"What? Dongchang started to take revenge. Tell me slowly what happened." Liu Ziguang asked.
"When the dealer delivered the cars this evening, dozens of cars didn't come back. I think they were secretly kidnapped by people from Dongchang." Sun Gang's mind was very flexible. There were dozens of rickshaw drivers who were alive but not dead.
It must be related to the big fight in the morning. Dongchang has been operating in the capital for so many years. It may be difficult to fight with a large force head-on, but it is definitely an expert in assassinations and kidnappings.
Liu Ziguang pondered for a moment, then pulled Sun Gang out of the door: "Find the rickshaw driver's outfit, and let's go out on a bike to have a look and lure those guys out."
The two changed the driver's clothes, put on simple makeup, and rode a tricycle out of the dealership. The other drivers had been strictly ordered not to go out and stayed in the dealership on guard. Liu Ziguang personally acted as a bait to lure the people from Dongchang.
Come out and check the whereabouts of the missing coachmen. In order to avoid being discovered by the other party, no personnel were arranged to accompany them. The secret agents of the Dongchang are all experienced stalkers. If there are too many people, it will easily arouse suspicion.
Sun Gang originally thought that Boss Liu couldn't ride a tricycle, but he didn't know that he was very skilled in riding a tricycle. You must know that Liu Ziguang often rode a tricycle to set up stalls in night markets. In Sun Gang's surprised eyes, Liu Ziguang, wearing a bunt, opened the road ahead and crossed the street.
Crossing the alley, we came to the door of a teahouse.
Most of Ziguang Car Dealer's business is in restaurants, brothels, and teahouses. There were very few people asking for cars on the street, so the two of them arrived at the door of the teahouse, put the car in the opposite corner, and took advantage of the situation.
He got into the carriage and sat down, waiting for the guests to greet him.
It was evening at this time, and people who had drank wine in restaurants and had dinner at home began to gather in teahouses. This place was no better than the brothels and Chuguan on the Qinhuai River. Most of them were for public consumption. Jiangnan tea was cheap and only cost a few pennies.
You can buy a pot of good tea with unlimited refills. More importantly, the teahouse is a distribution center for all kinds of gossip, ranging from major national events such as the Northern Expedition to the Western Expedition and the election of the emperor, to minor remarriages of widows and sisters-in-law.
You can hear trivial things like this in teahouses. People who don’t like to get involved in these things can go and listen to books. Which teahouse doesn’t have a few iron-mouthed artists, such as "Generals of the Yang Family" and "The Legend of Yue Fei" to fight against foreigners.
Lu's jokes are the most popular. Today the storyteller in the teahouse was telling the latest joke "Capturing Dorgon Alive".
Smoke curled up in the teahouse, and the fragrance of tea spread everywhere. From time to time, there was a crisp sound of wood hitting the table in the buzzing noise. Teagoers who were not listening to books gathered around the table, playing leaf cards and talking about mountains.
.At the table near the door, there were two tea guests dressed as ordinary merchants. Their conversation with each other gradually attracted the attention of the people next to them:
"Brother Nian, have you heard? One of the candidates for the current queen, Miss Li, the niece of the Queen Mother, disguised herself as a man and went to Gone with the Wind to play until midnight. Later, she met a gangster and was...
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"I've also heard about this. It was done by the Tiger Zi Gang in the east of the city. That night, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division made quite a fuss. I heard that the Tiger Zi Gang was wiped out."
A man who looked like a small boss next to him listened to what they said and joined the discussion: "I asked Brother Wang Yihu why he didn't go to my shop to cause trouble these days. It turned out that he got into trouble and was suppressed by the officers and soldiers. He really deserves it!"
"The Tiger Zi Gang is asking for their own death, but this young lady from the Li family is too ungrateful. She actually goes into romantic places and causes such bad consequences. Let alone the queen, I think she will be lucky to get married." First of all.
The person who started the conversation saw that others kept bringing the topic to the Tiger Zi Gang, so he quickly interrupted and pulled it back.
"Yes, the Li family has a queen mother, and they want to have another queen? Then half of the Ming Dynasty will have the surname Li." His partner also said in cooperation.
"That is, this queen cannot be chosen randomly. She must be virtuous and virtuous, and her mother should be a good mother to the world. Miss Li family is so dissolute that she cannot be in charge of the Sixth Palace." A scholar at the table next to her also joined the discussion.
"Pull him down. He is the Lord of the Sixth Palace. He was turned around by a bunch of gangsters. I wonder if there are any bastards left on him. I don't want such a person to be a concubine for me, let alone a queen!" said the speaker.
At first glance, he looks like a rough and arrogant man, and he speaks with bold words that others dare not say.
Seeing that they had successfully stirred up people's conversation, the two people before looked at each other, dropped a few coins and left the table. At this moment, Sun Gang felt thirsty and shouted to the teahouse waiter at the top of his voice: "Come here
"Two bowls of high broken pieces." High broken pieces are tea brewed from finely chopped tea leaves. Instead of using teapots or bowls, they are served in sea bowls. They are specially designed for working people like cart drivers to quench their thirst. They don't have to go in and sit down to drink. They drink it outside.
Yes, the price is cheap, you can drink whatever you want for one penny, two bowls are one penny, three bowls are still one penny, as long as you can drink it on the spot.
Sun Gang's shout alarmed the two tea guests who were just about to leave. They saw the small flag of Ziguang Car Shop on the tricycle, exchanged glances, came over and said, "Two cart pullers, are you leaving?"
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"Let's go, let's go after drinking tea. I haven't touched my teeth after running around for a day." Sun Gang pretended to be the same.
Dr. Tea brought two bowls of tea over. Liu Ziguang and Sun Gang each held their bowls and drank. They handed the bowls and tea money to Dr. Tea, wiped their mouths with the hand towels on their shoulders, and dusted them randomly on the car seats.
After a while, he asked the guests to get on the bus: "Sir, please take a seat. Where are you going?"
"Go to Dongshui Pass." The two guests said in unison.
"Hey, you two can take one car, why do you need two cars? What a waste." Sun Gang asked.
The guest was a little impatient: "It's hot and it's too crowded for two people to sit there. If you have money, you're not afraid of wasting it."
"Okay, please." In fact, these two guys had already attracted Liu Ziguang's attention when they spread rumors in the teahouse. Just now, he specifically asked Sun Gang to shout for tea just to attract the attention of these two people.
, and sure enough, when the two saw it was a tricycle from Ziguang Bicycle Dealer, they immediately took the bait.
Four people and two cars got out of the alley and drove along the avenue to the east of the city. The two cars drove side by side. The east city is not as prosperous as the south city. There are more government offices. At night, there are few pedestrians. Liu Ziguang rode his bike while passing a specially placed small
He observed the movements of the guests behind him in the rearview mirror. Sure enough, seeing no one around, the two guests quietly took out daggers from their arms and were about to stab them in the back. Liu Ziguang shouted and stopped suddenly.
On the tricycle, the guest couldn't stop himself from falling forward. He grabbed his neck and threw him to the ground. Sun Gang also subdued the guest, pushed him to the ground, and stepped on his back with one foot.
"Tell me! Where have our dozens of brothers gone?" Liu Ziguang twisted the guest's hand behind his back and asked.
"Hero, spare your life, we are just ordinary thieves, we just want to rob you two, but we don't know the whereabouts of your brothers." These two people are also smart, and they quickly found a way out for themselves when they saw the situation. The people at Ziguang Automobile Dealer are all from Nanchang.
With their own eyes and ears, they naturally dare not reveal their true identities.
"A thief? When did Dongchang fanzi become a thief?" Sun Gang took out a waistband with the logo of Dongchang's low-level fanzi from the guest's arms and laughed.
"Who is it?" There was a shout in the distance, followed by noisy footsteps. A group of officers and soldiers came over with torches. The military appearance was very neat. It turned out that they were people from the Dongcheng Army and Horse Division who came on night patrol. Since the last interception and killing incident,
Since then, the original team of Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division has almost been purged, and now they are all the trusted officers and soldiers selected by Lord Li Qing.
"We have caught two thieves." Liu Ziguang showed his commander-level badge of the Military and Horse Division, and the officers and soldiers hurriedly bowed their hands and saluted: "I have met you, sir."
"Take these two thieves to the Yamen for interrogation."
It would definitely not be appropriate to openly escort these two people back to Ziguang Automobile Dealership. I am afraid that Dongchang's informants have already been planted there. These two people spread rumors about Li Xiangjun in the teahouse. They must have another conspiracy. People from the Military and Horse Division are very likely to torture and extract confessions.
It's better to leave it to them.
The two Dongchang officers were escorted into the Dongcheng Army and Horse Department. The commander immediately came to see Liu Ziguang. The senior officer of the Wucheng Army and Horse Department was also responsible for the Nanchang position. Naturally, he knew Liu Ziguang and knew what happened at the South Gate this morning.
There was a murder case outside, so although his position was slightly higher than that of Liu Ziguang, he did not dare to neglect him at all. He served him well with cigarettes and tea, and then went to interrogate the prisoner himself.
After less than half an hour, the commander came back covered in blood and told Liu Ziguang that the matter had been cleared up. These two people were low-level people in Dongchang who were responsible for spreading rumors. Dongchang suffered a big loss from the Queen Mother.
They began to fight back. On the one hand, they spread rumors to prevent Li Xiangjun from becoming a candidate for the queen. On the other hand, they sent people to hunt down the coachmen of Ziguang Car Shop. These two people were originally responsible for spreading rumors in teahouses and restaurants, but their responsibilities were also different.
It was not so clear. I saw two drivers from Ziguang Truck Dealer waiting for work at the entrance of the teahouse. I wanted to kill them two by the way, but I didn't expect that Liu Ziguang captured them alive.
"Where are our missing brothers?" Liu Ziguang asked.
"Dongchang's order is to kill them all without leaving any survivors. I'm afraid they are all at the bottom of the Qinhuai River, including their people and their vehicles."
"Damn it!" Sun Gang punched the table. Many of these coachmen were brothers who had followed him for many years. Now they were slaughtered like dogs by Dongchang. How could he not be furious?
"Now that you're done, I'll leave these two people to your disposal. Let's go." Liu Ziguang stood up to leave. The two Dongchang fans regarded it as a meeting gift to the Dongcheng Bingma Division. He still didn't deserve this small credit.
Strange. But for the newly appointed commander of the Dongcheng troops and horses, this is a great achievement, especially the case regarding the rumors about Miss Li, which is enough to attract the attention of the top management.
"It's good to go, Mr. Liu. Come and see these two adults off." The conductor politely sent the two men out, sat back on the case, thought for a while, wrote a eloquent official document, and took it personally.
He went to his immediate boss to ask for credit.
Now that Peng Jingrong is gone, the river house has been given to Liu Maomao. Liu Ziguang and thirty guards have moved into the Ziguang Car Dealership. Everyone does not have to worry about being divided and surrounded when they live together. Not far away is the Nancheng Bingma Si Yamen.
I believe Dongchang doesn’t dare to do anything blatantly in the city just yet.
Arriving at the gate of Ziguang Car Dealership, Sun Gang tugged at Liu Ziguang's sleeve and said, "Look, sir, those people are so sneaky that they don't look like serious people."
Following Sun Gang's gaze, there was a Chaos stall on the road opposite the Ziguang dealership. Three or four people were sitting on small horses drinking Chaos. The owner of the stall was hawking while casually glancing at the door of the dealership.
Under the nearby corner, there were several more beggars lying and sleeping than usual.
"Hmph, it's a spy from Dongchang again. Why are you setting up a chaos stall in the middle of the night?" Liu Ziguang glanced at Sun Gang, who understood and turned around to go to the Nancheng Army and Horse Department.
After a while, a group of wolf-like officers and soldiers rushed over. Without saying a word, they kicked over the Chaos stall and spilled soup and water on the floor. The stall owner shouted: "Why do you knock down my stall?"
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"Why? Open your dog eyes and take a look."
The little leader of the officers and soldiers pointed to a row of words on the wall next to him and said with great air. The stall owner looked in the direction he pointed and saw a line of big words written in white and gray on the green brick wall: "The entry and exit of carriages and horses is prohibited within ten feet on both sides of the gate."
Stall location. Nancheng Bingma Si Xuan"
"Hmph." The stall owner didn't want his pots, pans, poles and stove anymore. He flicked his sleeves and walked away. The guests pretending to eat chaos also left. The little leader of the officers and soldiers came to the corner where the beggars were living again and swung their hands.
The whistle stick was struck fiercely: "Get out of here! You stinky beggars, you have ruined the whole city of Beijing." The beggars quickly got up and dispersed. In less than a moment, the door of Ziguang Car Dealer became quiet.
"Sir, how do you think the little one is doing?" The little boss asked Sun Gang for credit with a charming smile. We are all old acquaintances. I didn't expect that the little overlord of Nancheng back then would actually take advantage of the power of the Queen Mother's family, and even give orders from above.
We must strictly protect Ziguang Automobile Co., Ltd. and respond to their requests without delay. In the past, it was Sun Gang who kept him smiling, but now he has turned around and asked the little boss to keep Sun Gang smiling. It’s true that in thirty years of Hedong, thirty years
It’s the year of Hexi. The little boss sighed with emotion and respectfully took the banknote handed over by Sun Gang. Hey, no matter what else, the banknote is genuine. If you want to say that he is a person who can achieve great things, he will spend a hundred dollars.
Two silver notes, no wonder it can gain access to the power of the Li family.
Those Dongchang fanzi who disguised themselves as stall owners, customers, and beggars were targeted as soon as they left the Ziguang Automobile Dealership. Although the nightlife in the capital is very rich, there are still many roads and alleys that no one goes to at night.
Yes, it is indeed a good place to kill someone.
In Nanjing in June, there was a hint of chill in the scorching heat.