Knife splashing

Chapter 58: It's hard to predict the future

"Who did this?"

Sharifei was a little surprised when he heard it.

Even Li Yan frowned.

Wiping out an entire family is a big taboo in the martial arts world!

The dispute between the two sides is just a dispute over interests. Although they have already torn their relations apart, they still abide by the rules of the underworld and will not challenge the bottom line of the government.

Even though the fight is fierce now, maybe they can shake hands and make peace in the future.

Therefore, he deliberately said that he wanted to assassinate Zuo Canzheng and pretended to be a fool, just because he didn't want to get too involved with the Zhang family father and son.

What? They are old friends. They won’t say these things when they betray each other.

How come this mess happened just one day after leaving?

The Zhang family father and son are not that stupid, are they?

“That’s the problem!”

Shopkeeper Wan shook his head and said, "No one knows who did it. It was not until the neighbors noticed something was wrong that morning and reported it to the police that we discovered it."

"The whole family, including several disciples who were serving beside them, had their throats slashed by a Guanshan knife!"

Li Yan frowned, "Swordsman?"

"Who knows?"

Shopkeeper Wan sneered, "Everyone knows that swordsmen sell their lives for money. If you don't want to reveal your identity, you can just frame him. It's not hard to get a Guanshan sword anyway."

"Just today, the Zhou family went to the Zhang family martial arts gym to cause trouble and demanded that the murderer be handed over. Naturally, the Zhang family would not admit it, and now the two sides are arguing."

"What's more crucial is Zheng Xianhuai's identity. The government wanted to play dumb, but now they have no choice but to be dragged into this."

Li Yan nodded and remembered Zheng Xianda's identity.

The eight Vajras of the Zhou family have different identities.

Zheng Heibei and Yuan Qu control two major gangs in the city. They specialize in making money for the Zhou family and doing dirty work that cannot be made public.

Wang Yao ran a clinic. In addition to treating the injuries of the Zhou family and two other gangs, he also often provided free treatment to gain fame.

Zhou Peide is mainly responsible for the operation of Zhou family martial arts school.

As for the remaining Four Vajras, two are the chief escorts in the largest escort agency in the local area, and the remaining two are coaches in the Divine Fist Association, responsible for teaching boxing in various villages.

These people have connections in both the black and white worlds and constitute the Zhou family's interest network.

Zheng Xianhuai is one of the coaches of the Shenquan Club.

No matter how you look at it, it's a semi-official status.

The Xianyang government had no choice but to investigate.

Sharifei said speechlessly: "The Zhang family father and son must be crazy to attack him."

Manager Wan also nodded and said, "Who said it wasn't true? But now that things have come to this, even Zhou Pan can no longer control himself. There have been bloody fights in the streets during the day."

"In order to calm the situation, the imperial court has also tacitly acknowledged that it was the swordsman who committed the crime. Right now, they are sending out bailiffs to search everywhere, and Brother Li is one of the suspects."

"Just this morning, the bailiffs went to the Daoist Hall and searched everywhere. They said you were a fugitive and planned to put you on the wanted list. But later, you were stopped by the head of the police, Guan Wanche, and the case was dropped."

When Sharifei heard this, he immediately became anxious, "Isn't this clearly a false accusation?"

Shopkeeper Wan shook his head and said, "There's nothing we can do. Once the government asks, it doesn't matter whether you have money or not. Anyway, don't enter the city first."

"Everyone, just stay here and be at ease. Once the storm has passed, I will personally testify for you and put an end to this matter."

"Thank you very much, Brother Wan."

"It's only natural that we should be friends."

Manager Wan said something polite, then ordered people to bring food and arrange accommodation for them. Finally, he busied himself with decomposing the lightning-struck wood.

Inside the house, the three of them looked at each other.

"Luckily we left early."

Sha Lifei said with lingering fear: "If I leave one day later, I will be stopped by the yamen runners and thrown into jail early in the morning. If the Zhou family does something bad again, I will be executed in the autumn!"

Li Yan and Wang Daoxuan also nodded in agreement.

They are gangsters, and they know very well the character of those yamen runners. They will do anything to get their job done.

In this situation, it doesn’t matter who the murderer is.

What is more important is to have an explanation and calm the situation.

At that time, the Zhang father and son might pretend to be deaf and dumb in order to clear themselves of suspicion.

They will die in prison for no apparent reason.

"Let's hide for a few days."

Li Yan said thoughtfully: "I suspect someone did this, most likely to take advantage of the chaos to sow discord and profit from it."

"Maybe he will continue to attack..."

Although this happened, the three of them were not worried.

The world is like this. Who doesn't have a few enemies? Besides, they had already planned to watch the fire from the other side of the river, so they simply rested in Shangyi Village for a while.

In addition, they did not sleep the whole night yesterday. After eating a quick meal, the three of them blew out the lights and went to bed early.

Of course, when you are out there in the world, you must always be on guard against others.

The three of them slept in their clothes and took turns keeping watch...

…………

The candlelight was dim and the woman was sobbing.

Zhou Bai was lying on the bed. Although he had woken up, his face was pale and his eyes were staring blankly at the beams, like a dead person.

His heart was indeed dead. He had been known as a genius since he was young, and was praised by everyone. He was arrogant and thought that after a big victory in the ring, he would go out and travel the world to become famous.

At the foot of Songshan Mountain in the Central Plains, there is a strong martial arts culture and many masters...

The big escort bosses in Jinzhou all have a unique skill...

Jiaozhou, Xiangxi, Jiangnan... among the eight gates of light and darkness, there are many extraordinary people.

Hearing these stories since he was a child, he was fascinated by them.

But now, it's all in vain.

He became a useless person who couldn't even pee while standing!
A fat woman was sitting beside the bed wiping her tears. It was her biological mother, Jia.

Zhou Peide stood at the door with a gloomy face. Hearing the woman crying, he couldn't help but feel annoyed and scolded: "Why are you crying? Is it any use?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't said anything, but the fat woman jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on after hearing this scolding, and screamed, "You old thing, your son got beaten up like this and you didn't say a word, but you take it out on me!"

As he spoke, he pounced on me and started scratching me.

Jia Shi of the Zhou family was notoriously aggressive and cunning. In Xianyang City, she always took advantage and never suffered any loss.

Zhou Peide was holding his breath when he was accidentally scratched on the face by Jia. He immediately became angry and slapped her twice.

Jia fell to the ground after being slapped, and she dropped her feet and stamped her chest, crying loudly.

Zhou Bai was also awakened by the noise. His face flushed, veins popped out on his forehead, and he clutched the quilt tightly with his shaking hands. He stared at Zhou Peide and gritted his teeth:

"Father, avenge... avenge me!"

"Don't worry, Bai'er. I will definitely give you that kid's head!"

Zhou Peide's eyes were filled with evil fire and he turned and left.

After leaving the courtyard, Zhou Peide took only a few steps before he was stopped by a patrolling disciple, who carefully bowed and asked, "Third Master, where are you going?"

Zhou Peide said coldly: "I still need to tell you where I'm going!"

The disciple looked embarrassed and apologized quickly, "Don't blame me, Third Master. Uncle Zheng just had an accident. Master said someone wants to take advantage of the situation, so we should be alert at night and no one can go out."

"I have something important to do, get out of here!"

Zhou Peide pushed the disciple away, took a few steps, then turned around and threatened: "Just pretend you didn't see me. If you dare to talk nonsense, you know the consequences!"

"Yes, Third Master."

The patrolling disciple looked bitter and dared not speak any more.

Zhou Peide snorted, turned around and left the Zhou family mansion through the side door, disappearing into the night alone.

He walked quickly and soon arrived at a house.

The courtyard was brightly lit with candles, and it was Yuan Qu's house.

There were already disciples waiting outside the door. After a message was given, Yuan Qu walked over quickly and personally welcomed Zhou Peide into the yard.

Zhou Peide had a gloomy expression and didn't waste any words. After entering the lobby, he sat directly in the main seat and asked in a cold voice: "How is it, have you found anything?"

Yuan Qu looked a little hesitant. "I did find some clues, but things are not going well..."

"Just say what you want to say, why are you hesitating?"

Zhou Peide slammed the table and scolded.

To be honest, he didn't think highly of Yuan Qu at all. Moreover, the other party indirectly caused Zhou Bai's injury, so it was a good thing that he didn't take direct action.

But there was no way, because he controlled a martial arts school in the Zhou family.

Ever since the disciple they sent out was discovered, they completely lost track of Li Yan and his group. They were in the dark and had no choice but to find Yuan Qu.

"Yes."

Yuan Qu wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly said, "I got the news from the Taixing car dealership."

"Brother Zhou also knows that Taixing Car Dealership has always been at odds with us and has been flirting with Old Man Zhang and his gang, so I sent someone to infiltrate them."

"The secret agent just found out today that these three people rented horses and went to Chunhua County. I don't know what they went there for. Now they have returned and are hiding in Shangyi Village outside Xianyang City."

"Then go and arrest him!"

Zhou Peide shouted angrily.

Yuan Qu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, calm down. This Shangyi Village is not ordinary. The shopkeeper Wan of the Wensheng Pavilion is not only a Xuanmen craftsman, but also has connections with the Taixuan Orthodox Church. He is also the elder of the Xianyang Craftsmen Guild."

"The situation is already chaotic enough now. The Craftsmen's Guild may seem insignificant, but it has many experts. If we involve them, I'm afraid Master will not forgive us."

When Zhou Peide heard this, he also frowned.

This guild of craftsmen was one of the "eight crafts" among the five elements and eight crafts in the underworld. All the carpenters, stonemasons, and bricklayers in the city were under its management.

These people seem to be only doing business and making money through harmony, but they know some secrets. There are many people from the mysterious sect among them and they are difficult to provoke.

If they go into the village to ask for someone and people stop them and say that there is no such thing, there is nothing they can do.

Besides, seeking revenge after the fight is not a reasonable thing in itself.

Thinking of this, Zhou Peide couldn't help but frowned and stared at Yuan Qu coldly, "I know you have a lot of tricks. Now that you've said it, there must be a way."

"this…"

Yuan Qu looked around and blasted his disciples out, then he bowed and said, "I do have a way. If it succeeds, not only can we get revenge, but the General Guild will have no reason to continue interfering. It depends on whether you dare to do it, brother."

Zhou Peide laughed miserably, his eyes full of grief and indignation: "At this point, there is nothing I dare not do."

Yuan Qu whispered, "I know a master of the Dharma lineage. As long as he takes action, he can lure that kid Li Yan out of the village, and then send swordsmen to besiege him and make sure he dies without a burial place."

"It's just that this expert's price is not low."

Zhou Peide glanced coldly and said, "How much does it cost? I have saved some money over the years, and I also have a treasure to protect the house. If it is done, I can give it to him."

"He doesn't want money."

Yuan Qu lowered his voice: "I want...virgin boys and girls!"

(End of this chapter)