi, who was standing next to him, didn't know about this yet, and the surprise on his face flashed away.

Compared to Uncle Yu's hearty smile, Yang Qian's smile was very restrained. He even habitually looked at this "big shot" who was well-known in Masheng Lane.

Uncle Yu, whose real name is Zhou Quan, was called Uncle Yu because he started out selling fish at a fish stall near Masheng Lane.

Later, he was thrown into jail for several months because of a dispute over a stall and injured someone. After he was released, he stopped selling fish and became a fisherman, making trouble and making side jobs all day. Eventually, he was spotted by the leader of Masheng Lane at that time and was taken in as his subordinate, and was given martial arts lessons.

Later, there were fights and killings coming and going in Masheng Lane, and people changed one after another, but Zhou Quan not only did not fall, but his reputation as Uncle Yu became more and more famous.

More than 20 years ago, he became the sworn brother of Dong Hu, who is still the leader of Masheng Lane.

Although Dong Hu has more than ten sworn brothers, it also indirectly shows that even the leader of Masheng Lane does not want to fall out with Uncle Yu.

In fact, I heard that Uncle Yu has not been involved in the shady business in Masheng Lane in recent years.

He also quit all the gambling and usury businesses that had helped him make a fortune in his early years and handed them over to Dong Hu.

People outside say that Uncle Yu is preparing to go ashore.

It is precisely because he has not been too involved in other people's affairs and has not gotten into disputes with others over the years that Uncle Yu's reputation in Masheng Lane has been growing.

After all, there are fewer conflicts of interest, so everyone will praise you and your reputation will naturally rise.

But Yang Qian didn't believe this. He had been a scoundrel for most of his life. He had done all kinds of bad things, but he definitely deserved to die. How could he just clean himself up?
It's almost like dreaming.

At most, it looks white on the surface. It is impossible to be white inside.

Now that Uncle Yu is old, the rumored "perverse and fierce" person can no longer be seen. Most of the hair on his head has fallen out, and only a few wisps of white hair remain. But the skin on his face is smooth and elastic, not at all like the 70-something-year-old rumored by the outside world.

If you don't say anything, just looking at the appearance, he is basically no different from the old man playing chess on the street.

The only thing that made people look sideways was that the old man's temples were also bulging. Although not as bulging as Wang Hai's, they were also obviously protruding, and really looked no worse than Yang Qian's. "Don't worry, Captain Yang, I will not take away all the equipment in the wine shop, and I will not set up a new one to annoy people. If I want to sell it, I will sell it completely. But there is really no room for negotiation on the price."

"No need to talk, just go with Uncle Yu's price, nine gold! I've made a lot of money." Yang Qian smiled and took out a small box from his arms. Inside was the gold that he had prepared before coming here, and it was also part of the profits after the previous search of the Liu family.

"Captain Yang is not waiting for the transfer?"

"No need to wait. I still trust Uncle Yu's credibility. It would be very troublesome to pay the same amount of money in two installments."

"Hahaha! So cool! Captain Yang is so kind to me. I, Zhou Quan, will definitely be your friend!"

What followed was a lively atmosphere of drinking and eating.

But in the end, I didn't drink much. Although martial artists can tolerate a lot of alcohol, they don't dare to drink too much. After all, getting drunk can harm your health and waste several days of hard work. Just drink in moderation.

After seeing Zhou Quan off, they agreed that Li Mazi would handle the transfer procedures for the land deed and the house deed on Yang Qian's behalf the next day.

Returning to the tavern, Yang Qian ordered a bowl of sour soup noodles and asked Li Mazi to go back and prepare something, especially his good friend, the proprietress Linghong. If she couldn't hold her own, Yang Qian would not let Li Mazi join as a member, let alone recruit Linghong to be the manager.

Li Mazi made promises, and his pockmarked face was almost broken with laughter. His plan actually succeeded. As long as Linghong didn't let him down, he, Li Mazi, could start his own business in Sandao City.

In other words, the thing you have been dreaming about before, getting married, can now be officially put on the agenda.

Ignoring Li Mazi's joy, Yang Qian came out of the tavern and did not go back to the yamen or his residence. Instead, he turned and walked into Masheng Lane.

As night fell, the darkness in Ma Sheng Alley was filled with all kinds of malicious eyes, but no one noticed Yang Qian who was not wearing a martial arts robe, because Yang Qian turned around in Ma Sheng Alley and did not go to crowded places, but chose to walk in secluded alleys.

Finally, Yang Qian entered an alley in the east, and after searching for a while, he found a very dilapidated public water room and stopped. At this time, there was no one around the water room, and there were no lights or candles. It was quiet and silent.

There is a deep well three feet square in the middle, and the wet edges probably mean someone got water here before nightfall.

In Masheng Lane, East Lane and the deep well in Shuifang, the water is three feet deep under the square bricks!
Yang Qian walked to the well, took out a tinder to light the way and looked down. Sure enough, three of the four well walls were made of rubble, not to mention bricks. The well walls were not very flat, but one side was made of square bricks.

Yang Qian took off the rope from the joystick next to the well, tied it around his waist, then calmed down, counted his breaths, adjusted his internal breathing state, and finally took a deep breath, jumped forward and dived into the well!

In just twenty breaths, Yang Qian emerged from the water, took two deep breaths, and in his hand was a narrow-mouthed, big-bellied jar the size of an ordinary wine jug.

This was not quite the same as what Yang Qian had imagined the honey pot to look like at first. However, the thing felt heavy in his hand, and the surface of the pot was actually close to freezing cold, much colder than the water in the deep well.

The contents of this jar are not simple!

With the help of the wall of the well, Yang Qian returned to the top in a few steps. His body was wet, but it did not affect his happy mood at the moment.

At present, it seems that what Liu Chengkun said was true. It depends on whether the jar at the end contains the blood cherry fruit.

(End of this chapter)