Chapter 7: Assassination
Liang Yannian knew why Elder Gongsun suggested that Zhong Xiangfu go with him.
Liang Yannian gave herself the opportunity to practice after she became sensible. Although she has always worked very hard, firstly, she is a girl after all, her innate advantages are insufficient, and secondly, she has no muscles and bones that have been polished since childhood, and the time is still short, her current martial arts can only barely squeeze into the list of masters.
Zhong Xiangfu is different. Although he is the second son of the Zhong family, he has a lot of medicine that should be taken since he was a child, and he should polish his muscles and bones. Although his talent and hard work cannot be compared to Liang Yannian, his martial arts are now much higher than Liang Yannian.
In addition, if Zhong Xiangfu is going, the Mingfeng Gang will definitely send one or two masters to follow and protect, so that they are equivalent to two or three more masters.
Liang Yannian knew that Elder Gongsun was all for her good, after all, it was for her safety, so he didn't shirk Zhong Xiangfu's accompaniment.
The Mingfeng Gang originally wanted to accompany Zhong Xiangfu with all the masters brought over this time, but Liang Yannian strongly refused. As long as Zhong Xiangfu can go with him, the rest of nature doesn't matter. In the end, the Mingfeng Gang also sent two masters, and the other members of the Mingfeng Gang also followed the people of the Xiong'an Hall to wait outside the Shark Gang.
Liang Yannian remembered that it was dark when they arrived at the Shark Gang. However, in order to welcome them, the Sharks have already been lit with torches and candles, and the Sharks have been lit as if it were daylight. The leader of the Shark Gang, Shark Crocodile, led Shark Xi and the others to wait at the gate of the Shark Gang, and when they saw Liang Yannian coming, they hurriedly greeted them.
Although the person in charge was Liang Yannian, she didn't bother to pay attention to these entertainments, Zhong Xiangfu's eyes were on Liang Yannian, and in the end, Elder Gongsun stepped forward to entertain them with the shark crocodile, and they were led into the shark gang.
Along the way, the shark crocodile also saw that although it was Elder Gongsun who was talking to him, Elder Gongsun had obviously been humble to Liang Gongzi and Zhong Gongzi in his mouth.
The shark crocodile thought that Liang Gongzi and Zhong Gongzi had come out to practice with Elder Gongsun, so when they sat down, they kept inviting Elder Gongsun to sit in the main seat in the middle.
Elder Gongsun naturally excused himself, and before he said that he would invite Liang Yannian to take a seat, he saw that Liang Yannian had already sat down in the second seat on the side. Zhong Xiangfu followed and sat in the third position, and the two masters he brought naturally stood behind him, and Wen Renshan and Wen Rencheng stood behind Liang Yannian.
When Elder Gongsun saw it, he didn't shirk anymore, and sat down in the first position of Liang Yannian's head, with Si Youming standing behind him.
The shark crocodile saw that no one was sitting in the middle of the main seat, although he was the master, he did not dare to sit arrogantly, but sat down in the first seat on the other side.
After taking a seat, the shark crocodile clapped his hands, and naturally the young man with clear eyebrows and eyes offered a series of pastries and tea. I only heard the shark crocodile smile and said: "The envoys have come from afar, and there is nothing to entertain, this is the high-grade Biluochun that I bought in the city, and the envoy is tired of the boat, so I might as well taste it." ”
Zhong Xiangfu picked up the teacup and was about to drink it, when a soft cough came from behind. Zhong Xiangfu looked up and found that Liang Yannian and Elder Gongsun had not drunk, so after thinking about it slightly, he understood, and put the tea down again.
The shark crocodile looked at everyone and didn't touch the tea and pastries, and his face was still smiling, without a trace of unhappiness.
Elder Gongsun glanced at the tea in front of him and said, "Shark Gang Master, Youming has already passed on your words yesterday to us, and according to what you said, you mistook those people for the envoys of our Xiong'an Palace, right?"
The shark crocodile quickly got up and replied, "Yes." It's all the fault of our gang and the subordinates, misidentifying the messenger. Fortunately, you have come to expose it, or our gang is really..."
"The envoys sent by the Xiong'an Hall will all carry messenger tokens that can prove their identity, could it be that these pretending messengers have forged tokens?" but it was Liang Yannian who interrupted the shark crocodile's confession and asked.
"No, none of the captured impersonators have found any valuable information. The crocodile replied.
"Oh, how could the gang leader mistake them for the envoys of our Xiong'an Palace?" Liang Yannian said coldly.
"It was they who claimed to be the messengers of the Xiong'an Temple. The shark crocodile replied with a smile.
"Joke!" Liang Yannian said sharply, "They said yes, why don't you check the messenger token, has the Shark Gang always done this?"
The shark crocodile's face showed a hint of helplessness, and he was about to speak, but the voice of the shark Xi came from behind him: "How dare we." Every time the envoy from the Xiong'an Hall comes to the palace, he is arrogant, and he has a commanding tone, how can we question his identity?"
Liang Yannian and the three of them looked at Shark Xi, and the shark crocodile hurriedly introduced: "This is Shark Xi, who was once ordered by me to follow and protect one of the fake deceased, that is, he discovered the identity of the messenger in advance, and he was also responsible for arresting the impersonated messenger." ”
"Oh, the identity is inappropriate, what's wrong?" Liang Yannian looked at Shark Xi and asked.
"His subordinates were ordered to protect the pretending Ye Envoy, and found that he was ruthless and vicious, and he didn't take human life seriously at all. How can Xiong'an Hall be said to be a decent family, how can it be so stylish?" Shark Xi is not like a shark crocodile, but he still replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Since you have discovered that the identity of the envoy is inappropriate, why don't you report it to the Xiong'an Palace?
"There are a lot of messengers pretending to be this time, and the shark gang has been a mess for a while, so we don't have time to care about anything else. Zai once told them about delivering the news to the Xiong'an Palace, but they said that they would report all the matters to the Xiong'an Palace, and they wouldn't let the Shark Gang interfere. The crocodile replied.
"You report and pass on information to them, they are fake, and they will definitely not let you pass it on, are you stupid?" but Zhong Xiangfu, who had long been unable to hold back his words, said with a smile.
"Yes, yes. It is under-conceived. The shark crocodile hurriedly bent down and replied.
"Sit down and talk. "Elder Gongsun saw that the shark crocodile had been standing, and his attitude was surprisingly good, and he also knew that the envoys from the Xiong'an Palace would definitely not be polite to these gangs underneath, and the shark gang could only be cautiously complimented, and this matter could not be completely blamed on the shark gang.
"Don't dare, don't dare, let's stand and answer. The shark crocodile excused.
"Since it has been determined that they are impersonating envoys, these envoys have all been arrested?" Elder Gongsun saw that the shark crocodile did not want to sit still, and did not say any more, but instead asked about the situation of the impersonating envoy.
The shark crocodile glanced at Shark Xi, who comprehended it and stepped forward and said, "This time, the task of capturing these pretending messengers is in charge of Zaixia. By now, all the impersonating emissaries have been apprehended. Except for two who were too far away and were still on their way back, the others were now being held in the Sharks' torture chamber. ”
"But do you want to take a look at these impostors now?" asked the shark crocodile. However, the shark crocodile didn't wait for Elder Gongsun to answer, so he said to the shark next to him, "You go and bring those pretending messengers here." Take care to tie them up and not let them disturb the messengers. ”
Shark Xi naturally didn't notice that the shark crocodile had not waited for Elder Gongsun and them to agree, so he asked him to bring people over. He was now bent on handing over these impostors to these true emissaries, so that none of their business with the Shark Gang would matter. Therefore, as soon as he heard the command of the shark crocodile, he hurriedly retreated.
Elder Gongsun had noticed. However, seeing that Liang Yannian had no intention of objecting, and they came mainly for these pretending messengers. Although the Shark Crocodile's answer just now did not completely eliminate his concerns about the Shark Gang, it didn't matter, and when these impostors came over and interrogated, everything would naturally be clear.
After a while, Shark Xi brought all the impostors over. There were about a dozen or twenty people, all of them in tattered clothes, and some of them had blue noses and swollen faces, which were obviously caused by resistance during the arrest. The men were covered with ropes, but they were crowded, and at night, even though there were torches, it was not clear where the knots of the ropes were.
These people were also stubborn, standing straight in the hall, their eyes still staring at the shark angrily mocking them.
"Who are you, and why are you pretending to be the messenger of our Xiong'an Temple?"
Liang Yannian looked at some of these people who were not clothed, and turned his face away, but Zhong Xiangfu looked at it with relish. Mr. Gongsun frowned, so he could only ask, but as soon as he asked, he asked the most direct question.
"Bah, who are you? But one of them spat into the ground and cursed. The purple clothes on the person who spoke were already a little tattered, but it could still be seen that the material of the clothes was very good, and one arm was hanging down/pulling, as if it was unable to use force, it was the Ye envoy who was responsible for protecting by Shark Xi. Now he was unkempt, staring viciously at Elder Gongsun who had just spoken, as if he was unaware of his own situation.
"Don't be rude. But it was the shark crocodile who was about to start teaching the Ye envoy a lesson before the shark Xi shouted: "These three are the honorable envoys of the Xiong'an Palace, especially these two young talents, and their future is unlimited. ”
When Elder Gongsun heard this, he frowned, and it was a little strange for the shark crocodile to deliberately point out Liang Yannian and Zhong Xiangfu. But what the shark crocodile said was not wrong, maybe he guessed something from the attitude of other people, but it didn't matter if he guessed.
As soon as those who were bound heard that the real Xiong'an Temple had come, they immediately became commotionous. Especially the Ye envoy, staring at Elder Gongsun, making Elder Gongsun feel as if he was being targeted by a poisonous snake.
"Xiong'an Palace, hum, what's so great about Xiong'an Palace. With us... In comparison, it is far worse. If not..."The Ye envoy stared at Elder Gongsun as he uttered a lie.
Although the Ye envoy was tied, he had been stared at by the Ye envoy with such resentful eyes, and Elder Gongsun was also a little uncomfortable, so he subconsciously picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, wanting to calm down.
Just as Elder Gongsun was about to drink the tea, he suddenly heard several people exclaiming, "Be careful!"
Elder Gongsun raised his eyes and found that the Ye Envoy was still looking at him with resentment, but he didn't know when he broke free from the rope and held a dagger in his hand, which was stabbing at him.