The Taihu King's eyes suddenly turned sharp, like blades.
"The Jiangnan family wants to use the imperial court to eradicate the Taihu fishermen. If Qin Xiao hadn't discovered the flaw, then the seven surnames of Jiangnan would have begun to prepare intensively to encircle and suppress you, the Taihu King." Gu Baiyi's voice was calm and he said slowly: "
Qiao Shenggong was arrested in Chunfeng Tower, so I guessed that there must be a traitor in the group you sent, and Tu Kuohai was in an extremely dangerous situation, so I asked Tu Kuohai to leave the inn quickly. In fact, as soon as they left, Suzhou Magistrate Liang Jiangyuan led others
Kill it."
The King of Taihu sneered: "They were worried that Tu Kuohai would come forward to defend themselves, so they killed and silenced them."
"The Qian family's plan was discovered by Qin Xiao, so they had to take action in advance." Gu Baiyi said: "She Yue has just arrived in Suzhou. If it weren't for Qin Xiao, She Yue would have fallen into the hands of the Qian family." After a pause, he sighed:
"She Yue is a direct descendant of the Li family. If the Jiangnan family uses her as its banner, the three states of Jiangnan will be well-known, and many forces will defect to the Jiangnan family for their own benefit. If that is the case, Kyoto may not be able to pacify it.
Jiangnan.”
"Why didn't She Yue go to Bali Lake with you?" Taihu King frowned and said, "You asked Tu Kuohai to send a message and asked me to send someone to meet you at Bali Lake. Zhong Bufan and his people have been waiting at Bali Lake. I thought you would
Take Musk Moon with you to Bali Lake."
Gu Baiyi looked at the Taihu King and asked, "Do you want me to take her with me to Bali Lake?"
The King of Taihu pondered and said nothing.
"From the beginning, among the two ways she chose to escape, she did not come to Taihu Lake for refuge." Gu Baiyi said calmly: "She doesn't trust you, and you also don't want her to land on the island. You don't want her to have any influence on Taihu Lake."
You know her too well, and after she lands on the island, do you want to send troops?" He sighed and said, "Actually, I was not completely sure that I could successfully reach Bali Lake at that time."
The King of Taihu said calmly: "Senior brother is not even sure that I will definitely send someone to ambush Bali Lake."
"Yes!" Gu Baiyi nodded sincerely: "You are a person who distinguishes between public and private affairs. I know that you hope that the fishermen of Taihu Lake can avoid disputes. You don't want to have a head-on conflict with the Queen Mother this time, so if no one from Bali Lake takes over,
Not surprising.”
The King of Taihu smiled faintly and said: "I said that I sent someone to pick you up just because you are my senior brother."
Gu Baiyi sighed and said, "Junior brother doesn't seem to understand what I mean."
"Oh?" Taihu King glanced at Gu Bai: "Senior brother, please give me some advice!"
"The point we are talking about is not She Yue." Gu Baiyi said, "I am talking about Qiao Shenggong."
The King of Taihu looked cold and said: "Senior brother, don't worry, what Taihu fishermen hate most is a traitor. Since Qiao Shenggong betrayed Taihu, he will naturally pay the price for it."
"You still didn't understand what I meant." Gu Baiyi said slowly: "Qiao Shenggong is one of your four generals. He should know the situation in Taihu Lake very well."
King Taihu frowned.
"This war between the Tang Army and the Queen Mother Association is inevitable." Gu Baiyi smiled faintly: "Taihu Thirty-Seven Islands can just watch with cold eyes. Before this war is over, neither the Tang Army nor the Queen Mother Association will come to provoke the Taihu Three Islands.
Seventeen islands, so you will be in peace for the time being." He sighed and said: "If this war is over, what do you think the situation will be like for the thirty-seven islands in Taihu Lake?"
The King of Taihu smiled and said: "Brother, do you think that no matter who wins, the next target will be Taihu?"
"If the imperial court wins, and during the counter-insurgency process, the Thirty-Seven Islands of Taihu Lake stand still and do not cooperate with the Tang army to suppress the rebellion, do you think anyone in the imperial court will take advantage of it?" Gu Baiyi smiled and said: "Similarly, if the Queen Mother would
After really repelling the Tang army and controlling the entire Jiangnan, how could they still tolerate the existence of the Thirty-seven Islands in Taihu Lake? It is certainly not an easy task to attack Taihu Lake, but Qiao Shenggong defected to the Jiangnan family. He was very concerned about the situation of the Thirty-seven Islands in Taihu Lake.
You know too well, you, King Taihu, know very little about the Queen Mother Society, but through Qiao Shenggong, they know everything about you. As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy means you can win a hundred battles, and you should know the outcome even if I don’t tell you."
King Taihu said nothing and his expression became grim.
Qiao Shenggong, who was put on the death list by the King of Taihu, is currently in the Suzhou Governor's Mansion.
Cold sweat broke out on the forehead of this Taihu-colored general. Qian Guanghan, who was sitting on the Taishi chair, was looking at him with a gloomy expression. Yuan Changling was sitting on a chair on the left with a cold expression. Qian Guiting was holding a hand.
He raised his fists and stared at Qiao Shenggong's body like knives.
After a while, Qian Guanghan finally sighed and said: "General Qiao, I still trust you, but why did Zhong Bufan lurk in Bali Lake? Who sent him the news?"
Qiao Shenggong's eyes twitched and he almost cried: "Old Master, I really don't know why Zhong Bufan is ambushing there. This matter really has nothing to do with me."
"Qiao Shenggong, over the years you have asked for money for money and women for women. You have raised three women in Suzhou City. In order to raise women for you, we bought you three houses with money." Qian Guiting said with an angry look:
"Now Commander Liu was ambushed by your Taihu bandits and was shot dead by Zhong Bufan with an arrow. If you can't explain clearly, you won't be able to walk out of this door today."
"Shut up." Qian Guanghan stopped in a deep voice, looked at Qiao Shenggong, and said in a gentle tone: "General Qiao, who is that person?"
"Who?" Qiao Shenggong was confused.
"The pursuers came back to report that they were led to Bali Lake. The leader was a very gentle man." Qian Guanghan stared at Qiao Shenggong and said slowly: "Who is that person? Is he from Taihu?"
Qiao Shenggong smiled bitterly and said: "Old Master, I have been staying at the magistrate's office these days and know nothing about the things outside. I just heard what the old man said personally and learned that Commander Liu was shot, but I can't figure it out either. Zhong Bufan
How could he be hiding in Bali Lake?"
Qian Guanghan winked at Yuan Changling. Yuan Changling then picked up a scroll on the desk, opened it, and showed it in front of Qiao Shenggong: "This is a portrait I personally drew based on the description of the pursuers who came back. According to their description,
The statement is eighty-nine times similar to that of that man, General Qiao, take a closer look and see if this is someone from the island?"
Qiao Shenggong stared at the portrait for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "I don't know him. I have never seen this person before."
"You really don't know him?" Yuan Changling frowned and said, "Zhong Bufan met this person at Bali Lake, so he is naturally very familiar with him. Don't you know the person he knows?"
"There are tens of thousands of people in Taihu, and I don't know everyone." Qiao Shenggong said with certainty: "But there is absolutely no such person beside Linghu Xuan."
Yuan Changling and Qian Guanghan looked at each other before continuing to ask: "Did She Yue have any contact with Linghu Xuan before she came to Suzhou?"
"Probably not." Qiao Shenggong shook his head and said, "If She Yue really lands on the island, I can't possibly know anything about it."
Qian Guiting sneered and said: "What do you mean should not have? If there is, there is, and if there is not, there is not. Also, why didn't She Yue and Qin appear in Bali Lake? Where did they go?"
"Second Young Master, I really don't know." Qiao Shenggong was so anxious that he almost burst into tears: "I follow you with all my heart. If I knew, I would never dare to hide anything."
Qian Guiting stared at Qiao Shenggong, and after a while, he finally said: "Whether you are telling the truth or not, you will know soon." He clapped his hands, and then saw a person entering the room, dressed in red like blood, but it was Qian
Starscream under Gui Ting.
"Take him down and have a good chat," Qian Guiting said coldly.
Starscream smiled tenderly, walked to Qiao Shenggong, and said in a soft voice: "General Qiao, I have made tea. Let's go drink tea and chat."
When Qiao Shenggong saw Starscream, his face changed slightly. Before he could speak, he felt numbness in his waist and eyes, and his whole body was instantly weak. However, Starscream had already grabbed him by the back of the neck and dragged him down like a dead dog.
Qian Guanghan's face was no longer calm at this time, his eyes even showed anger, and he sneered: "I know that the Taihu pirates will be a disaster sooner or later."
"The matter is very clear." Qian Guiting said with a sneer: "We carefully designed it to prove that Linghu Xuan is General Kuhai. Logically speaking, when She Yue arrived in Suzhou, he should mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the Taihu bandits. But as soon as She Yue arrived in Suzhou
, just like knowing everything, this must be that bitch Qiao Shenggong who betrayed us, otherwise how could She Yue see through it and how could she escape so quickly. Dad, if Qiao Shenggong betrayed Linghu Xuan, he could betray us. This kind of bitch,
It’s time to cut him off with a knife.”
Yuan Changling shook his head and said: "Second Young Master, if She Yue really knew that our Jiangnan family was behind everything, it would have been impossible for her to come to Suzhou, let alone set foot in Suzhou City. I personally think that She Yue had no idea before entering Suzhou City.
, I must still know nothing about everything." After a pause, he continued: "Qiao Shenggong has been staying at the magistrate's office these days. Just in case, someone was sent to keep an eye on him secretly. He did not go out.
He didn’t come into contact with anyone else, so he was definitely not the one who tipped off the information.”
"He didn't betray us?"
"At least in this matter, he does not have any flaws." Yuan Changling said: "There are two questions now. First, who is the man who lured Liu Hongju to Bali Lake? What are he and Linghu Xuan?
Relationship. Second, where is She Yue now?" After a pause, he continued: "If that man is someone sent by Linghu Xuan, he must be trusted by Linghu Xuan. Such a person is hard to find.
Maybe I don’t know him, so I believe he is not from Taihu, but from Sheyue.”
"People from Musk Moon?"
"She Yue entered the city quietly." Yuan Changling said: "When she entered the Governor's Mansion, she only brought four guards with her. Afterwards, I sent people to the dock and found the ship that She Yue came to Suzhou on.
The ship looked very ordinary, and I asked people not to alert others, so the people on the ship didn't know that She Yue had fled Suzhou. We found out that there were eight guards and four maids on the ship. They were all dressed in disguise, thinking they could
She hid it from others and never left on the ship." He rolled up the scroll in his hand and said slowly: "She Yue came to Suzhou and hid it from everyone, so that no one knew her true identity, so my subordinates thought that except for the four guards
Accompanying her to the Governor's Mansion, She Yue also arranged for another group of people in the city to take care of her, just in case."
Qian Guiting said: "You mean that man is the person She Yue arranged to meet in the city?"
"She Yue is careful when doing things, this may be a big possibility." Yuan Changling said: "After she entered the city and found out that something was wrong, she transferred the tiger away from the mountain with the help of Qin Xiao, used the eunuch named Chen to distract our attention, and then went to meet up with the group.
, disguised as a caravan and fled. We thought she only had Qin Xiao by her side, but she just used the people she arranged in advance as a cover to successfully escape from the city."
"What Chang Ling said is absolutely true." Qian Guanghan nodded and said, "But why didn't She Yue go to Bali Lake with that man?"
Yuan Changling pondered for a moment and then said: "There are two possibilities. One is that the man deliberately diverted the pursuers away, and She Yue has been stolen from Taihu. The other is that the soldiers were divided into two groups, attacking from the east and west, and the man attracted the pursuers.