Chapter 50: Choice
Uncle Wu straightened up and bowed slightly, Mr. Mu forced him to make a choice, but if he helped Mo Luo rob the goods in Furong Town, then from now on, he could only have a personal relationship with Mo Luo, and he would also offend the silver-faced man, so that the situation of the Storm Gate in the Central Plains would be difficult.
However, if Mr. Mu is refused, the Storm Gate will lose the Yuyuan trade route.
Yes, if you want to talk about the origin of the Storm Gate and Mo Luo, it must be traced back to the time when the Storm Gate first entered the Yanyu Villa.
At that time, the villa assigned them the business along the way, but it did not lead to Yuyuan, and could only reach Furong Town. Because Yuyuan is a land of soldiers, the people who can do business there either have a background in the imperial court or have meritorious deeds, and Yanyu Villa has no relationship with the imperial court, and the most that has been in business for many years can only go to Furong Town.
The Storm Gate was a small sect at that time, and it was not easy to get this waterway, but since Furong Town was not limited, there were many other Jianghu sects that came here to seek a livelihood.
They are not under the control of Yanyu Villa, they are domineering, and they want to monopolize the big cake of Furong Town, so they often join forces to bully many weak sects, especially the people of Yanyu Villa, and the goods of the Storm Gate have been burned by them at night several times.
Yang Shu led Uncle Wu to suffer in Furong Town for three years, and he did very little business. Although Yanyu Villa did not pursue the losses caused by them, it also sent people to escort them to transport goods several times, and personally taught these scattered sects a lesson, so that they were quiet for a while. However, these actions of the mountain villa also made them unable to raise their heads in front of other sects.
is obviously an independent sect, but it is only attached to Yanyu Villa in order to obtain resources, but it has to rely on the Villa for them to settle everything. Everyone privately ridiculed them for dispersing their frightening reputation and directly becoming the people of the villa.
This made Poplar very angry, and in a fit of rage, he refused all the support of the villa, and was bound to gain a foothold in Furong Town.
And that year, Mr. Mu infiltrated the Central Plains.
He was the advisor of the general Tuoba on the front line of Moluo, who had previously repaired the Japanese book and was willing to return to the Celestial Empire, so the business contacts on the border line were relaxed, so he pretended to be a Ganhan merchant to come to Furong Town to collect salt.
There is more business, and the life of the Storm Gate is also a little better, but in a resource grab, it still clashed with that group of people again.
At that time, the storm gate was besieged, seeing that it was invincible, and the goods were robbed, Yang Shu and Uncle Wu were injured and fled, and wanted to report to the official, but they were stopped halfway through, and wanted to kill them, and happened to meet Mr. Mu who passed by in a carriage.
Mr. Mu saved them, and was very sympathetic to their plight, but secretly happy in his heart after learning their identities.
They are worried about how to blend into the Central Plains, and now is a good time. The Shocking Wind Gate is next to the top pillar of the rivers and lakes, Yanyu Villa, and knows the dynamics of the Central Plains well, and the goods sold by the Shocking Wind Gate are the scarce things of the Ganhan Clan, if they can be used well, it will be a great weapon to deal with the Central Plains.
Mr. Mu let the two of them recuperate, secretly went to check on the person who embarrassed them, and then one day, Mr. Mu came to visit them.
"Master Yang, something big has happened in Furong Town in the past two days, I'm afraid that you will report to the official, and the government will not have the energy to recover the goods for you in a short time."
"What happened?" Yang Shu asked anxiously while dragging his injured body.
"The night before yesterday, Luyan Island robbed a batch of money transported by the government to Yuyuan, and the prefect is anxious about this!"
Mr. Mu replied bitterly that the salary is related to the front-line war, if it cannot be recovered, the prefect will be killed, and if it is difficult to protect himself, where can he spare energy to recover the stolen goods for them.
In addition, pirates have been rampant on Luyan Island for a long time, and they have always been a big trouble in Furong Town, and now they have to make an inch, and they dare to directly contradict the imperial court.
If the poplar tree is struck by lightning and the sky is frightened, do they still have the face to go back?
Uncle Wu walked up to Yang Shu and said bitterly: "Master, let's inform the owner of Jiang Zhuang."
"No, if that's the case, I'd rather fight to the death than be humiliated by them!" Yang Shu is a proud person, if the head of the house wants to become a laughing stock of thousands of people, then he is willing to die, and he will never compromise and seek perfection.
"Good! The big husband stands up to the sky, and he is not talented, and he is willing to help Yang Zhang! The poplar tree was proud and moved Mr. Mu.
"Mr. Mu, please accept the next bow!"
Yang Shu was moved by Mr. Mu's righteousness, and thanked him with Uncle Wu, Mr. Mu hurriedly grabbed the two, "Meeting is fate, everyone will be friends in the future, there is no need to be so different." ”
What Yang Shu and Uncle Wu didn't know was that Mr. Mu had been waiting for their words, and he only stupidly thought that he had met a nobleman, and he was grateful.
In the following days, Mr. Mu led them into the trap step by step.
The news of the money was deliberately leaked to Yuyan Island by Mr. Mu after he heard about it.
In addition, Mr. Mu had already found out that the people who robbed the goods were to join the pirates of Yuyan Island and use this batch of goods as a starting gift, and these people were greedy for money and lustful, so Mr. Mu used some tricks and sent a well-trained dancing girl to lure them and blend into the island.
After going undercover for more than ten days, Maihime drew a map of the island and secretly gave it to Mr. Mu, who in turn forwarded it to the poplar tree, and they presented it to the prefect.
Under the cooperation of the inside and the outside, the government smashed the Yellow Dragon, annihilated the bandits in one fell swoop, and got back the silver.
In this way, the Storm Gate not only recovered the sea salt that was robbed, but also eliminated the villains who embarrassed them in one fell swoop, and most importantly, they made a great contribution to the banditry operation!
After the prefect reported to the imperial court, the Storm Gate took the opportunity to apply for the qualification to enter the border to do business with Mr. Mu's encouragement, and the court was overjoyed as a reward for the Storm Gate.
This is the origin of the fact that the Storm Gate is now the only one that can walk the fish abyss. Because of this, their value has increased in a short period of time, and many people have entered the frenzied gate, and the development of the fright gate is getting better and better.
Naturally, Mr. Mu's great kindness, they are unforgettable.
Later, Mr. Mu naturally became the first merchant of the Storm Gate in Yuyuan, and after going back and forth, the relationship between the two sides became closer, and Mr. Mu gradually induced them to steal the news of the Central Plains.
Slowly, the storm gate really became a sharp blade for Mr. Mu.
It's just that what Mr. Mu didn't expect was that this sharp blade did not follow them wholeheartedly, but secretly betrayed him in the process of growing.
Uncle Wu fell into deep thought, and Mr. Mu was not in a hurry, sitting quietly waiting for his answer. In his opinion, there is no other choice for the Storm Gate, otherwise, success will be a failure, and defeat will be a failure.
Mo Luo has been fierce recently, and the Central Plains is not peaceful now.
The emperor's health is getting worse day by day, and the court and China have been divided into two factions. At that time, once the court was in civil strife, Mo Luo took the opportunity to invade, and the Central Plains would be surrendered to them.
Because the Storm Gate is a merchant compiled by Yuyuan, half of it is also an official family. Every time they went to the goods, they had to report through the government, and it was because of this that they spied many court secrets from this path and passed them on to Mr. Mu.
Uncle Wu thought about it a lot, analyzed various pros and cons, and finally made up his mind, "To show sincerity, Fengfeng Gate is willing to go back to Furong Town with Mr. Mu." ”
"Good!" Mr. Mu stood up excitedly, "Time is pressing, let's leave tomorrow." ”
After another day of delay, Uncle Wu led all the disciples of the Shocking Wind Sect to live in the inn.
The boatmen were puzzled by their actions, and it was not until the evening that they did not return that they realized that the storm had abandoned the ship, and had abandoned them.
The boatman's mood gradually sank to the bottom of the sea as the night became cold. The so-called heroes are just their wishful thinking, and the so-called famous and decent families are just hidden treacherous evils.
Since Sheng Lingyun and Xu Yunxi are unreliable, and Li Heng is also a hypocrite, then they can only rely on themselves.
That night, Jiang Xiaotian and his entourage finally arrived in Furong Town. After hurriedly getting off the boat, he looked around the city for the traces of Xu Yunxi and the others, but to no avail, fortunately, he happened to find the location of Ying Yutang during this period.
The three of them waited for the middle of the night to go to Yingyutang to find out, it was strange, there was no one to guard it, but it was spotless. The three of them entered the inner hall without hindrance, and Jiang Xiaotian also saw the same authentic calligraphy.
Qiao Yiling saw Jiang Xiaotian staring at this calligraphy, and followed to study, "What's wrong with this painting, Mr. Jiang?"
Xiao Ziyan heard the movement of the two and walked together with them, but was surprised: "How can this painting be here!"
"You know?" Jiang Xiaotian's reaction to Xiao Ziyan was very surprised. It's not that he looks down on Xiao Ziyan, it's just that he has always been like them, the prodigal sons of the rivers and lakes, except for Xu Yunxi and Sheng Lingyun, who also love elegance, most of them are not interested in these Wenmo, and only care about the life and death of the rivers and lakes. Today he learned that Xiao Ziyan was not an ordinary person, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
Xiao Ziyan told Qiao Yiling and Jiang Xiaotian what he knew, which was no different from what Xu Yunxi said.
Jiang Xiaotian's face became gloomy after hearing this, and Qiao Yiling always paid attention to his movements, thinking about his reaction.
The three of them continued along the house.
Coming to the study, Qiao Yiling looked around and said, "Brother Sheng, they specifically mentioned this place in the letter, thinking that there is some secret hidden here, we must pay attention to find the organ."
After Xiao Ziyan answered her words, she walked to the desk, and the few paintings that Xu Yunxi unfolded that day were still intact in the painting tube.
Xiao Ziyan couldn't help but open it and look at it, and then he was stunned.
Jiang Xiaotian sensed that something was wrong, walked to his side, glanced at the portrait, and suddenly his three souls were scattered, and his breath was unstable.
"Dare to resign from tomorrow?" It's these dazzling words again, and everyone knows what kind of weight is hidden under these words.
Jiang Xiaotian put away the portrait scroll, and then said to Xiao Ziyan seriously: "Don't say much!"
Qiao Yiling was still looking around for the mechanism, and didn't notice the movement on their side.
Xiao Ziyan listened to Jiang Xiaotian's words and hid this shock in his heart, and then followed Qiao Yiling over to help.
After Xiao Ziyan walked away, Jiang Xiaotian couldn't help but clench his fists and stand in front of the desk, his eyes reflecting two scorching angers.