Chapter 262: A Missing Link
Li Mu and Li Guan discussed all morning, but they didn't understand what went wrong, so that their understanding of the situation was so different.
It's as if there is an important link missing here, and the whole thing has become two, which makes the two of them confused, but what went wrong?
From the time Li Mu came to Guofeng City, Li Mu reviewed everything again, and then compared them with what had happened one by one.
As a result, Li Mu found that it didn't seem to be their problem, and he always felt as if there was another force that had already discovered Lu An, and also leaked Lu An's whereabouts in advance.
If this is really possible, then the current doubts can be explained.
Li Guan also felt that Li Mu's speculation was reasonable, but so far, no evidence had been found, and the possibility of this speculation was still blank in the minds of the two.
At this time, Li Guan's mind suddenly remembered what Fan Fatzi had said, "City Lord, Fan Fatzi also said something today, the two people who followed Lu An are likely to be from the Xiliang Sword Sect, do you think it could be a ghost from them?"
"Xiliang Sword Sect, are you sure?, it's really them?" Li Mu asked.
Li Guan nodded, "What Fat Fan said, it shouldn't be wrong." ”
"If that's the case, then it makes sense, the people of the Xiliang Sword Sect have been following Lu An, and naturally they have a very thorough understanding of Lu An's whereabouts, but it's a little wrong, the Xiliang Sword Sect and the Taiyi Sect don't have any intersection, how can they spit out the meat to others?" Li Mu raised a question.
Li Guan thought about it, and the relationship in it seemed to be a little wrong, Lu An was worth five hundred spirit crystal essences for the Xiliang Sword Sect, how could they not take the initiative to give up this temptation and let the Taiyi Sect eat Lu An instead?
This seems a bit unlikely, both reasonably.
But there really isn't any other possibility than that.
"Could it be that there is a group of people who know Lu An's whereabouts?" Li Guan said a little uneasily.
After Li Mu heard this, he also glanced at Li Guan with extremely strange eyes.
The two looked at each other again uneasily, both agreeing to this speculation, but there was still no evidence.
Then the two fell silent.
There seemed to be a lot of things involved in Lu An's matter in front of him, which made Li Mu feel a little stunned.
"City Lord, why don't I go and call Lu An back and ask?" Li Guan said tentatively.
Li Mu didn't respond at all, just looked at Li Guan and blinked his eyes twice, as if he was asking and agreeing.
Just as Li Guan was about to leave, Li Mu stopped him with a voice.
"Forget it, let's talk about it in the evening, by the way, how is the situation of the adults?" Li Mu changed the subject.
Li Guan replied honestly: "When I went to look for Xiao Lao, I saw that the adults were drinking tea there, and it didn't seem that he was injured. ”
Li Mu nodded, and said with a sigh of relief: "Then it seems that the adults should have won last night." ”
Li Guan also nodded in agreement, "It should be." ”
After Li Mu hummed, he didn't say anything more.
Seeing this, Li Guan also retreated respectfully, and then found a place to sit down, sat there with a tired face, looked at the sun in the sky, and couldn't help but sigh, "The weather seems to be getting hotter and hotter in the past two years..."
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Lu An panted slightly, he was still a little tired from this round of wheel battle just now, but the result in front of him was still very good.
All the hundred-and-so people were lying on the ground, wailing in all directions.
Lu An's hand was not heavy, but it was not light, it did not hurt the muscles and bones, only the pain that kept pouring out of the flesh.
He Liao squatted on the ground and kept rubbing his chest, he didn't expect that this newcomer Yi'an's strength would be so strong, and his own group of people were not his opponents, this strength was a bit exaggerated, especially when the last twenty or thirty people were together, he was also able to deal with it easily.
From here, it can be seen that this Yi'an's strength is far beyond the level he is showing now.
He Liao suddenly scolded secretly, it seems that the days after that are a little sad, when he meets such a tough boss, no matter who he is, it will not end well.
However, he also thought of another thing in his heart, the resentful expression on his face immediately dissipated, he struggled to get up from the ground, moved to Lu An, and knelt down directly on one knee, "He Liao admits it, please punish him." ”
Lu An looked at this He Liao, who seemed to be very knowledgeable about current affairs, and felt a little surprised, in his opinion, this He Liao was the leader of this gang of soldiers, and it should be the group with the hardest mouth, right, and now he was the first to run over to admit it, Lu An couldn't help but have other thoughts in his mind.
"Confessed?" Lu An said with a smile as he looked at He Liao.
He Liao bowed his head respectfully, "My lord's strength is strong, I admit it." ”
After these words came out, many people followed He Liao and knelt down.
Lu An pursed his lips, sighed slightly, and then shook his head, with a trace of displeasure in his heart, for these people, to be honest, Lu An felt a little disappointed.
Luo Shou and Mi Ying also glanced at each other, and like those people, they silently knelt on one knee.
In this way, everyone knelt down respectfully, and Lu An was very comfortable to watch this scene, but he didn't seem to be very comfortable in his heart.
Lu An immediately stretched out his hand and motioned for the group to stand up.
He Liao was the first to stand up, and then he smiled, with a hippie smile on his face, "My lord, what should we do today?"
Lu An asked rhetorically, "What do you usually do?"
"We usually have tasks, and it is Master Jing who takes us to do things. After He Liao finished speaking, he stared at Lu An, as if asking what today's task was.
Lu An sighed, "In this case, there is no task today, so you can stay here honestly." ”
He Liao snorted, looked at the sun, and asked, "My lord, should you eat at this point?" The brothers didn't eat breakfast. ”
As soon as these words came out, there was a dense echo behind him.
Lu An smiled, picked up the steamed buns on the side, and said: "The steamed buns in my hand are your food today, you can eat if you want, just complete my requirements, but I only have fifty steamed buns in my hand, that is to say, at least half of you don't have to eat." ”
When everyone heard this, there was another uproar, since they took refuge in the City Lord's Mansion, they have basically been serving big fish and meat for every meal, but they have never even had to eat, this sharp gap is really a bit difficult for them to accept.
Looking at this non-stop noise, Lu An felt very satisfied, and then said: "Whether you can eat or not is still up to you." ”
"My lord, what do you mean?" Although He Liao was also a little dissatisfied, he still asked stubbornly.
"Since you are a soldier, it must be speaking with strength, even if you used to be Yu Linwei, but it was only once, if you want to eat today, then prove your strength, you Bailai people are divided into ten teams, and then draw lots, one by one, which side wins will have food, and the loser will definitely not have today!
Everyone was silent all of a sudden, and He Liao's face suddenly became ugly, how could he not know the true purpose of Lu An in this way.
Deliberately using a squad to divide their gang, ten squads, that is, ten captains, there is cooperation and competition, and in the long run, his prestige will inevitably become lower and lower.
The way he wants to turn all these people into his own people may be in vain, He Liao's face hesitated suddenly, he wanted to express his position early to win a trace of his favor, but he didn't expect to move a stone to shoot himself in the foot now.
He Liao looked at Lu An's smiling face, and his heart was also churning, and he suddenly didn't know whether to agree or not.
Just as He Liao hesitated, Luo Shou and Mi Ying, who were not far behind him, said at the same time: "I agree!"
Seeing that someone had already agreed, Lu An immediately glanced at He Liao with a smile, and the playfulness in his eyes was fully revealed.
He Liao, who was slow to beat, could only nod at this time and said, "I also agree." ”
Then came the sparse consent.
"Since some of you have agreed, you will choose your own ten captains, and then choose your own people, and I will wait. Lu An said with a grin.
After a while, the hundred or so people were divided into ten teams.
Lu An examined them one by one, especially the two who spoke first, Lu An couldn't help but look at them twice, but the expressions of these two people seemed to be a little strange when they looked at Lu An, and they had a feeling of smiling but not smiling.
After everything was ready, Lu An took out a few bamboo sticks and asked the gang to draw them by themselves.
After doing all this, Lu An sat on the threshold and quietly watched the ten groups of people tossing and turning there.
By the time it was all over, it was almost dark.
Lu An distributed the bag of steamed buns, "I count when I speak, I win and lose." ”
The winning group happily nibbled on the steamed buns, and the losing group lay on the ground weakly and watched others gnaw on the steamed buns, where they kept swallowing saliva.
Lu An is very satisfied with today's result, this trick was learned from Hu Yong before, and it seems that the effect is not bad now.
Luo Shou and Mi Ying glanced at each other, and then the two nodded lightly and slowly leaned towards Lu An's side.
Luo Shou smiled and said, "Adult, villain Luo Shou." ”
"Villain Mi Ying. Mi Ying said.
Lu An felt a little strange in his heart, he was very impressed with these two people, every time they looked at each other, the expressions of these two people were a little strange, I don't know what the reason was.
"Is there anything wrong with the two of you?" asked Lu An with a frown.
Luo Shou smiled and asked, "How long do you plan to stay here?"
Lu An didn't understand what this thoughtless words meant, "What do you mean by asking?"
The two smiled, Mi Ying stretched out her head, and whispered, "The villain was fortunate enough to see the portrait of the adult from Master Wei before. ”
Lu An's eyes narrowed suddenly, and his face changed slightly.
Mi Ying saw Lu An's face change, and immediately said: "Don't get me wrong, my lord, the villain used to be a person under the command of Lord Wei, so I was fortunate enough to see the portrait of the adult, and I didn't have any other ideas." ”
"Oh, now that you know who I am, what do you want to do?" asked Lu An.
Luo Shougan laughed, "Of course, I want to know if it is possible to follow adults all the time in the future?"
Lu An laughed, "That's it?"
The two nodded in unison, and Luo Shou continued: "My lord, most of our gang are headed by He Liao, and most of them listen to him, my lord, you still have to pay a little attention to He Liao, he used to be the fifth of the Yulin Guard, and the official was quite big, and..."
Lu An patiently listened to Luo Shou's small report, and nodded, "I know, let's get here first today, my identity must be kept secret, and no one can reveal it." ”
The two nodded in unison, and then stepped back.
Lu An saw that it was already dark, got up directly, patted his buttocks, and said to the gang: "That's it today, no one is allowed to run out, I will let people come here to watch at night, if I know that someone has escaped from here at night, you will do it yourself tomorrow!"
A sparse response was heard.
Then Lu An hooked his hand at He Liao.
A group of people slowly dispersed, leaving He Liao alone.
He Liao walked to Lu An's side a little reluctantly, "Is there something wrong with my lord?"
Lu An didn't speak, and slapped He Liao on the shoulder, so frightened that he shook it twice.
He Liao's voice trembled a little, "My lord, what do you want to do?"
Lu An said unhurriedly: "I heard that you are the boss of this gang?"
He Liao was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head and denied it again and again.
"Isn't it? I asked a few people just now, and they all said it was you?" Lu An said confusedly.
He Liao continued to shake his head and said with a serious face: "They must be talking nonsense, there is no boss in our gang, they are just colleagues." ”
Lu An sighed, but the old man in his voice was long, "Is this like this?" Then let me ask you, who is Wei Wei's cronies in this gang?"
He Liao didn't hesitate at all and said directly: "If it is Lord Wei's cronies, there should be three, one is Luo Shou, the other is Mi Ying, and the last one is me." ”
Lu An nodded, "What did the three of you do before, talk to me about it." ”
He Liao snorted, and immediately said: "My lord, I used to be a supernumerary person of Yu Linwei, and I didn't follow Master Wei, although I was a small leader, I basically did some miscellaneous things, and I only saw Lord Wei two or three times a year." ”
Lu An snorted and motioned for him to continue.
"Luo Shou and Mi Ying are different, these two people are Lord Wei's real cronies, basically they know a little bit about everything that Lord Wei does, and even a lot of them do it personally, such as the matter of Guofeng City a few years ago, the two of them participated. He Liao said quietly.
Lu An was suddenly shocked in his heart, his face became serious, and he hurriedly said, "What else?"
He Liao thought for a while and continued: "They seem to have been planning something before they came to Guofeng City, but at that time, I had already been immediately Yulinwei, and I didn't know much about it, so when I saw them in Guofeng City, I was surprised, logically speaking, it is impossible for Lord Wei's cronies to fall to such a point, right?"
"Don't you know that Wei Wei has disappeared?" Lu An asked rhetorically.
He Liao was suddenly surprised, "Missing? really fake? Lord Wei's whereabouts have always been relatively secretive..."
"It's not secret, it's missing, and he was arrested in front of me for two months. Lu An said.
He Liao showed an extremely surprised expression on his face, and kept repeating that it was impossible and impossible.
For He Liao's performance, Lu An was very puzzled, and asked puzzledly, "Why do you think it's impossible?"
He Liao seemed to think of something, and the whole person hesitated.
The more Lu An looked at it, the more strange it became, and he immediately asked several questions.
He Liaocai explained: "More than a month ago, Luo Shou and Mi Ying seem to have received a secret letter, and it is very likely that it was sent by Master Wei. ”
Hearing this, Lu An's brows immediately tightened, his expression changed, and he asked rhetorically, "Mi Xin? Are you sure you sent it?"
He Liao shook his head again, "I'm not sure, I've just heard of it." ”
Lu An breathed a sigh of relief and scolded angrily: "I'm not sure what you're talking about so mysterious!
He Liao suddenly fell into a hesitation, not knowing what to say.
Lu An was also upset when he looked at He Liao, and hurriedly waved his hand to signal him to get out.
He Liao also shrank his head, and said with a smile: "That villain will retire first." ”
Seeing He Liao take a few steps, Lu An stopped him again, and said solemnly: "He Liao, I need you to confirm what you said earlier and find out who sent that secret letter."
He Liao felt bitter for a while, and immediately scolded himself again, blaming himself for being too talkative and causing such trouble!
But he didn't dare to show an expression of rejection on his face, so he could only respond with a wry smile.
The person walked away like this, and Lu An was left alone in the courtyard, Lu An's brows were furrowed more and more tightly, he never thought that he would hear such a news from other people's mouths, which really surprised him.
Lu An kept rubbing his fingers there, and muttered in his heart, "More than a month ago, Wei Wei's secret letter? Wasn't he already arrested by Aoi at that time? How could he send a secret letter at that time?"
Thinking of this, looking at the already dark night, Lu An sighed inexplicably, and walked out of the courtyard directly, this point should also go back to the City Lord's Mansion.
Lu An just walked for a while, and he felt a little strange, although this place was very remote, but now walking on this street, Lu An felt a feeling of peeping.
And this felt familiar, and the first thought that appeared in Lu An's mind was to remember the two people who had been following him before.
Lu An didn't hesitate, the meteoric iron sword instantly held it in his hand, stood still, quietly observing the surroundings, motionless.
Zhou Jing and Zhou Zhi, who were hiding in the shadows, frowned at the same time.