Chapter 44: A Little Bit of News
Chapter 44: A Little Bit of News
After a small incident, the banquet continued.
Any of the main dishes in the Four Delicacies Banquet is jaw-dropping and very expensive.
Zhou You felt that what he was eating was not food, but mouthfuls of gold foil and jade chips.
However, such expensive dishes are just embellishments at the banquet and are used as accompaniments to wine and meals.
The star of the banquet is a thirty-year-old wine. The wine is orange-yellow like amber and can be drawn into threads when picked up with chopsticks. It is a top-grade wine.
"..."
The sound of musical instruments coming from behind the beaded curtain reminded him that there was a musician hired at a high price in the box.
Le Ji is not alone, she has supporting musicians and musical instruments, and the cost of a team is at least 30 taels.
Zhou You estimated that including the dinner and gifts, Shen Sijing would have to pay at least 500 taels tonight.
This amount of money was exactly the mental damage compensation that Zhou Youshizi demanded from Tu Laosan of the Yehu Gang.
Tu Laosan, as the deputy gang leader, has not yet responded to the letter, and it is obvious that he has a hard time paying the money.
But in the private room on the second floor of Zhaijinlou, Shen Sijing spent 500 taels on a meal.
"No wonder they look down on gang members. Their fists can't match those of a martial arts school, and their money can't match that of a wealthy businessman. All they can do is bully the common people."
Zhou You shook his head and despised those gang members even more.
"Zhou You, it was only after I came back that I learned about your conflict with the Wild Fox Gang."
At this time, Shen Sijing suddenly spoke.
"You asked for 500 taels of silver, which is not too much. I think it is reasonable."
"If Tu Lao Er refuses to give it to me, I will personally go to your house and ask for it for you. I can't let my own people suffer injustice."
Shen Sijing said generously, "If you need money urgently, I will write you a note for 500 taels first, and you can ask Tu Laoer for the rest."
From what he said, it seemed that he wanted to pay an additional 500 taels out of his own pocket.
Zhou You had seen his generosity before, and had no doubt that a mere 500 taels was just a piece of cake for this senior brother.
"Brother Shen, you must not do that. Let's put things in perspective. What I want is not the money, but the attitude of the Wild Fox Gang."
The 500 taels of silver must be presented personally by the Wild Fox Gang to show their attitude.
Shen Sijing nodded after hearing this, "Alright, I'll be there for you. You can get paid in three to five days!"
"Then I'll toast to Senior Brother Shen again. Thank you for standing up for me."
"It's my duty. We are all brothers. If I don't stand up for you, who else can I stand up for?"
After a few more drinks, I heard some noise outside the window, which I thought would stop after a while.
Unexpectedly, instead of stopping, the noise became even louder, drowning out the sound of the musical instruments coming from behind the beaded curtain.
"Stop, go down and claim your reward."
Shen Sijing immediately lost his appetite and waved away Le Ji and her group.
Soon the restaurant owner came hurriedly to apologize.
"Mr. Shen, the city gate guards are arresting the murderer outside, and a fight has broken out."
The environment around Zhaijin Tower is quiet and rarely happens, but tonight we encountered a big event.
Xu Ying walked to the window, pushed open the wooden window and looked out. In the dark night, there were lights and shouting.
There were seven or eight constables on both sides of the street maintaining order, stopping pedestrians from moving forward for fear of disrupting the fight.
The night wind was slightly chilly, carrying a faint smell of blood, and someone was feared to have lost their life not far away.
"Detective Liu."
Zhou You saw a familiar face in the crowd and said, "Ask him to come up and ask about the situation."
A moment later, Constable Liu was called to the box, and he felt nervous when he entered.
When he saw Zhou You, his face was full of shock, which then turned into a look of respect.
Of course, he recognized Shen Sijing, and he also knew that all the people present were apprentices of Jianxiong Martial Arts School, and the room was full of powerful warriors. Although he had already predicted that Zhou You had a bright future, now that he saw him in the box, he was deeply shocked.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Xu Ying didn't hesitate to ask.
Constable Liu stood respectfully and told the whole story in detail.
It turned out that a large number of refugees from Sucheng had recently poured into the city, including many warriors.
These warriors are of mixed quality. Some are content with a simple life and abide by the law, while others cannot bear the hunger anymore and take risks.
The cause of the incident was a group of foreign warriors who gathered together.
It turned out that there were two families in Gongliang City who were enemies for generations, both of whom were wealthy families with some property.
Over the years, the two families had been in constant conflict and friction, which gradually accumulated into generations of blood feuds, and both sides had blood debts of murder.
One of the families hired a group of powerful warriors from outside the area as assassins to kill their entire enemy family.
In the past they would never have dared to do this, but as the number of refugees increased, the order in the city became increasingly chaotic and the government was unable to manage it.
This family had made a good plan. The refugees from other places would kill people and then run away, so the murderer would be impossible to find and naturally there would be no way to track him down.
However, the results are not always satisfactory.
This group of powerful warriors are cruel and ruthless. Since they take the risk to become killers, they are definitely not good people.
In the first half of the story, they killed the entire family of their enemy, leaving no one behind, thus successfully completing their mission.
But in the second half...
The employer kept his promise and took out the gold and silver to pay the bill, but he never expected that the money would be exposed and he would suffer a disaster.
The group of foreign warriors had just finished killing someone when they suddenly had evil thoughts. They thought that killing one family is the same as killing two families, so they might as well kill them all at once. So they turned against their employer on the spot, killed his entire family, and robbed all their money.
The murder of two families shocked the whole city of Gongliang after it was exposed.
This group of foreign warriors still underestimated the level of public security in Gongliang City.
The two victim families were both wealthy families, far from being ordinary poor people, and the case attracted great attention after it happened.
After the city's detectives tracked down the powerful warrior, the city gate guards quickly took over this important case.
The city gate guards set up a dragnet and chased the murderer, who didn't have time to escape, all the way to the nearby area. The pursuit has entered the final stage.
After Constable Liu finished speaking, Shen Sijing rewarded him with half a pot of wine and two pieces of beef.
Constable Liu thanked him hurriedly and left.
He also has to continue to maintain order and cannot leave his post for too long.
"Isn't this a complete idiot?"
For a high-risk operation like hiring a killer, you should find someone you know well. Do you think you are just looking for a laborer and can just pick one up from the street?
Why do we always look for fellow villagers? Because there is a sense of ties between hometowns, and we are somewhat cautious. No matter what, we will not play games in a shady way.
It is true that warriors from other places kill people and flee the city without any worries.
However, the employer's family did not expect that this person had no ties in the local area and naturally had no scruples. He would not show mercy to killing his enemy's family, and he would also rob your family and steal your money without any psychological barriers.
The martial arts apprentices in the box sighed bitterly as a powerful martial artist was reduced to a killer without any moral integrity.
The city gate guards are full of experts and have the advantage of knowing the geography well. With the help of local tyrants like the constables, it is only a matter of time before the murderers are wiped out.
Sure enough, the noise continued until late at night.
The guards at the city gate wiped out the gang, leaving no one alive. They chopped off their heads and hung them in wooden cages around the city walls to deter the refugees.
The wind blew the wooden cage around, causing it to spin and sway, gently bumping against the flagpole, and the human heads shrivelled and blackened due to weathering.
"The world is going to be in chaos."
A weak sigh was heard from somewhere in the city wall, but was blown away by the wind.
(End of this chapter)