Chapter 73 Chi Qian Bastard

Liu Hongbo was not like his younger brother who was guarding the gate and felt timid when he saw Zheng Wenjie wearing high-end clothes. In recent years, even foreigners are like dogs.

Even though the war had ended for several months, he still hadn't come to his senses for a while, so even if Zidan managed to get close to the Pei family, he didn't take it to heart.

In his opinion, his thugs were much better than bullets, and his money was much better than bullets. He was the old boss's trusted confidant seven years ago, and he even set up a gang. But what about Zidanqiang? He was just a blue lantern following Sijiuzi, and his name was not even on the list of names.

If it weren't for the fact that the pressure of being the boss in recent years was too great, with the Japanese invaders coming every other day, which was simply a bad luck position for him, making him stay away from the position of boss, he would have been the only one who could become the new boss of Heshengtang.

In recent years, he has realized that the word "righteousness" and the Hongmen Thirty-Six Oaths are all nonsense. For example, the old rule that was left over from decades ago is that the leader must be a Red Stick. However, over the past few years, everyone is avoiding the position of Sansha, and no one cares whether one is a Red Stick or not.

You need money, people and guns, otherwise even your own people will bully you.

He never took the elected leader, Zidanqiang, seriously from the beginning to the end, and he was also dismissive of the fact that he was struggling to make a living as a laborer at the dock in the past few years.

However, since the British Hong Kong government took over Hong Kong Island again, many British companies such as banks, airlines, and construction companies have re-entered Hong Kong Island, and foreign goods have begun to pile up at the docks. For a while, the docks became popular, and all the wealthy people in the city wanted to take a bite. Everyone is poor now, so how can they not make money if they have it?
That's why Liu Hongbo began to take seriously Zidanqiang, who was pushed to the position of the leader by a few old gangsters. He originally wanted him to give up half of the dock to him, so that everyone could keep to themselves, I would do my thing, you would do your thing, and as before, although we were from the same sect, we would not interfere with each other.

But he was rejected decisively and mercilessly by Zidanqiang, which angered Liu Hongbo. However, Zidanqiang had been rooted in Tsim Sha Tsui Wharf for four years, and nearly a thousand coolies depended on him for a living. Although most of them were not registered as laborers, if he openly went to seize the wharf and the coolies were instigated, Liu Hongbo would be in trouble.

So Liu Hongbo contacted Fei Bo, a red stick who worked at the dock with Liansheng, to support him in seizing the dock, which caused a lot of trouble for Zidanqiang. But he didn't expect that Zidanqiang had attached himself to the Pei family, and the boss specifically asked Zidanqiang's men to transport the goods, so Fei Bo had to give up.

Fei Bo did get some benefits, but Liu Hongbo paid a lot of money and didn't get any benefits at all. Instead, Zidan Qiang got the upper hand. He was so angry that he decided to kill Zidan Qiang and become the boss himself! He legitimately occupied the dock of Heshengtang.

Originally, it was done as he wished, and someone took the blame for him, which made it even more legitimate. He was very happy about it and wanted to punish the two people who did it. But in the end, a young man showed up and made Liu Hongbo a little angry.

A discerning person like Fei Bo might know that he broke the bullet, but he will never tell anyone without evidence. The lid cannot be lifted. Anyone who lifts it will offend Liu Hongbo to death, and it will be a situation of either you or me.

Outsiders don't care about the reason. Zidanqiang is the boss and Liu Hongbo's nominal boss. If he really gets the reputation of killing the boss to get to the top, Liu Hongbo won't live long.

Not to mention that other gang leaders would gang up on him, but those gang leaders who were eyeing the wharf or his several gambling dens and opium dens would definitely use the excuse that he was betraying his teacher and ancestors to attack him together.

"Boy, this is my land. You dare to come here to cause trouble for me? I think you are tired of living!" Liu Hongbo's eyes became more and more ferocious. The thugs behind him surrounded Zheng Wenjie and the other man, and another thug stood in front of Liu Hongbo.

"I'll give 200 yuan to whoever unloads his cargo! Lock them up in the woodshed. Damn it, those damned wolfhounds left by the devils are still hungry. Give them a snack tonight!"

The thugs surrounding Zheng Wenjie and the other man had red eyes from nervousness. The one with the gun stepped forward first, pointing the gun at Zheng Wenjie's head: "Boy, hand over the goods obediently. If you dare to raise your hand, I will kill you!"

Zheng Wenjie chuckled, pulled away Zhang Tianci who was blocking his side and ready to pounce on the thugs at any time, handed him the gun and said with a smile: "It's right in front of you, do you dare to take it?"

"You are about to die! How dare you be so arrogant! Ah Xiang!" Liu Hongbo shouted loudly with a stern face behind the thugs, and then shouted to the smokers who were looking over at him from both sides: "Dear guests! Sorry for disturbing you today, all guests will get a free piece of tobacco paste!"

A Xiang took two steps forward, with the muzzle of the gun only a dozen centimeters away from Zheng Wenjie's forehead. He raised his hand to take the gun that Zheng Wenjie stretched out. Only after he touched the gun did A Xiang laugh.

Just as he was about to ask someone to tie them up, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist, and the muzzle of the gun in his hand, which was originally pointed at Zheng Wenjie, was turned around and pressed against his forehead.

"Ah, ah, ah!" Ah Xiang screamed in pain. He didn't care about the gun muzzle on his forehead. He fell to his knees and held down his wrist which had been pierced by the bone.

The other gunman's nerves, which had just relaxed, were tensed by Ah Xiang's sudden cry of pain. He was about to shoot, but Zheng Wenjie accurately shot him in the finger and the pistol fell to the ground.

In just a few seconds, Zheng Wenjie picked up the pistol on the ground. Liu Hongbo was shocked and looked back, and saw his two confidants lying on the ground screaming in pain, with both guns in Zheng Wenjie's hands.

"Speak up? Aren't you going to feed me to the dogs?" Zheng Wenjie said sarcastically to Liu Hongbo.

Liu Hongbo felt a little stuffy in his chest, but he also knew that this matter could not be resolved peacefully, so he shouted loudly: "If you kill them, I will give 1,000 yuan to each of them, and I will give 5,000 yuan to the dead as resettlement allowance!"

At that time, a newspaper in Hong Kong Island only cost one cent, and five thousand was enough for an ordinary family to live a stable life for six or seven years. Liu Hongbo was going to use up all his savings to get rid of these two people.

The thugs who were originally frightened suddenly became excited. The thug who had just welcomed Zheng Wenjie into the room had his eyes red, and he let out a strange cry and bumped into Zheng Wenjie's waist.

Zhang Tianci took a step forward and kicked the thug away. He then kept kicking and punching to try his best to stop the thugs who were rushing towards him.

Zheng Wenjie retracted his strength and kicked out a few times, causing the four thugs who were rushing towards him to roll on the ground, holding their legs or lower abdomen in pain.

But it was obvious that Zhang Tianci was no match for four people with his two fists, especially since one of the fighters also knew boxing and was stronger than Zhang Tianci. He knocked Zhang Tianci to the ground with just two moves.

Zheng Wenjie was not surprised. Zhang Tianci only knew a few fancy moves or a few tricks. The only move he was good at was the collapsing punch.

"Stop it! If you want resettlement allowance, your boss must be alive to give it to you!"

Zheng Wenjie stood behind Liu Hongbo and grabbed the necklace around his neck, letting it embed into the flesh of Liu Hongbo's neck. Liu Hongbo gritted his teeth and tried to pull the necklace with both hands, but it was useless. After everyone stopped, Zhang Tianci twisted and crawled up from the ground, wiped the blood from his nose and said, "Master Zheng, I'm sorry to disappoint you and bring shame to you."

In the past few years, Zhang Tianci had been pestering Lin Hu to learn martial arts and practice shooting, but Lin Hu only knew a few tricks and Zhang Tianci was helpless. Although his shooting skills were not perfect, he could still hit the target nine times out of ten.

"You are not Ip Man, do you still want to fight ten people?" Zheng Wenjie said with a smile, loosening the gold chain on his hand and letting Liu Hongbo half-kneel and cough violently.

The fighter who knew boxing looked to be in his twenties, with an ordinary appearance, but a strong body. Zheng Wenjie looked at him and asked, "You are good at boxing. What's your name?"

Lin Liangchun's face was very solemn. Now everyone here had been suppressed by Zheng Wenjie. Even the boss was kneeling on the ground coughing. The remaining thugs were helpless.

Hearing Zheng Wenjie's question, Lin Liangchun had no choice but to ask, "My name is Lin Liangchun. What can this gentleman do to let us go?"

Zheng Wenjie handed all three guns in one hand to Zhang Tianci, and looked at Lin Liangchun with a smile: "You are from Heshengtang, right? Your boss has been killed, and the murderer is hiding in the back, and there are two of them. Catch them for me."

"Hand it over! I'll hand it over!" Liu Hongbo said hurriedly after he recovered.

Zheng Wenjie looked down, bent down, broke Liu Hongbo's gold chain, twisted it around his finger and said to Lin Liangchun, "Catch him out, and this gold chain will be yours."

Lin Liangchun stared at the gold chain on Zheng Wenjie's hand, thinking of his master who was still lying in bed. If he sold the gold chain, he should be able to get enough money to go to the hospital run by the foreigners.

"Okay!" Lin Liangchun responded and walked quickly to the backyard. There were only two people in the backyard and he would not catch the wrong person.

The round-top leather shoes kicked Liu Hongbo's knee hard. Hearing the screams from Liu Hongbo's mouth, Zheng Wenjie felt vented about taking the blame and nodded with satisfaction.

After a while, Lin Liangchun dragged two people out from the backyard. Well, he dragged them out by their ankles. The two people had been knocked unconscious.

"There are only two of them in the backyard." Lin Liangchun pointed at the man in the sweatshirt and said, "He came in before you."

"Did you know that they killed your boss?"

Lin Liangchun shook his head and said, "I don't know. I have never seen the host. I only heard that his nickname is Zip-Strong."

Zheng Wenjie didn't even look at the two people who had fainted. He held the gold necklace in his hand in front of Lin Liangchun. Looking at the gold necklace shaking in front of him, Lin Liangchun suddenly felt a little scared.

He thought of A Xiang, whose wrist had just been broken by Zheng Wenjie in a lightning speed, but he pursed his lips and still stretched out his hand to pinch the necklace.

Zheng Wenjie smiled, let go of the necklace and said, "Do one more thing for me. Get all the people out of the smoking den, and then raid your boss's house and move out all the valuables."

Zheng Wenjie pointed at the thugs beside him and said, "And you, one thousand. As long as you find your boss's money, each of you will get one thousand."

"No need for them! I'll give it to you. I'll give you everything. As long as you let me go, I'll give you everything I have!" Liu Hongbo said loudly in pain, sweating all over his head.

Looking at the thugs who were staring at each other without taking any action, Lin Liangchun put away the gold necklace and said loudly: "One thousand yuan for each person! Don't you want any?"

After saying that, Lin Liangchun took the lead in kicking open the room where the guests were smoking opium and started to drive them out. Seeing that someone was taking the lead, they were also afraid of Zheng Wenjie, so the remaining thugs who had not been beaten by Zheng Wenjie also took action, punching and kicking the guests and driving them out.

Even the woman Liu Hongbo kept to entertain his guests was driven out. Lin Liangchun locked the gate of the mansion and walked over with his thugs: "Kick them all out."

Zheng Wenjie nodded and pointed in the direction of the backyard: "Your boss lives here, right? Take out all the valuables, and take out all the tobacco paste as well."

Zheng Wenjie could clearly hear the thugs' heavy breathing. Lin Liangchun still took the lead and went into the backyard again. Liu Hongbo's face became paler and paler. He didn't expect that he had lived safely for several years, but his life was ruined because of his impulse.

"How is it?" Zheng Wenjie looked at Zhang Tianci and asked. Zhang Tianci shook his head: "It's nothing serious. Just rest for a while."

"Let Gong Er prescribe some medicine for you when we get back."

Zhang Tianci smiled and refused: "Master Zheng, it's not necessary, just rest for two days."

Zheng Wenjie did not insist. He glanced at the thug lying on the ground pretending to be dead. He did not use much force just now, so at most he only slightly hurt some bones. "Aren't you going? If you don't go, you won't get any money when the money is divided later."

The thugs, who had already regretted their actions, stood up excitedly when they heard Zheng Wenjie's words, saying "thank you, boss" and "thank you, sir" as they limped into the backyard.

In the yard, apart from Zheng Wenjie and Zhang Tianci, the only people left were Liu Hongbo, who had accepted his fate and kept groaning in pain, and A Xiang, who had fainted due to excessive bleeding from his wrist. As for the gunman whose finger was shot off, he slipped away when the guests were driven away, and Zheng Wenjie didn't care.

　There is still one chapter left to write. I should have some free time at work today. After writing 7,000 words, there are still 3,000 words to go.

　　
　
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