Before I knew it, I had walked four or five miles away from the city, and it was almost noon, and a town happened to appear in front of me.

On the side of the road is a town hotel that looks very good, "Let's go, go and taste the characteristics of this wine and food." Song Jiang's master and servant walked in.

The business of this hotel is also depressed, lunch ordered, but there are only two guests in the spacious store, but this is not surprising, there are very few serious hotels that can be reopened during this period of time soon after the national disaster, each one is powerful, otherwise there are no guests to come to consume, only the salary of the shopkeeper and the chef, the hotel can not afford it, the more it opens, the more it loses death, it is better not to open.

Xiao Er's service is good, the wine is also good, the taste of the golden carp fresh soup is distinctive, different from the restaurant on the bank of the Xunyang River in the city, it is very delicious, and the fresh fish soup is a bite that Song Jiang loves, he is more and more satisfied, the wine is delicious, Song Jiang eats slippery and can't help but be greedy....... But when the account was meeting, Song Jiang was not satisfied.

"What? A hundred? ”

Song Jiang looked at the payee behind the counter in astonishment.

Although he is a foreigner who has just come to Jiangzhou, he has invited guests to eat too many times these days, eating and drinking almost every day, and living a small life is really bold and chic and comfortable, which is very in line with the image of timely rain for the poor ghosts who have no official government finances and squandering power, and easily won the favor and respect of officials such as Ma Ying, Ma Xiong, Zhang Kui, unscrupulous villains and poor ghosts, and the friendship between the two sides heated up rapidly...... At the same time, Song Jiang has also become very aware of the local wine and food market, as far as today's wine and dinner, although it is Jiangzhou's rare and delicious and relatively expensive golden carp, but during this period, this kind of local specialty of high-end river fresh is not worth much, even if this meal is in Jiangzhou's most famous wine and food and the most expensive restaurant Xunyang Jianglou, it will definitely not exceed half a price...... Is it really money after a national disaster?

The Great Song Dynasty is now poor not only without gold and silver treasures, but also Huang Cancan's copper plate has become golden, in Jiangzhou, which has been looted, it can be said that the purchasing power of each copper plate is considerable, because the government is also tight and there is not much money to squander, and at the same time, the people have the ownerless grain to eat during the autumn harvest, so they don't have to spend money for food, they are not willing to spend a penny, and there is no money to spend....... This is a real daring one!

Wang Si couldn't help but mock: "One hundred and eighteen through three? And there are whole zeros? Since you are a stealer, why don't you shout a big number and round it up? Like a thousand? ”

The person who received the money was a young man, and he looked like an elegant, educated and polite scholar, but his behavior and words were not elegant and unscholarly.

He rolled his eyes, not only did he not look ashamed, he was not embarrassed, but pouted, raised his head, and looked down at Song Jiang and mocked: "What? How expensive is it? If you don't have any money, what kind of uncle are you? If you can't afford to eat, you dare to be arrogant? What's wrong? Want to eat a bully meal? ”

It's obviously a big blackmail from a thief, but it's so justified and so natural. With that dragging tone and expression, Song Jiang couldn't help but want to use his hand to smash this guy's face into a flat plate, so that this guy could no longer be arrogant and arrogant, let alone Wang Si, who had no temperament.

It's just that when encountering this kind of black-hearted shop that rips off customers, customers often have a reason to explain it....... Song Jiang was speechless for a while at this scholar's arrogant anti-mockery questioning.

Blame yourself for taking it for granted, no, no, I didn't think about it at all, I didn't realize that in a serious town so close to Jiangzhou City, I could actually encounter such a bold and evil black shop, I was not psychologically prepared at all, and I had a too comfortable and smooth time during this time, I made friends with Dai Zong and his gang in the city, as well as Ma Ying, who was not a big official but had a lot of law enforcement power, and there were Zhang Kui and Ma Xiong outside the city, and the three tyrants of Jiangzhou were all friends, and with this strength to cover him, who would dare to provoke him on the ground in Jiangzhou?

I didn't ask the price of the food when I entered the store, but I have recently become accustomed to sitting under the flattery and courtesy of the shopkeeper.......

Obviously, reasoning will not work, and if you want to be slaughtered and wronged, you are even very likely to be forcibly detained and humiliated and beaten, so you can only show your strength.

Song Jiang understood that with the support of the three tyrants of Jiangzhou, he was not afraid, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh a few times, and said, "The shopkeeper is going to bully me into being a foreigner." I have a brother in the city and two houses of the festival level Dai Zong. I hope your store can look at Dean Dai's face and don't get entangled. ”

When the scholar heard this, he rolled his eyes and looked at the complacent Song Jiang: "Are you talking about the Dean Dai who is nicknamed the Shenxing Taibao Dai Zong?" ”

"Exactly."

Song Jiang responded slowly, looked at this scholar, and said in his heart: "Are you afraid?"

Don't think that you can cheat if you sit on the ground. Stealing customers, you also score objects. I, Song Jiang, am not easy to mess with. It's a foreigner, and it's not something that your store can have at will. Put your tricks on the spotlight. If you dare to play a murderous role, I will tell you to walk around without eating. I told you to slaughter me........ In other words, it is too expensive for friends to do something in Jiangzhou. The money is spent too fast. It's not a good idea. Hands will also be tight, and it is good to make up for anti-blackmail........"

Song Jiang and Wang Si, the master and servant are generally in this superior mentality.

Unexpectedly, this scholar not only was not afraid, but hummed and laughed, the expression on his face became more and more tricky, and with a snap, he showed a folding fan in winter, and shook it very chic and confidently, and sneered: "Dean Dai, your brother? Hello, big trend. Unfortunately, it's useless for this. You don't want to pay less for the meal. ”

Song Jiang was stunned: Officialdom can't shake this store?

Is this store having a harder backstage in officialdom, or is Dai Zong, a tyrant in the city, unable to shake the outside of the city?

Then I thought about it: The white way of officialdom is not good. Then the underworld comes. is an official, but he is also afraid of the underworld. Even if you have a hard backstage in officialdom, you have to be afraid of the underworld boss. Otherwise, the bright side will not dare to get you, and there are countless ways to make your store and your family suffer unconsciously.

"Hehe, that's not a coincidence. is not talented, but there is a good brother locally. Zhang Kui, the leper on the Xunyang River, must know the store. ”

Song Jiang didn't mention the famous Ma Xiong, who was more capable of fighting and more vicious in land warfare, but he was afraid that Ma Xiong had an elder brother Ma Ying who was an official. It is highly likely that this store has a tough backstage in officialdom. If there is a conflict and Ma Xiong is implicated, Ma Ying will inevitably be implicated, and Ma Ying's official career will be affected or even ruined...... Ma Ying, who are these people who really talk about righteousness and do not hesitate to make great sacrifices for their brothers....... If Ma Ying's official interests are damaged, he will definitely turn against him with this shop.....

The scholar sighed: "You have a lot of friends in the file!" There are officials here, and there are people in the ruffian gang. ”

He said it jokingly and lightly, and he still didn't seem to care, but the flashing eyes showed that he was still somewhat jealous.

Just when Song Jiang saw that this scholar would give in and compromise, and there was hope that things would turn around, the stairs rang, and in a blink of an eye, a Taoist priest came down, a little fairy-like Dao bones, carrying a long sword on his back, and when he saw Song Jiang and the others, he raised his eyebrows, rolled his strange eyes, revealing an evil and fierce force that was completely inconsistent with Taoism, and said gloomily: "Eating and paying the bill is justified." Emperor Lao Tzu couldn't help but let the store collect money for meals. Do you want to eat the overlord meal here? Hmph, hehe, don't think about good things, pay the bill honestly. ”

The scholar's attitude immediately changed, and he became more and more cunning and tough. That look was even more arrogant and dragged, which made Song Jiang feel angry and want to hit someone.......

Seeing that this store is black-hearted and black-hearted.

Song Jiang's master and servant only went out with two pieces of money, not to mention that they couldn't afford to pay hundreds of dollars, even if they could and would never be willing to be so easily pinched and suffer this big loss, they lost face. Song Jiang has the support of local forces, not at the beginning, he is confident, his mentality has changed, and he will subconsciously become tough when he encounters things that cannot be negotiated. What's more, I also realized that at this point, I am afraid that it is no longer a question of whether to pay the bill, even if I honestly admit to paying the money, this matter is not over. At least, the pain of being beaten or something....... The more good, weak, weak, and submissive you are, the more arrogant and smug he will become, and he will bully you and blackmail you....... This is also the professional characteristics or professional needs of the ruffian gangsters - if you catch the easy ones and the ones who have a lot of oil and water, you have to be ruthless and bullied, so as to maximize the benefits.

Song Jiang understands this very well.

This is someone's territory....... Thirty-six strategies, go for the best policy.

Wang Si made a decision immediately, pulled Song Jiang's wrist, wiped his body and ran out. Let's get out of this place first.

The people in the store didn't block it and didn't let them out, and let the two of them run out of the store.

However, in the blink of an eye, the Taoist priest was blocked in front of him. It turned out that I was afraid that if I got into a fight in the store, it would inevitably smash the store and affect the business.

"Still want to run?"

The scholar also chased after him with a few buddies, shaking the folding fan and sneering.

Wang Si knew that it was bad, and he didn't dare to slack off at all.

When he went south with Song Jiang, he didn't bring his usual gun because the gun was inconvenient to carry, he had a knife, and he also secretly brought a bow and arrow, but he went out today purely to hang out and relax, and it was naturally inconvenient to carry a bow and arrow through the city to attract the attention of the government, so he brought a sentry stick as a portable weapon in case of accidents.

He didn't say a word, and hit the Taoist priest who was blocking the road, hoping to rush out of the way as soon as possible, and also to deter the other party and make the other party understand that he was not easy to provoke.

Guns and sticks are not separated.

Wang Si Gun makes a good job, and there is also a level on the stick, and the strength is revealed with a starting stick.

The Taoist priest is obviously not pretending to be a sword, and at a glance he can see that Wang Si is a practitioner, but he is conceited but he does not dare to be careless, he dodges this stick in a flash, and slams into Wang Si's chest in front of his bright palms, but he is forced away by Wang Si's stick, and seeing that he can't get cheap with his palms, the Taoist priest immediately draws his sword and faces each other....... This guy has good light skills, some subtle footwork, fast movement, and some famous swordsmanship, and he doesn't fight hard, and both people and swords are erratic.......

Wang Si was anxious to break through, and he couldn't get rid of the entanglement with all his strength, so he couldn't help but secretly complain.

If he was alone, with all his might, he might be able to escape easily, but with a Song Jiang ....... Song Jiang claims to be good at learning guns and sticks, but in fact he doesn't know anything, he only pays lip service, and any slightly stronger man can defeat Song Jiang. Song Jiang is also short and fat, he can't run fast, and he is as heavy as a scale, and he can't carry it with him......

In a blink of an eye, Song Jiang was caught by the shopkeeper.

Only one guy smiled and pinched the back of Song Jiang's neck with one hand, and easily dragged Song Jiang into the store in a very insulting way......

Wang Siyi sighed: A master like Song Jiang is too much to protect.......

He was ferocious, and attacked a few sticks as if he was not dying, forcing the Taoist priest to avoid and run away. A few shopkeepers with sticks sneered and wanted to chase him, but were stopped by the Taoist priest waving his hand, "Let him go." Otherwise, where will the money you owe us for food come from? ”

Everyone in the store laughed when they heard this.......

Wang Si ran back to the city in a fit of anger and went to Dai Zong's shop to ask for help. It just so happened that Dai Zong was fine, and he was coming back for lunch.

Hearing Wang Si's sad and anxious complaint, Dai Zong put down his rice bowl and stood up, "Where did you go?" ”

He stomped his foot again, "Oh, why are you so careless." Brother Gongming is too, now at this moment, the world is so chaotic, how can this Jiangzhou be arbitrary? If you want to go out of town, you don't have to tell me beforehand......"

It turns out that Jiangzhou City is not a three-tyrant, but a four-tyrant, or rather, it is indeed a three-tyrant, but Dai Zong and his gang do not count. Dai Zong is an official, mainly relying on the natural umbrella of power, and in terms of power, in Jiangzhou, the official is bigger than Dai Zong, or the real power is greater than Dai Zong, not to mention that there are many people, at least there are a lot, just two courts, one of the many officials, and compared with the real magistrate, he dares to call an official? In the eyes of a real official with a grade, Dai Zong is nothing, and he dares to dominate?

The fourth tyrant, or the real third tyrant among the three tyrants, is a gang headed by four people, not from Jiangzhou, but a town to which Jiangzhou belongs, called the overlord of Shuangfeng Town.

Only because of the national disaster, the original backing mountain and river, stuck on the main road is very convenient to do business, business is also very prosperous, belongs to the good place of life Shuangfeng Town has changed, the population does not exist one in ten, the wealth is looted, the original geographical advantage suddenly became the most dangerous place, that, it is too convenient for people to do crimes and escape, and there is too little land. The remaining remnants of the population were untenable, and fearing danger, moved away and ran elsewhere to seize the ownerless ....... This group of people also has to move out, otherwise who will eat, bully and exploit whom?

This group of four leaders, the boss is called Yuan Aiquan, just a Baozheng in Shuangfeng Town, who runs a gambling house, and the people in the town call him Yuan Aiqian behind his back, you can imagine what this is.

The second child is called Zhu Yuan, nicknamed Zhu Potian, who is a well-known local tyrannical and dirty official, but he does have the ability, his body is strong, and his strength is greater, so he has a good knife, his fists and feet are also good, and he is also cunning.

The third is the Taoist priest encountered by Song Jiang's master and servant, with a good name, Jiao Ruoxian, but he is an extremely evil and lustful guy in the Daomen, stretching light skills and picking flowers.......

The fourth child is the scholar who collects money as the hotel shopkeeper, known as Zhu Dali, a lawyer who specializes in helping the rich and powerful to fight lawsuits, clever words and tricks to bully the people......... None of these four things are good, colluding together, complementing each other's advantages and doing evil, too hateful, but also extremely frightening, there is a unified nickname called Twin Peaks and Four Wolves, Yin and Fierce Bully, lacking great virtue, doing all bad things, but it is a big fate, and they all coincidentally did not die in the national disaster.

At that time, Zhu Yuan, like Zhao Neng and Zhao De, his head catchers in Yuncheng County, bribed the court for the county magistrate to enter Beijing to give gifts and bribes, and escaped murder and robbery.

Yuan Aiquan and the other three were idle, wanted to eat game, and took his younger brother into the mountains to hunt and have fun, although the family property was looted, but it happened to avoid the killing and robbery, otherwise they were hated by people in the local area, although there was force and a lot of gangs, the black forces would inevitably all die in the crazy revenge of hatred.

What made Dai Zong complain about his bitterness and complained to Song Jiang was that Zhu Yuan was no longer the head of the county, but the deputy head of Jiangzhou Mansion.......