Sure enough, as Mei Youqian expected, Li Tao's smile froze the moment the chopsticks entered.

Mei Youqian sighed secretly, reached out and took a bowl of water from Mei Xinyan's hand, and handed it to Li Tao, whose face was a little distorted.

Li Tao felt that he might be dying, his mouth was like opening an oil and salt shop, all kinds of strange flavors were intertwined, bombarding his taste buds in turn, stimulating his nerves, and giving him the illusion that his soul was about to fly out in the next moment.

I wanted to open my mouth and spit it out, but I remembered that when I boasted about Haikou just now, I was full of confidence, and now I give up, isn't it just a slap in the face.

I am half a Jianghu person, and I have face or something, but it is more important than life, and I must not lose it.

Thinking of this, Li Tao also made up his mind, slowly took the chopsticks out of his mouth, then clenched his teeth, closed his mouth tightly, reached out and pressed the edge of the table, the table was creaking, and the green tendons on his forehead were rising, as if he was competing with someone.

Finally, Li Tao's throat moved, and with a grunt, he finally swallowed the food in his mouth.

Mei Youqian, who watched the scene of "hiss", gasped, picked a thumbs up in his heart, and said secretly, it's really ruthless.

As soon as Li Tao swallowed it, he hurriedly took the bowl in Mei Youqian's hand, raised his head, drank it all, and then wiped his mouth, pretending to be calm and said with a smile.

"But that's it!"

"Li Shaozhen is a god!" Mei You said humbly.

"Hehe, is this called ruthless? I'll show you even more ruthless. ”

Li Tao heard Mei Youqian's compliment, and directly showed a weird smile, and in the latter's puzzled look, he called Wang Zhenlong in a loud voice, and told him, Gongzi knows that you have worked hard today, so you will be rewarded with all these dishes.

Wang Zhenlong was a little moved when he heard Li Tao being so considerate of his subordinates, and asked if he could share it with others, but Li Tao refused, and Wang Zhenlong was indeed hungry and hungry at this time, so he didn't say anything, so he directly ordered someone to come in and brought the table out.

Looking at Wang Zhenlong, who was grateful for his kindness in front of him, Li Tao showed a strange smile, ordered him to eat cleanly, and arranged for his subordinates to supervise him and not allow him to waste food.

Wang Zhenlong picked his head, feeling that Li Tao's smile was a little familiar, similar to the smile of the little er in Tujia Restaurant.

But now I didn't bother to think about it anymore, my stomach was hungry, so I told Li Tao to retreat, closed the door and went out.

Because the table was brought out, Li Tao and Mei Youqian had to hold the wine glass in their hands and sit face to face, while Mei Xinyan sat on the bed on the side and looked at the two.

When Mei Youqian saw this scene, he shivered, drank all the wine in the cup in one sip, settled down, groaned for a while, and slowly told Li Tao his story with the screams of Wang Zhenlong outside the house.

Mei Youqian skipped his days in Shaoguang County in a few direct words, and went straight to the point.

Mei Youqian set off from Shaoguang County in July of the 454th year of the Great Xia calendar, and then arrived in Tianliang County in mid-September of the same year, where he met Mr. Nangong, who changed the trajectory of his life.

Mei Youqian belonged to the category of flexible talents among the talents who came, and after only half a month of training, he was sent out to the homes of wealthy people in nearby cities to publicize the "911 Plan".

Although after many years of compulsory education in Daxia, the literacy rate of the people has increased significantly, and the number of Xiucai has increased a lot compared with previous years, and it is not a particularly high status, but after all, he has a meritorious reputation, and he is still a cut higher than the identity of ordinary people, and he will receive good preferential treatment wherever he goes, plus he has studied the professor's words quite deeply, and has his own unique understanding, and his words are very organized and convincing.

Therefore, as long as he goes to the people's house, they all trust him very much, even if they empty their family funds, they are willing to join the "911 Plan" that is said to be carried out secretly by the imperial court.

In just three months, his performance has grown rapidly, and the silver has been pulled back one by one, and he has quickly stood out among the students in this phase and entered the sight of the high-level.

It is said that when Mr. Nangong knew that Mei Youqian could make great achievements so quickly, he was very happy, and praised him as the future minister of the humerus, and even revealed that Mei Youqian was going to be officially promoted to a middle-level leader when the next organizational meeting was held, and he would be responsible for all the business of a county in the future.

When the news came out, there were those who admired and those who envied, of course, the most were those who came to stammer, and came to Mei Youqian every day to find a relationship, which made Mei Youqian tireless, and he couldn't wait to hold the conference quickly, and then transfer himself out of here and go to other county towns to show his ambitions.

In Mei Youqian's day-by-day anticipation, the days are gradually approaching, and the organization is gradually handing over his downline to others, and when the work handover is completed, Mei Youqian's daily life has also become spent in various entertainments.

Finally, the time came on January 28, 455 of the Great Xia calendar, the day of the organizational meeting.

That day, Mei Youqian also dressed up carefully, made himself a beautiful dress, dressed neatly, and came to the venue, but as soon as he entered the venue, he noticed that something was wrong, although the venue was full of people and gathered many people, but he didn't see a high-level person, only a middle-level small boss was maintaining order.

However, Mei Youqian didn't think too much, thinking that the top level of the organization should be in the background, and it would come out when the conference opened, but things did not develop as he imagined, and until the conference began, there was still no high-level appearance.

When everyone found out about this situation, they all thought it was a little strange, and the little boss who maintained the order in the venue explained that the high-level officials had something to discuss in the background and asked them to start the conference first.

Mei Youqian didn't believe this statement, because there was something that he couldn't say, so he had to say it in time for the opening of the conference, and after so long, there was only one small leader, and none of the important figures were there.

Although this statement is a bit unconvincing, the organization has just made a dividend two days ago, and everyone has received a lot of silver in their hands, and the three large jars of silver that were originally placed at the door are also placed in the venue.

The first item of the conference was to announce the appointment of promotion, Mei Youqian, the performance champion, and several people who usually have good performance came to the stage together, and in the hurried announcement of the small leader, he received a certificate of award and a letter of appointment, and stepped down.

Mei Youqian, who got off the stage, said goodbye to everyone who came forward to be polite as soon as possible, with the excuse that he was too nervous and his stomach was not very comfortable, he left the venue, found a corner where no one was, opened the note handed over by the little boss in his palm, and glanced at it.

The note actually said that the little boss asked him to meet in a place, although Mei Youqian was puzzled in his heart, he didn't know what he was looking for, but he didn't think much about it, he glanced at the surrounding environment, and the distance from the agreed place was not far away, so he went out of the corner, greeted everyone with a smile, and walked towards that place.

Late autumn is approaching, the weather is getting colder and colder, Mei Youqian stood at the agreed place for a long time, and the sky was dark, before waiting for the little leader.

Mei Youqian rubbed his cold and somewhat numb hands, and looked at him suspiciously, not knowing what was wrong with him.

The little leader first looked around briefly, and after making sure that there was no one else, he didn't talk nonsense, leaned directly into Mei Youqian's ear, and whispered a few words.

When Mei Youqian heard this, he almost screamed, and he was almost covered by the little boss who had prepared for a long time.

It turned out that this little boss was here to convey Mr. Nangong's words to Mei Youqian, telling him that the scale of the organization was getting bigger and bigger, and it had been noticed by the government.

And Mr. Nangong only sent someone to inform him at this moment, not that he did not value him, on the contrary, he was very valued, this notified him at the last moment, it was a test, if he could get out smoothly this time, and rushed to the location of the joint, he could officially enter the core layer of the organization, and from then on, he could enjoy unlimited glory and wealth by virtue of the wealth accumulated by the organization over the years.

Mei Youqian traveled thousands of miles and came here for money.

And he had already guessed that whether it was the participating families or these low-level personnel, they were just leeks, so he worked so hard to change himself from a cut leek to a leek cutter, but he didn't guess that this day would come so quickly.

The little boss then told him a few more words to leave as soon as possible, and after paying attention to safety, he left quickly, and it seemed that he had also gone back to prepare to run away.

Mei Youqian didn't hesitate, put on an indifferent face, ignored the people he met along the way, and walked quickly into his room.

When he returned to his familiar room, Mei Youqian could no longer hide the excitement in his heart, because Mr. Nangong didn't inform him when he was going to arrive, so he was in a hurry, just packed up the silver that had been divided into dividends before, changed into very ordinary clothes, and turned to leave.

Although the organization rewarded Mei Youqian with a lot of dividends, there was not much silver in his room, and he sent most of it to his parents as soon as the money arrived, and he only left a small part of the silver for entertainment.

Although there is not much silver, because Mei Youqian's blanket is not big, it is bulging, and it looks like a pile of stones.

When Mei Youqian left the door, it was already completely dark, and there were bursts of cheers from the venue not far away, a troupe invited for this event, most of the people were still there, unwilling to leave.

After Mei Youqian heard this, he only sneered in his heart, and said, enjoy the last night, leeks, take advantage of the cover of the night, while recalling the route in your mind, while avoiding the people on the road, and quickly walking towards the back door.

God may really like to play tricks on people, and just as Mei Youqian was about to approach the back door, he actually heard the voices of a man and a woman.

This sudden sound made it seem that he was about to jump out smoothly, and Mei Youqian, who had relaxed his guard, shivered fiercely.

Quietly stretched out his head to take a look, although the sky was dark, but he still vaguely saw the faces of the man and the woman, he still knew both, the man's name was Jing Zhi, he was an unambitious talent, and the woman's name was Xinyan, it was said that she was the daughter of a big family, and these two people entered the organization by mistake after eloping out because their family was against their marriage.

If you want to talk about these two people, the relationship with Mei Youqian is usually okay, when you meet, nod, and you can say hello to each other, but at this moment, Mei Youqian naturally can't be seen by them, otherwise it's really hard for him to explain.

Mei Youqian estimated the route, the two of them made love in the corner, as long as he left quietly, it shouldn't alarm them.

So he deliberately lightened his steps, leaned on the wall with his hand, and planned to pass by them quietly, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and someone on the ground put a broom, and Mei Youqian raised his foot and kicked on it.

The sudden sound startled the two who were making out, and Jing Zhi hurriedly pushed away Xinyan who was holding Xinyan in his arms, and looked nervously in the direction where the voice came from.

Xinyan was caught off guard and pushed it to the ground directly, but she didn't care about being angry, and also looked towards the place where the sound came from.

Mei Youqian coughed lightly twice and came out of the corner, although he was found out, he was very impatient, but he still had a playful smile on his face.

Jing Zhi was also relieved when he saw that it was Mei Youqian, after all, this eldest brother is notoriously not fond of gossip and only loves business, and although he didn't go to the conference, he could guess that he should have been promoted to a middle-level figure, and a small person like himself must be too lazy to pay attention to it.

Jing Zhi saluted Mei Youqian, and politely said two sentences, congratulating him on his promotion to the middle level, saying something promising and something like that, listening to Mei Youqian's heart was on fire, this guy has a lot of nonsense, and he has a bright future here, the high-level are all finished, and tomorrow it will be all finished here, but this emotion naturally can't be shown, pretending to be careless and saying two words of joy to Jing Zhi, the plan is to send him away quickly with a few words, and leave by himself, and go to the address marked on the note.

Who knows that Jing Zhi glanced at Mei Youqian's dress, and actually said, Master Mei Helm, why are you acting like you're going to run away, haha, if you want to run away, how about taking me one.

He was just a joke, but he hit it crookedly, which stimulated Mei Youqian's already tense nerves, and said in his heart, could he see something?

This is the way things happen in this world, and many things that don't end up in the end start with a joke or an inappropriate joke.

Jing Zhi just said it casually, but Mei Youqian really listened to it, and he was still interested, knowing that this person was usually very curious, and it was a very hidden thing for him to run away tonight, if he waited to catch up, wouldn't he be blamed by Mr. Nangong, seeing that the glory and wealth were at his fingertips, if he was broken, who would he find to cry.

Well, simply, I'll kill them all, and I'll be doomed.

Jing Zhi saw that Mei Youqian didn't answer, and turned her head to say it to Xinyan, but Xinyan was pushed to the ground by him just now, and she was already unhappy, and she didn't want to respond to him at this time, which made Jing Zhi a little embarrassed, so she had to turn around with a smile.

Who knew that when he turned around, he saw a gray shadow, smashing at him diagonally, making Jing Zhi take a step back.

Originally, Mei Youqian had a temporary idea, and he had no experience in this area, so he directly picked up the end of the blanket with silver, and took a big step forward, this time there is a high probability that it will fall on Jing Zhi's shoulder, or it is possible to fall directly into the void, who knew that Jing Zhi retreated, leaned back, and just used his head to steadily catch Mei Youqian's blanket, and used his head and dozens of taels of silver in it to have a harder contest!

"Poof!"

Needless to say, the result of this duel was completely lost, and he fainted to death with blood on his head at that time.

At this time, Xinyan on the side was completely stunned at this time, and wanted to shout for help, but looked at Mei Youqian, who was carrying a blood-drenched blanket and had a hideous face, and she didn't dare to make a sound at all, so she had to look at him with a pleading look.

Mei Youqian has no experience in this area, looking at Jing Zhi lying motionless on the ground, he also regretted it a little, and then looked up at Xinyan on the side, lifted the blanket on his hand several times, and put it down again, but he never got off this hand, if he wanted to say that this Jing Zhi was found by his own mouth, then who did this woman provoke.

In the end, Mei Youqian sighed and told Xinyan to stand and not make a sound.

Then he looked down at Jing Zhi, who was covered in blood and fell to the ground, and said in his heart, if you don't do it, since I have beaten you on the head and broken the bloodstream, if you wait to wake up and shout around, it will also be a trouble, so I will give you a good time, you can go with peace of mind, and I can leave with peace of mind.

Mei Youqian, who belongs to the kind of person who has a particularly strong sense of action, has just made up his mind and will do it immediately.

Mei Youqian took out the silver bag from the blanket, tightened the wrapper, used it as a whole stone, lifted it high, and smashed it on Jing Zhi's head.

Mei Youqian glanced at it, felt that his stomach was turning out of sour water, retched a few times, knew that he couldn't delay any longer, endured the discomfort, reached out and took off Jing Zhi's coat, and slipped the silver inside, in addition to blood, there were other things mixed on the blanket and cloth, a little disgusting, and a little dazzling, so he was thrown in place, as for Xinyan, she was already so frightened that she was not only weak at this time, but the ground under her buttocks was wet.

Mei Youqian thought about it, it's not a matter to keep her here, she is a witness to my murder, in case she says it everywhere, and others don't know it, the charge of her murderer will be confirmed, I will simply take him away.

So Mei Youqian pulled up Xinyan, who was already scared and her legs were weak, and dragged her out of the back door.

Mei Youqian left, and thought that no one knew about it, but in his panic, he forgot that the blanket he left beside Jing Zhi was embroidered with his name.

Sure enough, the next day, 29 January, early in the morning, the entire house was surrounded by officers and soldiers, and all those who were still training and those who had rushed to attend the meeting from other places and who had not yet arrived and left were all blocked.

As soon as this incident came out, those families who were still dreaming of making a fortune were all dumbfounded, and the official yamen of the counties were blocked by the victims who reported the crime.

It is said that after emptying the people inside, the government turned over the house for three days, just to search for silver, but the silver was not found a few taels, and a male corpse was turned out in a remote corner, according to acquaintances, this male corpse is a man named Jing Zhi, I heard that his favorite thing is to urge people to do things, such as running to find a husband at night to urge the change.

As for the blanket beside him, the name embroidered on it is the newly promoted middle-level cadre Mei Youqian, who is also one of the fish that slipped through the net this time, and is suspected of murder.

After the government checked all kinds of information, it was reported to the relevant departments level by level, and then after many checks, the higher-level departments confirmed that Mei Youqian was indeed a middle-level member of this organization, and he was also suspected of murder.

The document was sent to Shaoguang County, informing them to cancel Mei Youqian's talent fame.

As for the wanted warrants, one was issued to the officials at all levels, requiring that no matter whether they live or die, as long as Mei Youqian is caught, the performance appraisal score at the end of the year will be increased, and the other is for all gangs in the rivers and lakes, and the requirements are the same, but the final remuneration is exchanged for a large sum of silver.