The Imperial Age with the Resurgence of Han Style

Chapter 36 Snake and Rat
"Weishengtang" is the largest gang in Daxing North City. It operates underground casinos, loan sharks, brothels, as well as traditional businesses such as extortion, extortion, and collection of protection fees in street shops.

It is said that Guan Shouzhi, the leader of the "Weishengtang", is a descendant of the old Dengzhou patriarch. He has inextricable connections with the powerful and powerful people in the country. He has a profound background in both black and white circles and has influence throughout half of Daxing. city.

At this moment, in a three-story commercial building in the north of the city, Guan Shouzhi was sitting on a tiger-skin armchair, sizing up the woman in front of him with great interest. She was in her thirties, with a beautiful face and upper body. Wearing moon-white long-sleeved clothes and a blue patterned horse-faced skirt, she held a small bag tightly with both hands.Although there was a bit of fear on his face, there was a hint of awe and inviolability on his tense face.

In addition, this woman looks weak, but her whole person exudes an elegant intelligence, giving people an inexplicable sense of distance.

"Xiao Wuzi, what kind of drama are you singing?" Guan Shouzhi asked Li Dewu who was standing behind the woman.

"Master Guan, I...I'm here to pay back the money." Li Dewu looked at Song Wenru and whispered, "This is my sister-in-law, she...she pays back the money for me."

"Xiao Wuzi, what can I say about you?" Guan Shouzhi sighed, shook his head and said: "You, a big man, owe a debt, and you asked a weak woman to pay it for you!...I will pay it for you!" Ashamed!”

"..." Li Dewu's face turned red and he glanced at Song Wenru secretly. Nie Nie did not dare to speak.

"Mr. Guan... Guan, I will repay the money my brother-in-law owes you." Song Wenru took a deep breath, tightened the small bag in her hand, and said bravely: "But, I want to see first... …IOU.”

"Show Xiao Wuzi's IOU to her." Guan Shouzhi smiled, turned to a subordinate next to him and ordered: "Show her both the negative and positive ones."

"Master Guan..." The subordinate was stunned and asked with some uncertainty: "Show her both copies?"

"What are you afraid of?" Guan Shouzhi glared at him, "Are you still worried that a weak woman can destroy both IOUs?"

Song Wenru took the two IOUs doubtfully and looked at them carefully. Then her eyes widened with an incredulous expression.

"He...he only borrowed...less than 300 yuan, why should he pay back 500 yuan?"

"Well, the interest rate is a bit high, and the interest rate is compounded." Guan Shouzhi smiled slightly and said harmoniously: "We in China have a history of loan sharking that has been passed down for thousands of years. This should be the case."

"However, the government strictly prohibits private lending interest rates from exceeding 50%. If you calculate the time and interest, it definitely exceeds this regulation."

"Haha..." All the men present laughed and looked at Song Wenru with ridicule.

Madam, we are an underground gang, and the lending interest rate naturally exceeds the government's express regulations.Your ignorant behavior makes us lose face!

"No way, our borrowing costs here are a bit high." Guan Shouzhi waved his hand to stop everyone's laughter, "However, borrowing money from us does not require too many procedures. Look, you A rotten guy like my brother-in-law, who has no money at home and no guarantee, can easily borrow 300 yuan from us... Sometimes, things that are too easy often cost a bit more. .Am I right?"

Song Wenru bit her lower lip tightly, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

These are a bunch of ungrateful scoundrels and scoundrels!

"Okay, 500 yuan is 500 yuan, and I will pay it back to you for him." Song Wenru opened the small bag in her hand and took out the gold yuan coupons she took out from the bank. There were fifty pieces in total, each with a face value of ten yuan. "But, I have one Require."

"No one can make requests here." Guan Shouzhi shook his head and said, "You can only... request. As for whether we can do it, it depends on what your request is."

"..." Song Wenru frowned slightly and said softly: "I...ask you not to lend money to Li Dewu again in the future. No matter what reason he has for borrowing money from you, I hope you will not lend it to him again. ... I will never pay him back again."

"Okay." Guan Shouzhi nodded and said, "I agree to your request. From now on, whenever Li Dewu dares to come to borrow money in Beicheng, we will beat him out with sticks."

"Then...thank you very much." Song Wenru was a little surprised by Guan Shouzhi's statement, but said no more. She took a few steps forward and put the five hundred yuan gold yuan coupon in her hand on the table. Then she took a few steps back and turned around. Go outside the house.

Li Dewu nodded to Guan Shouzhi in a flattering manner, followed, and quickly walked out of the gloomy room.

"Master Guan, have you fallen in love with that little lady?" a subordinate asked in a low voice, with a lustful expression on his face.

"Get the hell out of here!" Upon hearing this, Guan Shouzhi kicked him to the ground and cursed: "Is your grandpa so worthless?... Damn it, don't you want me to want to be a good person!? "

When the people in the room saw this, they couldn't help but look at each other.Want to be a good person?

"Master Guan, do you think that woman's identity is not simple?" A fat man in his forties waved his hand and told several young people to get out of the house.

"Well, I think this woman has some status." Guan Shouzhi nodded and said: "It feels like she has the aura of a noble person. Old Pang, you take people to the bottom of the market. Don't offend us. We shouldn't mess with you." people."

As they were talking, a small leader hurried into the room with a bit of panic on his face.

"Master Guan, the people from the polling office are here."

"Ah?...What are they doing here?" Guan Shouzhi's face changed immediately when he heard about this notorious spy agency in the country. He looked at Pang Jinzhao beside him and asked eagerly: "Recently, there are people on our territory. Nothing big happened?"

"No!" Pang Jinzhao also looked at a loss, "Even if there were fights, loan sharking, and debt collection, people from the polling office wouldn't come to our door!"

Just when the two of them were panicking, three men walked into the hall calmly, looking sharply at the leaders of the "Weishengtang" who were sitting there.

They wore black tops with stand-up collars, navy blue straight trousers, and crocodile-pointed leather shoes. Their hair stood tall, and each of them had a capable and sharp look in their eyes that made people afraid to look at them.

"Inspector He, what brought you here today? What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you serve tea quickly! ... To serve good tea, make the oolong tea from Qin and Fujian!" Guan Shouzhi laughed along with him, Warmly greet the three agents from the polling office.

"Is there any good tea?" He Yongguang, head of the Intelligence Department of the Polling Office in Daxing Beicheng, smiled slightly, then waved his hand and said: "It will take a lot of time to make tea. We still have many things to deal with, so there is no need for it. time to wait.”

"Inspector He's words are obvious." Guan Shouzhi saw that the other party's attitude was gentle and did not look like he was looking for trouble. He felt relieved and said diligently: "It only takes a moment to make tea. You will definitely not be mistaken." It’s a big matter for the inspector.”

"Well, since you want to be courteous, I'll do it for you." He Yongguang smiled at his two companions and said, "Give me a few jars of your good tea, and we'll take it back later. In our spare time, Let's drink by ourselves. I came to see you this time because I have two important matters that I need the steward's help with."

"Oh, my Lord Inspector, how can I, a lousy person like me, dare to claim to be a master? Don't try to beat me! As for the matters assigned by the Inspectorate, let alone two, even twenty, we can handle them for you. All right."

"Yes." He Yongguang was very impressed by Guan Shouzhi's respectful and flattering attitude. He nodded, suppressed his smile, and said seriously: "Five days ago, Ge Conglin, a senior researcher at the Institute of Dynamics of the Chang'an Royal Academy of Sciences, and his family suddenly disappeared. We suspect that he is suspected of defecting. According to the screened escape route, he may leave the country by boat from Daxing. Since we have blocked the port and train station in time, he may be hiding in a corner of Daxing, waiting for a suitable opportunity to escape. You guys My mission is to mobilize all the energy in the underground to dig him out."

"Hey, once we find this traitorous traitor, we will definitely beat him to death." Upon hearing this, Guan Shouzhi immediately said with righteous indignation: "Inspector He, please don't worry, I will mobilize my brothers immediately , turn the entire Daxing City upside down and capture this defecting thief. Oh, by the way, Inspector, do you have any portraits?"

"This is the full body portrait and head portrait of Ge Conglin. Please recognize them carefully." A thin spy from the polling office handed the two portraits to Guan Shouzhi and solemnly asked: "This person There is a mole under his left cheek, but he may have a beard to cover it up, so be sure to identify it.”

"Ah!... He's a Xiyi!" Guan Shouzhi opened a portrait, looked at it, and then asked in surprise: "We look at these Yi people, they all have similar faces, so it's a bit difficult to identify them. "

"Don't tell me about the difficulties." He Yongguang couldn't help but sternly look at Guan Shouzhi with gloomy eyes, "It's not like you don't have any naturalized foreigners under your hands, so mobilize them all. If this matter is handled properly, it will be indispensable. Your benefit. By the way, this Ge Conglin also has a Western name, Pastor Gray."

"Yes... no matter how many difficulties there are, we have to find ways to overcome them. Inspector, don't worry, as long as this thief is in Daxing City, I will definitely be able to find him." Guan Shouzhi nodded hurriedly and promised: "By the way, except I’m looking for this defector, but I don’t know what else I need to do, so I’d like to ask the inspector to clarify.”

"Huang Qianren, do you know him?"

"Huang Qianren?" Guan Shouzhi was startled for a moment, then nodded and said, "Is that the great scholar who spends his days preaching about having no king or father and petitioning for the people, Huang Qianren?"

"Yes, that's him." He Yongguang couldn't help but frowned at the mention of this name, "This guy relies on the reputation of his grandfather Huang Zongxi and the old Taizu's decree 'Don't be punished with words'. He actually continues to publicize slanderous remarks such as 'The monarch takes all the benefits of the world to himself, and takes all the harm of the world to others'. When people hear this, they want to tear their tongues apart!"

"Inspector, what do you mean..." Guan Shouzhi stretched out his right hand and gestured at his neck, and then asked carefully.

"No!" He Yongguang shook his head and said: "Don't hurt his life. Recently, Daxing will hold a Qi-Qin Cultural Exchange Society, at which time he will make his false remarks at Tiansheng Stadium. You go and make one The accident prevented him from going out for a month."

"...Yes, Inspector He."

(End of this chapter)