After nightfall, countless shadows were running around in the Duwei Mansion, just to see who would be the unlucky person to be caught tomorrow. But they searched around but could not find the name of the person with the most votes.
But it was hard for the sleeping Jinyiwei. They heard someone shouting "Catch a thief", then they heard footsteps on the roof, and then they felt someone sneaking into their house.
At first they would get up and take a look, but later they became numb when they realized that the thieves came for the list.
No matter how noisy the other party was, they were too lazy to get up and take a look. The only thing that made them dissatisfied was that the thieves made too big movements.
You said you would come, so just come. Why don't you come quietly and leave quietly without letting them know someone sneaked in?
Unfortunately, the visitor's martial arts skills were not very good, and he insisted on making some noise, which prevented them from sleeping well all night.
The next morning, everyone walked out of the room with dark circles under their eyes.
Mu Nanjin, who came out to eat breakfast, saw that Liu Qianhu and Yang Bo had dark circles under their eyes and asked, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Captain Liu said unhappily, "Didn't you hear someone sneaking in last night?"
Mu Nanjin: “No.”
"No?" Captain Liu said unhappily, "We all heard it. There's no reason why you, whose kung fu is better than ours, didn't hear it."
Mu Nanjin didn't open his mouth to explain, but in his heart he said, "I set up a barrier to block all sounds, so of course I can't hear it."
Captain Liu was very angry. Although he didn't know what the barrier was, he was very angry when he thought that it was Mu Nanjin who caused the trouble and they were the ones who suffered.
He took a deep breath, changed the subject and asked, "Who are you going to catch today?"
Mu Nanjin waited until he was full before saying, "Money helps."
"Qian Bang?" Liu Qianhu was puzzled and did not react for a moment: "Who is Qian Bang? Which gang is he from?"
Li Zhenfu, who came in from outside, said: "The Qian Gang is a gang that specializes in collecting protection fees from businessmen."
Captain Liu was ashamed: "So it's the Qian Gang. I thought it was a person's name. Mu Nanjin, didn't you only arrest one person? How did you deal with the entire gang?"
Mu Nanjin asked: "Is there any difference?"
[Catching one person is arresting, and arresting a group of people is also arresting. Since we are all arresting, let’s arrest them all together. 】
Jinyiwei: “…”
This sentence rhymes quite well.
But it’s not easy to catch a group of people.
Li Zhenfu said: "Although the Qian Gang does not have a martial arts leader, there are five warriors in the Five Cities Qian Gang who are close to the strength of a martial arts master, and there are even more martial kings from the first to third ranks, adding up to nearly twenty people. If we fight against them, we have no chance of winning."
Mu Nanjin glanced at him and said, "Li Zhenfushi, what is the strength of the Wucheng Duwei Mansion?"
Li Zhenfushi sighed, "Except for me, who is a seventh-rank martial master, and my two close associates, who are first-rank martial masters, no one else is at the martial master level."
Before the Five Kingdoms merged and martial artists flocked to the Five Cities, it was enough for the Five Cities Commandery to have only three martial masters in charge. But now...
Oh, it’s better not to say anything.
Mu Nanjin: “…”
[No wonder you always look ahead and behind when doing things, afraid of this or that. ]
【This is the sadness of having no strength. 】
Mu Nanjin glanced at Captain Liu.
[Captain Liu was smart. He knew he had no ability and did not accept the promotion and transfer outside Beijing.]
Captain Liu: “…”
Just say he is smart, and omit the sentence after that, it is too hurtful.
Mu Nanjin, Lei Dianchui and Wu Yuan each led a team, and all the people in their teams were warriors below the level of Wuzong. Liu Qianhu and Li Zhenfu were responsible for leading the Jinyiwei with higher martial arts. Then, the four teams were responsible for patrolling a street respectively.
When everyone saw Mu Nanjin and the Jinyiwei coming to Shengping Street, they all looked around curiously.
"I heard that a female Jinyiwei from the Duwei Mansion will arrest people today based on everyone's votes. That female Jinyiwei should be the girl wearing the small flag flying fish suit, right?"
"That's her. Don't underestimate her because she's small. She's very powerful. Even a ninth-rank martial arts master can't be her match."
"She brought so many people today. I wonder who she is going to catch today?"
"It depends on who gets more votes."
"But this is a commercial street, and the people here are either merchants, customers or passers-by. Is she here to catch merchants? Who would vote for a merchant?"
"Don't look at it, don't look at it at all. You haven't paid your protection fee for today yet."
At this time, two men interrupted the conversation.
When the merchants saw the Qian Gang coming to collect protection fees again, anger flashed in their eyes, but they didn't dare to get really angry. They immediately smiled and said, "Gentlemen, I wonder how much the protection fee is today?"
"Ten taels of silver." said one of the young men who was collecting protection.
The merchant's face changed. "Didn't you only charge five taels of silver in the past? Why are you charging ten taels of silver today?"
The young man who was being protected said angrily: "The Five Cities are more chaotic now than before. If you want to live in peace, you should pay ten taels of silver quickly."
The merchant was in a dilemma: "We only make a little over ten taels of silver a day. If we give you ten taels, how do you expect us to live?"
"That's none of our business. We are only responsible for protecting you."
They say it is protection, but in reality they just take the money and don't cause trouble.
The merchant was furious but dared not speak. Just as he opened the cash box, he heard a girl shouting coldly, "Catch them both."
Afterwards, several Jinyiwei rushed over and held down the person who was collecting the insurance premium. This scene stunned the businessmen.
The young man who was receiving protection said anxiously: "We are from the Qian Gang. If you dare to arrest us, the Qian Gang will definitely overturn the Duwei Mansion."
"We dare to capture even the leader's son, so why should we be afraid of a money gang?" Mu Nanjin asked the blackmailed businessman, "How much protection money did they charge you?"
The merchant said stupidly, "Ten taels."
Mu Nanjin turned to the Jinyiwei and said, "When the Qian Gang comes to claim the people, ask them to pay 1,000 taels to redeem them. Remember, it's 1,000 taels per person."
"yes."
merchant:"……"
This is even more cruel than the money gang.
Afterwards, Mu Nanjin captured hundreds of people for protection.
She said to the Jinyiwei beside her: "Count how much 'silver' we have caught."
Jinyiwei said: "One thousand taels per person, ten taels is ten thousand taels, a hundred taels is one hundred thousand taels, there are one hundred and fifty-three people here, that is one hundred and fifty-three thousand taels."
Mu Nanjin nodded: "Just collect the money and help 160,000 taels until it's an even number."
Jinyiwei thought for a moment and said, "We only caught small fry. The leader of the Qian Gang may not be willing to pay this amount of money."
Mu Nanjin is not worried about this matter at all: "As long as they show up, we don't have to worry about them not paying."
Just when Jinyiwei was thinking about how Mu Nanjin would force the leader of Qian Gang to pay money to redeem the person, the leader of Qian Gang arrived.
Ask for votes