Lin Jianlan only felt that his heart was beating suddenly, and his mind was in chaos, while reluctantly reassuring himself that it might not be so bad, on the other hand, all kinds of ominous thoughts were gushing out. Standing at the gate of this once powerful and now somewhat depressed village, a cold sweat has slipped down his back, and a cold wind blew on the lake, and he couldn't help but shiver violently, Fang stabilized his heart and said: "Take me to Brother Yuan, I have something urgent to discuss with him privately." ”

The man hesitated, "This ...... He was discussing with his friends. ”

Lin Jianlan's eyes were almost red, he grabbed the man's cuffs and pulled him to his side, and said in a low voice: "You haven't seen me, but I've seen you, aren't you pretending to be a storyteller in Hangzhou not long ago to promote Xie Xun's affairs? Since Brother Yuan has confessed to you, you must also know that Lord Xie's safety cannot be lost, go quickly!" After that, he pushed the man into the gate, and the man was pushed a few times, his face changed sharply, but there was no displeasure, as if he knew that what Lin Jianlan said was very urgent, and he didn't speak, and immediately turned around and ran straight inside.

Where can Lin Jianlan stay at the door, after thinking about it, he stomped his feet and followed, the minions guarding the gate of the village were about to stop him, but he didn't have time, only to feel that the figure flashed by, and rushed up along the steps.

Seeing that the man was away from the door of a huge hall for a while, he calmed down a little, Fang stepped forward, Lin Jianlan walked to the door, thinking that maybe Lu Man and Cao Yinyin were inside, he hesitated for a moment and then stopped outside, just waiting for the man to call Yuan Xingjian out and ask why he was not by Xie Zhongju's side at this time.

He had no intention of listening to the discussion inside, but the sound was too loud, and it came into his ears one after another, which was nothing more than questioning Yuan Xingjian, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "What I thought was still too simple, I never thought that Brother Yuan was actually so difficult to do." But I heard one of the people inside say sharply: "Where are you going, don't think of this gate if you don't make it clear today!"

Another person smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yuan has really not been right recently, he often can't find anyone for several days, and he finally comes back but drinks all day long, so he ignores everything, and now the soldiers in the righteous army are scattered, what should I do?"

I only heard Yuan Xingjian say: "Wait a while, I'll come when I go, don't worry, the monk can't run the temple if he can run, this Taihu Lake is the foundation of Yuan after all, are you afraid that I won't go back?"

The other person said gloomily: "Who wants to find Yuan Daxia, why be sneaky, what is the matter, come in and say in front of the big guys, everyone, do you say yes or no?"

Everyone immediately nodded yes, but Lin Jianlan was very difficult outside, I am afraid that there will inevitably be people inside, and after going in, what will happen to Yuan Xingjian will definitely be asked by them one by one, it is obviously impossible to say, but if you want to hide it, it is even more suspicious. I heard it inside: "Yuan Daxia's friend is just outside the door, why don't you invite in to discuss big things?"

Yuan Xingjian smiled bitterly: "Please don't want to be a hero, I really don't dare to be a hero, my friend is looking for me for a little personal matter, why do you bother to force each other." ”

Another humanitarian: "The Taihu Righteous Army was so countered by the imperial court, and the millions of taels of silver that our big guys invested in were all lost, and Brother Yuan can still be busy with private affairs in this situation, so calm, and I admire it very much." ”

Lin Jianlan said secretly: "I don't know what ugly words to say further down, and the leader Li that Brother Yuan said has not come out to speak, I'm afraid that Brother Yuan didn't make him through, even if I don't go in, they will find out, it's better to sign up for the surname to go in openly, so as not to besiege Brother Yuan's audience." Thinking of this, he said aloud outside the door: "He Lao, the seniors are deliberately probing Brother Yuan, because of their low status, the juniors have not been of any help to the Taihu Righteous Army before, and they think that they are not qualified to enter the room to discuss important matters with the seniors on an equal footing, so they are waiting outside the door for Brother Yuan to come out to talk when he has free time, I don't want this to make Brother Yuan suspicious of the seniors, and the juniors will dare to go in." After saying that, he took off his robe and entered, looked up and looked in, and was suddenly shocked.

This hall is extremely spacious, but it is not the same as the general place of righteousness, and the chief position is not set at the top, but only a slip of Taishi chairs on both sides are placed at the door, which means that there is no distinction between high and low, but you can still see a plain figure on the high position like ice and snow, two eyes shot straight over, but not so cold, Lu Man and the others were near the door, and they were also looking straight at Lin Jianlan. However, it was not the two of them that frightened him, but the person opposite Cao Yinyin, who was very familiar.

I thought that Wei Suxin was in a hurry to come to Hangzhou with King Liang, but he didn't want to appear here, still wearing a hat and covering his face with a black veil, obviously still not wanting to reveal his original identity, Lin Jianlan hesitated for a moment, not knowing what his plans were, so he had to turn to Yuan Xingjian and ask knowingly: "Brother Yuan, this is ......?"

There was a humane next to him: "Who is my friend Yuan Daxia, this is not the Lin Gang Master...... Oh, Lin Longqing's righteous son? I haven't seen it since the battle of the Kuangyi Gang, I don't want to grow into such a heroic young man, this you should have seen it, it was the unknown chivalrous warrior who traveled thousands of miles to report the news to various gangs, and now I heard that the Taihu Righteous Army was in trouble, and came to help. It was the white fat old man of the Xiangzhong League who spoke, some time passed, but he did not see aging, and his round face was still red.

Lin Jianlan said: "It turned out to be this senior, I was still young that day, and I don't have a deep memory, so I have a little impression at this moment." Looking at the black veil man again, even if he was covered with a black veil, he still seemed to be quite satisfied with this answer, and he also had great confidence that Lin Jianlan would not expose his identity.

Yuan Xingjian knew that Lin Jianlan would not come to Taihu Lake for no reason, so he listened to the whisper of the person who reported the news, and he was so anxious that he couldn't talk about Xie Zhongju directly, so he had to laugh forcibly, pulled Lin Jianlan in front of one person and said, "This is Leader Li." ”

Lin Jianlan bowed and bowed, and when he looked up, he was a big man with a purple face, who seemed to be very bold, and laughed at him and said: "Brother Yuan is not interesting enough, and if you know a young hero like you, you will not be introduced to me." ”

Lin Jianlan hurriedly said: "I don't know how to walk around in the rivers and lakes, and my kung fu is very small, it's not worth mentioning, where can I be worthy of the word hero? ”

Yuan Xingjian introduced Lin Jianlan to the others one by one and said: "It's not that I don't want to do my best, now that the army's spirit has been dispersed, even if this benevolent brother is willing to do more funding, can't I let you openly recruit troops with silver?"

Wei Suxin said leisurely: "Yuan Xianggong's words are wrong, I think that the Taihu Rebels are not in the same vein as the green forest, and almost all the gangs with some righteous hearts are all willing to help, it is because the Taihu Rebels have the same hatred and hatred as us, and they are all persecuted by the imperial court." Kuangyi Gang five branch halls were destroyed, probably you don't know, the imperial court sent the Imperial Kou Division to Shushan to pass the order, ordered Yun Mengxu Dao to surrender a generation, respect Yun Mengzhi as the head of the previous generation, Shaolin's Tanzong abbot is said to have been punished for offending the Empress Wu was punished and grounded in the temple, the poisoned small gang and small faction will not be listed one by one, in short, if you do not take refuge in the Imperial Kou Division, there is only a dead end. Taihu Lake is not only the foundation of Yuan Xianggong alone, but also the hard work of all fellow martial artists, working together can still compete with the imperial court, how can you give up easily after some setbacks?"

Lin Jianlan said secretly: "Empress Wu knew that Yun Mengzhi's lifelong wish was to surpass his senior brother, so after his death, he couldn't help but do a personal favor, and he could also deter the Shushan faction, the abbot of the Tanzong sect...... Yes, it must be the matter of Elder Dazhi. ”

Yuan Xingjian forcibly endured the unhappiness in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "I have come to Taihu Lake, and I have never considered myself a person in the rivers and lakes, who has ever seen me walking in the green forest? Although such words have failed your great support for Taihu Lake in the past, what is your original intention? Aren't you trying your best to help the poor people who are suffering from corrupt officials and corrupt officials in a compassionate heart? It is true that it is a good man who doesn't want to him quickly, but at this time, eighty percent of the army has already returned to his hometown to farm, if I take the silver taels and let them abandon their stable life and come back, and use the life and death of tens of thousands of people in the Taihu Lake as a tool for revenge, you may bear it?"

The hall was silent for a while, and no one answered, and after a while, the leader of Li said: "I originally agreed with what Brother Yuan saw, but I was worried in my heart that this was just a temporary trick of the imperial court, and after recruiting the people, the Taihu Righteous Army was defeated in one fell swoop, and then I am afraid that it will return to the old way, at that time, do we still have the life to get it a second time?"

As soon as these words came out, the people in the hall turned their heads one after another, Lin Jianlan was worried, glanced at Yuan Xingjian, and then looked at Wei Suxin, saw him sitting on the chair, and didn't say anything more, and I don't know what his intentions were, but judging from the few who have seen it in the Imperial Kousi, including the Empress Wu, it is indeed capricious and cunning, if he is deceived by the imperial court, the consequences are really unpredictable.

After a while, he didn't come up with an idea, and someone in the crowd mentioned: "Speaking of which, we are just small heads, the Kuangyi Gang Headquarters is the closest to Taihu Lake, and the most funded, let's let Kuangyi Gang Cao Gang Leader say something." Everyone nodded and quieted down, and they all looked at Cao Yinyin's place.

Cao Yinyin looked around, his eyes fixed on Yuan Xing's fitness, and said: "Leader Li, Yuan Xianggong, the Taihu Righteous Army has received a lot of funding from fellow Jianghu people in the past, not to mention the grain and grass in the army, even a flag is also included in the efforts of all Jianghu colleagues, at this moment, it can't be all up to you, can you agree with this?"

Yuan Xingjian really couldn't refute it, so he had to nod, and Cao Yinyin said again: "Although this unknown predecessor didn't have any financial resources before, but he proposed to form an alliance with the rivers and lakes that day and help Taihu Lake together, if it weren't for him, the Taihu Righteous Army would have dispersed long ago." Therefore, this senior can also say something about this matter. ”

Wei Suxin bowed slightly and said, "Hehe, it's nothing I say or not, everyone looks at what Gang Master Cao has opinions!"

Cao Yinyin said with a smile: "Even if our Kuangyi Gang contributes the most, we can't just ignore our colleagues, the younger generation has a very superficial way, make some signs, set up two buckets, and express that they agree to disperse and still have to recruit troops to do a big job, each gang sends a head to decide which bucket to put the sign into, count it afterwards, and decide to have more signs, is this okay?"

This is a pediatric thing, but at this time, I feel that it is very suitable, since it is voted by the majority, so as not to disagree with others, everyone said yes, this method is fair, Yuan Xingjian has no reason to refute, so he has to smile and nod and say: "This idea is very good, so let's decide." ”

Lin Jianlan panicked, someone had already done the signing and throwing the bucket according to the instructions, I am afraid that it would only take a while, everyone discussed it on their own, and saw Yuan Xingjian's face melancholy in the hustle and bustle, and sighed lightly and whispered: "But do your best." ”

Lin Jianlan looked around, most of the people met in Pingshui, and only Cao Yinyin and Lu Man were familiar with each other, so he had to take advantage of the unpreparedness to slowly rub to Cao Yinyin, and said with a sad face: "Yin Yin, I don't know how to speak, please ......."

Cao Yinyin turned around and walked to the side window, seemingly ignoring him, Lin Jianlan was disappointed, but he heard a faint whisper: "Why is Lin Gongzi so polite, since you are Yuan Xingjian's friend, you must have already had an idea, but I also have to discuss with others, I can't decide, I'm really sorry." ”

Lin Jianlan knew that her tone was already quite gentle, and she couldn't ask for any more, so she had to run to Lu Man's side again, and was about to speak, but Lu Man said angrily: "It's really a hot charcoal ball thrown into the ice and snow pile, and you came here after eating it?"

Lin Jianlan smiled bitterly: "Sister Man, don't be sarcastic about me at such a time, I have to ask you for help." ”

Lu Man said: "I just asked for someone when I opened my mouth, I haven't introduced you yet, this is my master Brother Ma Wang, he is in charge of the affairs here, and we are all just referring to it." ”

Lin Jianlan looked up and saw a person opposite, with a well-rounded figure and very upright facial features, but there were countless pits on his face out of thin air, which made this person unspeakably uncomfortable, so he lowered his head and bowed: "I've seen Brother Ma." ”

Lu Man said: "Okay, okay, the senior brother is very kind, just tell him if you have anything, and he will be the one who will vote later." ”

Lin Jianlan pondered for a moment and said: "Brother Ma, I don't want to ask you for anything, I just hope that you will think carefully about whether you can bear the burden of re-enveloping this Jiangnan water town into the flames of war and affecting hundreds of people." ”

As soon as the words landed, someone outside the door had already taken the sticks and throwing buckets over, distributed the sticks to the hands of various sects, and placed the buckets properly, Cao Yinyin inspected it and said: "The stick in your hands, put it into the bucket after making a decision, the red one is to fight against the imperial court, and the blue one is only when we have done a good deed in the rivers and lakes, so give up, how?"