Zhang Rongfang retraced the entire journey, and the only possibility was the secret passage and the residential area leading out of the secret passage.
Of these two places, he spent the longest time.
'The Black Ten Sect, you really can't be careless.'
He didn't know if the decline in life attributes was permanent, so he could only wait and see.
If it is permanent, then it will be a big loss this time.
Because he was poisoned, Zhang Rongfang simply went to and from work as usual every day and stopped moving.
He did fight his way into the headquarters of the Black Ten Sect, but due to his concealment and speed, the Black Ten Sect masters were unable to surround him at all.
In the end, Basari was successfully assassinated and the set goal was achieved.
The only pity is that we could not solve all the insiders mentioned by Basari.
But it’s okay if you think about it carefully.
Anyway, no one knows that he killed Basari.
In this way, Zhang Rongfang still maintained the status quo, while quietly paying attention to the current situation of the Black Ten Sect.
What surprised him was that after Basari's death, the Black Ten Sect fell into a fight for the seat of elders.
Tan Yang's Black Ten Sect has a total of three elder seats, and Basari is the great elder among them.
Now that he has died, another elder needs to be replaced.
Moreover, for the position of great elder, one needs to be chosen from among the second and third elders.
The problem lies here.
The second elder and the third elder are not easy-going people. They compete for the power they represent, which makes it very lively.
Within a few days, several lives were lost.
In Dongcheng and Nancheng, there were fights between several small gangs controlled by them, and many people were seriously injured.
Zhang Rongfang led the team and handled a related case together with the others.
And during this time, he was not really idle.
First, his life attributes slowly recovered.
Secondly, he finally obtained information about the female master of the Black Ten Sect that night.
"Brother Zhang, this is the information you want."
Li Huoyun sat down on the stone bench in the yard, handed over the notes in his hand, and then picked up the bunch of grapes and stuffed half of them in a few mouthfuls.
"I'm so thirsty. Why is the weather getting drier?"
"You don't know, I spent a lot of time begging my father to get this information. Now I finally got it. Brother Zhang, don't forget to promise me."
"Don't worry, since I promised you, I will definitely do it." Zhang Rongfang sighed, took the note, and put it aside.
"Is the information on masters of the sixth and higher grades of the Black Ten Sect so confidential?" he asked doubtfully.
"Of course it's not secret on the surface, the key is to be a master of secrets. Also, during this period, my father is also a little anxious, with too many things to worry about, and there is nothing he can do." Li Huoyun said helplessly.
"What? Do you need to keep it a secret?" Zhang Rongfang had already noticed that Tan Yang's senior management seemed to be on guard against something. Everything was extremely tight.
It is by no means a trivial matter to make Li Ran, the prison warden of at least eight grades and above, be so vigilant.
"Actually, there is nothing confidential. The top management knows everything they should know." Li Huoyun shook his head.
"It's just that a blacklist master came from Tan Yang. The master also killed more than ten patrol officers and soldiers in the street.
Fortunately, no more trouble happened after that. Otherwise... there would have been a big mess."
"Black list master??" Zhang Rongfang narrowed his eyes, becoming interested.
He has now gradually approached the ranks of ordinary masters. In just one and a half years, he has reached a level that others can only surpass in at least twenty years.
Today, his vision and strength are much greater than before.
"Yes, and it is said that he is not an ordinary blacklist master." Li Huoyun sighed. "This kind of murderer has probably killed more people than you and I have ever eaten. Who knows what she wants to do here?"
"Tan Yang is only a small town in the whole of Daling. Maybe he has left for other cities long ago?" Zhang Rongfang comforted.
"That's right. Come, eat grapes!"
The two of them made a bunch of grapes, and in just a few strokes they were able to divide all the grapes on the table.
After sitting and chatting for a while, Li Huoyun stood up and left.
Wait until the courtyard door is completely closed.
Zhang Rong just sat back on the stone bench, picked up the copied booklet, and opened it gently.
Soon, the above information about the masters of the Black Ten Religion appeared in front of him.
The first among them is Anova.
The Shinto altar where Anova is located is the largest violent organization in the entire Black Ten Religion.
And she is also the leader of the Shinto altar.
This girl was born with extremely strong explosive power. In a battle three years ago, she single-handedly killed two fifth-level masters who broke into the Black Ten Sect's stronghold, and she became famous for a while.
Later, the state government graded it based on its past strength and performance, and determined it to be seventh grade.
'Seventh grade...as expected...'
Zhang Rongfang glanced below. In addition to Anova, Tan Yang from the Black Ten Sect also had a seventh-level secret master, three sixth-level masters, twelve fifth-level masters, and fourth-level masters. There are no statistics because of the flow.
Greater sex.
In particular, the Black Ten Sect governs many small gangs and shelters many felons and important criminals, so it is naturally difficult for experts to calculate.
And all the forces on the surface are here.
"Being able to protect so many major criminals, it seems that I send money to the higher ups every year." Zhang Rongfang understood without thinking that there were definitely a large number of officials connected behind the Black Ten Sect.
He carefully read all the information in his hand.
The Black Ten Sect, Lin Family, and Hai Long are all involved with him now.
So now you have to be careful every step you take.
After reading the book for a while and memorizing the masters, Zhang Rongfang put the book away and hid it in the study.
Today is a holiday, and he happens to be experiencing the fusion and use of various martial arts at home.
When he was doing the Spiritual Snake Body Technique before, he vaguely felt that the combination of various martial arts seemed to have a very good strengthening effect.
Boom, boom, boom.
At noon, there were knocks on the door.
"Excuse me, is Mr. Zhang Yingzhang here?"
Someone shouted something.
Zhang Rongfang stopped the drill, stepped forward, pulled the latch, and opened the door.
There were two people standing outside the door.
There is a man in front, wearing a black round hat inlaid with jasper, a dark red brocade robe, and a long string of amber beads hanging around his neck.
The man at the back is dressed in black with white trim and has a respectful attitude. He is obviously a servant.
"But Mr. Zhang Yingzhang in person?" The man said with a smile and cupped his hands, "I am Geng Changsheng of the Geng family who lives nearby. I heard that Mr. Zhang moved here a few days ago, but it is a pity that I have not had the opportunity to visit him until now.
, I’m really ashamed.”
"It turns out to be Mr. Geng. May I ask why you came here?" Zhang Rongfang thought about it carefully and felt that this was the first time he had met these two people.
"That's right. I heard that Mr. Zhang has just become a full-time official and does not have any good land to his name. This... Geng is not talented and he happens to have some good land at home that can be donated to you..."
Geng Changsheng saluted with a smile on his face.
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Rongfang immediately understood what he meant.
This is to rely on.
He thought for a while and invited the two of them to sit in the yard.
After talking in detail for a while, the two soon reached an agreement. In exchange for the Geng family's donation of ten acres of farmland, two hundred acres of farmland were assigned to Zhang Rongfang's name as tax-free farmland.
The tax exemption for official status is not endless, but has an upper limit.
Different levels of official status have different upper limits for exemptions.
For example, Zhang Rongfang is now regarded as the lowest-level official and can be exempted from tax on 200 acres of land.
At the same time, immediate family members can also be exempted from military service, labor service, etc. Except for business taxes, which are still required for doing business, immediate family members can be exempted from most other taxes and labor.
After the two reached an agreement, they quickly signed the personal contract brought by Geng Changsheng and each put their fingerprints on it.
The identity Zhang Ying used by Zhang Rongfang today is not fictional, but a real person who Zhang Xuanzhen has completed all the procedures and materials.
In other words, if he is willing to forget his previous identity, he can always live as Zhang Ying.
After signing the contract, Geng Changsheng immediately felt comfortable.
As a new businessman family that had just become rich, the Geng family was most worried about these high taxes. Now that they had found a few suitable new officials who were exempt from tax, they finally solved their worries.
The farm matter was over, and he looked at the furnishings of Zhang Rongfang's residence at this time.
"I never thought that Mr. Zhang could still live in such poverty even though his monthly salary is quite high. It's really admirable."
"Mr. Geng is ridiculous. I'm just too lazy to do too many chores." Zhang Rongfang explained with a smile.
"Sir Zhang is only twenty-four or five years old now, but he is so young and promising. Do you dare to ask if you have ever been married?" Geng Changsheng's eyes were bright and he had a plan in his heart.
There are four and five daughters in his family, one is fourteen and the other is sixteen, so we can arrange a meeting, maybe...
Even if that doesn't work, there are still several good-looking nieces who can be introduced to them. After all, those who are closest to the water first get the moon.
This photo is a Taoist at a young age and has obtained an official status. It is said that he has a personal relationship with the Zhang family in prison. It can be said that he has a bright future.
Betting in advance now may be a great blessing in the future.
"Never married." Zhang Rongfang said calmly, "But I am now devoted to practicing martial arts and have no interest in this aspect."
"That's not possible. Now that Mr. Zhang has become a full-time official, he has established a foundation for the inheritance of the family. In the future, sons who hold official positions will inherit their father's legacy, generation after generation, which is the foundation for the prosperity of the family."
"What's more, two fists can't beat four hands. In this world, if you have more pairs of hands at home, others won't dare to bully you."
Geng Changsheng's words also represent the psychology of ordinary people in this world.
"How do you say this?" Zhang Rongfang was silent for a while and asked aloud.
He has practiced martial arts all year round and was born in a Taoist palace. He really doesn't know much about ordinary people's lives.
In the previous predecessor, it was my sister who was organizing and supporting this body.
So when he heard Geng Changsheng's words, his heart moved and he asked.
"The world is difficult and there are many miscellaneous taxes and servants. Ordinary people like us, don't we rely on having more men in the family to stand more securely?"
Geng Changsheng sighed.
"Take what happened in my family not long ago."
"My Geng family's house is next to the Hu family's house. Last month, because of a fight between my son and the Hu family's son, both sides suffered injuries.
So the Hu family came to our door and demanded compensation from my family. They just cut their hands and asked me to pay five hundred taels!"
Five hundred taels??
Zhang Rongfang also took a breath. This money can buy a large yard of 200 square meters in Tanyang City.
This Hu family is really ruthless.
"How was it resolved after that?" he couldn't help but ask.
For this kind of thing, he asked himself, if he came, he would definitely hire someone privately to kill a few people from the Hu family and scare them, and then there wouldn't be much trouble.
If you still don't do it, you will have no choice but to destroy the family. After all, if you cut the weeds without removing the roots, they will grow again with the spring breeze.
In this kind of world, if people are not ruthless, the family will not be stable.
"Alas..." Geng Changsheng sighed.
"After that... we reported it to the officials, but unfortunately there was someone from the Hu family in the Yamen. After that, to no avail, we asked another family to make peace, and after spending a lot of favors, we reduced the compensation to one hundred taels.
In the end, compensation was paid.”
"..." Zhang Rongfang was speechless.
He paused.
"how so?"
Geng Changsheng shook his head.
"Because a daughter of the Hu family is married to a spiritual man, and there are more than ten servants in the house, all of whom are fat and strong. There are also people in the family who have practiced martial arts."
He smiled bitterly.
"We ordinary families, although we have some spare money at home, have only started to rise in recent years. In a hurry, we don't even dare to hire a nursing home because we don't have any family members to take care of it.
If you dare to invite the nursing home servants, if they have evil intentions and try to seize the family property, we will simply..."
Geng Changsheng looked troubled.
This is the reason why most families in Tan Yang send people to practice martial arts.
"So, I heard that Lord Zhang has already reached the third level of martial arts at a young age. I wonder if it would be possible to see if my little girl is lucky enough to be admitted to the Lord's sect?" Geng Changsheng suggested, with a strange color flashing in his eyes.
.
He was talking about his daughter, and these days, there are many places where her daughter can practice martial arts, mainly boxing gyms, Taoist sects, gangs, and private nursing homes.
But he, Geng Changsheng, pointed out that he wanted to be his teacher.
Zhang Rongfang was a little puzzled, but judging from the small talk just now, the Geng family seemed to have a good track record in business, but they just lacked a backer.
As for me, I can reach the third level at such a young age, I can become a full-time official, and I have a good personal relationship with Li Huoyun.
Previously, Lin Qixiao had a conflict with him in person, but was blocked by Li Huoyun, and was unable to be cruel on the spot. It is estimated that that incident was also spread...