Volume 1 Sunrise in the East and Setting in the West Chapter 39 The Head of the Owl
Wen Budao was silent, but he didn't stay silent for long, and asked, "Is it your vote, or is it really a last resort?" ”
"It makes no difference." Qiao Leshan shook his head: "I remember that I seem to have persuaded you that if you want to stay in Turtle City for a long time, you must always express your sincerity to the Zhenhou Mansion, but you seem to have forgotten that I said this." ”
Wen Budao smiled: "I do have something to be afraid of, but the damn is not afraid of any dignitaries." ”
"If it was when I first met you, I wouldn't be afraid." Qiao Leshan suddenly smiled: "But people are always very strange, when they have nothing, they are not afraid of heaven and earth, but if they really have something, they are afraid of losing everything they have." He sighed lightly: "As long as people have concerns, they will always make compromises for these." ”
"Oh?"
"I didn't expect you to have such strength behind you." Qiao Leshan knew that the catastrophe was coming, but he calmed down and said with a smile: "Between Zhenhou Mansion and you, if I want to live, I can only choose that side." ”
Wen Budao nodded slightly: "So you betrayed me because of the Zhenhou Mansion?" ”
"And the woman, of course." Qiao Leshan smiled bitterly: "Actually, I don't want to be sorry for you in terms of women, but I drank too much wine that day, and I ...... when I wake up!" ”
Qin Xiao thought to himself that this person was really brazen, he dared to say such a thing, and more importantly, in his words, he seemed to throw the responsibility to Mrs. Wen.
Wen Budao was not surprised, and said lightly: "You want to beg me for mercy?" ”
"Ants want to live, let alone me?"
"It's a pity you shouldn't use that reason." Wen Budao sneered: "No matter who is at fault, you shouldn't throw the responsibility to a woman at this time." Looking up at the night sky, he muttered, "I thought you were going to cut off your head with your own hands, but now it seems that you don't deserve to let me do it again." ”
Qiao Leshan's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, but he still said calmly: "Big brother doesn't want to kill me?" ”
Wen Budao looked at the Dead Wing Knights who were riding on horseback like ghosts, and said lightly: "You can choose any one of the eight horsemen, if you can overcome him, you can take your people and leave, from now on, you and I will not owe each other." ”
Qiao Leshan swept over the eight horses, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't make a sound.
The masked man beside Wen Budao had already raised his hand and made a gesture to the eight horsemen, and he saw one of them shake the reins of his horse and walk out slowly.
Qiao Leshan took two steps back, knowing that there was no other way to retreat, if he could really defeat the other party, with his understanding of Wen Budao, this person kept his promise, and he really might have escaped death.
He snatched the broadsword from the strong man beside him and faced the knight.
After the knight came out, he did not rush directly to Qiao Leshan, but went around half a circle, the speed of the horse increased, and when he rushed to Qiao Leshan, the horse was like lightning, and with a "choking" sound, the knight had already drawn his saber and rushed straight towards Qiao Leshan.
Qiao Leshan met the knight on foot, naturally knew that the fierce was more auspicious, and when the cavalry took advantage of the momentum of the horse sprint, Qiao Leshan did not dare to take it hard, and quickly dodged, and the knight swept past him, but soon turned the horse's head and rushed towards Qiao Leshan again.
Qiao Leshan held the knife in both hands, and when the knight approached, when the big knife was cut down, he waved the knife to meet him, and there was a sound of "choking", and the two knives exchanged blows, only to hear the sound of "choking", and the big knife in Qiao Leshan's hand was broken into two.
Qin Xiao was a little surprised when he saw it, and secretly thought that this knight's saber was really sharp and abnormal.
Qiao Leshan obviously didn't expect his big knife to be broken in half in an instant, and he was stunned for a moment, that is, at this moment, the knife flashed, and the knight's blade had been mercilessly slashed on Qiao Leshan's arm holding the knife.
The saber was extremely sharp, and in Qiao Leshan's scream, his entire arm had already flown out.
Lu Hong and the others were shocked, but Wen Budao looked calm.
"Big brother, big brother .......!" Qiao Leshan covered the wound of his broken arm, and retreated again and again, knowing that life and death were in an instant, he looked at Wen Budao, with pain and pleading in his eyes.
Wen Budao sneered and didn't speak, the knight didn't hesitate anymore, urged the horse to rush forward, the knife in his hand fell, the head flew up, and he had already cut Qiao Leshan's neck with a single knife, cold and crisp.
When Qiao Leshan's head flew out, several knights urged their horses out, and they all drew their swords, and in the blink of an eye, they had already arrived at Qiao Leshan's three subordinates, and before the three people could react, their hands rose and fell, screaming continuously, and there was almost no resistance, and the three of them fell in a pool of blood in an instant.
These knights strike crisply, but ruthlessly, like ghosts coming out of hell to take people's lives.
Qin Xiao saw another knight rushing towards Lu Hong, his face changed suddenly, and he said sharply: "Stop, don't kill him!" ”
The knight naturally knew that Qin Xiao had a lot to do with Wen Budao, and he was about to raise his sword to cut at Lu Hong, but when he heard the sound, he immediately restrained his horse and turned his head to look at it.
Lu Hong saw Qiao Leshan and the others fall in a pool of blood in the blink of an eye, his face was pale, and when he saw that he actually rushed over, he knew that the limit was coming, and he clenched his fists and wanted to fight hard for the last time, but when he saw the knight suddenly stop, he was stunned.
Wen Budao turned his head to look at Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao didn't wait for Wen Budao to speak, and had already said, "Uncle Gambler, you ..... You don't kill him! ”
"Brother Qin, do you want to do it yourself?" Wen Budao smiled: "That's okay, this person just wants to kill you, you can kill him with your own hands, and a good man should kill the enemy, so it's happy." ”
Qin Xiao shook his head and said, "I didn't mean that, it's just that he can't die yet." ”
Wen Budao frowned and said, "You want to spare him?" Brother Qin, you don't want the kindness of a woman, this person must die. ”
"He's from the Governor's Mansion." Qin Xiao looked at Wen Budao's eyes: "Whether he deserves to die or not should be decided by the Governor's Mansion." ”
Wen Budao shook his head and smiled: "Brother Qin, I can promise you other things, but Lu Hong's life cannot be handed over to you." This person colluded with Qiao Leshan and wanted to harm my life, naturally he was my enemy, if it was just my personal grudge, for the sake of Brother Qin's face, I could not care, but because of his treacherous schemes, I could no longer return to Guicheng, and the gambling house that I had worked so hard to operate for many years was in vain, and it could no longer be used by us, and I couldn't help but give an explanation to the brothers. ”
When Lu Hong heard this, he suddenly laughed: "I understand, I understand." ”
"What do you understand?" Wen Budao's gaze became as sharp as a knife.
"The silver that Qiao Leshan was trying so hard to find, why didn't it disappear? I now finally understand that the money was originally given to Arasai Deathwing. Lu Hong fully understood at this time: "If the Death Wing of the Wild West wants to survive, it naturally needs silver taels, you are worried about being targeted to death by the government, and you dare not indulge in looting, with the gambling house, you can guarantee your supply of silver taels." ”
Wen Budao smiled and said: "You are wrong, the Wild West Death Wing does not loot, not because they are afraid of the government, but because they disdain to do that kind of thing." ”
"Qiao Leshan has been wondering, how can it be that there are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver stored in the silver vault of your gambling house, how can they all disappear without a sound?" Lu Hong glanced at Qiao Leshan's body, which had long been motionless, and sighed: "This stupid pig doesn't know, in the so-called silver vault, I'm afraid there has never been real storage of silver." ”
Qin Xiao naturally understood at this time.
Qiao Leshan has always felt that the underground silver inventory of the gambling house has hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and it is precisely because of this that he feels that it is unbelievable that hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are missing, after all, it takes hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to be transported, not to mention more than a dozen carriages to do it, as soon as there is movement, as the closest person to Wen Budao, it is impossible for him not to know.
However, in fact, the silver of the gambling house has been flowing outward, and it is impossible to store large sums of silver taels in the treasury.
Only Wen Budao can enter the silver vault, so not only will Qiao Leshan not know how much silver there is in the silver vault, but also will have an illusion, only thinking that Wen Budao will definitely store all the silver in it.
It's just that since Wen Budao has the ability to use various means of light and dark to turn the Golden Hook Gambling House into the largest gambling house in Turtle City, he naturally has the ability to quietly transport the silver out.
After all, behind him is the Death Wing of the Wild West.
The Golden Hook Gambling House has become an important source of income for the Dead Wing of the Wild West, and Wen Budao is the one who sits in the Golden Hook Gambling House for the Dead Wing of the Wild West.
Thinking that this humorous gambling uncle in the prison had such a deep background behind him, Qin Xiao really felt that the sentence that real people do not show their faces is indeed honest and not deceitful, and Turtle City is indeed a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.
Looking at Qiao Leshan's corpse, Qin Xiao actually felt a trace of pity in his heart.
After following Wen Budao for six or seven years, this guy didn't know anything about Wen Budao's background, and it was okay, he actually wanted to replace Wen Budao, which was really self-defeating.
Being able to hide his identity, even the closest people around him don't know anything, and the depth of the city is really terrifying.
"Brother Qin, you should always know by now why he can't leave alive." Wen Budao sighed lightly: "He knows too much, in this world, the more he knows, the shorter he may live." ”
Qin Xiao shook his head and said, "You can't kill him, and he must also go back to Turtle City with me." ”
Lu Hong said loudly: "Qin Xiao, you don't have to intercede for me, he is right, I really want to kill you just now, since I am unjust, you can also be ruthless." ”
"I didn't talk to you." Qin Xiao didn't look at Lu Hong, but looked at Wen Budao and asked, "Will Uncle Gambler still go back to Turtle City?" ”
Wen Budao said with a smile: "I will always go back, there are still things to be done over there, but it will not be the same identity as before." ”
"Then would you still be willing to be escorted to Fenggan Mansion?"
Wen Budao didn't expect Qin Xiao to ask like this, shook his head and said, "The game has already been played to this extent, and there is no need for me to play with them anymore." ”
"Lu Zhutou is a person from the Governor's Mansion, he is the one who escorted you to Fenggan Mansion, as soon as you leave today, you will be waiting to get away from the hands of the Governor's Mansion." Qin Xiao said: "The Zhenhou Mansion has been waiting for the Duwei Mansion to make a mistake, but it didn't find a good opportunity, if the Duwei Mansion escorted the prisoners wrong this time and the prisoners escaped, it would naturally bring big trouble to the Duwei Mansion." He raised his hand and pointed at Lu Hong and said: "If you take him back to Turtle City, he can naturally bear the responsibility for the prisoner's loss, if he dies, it will be Han Duwei who will be involved, and I don't want to see Han Duwei in trouble." ”
Wen Budao smiled: "So you want me to spare his life, is it for Han Yunong?" ”
"Not bad." Qin Xiao said: "So he must not die, at least not in your hands." ”