Chapter 40 Water Pirates

Bang bang!

When the two brothers were talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it, so early in the morning?"

Cheng Tianen frowned slightly and got up to open the door.

With a creaking sound.

The door opened.

Cheng Tianen looked carefully and saw a red-painted carriage parked outside the door.

The person knocking on the door was the driver, a short man in his fifties.

When the driver saw Cheng Tianen, he immediately nodded and bowed, smiling: "Morning, Mr. Cheng!"

Cheng Tianen knew this driver, he was the exclusive driver of the village head.

"Lao Li, it's you." Cheng Tianen responded, raised his head and looked at the carriage.

Sure enough, the next moment!

The curtain slowly opened.

A middle-aged man with a bloated body and a smell of alcohol walked out of the carriage slowly, and then yawned twice in succession.

Seeing this, Cheng Tianen couldn't help but smile bitterly and bowed, saying, "Mr. Lizheng, why are you here so early in the morning?"

The Lizheng of Xiaoqinghe Town is named Luo Kexun.

He slowly got off the carriage, his feet softened, and he stumbled and almost fell.

Cheng Tianen hurriedly supported him and found that there were red lipstick marks on his cheeks and neck, and the smell of rouge and powder on his body was also particularly strong.

No need to guess, you know where Luo Kexun went to have fun last night.

"Brother Cheng, have you recovered from your injuries?" Luo Kexun staggered and muttered.

Cheng Tianen hurriedly replied, "Thanks to the blessing of the adults, my injuries have healed for the most part."

"That's good, that's good, wow..."

Luo Kexun suddenly bent down, and a large amount of vomit came out of his mouth, vomiting all over the floor.

The unpleasant smell filled the air immediately.

Cheng Tianen resisted his disgust, patted Luo Keqian on the back, and told the driver, "Old Li, go and get a bowl of hot tea."

The driver hurried into the yard.

Soon, Cheng Tianxi and the driver came out with a teapot and teacup.

He poured a bowl of tea and brought it to Luo Keqian's mouth.

Gurgle~

Luo Keqian drank a few sips, slightly relieved his drunkenness, leaned back on the carriage, rubbed his temples, and looked like he had a splitting headache.

"Mr. Lizheng, I will help you go into the house and sit down."

Cheng Tianen and Cheng Tianxi carried Luo Keqian together, came to the eaves, and put him on a bamboo chair.

Luo Keqian just sat down, vomited!

He vomited again!

Seeing this, the Cheng Tianen brothers looked at each other in silence and got busy.

One served tea and water, and the other handed over a wet towel.

This situation...

Fang Zhixing, who was hiding in the room, saw it clearly.

"What's going on? The head of the village is here?"

Xigou suddenly sent a message and asked in surprise: "Why is he here? Has what we did yesterday been exposed?"

Fang Zhixing said calmly: "It shouldn't be. If the head of the village came to arrest me, he wouldn't be drunk."

Xigou thought about it and said: "I'll go and listen to what they are talking about."

Fang Zhixing opened the door wider and let Xigou out.

Xigou ran to the yard, strolled to the corner of the eaves, lay on a nest of weeds, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

After a while, Luo Keqi finally sobered up a little.

Cheng Tianen couldn't help asking again: "Head of the village, do you have something to ask me?"

Luo Keqi came back to his senses and nodded: "Something, big thing."

He took out a letter from his sleeve, handed it to Cheng Tianen, and said: "Take a look."

Cheng Tianen took it and handed it to Cheng Tianxi.

He is illiterate, but his younger brother is self-taught.

Cheng Tianxi took out a piece of paper, read it, and said bluntly: "This is a notice issued by the county magistrate, mentioning that a group of bandits have appeared in recent days, robbing on various rivers, and thirteen large ships have been attacked.

Not only that, this group of bandits is getting more and more rampant. They are no longer satisfied with attacking ships on the river, but also wantonly invade some docks and coastal towns, burning, killing and looting, which is very brutal.

The dock of Xiaoqinghe Town is very likely to become one of the targets of this group of bandits.

The county magistrate reminded us to be prepared and take active precautions."

"Bandits?"

After hearing this, Cheng Tianen couldn't help but frowned, and said in surprise: "The rivers in Qinghe County are crisscrossed, and ships shuttle back and forth, which is very busy, Therefore, many incidents occurred.

It was to deal with this chaotic situation that the 'Cao Gang' came into being, governing the 18 waterways.

Since the birth of the Cao Gang, the pirates have long disappeared. How come a group of bandits suddenly appeared? "

Cheng Tianxi was also surprised and said: "Logically speaking, with the Cao Gang, a behemoth, it should be easy to deal with a group of bandits. How come it has become out of control?"

"Well, you only know one thing but not the other."

Luo Keqian rubbed his temple and said carefully: "The leader of the Cao Gang died of illness, and his subordinates were fighting to seize his position. Who has the time to take care of the bandits?"

The two brothers suddenly realized.

Luo Keqian's expression became serious, and he said, "That gang of bandits should have set their sights on us."

Cheng Tianen was shocked and asked, "Why do you say that? Have you heard any rumors?"

Luo Keqian glanced at Cheng Tianen and blinked, "You don't know yet, the Linjiang Restaurant was burned down, and the rabbit god of the Chen family and his lackeys are all dead."

"What?!"

Cheng Tianen's face turned pale with shock, and his breathing stagnated.

Cheng Tianxi was also stunned and in disbelief, and hesitated: "Chen Yusheng is a warrior in the early stage of the Great Python Realm and a genuine disciple of the Black Tiger Clan. He is not an ordinary person. He can't be killed so easily, right?"

Luo Keyou sighed: "I thought so at first, but the Linjiang Restaurant was burned down, and everyone else was gone, too dead. That old guy from the Chen family cried all night, begging me to investigate. Find the murderer and avenge his son.”

Cheng Tianen understood and suddenly said: "You suspect that Chen Yusheng was killed by Jiang Yang's thieves."

Luo Keyou nodded and said: "Otherwise, in the entire Xiaoqinghe market town, except for you two brothers, who else has the ability to kill that rabbit master?"

The two brothers couldn't help but look solemn after thinking about it.

“Linjiang Restaurant is the place with the largest revenue in our town, so it’s not surprising that Jiangyang’s thieves would choose it.”

Cheng Tianen added in his mind.

Luo Keyou was deeply convinced and analyzed: "I suspect that after the gang of gangsters set their sights on our town, they first sent a few people to check out the location, and then they met that Rabbit Master in Linjiang Restaurant, and they just didn't do anything. Unable to stop, I killed him directly, robbed his restaurant, and finally set a fire and walked away. "

Cheng Tianen continued: "If that group of criminal thieves are not satisfied, they will definitely come again, and then they will be in trouble."

Luo Keyou slapped his thigh and said urgently: "That's just what I said, so I came over quickly to discuss countermeasures with you."