The fifth day of the fifth month, the morning of Dragon Boat Festival.

On the banks of Jinji Lake, more than a dozen dragon boats were planted with flags of various colors, and there were even more drums and shouts behind them cheering for them.

As a reserved project for the Dragon Boat Festival every year, the dragon boat race on Jinji Lake naturally attracted tens of thousands of people from all over Suzhou to watch the race. Everyone lined up along the lake, shouting happily, talking, and guessing which boat would win the dragon boat race.

Although as before, half of the dragon boats that were raced this year belonged to the Cao Gang, the other dragon boat teams arranged by local merchants and even the government should not be underestimated, and they are enough to present a wonderful competition for everyone on this lake. Especially as time approaches the finals, everyone is even more interested, widens their eyes, waiting for the moment when the gong is ringing.

At the starting point on the south side of the lake, Jiang Side's eyes did not fall on the dragon boats or oarsmen, but looked away and muttered in his heart: "Why haven't the prefect Bao seen him yet?" The location beside him was still empty, which was prepared for the prefect Bao Haijie of Suzhou.

The other officials from the government office were all present at this time. Seeing Jiang Side's appearance, they naturally understood their thoughts, and laughed and said, "Maybe something happened in the yamen. The prefect must handle the official duties before coming here."

"Please rest assured that Gang Jiang, since the Lord of the Mansion has agreed to come, he will definitely not miss the appointment."

Jiang Side responded softly, but his face was not very good. Although to outsiders, he and Prefect Bao had a good relationship with each other, he only knew that the other party was willing to cooperate with him was entirely for Governor Fei, otherwise he might not have looked at him in front of the world.

But it doesn't matter. As long as he makes contributions this time and helps the governor take down the Cao Gang, will he still worry that he won't give him face? At that moment, he turned his attention back to the present, and his eyes quickly swept across the many people below, trying to find the guy who might have taken action, but he failed in the end.

There were tens of thousands of people below, and there were still people shouting, waving their arms to cheer for the contestants on the dragon boat, which naturally seemed messy. It was really not easy to find the target. However, he believed that it would be not difficult for the other party to find him. He deliberately set up a high platform and sat so eye-catchingly. With Miss Yang's temper, he should have already set his sights on him and was ready to take action at any time.

"Gangmaster, the time is here." While thinking, a subordinate beside him had already reminded him in a low voice, which made Jiang Side come back to his senses quickly and smiled: "Since that's the case, let's not wait for the Lord of the Mansion!" After that, he stood up and came to the edge of the high platform where there was a big shelf, and a huge gong in the middle.

After taking the wooden hammer handed over by his subordinates, Jiang Side said loudly: "Save good weather in Suzhou, and the good harvest of grain in Suzhou. Once the dragon boat comes out, there will be peace for all ages! A healthy man on the water will compete for his strengths and strengths. Who can win the championship? Only today!" As he finished speaking, the wooden hammer was beaten heavily on the gong surface by him, making a sound of noise and spreading from afar.

The sound of the gong is the command gun. The moment it sounded, countless people on the lakeside shouted, and the man sitting at the tail of the dragon boats had already beaten the drum hard, and the sound of the drums was heard loudly and rhythmically. At the same time, in accordance with this rhythm, more than a dozen dragon boats had been paddling with force by the oarsmen, like flying fish, sharp arrows, against the water surface, and rushed forward quickly.

In an instant, Jinji Lake was already full of lively and joy. Everyone stared at the more than ten dragon boats on the lake and cheered for the ship they chose. The whole scene seemed to become more and more chaotic.

During this period, many people on the platform looked around vigilantly, as if they were waiting, and as if they were guarding against something. Especially Jiang Side, his eyes couldn't stop scanning the lake, but he almost didn't look at the top of the lake. All his mind was on the possible assassination.

But nothing happened.

When the dragon boat jumped out quickly, attracting tens of thousands of people to cheer, nothing happened.

When the dragon boats finally became separated and began to distance a little, nothing happened.

When the dragon boat had already reached the other side and was turned around by the helmsman with extremely exquisite techniques, it could still be told to move forward, which aroused another burst of excitement and cheers from the people. Some people subconsciously pushed forward and leaned against the pillars under the platform, nothing happened.

Finally, after the meal, the Caobang Dragon Boat, located at the top, had already landed rapidly and reached the finish line. Everyone rushed forward and dragged the winners down from the boat, threw them into the air and caught them again, which caused another cheer, but there was still no movement.

No assassination happened at all, and no one took advantage of this "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to attack Jiang Side, as if they had no such idea at all, or maybe Yang Qingxiao, who had already entered Suzhou, was not in the city at all.

When Jiang Side stepped down to speak to the top three awards, there was still no change. Although he could not see any problems on the surface, he was already full of doubts: "How could this happen? Could it be that I was wrong in my judgment? Then Yang Qingxiao didn't have such courage, or was stopped by someone?

"But even so, other people in the Cao Gang, such as Qi Tianhe and the remaining parties who were hiding outside, would not give up. They should be very clear about what such a dragon boat race means to the Cao Gang. Even if it is a troublemaker, I should not easily occupy this dominant position..."

As he thought, in the past, every Suzhou Dragon Boat Race, the gong beat and the final award was the leader Yang Qinghou. Now Jiang Side did this clearly meant to replace it. Once nothing happened today, he might be one step closer to truly controlling the Cao Gang.

This is a strategy of killing two birds with one stone. It is on the one hand that leads to Yang Qingxiao and the others, and on the other hand, it is to completely consolidate his position in the gang. Now that the previous goal has not been achieved, it is better to make the next goal beautiful.

Thinking of this, Jiang Side smiled even more happily, and went to meet and talk to the winners with a graceful manner, and took the prizes he had prepared early and distributed them to everyone. Especially for the Caogang sailors who won the leader, he even encouraged him: "All brothers are good. Tonight I will hold a banquet in Taibai Building to celebrate your merits. Each person will get more rewards at that time..."

His promise attracted a burst of cheers from the brothers, and at this moment, the crowd of hilarious people farther around suddenly became quiet, and then everyone rushed to the left and right, giving up a good passage.

This sudden change made Jiang Side a little stunned, and immediately turned vigilantly and looked behind him. He thought the assassination was just like this, but at first glance, he saw a group of officers and soldiers coming quickly. The first one was very familiar with him. It was Liang Dutou of the government office, and he had some friendship with him.

"Liang Dutou, you're a little late. But it doesn't matter. Brothers will hold a banquet in Taibai Building later. You can also take your brothers to drink with you..." Jiang Side greeted, but before he finished speaking, he saw the other party sank, waved his hand and asked the soldiers to surround him, and said without any emotion: "There is no need to drink, so please ask Gangmaster Jiang, you can go to the government office to talk."

"What do you... mean?" Although he had already understood what the other party meant, Jiang Side couldn't help but ask again.

"According to the order of the prefect, I came to ask Jiang Side, the deputy leader of the Cao Gang, and asked him about it. Gang Jiang, you have a crime! Please don't make things difficult for me and my brothers..." As he spoke, Liang Dutou took out a chain and wanted to ask him for it.

Jiang Side's face changed suddenly, and he immediately took a step back and made way out: "Liang Dutou, is there any misunderstanding? Why don't I understand at all?"

"You will naturally understand after going to the government office." Liang Dutou still looked like he was doing business, and there was no trace of his past friendship. He once again put the chain on him.

This time, Jiang Side finally stopped dodging. He had already seen from the other party's words and deeds that things were not simple. When he thought of what he had done secretly, he felt even more uneasy. With his skills, even if he could escape from a hundred people, he could escape calmly. But in the current situation, if he really refused to arrest and escape, his years of arrangement would have failed.

Moreover, he had too many questions waiting for the answer, so in the end, Jiang Side chose to surrender. Although the matter was so strange, he firmly believed that with his own mind and various arrangements, even if he really went to the government office, he would have a chance to turn the tables.

But he surrendered, but the brothers of the Cao Gang who were about to step forward and attack were stunned. Everyone looked at their gang leader in embarrassment, not knowing how to react.

However, Liang Dutou was not polite at all. He angrily lit up seven or eight people, then waved his hand and asked his subordinates to tie them all up with iron chains. Even Jiang Side took them out. At the sign of his own gang leader, these people did not dare to resist. In the end, the Cao Gang was taken away by the government in full view of the public, leaving tens of thousands of people looking at each other, guessing what was going on.

But soon, everyone felt relieved again. Recently, the Cao Gang had done a lot of bad things, and even the old world with a good reputation like Qi Tianhe was questioned, so it seems reasonable that these younger generations were arrested for committing crimes for some reason.
Chapter completed!