The door of my old house was locked. Since no one had lived in it for a long time, some moss grew on the bluestone at the door, and a few small grasses grew in the gaps between the bluestone.
Liu Mang turned to look at Uncle Wang's house on the right.
He hadn't seen Uncle Wang standing at the door for a long time, staring coldly at him, as well as the blind dog. Liu Mang couldn't help but feel a little lost.
He came to the door of Uncle Wang's house and knocked gently on the door. A woman about forty years old opened the inner door.
She was shocked when she saw Liu Mang and hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Master Liu..."
Liu Mang waved his hand to tell her not to speak.
Then he walked into the back room and saw Uncle Wang lying on the bed with a yellowish-white complexion.
Uncle Wang looked at the rafters with a dull expression, completely unaware of Liu Mang's arrival.
His dog, which was blind in one eye, was lying listlessly beside the leg of the bed, as if he was also ill.
"Uncle Wang." Liu Mang shouted several times, but when he found no response from the other party, he couldn't help but increase his volume. "Uncle Wang, I am Tieniu, and I am here to see you."
Uncle Wang seemed to have regained some energy and mechanically turned his head to look at Liu Mang, his eyes lifeless.
"Uncle Wang, there may not be many days left." Liu Mang thought to himself, not knowing whether Liu's mother would be able to see him again when she came back.
He felt a little uncomfortable, but birth, old age, illness and death are human nature. Uncle Wang is a generation older than Liu's mother, and at least he has lived longer than most people in this world.
Liu Mang came outside and told the hired woman, "Take good care of Uncle Wang."
The woman nodded and said, "Master Liu, I take care of your orders more than I care for my own mother."
After watching Uncle Wang, Liu Mang quickly left Liujia Village.
Everyone in the village knew that Liu Mang was back, and almost every household with someone there came out and greeted Liu Mang enthusiastically. The Golden Tiger Gang ruled the entire outer city, and Liu Mang could decide the future of any one of them with one word.
After Liu Mang left, people in the village started talking about it.
"I didn't expect Tieniu to be so powerful. He joined the Golden Tiger Gang less than a year ago and already he became the gang leader!"
"I have said before that Tieniu will definitely become a prosperous person in the future, but you still don't believe it!"
"You can brag as hard as you want, I've never heard you say that."
"The Fenglan family has given birth to a good son!"
Wang Laizi also walked out of the house. When he heard everyone's discussion, he showed a look of jealousy and dissatisfaction on his face. "It's just good luck. If I can join the Golden Tiger Gang..."
As soon as Wang Laizi said these words, everyone laughed, and the atmosphere inside and outside the village was filled with joy.
Wang Laizi also felt that he had boasted, so he returned to the house angrily. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and his face became gloomy.
"It's a pity that the damn mother-in-law is not at home, otherwise I could beat her to vent her anger!" Wang Laizi thought.
He suddenly remembered that he had heard Cheng Laoer and the others talking by the river before, and his face became a little gloomy for a moment.
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On the Longjiang River, less than a hundred miles away from Jiangcheng.
There is a wooden boat about ten feet long, with a bright red hull and many flags on it, embroidered with the word "zhou".
The hull has three floors, with paper windows, wooden doors, carved railings and painted buildings, which looks quite luxurious.
There were many sword-wielding guards standing on each floor, and at the top of the third floor stood two handsome young men, surrounded by pink-clad maids.
Among the two, one was wearing a blue cloth coat, his hair was tied up with a blue scarf, his shoes were also blue cloth shoes, and his scabbard also had blue stripes.
Although the outfit is extremely simple, when paired with that extremely handsome face, it looks fresh and refined.
The other man was wearing red brocade clothes and his hair was tied with a white jade crown. He was also quite handsome, only a little less handsome than the boy in blue.
It's just that his expression is quite arrogant, which is different from the calm face of the boy in blue. At first glance, he doesn't seem to be easy to get along with.
I heard the young man in blue say: "I have to thank Brother Zhou for letting me take this smooth sailing boat, otherwise it would have been quite inconvenient for me to come from Quancheng to Jiangcheng."
Quancheng is extremely far away from Jiangcheng, almost more than a thousand miles.
The young man in red waved his hands needlessly: "You and I have always had a close relationship with each other, so this little thing is nothing."
The young man in blue said: "I don't know who is an outstanding person in Jiang City. I heard that Wang Yuanjian was on the Tiger List for the first time this year. I would like to get acquainted with him."
The young man in red sneered: "I happened to be looking for Wang Yuanjian too. I wonder what kind of magic he used to make my younger sister miss him so much that she didn't even think about it anymore!"
But it turns out that the young man in red is Zhou Lingyi's biological brother.
The young man in blue smiled and said: "Brother Zhou, love between a man and a woman has always been common. What's more, Wang Yuanjian comes from an extraordinary background and is extremely talented. Why do you need to interfere more?"
The young man in red sneered: "It's fine if he only treats my younger sister wholeheartedly. The key point, I heard, is that he has been pestering the useless person from Fang's family."
The boy in blue was stunned for a moment, then continued: "There is no one in this world who doesn't want to get the Moon Sword."
"The famous bloodline weapon can only be used by the Fang family, so what's the use of him becoming the quick son-in-law of the Fang family?"
"I heard that one of the gangs in the outer city of Jiangcheng had obtained the Tianji Order not long ago, and he should be extremely extraordinary!" The boy in blue continued.
Unexpectedly, when the young man in red heard this, his expression immediately turned gloomy: "This person just got lucky. It's a pity that we didn't go to Jingcheng to participate in that grand event, otherwise we wouldn't have had the chance to do this."
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"How can He De, a gangster, possess the Tianji Token?" the boy in red almost said through gritted teeth.
The boy in blue couldn't help but be a little surprised. He didn't know why the boy in red had such hatred for Liu Mang.
Little did he know that class discrimination is common in any world.
If someone does something that no one of higher class than him can do, he will often get not respect but hatred.
Moreover, the young man in red was influenced by Zhou Lingyi, and he had long had a strong prejudice against Liu Mang.
The two of them were chatting on the top of the boat, enjoying the river breeze, and from time to time the maid handed them grapes and fruits, which was very pleasant.
After an unknown amount of time, they were very close to Jiangcheng and could even see the pier.
At this time, they saw the ship of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce in front of them suddenly stopped, and then a small boat rowed past.
A man wearing a light yellow tiger-head top was explaining what he was doing with people from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.
On the boat at the rear, two young men with good internal skills and amazing eyesight saw what was happening on the boat in front.
The young man in blue said in shock: "They are collecting the berthing fees and dock usage fees from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce! How can this outer city gang have such power?"
The young man in red sneered: "The Golden Tiger Gang is just a dog raised by the Qi family, probably under the Qi family's instruction.
But the reason I came here this time is to discuss business with the Qi family, and I want to see if they dare to accept my money!"
Quancheng and Jiangcheng were too far apart, and the news of the strange beasts appearing in the Golden Tiger Gang had not yet spread, so neither of them knew about it.
As soon as the boy in red finished speaking, a small boat rowed in front of them.
There was a harmless-looking fat man standing on the bow of the ship. He clasped his fists and smiled and said, "Hello everyone, the berthing fee is five taels per time. If you want to move the goods on the dock, you need to pay a certain amount of silver taels according to the time."