Chapter 8 Chapter 7 Longtan and Tiger's Den Alone

If you see a city appearing on the horizon, the most eye-catching, magnificent and towering building you see first is often the Qianzhuang.Man is a very strange animal, and their intuition for judging right and wrong is often appearance.The bigger and more luxurious your bank is, the more people are willing to deposit large amounts of money in your bank, regardless of the fact that you are using their money. On a hill in the suburbs, Xiaoqiu saw the headquarters of Jardine Bank from a distance, a group of resplendent buildings, and couldn't help being moved. This is a very beautiful city, and its scale is far beyond that of Qinglong Town.Straight and wide streets, bustling tall buildings, a steady flow of people, and horse-drawn carriages coming and going, it is indeed the most famous and oldest city in the Central Plains.The most prosperous area in the city center is the most eye-catching, grandest and most majestic building in the city. This is the headquarters of Jardine Bank.

There are many competitions in the Central Plains. Jardine Bank is the largest bank in the Central Plains. As soon as the scent of thalassemia reaches the city, it disappears.The air just disappeared.Noisy air flow, the smell of cosmetic powder and human body sweat are rippling in the dirty air, but there is no thyme. Where has Zhu Zhen been?Standing on the street, Xiao Qiu couldn't help rubbing her nose and smiling wryly. Yong Yangcai, an ordinary name, is an extremely extraordinary person. He is the chief steward of Jardine Bank.It is not easy to manage such a large bank.Yong Yangcai started as a banker, and it took thirty years to get to where he is today.The evaluation of him by the entire bank community is: cautious, careful, calm, just like his name, good at managing money, and a rare bank wizard.

Today, due to the needs of business expansion, Jardine Bank has recruited 40 new depositors.Since the matter was so important, Manager Yong came to the recruiting hall for the interview early in the morning.Depositing silver is not a trivial matter, it is related to the safety of money, can he do everything by himself and choose the person himself?What's more, it's the time of troubled times with Qinglong Town! The lobby is full of applicants.When Yong Yangcai reached the 147th person, a healthy young man walked out of the crowd, wearing a clean blue shirt, with a smile on his face, sincere and simple.The only decoration on the whole body is a sword hanging from the waist.

It was an age of swords.Almost all young people who practice martial arts must wear a sword. When Yong Yangcai saw this young man, he felt satisfied and had a good impression.He picked up the information card of the 147th person, which read Qin Heng Twenty-nine years old, from a family of tea merchants. He lives in Jixiang Village at the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou. His parents died early, he practiced martial arts at a young age, was good at swordsmanship, and could read and write. This young man named Qin Heng is Xiaoqiu. When Xiaoqiu saw the steward Yong who was sitting at the roll call in the recruiting hall, he knew in his heart that this person was likely to be a very scary person he would face in the future.If a person can endure thirty years to reach the position he is today, then his patience must be terrible.

Yong Yangcai asked this young man named Qin Heng to write a few words, practiced boxing, used a sword, and asked a few questions. The young man's handwriting was neat, his fists and feet were clean, his sword was like the wind, and he answered a few questions quite satisfactorily: Q: Why did you choose the job of depositing silver? Answer: To make ends meet. Q: Why did you choose Jardine Bank? A: Because Jardine Bank is full of opportunities. Ask again: What will you use to protect the safety of gold and silver? A sword of course.The young man stroked his sword. Will you give your life to keep the gold and silver safe?

No, gold and silver are not as important as life.YOUNG MAN: Well, if it's an individual being protected, maybe I will. Manager Yong appreciated the last answer the most, and immediately decided to keep this young man named Qin Heng. In the evening, at the meeting where the forty depositors were finally decided, Manager Yong explained to the assistants present why he chose Qin Heng: If I read correctly, this person is most likely among the more than 200 people who applied for the job. , the most witty, the greatest potential, and the best martial arts. Xiaoqiu started a new life.Every day, when the cock crows, Xiaoqiu and dozens of new cashiers are called up to run in the morning and practice boxing. Learn to sword.

After more than ten days, they started the internship.Xiaoqiu's work is very important, but also very monotonous.His job was to escort gold and silver to a place in the city called Zhaoyuan with a few colleagues, behind an old boxer surnamed Long Mingwu, and leave two people to be responsible for the safety there.Zhaoyuan is actually very small. In a small room, there is a counter taller than one person. Behind the iron grille of the counter, several clerks count money, weigh gold, issue silver, and calculate the price. For several days, nothing happened.Until one morning. This morning, Long Wu took nine bankers and guarded two dealers carrying cash boxes, and went to Zhaoyuan to start the day's business.Long Wu's heart is very calm, he has no reason to be nervous, this is a daily cycle of work, has been done for more than ten years, and has never made a mistake.Within the sphere of influence of Jardine Bank, who would dare to take risks?

But every thing always has an accident that you can't think of.Just when they turned the corner of the street and could already see Zhaoyuan, the accident really happened. Suddenly, six people appeared like ghosts on the corner of the street, surrounded by six directions in the morning light, some with swords, some with knives, and some with guns.Another used an axe.Great axe.The ax was heavy and powerful, and struck with a whistling sound. Xiaoqiu happened to be one of the nine cashiers, and the ax happened to hit him by accident. Seeing that the ax had already struck Xiao Qiu's head, Xiao Qiu suddenly twisted it in a very strange and effective way, and waved the sword in his hand lightly.Soft as a lover's hand.The sword light flashed, and suddenly there was a faint streak of blood on the wrist of the axeman, as thin as a lover's hair, and then the man's hand was loosened immediately.Ax falls.The sword is closed.The man who made the ax looked at Xiaoqiu in surprise, as if he couldn't believe it was true.

All movements stopped, and everyone opened their mouths, looking at Xiaoqiu in surprise.They could hardly believe the scene in front of them.On the attic of Zhaoyuan, Manager Yong was secretly watching the scene in front of him through the old curtain.There seemed to be a needle in his eye.A needle that can see through people's hearts. While Jia Wanshang was still sleeping, someone woke him up from the bed.He is not someone who can be called out by just anyone, let alone in the morning of late autumn.But he had to listen to what Yongda was in charge of.It's just that he never expected that he was called up in a hurry, just to examine a person's injuries.Examine a sword wound on an axeman's wrist.

Jia Wanshang's real name has long been forgotten, even he himself sometimes can't remember Jia Wanshang's reputation is too loud.He is a top expert in the field of wound testing. Based on his decades of experience, he can tell if any scar is a sword wound, a knife wound, or other weapons with just a glance; how tall. In short, there is no injury that he cannot detect, and there is no injury that he cannot detect.But this time, he pulled the ax wielder's wrist and looked left and right for a full hour. And this is just a faint streak of blood. Yong Yangcai has been waiting for him outside.When Jia Wanshang came out, his expression was serious and tired, but also somewhat excited, as if he had exhausted a lot of energy, and he seemed to have seen something very surprising and exciting.

Manager Yong handed Jia Wanshang a cup of hot tea. He knew that Jia Wanshang needed to adjust his emotions first.After Jia Wanshang drank the cup of tea slowly, he asked slowly: What did you see? Jia Wanshang looked very solemn: I have never seen such a fast sword. Yong Yangcai smiled, he finally knew the answer he wanted. Moreover, Jia Wanshang was somewhat excited: this sword must be an extraordinary sword. Yong Yangcai was somewhat surprised.Jia Wanshang explained: Only a sword that has been forged and polished by a famous master can have this effect and produce such a scar in the hands of a person with very high martial arts. There was a trace of suspicion in his eyes: What is puzzling is that the sword wielder didn't try his best, as if he wanted to hide his seven or eight levels of martial arts. Yong Yangcai was not only surprised this time, but also somewhat unbelievable. Obviously, the development of the situation far exceeded his estimation. He asked: What if this person uses all his strength? Jia Wanshang said word by word: Then, the six people you sent will be beheaded by this person in an instant, and there will never be one left! Long after Jia Wanshang left, Yong Yangcai was still standing in the yard thinking.He muttered to himself: Why hide it?Is it true that good people do not come, and those who come are not good?