Yamazaki also gradually heard unusual news in the teahouse, and the world in the southeast began to become unstable.
The imperial court has always handled matters involving Jianghu gangs impartially. Officials who did not handle matters impartially have been replaced, and many have been dismissed from office. Some have been exiled or beheaded.
The Jianghu forces, which had been oppressed for a long time, couldn't stand it anymore after a month of patience and began to take action.
The battles between rivers and lakes are increasing, but the government is indifferent and only warns not to disturb the people and not to affect ordinary people.
There are more and more fights in the arena, and they are becoming more and more unscrupulous.
The Jianghu gangs in Hancheng City are also fighting, and they are gradually turning from dark to bright.
Although there were no blatant fights on the streets in broad daylight, there were also assassinations during the day.
Around the flower houses, bodies were discovered every night, ranging from three to five people to as many as a dozen, all leaders of Hancheng's gangs, including the branches of foreign gangs in Hancheng.
On the second night in late December, there was a large-scale battle in which a large number of people broke into the mansion and then chased them all the way out of the city, alarming half of the city.
However, the Yamen went to check after dawn and found that the house had been ransacked and the bodies had been removed, leaving only blood stains and minced meat.
No one was found, so a notice was posted, asking for a gangster who didn't even have a face.
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23rd, afternoon.
Yamazaki was drinking tea in the teahouse and listening to people chatting about what happened last night.
That is the residence of the owner of Feiyun Tower, a large gang in Hancheng. Feiyun Tower is ostensibly a restaurant. There is a large manor-like restaurant in the north and south outside the city. There are also many restaurants in the city, as well as flower arches, etc.
But in fact, what he eats is Hancheng Transportation. Yun is actually a transportation person who makes profit by bringing in private goods and started his business by trafficking in private salt.
Feiyunlou has rich financial resources and spends a lot of money to make friends with local officials. Other gangs in the city cannot compete with him. Even the Qingyun Zong Feixiang Gang, a large and famous gang in the southeast, does not compete with him locally.
Recently, the officials have ignored Feiyun Tower. They have seized a lot of illicit money, arrested some of the culprits, and fined them a lot of money.
Rumor has it that the new city guard took office, and the new official made three fires, and the fire spread over there.
The second rumor is that once the emperor and his courtiers were replaced by an official, Feiyun Tower did not discuss filial piety with Mr. Zhang, the guardian of the new city.
No one knows whether it is true or not. Anyway, it is true that the government did not protect Feiyun Tower, so the oppressed gangs in the city took the blame.
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I don’t know who exactly, but there are quite a few.
As the saying goes, the bigger the gang's fortune, the more rivals they have grievances with.
Everyone is guessing and guessing, but no one is sure, but it’s okay to be idle and let’s chat slowly.
…
Yamazaki couldn't hear anything new, so after finishing his tea, he was ready to leave.
But when I saw the door, I was not ready to leave immediately.
A beautiful lady came in. Although she was covered with a veil, she just stood there. Her beautiful figure made the voices in the teahouse become quieter.
Yamazaki looked around and looked at the people coming in from behind, and found that he actually knew them. To be precise, they were related to the people he knew.
Yamazaki was a little bit dumbfounded, because that beautiful woman should be Xiao Yue's mother, so he really didn't care.
I had heard that there was a lot of commotion in Hengling City earlier, but I didn't expect that the Xiao family, the Guan family, the He family and other landlords would actually come to Hancheng.
As for the reason for running away, it was very simple. During the troubled times, I planned to find a place to spend the winter, and then go back when the dust settled.
Anyway, he is the landlord. No matter how much trouble he makes, the land is still there. It is impossible to move it, right?
…
Yamazaki heard that they asked for a large private room, so he stopped leaving. He asked for another pot of tea and continued to listen to the news.
Listening to their sighs, they found that there were endless battles in the rivers and lakes along the way, with many casualties.
Especially for big gangs such as the Qingyun Sect and the Feixiang Gang, branches all over the country are having trouble, and it’s really too late to put out the fire everywhere.
Yamazaki shook his head and took a sip of tea. This was too much and too little.
Jianghu is about force, and the place that can be defended by force is your territory.
Lengmei Palace is only a city, but Qingyun Sect Feixiang Gang and others are involved in the southeast.
Gangs and lakes gangs curry favor with local governments and set up stalls as big as this.
If the court found out, how could it not knock you?
This means success lies in the local government, and failure lies in the local government.
…
Yamazaki listened to them discussing where they wanted to live, but he didn't talk to them while he was thinking about it.
If it were before, I would still have some thoughts about Xiao Yue, but now that I have a beauty in my family, my thoughts are indifferent.
They rejected the Qingyun Sect, Feixiang Gang, and Green Sand Association. The reason was that what those people did the last time they conquered the city was too chilling.
Nowadays, these forces are very busy. They, the scattered people, should stay away from them, lest they get burned.
They decided to stay in a restaurant first and then find a house in Yahang.
…
Yamazaki felt funny when they asked the waiter to ask about the restaurant, because the waiter said of course it was his own restaurant.
They were asking for directions when there was trouble over there.
It was Xiang Xiucai, the leader of the Hancheng branch of the Feixiang Gang. He heard that they had arrived and invited them to be guests.
Everyone suddenly had a headache because they didn't want to go.
Yamazaki thought about it and said, "Master Xiang is in my tea house on the corner of the mountain. Isn't it a bit unethical to snatch away the guests who want to go to my restaurant?"
Hearing the sound, Xiang Xiucai came out of the private room and offered his hand to Yamazaki Yao, "Hey, it turns out Boss Shan is here too. I'm sorry."
"I don't dare," Yamazaki said in return, "I happened to be resting here. I wanted to leave, but when I saw a few beauties coming, I couldn't walk."
"Xiang Hall Master, can you be so noble as to give up this group of guests?"
"I promise in the name of my beloved concubine that I am just watching and have no bad intentions."
The Xiao family and others couldn't laugh or cry, what kind of mess is this.
Xiang Xiucai had a headache, but it was not easy to argue at this time. If he argued, it would appear that he had ulterior motives.
"Since Boss Shan has spoken, Xiang will give Boss Shan this face."
"Thank you very much. Next time we discuss business, I will make concessions as appropriate."
"It's easy to talk about." Xiang Xiucai handed over his hand, and then in a low voice briefly introduced Shanjiao to the Xiao family and others before leaving.
In Hancheng, he spent tens of millions of taels of silver to buy the Jiang family property, which was originally engaged in shipbuilding, shipping and dock business.
He bought Dong Lian'er, a former courtesan, and placed Dong Fenglin, Lady Dong, in Fengyuan in the northeast of the city.
He robbed Chang Xiu, the daughter of the criminal official Chang, and also took servants of the Chang family from the state official Zhang, and placed them together in a villa in the southwest outside the city.
She married Jiang Feiping, a dancer from the Jiang family, as a concubine. She was one of the four concubines that Ming Media was marrying after going to Yaxing to write the paperwork.
He enjoyed a good meal at the Hancheng official court and was said to be on good terms with the state official Zhang.
…
These news made the Xiao family and others a little vigilant, because they felt that they were not someone they could mess with, and they were worried about falling out of the wolf's mouth and into the tiger's den again.
But now they are being driven to the shelves, so they have no choice but to bite the bullet.
Everyone followed Yamazaki cautiously, and the men blocked the way, blocking the women's figures.
Yamazaki looked amused and took this nervous group of people to a small villa in the southwest of the city where the Jiang family lived.
"This is it. You can stay here as long as you like. For the sake of all the beauties, I won't charge you any money."
"Don't think of me as a bad person. I'm helping you because you don't want to get involved in gang wars."
"Actually, I hope you get involved. After you have some casualties, I will rescue the beauty and go home to enjoy it slowly."
"It's a pity, I'm so soft-hearted."
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore, and I won't stay to eat with you, so as to save you from being frightened. See you later."
Yamazaki dropped his words, folded his hands and left.
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. They really couldn't keep up with their thinking, but after thinking that what they said was correct, they breathed a sigh of relief.