Ruthlessly struck with a poisonous hand
Although Zhangzi didn't understand the situation, he also knew that the knife had been opened and closed, feeling somewhat unresigned. He then asked the old boss to open a few more knives, but it was still a piece of scrap metal.
He reluctantly picked one again, this time he was more careful and didn't choose those big ones, but instead found the smallest one.
Still haggling, this time he didn't dare to take it for granted again, and as soon as they opened, the price actually went up.
Who would have thought that at this time, he said a sentence "barely usable", without saying another word, let the boss smash it into powder. The pillar had picked up nearly twenty pieces before opening two items that met Zhenming Ku's requirements, and all the others were lost.
Altogether, more than fifty taels of silver were spent, and although it wasn't his own money, he couldn't help but feel a pang of pain.
After all the inferior goods were sold at a low price, the sky gradually darkened. Zhu Zi carried two bags of jade powder back to the horse carriage and was about to ask Zhen Mingshu if he needed any other materials when he suddenly found that Zhen Mingshu's expression had become somewhat strange, his eyes flickering like those of a bandit who had discovered a fat sheep.
He followed Zhen Ming's bitter gaze and looked into the distance...
All that was seen was a luxurious carriage speeding by from the side of the road, and as it passed by them, the window curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing a man with a scowl on his face, who spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm from the window.
Zhen Ming's bitter fate flashed slightly, and the thick sputum landed right on the pillar behind him.
Zhu Zi was taken aback for a moment, then wiped his face and suddenly became furious. He threw down the two bags of jade powder in his hand and chased after the speeding horse carriage with a look of desperation, cursing loudly as he ran.
Alas, the horse carriage sped away quickly and disappeared from view in the blink of an eye.
Zhu Zi returned to the horse carriage with a huff, venting his anger on Zhen Mingshu.
"Why are you hiding! Take a closer look at who that person is, let me know who he is, I must strip his skin off!"
He was unreasonable and stubborn, so he got on the bus by himself and said, "You can carry your things back yourself, I'll teach you again another day."
He finished speaking and drove off in the direction where the horse carriage had disappeared, leaving Zhu Zi behind to shout angrily: "Bastard, that's my car!"
……
The luxurious carriage went all the way to a riverbank in the west of the city, where it gradually slowed down and finally stopped at a dock.
The dock is surrounded by more than a dozen large warehouses.
Several large transport ships were moored by the shore, and a luxurious and exquisite houseboat was also docked there. The houseboat was decorated with lanterns and streamers, filled with the sounds of people's voices, clinking wine cups, and the shouts of " bottoms up" coming from inside.
A furious-looking Pei Qian descended from the carriage and boarded the building boat. The commotion on the building boat immediately subsided, followed by Pei Qian's thunderous roar: "You can't even keep an eye on a woman! A bunch of useless fools! What's the point of me supporting you? All you know how to do is eat, drink and have fun. I feed you, I give you drink!"
A loud crash came from upstairs, followed by the sound of a table being overturned and cups and plates shattering.
"I give you three days to find the person and bring them back to me. If you can't, each of you will dig your own grave and lie in it, and I'll have someone fill the dirt on top of you!"
"Who did this?"
"The Temple of City God's Lv Ma Zi."
"Tomorrow bring people to catch him for me and drown him in the river."
"Yes."
"Leopard, tomorrow take a few people to the south prison of Luoyang City, I've already spoken with Chen, the head of the prison there, he'll tell you what to do. This matter concerns the safety of the entire Salt Gang, if it's done well, I can spare your lives this time."
"Don't worry, second master, I'll definitely handle this matter properly."
"Alright, listen up. This time it was someone with the surname Dai who got killed, and we don't know who's next. Tell them to be careful for now and not to make any moves. New officials always crack down hard at first, so let's wait until things calm down before making our move again. And remember those girls we snatched from that human trafficking ring in Jiangdu? Don't touch them, I'll take care of them myself when I have the time."
"Understood, those beautiful women are all reserved for you, Second Master. They're all in the lower cabins of the ship, being well-fed and entertained. This is our territory, even if it's the yamen people, without the magistrate's warrant, they wouldn't dare to search this ship easily."
Pei Qian's mood improved slightly: "If anything happens, notify me immediately."
"Does Young Master know, has Second Master eaten yet? Why don't we have a drink together?"
"What's with the drinking, after what happened with that guy surnamed Dai, I'm now on edge every day, even going out requires my brother's approval, saying something about being afraid the other party won't treat me well, he doesn't dare to be reckless in my territory..."
Just as Pei Qian said this with a face full of disdain, a low and mocking voice came from the entrance of the building:
"Oh? Really?"
The people in the building changed color and suddenly stood up, shouting: "Who!"
All I could hear was a few faint slapping sounds, and the lights on the houseboat suddenly went out, plunging the room into total darkness.
Immediately followed by the sound of "peng peng qiang qiang", accompanied by the terrifying sound of limbs being broken and mournful screams...
"My eyes, ah..."
"My hand!"
"Who is it? Who on earth is it?! Ah, I..."
The sound stopped abruptly.
In just one minute, the commotion stopped as soon as they put it on, and all that was left was the sound of **drip drip** falling onto the wooden floor, which was the sound of thick blood dripping onto the ground.
"Are you Pei Qian?"
In the darkness, a low and ominous male voice sounded like a heavy hammer hitting Pei Kun's heart. At this time, he was pinched by someone with one hand on his neck, suspended in mid-air, and the other party's terror made him lose his breath, his pants were wet with urine at some point, dripping down along the pant leg.
His voice at this time was as shaky as his trembling body: "Do you know who I am, and you still dare to lay hands on me? If something happens to me, do you think my brother will let you off?"
"We've been looking for you two brothers."
"What feud does my Li family have with you? If we've wronged you in any way, I'll come to your doorstep tomorrow to apologize and make amends. If it's about money, just name a price and my brother will send it over."
"I don't need your silver, I just want to tell you one thing: if you think the Song family is nobody and can be bullied at will, then you're wrong. If you dare to have ideas about the Song family again, beware that not a single chicken or dog of the Pei family will be left!"
The man in black said, like holding a small chicken, only with one hand, grabbed the waistband of Pei Qianhui, who was as fat as a pig, and lifted him up. Then, he heavily slammed his knee down, and a chilling "crack" sound came from Pei Qianhui's waist.
Pei Qian let out a mournful cry and fainted away.
The man in black threw him to the corner of the cabin like a pile of rotten meat, and Pei Qian gained rolled on the deck for several laps before stopping, his head heavily hitting the mast, making a dull thud.
The houseboat sank into a deathly silence, with only the sound of the Luo River's water hitting the shore.
A dark figure jumped down from the building boat and rode a fine horse on the shore, quickly disappearing into the night...
