21. The Beginning of the Matter - Going to the Banquet (I)
While Tong Ge was anxiously waiting, Chu Ci and Lu Qing finally ran back.
"Senior brother, you're back!" Tong Ge was full of joy, but when he saw the deep wound on Lu Qing's shoulder, his heart was full of guilt.
"Don't talk nonsense, let's go!" Lu Qing shouted to Tong Ge, "Go listen to Yuxuan!" ”
Tong Ge took the lead, flicked the reins in his hand, the horse neighed, and drove forward.
Just after the carriage was gone, two figures appeared in a corner not far from the carriage.
"Young master, that person is the capital of the Yasi Mansion, which you often say." Saying that, the black shadow touched his arm, which was the mark left by someone when he was tied up before, "It's really ruthless, you tied me up without saying a word." ”
"San Lang, he doesn't know that you are my person."
The person who spoke was Qi Lianyu, who dragged San Lang out of the Liuyun Inn before.
"It's good that you didn't tell who you are, though." Qi Lianyu said thoughtfully to San Lang.
San Lang was a little puzzled, and said in his heart: "It seems that my plan is in vain." ”
Qi Lianyu naturally saw the doubts in San Lang's heart, so he explained to him: "Now that the form is in crisis, the enemy is dark and I am clear, and the people around you may be the ones who harm you, so it's better not to reveal your identity for the time being." ”
San Lang was a little surprised and said, "Young Master, are you saying that he is the murderer who killed you?" ”
Qi Lianyu was completely defeated by San Lang's brain circuit, and patted his head: "I just said that it is dangerous to expose your identity, who told you that he is a murderer." ”
However, for San Lang's conjecture, Qi Lianyu did not think about it in his heart, on the night he was rescued, he looked at the dark night sky, thinking about all the things before, at that time Qi Lianyu had doubted Chu Ci, of course, he not only doubted Chu Ci alone, he doubted everyone who knew his details.
"What should the young master do now? Do you want to go along? ”
"This kid is running in such a hurry, he must have discovered something," Qi Lianyu looked at the direction where the carriage was going, and then remembered what the white-haired young man said when the carriage left just now.
"Listen to Yuxuan? What do they go there for? ”
Qi Lianyu naturally didn't know Lu Qing, when Lu Qing entered Kyoto Mansion, Qi Lianyu was working on other cases, so naturally he didn't have the opportunity to meet Lu Qing, but as the dark secretary of the capital, he had also heard of the other party's name and appearance, so when he came to see him this time, he probably guessed who that person was.
Thinking of this, Qi Lianyu said to San Lang: "You go to the Silver Hook Gambling House to see what happened just now, and by the way, find out if the people from our Qijiazhuang are really here, Chu Ci that kid won't come here for no reason." ”
San Lang nodded, and then asked, "What about you, young master, where are you going?" ”
Qi Lianyu slowly said three words from his mouth, "Listen to Yuxuan." ”
On the carriage, Chu Ci asked Lu Qing for some reason, "Why do you want to listen to Yuxuan?" ”
While applying medicine to his wound to stop bleeding, Lu Qing said to Chu Ci: "Because Xu Heng went there. ”
Chu Ci was even more strange, and before Chu Ci could say anything, Lu Qing skimmed a note from his hand and gave it to Chu Ci.
Chu Ci opened the note suspiciously, and the handwriting on it was crooked, as if it had been written improvised because of time constraints.
"Listen to Yuxuan."
Lu Qing applied the medicine, changed his clothes, felt much refreshed, and then said to Chu Ci: "The kid who hit me just now, he stuffed it into my hand." ”
Chu Ci then remembered that when the two of them ran out of the gambling house, there was indeed a kid who ran back from outside and bumped into Lu Qing.
"That's the spy you Bai Xiaotang planted three years ago?" Chu Ci recalled the appearance of that person, who looked only eighteen or nineteen years old, and he didn't look like an undercover agent for three years.
Lu Qing didn't speak, it seemed that he wasn't quite sure about this matter, after all, the only one who had seen the spy was the master of Bai Xiaotang, but whether the other party was the person he was looking for or not, at least the other party had given him a target, and a few people might as well take a look.
The words were divided into two ends, and Tianbao was called to his room by Dong Tiankuo.
"What are you doing in such a hurry?" Dong Tiankuo sat on his recliner, looked at Tianbao who was standing there, and asked.
Tianbao said hesitantly: "Xu Ye told me to do something. ”
Dong Tiankuo picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea inside, and then spit out the tea residue that had entered his mouth.
"I heard that Xu Heng is going to invite Qi Song to dinner today?"
Dong Tiankuo didn't seem to continue to ask why Tianbao came back in a hurry from outside.
Tianbao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, in fact, he was also thinking about how to give Dong Tiankuo an explanation, or a reasonable statement, and would not doubt his own statement.
As Lu Qing guessed, Tianbao was the spy that Bai Xiaotang planted in the Silver Hook Casino, and the encounter with Xu Heng three years ago was arranged by Bai Xiaotang, in order to let Tianbao enter the Silver Hook Gambling House smoothly.
Three days ago, I came with the two people in Qijiazhuang, and there was a secret letter belonging to Bai Xiaotang, which was a letter that only he could understand, and Tianbao knew that his spy life was coming to an end.
Xu Heng found himself before, intending to persuade himself to deal with Qi Song and Meng Runan together, and he also took advantage of the situation, and agreed to do so, but at that time, Xu Heng just let himself start to act around the time, and he didn't tell himself specifically, so he had to inform Tong Ge and them of what he knew first.
For Bai Xiaotang's Linqing Mansion stronghold, Tianbao has a good grasp of the situation, and he knows who is in charge here now.
Later, in order to learn about Xu Heng's next step, Tianbao secretly hid next door to Dong Tiankuo's room, overheard the conversation between Xu Heng and Qi Song, and learned that Xu Heng was going to listen to Yuxuan to invite Qi Song, and Tianbao spread the news at that time, until he saw Lu Qing and another young man, who made a big fuss with the Silver Hook Gambling House, he didn't know that they didn't receive the last news, and they also knew that they were making a big fuss here, just like letting themselves notice, so he hurried back just now. The incident that hit Lu Qing, who escaped from the gambling house, that information, was stuffed into Lu Qing's hands by himself at that time.
"Yes, the owner."
"Where?" Dong Tiankuo asked very casually.
"Listen to Yuxuan." Tianbao rolled his eyes, and thought of a way to get out, or a reason why he came back in a hurry, "Xu Ye just asked me to come back and invite Mr. Qi over." ”
Dong Tiankuo nodded, still so casual, then waved his hand at Tianbao and said, "Then go quickly, we can't neglect others." ”
Seeing that this trick was useful, Tianbao was secretly happy in his heart, so he saluted Dong Tiankuo, and then exited the room.
Dong Tiankuo saw Tianbao leave the room, smiled a little meaningfully, and then muttered: "This is still a Hongmen banquet." ”