The green-skinned gangster smiled dryly, "I think those people should be there to cause trouble."
Kou Ji's heart skipped a beat and his face darkened, "Give him a tael of silver..."
Erbao quickly took out a tael of silver from the purse in his arms and handed it to the green-skinned gangster.
When the green-skinned gangster saw the broken silver, his eyes shone brightly and he exclaimed, "Thank you two gentlemen for the reward, thank you two gentlemen for the reward..."
To Kou Ji and Liu Heng, one tael of silver is nothing, but to the green-skinned gangster, it is a huge sum of money.
"Your guess is worth one or two."
Kou Ji said something in a deep voice, looked at the two green-skinned gangsters and said, "Whoever takes me to Qinchuan first to do the work, I will reward you with one or two more."
"Me! Me! Me!"
"Master, you come with me and I will take you a shortcut."
"Sir, I know the shorter way."
"..."
The two green-skinned gangsters were arguing, but they did not stop leading the way.
Amid the quarrel between the two of them, Kou Ji and the others were taken to Qinchuan Buhang.
Kou Ji threw them a piece of broken silver and asked them to divide it.
He, Liu Heng, and Er Bao went directly to Qinchuan Buhang.
The green-skinned gangster who led the way was right. The first group of people he brought over were indeed here to cause trouble.
Qinchuan's mission is outside.
There are three floors inside and three floors outside, filled with people.
The crowd betted Qinchuan Buxing tightly.
From a distance, Kou Ji could only see the signboard of Qinchuan Clothing Store and hear the shouts and curses coming from inside.
After Kou Ji and the others rushed outside the crowd, they pushed people aside and squeezed in.
After standing in the front row, they saw what happened at the Qinchuan Buhang.
The Qinchuan cloth shop was smashed.
The tables, chairs and benches in the shop were smashed into pieces of wood.
Fabrics in the shop were thrown all over the floor.
An old man with white hair and beard leaned against the pillar at the door of the shop, weeping and cursing the injustice of the heaven; a strong woman sat on the ground in front of the shop, holding a roll of silk, and yelled and cursed.
Zhang Cheng stood in front of the woman holding a pair of scissors.
His eyes widened with anger, veins bulged all over his body, and he was uncontrollably angry.
A young man in brocade clothes led a group of thugs, holding sticks and canes, and looked at them with an arrogant expression.
"I asked you to open up the shop today, so you have to make room for me today."
Zhang Cheng trembled and growled: "We rented the shop from shopkeeper Chen. There is a lease document from the government. We also paid a year's rent. Why do you drive us away?"
"Why?"
The young man in Jinyi took out a house deed from his arms and said arrogantly: "Just because this shop changed its surname. The shop belongs to me. I can rent it if I want, and take it if I want. It all depends on my mood."
Now, if I want to drive you away, you must get out of here."
Zhang Cheng clenched the scissors in his hand and roared angrily: "You destroyed our shop, deducted our rent money, and just wanted to drive us away if you don't pay us back. There is no such thing as this in the world."
The young man in Jinyi said disdainfully: "In this Bianjing city, what I say is the truth."
"..."
in the crowd.
Kou Ji was about to step forward, but saw Liu Heng standing motionless as if he was under a restraining spell.
"What's wrong?"
Liu Heng lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "This shop... used to belong to the Wu family."
Kou Ji was stunned and looked at Qin Chuan Bu Xing.
On the side of Qinchuan Clothing Store, he saw Dadong Rice Store.
Among the house deeds and land deeds that Wu Xian handed over to Liu Heng were those of Dadong Mihang.
In Kou Ji's eyes, the area of Dadong Rice Store was clearly related to the property and land deeds.
Much smaller.
"Qinchuan Cloth Shop is sub-leased from Dadong Rice Shop..."
Kou Ji muttered, looked at Liu Heng, and said in a deep voice: "Is that your brother who is closing down the shop?"
Liu Heng gritted his teeth and nodded: "My brother...Liu Congde."
Kou Ji suddenly realized.
"Your brother is very laid-back, and he seems more arrogant than you?"
Liu Heng said disdainfully: "Although he has an official status, it is just a false title. In addition to receiving a salary, he is not qualified to be an official in the yamen. He naturally has a lot of free time. On weekdays, he goes to the streets to bully the weak."
"After all, he is also a commoner, so he is not qualified to compare with Liu Congmei..."
Kou Ji nodded and said, "Are you going to face your brother today?"
Liu Heng hesitated for a moment, "Can you not count me in the count?"
"Are you afraid of him?"
"A bit... I have been bullied by him since childhood. Liu Congmei bullied him, but he did not dare to retaliate, so he could only bully me."
"..."
Kou Ji was silent for a moment and said quietly: "I need to be beaten..."
While Liu Heng and Kou Ji were talking, Liu Congde, who was before Qin Chuan's departure, had lost the patience to play with Zhang Cheng. He took a few steps back and lazily ordered the henchmen behind him: "Smash them all.
Then drive them away. If anyone dares to resist, I will beat them to death with sticks."
When Zhang Cheng heard this, his eyes instantly became bloodshot. He protected his wife behind him, clenched the scissors in his hand, and prepared to fight.
"Dad, mother..."
A seven-year-old kid stumbled out of the Qinchuan Cloth Shop.
That's Zhang Cheng's son.
He had been hiding in the backyard of Qinchuan Buhang for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ran out.
When Zhang Cheng heard his son's cry, the blood that had just surged into his heart dissipated a lot.
"Go back quickly, don't come over..."
Zhang Cheng shouted to his son.
"I didn't expect there was a little one...don't let the little one go!"
Liu Congde said with a joking smile.
Zhang Cheng's blood rushed to his head in an instant, he picked up the scissors and threw himself at Liu Congde, "If you dare to touch my son, I will kill you!"
"Hurry, hurry, protect me and kill them for me!"
Liu Congde was startled and screamed.
The thugs picked up sticks and rushed forward.
"Brother Zhang Cheng, don't do stupid things!"
Kou Ji shouted and rushed out.
Zhang Cheng heard Kou Ji's cry and stopped.
In an instant, two sticks were slapped on him.
"Everyone stop it!"
Kou Ji shouted loudly.
However, no one listened to him.
Kou Ji spoke up to stop Zhang Cheng. When Zhang Cheng lost momentum, Liu Congde saw the opportunity and beat him when he was caught.
Liu Congde's henchmen were not only beating Zhang Cheng, but also sent seven or eight of them to beat others.
Two doglegs with sticks rushed towards Kou Ji.
Kou Ji didn't care about them, because he saw an idiot walking towards Zhang Cheng's son with a stick.
"What a bastard! Beat the child too!"
Kou Ji rushed over.
The dog-legged stick did not hit Zhang Cheng's son, but hit Kou Ji on the arm.
Zhang Cheng's son was so frightened that he froze on the spot.
"Fourth brother?!"
Liu Heng outside the court saw this scene and shouted.
He didn't care to be afraid of his brother, he rushed forward and beat the thugs with his fists.
When the losers saw a new enemy appearing, they were about to fight with sticks when they saw Liu Heng's face clearly.
"Master?!"
"Everyone stop it! Everyone stop it! It's my young master!"