Yuan Xingjian said: "At this time, I am afraid that Brother Xie Xian will come forward, if Brother Xie Xiandi patrols the area of Taihu Lake at that time, it is the best." ”

Lin Jianlan nodded and said: "In addition, Brother Yuan still needs a few confidants to spread the news of Anmin in the army intentionally or unintentionally, and then throw some Anmin notices everywhere, so that in half a month, the two of them will be able to see the result, and there will be seventy or eighty percent of the peasants returning to their hometowns." ”

Hearing this, Xie Zhong's face was overjoyed, and he couldn't help clasping his hands together and said, "It's up to me next, Brother Yuan and Lin Gongzi, but please rest assured, we will definitely arrange for the refugees to return to their hometowns!"

Seeing that Yuan Xingjian was a little lonely, Lin Jianlan comforted: "Although everyone gathers for a good time, it is inevitable that it will be sad to disperse, but it is indeed for long-term planning." ”

Yuan Xingjian's face softened slightly, and then he smiled freely and said: "There is no feast in the world, and it can't go on like this for a lifetime, Lin Shaoxia's strategy I think is feasible, but I can't rush it, there must be more than a month." ”

Lin Jianlan nodded, Fang turned back to Xie Zhongju and said very solemnly: "I believe what Lord Xie said, the ability to protect Brother Yuan is perfect, if Brother Yuan has anything to lose......

Xie Zhongju hurriedly interrupted: "My attitude has been made clear just now, I will never do anything dirty to sell my friends for glory!"

Hearing the words "betraying friends for glory" in Lin Jianlan's ears, he only felt a tingling pain, but he forced himself to laugh and said: "I don't mean that Lord Xie will betray Brother Yuan to the imperial court, but it seems that Lord Xie is quite highly regarded, wouldn't it be good if he could do everything? Otherwise, according to what Lord Xie said, what good is it for the court to lose a loyal minister and a less chivalrous guest in the rivers and lakes?"

Xie Zhongju's face turned red and said, "I misunderstood Lin Gongzi's kindness, I should go all out." ”

Lin Jianlan smiled and said, "In that case, why don't you bring some incense and candles? Since you already have admiration, I don't believe you didn't prepare these items." ”

Yuan Xingjian and Xie Zhongju were both stunned, and immediately Xie Zhongju understood, his face was happy, and he hurriedly entered the inner room and took the incense candle out, Lin Jianlan received it in his hand and said: "Brother Yuan, don't be stubborn, Lord Xie can also be called a hero among officials, and worshipping him does not insult us Jianghu characters." ”

Yuan Xingjian said: "What is insulting or not, I have never meant this." ”

Lin Jianlan lit the incense and inserted it in the incense burner, seeing that the two of them had made friends for eight years, Xie Zhongju looked very happy, but Yuan Xingjian always looked embarrassed, but it was also funny.

The two got up and brushed the dust off their clothes, but they heard that there had been five watches outside, Lin Jianlan smiled and said: "No one can sleep now, Brother Yuan, Master Xie, I will call you Brother Xie by the light of Brother Yuan, and I will rush to Hangzhou in a while, and say goodbye to the two of you here." ”

Yuan Xingjian said: "Are you going to the Kuangyi Gang General Hall? It's good to go and see, I have heard about things there, I thought that the Lin Gang Master would go to Taihu Lake to find me, but I waited for a few days and didn't see a trace, or I will go with you?"

Lin Jianlan said: "No, I was about to talk about this, I had an acquaintance with the man in white yesterday, and his martial arts are unfathomable, since he came to Jiangnan for King Liang's errands, I am afraid that there are other subordinates of King Liang who have also arrived here." I'm afraid Brother Xie knows this better than me, right?"

Xie Zhongju's face changed, and he said: "It's just two of you, it's not very peaceful on the way to Jiangnan, and I and Su Wenwen Weifu two branches just escaped by luck." No matter what, I have to do my best to sweep away the anger of Jiangnan, and I am not afraid of death, am I still afraid of these ghost tricks?"

Lin Jianlan saw that Yuan Xingjian's face sank, as if he was about to get angry, and hurriedly smiled: "Brother Xie, don't talk about death lightly in the future, you are now a brother of life and death who worships Brother Yuan, and you will die on the same day, month and year in the same year, if you die, what should you do if you call Brother Yuan?"

Xie Zhongju was quite embarrassed and said, "I will try not to mention it in the future." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "I also thought of this, you opened a killing ring in Suzhou Mansion, and you refused to go along with King Liang, I'm afraid he won't give up, there will be trouble along the way, you and Su Wenwen both seem to be weak scholars who are powerless, how to deal with it?"

Yuan Xingjian said angrily: "In this case, I have the right to escort Brother Xie Xian for a while." ”

Lin Jianlan said happily: "This is the best, but there can be no delay on the Taihu Lake, as far as I can see, Brother Xie should no longer be subdued, travel and trial cases have to engage in some pomp, King Liang's subordinates do not dare to openly assassinate the court officials, and there is also Brother Yuan guarding by the side, it should be fine." With Brother Xie's arrangement, I can go to Hangzhou in about ten days, at that time I should still stay in Hangzhou, although the martial arts are much worse than Brother Yuan, but I can resist for a while, I can replace Brother Yuan, let him go to Taihu Lake to arrange a matter, and then come to Hangzhou after the explanation, the two of you can go to Taihu Lake together, at that time to Taihu Lake and almost half a month later, Brother Xie in Taihu Lake to try the case, establish prestige, Brother Yuan back to the righteous army to make arrangements. There may be some discrepancies in the middle time, which is not accurate, and it will be improvised. ”

Yuan Xingjian saw that what he was talking about was the truth, and he was quite concerned about Xie Zhongju's safety, and he couldn't think of a better arrangement for a while, so he nodded and said, "Then it's decided, let's meet again in Hangzhou!"

Xie Zhongju smiled and said: "Brother Yuan is really a person in the rivers and lakes, he doesn't know how to be polite at all, Lin Gongzi wants to leave, but he doesn't give him a send." After that, he turned his head to Lin Jianlan and said: "Lin Gongzi seems to be in a hurry, if you don't dislike it, I will take you to pick an official horse and help you get to Hangzhou quickly." ”

Lin Jianlan only said that he wanted to rush to Hangzhou immediately, but he really didn't think about the problem of the horse, and patted his head and said: "Ah, yesterday I only wanted to teach the wicked a lesson, and I forgot the horse at the entrance of the Wuyuan Temple, I'm afraid it's long gone." ”

Xie Zhongju said: "It's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Lin Jianlan said with a smile: "It's a pity that I lost a horse, but I got to know the two of you, fortunately, very lucky." ”

The three of them came to the stable with a smile, Yuan Xingjian swept it, took out a rather sturdy horse and said, "It's good here, it should be a long way." ”

Lin Jianlan took the reins and said, "Brother Yuan, Brother Xie, I'm leaving, see you in Hangzhou!"

Xie Zhongju said: "Lin Gongzi is quite kind, anxious for justice and righteousness, and has a wide range of knowledge. But when he heard Yuan Xingjian burst out laughing violently, he was wondering to himself, Yuan Xingjian told Lin Jianlan about the "good relationship" arranged for Xie Zhongju and Xiaohui girl by the mountain and rock by the lake, Xie Zhongju's face suddenly turned red, and he stammered: "Hu, nonsense......"

Xie Zhongju was about to argue, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, he quickly came in front of him, but it was Lin Jianlan who went and returned, his face was slightly confused, and said: "I have been walking by myself for a while, but there is always a knot in my heart that I can't unravel, and I almost forget it when I am in one place with you, but I remember it alone, and I want to ask Brother Xie and Brother Yuan no matter what." ”

Yuan Xingjian knew that he must be extremely confused, and said, "You can talk about it." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "In order to achieve the goal, can we do whatever it takes? Alas, I will not describe it, if this purpose is for the common people in the world, then can it sacrifice the lives of a small number of innocent people? Doesn't this seem to be worth it?"

Yuan Xingjian didn't expect him to ask such a strange question, he was a little confused, and he was about to ask, but he heard Xie Zhongju say: "Young Master Lin, your question was wrong from the beginning. ”

Lin Jianlan was stunned and said, "Huh?"

Xie Zhongju said in an extremely serious voice: "There is nothing worth talking about, this is not a transaction, and human life is not a bargaining chip." Human life is precious because it cannot be measured by quantity, for the country, for the war, thousands or even tens of thousands of lives are like mustard, and for the family, even the loss of one person is painful. For some people, human life is like a chess piece in his hand, and he can use it however he wants, sacrificing his pawn to protect the car. However, who in the world does not have his own thoughts and emotions, and is willing to be a 'pawn', who can use it when he wants it, and abandon it when he wants to?"

Lin Jianlan seems to have been similar to this, when Lei Kan committed suicide and died, Yue Lingfeng once said: "People can't be easily traded, even if it's a chess piece, it has its own heart." Brother Lin, you just misunderstood his heart. ”

Lin Jianlan said: "But there are always people who are willing to sacrifice for others, aren't they?"

Yuan Xingjian continued: "Naturally, if there is something to Brother Xie Xian at this moment, I will go to the soup to fight the fire, and if there is something to do with me, Brother Xie Xian will do the same, this is a like-minded friend." ”

Lin Jianlan was a little sad, Tang Zimu, "Ransong" and his father and others crossed in their hearts one by one, bowed their heads and said: "Yes, if you treat the other party as a chess piece, you will naturally not live and die with the chess piece, but just use it." ”

Xie Zhongju said: "It's good that Lin Gongzi understands, this is not a doubt." In my own opinion, the kind of person who kills someone and has to cite some big reasons to defend himself is not as cute as the person who kills for himself. Did Lin Gongzi meet someone who is unpredictable, so he asked?"

Lin Jianlan sighed: "Alas, I only wish I was suspicious, I should go." ”

Xie Zhongju said: "After a long time, Lin Gongzi should not be in a hurry. I regret it a little at the moment, I only care about admiring Brother Yuan in my heart, and I should bow down with Lin Gongzi. ”

Lin Jianlan said with a smile: "Brother Xie carries love, what's so difficult about this, I'm waiting for the two of you in Hangzhou to talk about Jinlan together." Then he ran out of the palace again.

Although he solved the confusion in his heart, he was suspicious of life, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad, but he couldn't think about it, Lin Jianlan secretly pondered: "This trip was originally to find out the whereabouts of Lin Longqing and others, but it was delayed for two days in Suzhou, and Yuan Xingjian didn't know their whereabouts, where could they go?"

The horse is an official horse, it seems that he is used to the long road, rushed to Hangzhou, is still quite energetic, Lin Jianlan rode his horse for days and days, although he was a little tired, but he had no time to rest and stay, he found an inn at random, thought about it and seemed to be inappropriate to come to the door with a blade, so he simply left the long sword in the room, and did not dare to delay for a moment to go out of the city to run to the Kuangyi Gang General Hall, but he did not have the slightest plan, and when he arrived at the entrance, he saw that the dense forest next to him was still there, and there were scorched black marks on some of the bark, and he overlooked the buildings at the foot of the mountain, and the sunset was set in the west, reflecting a fiery red.

He has been in and out of this forest several times, and at this moment he finally experienced a change, only to know that things are right and wrong, without Lin Longqing's protection, and I don't know if I can enter safely without hindrance, but it is not a way to stop at the intersection of the road, so I have to walk in slowly.

After walking a few steps, I heard a whistle, and a few jumped out of the forest, and they were all stunned when they met, but they were all acquaintances in the gang before, and one of them lifted the knife, put it across his chest, and said: "Lin Gongzi, don't make us embarrassed, don't go forward." ”

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "At the beginning, I also stayed in the gang for a long time, and I knew the rules of the gang, I had no intention of breaking into the gang, and I bothered a few big brothers to pass the word to the Cao gang leader for me, if you refuse to see me, I will turn around and leave, and I will not embarrass you." ”

Lin Jianlan is not naughty in the gang on weekdays, and he treats people with sincerity, so it is inconvenient for that person to refuse when he hears this, and after a few words of low confession, he turned around and ran in, about half a pillar of incense, Fang hurriedly ran out, his face was quite confused, and said: "The helper invites you in." ”

Lin Jianlan was overjoyed, and hurriedly swept in, but when he arrived at the door, he stopped and said, "I don't know if the bridge has changed?" ”

The man shook his head, pointed inward again, and did not speak, Lin Jianlan wondered in his heart, turned around, and saw a young girl standing at the head of the bridge, dressed in plain clothes, with a black circle on her right arm, as if with heavy filial piety, standing in the wind, her hair was lightly raised, and she pulled a bun with a plain white hairpin at will, her skin was as white as snow, and her lips were only gently pursed with a touch of pink, and her eyes were still a little cold.

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but step forward step by step and said, "Yin Yin......"

Cao Yinyin didn't speak, turned around and went to the bridge, but it was a few leaps in a row, turning around and flying, sometimes like a dragonfly tapping the bridge pillar, sometimes like a wild goose gliding, the posture was wonderful, but Lin Jianlan didn't dare to just look at her figure, his eyes didn't blink for a moment while looking at where she landed, while leaning to follow, Fang crossed the nine-zigzag bridge, and said secretly: "On this bridge, it is more difficult to walk than when Uncle Qing was there, I'm afraid it's also to prevent Uncle Qing from coming back, but why did she tell me about this footwork?"

Lin Jianlan had thousands of questions in his heart, looking at Yin Yin's figure walking in front of him as silent as ice, but he couldn't ask them, so he had to follow behind, but the summer day covered by flowers and branches was a little cold. In a blink of an eye, Lin Jianlan couldn't help but look over there.

Although Cao Yinyin didn't look back, he seemed to know what he was thinking, and deliberately slowed down, Lin Jianlan saw that the water pavilion slowly turned out of his sight, and his heart was indescribable, and he looked back a few times from afar, although he didn't look at the road, he was very familiar with it on weekdays, and it didn't take long for him to reach the outside of Kuangyi Hall.

The two walked into the empty lobby, Lin Jianlan looked around, and always felt that there seemed to be something different, but he heard Cao Yinyin say, "Lin Gongzi, please take a seat." Dare to ask Lin Gongzi what he has to do with this gang?"