The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 56 Night Killing (Seeking Follow-up Reading)

Prince Shen was the ninth son of Emperor Shenzong. When he was young, he suffered from acute convulsions and almost died. He was cured by the famous doctor Qian Yi, but he was left with an eye disease and had blurred vision.

At that time, Empress Dowager Xiang and other ministers were discussing the succession. Zhang Dun first proposed Zhao Si, the thirteenth son of the emperor and Zhezong's half-brother, as the heir, but was rejected by Empress Dowager Xiang. He then proposed the ninth son of the emperor, but was rejected again. This was Prince Shen Zhao Qi.

Zhao Ti had been friends with him since childhood and they often visited each other after leaving the palace. Apart from his dim eyesight, Zhao Qi was very smart and sharp-minded.

"Prince Shen said that today is Mid-Autumn Festival, so he came to visit the king. He waited for the king for a long time but he didn't come back, so he left." The young eunuch reported.

Zhao Ti nodded. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household admired the moon and went to bed late, so he immediately sent a gift back and told them to come over to their house for a gathering someday. Then he practiced martial arts in the study for a while and then went to bed.

On the second day, a secret letter was delivered to Jinfengxiyu Tower. Zhao Ti unfolded it and read it. After thinking about it, he led Zhou Tong and Bai Zhan out.

He went to the building. The Jinfengxiyu Building was located on Suzaku Street in the south of Tokyo's inner city. This street was not the most prosperous, but it was extremely wide. Most of the shops on both sides sold valuable items such as calligraphy and paintings, collectibles, jewelry, jade, etc.

At that time, Zhao Ti brought out seven guards from the Imperial City Department from the palace. Bai Zhan and Su Dayu stayed in the mansion, and the other four worked in the Jinfengxiyu Tower.

Among them, Shang Qi had the highest martial arts skills, so he became the owner of the building, and the others Hou San, Zhu Si, and Ren Liu served as his assistants.

This building has shops on the first floor and a courtyard at the back. Zhao Ti bought it from a merchant from Jiangnan at a large sum of money. After some minor modifications, he used it as the main building.

Entering from the backyard at this moment, there were several men holding stone locks to hone their strength. Seeing him coming, they put down their tools and stepped forward to salute.

Shang Qi also came out from the building. He was a middle-aged man with a face as hard as stone and a gloomy look. He bowed and said, "Sir, please come upstairs."

Zhao Ti nodded and said as he walked, "Did the gang mentioned in the letter really break the rules?"

Shang Qi said: "Sir, that is indeed the case. The other party seems to have someone to rely on, so I did not act on my own. Please make the decision on this matter."

Walking to the meeting room on the second floor, Zhao Ti said calmly, "It's actually called the Sanfentang. What a big tone. Do you want to divide Tokyo City into three parts, or divide the world into three parts?"

Shang Qi said: "It seems that it is not something that a common person can name."

Zhao Ti said: "The people in Tokyo are shallow and closed-door, and they only work in the capital. Even if they have something to rely on, they will not leave the court."

Shang Qi said: "Your Excellency is right. I have seen that he is very arrogant. I am afraid he is not just an ordinary person."

Zhao Ti sat down on the chair. Zhu Si brought him some hot tea. He asked, "How many people did the other side recruit?"

Shang Qi pondered and said, "Most of the gang remnants that were previously eliminated in the building have been taken over. Those ruffians have nowhere to make a living, so they naturally come here at will. There are about a few hundred of them. Now they are entrenched on the west bank of Cai River in the outer city, and they are collecting peace money from the porters' labor again."

"Where is the original gang on the west bank of Caihe?"

"It was plucked out by the Three Branches, and the leader of that gang was hacked to death and thrown into the Cai River. Now no one knows where he has gone."

When Zhao Ti returned to Beijing, there were only three or two gangs left in Tokyo, none of which posed much threat. In order to conceal the existence of Jinfengxiyu Tower, he ordered them to stay. Those gangs were also willing to follow the lead of Jinfeng Tower, no longer causing harm to the market, and learned to do legitimate business. However, they were now swallowed up by the newly emerged Sanfentang.

"Are there many experts in that hall?"

"Sir, there aren't many. Most of them are just hooligans."

Zhao Ti said, "Let's go over there tonight and destroy them directly." Shang Qi said, "Yes, sir. I will prepare now."

Zhao Ti nodded, had dinner in the building early in the afternoon, and went out to the outer city of Tokyo when it was getting dark.

The outer city of Tokyo is huge. Although it is not as exquisite and prosperous as the inner city, its population is several times that of the inner city. Several rivers pass through the outer city from east to west or from north to south. There are docks on each river and there are a large number of laborers and porters.

Cai River is located in the south of the outer city, very close to the martial arts school. The newly established Sanfentang is not far from Yinan Bridge in the southwest of Cai River.

This was originally the headquarters of the previous gang. After being swallowed up by the Sanfentang, they directly occupied it and used it as their own headquarters.

It was getting dark at this moment. Most of the workers on the dock had gone home, and a small number were temporarily hired by the cargo owners to look after the cargo.

Zhao Ti brought Zhou Tong and Bai Zhan to the Yinan Bridge, only to see that the bridge was rugged, not as majestic as the Zhou Bridge.

Standing on the bridge, you can see a few covered boats floating in the Cai River, but most of them are cargo ships, moored beside the pier.

The headquarters of Sanfentang is in an alley on the other side of the bridge, and the alley is called Yinanqiao Alley. Originally, it was inhabited by respectable families who made a living at the dock, but later it was gradually occupied by gangs, who either bought it at extremely low prices or took it away through other blatant tricks, and it became a famous underground den in the area.

The Golden Wind and Rain Tower did not send out too many people. In fact, even though it now controls 80% of the Tokyo underground world, it still has less than 500 people.

If it is compared with the previous underground structure, it is not a lot, but it is not a small amount either. But now that he is the person in charge of the entire capital, it seems a little thin. After all, Song Dynasty's Tokyo is the largest city in the world at that time, with the largest area, the largest population, and the most extensive money and grain commerce.

However, Zhao Ti adhered to the principle that it is not the quantity of soldiers that matters, but their quality. No matter how many people there are, if they cannot fight well, they are just a mob and are useless.

Only 150 men were sent this time, led by Shang Qi himself, and they were dispersed on both sides of the Cai River, waiting for the action at midnight.

The sky gradually darkened. Although there was no curfew in Tokyo, this place was not prosperous to begin with. In the thick night, it gradually became extremely quiet. Only the sound of the Cai River flowing slowly echoed in the night wind.

As time went by, under the dim moonlight, only men in black could be seen, like ghosts in the dark night, moving towards the alley from all directions.

Shang Qi has the best martial arts skills, and he leads everyone in the building to practice martial arts every day. Although one of the men in the building can beat ten or eight, it is no problem for them to beat two or three.

A battle was about to break out in the alley, and Zhao Ti stood on the bridge and watched coldly.

There was no loud noise, and the Sanfentang was caught off guard by the sneak attack. They never expected that the Jinfengxiyue Tower was so bold as to come and kill them directly.

In just a quarter of an hour or two, someone in the alley raised a candle and waved it as a signal. Zhou Tong said, "Sir, we got it!"

Zhao Ti nodded: "Let's go and take a look."

Just as the three men reached the Yinan Bridge, a group of soldiers, about a hundred in number, suddenly came running over from a distance. Leading them was a man on horseback, hurrying towards the alley entrance.

Bai Zhan, who was standing beside him, identified him: "Sir, he is a member of the Imperial Guards who patrols the night. However, the man on horseback doesn't look like one of the Imperial Guards from the way he is dressed."

Zhou Tong asked, "Could it be that the Three San Tang's supporters have heard the news and are here?"

Zhao Ti said calmly: "Then we must go over and take a look!"

(End of this chapter)