Outside the restaurant, Lu Yi looked at the people coming and going on the ferry seemingly indifferently. There are a lot of boats coming and going at the ferry here, but the loading and unloading are orderly, and people of all colors seem to be familiar with each other...
"My lord, this place is the territory of the Wu'an Gang, and most of the private water transportation in Yangzhou City is under the control of the Wu'an Gang." Zhou Siyu walked to the side and looked at the people moving goods, "they are numerous and powerful. It's big, but it's still abiding by the rules."
Wu'an Gang, although Lu Yi has lived in the capital for a long time, he has also heard of this gang: "I heard that the gang leader's surname is Xie, which makes him a good one-handed."
"Yes, the gang leader Xie Baili, who is called Xie Shandao by the people on the rivers and lakes, has been involved in the transportation of Caoyun from Jiangning to Suzhou, and the big gangs and small villages in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have also sold his face. In recent years, he has grown older and not very Seeing that, the affairs of the gang here are all handled by the two hall masters.”
"The two hall masters?"
"The Qinglong Hall Master, the Vermillion Bird Hall Master, and the White Tiger Hall Master are in Jiangning, and the Xuanwu Hall Master is in Suzhou."
Lu Yi nodded and asked lightly, "Is there any connection between the Wu'an Gang and the government?"
"This..." Zhou Siyu seemed a little embarrassed, "I don't dare to talk nonsense, but this time Zhou Xianji asked the Wuan Gang to escort him to Yangzhou."
Lu Yi was startled, and quickly turned his head to look at Zhou Siyu: "The money for repairing the river is escorted by the Wu'an Gang? This is not in line with the rules."
"It's against the rules, but a lot of money has been put into the treasury, so no one will investigate the matter."
Just as he was talking, a few more horses came from the muddy road. The head of the man was a woman with an ink-wash cloak and a moon-white velvet skirt. The veil was long and the gauze reached her waist, so she couldn't see her face clearly, but she could only see a simple and unpretentious knife hanging from her waist. Wherever this woman has passed, the people around have put down their affairs and bowed their hands to her with great respect.
"This person is the Wu'an Gang's Vermillion Bird Hall Master, Shangguanxi, I heard that he was taught by Wudang, and he has two knives in one hand to make him superb." Zhou Siyu leaned over and said in a low voice, "Don't look at her as a woman, but she is a tough one. Three years ago, he picked the Dongjia Water Village in Jiangning by himself and merged the water village into the Wu'an Gang."
At the same time, Shangguanxi also saw Lu Yi. In the dark colors of crow blue, Buddha head green and light clouds, his red flying fish suit was so eye-catching that it was hard not to notice.
Her eyes sank slightly, and she turned to ask the person beside her, "Why did Jin Yiwei come here? Who caused the trouble?"
"...I shouldn't. My subordinates will go and ask right away." The entourage jumped off his horse and replied after asking, "They came to the restaurant to eat, and they didn't do anything unusual."
"in this way."
Shangguanxi's eyes were looking at Lu Yi through the veil of the hood, and at the same time she noticed that Jin Xia and others in the restaurant, she turned over and dismounted and walked straight in this direction.
"Boss, there seems to be something wrong, I'll go out and have a look."
This summer, I was keenly aware that it was much quieter outside than before, so I ran out with a bun in my mouth, just as Shangguanxi came over, all the vendors and soldiers around me held back their breath...
"Master Shangguan, it's been a long time, how are you doing?" Zhou Siyu didn't dare to neglect at all, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him with a smile.
Shangguan Xi also cupped his hands and said with a smile: "We are running around in the rivers and lakes, Chengguan has a lot, and he is willing to eat and eat, and it is a good day to have a tile to cover the roof."
"Is the old gang leader okay? I should have gone to the mansion to say hello, but I'm busy with official business, and I really can't escape."
"Master Chengsi Prison is thinking about it, I will definitely tell the gang leader." Shangguan Xi cast his eyes on Lu Yi and said softly, "This official has very good eyes..."
Zhou Siyu hurriedly said: "I'm here to introduce, this is the master of Jinyiwei from the capital, and Lu Yilu... Master, Shangguanxi, Wu'an help Zhuquetang Hall Master."
Lu Yi looked at the face under the veil sharply, and after a while, he cupped his hands and said, "Long Yang."
The light of Lu Bing, the highest commander of Jin Yiwei, Lu Yi's official position is not high, but his name is very big, Shangguan Xi has heard of him, and smiled at the moment: "I have heard for a long time that Lu has experienced both civil and military skills, and he is better than blue. I don’t know what business you are going to Jiangnan this time?”
"Lu experienced this time because of Zhou Xianyi's case. The whereabouts of the 100,000 taels of river repair money are still unknown, which really worries me." Before Lu Yi could speak, Zhou Siyu rushed to answer for him. .
Now that he had said this, Lu Yi asked directly: "I heard that your gang escorted the river repair money to Yangzhou?"
"That's right, the gang is in charge of the escort, but the silver couple has already been counted and put into the warehouse, and the handover is complete." At this point, Shangguan Xi reached out and lifted the veil on the hood, revealing a beautiful face, and stared at the landing like a lacquer. Yi, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing an irresistible arrogance, "Isn't Lu Shixun suspicious of me waiting?"
Seeing Lu Yi laughing and not saying a word, Zhou Siyu was afraid of a conflict between the two parties, so he continued: "Of course not, of course not..."
At this time, Jin Xia, who was standing behind Lu Yi, finally caught a glimpse of Shangguan Xi's appearance, and grinned and interjected, "Sister, you are born so good-looking, and you can play double swords. You are really talented and handsome!"
Although he didn't know who she was, Shangguanxi still smiled at her, and the atmosphere eased.
"There is still help at hand, so forgive me for not being able to accompany me." She looked at Lu Yi and smiled gently, "I hope that the experienced adults will solve this case early, and I will wait for the grass people to have a peaceful world. Farewell!"
Turning around neatly, she walked to the ferry, the light yarn fluttering in the drizzle. Lu Yi looked at her back, and naturally could hear the sarcasm in her tone. He smiled lightly, but could not see any emotion in his eyes, he turned his head slightly to look at the chaos that had just been added to this summer, and the latter had already fled back to him. At Yang Chengwan's table.
"Boss, have you seen that Shangguan Hall Master too?" Jin Xia tilted her head, looking at Shangguan Xi's back with envy through the bamboo window of the restaurant, and sighed, "If I knew earlier, I shouldn't be anything. Catch fast, and also get some kind of hall master, really majestic!"
Yang Chengwan shook his head: "She can single out Jiangning Dongjia Water Village, can you?"
"It's so powerful! I really can't tell." This summer was stunned.
Yang Yue smiled and said, "You can convince people with 'virtue'."
"Young master has both political integrity and talent, but you won't accept it!" This summer, he poked Yang Yue's waist tightly. Unfortunately, Yang Yue is not afraid of itching by nature. Clear, maybe people can see you, why don't you stay in Jiangnan and become a married son-in-law?"
"How can I do that, my wife can't be so grand." Yang Yue shook his head, "I want someone who is gentle and kind, and I have to be able to work. When I cook, she will make a fire..."
"You cook, she sets the fire, and then I'll just sit at the table and wait to eat." This summer nodded again and again, squinting, "It's beautiful! It's beautiful!"
Yang Yue squinted at her and said in disgust, "...Why are you still here?!"
"You've forgotten your righteousness, you have married a wife, and I can't come to your house for a meal." This summer, he gave him a look, and then he ate the buns, "...The stuffing of mutton, this stuffing is really tender, better than Dayang. The steamed buns are strong. Boss, try one..."
While speaking, her eyes swept across the bamboo window inadvertently, and suddenly stopped—
Outside the window, separated from the restaurant by a thin layer of rain and fog, there was a large night sailing ship docked on the pier.
Shangguanxi was standing on the sampan, and there was a bearded man, a head taller than her, with a rather burly and thick figure. The two were talking face to face.
Half of the steamed bun was still in his mouth, and he forgot to even chew this summer, staring at the bearded man from a distance, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
The bearded man was obviously very familiar with Shangguanxi. Halfway through the conversation, she reached out and took off her veil and tossed it in her hand. Shangguanxi was not angry or annoyed.
Yang Yue followed her gaze and said, "Do you still envy others?"
"Shh, don't be noisy." Jin Xia came back to her senses and chewed a few buns, but her eyes were still fixed on...
After a few words from Shangguanxi, the bearded man turned towards the restaurant, looked at him from a distance, raised his chin slightly, and walked straight towards this side.
"I used to think that the catching fast suit was enough to be hated, but now I find that the Jinyiwei flying fish suit is more hated than us. Dayang, don't you think the bearded man looks familiar?" Nunuzui this summer.
Yang Yue squinted his eyes to take a closer look: "... Tall, with a beard, a bit like a big case in a pastry shop in the east of the capital."
"What kind of eyes do you have!" This summer said with disgust.
At this time, the bearded man had already walked to the restaurant and stood in front of Lu Yi. He said in a bad tone, "The experience of Jinyiwei from the capital, right?"
Lu Yi didn't answer, turned his head and glanced at Zhou Siyu, and the meaning was very clear: Who is this person
Zhou Siyu, however, had never seen this person before, and was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.
"Xiuhe money, I helped send a lot of money to the silver vault. Now that you have lost your money, do you want to push it to my help?" Stop chopsticks and look sideways.
"Young gang master!" Shangguan Xi followed and said in a low voice, "Young gang master don't need to get angry, they are probably just asking according to the rules and have no other intentions."
Less helper! He turned out to be the leader of the Wuan Gang.
Staring at the whiskers in disbelief this summer.
Lu Yi was stunned for a moment, but soon returned to normal, smiled and said, "It turned out to be the young gang leader of the Wu'an Gang, disrespectful and disrespectful."
"Don't do this, I don't like to deal with your officials!" The bearded man seemed to have an inexplicable anger at Lu Yi, every word and sentence was like a hammer hitting a stone slab, hard.
There was no trace of anger on Lu Yi's face, and he asked gently, "Since you don't like dealing with officials, why did you escort Zhou Xianji to repair the river?"
"Is there any need to explain to you about the Lord's affairs!" The bearded man shouted straightly, looking very arrogant.
"…Young gang master," Shangguanxi obviously didn't want him to conflict with the official family, and needed to give face to the young gang master, "Lu has just arrived, so there must be some misunderstandings, I will ask Zhao Tong to judge later on this matter..."
Before she could finish her sentence, her beard blocked her big hand to stop her from going on, and her thick and black eyebrows were raised high: "He's all over our land, and it's called a misunderstanding!"
"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding..." Zhou Siyu quickly explained, "We originally went to the mass graves to investigate the corpses, but we came over to eat after lunch."
The bearded man didn't pay attention to Zhou Siyu at all, and only stared at Lu Yi alone: "I'm afraid it's under the guise of rice, but in fact, you want to check on me!"
"It's not, it's really not." Zhou Siyu was so anxious that his tongue was almost knotted, "This, this is all my fault." He didn't understand where the young gang leader came from, and why he insisted on it. It's hard to get along with them, and seeing the surrounding gangs getting more and more crowded, I'm afraid it's not easy to escape safely.
Shangguanxi didn't understand why he had to get along with Lu Yi. He was the leader of the gang, and it was difficult to refute his face in public. She raised her eyebrows and said politely, "Young gang master, Li Zi is on our side. If there is any misunderstanding, go into the house to make a pot of tea, and you won't have to worry about it."
"Hmph, do I have a relationship with him? I can't drink it." Beard said simply, staring straight at Lu Yi, "What's the matter? You are happy to say something!"
Lu Yi said lightly, "What do you want to hear from the gang leader?"
"You can say whatever you want to hear?" The bearded eyebrows were raised high, and his eyes were full of mockery, "I asked you to call me twice to hear if you would like it?"