Chapter 86 Betrayal
The breeze blows gently, and the sounds from the treetops appear particularly clear on the quiet night. The swaying branches are projected on the window paper by the moonlight, and they are reflected in the flashing candlelight in the house. Sometimes one or two low chirpings of crickets show the peace and tranquility of this moonlit night.
However, Li Ming in the room was not very calm at this time. He walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and his anxious eyes looked at the bluestone path hidden in the secluded forest through the open door. Gao Wei and two guards from the Southern Dian Prefecture sat on a chair and looked at Li Ming who was restless in front of him. For a moment, he didn't know what to say to break the silence in front of him.
A slight footsteps suddenly came into the ear drums of the crowd from the dense forest. Everyone felt a moment of heart, and they swept their eyes to the door. A figure flashed in front of the door, and Gao Fei's agile figure appeared in front of everyone.
Li Ming hurried forward and looked at Gao Fei, who was sweating profusely, and asked anxiously: "How is it? Have you found anything?"
Gao Fei grinned and stretched out his thumb to Li Ming and praised: "Sir, you are such a magical man! You have a good judgment! When the eight of us arrived outside Yang Lin's study just now, we happened to see the butler flashing out of the study, and we were in a hurry as if we were going to do something. So I left Zhang Dazui and Zhao Fengzi to monitor the study, and I took a few others to quietly follow the butler. Fortunately, we all know how to make martial arts and light skills. We avoided several groups of patrol servants on the way without any danger. When we arrived at the front yard, the butler asked someone to prepare a carriage and took more than a dozen servants to drive out of the mansion. We took advantage of their busy arrangements to arrange personnel and hurriedly took out the shortcut and jumped out of the mansion, hid near the gate waiting for them. In a short while, they hurried out to the east. We followed them and looked at a relatively remote place.
We rushed out and solved the dozen servants. We fought and killed the dead all day long. We were not like killing a chicken! Fortunately, they didn't have a tough hand among them, haha. We really thanked Mr.'s blessing, and we didn't meet the inner city guards who were patrolling the night. The servants who were solved were sunk into the inner city river by us, and they wouldn't be discovered for a while. A letter was found from the butler, and I'll take it back for you to see. The butler was held by Lao Liu and the others in an empty room on the back door of the Shangshu Mansion, waiting for Mr. to leave the letter. Mr. first read this letter. If it is indeed unfavorable to us, then we did not kill the wrong person. Then, even if we killed the wrong person and wronged them, they didn't know that it was ours. Then pretended not to know." After that, he took out a letter from his body and handed it to Li Ming.
Looking at Gao Fei's indifferent expression, Li Ming frowned slightly. He wanted to blame him for a few words, but he thought that they were killing because they did not explain clearly and he had never said that they could not kill, so he didn't say anything. He just silently took the letter from Gao Fei's hand and handed it to Gao Wei. He walked to the chair beside him and sat down, his heart became heavier.
Gao Wei tore open the envelope and leaned over to the candle and took a quick look. His face suddenly changed drastically, his mouth twitched sharply, and he sighed and fell to his chair. A few tears came out of his eyes and fell on the letters in his hand.
Li Ming smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, looked at Gao Wei and asked in a low voice: "We are not wrong? Whose person is he?"
"I didn't expect that he actually became the subordinate of the second prince." Gao Wei sighed and said bitterly: "It's so unexpected to me. I remember how free and easy we were at the time to support the eldest prince, in order to support the eldest prince, at that time! But today, where has my brother who is jealous of evil and upright?" Speaking of this, he stood up, lowered his head and walked around the room quickly for a few times, stood in front of Li Ming, looking at Li Ming and said in confusion: "He really has no reason to do this! Even today, I can still feel it.
I don’t have good food, clothing and enjoyment, and I don’t have good food, silver and treasures. I can’t think of anything in this world that can move him. But he actually defected to the second prince! How can I believe this? I really can’t believe it! He actually sent troops to the second prince Gaomi! He asked him to arrest us? How could it be? Is his heartfelt words just now false? When did he become like this? Is the brotherhood of many years so worthless?" Speaking of this, his throat seemed to be blocked, and he was sobbing that he couldn’t speak.
Li Ming sighed softly, patted Gao Wei's shoulder with his hands twice, turned to Gao Fei and ordered: "Phone the butler and tied it in that room, don't let him know who did it. Just leave one person to guard him. Take the others with you, and bring us, Lord Yang, the Minister of Revenue, here without knowing it."
Gao Fei hurriedly clasped his fists and flew out. Li Ming ordered the two guards left to go to the yard to strengthen their vigilance, then turned around and pulled Gao Wei down, smiled and said to Gao Wei: "I know that nothing can be more disappointing than being betrayed by brothers and friends, but now that's it, it's useless to think about it. Gao Wei, I hope you can cheer up, give me some advice, and see what we should do next! Judging from the current situation, we can't find our helper in the court. Besides, Yang Lin, for this, others can't believe it. At present, we can only rely on ourselves. Yang Lin is a big trouble, and I really do this.
There was no clue at all. If I had encountered this incident half a year ago, I would have to choose to detain him and wait until we finished the work before letting him go. But I experienced too many things half a year ago. Now my ideas are very different from before. I cannot use the lives of the 80 guards in the Southern Dian Prefecture as a joke, and I cannot use the lives of Marshal Zhang and General Yuchi as a bet. Although I am unwilling to do this, although Yang Lin respects him very much in some aspects, it is definitely the best way to make him disappear now! When things have come to this point, I must not be lenient. If you are not careful, we will be buried in this prosperous Nanguo City! Gao Wei, what do you think?"
Gao Wei raised his head and looked at Li Ming for a while. After a while, he nodded slowly and said, "Actually, there is no need to remind the leader. Gao Wei also knows what to do. But after all, he has been an old friend for many years. He really disappoints me like this! Alas! Yang Lin was dead in the past, and I have nothing to do with this Yang Lin today. The leader should put the overall situation first and don't take my thoughts too much into consideration. But many people in the Shangshu Mansion know that we have been here. After killing Yang Lin, we can't leave. Unless we can give up the rescue of people and leave the city in time, we will be found sooner or later when we stay in the city. I have an idea, so that we can implement our plan with this base in a short period of time."
Li Ming was stunned and turned to joy and said, "Really? Tell me out quickly and let me listen! If it is really feasible, that would be great! I have no idea now, so I have to rely on your talents."
Gao Wei stood up, still with a bitter smile on his face, looking at Li Ming and said, "Ten years ago, after I resigned from the court, I began to travel around the world, making friends with the three religions and other people in the world, and also got a lot of adventures. I once lived in a folk trick artist under Tianwu Mountain for two years, and learned a very strange craft from him, that is, disguise."
"What? Disguise!?" Li Ming shouted in surprise: "I really have the skill of disguise? I always thought that it was all novelists who were coughing and let it go. Haha, how is the disguise technique you learned? Can it really be completely the same as Yang Lin?"
Gao Wei smiled slightly, felt a little cheerful, and replied: "Actually, I didn't believe it before, but after seeing that artist turn him like me in front of me, I was completely convinced. Every industry has its own outstanding features. You can't help but believe it. It's just that I haven't used this skill for a long time, and I don't know if I can still take it. But for now, this is the only way."
Li Ming was about to continue asking, but he heard footsteps outside the door. Gao Fei and his friends hurried into the room with a large sack, put the sack in front of Li Ming, bowed to Li Ming and said, "Fortunately, this old guy stayed alone in the study room. He was knocked unconscious by my palm, put it in the sack and brought it back."
Li Ming nodded slightly and asked Gao Fei to release Yang Lin. Yang Lin, who released the sack, was still unconscious. Li Ming looked at the thin Yang Lin in front of him with complicated eyes, and could not make up his mind for a moment.
Gao Wei sighed softly from the side and whispered: "Let me wake him up. I want to ask him why, otherwise I will never feel at ease in my life."
"Okay, just ask. To be honest, I want to know why," Li Ming looked at Yang Lin under his feet and said lightly.
Gao Wei took out the silver needle he carried with him and stabbed it on Yang Lin's people. Yang Lin shook his whole body and sat up suddenly, shouting, "Who is so bold? Do you dare to prick my lips? Is it because of your life?" Looking up, he saw Li Ming and Gao Wei's faces were covered with cold sweats, and asked in panic: "What's going on? Gao Wei? Why am I here? I have always regarded you as my brother. You were yours brought me?"
Gao Wei squatted down in front of Yang Lin, took out the letter from his arms, looked at Yang Lin's pale face and asked, "Why? Brother, we have been in love for decades, why do you want to betray me? Tell me, I want to know why this is!"
Looking at the letter in Gao Wei's hand, Yang Lin's face was not covered with blood, and big drops of cold sweat flowed down his cheeks. Suddenly, he snorted coldly and said, "Why? Don't you know? Brother?" He suddenly sneered: "I gave you a chance. At that time, I really wanted to invite you to live in my mansion, but you were stubborn and insisted on clamoring to rob the Dharma field! The crippling field is so good? Gao Wei, you are really getting more and more alive. Just by just you, you will go to rob the Dharma field? Are the 50,000 defenders in Nanguo City all have a good meal? Gao Wei, don't you see where this is! Since you are going to die sooner or later, you are really better than let it go.
I'll go to dispatch troops to arrest you first so that I can make a great contribution. Hehe, who made us brothers? Since you know my position now, I'm not afraid of you going to do anything to me. If I have something to do, not only will you not wait for the robbery, but you may also die in front of Zhang Meng and Yuchi Xiong, hahahaha. Gao Wei, when did you become so stupid? What if you arrest me? If you can't see me tomorrow, the court will definitely send people to my house to investigate. Can you leave then? So, if you are smart, let me go. For the sake of old friends, I will say a few good words to you in front of the second prince."
"Why? My former brother Yang Lin is not like this. Why did you surrender to the second prince and help King Jing? Don't you know how dangerous it is without Zhang Meng and Yuchi Xiong's border? Who in the court can fight better than them? Isn't you going to help the second prince break my Tang Dynasty? The emperor treats you very well. You don't persuade the emperor to dispel this idea, but you still want to stop us from saving them. Why is this?"
"Hahahaha," Yang Lin suddenly laughed wildly, pointed at Gao Wei and said, "Gao Wei, I didn't expect you to become so naive now! The emperor treats me well? All along, Yang Lin, I worked diligently for the country and the people, and devoted myself to it. Which official in the court lives so hard as me? I have always regarded money and beauties as dirt. What I hope is to constantly get the attention of the emperor. But what have I gained over the years? I have been in the position of Minister of Revenue for ten years. When did the emperor think of adding more officials to me? Look at the current Zhongshu Ling, Shangshu Ling, and various provinces, who is qualified to be old? Why can the emperor be promoted to their posts and put me in the face of the emperor?
Gu? The emperor has been incompetent and incompetent over the years, and has caused the people of the world to live in poverty. You don’t know why I should work for such an emperor! The second prince is a respectful person and a loyal scholar. Why can’t I surrender to him? Besides, the second prince has promised me that once he can be honored as a treasure, he will be promoted to the Secretariat. What can I not follow such a wise ruler? Gao Wei, I advise you to confess your guilt to the second prince. The second prince has always loved talents. He will definitely not be able to punish you for talents like you and Li Ming. Then we can’t be brothers together again? Think about it carefully, I treat you as a brother to say this to you, so don’t miss the opportunity!”
Chapter completed!