Zhou Ziru believed that he was well-read in military books and could skillfully apply them to worldly affairs. Over the years, he had been successful in every endeavor. Not only did he become the chief advisor of Vice Captain Zhe Chong's father, he also gave advice and advice. He also personally set up traps, causing many famous bandits to fall in the pass. Just the reward alone was more than two thousand taels of silver. Zhou Ziru ignored his father's heartache and distributed most of the silver to the soldiers of Tuma Pass who worked for him and his father. Although he was the most powerful young master in the pass, because a rabbit does not eat the grass near its burrow, his reputation among the common people had always been good. This time, casting a large net against the Fish-dragon Gang was only a temporary idea. Three days ago, a few people from Lingzhou found one of Zhou Ziru's friends and had a banquet. During the banquet, they said that they wanted to kill a member of the Fish-dragon Gang named Xiao Qiang. Zhou Ziru originally did not want to participate in this kind of Jianghu vendetta, but those people from Wulin were very efficient. They detained a bandit who had fled to the vicinity of Tuma Pass and handed him over to Young Master Zhou without saying anything. Zhou Ziru saw that they only wanted the Fish-dragon Gang to stay in Tuma Pass for one night and did not need to personally do the dirty work, so he agreed. Who would have thought that when the Fish-dragon Gang arrived, they would take out a personal letter from the former Weapons Supervisor of Beiliang. This caught Zhou Ziru off guard and he immediately regretted that these people did not know the severity of the situation. However, Zhou Ziru knew that it was not easy to accumulate the reputation of Young Master Zhou of Tuma Pass and did not want to ruin it. He could only force himself to play the bad guy and stop the Fish-dragon Gang. However, he had secretly prepared to let his trusted subordinates lead the troops to intervene once the two groups of people started fighting.
At dusk, he met the woman with the mink headscarf who was a frequent visitor of Tuma Pass. After a secret conversation, Zhou Ziru changed his slightly conservative original intention and decided to make the Fish-dragon Gang suffer a big loss. Not only did he want to accept the original Jianghu favor, but he also wanted to take the profits from the goods that belonged to the Fish-dragon Gang. Of course, he did not want to have a falling out with the general who was already a false rank Beimang official. Instead, he personally led people to the Beimang to finalize the deal. With the mink headscarf as the middleman, Zhou Ziru would not hesitate to hand over the money earned from the Fish-dragon Gang. In this way, Young Master Zhou could be considered to have established a connection with the former Weapons Supervisor. As for the lives of the dozens of people in the Fish-dragon Gang, Zhou Ziru could only apologize in his heart.
Moreover, his wishful thinking was not just about killing two birds with one stone!
Sitting high on the horse with an indifferent expression, Zhou Ziru looked up and quietly made a hand gesture. In one of the rooms of the inn, a man with a rough voice shouted with all his might, "Grandpa has been blocked by you guys here today. I admit that I failed miserably at such a simple task. But I have more than 30 good brothers of the Fish-dragon Gang who can exchange their lives with me. If anyone dares to come and seek death, I will consider him a hero!"
Most of the members of the Fish-dragon Gang were standing by the window to watch the show. They thought that they would be able to stay outside and enjoy a good show of soldiers catching bandits, but they did not expect to hear these words. The gang members almost spat blood on the window. Where did this bastard bandit come from? A few impatient young gang members raised their swords and were about to follow the voice to kill this bastard who had climbed out of a pond. Before they went out, the second gang leader Xiao Qiang and the steward came to gather them into the three connected rooms next door and did not allow anyone to fight. The Fish-dragon Gang was not qualified to be a gang that lived like a prince and collected money by lying down. The members of the gang had seen a lot of schemes. At this time, no matter how stupid they were, they only knew that they had fallen into a trap. None of them dared to breathe. If it was just a fight between gangs, they were not afraid of anyone. But the cavalry and armored soldiers outside the inn were really terrifying. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, they would be accused of killing soldiers. How could the Fish-dragon Gang have a foothold in Beiliang's Jianghu?
Liu Nerong came to a room with a pale face. She calmed down her rapid breathing and knocked on the door. She was very decisive in her actions. Even though she was in a dead end, she didn't even bring Gongsun Yang with her and went to the meeting alone with great sincerity. She wanted to see who was in the inn who wanted to drag the Fish-dragon Gang into the mire of eternal damnation. Liu Nerong hoped that these people only wanted the money, but she knew in her heart that there was an eighty to ninety percent chance that they wouldn't be able to settle this matter with money. Liu Nerong was shocked. Her body leaned back as a blade broke through the door. Liu Nerong could even clearly see that the blade was only an inch away from her face!
The person in the room didn't succeed in his attack, so he decisively put away his saber and kicked the door. Before Liu Nerong's delicate body fell to the ground, she slapped the ground with one hand and spun her body, dodging the door. Standing in the corridor, her face was ashen. She saw a sloppy young man carrying a saber on his shoulder walk out of the room. The young man sniffled and looked at Liu Nerong. After exchanging glances, he laughed and said, "If I knew it was a delicate girl, I would have held back."
Liu Nerong suppressed the anger in her heart and tried to ask calmly, "Why did you frame the Fish-dragon Gang?"
Although the young swordsman was frivolous, like an ordinary rogue who flirted with women in the marketplace, the way he looked at people and the way he held the blade shocked Liu Nerong. He was indeed an elite soldier in the Beiliang army. She remembered that her grandpa, old gang leader Liu, said that the difference between military officers and martial artists in Jianghu was that they might have blood on their hands. But compared with the ruthlessness of the latter, the former had a kind of courage that really penetrated into their bones. This kind of perseverance was the heart that was trained in the face of thousands of soldiers and horses. It was the evil spirit that gritted teeth and crawled back to the world of the living. After Liu Nerong confirmed the identity of the swordsman in her heart, her whole body was cold and her mood fell to the bottom.
The man grinned and said directly, "My second brother has taken a fancy to you. If you know what's good for you, you should go back with him obediently. My second brother wants me to tell you that if you are willing to be his woman, the Fish-dragon Gang will lose more than 30 people. With my second brother's help, the Fish-dragon Gang will be able to go to Beiliang and Beimang unimpeded in the future. It can be considered a blessing in disguise. Just take it as my second brother's betrothal gift. To be frank, my second brother already has a woman to marry. Miss Liu, you can just be a concubine without any status. Don't feel wronged. In fact, it's the Fish-dragon Gang that has climbed up the social ladder. Besides, it's a great blessing for me, Zhao Yingchuan, to call you my second sister-in-law. "
Liu Nerong sneered and said, "Your second brother, Zhou Ziru, is really meticulous. I admire him very much."
The young swordsman, who called himself Zhao Yingchuan, licked the corner of his mouth and glanced at the man who was paralyzed in the chair in the room. This poor guy was really unlucky to fall into the hands of his second brother. He had been poisoned by the Muscle Weakening Powder, which was the first choice of all rapists in Jianghu. Originally, he still had some of the toughness of a Jianghu hero and was unwilling to shift the blame to the Fish-dragon Gang. He had to take a knife and slowly cut a bloody groove on the man's thigh. It was only half an inch away from the man's crotch. The man finally lost his restraint and shouted in the language his second brother had told him to.
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