The next day, Yangzhou City.

At the end of the day, the dawn broke in the east. The city guards were sleepy-eyed, and as soon as they opened the city gate, a large number of people emerged, carrying burdens, driving ox carts, and dragging families and mouths. So I was lazy and let them go one by one without waiting for inspection.

In the midst of the crowds, the city guard suddenly saw a familiar face.

"Yo, isn't this Dr. Tan, why are you wet!" the city guard shouted.

Tan Hu smiled at him awkwardly, raised his hand to say hello, and then turned around and entered the city.

"Didn't the rain stop today...... Could it be that Dr. Tan spent the night outside last night?" the city guard couldn't help muttering to himself.

The breakfast shop on the side of the road exuded an attractive fragrance, and Tan Hu was also hungry for a long time, so he immediately ate and drank. After being full of wine and food, Tan Hu paced around and walked around before returning to the Rejuvenation Hall.

The early morning hospital hall was deserted, but a group of people sitting in the corner of the hall were particularly eye-catching, all dressed in coarse cloth clothes, bare arms, and dressed as martial artists. There is only one person in a long shirt with a sword, gentle and elegant, with the demeanor of a prince of the scholar clan, like a leader.

Tan Hu swept it, there were seven people, and then he sneered and stepped in.

"Hey, Xiao Tan, you're back, where did you go last night? Yo, why is this so embarrassing. As soon as Tan Hu entered the door, an old doctor greeted him with a kind smile, his eyes full of care.

Hearing this, the long-robed swordsman glanced at Tan Hu, and then took a sip of tea lightly.

Tan Hu smiled bitterly and sighed: "Alas, it's hard to say, I'm really tired to death...... I'm going to have a good rest today, and don't call my juniors out if there's anything going on. After that, Tan Hu took off his medicine sachet, sat on the bench, and poured himself a cup of tea.

The old man smiled and pointed to the group of people sitting in the infirmary: "I'm afraid you can't rest, well, someone is looking for you over there." ”

"Uh......" Tan Hu squinted at the group of people, looked depressed, and yawned: "Are you here to seek medical treatment? If it's not an incurable disease, just find someone else, I'm really sorry, I'm really tired......

"I didn't expect Dr. Tan to be a busy man!" The long-robed swordsman chuckled, walked up slowly, stuffed a silver ingot into Tan Hu's hand, clasped his fists with both hands, and said with a smile: "In Xia Li Cong, I have been waiting for Dr. Tan for nearly an hour, and I have been waiting for a hard life." I only hope that Dr. Tan can give face, don't brush me and wait for kindness. ”

Tan Hu secretly weighed the weight in his hand, and smiled: "It's easy to say." ”

Li Cong smiled even more, praising "Dr. Tan is really on the road". Then he waved to the people behind him, led Tan Hu to a carriage outside the door, made a "please" gesture, and said, "Doctor Tan, take a step to speak." ”

Tan Hu didn't doubt him, so he sat in.

Li Cong saw Tan Hu get into the carriage, and his smiling expression suddenly turned cold. Waving his hand, he beckoned a strong man and asked in a low voice, "Is there any news from the brother in charge of contacting Gao Hu?"

The strong man looked helpless and replied: "Yesterday, I sent a lot of brothers to contact Master Gao's side, and I have been in touch with them, but then somehow there was no news all of a sudden. The younger ones also sent other brothers to check on them, but none of them returned...... Now there are a little insufficient manpower here. ”

Li Cong's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he fell into deep thought.

In order not to attract attention, Liu Qianzhong only asked Li Cong and Gao Hu to bring dozens of brothers to hunt down Liu Qianqian and his party. The two chased them all the way to Yangzhou, but they lost them after not wanting to come here.

The two immediately sent people to guard all the traffic arteries, and then searched for Liu Qianqian's whereabouts in the city, but they couldn't determine whether Liu Qianqian and his party hid in the mountains. So after discussing with Gao Hu, Li Cong finally decided to let Gao Hu lead most of the people to search the mountain, and Li Cong led a small number of people to intercept Liu Qianqian and his party in the city, and the two sides had contact from time to time.

Now that he suddenly lost contact overnight, Li Cong didn't dare to be careless, let alone leave the city easily......"

Li Cong pointed to the carriage again and said to the strong man: "Yesterday, were you sure that this Dr. Tan had contact with the eldest lady and her party?"

The strong man nodded violently and said, "It's true!" The little one saw it clearly, and then sent two younger brothers to follow him secretly. The two of them didn't dare to go deeper in front of the foot of Hengkong Mountain, so they came back to tell them. One thing is for sure, Liu Qianqian and her party did hide in the mountains, and then the little one immediately came to tell the adults. ”

Li Cong nodded slightly, told the strong man to continue to inquire about the news, waved his hand to let him retreat, and secretly said: "There is too little information now, the top priority is to find out what is happening on the mountain...... Li Cong raised his head slightly, and a smile appeared on his face: "Liu Qianqian is highly poisonous, and the group will definitely not be able to leave, as long as they control this place, they will be completely sure of capturing themselves." ”

"Doctor Tan, I'm glad to have a good meeting! Li Cong got into the carriage with a smile, greeted Tan Hu, and then lifted the curtain and motioned for the coachman to drive.

Tan Hu stabilized his body, adapted to the shaking in the car, arched his hand slightly, and said, "I don't know ...... Your Excellency."

"Just call me Brother Li. Li Cong patted Tan Hu's shoulder and said, "I want to ask Brother Tan about some things, I hope Brother Tan can ...... I know everything. ”

Tan Hu suddenly felt a little crazy.

"Haha, presumably Brother Li is here for yesterday's incident?" Tan Hu asked tentatively.

Li Cong squinted his eyes and stared at Tan Hu with a smile and did not speak.

"That's it. Tan Hu thought for a while, scolded "bad luck", and continued: "Yesterday, a few reckless men came, saying that they were in a hurry to ask for the best doctor, and then they grabbed me and ran up the mountain without saying anything, and knocked me unconscious halfway......"

"Oh?" Li Cong raised his eyebrows and said, "So Brother Tan doesn't know where he was taken?"

Tan Hu spread his hands and said helplessly: "These people in the rivers and lakes also have their own privacy, and they must be hiding from some enemies, which is reasonable." ”

"Well, Brother Tan continued. Li Cong nodded.

"Then they asked me to heal a woman who was heavily poisoned. ”

"Could it be that Dr. Tan has a wonderful hand to rejuvenate?" Li Cong said anxiously.

Tan Hu scratched his head and said modestly: "Although I am not talented, I am quite confident in my medical skills, although it is a strange poison, I am also a little sure, so I naturally resolve it casually." ”

Li Cong was annoyed, scolded secretly, "It's really going to be a bad thing", suppressed his anger and asked, "What happened later?"

"Although the woman was unharmed for the time being, she was already exhausted from running around for days, and although the poison was resolved, it did not mean that she could relax her mind, so I suggested that they go into the city and find a place to rest, but they also refused. Later, he let me go down the mountain, not wanting to encounter heavy rain, so I hid all night before coming back. ”

"That's it?" Li Cong looked Tan Hu up and down, and said suspiciously.

Tan Hu nodded.

"Haha!" Li Cong suddenly laughed, stared at Tan Hu and said hatefully: "Li is honest with Brother Tan, I don't want Brother Tan to be cheating." ”

Li Cong's left hand flipped over, and his energy immediately burst out, and his index finger and middle finger gathered like a knife, against Tan Hu's throat, and said: "Don't hide it, Brother Tan, we are the ones who chased and killed the woman, in addition to us, there are a large number of people looking for the woman on the mountain." Brother Tan claimed that he didn't meet anyone else when he went up the mountain or went down the mountain alone with that group of people, and he couldn't believe it even if he wanted to believe it. ”

Li Cong paused, and then said: "Since last night, there has been no news of all the brothers sent out to contact, presumably something happened to them, that is, it is related to that group of people, why should Brother Tan be so protective of those who only have one side?"

Li Cong's face sneered: "For money, if this is the case, I have a lot here, as long as you clearly explain what is happening on the mountain...... Brother Tan, although he is not a figure with a head and a face, if Brother Tan wants to be accompanied by a beautiful woman, even if he wants to listen to me, he still wants to be a hero? Brother Tan, in my opinion, maybe you were sold by those people and are still dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Festival!"

Tan Hu was drenched in cold sweat, his face changed, and he exclaimed, "How can you say this?"

"Hmph, you should be honest first!"

Tan Hu swallowed his saliva with difficulty, wiped his forehead, and stammered: "Last night, they promised a lot of money, let me follow and follow their plan to lead a person named Li Cong to the mountain...... He, they said that you have many eyes and ears in the city, and you must know what is going on, and you must be looking for me, and if I go back, I will be able to meet you. ”

"Lead me up the mountain? Why?" said Li Cong, he said.

Tan Hu settled his mood and said, "There is a person named Li Ran who said...... Their eldest lady is in danger and can't drag it out any longer. Therefore, they decided to break through immediately, and then hide in the city, recuperate first, and then leave. So when I ran last night, I met a lot of people who were chasing them, and almost all of them were killed...... Their cultivation is not high, and the one named Li Ran is basically a sword and a life, and some people run away when they can't beat them...... Then Li Ran asked me to come back and lead you over, and he said that he would deal with you personally...... After the deed is done, a lot of money will be rewarded. ”

"Didn't you alarm the Heavenly Heart Sect by killing so many people last night?and, what about Gao Hu?" Li Cong said urgently.

"It rained heavily last night, and a few patrols from the Tianxin Sect asked what was going on...... It's just a personal feud in the rivers and lakes, and they shouldn't care about it. As for Gao, Gaohu...... Who's that?"

Li Cong pondered: "The deputy sect master let himself and Gao Hu act in secret, don't alarm the other two halls if there is no need, and naturally they didn't inform them that there was an accident in the sect, so it is reasonable that the people of the Yamen Hall did not participate in this matter." It's Gao Hu......"

"If Li Ran really went on a killing spree last night, he would naturally see Gao Hu, the one with the highest cultivation!" Li Cong glared at Tan Hu and said.

"No, it won't be the bearded man, he is the most powerful of the people Li Ran killed last night. I—I'm telling the truth!" Tan Hu looked like he was about to cry.

"Bastard!" Li Cong let go of the hand that was against Tan Hu's throat, slammed the seat, and believed seven or eight points in his heart, anxious, and quite excited, panting and saying, "Then how can Li Ran be so powerful?"

"I, I also asked him, saying that you are so powerful, why did you run away in the first place...... He, he said that it was because he had brought the eldest lady's oil bottle at that time, in order to avoid any mistakes, so he didn't dare to act rashly......"

Li Cong quickly thought about countermeasures in his heart, if what Tan Hu said was true, then the situation was very unfavorable to him now.

"Gao Hu is not so easy to deal with, Li Ran killed so many people last night, but was he injured?" Li Cong calmed down a little and asked.

Tan Hu was also relieved to see that he had calmed down, and said, "Of course there is, and it's not light, so I simply bandaged him." I think he's been hurt so badly that he can't hold a sword. But he said...... With this little injury, how can you be afraid of Li Cong?"

Li Cong clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and laughed angrily: "He thinks I'm Gao Hu's idiot?" and turned to Tan Hu again, and said politely: "Brother Tan was also used and kept in the dark." If I had believed your original words and asked you to take me up the mountain, I would have been the first to cut you down when I realized that something was wrong, and ...... Even if I was really killed by Li Ran, do you think he would let you go?"

Tan Hu's face changed slightly.

Seeing this, Li Cong smiled and said, "So Brother Tan, cooperate with me, I will never treat you badly." ”

Seeing that Tan Hu was still hesitant, Li Cong added a fire: "I will give ten times the heavy money promised by Li Ran!"

Tan Hu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! Since they are unkind, don't blame me Tan Hu for being unjust! Brother Li, what should I do." ”

Li Cong smiled slightly, adding some confidence in his heart, and said, "Please Brother Tan tell me all their plans." ”

Tan Hu nodded and said, "Li Ran asked me to lead you Brother Li to the mountain, and then asked others on the other side to bring the eldest lady to the city, at Room 4 of Tianzi Pavilion near the Water Building Inn, they asked me to find someone to open a room first and bring some medicine to the place to pick up, and I personally led Brother Li to you up the mountain." ”

"Very good, then ......" Li Cong thought for a while, a smile crossed the corner of his mouth, and said: "Now please Brother Tan lead 'Li Cong' and his subordinates up the mountain, and I ...... Personally wait for that eldest lady at Tianzi Pavilion No. 4!"

Tan Hu knew in his heart, presumably Li Cong asked one of his subordinates to pretend to be himself and go up the mountain, and he stayed at the inn to capture the eldest lady personally, but ...... Tan Hu was startled and said in a panic: "Brother Li, then what should I do, Li Ran will definitely kill me when he finds out that something is wrong!"

Li Cong chuckled lightly and said, "Brother Tan, don't worry, you can infer that you have indeed attracted 'Li Cong' at that time, but you don't know if this is fake." You don't know me, do you understand? With Li Ran's character, he will definitely think that the plan has been discovered, and he will rush to save the eldest lady in a hurry as soon as possible, and he will not do anything to you. ”

Tan Hu breathed a sigh of relief, still skeptical: "This, is it really okay?"

Li Cong waved his hand and said with a smile: "I just want to drag Li Ran down, even if something goes wrong, I will let my subordinates protect Brother Tan, Brother Tan can rest assured." ”

Tan Hu's face was happy, and he couldn't stop saying "good" and "thank you".

Li Cong smiled and patted Tan Hu on the shoulder to show comfort, then lifted the curtain and whispered to the coachman: "Gather the brothers, now we have something important to do!"

Li Cong's eyes were sharp, looking into the distance.

He seemed to see someone laughing over there.

He was also smiling.