When Liu Xunyi and Pan Chuba had a secret meeting in the study, the East Lake Gang held a memorial ceremony on the bank of Huaishui. Li Laohu personally led the East Lake gang to send Li Bao on his last journey.

On a hazy moonlit night, at this hour, the riverside should have been pitch black and silent. But tonight it was crowded and brightly lit. Hundreds of blazing torches will reflect the surging river as bright as day.

At this moment, six or seven hundred disciples of the East Lake Gang gathered by the riverside, and they stood in a fan shape, enclosing an open space, and in the middle was a huge pyre about one zhang and a half high, and a coffin was placed horizontally on the pyre, and the person in the coffin was Li Bao.

Although there were many people, it was unusually quiet. The East Lake Gang all held their breath and stared at the coffin silently, their faces either sad, confused, angry, or sorrowful.

The night breeze is gentle, the river is surging, and the heaven and earth are filled with a thick sense of sorrow and desolation.

Li Laohu stood at the head of all the disciples, his pupils flickering with a faint fire. His face was solemn, he didn't say a word, and a thoughtful look appeared between his eyebrows, as if he was recalling the past with Li Bao. I don't know when, my eyes have turned red.

"Helper. Liu San held the torch and cautiously stepped forward to remind, "The hour has come, it's time to send the second master on the road." ”

"Brother......" Li Laohu took a deep breath and tried to calm the turmoil in his heart. He looked up at the coffin on the fire and said to himself, "You were born and died with me, through ups and downs, and suffered a lot. I finally survived to a stable life, but you were brutally killed, I, the eldest brother, can't be a traitor, and avenge you, I'm sorry for you...... Now that I have taken half of the Pan family's business, after I send you away tonight, I will arrange for my brother to enter the Pan Huai ship merchant tomorrow. Sooner or later, one day the Panhuai Ship Chamber of Commerce will become ours, and then the brothers will be able to do some business and live a peaceful life, and there will be no need to worry about it, fight and kill...... The eldest brother once promised you that when our days are stable, I will marry you and live a prosperous life, but I didn't expect ......"

Before Li Laohu's words fell, tears burst out of his eyes uncontrollably, and Liu San and the disciples of the East Lake Gang who were looking directly couldn't help but feel sad.

"That's it!" Li Laohu waved his hand to wipe away his tears and grinned, "Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky." Brother, although you go first, maybe one day the eldest brother will go down to accompany you. You don't have to be afraid of being lonely, the eldest brother knows your preferences, and has ordered someone to prepare a lot of paper money, tie up dozens of paper figures and paper horses, and burn them to you later. Brother, with them with you, you will not be lonely on the Huangquan Road. ”

After saying that, Li Laohu raised the wine bowl in his hand and shouted in grief: "Send the second master on the road!"

"Second master, it's easy to walk all the way!"

Hundreds of people shouted in unison, the grief of the voice, the momentum was huge, the heaven and earth trembled, the cold wind slowed down, and the water stopped.

Li Laohu led the crowd to scatter the wine on the ground, and then smashed the wine bowl again. With a burst of "crackling" sound, grief-stricken cries and wails began to be heard in the crowd, and the atmosphere on the bank of Huaishui was suddenly extremely sad.

Li Laohu held the torch with his own hands in the mournful cry, walked slowly to the pyre, and took a deep look at Li Bao in the coffin, and then his eyes were fierce, and the torch was thrown out by him.

The burning torch fell into the pyre like a flying meteor, and in an instant it became a spark and burned the prairie with a huge "boom".

The relentless fire, urged by the cold wind, frantically devoured the coffin in the pyre. The flames soared into the sky, reflecting half of the sky and hundreds of sad and angry faces.

When the eyes of everyone present were all focused on the raging flames, Li Laohu suddenly found that on the opposite side of the flames, a figure appeared at some point. The figure distorted back and forth in the reflection of the firelight, looming, near and far.

Li Laohu ordered his disciples to throw the memorial objects into the fire, and he walked towards the remote place opposite the fire with a full stomach full of doubts.

"Who is it?" Li Laohu came to the river, his eyes cautiously looking left and right, "Since you dare to come here to find me, why hide it?"

"Your brother's death is unbearable, you don't avenge him as a big brother, but you will only pretend here, hypocrisy. It seems that I thought too highly of you before, and you are far less affectionate than the rumors. ”

A shriveled and hoarse voice suddenly sounded behind Li Laohu. He hurriedly turned around, and saw a thin figure limping towards him. Because the person who came had his back to the fire, Li Laohu could only see a black shadow, standing in front of the fire, but his face could not be seen clearly at all.

"Who are you?" Li Laohu asked carefully, "You dare to talk nonsense in front of me, aren't you afraid that I will cut your tongue?"

"Did I say it wrong?" the hoarse voice sounded again, "although you were crying sadly just now, you were actually snickering in your heart. You took advantage of Li Bao's death to make a windfall and take away half of the Pan family's family business, and now you only hate yourself for not having more brothers like Li Bao? ”

"You fart!" Li Laohu was annoyed and angry when he was broken by the cripple Dao, and scolded, "There are hundreds of brothers from my Donghu Gang here, as long as I give an order, they can cut you into meat sauce in a moment......"

"What? I guess you want to kill people and kill people?" the cripple sneered disapprerovingly, "Are you afraid that your hypocrisy will be known by the brothers of the East Lake Gang? Or are you afraid that Li Bao will know that you use his death as an excuse to make a fortune, and he will haunt you with a ghost?"

"...... you" Li Laohu was furious, the muscles on his face trembled slightly, and he said angrily, "You think I don't want to avenge Li Bao?" But I don't even know who the murderer is, how can I take revenge?"

"Oh?" said the cripple, "Listening to what you mean, it seems that the people from the Xianwang Mansion are not murderers?"

"I'm not smart, but I'm not stupid. Li Laohu snorted coldly, "Such an obvious ticket, placed next to the corpse intact, is clearly intended to be deliberately framed, so that I can point the finger at the Xianwang Mansion, how can I be easily fooled?"

"It turns out that you have long guessed that they are not murderers. The cripple laughed, "So you are only deliberately blackmailing the Pan family on the pretext of borrowing tickets, and you don't really want to force them to hand over the murderer." No wonder the East Lake Gang can dominate the Yingchuan family, you really have some brains, you know how to take advantage of the situation, and you know how to take advantage of the situation, and you know how to take advantage of the situation. It seems that the second lady of the Pan family has told you a lot about Pan Chuba, otherwise you would not have known that the three people in the Xianwang Mansion are the key to the Pan family. If you use them as a threat, Pan Chuba will inevitably compromise. ”

Li Laohu didn't expect that the cripple even knew about his affair with Ding Cui, and he was shocked at the moment, and said suspiciously: "Who are you?"

"You're so smart, there's no way you can't guess who I am. The cripple said lightly, "I appeared here tonight, and I know everything about Li Bao's death, who do you say I am?"

"Could it be that Li Bao is your ......" Hearing this, Li Laohu suddenly realized, and wanted to blurt out, but stopped abruptly. Because he suddenly realized that he might be in danger at the moment, he shook his head in confusion and said, "I don't know. ”

As he spoke, Li Laohu slowly moved backwards, trying to find an opportunity to escape from this place.

"I'm the murderer you're looking for. The cripple said bluntly, "I killed Li Bao, and I deliberately left the ticket, so that you could go to the trouble of the Xianwang Mansion, but I didn't expect you to be smarter than I thought." Of course, it's also more treacherous than I thought. ”

Seeing that the cripple took the initiative to admit it, Li Laohu looked very good, knowing that this person had good means, and the person who came tonight must be not good, if he fled in panic, he would inevitably be chased and killed. On the contrary, he had just been by the river, and he had turned his back to the cripple, if he really wanted to kill himself, he would have already done it, so why wait until now? Since the cripple had talked to him so much, he had not come to ask for his life.

Thinking of this, Li Laohu's courage suddenly grew a lot. He stopped, looked directly at the cripple without hesitation, and asked, "I have no grievances with you, why did you want to kill Li Bao?

"You know a lot about the Pan family, and you should know that there will be a life-and-death battle between the Pan family and the Hexi Qin family next year. The cripple explained lightly, "Although the Pan family has no chance of winning this battle, behind Pan Chuba, there is a virtuous prince who likes to meddle in things. Once Luo Tianjin intervenes, it is inevitable that there will be extraneous branches. And I don't want the Pan family to have the slightest chance of winning. Do you understand?"

"So you killed Li Bao and want to use me to get rid of the Pan family for you?" Li Laohu said angrily, "You want to borrow a knife to kill people?"

"It's not to get rid of the Pan family, but to use that ticket to lead you to deal with the people of the Xianwang Mansion. As long as you can kill anyone in the Xianwang Mansion, even if it is seriously injured...... Luo Tianjin will also be angry with the Pan family, and the friendship between the two of them will be affected because of this. At that time, the Xian Wangfu will no longer protect the Pan family, and the Pan family will naturally have no chance of winning in front of the Qin family in Hexi. The cripple smiled undeniably, "It's just that I did a lot of calculations, but I miscalculated you." underestimate your city and overestimate your character. ”

"You do overestimate me. Li Laohu sneered, "Although I am reckless, I also know who can and cannot be provoked." The East Lake Gang's confrontation against the Xian Wangfu is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg and bringing about its own destruction. Don't say that Li Bao was not killed by someone from the Xianwang Mansion, even if he is, I will not avenge this revenge. ”

"I thought about it. "That's why I came to you tonight to get you to settle for the next best." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Since you don't dare to target the Xianwang Mansion, then help me deal with the Pan family. ”

The cripple's words sounded like a big joke to Li Laohu, and he couldn't help but sneer: "You killed my brother and designed to trap me in danger, and now you are asking me to help you deal with the Pan family? What a big mistake in the world, don't you know that what you have done is enough to make me hate you to the core? I hate to cut you with a thousand knives now, and crush your bones and scatter ashes!"

"Actually, you've guessed who I am, so you don't have to pretend anymore. Since you don't dare to be an enemy of the Xian Wangfu, you also don't have the courage to be an enemy of me. The cripple sneered, "I might as well tell you, you have to help with this matter, and you have to help if you don't help!"

"You dare to threaten me?"

"Help me, everything in the Pan family will be yours in the future. The cripple said faintly, "If you don't help, the East Lake Gang will disappear from Yingchuan forever within ten days." ”

"You ......" Although Li Laohu was full of anger, he had to consider the cripple's proposal, after all, he had guessed that the force behind the cripple was the Hexi Qin clan. As for the Qin family, which is famous for its murder, Li Laohu really doesn't dare to provoke.

"You wronged the people of the Xian Wangfu for killing Li Bao, and used this as an excuse to take away half of the Pan family's family business, in fact, you have already offended the Pan family and the Xian Wangfu. The cripple instigated, "Pan Chuba doesn't care about you now, because next year's war is imminent." But next year, if the Pan family can survive this catastrophe unharmed, Pan Chuba will definitely join forces with the Xianwang Mansion to settle accounts with you. What will happen to you?

Li Laohu frowned, thought about it repeatedly, and hesitated again before asking: "If I help you, how can you guarantee that the Pan family and the Xianwang Mansion will not trouble me in the future?"

"If you help me, the Pan family will be wiped out next year, and Pan Chuba will never have a chance to return to Yingchuan. At that time, everything of the Pan family in Yingchuan will be up to you. The cripple smiled, "And once the Pan family declines, the Xianwang Mansion will never come to Yingchuan again, and there will be branches." If necessary, the Hexi Qin clan can come forward and protect you in front of Luo Tianjin. Although Luo Tianjin is called the King of Beixian, he will never be an enemy of the Qin clan in Hexi for the sake of a few dead people. At that time, you will still be able to call for wind and rain in Yingchuan, and you will be even more wealthy and powerful than you are now!"

"Is that true?"

"Even if you don't want to help, the Pan family has little chance of winning. I'm looking for your help, just to make sure nothing goes wrong. You're not just helping me this time, you're helping yourself. ”

"I ......" Li Laohu's tone paused, and he secretly calculated in his heart again. After a while, he crossed his heart and gritted his teeth and promised: "Wealth and wealth are in danger! Now that you have offended the Pan family and the Xian Wangfu, you will not be able to escape the doom after all, so it is better to strike first and give up your life." ”

After that, Li Laohu cast a hideous gaze on the cripple and said bluntly: "How do you want me to help you?

"No! This is too loud, not only will it annoy the Xianwang Mansion, but it will even arouse the suspicion of other sects in the rivers and lakes, which is not good for me. What's more, doing so will force Pan Chuba to burn the jade with the 'Xuanshui Scroll'. Since we are in the rivers and lakes, we must act in accordance with the rules of the rivers and lakes, which is both reasonable and not realistic. ”

"What do you mean......"

"According to the rules, the Qin and Pan families can only send their own families to compete in martial arts, so Pan Chuba will definitely choose the three people with the best martial arts in the Pan family. At this point, the cripple limped to Li Laohu's side, and whispered in his ear, "So you just need to ......"

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