Chapter 25 Chu Ning's generous gift

A pleasure boat on the river in Daning County.

Big red lanterns are hung high.

The sweet laughter of the women in the pleasure boats caused the river to ripple and reached the shore.

The men on the shore were even more itchy and couldn't wait to take a small boat to the pleasure boat.

On a pleasure boat.

Zhang Tao lay in the woman's arms, enjoying the snacks she fed him. The woman stroked his chest with her hands from time to time. If it were in the past, he would have turned over long ago.

But his hands were broken and had not yet recovered, so he could not move easily and could only let the woman serve him for a while.

Thinking of this, a figure appeared in his mind, with hatred in his eyes.

Chu Ning!

If it weren't for him, how could I be like this now.

Even if the injury heals, I'm afraid I'll never reach the level of a martial artist in this lifetime.

"Second brother, calm down. I have already avenged your anger today. Old Liao will be unable to get out of bed for ten days or half a month. As for Chu Ning, he is in the limelight now and it is difficult to deal with him. After a while, I will take my brothers to Xiwei to plant a flag and avenge you."

The man sitting opposite Zhang Tao had a scar on his left face, which stretched from the temple to the chin and was quite scary. While talking, he lowered his head and touched the woman in his arms all over, causing the woman to make continuous noises, and the river water around the pleasure boat rippled a little more.

Outsiders don’t know that Zhang Tao and Zheng Yangjie have known each other since childhood.

Zhang Tao's father was a martial artist, but he did not break through to become a master. He opened a martial arts school in the town. Zheng Yangjie learned martial arts from Zhang Tao's father in his early years. He was five years older than Zhang Tao, and at that time they were brothers.

Later, Zhang Tao's father died, and Zhang Tao chose to join the police station as a constable, while Zheng Yangjie joined the Flying Tiger Sect.

The two of them secretly became sworn brothers, one was a white gangster and the other was a black gangster, and they helped each other. This was also the reason why Zheng Yangjie was able to become the deputy leader of the Feihu Sect so quickly.

"Thank you, big brother. Don't worry about Lao Liao. I have already informed Captain Gan. No one in the patrol station will stand up for Lao Liao. Even if there is someone, Captain Gan will suppress it."

He is just an old constable with no one to rely on. The captains of the police station will not care about him, not to mention that Captain Gan has come forward.

Zhang Tao also resented Lao Liao because he felt that Lao Liao must know Chu Ning's true strength and he called him to the teahouse just to paralyze him and make him underestimate the enemy.

While the two brothers were talking, a dark figure on the shore threw a bamboo into the water, then leaped onto the bamboo, used the force to tap a few times, and jumped onto the pleasure boat.

"Master Zhang, please don't be angry. I just took in a few little girls these days. One of them is very delicate. I'll let you taste her first after she's trained well in a few days."

The woman in Zhang Tao's arms giggled, and Zhang Tao also laughed out loud. None of the four noticed that at this moment, there was a fire outside the houseboat.

After a few breaths, the fire started and the four people in the cabin noticed it.

"It's on fire!"

Zheng Yangjie frowned, but did not go out. Instead, he walked to Zhang Tao, helped him up, and said to the two women, "Would you like to go out and take a look?"

"Brother, are you being too cautious?" Zhang Tao said with a smile.

The boat was in the middle of the river, so if someone was rowing close to it there would have been some noise. It must have been the strong wind that blew down the lantern.

"Recently, a mysterious strong man has appeared in Daning County who specializes in targeting gang members. Big brother, you'd better be careful." Zheng Yangjie explained in a low voice.

The two women walked out under Zheng Yangjie's gaze, but never came back.

The entire houseboat suddenly fell silent, with only the crackling sound of burning wood in the fire.

"Sure enough, someone set the fire, and it was aimed at me."

Zheng Yangjie's face turned ugly: "Second brother, you are a constable, that person will not attack you, eldest brother, go first, if you stay here, it will implicate the second brother."

After he finished speaking, Zheng Yangjie leaped directly towards the wooden paper wall on the left, knocking a hole in the wall. His figure quickly disappeared, leaving Zhang Tao standing there with a moved look on his face.

Just a few breaths later, Zhang Tao heard the voice of his elder brother.

"If you... Gulu Gulu... have a grudge against... Zhang Tao... Gulu, Zhang Tao is on the boat..."

The sound was very brief, and the next moment Zhang Tao felt the bow of the boat sink, obviously someone had boarded the boat.

His elder brother was murdered? Amid the flames, a masked man in black walked in from the front door, holding a dead body in his hands. It was none other than his sworn elder brother Zheng Yangjie.

"You...are...I don't care who you are. I am the constable of Daning County."

Zhang Tao looked fierce but was actually weak. Seeing that the other party ignored him, he suddenly shouted, "Chu Ning!"

However, the masked man in black did not answer, but just punched him. Zhang Tao had a look of disappointment on his face. He was just bluffing. If the other party was really Chu Ning, there would be no way he would not react at all.

"I have money, don't kill me..."

"Kill me, and the police station won't let you go."

Zhang Tao had no chance after saying these two sentences. Chu Ning, who had broken through to the level of a martial artist, was so fast that it would have been difficult for Zhang Tao to dodge even if he was not injured, let alone when he was injured.

Looking at Zhang Tao who had also become a corpse, Chu Ning fumbled around Zhang Tao's body and took out a silver note worth two hundred taels. He put it in his pocket and then lit a fire in the cabin.

After doing all this, he used the bamboo to jump towards the shore.

By the time Chu Ning returned to the shore, the entire ship had been completely engulfed in flames.

Without stopping for too long, Chu Ning walked around several streets before taking off his mask. He set the mask on fire and burned it to ashes before returning to Lao Liao's house.

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Riverside.

At this moment, the two teams stood there clearly separated.

On one side are the police, and on the other side are the gangs.

Between the two teams lay two charred corpses. As for the other two female corpses that were salvaged, they were simply thrown aside.

"Master Wu, what do you say?"

Gan Qiao looked at the leader of the Feihu Sect opposite and asked in a deep voice.

"You lost a constable, and I lost a deputy sect leader. You and I will investigate separately. Whoever dared to kill my deputy sect leader of Feihu Sect, I will find him no matter who it is."

"It's the same with this captain. The death of the constables in the patrol station will not be in vain."

Wu Qiang and Gan Qiao looked at each other, one left with Zhang Tao's body, and the other left with Zheng Yangjie's body.

"Master, do we really want to avenge the deputy master? I looked at the deputy master's injuries and I'm afraid the perpetrator is a martial artist."

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"What kind of revenge is this? I've already warned Zheng Yangjie that there's a mysterious strong man watching our gang members. I told him not to go out at night. He deserves to die for not being able to control his third leg."

Wu Qiang cursed in a low voice to his confidant, saying that there is no such thing as brotherhood among gang members. Once a person dies, he is dead.

On the other side, Gan Qiao also said in a deep voice: "Take five taels of silver from the patrol station as a gift from this constable, and give it to Zhang Tao's family along with the body."

"Sir, we haven't examined Zhang Tao's body yet. If we send it back to his family now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find the murderer."

"You stupid brain! When did I start looking for the murderer? The murderer who killed Zhang Tao and Zheng Yangjie must be a martial artist, if not a master. It is very likely that the murderer is the mysterious strong man who has been targeting gangs recently."

Gan Qiao sneered, "Zhang Tao, that rubbish, caused me to be scolded in front of Lord He. Now he is dead, so what? Do you think I should find a martial arts master to kill him for such a rubbish?"

"Your Excellency is right. Let Feihumen investigate this matter."

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The next day.

Old Liao woke up, Chu Ning prepared medicine for him, and Miss Xiaoxiang also came.

"Uncle Liao, I have good news for you." As soon as she entered the room, Xiaoxiang couldn't wait to say, "Zheng Yangjie was killed in the painting boat last night."

"What?"

"I also heard from someone early this morning that Zheng Yangjie was killed on the pleasure boat last night. The pleasure boat was burned and sank to the bottom of the water. In addition to Zheng Yangjie, it seems that another constable was also burned to death."

Lao Liao looked at Chu Ning with suspicion, and Chu Ning clapped his hands in approval: "Lao Liao, this is called God's will, someone has avenged you."

Looking at Xiaoxiang, Lao Liao had a question in his mind, but he didn't ask it.

"Miss Xiaoxiang, who was the dead constable?"

"I don't know about that." Xiaoxiang shook her head. She was just an opera singer, how could she know so much?

Chu Ning turned his gaze to Lao Liao: "Lao Liao, a colleague of ours has died. According to the rules, shouldn't we give him a gift?"

"Um."

"How much do you usually take?"

"If it's the head constable, it's five taels, and if it's the police inspector, one tael is enough."

"We are all brothers. One tael is a little too little. I am going back to Xiafeng Town. You can bring me ten taels."

Chu Ning took out a silver piece from his pocket and placed it on the table. Lao Liao pursed his lips, wanting to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

Zheng Yangjie is dead, and the only constable who could be linked to Zheng Yangjie is Zhang Tao.

Others don't know the relationship between Zhang Tao and Zheng Yangjie. He led Zhang Tao for a while and saw Zheng Yangjie coming to Zhang Tao several times. At that time, Zheng Yangjie was just a small follower of Feihumen, and the two of them didn't hide it from each other.

Yesterday, Zheng Yangjie suddenly caused trouble, and Lao Liao guessed in his heart that it must be Zhang Tao who instigated it. Zhang Tao was defeated by Chu Ning and was resentful, so he took it out on himself.

He didn't tell Chu Ning because he didn't want Chu Ning to become enemies with Zheng Yangjie. After all, Zheng Yangjie was the deputy leader of Feihu Sect and had the entire Feihu Sect behind him.

Now Zheng Yangjie and Zhang Tao are both dead? Was it Chu Ning who did it?

If that's the case, Chu Ning must have his reasons for giving the ten taels of gift money.

If not, death is like the extinguishing of a light. Chu Ning should give him ten taels. This kid occupies Xiafeng Town by himself, so he is not short of money now.

"Xiaoxiang, did many people know that you went back to the theater last night?"

"No... not much. No one else knows except the concierge who opened the door for me."

"Give the doorman some money and ask him not to tell anyone that you went home last night. If anyone asks, just say that you and Constable Chu were guarding me together last night."

"good."

Although Xiaoxiang didn't understand why Uncle Liao made such arrangements, she knew about Uncle Liao and her mother. Uncle Liao had been taking care of her over the years. All she wanted was to know that Uncle Liao would not harm her.

(End of this chapter)