Chapter 65: One Man Overwhelms a City
The sons, ladies and a group of masters from the four major families were captured alive by the bandit king Xin Zhuo, and only one person escaped.
After this news was confirmed again and again by professionals, and finally verified to be correct, it was like a thunder exploding on the ground, or like pouring a spoonful of ice water into a boiling oil pan.
The whole city exploded instantly!
This is no longer a hard-to-catch bandit, but more than half of the city is about to go bankrupt!
A chain reaction soon followed, with the economy sluggish, unemployment soaring, and pedestrians on the streets feeling much depressed.
Strong contrast, double psychological and spiritual pressure, in just one hour, half of the people in the city fell ill.
And more people chose to die.
“No, Mr. Hu from Qixiangfang jumped off the building!”
“Master Zhang Sanye from Xiaodong Lane jumped into the river!”
"Er Sister-in-law Li invested all her family's wealth with the Murong family, and now she is trying to wipe her neck with a kitchen knife!"
"The worst thing is that Song, the leader of the Beicheng Ax Gang, bet all the gang's property, and now he is being chased and chopped by his younger brothers. !”
“Li Ji Silk Shop and the shopkeeper of Jiang’s Pawnshop met for a drink Rat poison, it is said that two days ago they were arguing about whether the Murong family or the Yuan family would win!"
"Get out of the way! The government office is on duty!"
Yuan Mo'er took it with him! A group of policemen hurried to Wangjiang Tower, the tallest building in the city. They came to stop the gamblers from thinking too hard.
This was a serious matter that could lead to death, but Yuan Moer's face showed a trace of imperceptible pride.
"Tou, did you make money?" A female agent keenly noticed the joy on Yuan Yuan's face.
Yuan Moer coughed lightly: "Don't talk nonsense! I just remembered the funny things last year."
At this time, they had arrived at the Wangjiang downstairs, and the policemen quickly raised their heads. Looking up, I saw a fat man wearing only gray pants on the top of the building, looking up to the sky and wailing: "It's gone, it's all gone!"
"Hu Yuanwai!"
Yuan Mo'er tried to make her voice softer: "It's just that I lost some money. People have to survive, so why bother thinking about it? Don't you still have a wine shop and a jade shop?"
Hu The member lowered his head, his eyes turned red, and roared: "Lost, all lost!"
"What about... my wife and children? You always have to worry about their feelings, right?"
"I lost too! I mortgaged them!"
"This... ...You still have parents, right? You must repay your parents for their upbringing!”
"My father passed away early, and I used my mother and several maids to wash clothes in the White Laundry. They were exchanged for fifty taels, and they were also taken into custody by me."
"You always have a chance to make a comeback, save them Yu Shuihuo, isn’t it?”
“No, I borrowed one thousand eight hundred taels from the bank!”
“Then go to hell, you loser!”
"..." All the detectives looked at their own arrester blankly.
Yuan Mo'er realized that he had made a mistake and shouted quickly: "No, it's just a joke!"
"Bet on a ball... I will never gamble again in the next life! Xin Zhuo, the thief, you and I are irreconcilable." ! Even if you are a ghost, I won’t let you go!”
Hu Yuanwai shouted to the sky and fell down.
Yuan Moer had quick eyes and quick hands. He raised his foot and kicked a cart of grain next to him, and narrowly caught Mr. Hu.
The suicide incident of Hu Yuanwai is by no means an isolated case. The city is now full of people drowning in rivers, jumping off buildings, and drinking medicine.
Fortunately, there was a big battle outside the city, and the inside of the city was prevented from sneaking in. There were a lot of policemen fighting fires everywhere, so the casualty rate was not too high after all.
……The prefect’s backyard.
The news is slightly delayed. The prefect’s wife likes to be quiet. Generally, it takes much longer for the news in the market to reach here.
At this time, the prefect’s wife and her two children, Su Miaojin, were admiring the plum blossoms. The table was filled with "Su Miao Zhai" snacks with beautiful color and excellent taste.
"The two poems written by that man are only average. Our Qiugong Pavilion is full of talented men and women like this."
Su Zefeng ate a piece of peach cake and said, "The poems and songs are just for leisure. How can we kill thieves?" "Mother and sister, you don't know something. Chen Guiyan and Murong Lei are really masters. Without my sister as a bargaining chip, it would be difficult for the Thief King Xin to escape even if he has eight arms."
"That's good, that's good!"
The prefect's wife gently patted Su Miaojin's slender hand lovingly, "Miaojin has suffered so many grievances, and he should behead that thief king alive. Once you understand Fang Jie’s mother’s resentment, your life will be peaceful once your father and the generals win the battle outside the city.”
Su Miaojin, who was dressed in white, smiled slightly, but felt worried in her heart. With a thought, she was very curious about what happened to the masters of the four families and Xin Zhuo. It had been several days, so maybe it was time for the results to come out, right?
"Mom and sister, don't worry, there is no accident!"
Su Zefeng stuck on another piece of peach cake.
"Something happened."
At this moment, the maid Dong Ling staggered in from outside the courtyard, with a face full of horror: "Madam, young lady, young master, something serious has happened..." "..."
"How can you behave in such a situation?" The prefect is accustomed to managing his family well, so he couldn't help but make an excuse.
Dong Ling bowed and saluted with a trembling voice: "All the masters of the four major families were captured alive by King Xin, and only one escaped!"
"Pa!"
The peach cake on Su Zefeng's hand fell off He fell to the ground, his eyes widened. He had been waiting for news these days. He was even so confident at one time that he outsold the Murong family by five thousand taels...
Even the prefect's wife shivered.
Su Miaojin was slightly startled at first, then lowered her head and raised a smile at the corner of her mouth, then she suppressed her seriousness, but she couldn't become serious at all.
Little thief, it's really yours. I've made a lot of money.
At the beginning of the lanterns, the streets were full of lamentations and negative emotions, but Shangguan Fan Qing was in a good mood. He even had the leisure to put his hair up in a romantic bun and give his face a pat on his face. She was wearing foundation and was full of elegance. She squinted her eyes, patted her folding fan, and went straight to the Golden Hook Gambling House.
The maid Haitang followed closely behind, her big eyes blinking: "Young Hall Master, that little thief is so powerful, he really won."
"Isn't it your Young Hall Master? The Lord is powerful? Let's talk about three liang of gold, singing and dancing, and a family of snakes and rats. Let's go and get the silver! Two go, one loses thirty-nine, I have to calculate how much I won, haha..."
In front of you is the Golden Hook Gambling House. Now it is no longer as lively as it used to be. There are only a few dead leaves in the street. As the door rolled past, the steward and the boy sat side by side at the door, their faces ashen as death.
The atmosphere is not right!
Shangguan Fan Qing put away the fan in confusion: "Wuna steward, we are here to exchange money!"
The steward looked up at him and pointed behind him: "My boss is inside. You go find the owner.”
Shangguan Fan Qing entered the room in surprise and saw a strong man wearing brocade standing on a stool with three feet of white silk hanging from the beam, with his head half tucked in. .
“Wait a minute, boss!” Shangguan Fan Qing quickly waved his hand to stop him.
It's okay not to shout, but when the voice came out, the boss got excited, stuffed his head, kicked the stool, and his neck was instantly tense, making him roll his eyes.
“Damn it, you’re so smart, you can’t think about it after winning money? You’ll die after exchanging my money!”
Shangguan Fan Qing was furious, waving his fan gently, A fan shadow whizzed away, cutting off Bai Ling.
The boss fell to the ground with a "thud", coughed violently several times, regained his breath, then clapped his legs and cried loudly.
Shangguan Fan Qing looked at the appearance of the boss and said in surprise: "Huh? Aren't you Bawangdaosun Dali? We went shopping together in Goulan!"
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(End of this chapter)