Simon Ba! Cao Yi shouted.

Ximen Ba was being escorted by two Taibai secret guards at this time, and turned his head to look at Cao Yi, the conversation between Steward Xu and Cao Yi just now, in fact, he vaguely heard a little, combined with his own guesses, it is estimated that Cao Yi is calling him now for Chu Mingxuan's business, so Ximen Ba grinned.

"Gongzi Cao, if you want me to confess who hired me to deal with you, then forget it, although I, Ximen Ba, am a rough person, I also know that as long as the employer does not betray me, I will not betray the employer, so it is wishful thinking if you want to extract information from me."

Cao Yi didn't expect Ximen Ba to guess what he wanted to do, so he also laughed and said: "Ximen Ba, I didn't expect you to be such a person, I will underestimate you then." ”

Although Ximen Ba has been captured now, he has been sent to the government, and with his current behavior of just fighting and kidnapping people, he is just locked up for a few days, and it is not enough to be a big crime, so the mood has also relaxed, and they have already knelt down to apologize, Cao Yi said in front of so many people that he would not pursue them, then he has nothing to fear, so there is no psychological burden at all for refusing Cao Yi's request.

"Although I, Ximenba, was born in a reckless background, I also know that things are done and things are not done. I'm not right to bring someone to help you, but it's just a different position, as the head of the Cao Gang Branch, I naturally have to think about the livelihood of my cousins, and losing in your hands just shows that our skills are not good enough, and our skills are not as good as others. If you come out alone to mix the rivers and lakes, you naturally still have to abide by some morality in the rivers and lakes. ”

Ximen Ba's words also said that they were "bright and fair", and even Liu Baiqing's eyes when he looked at him were full of praise. It is a soldier itself, and it always has a good impression of others in the heart of the people who have blood and righteousness, or it is more of an appetite.

After Ximen Ba finished speaking, seeing that Cao Yi was no longer silent, he felt that the matter was settled, and immediately turned his head, waiting for Steward Xu to step forward and send them to the official mansion, but the sound of Cao Yi suddenly passing through shocked it.

"Ximen Ba, since you keep talking about the morality of the rivers and lakes, then let me ask you, do you support Mu Hong or Jing Zhe in your heart?"

"What!?" Ximen Ba Huo Ran turned around and looked at Cao Yi in disbelief, he was completely surprised how Cao Yi knew the names of Mu Hong and Jing Zhe, the two leaders of the Cao Gang, and even asked who he supported. Could it be that now the power struggle of the Cao Gang has become known to everyone?

For a while, Ximen Ba's mind was in a hurry, he didn't know Cao Yi's intention to ask, and he didn't want to answer Cao Yi's question for the time being, because he didn't know what Cao Yi's specific intention was to ask like this, in case Cao Yi knew the current helper Jing Zhe, then if he said that he actually supported Mu Hong, wouldn't he be lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

As soon as Cao Yi looked at Ximen Ba's expression, he knew what Ximen Ba was really thinking, and he was also hesitating whether to reveal something to Ximen Ba. The current Ximen Ba must be the kind that doesn't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles. But in case Ximen Ba is from Jing Zhe's side, wouldn't he dig his own grave.

At present, I don't know what the situation is in Xicheng, what is the situation on Yuanqing's side, it has only been a day or two since the first flying pigeon passed the book, and I don't know what kind of situation it is now, Cao Yi is a little afraid to say it now, in case Ximen Ba is from Jingzhe's side......

But then he thought about it, this Ximen Ba has been the branch hall master in Yangzhou for a long time, and even if Ximen Ba is Jing Zhe's person, but he was interrogated by the Guan Guan's Mansion next, and he has been locked up in prison, at least ten days and a half months before and after, and by then, the situation in Xicheng should be very clear.

At that moment, Cao Yi no longer hesitated, his eyes kept staring at Ximen Ba's eyes, and said: "As far as I know, Mu Hong is not dead now, and he has not been found by Jing Zhe. ”

"This ......" Ximen Ba was shocked, and his eyes instantly showed a look of surprise, but then he immediately reined in, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked slowly in a flat tone as much as possible: "Gongzi Cao, how did you know about this?" And how did you know about the former gang leader and the current gang leader of our Cao Gang? ”

Cao Yi looked at Ximen Ba with a smile on his face, he deliberately looked into the latter's eyes when he said it just now, the surprise and excitement at that moment could not be pretended, Cao Yi was confident that his judgment at that moment was correct. If Ximen Ba could really pretend to be the surprise just now so realistically, then Cao Yi would also admit it.

If that is all deliberately performed, then Ximen Ba's acting skills can really crush most of the little fresh meat in later generations. Cao Yi retracted his thoughts, looked at Ximen Ba with fixed eyes, and said: "Ximen Ba, I don't think we should test each other, I'll tell you the truth, I not only know that Jing Zhe is a usurper, but also know that he is starting to dispose of the people who originally belonged to Mu Hong. ”

"So what I want to know is, if you are imprisoned for ten days and half a month at this critical moment, after you come out, do you think you can still sit firmly in the position of the head of the Yangzhou branch hall? Or in other words, do you think that when the time comes, you will still be the head of the Yangzhou branch hall? ”

Cao Yi's words Ximen Ba's expression changed, he really didn't think of this thing before, he thought that he could not be found out by the people in the headquarters, especially Jing Zhe and his doglegs, he only thought that the bad news on his side should not be worn to Xicheng, but he ignored it, if Jingzhe really took him, then Xicheng could send someone over.

After all, Runzhou and Yangzhou are so close to Xicheng, and in terms of location, they are more like the two guards where the Xicheng headquarters are located, guarding the "Gyeonggi important place" of the Cao Gang Headquarters, so Jing Zhe naturally values it very seriously. He is also really, very likely to send someone over at any time to firmly control Yangzhou in his hands, so that when the time comes, no matter whether Mu Hong has fled to other places or not, can he gather and integrate his original heartfelt subordinates and return to Xicheng.

Even so, for Jing Zhe, there will still be Yangzhou and Runzhou to resist on the periphery of Xicheng at that time, so that Huanglong will not be directly smashed, so that Xicheng will have enough time to think of countermeasures. At that time, whether it is to arrange defensive means or take the initiative to attack and ambush halfway or abandon Xicheng and flee, it is okay to make other plans.

However, this premise is to get the two branches of Yangzhou and Runzhou first, so that Ximen Ba feels that he is bound to become the person Jing Zhe will deal with next, so that he can not be imprisoned by the official government. Not to mention anything else, he believes that with the relationship between Cao Yi and Fei Haomiao's brothers, it is unlikely that he will be sentenced to a felony, but it is too simple to find a few reasons to lock him up for ten days and half a month.

As soon as he thought of this, Ximen Ba was no longer the mentality he had before, with an anxious look on his face, and asked, "Gongzi Cao, what do you mean?" ”

"I don't know if you have conclusive evidence that Chu Mingxuan hired you to deal with me, if you have, then everything is easy to say, you won't even be imprisoned, after all, you are here to kidnap me, if I don't sue you, you won't have any time. If you don't have the relevant evidence that Chu Mingxuan wants to deal with me, or if you have it in your hand but don't want to tell me, then I don't want to do anything more to you, it's nothing more than sending it to the official, interrogating and punishing it according to law......" Cao Yi smiled faintly and said lightly.

Ximen Ba showed a wry smile on you, and things went around and around, and finally came back to the question of whether he wanted to confess Chu Mingxuan. If he didn't confess Chu Mingxuan, then with Cao Yi's plan, he would definitely put himself in prison for several days, in this case, Yangzhou would probably not be his own, but would be controlled by Jing Zhe.

Of course, in the end, it is also possible that in the past ten days and a half, Jing Zhe is still dealing with the opposition in Xicheng who has been making trouble for him since he came to sit as the gang leader. I don't have the heart or ability to reach out to Yangzhou, but this matter, except for Jing Zhe, no one feels guaranteed what the outcome will be. It is also very likely that after he came out of prison, Yangzhou was no longer surnamed Ximen, but Jingzhe.

"Cao Gongzi! You're not a gentleman! Ximen Ba opened his mouth, and finally could only hold back such a sentence.

"Hahaha, Ximen Ba, when did I say that I am a gentleman?" Cao Yi laughed unconsciously.

"But...... But aren't you Jiang Ning's first-time talent? ”

"The title of this first genius is just a false name, and it can't be exchanged for money, and it doesn't benefit me, but because of this title, I have caused a lot of right and wrong, if there is a choice, I don't choose to want it. And what I have always believed in is that all useless scholars are scholars, and since ancient times, they have slaughtered more dogs for righteousness, and more ruthless people are scholars. Cao Yi talked eloquently, in addition to being stunned by Ximen Ba's words, even Fu Wan'er and Yue'er were stunned.

Before, they just knew that Cao Gongzi was a bit like Wang Honghua's demeanor, both in terms of lyrics and work style, so there would always be some things and remarks that were out of line, or different from ordinary talented scholars. But I didn't expect Cao Yi to think this way all along......

"I ...... I'm going to think about it. Ximen Ba still didn't make up his mind in the end.

As soon as Cao Yi saw Ximen Ba's expression, he knew who he was supporting in his heart, and at the moment he said a sentence that made Ximen Ba completely stunned in an extremely indifferent tone: "Mu Feichen is now living in the Zhizhou Mansion, with me, and I have already gone to Xicheng to inquire about Mu Hong's news, there is a great possibility that Mu Hong is still hiding in Xicheng, if I find him, my people will bring him directly to Yangzhou." ”

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