From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 175

Zhou Yuan took Yu Feng out of the door and headed straight for the six alleys of the North City Market.

Yu Feng whispered: "There are five cities in Shenjing, also known as the inner city, which are the residences of princes and nobles and the mansions of aristocratic families. They are equipped with various restaurants, brothels, pawnshops, casinos, etc., but they are all extremely luxurious and have high thresholds."

"West City is a gathering place for the production of various utensils, ironware, porcelain, pottery, all kinds of carriages, kitchen utensils, and basically everything you can think of is available there."

"And East City is mostly a gathering place for the housekeepers of the imperial farm, military officers, and small officials of the court."

"As for South City, merchants' caravans often gather in There."

"The fundamental reason why the North City is the most chaotic is because it has the most people and is the poorest, and most prisoners are imprisoned here."

"There are casinos, brothels, pawnshops, antiques, and six alley markets, all mixed with good and bad people, and gangs are rampant."

Speaking of this, Yu Feng sighed: "And the gangs are mainly divided into nine gangs, with more than 100 members."

"Among them, the largest Shahe Gang and Juhai Gang have more than a thousand people, and they are real gang giants."

Zhou Yuan smiled faintly: "So which gangs does my Wusheng Sect control ? ”

Yu Feng said: “Nominally, we have no control over any of them. After all, our name is too famous. If we are involved, our clan will be exterminated. The actual situation is that the two leaders of Shahe Gang and Juhai Gang are all our people.”

Zhou Yuan was shocked and couldn’t help but said: “They are willing to listen to our arrangements? At that point, they should not want to follow the thieves!”

Yu Feng scratched his head and said: “Before my Holy Church was divided, it was the Great Sun Dharma King who was in charge of the gang-level affairs. He never dragged his feet in doing things. Either surrender or die with your whole family.”

“This Their backers can't control the affairs of the underworld, so they can only agree to come. "

Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "It's still an agreement to be forced. They know very well that if they don't obey, something bad will happen."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Tell me later which gang our opponent is."

The two of them went all the way to the sixth lane of the market. Zhou Yuan had experienced the dirtiness here once, and this time it was even more dizzying. The smell, the noise, the streets were full of feces and garbage, and countless people walked through them.

In fact, these people may not be able to stand these smells and garbage, but there is no department to stand up and manage them uniformly.

What's even more lively today is that some people are indeed collecting protection fees and beating people.

More than a dozen gang members, holding sticks, forced vendors to pay.

"Have you heard me? It's two taels! If you can't pay it, get out! Don't do business here!"

The leading strong man was shirtless. On this cool autumn day, he seemed to be completely unafraid of the cold. He showed off his knotty muscles and looked ferocious.

But they were not the only ones. In another part of the alley, gang members also started to smash and destroy vendors.

The crying and shouting did not attract sympathy, but instead attracted a crowd of onlookers.

"Life is unbearable, unbearable!"

An old woman was holding her basket, which contained the cloth shoes she had made, but now it had been set on fire and all burned.

Zhou Yuan and Yu Feng walked forward slowly, watching all this quietly.

Yu Feng said: "Holy Envoy, what are we doing here?"

"Call me Sir."

Zhou Yuan said slowly: "We came here to see how brave these gang members are and how far they can go."

He had noticed that the incognito personnel of the North City Military Department had begun to gather here.

"Bread? Who wants your bread? I want money!"

In front, a large number of gang members appeared again, overturned the pancake stall and snatched all the copper coins in the box.

All the vendors were small businesses, and being robbed and beaten like this was despair.

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and sighed: "It's not easy to make a living these days."

He walked up to the pancake stall owner and asked: "Old man, how much is a pancake?"

The old man's face was full of turbid tears. He didn't dare to speak after being beaten, but just waved his hand to indicate that he would not sell it.

Zhou Yuan said calmly: "I want these on the ground too. I'll pay double the price."

The old man was overjoyed and wiped his tears quickly, saying: "One penny each, just one penny."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gang member came over and glared at him: "They said they don't sell them. Who allowed you to buy them? Get out of here!"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Why? Do I need your permission to buy the pancakes?"

"Hey! Here comes a fearless person!"

The man sneered, and more than a dozen gang members surrounded him.

Yu Feng frowned and stood in front of Zhou Yuan.Zhou Yuan waved his hand, signaling him not to be nervous, and then said: "Six Alleys is a trading market jointly planned by the Ministry of Revenue and the Jingzhao Prefecture. If you don't allow trading, where can I buy food?"

"I don't care where you buy it! Anyway, you can't buy it here!"

The gang member raised a stick, pointed at Zhou Yuan's face and yelled: "If you say another word to me, I will break your legs now."

Zhou Yuan nodded slowly and smiled: "You are brave, I admire you very much."

He looked around and suddenly yelled: "Don't do it!"

At this moment, hundreds of soldiers from the North City Bingmasi in the six lanes took action at the same time, and rushed towards the gang members in an instant.

"Don't let any of them escape! Catch them all!"

"Those who dare to resist will be beaten directly, and those who dare to use knives will be killed directly!"

The clerk who came to direct the action personally stood up and shouted loudly, and more soldiers rushed out, scaring the gang members to change their faces.

"The North City Military Division is investigating a case. Anyone who dares to obstruct the resistance will be punished even more severely!"

The gang members fled frantically, but it was meaningless. The North City Military Division, which had deployed defenses in advance, had already blocked all the lanes, allowing only entry but not exit.

Hundreds of soldiers took action, and their combat effectiveness was not comparable to that of the gang members. The entire arrest operation took only a quarter of an hour.

An official recognized Zhou Yuan and ran over immediately, clasping his fists and saying, "Sir, a total of 74 gang members were arrested in the six lanes, including six small leaders. Please deal with them."

Zhou Yuan looked back and saw that more than 70 people were already kneeling in the middle of the street, being watched by hundreds of soldiers, and surrounded by onlookers.

Zhou Yuan walked forward, looked at the people around him, and said loudly: "The Six Great Lanes are a market jointly planned by the Ministry of Revenue and Jingzhao Prefecture, but some people have been bullying the good people here for years, robbing by trickery, which is really lawless."

"The North City Military Department has an unshirkable responsibility to make these lawless bastards pay the price!"

"If you merchants are still bullied in the future, you can go to the North City Military Department to complain, and we will take care of you!"

The people around were dazed, and they didn't know how to cheer for a while. It seems that they were all bullied stupidly.

They must be given some buffer time, Zhou Yuan thought.

Therefore, he could only wave his hand and said: "Imprison all these more than 70 people! Interrogate them strictly!"

"Yes!"

The clerk responded, tied up all the gang members, and escorted them to the North City Military Department on foot in front of everyone.