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After only two days of greeting, greeting and visiting, Zhang Zhou felt his back aching and his heart was irritated. He inwardly sighed at his ability to nurture Qi, which was much worse than those officials. If not for Tang Yu'er's beautiful face accompanying him, his life would have been so boring.

Early in the morning on the third day, Wang Erniu arrived. In his words, Wang Tiexin said: "Master is a man who does important things. How can you be short on errands?"

As a result, Zhang Zhou, a small constable, became a unique sight in Hezhou, patrol with its own squire! Yang Xiaolang had a bow on his back, while Wang Erniu had two mace inserted into his back. Two steel rods weighed a lot, and it was obvious that Wang Tieshou was willing to make weapons for his son. Erniu did not learn much, but fortunately, his body was as sturdy as a bear's and his strength was great. Now that he had a pair of trump cards in his hands, most people were not his match. Yang Xiaolan's presence was not very noticeable. Plus, Erniu was a big and intimidating guy, it was completely different. Zhang Zhou looked at his posture when he was on the streets and felt that he was in the wrong place.

Tang Yu'er went to the manor, and Guan Yu-niang also went back to Flower God's Descent. Zhang Zhou then decided to go out for a walk and take it as a break. Leading Yang Xiaolang and Erniu, they strolled along leisurely, chatting as they walked.

Perhaps out of habit, she had unknowingly moved to the North Market. Almost all the shops on the streets were closed, and there were only a few people on the streets, making it seem very deserted.

Not long after they had entered the market, Zhang Zhou noticed that a person was running in from the distance, and when he could clearly see the person's appearance, he remembered that it was Fei Zi's subordinate. That person's target was obviously Zhang Zhou, and he ran up and greeted with a cupped fist, "Master, I am Master Fei's subordinate, Master Fei, I need you for something!"

Zhang Zhou did not answer him immediately. Instead, he looked at that person. That person immediately lowered his head as if afraid to look at Zhang Zhou. He was a bit nervous. There was nothing wrong with sending people to look for him, but Zhang Zhou felt that something was wrong, especially the other party's expression, which was obviously guilty. He could not help but hold onto the handle of his saber, but he did not show it, and asked softly: "What happened to Fei Zi?"

"Master Fei did not tell me the specific reason either. He only asked me to invite you in!"

Zhang Zhou understood Fei Zi. Even if Xiao Qing hadn't personally come looking for him, she wouldn't have allowed him to pass the message so vaguely. Besides, the other party's eyes were twinkling. Clearly, he was trying to conceal something. He was starting to worry if something had happened to the Flyboy.

"Where is he?"

"Master Fei is waiting for you in Long Width Lane!"

"Long and Wide Lane?"

That person thought Zhang Zhou was unfamiliar with this place and hurriedly pointed to the back.

"Lord, the long and wide alleyway is from here to the back!"

How could Zhang Zhou not know that it was the Flying Child's nest? If he wanted to retreat now, he should be able to do so in time. However, he couldn't be sure of what was going on with the Flying Eagle! After the great capture last time, Old Qi's iron pole had been completely cleaned out. Zhang Zhou had yet to think about who could do anything to him in Hezhou City! He made up his mind and said to the person who came.

"Lead the way!"

That person seemed to be relieved and turned around to lead the way. Zhang Zhou turned around and softly said to Yang Xiaolang, "There might be trouble. Go to the yamen and find someone."

The man turned his head back and saw Yang Xiaolang running away. He was unwilling to accept this, but he did not dare to say anything.

The Long and Wide Lane was just behind the main street. It turned out to be an open area, which later became a storehouse for merchants. Over time, it became the territory of the Flying Flood Dragon Gang, providing protection for the goods that the merchants were hoarding. There weren't any tall buildings, only rows and rows of warehouses. Near the innermost area, there were a few relatively large storehouses, which were the places where Qi Zi lived and worked.

The Flying Flood Dragon Gang and Old Qi had been at loggerheads the entire time, but since Old Qi's background was powerful and the Flying Flood Dragon Gang could not afford to offend him, they could only endure and swallow their anger. In the process of retreating, they paid less and less attention to the northern market of the city. A bone that could not gnaw on flesh could not arouse much interest from the Flying Dragon Gang, so he simply arranged for a small fry from the northern city to stay in the city to support him and let him fend for himself. And the fall of the King of the Great Northern River in one night, the removal of Old Qi, it was all too sudden! When the Flying Flood Dragon Gang came to its senses, they would not even have the chance to take a sip of the soup. Not only did the Flying Son rely on the support of others, not only did his strength increase greatly, but he also had an uncontrollable momentum. For the Flying Flood Dragon Gang, this was extremely dazzling.

As the division leader of the Flying Flood Dragon Gang in Hezhou, there was also a top figure in the martial arts world. Old Yan would absolutely not tolerate such a thing happening! When he heard that Flying Child's backer was only a constable and also a very young constable, he naturally didn't take it to heart. To some extent, even the criminal named Cao had to give him some face.

In order to show off the strong attitude of the Flying Flood Dragon Gang that they were about to return to Hezhou City, Old Yan personally went into the city with several tens of elite brothers to take care of Fei Zi. After meeting for a while with the student who relied on his status as the executioner, he taught him a little lesson: a man shouldn't be too greedy, the government has its laws, the martial arts world has its rules. It would be best if he could spit out some of Old Qi's properties obediently. Otherwise, it would not be a difficult task for a criminal to disappear without a trace, let alone something he had never done before.

Flying Child's power had developed very quickly, but Ma Heizi and Qu Thirteen had all been assigned new tasks by Zhang Zhou, and with Ma Er's group betraying them, the amount of power they had left in their hands had decreased by more than half. Most of the trusted brothers were sent out to handle various matters, and Old Qi's power still needed a process of integration, so there were not many people left around him. Facing Yan Laoheng, none of them were able to fight back. None of them ran out, as they had been completely surrounded.

He did not go to Zhang Zhou's door in a hurry. He first sent people to investigate, but the result was that he received a reward. Zhang Zhou was leading a group of people to patrol the streets, coincidentally heading to the North Market. Yan Lao Heng could feel the happiness of having someone send him a pillow whenever he wanted to sleep. Just find a fence-sitter and ask him to bring Zhang Zhou here. When the time comes, he will be in a position of authority!

Knowing that Zhang Zhou only had one follower with him, he immediately sent some of his men to prepare themselves. They even sent a portion of their men to ambush them outside in case Zhang Zhou noticed something amiss and decided to escape.

He was sitting on the chair at the top of the hall, holding the knife he had taken from the Flying Dagger, thinking to himself: "Damn, I've never seen such a good knife in my travels. I never thought that the Flying Dagger would actually be able to get me one, it seems that I've gotten quite a lot of benefits from Old Qi, but from now on these are all his. He had thought that the knife was obtained from Old Qi.

Just as he was thinking about these things, a loud shout came from outside the door!

"Flying Child, are you in there? "If you're here, then come out and say a word!"

Old Yan knew that the main character had arrived. He waved his hand and a big subordinate ran out.

The messenger had matters to attend to and ran off first. He told Zhang Zhou to go find Fei Zi by himself. Zhang Zhou did not say anything, so how could he dare to be careless? At the door, he saw a lot of strangers standing there. They didn't choose to go in, but shouted at the door instead. Fei Zi didn't see any of them. Curling his lips, he looked at Zhang Zhou with contempt and said, "You're that Zhang Zhou!"

Zhang Zhou glanced at this pretentious guy and asked in disdain, "Are you Flying Child?"

"Of course not, I am..."

"No, get lost!"

The big bloke was furious. Just as he was about to flare up, Erniu, who had already seen through his mistake, stepped forward and slapped him with his palm. He said, "I told you to scram, didn't you hear?!"

Erniu's big palm smoothly slapped his face, and with a loud "Pa" sound, his entire body flew out. He didn't even make a sound before falling to the ground twenty feet away, fainting. His face was beginning to turn red and deform at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Zhang Zhou looked at Erniu, smiled and said, "You shouldn't be called Erniu, you should be called Erhu, but you did a good job."

In his heart, he recalled Wang Tieshou's words that this child was extremely tiger-like when fighting. Sure enough! It was fortunate that he was empty-handed. If he used his trump card, that fellow would probably be reduced to a pile of meat paste!

There were more than a dozen people watching from all around. Seeing this, Erniu held his weapon and rushed out. Without any fear, Erniu pulled out two mace and placed it horizontally in front of Zhang Zhou as he shouted, "You're courting death!"

At this moment, another person came out of the house and shouted, "Stop." Looks like their standing isn't low. The faces of these people are filled with dissatisfaction, but they obediently withdrew it. Zhang Zhou also signaled Erniu to retreat behind him.

This person was much more polite. His tone was amiable as he cupped his fists towards Zhang Zhou and said, "Flying Flood Dragon Gang's Helmsman in Hezhou, please let Constable Zhang speak inside!"

Zhang Zhou nodded and said to Erniu, "Come with me. Remember, if you act cool again, it's like that thing just now! There's no need to waste words with them! "

Zhang Zhou's words were a bit too much.

The man carried the wounded man away and followed him into the hall.

Old Yan was standing on top of that, looking at Zhang Zhou sideways. Zhang Zhou was also looking at him with disdain from below, but no one said a word.

The two of them stared at each other for a long time before Zhang Zhou spoke up.

"Release Fei Zi and get out of Hezhou immediately!"

The corners of Old Yan's eyes twitched intensely. This was too insolent!

"Just a little constable, and he's quite arrogant. Fei Zi, that little rascal, just a word from me could have decapitated him!"

"Then you better be glad you didn't say that. Otherwise, you won't even have the chance to get out of Hezhou!" Zhang Zhou coldly replied.

It was not as if there were no outlaws in the He Zhou division. A burly man holding a saber walked up to Zhang Zhou, pointed the saber tip at him and said, "You are courting death!"

Erniu held the mace with both hands, ready at all times! Without any hesitation, he stepped forward and swung his mace. The ferocious man tried to use his saber to block, but the man who had welcomed Zhang Zhou grabbed his belt and pulled him out of the attacking range of Er Niu. The mace struck nothing but air, directly creating a huge crater in the ground. Everyone who saw this could not help but feel their eyelids twitch. If they did not dodge and this mace got hit, how could they have ended up with anything good?

Zhang Zhou glanced at him and stopped Erniu from throwing any more tantrums. He did not care about this and continued to speak to Old Yan, "Since I dared to come here today, I have no fear of death. I just don't know if the Flying Flood Dragon Gang has the guts to do this in Hezhou!"

Yan Lao Heng really wanted to stab this boat to death, but reason told him that the Flying Flood Dragon Gang would not be able to afford to lose such a thing. Assassination? Absolutely no, you have no proof. This was tantamount to slapping the face of the yamen authorities. As an official, he cared the most about his reputation and wanted to take revenge on him. It wasn't impossible for him to be wiped out by a random citizen! He had seen this kind of thing so many times that even a crow could turn white when being an official's mouth.

Yan Lao Heng felt a bit of regret. He shouldn't have seen Zhang Zhou so recklessly today.

"Let's all go down, are there any rules?!" Yan Old Heng said in a deep voice.

The frightened man stopped trying to be brave and didn't forget to show that he had courage when he returned. He spat on the ground and muttered something. This shouldn't be a good thing!

Zhang Zhou Quan pretended not to hear him, and continued: "On account of the relationship between Fei Zi and me, I don't want to make things difficult for the Flying Flood Dragon Gang, but today, you guys are a little ignorant of the profoundness of the heavens. I'll say it one last time, hand the Flying Child over and you guys immediately scram out of River Prefecture! "

Old Yan could not help but feel embarrassed. He had roamed the martial arts world for so many years and was old, yet he was unwilling to fight. Do I have to be shameless just because I'm an official?

He slapped the table and stood up.

"I'm only here to talk to you because I'm giving face to Boss Cao. Don't fail to appreciate my kindness!"

"Hehe, old thing, you still know whose territory this is? Is it because of the fall of the King of the Great Northern River that you are unwilling to accept it, and want to take revenge? "

This guy with the big hat, Old Yan retorted angrily, "Don't talk nonsense! What does the Great Northern River King have to do with us? "

"It doesn't matter? The Flying Son was someone who had done a great job in capturing the bandits under the King of the Great Northern River! The imperial government will bestow its reward soon, and you dare to seize it for yourselves! "You still dare to say that it's not to seek personal grudges for the disorderly parties?"

Old Yan was stunned!

"This …" This is a crime you want to add... "

Old Yan did not dare to reply. If that was the case, under torture, he would know how many crimes the people around him could bring. He did not even know how many of them were worth. He reckoned there were more than twenty. On this point, he did not even have the courage to be tough!

At this time, the man who had just saved his subordinate's life spoke, "Constable Zhang, there must be a misunderstanding here. We came here today just to make friends with Master Zhang. We don't have any evil intentions!"

Old Yan did not know whether he should or not. He harrumphed and sat back down.

Zhang Zhou had given that man some face, and his tone had become much softer.

"I have already said it, I will not repeat it again! I'm going to hear the answer soon! "

The man who had wielded the sabre wanted to charge out again, so the man who had freed him shouted angrily, "Get down!"

That person didn't dare to be disobedient. He was obviously frightened and quickly retreated.

This scene caused Zhang Zhou to be more concerned about this medium height, muscular body, well-built, and thirty years old man who did not have the slightest trace of ruthlessness in his eyes.

That man turned around and looked at Yan Lao Heng, who had an ugly expression on his face and was silent. He then turned around and ordered a person beside him, "Send Fei Zi out!"

That person was stunned for a moment. Then, he immediately understood the meaning behind the invitation and hurried down.

"Big brother, it's me …!" The man's heart was in turmoil, and his eyes were moist.

"It doesn't matter what it is! As long as you are fine? "

The Feizi's heart was warm, he was touched to the point of crying. Zhang Zhou hugged his shoulder and patted him hard: "It's okay, it's okay! You're not allowed to cry, it's not shameful at all! "

At this moment, the sound of galloping horses came from outside, followed by shouts of fighting men. Two Flying Dragon Gang members ran in and reported in panic, "Helmsman, there's a lot of torture going on outside!"

Old Yan was so shocked that he stood up. That big hat had scared him quite a bit.

"What?" Speak clearly! "

"There are many torture traps coming from outside, they have already surrounded us!"

Old Yan and Old Heng started to panic as they did not know how to respond. That man slowly walked to Zhang Zhou. Zhang Zhou knew that he had something to say, so he handed Fei Zi over to Erniu. He looked at that person with an indifferent expression and heard him sigh softly.

"A young hero has appeared!" This time, the Flying Flood Dragon Gang owes us everything, and we hope that Constable is alright! "

Zhang Zhou did not continue with his previous excitement and forcefulness. He said softly, "In the future, the Flying Flood Dragon Gang will not be coming to the Hezhou Mansion."

That person's brows tightened. Zhang Zhou continued, "Hezhou Pier, there are two big ships. They are old Qi's ships. You can take them!"

That person pondered for a moment before clasping his hands and bowing, "Thank you for your understanding, Master Zhang!"

Zhang Zhou smiled and returned the greeting. "I am not giving face to the Flying Flood Dragon Gang. I am giving you face. I feel that you are the true hero of the martial arts world!"

That person was surprised for a moment, but then smiled in understanding.

Zhang Zhou led Erniu and Feizi out. Fei Zi whispered to him for a while, then stopped and turned back to Old Yan. "Take good care of all the brothers of Feizi. If you hurt any of them, don't blame me for not feeling good!" Also, leave me a blade! "

Finished speaking, he did not bother about Yan Lao Heng's reaction and walked out.

There were over a hundred people standing outside, wielding weapons, ready to charge. Seeing that Zhang Zhou was fine, they all drew back their sabers, wearing smiles on their faces. Yunan Qi and Yang Xiaolang were the first to walk forward.

"Big Brother, should we capture them all?"

Zhang Zhou shook his head and said loudly as he walked in the middle, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Zhang Zhou, thank you so much."

"Boss, you're too polite!"

"Constable Zhang's business is for us brothers!"

… ….

Zhang Zhou gestured for everyone to be quiet, then he put his arm around Flying Child's shoulders and said, "This man is called Flying Child, he's my brother who once lived with me. I've worked hard to make a living here.

"Don't worry, boss!"

"In the future, Flying Son will be our brother!"

… ….

Just like that, after suffering a great deal of grievance, the Flying Child asked Zhang Zhou to locate the location of the North District of Hezhou. It was the one and only position of Big Brother underworld.

In the first month of the fourteenth year of the Great Wu, the Flying Flood Dragon Gang had withdrawn from Hezhou, and Flying Child had become the Lord of the Underground of the Northern District of Hezhou.