Qiu Feng slowly got up and walked to the wall, raised his hand and knocked on the wall a few times in a regular manner, and in an instant, a crack appeared on the originally closed wall. Qiu Feng gently pushed the wall, and the crack grew larger and larger, until it was the size of a person who could pass through guò, and it was faintly visible that there was a secret passage inside. Liang Yinhuan followed Qiu Feng into the passage, secretly frightened, although he had been here a few times, he had never paid close attention to the structure of the room, and he didn't want to think that there was a dark room hidden inside.

The furnishings in the darkroom were very simple, with only a table and an oil lamp. A woman sat on the ground, and when she saw someone coming, she got up and saluted and said, "The people's daughter Wu Tao has seen His Highness, His Royal Highness Wan'an." ”

Rui Wang looked each other up and down. The woman's face is beautiful, she is at the age of Fanghua, but there is maturity and profundity between her eyebrows and eyes. Liang Yinhuan asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" ”

The woman said calmly: "I heard Qiu Feng said that His Highness wants to see me?" ”

King Rui raised his eyebrows and was stunned, and said in surprise: "You are the leader of the Lingshan Gang?" ”

The woman bowed again and said politely, "Exactly." Your Highness must have a lot of questions in her mind, I wonder if the maiden is qualified to invite His Highness for a drink? Let's talk slowly. ”

Rui Wang thought for a while, and finally sat down opposite the woman named Wu Tao, but did not reach out to take the wine glass handed by the other party. Qiu Feng did not sit down with the two, but quietly retreated to the corner and said no more.

The woman seemed to see through the other party's suspicions, and said with a smile: "Your Highness thinks it's strange, a big gang of rivers and lakes, and a weak female stream is actually in charge of the overall situation?" ”

"Looking at your body and skeleton, you don't look like a person who practices martial arts, I don't know how the gang leader leads and controls the gang?"

The woman poured herself a glass leisurely and said with a smile: "Although my Lingshan Gang's status in the rivers and lakes is not called calling for wind and rain, at least it is not bullied, and it has never relied on brute force, but brains!" ”

King Rui was noncommittal, and directly cut to the topic, saying: "The helper is indeed far-sighted, and his thinking is even more different from ordinary people. Fraud in the Ministry of Rites, fraud in the Criminal Department, smuggling weapons in the Ministry of War, and the assassination of the Minister of Zhongshu Ling, I'm afraid that each of these things has nothing to do with your Lingshan Gang, right? ”

"Your Highness can't help but think too highly of my Lingshan Gang. Every case in His Royal Highness's mouth is a big case that shocks the government and the opposition, just relying on our Jianghu people, how can we manipulate the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee? These things were all there, but the Lingshan Gang was lucky enough to find some clues, so they added fuel to the fire and put them all on the table. ”

"It is inconceivable for a gang to be able to expose all these filthy things that have been hidden for a long time, and you can be regarded as painstaking." King Rui's words did not mean approval, but even more mockery.

"Your Highness has a good reputation." The woman smiled modestly.

King Rui snorted coldly and asked, "Why did you do everything possible to bring down these princes and ministers?" ”

"Why? Reason: Didn't Qiu Feng already inform His Highness? ”

Rui Wang's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, with vigilance and suspicion, obviously not believing the other party's words. Although Qiu Feng said when he was detoxifying himself, this was done to help him return to the capital. Originally, he thought that the Lingshan Gang was just talking, but he didn't expect that unexpected things really followed, which was really incredible, and he had to start to suspect that there were more ulterior motives behind the Lingshan Gang. "You are doing so much just to help this king return to Beijing?"

The other party asked rhetorically, "Is this reason not enough?" ”

"Hmph, this king is not related to you, why do you risk the world's disapproval to help me? What's more, even if I come back now, I am just a waste with an empty title of prince but no real power, and the emperor will not let me participate in court politics. If you help me, it will do you a lot of harm and no good! Rui Wang questioned.

"The original plan of the Lingshan Gang was not just to help His Royal Highness return to the capital and be an idle listed prince." The woman sneered slightly, and her smile was like a snow-white and sharp electric light, slowly spreading to the corners of her eyes. "The folk girl only asked His Highness, does His Highness want to return to the temple?"

A muffled thunder exploded in Liang Yinhuan's brain, and he was dumbfounded: "Nonsense! Do you think you're lucky enough to win a bet once or twice, and then you don't know how thick the sky is? ”

The woman looked at each other fixedly, and said confidently: "The Lingshan Gang has never done things just by luck. Without complete certainty, how dare the folk girl open her mouth at will?"

"The emperor has been jealous of me for a long time, how can he let me get involved in the affairs of the court again?! It's a fantasy. ”

The woman turned her head to look at the candle flame jumping in the room, and there was still an unfathomable smile on her face. "Not necessarily. Didn't Your Highness believe that we could help you return to Beijing that day? Aren't you still moving into the Ruiwang Mansion now? How do you know the outcome until the end? ”

King Rui's eyes shone with a piercing light, and he said slowly: "If you really make up your mind to help me regain power, then the people you will deal with in the future are all important members of the imperial court, and they are all scheming and vicious, as long as you take a wrong step, you will be doomed." Why did the Wu gang leader take such a big risk to oppose the imperial court? Isn't it good to be safe and secure in the rivers and lakes? ”

"I didn't expect His Highness to be so talented and courageous." The woman groaned slightly, and there was a cold luster in her eyes. "No matter how powerful the Lingshan Gang is, no matter how many people they help, in the final analysis, they are just people from the mountains and wilderness, and the lifeblood and qi are always in the hands of those eunuchs who hold power. Not to mention the emperor, even any prince and minister, as long as they look at us a little unpleasantly, they can destroy us lightly. If you want to keep the Lingshan Gang enduring, it will not work just by following the old path, and only relying on powerful people is the best strategy. It's just that the ministers in power now disdain to be in the company of a treacherous gang, so we can only choose to support one ourselves, and His Royal Highness is the best candidate!"

The dim room was filled with a depressing aura, and the cold in King Rui's eyes was condensing into frost bit by bit, and he said coldly: "Are you using this king?"

The woman smiled brightly, "How can it be said that it is exploiting?" It's just a win-win situation. ”

"Win-win? This king only feels that he is a pawn that has been manipulated at will, and there is no way back. King Rui sneered.

"Your Highness can withdraw at any time, and the Lingshan Gang only does what you want to do, and will never force Your Highness to do anything." The woman said quietly, her eyes were full of energy, and she was full of energy. "I understand that His Highness does not value fame, fortune and power. However, now that the government of the court and the central government is corrupt, and the court gentry are linked to the party, can His Royal Highness turn a blind eye? Corrupt officials and corrupt officials looted the people's fat and ointment, and the people were displaced, is His Highness indifferent? As long as His Highness says a word today, you just want to live in peace without merit and fault, and the Lingshan Gang will never spare Your Highness in the future! ”