Chapter 119: Danger and Hardship
had a good birthday banquet, and was finally disturbed by the East Lake Gang. not only ended hastily and broke up unhappily, but also lost gold and silver, and lost half of the family business. For the Pan family, this day was undoubtedly a day of bad luck and unspeakable suffering.
The depressed mood is not only the Pan family, but also Liu Xunyi, Luo Ningyu and Lin Fangda. Although he knew that he was framed, but after all, the Pan family was blackmailed by Li Laohu in order to protect them, as the so-called "Although I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me", today's "Pan family" is the former "Boren", how can Liu Xunyi and the three of them be indifferent?
Especially Lin Fangda, who has a fiery temperament, if it weren't for the Pan family's efforts to stop him, I am afraid that he would have fought with the people of the East Lake Gang in the lobby today. Therefore, when Li Laohu's treacherous plan succeeded and "returned with a full load", Lin Fangda, who was so humiliated, also went away in anger and locked himself in the guest room to borrow wine to kill his sorrows.
From the time the sun hung high until the sun went down, Lin Fangda drank more than a dozen jars of spirits in a row.
When Liu Xunyi and Luo Ningyu appeased Pan Chuba and returned, Lin Fangda had already drunk unconscious, he hugged the wine jar, lying on the ground on all fours and falling asleep.
Drinks flowed and the pungent smell filled the room. Liu Xunyi and Luo Ning said "hard" for a long time before tidying up the messy room, and then carried Lin Fangda, who was still scolding in his drunken dream, to the bed. After tossing back and forth for a full hour, he walked out of the guest room exhausted.
"The eldest brother has an upright temperament, he has always had clear grievances, and he will repay it, and now Li Bao's death has made us suffer a dumb loss, no wonder he is so angry. Walking in the courtyard of Panfu, Liu Xunyi sighed, "Don't say big brother, in fact, I am also very angry in my heart. ”
Luo Ningyu complained: "If you want to blame Li Bao for this matter, you won't die sooner or later, but you died yesterday." When did this girl suffer such a grievance? No, this matter must not be given up easily, so I will go back and write a letter to my father, asking him to send someone to exterminate the Donghu Gang and take back the Pan family's family business. I always feel that I owe Pan Baye this matter, Li Laohu is obviously coming at us, how can I let Pan Baye prevent disasters for us?"
Liu Xunyi frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, compared to Li Laohu's blackmail, I am more curious about Li Bao's death. We had an argument with him on the front foot, and he was then killed, and the murderer deliberately left our goods next to the corpse, which was clearly a deliberate frame-up to provoke a fight between the East Lake Gang and us. I took a closer look at the corpse today, the fatal wound was a knife cut throat, Li Bao was stabbed more than ten times with lightning speed before he died, and the knife was stabbed at the vital point, I think Li Bao must have suffered great pain before he died. Therefore, I speculate that if the murderer did not have a deep hatred with Li Bao, then he must have wanted to use cruel means to arouse Li Laohu's hatred for us. ”
"Is it possible that a thief shouts to catch a thief?" Luo Ningyu speculated, "Li Laohu killed himself, and then deliberately staged a play in public, in order to steal the Pan family's money?"
Liu Xunyi pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "No." First, Li Laohu is not a fool, even if he wants to steal money, he will never involve us, and it is not too late to do it after we leave. Bringing the Xianwang Mansion into it will not only be of any benefit to him, but will also add a lot of trouble. Both, as far as I know, Li Bao has followed Li Laohu for many years, before and after the saddle, he is loyal, and Li Laohu also takes good care of him and has always regarded him as a younger brother. Therefore, even if Li Laohu wants to play a bitter trick, he doesn't have to use his closest people. Moreover, as He Hu said, at the birthday banquet today, Li Laohu's pain and anger are all from the heart, not acting. Therefore, I expected that Li Bao's death had nothing to do with him. ”
"It's all too coincidental. Luo Ningyu nodded thoughtfully and said, "The East Lake Gang and the Pan family are in Yingchuan together, and they have been safe and sound for more than ten years, but we had an accident as soon as we came, and it was also at the time of the decisive battle between the Pan family and the Qin family." Looking for clothes, I always feel that this matter is far from being as simple as I see, Li Bao was neither killed by us, nor killed by Li Laohu, there must be other people behind the scenes. ”
"It's a pity that we are in the light, and the murderer is in the dark. In addition, we are not familiar with the life in Yingchuan, and we are afraid that it will be difficult to find out. Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly, then turned his eyes, looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "But there is one thing that I am very strange, Pan Baye has always been low-key over the years, in order not to provoke right and wrong, even the lord of the mansion and him only exchange letters, and rarely meet." There are not many people in the world who know that Pan Chuba was born in the rivers and lakes, and even fewer people know about Yingchuan. But how did Li Laohu know about the relationship between the Pan family and the Xian Wangfu? If he didn't know, how could he know how to use the three of us to blackmail Pan Baye? So I doubted...... Li Laohu may have known the secrets of the Pan family for a long time. ”
Luo Ningyu suddenly realized: "Yes, Li Laohu's timing is very accurate, it seems that he knows that the Pan family is in danger now, and Pan Baye will not entangle with him, so it is easiest to blackmail the Pan family now." At present, Pan Baye's energy is focused on the ten-year covenant, and he will definitely not have extraneous branches at this juncture. ”
"It's not so much that Li Laohu's timing was accurate, but that Li Bao's death was timely. Liu Xunyi said in a condensed voice, "It seems that the secret of the Pan family is not only known to Li Laohu, but also to the murderer of Li Bao." ”
After that, a looming thought suddenly surged out of Liu Xunyi's mind, and the clues gradually became clear. His brows were furrowed, his mind was turning sharply, and he quickly caught the flash of inspiration in his mind, and hesitated: "Someone is deliberately making trouble, deliberately stirring up the contradictions between the East Lake Gang, the Xianwang Mansion and the Pan family...... At this juncture, once the Pan family is in trouble, the person who can benefit the most ......"
As for this, Liu Xunyi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned to look at Luo Ningyu, who was also enlightened. The two of them looked at each other, with a touch of horror in their eyes, and said in unison: "Hexi Qin's ......"
"Young Master Liu, Miss Luo!"
Suddenly, Pan Yun's voice sounded not far away, causing Liu Xunyi and Luo Ningyu, who were deep in thought, to wake up suddenly. The two looked sideways and saw Pan Yun and Pan Yuyin coming towards them.
At this moment, Pan Yun was carrying a narrow knife in his hand, looking at his sweaty and panting appearance, he should have just returned from martial arts practice.
"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Pan and Miss Pan. Liu Xunyi looked very good, hurriedly put away the different colors on his face, and arched his hand, "I don't know if the two of you are here, I'm sorry." ”
"Liu Gongzi is polite, it should be us who disturb you. Pan Yuyin hurriedly returned the salute, she seemed to be a little absent-minded, and there was a faint sorrow locked between her eyebrows.
Pan Yun also had a bad face, as if he was preoccupied, and arched his hand: "Our brother and sister just came back from practicing in the front yard, and we happened to meet two of them. Liu Gongzi and Miss Luo, please take care of yourself, let's retreat first. ”
Luo Ningyu saw that they looked hurried and gloomy, and subconsciously asked: "You are depressed and disheartened, but because of today's incident......?"
"Miss Luo, don't get me wrong!" Pan Yun hurriedly interrupted, "Today is just a trivial matter, how dare we blame Miss Luo......?" My father and mother may have sinned with words today, and I hope to forgive them. But I dare to swear that in their hearts, there is absolutely no disrespect to the Xianwang Mansion, please Miss Luo and Liu Gongzi Mingjian......"
Looking at the frightened Pan Yun, Liu Xunyi comforted: "Master Pan doesn't have to be like this, Pan Baye and the master of my family have been friends for many years, and today you are righteous and insistent, we are still grateful, how can we spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?"
Hearing this, the Pan Yun brothers and sisters suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they have lost half of their family business today, and if they offend the Xianwang Mansion again, it will really outweigh the losses. Thinking of this, how dare the Pan Yun brothers and sisters deal with it carelessly?
"Then what are you worried about?" Luo Ningyu asked.
The Pan Yun brothers and sisters glanced at each other, and Pan Yuyin explained with a sad frown: "I don't dare to deceive my sister, in fact, what my brother is worried about is the ten-year appointment with the Qin family next year." He has always blamed himself for being useless, having no longevity, and when the family was in danger, he had no ability to share the worries of the Pan family, so he ...... Sullen and depressed. ”
Pan Yun sighed and said: "Although the Pan family has a friend like Xianwangfu, but next year's war, after all, it is a feud between the Pan family and the Qin family, although the Xianwangfu can say a few good words for us and avoid being bullied by the Qin family, but in any case, we also need to uphold justice, how can we be too partial? What's more, the ten-year covenant was promised by my grandfather himself, and it is a matter of honor and disgrace for the two families. Even if the masters of the Xianwang Mansion are like clouds, they can't stand up for my Pan family after all, right?"
At this moment, Liu Xunyi suddenly had a good impression of Pan Yun, who was weak. Not to mention whether he can fight for the Pan family, this filial piety alone is enough to be admired.
Liu Xunyi asked curiously, "I don't know who Eighth Master Pan plans to send to fight the Qin clan?"
"I don't know. But Grandpa has gathered everyone to meet in the lobby tomorrow morning. It is expected that this should be agreed. Pan Yun smiled bitterly, "At present, who is the opponent of the Qin clan in the Pan family? Even in the rivers and lakes, few people dare to be enemies with them, not to mention our little Pan family, which is tantamount to a mayfly shaking a big tree and hitting a stone with an egg. Alas!"
"Not necessarily!" Liu Xunyi shook his head and said, "Your aunt and uncle who are far away in Jiazhou, and your cousin Pan Chun from the Huainan New Military Mansion, they suddenly came back, presumably because of this matter." ”
"What do you mean...... They were specially called back by Pan Baye?" Luo Ning said in surprise.
Liu Xunyi smiled undeniably, and turned to the Pan Yun brothers and sisters: "Maybe the Hexi Qin clan is not as strong as you think, and the Pan family is not as unbearable as you think." At the very least, when you six gods have no master, Pan Baye has already begun to take precautions and think hard about countermeasures. ”
"What do you mean?" Luo Ningyu couldn't wait to ask, "What countermeasures does Eighth Master Pan have?"
"I can't say for sure. But tomorrow morning, I'm sure everything will tell!"
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