"Who's behind this?" Fan Li asked.

"It is said that someone sneaked into the Yue Wang's mansion and stole the Yue Wang's cherished treasure knife and pearl, and the Yue King was furious and sent someone to arrest this Jiangyang thief," Cao San said, "Li Gui, the second son of the Yue King, personally brought people to Shouzhou to hunt down the thief, and got the thief's reward of a thousand times, and the person who informed the news was rewarded with a hundred times, do you say that we handed this person over?" ”

Li Zhen, the king of Yue, once served as the governor of Yangzhou, and his influence spread all over Jianghuai. The black and white society where the two are located is also one of the best gangs in Huainan Province, but it is still far from the Yue Wangfu.

"Don't do it for the time being, let's find out his identity," Fan Li muttered, "This person's injuries are serious, even if he wakes up, it will be difficult to heal for a while, let's check and make plans." Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is very ambitious, eyeing our Black and White Society, and colluding with the Heavenly Wuzong to suppress us, doesn't he want to annex the Black and White Society to serve his great cause of rebellion? We don't have to sell people for a little money. ”

As he spoke, Li Rong's heart beat slowly faster, his nose began to breathe, the blood in his body began to flow, and his eyes opened.

"He's awake!" Fan Li looked at Li Rong and said.

"Where is this? You saved me? Li Rong said softly and sat up, a hint of pain appeared on his face.

His injuries were not healed, but he used the methods in the yoga secret art to stimulate the original power, temporarily suppress the injury, so that the injury did not worsen, and slowly began to recover, but there was still a distance from complete healing.

"The little brother fell into the water and drifted down the river. Our brother happened to pass by and fished him up. Fan Li said.

"Thank you two for the rescue," Li Rong thanked him.

"Listen to the accent, the little brother is from the capital, I don't know the surname Gao?" Fan Li asked.

"Under Li Yuanming, a native of Jingzhao Chang'an, fought with people the day before yesterday, but was defeated and jumped into the river, fortunately rescued by the two, and finally escaped with his life, and he will definitely repay the kindness of the two when he turns back." Li Rong said.

Although Li Rong was seriously injured, his vision was still there, and he saw that Fan Li and the others were not ordinary boatmen, and their skills were not bad, at least they were both martial artists who had entered the ranks.

"There, my name is Fan Li, this is my brother Cao San, who has always begged for a living on the water." Fan Li said.

"Li Yuanming? The brother is really bold enough, he actually ran to the mansion of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, to steal things, and really stole his treasure knife, pearls. Now the king of Yue is hunting you down all over the world. Cao San said.

"King Yue is after me?" Li Rong frowned and said, "It's a good excuse to steal his treasure knife and pearls." ”

"Little brother looks like a talent, not like a Jiangyang thief who covets money," Fan Li said, "Besides, the master who can make the body enter the realm of fetal breath will not really put gold, pearls and jade and other things in his eyes, what is your identity?" ”

"I am the commander of the right thousand horsemen of the imperial court, and I was ordered by the Holy Order to investigate the case of King Yue's rebellion, but I was discovered by King Yue, and I sent a master to chase and kill, and unfortunately I was killed. The two of them are also from the rivers and lakes, so they won't mix with King Yue, right? Li Rong said.

At this time, I can't help myself, if the other party is really a person from the Yue Wang family, he would have given himself to the Yue King to receive the reward, so it is useless to check his identity, and it is meaningless to hide his identity, it is better to make it public, so that the two of them will be deterred, and on the contrary, it may have a good effect.

"You're a court guard?" Cao San exclaimed, "The dog's leg of the imperial court! ”

The Tang Dynasty implements the military system, with the left and right Jinwu guards, the left and right Xiao guards, the left and right leading military guards, the left and right military guards, the left and right Wei Wei and other twelve guards, these are the imperial court's economic control of the soldiers and horses, under the control of the military department, the mobilization of the emperor's edict, the implementation of the text to the military department.

However, in addition to the people and horses under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, there are also some special soldiers and horses. These are the personal soldiers who directly obey the emperor's command, "Flying Cavalry" and "Ten Thousand Cavalry". The two armies are also known as the "Inner Guard", which is different from the 12 Guards managed by the Southern Ya Military Department. They usually escort the emperor on trips, defend the palace, handle some personal tasks assigned by the emperor, and of course they will be ordered to do some things as the emperor's private officials, including cracking down on gangs in the rivers and lakes, and arresting some sensitive people in the rivers and lakes, so they are quite famous in the rivers and lakes.

Li Rong smiled bitterly, he didn't expect that "Thousand Horses" still had such a reputation in the rivers and lakes.

"Commander of the Right Thousand Cavalry," Fan Li said silently in his heart, "The Commander of the Right Thousand Cavalry is a close confidant of the emperor, not an ordinary person who can sit in that position. Ability is still secondary, the key is to have a deep background, this Li Yuanming is definitely not an ordinary person. Fortunately, he was not handed over in a hurry, otherwise King Yue would be happy, and the court would not be able to explain, and he might have to be chased by Li Yuanming's family, even if he took the Black and White Society, it would not be useful. ”

"No wonder," Fan Li said calmly, "The ambition of Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is known to the whole world, and it is really a great trouble for the court and the people. ”

As a gang, the Black and White Society is actually an organization similar to the shipping company of later generations, with the transportation of goods in various parts of Jianghuai as the main source of income, and also operates some green buildings and gambling houses. At present, the world is peaceful, business is prosperous, and the business of the Black and White Society is very prosperous, which can be said to have a lot of income, and he is not very interested in Li Zhen's rebellion.

Fan Li is the helmsman of the Sizhou branch of the Black and White Society, in charge of shipping and trading on the Sizhou section of the canal, and has a rich net worth, so he does not treat Li Zhen well.

This time, Fan Li was ordered by the head office to disguise himself to go to other places to perform a mission, and met Li Rong on the way back.

While the three were talking, there was a commotion at the docks. A group of men dressed as city leaders were shouting loudly at the ships docked nearby, shouting for them to be checked on board. Several small boats came from the river outside the pier to block the water and search them one by one.

"Someone outside is on board and searching!" Cao San heard the commotion outside, hurriedly walked out of the cabin to take a look, and came back to say.

"Reveal who we are," Fan Li said proudly.

The Black and White Society is the overlord of Huaishui, canals, and even rivers, and how can these villages and towns be provoked.

"The inspector specially instructed us to arrest the Jiangyang thieves, and every ship must be searched." A big man in coarse cloth clothes and a face full of flesh said to Cao San.

"Hmph, open your dog's eyes and see, this is the ship of the Black and White Society." Cao San shouted, taking out a bronze medal from his arms.

The bronze medal is black on the front and white on the reverse, and a living spirit turtle is carved on each side. This is the token owned by the helmsman level in the Black and White Society, representing the authority of the Black and White Society.

The big man thought that he was also a person who often walked around the rivers and lakes, and when he saw the bronze medal shown by Cao San, his arrogant expression disappeared all of a sudden, nodded and apologized to Cao San, and turned to search the ship next to him.

Shouzhou is located in the upper reaches of Huaishui, there are rivers such as Yingshui, Huaishui, and Weishui nearby, the geographical location is very important, to the north can be traced back to Yingshui and the Central Plains, the south can be traced along the river into the river, and the east to the Huaishui to the canal, it has always been a place for soldiers to fight, plus the soil outside the state is fertile, the irrigation is convenient, it is suitable for farming, and it can be called the land of fish and rice.

Zhao Gui, the current Shouzhou assassin history, is good friends with Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and the two are somewhat related. Zhao Gui's wife is Princess Changle, so the two have the same ambitions, and they are very dissatisfied with Wu Zetian and expect to restore Li Tang Jiangshan. Another reason why Zhao Gui opposed Wu Zetian was that his daughter married Li Xian, who was still the king of England at the time, as a concubine, but Concubine Zhao was disliked by Wu Zetian, and she was imprisoned in seclusion.

Li Gui came to the Assassin's Mansion and was warmly received by Zhao Gui and Princess Changle.

"What is the matter with the virtuous nephew?" Zhao Gui asked, "Your father sent you to escort the soldiers?" ”

"Father asked me to greet my aunt and brother-in-law, and escorted the soldier back by the way," Li Gui sat at the table and said respectfully, "In addition, the imperial court sent a secret agent to Caizhou to spy on the movements of the palace a few days ago, and this secret agent was injured by the master of the palace and fled to Huaishui, and my father ordered me to arrest him." ”

"Wu Zetian, this demon woman wants to attack your father?" Zhao Gui twisted his beard and said, his face suddenly gloomy.

"Tubo has entered the Kou, and the border is tight. Wu Zetian wanted to tune Chongyu's army to enter the customs, she might be worried that her father would raise troops, so she sent someone to Caizhou to spy on the news first. Li Gui said.

"You mean the agent heard something and escaped?" Zhao Gui said.

"Yes," Li Gui said with some embarrassment, "that spy is Li Hui's son, named Li Rong." He sneaked into the palace to make a fuss, and even ran to the manor where we were training. ”

"Why are you so careless, you even let him escape, you must kill him to prevent future troubles." Zhao Gui said.

"This Li Rong is very powerful, even Wang Kun, the son of Sword Spirit Wang Xu, and Ande are not his opponents. In the end, it was his aunt who hit him hard, and he escaped. Li Gui said.

Princess Changle next to her was busy adding wine and food to the two. She loves Li Gui very much, when she was a child, Li Gui stayed under Princess Changle for a long time, and Princess Changle also regarded him as her own.

"Where is Li Rong hiding now?" Zhao Gui asked.

According to her aunt, after Li Rong was injured, he jumped into the Huaishui to escape and disappeared. I was about to ask my brother-in-law to come forward to block the river, search the boats, and intercept Li Rong. In addition, I also secretly instructed the gangs on both sides of the Huaishui River to work together to find Li Rong. Li Gui said.

"Okay, I will send Zhang Ning to cooperate with you, and let the sailor use the pretext of raiding to search all the ships passing through Shouzhou, and be sure to catch Li Rong, and not let him ruin our big business." Zhao Gui picked up the wine glass on the table and drank it all and said.

Li Gui nodded secretly, continued to gossip with his aunt and brother-in-law, and told him about King Yue's next plan.