18 Rivalry

Since the leader of the Jianghai Gang came forward and made an agreement with Zhuang Haoming, he was naturally not afraid of him running away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info left and right just waited for half a day, and the other revenge seekers stalemate for a moment, and then left one after another. Although some people were unwilling, they scolded Zhuang Haoming a few words, and finally left angrily.

And tonight, the chaos in Yueyang City made the nearby people sleepless at night, but they all knew that this was a vendetta in the rivers and lakes, and they didn't dare to come out to investigate.

Zhuang Haoming saw that everyone had finally dispersed, so he picked up Xue Zhiyan and carefully put his body into the coffin sent by the Paradise Star Monarch. Unexpectedly, the coffin sent by the Blissful Star Monarch is really useful now.

Cheng Shaotian and Jia Mengchao were silent, wiping all the poisonous blood sprayed on the coffin. Seeing Zhuang Haoming close the lid of the coffin, several people couldn't help but feel sad for a while. Xie Yixiang glanced around coldly, and said in a low voice, "Uncle doesn't need to pay attention to tomorrow's agreement." We will first take action to pull out the hidden stakes of the Jianghai Gang around us, and then leave this place overnight, and then find someone from the Shenhuo Sect to avenge Uncle Xue. ”

You must know that when she used her words to squeeze Li Weiyao, and made an agreement according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, she already had such a plan. But seeing Zhuang Haoming slowly shook his head, he said, "I must go to this Yueyang Tower appointment." ”

Cheng Shaotian couldn't help but say: "My lord, the generals are still not subject to military orders abroad, let alone the agreements in these rivers and lakes?" He saw that the identities of his group were exposed, so he no longer concealed them, and directly called Zhuang Haoming "adult". Jia Mengchao next to him also persuaded lukewarmly: "Our trip is to arrest the 'Rose Thorn', which is the will of the imperial court." If it is for such an agreement, I am afraid that it will delay the big event. ”

Zhuang Haoming didn't understand the worry in everyone's hearts, he stared at Xue Zhiyan's coffin, and said lightly: "If I break the contract tomorrow and don't go, I will be ridiculed." But if you call me up and down the torture room, how can I be neutral in the rivers and lakes in the future?"

Hearing him say this, everyone was stunned and silently lowered their heads. Zhuang Haoming sighed and said, "Yixiang, you will escort Lao Xue's body and return to the capital first." ”

Cheng Shaotian and Jia Mengchao understood what Zhuang Haoming meant, tomorrow's covenant with Yueyang Tower must be extremely dangerous, although Xie Yixiang is a colleague in the criminal arrest room, but after all, she is the daughter of General Xie, Zhuang Haoming does not want her to risk herself. saw a strange expression suddenly appear on Xie Yixiang's face, and then slowly shook his head.

Zhuang Haoming frowned slightly, and said, "Why, you don't listen to the orders of the chief catcher?"

Xie Yixiang took two steps back, intentionally or unintentionally, separated from Zhuang Haoming a few steps, and then said: "Uncle Mo Wei, I didn't want to mention this matter at this moment, but ......"

Zhuang Haoming didn't wait for him to finish speaking, his face suddenly sank, and he said: "This time we are on an expedition to Huguang, you have a lot of worries along the way, and you deliberately keep a distance from me. How could I not see it? You must know that your uncle has watched you grow up, so you still have to hide something from me? Now, no matter what you say, you can just say it. ”

Xie Yixiang saw that he had made his words clear, and he did not show weakness at the moment, and said: "I still have the same question, that 'Rose Thorn' is just a killer in the rivers and lakes, and it is not worth my torture and arrest at all." There must be another reason behind the fact that you led us westward to Huguang this time, how much else do you have to hide from us?"

Zhuang Haoming raised his eyes to meet Xie Yixiang's gaze, and said, "On the first day you entered the torture room, I warned you. If you should know, someone will tell you, and if you don't, don't ask. Why, to this day, you still can't trust me?"

Cheng Shaotian saw that the two of them were stiff, and was about to dissuade them, but Jia Mengchao on the side said coldly: "The question of the third lady is exactly what I want to ask." Although the life surnamed Jia is not valuable, it is necessary to know who it was sold to. ”

Zhuang Haoming saw that Jia Mengchao also stood on Xie Yixiang's side, and he was immediately furious in his heart. He never expected that these two people would turn against him at this time and unite against him, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

I only heard Xie Yixiang continue: "Six days ago, the imperial court had a batch of military salaries transported from Beiping to Chengtianfu on the border of Huguang, but they mysteriously disappeared near Jiangzhou. You must know how strict the escort of the military salary is, if Jiang Wangcai hadn't planted eyeliner in the court, how could he have done it so without leaving a trace?"

She paused, and then said in a deep voice: "Now that the military salary has been lost, all the 20 million taels of silver have fallen into the hands of Jiang Wangcai. If I were the eyeliner that Jiang Wangcai planted in the court, after the incident, I would definitely leave the capital in a hurry and go to get together with Dongting Lake and Jiang Wangcai to share the spoils. Master Zhuang, did you say?"

You must know that the salaries of the robbed soldiers are of great importance, not only involving the lives and deaths of many people, but also related to the safety of the entire Huguang. Cheng Xitian and Jia Mengchao had naturally heard of it for a long time, but now that they heard Xie Yixiang's words, it was clear that Zhuang Haoming had a great relationship with the robbery of military salaries. At that moment, both of them looked at Zhuang Haoming in surprise, and their hearts were even more up-and-down, and they were uneasy.

Zhuang Haoming's face was even more cloudy, and he said angrily: "So you are traveling with me this time, in fact, you are actually coming to spy on me? Is this your own intention, or is it your father Xie Fengxuan's meaning?" He didn't wait for Xie Yixiang to answer, and said: "Okay, very good, since that's the case, then you can continue to stay by my side, even if it's good to spy on me." Wait until Huguang's business trip understands, and then you will see if someone in my village has done anything to be sorry for the imperial court, and whether he is a person who should be in harmony with Jiang Wangcai!"

Cheng Shaotian, Jia Mengchao and Xie Yixiang heard his words, and they all understood that the so-called arrest of the 'Rose Thorn' would not be the real purpose of this trip. As for the true purpose of this trip, Zhuang Haoming refused to show the slightest tone, and he couldn't tell his authenticity for a while.

Cheng Shaotian couldn't help but sigh and said, "I don't have any personal relationship with Lord Chief Catcher, and even this trip is the first time I get along with him. Although the third lady said something reasonable, if there was any collusion between the chief catcher and Jiang Wangcai to sell the military salaries of the imperial court to the bandits, I, Cheng Shaotian, were the first to not believe it. ”

Xie Yixiang stared at Zhuang Haoming silently, but she was also very conflicted in her heart. She didn't want to suspect this uncle who had watched her grow up since she was a child, but the day after the disappearance of the military salary, Zhuang Haoming led the elite of the criminal arrest room westward to Huguang, and tried his best to conceal the true purpose of the trip, all of which was too much of a coincidence. Just now she saw that Zhuang Haoming wanted to let her go back to Beijing first, and in a hurry, she couldn't help but express her suspicions.

I only heard Zhuang Haoming say lightly: "Everyone has been working under me all these years, what kind of person I am, you can naturally see it, and now I am still the chief arrester of the criminal arrest room appointed by the imperial court." If you still believe me, don't ask too much, and when the time comes, I will give you an explanation. ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and stroked the coffin containing Xue Zhiyi, squeezed out a wrinkle on his face, and said, "Actually say that I had an affair with Jiang Wangcai? If I, Zhuang Haoming, am really in the company of bandits, then I will be killed by my own silver spear." ”

Hearing Zhuang Haoming say this, even if everyone still had some doubts in their hearts, they had to give up for the time being. Unexpectedly, his group had fallen to such a point, Xie Yixiang's heart seemed to be a knotted mess, and he couldn't figure out the threads hidden in the middle.

Zhuang Haoming has always said that the purpose of this trip is to come to arrest the "Rose Thorn", but he didn't even see the shadow of the "Rose Thorn", so he damaged the "cocoon" Xue Zhiyan, and also attracted a large number of Zhuang Haoming's enemies.

There is also a batch of 20 million taels of silver salary, bringing together 450 elites from 17 dart bureaus in Liangjing, and there are also officials stationed in various places of the imperial court to supervise them along the way, and 61 celebrities with great status in the martial arts guarantee it, which can be regarded as foolproof. If it weren't for the secret news of spies and bandits in the court, it would never have been possible to rob the military salary so quietly.

However, on the second day of the case, Zhuang Haoming received the so-called information that the "rose thorn" who assassinated the imperial court official was hiding in the Miao District in Huguang, and immediately led everyone westward, never mentioning the case of the military salary that had just been lost along the way. Could it be that Zhuang Haoming was really as Xie Fengxuan expected, and this trip was an excuse for him to flee the capital, and the purpose was to defect to Jiang Wangcai in Dongting Lake?

Therefore, the reason why Xie Yixiang came with the crowd this time, as Zhuang Haoming expected, was indeed entrusted by his father to monitor Zhuang Haoming's every move. You must know what kind of person Xie Fengxuan is, since he has made such doubts about Zhuang Haoming, there must be a basis.

However, the strangest thing at the moment is the Divine Fire Sect that came to the door for no reason. Is it just because of the old feud with the imperial court, that the Divine Fire Sect is going to put the torture and arrest party to death? I think they have withdrawn from the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, and they have never shown up, but now they suddenly appeared in this lake, not only killing Xue Zhiyan with mysterious methods, but also spreading the Divine Fire Order to attract a large number of Zhuang Haoming's enemies. And the mysterious old and young, are they the people of the Divine Fire Sect? and what is the conspiracy behind all this?

When Xie Yixiang thought of this, everything seemed to turn into a mess, knotted and entangled in her heart, and tied one of her hearts tightly. In a trance, a dark red bronze statue of the general faintly appeared in her mind.

The year before last, because of the face-tearing demon case, he was deceived by that Yan Sidao, and finally drank it on the spot after the Beiping God caught the "wicked grinder" businessman, and he fell ill. The dark red bronze statue of the general, which was her nightmare when she was a teenager, actually reappeared in her memory. originally thought that this time, according to his father's instructions, with Zhuang Haoming coming to Huguang, he could somewhat alleviate the shadow in his heart, but he unexpectedly fell into such a big whirlpool.

Xie Yixiang suddenly had an inexplicable and wonderful thought in her heart: one day, she will definitely see the bronze statue of the general again, and her fate will change accordingly.