Chapter 696
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Using the tiger skin as a banner could only scare people. In the hall, old gang leader Liu and the other elders were not in the mood to drink tea. When they saw the young man, who should be the Dragon Eye County Soldier Cao, walk into the Fish Dragon Gang, their hearts immediately turned cold. This gongzi's appearance and bearing were not bad, but how many scholars like him were there in the Dragon Eye County? Not to mention the distant ones, just Xiao Ling in the gang, just by looking at his appearance, he could be the son of an aristocratic family in the county governor's mansion. Beiliang was a classic example of a military general being arrogant and lowering his head to a civil official. If he really offended a military officer with real power, what was the use? Furthermore, this gongzi was clearly pulled over in a hurry. He was alone and was probably doing some simple work like writing and writing in the yamen. There were still ink stains on his hands that he did not have time to wash off. When the young Soldier Cao saw Young Master Xu who was calm and composed, he did not lower his head and slowly sat down. He smiled and asked for a cup of hot tea from the Fish Dragon Gang to warm his stomach. Old gang leader Liu sighed in his heart. It seemed that the young and white-haired Young Master Xu was not a popular figure in Lingzhou. Otherwise, a small official of the Dragon Eye County would not be so negligent.
Xu Beizhi and Hsu Fengnian sat to the side. He blew on the tea and frowned, "Can't you let me have some peace and quiet?"
This time, he took the initiative to come to Lingzhou's Dragon Eye County to be an official. There were very few people who knew about this. Not to mention the Lingzhou Magistrate, even the Administrator Li Gongde did not get any information. He only took the Shangguan family's ribbon seal, wrapped himself in his official robe, and single-handedly went straight to Longyan County. Longyan County's military yamen also did not raise any waves, mistakenly thinking that he was some unattainable general's descendant. There were also a few local tyrants who made several attempts to probe him, but they were all casually dismissed by Xu Beizhi, and then he was immediately sidelined. What he got was some labor work without meat or fish, without oil and water. When everybody saw Xu Beizhi enjoying himself, they treated him even less seriously. In addition, there were one thousand elite cavalry secretly transferred into Long Yan County without any warning sign, so that many powers were on tenterhooks; who would still have the mind to get to the bottom of the matter with a soldier, Cao Xiangjun? The cavalry's commanding general was surnamed Wang and his given name was Wang Zhi. The deputy general was called Hong Shuwen. Both of their official positions were one rank higher than ordinary field officers. They could be considered important figures in the Beiliang Army who were not well-known but who suddenly held the commander's seal. This elite cavalry had never interfered with the local military and politics. The entire Long Yan County was guessing back and forth, they only thought that the King of Beiliang attached great importance to Great General Zhong Hongwu, who had taken off his armor and returned to his field. This was to show that the Great General's favor had not diminished.
Xu Fengnian chuckled in a low voice, "Keep your complaints to yourself for now. Has Xi Liang told you about the general situation?"
Xu Beizhi said calmly, "What's so strange about the collusion between the local powers? But you're also heartless. Are you trying to use me as bait to lure out the Zhong family? But aren't you worried about alerting the enemy? If you really provoke Zhong Hongwu, let's see how you're going to deal with it. "
Old Gang Leader Liu only saw the two young people whispering to each other. Looking at their calm demeanor in the face of danger, one could say that a newborn calf was not afraid of a tiger, or that an inexperienced and ignorant person was fearless. Old Gang Leader Liu sighed with emotion at his own extraordinary age. The Fish Dragon Gang's foundation today was not built by talking and laughing with his old brothers in desperate situations countless times. Old Gang Leader Liu subconsciously turned his head to look at his granddaughter. Was he really going to put this burden on her shoulders? Wouldn't that cause her to give up the happiness of a woman's husband and children? Old Gang Leader Liu was not a pedantic elder who favored boys over girls, but it was precisely because he loved his granddaughter from the bottom of his heart that he was unwilling to let Liu Nerong walk on the same path as him. As soon as one entered Jianghu, it was inevitable to make enemies and make enemies on all sides. How many people could really live until the day they washed their hands of gold in a basin?
The teacup on the table began to tremble, and the tea swayed slightly.
Old Gang Leader Liu and several old men who had been fighting for a long time became serious. The junior captain who had been kicked into the hall by the woman in green had been carried to the backyard for treatment. It was difficult to invite the devil in, but it was even more difficult to send him away. It seemed that today's disaster was inevitable. Earlier, Old Gang Leader Liu had tried to evacuate the gang members, old and young, from the back door and go to their relatives' houses in the countryside to lie low. But as soon as they went out, they saw a group of strong men from the Flood Tiger Sect blocking the entrance to the street. They were determined to catch all of them in one fell swoop and uproot the Fish-dragon Gang from Dragon Eye County. Old Gang Leader Liu was a veteran of Jianghu, so he always paid particular attention to not implicating the family members and would never cross the bottom line. This kind of unwritten Jianghu rule was more important than the national law to the old men. But nowadays, the new gangs and sects were more ruthless than the previous one. They completely eliminated the root of the problem. In the past five years, there had been five or six massacres in Dragon Eye County. After the massacres, the government would investigate and send a few boxes of silver to the sons or concubines of the officials to close the case with a personal grudge. No matter how many dozens of murders you had committed, you only needed one or two scapegoats to pay with their lives. And those scapegoats whose families had received a large amount of compensation were regarded as heroes in Jianghu. Even before they were beheaded, they were still heroic and heroic, shouting that they were still a hero even after eighteen years. This could arouse the passion of countless young Jianghu people around the execution ground. This made Old Gang Leader Liu, who had scrupulously followed the rules for most of his life, feel strange and somewhat disheartened.
More than ten strong riders directly rode into the Fish-dragon Gang's Dojo, followed by more than a hundred elite soldiers in bright armor with swords.
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