Chapter 42: Careful Temptation

"Mr. Cai is older than me, if you can afford me, just call me Brother Tianbao."

Cai took his hand and didn't shirk: "Brother Tianbao is so refreshing, how can I not agree, Mr. Cai's title is also different, how about calling me Brother Cai?" ”

"Ha, then I'll be respectful and obey my fate,"

Li Yan smiled, and first swept over the hall, several big leaders of the Red Flag Gang. glanced at Cai Lian, who was alone and the guards were waiting on the dock, and then said:

"However, what Brother Cai said just now is a bit alarmist."

Li Yan paused: "The British only have dozens of big ships and thousands of men in the South Seas, although the ships are strong and the guns are sharp, but if you want to destroy Zhang He, who has been entrenched in Annam for a long time, I am afraid it is not so easy." ”

"Isn't thousands enough? At the beginning, Klevau led his army to land on the Ganges River and conquered Bangladesh in one go, but there were only 900 people. ”

Cai Lian said nonchalantly.

The scene of the cannonfire steaming on the sea flashed in front of Li Yan's eyes.

Li Yan raised the teacup and was noncommittal: "Brother Cai is indeed knowledgeable. ”

Cai Lian smiled slightly: "I don't know why the British are making a big move this time, but the demon thief has suffered a big injury this time, but it is a certainty." ”

Li Yan spread his hands: "Demon thieves and British dog-eat-dog, what does this have to do with you and me?" Please also ask Brother Cai to make it clear. ”

"I came here to give a big gift to Brother Tianbao."

"What a gift."

"The Taiping Wenshu of the demon thief Zhang He."

As soon as Cai Lian's words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Taiping Wenshu, Zhang He relied on the magic classics to become famous, Zhang He, who was only eight years old at the beginning, didn't know what luck he took, and by chance he got a bronzing paper raft that was inviolable, which was "Taiping Wenshu".

After more than ten years of hard work, Zhang He has become a giant on the powerful side from a fisherman. Even Mrs. Ten was very enthusiastic about this Taiping Wenshu, and targeted the demon thief several times, the purpose was to get Taiping Wenshu.

People like Tianbaozai and Chaoyi know that the reason why the Tenth Lady was so eager to get the Taiping Wenshu during her lifetime was because among the 48,000 Taiping Wenshu, there may be a method to erase the side effects of the aversion technique, and if the Tenth Lady could get the Taiping Wenshu earlier, maybe she would not have died.

"Where is Taiping Wenshu now?"

Li Yan's voice was deliberately a few degrees higher.

"Naturally, it's still on the body of the demon thief Zhang He."

Li Yan's face was full of unhappiness: "Brother Cai, is this a pastime for me?" ”

"Of course not." Cai Yan sighed, and his words were straightforward: "In the territory of Annan, I have twelve mines, and since Zhang He became the protector of Annan, the days in the mines have become more and more difficult day by day. My marina business in Annam. The fleets that came and went were also constrained and troubled by Zhang He. This opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I want to send troops to exterminate the power of the demon thief Zhang He, after the matter is completed, this Taiping Wenshu will naturally get it. ”

"Then why did you give me such treasures?"

"Naturally, it's because Hongqi sent troops with me, and I wanted to repay Brother Tianbao."

Li Yan's heart tightened.

"Your gang is famous for only robbing foreign ships and foreign goods. I have always turned a blind eye to the ships of my thirteen banks, and I have also reciprocated the favor, and the goods of the red flag and the grain comprador have always been the responsibility of my thirteen banks, which are mutually beneficial and have a close relationship. With this relationship, there is a basis for cooperation. ”

He approached Li Yan, chatting as if he was homely, looking easy-going and simple: "Taking advantage of the British's move, the two of us are involved in each other and put down the demon thief." Except for the things of Taiping Wenshu, we divide the account fifty-fifty. ”

Li Yan's eyebrows twitched: "Brother Cai is so generous? ”

Cai Lian sighed and patted his thigh: "In order to dredge the joints, why do I spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in Annan every year, and now there is a way to do it once and for all, what else do you want?" ”

He changed his words: "The old feud between the Red Flag Gang and the demon thieves has been going on for a long time. Before Mrs. Tenth was alive, she never forgot Zhang He's peace and sparseness. ”

Li Yan lowered his head when he heard this, and pretended to groan: "Now, the civil strife in the Five Banners has not been settled, and I have just become the leader of the Red Banner, so I can't use swords and soldiers in vain, not to mention the compensation." I'm also responsible for the lives of my brothers. ”

Cai Yan glanced at Li Yan, "Brother Tianbao, you forgive me for offending, the tenth lady is disgusted with the cultivation of the earth, I don't know who has this ability now?" “

Li Yan sighed and did not speak.

"Let me offend again, the Five Banners Sharp Knife, each of them has a high ghost who is brave enough to be a hundred, and now, can you still refine it?"

Li Yan's face sank: "Brother Cai has something to say. Don't beat around the bush. ”

His uncontrollable posture made Cai Lian's heart sigh slightly. Said slowly: "Brother Tianbao can get Taiping Wenshu, it won't be long before a spell is not under the former Ten Lady, and a few Wenshu are passed down to the Red Flag Brothers, and the Gaoli Ghost is also like a tiger." It is easy to carry forward the Red Flag Gang. ”

Li Yan snorted coldly: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to get things, but I was used as a knife messenger." ”

"Brother. Is there anything good in the world that can accomplish great things without taking risks? The demon thief and the red flag are already incompatible, even if there is no me to take the lead, the red flag gang will not be moved. ”

He faced the hall and kept silent, led by Chaoyi.

"Don't you be tempted?"

Many people showed thoughtful expressions, and what Cai Lian said was not without temptation, and the hall was silent for a while. But Chaoyi frowned, obviously didn't want to agree, he opened his mouth a few times, and he didn't dare to speak.

Li Yan took all this in his eyes, and sighed in his heart that this tide of righteousness really can't be killed, and there are few people in Lantau who have such a mind as him. But on the face, he looks in a dilemma.

"Ahem, Tianbao."

Chaoyi still couldn't hold back after all, but Li Yanyi stretched out his hand to interrupt Chaoyi, and said to Cai Yan with a straight face: "Taiping Wenshu, it is indeed a treasure, and the net worth of a demon thief, I am also greedy." But I can't agree to Brother Cai's request. ”

"It's not that I can't believe Brother Cai, it's just that I don't know why the red-haired ghost beat Annan. The Five Flags Alliance and the red-haired ghost are inherently incompatible, and it is natural to fight when they meet. It could be a mess then. Plain and white. ”

Li Yan swept over the leaders under him: "Right now, I hold the hostages of the three flags in my hand, I don't know when they will come over, a few days ago, in order to avenge Shi Niang, I broke the tiger gate again, and the government regards my red flag as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh." Brother Cai, forgive me for confessing, I really don't have the ability and courage to provoke the British and demon thieves at this time. ”