Chapter 97: Zhou Shidao comes to the truth, the witness is right in front of him
The atmosphere in the room instantly dropped to freezing point. Meng Xingyuan on the side opened his mouth, but could not say a word to ease the atmosphere.
Under the aura exuded by the old man, Zhou Shi looked calm. He shrugged, turned and left.
"Hey, Shopkeeper Zhou..." Meng Xingyuan on the side finally spoke, reaching out to stop Zhou Shi, "Where are you going?"
"Since the hall master doesn't want to do business with me, why should I bother you here? Stay with me."
While the two were entangled, the old man behind him burst into laughter.
"Shopkeeper Zhou has good eyesight. I have told the hall master a long time ago that such little tricks cannot fool shopkeeper Zhou, but my hall master insists on making this happen. No offense intended, I hope you will forgive me."
Is this really a lie? It was Meng Xingyuan's turn to be dumbfounded. Zhou Shi walked past the stunned man and came to the old man.
"What is your name, sir?"
"Li Yingguan. But Shopkeeper Zhou, I still want to ask clearly, how did you know that I am not the hall master?"
"Of course it is one thing that you are already old. Jiangdu is full of fish and dragons, hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Anyone who can become the leader of a gang must have a few tricks up his sleeve, but you don't seem to have practiced martial arts. In addition, I look at your face and that fish.
The city manager is very similar."
"Yes, Li Niansheng is the son of a dog." Li Yingguan stroked his beard and smiled, "My hall master doesn't like to take care of the gang's affairs, so I do all the work for him."
"Mr. Li, I really want to do business with the fish market. But before that, I have something to say to the hall master. Please make it convenient for you."
Li Yingdian nodded and said: "I understand. But our hall master doesn't like to stay in the fish market, and most of the time he is drinking tea in Wangjiang Tower. You saw it right, the young man wearing a white coat and black trousers."<
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Zhou Shi wrote down the characteristics of the hall master, thanked Li Yingguan, and took Meng Xingyuan out of the fish market.
"Shopkeeper Zhou, this is really amazing... He is really not the hall master?"
Meng Xingyuan couldn't wait to ask before he reached a place where the fishy smell could not be smelled. He had been dealing with the Baitiao Gang for several years. He had met this old man several times and always thought he was the hall leader.
As a result, when Zhou Shi came today, the hall master "became" a fake, and instead he, Meng Xingyuan, became the one who was kept in the dark!
Zhou Shi smiled and said, "There's no way we can join forces to deceive you, right? We'd better go to Wangjiang Tower first and find the real hall master."
Meng Xingyuan was a little confused at this time. If he were Zhou Shi, meeting the real hall leader would be a good opportunity to build a good relationship with the Bai Tiao Gang. Why would Meng Xingyuan be allowed to go with him as an outsider?
I am thinking here that Wangjiang Tower is already in front of me.
Wangjiang Tower, one of the four famous buildings in Jiangdu, is a four-story pavilion built along the river. It occupies the place with the most prosperous river view in Jiangdu City. Here you can watch the sunrise over the river and listen to the fishing boats singing at night. It is said to be able to connect the three hundred rivers of the river.
The scenery inside is panoramic.
Walking to the door, Meng Xingyuan seemed to remember something, pulled Zhou Shi and said, "You and I are both familiar faces in the restaurant. Now that we are visiting together, I'm afraid it will attract a lot of attention, right?"
"Don't worry too much, you and I are just here to drink tea and enjoy the scenery. What can Tian Xinan say? Let's go..."
Tian Xinan is the shopkeeper of Wangjiang Restaurant. Zhou Shi is not familiar with him and has only met him a few times at the restaurant convention before the New Year every year.
It was past lunch time, but the Wangjiang Building was still lively. Unlike Fengde Building and Yueqing Building, it not only catered for lunch, but was also a famous teahouse in Jiangdu. Many customers did not come here to eat, but just to drink tea.
We chatted and ate snacks, so there was business from morning to night.
"Two guests..." The waiter at the door came up to greet the guests, but when he looked up, he saw that these were acquaintances, "Hey, aren't these Shopkeeper Zhou and Shopkeeper Meng? What kind of wind brought you two here?" p>
"Hahaha, I have nothing to do in the store today, so I came to Wangjiang Tower to sit down. Oh, I think I have lived by the river all my life, and I have never seen the three hundred miles of river scenery. Today is an eye-opener." Zhou Shi
Pretending to say casually, he pulled Meng Xingyuan and walked inside.
"The two of you can sit down wherever you like." The waiter sent the two of them into the store, then turned around and went back to report to the shopkeeper.
Zhou Yongyong saw his movements from the corner of his eye and chuckled: "We have to hurry up, or someone will get in the way soon."
The two of them were walking and chatting, but their thoughts were all on observing the customers in the store.
"There is no one on the first floor."
"Let's go to the second floor."
They have already looked at the third floor, but they still can't see the figure wearing a white coat and black trousers.
Zhou Shi looked at it as he walked, and the design here reminded him of Yichun Garden. Although Wangjiang Tower is not as gorgeous and elegant as Yichun Garden in decoration, it is more elegant in structure. The stairs and terraces between floors are reasonably designed, and even
You can also stand on the stairs and look out at the river view through the window.
"Whoops, it's the last floor..." Meng Xingyuan obviously lacked exercise and was over 40 years old. He was already out of breath after climbing three floors.
"It should be right above, let's go."
The space on the fourth floor is obviously smaller than that below. There is only one table placed by the window. And there is only one person sitting at that table. This person is wearing a shiny white gown and has one foot idly on the chair.
, is pouring and drinking.
"Boy, is it not easy to climb four floors?"
When the man spoke, his voice sounded like that of a young man, perhaps younger than Zhou Shi.
Zhou Shi didn't say anything, and helped Meng Xingyuan sit down at the table.
"I've met the hall master."
The young man put down the tea bowl in his hand, coughed, and said, "Tell me, how did you find me?"
"First, please ask for the name of the hall master."
The young man smiled and said: "What, how about verifying your identity? Bai Tiao helped Jiang An, and I have met two of them."
Zhou Shi finished telling Li Yingguan about meeting him at the fish market and told him that he had something important to tell him.
Jiang An understood where he was coming from and said with a smile: "Something important? What's important? Let's talk about it."
Zhou Shi didn't care about Meng Xingyuan who was standing beside him, and said: "The account books on Lao Wu are now in the hands of the Qinglong Gang."
Just this sentence made Jiang An stand up in shock, wiped away his previous laxity, and asked sharply: "Lao Wu? Where is he now?"
This startled Meng Xingyuan and he quickly looked at Zhou Shi.
"My condolences, Master. Lao Wu was drinking in Jiangxi the day before yesterday and had a conflict with someone from the Qinglong Gang and unfortunately died."
Jiang An slowly sat back, grabbed the tea bowl and rubbed it repeatedly.
"How did you know?"
"I was in Jiangxi the night before yesterday, and I happened to run into Lao Wu running out injured. I took him to hide from the Qinglong Gang, but unfortunately he injured his head and was dying. When he was dying, he asked me to give him the account books.
Report your whereabouts to the hall master."
Jiang An's eyes shifted from the tea bowl in his hand to Zhou Shi. He said in a cold tone:
"How do I know what you say is true?"
"The commotion that night was witnessed by more than ten people including the store owner and surrounding residents. The hall master can go and check it himself."
"Then who will prove that you and the Qinglong Gang are not the same group?"
Zhou Shi pointed at Meng Xingyuan: "He can prove it."
Meng Xingyuan felt a pain in his heart. After following Shopkeeper Zhou out for a long time, he almost had a heart attack!
"Shopkeeper Zhou, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense..."
"Last month, I, Fengdelou, was doing business at the dock, but people from the Qinglong Gang came to interfere. My boss and waiter were all injured, and the boss, Agui, was even detained. I went to ask for it in person.
We even had a fight with the Qinglong Gang." Zhou Shi said calmly.
"Shopkeeper Meng is very concerned about our business at the dock. Don't you know about this?"