At the beginning of the lanterns, at the beginning of the watch, the curfew drums rumbled through the city of Yangzhou.

Cui Yiqi asked people to drive all the way to Yangzhou Assassin's Mansion outside, and made a noise shouting to see Guo Tingshi, but was forcibly blocked out of the gate by several officials on the grounds that the yamen did not work at night.

However, the noisy movement outside still disturbed the inside, and just as Cui Yiqi was so depressed and discouraged, suddenly a servant ran out of it and said: "I heard that Cui Dongjia of Yangzhou Silver Horn is visiting, Lord Juncheng specially asked the little one to come out and invite him!" ”

With that, he stretched out his hand and gestured to please.

As soon as he heard that Chen Juncheng had invited him, Cui Yiqi immediately came to life again, shook off his clothes, and viciously glanced at the few officials who had stopped him just now, snorted coldly, and said: "The dog looks at the things that people are low, this master has long said that he knows you Chen Juncheng, and he knows you Guo Tingshi, hum!" ”

After that, he swaggered into the gate of the mansion.

He was taken by the servant to a flower hall next to the public hall in the front yard, and several candlesticks were lit in the hall, which illuminated the flower hall exceptionally brightly.

The official said to Cui Yiqi: "Cui Dongjia, please sit down, wait a while, I will go and invite my lord from my family." ”

"Hey, your Guo ......"

Cui Yiqi originally wanted to stop the official and ask him to invite Guo Tingshi to confront him in person, after all, at the dinner, the Tingshi surnamed Guo was facing the gong and drumming in front of him to finalize the price of Slender West Lake.

Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, the official had already rushed out of the flower hall.

After a while, Chen Jitao, the county minister, entered the flower hall under the escort of two officials.

Today's Chen Jitao is dressed very formally, wearing a goose-winged hat, a green official robe, and black leather boots. It looks like a gentry in the city for official business.

And from the moment he entered the flower hall, his face was not as familiar as Cui Yiqi imagined, but on the contrary, he didn't seem to know himself.

Cui Yiqi walked up to Chen Jitao and asked in a low voice, "Chen Juncheng, what happened to Jiangshang this morning?" Why did my shopkeeper and his men lose their lives and float to the shore? ”

Chen Jitao suddenly looked at Cui Yiqi with a puzzled face, and asked in confusion: "What is the delivery on the river?" You're the Cui Dongjia of Yangzhou Yinhao, right? You can rest assured, the death of the shopkeeper Hu and several guys of the Guiyin, this county has already sent someone to investigate, and the results will come out in a few days. ”

Saying that, Chen Jitao's face turned slightly sad, and he sighed in a low voice: "Alas, people can't be resurrected after death, and I hope that Cui Dong's family will mourn and change." ”

'What? “

Cui Yiqi's face changed drastically, he looked at Chen Jitao as if he had seen a ghost, and screamed: "Chen Juncheng, what do you mean by this?" Do you want to flatly deny Cui's deal with your Yangzhou Assassin Mansion? ”

Chen Jitao immediately lowered his face when he heard this, his brows were furrowed, his face was gloomy, and he shouted: "Presumptuous! Cui Dongjia, do you know this official? ”

"What?"

Cui Yiqi was even more stunned at this time, and shouted angrily and hatefully: "Chen Juncheng, you actually pretend not to know me? I have met with you twice, the first time I paid 5,000 taels of silver to buy inside information from you, and the second time was in the private room of the Lion's Head Restaurant to discuss the purchase of Slender West Lake. On that day, I sat at the same table with Wu Maocai, Wu Dongjia, and Guo Tingshi from your Yangzhou Mansion to finalize the price of the site of Slender West Lake in Yangzhou. How? Chen Juncheng, do you want to deny it? ”

"Presumptuous!"

Chen Jitao was arrogant again, and shouted loudly: "Full of nonsense, this official has been walking around the counties under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Mansion a few days ago, and he can only return to Yangzhou this afternoon." Where will I have the time to meet you twice? Cui Dongjia, you actually framed the official for accepting bribes, aren't you afraid that the Yangzhou government will punish you for your crimes? As for what you said about the sale of Slender West Lake, it is even more false, and this official has never heard of it, so you don't have to talk nonsense. ”

"No, it can't be!"

Cui Yiqi saw that Chen Jitao not only pretended not to know him, but also flatly denied the sale of Slender West Lake, and the resentment in his heart can be imagined.

I saw that he suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Chen Jitao's shoulders with both hands like crazy, kept pulling the green robe official uniform on Chen Jitao's body, and shouted loudly with red eyes: "Fart, you obviously know me, you obviously talked to me about the sale of Slender West Lake, and now you don't admit it?" The surname is Chen, you pay me back the silver, pay me back 8 million taels, pay me back 9.5 million taels of snowflake silver, you are a liar, I will fight with you!! ”

"Presumptuous!"

"Death!"

The two people behind Chen Jitao suddenly stepped forward and forcibly pushed Cui Yiqi away, and one of them held him up, making him unable to move at all.

Cui Yiqi kept struggling and scuffling, and shouted hissedly: "The surname is Chen, you are a liar, pay me back the money." ”

Chen Jitao's face was full of innocence, with a hint of anger at being insulted, and then he waved his sleeves and scolded: "Crazy words, this official is too lazy to meet you in general." Tell me, what's going on? ”

Cui Yiqi saw that Chen Jitao was still pretending to be an egg and pretending to be his grandson, so he was even more angry, but he still told the whole story of the matter with shouting and scolding.

Finally, he shouted hysterically with angry eyes: "You must have seen wealth on the river, murdered my silver shopkeeper and his associates, and then swallowed the silver and took it for yourself." The surname is Chen, hurry up and pay me back the silver!! ”

Chen Jitao sighed sadly, looked at Cui Yiqi with sympathetic eyes, shook his head and said, "Cui Dongjia, it seems that you have been set up by someone to trap you." If I'm not mistaken, your partner surnamed Wu is probably the culprit. ”

"Wu Maocai?"

After Cui Yiqi subconsciously read these three words, the whole person suddenly calmed down, and there was no one else on the riverside except for the corpse of the shopkeeper Hu and his silver man.

And Wu Maocai, as well as the two guys under him, as well as his hundreds of guys who are in charge of guarding the granary, have not seen anyone alive or dead until now.

Could it be that the problem is with this Wu Maocai?

But he suddenly remembered the Chen Juncheng in front of him, he had obviously met him twice, where would he admit his mistake?

Could it be that Chen Juncheng and Wu Maocai are in a mess, and they are both the same dog?

He reacted immediately, and scolded angrily: "Chen Juncheng, don't try to fool me, Wu Mao is a complete liar, but you can't get out of it." Otherwise, how could you sell me news, and how could you go to a banquet at the Lion's Head Restaurant? ”

"Bastard!"

Chen Jitao scolded: "Why do you insist that this official is involved? The Governor has been moving around the counties under his jurisdiction. And there are so many people in this world who look similar, and the big liar surnamed Wu is looking for someone to pretend to be me and trick you into the urn, idiot! ”

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Although Cui Yijue's heart was shaken, he still couldn't believe it, and still shook his head and said that it was impossible.

Suddenly, he remembered the scene at the dinner party in the Lion Tower that day, and immediately shouted: "Yes, I have also seen you Guo Tingshi, at the dinner at the Lion's Head Restaurant, do you dare to let him come out to confront me?" ”

Chen Jitao waved his hand again, and shouted in a deep voice: "Presumptuous, Lord Assassin Shi has all the opportunities, how can you see it if you want to see it?" ”

Cui Yiqi shook his head and shouted: "No, I want to see you Guo Tingshi, and I want to see you Guo Tingshi now!" ”

"What kind of system is the noisy and shouting in the Assassin's Mansion?"

Suddenly, the bead curtain at the back of the flower hall was lifted, and an official in a purple robe walked out, shouting at Cui Yiqi and asking, "I heard you howling from afar, do you want to see this assassin history?" ”

The person who came was Guo Ye.

But as soon as Cui Yiqi saw Guo Ye come out, he immediately stopped the noise, looked like he was frightened when he bumped into a ghost on the road at night, and shouted intermittently with trembling lips: "You... You... You are Wu Maocai??? ”

Guo Ye also looked like he didn't know Cui Yiqi, walked to the hall and sat down, cocked Erlang's legs and snorted disdainfully: "Are you the Wu Maocai?" Who is Wu Maocai? Do you know the history of this assassination? ”

"You... You... Be... Don't... You're not? ”

For a while, Cui Yiqi's mind was confused, not only slurred, but also unable to speak.