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205　　After the two men left, Peng Shizhong looked at the corpse in the sack, closed his eyes, and two tears rolled down his cheeks.

　　Then he just stood there, motionless, as if he was in a trance.

　　The servants around wanted to step forward, but in the end none of them did.

　　He stood like this all night.

　　…

　　On the other side, Zhou Chu and Chen Jie came out of the White Tiger Hall. Zhou Chu asked, "What's going on? Did you kill Zheng Chuan?"

　　Chen Jie did not hide anything and told him what happened tonight.

　　"What, Madam Gang Leader!"

　　When Zhou Chu heard the Chinese character for "Madam of the Gang Leader", he almost jumped up. After a long while, he said, "Jiu Si, you are lucky to have a life. If the Gang Leader's wife had died from your gunshot, you would have lost your life."

　　Chen Jie said: "I was 70% sure at that time."

　　"Seventy percent? Haha, you are really brave. You dare to take action when you are 70% sure. Others will hesitate even if they are 80% or even 100% sure. Don't you know what this Madam Huang means to the gang leader?"

　　"What?"

　　"It is no exaggeration to say that they are treasures in the palm of your hand and the flesh of your heart."

　　"Do you know who is the richest person in Mianshui City?"

　　"The richest?"

　　Chen Jie thought for a moment and said, "Jubao Bank!"

　　"Whose inheritance?"

　　Chen Jie said: "I don't know?"

　　"Huang's!"

　　"From the gang leader's wife's family?"

　　"That's right."

　　"Then do you know who is in charge of our fishing gang's smuggling salt business?"

　　"Someone from the Huang family?"

　　"Huang Youren, Madam Huang's elder brother."

　　"There is also our fishing gang's lending business, the cloth shop in South City, the restaurant in North City, the silver shop in West City, and the tea shop in East City. They are all the Huang family's businesses, and they are all supported by our gang leader Nan Batian."

　　"Do you know that the Huang family used to be a small family in Mianshui City? The head of the family, Huang Shengxuan, who was Madam Huang's father, only opened a tea shop. The family lived a wealthy life at best, with no shortage of food and clothing."

　　"But since our gang leader got married, he directly gave the Huang family a bank, and later promoted the Huang family's people vigorously."

　　"In the Fishermen's Gang, the Huang family is said to be the number one family, and no one dares to say they are second! This shows the favor of the gang leader."

　　"Otherwise, how could the Huang family be able to achieve great success with just one person?"

　　"Moreover, the leader's protection of his wife is almost pathological. Once, the son of the leader of a small sect in the south of the city accidentally bumped into his wife and just said a few frivolous words. All 37 members of this small sect were killed overnight. Even the earthworms in the ground were dug out and split in half vertically."

　　Zhou Chu said with some fear. Chen Jie said after hearing this: "Hearing what you said, this Madam Huang is really quite dangerous."

　　"It's more than dangerous. If you were even half an inch off today and scratched Madam's face, you probably wouldn't have survived. You are in danger."

　　Zhou Chu heard this and explained, "It was quite dangerous, but it's all over. I don't think I will have any contact with the gang leader's wife in the future."

　　After hearing this, Zhou Chu said, "You can't say this so absolutely. Some things will be completely beyond your expectations."

　　After that, Zhou Chu said, "I won't talk to you anymore. It's getting late. I'll go back first."

　　"By the way, you should go back early too. Your wife sent someone to tell you that your friend Wu Hong and Uncle Zhong have been invited back home by her, and asked you to go back as soon as you are done with your work."

　　After hearing this, Chen Jie said, "Fuck, why didn't you tell me earlier? I promised to treat Uncle Zhong to a meal. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going home first."

　　Zhou Chu said: "You didn't ask earlier."

　　At this time, Chen Jie had already ridden a horse and headed straight for his own courtyard.

　　…

　　At this time, the Chen family courtyard was very lively, with people coming and going, and children's laughter could be heard from time to time.

　　At this time, Wu Zhong and Wu Hong were sitting in the guest seats at the table in the Chen family courtyard, Su Yunjin and Hua Sanniang were accompanying them, and Hua Sanniang's servants were busy in the kitchen.

　　This guy is a good cook and is busy in the kitchen.

　　There are also two waiters who are responsible for serving the dishes.

　　All of a sudden, the small dining table was filled with all kinds of high-end dishes.

　　Wu Zhong saw the dishes on the table and said, "That's enough, Yun Jin, I can't eat it anymore, don't make any more."

　　After hearing this, Hua Sanniang said, "Uncle, you have finally come here, how can you not eat well? Don't worry, Yunjin and his wife are living a good life now. It is also a blessing for them if you eat more. Don't you usually have no chance to show filial piety to you?"

　　Su Yunjin also said, "Yes, Uncle Zhong, you and Aunt took great care of me when I was in Xiantao Village. Since you are coming to the city, how can we not show our hospitality to you?"

　　"It's just that Jiu Si was delayed by something. He should have been the one to take care of it. I'll apologize to my uncle on his behalf."

　　Su Yunjin raised his glass.

　　Wu Zhong said, "Yunjin, your uncle has felt your feelings. Jiusi is in charge of the affairs of the White Tiger Hall now and is very busy. We all understand this and will not be picky. Saying these things is unorthodox. Also, if you can't drink, don't drink."

　　Yun Jin said: "I drink this cup for my husband. It's okay, come on, uncle. I toast to you."

　　Wu Zhong felt quite embarrassed seeing this, but Su Yunjin insisted on drinking.

　　For a moment, I froze there.

　　But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside.

　　Ouch~

　　The next moment a horse stopped at the door and Chen Jie jumped off the horse. Hua Sanniang's men were very considerate and immediately went over to hold the horse's reins. Chen Jie then walked in.

　　Seeing Su Yunjin holding up the wine glass, he knew in his heart that this was the apology wine she drank for him.

　　If you invite someone to dinner and nothing happens after that without any further ado, you should still apologize.

　　Chen Jie strode over, stretched out his hand to cover Su Yunjin's hand, snatched the wine glass from him and said, "Uncle Zhong, you are late. I will punish myself by drinking three glasses."

　　As he said this, he drank three cups in a row.

　　Wu Zhong said, "Why are you drinking so hastily? I know you have just taken over the White Tiger Hall, and it is inevitable that there will be many delays. I don't blame you, but you two actually took turns to accuse me. What kind of person do you make me look like?"

　　Chen Jie said: "It is true that I did something wrong. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's drink."

　　Sniff~

　　Chen Jie sat down next to Wu Hong. Wu Hong twitched his nose and asked, "Murder?"

　　"Haha, dealing with a traitor."

　　As he spoke, Chen Jie raised his glass and clinked it with Wu Zhong.

　　Wu Hong drank a glass with him and said, "Your Fishermen's Gang has been making too much noise recently. About 40 to 50 people from the Beggars' Gang have died in your hands, right?"

　　Chen Jie smiled as he accompanied Wu Hong and the others, saying, "Today's incident has nothing to do with the Beggars' Sect. The Darughachi Mansion issued an order that someone from my Fishermen's Sect colluded with the Zoroastrian rebels and privately sold ironware controlled by the court with the intention of rebellion."

　　"Well, really, there are still people who are so bold."

　　"have."

　　Chen Jie said firmly, Wu Hong said: "Are you from the White Tiger Hall?"

　　Chen Jie smiled and said, "Yes, but it is definitely not just our White Tiger Hall's people."

　　Wu Hong narrowed his eyes.

　　When you find a cockroach in your home, there is definitely more than one cockroach in your home!

　　Wu Hong said with a dark face: "Humph, the mining of this iron ore should not be left to the gangs. Iron is a national treasure, how can it be treated as a joke?"

　　Chen Jie looked at Wu Hong and said, "If we let the government take care of it, there will be no problem?"

　　"What do you mean?"

　　Chen Jie said: "I don't mean anything. I just want to ask, do you think all the profits from the iron ore in Mianshui have been taken away by the gangs?"

　　Wu Hong: …

　　At this time, Wu Zhong said, "What are you guys talking about? Come on, drink some wine. Let's not talk about those unhappy things today."

　　Chen Jie and Wu Hong looked at each other, then raised their glasses and said, "Cheers!"

　　…

　　There is singing and laughter here in Feng Xuan's mansion.

　　Fa Cai came back from outside holding a sword, and saw Si Xi sitting outside Feng's house drinking alone.

　　Fa Cai paused, looked at Si Xi and said, "Wait for me?"

　　Si Xi glanced at Fa Cai and threw a jar of wine to him. Fa Cai took it, but did not drink it. Instead, he put it aside.

　　"Not drinking?"

　　"No drinking until the mission is completed."

　　Si Xi asked, "Hasn't the person been killed?"

　　Fa Cai said: "If you haven't returned to report, your mission is not considered completed."

　　Si Xi looked at Fa Cai and said, "You are always like this, can't you change?"

　　Fa Cai said: "I'm sorry."

　　Si Xi said, "You don't want to drink, but you want to talk with me?"

　　Fa Cai said: "Before completing the task, do not talk too much with people who are not related to the task."

　　After saying that, he threw the jar of wine in his hand back to Si Xi.

　　Si Xi took the jar of wine and put it aside, with a hint of sneer on his face. Then he shook his head and put the wine aside.

　　"Zheng Chuan is dead."

　　Sixi shouted.

　　Fa Cai said: "Oh."