Zhang Rongfang and Xiao Jiu were sitting at the table eating together. The sun was shining brightly outside, and the breeze was gently ruffling the leaves, making them crisp.
"Last night, I went to the awning boat on the river with Brother Chen Ling and Sister Yufeng from next door. Fishing there only costs five cents a time and there is no time limit. I was lucky and actually caught a two-pound crucian carp.
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Xiaojiu has been in a good mood since she came to the county town. It's so much better here than the boring life in the mountains.
Different types of gameplay can be found every day.
In the Taoist temple, Li Heng, the master of the temple, was away all day long and ignored the affairs. There was no one here to supervise whether they did morning or evening prayers.
There was no one to supervise whether to practice martial arts or not. Xiaojiu and the other three quickly got along with each other and were extremely happy every day.
"Fishing... If Wu Wen can catch a good big fish, he will be very lucky. Wangjiamipu in the next street collects fish and can sell them there. The price is cheaper than going to the fish market." Two
Xiao Wang, one of the handyman disciples, laughed in a low voice.
"Wangjia Rice Shop? When I went out to sell morning tea just now, I saw that the rice shop seemed to have been closed down?" Xiao Jiu asked in surprise.
"I also saw it. It is said that a certain big boss of the Mi Gang was arrested and investigated for harboring military weapons." Xiao Wang replied.
"Military weapons? Swords?"
"No, it's a crossbow..." Xiao Wang lowered his voice.
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Several people suddenly looked surprised.
"What is Zang Nu, the owner of his rice shop, doing? Is he going to rebel?"
"Who knows...I can't understand what those rich people think."
Zhang Rongfang on the side was eating rice, picked up a chopstick of garlic-flavored twice-cooked pork, put it into his mouth, and listened to a few people chatting.
When he heard that Mi Bang Mi Shop was sealed, his expression remained calm and his heart felt light.
Hiding military weapons privately is not something ordinary people can resist. This time, Chen He from the Rice Gang, as a private hoarder, will have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die.
He is not the mastermind yet, but if it is revealed during interrogation that the mastermind is the leader of the Mi Gang... the entire Mi Gang will be in chaos.
Even if Chen He persists in his insistence, where did that military crossbow come from, and through what channels was it obtained?
These will inevitably be traced.
As long as the noble officials do not want to be suddenly shot to death by crossbows while walking on the road, they will inevitably be pursued heavily.
By then, the gang leader Shao Quanhu will definitely be implicated and held accountable.
As long as Shao Quanhu has no powerful subordinates, he will not be qualified to mobilize people to attack his master and senior brother.
Everything will be solved easily.
Zhang Rongfang felt happy and started eating the food much faster.
After eating, he rested for a while, then packed up his things, took the documents, and walked towards the county gate.
Mi Bang's matter has been solved for the time being, and then it's my own matter.
The day after tomorrow is the day when my senior brother will get engaged, which is the first day of the lunar new year.
When the time comes, I don't have anything to give my senior brother as a gift. I just want to go deep into the Red Mountain to hunt some good things and make them into furs to give as gifts.
Zhang Rongfang's secret martial arts skills, which he had only recently broken through, were combined with the second-level rejuvenation and purifying time talisman, combined with the first-level dragon and snake lifting technique. Now, he can kill Chen Wuyou and Jiao Teng in front of him without sneak attacks.
Now he has basically some ability to protect himself.
Go out from the county town and keep walking along the official road.
After walking a certain distance, Zhang Rongfang took the initiative to leave the official road and turned towards the deep mountain forest on the left.
He didn't go too far or too deep, just wandering within a dozen or so miles nearby.
At noon, the sun shines brightly, making the leaves of the plants in the woods even more emerald, like translucent jade sculptures.
Not long after, Zhang Rongconveniently discovered a goat that was grazing with its head down.
The goat was still more than twenty meters away from him, looking leisurely and chewing the food in its mouth calmly.
Zhang Rongfang stepped lightly and slowly approached the opponent.
Just a few steps closer, there was a slight clicking sound under his feet.
The goat suddenly became alert, turned around and ran away, disappearing into the dense forest.
Zhang Rongfang lowered his head and looked at his feet. The soles of his feet were covered with layers of various leaves.
He squatted down and dug with his hands.
There is a thick layer of leaves, with branches and leaves that are wet and about to rot at the bottom, and then layers of relatively intact branches and leaves overlap.
The leaves on the outermost surface are almost all dry and brittle.
He thought for a moment, raised his foot, and took a step forward.
There is still sound.
Continue, step two, step three.
Zhang Rongfang kept standing in place and repeatedly tested his pedaling method.
The result is sound.
He simply stopped walking and tried again and again to try to reduce the noise by walking on the layer of leaves.
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The charge of concealing military weapons completely disrupted Shao Quanhu's steps.
When she received the news early the next morning, everyone was confused.
When she heard that her brother had been arrested for this, she immediately took a large sum of money from the gang and went to the Yamen to guarantor him.
This matter spread in the county town, and the whole Huaxin County was so big.
In one afternoon, the news spread throughout the city.
By the time Zhang Rongfang returned from outside the city in the evening, Mi Bang had become the talk of the town.
Along the way from the city gate back to the Taoist temple, he could hear several people talking about the rice gang.
Soon, new news came out. Shao Quanhu of Mi Bang was also under guard and was not allowed to move around.
The government sent out many people to take away members of the Mi Gang and brought them back to the Yamen for interrogation.
Every rice shop was closed.
Zhang Rongfang specially went around the outside of Chen He's house a few times and found that the door of Chen He's house was open and officers and soldiers were searching inside.
The female relatives of the Chen family also stood in the yard with worried faces, watching the officers and soldiers searching, not daring to move.
At this time, Zhang Rongfang was completely sure that the Shao and Chen families of the Mi Gang were already in the dark.
Return immediately.
The next day, he stayed in the forest all day, and towards nightfall, he successfully brought back a strong stag.
Take it to the market and slaughter it, cut off the antlers, peel off the skin and make it salted. It can be used as an engagement gift for your senior brother.
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Mi Bang Headquarters.
The small headquarters building, which was originally full of people, has become increasingly deserted.
Many people were taken away by the Yamen for investigation, leaving only a few clerks who had nothing to do with the hidden ordnance case to guard the store.
At nightfall, a black carriage slowly drove out of the fog and slowly stopped in front of the Mi Bang small building.
The carriage only stopped for a short while, and after a few people got off, it quickly left.
The few people who came down, heads lowered and wrapped in black clothes, hurriedly entered the small building.
In a small room on the inside of the second floor.
With a creak, the door to the room opened, and three figures in black cloaks quickly entered the room.
The last person closed the door with his backhand and lit the oil lamp.
Only then did the three of them lift off their black cloaks and reveal their faces.
The person at the front was surprisingly the leader of the Mi Gang, Shao Quanhu.
She looked calm and exhaled softly.
Seeing that the room was empty and searched everywhere, a flash of disappointment flashed in her eyes.
"Who reported this incident? Has it been found out?" Another person on the side said in a deep voice.
The man's face was slowly illuminated by the light of the oil lamp, and he was clearly Taoist Chen Zhihan.
"I don't know. I tried to ask when I sent the money, but the county governor didn't know who it was.
All I know is that someone stole the weapons at night and threw them at Lao Er's house, and he was framed." Shao Quanhu shook his head.
"Then will we go according to the original plan this time?" Chen Zhihan frowned. In fact, he was not as decisive as his wife.
Since his son is dead, it would be better to have another son. He was sad at first, but there was no need to risk everything. He still wanted to make a comeback.
Of course, he also knew that his wife was seriously ill and his son was her only hope.
Now my son is gone...
"Of course we have to continue. I suspect that Zhang Xuan is responsible for this matter, or the rest of the people in Qinghe Palace. There are many people in this world who don't want to see us live well..." Shao Quanhu said calmly.
"The person who reported the report thought he could defeat us by relying on the government. This idea is too naive and not like Zhang Xuan's style." A third person said.
The light illuminated his face, and this person turned out to be Chen He who was supposed to be arrested and brought to justice!
"The person who reported the report probably didn't know that our ordnance was sold by the county government. The county governor also took a commission from it, and arresting us was just to extort more money." Chen He said with some distress.
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He spent a lot of money to get out this time.
"In any case, framing this person has absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Zhang Xuan. As long as we take action against him, we can solve the future troubles in one fell swoop!" Shao Quanhu said calmly.
"Kill Zhang Xintai first, and then go to see Zhang Xuan. I want him to feel the pain of losing his son!"
"Let's do it together?" Chen He asked.
"Let's do it together. After we get engaged, I asked Li Heng to devise an opportunity to do it together. After killing Zhang Xintai, we can then deal with Zhang Xuan."
"That's right. If you kill a second-grade person first, Zhang Xuan will definitely be so angry that he vomits blood. It will be easier to deal with him then." Chen He nodded.
"After everything is done, we will leave here and go to Tanyang." Shao Quanhu made all the arrangements.
"Okay!" Brothers Chen He and Chen Zhihan nodded together.
Things have developed to this point, and after being severely punished by the county governor, their foundation has suffered too much, and there is no point in staying here.
Most of the people in the Mi Gang were unwilling to follow Qinghe Palace. After taking revenge, they simply left this place.
"When exactly will we start?" Chen Zhihan asked.
"Tomorrow night. Let them be happy." Shao Quanhu showed a weird smile.
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The third day.
Senior brother Zhang Xintai hired a band in the city, found a group of idle men, carried a large box of gifts, and headed towards Yang Hongyan's home with some playing music.
Zhang Rongfang also followed at the end of the team. Together with several other friends of his senior brother, they followed the team forward with a smile.
Not long after.
The team arrived at Yang's house. My sister-in-law Yang Hongyan dressed up and looked gentle and pleasant. She was wearing a bright red dress and her face was covered with tulle. She was carried into the sedan chair.
Brother Zhang Xintai rode on his white horse and took the lead towards the other side of the county.
He bought a house there as his new home after his wedding.
The team moved forward and soon arrived at the new house.
There are already many spectators waiting on the roadside.
The lady who was throwing the coins held a wooden basin with the coins in her hands, grabbed a handful of coins in one hand, and threw them into the sky.
Amidst the clanging sound of copper coins falling to the ground, Zhang Xintai and Yang Hongyan held hands and shyly ran into the door of their new house with their heads lowered.
Inside the gate, sitting in the yard, it was Old Taoist Zhang Xuan.
He sat on the Taishi chair with a smile, and beside him were two elders whom Zhang Rongfang had never seen before. They were not Taoists, but they had a special aura inexplicably.
Immediately afterwards, they came forward to salute and serve tea.
This is a common rule here in Huaxin County.
As a relative of the team, Zhang Rongfang entered the new house and began to be responsible for receiving the guests who came to congratulate him.
Someone has to do things such as recording gifts, arranging tables and chairs for meals, shouting roll calls, etc.
I was busy until the evening, and the engagement was just finished.
Zhang Xintai went around to greet his friends and neighbors who came over to show their appreciation, and then asked Yang Hongyan to go to her room to rest first.
I was going to look at the recorded gift book.
But when he was about to cross the yard and go to the back room, he was called by someone.
"Junior Brother Xintai, can you lend me a moment to speak?"
The man had a round figure, a kindly fat face, and was wearing a Taoist robe and a white coat common among practicing disciples. He was none other than Li Heng, the master of Qinghe Temple in the city.
"Senior brother Li Heng? But something is wrong?" Zhang Xintai's relationship with Li Heng is not bad. After all, he will live in the county in the future, so it is natural for him to have a good relationship with Li Heng.