Qin Xiu's body was almost pressed against Zheng Qian's, so he could only politely push her away and walk to the filing cabinet to take out the planning drawings.

The planning map marks the location of all shops on West Fourth Street, and also indicates the type and characteristics of the shops.

"We suggest choosing Jinxiu Street for the embroidery shop. In the future, we will divide the area into zones for selling goods according to their types. However, you can also consider Xisi Street Square, which is the open space in front of us. We plan to develop a street vendor economy here."

The original plan for West Fourth Street Square was to establish a military workshop to forge military supplies for the Wuyan Kingdom. However, the people in the court failed to win the right to manage the military workshop, so it was moved to the north of the city and eventually became West Fourth Street Square, with an area of ​​16,000 square meters.

Yun Duo'er was over thirty years old and still unmarried, and no one in the entire Xisi Street dared to make a move on her because she was Xu Shicai's lover.

Xu Shicai is a special figure in Xisi Street. Over the years, anyone who has offended him has died, so he has a good relationship with everyone.

Last night, Xu Shicai stayed overnight at Yun Duo'er's Jin Caiyun Hotel. He instructed Yun Duo'er not to provoke Zheng Qian, to follow his wishes, and to respond to any policies he proposed. Therefore, Yun Duo'er sent her most capable subordinate, Qin Xiu, to test Zheng Qian.

Before Qin Xiu could say anything more, a hurried shout came from outside the room.

"Sir, something terrible has happened! Someone has died!"

Zheng Qian sat still, waiting for the person to run into the room.

The visitor was a shop assistant at Wangao Butcher Shop. Through his explanation, Zheng Qian learned the cause and course of events.

The members of the Xinyi Gang were all night owls. They didn't get up until after lunch. When they saw the management regulations for Xisi Street and heard that Xu Shicai, Yun Duo'er, and Wan Gaotu had all responded to the call of the side room, they were furious. They tore down the posted regulations and wanted to collect protection money from Shixiang Street.

Today, five businesses on Food Street have their protection fees due. The first one is Wang Dawei, who only said one sentence: "You want to collect money from the side rooms, and you Xinyi Gang want to collect money too? Where am I going to get so much money? You might as well just kill me."

As a result, the Xinyi Gang members actually fulfilled Wang Dawei's request and beat him to death in the street.

"Old Zhou, stay. Everyone else, get out." After listening to the waiter's explanation, Zheng Qian asked Old Zhou.

"Yesterday you said that Feng Baqiang was just a puppet, and that he didn't actually do anything bad, right?"

"Yes, that's what I said yesterday." Old Zhou said stiffly. He did tell Zheng Qian yesterday that Feng Baqiang was a puppet. Although he was the gang leader on the surface, he actually had to listen to the deputy gang leader, Guo Zhengfeng.

It was because Lao Zhou spoke about this matter privately with Zheng Qian that Zheng Qian told He Zuowen and Zhang Tiezhu to let Feng Baqiang take the position of street management officer, giving him a chance to reform.

Unexpectedly, the Xinyi Gang is now killing people in the street. Zheng Qian suspects that Lao Zhou is lying, and his eyes are full of murderous intent.

“Old Zhou, Lord He and I have no way out. If we fail, we will die. So no matter what background others have, I dare to kill them.”

Old Zhou panicked upon hearing this. "You're not going to kill me, are you?" he hurriedly explained. "Zheng Fangzheng, I'm telling the truth. Feng Baqiang's whole family was killed when he was ten. When he was twenty-five, he killed his enemies to avenge them, but he also broke the law and was imprisoned for five years before Guo Zhengfeng got him out. Guo Zhengfeng made him the leader of the Xinyi Gang because he was very good at fighting and could control his subordinates. In fact, all the bad things were done by Guo Zhengfeng."

"Guo Zhengfeng? Who is he?"

"Guo Yi's younger brother."

"Guo Yi?"

"Yes, Guo Yi is the Director of the Secret Arts Bureau, a fourth-rank official. The 'Yi' in 'Xinyi Gang' is him. Zheng Fangzheng, every force in Yancheng has someone behind it. You should think carefully."

Old Zhou's eyes were sincere. It was a good thing that the young man was willing to work hard, but the waters of Yancheng were very deep. Not to mention a small ward official, even a first-rank official could drown at any time.

"No matter who is behind him, the Xinyi Gang must be disbanded, and Guo Zhengfeng must die."

Zheng Qian didn't ask who Xin was from the Xinyi Gang; he didn't care. After speaking, he led Zhang Tiezhu, Qin Xiu, and their group toward Shixiang Street.

Ever since he saw the madam beside Jiang Siting condense ice crystals on her fingertips, no one in Wuyan Kingdom could make him fear. The madam once said that Wuyan Kingdom was the weakest country she had ever seen, and he would not be timid in the weakest country.

From a great distance, Zheng Qian could hear someone shouting.

"The side rooms are nothing! You all better remember this: the Xinyi Gang will always call the shots on West Fourth Street. Anyone who dares to disobey will suffer the same fate as Wang Dawei."

"Sigh, the trouble between the side room and the Xinyi Gang has made us suffer. What a corrupt official!"

“Who can argue with that? David has an elderly mother and two sons to support, and his wife can’t support the family.”

"David was the same. Of all people to trust, he had to trust that corrupt official in the side room. He lost his life because of it."

"What can we do if we don't believe him? He simply doesn't have the money to pay protection money. The protection money he paid last month was borrowed, and he hasn't paid it back yet."

The people of Shi Xiang Street dared not speak out in anger and could only watch helplessly as the Xinyi Gang killed people in the street.

"Let me tell you, you can't pay a single penny less in protection money. Don't even think about reporting this to the authorities. If you do, I'll be in jail today and out tomorrow. When I get out, I'll kill your whole family."

"Make way, Lord Fangzheng has arrived!" Zhang Tiezhu shouted, and the surrounding crowd consciously made way.

Zheng Qian's face was gloomy, and his steps were heavy but steady.

The Xinyi Gang consisted of eighteen members, all dressed in blue uniforms with the words "Xinyi" embroidered on them, and they had arrogant expressions.

The henchman standing in the lead stepped on Wang Dawei's chest, his eyes gleaming with defiance, as if no one in his world posed a threat to him.

"You're the new head of the ward?"

Zheng Qian remained silent and continued walking forward.

"Before I met you, I never thought of slashing someone's face. Now I have that thought. Your face is so beautiful it makes me uncomfortable."

The henchman pulled out a dagger, tossed it up in his hand, and caught it again, repeating this action over and over.

Zheng Qian sneered, "You'll get beaten to a pulp, and the other seventeen will have to crawl back."

"Hmph, pretty arrogant, I wonder if your strength is as arrogant as that."

Catching the dagger, the henchman's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He snorted coldly and swiftly thrust the dagger toward Zheng Qian's face.

"I'll remember, the person who killed you was..."

Before the henchman could finish speaking, Zheng Qian, like a raging tiger, unleashed a fist that tore through the air and struck like lightning, instantly shattering his world.

bang...

A deafening explosion shook the very air. The henchman's head exploded like a watermelon, splattering blood and brains everywhere. His body was struck as if by a heavy hammer, instantly losing his balance and flying backward before crashing heavily to the ground.

Everyone around was stunned; they couldn't believe their eyes. The once arrogant and domineering leader of the Xinyi Gang had been smashed to pieces by Lord Fangzheng with a single punch.

Is it possible that Lord Fangzheng will really wipe out the Xinyi Gang?

Hope ignited in the eyes of the onlookers; they longed for Zheng Qian to kill everyone in the Xinyi Gang.

They harbored an irreconcilable hatred for the Faith Gang.

This punch not only shattered the head of the henchman, but also crushed the arrogance of the Xinyi Gang and gave hope to the people at the bottom of Xisi Street.

"You, you dared to kill Brother Dog! You wait, the Faithful Gang will make your whole family pay with their lives."

"Yes, go back and tell Chief Guo to kill his whole family."

"Kid, you're done for. Just you wait."

The members of the Xinyi Gang blushed, pointed at Zheng Qian and uttered threats, but their bodies kept retreating.

Zheng Qian was like a towering mountain, exuding a powerful aura. The punch he threw terrified them.

They knew they had bitten off more than they could chew.

"Hmph, did I say you could leave?" Zheng Qian's voice was like that of someone from the abyss, chilling the seventeen henchmen to the bone.

What Zheng Qian said next startled them so much that they lost control of their bladders.

"Iron Pillar, break their legs."

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