Guo Ye led the two brothers Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin all the way from the gate of Fengleizhuang to the location of the mourning hall, all of which were unimpeded and unhindered. Unlike last time, the layers of checks and guards were heavily guarded, and it was obvious that today's Wind Thunder Village had removed the mechanisms and checkpoints one by one for the convenience of the guests.

Coming to the mourning hall where Lei Laohu's coffin was placed, Guo Yegong respectfully placed a stick of incense and bowed three times to show awe and condolences.

After a memorial service, the white-haired steward Yu invited him to the side hall next door for tea.

When they came to the side hall, Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin alertly retreated to the door and quietly closed the door of the side hall.

After secretly appreciating Guo Ye's way of training his subordinates, Steward Yu suddenly smiled bitterly and sighed: "Guo Tingshi, I didn't invite you to the side hall to drink tea, the old man has other things to say to Guo Tingshi." ”

Guo Ye raised his eyebrows and said strangely: "Steward Yu, even if you have anything to say, whatever this official can do for you in the Wind Thunder Hall, you will definitely not frown." ”

Steward Yu pointed to the direction outside the gate of Fenglei Village, and said: "Presumably, Guo Jianshi also saw the battle outside before entering the village, and the gang forces of the three mountains and five mountains and the major state capitals have gathered outside the small Fenglei Village, hehe, the funeral of the head of my family may not be peaceful today." ”

Guo Ye said in his heart, he was worried about this?

Then he chuckled lightly and said with relief: "Steward Yu, don't worry, since you have finished burying the master of the Thunder Hall, your Wind Thunder Hall will be dissolved, so the territory in this area of Slender West Lake will no longer have anything to do with you." If they want to fight, let them fight, and they will fight for their own heads and bloodshed, and they will not do your business. Besides, today is the day of the funeral of the Lord of the Lei Hall, and the dead are the most important in white matters, this is the rule of your rivers and lakes. I don't think they're going to mess around today. ”

"No, Guo Tingshi," Steward Yu shook his head and said, "The old man is not worried about the turf dispute, since my hall master is going to dissolve the Wind and Thunder Hall before he dies, we naturally will not go against the hall master's last wish and covet the territory of Slender West Lake again." What the old man is worried about is that some people are secretly worried about the gunpowder technique of our Wind Thunder Hall, and want to take it for themselves, and deliberately embarrass my hall master on today's mourning day! ”

Suddenly, Guo Ye's expression changed greatly, the haze between his eyebrows was like a thick fog, and he asked in a deep voice: "Could it be that the four major gang forces such as the Pure Clothes Gang and the Twelve Lianwu are drunkards who don't mean to drink today?" Is it fake to grab the territory, and the purpose is to target your Wind Thunder Hall's gunpowder technique? ”

Steward Yu nodded and said: "Half and half, at least as far as the old man knows, someone has secretly taken the lead, so that the Jingyi Gang in Jinling and the Ma Gang in Suqian have reached an agreement, and today they will attack us at the time of the hall master's funeral, and take the opportunity to ask for the gunpowder technique left by our hall master." Otherwise, we will not be allowed to go out of the funeral at an auspicious time and enter the earth for peace. ”

"Son of a bitch!!"

Guo Ye scolded bitterly: "Which bastard is so lacking in morality, so ill-intentioned, taking advantage of people's illness to kill people?" ”

Steward Yu said in a low voice: "Gujing Lane, Zhang family!" ”

Hiss......

Guo Ye took a sharp breath of cold air and muttered, "Is it this group of immoral things? Hehe, too, except for their Zhang family in the entire Yangzhou City, there is really no one who has this courage and ambition. Are you sure that both the Pure Clothes Gang and the Horse Gang were bought by the Zhang family? ”

Steward Yu nodded categorically, and continued to break the news: "Guo Tingshi has been in Yangzhou for a short time, and he may not know much about the details of the Zhang family. The Zhang family in Yangzhou is also secretly running a horse business, and the Suqian horse gang, which monopolizes the horse market in Huaiyang and the south of the Yangtze River, is actually just a puppet pushed by the Zhang family to the front of the scene. Shang Baoju, the leader of the Suqian Horse Gang, is the brother-in-law of Zhang Yuanli, the head of the Zhang family. As for Jinling's Pure Clothes Gang, don't look at them as a group of people called Huazi, in fact, they have long been bought and reorganized by Jinling's assassins. And Tang Keliang, the assassin of Jinling, is the son of Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. The relationship between Tang Jian and the Zhang family in Yangzhou, has Guo Jianshi heard of it? ”

Guo Ye shook his head and said that he didn't know, he knew that it was only one of the eight great families represented by the power of the Guanlong clan in Yangzhou, and the old man Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, also belonged to the power of the Guanlong clan in the officialdom. If it is to say that it has nothing to do with it, he only thinks that they are allies on the same front, nothing more.

Steward Yu said mysteriously: "Yangzhou Zhang's family and Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, are in-laws. Tang Jian's daughter had already been married to Zhang Chenghei, the son of Zhang Yuanxin, the third master of the Zhang family, in the early summer of last year, and she was about to get married. ”

At this time, Guo Ye understands and dares to say a thousand things and ten thousand, the Suqian Horse Gang and the Jinling Jingyi Gang are all members of the Zhang family.

It seems that he still underestimated the Zhang family's extensive network.

Immediately, he asked, "What about the dirty clothes gang in Zhenjiang and the twelve chain docks in Jiangdu?" Are they also having an affair with the Zhang family and secretly communicating with each other? Did you also come for the gunpowder technique left behind by the Lord of the Thunder Hall? ”

Steward Yu waved his hand and said, "No, these two forces are indeed coming for the territory left by our Wind Thunder Hall. It's just that this time they miscalculated, and they didn't expect that the Pure Clothes Gang and the Ma Gang had been in cahoots with the Zhang family, and the drunkard didn't mean to drink. The Zhang family had a very clear idea, got the gunpowder technique left by my hall master, and then provided the horse gang and the clean clothes gang with thunderbolts made of gunpowder, are you afraid that you won't be able to grab the territory of Slender West Lake in the end? ”

Guo Ye knew what the thunderbolt in the mouth of Steward Yu was, and it was the signboard that Fengleitang relied on to dominate Yangzhou.

To put it bluntly, it was developed with gunpowder, and the bomb with a fuse was somewhat similar to the flowering shells in later shells.

However, the manufacturing procedure of this thunderbolt is cumbersome, it takes a lot of effort, and the probability of a dud bomb is relatively high, so the cost is also extremely high, it is precious, and it is not suitable for large-scale promotion.

But even so, the gunpowder thunderbolt is also coveted, otherwise, the former Sui prince Yang Yong would not have sent people to lobby again and again, wanting to get this gunpowder technique from Lei Laohu, that is, the secret method of this thunderbolt.

Of course, Guo Ye is also very tempted by this, after all, although he knows the gunpowder formula, but the actual operation is far less familiar with the team left by Lei Laohu, and talents are rare.

Yang Yong, the former prince of Sui, coveted this, and Guo Ye was tempted by this, so it was easy to understand the Zhang family's impatience.

Seeing that Guo Ye was speechless for a while, Steward Yu pointed to the direction of another side hall next to the mourning hall, and reminded: "Qiu Wanqi, the leader of the Jinling Jingyi Gang, and Shang Baoju, the leader of the Suqian Ma Gang, have already come to Yangzhou, and they are secretly discussing things in that side hall. I sent the disciples in the hall to hide in the office and eavesdrop, the two gangs have already poured out, except for the two thousand gangs that have infiltrated the city, the rest of the large gangs are gathered on the Yangzhou River. Guo Tingshi, today's things may not be good. ”

Guo Ye's brows twisted into a big pimple, and he suddenly asked, "Manager Yu, after the death of the master of the Thunder Hall, you should be in charge of the Wind Thunder Hall, right?" I'd like to hear your own opinion. ”

Steward Yu pointed to his full head of crane hair, and said with a wry smile: "The old man is now a person whose body is half of the loess, what else can he think, Guo Tingshi, you are too careful." The old man just wanted my Lei Hall Master to be buried today, and he had no other ideas.

Guo Tingshi, I can't hide it, the purpose of the old man looking for you today is to let you leave through the tunnels in the village, because tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder have been buried around Fenglei Village, and there are already disciples who are ambushed and hidden. If the Zhang family dares to make my Lei Hall Master uncomfortable today, as soon as the old man gives the order, there will be disciples who will detonate tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder and thunderbolts. At that time, we, the Wind and Thunder Hall, swear to die with them, and no one wants to live alone! ”

After Guo Ye heard this, the hairs on his body stood on end, and there was a chill at the tail vertebrae, and the cold air rushed down his spine to the back of his head, obviously he was shocked by Steward Yu's words.

Fight like Kilkenny cats!

Better die standing than live kneeling!

Facing the white-haired and elderly steward Yu, but feeling the resolute meaning emanating from the other party's body, Guo Ye felt ashamed of the dirty thoughts in his heart.

But Steward Yu's approach is too tragic, and it is definitely not what Lei Laohu wants to see. If he really withdraws and lets Fengleitang fend for himself, and ends up with the Zhang family in Yangzhou and the Jianghu forces in various places, then I am really sorry for Lei Laohu's deathbed entrustment.

Lei Laohu's loyalty and righteousness, how could he watch his only remaining inheritance be buried in vain?

Immediately, he shook his head and persuaded: "Steward Yu, you can't do it so brutally." How innocent are the disciples of the Wind Thunder Hall? He couldn't sacrifice in vain like this, and he buried the lives of the two thousand disciples of the Wind Thunder Hall. Don't worry, I will definitely let the Lei Hall Master enter the earth today. ”

Steward Yu said suspiciously: "Guo Tingshi, as far as the old man knows, there are only 1,500 soldiers in the Yangzhou Zhichong Governor's Mansion, and if you want to suppress the current scene, it is really overstretched!" ”

Guo Ye waved his hand and said with a determined smile: "Don't worry about this old steward, I have my own methods, but before the funeral of the Lei Tang Master, I want to meet the principals of the Zhenjiang Dirty Clothes Gang and the Jiangdu Twelve Serial Docks who came to Yangzhou this time." ”

Steward Yu responded: "Okay, Ma Qianli, the leader of the Zhenjiang Dirty Clothes Gang, and the chief scoop of the Twelve Serial Docks in Jiangdu, Hawkeye Lao Qi, they have all come." I'm going to ask my disciples to go and invite the two of you. ”

Guo Ye said hello, then looked at the sky outside through the window, and asked, "How long is there until the auspicious time of the funeral?" ”

Steward Yu said, "There is still about an hour!" ”

"Okay, we must hurry up and prepare!"

Guo Ye immediately shouted at the door: "Zhang Jiujin, Wang Bajin, you two quickly return to the mansion, and call Chen Juncheng, Chen Duwei, and all the officials in the mansion to wait outside Fenglei Village." ”

"Whoa!"

Outside the door, the two of them spoke in unison, and the sound of compact running sounded one after another from outside.

Seeing this, although Steward Yu didn't know what Guo Ye was going to do, he also cooperated unconditionally: "Then Guo Tingshi will sit down for a while, and the old man will personally go to invite Ma Qianli and Hawkeye Lao Qi to meet you!" ”

Guo Ye snorted, let the remaining steward hurriedly push the door and leave, sat down and closed his eyes calmly, secretly thinking about how to say when he saw the two masters for a while.