Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 346 Falling into the trap
Those who can come to participate in the whip-beating ceremony all have fixed flower pavilions or large gangs of their own.

Generally speaking, there are at least one or two hundred people in such gangs, and some are no worse than the Zhan Dongshan gang.

There are a total of eight gangs that came today, and they are basically led by the big boss, who leads the backbone members of the gang, about 20 to 30 people in a group.

Everyone was old acquaintances of Fan Duo, so when they met they bowed and greeted each other.

"Hey, Lao Fang, I haven't seen you for over a year, and you seem to be getting better and better.

How is it? The gang has made a lot of money this year, right? Look at your village, it is built like a palace, and it is getting more and more magnificent. "

The gangster's surname was Fang, and his name was Fang Xingwen. He was older than the leaders of these gangs, so everyone called him Lao Fang.

"Hey? Where's Old Wu? Why can't I see him?
This old guy, his gang is getting bigger and bigger, and he is quite arrogant. When we came, he didn't even come out to greet us."

The leaders of these gangs are all quite familiar with each other, and someone made a joke on purpose.

Lao Fang coughed lightly and thought to himself, our boss has been buried somewhere for a long time, how could he come out to greet you?

"Well, everyone please follow me to the Juyi Hall. Everyone is waiting here."

No one took it to heart, and they followed Lao Fang into the gathering hall of the stronghold with a laugh.

"Old Wu, Old Wu, what are you doing?

You are becoming more and more arrogant. The brothers are here, but you are still hiding in the house. Is that right?"

Bai Shanhao said loudly as he walked in.

Bai Shan's talkative voice came to an abrupt halt because he saw the scene in the Juyi Hall clearly.

At this moment, sitting on the tiger-skin-covered chair at the top of the Juyi Hall was a young man in his early twenties. He was not the Zhan Dongshan they were familiar with.

Standing on both sides of the young man were all young people, and none of them was easy for Baishan to know.

"Who are you? Where is Old Wu?" Bai Shanhao said as he reached for the gun at his waist.

"Lao Luo, what's wrong? What happened in there?"

The person behind hadn't come in yet, but he heard something was wrong, so he asked as he walked into the gathering hall.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap, let's go."

Bai Shanhao pulled out his gun, stared straight at the young man above him, but stepped back.

At this time, the people behind had already entered the Juyi Hall and saw the scene inside.

"Oh my god, was Old Wu killed by someone?"

The room was full of strangers. All the pillars of Zhan Dongshan's army were gone, except for Fanduo Lao Fang.

There is only one possibility, that Zhan Dongshan was replaced by someone else.

At this time, Qu Shaoyang stood up from his chair and bowed to the people opposite him.

"The northwest is full of flowers, and the people of Jianghu are one family. I am Qu Shaoyang, and I am honored to meet you all."

It didn't matter that Qu Shaoyang introduced himself. A small leader among the red bands in the sky exclaimed in surprise.

"Qu Shaoyang? The Yalu River Inspector?"

The boy's voice was quite loud and everyone in the Juyi Hall heard it.

Mantianhong immediately turned around and looked at the person behind him, "Do you know him?"

“Big Boss, I don’t know him, but I know this person.

If he hadn't ordered his patrol teams to fight bandits everywhere, I wouldn't have been chased away and had to take my people to seek refuge with the big boss." The little leader gritted his teeth and said.

"In other words, he is an official?" Several people around said in unison.

"That's right, I'm the Yalu River Defense Patrol and the East Road Wood Tax Manager." Qu Shaoyang nodded with a smile. "I've already killed Zhan Dongshan, and all his gangs have been wiped out. Now, I have the final say here."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the people opposite them changed immediately.

When the little leader shouted "Inspect the Yalu River" just now, these people took the opportunity to reach for their guns. At this moment, they all raised their guns and retreated step by step.

The gathering hall of Zhan Dongshan is not small, but with so many people from the eight gangs crammed in, they have no room to maneuver. If they are not careful, they might hurt their own people first.

So I can only back out first and then find a way to leave.

Seeing these bearded men raising their guns, Zhou Chuanzhi, Xingye and others were not willing to be outdone. They each held their guns in their hands and confronted those bearded men.

As soon as both sides showed their weapons, the difference was immediately apparent. Hu Zi's side had more old-style muskets and fewer rapid-fire rifles, while Qu Shaoyang's side had all rapid-fire rifles.

What else did Bai Shanhao and the others not understand at this moment? They had fallen into someone else's trap.

The guy in front of them, under the guise of occupying Dongshan, tricked them into coming to Jiguanalazi to participate in the whip-beating ceremony, but in fact he wanted to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

"I don't care whether you are an inspector or an assistant, this is not your Maoer Mountain, you can't act so recklessly.

Don't think that just because Zhan Dongshan fell into your hands, you can call the shots here.

I've been in the martial world for so many years, how could I fall into the hands of a young boy like you?
I tell you, my brothers are waiting at the foot of the mountain. If we don’t come down the mountain when the time comes, they will attack us immediately.”

Bai Shan stared at Qu Shaoyang and threatened him viciously.

"Master Luo, you don't have to scare me with these words.

To tell you the truth, more than a thousand people under my command were deployed several days in advance.

I know exactly where you brought your people here, where you live, and where your people are now."

Qu Shaoyang ignored Bai Shanhao's threat and continued to look at the people opposite him calmly.

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the bearded men on the opposite side became even uglier.

They were already very careful, but despite all their precautions, they never expected that Zhan Dongshan would be suppressed by the troops sent by the government.

Now they are in trouble. They are trapped in the mountain and the opponent is obviously much stronger than them. If a fight really breaks out, won’t they be at a disadvantage?

"Stop trying to scare us. I don't believe that you, a patrol inspector, can mobilize so many people."

Mantianhong held a gun in his hand and shouted loudly while pretending to be calm, but he did not delay and retreated little by little.

"You'll know how many people I can mobilize if you go out and take a look. Come on, shall we go to the yard and take a look?"

Qu Shaoyang smiled and gestured, indicating that everyone should not crowd in the gathering hall, but talk outside.

Bai Shanhao and the others looked at each other, then retreated cautiously step by step, and just like that, they slowly retreated from the Juyi Hall to the outer yard.

When they arrived at the yard, these people became even more desperate.

There were many people lying in ambush on the surrounding rooftops, each holding a quick-firing rifle in his hand.

On the commanding heights on both sides of the village gate, there were two strange things, which looked quite powerful.

Everyone couldn't help but feel terrified. It was over. Were they going to be in trouble today?

"Sir Qu, we have never met each other and we have no grudges against each other. Even if you are an official and we are bandits, there is no need to make such a big scene, right?"

Xiao Sihai gritted his teeth and spoke in a lowered attitude.

"Sir Qu, even if you have ambushed more people, even if the weapons we have are not as good as yours, at least we have so many people.

If you really risk your life, isn't Master Qu afraid of something going wrong?"

(End of this chapter)