54 The dust settled

The people who live in Yueyang never dreamed in their lives that the 800-mile and boundless Dongting Lake would make such a big noise. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Although it was only tossed for a few hours as if the ground was moving, when the wind and waves calmed down, the people went to investigate, and found that the surface of Dongting Lake had actually dropped much higher than before, and a large wet lakeside was exposed along the shore.

As for the battle between the 20,000 troops from the imperial court and Jiang Wangcai from Dongting Lake, it is obviously over. But who wins and who loses, the ending is very mysterious. Because all the people of Yueyang City have never seen a single soldier of the imperial court enter the city, let alone Jiang Wangcai's subordinates to make any resistance. And everything related to this war seems to be quietly going on in the dark, and ending quietly in the dark, and in the end, all that is left is just a puzzling suspense.

Some people say that this is Jiang Wangcai's military advisor Fang Dongfeng performed witchcraft, using the water of the lake to defeat the military horses of the imperial court; some people say that the imperial court is out of government, and the dragon king in the Dongting Lake only recognizes Jiang Wangcai, so he sucks the military horses of the imperial court into the bottom of the lake in one bite; and some people believe that all this is provoked by a mysterious person who can call the wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers, in order to set off a bloody scene.

Boss Tang of the "Songcui Building" was silently listening to these various speculations in his restaurant at the moment, and could only smile bitterly. Because he knew that it would not take long for the imperial court to send officials to regain control of Huguang, and the outcome of this battle would naturally be clear at a glance, and these nonsense would disappear with it.

However, in retrospect, although he was in the middle of the battle a few days ago, but after savoring it, from beginning to end, a group of martial arts masters led by Xie Qinghui and Wen Tianting actually did nothing, and they couldn't do anything at all.

Even Boss Tang sometimes can't believe that he can actually come back alive from Donglong Yue Island. At that time, he had been half killed by the rocks flying around the island, and most of his body fell into cracks, but someone split six boulders in a row, pulled him back from the ghost gate, and carried him onto the boat all the way, so that he could save his life. Someone told him afterwards: "The one who saved you was Wentian Wenwen Alliance Master." ”

Every time I think of the person who finally saved my life, it was actually the smell of the sky, and Boss Tang felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. Perhaps for a businessman like him who is rolling in the rivers and lakes, many times, there are too many things that are more important than his life, and one of them is called dignity, which can also be called face.

Counting it up, the surviving people of Wen Tianting and Xie Qinghui should have returned to Jinling City at this moment. And before this big battle began, Jiang Wangcai had secretly killed Zheng Qianjin and recaptured Dongting Lake, thus evacuating all the gold, silver, money and grain on Longyue Island. In this way, Wen Tianting and the others originally wanted to make up for the stolen military salary of the imperial court from Jiang Wangcai, but this plan naturally fell through.

However, in any case, in this battle, the imperial army's army broke through Dongting Lake and sank Longyue Island, and Jiang Wangcai, who had occupied Huguang for more than ten years, was finally killed in this battle. In addition, Xie Qinghui, the son of the great general Xie Fengxuan, personally came forward and carried Jiang Wangcai's head to the imperial city to ask for favors. Then the series of movements involved in this huge "Lost Heavenly Tribulation" can finally come to an end, at least in the short term.

Thinking of this, Boss Tang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and slowly lit the golden smoke pot in his hand. But seeing two wisps of green smoke spiraling straight up with the bright spark, it seemed that it was about to break through the sky and soar for nine days. Seeing this scene of "Double Dragons Playing with Pearls", Boss Tang couldn't help but look at the person across the table, and sighed helplessly: "Little brother has never figured it out, the cave is broken, and the dragon is sinking, although this is the end of Jiang Wangcai, it is also the beginning of Huguang's waste. During this period, Mr. Xiao made great contributions, but how could he leave so quietly?"

At this moment, sitting at the same table with Boss Tang was a young man in white, who was looking down to read an ancient chronicle of Yueyang City, and when he heard Boss Tang's question, he closed the broken scroll in his hand and gently put it aside;

Boss Tang didn't wait for the white-clothed young man to answer, and said to himself: "Shenlong sees the head but does not see the end, and he gives favor without wanting to reciprocate, this Mr. Xiao turns out to be a master who is beyond the world. ”

The young man in white couldn't help but stare at Boss Tang for a moment, and then slowly shook his head, as if he didn't agree with his statement, but he didn't answer. Boss Tang couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, and said abruptly: "Don't blame Gongzi Jingyue, the younger brother is a person who rolls in the business field, and he can't control his temper for a while, so please forgive me." As for Mr. Xiao's matter, although the younger brother doesn't know much, he can also see that this time he is risking his own life and almost dying, so that he can thread the needle and lead the way to the great battle between the imperial court and Dongting Lake. Now that the dust has settled, the imperial court seems to have won, but it has only nominally recovered the mess of Huguang, and has not obtained the slightest benefit, while Jiang Wangcai and Fang Dongfeng seem to have retained the strength of the Dongting Lake line, but the two of them have ended up in different places. In the end, neither side took advantage of anything, which is equivalent to 50 boards each, could it be ......"

Speaking of this, Boss Tang hesitated for a moment, as if he had mustered up courage, and then continued to ask: "Jingyue Gongzi, you and this Mr. Xiao are the closest, and the younger brother dares to ask, who is this Mr. Xiao sacred?

The young man in white knew that Boss Tang would eventually ask these words, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The young man in white in front of him is naturally the first to compete for the moon. That night, he used a move to "split Huashan alone" to break the "Jiaolong Water Absorbing Strength" urged by the Liujin Venerable with six hundred years of skill, and then killed it under the knife, and the dying Fang Dongfeng on the side was frightened, but also asked Yan Sidao heartbreakingly, which is the question of Boss Tang at this moment.

At that time, Yan Sidao just smiled and recited four well-known Buddhist verses to the world, and chanted to Fang Dongfengman: "Heaven and world, I am the only one." Now and now, life is over. ”

That Fang Dongfeng was silent for a moment when he heard this, but he seemed to suddenly understand something, opened his eyes wide, stared at Yan Sidao viciously, but finally didn't say anything. In the end, he spurted a mouthful of blood, followed in the footsteps of Jiang Wangcai and Liujin Venerable, and died in Huangquan hand in hand.

Although Xian Jingyue was also on the side at the time, he heard the four Buddhist verses of Yan Sidao clearly. But until this moment, he still couldn't understand the mystery in his words, so he could only answer Boss Tang's question at the moment: "I don't know." ”

Boss Tang knows that this "Jiangnan Knife" has always been true, and if he doesn't know, he really doesn't know. He couldn't help but sigh and asked, "So Prince Jingyue let him go like this?"

Xian Jingyue shook slightly, shut up and didn't answer.

That night, Fang Dongfeng and Venerable Liujin were killed one after another, the danger was broken, the overall situation had been decided, and Yan Sidao had already said to himself very clearly: "People can't be too exhausted, things can't be too exhausted, everything is too exhausted, fate is bound to end early." Brother Jingyue, although the matter here is over, I still have some aftermath to deal with. In fact, you also know that it is Lu Xiaohou's group of creditors, none of whom are easy to serve. So you and I are here to say goodbye for the time being. After a pause, he added, "As for the knife I owe you, you can come to me at any time and place to ask for it." But if you don't want to kill me now, don't stop me from leaving. ”

After saying this, the words and thoughts flew away, and disappeared into the endless night. Since then, Yan Si Dao has not been seen in these days, and no one knows where he has gone, just as no one knows where he came from.

Boss Tang saw that Xian Jingyue didn't speak again, and he didn't say anything more at the moment. Besides, the amount of money owed by Lu Xiaohou Ye was finally returned a few days ago, and he happened to know that the person who sent the silver ticket was Wu Shengxi, who was called "Bull Head and Horse Noodles" by the people in the rivers and lakes, and I really don't know how the little Marquis Lu knew so many strangers in the rivers and lakes.

He was thinking about it, but he saw that Xian Jingyue on the other side had already stood up, and with a slight salute, he walked out, and he was about to leave this "Songcui Building". Boss Tang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Jingyue Gongzi going?"

Xian Jingyue just said two words lightly: "Irikawa." ”

Boss Tang was stunned again and asked, "What about Miss Xie San, haven't you been inquiring about her whereabouts?"

When she said this, Jingyue stopped and seemed to ponder for a long time before she replied, "She doesn't want to see me." What is the difference between seeing and not seeing?"

Boss Tang sighed, knowing that what Xian Jingyue said was the truth. When he came back from Longyue Island that day, everyone was shocked, and Xie Yixiang quietly left with Zhuang Haoming's corpse, and never appeared in this Yueyang City area again. If she insists on refusing to meet, whether it is Jingyue first or Xie Qinghui, who can find her?

Referring to Xie Yixiang, Xian Jingyue couldn't help but say one more sentence: "This time, I was entrusted by the general Xie Fengxuan to come to Huguang, originally planning to find Xie Yixiang and enter Sichuan with her to inquire about an unsolved case. For now, it's better to give her more time and a good rest......"

Speaking of this, Xian Jingyue also felt that she had said too much, so she immediately took a deep breath, couldn't help but clench the parting on her waist, and strode out of the door.