Walking westward, we exited Dongguan Street and came to a quiet alley.

Although it is the first house entering the alley, the location is indeed a bit off.

However, when she looked up and saw the four words on the plaque, Jia Qiang's expression suddenly changed, and her heart suddenly tightened.

As time went by, he almost forgot many things in his memory...

How can we not be excited now that we suddenly see the place where Brother Xun studied?

Even if he knew it well, it couldn't really be the private school where Brother Xun engraved the word "Morning", it was just a bookstore selling books.

But this familiar name still touched the dusty memory in his heart...

Sanwei Bookstore.

Li Jing saw the change in Jia Qiang's face and a look of loneliness in front of her eyes. She couldn't help but asked in shock: "Master, what happened?"

Jia Qiang came back to her senses, exhaled softly, shook her head and said: "It's okay, I just remembered some things from the past... Let's go, let's see what this bookshop is like."

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In the atrium, a middle-aged man, with a look of defeat on his face and a hint of anxiety in his tone, said: "Whether I want to buy it or not, please tell me something sweet! It's just these things. Whose bookstore has these all?"

Let me tell you, even though this place is a little out of the way, the business is not bad. My family's Sanwei Bookstore has been in business for fifty or sixty years. It has been in the family business for three generations and there are many regular customers.

Others... Take a look at these copper movable types, they are the latest editions produced by the time-honored Bijia brand on Dongguan Street. There are also these seven or eight old pyrotechnics, all of whom have been with my family for many years. They can typeset and print books with ease.

. And my house, what a nice house it is. It is only a few steps away from Dongguan Street. It is so quiet and quiet. It has been passed down for generations! If that beast of mine hadn’t lost money in the gambling house,

I borrowed so much usury money and had it withheld, and if I don't give the money, they will chop him into pieces... Even if you want to kill me, I can't sell my ancestral property at a low price!"

In the backyard workshop, Jia Qiang played with a copper carving with great interest. After listening to the bookshop owner's words, she looked at Li Jing aside.

Li Jing shook her head, indicating that she didn't know. Although she had inquired about the origin of this bookstore, she had too little time to inquire in detail.

Jia Qiang thought for a moment and said, "Shopkeeper, even so, isn't three thousand taels of silver too expensive? A high-class house in the capital only costs four thousand taels of silver."

Unexpectedly, the owner of the shop waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Come on, if you don't rush to use the money to repay the debt, no matter how much money you give me, I won't sell this ancestral family property. You just treat this place as a house, and I don't want to sell it."

Is the bookstore just an extra? Since you can't afford the money, I won't waste my time by rambling. There are still people who want to see it later, so let's see them off!" In his opinion, judging from the clothes of Jia Qiang and the others,

, nor like someone who can afford three thousand taels of silver.

Li Jing was about to get angry when she saw his disrespect, but Jia Qiang pulled her and led him out of the door. As soon as he walked out of the door, he heard the door slam shut.

Li Jing gritted her teeth and said, "This is unreasonable!"

Jia Qiang smiled and said: "His son was taken away, so it's hard for him to have a good temper. By the way, go back and find out what happened. If you can't tell, bad things can turn into good things. Come on, let's go shopping again and see.

I'll go home if I don't want to go anywhere else. But I like this Sanwei Bookstore."

The two of them were chatting and walking forward, but they were blocked by four big men before they left the alley.

Not far behind the four big men, there was a young man in brocade clothes standing, but for some reason he didn't come forward. He just looked at this side from a distance, with a sneer on his face.

The green-skinned man in the lead looked at Jia Qiang and the two of them with his eyes, and said with a smile: "Have you fallen in love with Yujia Bookstore? This voice doesn't sound like someone from Yangzhou Prefecture, where does it come from?

Oh, he seems to be a scholar, does he have any fame?"

Jia Qiang smiled lightly and said, "I haven't passed the exam yet."

When the four big men heard this, they laughed together and said: "Damn, I am a scholar, no matter how bad I am, I am still a husband. Who knew he would be a good guy, just like us."

No need for Jia Qiang to speak again, Li Jing took a step forward and sneered: "Qingtian Bairi is also bumping into guests, who dares to block my way?"

"Hey! You're as handsome as Mr. Rabbit in Nanxiang, but his tone is arrogant. Look at how you're dressed, you don't look like a young man from a rich and noble family. Are you here to get money? Just take off your clothes and get out of here.

, hide a penny and stuff it into your buttocks. If you run this way, next time you will sell it directly to Nanxiang and become a rabbit master!"

Qingpi, the leader, said in anger and laughed.

Those like them who dare to hang out not far from Dongguan Street are not as good as others, but they must be discerning.

They know who can be bullied and who cannot be bullied.

If it is a wealthy family with luxurious clothes, they will not easily provoke them.

But Jia Qiang and Li Jing were only wearing light robes and Confucian shirts, and they even had jade pendants and sachets to embellish their identities.

If you are a wealthy young man, even if you don't want to show off, you will never lack a jade pendant and a sachet.

But the two people in front of me really didn't look wealthy.

Moreover, Li Jing spoke in a quack-like manner, and a serious young master from a wealthy family would never speak like this, so the four green men became even more unscrupulous.

The young man not far away from them even sneered and shook his head in disdain.

Although Yangzhou is the most prosperous place in the world, it would be deceiving oneself and others to say that it is the most peaceful place in the world.

Apart from other things, which big salt merchant doesn’t have hundreds or even more desperadoes under his command?

If it weren't for this, the saltmen in the Yanyuan Yamen wouldn't all have murderous auras about them.

Tietou and Zhuzi are willing to have a sincere relationship with the salt men because they are not the ordinary soldiers in the Huai'an Marquis' Mansion.

Therefore, although this year can generally be called a peaceful and prosperous time, the dark side will never disappear.

Killing two foreigners is nothing new for local green-skinned bullies...

Seeing how rude and arrogant they were, Li Jing didn't even think about trying to reason with them. She glanced at Jia Qiang and saw that his face was indifferent. She knew what was going on. She turned around and smiled brightly at the leader, Qingpi, and then without any warning.

He suddenly struck out, hitting Qingpi's nose with one punch.

This blow instantly destroyed the opponent's combat power.

Qingpi screamed miserably and fell to the ground. However, Li Jing was so agile that before he fell to the ground, she took advantage of his fall and approached the second person, attacking his lower abdomen with her legs.

A kick was placed under the second person's dantian, and the person instantly turned into a lobster, and his eyes almost popped out of his head.

However, Li Jing took advantage of the rebound, jumped into the air, and slashed the third person's neck with a backhand knife.

The aorta was struck once, and the third person fell limply to the ground and passed out.

However, Li Jing finally fell to the ground with all her strength, and looked at the fourth person who was already confused with cold eyes...

Seeing Jia Qiang passing by Li Jing, she stepped forward step by step.

The fourth green-skinned man saw sweat on his forehead. He swallowed his saliva and asked dryly: "You...what do you want to do? This is Yangzhou Mansion, we are from the Qinghe Gang, and our gang leader is from the Feng family in Yangzhou. You'd better not mess up.

Come, or you will be forced to walk around without food!"

Jia Qiang kept walking, still approaching step by step, and Li Jing followed behind to hold the line in case anything unexpected happened.

However, she is also concerned about chaos. Her previous violent attacks have already weakened the courage of these four green skins. The first three were miserable to the end, but the fourth one still has the courage to turn the tide.

Jia Qiang got closer and closer, and the fourth Qingpi was about to collapse. He yelled and took action, but Jia Qiang dodged and punched him under the arm again. The fourth man also fell to the ground as expected.

However, Jia Qiang's strength is far inferior to that of Li Jing, who has been practicing martial arts all year round, so the fourth Qingpi who screamed in agony can still speak...

Jia Qiang stepped on the man's palm, making his screams more real. Jia Qiang said lightly: "I will only ask once, and the answer is unsatisfactory. From now on, I will use one hand to bully goodness."

.Who is that person who just ran away? What happened to Sanwei Bookstore?"

Qingpi wanted to pretend not to say anything, but as Jia Qiang stepped harder and harder, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and told the story in confusion.

Although it was not clear, Jia Qiang and Li Jing roughly understood what was going on.

Li Jing was okay, but Jia Qiang looked a little weird.

Sanwei Bookstore actually fought with someone for the printing rights of a book. The owner of Sanwei Bookstore paid a high price and found many connections to win the printing rights of an excellent book.

The other party was not convinced, so he approached the Qinghe Gang to bring down Sanwei Bookstore, so the Qinghe Gang set up this scheme.

When the matter is completed, the three thousand taels of silver will go to the Qinghe Gang, and the Sanwei Bookstore and the printing rights of the book will go to the other bookstore.

They don't want outsiders to interfere.

As for the one who ran away immediately when he saw the situation was bad, he was the leader of the Qinghe Gang and the adopted son of the head of the Feng family.

I just stopped by to see what was going on with the Yu family, but I didn't expect to meet Jia Qiang and the others...

After hearing this, Jia Qiang became a little curious and asked: "Your Qinghe Gang is so powerful. You can design whoever you want, and you can destroy people. Why are you still cooperating with others?"

Li Jing's Jinsha Gang has never done such unscrupulous Longmen Bureau, so she never told Jia Qiang about the secrets involved.

When Qingpi heard this, he smiled helplessly and said: "Serious people don't have a lot of money in their pockets, unless they come to the gambling house on their own. But in that case, there is no need to set up a game, he will lose everything sooner or later, and in the end

Selling wives and daughters. Other wealthy households, like the Yu family of Sanwei Bookstore, can do it once in a while, but if they do it too much, other wealthy households are not fools. If it really arouses their annoyance, we will be in trouble.

Besides, our gang leader is a descendant of the Feng family, and the Feng family will not allow us to do such things in the countryside of Yangzhou."

Jia Qiang understood and said with a smile: "So you are also afraid... tell me, how many times have you done this in a month?"

Qingpi's eyes dodge and he apologizes with a smile: "I'm joking, it would be nice to do this once a year... Ouch, Ouch, please be merciful under your feet, my little one's bones are about to break, and I have an eighty-year-old mother on top of me..."

"Xu Shi saw that Jia Qiang was too lazy to pay attention to this, and pressed her feet again. The Qingpi quickly said truthfully: "This kind of thing is really not much. Doing it two or three times in a month is enough. Just this, I don't dare to focus on it.

When choosing wealthy households to target, we usually investigate people whose families are well-off but have little background, or who have a daughter-in-law at home, a more handsome one, or a woman who can be sold for money..."

Jia Qiang smiled after hearing this, but her eyes became colder, and she said to the frightened Qingpi: "Looking at your robberies, I guessed that you are all veterans. In fact, it's not surprising. There are no shortage of people from any dynasty or generation.

People like you. But unfortunately, the person you met this time is me."

After saying that, he suddenly exerted force on his feet, and there was a "click" sound. Qingpi stared and howled miserably, but Jia Qiang snorted coldly, wiped the soles of his feet on his clothes, and walked away with Li Jing.

Qinghe Gang, Feng Family!

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