Chapter 23 Swinging to the tiger and leopard, smiling lightly
More than two years ago, Jiaxian was seriously ill and heard that there were many famous doctors in the capital, so Liang Xie took Jiaxian and the maid to the capital to visit the famous doctors. The expenses gradually increased, and in a few months, Liang Xie, who was already not rich in money, was even more constrained. At that time, the dispute between 'Guyu' and 'Wugen' was raging, and the larger forces in the capital either recognized the powerful or hid without moving, for fear of getting involved, and almost none of the shops and gangs were willing to hire Liang Xie as an outsider of unknown origin, lest one accidentally fall into the trap planned by competitors. Liang Xie was looking for a living to make money, and on the other hand, he visited a famous doctor to treat Jiaxian's illness, and the difficulty of life can be imagined, the three of them couldn't afford to live in an inn, so they had to find some dilapidated uninhabited houses or temples to settle down, and lay some haystacks as bedding, but even so, it still didn't help, and in the end even the money for Jiaxian to take medicine was gone. Seeing that Jiaxian's body was not as good as it was a day, Liang Xie gritted his teeth and took over the first murder deal, and he became an assassin for the first time in his life. Since then, there have been middlemen who have secretly helped Liang Xie to do business.
Liang Xie accepted his fate and let fate trample on his fragile conscience, he liked peace since he was a child, and hated bullying, but what he had to do every day was ten times worse than bullying - indiscriminately killing innocents.
After half a year like this, he woke up in a nightmare every day in these six months, he struggled between love and conscience every day in this half a year, how much he hoped that one day he would be killed by others, and how much he hoped that he would receive a big business and make a lot of money, how many times did he hope that Jiaxian's illness would get better soon, and from then on the two of them could stay away from this bastard world and live an idle and leisurely life, or there were other ideas buried deep in his heart, and even he didn't dare to think about the thoughts he didn't want to think......
Until one day an old man who claimed to be the head of the 'Xingyuan Dart Bureau' found him, the old man offered a very high price, and invited the famous Lang Zhong in the capital to see Jiaxian, and what he wanted to do was just a bodyguard, Liang Xie never thought that his life would have a turnaround, he cried with joy and agreed. For eight years, it was his happiest moment, because from then on he no longer had to make money by killing indiscriminately, and even if he occasionally fought with people, it was only some bandits and grass bandits, and these people had long since died innocently, and they were killed.
After Liang Xie joined the 'Xingyuan Dart Bureau', the old man successively recruited eleven people including Li Er, Zhao San, Liu Si, and Chen Wu, and a total of 12 people together with Liang Xie. At the beginning, the old man just asked Liang Xie to be their bodyguard, and after a while, the old man sent Liang Xie and other twelve people to help Xiao Junyao, the head of the dart, deal with the cottages everywhere (this is a big taboo for the dart bureau, you must know that the reason why the dart bureau has business is because there are bandits on the road, and the road is not very smooth, so there will be people to support the dart.) Most of the dart bureau understands this truth, and even send people to give some generous gifts to the cottage along the road, one to avoid conflict, please raise the noble hand of the cottage master, although the other meaning is not clearly said, but both sides of each other are well aware, so to deal with the cottage This kind of behavior is not self-confident martial arts, the huge power is the stunned green of the rivers and lakes, this stunned green Liang Xie has not done it before, and the result is that the money earned by the bodyguard of the dart bureau is not enough to give the executioner medical expenses and settlement expenses, so the dart master who has been in the industry for a long time will definitely not be so reckless。 The old man is not stunned, but he is a strange person, and the old man's reason is that ordinary people have no money to eat, how can there be extra money for these scum, kill them cleanly).
Later, there were suddenly more people in the dart game, and the old man divided everyone into three groups, one group was bright and two groups were dark, with twelve people in each group, respectively, "Battle Soul Hall", "Fengyun Hall" and "Tongshun Hall", "Tongshun Hall" was responsible for soliciting business from the dart board, escorting darts, accounting accounts, "Fengyun Hall" was responsible for probing and spreading news, forging road guides, household stickers, etc., and the "War Spirit Hall" headed by Liang Xie was secretly removing obstacles and carrying out assassinations, except for the three halls Fengyun Hall' is personally in charge of Yun Lao, the other two halls are each commanded by the hall master and the head of the dart, since the establishment of the third hall, Liang Xie has never seen Xiao Junyao again, and it is also since then that Liang Xie knew that the 'Xingyuan Dart Bureau' is just a cover for Yun Lao and the young master to hide people's eyes, so that they can act in secret, and later Liang Xie knew that the time for 'Tongshun Hall' and 'Fengyun Hall' to follow the old man was actually not shorter than him and Li Er. Since Liang Xie agreed to take charge of the 'War Soul Hall', he has returned to the days of making money by killing people, he thought about not agreeing, but Langzhong was invited by Yun Lao, among all the Langzhong he could find, this Langzhong medicine is the most effective and the most expensive, and the money earned by ordinary people can't afford to pay for such expensive medical expenses, which can't tolerate him not agreeing.
In the past, Liang Xie didn't believe in fate, but now he has to believe it. Fate is like a net, a big net that you can't see at a glance, no matter how you struggle, you still can't get out of the shackles of this net, Liang Xie has struggled for many years, but the more he struggles, the tighter the net is, he only feels tired and helpless.
The place where Liang Xie was going was not very far, and he had reached his residence five or six miles to the west, and he had already seen the courtyard in a matter of moments with his footsteps. 'It's here again!' Liang Xie took a deep breath and walked over.
Yun Lao still didn't come today, and the young man wasn't there. According to the old rules, Liang Xie passed through the screen and entered the council hall at the back to wait for instructions. On both sides of the long table in the hall sat two women, one man and three people, the man looked very strong, and there was no smile on his face, it was Li Er, and sitting next to Li Er was a beautiful woman who looked extremely generous but had a cold face, it was Liang Xie's subordinate, Feng Qi of the 'War Soul Hall'. Sitting opposite Li Er and Feng Qi was a weak woman, the woman lowered her head, seemed to be in a daze, a strand of hair scattered, blocking a small part of her fair face, looking extremely delicate, but also a person from the 'War Soul Hall', surnamed Liu, ranked eleven, called Liu Eleven internally, coincidentally, her real name is 'Silk Yi', Liang Xie once asked what her name meant, she said it was taken from the 'Book of Songs', Liang Xie also read books, and the 'Book of Songs' is naturally indispensable to see, he doesn't remember what is in the 'Book of Songs' Silk clothes', but I remember an article called 'no clothes', which is about the friendship of comrades-in-arms, and when I was a child, I was particularly interested in this kind of sonorous and powerful, war-related poems.
Seeing Liang Xie walk in, Feng Qi first shouted: "Boss!" Liang Xie nodded, Liu Shiyi patted the stool next to him, and motioned for Liang Xie to sit over, Liang Xie sat down with a slight hesitation.
"What about the others?" asked Liang Xie.
Li Er snorted coldly and said, "You are the hall master, who are you asking?" This Li Er's tone was still very impulsive, Liang Xie was robbed by him, and he didn't bother to ask again, so he immediately stopped.
Feng Qi was afraid that Liang Xie would not be able to hang on his face, so he kicked Li Er under the table with his foot, and said: "In the past few days, the dart bureau over there in 'Little Dragon City' has encountered some trouble when taking the waterway, and Yun Lao sent Zhao Sange and them to help. ”
Liang Xie nodded and asked, "There are only four of us left here?"
Feng Qi said: "Well, it was originally Fifth Brother Chen and Lao Thirteen who stayed to help the boss, and Eleventh Sister ......" Feng Qi paused, secretly glanced at Liu Shiyi, and saw that Liu Shiyi didn't seem to be listening at all, so he continued: "Eleventh Sister was a little relieved, and I replaced Fifth Brother Chen and Lao Thirteen." ”
She can't rest assured that she can't do this, it's just a superfluous move, the smallest old thirteen in the 'War Soul Hall' is the most simple and fast, and the killing technique is also the best, and he and Li Er are not the opponents of the old thirteen together.
Liang Xie frowned, and was about to speak, when suddenly the door squeaked, and an old man walked straight through the screen. But when I saw that the man was about sixty years old, of medium stature, with a thin face, he was dressed in a coarse cloth robe with a few patches, but he was extremely cleanly washed. Liang Xie and the other four hurriedly got up and said in unison: "Yun Lao." ”
The old man let out a 'hmm', his face was quite solemn, and he stumbled inadvertently. Everyone was shocked, Li hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man sit down, and he stood aside, showing great respect for the old man.
Yun Lao gestured for everyone to sit down, and Liang Xie and the others sat back on the stool. Yun Lao's left hand was half-clenched into his fist and he exhaled heavily, unable to speak for a while, and it took a long time before he gradually stabilized.
"Yun Lao...... You ......"
Yun Lao raised his hand, interrupted Feng Qi, smiled reluctantly, and said, "It's not in the way, just go faster, just rest for a while." ”
Liang Xie said: "Yun Lao, call Li Langzhong to come over and take a look later." "This Li Langzhong is the famous doctor in the capital who Yun Lao invited to see his wife's illness.
Yun Lao waved his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry in the next day or two, let's get down to business first." He paused and said, "How did you two do the other day?"
Li Erdao: "The two apprentices of the 'Autumn Wind Knife' Cold Frost really wanted to use the power of the government to investigate, so they had to do it together. ”
Yun Lao sighed: "This is also a way that has no choice. ”
Li Erdao: "Betrayal is something that no sect can tolerate, although the outside world doesn't know that Leng Shuang is our person, and he knows little about us, but after all, we don't dare to take this risk, so after the subordinates and the hall master learned of Leng Shuang's rebellion, they took it upon themselves to kill him in time." ”
Yun Lao nodded and said, "Well, you have done a good job, and it is also thanks to the people you know in the 'Inner Governor's Mansion'...... Ahem...... "He spoke a little faster, and suddenly coughed, Li Er didn't dare to interrupt, and stood aside respectfully. Yun Lao's breath calmed down a little, and then asked, "What is the movement over there in the yamen?"
Li Er replied: "If the major murders in the capital were not taken over by the 'Auxiliary City Yamen', and the subordinates deliberately left half of the 'Golden Guard's waist card next to the corpse, if the 'Auxiliary City Yamen' caught the people who also thought it was the 'Golden Guard' who were accidentally cut down when they did it, they would not dare to confront the 'Golden Guard', and they would definitely suppress the matter." ”
Li Er's approach seems to be risky, but in fact it is extremely safe, like this kind of thing, in the past two years, the 'Internal Governor's Mansion' and the 'Golden Guard' have done a lot, and the 'Auxiliary City Yamen' has avoided all those who find the head of the 'Mansion Guard', how dare they investigate it deeply. Liang Xie was sad and admired in his heart: "This Li Er was originally a master, but he was so attentive to this kind of murderous deed, but unfortunately he couldn't get it if he wanted to live such a day, and he really didn't know how to be blessed in the blessing." ”
Yun Lao seemed to be more satisfied when he heard Li Er's reply, nodded his head, and asked again, "What about Liang Da, is the matter done?"
As soon as Yun Lao asked, Liang Xie's mind flashed the scene of yesterday afternoon in an instant—the man who fell into the dust, the panicked woman and child, and the blood and brains flowing all over the ground.....
This scene flashed by, Liang Xie inadvertently shook a little, and said, "Do it...... That's it. "He has never been willing to say much about murder.
"Okay!" Seeing that he didn't say or ask, Yun Lao closed his eyes, leaned back in the chair, and almost fell asleep. Listening to his breathing, there seemed to be only breath out and no incoming air, and Liang Xie and the others didn't dare to disturb and waited quietly. After a long time, Yun Lao adjusted his breath before he said, "I recruited you today to ask the four of you to join forces to do two things......
Liang Xie said secretly: "The four of them join forces, do you want to kill people again?" Sure enough, I saw Yun Lao pause, and then said: "The first thing is to ask you to kill someone!"
Liang Xie's heart jumped suddenly—he still couldn't avoid it.