Duan Yuntu left Liujiazhuang and hurriedly ran towards the Golden Toad Gang. What happened last night in the Golden Toad Gang was too sudden, which caught Duan Yuntu off guard, the matter of the Golden Toad Gang was very important, and there must be many unknown secrets behind this Golden Toad Gang. So he decided to look it up again.

It was inconvenient to move during the day, so Duan Yuntu deliberately waited until after dark before entering the middle courtyard of the Golden Toad Gang, lying on the roof and looking down. The fire in the courtyard had long since been extinguished, but several houses had burned down to a few broken pillars, and the ground was covered with broken bricks and wood, and it was a mess.

Duan Yuntu looked to the left, and saw that the courtyard on the left was brilliantly lit and very lively, so he flew to the left. He came to the courtyard wall on the left side and took a look, only to see that there was a mourning hall in the courtyard, and three coffins were neatly placed in the middle of the courtyard. More than a dozen family members knelt in front of the mourning hall, burning paper money. There are many people walking around the yard, busy decorating the whole yard. The three people in the coffin must be the three people who died in the hall of the middle courtyard yesterday.

There were two people sitting in the hall on the left, the same two men who were armed with iron sticks last night. The four swordsmen stood on either side. At this time, someone brought refreshments, and the long-bearded old man asked, "How is the arrangement outside?"

The man who delivered the refreshments replied, "It's almost all arranged." Our gang leader and two hall masters were killed by the enemy overnight, but fortunately with the help of two uncles and four brothers, otherwise we really don't know what to do. ”

The long-bearded old man took a sip of tea and asked, "Senior Nephew Xiao, what kind of grudge do you have against that person last night to let that person commit such a killer?"

The surnamed Xiao thought for a while and said: "It is said that our Golden Toad Gang has been very powerful in northern Yunnan in recent years, and the gang leader has moved around more in the rivers and lakes, and the enemy must be indispensable." But I had never seen that man last night, let alone a grudge. ”

The long-bearded old man was a little surprised, and asked, "Then what special things have happened in your gang these days?"

The surnamed Xiao said: "If you want to talk about special things, there are a few. A month ago, someone came late at night to lay down the war book, and the man shot the war book into the courtyard with a dart from outside the courtyard and stuck it on the pillar of the hall, but he did not show up. The war book clearly stated that he would come to take revenge in a month, and the date should be today. ”

The long-bearded old man said in surprise, "Today?"

The surnamed Xiao said affirmatively: "Even today, because the letter was not signed, the helper specially convened the disciples to discuss for several days, and made corresponding arrangements, I will not be mistaken." ”

The short-bearded old man said, "Senior brother should have sent someone to send us a letter after receiving the war letter. ”

The long-bearded old man said: "Yes, we have been delayed for more than 20 days because of a troublesome matter, and when the matter is resolved, we hurried to come, thinking that we arrived a day early, the time was just right, but who knew that it was still a step late." But since the man wrote that he was seeking revenge a month later, how could he suddenly do it a day earlier? ”

Then he said to the person surnamed Xiao: "Senior nephew Xiao, you continue." ”

The man surnamed Xiao said: "Ten days ago, a mysterious person suddenly came to the gang. The man had been here a few times before, but each time he had come to talk alone with the gang leader in the inner hall. The man had been here for less than an hour that day, and after he had gone, our helper looked worried, frowning all day. In the past two days, the two hall masters were called into the inner hall to discuss many times. But the disciples didn't know what was going on.

On the third day, the gang leader and the two hall masters left the gang, only saying that they were going outside to do some things, and they would return in two or three days. On the third day, the gang leader and the others did return, but the gang leader was seriously injured, and the two hall masters were also injured. These days, the two hall masters often stay in the helper's room until midnight and rarely show up. We all thought that the helper and the two hall masters were healing in the room, and we didn't care. Who knew that the three of them were stabbed to death last night, and the disciples were all grieving. ”

The two old men listened to it for a long time, and they couldn't figure out the mystery, but they knew that the mysterious person was the key to the whole thing, but they didn't know what this matter had to do with the person who wrote the war?

The long-bearded old man paused and asked, "What about you young helpers?"

The man surnamed Xiao said: "Our gang leader sent the young gang leader to go out on errands the next day after he came back from outside, saying that he was going out for a long time, and he hasn't come back until now." ”

Duan Yuntu heard this on the rooftop, and thought to himself, where was the young gang leader sent out to run errands, it was clearly the gang leader of the Golden Toad Gang who found an excuse to let his son go out to take refuge. This young gang leader is somewhat similar to his own experience, I wonder how he will react when he returns to the gang and sees this scene?

Duan Yuntu thought of his youth and frivolity, "Wuyue is looking for immortals and never leaving for it, and his life is good to travel to famous mountains", thinking that he was wild and uninhibited, and he did not fall into the world, but who knew that because of this, he didn't even see the last side of his biological father. There is incomparable remorse in my heart, and that sadness is like a thorn piercing the bottom of my heart, indescribable.

Duan Yuntu was thinking about his thoughts, when he suddenly heard a person outside the courtyard gate and said in a loud voice: "Huangfu Zhi came as promised, please help the master Gou open the door and see him." "The voice is high-pitched and passionate, full of energy.

The two old men were shocked, and they both took the iron rods, walked to the door of the hall, stood on the steps, and said to the man surnamed Xiao: "Go and open the door and see who is coming." The four swordsmen behind him also drew their swords and stood behind the two old men.

The man surnamed Xiao came to the door and opened the door, only to see a middle-aged scribe standing outside the door, holding a folding fan in his hand and a three-inch long beard under his chin. The face is modest and elegant.

The man surnamed Xiao was puzzled for a moment, thinking to himself what such a gentleman was doing here, so he asked, "Who is the gentleman looking for?"

The man said: "I am Huangfu Zhi, and I wrote a war letter a month ago, and it was stated in the book that I would come to Gou Gang Master today to settle a grudge, you won't forget it, right?"

The surname Xiao was shocked, this person was the one who came to write the war letter that night? But this person is obviously a scholar, how could he come to my Golden Toad Gang to seek revenge, could it be that this person is crazy? He said to Huangfu Zhi: "This gentleman, it is unfortunate that our gang leader is not in the gang, please go back." As he spoke, he was about to close the door.

Huang Fuzhi took two steps forward, leaned his palm against the door and said, "Wait, since I'm here, there is no reason to be dismissed by you with a word." Besides, I already published a book a month ago, and the Gou gang leader is not in the gang today, is it too despised to be in the gang!"

(End of chapter)