Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 82 The First Blood of the Dark River (2)

Xu Qing and Niu grazing arrived at Zhuquemen, and were about to leave the city. Xu Qing thought about it again, let the ox graze, and told Xun Xueer that he would not come home tonight.Xu Qing headed straight to Du Ling alone.

When it was getting dark, Xu Qing went to Duling, found the place agreed with Yang Cheng and Yang Xin, a small mountain peak, and took out the mask and black robe hidden here earlier to cover up his appearance.Afterwards, Xu Qing lit three fireworks on the mountain peak, and hid quietly in one place, waiting for Yang Cheng and Yang Xin to come.The place where Anhe was stationed was relatively remote, and it was seven or eight miles away from this mountain peak. Fortunately, it was dusk at this time.

"Whizzing!"

Two times, a black shadow passed by, so fast that it was almost invisible, and Xu Qing was only aware of it when he was prepared.Seeing clearly who came, it was Yang Cheng and Yang Xin, and Xu Qing showed his figure.

"My lord! What are you waiting for?" Yang Cheng and Yang Xin clasped their swords to Xu Qing.

"How is the reorganization of the dark river going?" Xu Qing asked.

"It has been divided according to the lord's instructions, but now there are a few more people who came to seek refuge on their own initiative, and their identities have been checked." Yang Xin finished, and then Yang Cheng said: "Yang Xin and I led 20 people, Duan Hongchen and Yang Duozui each lead ten people, and we don't know the number of poisonous scorpions."

"Yeah, very good..." Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction: "The reorganization was done well, what about the other thing?
Xu Qing originally left two tasks for the two, one was to reorganize, and the other was to secretly inquire about the underworld forces around Chang'an.As early as when Xu Qing wanted to do business, he already thought that he might offend the underworld forces, so he assigned tasks to Yang Cheng and Yang Xin early in order to start.

"This... this has achieved some results, but I don't know how many underworld forces are big and small, and I don't know if the investigation has been completed..." Yang Cheng and Yang Xin lowered their heads a little ashamed.

"Oh? It's okay, is there any Baihutang No. [-] power in the underworld you have investigated?"

"Well! This one is there!"

"Okay, can you tell me about their background and strength?" Xu Qing began to regret after saying this. With so many underworld forces, how could he remember the strength and background of a Baihutang clearly, but Yang Xin didn't have the slightest bit of it? Hesitating, he opened his mouth and said it all.

He said: "Baihutang has hundreds of people under his command. They are considered medium-strength in Chang'an. They cover a casino and a bulk cargo point. They usually take on some tasks of smashing and smashing, threatening others to submit and so on."

"Well... what about the others, how about your reputation?" Xu Qing thought, isn't it just me today?

"The reputation is terrible. We found out that Baihutang's casino specially designed traps to defraud gamblers of their property, and then continued to lend money. Gamblers lost all their wealth and borrowed high-interest loans. They couldn't afford to force people to take the house. The pawning of the wife... often leads to the destruction of the family, in short, this Baihutang is not a righteous bandit."

After hearing Yang Xin's words, Xu Qing snorted coldly in his heart, just in time, I still had a little psychological burden when I took the initiative to fight and kill, but now it's all gone.Baihutang represents the moon to destroy you!

"Can the current dark river destroy them?" Xu Qing said slowly.

Yang Cheng and Yang Xin looked at each other, and they both saw the same meaning in each other's eyes, Baihutang has offended the lord!Today, Anhe's opportunity to prove himself in front of the lord has arrived!The two nodded firmly:

"Ok!"

"Make a plan..."

"I don't know what the lord wants to achieve. Is it uprooting or knocking the branches and leaves?"

"Eradicate Ye San, just try to kill as few people as possible. Anyway, the trees fall and the monkeys scatter, just kill a few core figures. Their subordinates can take over, and Anhe can also recruit some outsiders from Baihutang to watch. The people in the venue..." Xu Qing still left a bottom line in his mind.

"It's simple, ten people are enough, my lord, you can watch a good show tonight!" Yang Xin said excitedly.

"Can you go in after the city gate is closed at night?"

"Uh, it's difficult..."

"Early tomorrow morning, as soon as the city gate is opened, we can act."

Xu Qing waited in the field until the third watch, when Yang Cheng and Yang Xin came back and informed Xu Qing that the operation had started.For the first assassination, Xu Qing was looking forward to it.

On the fifth watch, Xu Qing and his group were waiting to rest outside the Yanping Gate, and the Baihutang was in Fengyifang, just after entering the Yanping Gate.After a while, at two o'clock in the fifth watch, three thousand drums sounded, and the gates of the city opened wide.Xu Qing's group entered the city together with the peasants, and went straight to the Baihutang residence.

It is said to be a resident, but it is just a casino, gambling during the day, and at night, after midnight, when the gaming tables are swept away, it becomes a Datong shop.Of course, this is just the treatment of the younger brothers. For those core characters, they live in the back house.But now, this benefit has become their reminder.

Xu Qing wore a black robe with a mask on his body. The black robe was so wide that he couldn't see Xu Qing's body shape. The mask was hideous, and he couldn't imagine the appearance of the person under the mask.Standing in the middle of a group of Heihe people, he looked mysterious and terrifying.

"Go!" Yang Xin gave a simple order.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Black shadows sneaked into the White Tiger Hall one by one like ghosts. Everyone in the White Tiger Hall was sleeping soundly, completely unexpected that all their leaders were about to be beheaded.For a quarter of an hour, apart from a few muffled hums and the sound of doors opening and closing, there was no other sound.Yang Xin came out over the wall, dropped a bloody head, and proudly asked Xu Qing for credit.

Xu Qing looked at the bloody head, but his expression froze under the mask. Looking directly at the head that had been cut off at his own order, Xu Qing suddenly felt that this was not what he wanted.Even if this Baihutang is heinous and ruins other people's families, he didn't offend himself after all. Is it right or wrong to directly sentence them to death like this.A very deep voice echoed in Xu Qing's heart, "What do I want?".

After a long while, Xu Qing nodded numbly, affirming Yang Xin's matter. Of course, in the eyes of all the dark rivers, this was Xu Qing's unfathomable and calm action.

The people in Anhe are happy, eliminating evil and promoting good is the spiritual strengthening that Xu Qing has carried out since the establishment of Anhe.Killing Baihutang can be regarded as gaining both face and reputation.In addition, the news that Baihutang was wiped out one morning has become the most explosive news in Chang'an underground, and because there are too many enemies in Baihutang, no one thinks about Xu Qing at all. Mystery, this is a good protective film.

Three birds with one stone!
But Xu Qing was the only one who was not happy, and a sense of guilt was pressed on his head, which could not be relieved for a long time.In the afternoon, Xu Qing returned to Jiuxianniang.The little woman who set up the stall led a pair of children, who should be twins, to thank Xu Qing for saving his life.Xu Qing asked with doubts, it turned out that the couple had a sudden illness yesterday, thanks to the bunch of money Xu Qing gave yesterday, they had money to buy medicine, otherwise they would have been two corpses now.

And the little woman, if she hadn't had that bunch of money, she would have gone to the casino in Baihutang as she thought, and used the privilege of a widow to gamble herself...

After hearing this story, Xu Qing's sense of guilt subsided a lot, and the question that echoed in his heart vaguely had an answer.

(End of this chapter)