Chapter Seven
Chang Sihao followed Qin Yi and Chen Shengyi to the sedan hall and led the horses. Qin Yi said: "We are divided into two groups, with Gulou Street as the boundary. I am responsible for contacting the brothers in the north of the city, and you two are in charge of the south. Remember
Please tell the brothers to slow down the horses and not to show off too much in the city. After leaving the city for three miles, they will meet in the elm forest on the side of the official road."
Chen Sheng nodded, and the three of them were about to set off when they saw Qin Juexiang running up from behind waving: "Uncle, wait for me, grandpa promised me to go with you." Qin Yi said coldly: "You are here to lie again.
"Qin Juexiang pretended to smile and said: "How could I lie to you? Grandpa did agree and said that he would let me practice. It is already past noon today and time is running out. Let's set off quickly!" Qin Yidao: "Okay, let's go to your grandpa's place.
After a confrontation, it is indeed not too late to leave." Qin Juexiang waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, no." Qin Yi snorted coldly: "I knew it was a lie! Why don't you go back?"
Qin Juexiang wanted to argue again, but knew it was useless. When he was annoyed, he could only nodded, turned around and walked to Chang Sihao, took out something from his arms, and said sadly: "Brother, this is better than the serial crossbow. You can take it with you."
Maybe it’s useful to kill the enemy.”
Chang Sihao saw that the object was a dark iron cylinder with ten small holes at the front, and a sharp edge was visible inside the holes. There was a small red wrench on the side, and there was a handle at the bottom that could be held. It was in the underground secret room that he held it.
He shot it and took it with a smile.
Qin Juexiang took out another bag of crossbow arrows and handed it to him, saying: "Press the crossbow arrows in from the front and install them when you hear a click. Pull the front button of the handle to fire. The red wrench on the side goes up to fire a single shot, and when it goes down, it fires.
Don't forget to fire a volley of ten crossbows." He also took out a round iron cover. This iron cover was round on one side and had cork on the other side. There were metal clips nailed on the cork. He said, "Loading the crossbow arrows one by one is too troublesome. This time
You can clamp the crossbow tips on the clips, and then push the ten crossbows into the chamber at the same time." Then he demonstrated it to Chang Sihao. This design is extremely simple, and Chang Sihao knew it as soon as he saw it, and thought to himself: "Jue Xiang is really smart.
Extraordinarily, this small tool is extremely convenient for loading arrows. It contains cork and does not damage the crossbow tip. This alone can be said to be as careful as a hair. It shoots faster and more powerful than a repeating crossbow.
There are a large number of enemies, so it is suitable for us." He fastened the iron cover on Biliannuqiang and tied it around his waist. He was about to say thank you when he saw Qin Ziyin coming quickly and standing under the sedan hall. He said:
Qin Yi said: "Dad, be careful all the way!" Qin Yi nodded, but glanced sideways. Qin Ziyin understood, and looked sideways at Chang Sihao, with shy and worried eyes, she did not dare to look more
, took off the long knife from his waist and threw it: "You can't resist a strong enemy without a good blade. Take this 'wave-cutting' weapon!" Chang Sihao opened his hand and took it. Qin Juexiang said with a bad smile: "You are not
The one who gave it to my uncle came to give him a knife."
Qin Ziyin's face turned red and he scolded: "Don't talk nonsense!" Qin Juexiang turned around and pretended to ignore her, and said to Chang Sihao: "Brother, I have wanted this knife for a long time, but grandpa just refused to give it to her, but he gave it to her last year.
It was a birthday gift, and now it’s in your hands, so you’ve finally got it, hahaha.”
Chang Sihao looked at Qin Ziyin's appearance and was a little puzzling, thinking: "The look in her eyes seems to be sincere. Could it be that she already has a slight affection for me and no longer misses Xiao Jin Shiyue?"
Huh, Qin Yi has a sinister nature and pretends to be an elder. She only considers the interests of the Qin family in everything, but does not put human life first. This daughter of hers forgets love very quickly. She is by no means a loyal child, nor is she a good person. She has been in love for four years, if
If you can forget Xiao Jinshiyue so quickly, how can you know that you can't forget me so quickly? Old people often say that women have a watery nature, and it seems to be true." He was someone who didn't know how to hide his feelings, so he responded with a cold face.
At this time, a big hand was placed on his shoulder, and warmth came to him. Looking sideways, he saw Chen Sheng's earnest gaze, which made his heart heat up. He thought to himself that even if he was pointing at Brother Chen, he couldn't be too rude to her. He held the knife in his hand.
He tilted his hand toward Qin Ziyin and said, "Thank you."
Seeing his cold expression, Qin Ziyin thought it was a powerful enemy at heart and was under pressure, so he didn't take it seriously.
Qin Juexiang wanted to strike while the iron was hot and said, "Sister, do you need us to step away for a while so that you can talk to your elder brother?" Qin Ziyin blushed, snorted, turned around and left, but he bumped into a maid.
The maid was busy apologizing. Chang Sihao saw her and said, "Ayao, what are you doing here?"
The maid's face turned red. She lowered her head and bowed to everyone first. She ran to Chang Sihao in small steps, handed something with both hands, and said: "My maid heard that Uncle Sun was going out to resist the enemy. It was very dangerous, so I sewed it up."
An amulet bag, please keep it, Aunt Sun."
Qin Ziyin was nearby. He saw that the thing in her hand was a beige brocade bag, embroidered with a white dragon and closed with a red rope. It could be hung around the neck or around the waist. It was very delicate and beautiful, and he thought to himself: "
How can this maid be so thoughtful?" Chang Sihao was moved and thought: "Normally when she sees me upset, she tries to explain it away with words, but I don't pay much attention to it. Now it seems that the one who treats me sincerely in the Qin Mansion is
Apart from Brother Chen and Jue Xiang, I'm afraid this is the only maid." He reached out and took it, saying: "Ayao, thank you." Ayao lowered his head, then turned around and ran away.
Qin Ziyin watched from a short distance, and when he heard the tone of his conversation with a maidservant, it was much warmer and softer than when he spoke to himself, and his heart felt sour.
Seeing that Chang Sihao was very close to the maid, Qin Juexiang smiled evilly and said, "Brother, have you used this maid?" Chang Sihao said with a straight face, "No. Don't talk nonsense." Qin
Yi Zai snorted and led the team out. Qin Ziyin turned around and left.
When Chang Sihao saw her posture, he thought: "Don't misunderstand me." When he was about to stop him, he thought again: "Chang Sihao, you are so obsessed with lust, you are so mean and greedy for her beauty.
A man has done nothing to be ashamed of, so why should he be afraid of being misunderstood or explain in a low voice?" When he thought about this, he suddenly thought of Liao Gushi and thought: "He said that people only believe what they like to believe, so why do they need to explain? It's really true.
Good words from Jinshi. People who have never been misunderstood can hardly understand these words deeply. Is it possible that Liao Gushi's mother-killing is also difficult to explain and does not bother to explain the reasons, leaving it to the world to think whatever they want? My attitude towards him that day
But it's too reckless." A thought flashed through his mind, and he sighed slightly, and had no time to think about it. Then he saw Chen Sheng walking along the inner door and looking into the house, with a slight regret in his eyes, but he was not looking at Qin Ziyin's back.
She felt strange: "What is Brother Chen looking at?" She suddenly understood: "Ah, he is looking at Qin Menghuan. When we go to Huocheng, we have many enemies and few enemies, and the odds are stacked against us. She knows very well that even if she has no intention of Brother Chen, she should still come.
It's good to see each other off, even if you stand far away and let Brother Chen take a look. What's there to say if a woman is so heartless?"
They left Qin Juexiang and led eight guards out of Defu. Chen Sheng led them to the south of Taiyuan City to deliver the message. It was already past noon, so they had some food in the restaurant.
There are Qin family brothers everywhere in the city, including restaurants, pawn shops, banks, silk and satin shops, antique shops, and even brothels and brothels. These people usually take care of business for the Qin family, firstly, so as not to be too conspicuous to the officials.
It’s hard to talk about. Secondly, the cost of running such a huge organization is also huge. Without the support of strong economic strength, it will definitely not work.
The Qin family has a tight organization and a criss-cross network. Word spread from one place to ten, and from ten to hundreds. In less than half an hour, people and horses left the city in batches. Except for a few large stores in Taiyuan's commercial district, only one or two other shops remained.
There were no people there, and even the business was temporarily closed, making it seem quite deserted for a while.
Chang Sihao was riding across the street. When he saw this scene, he thought that the Qin family had almost monopolized all the business lifelines in Taiyuan. They were involved in all industries, and their influence was so wide and diverse that it was amazing. He secretly wrote in his mind: "Man-made
Money dies, and birds die for food. If a gang wants to become bigger and stronger, economy is the foundation. Only with the support of strong financial resources can there be dead men to serve. Without one of the two, human and financial resources, it will be difficult to accomplish a great cause!"
Chen Shengyi rode alongside him and asked with a smile: "Brother, what are you thinking about?" Chang Sihao said: "I have something unclear. Places like restaurants, pawnshops, and banks are naturally very profitable, but tea
A business like Si's makes little profit, why should the Qin family run it?"
Chen Sheng smiled and said: "Brother is not in the Jianghu, so he doesn't know anything about the Jianghu. Teahouses are places where people from all over the world, businessmen, and people from the Jianghu gather to rest. There is a lot of useful information in the chatter. To run this kind of business,
Not to make money, but to have clear eyes and ears, so as not to be blocked, and to be able to grasp the trends of the world and the entire current situation. The old man always considers things carefully, and news is the most important thing to him, so the Qin family's teahouse is running smoothly.
There are even hundreds of humble tea stalls."
Chang Sihao nodded, and suddenly the question that had been pondering in his mind became clear: "At that time in the hall, I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong. Now it seems that Qin Langchuan has been like this for a long time.
How could a man who has lived in the world make a 'gaffe'? He was clearly trying to test me by offering me money and a granddaughter as a bait." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel disgusted, thinking of what Gu Changxin had concealed from him about the Dongchang incident,
Qin Yi's selfishness of valuing profit over human life made him increasingly suspicious of Qin Langchuan. He suddenly thought that Qin Ziyin suddenly became warm to him. Could he have other feelings? Yes, when his Qin family was in trouble
We are short of manpower, maybe Qin Langchuan sent her to win over his heart, so that he can teach me, surnamed Chang, to work for them!
He was committing a conspiracy in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the horse gradually fell behind. Seeing Chen Shengyi smiling in front of him and waving his arms, his heart felt hot again, and he thought: "No matter how suspicious others are of deception, you don't need to take it to heart."
, Brother Chen can risk his life to save him in a crisis, which is true to me. No matter what, I will risk my life to accompany him in this big killing!" Thinking of the horse head here, I speeded up to catch up.
The two men and eight warriors slowly came out of the city. At this time, the red sun was shining in the west, and the green willows were blowing in the wind. Chang Sihao was astride his black-maned horse, holding the wave-cutting knife, high-spirited and full of pride. He looked at Chen Sheng.
At a glance, I remembered the horse racing on the official road when I was running to Taiyuan that day. With a knowing smile, I pulled the reins and led the horse's head, knocked my knees and pinched the flying tiger. The horse whistled softly, like a dragon emerging from the water, full of energy, and its iron hooves raised.
Chapter completed!