Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 194: Snatching Food from the Tiger's Mouth (Additional chapter after 5800 votes)
After some interrogation, it turned out that no one in the mansion knew where the two men had gone.

"What's even worse is that we haven't found Dong Dangmen's huge fortune either." Zuan reported gloomily, "This guy is so cunning and sly, it seems like he's always ready to run away."

"Look somewhere else." The Fifth Dimension remained calm and ordered, "Maybe we can find some clues."

"I'll go find the guys who set up the checkpoints and collected money." Zuan responded and left with Ren Yuan, Yang Zhong and the other three.

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After leaving Dong Dangmen's residence, Chen Baxian couldn't help but ask, "Ancestor, why don't you ask Miss Lingzhi to tell your fortune? Why bother with all this?"

"First, Miss Lingzhi's divination requires a price. If I ask her to calculate everything, will she still be alive?" Zuan raised three fingers and said:
"Second, divination is not omnipotent. There are many ways to interfere."

"Third, we are not tools to run errands. We need to use our brains to solve problems ourselves."

"Oh oh." Chen Baxian shrank his neck. He received all the scoldings that a newcomer deserved in one day.

Ren Yuan patted his shoulder sympathetically and thanked him for taking the blame for everyone.

Zuan led his men down to the Chaogou River, where they saw large and small ships lined up end to end, waiting to pass through the lock.

Because this is a man-made canal, there is a section of the river in the tidal ditch where the water level is too shallow during the dry season, and it is necessary to rely on the Doumen lock to pass through.

Of course you have to pay.

"Look, the group of people who stopped the boat and demanded money are Dong Xian's men." Zuan pointed at the rogue men who were standing or squatting on the lock, holding knives, guns, sticks, shouting, and extorting money.
"They said they cleaned the silt in the locks, so you have to pay a cleaning fee to pass through the locks."

"Then the boat won't go somewhere else?" Chen Baxian said, scratching his head and saying, "Well, I asked unnecessary questions. If there are wolves in the East Mountain, there must be tigers in the West Mountain."

"That's right." Zu An nodded and said, "Several important roads leading into the capital are controlled by the 'big brothers'. In comparison, Dong Xian is relatively civilized. He just pays money and doesn't care about human life easily."

"The other brothers recruited a large number of desperate criminals, openly killing and robbing people and raping their wives and daughters on the main roads. They called this 'Da Ji'. Our fathers couldn't control it, and the officials couldn't stop it either." He smiled sarcastically, "So people are willing to go this way, and they have to thank Master Dong for not killing them."

"What kind of world is this? How can the emperor be so corrupt?" Chen Baxian said speechlessly, "Isn't it said that 'a dragon must coil up and a tiger must lie down'?"

"I told you to hold it in a coil." Zuan rolled his eyes at him and waved his hand, "Catch him!"

Yang Zhong immediately took two steps at a time and jumped onto the lock. Without saying anything, he started to attack with punches and kicks.

"Ouch, why are you hitting me?"

"Are you still being unreasonable?"

"Is there still any law?" The scoundrels were beaten so badly that they ran away in fear.

Ren Yuan and the other two quickly dispersed and captured all the escaped men and brought them back to the lock.

"Everyone, lie down on the ground and raise your hands!" Yang Zhong kicked them all to the ground.

"Misunderstanding, sir. We are collecting the gate fees on behalf of the county!"

"That's right, the flood washed away the Dragon King Temple."

"Shut up, who the hell is your family?" Zuan walked up with his hands behind his back and asked in a solemn voice, "Now tell me, where is Prince Dong Xian?!"

"I don't know. We haven't seen the boss for a long time." The gangsters naturally couldn't resist his magical powers, but they didn't know what to do.

"Then who knows his whereabouts?" Zuan asked in a different way.

"If there's anyone who knows, it's his new girlfriend." The gangsters knew something this time.

"What's her name and where does she live?" Zuan asked.

"My name is Ah Feng. I run a gouache shop on Dong'an Street."

~~
Dong'an Street, Watercolor Shop. Zuan Renyuan and others stared at the handsome young man with a slender waist and long hair behind the counter.

"So, your name is Ah Feng?" Chen Baxian asked.

"My name is Ah Feng, they call me that on purpose to make fun of me." Ah Feng said timidly.

"You and Dong Xian are having an affair?" Zu An asked in a deep voice. Actually, there is nothing strange about this. Since ancient times, those who are powerful have always been amphibious.

"We once loved each other." Ah Feng said quietly.

“Stop being such a bitch!” Zuan slammed the table and said viciously, “Tell me, where is your mistress?!”

"Oh, oh, oh..." Ah Feng was so scared that she trembled and tears welled up in her eyes.

“Cry your mother!” Zuan slammed the table again and raised his voice, “Hurry up and say it!”

"The prince has fallen in love with someone else and hasn't come to see me for a long time." Ah Feng sobbed.

"Who did he move to?" Zuan asked.

"Marquis Leshan..." Ah Feng said with a sad face, "As expected, love is nothing compared to power. He moved into the Marquis's mansion years ago, and has refused to come out to see me until now. It's obvious that he has changed his mind..."

Before he could even cry, Yang Zhong grabbed him out from behind the counter and took him to see the owner of the building.

~~
After the man was brought in, Nangong interrogated him again carefully, and then he said with certainty: "It seems that Dong Xian is indeed hiding in Xiao Zhengze's house."

"He's a ruthless person who sells his butt for his life." Zuan said.

"Stop talking nonsense." Nangong Bai glanced at him and said in a deep voice: "It was easy to deal with before, but now that Xiao Baoyin has caused this, Dong Xian must be more cautious. I'm afraid it will be difficult to lure the snake out of its hole."

"Yeah." The Fifth Dimension agreed, "If I were him, I would never come out at this critical moment even if I was beaten to death."

"Can we directly ask that... Marquis Leshan for the person?" Ren Yuan asked softly.

"No." Diwuwei and Nangong shook their heads at the same time. Nangong asked:
"Do you know what Xiao Zhengze's nickname is?"

"Isn't he one of the 'Four Brothers of the Capital'?" Ren Yuan said.

"In fact, the common people secretly call them the 'Four Evils of the Capital'. The people have suffered from them for a long time, but they can do nothing about it, so they use the four legendary evil beasts, Taotie, Hun Dun, Tao Wu, and Qiong Qi, to refer to them." Nangong explained:

"Xiao Zhengze's nickname is 'Taowu'. The Zuo Zhuan says, 'Emperor Zhuanxu had a son who was incompetent and could not be taught. He did not know how to bend his words. He would become stubborn if he was taught, and would become arrogant if he was left alone. He was arrogant and cruel, and he disrupted the order of nature. The people of the world called him Taowu'."

"There are always wrong names, but never wrong nicknames. You can imagine what kind of person this is." The Fifth Dimension sighed softly.

"In other words, this person is stubborn and unchangeable, and cannot be communicated with. He cannot be frightened or beaten?" Ren Yuan asked softly.

"Correct." The fifth dimension nodded.

"He is just being fearless." Nangong snorted coldly and said angrily: "In fact, he is just relying on the emperor's indulgence. The emperor is wise and brave, and he rewards and punishes clearly, but he is too indulgent to his family members."

"Then we can only sneak in at night and steal the person out." Chen Baxian said.

"Absolutely not." Diwu Wei shook his head decisively and said, "We are the guards of the royal family, but we went to the emperor's nephew's house to steal someone. This is a big taboo."

"Then there's nothing we can do." Ren Yuan and Chen Baxian sighed at the same time.

"No, we can let him walk out by himself." Then Nangong said indifferently.

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