Chapter 80: Coercion and Inducement
Lan Yue looked at the faint light coming from the entrance of the cave in the distance, and had a strange feeling in her heart, feeling that she had been here before, but she stopped and looked at the bricks and stones around her, but she was sure that she was here for the first time, what was the reason? Could it be that she had come here in a dream. The further I went, the stronger the feeling I had been, and the glimmer of light from the entrance of the cave seemed to spread in my eyes, getting stronger and stronger. Blue Moon even felt that she was starting to get dizzy from the light, and hurriedly extinguished the torch in her hand, when the sound of water flowing stronger and stronger came from ahead. Linglong'er, who had already walked to the entrance of the cave, exclaimed from the front: "Come and see, we are in the waterfall, this place is so beautiful!"
Lan Yue walked a few steps briskly, came to the entrance of the cave, and a waterfall about a width of more than a zhang passed through the cave from top to bottom, just blocking the entrance of the cave, through the crystal bead curtain of water, Lan Yue faintly saw that there was a cliff in front of her.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, breathing in the fresh air from Zhongshan, Lan Yue determined that he did not come here in a dream, but really came, this cave is the cave that came out of the "Huangju Island" where Liu Ji was located that day, but at that time it was from the "Huangju Island" through the bottom of Xuanwu Lake to come here, and today it is from the Jingshi underground secret passage to come here, which is the so-called "different paths to the same end" , This also satisfied Lan Yue's curiosity when he was in the underground passage that day, and he was thinking about where he would go if he didn't follow Liu Ji's instructions, and now he knows the answer, if he took another road at that time, he would turn back to Jingshi!
This curiosity was satisfied, and another question arose: How did Liu Ji know about this secret passage of Momen? If Liu Ji was a member of Momen, then according to Liu Ji's statement, Xu Moran once urged Liu Ji to join Momen at that time, but Liu Ji opposed it, and the two sides broke up unhappily, how can this be explained? Also, why Liu Ji has been willingly trapped on the island all these years, is it just for the safety of his family? Or is there another reason?
Lan Yue was in deep thought, and was suddenly pushed by Shen Chaixing, only to see Shen Chaixing frowning and said: "This secret passage design of Momen is indeed very hidden, located on the cliff, but it is not very convenient to enter and exit, next time remember to bring some ropes." ”
Only then did Blue Moon come to her senses, walked to the entrance of the cave, and pulled out the iron cables hidden under the grass vines on both sides. Shen Chaixing saw that Lan Yue could know the design of the iron cable before the prophet knew it, and showed a surprised look, and Linglong'er even exclaimed: "Middle-earth is really a magical country, and Yue Dashao is even more of a magical person!"
As she spoke, Linglong'er had already climbed up from the iron rope, followed by Shen Chasing Star and Blue Moon, and also came to it.
Standing on the top of Zhongshan again, Lan Yue sighed in her heart, the last time she stood here, she was like a lost dog trying to escape from Jingshi, and the farther she went, the better. Standing here this time, he wanted to return to Beijing and try to rescue the eldest brother. Facing the same unpredictable fate, it's just that last time I was alone, but now I have friends around me, two friends who can live and die together!
At this time, a round of golden sun slowly rises from the horizon of the east, ten thousand rays of light shine through the clouds to illuminate the earth, Jingshi Jinling is like a phoenix flying in the south of Zhongshan Mountain, the momentum is extraordinary and vigorous, the Yangtze River is like a winding dragon hovering in the northwest of Beijing, and then turns eastward. The three of them were so struck by this spectacle that they forgot their words.
At noon, the scorching sun was scorching, and it was the sleepiest time of the day, and Li Neng, the captain of the Jinyi Guard, walked listlessly on Guangyi Street, really wanted to go back to sleep, but he was on duty today. Thinking of the incident the day before yesterday, Li Neng smiled, the foreign princess was really generous, but she was just responsible for leading the way to Jingshi, it was a gold bar, and it would be nice if such a good thing could happen every day.
Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard a whistle, and a girl in exotic clothes was leaning against the entrance of the alley, hooking her finger at Li Neng. It was the princess who was generous and rich that day, Li Neng hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "The princess invited, what are you doing?"
The foreign princess took a few steps back, flashed into the alley, and said with a smile: "It is indeed a very 'expensive' job, ask one thing, and answer that I am satisfied with a gold bar." ”
Li Neng said excitedly: "The princess inquires, and she must know everything and say everything!"
The princess took out a gold bar, shook it in her hand, and said lightly: "It's not a big deal, I just want to know some of the circumstances of your pacification of Mao Xi'an." ”
In the middle of the night, Mao Xi'an walked out of the Da Ruyi gambling house like a defeated rooster, and just now a handful of dice actually rolled out a "small" again, and the dealer has already opened 12 "small" in a row, and this time it is still unreasonable! This one has lost all the usury 500 taels of silver he had just borrowed from the gambling house! In addition to the silver owed on credit in the early stage plus the interest, he has already owed nearly 10,000 taels of silver to the Daruyi gambling house. In fact, he only borrowed more than 3,000 taels of silver, and the profit was actually turned to 10,000 taels, which is really the same as robbing money!
Mauxian thought indignantly. If it were other gambling houses, no one would dare to ask for an account with his identity as the envoy of Jinyi Weizhen, but Da Ruyi is different, the gold master behind it is said to be the Shenjian Gate, and the owner Bai Qingchen is the first generation to fight the world with Zhu Yuanzhang, and now, as the "Blue Jade Case" is nearing the end, those first generations have almost died, but the Shenjian Gate is still standing, therefore, not to mention that the eyes of the four disciples of the second generation of the Shenjian Gate are above the top and their eyes are empty, they are those "three generations of gods" is also rampant in Beijing, and he doesn't take himself as a Jinyi Wei envoy in his eyes at all, and he will come to the door at any time to force debts and ask for money, and he doesn't give face at all.
Thinking of this, Mao Xi'an suddenly understood one thing, in fact, what this world lacks the most is understanding, for example, in the eyes of others, being a pacification envoy is holding a golden job bowl and taking up a fat shortage, but there are commanders, commanders, and commanders on top of his pacification envoys, and every layer must be dotted. Just like this "Blue Jade Case", although many people were arrested, there was not much silver in hand. Moreover, there are a lot of people outside my home, and the three wives and four concubines all need silver, so the pressure is so great!
Mao Xi'an in the night took a deep breath, left all his troubles behind, and thought that he would continue to work hard tomorrow and find a way to blackmail a few more families and strive to get more silver. At that moment, there was a sound in his ears, "Jingle Bell", it was the sound of silver striking! No, Mauxian corrected his thoughts in time, it was the sound of a bag of gold striking!
Accompanied by the melodious sound of gold, Linglong'er walked out like an elf in the night, holding a pocket in her hand, a jingling pocket, a pocket full of gold.
Mao Xi'an suddenly had a sense of well, and followed Linglong'er to a no-man's corner.
Linglong'er shook the pocket in her hand and said bluntly: "Master Mao is a person who has seen the world, so I will no longer go around the corner." Here are five hundred taels of gold, and tomorrow you can help me do something, and then I will pay you five hundred taels when the matter is done. ”
Mao Xi'an changed his fat face with a deferential expression, and said with a smile: "If you can, you will definitely do it." Let's hear what you're going to do. ”
Linglong'er said indifferently: "It's not a big deal, it's just that tomorrow you will take my people to Zhaojiao to visit someone, meet up, and say a few words." That's it!"
Mao Xi'an narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Who are you looking at? It can't be Lan Yu!"
Linglong'er suddenly showed a look of admiration, and exclaimed: "Wow, no wonder Lord Mao can sit firmly in the position of the envoy, he is really smart and intelligent, you and I have a heart, and we can understand it even if you don't click!"
Mao Xi'an's face changed, and he said in a low and stern tone: "It turns out that you are Lan Yu's fellow party, since you have sent it to the door, I am not welcome, now I will be arrested obediently, follow me to Jinyiwei to surrender, maybe spare your life." As he spoke, he drew his sword in his hand and drew it in a gesture.
Linglong'er put away her smile and said coldly: "Put away your set of words to scare children, do you do it or not?"
Mao Xi'an spread his hands, looked embarrassed, and said: "This thing is difficult, but it's not impossible, it's just whether the money can be ••••••."
Linglong'er said: "Add another five hundred taels of gold, and it can't be more." In addition, tomorrow you will prepare two sets of Jinyiwei's clothes for me and send them to my designated place. ”
Then the two sides discussed the time and place of the next day's meeting, and after they were done, Linglonger handed the bag of gold to Mao Xi'an.
Mao Xi'an took the pocket, showed a rogue smile, and said, "Aren't you afraid that before and after I took this bag, I will set up an ambush at the place where we met tomorrow and wipe you out?"
As soon as these words came out, Linglong'er put away her innocent and lovely smile, her face was gloomy, and her eyes shot a look that did not match her, looking directly at Mao Xi'an. Mao Xi'an shuddered. Linglong'er waved her hand, and the iron-faced "Wenda" floated out of nowhere, suddenly appeared in front of Mao Xi'an, and handed over a handkerchief to Mao Xi'an.
Mao Xi'an looked at this handkerchief with familiar eyes, and opened the handkerchief with doubts, and it turned out to be an ear, an ear with the earrings of the Huihui Lou Luan Feng Annunciation.
Of course, Mao Xi'an recognized the Luanfeng Annunciation earrings, which were the jewelry he gave to the seventh aunt of Xinna a few days ago.
Linglong'er said slowly, word by word: "Your family has two sons, four daughters, seven wives, plus close relatives, etc., there are a total of seventy-nine people in Jingshi. I'll check it out again if it's outside of Jingshi. Although our Ryukyus are small and weak, we are not your opponents. But I have a hundred masters like "Wenda". You dare to play yin with us, I can guarantee that these hundred masters will not kill others, but only complete one task, that is, kill your whole family with a knife, and not let any of them go, do you believe it?"
After speaking, he didn't say anything anymore, but his eyes locked on Mao Xi'an's eyes. Through Linglong'er's eyes, Mao Xi'an saw the real murderous intention, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and reluctantly smiled: "I'm just joking, why take it seriously." ”
When Linglong'er heard this, she showed an innocent and lovely smile and said: "Actually, we also want to save money for you! Think about it, your seventh aunt can buy earrings in the future, just buy one, this can cost a lot less silver! Lord Mao, do you think I'm right?"