Simon Ba? Do you remember the old man? Xu Guan confirmed in advance that Cao Yi was indeed fine, and then came to Ximen Ba and asked.

Ximen Ba, who was still in a stalemate with the Taibai secret guard, looked up after hearing the voice, and then like a frosted eggplant, he drooped his head and stopped struggling, as if he had accepted his fate.

As the hall master of the Yangzhou branch of the Cao Gang, he is responsible for all the affairs of the Cao Gang in Yangzhou, and such a person in charge is naturally familiar with and often deals with local officials. Although he Ximen Ba had only had private dealings with Guo Chao, the general judge of Yangzhou, but as a dignified governor of Yangzhou, he was naturally familiar with it, even including the chief steward of the governor's mansion, he must also know, otherwise they are all muddy people who run the rivers and lakes, in case they provoke people who shouldn't be provoked without knowing it, it will definitely not work.

He did investigate Cao Yi before, and knew that he was the junior brother of Fei Haomiao, the governor of Benzhou, and originally according to the gang rules set by the Cao Gang, he should not touch Cao Yi again, but he found out the news, this Cao Yi, has only been in Yangzhou for less than a month, what does this show, this shows that Cao Yi is only because of Fei Haomiao's official position, so he came to join the relationship.

This kind of person he Ximen Ba has seen a lot, and he is really the kind of person who is poor in the downtown and no one asks, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains. There are many, many people who rush to the door because someone is promoted and makes a fortune, it is nothing more than thinking that one person in the clan has attained the Tao, and the chicken dog wants to rub some relationship and follow the ascension to heaven.

However, according to the news found by Ximenba, Cao Yi does not seem to be very popular in front of Fei Haomiao, as soon as he came to Yangzhou, he was first harmed by their sworn enemy, the little son of the Liu family of the four great families of the Salt Gang, but until now, although Cao Yi has been released from prison, he has not seen any retaliation against the Liu family, let alone Fei Haomiao is angry for his junior brother to ask for an explanation.

It can be seen that Cao Yi's status in Fei Haomiao's mind is not very high, and he is not very willing to conflict with the Liu family, the richest man in Yangzhou, for him, as a "junior brother". The main reason for this misunderstanding is that Ximen Ba wants to monopolize the money, so he neither used the intelligence system in the Cao Gang to investigate properly, nor did he say that he notified the Cao Gang branch in Jiangning to cooperate with the investigation of Cao Yi, so it caused the current situation.

From the moment he saw the governor of Zhizhou Mansion Xu, he knew that he had been wrong, until now he still felt that these guards who suddenly appeared around him were the guards of Zhizhou Mansion, not Cao Yi and his personal guards, he just lost to Zhizhou Mansion, lost to Zhizhou Fei Haomiao, not to Cao Yi.

However, he also recognized one point, that is, Cao Yi still had a certain place in the heart of Zhizhou Fei Haomiao, otherwise he would not have sent Steward Xu and so many guards to protect Cao Yi.

"Humph! Ximen Ba, you Cao Gang are really bold enough, under the rule of Lord Fei, you still dare to openly rob people in broad daylight? Fortunately, Cao Gongzi asked me to come over as a witness, otherwise I really didn't know that the Cao Gang had been arrogant to this extent? Steward Xu looked at Ximen Ba, who was forced to "kneel" on the ground, and said coldly.

"What did you say?" Ximen Ba's originally drooping face, with a gloomy and listless face, suddenly erupted into disbelief and a slightly angry expression and asked.

"Huh? Are you provoking me? "Steward Xu, as the chief steward of the state prefect, still has his own majestic momentum, and when he heard Ximen Ba's such rebellious words, he raised his eyebrows, this Ximen Ba is really bold, he dared to provoke himself when he had been subdued and he came forward to warn him, he was really unrepentant!

"No, no, no, I didn't mean that......" Although Ximen Ba is burly and has a fierce face, in the face of the chief steward in the mansion of Lord Zhizhou, Xu Jincheng, who can represent Zhizhou Fei Haomiao to a certain extent, is still immediately convinced. I mean, that Cao Yi ...... Cao Gongzi, he has already informed you to come here, do ...... Be a Witness? ”

Steward Xu kicked his eyes and said angrily: "What? Old man, am I not qualified to be this witness? Ximen Ba, you are such a big dog! Dare to hurt Lord Fei's junior brother! This is what I witnessed with my own eyes at the scene, otherwise I really can't believe that in Yangzhou City, there are still people who don't take our Fei in their eyes. ”

"No...... It's not ......" Ximen Ba looked submissive at this time, not at all arrogant and domineering when he was looking for trouble at Cao Yi just now, fanning his face and Tanyun, looking down at the ground, but he was thinking in his heart, just now this Xu Laogou said that Cao Yi had already asked him to come over as a witness, so didn't it mean that Cao Yi had already guessed that we would do something to him!

So...... Then Chu Mingxuan really colluded with him in advance to trap us? He remembered the sentence that Cao Yi shouted before, and he was thanking Chu Mingxuan for his cooperation...... Now that I think about it, it seems that things are really very suspicious.

He Chu Mingxuan is just an ordinary merchant family, not even ranked in the top 20 in Yangzhou City, and there is no big backer in the family, the biggest backer is only his teacher Wei Mu, and he is only the personal staff of Guo Chao, who is sentenced to death in Yangzhou. Did he Chu Mingxuan eat the bear's heart leopard gall or what, and dared to hire himself to forcibly kidnap the junior brother of Fei Haomiao, the governor of Yangzhou.

In any case, Yang Zhizhou Fei Haomiao is always bigger than Yangzhou Tong Guo Chaolai, and the junior brother is closer than his personal staff, right? Besides, there was also a master between him Chu Mingxuan. So no matter how you compare, his status is far inferior to Cao Yi.

It was in such a situation that he Chu Mingxuan dared to make a move on Cao Yi, and even expressed his meaning openly and secretly, and he wanted to kill Cao Yi, he had already told himself more than once that it was best to be a living person, and if a living person could not be captured, then a corpse would be required.

Now it seems that there is something strange in it. First of all, the status and power of the two are not equal, and secondly, the remuneration of 30,000 taels of silver is too high, Chu Mingxuan didn't even pay back the counteroffer, and directly agreed, this kind of boldness is also contrary to the ordinary. Looking back now, if this was something that Chu Mingxuan had planned with Cao Yi a long time ago, then everything would have made sense.

Thinking of this, Ximen Ba began to show a fierce light again, it was this Chu Mingxuan who caused himself to fall into this fate, first offended the governor of Yangzhou, if he was known by the Xicheng headquarters, or because he wanted to steal the 30,000 taels of remuneration, it is estimated that he has also achieved the position of the hall master!

When Ximen Ba was still looking down and pondering, he heard a sound of footsteps approaching, and then he saw boots that looked very good in the material, and he recognized this boot as Cao Yi, who had just fought with Liu Dazhuang, a "scholar" beyond his cognition!

"Ximen Ba, I don't care what conditions Chu Mingxuan promised you at that time, let you deal with me, but now that you have become a king and a loser, since you have been defeated, you should take a good look at your situation." Sure enough, Cao Yi's voice came to mind in front of him, so it was equivalent to Ximen Ba kneeling in front of Cao Yi at this time.

This made Ximen Ba feel very aggrieved and wanted to struggle to stand up, but the four Taibai secret guards behind him naturally would not let him succeed and held him down.

"What? Still not convinced? Cao Yi's cold voice continued.

Although Ximen Ba's body was suppressed, his head could still be raised, and at this time, his head was held high, because of the struggle, his face was flushed, and even his eyes were red at the moment. "You are using conspiracy to control us, what kind of hero are you!"

When Cao Yi heard this, he laughed unconsciously, laughed and said, "Ximen Ba, Ximen Ba, are you still the hall master?" Let me ask you, when there were only me and Liu Baiqing, and the thirteen of you threatened us, you were considered heroes? At the beginning, when I, a weak scholar, proposed to fight Liu Dazhuang, was I a hero or were you a hero? ”

Under Cao Yi's gaze, Ximen Ba gradually lowered his head, this thing is indeed not authentic for them, but accepting money from people and eliminating disasters with others, since he received Chu Mingxuan's money, he still has to have professional ethics, with money, it will become unfragrant for heroes.

"I've said it all, become a king and lose a king, you have to recognize your current situation, I still say the same thing, all of you kneel down and apologize to Tan Yun, otherwise it will be more than just now!" Cao Yi looked at Ximen Ba and said lightly.

Hearing this, Ximen Ba instantly raised his head and said with a little excitement: "Do we apologize, and you will let us go?" ”

"Huh!" Cao Yi smiled contemptuously, looked at Ximen Ba's eyes full of mockery, and said softly: "Ximen Ba, Ximen Ba, are you too naïve or do you think I am too naïve?" You don't think before you speak, do you? Do you think you've done these things to me that I'm going to forgive so quickly? ”

"And what are you going to do with us?" Ximen Ba is also single, since the hope of letting go is gone, he simply asks the final result.

"What to do? I invited Steward Xu to come over, hoping that he could be a witness and truthfully reflect everything you have to the government......"

"Since you're going to send us to the office! Then what kind of apologies do I have, are you funny? When Ximen Ba learned of the final result, he simply gave up his flattery to Cao Yi and said stiffly.

Cao Yi didn't laugh angrily, nodded, and said coldly: "Very good, if you apologize to Tan Yun, then nothing, if you don't apologize, it's not a big deal, I heard that you are still called the Thirteen Taibao, isn't it, thirteen brothers and sisters, what about me, I love the beauty of adults the most, if you, especially you Ximen Ba, if you don't apologize, I will break the arms of the remaining twelve like Liu Dazhuang!" ”