Chapter 175: Follow the trail and meet your opponent by chance
"Good evening, Shopkeeper Zhou."
Du Wuye stood up from behind his desk and exchanged a bow with Zhou Shi.
Zhou Shi peeked around and found that the small room, which was not much larger than his room, only had one desk, one bed, and two chairs. It was really shabby compared with the previous grand clubhouse.
"It's so late, what kind of wind brings you here?"
Since Zhou Shi is the mediator between the Qinglong Gang and the Baitiao Gang, and he has gained prestige in the Jiangdu Wulin, even if he showed up uninvited in the middle of the night, Du Wuye did not dare to neglect, so he spoke very politely.
Wandering on the street is too conspicuous. At least there is some defense here. If the pursuers want to hide their traces, they will not rush to the dock...
"Oh, I ran into something and wanted to discuss it with you."
"Please sit down and speak slowly. What would you like to drink?"
After Zhou Zhi asked for tea, he took a sip and then said to Du Wu: "That's it, our owner of Fengde Building was deducted from the casino..."
He slowly told the story of what happened, starting from when he entered Fengde Building and told the grievances with the young master's family. He also told how Zhu Benchu got involved in gambling and was so angry with his old master that the money he owed was deducted. He added in it.
A lot of details have been polished, just to delay as much time as possible so that I can hide at the dock for a while.
But Du Wu was not impatient at all and listened very carefully.
"Well, the casino... I remember it was run by Sangmen Huan." Du Wu said softly, "I'll teach him a lesson and let him go."
"Ah, no, no, no, since it is the money owed by our boss, I will pay it back. I just ask you to help me deal with him and don't let the casino hate us."
Du Wu felt strange. Judging from the strength and temper shown by shopkeeper Zhou, why should he be afraid of him as a loser? He didn't have a big fortune in his hands, he was just a local snake.
However, Du Wu quickly thought that unlike himself, Shopkeeper Zhou was in charge of the restaurant, so he naturally did not want to have too much contact with the underworld. Furthermore, Shopkeeper Zhou had always valued peace, and would even go out of his way to maintain harmony in Jiangdu.
Making peace between two gangs is really rare among upper-class masters.
Master Du Wu is getting older, so he is not happy to be called up in the middle of the night. But after listening to Zhou Shi talking about his family history in the middle of the night, Du Wu gradually felt that he was using his own experience to persuade him?
A master like Shopkeeper Zhou was actually willing to devote himself to a small restaurant. It was truly a state of "hiding in the city". Du Wu felt that he had listened to a class and learned a lot.
You can sell a master a favor with just one sentence, why not? He agreed: "I understand, I will find someone to do it tomorrow."
"Okay, okay." Zhou Shi said, swallowing the last sip of tea.
The business was done, the tea was drunk, and Zhou Shi successfully procrastinated for an hour.
Okay, even if the pursuers are still in Jiangdu, they won't care about a person leaving from the dock.
However, since the enemy could use Zhu Benchu as bait, they probably expected that it was the people from Fengdelou who were secretly against them... Could it be that they realized that the imperial examination fraud case was exposed at Wu Zhaokun's birthday party? In this case,
He, Agui and Xue An are all suspected, but the enemy is not sure who it is, so they dare not act easily.
As Zhou Shi said goodbye to Du Wu, he thought: After returning home, we must be even more careful and not expose our mistakes.
He was about to open the door and leave when he almost bumped into the minions rushing in from outside.
"Oops! Gang leader, it's on fire again!"
"What!"
Du Wu pushed away the guy who had his face wrapped in cloth and strode into the night wind.
I saw flames soaring into the sky in the distance. Countless minions were running towards the flames carrying buckets of water, and some were shouting commands among them.
"Quick, quick, in the east! Hurry!"
"Bring me more water, the water tank is empty!"
Zhou Shi stood next to Du Wu, with mixed thoughts in his heart.
What happened again?
I finally managed to make peace between the two gangs, but someone actually set fire to it again? Could it be the Baitiao Gang again...
No. Zhou Shi bit his lower lip. The Baitiao Gang was supervised by Li Ying, and after being severely punished by the government last time, it would not be good for them to provoke the Qinglong Gang again...
Jiang'an!
The whereabouts of that guy are unknown, and it was most likely that he was responsible for setting fire last time, and I’m afraid it’s him too this time!
It’s over, my work was in vain...
"Jiang An..." Du Wu murmured, clenching his fingers.
"Gang leader! Gang leader!"
A gray-faced young man ran over and reported: "Gang leader, there is someone attacking the brothers in the place where the fire broke out!"
"Who!" Du Wu shouted sharply, "Get him for me!"
"No, he is very powerful, brothers can't beat him..."
"Where's Aaron and Ah Hu?"
"Brother Long has been brought down, but Brother Tiger hasn't arrived yet..."
Zhou Shi immediately said: "Take me there!"
The little guy was stunned for a moment and looked at Du Wu.
Du Wu, on the other hand, was looking at Zhou Shi and said, "Take shopkeeper Zhou with you!"
"Yes, from the shopkeeper, this way..."
Zhou Shi followed the little guy and ran all the way, surpassing the team carrying water to put out the fire.
The wind direction changed, and smoke and dust drifted in, making Zhou Shi cough repeatedly. He had no choice but to take off his clothes like the men leading the way, cover his mouth and nose, and then continue to move forward.
"There it is! Look!"
Zhou Shi saw it. At the height of the fire, a figure was fighting with the swarming Qinglong Gang. Beside him, buckets were scattered on the ground, obviously obstructing the fire-fighting team!
Due to the backlight, Zhou Shi couldn't see his face clearly, but in terms of body shape, he was quite similar to Jiang An!
"Take that guy down! Otherwise the water won't be able to transport it!" shouted one of the fire-fighting teams.
"Stop!" Zhou Shi shouted, pushing aside the crowd and running towards the man.
No matter what, don’t delay putting out the fire!
Seeing Zhou Shi's fierceness, the man immediately pushed away the fighting men, raised his fists and hit him.
The fists and feet intertwined, the distance was shortened, and the positions were exchanged. Zhou Shi could also see the man's face clearly.
Not Xue An.
He is a middle-aged man with a livid complexion and white eyes.
This is...
The walking dead!
It’s not Jiang An who’s blocking the firefighting team, it’s the zombies!
Zhou Shi was horrified and hurriedly took a few steps back. However, the walking corpse pursued relentlessly, trying to take advantage of the situation.
At this moment, a figure stood between him and the zombies like a wall, blocking the opponent's attack.
Before he could recover, he heard the minions around him cheering: "Brother Tiger! Brother Tiger is here!"
The first thing that caught Zhou Shi's eyes was indeed a tattoo of a descending tiger. It was the most powerful thug of the Qinglong Gang, Ahu!
Ahu geared up his fists and shouted: "Boy, you failed today! Look at the punches!"
"Slow down!" Zhou Shi hurriedly reminded him. He knew A'hu's strength very well, and he was no match for the walking corpse!
Sure enough, Ahu and the walking zombies could only fight for ten rounds before taking several hits and losing.
Until this moment, he hadn't noticed anything unusual about his opponent. He just felt that this guy was so powerful. If it hadn't been for his own martial arts, he would have been injured internally.
"Brothers, come together and hold him down!" Ahu shouted.
Zhou Shi had a huge headache. If he couldn't defeat him, he would use the "Human Sea" tactic. This is the gang's style... but it's useless against the zombies who don't know pain!
Suddenly, the minion who was leading the way quickly stepped forward and fought with the zombie first. After hitting each corpse several times, the minion unexpectedly knocked it away with an elbow!
Zhou Shi was stunned, and saw the little gangster untiing his masked clothes and shouting: "Go put out the fire quickly! Hurry!"
Everyone in the Qinglong Gang reacted, bypassed him who was fighting fiercely with the zombies, and rushed towards the fire scene with buckets.
Ahu was even more surprised, when did my gang accept such masters?
Zhou Shi was stunned for a moment, and hurried to help the little guy. The two of them worked together to force the walking corpse away from the others' path, opening a channel for fighting the fire.
"Why are you here?"
The "little guy" smiled slightly and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou has good skills and good eyesight."
When he just took off his mask and revealed his true face, Zhou Shi was shocked. This guy was none other than Jiang An!
The leader of the Baitiao Gang, Shenlong, is missing and the people of the Qinglong Gang cannot recognize him, but Zhou Shi can see him clearly!
"Don't worry about it, fight it off first!" Jiang An said, continuing to fight with the zombies.
How could the walking zombies be able to withstand the encirclement of two masters? They were quickly hit by Zhou Shi's powerful opening hand and collapsed on the ground.
"This guy is not a living person." Jiang An said while panting.
"Didn't you start this fire?" Zhou Shi asked straight to the point without giving him a chance to breathe.
"How is that possible?" Jiang An said seriously, "Even if I have a grudge against the Qinglong Gang, I will not burn down private houses!"
Private houses?
"Is it a private house that was burned?" Zhou Shi quickly looked back and found that although the fire was blazing into the sky, the fire scene was indeed far away and not within the scope of the pier!
"Yes, I came here because I saw a house on fire, otherwise..."