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Chapter 13 Concession
The next day.

The torrential rain in June did not wash away the summer dust.

The ups and downs of pedestrians trampled the mud on the soles of their feet to every corner of Taiping Street.

Thick clouds cling to the sunless sky, and a soft and feeble early sun casts a grayish-yellow haze on everything.

Duo duo.

Wu Qing, who heard the knock on the door, opened the wooden door with half a bowl of porridge.

Standing outside the door was Zhang Ziqi, half of his face was bruised and swollen, and he was wearing a short jacket which was rare, so he was no longer shirtless.

Wu Qing looked at Zhang Ziqi like this a little strangely,
"Why is your nose bruised and face swollen? I wonder if there is a sister who is sad for you."

"It fell."

Zhang Ziqi's speech was shorter than before.

Wu Qing, who wanted to make a joke, looked down and saw the red marks on Zhang Zaiqi's bare arms, put down the porridge bowl, licked the porridge dregs on his mouth, and asked,

"Do you need me to help you?"

"Help me? I said it all, I fell."

Zhang Ziqi was a little impatient,

"I made an inquiry for you, Wei Enting, then you don't have to go, he was seriously injured yesterday afternoon, and now he is unconscious in a suburban hospital."

Wu Qing looked surprised, and then slowed down immediately. It seems that he is not the only one who thinks that the Nine Shou Sword may still be in Wei Enting's hands.

He originally thought that the sword box was lost before it was opened, either Wei Enting didn't put it in, or the guard surnamed Kong stole it himself.

Now Wei Enting can leave it alone for the time being.

There was a glimmer of misery in Wu Qing's eyes, and he hurriedly asked,

"What about Kong Nursing House?"

Zhang Zaiqi smiled, but because of the wound on his face, he immediately grinned,

"He really has some secrets... Do you still remember what kind of banquet the Li Mansion had?"

"The wedding banquet seems to be Li Yushi's grandson marrying a wife?"

"It's not marrying a wife, it's taking a concubine. The concubine taken by the young master of the Li family is the junior sister of Kong Huyuan. Kong Nuyuan and his junior sister came to Yujiang County more than two years ago. There are only two people. They defected together again. I don’t know what happened to Li’s house in the past two years, but in short, Mr. Li’s family hired the junior sisters from the Confucian Nursing Academy to fill in the house.”

"No wonder a nursing home took the sword and didn't hand it over to the master's family first. Instead, he sat down and drank first, my in-laws."

Wu Qing smiled,

"Where are the Kong Nursing people now?"

Zhang Ziqi looked up at the sky,

"He usually lives in Li's residence, but now I don't know if he has gone out to look for Jiu Shoujian. It is said that he searched frantically all day yesterday."

Wu Qing grabbed a piece of clothing,
"Okay then, let's go to Li's Mansion."

Where did Zhang Ziqi shake his head,

"Xianghua Street, the old concession, you can go by yourself. There is still something to do in the gang, I am in a hurry to go back."

Zhang Ziqi turned his head to leave.

Wu Qing put on a short jacket,

"You really don't need my help?"

During the whole day yesterday, Wu Qing felt that Zhang Zaiqi, the gong-playing cousin, was not bad. Although he helped Wu Qing because he regarded Wu Qing as the original owner, it was indeed Wu Qing who benefited.Wu Qing is very happy to help Zhang Ziqi.

Zhang Ziqi was still impatient,

"I said it all, I fell! Damn it... If only I could punch like you."

Zhang Ziqi's last words were muttered, as if they were meant for himself, but the distance between the two was so close, how could Wu Qing not hear them,

"Then I'll teach you boxing, but..."

Wu Qing paused,
"However, in many cases, some things have nothing to do with whether they will or not, it just depends on whether you dare."

Zhang Zaiqi froze in his footsteps, and left a sentence,
"Teach me how to do things."

Wu Qing looked at the back of Zhang Zaiqi limping away, and only shrugged his shoulders.

It's just that he doesn't think it's bad, and he won't stick to it if he doesn't need his help.

…………

Shuidong worked hard, and the concession opened its doors.

Since the opening of Yujiang County, the northeastern part of the water has been ceded by Westerners to make a concession. Although it hasn’t been many years since the Westerners disappeared from the land of Qianguo, just like the development of Yujiang County, commercial gatherings The inertia of the old concession continued to prosper.

There is a clear dividing line between the old concession and other areas in Shuidong.

A muddy road, looking north, you can see three or four storey bungalows, a wide road, and the shadows of two rows of trees on the roadside cast on the ground, neat and refreshing.

The shanty factory area on the southeast side of the water across the street has two different views.

Most of Yujiang's government offices are set up in the concession, and most of Yujiang's wealthy families live here. Here is Yujiang's first photo studio, first department store, first bank, first water pipe...

Most of the officials from the old Qian Dynasty who were from Yujiang, when the dynasty changed, and those who had time to turn to the light in the future, also chose to buy a western-style building in the old concession of Yujiang as an apartment. Li Jieming, the inspector censor, was one of them.

Li Yushi's house is a three-story western-style building located at the end of Xianghua Street in the concession, facing the sky on three sides, with black oil gates and tin rings on the doors.

The Western-style building is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and it is full of vermilion. On the ground in front of the door, the black traces of the firecrackers can still be seen faintly. It is easy to understand that this family just had a wedding.

After Wu Qing came out from home, without Zhang Ziqi's guidance, he found this place after asking many passers-by.Wu Qing couldn't help but feel that some people can only feel his goodness when he is not around.

Standing on a street corner, with his back against a dim sum shop, Wu Qing fixed his eyes on the black oil gate of Li's house, feeling a little worried.

Although I heard from Zhang Zaiqi that the Confucian Nursing Academy spent a day looking for it outside yesterday, if Li Yushi and Wu Qing feel the same today, it is possible that the Confucian Nursing Academy guards have stolen themselves and detained the Confucian Nursing Academy to prevent them from going out. But it was useless to wait.The point is that there are no other good clues now.I can only do this and wait.

As for entering the house through the wall, Wu Qing had thought about it.From the fact that he played three games in a row yesterday, and he almost didn't hesitate to make shots, it can be seen that he is not afraid to use some means to achieve his goal.

But on the one hand, it's not suitable to climb over people's courtyard walls in broad daylight.

On the other hand, guns were not allowed in the Republic of China. It was not surprising that Li Yushi, who was wealthy, hired more than a dozen nursing homes and bought a few guns.He didn't want to have a few blood holes on his body once he climbed over the wall.

Not to mention that he even kicked fifteen martial arts schools, even if he kicked thirty or sixty martial arts schools, and was pointed at by guns, it was all empty talk.

…………

Wu Qing didn't know that there were two other people waiting like him, and they were just behind him on the second floor of the dim sum shop.

On the second floor of the snack shop by the window, a tall and thin middle-aged man scraped the freshly rolled cigarette with his tongue, and turned to ask the short and fat man beside him.

"Li Yushi's censor is the inspection censor of the old Qian Dynasty, a fifth-rank official. Do you know the system of building houses for fifth-rank officials in the old Qian Dynasty?"

The short and fat man staring at the gate of Li's house not far away didn't move, and replied casually,
"I don't know. What system?"

The tall and thin middle-aged man held the cigarette in his mouth, and the cigarette shook,

"Fan Wupin, five rooms and seven frames in the hall. The roof is made of tiles and beasts. The eaves of the beams are decorated with blue and green paint. The main entrance has three rooms and three frames. The door is made of black oil, and the tin ring is placed."

Hearing this, the short and fat man looked back and forth between the clear water red brick chimney on the roof of Li's house and the black tin ring gate, and immediately showed disdain.

"I live in a bungalow, and I still want the appearance of the censor, hehe... For those who are trying to gain fame, why don't we just rush in and take down that Kong?"

(End of this chapter)