Chapter 42: The End of a Hundred Rivers (I)
"Young master, are you leaving?" As soon as Chen Luo came in and saw that Weiyu was packing up, he was in a hurry. There are not many women of the same age as her in the Rejuvenation Hall, and there is a person who goes in and out on weekdays, and finally someone who can talk has come, how can she just leave?
Wei Yu looked at her with a smile, and her subordinates didn't stop, knowing that she was reluctant, but, "I participated in the birthday banquet, and the people who should be saved have been rescued, and everything here is over, and it will be the New Year in a few days, and I should go back." ”
Chen Luo pouted and was full of unhappiness, "Can't you stay a few more days?" Young master, you are in a hurry to do things these days, and you haven't taken a good look around Hangzhou City! ”
Weiyu shook his head, "Although I haven't seen the moon in the three pools and the remnant snow on the broken bridge, this Hangzhou city has also gained a lot." Uncle Liang's daughter Qingqing is also an interesting person, I have allowed her to come back to Chuntang to study medicine, if you feel bored, you can go to her. ”
Chen Luo tried to recall, "It's the girl who came to thank you!" By the way, how did you find out where they were being held, young master? Why did Bai Ruohong arrest them? Also, What exactly did Bai Lotian do? Why did you get caught too? ”
One question after another came out of her mouth, Chen Luo was ready to listen to the story, and even ordered the tea and snacks to be prepared, and Weiyu had to sit down and tell her the cause and effect.
In the Drunken Leaf Building, Liang Jing and Song Yi had already done things as planned and returned to Ning Qi. The two of them were ordered to supervise Baichuan Villa, and they had already found out the origin of the property in the underground palace of Baichuan Villa. Although Bai Lotian is a generation of businessmen on the surface, he is kind and charitable, but he is really not a good person behind his back, and he has a bad stomach.
When Bai Lotian returned to the Bai family after making a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, his martial arts were in his body, and it was inevitable that he would be different from the ambitions of ordinary businessmen, and he had no power and no power to touch the government, but he came up with an idea - to secretly establish a commercial kingdom and firmly control the financial resources of the dynasty in his hands, and even the emperor would be afraid of him at that time. Bai Lotian not only thought so, but also said that he moved several famous knights to join him at that time.
These people are open-minded and upright, but secretly they collude with bandits everywhere to kill people and sell goods. They are meticulous in their actions, and their martial arts are much better than those of ordinary thieves, and they either leave no trace after doing things, or take the opportunity to blame those opponents. Relying on these capitalless transactions, a large amount of wealth was quickly accumulated, and it was also the capital of Baichuan Villa that could quickly become the first merchant family of the Tiansheng Dynasty, and the underground palace of Baichuan Villa was built to store these wealth. In order to ensure that no one found out, he also specially invited a Qimen master to set up a series of mechanisms in imitation of the "Ten Thousand Wind Cave".
After the Bai family's business kingdom began to take shape, Bai Lotian had other thoughts. After all, those Jianghu people who were recruited by him were just rough people, who could fight but could not run a business. They all asked him for money, and even used this matter as a threat to the lion to open his mouth. In order to keep the hard-won achievements and maintain his ambitions for secrecy, Bai Lotian murdered them, introducing them into the cave on the pretext of sharing gold and silver, and trapped them in it with the help of the "Ten Thousand Wind Cave" and mechanisms, which is the origin of the bones in the tunnel.
After receiving the news of the grain and grass accident, Ning Qi had already ordered the people of the Seven Star Pavilion to thoroughly investigate the forces along the line, especially the local rivers and lakes in Hangzhou, so he discovered the true face behind Bai Letian.
"So, the real purpose of the pavilion master's coming here is actually to recover this batch of grain and grass?" Liang Jing asked, the use of troops is imminent, and the robbery of grain and grass is a major event, no wonder it is necessary to entrust the pavilion master to carry it out secretly.
Ning Qi nodded, "Yes, at first I thought it was Bai Letian's doing, but the eyeliner in the pavilion never found any traces of grain and grass in Baichuan Villa, so I sneaked in myself." ”
"That young master, the man you heard in Bai Ruoshui's courtyard that day was Bai Ruohong?" Chen Luo asked as he listened.
Wei Yu nodded, "Yes, now that I think about it, the voice is completely consistent, and that person should be him at that time." I also inadvertently broke in that day, but I didn't expect to not only break through someone else's tryst, but also fell into a trap in a daze, and was seriously injured and almost died. ”
Chen Luo sighed in his heart, "Fortunately, young master, you are blessed with a great life!" After that, he asked with some curiosity, "Who is the scary-looking man that the young master sent you back that day?" ”
Very scary man? Sending her back? Could it be Ning Qi? Puzzled, he asked, "He's terrible?" "Ning Qi has a resolute appearance, although he is not handsome and unparalleled, but he has an extraordinary bearing, he should be very popular with girls, right, how can it be terrible?
Chen Luo patted his chest, looking like I was so scared, "Yes, I always feel that his eyes are not warm when he looks at people, and he is cold, as if he is looking at a dead person!" ”
Have it? Weiyu thought suspiciously.
Song Yi looked at the gentleness that suddenly provoked the corners of Ning Qi's mouth, and shook his fan to answer, "I didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain from this sneaking", the end note was raised, obviously meaningful, he hadn't forgotten the scene in the drunken leaf building that day, oops, isn't it that the pavilion master really met his sweetheart this time?
Familiar with his habits, Ning Qi didn't pay attention to him, but just continued: "The underground palace is obviously the treasure place of Baichuan Villa, so I ordered you to sneak in." After learning that the grain and grass were indeed not there, I set my eyes on the person who met Bai Ruoshui, and the reason why I thought of Bai Ruohong was that I would like to thank the young master who was clear and clear. ”
Liang Jing was not present that day, so he didn't know yet, "The young master of the water and the wind is clear?" ”
"Not bad", thinking of this, the smile in Ning Qi's eyes deepened a little, "If she hadn't told me that Bai Ruohong might be the mastermind behind the kidnapping of the girl, I wouldn't have thought of Bai Ruohong." ”
"He's the Pavilion Master of the Seven Star Pavilion, what's the matter? Luo Er Sichun? Wei Yu smiled and joked to her, in fact, she wanted to change the topic, she didn't really want to talk about this person before thinking clearly.
Sure enough, Chen Luo hurriedly defended: "How is it possible? Young master, don't be kidding! I'm afraid he's scared! Young master, you should go on. ”
Wei Yu nodded, "Bai Ruohong's mistake is that he shouldn't reveal the idea of 'heart for heart' to me, thinking of Bai Ruoshui's heart disease, he remembered the person who met her in the garden that day, so his identity is not difficult to guess." In fact, I didn't understand one thing at the time, that is, why was Tiebizhai involved, because they were one south and one north, and they seemed to have nothing to do with each other? ”
"Bai Ruohong's mistake is that he shouldn't try to use Tie Yan's death to provoke the contradiction between Tiebi Village and Qixing Pavilion", Ning Qi said, "The robbery of grain and grass is actually Bai Ruohong's collusion with Tiebi Village, Bai Ruohong is responsible for providing information, Tie Yan is responsible for doing it, and the two sides will divide it equally after the matter is completed." However, Bai Ruohong poisoned Tie Yan in order to destroy the evidence, and deliberately used the 'Night Barrier' to lure the target to the Seven Star Pavilion, but unfortunately, this trick is really silverless here. ”