A Clash of Gods

Chapter 5: Headhunting

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"Do you know them?" The two people downstairs at Shilixiang Restaurant were quite conspicuous. Yang Ning took one look and knew that they were the ones the monkey was talking about.

The monkey didn't look back and said softly: "Not only do I know them, but there are not many people living in the city who don't know them. You also know them, but you can't remember them clearly now."

Yang Ning frowned and said, "Who are they and why are you so afraid of them?"

The monkey leaned closer to Yang Ning, glanced back furtively, and saw that the two people were not paying attention, so he relaxed a little and lowered his voice and said: "The taller one is Xiao Captou, the shorter one It’s Captain Feng, the mad dog who eats people without spitting out their bones, do you remember him?”

Yang Ning had no impression of these two people.

"Captain Xiao...!" Yang Ning pondered for a moment, "Is that the one named Xiao Yishui? I heard that Boss Fang has a good relationship with him."

The monkey squatted down at the base of the wall, and Yang Ning could only squat down. The monkey came closer and whispered: "Boss Fang is Xiao Yishui's...!" After a moment of hesitation, he said: "Anyway, Boss Fang will listen to whatever Xiao Yishui says. We beggars All the disciples are now controlled by Xiao Yishui."

Although Yang Ning knew that Boss Fang and Xiao Yishui were close, he did not expect such a relationship. He was surprised and asked: "Is this Xiao Yishui so powerful?"

The monkey said softly: "After staying in this city for a long time, I know that Xiao Yishui can do anything in Huize County. I heard them say that even the county magistrate would not dare to yell at Xiao Captou on weekdays. This magistrate After staying for a few years, he was promoted and left, but Capt. Xiao has always stayed in Huize City. I have been in Huize City for six or seven years. The current magistrate is the third one I have passed, but Capt. But it has always been Xiao Yishui!"

"It seems like this Capt. Xiao is really a man with great hands and eyes." Yang Ning touched his nose and said with a faint smile.

A strong dragon cannot suppress local snakes. Yang Ning naturally understands this truth. The county magistrate is an official appointed by the court, while the head catcher is a local servant. If the county magistrate is promoted, the head catcher may not be replaced.

However, for several consecutive terms as county magistrate, Xiao Yishui was able to remain firmly in the position of arresting the leader. This is not an ordinary ability.

The monkey said: "All the big and small policemen in Huize City are under his control." After a pause, he continued in a low voice: "Many people said privately that the policemen in Huize City only recognize Xiao Baotou. Even the county magistrate couldn't mobilize any of the police officers under the order of arresting the chief. The county magistrate had to let Xiao arrest the chief to act. Do you think he is good or not? I also heard that in all cases in Huize City, Xiao If the arrester doesn't intervene, the case will never be solved."

Yang Ning just smiled faintly and asked, "Who is that Captain Feng? Why do you call him a mad dog?"

As soon as Captain Feng was mentioned, the monkey's face showed panic, he lowered his head and asked softly: "Is he looking at us?"

"No." Yang Ning glanced over there through the gap between the crowds on the street, and then said: "Why are you so afraid of him? You are just a beggar, and you have not committed any crime, so what should you be afraid of?"

The more Yang Ning asked, the more obvious the fear in the monkey's eyes became.

Yang Ning couldn't help but stare over there and saw that Agent Feng had finished speaking, but Xiao Yishui whispered a few words in Agent Feng's ear, then patted Agent Feng on the shoulder, and Agent Feng cupped his hand. He looked in great awe of Xiao Yishui, then turned around and walked into the street, hurried away.

Yang Ning did not take his eyes back, but still looked at Xiao Yishui. When he saw Xiao Yishui tidying up his clothes, his eyes scanned the street, and then turned around and entered Shilixiang Restaurant.

"They are all gone." Yang Ning patted the monkey on the shoulder.

The monkey looked up and saw that Xiao Yishui and the others were no longer in front of Shilixiang Gate. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You damn scared me to death."

Yang Ning thought that you were showing off your power in the Earth Temple before, but now you are timid and cowardly, and really have no future, but he still asked curiously: "You haven't said why Captain Feng called Mad Dog, and why are you so afraid of them? You used to Have you been in contact with them?"

The monkey gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not the one who called Mad Dog. Many people in the Beggar Clan call him that bastard Mad Dog. That man is the number one agent under Capt. Xiao. It is said that he has been with Capt. Xiao for many years, and the two of them are still sworn brothers." He clenched his fists and said bitterly: "I was really hurt by him back then."

Yang Ning asked curiously: "Could it be that you were imprisoned by him?"

"That mad dog uses us to practice koku." The monkey said angrily: "The yamen's servants always ask Boss Fang to ask for someone to practice koku. Boss Fang... Boss Fang, that coward doesn't dare to go against the yamen. Every once in a while, he will send The disciples of the Beggar Clan went to the yamen and were handed over to the mad dog, and there was no one or twenty of them at any one time."

"Practice board with a living person?" Yang Ning was startled.

Although he has never seen it, he also knows that the boards used by ancient government officials are not trivial. If you really want to be cruel, a few dozen boards can kill a person.

"Tear off our pants, leave our buttocks bare and let them beat us to pieces." The monkey was angry and frightened at the same time. "The mad dog and his subordinates, such as bastards, never treat us as human beings...!" He lowered his voice and said: " It’s a lie to beat us up, but it’s true to treat us like animals, and the mad dog beat three or four people to death with his own hands...!”

Yang Ning knew in his heart that in times of war and chaos, the death of a few beggars was simply insignificant, not to mention that the ones who did it were government servants, so they had nowhere to complain.

However, Agent Feng's disregard for human life is certainly extremely vicious, but it also shows that Xiao Yishui and Agent Feng are really covering the sky with one hand in Huize County.

"Since Boss Fang is the leader of the Beggar Gang in Huize City, he should protect the children of the Beggar Gang. Why do you want to send the sheep into the tiger's mouth?" Yang Ning sneered: "How can such a person who helps the tyrants perpetrate evil still become the leader?"

"Boss Fang?" The monkey snorted coldly and said: "Those government officials don't treat us as human beings, and Boss Fang is not much better. The mad dog has made us suffer a lot over the years, and Boss Fang didn't even fart."

Yang Ning nodded slightly. The monkey's words were exactly the same as what Old Shupi said about Boss Fang. Boss Fang was indeed a bastard who didn't care about the lives of the Beggar Clan disciples.

The sky has completely darkened, the moon is on the horizon, and the lights of restaurants and inns have been lit. If you only look at the bright lights on this street and hear the laughter and laughter coming from those restaurants and tea shops, it is difficult for people to think that in this place There are countless hungry refugee people in the city.

The wine and meat in the rich houses smell bad, and the roads are frozen to death. This is the best portrayal of this county at present.

As the night gets darker, the crowds on the streets gradually disappear. After all, this is just a small county town. At midnight, there are very few pedestrians on the streets, and many shops are closed.

Yang Ning waited until there were not many pedestrians on the street, and then walked along the small alley that the monkey mentioned to the entrance of the alley.

"That's Dead Man's Alley." The monkey pointed at the opposite side of the alley. The two alleys were facing each other, separated only by a deserted street.

Yang Ning saw that the alley was pitch black, and the mouth of the alley was like a monster's mouth, unfathomable.

He was about to walk out of the alley, but the monkey had already reached out and grabbed his sleeve. Yang Ning frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Boss Diao, do we really want to go?" Monkey's eyes were slightly frightened, "How about... why don't we just wait a little longer."

Yang Ning knew that the monkey was afraid, so he said softly: "I already know the location. You can go back to the Earth Temple first. You don't have to follow me." If you let such a timid guy follow, not only will you not be able to help, but you will also be afraid that he will be killed later. It would be a disservice to others, and even so, it would be better to act alone.

"Ah?" Monkey touched the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed, "Boss Marten, I... I'm not scared, I'm just... just worried about you."

Yang Ning thought to herself that if I believe you, I have water in my head, but she still smiled and said: "It's not good to have too many people. I'll go there alone to see if I can see Xiaodie. Xiaodie saved my life, and I always have to ask her for help." Thank you."

The monkey asked softly: "Mama Hua's house is surrounded by high walls. We people can't even get close to it, let alone go in. You... do you remember how you met Xiaodie before?"

Yang Ning remembered that they had said before that they often came here to meet Xiaodie, but today's Yang Ning was not the little Diao'er she once was, and she really had no impression of meeting Xiaodie here.

The memory of the original owner of this body is not only rare, but also very fragmented. It seems that after taking over this body, his soul has swallowed up or even pushed out the memory of the owner of the body. However, the original owner has a tenacious mind, but still I stubbornly retained some memory fragments, and they popped up when the time came.

The monkey was still worried when he suddenly heard a rattling sound coming from the street. The two of them poked their heads out of the alley and followed the sound. Under the moonlight at night, they only saw a dark figure emerging from one end of the deserted long street. They soon saw that , that is a carriage.

Although this street is paved with bluestone, the bluestone road in this small county town is quite uneven. When the carriage drives over, the rattling sound of the wheels rolling over the bluestone is quite clear.

"Is it a carriage?" Monkey whispered: "There are not many carriages in this city, so they are not easy to see. During the war, most of the horses in the city were drafted away, and there were not many horses in the whole city."

The car was rolling, and it soon came closer. The two of them pressed their backs against the wall of the alley. The alley was dark. The walls on both sides were extremely high, but the moonlight could not easily shine in, so the two of them were wrapped in the darkness. , it is difficult to be discovered.

The carriage arrived at the entrance of the alley and suddenly stopped. Yang Ning used the moonlight to see that the carriage was quite simple, but the horse pulling the carriage was fat and had long legs. The driver was dressed in coarse clothes and wearing a hat. For a moment, I couldn't see the man's face clearly either.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley and did not move forward for a while. Instead, the driver raised his hand and lifted his bamboo hat, and looked left and right under the moonlight.

Yang Ning calmly looked at the groom in the dim alley, and found that the man's figure was unusually familiar, and frowned slightly.

The coachman glanced around a few times before shaking the horse's reins. The horse turned towards the opposite side of Dead Man's Alley. The coachman shouted in a low voice, and the carriage drove into Dead Man's Alley and was soon swallowed up by the dark alley.

"Driving a carriage into Dead Man's Alley?" When the monkey saw the carriage entering the alley, he stood firm and whispered: "Who is in the carriage? Hehe, could it be... could it be that he went to find Mother Hua to have a good time?" There was a look of vulgarity on his face.

Yang Ning glanced at him and asked lightly: "You said that person is looking for Mrs. Hua?"

The monkey's eyes flashed: "I heard them say that although Mother Hua is not young, she is well taken care of. Her skin is white and tender, and water can be squeezed out, and her vagina is so tight. If I could really peel her off, Like an Aries, have a good night with her...!" Suddenly he saw Yang Ning's cold expression, looking at him with a very strange look, and immediately stopped talking and laughed dryly, slightly embarrassed.

Yang Ning secretly thought that you have not touched a woman for many years, so you are so obscene and careless, so she ignored it and asked in a low voice: "I don't know who is in the carriage, but you didn't see it. Who is the driver driving the carriage?"

"Groomman?" Monkey asked curiously, "Do you know him?"

"You really need to practice that look in your eyes." Yang Ning said softly: "He is the person you hate and fear the most. We just met him not long ago."

The monkey was startled, then opened his mouth, with a look of horror in his eyes, "You... what you are talking about...?"

"That's the mad dog you're talking about." Yang Ning sneered, "That's the one who's going to be arrested Feng!"

Before the monkey came to his senses, Yang Ning had already sprung out of the alley, like a cheetah, quickly crossing the long street. By the time the monkey recovered, Yang Ning had already submerged into the dark Dead Man's Alley.