Li Gu lifted up the thin bamboo curtains of the pavilion facing the water and walked along the corridor. The shadows cast by those bamboo curtains filled his face with alternating light and dark. The smile that often hung on his cheeks finally finally appeared at this moment. It was put away like calm water without any ripples. As Li Gu walked toward the stairs, he cast a concerned look at the other table through the bamboo curtain.
At that table, while men and women hugged each other and drank wine, that handsome young man, even though there was a beautiful woman by his side, could sit calmly in his arms, raise his glass and cut chopsticks with dignity, even if the woman beside him threw himself into his arms. The young man didn't care about anything, and he was not as frivolous and wild as those men. What surprised Li Gu was that the young man could handle the wind and moon around him submissively without showing off. But in Li Gu's eyes, Come on, what Shi Jin has in mind is just a glass of wine and a table of food in front of him, nothing more. Everything else seems to him to be nothing.
Li Gu couldn't explain why, but he felt pleased with it and couldn't help but nodded secretly.
It didn't take long to walk through the dozens of steps long corridor. At the end, there was the spiral staircase going down to the second floor. Li Gu took one last look at Shi Jin's back and went downstairs without looking back. Li Gu walked through After passing two screens with paintings of the Eight Drunken Immortals, we came to the backstage of the Flowing Water Pavilion. In this small room, there were many bamboo tubes connected vertically and horizontally. In the middle of this messy small room, there were seventeen or eight people on their shoulders. A young man wearing a white cloth towel, and an older man sitting up from a strangely made table in the middle of the scene. He happened to see Li Gu coming in and hurriedly got up and came to greet him.
In fact, this small room is not accessible to ordinary outsiders. On the surface, it looks like a warehouse where some sundries are piled, but in fact it is a secret communication mechanism of the Li family. The bamboo tubes here are all connected to everyone outside. The tables are connected together. As long as you attach your ear to one end of the bamboo tube, you can listen to anything the guests talk about at each table. This is the best and most secret way to learn about the news and changes in the world. , not only is there no risk at all, but after aggregating many messages, the truth and falsehood are clear at a glance, and you can choose to eliminate them.
The person in charge of things here is the young man just now. When he saw his boss entering this place in person, he must have urgent matters. Sure enough, when Li Gu saw him coming up to greet him, he said without saying a word: " Prepare a fast horse. Now go to Huayin County in person and ask Brother Shi Jin where he is at the moment, what he is wearing, and whether he has any followers. If you understand this matter, you can quickly report back. This is not the case. The secret passed down is related to the future survival of Guanxi Town, so we need to go back quickly."
After hearing this, the responsible man immediately nodded his head, rushed out the door as fast as he could, and started to do things according to the boss's instructions.
Li Gu watched this person disappear outside the door, then walked up the stairs without saying a word. When his head just emerged from the floor, he could watch from a distance that the gang was eating and drinking and having fun. What a bunch of people, what a bunch of food and wine bags, Li Gu couldn't help but snorted secretly in his heart. Just as he continued to step forward, a hand suddenly grabbed his arm, which made him think about things secretly in his heart. Li Gu couldn't help but feel startled. When he turned around, he saw a man wearing a royal blue robe and looking capable. This man was none other than his brother-in-law Zhao Pengtian.
Zhao Pengtian indicated that he had something to say, and Li Gu turned around and glanced at the lively banquet over there. With his second brother Li Mian taking care of it, there must be nothing wrong with it, so he followed Zhao Pengtian downstairs with confidence. He entered an empty seat, and before Zhao Pengtian could speak, Li Gu asked: "Isn't it your order to gather the brothers at the door before?"
Zhao Pengtian chuckled and said seriously: "That guy is a little too arrogant. Even if he conquered a city in Shaohua Mountain, they are still people who have fallen into the grass after all. To put it bluntly, they are the same as our brothers. There are Nothing to be arrogant about, I can’t stand it anyway… However, this is what I mean, but I’m afraid this is exactly what you mean,”
Li Gu smiled, punched Zhao Pengtian meaningfully with his fist, and said with a smile: "Well, you kid, you have learned to guess my thoughts now, but your guess is not bad, and your performance is not bad. But, I'm worried about something else."
"This person is not Shi Jin,"
Li Gu was startled when he heard this. He raised a finger to his mouth to signal him to silence, and said seriously: "How do you know this?"
Zhao Pengtian was frightened by Li Gu's move and said bluntly: "I feel,"
Although Li Gu was afraid that others would hear it and make mistakes, after all, this group of people, whether they were "Shi Jin" or not, would be a trouble to the Li family, so he was so cautious just now, but he didn't expect that Zhao Pengtian would actually Although Li Gu was a little disappointed when he said such a meaningless sentence, this unreasonable sentence also coincided with his thoughts. Li Gu was silent for a moment and said: "Not only do you think it's not true, but in my case In my heart, I also feel that there is something wrong with these people, but I can’t tell what is wrong.”
"Brother-in-law, do you think that this kind of 'Shi Jin' is not worthy of your attachment, let alone that of his brothers who would risk their lives to follow them? As for their group, from the moment they walked in to the door, I missed them all the way, and what is rumored in the world It's not the same thing at all," Zhao Pengtian said, breaking Li Gu's knot. Li Gu also thought about it secretly, and found that it was indeed the case, and couldn't help but nodded.
Li Gu said: "I have sent people to Huayin County to have a look. Whether this Shi Jin is true or not, we will know in an hour."
"What if this Shi Jin is fake?"
Li Gu's mysterious smile appeared on his face again, and he said: "If it is fake, it would be easier to tell. If a bag of Mongolian perspiration medicine is overturned, it will be found out after being locked up in a water prison, but..."
"But if it's true, it's embarrassing. With such a 'Shi Jin', we feel aggrieved even if we surrender. I'm afraid we will eventually be executed by the imperial court in the future. If we resist, the existing power of the imperial court will be reduced." If time doesn't take care of it, we might be silenced." Zhao Pengtian said all the words that Li Gu had kept in his heart, and Li Gu nodded deeply.
"Yes, that's what I'm worried about..."
"Brother-in-law, if this is really Shi Jin, we don't have to worry too much. After all, he is in our hands and we are threatening him with this. I think Shaohuashan will not dare to be too presumptuous. At worst, we will kill Shi Jin and we will move home." We have gone elsewhere. Although there are still a few strong men on Shaohua Mountain, without Shi Jin, I think it will be difficult for them to cause any trouble. By then, the encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers will be successful, and we will move back to Kansai The town is just around the corner, even if all this is just a passing smoke and a big dream,"
Li Gu nodded and said: "This is the only way. It's not too late for me to come out. If I don't go back, it will not only be rude, but I'm afraid it will arouse people's suspicion."
Zhao Pengtian nodded and said: "Brother-in-law, I have already said hello to Yue Menglong's Aunt Hong. In a moment, you will take this group of people to Yue Menglong to drink wine. I have arranged manpower over there. Let them be dispersed and placed there tonight. By then, Shi Jin's men will be shaken all over the place. If they ask about the water prison one by one, they will definitely gain something. Even if something goes wrong along the way, there will be a matchmaker's gang. The fairies are here, and even if those men want to rebel, they may not have a chance."
After Zhao Pengtian said this, he looked at Li Gu and asked him what he thought.
Li Gu nodded and smiled slightly, and Zhao Pengtian knew it. Just when he was about to go out, Zhao Pengtian turned back and said, "This way, do you want to send a few more brothers to try them?"
Li Gu pondered for a moment, then nodded. After Zhao Pengtian received the order, he immediately went out with fists in his hands.
Li Gu waited for Zhao Pengtian to leave, then slowly walked out, climbed up the escalator to the second floor, lifted up the bamboo curtain, and the chaotic scene of dogs and horses inside suddenly appeared in front of him. Li Gu returned to the table with a smile. In the meantime, he cupped his hands towards the big man "Shi Jin" and said: "Atone for your sins. I wonder if Sister Hong can accompany me, this distinguished guest, well?"
The big man "Shi Jin" was very alert. Although Hong, who was sitting on his lap, smiled ambiguously and said: "How dare you not be considerate? You are thoughtful to the core." After saying that, he patted the big man with his hand and said, "Shi Jin" "The big hand placed on her thigh was followed by another string of sweet smiles like silver bells, but the big man did not answer the conversation and asked: "Where were you just now?"
Although these words were not very harsh, Li Gu could hear the tone of the questioning. Obviously, this "Shi Jin" was not a reckless person, he still had some intentions in his heart, and he was not easily fooled. Guy.
Li Gu was thinking this in his heart, but he said without hesitation: "I just arranged a surprise for Brother Shi Jin, so I came back a little late."
Surprise, the big man "Shi Jin" wondered in his mind, what could this surprise be in this Guanxi Town.
Before he could figure it out, Sister Hong, who was sitting in his arms, took Li Gu's secret look, patted the big man's chest with her jade hand, raised a white and tender index finger and pointed the big man's "Shi". "Jin" chin, coquettishly said: "You are really stupid, Chief Li's surprise, even if I, a woman, don't understand it, how can you, a man, not understand it?" Sister Hong looked at "Shi Jin" and it seemed that he still didn't understand. He seemed confused, so he reached under the hem of the big man's armor and gently pinched the base of his thigh.
Such a move, the big man "Shi Jin" immediately understood, and he couldn't understand it more...