Chapter 74 He Sheng Tang

Zheng Wenjie looked with disgust at the hibiscus cream in the two small wooden boxes. It looked like black plasticine and gave off a nauseating smell.

"This is the Hong Kong dollars that I turned out, only a little over two thousand dollars." Lin Liangchun handed the stack of loose bills and a box of coins to Zheng Wenjie.

"So little? He still dares to offer one thousand per person? Isn't he afraid that you will turn against him if he can't pay you when the time comes?" Zheng Wenjie asked curiously.

Lin Liangchun opened his mouth to say something, but after seeing Liu Hongbo's pleading look, no sound came out.

"Sir, my boss's money should be hidden at home. He has a wife and children at home. He must have saved tens of thousands of yuan in the past few years!" A thug said loudly. The money turned out was not enough, and they could not get the one thousand yuan that Zheng Wenjie promised.

"Big-headed man! You bastard! I've been protecting you all these years, so you're still alive today. How dare you!" Liu Hongbo roared angrily.

Datougan shrank back, lowered his head, then suddenly raised it up as if stimulated and said loudly: "Boss! I need money, my father's leg was chopped off by the Japanese, and I have an old mother at home to take care of!"

Liu Hongbo gritted his teeth and gasped, staring at Datougan with murderous eyes.

Zheng Wenjie covered his nose, handed the loose notes to Lin Liangchun, and said, "That's enough! What are you arguing about? Soak this opium in water first, it will only harm people if you keep it."

Datougan opened his mouth and finally whispered, "These two boxes of Furong Cream, the top box is 8,000 yuan, and the bottom box is 13,000 yuan."

Zheng Wenjie sneered: "Don't you know what this thing is? That's right, you all make money from this thing and have brainwashed yourself. Just do whatever I tell you to do. Don't you understand?"

He pointed at the big head pole and said, "You loser, you have no sense of loyalty at all. For a thousand dollars, you even want to bully the wife and children of the boss."

Datougan was so scared that he trembled and opened his mouth to explain, but was interrupted by Zheng Wenjie: "Since you know your boss's money is hidden at home, you must also know the address. Go and withdraw the money. Each person will take 1,000 yuan. Don't take more."

"Tianci, how is it?" Zheng Wenjie looked at Zhang Tianci again, "Master Zheng, I'm fine."

"Bring a gun and go with him. If he dares to take more, just shoot him."

"Got it." Zhang Tianci responded and walked to the big head pole: "Let's go."

The thugs were all delighted, thinking they would not get the money, but unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the better. Da Tou Gan nodded repeatedly and led the way out: "Brother, follow me."

Zhang Tianci raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Liangchun: "I'm going to get the money I promised you now, what are you still doing here! Soak these two boxes of dirty stuff for me!"

"I'll get some water!" "I'll get a basin!"

The thugs began to move excitedly. Zheng Wenjie watched with a blank expression.

Hibiscus paste will not burn. It will only slowly emit smoke when burned with fire, and will slowly cool down once away from the fire. Back then, the opium was destroyed in Humen by slowly soaking the hibiscus paste in sea water.

Zheng Wenjie lowered his body and looked at Liu Hongbo: "Do you think I am repaying evil with kindness?"

"I don't want to be known as someone who bullies you, an orphan and a widow. Do you know what to do later?"

Liu Hongbo suppressed the humiliation and hatred in his heart and forced a smile: "I... I know what to do. Thank you... Thank you for letting my family go."

Zheng Wenjie nodded and called to Lin Liangchun, who had just poured a basin of water, "Can I call you Ah Chun?"

Lin Liangchun was stunned for a moment: "Sir, you can call me whatever you want."

"Read a book?"

Lin Liangchun looked a little sad: "I studied in a private school for a few years, and later I became a disciple to learn Hung Gar. In order to avoid the war, I followed my master to Hong Kong Island."

"No one's home?"

Lin Liangchun lowered his head slightly: "Dead, my eldest brother and second brother both joined the army and died on the battlefield, and my parents also passed away."

Zheng Wenjie was not surprised. He had heard and seen too much. After comforting him, he asked, "We have to look forward to the future. The war is over. Do you know where the Gong family clinic is?"

Lin Liangchun raised his head with a bright look in his eyes: "Sir, are you from the Gong Family Clinic?"

Zheng Wenjie asked curiously, "What's wrong? Is the Gong Family Clinic so famous? Why are you reacting like this?"

"I've heard about it. I was planning to take my master to the Gong Family Clinic for diagnosis in a few days. The Gong Family Clinic was opened after the Japanese surrendered."

"I heard from the neighbors that the Gong Family Clinic can cure or relieve many diseases, and can even reconnect broken tendons."

Zheng Wenjie smiled and nodded: "Then you go to the Gong family clinic now and tell the people in the clinic what happened here, and ask them to find Zidanqiang's people and come together."

Lin Liangchun nodded, took a last look at Liu Hongbo who was lying on the ground in silence, sighed in his heart, and trotted out of the yard.

Liu Hongbo's home is not far from his land. Zhang Tianci and Datougan not only came back quickly, but were also followed by a middle-aged woman with rough skin that looked sallow due to the sun.

Liu Hongbo was a little anxious and shouted: "Who asked you to come! Go back! Go back!"

Zheng Wenjie glanced at him with dissatisfaction and said unhappily, "Do you think I'm someone who would bully a woman?"

Liu Hongbo said humbly with a stiff face: "Please, I beg you, don't embarrass her."

"Master Zheng, she must come and we can't stop her." Zhang Tianci stepped forward and said.

Datougan looked ashamed and stood aside with his head lowered.

Zheng Wenjie looked at Liu Hongbo's wife calmly: "What are you doing here?"

Wang Xiufen's eyes were firm. She was sure that Zheng Wenjie was the one in charge. She took two steps forward and knelt in front of Zheng Wenjie. She carefully took out the package wrapped in newspaper from her body. She carefully opened the newspaper. There were no coins inside, only banknotes. The total amount should be more than 30,000 yuan.

"My dear brother, this is all our savings. I am giving it all to you as a filial gift. Can you please give me a way out as the head of the family?" Wang Xiufen said, and Kuang Kuang began to kowtow.

Zheng Wenjie frowned and stepped forward to hold her shoulders. His tone was gentle but his words were merciless: "It's not about whether I let him go or not. He murdered his boss. If he dared to do it, he should be prepared to face the consequences."

"Even if I let him go, no one else will. If you really want him to be well, you should pack the money now and go home to raise the cub."

Liu Hongbo's eyes widened and he cursed loudly: "You damned yellow-faced woman, why don't you get out of here! Who told you to come here and embarrass me? Get out!"

Wang Xiufen's forehead was stained with dust and blood. She couldn't stop crying and begged again, "Brother, please let him go. If you let him go, we will leave now and leave Hong Kong Island immediately!"

"He's dead, no one can save him." Zheng Wenjie's tone became stiff.

Wang Xiufen stared at Liu Hongbo, who was still lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, and wiped her eyes with her sleeve in a daze: "Brother, please take all this money. Consider it a gift from us mother and son. I hope you don't despise it."

After seeing Zheng Wenjie nod in agreement, Wang Xiufen stood up, took one last look at Liu Hongbo, and left the house without looking back.

Zheng Wenjie waved to Zhang Tianci and pointed at the banknotes on the newspaper: "Is all the money here?"

Zhang Tianci nodded: "The big head rod has already taken out 10,000 just now."

Zheng Wenjie raised his chin and said, "Put the money away and give her a little every month until you return all the money to her."

Zheng Wenjie spoke in a loud voice and everyone present heard it clearly. The thoughts of some people who were originally prepared to go to Liu Hongbo's house in the middle of the night to rob money were instantly cleared.

Liu Hongbo looked at Zheng Wenjie gratefully, raised his head slightly, and did not let the tears flow.

The noise was getting closer and closer. Zheng Wenjie frowned and looked at Lin Liangchun: "Let those with strong bullets send a few representatives in, don't gather here."

Lin Liangchun nodded and walked out quickly. After a while, Lin Liangchun came in with the Hou brothers, Lin Bao and six other people.

"Big Knife Liu! It was you who didn't come out to elect the leader two months ago! What do you want to do now that you killed A Qiang?" The speaker was Waizui Ren, a man who was about the same age as Liu Hongbo, and also the old fourth ninth of Heshengtang and the eldest brother of Zidanqiang.

Liu Hongbo said nothing, just lay on the ground resignedly, staring into the sky in a daze.

"Everything is clear now. There is nothing much to say. When we first joined the sect, we all swore an oath that anyone who plots to murder the incense master or assassinate his brothers will be killed by a thousand swords!" The speaker was also an old man from Heshengtang of the same generation as Liu Hongbo.

Guitouhua shrank his neck and said nothing. The two uncles should have been in the spotlight here, but now he felt uneasy when he saw Zheng Wenjie.

Hou Rui approached Zheng Wenjie and whispered, "Master Zheng, the young lady has already started the consultation. Zhao Lei stayed in the clinic to help and didn't come. San Jiangshui wanted to come but was stopped by the young lady."

Zheng Wenjie nodded slightly. The difference between Hou Rui and Hou Jie is that Hou Jie is more loyal and is willing to plead with Zheng Wenjie for his brothers, while Hou Rui can face the reality and knows who they brothers rely on, so he doesn't take loyalty to heart.

Wai Zui Ren looked at Zheng Wenjie with a smile on his face: "Thank you very much, sir. If it weren't for you, we would never have thought that the traitor Da Dao Liu would kill the boss."

Another middle-aged man, Xian Yuhui, who had decided to kill Liu Hongbo with thousands of swords, also thanked him, "Yes, thank you very much. We, Heshengtang, will bring a small gift to you. I hope you won't mind."

"Have you finished talking?" Zheng Wenjie pointed at the two people who were knocked unconscious and dragged out by Lin Liangchun: "These two people are the murderers who killed Zidanqiang, and Liu Hongbo is the mastermind behind it."

"Now that your issues are resolved, let's talk about ours."

Waizuiren frowned and asked in confusion: "What do you want to say, sir?"

"Zi Ziqiang and one of my traitors set up a trap. I tied up Zi Ziqiang and taught him a lesson. Is that okay?"

"You and the people from Shengtang deliberately killed him after I released the bullet, and you wanted to pin the crime of murder on me, right?"

"You and the people from Shengtang blocked our clinic without any evidence and wanted to chop us and smash the clinic, right?"

"I found the murderer for you. Now, shouldn't you and Shengtang give me an explanation?"

After listening to Zheng Wenjie, Waizuiren and Xianyuhui looked at each other, and Waizuiren asked with a stiff upper lip, "I don't know what you want to be told."

Zheng Wenjie smiled and held up two fingers: "I will give you two choices. Either there will be no Heshengtang from today, or my brother will be the head of Heshengtang."

The six men under Zidanqiang's command all looked very unhappy. Xianyuhui said in a very rude tone: "We still have more than a thousand people in Heshengtang! You want to sweep us away just by opening your mouth? Do you think you are worthy of that?"

Zheng Wenjie chuckled, looked at Liu Hongbo and asked, "How many people do you have? Can you make them all obey?"

Liu Hongbo was silent for a moment and then said, "I can make them all follow you. I have more than 200 brothers under my command, including those who watch the scene. There are more than 80 who can come out and kill people."

Waizui Ren stopped Xianyu Hui from yelling and asked in a negotiating tone: "Can you give us a few days to discuss it? Whether we want to start a fight or choose you as the host, we will notify you in advance."

"It's not me who's in charge, it's him." Zheng Wenjie pointed at Lin Bao, then at Zhang Tianci: "And him."

"What does this mean?" Waizui Ren didn't understand.

"My brother is called Lin Bao. Although he is tall, he is born unable to speak. So my brother will also serve as the chief monk to cooperate with Lin Bao. In other words, starting today, He Shengtang will be the co-chief monk. Do you understand?"

Xianyu Hui was so angry that he yelled, "A fool goes to see a doctor, and even if he gets better, he will become an idiot! You let a fool be the head of our Heshengtang, are you crazy?"

"Bullitt Qiang, a loser who was not even on the list of the bosses, was able to become the boss out of nowhere. Why can't he do the same? In my opinion, he is better than Zidan Qiang, a loser!" Liu Hongbo sneered and spoke for Zheng Wenjie.

I'm going to die anyway, there's no way I'm going to let these two old guys who are going to hack me to death with a thousand swords live the rest of my life comfortably.

(End of this chapter)