The moonlight is like water, and the night is like the wind!

The lights in the Jiangcheng garrison mansion are bright, and in the long hall where the day is guarded, the high friends are full, the singing and dancing are leveled, the visitors push the cup and change the lamp, and the strong wine is ordered, which is the time when the atmosphere is the most enthusiastic.

The little leopard gently shook the golden cup in his hand, the golden liquor in the cup flashed with a bewitching glow, exuding a mellow aroma, smelling it in his nose, a wisp of it, straight to his heart and lungs, "This Xi, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?!"

The discussion the night before did not lead to any results, except for Zhu Scar, who was yelling to give Zheng Xi a good look, the other people, including the little leopard, had no good way.

They can understand in their hearts, the Jiangcheng Water Army, in the eyes of that high-ranking big man, is just a small stall, not to mention a change of commander, even the abolition of the establishment of the Jiangcheng Water Army, it is just a matter of one sentence.

Since this matter is implicitly linked to the fatal seizure of the heir, then even if they are not angry in their hearts, there is no way.

are not fools, this kind of fatal thing, naturally you can hide it.

What the little leopard didn't expect was that the next day, the new Jiangcheng garrison Xi learned the news of his return, and sent someone to invite him to his mansion for a banquet, in addition to the little leopard, there were also several leaders of the Jiangcheng water army, Wang Cheng, Jiang Xiao, and Zhu Scar were invited.

Since he has come back, then, this kind of thing can't be excused at all, since he can't be excused, then go to the banquet on time, and the little leopard also wants to see what kind of character this new garrison chief is.

Unexpectedly, after coming here, he only said a word to Zheng Xi, sang a promise, and made a salute, so Zheng Xi hung him aside and went to greet other guests, not giving face to the little leopard.

In this regard, the little leopard is also mentally prepared, although Zheng Xi has not been in office for a few days, but the strength shown is already obvious to all, he not only wants to master the strength of the entire Jiangcheng, but also wants to hold the Jiangcheng Navy in his hands, and the Jiangcheng Navy has such a special factor as the little leopard, and it is not an easy thing to hold it in his hands.

Let's not talk about the terrifying cultivation of the little leopard, just say that after he took office, the series of benefits he brought to the navy were enough to tie the soldiers of the entire navy battalion to his chariot.

Therefore, if you want to master the water army, you must only master the little leopard, but is the little leopard so easy to master?

The little leopard knows his own affairs, even if Zheng Xi is one level older than him, but he can't hand over the power of the navy so easily, especially Jiangxin Island, which he has worked hard to defeat, so there is no possibility of alleviating the contradiction between the two sides.

Since there is no possibility of alleviation, then the superficial work, just don't do it.

Zheng Xi didn't want to do superficial work, and even wanted to take the opportunity of this banquet to suppress the little leopard, of course the little leopard would not give him a good look, so from the beginning of the banquet to the present, he just sat there and didn't say a word, just waiting for Zheng Xi to speak, and even Zhu Scar Wang Cheng and Jiang Xiao wanted to salute the little leopard's cup, but they were blocked back by his eyes, so that the three of them had to sit on the chair and drink alcohol.

If you want to make things difficult for yourself, you have to find an excuse, don't you?

As soon as he came in, the little leopard already knew what excuse Zheng Xi would make, because across the seat he was in, it was Ding Da, the shopkeeper of the Nanwan Warehouse, who was sitting on the opposite side.

The little leopard's eyesight is very good, with a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree perspective, so, although it seems to be a stuffy drink, but what happened during the banquet can't hide his eyes, then Zheng Xi's banquet began, until now, whether it's drinking, toasting, although he hasn't said a word to the little leopard, but the little leopard clearly saw that during the banquet, he secretly glanced at himself several times, and from time to time exchanged glances with Ding Da's shopkeeper sitting opposite the little leopard, just because the little leopard didn't speak, or even toasted him, he couldn't find a chance。

The little leopard sat there and just sneered secretly, and said in his heart, "If you don't speak first, Lao Tzu will sit here and drink, and when the banquet is over, Lao Tzu won't say a word, I think you can help me?!"

He played with a good idea.

But things have to be solved eventually.

When a round of wine came down and the dancing woman in the hall left, the shopkeeper Ding Da on the opposite side picked up the wine glass and walked over to the little leopard slowly.

It's coming!" the little leopard moved.

"Commander Zhou, don't drink there alone, come, I'll toast you!"

Ding Deshui dragged his fat body to the little leopard, and the smell of alcohol gushed out on his body, "My lord, you can take care of our warehouse more in the future, but you can't be the same as before, always make things difficult for us!"

The little leopard smiled, picked up the wine glass in his hand, touched him, drank it all in one gulp, and said a word, without even looking at him.

Ding Deshui is a personal essence, when he saw this situation, he just smiled, and also drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and without saying much, he turned around and walked to his seat.

"Slow, shopkeeper Ding, what did you just say, why haven't you heard of it before, why, in this Jiangcheng, there are still people who dare to make things difficult for you Shopkeeper Ding?!"

As soon as Zheng Xi's words sounded, there was a sudden silence in the originally noisy long hall, those who could be invited by Zheng Xi to come over were all well-known figures in Jiangcheng, these people were no worse than the little leopard, and naturally understood the powerful relationship, this new official took office three fires, as the top boss of the little leopard, came to Jiangcheng, and did not gain a firm foothold, so he said many times in public that he wanted to replace the little leopard, even a fool can see that there is a great conflict of interest between them.

It's just because the little leopard has been absent some time ago, so there is no conflict, no, as soon as the little leopard came back yesterday, the garrison held a banquet today, and invited so many people with heads and faces in Jiangcheng to come over, you must know that these people here have heads and faces in Jiangcheng, and the most important thing is that they all once wanted to seize the port of Jiangxin Island, and more or less had some conflicts of interest with the little leopard, just because the little leopard was too strong before, and no one dared to provoke him.

Now that Zheng Xi is here, he invited them again, making it clear that he wants to support them and get the little leopard down, otherwise, why didn't he Zheng Xi invite the head Zhao of the Wu family?

Just now when I saw Ding Da shopkeeper get up, everyone knew that the play meat was coming, how did they think that the little leopard would ignore Ding shopkeeper at all, and when he was disappointed, the new garrison took the conversation, and everyone didn't know that this Zheng Shoubei probably wanted to use this matter to beat Zhou Leopard.

Seeing Zheng Xi asking, the shopkeeper Ding hurriedly bowed, "Oh, it's just some small misunderstanding, don't dare to disturb the adult's hearing and hearing because of this trivial matter!"

"What is this, what is a big misunderstanding or a small misunderstanding, as long as it is a misunderstanding, it must be solved, I am the garrison of Jiangcheng, and all the military affairs of Jiangcheng are in charge of me, and the Jiangcheng Navy is also under the jurisdiction of my garrison, if there is any misunderstanding, you can tell me, see if I can solve it!"

"This ......!" Ding Da Shopkeeper listened, with a embarrassed expression on his face, and looked at the little leopard with a pleading gaze.

"This double reed is too obvious!" The little leopard sneered, and also hugged his fist at Zheng Xi, "My lord, I'm afraid this misunderstanding is not easy to solve!"

"Oh, it's hard to understand, is there still a misunderstanding in this Jiangcheng that your Commander Zhou can't solve?!" Zheng Xi saw the little leopard speak, and a smile of conspiracy succeeded on his face.

"Of course I can't solve it, I suspect that this Nanwan warehouse is colluded with the water bandits in the Luojiang River, so every time I check it, I let my brothers check it more strictly, I didn't expect that this guy actually ran to the adults to complain, it's a bastard!"

"Ding-!" There was a crisp sound, and there was no one in the banquet, who could not hold the wine glass in his hand, and fell to the ground, making a crisp impact sound, which also became the only sound in the long hall at the moment.

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't expect the little leopard to say such a thing as soon as he opened his mouth.

Even Zheng Xi and Ding Da shopkeeper didn't expect that the smiles on their faces froze at the same time, and they didn't know how to answer.

After a while, the shopkeeper Ding Da reacted, "Wronged, adult, wronged, how can we collude with the water bandits, this is really a great wrong, Lord Zhou, don't you want to spew blood, my Nanwan Warehouse is innocent, and doing business is worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, you said that we colluded with the water bandits, but there is evidence, if there is no evidence, it is like some frames, my Nanwan Inn will never rest with adults!"

"Shopkeeper Ding, you can hear clearly, I just said that it was doubt, not certainty, it is because there is no evidence, so I will tolerate your Nanwan Warehouse in every way, if there is evidence, do you think you still have a chance to speak?!"

You're ......!"

Rao is Ding Da shopkeeper is very self-contained, and he was also angry with the little leopard's almost strong words and unreasonable words, and he stared at the little leopard fiercely, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

The sneer on the little leopard's face was even worse, he gently picked up the wine cup, drank a glass, and said to Zheng Xi, "Lord Guard, this wine is really good, I salute you!"

Zheng Xi's face was slightly gloomy, and he also raised his wine glass and drank it all, " Lord Zhou, I have always been a yard to a yard, I drank this wine, but this matter must also be solved, you are the commander of the Jiangcheng Water Army, what you say, it does not mean that you are alone, and the entire Jiangcheng Water Army, you said that the Nanwan Inn colluded with the water bandits, this kind of thing, you can't say it with red mouth and white teeth, just like what the shopkeeper Ding said just now, there must be evidence, if you don't have evidence, then, you can't talk nonsense, if it's just suspicion, go back to investigate clearly, and then talk about it if you have evidence!"

"I didn't want to say it, didn't it come to this place if it wasn't the words of the shopkeeper Ding? He said that my navy brother made it difficult for him, my lord, you asked about this again, you are a garrison adult, you ask me, I can't not answer, I can't answer you with lies, right?!"

The little leopard smiled, and lightly blocked Zheng Xi's words, Zheng Xi's face changed, the wine glass in his hand tightened, and as soon as he raised his hand, he was about to smash the glass.

"My lord......!" Seeing that Zheng was about to have a seizure on the spot, everyone's faces changed, and one of the people sitting on Zheng Xi's left hurriedly stood up and opened his mouth to persuade him, but he only said two words and paused.

"My lord, what's wrong with you?!" The little leopard's expression changed, and he stood up suddenly, but his body did not move, but he just looked at Zheng Xi with a shocked face, and everyone at the banquet also found that something was wrong, only to see Zheng Xi maintain a posture of raising his hand and an angry expression, but the divine light in his eyes gradually dissipated, becoming hollow, and dark red blood flowed out of his seven orifices, emitting a fishy smell.

The little leopard's expression changed greatly, and he immediately covered his nose with his sleeve, "Everyone, hold your breath, it's poisonous!"

Everyone was stunned by this mutation, until they smelled the fishy smell, and only felt dizzy and dizzy, and then they understood, they all covered their mouths and noses, and some of them were frightened, left their seats, and ran out.

"Come on, seal the hall for me immediately, and don't let anyone go!"

Seeing that someone was leaving, the little leopard who covered his mouth and nose shouted loudly, and this voice sounded in everyone's ears like thunder.

"Hulala-!" A group of soldiers rushed in outside the hall, and they didn't understand what was going on at first, but when they saw the scene in the hall, their expressions changed drastically one by one, standing in a row, blocking the exit of the long hall, and the waist knife was unsheathed, and the cold light was cold.

The few guests who wanted to run out were all forced back into the banquet, and their faces changed dramatically.

"Poison, poison, poison here!"

"This poison is wafting out of the blood of adults, the poisonous surname is not strong, and it is not in the way!" Standing on Zheng Xi's left hand side just now, standing up, the person who wanted to dissuade Zheng Xi from throwing the cup covered his nose and stood next to Zheng Xi's corpse with a cold face.

"I'm really sorry, the incident happened suddenly, Lord Zheng was brutally murdered, it seems that I have to wronged you to stay in the garrison mansion for a night tonight!"

"What are you talking about?" scarred shouted as he stood up violently.

"You sit down for me!" The little leopard snorted coldly, glared at Zhu Scar fiercely, his eyes were calm, Zhu Scar only felt a chill rush from the tail vertebrae to his head, and sat down, not daring to say another word.

"Lord Zhou, thank you!"

"It's okay, this is how it should be!" The little leopard arched his hand at him, this person and the little leopard didn't know him before, but when he came, after being introduced by Jiang Xiao and others, he knew that his name was Cao Wenxiang, and he was brought by Zheng Xi from the capital, and it should be a staff member or something, and it is said that Zheng Xi trusts him very much, and he takes care of all the affairs in the garrison mansion.

"Come on, go to the kitchen immediately, escort the cook, the maid, the subordinates, and everyone to the backyard, and those dancing geisha, not a single one is allowed to be missed!"

"Yes!" several soldiers responded, heading straight for the kitchen.

"Don't worry, I, Cao Wenxiang, don't intend to embarrass you, but now the garrison has been suddenly killed, all of you are all people present, and if you say something unpleasant, including me, you are all suspicious, I left everyone behind, but also to clear your suspicions and return everyone to a clean slate!"

"That's as it should be, that's as it should be!" The shopkeeper Ding of the Nanwan Warehouse said repeatedly, his hand was still on his nose, and he didn't dare to let go, and the people around him were the same, for fear that as soon as he let go, the poisonous gas rushed into his nose and he was poisoned to death on the spot.

Suddenly, the entire long hall fell into silence, and after a while, a soldier from the garrison mansion walked into the hall, came to Cao Wenxiang, and hugged his fists and said, "Lord Cao, everyone has been escorted to the backyard, please instruct Lord Cao!"

"Go and ask the county magistrate to come over!" Cao Wenxiang waved his hand and said weakly.

At this time, everyone gradually came to their senses, some people slowly returned to their seats, and some people gathered together, whispering, one by one ugly, even a little angry, they are all understanding people, naturally know what all this happened in this hall means, a court official, just a month in office, was poisoned in his own banquet, and what I don't believe is that they are unlucky, just present at this moment, even if they want to get rid of the relationship, it is impossible, as for what the final result will be, now they don't know, they can only resign themselves to fate。

The little leopard sat in place, his face was calm, his eyes were full of cold light, and he glanced at everyone from time to time, looking like he was choosing people and devouring them, everyone who was seen by his eyes couldn't help but shiver, as if from the inside out, he saw through it at this glance, and there was no sense of security at all.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and I heard a commotion outside the hall, and it was the soldiers of the garrison who came with the county order.

"How can this be, why is this happening, it's fine during the day, how can such a thing happen!"

When the county magistrate walked in, the blood that flowed out of Zheng Xi's seven orifices had dried up, sticking to his face, forming dark red blood stains, which looked even more hideous and terrifying.

The county order is a scholar, usually not to mention a dead person, even a dead cat and a dead dog have not seen a few, and now suddenly look at Zheng Xi's terrible death, he couldn't help but snort, first took two steps back, and then slowly approached, and kept chanting and complaining in his mouth, as if chanting scriptures.

"My lord, the garrison was suddenly poisoned and died, the incident is strange, there are many suspicions, please call the shots!" Cao Wenxiang saw that the county order was coming, he didn't dare to slack off, and stepped forward to salute.

"Be in charge, be in charge, I know, I know!" Seeing this scene, the county commander had already had no opinions, and suddenly, his eyes caught a glimpse of the little leopard, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, "Commander Zhou, you are also here, great, really good, you see, what is going on?!"

The little leopard rolled his eyes when he heard it, I see what's going on, what is this?

He stepped forward with a wry smile and said, "My lord, my subordinates don't know what's going on, and now I said that all of you who are here at the banquet of the Lord Guard, you were fine, but you were suddenly poisoned, and before you could finish a sentence, you bled to death in seven orifices, and we still can't touch our minds at all!"

"I can't touch it, I can't touch it, what are you doing sitting here, don't check it yet!"

"Ah, I'll check?!" the little leopard was really surprised at this moment, "My lord, this is ......!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Cao Wenxiang on the side say urgently, "My lord, this matter is not appropriate!"

"It's not right, why is it wrong?!"

The county commander frowned and asked.

"This ......!" Cao Wenxiang glanced at the county order with some embarrassment, then looked at the expressionless little leopard, gritted his teeth, and said, "My lord, the garrison was suddenly poisoned and died, and everyone here is suspicious, let Commander Zhou investigate, I'm afraid, there is, something is wrong, right?!"

"Straight lady thief, what do you mean by this?!" As soon as he heard this, Zhu Scar immediately jumped up, pointed at Cao Wenxiang's nose and scolded, and punched him.

"Bang-!", before his fist could be swung out, his body was bounced away.

"You give me a good stay there!" the little leopard said coldly, Zhu Scar got up from the ground, snorted a few times, and stayed behind the little leopard honestly, not daring to say a word, but the fierce light in his eyes flashed, and he glared at Cao Wenxiang from time to time.

"Lord County, what Lord Cao said is reasonable, the garrison suddenly died, and everyone here is suspected of committing murder, so let me investigate, it's really a little inappropriate, I think it's more appropriate for the Lord to be assigned separately!"

"This ......!" Hearing the little leopard say this, the county commander hesitated a little, but immediately, his eyes rolled and he smiled, "Commander Zhou is too worried, you are an official of the imperial court and the commander of the navy, how can you poison the garrison, this matter is ......!"

"This matter is absolutely inappropriate!" the little leopard said in a categorical tone, "I am only the commander of the Jiangcheng Naval Army, but the investigation of the case has nothing to do with me, not to mention that I am still a suspect, if this matter is handed over to me, it will not be able to say it clearly in the future!"

Seeing the little leopard's resolute attitude, the county master couldn't say anything, so he had to say, "In that case, Commander Zhou, how do you think this matter should be handled?!"

The little leopard listened and wanted to kick this county lord to death, Lao Tzu made it clear that he didn't want to care about this matter, you still pushed Lao Tzu, what do you mean?

"My lord, this happened too suddenly, and my subordinates don't know what to do!" the little leopard resisted the urge to kick forward, and replied in as gentle a tone as possible.

"Lord County, it's better to let everyone move to the backyard first, and the county government will send people to investigate one by one until the culprit is found!"

"If we can't find the culprit?, do you want us to stay in the backyard of your garrison all the time?!"

Among the crowd, one person raised an opposing opinion, "Lord County, Lord Zheng was poisoned and died violently, the problem must be in the wine and food, and so many of us eat the same wine and food, only Lord Zheng is poisoned, if the guess is correct, the problem must be in the kitchen or among the servants who served the Lord to drink just now, we people have not even left their seats, how can we have the opportunity to be poisoned?"

The person who spoke was eight feet tall, with a lofty spirit, a slight beard under his chin, a mighty and handsome appearance, the little leopard looked at it and smiled in his heart, this person is the brother-in-law of the county lord in front of him, named Wang Peng, his sister, and it is also the favorite lady of the county order, relying on the power of the county commander, he opened several cloth shops and silk villages in Jiangcheng, for the sake of the face of the county commander, the business people in Jiangcheng also let him score three points, so it seems that his business is doing very smoothly, and he also has a lot of status in Jiangcheng.

"This must not happen!"

"That's right!"

Cao Wenxiang and the little leopard spoke almost at the same time, but the meaning was completely opposite, and the two looked at each other.

"Master Cao, what Boss Wang said is very reasonable, why not?!" the little leopard smiled, and a trace of murderous intent flashed in the depths of his eyes that were as warm as jade.

(To be continued)