Li Cangxing took a sip of wine, moistened his throat, and continued: "We are a Jianghu sect, and we don't receive the imperial court's fortune, so we can take charge of the escort of this merchant ship when the time comes, which is what I said about controlling maritime trade, so as to obtain huge trade income, maintain the operation of the sect, and develop and grow." ”

A trace of doubt flashed in Qu Caifeng's eyes: "In this way, you are just taking some of the cost of guards, our Wushan faction did this kind of thing back then, but this can't make too much money, I'm afraid it is impossible to rely on this to maintain the daily expenses of your martial arts sect of thousands of people, not to mention that if you want to be a soldier in the future, you will need a large amount of military salaries and food." ”

Li Cangxing said with a smile: "Caifeng, don't you know that this overseas trade, the profit is much greater than the normal business in China, just our Ming silk and tea, as well as ceramic utensils, from Ningbo or Quanzhou Port to Luzon in the South Seas, the price of the Spanish territory can rise more than ten times, and then exchange it for Westerners' muskets and cannons, and transport them to Japan, and they can earn another five or six times, if it is not for such a high profit in it, how can Wang Zhi and Xu Hai be so desperate?" ”

Qu Caifeng gasped: "Good guy, making such a profit, then as long as you escort them and take a thirty percent, it is enough to withstand the income of our Wushan faction for a few years." ”

Li Cangxing nodded: "Yes, I expect that the black robe will be able to make up a large amount of military salary in a few years, and most of them will also take the sea route in the southeast, only on land He has not accumulated such a huge wealth of tens of millions of taels for so many years, no wonder I said that I want to monopolize the overseas trade in the southeast." He was so reluctant. ”

Qu Caifeng smiled slightly: "I feel more and more that this black robe is Leng Tianxiong, Cangxing, since you are ready to raise troops to overthrow the emperor." Then I might as well leave the Demon Cult and stay with you. ”

Li Cangxing's sword eyebrows raised: "Caifeng, is this a decision you made after thinking about it?" ”

Qu Caifeng put away his smile and nodded seriously: "Listening to your analysis, no matter whether Leng Tianxiong is in a black robe or not, he is just using me, and it is impossible to cooperate sincerely." He just needs me to come forward and organize the Green Forest Cottage in the Southern Seven Provinces with the Rakshasa Order to recapture the Wushan Sect's helm, and his real purpose is more than half of that Taizu's tips. Once I really take out the bag, it will put myself in great danger, Leng Tianxiong and Yan Shifan will definitely snatch it, and the Wushan faction will face the disaster of annihilation again. ”

"Until that time. Our Wushan faction is embattled on all sides of the rivers and lakes. The Dongting Gang must be mortal enemies, and the Fu Demon League cannot be friends, the only thing I can rely on is probably to run you, but this will affect your big things, rather than that, it is better to leave Leng Tianxiong now and come directly to the southeast to help you, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces also have some cottages that have been listening to our orders. I think it will help you too. ”

Li Cangxing shook his head: "Caifeng, I actually really want to get your help now. But we can't be emotional, now is not a good time for you to leave Leng Tianxiong, whether he is the black robe or not, if you turn your back on him at this time and turn to me, then Leng Tianxiong will inevitably think that I want to stand on my own feet in the southeast, if he is a black robe, my cooperation with him will be terminated immediately, even if he is not, he will definitely help Yan Shifan to deal with us with all his might, now our forces are not enough, and we have not yet won over General Qi and General Yu, and it is not the time to have a full showdown with Leng Tianxiong. ”

"So Caifeng, you'd better continue to stay with Leng Tianxiong for a while, don't start a large-scale conflict with the Dongting Gang, with the main purpose of collecting the previous subordinates and rebuilding the Wushan faction, presumably you develop and expand your own strength, then Leng Tianxiong can't say anything."

A trace of disappointment flashed in Qu Caifeng's eyes, and he shook his head: "Then if I don't start a war with the Dongting Gang for a long time, and I don't even take back my own helm, won't Leng Tianxiong feel strange?" Besides, I have such a deep hatred with the Dongting Gang, and most of the brothers below have blood feuds with them, I'm afraid that I can't suppress the impulse of my subordinates to take revenge. ”

Li Cangxing sighed: "Those who do big things can't be confined to small sections, our final goal is to defeat the faint monarch, once we get the world, the Demon Sect and the Dongting Gang will no longer be a problem, and to be honest, now the Dongting Gang monopolizes Huguang Province, and the forces have begun to enter Guangdong and Jiangxi, and the strength is very strong, it is not something that you can fight against after collecting a few cottages, and it is not an overnight thing to recapture the helm of your Wushan faction." ”

Qu Caifeng gritted his teeth: "Even if you can't take back the rudder, but if you don't even have the courage to give it a go with the Dongting Gang, you will only disappoint the brothers, Cangxing, you may not understand, the men of the green forest advocate force, and what they pay attention to is blood, if you are too weak and tolerate everything, no one will follow you in the end." ”

Li Cangxing nodded: "That's right, I built yì You can take back a few cottages first, and after you have a certain strength, you can start to clean up some of the outer strongholds of the Dongting Gang in a guerrilla way, don't fall in love with the battle, and leave after the fight, so that you can not only fight the power of the Dongting Gang, but also will not leave a chance for the Dongting Gang to retaliate, as long as you are always on the go, and do not leave a huge target like the previous general rudder to retaliate, there will be no problem." ”

Qu Caifeng's brows widened, and he said with a smile: "Your method is really good, anyway, we have the financial support of the Demon Sect, and we don't need to be trapped in a few cottages, just fight and leave, this can not only boost the morale of our side, so that more cottages are willing to return to our Wushan faction, but also combat the momentum of the expansion of the Dongting Gang, if the small gangs in various places want to join them, they must first consider the consequences." ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly: "In this way, you will not confront the main force of the Dongting Gang, to be honest, now you want to rebuild the Wushan faction, the most lacking thing is not money or the territory of the cottage, but those elite main forces who have been trained for many years and have great experience in the previous rudder, although your martial arts are strong, but after all, you can't confront a large number of masters in the Dongting Gang's main altar, so take a few copycat people around to attack the periphery of the Dongting Gang, and you can also train new subordinates in the battle, and after a long time, you will become an elite army." ”

Qu Caifeng nodded: "You're right, the men of the green forest are beaten." It's not raised, Cangxing, then I'll do as you say. It's just that you're in the southeast, so be careful. ”

A burst of warmth welled up in Li Cangxing's heart, the corners of his mouth hooked, and said: "I don't have much risk there, but you, trapped between the two major forces of the Dongting Gang and the Demon Sect, are like dancing on the blade." To be honest, I really can't worry about your safety, if it weren't for the fact that I have so many brothers now. If you want to show your strength in the southeast, I will never let you face this alone. ”

Qu Caifeng shook his head and said, "Cangxing, your affairs are more important than mine." Don't take me for granted. I fought guerrilla hide-and-seek with the Dongting Gang in the Huguang area, but they couldn't catch me, so I took someone to Zhejiang to meet you. Don't worry, I won't fight hard with Chu Tianshu, if necessary, I will also ask Wudang for help, Xu Linzong helped us last time. This time I begged him, and he probably wouldn't refuse. ”

Li Cangxing nodded: "Be careful." Especially remember one point, don't try to fight with Chu Tianshu or Leng Tianxiong alone, I have fought against these two, I was not their opponent a few years ago, and now I am afraid that their martial arts have also improved, you must not take risks. ”

Qu Caifeng smiled slightly, drank all the wine in the wine jar in front of her, stood up, turned around cleanly, and her black figure flew out of the window at once, and her voice came from afar: "Cangxing, I'm waiting for your good news." ”

Li Cangxing sighed, also swept away the wine and meat in front of him, strode out of the door of the Ping'an Inn, waved his right hand, a scorching internal force turned into a qigong wave, gushing out from his palm, illusion into the shape of a wolf's head, flew into a pile of wine jars piled up in the corner of the hall inside the door, and instantly rose a raging flame, the raging wind in the desert helped the fire, and the entire Ping'an Inn was lit at once, and the black smoke that rushed to the sky was accompanied by a scorching flame heat wave. According to Li Cangxing's resolute and manly face.

Li Cangxing muttered to himself: "World, I'm here!" His eyes turned unusually firm, a mask of more than fifty years old, with a long beard fluttering on his face, put on a hat, and stepped on the jujube red flying lightning sent by Qi Jiguang many years ago, Li Cang ran towards the south without looking back.

On a sand dune ten miles away, Lu Bing, who was riding a horse, had a gloomy face, watching Li Cangxing's figure gradually move away, and Helian Ba beside him was stationed with a big gun, riding a high-headed horse, and shook his head: "He still left after all." Are you disappointed? ”

Lu Bing gritted his teeth: "Why should I be disappointed?" ”

Helian Ba laughed: "For you, I'm afraid that a wolf who will always lurk in the desert is what you want to see the most, since he has turned against you, you definitely don't want him to come out of the Central Plains again." ”

Lu Bing's eyes flashed with coldness: "I naturally have a way to let him return to my disciples." ”

Helian Ba sighed: "Lu Bing, have you ever tasted betrayal?" It's always you who take advantage of others and betray others, and if one day, you've been betrayed like this by the person you trust the most, I don't think you would say such things. ”

Lu Bing turned his head and glanced at Helian Ba, and suddenly laughed: "Helian, will you betray me?" ”

Helian Ba's yellow beard moved, and he blinked: "Then it depends on whether you will betray me." ”

Lu Bing smiled "hehe": "You were abandoned by your Great Khan, I am different from you, I still have the emperor, so I have a way out, you don't, that is to say, I have the capital to betray you, you have nowhere to go except to cling to me." ”

Helian Ba smiled and shook his head: "If you have so much confidence in your emperor, how can you ask me to cooperate?" If you don't already have a different heart, how can you ask me to investigate the origin of the wolf? ”

Lu Bing's face changed, his face was black and red, and his eyes suddenly became sharp: "That's just curiosity, who let the black robe and Chengguang keep silent about his origins, what did the wolf do in the first two years of coming to the desert, I want to know." ”

Helian Ba put away his smile: "If I sue you, he is the pride of our Mongolia, the descendant of the Golden Family, what will you think?" ”

The horse under Lu Bing's seat suddenly neighed, and his front hooves were restlessly scraped on the ground.

Helian Ba's eyes narrowed slightly, with an expression that seemed to be smiling: "What, you are surprised?" Scared like this? ”

Lu Bing gritted his teeth: "I didn't expect that rumor to be true, so to speak." Cangxing is the son of Emperor Zhengde and the Mongolian princess? ”

Helian Ba nodded: "It shouldn't be wrong, he has the blood of the Golden Family, if he raises troops in Mongolia." With the current situation of the Great Khan, it may not be possible to fight this kid. Although the Great Khan and I are now broken, after all, I have been with him for decades, and I don't want to see anyone take his throne. ”

Lu Bing sneered: "So the Heavenly Wolf went to the Central Plains, you can't ask for it?" He wants to take away my Ming Dynasty, this is exactly what you want, right? ”

Helian Ba laughed. The rough voice shook Lu Bing's eardrums: "It's you Commander-in-Chief Lu who can't ask for it, if you are really so loyal to your emperor, you should get rid of Li Cangxing when you hear this rumor." But you have trained him as your most powerful assistant for so many years, and even want to marry your own daughter, I'm afraid it's not just to take advantage of him. ”

Lu Bing snorted coldly: "Cangxing attaches great importance to love and righteousness, so naturally he has to use love and righteousness to envelop the people of the world. But since he doesn't know how to lift. Then there is no need for me to continue to protect him, I can't offend Yan Xiang's father and son for him alone, let alone betray the emperor because of him. ”

Helian Ba smiled and waved his hand: "Lu Bing, if you were really as loyal as you say, you would not have let go of the wolf in Zhejiang back then, but I am afraid that you would have known the true background of this wolf early on, and you would like to use him as a card against your emperor." ”

The corners of Lu Bing's mouth hooked, but he didn't speak.

Helian Ba let out a long sigh. There was a hint of unspeakable loneliness in his eyes: "Ruthless is the most emperor's family, whether it is your emperor." Or our Great Khan, after all, it is a king, those of us who are courtiers, one day they are suspicious and suspicious, there is only one way to die, I naively thought that the Great Khan and I were born and died for decades, and we should have been brothers and family members, but the result was to abandon me, or not, this made me Helianba completely understand one thing, and the king is not a real brother and friend, Lu Bing, you and I can come together now, it is the same reason. ”

Lu Bing's eyebrows were blown by the strong wind in the desert, and he shook his head: "But I can't do it now, you can quit the court and go to your Jianghu sect, but I can't, my Lu family has been an official for generations, and now I sit in the position of the commander-in-chief of the Jinyi Guard, and I can't retreat, as long as I retreat, not only will it be difficult to save my life, but it will also be a disaster of family destruction and annihilation." ”

Helian Ba smiled slightly: "So you thought of secretly helping this wolf, so that he could go back to the Central Plains to turn him upside down after learning about his life experience, only the emperor needs you, so he won't attack you, right?" ”

The muscles on Lu Bing's face jumped, and he didn't say a word.

The corners of Helian Ba's mouth hooked: "I'm afraid that this is just a plan of your commander-in-chief Lu, your baby daughter really likes this wolf, so you can bet on both ends, since this wolf has a marriage contract with Feng Wu, if the wolf gains power in the future, you let your daughter marry him, and it will be the prince of the country in the future, how can you not suffer, right?" ”

Lu Bing's eyes suddenly flashed with coldness: "How did you know that Feng Wu was my daughter?" ”

Helian Ba smiled and shook his head: "Lu Bing, you are not the only one in the world who can engage in intelligence, don't forget, my hero door is doing the same thing as your Jinyi Wei in the desert, the relationship between Feng Wu and you, as long as you make a little effort to investigate, it is not difficult to find out." ”

Lu Bing's thick eyebrows raised: "This is Yan Shifan's sue for you." ”

Helian Ba nodded: "Yes, this is the information he took the initiative to give in order to cooperate with me and win my trust before, and the matter between your baby daughter and the wolf, I also listened to him, Lu Bing, it seems that this little pavilion elder has no good impression of you, you cooperate with him, and he will betray you in the same way." ”

Lu Bing sneered: "Haven't you betrayed him yet?" ”

Helian Ba laughed: "It's not a betrayal, if you cooperate, you will conspire, and if you don't agree, you will go, I am a Mongolian, and you Han people are for me, as long as it is profitable, there is nothing that cannot be cooperated, and there is nothing that cannot be abandoned." Lu Bing, if you want to cooperate with me all the time and don't let me betray you, then you have to fight for yourself, so that I don't have to make a choice to abandon you. ”

Lu Bing said coldly: "You are straightforward, but you are not afraid that I will become a passerby with you in the future?" I don't want to be friends with someone who could betray me and betray me at any moment. ”

A strange smile appeared on Helian Ba's face, and he shook his head: "Lu Bing, you have no choice but to be friends with me, Yan Shifan and you will never be able to get together, and your suspicious emperor will not let you really come together with the good and evil sides in the rivers and lakes, and the wolf is completely heartbroken by the alliance between you and Yan Shifan, I am afraid that it will not be possible to really reconcile with you in the future, who else can you rely on except me?" ”

Lu Bing crooked his mouth disdainfully: "I just need to be loyal to the emperor, and I don't need to find any allies." ”

Helian Ba smiled: "Loyal to the emperor? Do you blush when you say this? ”

Lu Bing suddenly laughed: "I didn't say which emperor I was loyal to." ”

Helian Ba was so choked that he couldn't speak, and after a long time, he raised his thumb and said: "Count you ruthless, but you don't really think that you can really win the world by relying on this grassroots prince of unknown origin." ”

Lu Bing shook his head, his eyes turned to the direction where Li Cangxing was gone, the two of them talked, Li Cangxing and his horse had already disappeared into the vast sky, leaving no shadow, Lu Bing muttered to himself: "If what that person said is the truth, everything is possible." ”

Lu Bing turned his head and said to Helian Ba, "It's time for us to act too." (To be continued......)