Chapter 346: A Helpless Choice
Suddenly seeing Wei Qi appear, breaking the Hongyang Sword Formation with one knife and saving himself from danger, Li Zhenghua was pleasantly surprised, but also a little hesitant in his heart, and quickly picked up Shen Jiuling from under the dead tree, and then stared at Wei Qi with complicated eyes, without saying a word.
Before receiving the order to find the whereabouts of King Hou today, Li Zhenghua learned from Wang Haoxian that King Hou was an important chess piece that the third prince had placed beside Xu Hongru early, and Wei Qi was another important person won over by King Hou.
But Li Zhenghua is still very cautious, he has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and knows that people's hearts are unpredictable, and as far as he knows, this Wei Qi made great contributions in suppressing Xu Hongru's rebellion, and now he has become an important role in serving in the Jinyi Guard Yamen, whether he can still be loyal to the third prince Wang Haoxian, he is not sure.
Therefore, for Wei Qi's arrival, in addition to the rest of his life, he felt more suspicious, his heart was full of vigilance, and he asked suspiciously: "Master Wei, why did you come here?"
Wei Qi didn't even look at him, and said coldly: "You are staring at Lin Hongmeng, and I am staring at Gao Houye!"
Wei Qi and Tian Ergeng and other Jinyi guards left Beijing with Gao Jie and others, and passed the news to Wang Haoxian early, and Li Zhenghua also knew about it this morning, so when he heard him secretly staring at Gao Jie and following him here, he also felt that what he said was over. It's just that he didn't completely relax his vigilance, after all, he was not familiar with Wei Qi, let alone his temperament.
Hearing Wei Qi's words "continue trading", Ji Longfeng stood on the spot, not understanding what he meant for a while.
Gao Jie's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Wei Qi, do you know what you're talking about?"
Wei Qi stood in the cold wind, exuding an aura that was even colder than the cold winter, and said without any emotion in his tone: "What I said is that the transaction between Gao Hou Ye and Senior Li can continue!"
Ji Longfeng finally understood the meaning of Wei Qi's words, and suddenly became angry, and was about to speak, when he heard Gao Jie sneer and say, "Wei Qi, have you forgotten your identity?"
Wei Qi didn't look at Gao Jie, he lowered his head to himself, stared at the broken knife that was still dripping with blood, and said indifferently: "Wei has only one identity, which is the leader of the Western Association under the command of Wang Haoxian, the leader of the Wenxiang Sect!"
After King Hou successfully plotted against Wei Qi, Wang Haoxian promised Wei Qi the important position of the head of the Western Council, which Gao Jie did not know.
In the Wenxiang Sect, the five protectors are Wang Haoxian's most trusted henchmen, but in terms of high power, the four masters of the southeast, northwest and northwest must be ranked above the protectors. When Wang Sen was alive, Xu Hongru was the first of the four major lords of the Eastern Society, and the Northern Leader was Wang Sen's own brother, while the original Southern and Western leaders had passed away and their positions had been vacant. And Li Zhenghua and Wei Qi are now the successors of these two guild leaders, and they can be regarded as the most powerful people in the Wenxiang Sect under Wang Haoxian.
Gao Jie didn't expect Wei Qi to be so single, so he made his position clear without hesitation, and couldn't help but sneer: "No wonder, such a prominent and high position as the head of the Western Sect of Wenxiang Sect is comparable to a few hundred households in the imperial court!"
Yu Hongzhi couldn't hold back at this moment, clenched the iron rod with both hands, and said angrily: "Xiaojie, why bother talking to this shameless man in the twilight and let me smash him into pulp!"
After that, he was about to rush towards Wei Qi with an iron rod.
Yu Hongzhi is Xu Hongru's brother, and he has a deep affection, and he has long hated Hou Wang and Wei Qi, two traitors who are traitors seeking glory, and thinks about taking their dog's life all the time. Now that the enemy is in front of him, his eyes are suddenly red, and he will not care about anything else.
Before he could rush out two steps, he suddenly heard Li Zhenghua shouting: "Hugh is reckless, don't you want to ruin this little girl's life?"
Gao Jie jumped up, stopped Yu Hongzhi, sighed and said: "Now that you have been encircled, and Senior Li is seriously injured, do you still have to do a useless struggle? ! I can promise you that as long as you release Miss Jiu'er, you two can leave safely, and no one will stop you!"
Looking at Gao Jie and the others who were eyeing him, Li Zhenghua was not sure whether he could ensure the smooth progress of the transaction with his own strength and serious injuries. After thinking about it for a while, he pulled Shen Jiuling and came to Wei Qi's side, and said with a smile: "Master Wei, the old man has long heard of your great name from the mouth of the sect leader, and today I was rescued by you in time, I am inexplicably grateful! This woman is an important bargaining chip in exchange for my sect's holy relics, I hope that the master of Wei will be able to help the old man again and make this great achievement!"
Li Zhenghua was bent on regaining the Holy Relic of the Smelling Fragrance Sect alone and consolidating his position, but the current situation was grim, so he had to show favor to Wei Qi, and he would rather share half of the credit than ensure that the holy relic was not lost again.
Wei Qi still looked indifferent, didn't even raise his eyelids, and said lightly: "Since Wei is here, he won't stand idly by!"
When Li Zhenghua heard this, he was overjoyed. From Wei Qi's words and deeds, he could see that this cold guy was a person who did what he said, but was very indifferent to fame and fortune, and would never play any small tricks to compete with himself, which made him more relieved, and his tense body relaxed slightly. With the assistance of Wei Qi, a master, he believed that even if he was seriously injured, he was seven points sure that he would evacuate safely after obtaining the holy relics. When I return to Luanzhou and reach the territory of the Wenxiang Sect, it will be done.
Thinking of this, he stared at Gao Jie in a blink of an eye, and put the long sword in his hand on Shen Jiuling's neck, Li Zhenghua coughed lightly and said with a light smile: "Master Gao, the transaction between the two of us should still count!"
Gao Jie's expression was complicated, frowning and lowering his head, thinking for a moment, before he took a deep breath and said, "Deal!"
When Ji Longfeng and Yu Hongzhi heard this, they were furious and were about to stop it, Gao Jie waved his hand at them and said: "The most important thing now is to save the life of the Jiu'er girl, as for the rest, there will be opportunities in the future!"
Regarding Gao Jie's decision, including Brother Dong, no one would have any doubts, so although Ji Longfeng and Yu Hongzhi were unwilling, they could only snort angrily and turned their heads to stop talking.
Seeing that Gao Jie responded, Li Zhenghua, who had been very nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief, the smile on his face became more relaxed, and he said slightly: "It is really rare for the Marquis Gao to value love and righteousness! The old man is not a villain who breaks his promise, as long as he hands over the holy relics, he will definitely return this little girl to Zhao!"
Gao Jie squinted, stared at Li Zhenghua coldly and said, "What kind of person are you, we have seen it clearly last night!"
Li Zhenghua's old face turned red, and he was about to argue, but he heard Gao Jie continue: "However, we don't have a choice, don't we?!"
After that, he took out the package from his arms again, then looked at Li Zhenghua, and said hatefully word by word: "You can give you things, but after you get the holy relics, you will be."
If you dare to break your word, you will never be able to escape our pursuit!"
Li Zhenghua looked at the package in Gao Jie's hand, his eyes flashed with a hot light, and he couldn't help licking his dry lips and said: "The old man promises that he will never break his promise! It's just that this package is really a holy thing? It is said that Hou Ye went to Bodhi Temple this morning and left with the second son, Wang Haoyi, and the sect leader and I thought that you had handed over the holy relic to the second son!"
Gao Jie said with a smile: "Wang Haoyi and I have never known each other before, how can I give him the holy relic easily?! Since Senior Li doesn't believe that the holy relic is in my hands, why bother to make such a huge movement and work hard?!"
After learning that Wang Haoyi and Gao Jie had escaped from Bodhi Temple, not only Wang Haoxian, but also Li Zhenghua and several other Dharma protectors believed that the sacred relics of the Wenxiang Sect had been obtained by Wang Haoyi. It wasn't until Li Zhenghua met Shen Jiuling by chance and eavesdropped on Lin Hongmeng's plan to exchange it for the holy relics that he thought he had discovered a major secret: it turned out that Gao Jie had not handed over the holy relics to Wang Haoyi! However, what he never expected was that the holy relics in Lin Hongmeng's mouth were not just the holy relics of the Smelling Fragrance Sect. Of course, based on this alone, Li Zhenghua was still not completely sure that the holy relic was still in Gao Jie's hands, but the opportunity was fleeting, and he had to gamble, so there were many changes later.
Li Zhenghua stared deeply into Gao Jie's eyes, and saw that his eyes were pure, with some unwillingness and shame, so he settled down and said: "Okay, you throw the holy relic over first, and when I verify that it is correct, I will release him immediately!"
Gao Jie changed color and said: "No, one hand to pay and one hand to deliver, this is the basic principle of doing business!"
Li Zhenghua's eyes were bright, the long sword in his hand tightened on Shen Jiuling's neck, and his tone became cold: "You can't choose! Throw things over, otherwise I will kill people immediately!"
When Brother Dong and the others saw Gao Jie agreeing to make a deal with Li Zhenghua, they all thought that he was planning to make a sudden attack and take a risk in the process of trading. Because they all know that the holy relics of the Smelling Fragrance Sect have already been handed over to Wang Haoyi, and at this moment, the package is definitely a fake, if Li Zhenghua is allowed to inspect the goods first and then release them, then the little Jiujiu Iron that Gao Jie calculated in his heart will definitely fall short. Thinking of this, the big guy looked at Gao Jie, and his heart was up and down, and he was inexplicably nervous.
Fine beads of sweat also oozed from Gao Jie's forehead, and in the face of the treacherous and cunning Li Zhenghua, his mood was extremely heavy, and the pressure was getting bigger and bigger.
Li Zhenghua saw Gao Jie hesitate again, and suddenly became nervous again. He was not only worried that the holy relic was not in the package, but also worried about whether Gao Jie would veto his harsh condition of handing over the object first and then releasing it.
The more success is imminent, the more people will suffer from gains and losses.
A cold wind blew, and Li Zhenghua felt that his vest was cold, and before he knew it, the clothes behind him were already soaked.
The tense and stalemate atmosphere did not last long, and when Li Zhenghua was anxious, like an ant on a hot pot, Gao Jie finally broke the deadlock and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll believe you once!
With that, as soon as he raised his hand, the sackcloth package rose into the air and threw it towards Li Zhenghua.
Looking at the package that swept through the air, Dong Ge and the others were shocked, and at the same time they were puzzled, did Gao Jie really think that he could deceive Li Zhenghua, an old fox, with the fake and the real? With Li Zhenghua's skills and the terrifying Wei Qi who was close to him, they were almost never sure that they would be able to cross a hundred steps in an instant and rescue Shen Jiuling safely before Li Zhenghua noticed that the holy relic was fake. At the same time, an uncontrollable question appeared in their hearts: "Xiaojie, what do you want to do?!"
Also looking at the package thrown, Li Zhenghua's heart was settled, and at the same time there was a burst of ecstasy. Because he can basically conclude that this package definitely contains the real holy relics of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, otherwise, how dare Gao Jie gamble Shen Jiuling's life with this?! It seems that this adventure has finally paid off, even if it hurts an arm, it is worth it!