Liu Tang tightly held Shi Jin's arm and questioned him: "Shi Jin, let me ask you, who was the group of people who came with you earlier? But you are from Shaohua Mountain?"
As soon as Shi Jin heard that Liu Tang's conversation had turned here, he roughly understood Liu Tang's doubts. Liu Tang doubted the identity of the group, and then doubted the purpose of his visit and the character behind him. In this world Unexpected things happen one after another, and some misunderstandings are inevitable. What's more, today they have one of their own people plotting to rebel. No matter who it is, everyone will be somewhat suspicious of the people around them. What's more, Shi Jin thinks of himself I have never interacted with Li Gu, Liu Tang and others, and this is the first time I have met them. As the saying goes: "You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others." What's more, Li Gu and Liu Tang want to Having spent most of his life working together, Shi Jin is completely understandable for being so cautious.
At the moment, Shi Jin smiled slightly and did not dare to hesitate at all, because Shi Jin knew that it was not a matter of who believed or distrusted whom, but a matter of establishing mutual trust. The more he hesitated, the more Liu Tang would misunderstand. So Shi Jin said quickly without thinking: "How can those people be from Shaohua Mountain? I didn't bring even half of my entourage with me when I came."
Upon hearing this, Liu Tang's doubts not only did not diminish, but increased, and he continued to ask: "Just after the war, the government is trying to get you everywhere, how much money is your head worth? Although the court has not had time to announce it, it is just I am definitely not afraid. If you dare to come to our Guanxi Town alone, you are not afraid that we will chop you up and escort you to Beijing to receive the reward. How can you make me believe in your courage?"
"The risk is a bit high, but for some things, only high risk can lead to high returns, which can better demonstrate the sincerity of Shi Jin in coming to surrender," Shi Jin said here and looked at the person standing three steps away. Li Gu, who was so nervous that his whole body was sweating, continued: "Besides, I, Shi Jin, am not that reckless man with a pig's head and a pig's brain. Although I have some skills, I still understand the principle of 'it's easy to hide with a bright sword, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow'." Yes, I was naturally afraid of any accidents along the way, so I mingled among those officers and soldiers."
"Officers and soldiers," the sweat on Li Gu's forehead fell on the blood-stained floor along his cheeks, staining a blood-red bud. Li Gu wiped his face with his sleeve and said with some surprise: "Big Boss, those guys are really officers and soldiers,"
"That could still be a lie. I happened to meet him halfway. They captured your young boy from Guanxi Town, Tan Ma, and forced him to cooperate inside and outside. They wanted to steal the money of your Li family and the bank deposits of Guanxi Town's treasury. , and all this happened to be heard by me in secret, so I forged my identity to threaten them, and finally passed with them. In this way, I could put myself in the dark and wait for the situation here in Guanxi Town. Once you have a thorough understanding, you can wait for the opportunity and act," Shi Jin's Hepanpan showed his inner calculations.
Liu Tang fell silent and thought about it silently. Before he died, the thin monkey said that they came here just for the money from the treasury. Thinking of this, Liu Tang suddenly remembered that the thin monkey once called himself a young man. People from Huashan, but after Liu Tang caught the flaw and saw through it, he said that he was an officer and soldier. However, before he could confirm his identity, the thin monkey was killed by Shi Yong.
Liu Tang's brain was a little confused at the moment. He encountered too many things tonight, including adventures, killings, frame-ups, encirclements and suppressions, betrayals and rebellions, which made his brain constantly accept the unpredictable situation of the outside world. What is it? True friends are the enemies lurking in the dark. The rapid changes in the situation have made Liu Tang feel a little dazed. He speculated on the development of the situation based on what he heard and saw again and again, working hard to pursue the truth and decipher the situation. The conspiracy behind the mystery, but in the end, he speculated too much, and suddenly understood that the things in this world are like a hole in the wind, every trace is connected, and what he saw with his own eyes and heard with his own ears It may not be true, but the more you speculate about a thought in your mind, the more you think about it, and the deeper you think about it, the more real it feels in your heart. Sometimes, if you do this over and over again, it will blind your heart. , make the false come true.
"If you still don't believe it, call the young boy Tan Ma from Li Mansion. I remember that he himself said that his name is Little Persimmon or Little Lion. Anyway, it's almost the same tone. You can ask him about it. You know, what I, Shi Jin, said is true or false." Shi Jin could feel Liu Tang's body stiffening at this moment, and knew in his heart that something must have shocked his heart. Shi Jin thought that Liu Tang was still troubled by this matter, so he simply So I came up with an idea for him, so that I could untie this knot and feel comfortable.
"Little Persimmon, my name is Xiao Persimmon, the boss. I believe everything you say. There is no need to look for it." Li Gu waved his hand, looking very serious and extremely ashamed for Liu Tang.
Liu Tang sighed at this moment, loosened the knife in his hand, threw it aside, and knelt on the ground with a plop, his face lowered and he said no more.
Shi Jin knew Liu Tang's mood at the moment. Although he didn't say a word about it, his appearance made many people present feel the complicated emotions in his heart at the moment. Shi Jin also knelt down half-kneeling and protected Liu Tang, lightly He patted Liu Tang's quilt gently, and neither of them spoke. But at this time, it was the time when silence was better than sound. The feelings of the two of them, and all the friendship between them, were unspeakable.
Shi Jin helped Liu Tang up, then slowly turned around and said to Dong Xi, who was slightly relieved, "Dong Xi, how many troops and horses have you brought with you this time?"
Dong Xi took two steps closer to Shi Jin and said, "It's only five hundred. The situation was urgent at that time, so I didn't think much about it, so I brought these people here."
When Shi Jin heard that "the situation was urgent at that time", he thought something had gone wrong in Huayin County, and he couldn't help but frown nervously.
When Li Gu saw it, he immediately came forward and explained: "Oh, don't panic, the boss, it must be because of me. I had previously suspected the true identity of the person who claimed to be Shi Jin, so I secretly sent people from Liushui Pavilion to go there. Huayin County asked, maybe it was the lack of understanding of the words sent by the boy that made the brothers worry about the safety of the head of the family."
General Dong Xi nodded and said: "No, since that boy came to report, the brothers' hearts are like hanging on the tip of a knife. The second leader Chen Da is even more anxious. Fortunately, I was ordered to collect the equipment of the officers and soldiers on the outskirts of the city. , so I gathered people and rushed all the way over,"
Shi Jin couldn't help but smile knowingly after listening to Dong Xi's words, and he also focused on Li Gu's words, but he didn't notice that when Dong Xi mentioned Chen Da, Aunt Hong's face showed He had a weird expression on his face, saying whether he was surprised or not, whether he was happy or not, and it was a bit embarrassing and a bit raw.
Shi Jin smiled and patted Dong Xi's shoulder, then turned to Li Gu and said, "Brother Li Gu, how did you know that that person was not the real Shi Jin?"
Li Gu smiled, raised his head and looked seriously into Shi Jin's eyes, and said, "Just because I have the same feeling but no resonance,"
Shi Jin smiled, nodded in agreement, and said, "Brothers see the same thing," and everyone laughed together.
Shi Jin paused, then looked at Dong Xi and said: "Since there are only five hundred people, that's almost enough. There is no need to go back to Huayin County. I will use Aunt Hong's place tonight. I don't know if I want to disturb you. "Shi Jin said and turned to Aunt Hong with great respect.
Aunt Hong smiled, Qian Qianrou covered the corners of her curved mouth slightly, and said softly: "I don't know who was talking about my own people before, but now they are turning around and being polite to me."
The meaning of these words was very clear to everyone's ears. When Shaoyao, who was beside Aunt Hong at the moment, heard that Shi Jin would stay here tonight, she felt indescribable joy for some reason. It really felt like How to celebrate Chinese New Year.
After Shi Jin heard this, he nodded his head playfully and said, "Okay, then I'll lend you the dry bunk without any courtesy." This playful joke made everyone laugh, but Aunt Hong was the one who was left behind. Shy all over.
Shi Jin finished joking and said to Dong Xi: "Then we will send a few quick-legged people back to report the news, and the rest of the brothers will be transferred to Yue Mengyun. We will wait until daybreak to clean up the mess and create a new Kansai The town’s new situation,”
Dong Xi cupped his hands and was about to leave, but Liu Tang, who had been silent all of a sudden, stopped him: "By the way... Now that there is no government control in Guanxi Town, I'm afraid it will be chaos, brother. You send some men with me to move the money from the treasury here to avoid other troubles."
Li Gu was reminded by Liu Tang, slapped his thigh and said: "Yes, yes, I almost forgot, Liu Tang, Shi Yong, you also moved the Li family's banknotes here, and... and take a look at Liushui Pavilion." Over there..." What Li Gu said was taboo, so he didn't say any more.
Liu Tangshiyong knew Li Gu's pain in his heart, so he quickly responded at this moment.
Shi Jin knew that Li Gu would inevitably feel pain when he thought of Liu Shui Pavilion, so he deliberately found something for him to do to relieve his worries. Shi Jin gently patted Li Gu's arm and said, "Brother Li Gu, please help me draft the draft." An announcement will be posted early tomorrow morning to appease the people and keep everything as usual."
Li Gu knew Shi Jin's intention, and a warm current suddenly flowed into his heart, which was about to dry up. Using the etiquette of Jianghu, he put his hands into fists and said yes, and immediately started to go.
After Dong Xi arranged Yue Mengyu's defense, he took Liu Tang and Shi Yong to move the money while talking and laughing. Regardless of the previous misunderstanding, they were all brothers now. At least having money to move was a happy thing.
At this moment, Aunt Hong also brought the ecstasy lamp. As time passed, the poison on the women who were fascinated in the dim moonlight became much weaker. In addition, Aunt Hong lit up their respective ecstasy lamps. It didn't take long for them to regain consciousness one after another, and one after another they were able to move around freely, and began to help Aunt Hong clean up Yue Hazy's mess.
Shi Jin watched all this farce come to an end. He couldn't help but look up to the sky and look at the bright full moon among the ridiculing stars in the vast night sky. At this moment, Shi Jin suddenly remembered what Chen Da had given him before he left. The bronze mirror he wore was as round as the moon. Shi Jin reached out to touch it as he spoke, but he didn't expect that there was nothing inside the clothes. He must have lost it. This is not good. Shi Jin has some small things. Worried, just as he hurriedly turned around to go back to the house to look for it, he saw Peony leaning against the door frame.
That slim and pretty figure looked particularly enchanting under the moonlight. Her red lips and white teeth moved slightly: "Master, I have been waiting for you for a long time..."