Chapter 15 015
Chapter 15 015
"What's going on at the Jinfengxiyu Tower and the Mitian League recently?"
Compared to the Tianquan Mountain White Tower of the Jinfengxiyu Tower, the Immovable Waterfall of the Liufenban Hall, as the forbidden area of the headquarters, is less eye-catching.
But if someone really tries to break in here, they will know how many sentries there are in this seemingly ordinary place.
Only a few people can walk here.
In the unusually quiet background, Lei Sun's question came into his ears very clearly.
Di Feijing's eyelids moved, but he didn't answer immediately.
As an assistant to the number one gang in the capital, he needs to think twice before saying anything, not to mention that Lei Sun's question is not just asking a fact.
Every day, there are special people reporting to Lei Sun about all the movements of the Jinfengxiyu Tower and the Mitian League, and Di Feijing doesn't need to repeat it to him again.
What he wants to answer is a judgment.
Di Feijing raised his eyes and stared, revealing a pair of eyes that seemed to have been washed by water. "The situation is becoming more and more favorable for Su Mengzhen, but strangely, he is eager to get a result."
"After the battle of Qionghua Island, more than a thousand gang members in the surrounding area switched to the gang. Not counting those who may have been forced to switch because of their interests, there are only 7,000 real gang members left, and they are scattered in various halls. In the past two years, Jinfengxiyu Tower has developed gang members and contacted officials, and the number of people is close to ours."
Lei Sun's hand in his sleeve stroked the jade ring and replied coldly: "When I saw him enter the capital with his father and arranged his marriage with Chun'er, I didn't expect him to be so promising."
Promising to the point that if he is not prepared, he will surpass his father-in-law.
Not even surpassing.
If there is only one gang left in Bianjing City, he and Su Mengzhen will have a life-and-death relationship!
He did not see that when he mentioned the word "Chun'er", Di Feijing's face beside him fluctuated for a moment.
It was indeed not visible from his angle.
Di Feijing's neck was broken, and he couldn't raise his head. Except when he had to look up, he preferred to lower his head.
Anyway, his head lowered didn't hinder his words. He never said them from a low position, but rather made a judgment from a bird's-eye view: "If he doesn't wait, he must have his reasons."
Liufenbantang first attacked Mitian League, but failed to achieve the goal of gaining benefits from it. Instead, it allowed someone in Mitian League to regain power, and restricted some of the people in it.
In Hubei, due to the cooperation between Governor Wen and Jinfengxiyulou, a batch of large goods from Liufenbantang was intercepted, including a batch of Tangmen firearms transported from Sichuan and Chongqing, which was particularly troublesome.
Fu Xiang originally stood on the side of Liufenbantang, but was forced to gather his forces because of the Lianyunzhai incident. Now there is another matter that entangles his mind, and at least he can't help Liufenbantang in the short term.
"You mean, time and situation were in his favor before, but now-"
"The situation is in his favor, but time is likely to be in our favor." Di Feijing replied. ①Even
this favorable situation is not all-powerful.
There are many variables in a place with many people. The merger of the two gangs is not a victory that can gather people's hearts and turn against them.
The advantage of time is far more important than the temporary advantage of the situation!
In front of this judgment, Lei Sun's voice became cautious, "Time is in our favor, which means that Mr. Su's body is going to fail?"
Lei Sun was able to sit in the position of the head of the Liufenbantang because he calculated Guan Qi and used him to get rid of his opponent, but in terms of martial arts, he is still one of the best in the world.
He had put himself in Su Mengzhen's position countless times, trying to find out how long the miracle that allowed Su Mengzhen to survive could last, but he had never been able to get an accurate answer.
Until now...
He heard a judgment from Di Feijing, which was also a thunderous judgment.
"Yes."
"Okay! I believe your conclusion." He did not lose his composure because of this sentence, nor did he laugh at the weakness exposed by his opponent. He just stopped stroking the ring, and did not change the respectful "Mr. Su" to a nickname that looked down on him.
Only Di Feijing, who knew Lei Sun's temper well, knew the excitement in the head of the hall when he confirmed that the situation had changed.
Lei Sun took a deep breath and suddenly changed the subject: "Then let's talk about the Misty Heaven Alliance."
Every unstable factor must be understood by him.
He knew that the Shentong Marquis Mansion was quite ambitious, but now Fang Yingkan wanted to have a good relationship with them because of Fu Xiang and would not cause them trouble. He was also happy to see the other party show this performance.
As for whether Fang Yingkan could take advantage of their mutual loss to gain benefits, that was another matter. What
he should worry about more was the Misty Heaven Alliance that had made him suffer.
Di Fei was silent for a moment, and replied: "She is smarter than I thought."
"Tell me about it."
Di Fei said in surprise: "At the wedding ceremony that day, she brought in Wuqing, the chief constable, to maintain order. The father and daughter of the Mu family were trapped in the prime minister's residence, and Wuqing came to see them. I guess it was related to her. I thought at first that if a person is used to seeking help from the government and cooperating with the Six Gates, then she must not be suitable for the Mi Tian League."
"Yes." Lei Sun felt the same way.
Before Guan Qi went crazy, there was still Sister Guan in the Mi Tian League, and there was still some control over the people who joined the league. But after Sister Guan disappeared and Guan Qi went crazy, the Mi Tian League became more and more mixed.
Many martial artists who could not enter the Jinfengxiyu Tower or the Liufenbantang... According to Lei Sun, they should be called "miscellaneous" martial artists, mixed in this half-dead Mi Tian League.
These people are even more afraid of meeting people from the government than the thief Sikong Zhaixing, not to mention people like Wuqing.
If Shi Qing wanted to catch an example and try to use the power of the Six Gates to clean up the atmosphere in the alliance, she would not be able to achieve her goal, but would cause chaos in the Mi Tian Alliance. But she didn't.
"The day before yesterday, Ren Guishen reported that the Holy Lord's wife, on behalf of Guan Qi, held a meeting of the important members of the alliance, and dispatched some of the gang members to the north on the grounds of avoiding the fight between Jinfengxiyu Tower and Liufenbantang. There were only those who obeyed the dispatch in the alliance, and no one sang the opposite tune."
Recently, due to the reconstruction of Lianyunzhai and Huinuo City in the north, there have been a lot of businesses from Bianjing to the north, and a lot of money can be made. Many of the greedy and cowardly gang members in the Mi Tian Alliance were happy to obey this arrangement, and they only thought that the Holy Lord's wife was wise.
Di Fei was shocked: "Her other arrangement was to have the members of the Mi Tian League rebuild their bases around the capital, but avoid the four auxiliary cavalry and infantry camps that were about to be built on all sides, and transfer Ren Guishen and Deng Cangsheng out of Bianjing City." "
What they did before was indeed too obvious." Lei Sun coldly rebuked.
Whether it was the indirect attack before the Mi Tian League wedding banquet or the ineffectiveness on the way to the wedding, it was too inappropriate for someone in the position of the Holy Lord.
A new official has three fires to start, and if he wants to burn, he should burn this kind of person.
But Shi Qingruo's actions were just to let them rebuild the bases around the capital, and she was also trying to avoid the trend of the government to liquidate the desperate criminals. There was no way to find any fault with her.
With the support of Yan Hefa, the Great Saint Lord of the Mitian League, and Zhu Xiaoyao, the Second Saint Lord, Ren Guishen had no choice but to temporarily leave Bianjing unless he moved Lei Sun, the backer, out on the spot.
It was also with these two instructions that the Saint Lord's wife had officially taken the position of managing the affairs of the league, and was no longer just a beauty married to Guan Qi.
However...
Di Fei pondered for a moment, and then continued: "But some of her methods are still a little immature."
"Avoiding conflict may be a good idea for the Misty Heaven Alliance today, but it is not a long-term solution. The Misty Heaven Alliance is like a hollow rotten tree. Unless we cut off our tail to survive and start anew, once we win against Master Su or the government intends to liquidate the forces in the martial arts world, we will only have one way to go. She did not think of using the abilities of the two young people, Bai Choufei and Wang Xiaoshi, to the best of her ability, but instead let them leave Bianjing. This is undoubtedly too short-sighted." "
On the other hand, she put herself in opposition to the young Marquis Fang, and created trouble for herself for no reason, just for a little insignificant gain, which is also not very wise. Moreover, the way she came up with was to ask someone to find Fang Juxia back to the capital."
Lei Sun smiled: "Fang Juxia loves his son deeply and will not believe others casually. Even if he invites people to the capital, it will be useless."
The four words "love for his son deeply" were full of mockery when spoken by Lei Sun.
Di Feijing understood the meaning of this sentence tacitly, and a smile also appeared on his handsome face.
Suddenly, Lei Sun turned to ask, "According to what you said, we don't need to care about the Misty Heaven Alliance for the time being?"
"No, on the contrary." Di Feijing answered decisively, "A smart person was accidentally placed in a position that she had never sat in before. It is normal to make inappropriate decisions, but we cannot give her time to grow. Rather than waiting for her to figure out what it means to make a decisive decision and grow into a serious threat, it is better to deal with her first."
Su Mengzhen did not have that much time. Delaying the situation would do more harm than good to the Golden Wind and Rain Tower.
Shi Qingruo needed time to grow, but Liufenbantang should not give her such an opportunity.
It was clear what should be done and which side should be dealt with first.
Lei Sun stretched out his hand again.
Just like when he attended the Misty Heaven Alliance wedding banquet, he stretched out the incomplete left hand that represented the "killing order"!
"The sooner the better!"
...
This sentence was also said by Lu Xiaofeng when he set out on the way back.
The meeting between Master Qingruo and Su Mengzhen in Sanhe Tower that day, to Lu Xiaofeng, who was used to being a free man, seemed like a conversation between two lunatics.
Then he was probably driven crazy by all the things he saw and heard in Bianjing City.
Otherwise, how could he agree to Master's wife's plan to put herself in danger, and how could he leave Bianjing with Sikong Zhaixing to invite two people who were not originally in Bianjing City.
He never thought that his connections and eloquence would be used in this place.
From the famous detective Jin Jiuling who was familiar with him in the Six Gates, to the spies assigned to his faction at the Jinfengxiyu Tower, to the people from all walks of life who he and Sikong Zhaixing knew, all were used to find a person.
Who made this person Fang Geyin!
Fang Geyin, the great hero Fang, traveled around the mountains and rivers with his wife Sang Xiaoe, and had no intention of asking about worldly affairs.
Those who were on good terms with him, those who had received his favor, and those who obeyed his orders were willing to fulfill his ambition and hide his whereabouts. It was too difficult to find out where he was through normal means.
If Lu Xiaofeng had not happened to meet Chu Liuxiang and heard that Fang Geyin had recently visited the hemp-clothed guest in Laoshan, it would have been impossible to find Fang Geyin's whereabouts within a month.
Fortunately, with this beginning, the rest of the things were easy to handle.
Fang Geyin really valued his son. After listening to Lu Xiaofeng's talk about the things in Beijing, he immediately prepared to set off for Beijing.
What surprised Lu Xiaofeng was that even after he had said so much, Fang Geyin still felt that this might be someone deceiving the superiors and the subordinates in Beijing, which led to such a situation in the Shentonghou Mansion.
If he remembered correctly, Fang Yingjian had a pair of parents who were full of evil in the world before being adopted by Fang Geyin and his wife. If Fang Geyin had not adopted Fang Yingkan after the death of the old dragon lady out of consideration for the friendship with his old friend, his name should still be "Fang Yingkan".
Fang Geyin did not doubt that his adopted son was born evil and became more and more degenerate in the circle of fame and fortune in Bianjing City, but he doubted the subordinates he sent to assist Fang Yingkan?
Lu Xiaofeng was full of doubts, and his heart was boiling on the way back to Beijing.
What made him even more confused was another person who was eager to return home.
When he mixed the news that the leader of the Mitian League had recently married a wife with his complaints as Shi Qingruo said, the man's face changed again and again.
Fang Geyin was still hesitant about whether to go back to Beijing to take a look, and it was this person who added fuel to the fire.
When they set out on the return journey to Bianjing together, Lu Xiaofeng learned from Sang Xiao'e that this lady was rescued by them more than ten years ago.
Because she had been forced to separate from her husband and daughter, and wanted to commit suicide in a trance, and even had been poisoned, so he asked the old Wen family in Lingnan to detoxify her, and took her on a tour, hoping that the mountains and rivers would help her find the joy of life.
How to say it, Lu Xiaofeng didn't quite understand.
A couple of people suddenly appeared on their journey, and it should be a few months. How come these three people can travel together for so long?
If he didn't want to go back to Bianjing and see the situation of Mrs. Shi in the muddy water, I'm afraid he would have asked a few more questions.
But fortunately,
this journey of more than a thousand miles, with a thousand-mile horse galloping, is only a few days!
Because of Fang Geyin's reputation, they haven't arrived in Bianjing yet, and they are still resting in Chuhe Town more than ten miles away. The messengers who came to greet them from various forces in the capital have already arrived in front of them.
There is no doubt that the news of Fang Juxia's arrival has spread throughout the entire Bianjing city.
…
No matter how much friction there was between the various forces in the capital, when this famous hero arrived, they all had to stop temporarily.
This was of course not entirely because of Fang Geyin's martial arts, but also because he was involved in the rise and fall of at least six or seven martial arts sects, among which the Xuehe Sect, Tianyu Sword Sect and the Great Desert Sect were the most prominent.
If Fang Geyin's early years were written down, it would almost be equivalent to a legendary novel
about a young man's growth. Now, he has become a leading figure in the martial arts world. Even though Lei Sun thought Fang Geyin was stupid for some of his actions, he did not think that Fang Geyin would intervene in the fight between Liufenbantang and Jinfengxiyulou. He still agreed with the Jiangnan Pilitang's personnel stationed in Bianjing to choose the person to welcome him.
After hearing about the arrangements of the Mitian League, he even decided to meet this great hero Fang himself.
Regardless of what happened at the Jinfengxiyu Tower, or how many gifts the Liufenbantang prepared, the most chaotic place facing Fang Geyin's arrival was the Shentonghou Mansion.
Fang Yingkan felt that his foothold in the capital was unstable, so he first won over Mi Youqiao, a popular figure around the emperor, and promised to name his future gang "Youqiao Group", and became even more unscrupulous in terms of economy.
He forced wealthy businessmen around the capital to help him lend money to ordinary people, and then used violent means to extort money and land from these poor people, which almost became an industry.
If Fang Geyin had not come to Bianjing, with his ability to greet people with a smile and build good relationships with all parties, no one would hold him accountable for this.
However, with the arrival of his adoptive father, at least on the surface, he could no longer have any connection with these businesses, and he had to pretend to be a good son in front of his adoptive father.
"A bunch of nosy guys!" Fang Yingkan cursed in his heart, but when he appeared in front of people, he had already dressed up decently, just like a handsome young man in a turbid world.
Seeing Fang Geyin and his companions approaching from a distance, he quickly dismounted and went to greet the newcomers, bowing and saying hello: "I pay my respects to my adoptive father and mother."
Fang Yingkan had already weighed the pros and cons in his mind. If Fang Geyin came here because of what happened in the Marquis' Mansion that day and did not give him a good look, he should be more cautious in his next behavior.
If it was just a coincidence, then Fang Geyin should help him up and say "look down on me" as intimately as in previous years.
But things did not go as he wished. Fang Yingkan bowed for a long time, but still could not wait for Fang Geyin's reply.
A huge stone sank in his heart, and he looked up carefully, but found that Fang Geyin did not move, not because he was angry with him.
It was because his eyes were not on this adopted son at all, but looked at the distance.
Fang Yingkan turned his head and looked back, and saw a group of people approaching this direction in the distance.
Judging from their clothes, they seemed to be members of the Misty Heaven Alliance.
Misty Heaven Alliance?
His eyelids jumped, and he saw two people getting off the leading carriage.
It was no wonder that Fang Geyin had been looking in that direction.
When the two people appeared in front of people, holding hands, no one could deny that they were a perfect match.
Even though Guan Qi's hair had turned white, time had treated his face well, so that he looked like a young man today, and was a perfect match for the beautiful woman beside him.
Even though he was mentally deficient, if you looked closely, you would find that he was lifeless, but the internal energy reverberating around him was at the pinnacle, which was a great deterrent to the martial artists present.
The woman walking beside him seemed to have not been affected by the out-of-control internal energy at all. She put her hand on his arm, as if she had replaced the shackles that were originally used to restrain him, allowing him to appear in front of people as decently as today.
Even Fang Geyin was stunned for a moment by the arrival of these two people, and was unable to speak at the first time.
So much so that in the moment of silence after the carriage stopped, the first voice came from behind him.
From the lady who was rescued by Fang Geyin and his wife.
The woman who was still sitting on the horse suddenly pulled off the veil on her head and stared at Shi Qingruo's hand holding Guan Qi. The blood on her cheeks disappeared instantly.
She seemed to clench her teeth for a moment and tried her best to control her emotions, but in the end she was unable to regain her composure.
So much so that the face that was over 40 years old but still looked like a girl lacked the purity and simplicity that it should have, and was left with only a trance.
If everyone could not guess her identity after seeing such a reaction, then they would have been in vain in the martial arts world.
There were also people who were sharp-eyed and patrolled the whole scene and found that when she took off the mask, Lei Sun, who was also here, also lost his composure for a moment.
If someone observed carefully, they would find that Lei Chun, the daughter who came with Lei Sun, was 70% similar to the woman in white in terms of facial features.
But in the eyes of the visitor, there were no such insignificant people.
She just... just stared at Guan Qi infatuatedly, and suddenly she couldn't help but ask loudly: "Seventh Brother, she is your wife, then who am I?"
"Have you forgotten our agreement?"
Everyone was shocked, and almost subconsciously looked at the party she was questioning.
In the sight of all parties, Guan Qi's footsteps paused immediately.
He was normal at first.
However, that voice seemed to have a different kind of magic for him, and it made the scattered brilliance in his eyes suddenly gather in one place. It
also fell on the woman very slowly.
Almost instinctively, he slowly called out a name: "...Xiaobai?"
- Wen Xiaobai!