Compared with the high morale at the Yangdao Gate, Sikong Gu and Yang Shuo went their separate ways. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After Yang Shuo learned the news, he immediately rushed to the west of the city to divide the rudder of the Cao Gang, but when he saw the officers and soldiers patrolling, he knew that there were people who had gone to hollow out here. rushed back to the Cao Gang Helm, but found that Li Yan was dissuading everyone in the Helm Hall. After Yang Shuo cooperated with Li Yan to stabilize the situation in the gang a little, he was entrusted by Li Yan, whose eyes were bloodshot, to go to Sikong Gu for help, so that he could use Mingyue Tower's network in Yangzhou City to ask Nangong Jun the truth of the matter. In Yangzhou City, if it is said that the Cao Gang can help the Cao Gang rescue Nangong Jun, only Sikong Gu, who has close contacts with the government, is left.

Yang Shuo has always been worried about joining the Cao Gang without the permission of his teacher, so he does not want to use the power of Mingyue Tower in the Cao Gang and the Shenmen hegemony, Li Yan naturally knows this, and immediately moves with affection, and persuades Yang Shuo with reason.

Under the unfortunate reality of the Cao Gang, Yang Shuo finally had to nod to Li Yan.

When Yang Shuo said goodbye and wanted to go to Mingyue Tower to find Sikong Gu, Li Yan stopped him again: "You, junior brother, if it is really an orphan of Sikong Family, he must enter the rivers and lakes." ”

Afraid that Yang Shuo would be puzzled, Li Yan added: "My Cao Gang can regard him as a benefactor, and if he wants to take revenge in the future, my Cao Gang will help him with all his might." ”

When Yang Shuo heard this, he saw Li Yan's solemn expression, although he was really disgusted with this kind of exchange of interests in his heart, but his experience over the years made him understand the joint: his little junior brother has not declared his entry into the rivers and lakes now, and he has no reputation in this rivers and lakes. But he has a deep blood feud, and he will eventually go into the rivers and lakes to take revenge. After all, the signboard of Mingyue Tower can't provide any substantial help to Sikong Gu on the rivers and lakes, but the Cao Gang has a wide range of contacts, even if it is dying at the moment, but for the unknown Sikong Gu, it is definitely a big help. And if he can avenge Sikong Wuyi, and Jiangning Sikong can regain his prestige, Yang Shuo is also full of joy.

Thinking of this, Yang Shuo was no longer so reluctant to exchange naked interests in his heart, and said respectfully at the moment: "Yes, Dexi understands." ”

After Yang Shuo turned to leave, Li Yan remembered Sikong Gu's words at noon today, and said secretly: "Zhou'er is probably not as good as him, if my Cao Gang has such talents, why did they fall into such a field now." ”

It was a long sigh, looking at the sun gradually slanting westward, and his heart was depressed.

After Sikong Gu and Zhang Wenwen returned to Mingyue Tower, they saw several guards carrying the unconscious Liu Sanbian on a stretcher and sending him to the small attic. And Huang Dongzheng, the nominal shopkeeper of Mingyue Tower in the hall, "expressed his gratitude" to several officers and soldiers.

The two glanced at each other, and then walked towards the officers and soldiers.

Noticing that the two of them suddenly appeared behind them, those officers and soldiers hurriedly took Bai Huahua's "thanks" into their arms, and raised a small bag on the armor, Sikong Gu smiled secretly when he saw this: "I'm not afraid of being upset." ”

Huang Dong introduced to the officers and soldiers: "This is the owner of this small shop, Sikong Gongzi. These are the old men who sent Liu Langjun just now. ”

Sikong Gu and Zhang Wenwen hugged their fists and saluted, and those officers and soldiers also returned the salute sparsely, seeing that the scene of "receiving gifts" was seen by others, they wanted to leave immediately.

At this time, Sikong Gu said: "The brothers have worked so hard to protect the territory and the people, if you leave like this, wouldn't it seem that the younger brother doesn't know the etiquette, Lao Huang, set up a table of wine and banquet, and let a few brothers rest and rest." ”

The officers and soldiers looked at each other, they didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd of this thin and handsome young man, but they were just ordered to send Liu Sanbian here, if they didn't go back to restore their lives, they would go back to scold Yang Tong. So someone took the lead and said: "Sikong Gongzi has a few of our brothers' hearts, but today is entangled in official business, it is better to bother ...... another day"

"But about today's case, the little brother has a few questions I want to ask you, I wonder if you can stop for a moment?"

The leader's heart moved, Fang Yong swallowed back the promise in his mouth, and said with a meaningful smile: "Several of us are busy with official business, and we are indeed in a hurry to go back to resume our lives......

As he spoke, he glanced twice at the jars of wine on the counter, and the end was extremely long.

Sikong Gu knew what he meant, so he said to Huang Dong: "Shopkeeper Huang, pack five catties of beef tendons, ten catties of daughter red, and it is not in vain that these brothers have worked hard." After that, he looked at the officers and soldiers again and said, "Brothers, I hope you can wait for this wine to be packed." ”

The leader saw that although this young man was not very old, he was very knowledgeable, so he nodded and smiled: "We must know everything about the problem of the prince of Sikong." ”

And Zhang Wenwen, who was standing behind Sikong Gu, saw Sikong Gu's sophisticated words and actions, and his body expression was neither flattering nor arrogant, extremely natural, and he was even more surprised in his heart, and the doubts in his mind were deeper.

After all, a twenty-year-old boy actually has a good understanding of human feelings, coupled with his behavior without half of the anger, it is always just right, before reuniting with Sikong Gu, Zhang Wenwen asked himself if he had never seen such a character.

"Master Sikong can have such a talent, is it really God's desire to revive the Sikong family?"

Those officers and soldiers have benefited, and they really did not beat around the bush, Sikong Gu asked why they went to the west of the city to branch the rudder of Caobang today, where they were, and how they found Liu Sanchang's first officer, and there was no omission.

After Sikong Gu asked, the packaged beef and daughter Hong were sent up, Sikong Gu politely sent the officers and soldiers out, and then looked at the thoughtful Zhang Wenwen, but asked, "Uncle Zhang, what's wrong?"

Zhang Wenwen looked at the almost full lobby, and did not tell the truth: "This Mingyue Tower can become the first floor in Yangzhou, and it really has the credit of Young Master Sikong." ”

When Sikong Gu heard this, he smiled bitterly, as if he was noncommittal, but Zhang Wenwen knew that Sikong Gu could laugh at this time, and he was also extremely open-minded.

If it was really according to the words of those officers and soldiers, after they received the report from Mingyuelou, they mobilized people to start the investigation from Xicheng, but at this time, a figure with two sacks appeared, and the figure also used the key to open the small door of the rudder in the west of the city and enter the backyard.

Those officers and soldiers entered the search by chance, and they happened to run into Nangong Jun, who had just arrived in the lobby, and when Nangong Jun stopped them, they broke into the backyard and found the unconscious Liu Sanbian and the "little scholar Ah Yue" who had been brutally murdered in the firewood room - if the clothes on those pieces of meat were not deceiving. Nangong Jun's behavior became evidence in the eyes of those officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers represented the government, and in this eventful autumn, Nangong Jun, who did not know why, had to be arrested, and the Cao Gang was imprisoned.

As for Li Yan and the others who came later, because these officers and soldiers had not met, Sikong Gu did not know.

As soon as the officers and soldiers were sent off on the front foot, Yang Shuo brought the news related to Li Yan to Mingyue Tower at the back foot.

After exchanging the information obtained by the two, Sikong Gu proposed to Yang Shuo: "We have to go to the yamen and ask the hall master of Nangong about the specific situation of this matter." ”

"I'm tired of the little junior brother. ”

Yang Shuo nodded, and looked at Zhang Wenwen again, while Zhang Wenwen said that he was going to visit Liu Langjun and guard Liu Sanchang to avoid further incidents.

So, Sikong Gu and Yang Shuo took a boat to Yangzhou Yamen, each with their own concerns along the way, and they were speechless about each other.

Yangzhou official office and Mingyue Tower are in the north of the city, there is a waterway through, and the two of them will arrive in a short time. Yangzhou Yamen is located next to the helm, with green willow trees on both sides, and the breeze blows slightly under the warm yellow sun, which has a beautiful view, but neither of them is interested in watching.

After Sikong Gu bought off the prison head with the door of Mingyue Tower, the two met Nangong Jun in the evening.

Nangong Jun was dressed in prison clothes and sat in the prison, without handcuffs and shackles, nor external injuries, but his expression was sluggish, and there was a deep sorrow between his eyebrows.

Under some inquiry, Sikong Gu and Yang Shuo still found nothing, because Nangong Jun didn't know why Liu Sanbian appeared at the rudder of the Cao Gang in the west of the city, and now everyone was detained, Nangong Jun didn't know the real reason for being detained, only knew that Liu Sanbian was found in the rudder of the west of the city, but he was also puzzled about this, and Nangong Jun didn't even know that the little scholar Ah Yue was killed.

"What? Someone died?"

"Impossible, our Cao Gang never leaves a lawsuit for human life, this is best known to Brother Yang, who is the master of the torture hall. Besides, it was a child who died, where is there such a cruel and murderous person in my Cao Gang?"

"What the hell is going on? I just wanted to gather the brothers in the west of the city to find that Liu Langjun together, but when I arrived at the rudder less than half a burnt of incense, I didn't even finish the brothers. The officer and soldier rushed in, saying that they had found a thief here. Soon after they broke into the backyard, they came out and took 20 of our brothers away, and I didn't understand what was going on. When I got to this prison and asked the jailer, I realized that Liu Langjun had been found in our rudder. But the jailer didn't say that there was a death!"

Sikong Gu and Yang Shuo could both hear that Nangong Jun didn't know what was going on, at least this incident had nothing to do with him today. Originally, he has been at the helm of the east of the city today, how can he know what is happening in the west of the city?

After a few words of comfort to Nangong Jun, and in the sound of repeated sighs, the two left the cell with heavy steps.

As soon as he walked outside the prison, Yang Shuo proposed to go to the helmsman and the relevant stewards to ask him about it, and he decided that the Cao Gang would not have such unrighteous people.

So under Sikong Gu's guidance, the two brothers went to a few more cells, but what they said was similar to Nangong Jun, it seems that they really didn't know what happened, and they didn't even know that this incident turned out to be a life lawsuit.

After more than an hour of interrogation, the two came to the same conclusion: "The Cao Gang must have been framed." ”

The battle between the people of the rivers and lakes is the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and in the eyes of the government, these people of the rivers and lakes die one less than one. But Liu Langjun is not from the rivers and lakes, and even the son of an official family, people with such identities were captured by the forces of the rivers and lakes, and the scholars with him were even killed, this incident is by no means explained by a simple battle in the eyes of the government. In Sikong Gu's view, this incident is bound to become an excuse for the Yangzhou government to rectify the forces in Yangzhou rivers and lakes, and when this wave of wind and rain comes, the Cao Gang is bound to bear the brunt.

However, Yang Shuo did not expect that this lawsuit would actually fall on the Cao Gang, what happened today was extremely bizarre, but Yang Shuo believed that the brothers in the west of the city did not commit murder. And if Xiao Liu's words are not negligent, then the person who overturned the boat is a member of the Cao Gang, and there is no reason why it is the brothers of the Cao Gang Chengxi Branch, Yang Shuo knows very well that those brothers brag about how strong their martial arts are on weekdays, but they can't even reach it in a jump, let alone the martial arts of flying and lifting the boat. This may be able to clear the suspicion of the Canggang people?

When informing Sikong Gu of this, Sikong Gu shook his head and said:

"Senior brother may be right, but the government may not think so, the government found Liu Langjun in the Cao Gang today, and the case has essentially been closed, if you want to overturn this conclusion, you must find out the real murderer, otherwise it will become an unsolved case?"

Yang Shuo said inexplicably: "If it becomes an unsolved case, it will become an unsolved case, and the government can't dirty people's innocence, right?"

"How can we prove our innocence? We are people from the rivers and lakes, who dares to say that we are innocent and have not done a single thing?"

"At least today's incident has nothing to do with my Cao Gang. ”

Sikong Gu smiled and said: "Speaking of which, this official is still reported by my Mingyue Building." ”

Yang Shuo smiled bitterly: "Who would have thought that someone would frame me on the head of the Cao Gang." ”

"Senior brother, you also know what kind of situation Nangong Daxia will face if you don't find the real murderer. ”

Yang Shuo is no longer the young man who was full of benevolence and morality, and did not know the sinister nature of the rivers and lakes, he nodded: "If the official office does not catch the murderer, the case cannot be closed, if the real murderer cannot be found, the criminal department will close the case as soon as possible, and my Cao Gang will be the scapegoat." I don't know how many ...... I've seen this kind of thing."

After speaking, Yang Shuo looked into Sikong Gu's eyes, and said sincerely: "Little junior brother, I hope you can help you this time, this kindness, I will not forget it." ”

Sikong Gu said in his heart at this time: "At most, senior brother, you don't forget to die, a gang loves and hates hatred, where is it so simple? However, my purpose is just to get a promise from the Cao Gang......"

"Little junior brother, my martial arts are slight, my intelligence is shallow, but I am not a ruthless person, what does the senior brother command, just mention it, if there is anything to use in the Mingyue Tower, just use it, after all, this is also something left by the master and his old man. ”

After getting Sikong Gu's statement, Yang Shuo nodded heavily, and his heart was finally a little less dull. But he never thought that the Mingyue Building mentioned by Sikong Gu's words today would become his Cao Gang in the future.

Seeing that it was getting late, that the sun was almost sinking in the west, and that the streets were sparsely populated, the two brothers gave up their boats, and they performed light feats, and returned to the Cao Gang in the east of the city in less than half an hour.

When the two returned to the Cao Gang's helm, they found that there were only a few core backbones left, which was more than half of the time when Sikong Gu visited the gang in the morning. The current head of the gang, Li Yan, sat in his seat in a daze, holding on to the armrests, bent his waist, hanging his head, his mouth slightly open, and he looked distracted.

Everyone saw that Yang Shuo's brothers had returned to help, but they all smiled bitterly, Li Yan only glanced at it, then picked up the tea cup that had already been cold, and was about to drink it, but found that the tea had been drunk at some point. Li Yan wanted to put it back on the table, but because his arm trembled, he couldn't grasp it steadily for a while, and the teacup fell to the ground, and a crisp sound was extremely harsh in the silent Cao Gang lobby. Despite this, the gang members sitting in the hall did not turn their heads to look, at most they only glanced at it, and some of them looked solemn, and even did not move.

Sikong Gu thought to himself: "These people are like dead parents. That's right, most of the people who worked hard for the Cao Gang are here. For these heroes, I'm afraid that this gang is no different from their parents. He turned his head to look at Yang Shuo again, but saw Yang Shuo, who was still calm, but at this time there was a thick cloud on his face.

"Is it to mourn its misfortune? or to be angry with it? No, it's 'to mourn oneself'?"

Thinking of this, Sikong Gu had no choice but to shake his head.

At this moment, he can only do nothing.

After explaining the rhetoric of Nangong Jun and others to Yang Shuo, the atmosphere in the hall was still as solemn as the frost and snow in December, and Sikong Gu looked at Yang Shuo and said to everyone in the hall:

"Senior brother, junior brother should go back to Mingyue Tower first to see if Liu Langjun is awake, maybe you can find a turning point in Liu Langjun. ”

Yang Shuo nodded, and reaffirmed his position: "I also hope that my junior brother will use the connections of Mingyue Tower, and my Cao Gang will be able to survive this catastrophe, and I will definitely not forget the kindness of my junior brother." ”

"Senior brother, seniors, the kid will say goodbye first. ”

"The young man stays. ”

Just as Sikong saluted alone and turned around to leave, Li Yan's slightly stiff voice came from behind him.

"Don't call me my son anymore, but call me Shaoxia? Li Yan thinks that I am going to enter the rivers and lakes, he is really not a stupid person...... Even if Li Yan can't see my purpose today, he will definitely exchange it for a promise. ”

Sikong Gu understood that Li Yan was holding on to the question. So he immediately turned around and made a respectful junior appearance, which was completely different from his high-spirited young arrogance.

Where did Li Yan still have the energy to think about the meaning behind Sikong Gu's attitude change, and after seeing Sikong Gu turn around, he asked: "According to Shaoxia, who is this conspiracy to frame my Cao Gang?"

Sikong Gu looked around and saw that everyone in the Cao Gang and Yang Shuo also focused their eyes on him, but at this time, he was not as calm as the day, but looked very respectful: "According to the boy, you have a calculation in your heart. The kid is still the same sentence, whoever benefits the most is the mastermind behind the scenes, and whoever is the person who frames your gang. ”

Li Yan shook his head and sighed in a low and unpleasant voice: "Shaoxia's heart is clear, then how should I deal with it, presumably Shaoxia also has a calculation, right?"

Sikong said alone: "Although this person is nearly seventy years old, his brain is still shrewd, and now he can probably still support this crumbling Cao Gang, so why did he hand over the Cao Gang to Li Zhou back then?"

Thinking of this, he said in the eyes of everyone:

"The kid still hasn't seen the situation clearly at the moment, and he doesn't dare to make judgments, but the kid's suggestion is: strike later. ”

The corners of Li Yan's mouth turned up slightly, but his face like old bark did not move at all: "Strike later? Is this still a matter of priority?"

"Yes, the enemy has not jumped out yet, and if the Cao Gang wants to bear its righteousness and escape from this catastrophe, it is necessary to wait. ”

As soon as these words came out, the puzzled gangs in the hall were in an uproar, and one of them said angrily: "Wait, wait until Brother Nangong is beheaded?"

Sikong Gu shook his head, looked at Li Yan's cloudy eyes and said: "If we make the first move, then not only will we lose the upper hand in the situation, but we will also lose in the general righteousness, and if they make the first move, we will be able to gain a firm foothold in the general righteousness." I know very well that your Cao Gang brothers want to fight with the thieves, but at this time, Brother Nangong is in prison, Li Shaogang has passed away, and the 'three pillars' of your gang have gone, do you still want my senior brother to send ...... now?"

When Yang Shuo heard Sikong Gu's words, he felt that something was wrong, and when he asked Sikong Gu rhetorically, he immediately shouted: "Ah Yuan!"

Sikong Gu glanced at the senior brother who was frowning, and didn't care that he had just called out his nickname in the court, but looked at Li Yan who was looking at him, waiting for the reaction of the person who really spoke.

"Sikong Shaoxia, please continue, brothers, it is better to let Sikong Shaoxia explain the meaning of it, and then it is not too late to make a judgment. ”

Sikong Lonely arched his hand and continued:

"The meaning is not to let you wait for the result, but to wait for the enemy to show his feet. Brother Nangong will never have the opportunity to kidnap Liu Langjun, I know it to all of you, and I also believe that your gang rudder will not do this kidnapping and murder. After all, for your gang, this is neither justified nor beneficial. In this case, I advise you to calm down a little, instead of sitting here and showing a bitter face, it is better to laugh at this matter, since you are innocent, what are you afraid of? Besides, the most critical person in this matter is not the Cao Gang or the thief hiding in the shadows, but Liu Langjun, if Liu Langjun wakes up, there will be some clues, and perhaps the truth will be revealed. We will definitely help you, and then you will not only recover the situation, but also occupy the name of righteousness, and there is only one thing you have to do now......"

Sikong Gu walked to the door and looked at the bright moon rising in the sky, at this moment the sun has completely sunk in the west, the moonlight is bright, and it has a beautiful view.

“...... Rest early, and tomorrow the enemy will attack. ”

After a while, Sikong Gu said so. Leaving another "farewell", Sikong Gu performed light skills and went to the direction of Mingyue Tower, this action in Yang Shuo's opinion, quite a sense of desertion and escape.

"Helper...... He's ......"

After Li Yan got the words "full help", he no longer kept Sikong Gu, although there were helpers who did not understand his meaning, but he did not want to say it, but he responded lightly: "What Sikong Shaoxia said is reasonable." ”

The group still asked, "Then do we still have to rescue Brother Nangong at night?"

Li Yan and Yang Shuo, along with the rest of the Cao Gang, all looked at him, and this kind of look at a fool really made him uncomfortable.

Although the gang didn't understand what they said wrong, they didn't have the face to ask the crowd, and finally said, "Know...... Got it, so what should we do now?"

Li Yan smiled and stood up with the handrail.

"Didn't Sikong Shaoxia say it? Rest early, come here, eat, I've been hungry for a long time, I haven't eaten dinner, how can I sleep peaceful......ly?"

The unknown gang in the hall looked at each other, and Yang Shuo didn't understand what Li Yan had comprehended. It's just that now a group of unmorale gangs, even if there is no ambush in the prison, there will be some accidents, so it is better to fall asleep.

Yang Shuo watched Li Yan turn into the small hall at the back of the hall, and called everyone to dine, thinking: "The old gang leader may also be holding on, junior brother, it seems that the Cao Gang is up and down this battle, and the old gang leader wants to pin his trust on you......"

When the lights in the hall gradually went out and a servant urged Yang Shuo to go to the small hall, Yang Shuo woke up from the chaos in his mind. Standing up and looking out of the lobby, the moonlight shone brightly on the willow trees, but the sorrow in my heart was even stronger.

"Has Yangdaomen officially declared war on the Cao Gang? The enemy is in the dark, I am ...... in the light" Yang Shuo thought of the increasingly difficult situation of the Cao Gang, stroking the old wound on his right arm, Yang Shuo suddenly remembered his identity. Under the successive blows, the feeling he felt when he first heard about Li Zhou's death seemed to come back to his body. Yang Shuo, who was caught in a huge number of thoughts, didn't know how to remember the conversation between himself and Sikong Gu about "sword intent" today.

"We're ...... now It should be the Avengers...... Senior brother, is this what you want to say to us? But where do we have a chance? As soon as Brother Li leaves, we will all become a rabble, unless we ......"

The bright moon hung high outside the hall, and the thin figure returned to the bright moon building.