Chapter 80: The Disturbance Caused by Rumors
Wang Jin rushed to the prefect's office with full of doubts, but returned in depressedness.
Seeing that the boss's face was gloomy, no one dared to come up and get out of trouble. They were all busy with their work honestly, for fear that they would accidentally bring anger to the boss.
Erdan also came back from patrol at this time. When he saw Brother Jin like this, he couldn't help but follow him to the office with concern.
Bang!
Wang Jin punched the desk hard, and could no longer hold back the anger in his heart and cursed: "Oh, why should you, the mayor, take care of me? I'm following the governor, it's really bad luck!"
"What's wrong? Brother Jin, what's wrong with you?" Erdan closed the door and hurriedly ran to Wang Jin and asked anxiously.
"What's wrong? I'm scolded!" Wang Jin said angrily.
"Master, we don't seem to have any grudges against him?" Erdan exclaimed.
"Don't be so shocked, what's wrong? It's not a good thing the Qing Gang did!" Wang Jin said hatefully.
Erdan's face turned pale. Anqing prefect is a fourth-rank official from the court. Although he had decided to follow Jin Ge to carry out the revolution and opened his horizons, his years of understanding still made him still have a deep fear of the prefect's first-level court officials, and it was not so easy to change it for the moment.
"Hey, what's your face? Do you really want to get angry to death?" Wang Jin was already full of anger, and when he saw Erdan's pale face, he was even more angry.
"Haha, who can anger Mr. Wang to death? Let me take a good look!" The closed door in the office was suddenly pushed open, and Xu Xilin walked in with a serious face, and Wang Siliang followed behind him.
Erdan stepped forward and said hello, then left consciously. He didn't know Lao Xu's true identity, and Wang Jin didn't tell him, so he was still very wary of Lao Xu.
Wang Jin glanced at Wang Siliang, who looked embarrassed, didn't take Old Xu's words to heart. Are you still gloating?
Wang Siliang dodged a little. He saw Wang Jin and Qing Gang clashing from afar at the dock, and rushed to report to the teacher without stopping. However, they had just left the General Administration and heard Wang Jin being called by the prefect to scold him severely. He immediately knew that the situation was in danger of losing control, so he rushed over.
"Wang Jin, what's going on? What did the prefect ask you to go over and do?" Xu Xilin was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly explained his purpose.
"Don't you know this?" Wang Jin rolled his eyes and replied angrily: "I think you should know that it's not something that happened to the Green Gang guy?"
"What are you going to do?" This is the key to the problem.
"I have my own concerns, so don't interfere."
"Wang Jin, don't do anything randomly, the Qing Gang is powerful..." Xu Xilin was still trying hard to persuade.
"Haha, don't worry, I'm not tired of living yet!" Wang Jin interrupted him bluntly, changed the subject, and leaned over to Lao Xu and asked in a low voice: "Lao Xu, do you still have any extra pistols in your hand?"
"What do you want this?" Xu Xilin looked suspicious. Seeing that Wang Jin was still firm, he knew that it would be useless to say more, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "It's really not. We are also short of it here!"
Wang Jin nodded with a smile, chatted with him for a while, and then sent away the depressed Lao Xu. He turned around and looked at Wang Siliang, who was full of embarrassment and nervousness. He didn't say much, but just patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "Do it well, there are still many places to use for you, don't let me down!"
Wang Siliang's eyes were full of gratitude and nodded heavily.
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The next day, a rumor suddenly appeared in Dongcheng District, Anqing: The Qing Gang and the Revolutionary Party cooperated and would launch an "uprising" in the near future!
This news has spread rapidly, and soon the entire Anqing City learned about this news, which has caused a stir in the whole city. After hundreds of years of development, the Qing Gang has long been deeply involved in all aspects of Anqing City. I don’t know how many people and families have any connections with it, whether it is light or secret. Faced with major events that may involve their own interests, it is difficult for the city to remain unchaos.
It was not too late for the major yamen in Anqing City to get the news, and all the yamen were in a panic and a mess. The officials who had connections with the Qing Gang were like ants on a hot pan. Those who were capable would urgently contact the Qing Gang boss and sent their family members to carry huge sums of money to clear the joints of the big bosses; those who were incompetent, except for waiting for their hair to fall, rushed back to their homes to clean up their hair.
The old witch Cixi is still alive, and they dare not have any luck!
In the end, even Governor Enming was alarmed and hurriedly summoned Xu Xilin to discuss matters.
Xu Xilin hurried to the governor's yamen. He felt vaguely that the rumors were related to Wang Jin, but he did not dare to confirm the news when the disciple did not pass on the news. He was also very anxious at this time. The Restoration Association had been trying to win over the Qing Gang, wanting the Qing Gang to launch together when they launched an uprising. Unfortunately, the Qing Gang's attitude was always ambiguous.
Deep down, he couldn't help but feel a little gloating. But soon he threw these behind his head. Such a thing happened. No matter whether the Qing Gang was willing or not, they could not participate in the uprising again. The gains and losses in this were really difficult to measure for a while.
The Qing Gang bosses in Anqing City were furious. While they sent people to inquire about the news and imitate the imitators from all directions, they quickly evacuated the city and left this place of right and wrong by water.
Their evacuation was timely. Soon after, a team of fully armed new troops swept through the entrances of the Qing Gang with the cooperation of the patrolmen. The evacuation of the big bosses completely angered the governor Enming. He simply ordered the direct destruction of the Qing Gang headquarters and strictly prohibited the Qing Gang members from leaving the city. Everything was waiting for the inspection after the operation was over before making a conclusion.
Of course, Enming also understood that this was the limit, and he did not make a foolish decision to ban the Qing Gang. Sure enough, the new army's thorough investigation operation had not yet begun, and the Governor's telegram was placed in front of him...
The governor’s sudden action this time is Wang Jin.
That's right, the rumors in Dongcheng District were caused by him, and the person who executed them was Wang Siliang. Erdan also followed him, calling him "assistant". The meaning of surveillance was self-evident. This is why Lao Xu did not get the notification as soon as possible.
However, what made him dissatisfied was that the new army's actions seemed to be fierce, but the result was a heavy thunder and rain. In addition to capturing a few unimportant disciples, the slightly more important fragrant head had already disappeared, and the Qing Gang's industry was not damaged at all. It was also because he was too demanding. Which member of the Qing Gang's industry did not have high-ranking officials, and how difficult it was to search?
Chapter completed!