Chapter 104: No distinction between upper and lower
Yunmeng City is located on the bank of Dongze Lake in Luozhou.
Dongze Lake is the largest Danshui Lake in the southern part of Yue Kingdom. It is surrounded by four cities and twelve counties. Its waterways are more crisscross than Luozhou. It is rich in products and has beautiful scenery. It is also a land of plenty.
There is a large island in the center of Dongze Lake, called Spark Island. It is surrounded by 18 miles of wild goose swamps and numerous tidal flats. Ships traveling in and out of the lake will accidentally fall into them. Therefore, the famous Yanling water bandits, also known as Dongze, were born.
Water pirates.
The Yanling water bandits, with Spark Island as the center and eighteen miles of wild goose reeds as buffers, crisscrossed the tidal flats, traveling between four cities and twelve counties.
A famous bandit in the state.
And its leader, Lu Shaoyang, is a well-known strongman in the transformation realm. He has 800 water bandits under his command, a gathering of masters, and is assisted by thirteen strong men, known as the Thirteen Taibao.
Yunmeng City is the city closest to Spark Island.
Qinghe Pier.
Large ships are docking one after another, and porters on the dock are already waiting for the opportunity to move goods.
Cao Xirong, wearing a long robe and carrying a birdcage, came to the dock leisurely and saw several of his men giving out number plates to the movers.
Only those who have obtained the license plate are eligible to move goods.
Seeing Cao Xirong coming over, the strong man who dealt cards hurriedly stood up and said respectfully: "Old man."
Not only him, but all the supervisors and porters nearby put down their work and saluted.
"Well, just do your thing, don't let me miss you." Mr. Cao smiled and waved his hand slowly.
Mr. Cao has always been generous. If you don't bow to him when you see him, it's just a trivial matter of being whipped three times, but he always says "Don't let me offend you."
Someone had already brought a deck chair over.
Cao Xirong Shiran sat down and looked at the densely packed people on the boat. He felt that everyone here was like the rice in the rice fields, lush and lush. It was such a spectacular sight, and he felt very comfortable in his heart.
If he hadn't seen someone, he would have been in a good mood today.
Gui Mao Mao came bounding all the way, with two pigtails and a simple yellow floral shirt, looking like a girl next door.
But when she appeared in front of Cao Xirong, Cao Xirong's eyes seemed to see a man-eating beast.
Ganba's old face suddenly tightened, and he began to tremble slightly.
Gui Mao Mao came over and said, "Hey, Old Man Cao, long time no see."
"Bold!" The members of the Cao Gang nearby were shouting.
Cao Xirong stopped quickly and stood up tremblingly: "Young lady?"
Gui Maomao narrowed his eyes slightly and approached the old man: "Long time no see. You are living a very happy life. Are you living a happy life in this world of black and white?"
Cao Xirong said hurriedly: "Isn't this all for the sake of young lady and Master Ling?"
Gui Mao Mao's face sank: "Don't mention that bastard my master."
Cao Xirong hurriedly lowered his head: "Yes, yes! Don't mention it, don't mention it. I wonder if the young lady is coming this time..."
Gui Mao Mao looked around and Cao Xirong said hurriedly: "You all should disperse."
Lead the returning kitten aside.
Gui Maotao said: "I want to see Lu Shaoyang."
Cao Xirong was startled: "What did you see him doing?"
Gui Mao Mao hummed: "Why are you talking so much nonsense? Tell him that my aunt is here and ask him to bring back the boats, food, and people in Nanping City."
Cao Xirong was slightly startled and finally understood: "I heard that the young master and young lady followed Zhuo Junyan a few days ago? So this is true?"
Gui Maotao choked: "Why are we following him? That Zhuo Junyan is our retainer. Now my brother is the governor of Luozhou Town. Not long ago, he defeated Fengyin Hou Lu Dongchao. I didn't expect that when everything goes well, you guys
There's something wrong here. It's an embarrassment to this young lady! Okay, don't say anything now, go and notify Lu Shaoyang and ask him to come see me."
Cao Xirong paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll notify Lu Shaoyang right away and ask the young lady to go back to the house and sit down."
Guimao was not polite and followed Cao Xirong directly.
At the same time that Gui Mao Mao was entering the house, outside Yunmeng City, a team of sixty or seventy people was slowly entering the city.
Du Zhishui and Shen Zhengyuan were riding on horses, next to them were women's vehicles, followed by two trucks carrying goods, the trucks were filled with boxes, and behind them were a group of drivers and guards driving the trucks, but everyone looked...
His eyes are bright and his face is serious.
After passing the border inspection, the convoy arrived near the pier.
Shen Zhengyuan pointed to the pier and said: "This pier is owned by the Caobang. The person in charge of the Caobang here is named Cao Xirong. My sister is probably here to see him."
Next to him, Luo Xiaoluo said: "He Li!"
A man with a big nose from behind had already stepped out, sniffing the air for a while, then took out a sweat towel and sniffed a few more times, continued to sniff the air, and then nodded and said: "I've just been here."
He is a member of Weiyang Palace, a stranger found by Yu Weiyang during his expansion. He is born with a hound-like nose and is best at tracking.
At this moment, Heli looked around, took a few steps forward, and pointed in a direction: "That way."
The crowd searched all the way until they came to a large house.
Looking at the word Cao Xirong on it, everyone understood that Gui Mao Mao had entered Cao Xirong's mansion.
Shen Zhengyuan was about to knock on the door, but Luo Xiaoluo stopped him: "Wait a minute, let's leave here first, don't go in."
"Why?" Shen Zhengyuan was anxious.
Luo Xiaoluo didn't answer him and walked back with the people.
Shen Zhengyuan shouted: "Stop! I am the leader!"
Luo Xiaoluo stopped, looked back at him, and smiled slightly: "Hello, Mr. Shen."
Then keep moving forward.
Why do you take him as the leader of the industry seriously?
Shen Zhengyuan was angry and helpless, but Du Zhishui finally persuaded him: "Be more open-minded. Xiao Luo will make the decision this time. Since he did this, he has his own reasons."
Shen Zhengyuan looked at Du Zhishui: "You also have a sister, you should understand."
Du Zhishui smiled bitterly: "Of course I understand, but impulsiveness cannot solve the problem."
Du Xuanling even stuck her head out of the carriage: "He is right."
"What did you say?" Shen Zhengyuan looked at Du Xuanling in shock.
Du Xuanling's slightly troubled expression just smiled, said nothing more, and sat back again.
The carriages and horses turned around and everyone left.
The convoy found an inn near Cao's house and stayed there.
The carriages and horses were parked and everyone settled in.
When Shen Zhengyuan and Du Zhishui came over, they saw Luo Xiaoluo, Geng Dabiao, Yingning and Du Xuanling already in Luo Xiaoluo's room.
Luo Xiaoluo was standing at the window looking out, shaking his head as he looked: "The view here is not good. Li Yu! Ah Shui!"
Jiang Liyu and another young soldier entered from outside.
Luo Xiaoluo pointed to the distance: "There is a teahouse opposite Cao's house. You and Ah Shui go there, take down the upstairs, and then keep an eye on the movements over there, and let Ah Shui use a drone to map the terrain of Cao's house.
take a photo of!"
"Understood." The two left.
Luo Xiaoluo turned around, glanced at Shen Zhengyuan and said, "Close the door."
Shen Zhengyuan had no choice but to close the door and sit down.
Luo Xiaoluo was not polite and said directly: "Master Shen, I respect you as the master, and I will try my best to listen to you when nothing happens. But now it is a military operation. According to the Lord's order, this military operation
I am responsible, so you have to listen to me, I don’t want the same indiscriminate situation to happen again.”
I can't tell the difference between up and down?
Shen Zhengyuan had no choice but to nod: "Okay, I understand."
Luo Xiaoluo continued: "The reason why I won't go there is because Mr. Shen, you yourself said that the people here cannot be trusted. My lord once taught that when facing an unknown situation, you must first consider the worst-case scenario
Question. So I assume that Cao Xirong cannot be trusted and Miss Gui is in danger!"
"Then you should save her immediately!" Shen Zhengyuan said.
Luo Xiaoluo stopped him: "Don't worry. Judging from the current situation, Cao Xirong obviously did not fall out immediately. He brought Miss Gui back to the mansion, which means that he probably didn't want to take action yet. Because few people would choose to do it in their own house.
The family starts killing, and it makes it easier to expose oneself."
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"The problem now is that we don't know what relationship you have with Cao Xirong or even Lu Shaoyang. If you don't tell me, I can't force you to ask, so I have to analyze it based on what I know. If there is anything wrong, you can remind me."
"Gui Mao Mao was very confident when he left, and you admitted that we had a relationship before, so I think Miss Gui thought she could control Cao Xirong, and even Lu Shaoyang. In other words, on the surface, you should still return the favor.
There is some deterrence. This is why I judge that Cao Xirong and the others will not take action immediately. In this case, if we go there, things may get worse, which is not conducive to the resolution of the matter. Even Miss Gui thinks that it is
Our coming here delayed her business."
Luo Xiaoluo talked eloquently, with a clear mind, weighing the pros and cons, analyzing properly, and telling all the situations.
Even Du Xuanling supported him: "Yes, if Cao Xirong misunderstands because of this, things will be bad and it may make Miss Gui even more dangerous."
Luo Xiaoluo was very satisfied and gave Miss Du a smile.
is that so?
Maybe, maybe not!
After all it's all just analysis.
It is an analysis based on incomplete information.
But Shen Zhengyuan understood.
Luo Xiaoluo analyzed it this way on purpose.
He is just forcing himself to tell the truth!
If you don't tell the truth, I can only make wild guesses. And the result of my wild guessing is: she is in danger only if I go in, but she is not in danger if I don't go in.
It doesn’t matter whether the reason is right or not, what’s important is that I have an excuse not to act!
Luo Xiaoluo has followed Zhuo Junyan for such a long time and has learned his methods - Zhuo Junyan has always said that those who can solve problems by force will not use mercy.
And from Luo Xiaoluo's perspective, it was indeed necessary for him to ask for the truth.
On the one hand, excellent subordinates should not hide too much from their lord. Shen Zhengyuan, the emperor's illegitimate son, obviously hasn't figured out his identity yet, but he is still secretive. Does he really think he can keep doing this? On the other hand,
On the other hand, perfect action does require sufficient information.
Zhuo Junyan can do it, I don’t care.
Because he is strong enough, his tyrannical force can crush everything.
Also because he is the lord, he focuses on the overall situation and ignores the small details. He does not need to worry about thousands of things and only focuses on the core things.
Luo Xiaoluo is a subordinate. He cannot grasp the overall situation, so he must grasp the details.
So what Zhuo Junyan doesn't care about is exactly what he must care about!
Last but not least:
Zhuo Junyan said this time when he came here that the mission could fail, but nothing could happen to the person.
In other words: in Zhuo Junyan's eyes, Gui Mao Mao's life is not as valuable as the lives of his fifty elite special operations team members.
If Luo Xiaoluo didn't even understand this, then even saving the returned kitten would be a strategic failure. Therefore, without understanding the specific situation, Luo Xiaoluo would definitely not take action at will.