After they left, Han Xiaoshui said to Sun Yueling: "Qi Liao, is it him?" ”

Sun Yueling said with a smile: "I didn't expect that my fourth brother was also in the team going south, this time Suzhou City is becoming more and more lively." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Han Xiaoshui obviously knew about Sun Yueling and Qi Liao's past for a long time, and said: "This Qi Liao invited you to meet at this time, I'm afraid I have something extremely important to tell you." ”

Sun Yueling nodded and said, "You're right, my fourth brother has always been thoughtful, if there is no important matter, I'm afraid I won't send someone to pass it on." ”

Han Xiaoshui hesitated, but still said: "Master, please forgive your subordinates for saying too much, although Qi Liao is your brother, but this is an extraordinary time, you must be careful, do not have a handle in his mouth between words, in case ......" Speaking of this, he did not say any more, but looked at Sun Yueling's eyes to see how he reacted.

Sun Yueling was not angry, he knew that his subordinate was not only thoughtful, but also cautious and sophisticated, otherwise he would not have left him in Jiangnan to take charge alone, and it was impossible for him to make Fenghua Society take root in Jiangnan by himself.

With these words just now, Han Xiaoshui reminded him that although Qi Liao is his brother, he is also an official of Jinyiwei after all, and now the entire Jinyiwei has been reduced to a eunuch faction, and it cannot be ruled out that Qi Liao has also completely thrown himself into the eunuch party.

Sun Yueling knew that Han Qianshui was loyal, and it was all for his good, so he smiled and said, "Manager Han, you may be too worried this time." Since Qi Liao sent Zhang and Wen, who were good friends with me, to pass the word, it can be seen from this point that he still misses the old feelings in his heart, which is one of them; Second, I know him as a person, he will never fall to the eunuch party, this time he came to Suzhou, nine times out of ten he couldn't help himself, otherwise he would not have invited me to go to the meeting. ”

Han Xiaoshui thought for a while and said, "The master of the meeting is reasonable, it may be that his subordinates are too worried." ”

Sun Yueling said again: "However, I will also take your words to heart, you can rest assured, I will definitely deal with it properly." ”

That night, Sun Yueling took Dongfang Shengping, and the two of them drove out of Suzhou Xiangmen and headed towards Jinji Lake outside the city.

After the carriage galloped on the official road for a while, the horse's hooves no longer made a crisp "click" sound, which indicated that the carriage had left Suzhou City for a distance and was no longer driving on the smooth official road. Sun Yueling closed his eyes, and the journey was the best time to think about the problem.

Speaking of which, he and Qi Liao haven't seen each other for more than three years since they parted in the second year of the Apocalypse. In the past few years, although he has fought with Qi Liao on one side, he still pays close attention to his fourth brother's actions. Hearing that, Qi Liao has been operating in Liaodong for several years, not only reintegrating the Liaodong Jinyiwei system, but also providing Sun Chengzong and Mao Wenlong with a lot of accurate information, and has made great contributions in the recent "Ningyuan Victory", so he was promoted to the commander of Jinyiwei and became one of the top leaders in the Beizhen Fusi.

According to his understanding of Qi Liao, this person will definitely not fall to the eunuch party, Qi Liao is one of the very few people in the court he knows who does not intervene in party struggles, this kind of person is a real doer, all the starting point is for the ultimate interests of the Ming Dynasty, and he disdains to do it by stepping on others to ascend to the throne.

Therefore, Qi Liao invited him to meet this time, it must be for Jinyiwei's southward affairs, maybe there is something important to inform him about, thinking of this, Sun Yueling was even more excited in his heart, and he wished to get out of the carriage and drive faster.

Finally, the carriage stopped, and Dongfang Shengping, who was on the throne, turned around and said, "Master, it's time to Yinghexuan." ”

Sun Yueling jumped out of the carriage, and the fresh air outside the carriage and the fragrance of flowers lifted his spirits.

In front of you is a huge manor, under the moonlight, the whole manor is quietly located on the shore of Jinji Lake, there is a wide pond on the right, the pond is full of lotus flowers, the lotus flowers that are waiting to be put in the moonlight are more quiet and pure, there are a few frogs jumping in the meantime, the fragrance of leaves, flowers, water, blend into one, refreshing people's hearts.

Zhang Yinglong, who had been waiting in front of the stone gate of the manor for a long time, greeted him and said with a smile: "My lord is here, Qi Yan is upstairs in the garden at the moment, and I ask you to move upstairs to talk about it." ”

Looking at Zhang Yinglong's posture, Qi Liao was going to have a secret conversation with him, so Sun Yueling also asked Dongfang Shengping to stay, walked into the stone gate alone, and walked along the winding bluestone road under his feet towards the small building standing not far away.

Sun Yueling picked up the steps and climbed the stairs, only to see the lights in the upstairs room, presumably Qi Liao had been waiting here for a long time.

The fourth brother is really well-intentioned, and he chose to meet in this manor far away from Suzhou City, it seems that he also has some scruples in his heart, afraid that this meeting will be known by others, and he will give his tongue and leave a handle.

He suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "Fourth brother, I'm here." With that, he pushed the door open with both hands.

"Squeak", the door opened, and at the same time, the cold light flashed in front of him, and a strong wind rushed to his face, which was very strong and full of strength.

Sun Yueling had already been in battle for a long time, and he already knew that this was someone wielding a knife to cut him, so he hurriedly retreated, his toes were a little on the floor, and the whole person rose from the ground and flew backwards. At the same time, I was shocked, what is going on, did I fall into the trap of the eunuchs this time and fall into their trap? Or maybe the person in the room was not Qi Liao at all, and he deliberately tricked him to come here just to capture him in one fell swoop.

When he was able to stand on the railing on the corridor, the sneak attacker in the room did not take advantage of the situation to pursue, but put the knife into the sheath with a "bang", with a smile on his face, looked at him dancing with the wind on the railing, and said with a smile: "Brother, I haven't seen you for several years, and the kung fu has not diminished back then!" It was Qi Liao's unique deep voice.

Sun Yueling breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, jumped lightly on the top of the corridor, and cursed: "It turned out to be the fourth brother, what kind of trouble are you doing, I thought someone was trying to assassinate me!" ”

Qi Liao laughed and said, "When did my brother become so timid, this is not your previous style of acting!" ”

Sun Yueling smiled bitterly: "The longer you mix, the less courage you have, the fourth brother must not make such jokes in the future!" ”

Seeing that he was serious, Qi Liao laughed and said, "Okay, well, the fourth brother promised you that it would not be like this in the future." Let's have a good chat. With that, he turned and walked back into the room.

Sun Yueling followed into the room, and by the light of the candle in the room, he saw clearly the fourth brother in front of him - dressed in civilian clothes, with a long knife at his waist, although he was still burly, but his temples were slightly white, and his appearance had been stained with wind and dust.

Qi Liao was also looking at him carefully at the moment, and said with a smile: "Brother, I haven't seen you for a few years, you are even thinner, and the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River still hasn't been able to raise you fatter." ”

Sun Yueling sighed and said, "Three years is like a day, although this body is shocking. I'm just a hard worker, I'm afraid I won't be able to get fat in this life. ”

Qi Liao smiled and said, "The leader of Shilin, the leader of the Donglin Party, naturally worries all day long and does not dare to slack off. ”

"Even the fourth brother, you came to laugh at me, when did I become the leader of Shilin, and when did I become the leader of the Donglin Party?" Sun Yueling smiled bitterly.

Qi Liao sat down on the side of the table, looked at him and said lightly: "So, do you want to become the leader of Shilin, do you want to become the leader of the Donglin Party?" ”

"This ......" Sun Yueling was taken aback, he didn't expect Qi Liao to ask such a question.

"Don't tell me you never thought about it." Qi Liao's eyes flashed, and he stared at him for a moment and said.

Sun Yueling felt a little difficult to look directly at such a gaze, so he couldn't help but sit down, looked elsewhere, and muttered: "Don't hide it from the fourth brother, I have indeed thought about this problem, but it is not all like this, my original intention is not like this......"

"That's good!" Qi Liao interrupted him abruptly and said, "Since you have this wish, then there is a rare opportunity right now, as long as you and I work together, I guarantee that you can be satisfied and become the true leader of Shilin." ”

Sun Yueling felt a little unable to keep up with Qi Liao's rhythm, and wondered: "What chance?" ”

Qi Liao didn't answer and asked, "Do you know why our Jinyi Wei went south this time?" ”

Do you still need to ask this question, so he replied: "Naturally, it is to deal with the Donglin Party people in Jiangnan." Why did the fourth brother ask so? ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Qi Liao's mouth and said, "That's why I just said that this is a rare opportunity." After a pause, he continued, "You also know that this time the factory guards went south to deal with the Donglin Yu Party in Jiangnan. At present, the people who are in the south of the Yangtze River and the Shilin and Donglin are Gao Panlong, Zhou Shunchang, Qian Qianyi and others, these people are naturally Wei Zhongxian's thorns in the eyes and flesh, and they want to pull them out quickly; But you are different, although you are also from Donglin, but after all, there are no Zhou, Qian and others who are big and high-profile, so as long as I make a force from it, I will be able to ensure that your Fenghua Society is safe and sound in this struggle, as long as Gao, Zhou, Qian and others fall, just imagine, in the entire Jiangnan, who else can stop you from becoming the leader of the Donglin Party and the leader of Shilin? ”

Sun Yueling was shocked when he heard this, and it took a while to calm down, and he sobbed, "What do you mean...... Let me sit and watch Zhou Shunchang, Qian Qianyi and others fight with the eunuchs, and I ignore it? ”

Qi Liao snorted heavily in his nostrils and said, "What, my brother thinks this method is inappropriate?" ”

Sun Yueling hesitated and said, "This ...... After all, I am also Donglin's siblings, and I ...... How can I be at peace? ”

"What's in your heart?" Qi Liao couldn't help but stand up, and said with a slight stump, "Master Sun, you must know that the factory guard went south this time by the holy decree, and he did it in accordance with the will of the imperial court, and everything he did was on behalf of the laws and disciplines of the Ming Dynasty. I believe that with your knowledge, you will not be short-sighted to this point! ”

Sun Yueling sighed in his heart, speechless. Qi Liao is right, this time the factory guards went south to come in the holy will, just to deal with them these Donglin party who have lost power, although the eunuch party's means of dealing with them are not lacking in dark and despicable, but on the surface it is indeed in accordance with the law, there is something to rely on, if they rise up to fight, it is against the imperial court, against the holy will, and commit a heinous crime.

The reason why he consulted with Zhou Shunchang, Qian Qianyi and others was also based on this, and he did it without a good solution. Unexpectedly, Zhou Shunchang and others were also at a loss for this, and they just pinned their hopes on Shilin Qingyi, tens of thousands of words, etc., which made him even more depressed.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Qi Liao continued: "Brother, do you know that the factory guards went south to arrest people this time, and originally planned to lock them up by name and directly arrest them and return to Beijing, in this case, none of the core figures of your Donglin Party can escape, even including you; But under my persuasion to Liu Dexi, it was finally changed to not expanding the situation, only taking the head of Donglin, and not implicating some other people. Speaking of this, his tone changed and he said, "The reason why I'm like this is because I think there is still a brother like you in Suzhou City?" Can't you understand my good intentions? ”

Sun Yueling raised his head, looked at him and said, "How could I not know the kindness of the fourth brother, but let me watch Zhou Shunchang, Qian Qianyi and others fall into trouble and ignore it, I really can't bear to ......"

Qi Liao shook his head and sighed: "Brother, you are so confused, those who achieve great things are not informal, you are so indecisive, how can you lead the group in the future, revive Donglin, and revitalize the Ming Dynasty?" Looking at him with a frown, he comforted him earnestly, "As far as I know, you have Zhou, Qian and others in your heart, but what do they do to you, but they abandon them like stalks and treat them as outsiders." Since your Fenghua Society was founded in Suzhou, you have been squeezed out and oppressed by the Jinling Society, they treat you like this, are you willing to be happy and have no jealousy? As long as you avoid this catastrophe, you will regain your prestige and make a comeback, and the eunuchs may not be your opponents, so why be tied to them and sink together? My brother is a smart man, you should understand the truth of what the foolish brother said! ”

Qi Liao's every word was like a heavy hammer striking in his heart, making his thoughts fluctuate - Qi Liao was right, at this point, there was no better way than this. Even though Zhou, Qian and others were able to call on Shilin, how could they defeat the law of the imperial court? Keeping up with them will only end up in prison together. If it weren't for the fourth brother in front of him secretly taking care of him, I am afraid that even if he wants to stay out of the matter, he will not be able to.

Qi Liao sighed again: "Brother, do you know that the fourth brother came to see you this time, and he also took a big risk, if I let Gonggong Liu know, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat and walk around......"

At this point, Sun Yueling could say anything more, exhaled a heavy breath of turbidity, and said, "Fourth brother, you don't need to say any more, I understand what you mean." You say, what am I going to do? ”