The blue-shirted young man walked quickly through the moon gate and walked into the room, where there were already two middle-aged people waiting, and when they saw the blue-shirted young man come in, they both stood up.

"Young helper!"

"Young helper!"

The blue-shirted young man is the new leader of the Cao Gang, Fang Jie is only twenty-four years old this year, he was sent to Xiaohan Mountain by Fang Zhen to practice since he was a child, and he did not leave the division until he was twenty years old, and returned to the Cao Gang.

"Mr. Yan, Mr. Zhu. Fang Jie hugged his fists, Yan Qi was still sloppy, and sat down at will, Mr. Zhu's name is Zhu Quan, he is the chief protector of the Cao Gang, and his status in the gang is comparable to Fang Zhen, and Fang Zhen is like a brother, and his cultivation has reached the peak of martial arts, but he was stimulated by Fang Zhen's murder, and broke through in one fell swoop a few days ago and stepped into the threshold of the clan.

This time, Fang Jie mobilized heavy troops to gather in Jiangnan, and Zhu Quan and Yan Qi were responsible for staying in Yangzhou.

"Elder Zhu, let me come back in a hurry this time, will Huaiyang make a move?" Fang Jie hurriedly asked as soon as he sat down.

Although the Huaiyang Society has always been friendly with the Cao Gang, in secret, the two sides are still a little entangled, and Fang Jie is not completely at ease with them.

"Less, the helper has misunderstood," Yan Qi's expression changed and became serious: "The seventh master of the Jizhou Wang family is here." ”

"Oh, the Seventh Master is here!" Fang Jie's eyes lit up, and then he sighed, the Cao Gang had a lot of contacts with the Wang family, in the battle with Fengyulou a few years ago, the Cao Gang led by Fang Jie received the support of the Wang and Xu families in Jizhou, defeated the allies of Fengyulou, and forced several allies of Fengyulou to completely withdraw from Jizhou.

When he was in Jizhou, Fang Jie met Wang Ze several times, in his memory, Wang Ze was a scholar and was quite famous in Jizhou, but Wang Ze didn't seem to be interested in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, what did the Wang family send him to do this time?

"The Seventh Master is here to mourn the leader," Zhu Quan explained in a low voice, "At the same time, I will give us a big gift." ”

Fang Jie looked at Zhu Quan with some puzzlement, although Zhu Quan said that he was a big gift, his expression was very solemn, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhu Quan sighed: "This is a big matter, anyway, if you want to see the Seventh Master, let the Seventh Master tell you." ”

Fang Jie turned his head to look at Yan Qi, Yan Qi also sighed lightly, nodded at him slightly, Fang Jie nodded slightly calmly, and Zhu Quan said outside: "Please Seventh Master." ”

After a while, the door opened, and the leader who came in was Fang Zhen's apprentice Ran Jun, Ran Jun didn't come in, just opened the door, and Wang Ze came in from the outside.

Wang Ze was wearing an embroidered robe, his long sleeves fluttering and very chic, he came in and bowed to the three of them, and then looked at Fang Jie and sighed softly: "Brother Shi, I heard about the matter of Fang Gang Master in Wu County, alas, I should have come over earlier, but I was delayed by mundane things, and I ask Brother Shi for forgiveness." ”

"Where, where, the seventh master can come, the younger brother is very grateful, the seventh master, please take a seat," Fang Jie knew that these children of the family were no better than the people of the rivers and lakes, and they valued etiquette very much, so they behaved in accordance with the etiquette.

Wang Ze returned the salute before going over to sit down, and Fang Jie rushed outside and ordered, "Serve tea!"

Soon Ran Jun sent tea, and then withdrew, Fang Jie made a gesture: "Seventh Master, please drink tea." ”

Wang Ze picked it up and smelled the tea first, picked up the lid of the cup and turned it three times, and then shook it slightly, before taking a sip and nodding: "This is this year's Shifeng, good tea." ”

Fang Jie smiled slightly: "With the Wang family's family background, the seventh master's talent and knowledge, what kind of tea has not been seen, the contempt gang has been too much recently, and it is too slow." ”

As soon as the words changed, Fang Jie asked directly: "Just now Uncle Zhu said that the Seventh Master has a big matter to discuss, I don't know what it is?"

Wang Ze smiled in his heart, Fang Jie was still young, he couldn't hold his breath, and said with a little contemplation: "Presumably the helper knows that my Wang Xu family is competing with Hanhai Trading Company and Fengyulou in the imperial capital,"

Speaking of this, he sighed: "I thought I could take it smoothly, but I didn't expect that Liu Han and Xiao Yu were fierce, especially that Liu Han, extremely fierce, and our situation was temporarily unfavorable, so the ancestor intended to invite the Cao Gang to go north, we attacked from the north and south, and your gang returned to the imperial capital, and the waterways south of the Yellow River belonged to the Gui Gang, and north of the Yellow River, and your two families shared." ”

Fang Jie didn't answer immediately, but glanced at Zhu Quan and Yan Qi, their expressions solemn.

Regarding whether to go north, there is a lot of controversy within the Cao Gang, Fang Zhenyan Qi and Zhu Quan are oppositionists, and Fang Jie is the representative of the northbound faction, advocating going north and recapturing the imperial capital waterway.

The loss of the canal waterway and the Yellow River waterway north of Pengcheng caused huge losses to the Cao Gang, just from the perspective of Cao Yun, it will lose more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, not counting the illegal salt and some others.

Therefore, after losing the waterway north of Pengcheng, there was a call within the Cao Gang to go north to recapture the waterway north of Pengcheng, this call was getting louder and louder, if it wasn't for the fact that at this time, Jiangnan would suddenly default and launch an attack again, and even Fang Zhen would be difficult to suppress.

When the voice in the Cao Gang was the highest, Fang Jie once asked Fang Zhen for war on behalf of the Beishang faction, Fang Zhen had a deep talk with him because of this, and he understood Fang Zhen's thoughts a little, and Fang Zhen had just died, Xiao Lan rebelled again, and the strength of the Cao Gang was seriously weakened.

But Wang Ze is indeed very sincere, he did not hide the unfavorable situation they were in, and the conditions offered were very good, if they could win, the Cao Gang would return to the imperial capital, and the forces would go deeper into Jizhou and Youzhou.

From the bottom of his heart, Fang Jie wanted to go north, but Bangli's current situation was a little different from before.

Regarding Fang Zhen's death, in addition to Xiao Lan being the first suspect, Jiangnan Society is the second suspect, Fang Zhen was killed after crossing the river to deal with the affairs of Jiangnan Society, and when Xiao Lan could not be found, the Cao Gang believed that Jiangnan would be the black hand behind it, and Fang Zhen's death was jointly committed by Jiangnan Society and Xiao Lan.

Therefore, now the wind in the Cao Gang has changed, and those who advocate revenge in the south have become the mainstream.

"The murder of my father has a lot to do with the Jiangnan Society," Fang Jie said sadly: "Seventh Master, I can't go north now, and when the Jiangnan Society is cleaned up, I will go north again." ”

Wang Ze sighed softly: "The matter of the Fang Gang Master is indeed sad, I am in Wu County, I have visited Mr. Gu Yonggu, the head of the Gu family in Wu County, and I also visited Ling Zhang, the head of the Ling family, and they assured me that Jiangnan will have nothing to do with the matter of the Fang Gang Master. ”

Fang Jie looked up at Wang Ze with some surprise, Wang Ze nodded calmly, Fang Jie turned his head to look at Zhu Quan and Yan Qi, and the expressions of the two were also a little surprised.

Fang Jie asked in a deep voice, "Seventh Master, do they have any evidence?"

Zhu Quan and Yan Qi also looked at Wang Ze solemnly, and Wang Ze replied calmly: "Of course, I can't believe it just by their words, but I found out that Fang Zimo went to sea two months ago, went to the East Yingguo, and the main force of the Jiangnan Society went, if it wasn't for your gang gathering in Jiankang, they wouldn't have come back yet." ”

"Two months ago?" Fang Jie was shocked, Zhu Quan and Yan Qi were also very surprised, if Zimo led his troops to the sea two months ago, then Fang Zhen's matter would probably have nothing to do with them, because at that time, Fang Zimo was not in Wu County.

"What you said is true?" Yan Qi almost blurted out, Dongying Kingdom is in the Oriental Overseas Oriental, it is an island country, it is said to be very large, but the specific details are known very little, the most famous is the island woman, white skin and beautiful appearance, gentle and lovely temperament, many wealthy families in Wu County have Dongying women as slaves.

"Of course it's true," Wang Ze nodded solemnly: "I saw the fleet dock with my own eyes, and I also asked the people at the dock, Fang Zimo brought a whole sixteen big ships of 5,000 stones, and went to Dongying, and when he received the news in Dongying, he learned that the Fang gang leader was killed, so he rushed back urgently." ”

Fang Jie Yan Qi and Zhu Quan exchanged glances, and Yan Qi asked, "Two months ago, we just reached an agreement with the Jiangnan Society, and Fang Zimo went to sea?"

Hearing Yan Qi's doubts, Wang Ze nodded solemnly: "Fang Zimo has a deep relationship with Dongying's Dongye family, occupies a place in Dongying, and has the official position of Emperor Dongying, now Dongying is very chaotic, the princes are fighting endlessly, and the emperor exists in name only, so Fang Zimo is in a hurry to reach an agreement with your gang, because he has to rush to Dongying to deal with the affairs of his fiefdom." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Ze took out a letter and sent it to Yan Qi, Yan Qi took it and opened it easily, his expression changed slightly, this is a joint letter from Fang Zimo of the Jiangnan Association and Gu Yong, the head of the Gu family of Wu County, and Ling Zhang, the head of the Ling family.

The tone of this letter is neither humble nor arrogant, but the core meaning is one, Fang Zhen's death has nothing to do with the Jiangnan Society and the Wujun Gate Valve, I hope that the Cao Gang will investigate well, and they are willing to assist.

After Yan Qi read it, he handed it to Fang Jie, and Fang Jie quickly read it and handed it to Zhu Quan, this situation was beyond the expectations of the three of them, and for a while, the three of them didn't know what to say.

"Seventh Master," Fang Jie raised his head and said: "When I was in Jizhou before, I was deeply taken care of by my ancestors, and it stands to reason that I should not refuse my ancestors' requests, but this fact is too big, I must think about it carefully, and ask Seventh Master to understand." ”

Wang Ze got up very understandingly: "I understand, I will wait for the words of the helper, and I will leave first." ”

Fang Jie didn't stay, got up and sent Wang Ze to the door, he didn't go out, but stood at the door and motioned for Ran Jun to send Wang Ze out.

After Wang Ze left, Fang Jie did not sit down, but stood at the door, looked at the courtyard and asked in a deep voice, "Uncle Zhu, Mr. Yan, what do you think?"

Zhu Quan sighed, looked at the letter on the table, and smiled bitterly: "I'm not sure now, judging from the tone of this letter, it seems that the murder of the helper really has nothing to do with them, Brother Yan, what do you think." ”

Yan Qi lowered his head and thought about it: "We can send someone to Wu County to investigate and see if Fang Zimo has gone to sea in two months, if so, the murder of the gang leader will have nothing to do with the Jiangnan Society." ”

Fang Jie didn't answer, Zhu Quan Yan Qi and Xiao Lan used to be the three people Fang Zhen trusted the most, but now Xiao Lan has betrayed, but he still trusts Zhu Quan and Yan Qi very much.

Yan Qi's tone changed: "But we can go north now, or can we go north?"

Zhu Quan couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "The news from the imperial capital, the Wang and Xu families were defeated in the imperial capital, that Liu Han has the strength of a top-grade grandmaster, Xiao Yu has the strength of a grandmaster, although Fengyulou was beaten out of the imperial capital, the strength still exists, and the strength of Hanhai Trading Company is even deeper, not to mention, they have the support of the palace behind them, Xiaojie, now going north, the outcome is unpredictable, the helper has said before, the time for us to go north has not come, so we have not gone north." ”

Fang Jie's brows furrowed, his expression was hesitant, from the bottom of his heart, he wanted to go north, but...

Fang Zhen talked to him before his death, it is not yet the time to go north, and he has to wait until the time is ripe, but when is the time ripe!!