After all, Hong Shijie and Lu Yuanwai are both old foxes, and their behavior is not the same as they appear on the surface, because they are all defending each other, but no one can tell them and they still have to smile.

Even though Mr. Lu showed resentment towards the Hou brothers, Hong Shijie did not show his alliance with him. Lao Lu's hatred for him increased a lot.

However, although he was weaker than those people, he quickly arranged his backup plan after Hong Shijie left. I believe that even if the Hou brothers wanted to kill him, they had to consider it.

In fact, even if Hong Shijie bought favors from the government, he would not say this like Mr. Lu, because they were bandits and dared to approach the officials. Even if the officials didn't know, it did not mean that other bandits were willing to do this. It was obvious that offending other brothers was incomparable to him.

In the past, I used to live in front of the bandits, but now I am a refuge, but I can still enjoy life secretly. Isn’t that the happiest time in my life for them?

But at this time, several horse bandits had conflicts with each other. This was their fatal place.

......

Hou Mansion

"That old road is really a mess. The bandits in the Green Forest did not do this. They were both stealing and cheating. These days, the government offices have been subject to a lot of injustice. If they hadn't done things with caution, they would have been squatting in the prison."

Hou Wanqing was furious and still complained when he came back.

Hou Wanshan became much calmer than that, just drinking tea.

"Brother, why don't you speak?"

"I'll say it if you say enough."

"Uh, I'm enough, tell me!"

Hou Wanshan put down the tea, took out a booklet from his arms, and placed it in front of Hou Wanqing.

Hou Wanqing took it in his hand and started to look at it.

"This is the account book for our casino profits these days. The horses we bought from the Turks some time ago arrived. I asked someone to bring the swords I brought from the Turks to secretly return and put them in the horse shed in the backyard. You can take time to check it out."

"Brother, are you?"

"To prevent the many dreams of daily life, let's get rid of these two disasters as soon as possible. If the dead keep their mouths closed, our lives will be peaceful. The matter of the horse bandit was too big at the beginning, and now we must not relax even here. Since we are afraid that he will inform or be arrested and leak our identity, why not take action first? Do you think so?"

Hou Wanqing sighed and said, "Brother, I'm afraid that this time the action will make people notice it. What if the movement is so big that the government officials know it?"

"It's okay, I'll make a long-term plan for this matter, so don't worry."

"Brother, you said that Lu would not ask someone else for help, right?"

"Whoever has a name or surname in these ten provinces can ask for help from anyone with a name or surname? Don't worry."

"oh......"

......

Brother Wei returned to Su Zhiyuan without Lu Yuanwai's arrangement. In addition to telling him the news that Lu Yuanwai took a concubine, everything else was also about the matter.

"The others are also people who run around the world?"

Su Zhiyuan realized that with money, hiring some thugs is something that many people have to do.

Brother Wei nodded: "But we don't know much about what other people Lu Yuanwai has hired. Those individuals probably will not have bad strength, otherwise the old road would not be able to live so safely."

"Would you like to be a tainted witness for me and go to the government to identify this Lu Yuanwai?"

Brother Wei hesitated and dared not speak. For him, offending Su Zhiyuan was much better than offending Lu Yuanwai.

After getting along these days, Brother Wei also knew that Su Zhiyuan was not a bad person. If he offended other people, at least the two of them would be beaten and sent to the government. However, Su Zhiyuan did not beat them or abuse them, but instead made him do infernal affairs.

Su Zhiyuan was considering eliminating harm to the people, but he was also measuring the development and gains and losses of this matter.

People in the martial arts world often cannot be solved by fighting alone. After all, the martial arts and sects will have contacts, especially if they have money, they can make the devil push. Who knows whether this Lu Yuanwai hires enough experts to serve him?

It is a bad idea to go to the government to report the case like this. If the government takes over the case and does not handle it, and I am afraid that my life will not be easy in the future. The most important thing is that I can get too few benefits in such a thing.

Su Zhiyuan didn't know the nature of the imperial officials in this era, and did not write it on his face if he didn't report it to the officials like this, there would be uncontrollable consequences. It seemed that he was weak and he was helpless when he met such a scoundrel, and Su Zhiyuan felt the necessity to become stronger.

The government is actually very far away from the common businessmen. Although Su Zhiyuan is a well-known shopkeeper on this commercial street, he is at best just a little money-making man, nothing special.

Although I have seen many people who run around, I have never seen the real masters flying around at all. Maybe there is really not. But Su Zhiyuan knows that not being able to fly does not mean that he can't fight. People like Lu Yuanwai who dare to do evil in broad daylight will not believe it if he doesn't have a backup plan.

When he walked on the street, those lottery players who liked lottery asked about the lottery when they saw Su Zhiyuan. Su Zhiyuan was helpless. During this period, he set his sights on the Lu Mansion. In addition, the change of ownership of Youzhi Wood Factory, he did not continue to work hard on business because he felt that having money alone could not change his destiny, because this era is an era of status. A simple businessman could not have status at all. There was no backer in the government. Anything could make the whole family go to prison, and it would be difficult to get peace if he had all his wealth.

There are many wealthy families in Hangzhou. Any family that has been standing for many years is related to the Weaving and Clothing Department of the Ministry of Revenue, or at least the one who can speak well. Otherwise, vicious competition will easily crush a merchant directly.

When Su Zhiyuan came here, he made money first for life. He was still in the process of understanding this era. Whether it was the imperial court or the pastoral time, it was a new scenery for him.

Mr. Lu actually didn't care about people like Brother Wei at all, so their contact with Su Zhiyuan did not make Mr. Lu suspicious. The most important thing is that Mr. Lu obtained the route map of the Lu Mansion and the distribution of the names of each room from Brother Wei.

This is quite good news for Su Zhiyuan. For such a person, he must have considerable wealth. Although it is all shameful wealth, it also makes Su feel evil and want to take it for himself, which is also a reason for not cooperating with the government.

To deal with such a person with obvious strength, Su Zhiyuan knew that he could only go astray but not to force himself. Since he could not count on the government, Su Zhiyuan had to understand Lu Yuanwai's identity first before he could prescribe the right medicine. Now with the map on Lu Yuanwai's mansion, Su Zhiyuan could only walk Lu Yuan at night to see if he could get useful information.

Brother Wei’s younger brother Su Zhiyuan was not let go. After all, they had served Lu Yuanwai for so long, and it was hard to say whether they would deceive themselves. Although they told them to feed them poison, who knew whether they had been deceived.

......

The misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River always gives people a kind of melancholy beauty. Several prisoners who were sentenced to prison followed the official to the inn not far from Hangzhou. These prisoners also had the word "sarcastic" on their faces.

It was rainy season, and the road was a little muddy, and it seemed a bit inconvenient to take prisoners on horseback, so the officials unloaded the horses here and changed to hiking.

These people didn't know what they had committed, and were sentenced to death. They were exiled to this place for thousands of miles. They all said that the punishment was to a barren land, but in fact they were not like this. There was a quarry under the name of the Tang Dynasty government. Many prisoners who were sentenced to death were sent here, and the same was true for these prisoners.

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!