The more than 20 green-clothed men who brought Zhuang Haoming and Xie Yixiang here had already pushed the two of them to stand in the open space in the Yubi Peak at this time, so they bowed to the three people on the platform, bowed their heads and retreated, and stood neatly on both sides of the open space with the original hundred or so people here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Now Zhuang and Xie were about ten zhang away from the stone platform carved out of the south relief, and Zhuang Haoming couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the appearance of the middle-aged scribe who spoke. He groaned for a while, immediately laughed, and asked in a loud voice: "Could it be that the master here, Jiang Ye of Dongting Lake, is speaking?" When he said this, he naturally admitted that he had never seen Jiang Wangcai, and he couldn't be sure of the identity of the person who was speaking on the platform at this moment.

Along the way, Zhuang Haoming heard Song Xuan, Yang Ziliao and others call Jiang Wangcai "Jiang Ye", and he still uses this title at this moment. But seeing that the middle-aged scribe on the platform had a gentle face, he still smiled and said: "What Brother Zhuang said is good, the younger brother's surname is Jiang, and he is famous." Although the river does not contain the vast ocean of hundreds of rivers, it also flows day and night; those who look forward to it are also looking forward to it, hoping for it, and those who are talented are the heroes and talents of the whole world. The "talent" that looks at the world with the power of a "river" is exactly "moss flowers are as small as rice, and they also learn to bloom peonies". ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhuang Haoming and Xie Yixiang were both shocked, it turned out that the middle-aged man dressed as a scribe was indeed Jiang Wangcai. Xie Yixiang originally thought that Jiang Wangcai, as the leader of the bandits in Dongting Lake, was most likely a fierce and domineering man, but when he saw it today, he was so elegant and weak, but he was more like those bachelors in the Beijing Academy. Thinking that Jiang Wang has been famous for more than ten years, but now looking at his appearance, he is only thirty or forty years old, so he naturally looks good-looking, and he does not look old at all.

Zhuang Haoming was surprised for a moment, and immediately laughed and said: "I didn't expect that Jiang Wangcai, who is famous for his life, actually looks like this, it is really better to be famous than to meet, but Zhuang is a little disappointed." ”

In the face of his provocation, Jiang Wangcai was not angry, but said lightly: "Brother Zhuang laughed, the three words 'Jiang Wangcai' are just a title at best, but thanks to the brothers, this is the little brother's cheap name, and even moved to heaven." And the glory of my Dongting Lake today depends on the three words 'Jiang Wangcai', but the concerted efforts of my brothers in Dongting Lake, hand in hand, which can create a new world of Huguang. ”

Seeing that Zhuang Haoming was just a casual remark, since Jiang Wangcai was able to tell the truth immediately, he answered without leaking, and in his words, he clearly praised all the helpers in Dongting Lake under his command, and made a move to appease people's hearts, and his words seemed extremely sincere. For a while, even Xie Yixiang couldn't help but admire.

You must know that Xie Yixiang is Xie Fengxuan's daughter, and she has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she has faintly inherited Xie Fengxuan's ability to dominate as a general. To put it bluntly, this ability to dominate is the so-called incitement ability, and she has the ability to coax everyone to be willing to work hard for herself, although Xie Yixiang's ability cannot be seen on weekdays, but at every critical moment, once she speaks in public, the incitement between the words can be undoubtedly revealed. Now that she sees this Jiang Wangcai, it is clear that she is also a master in this way, and the so-called heroes see heroes, of course, they have some sympathy.

Zhuang Haoming's face changed, he suddenly stopped laughing, and then said righteously: "Since Your Excellency is Jiang Ye Jiang Wangcai of this Dongting Lake, then Zhuang will tell the truth." This time, I led the torture and arrest room to serve the will of the imperial court, and the elite went out to Huguang by trekking through mountains and rivers, just for one thing. That is to arrest you Jiang Wangcai and escort him back to Beijing. ”

Hearing Zhuang Haoming say such a thing directly, Xie Yixiang was suddenly taken aback. Even if it is really as Zhuang Haoming said, only the two people on the other side can be sure to arrest this talent, but how can they say it to their faces? Looking at the more than 100 green-clothed men present, although no one spoke, there was a faint contempt in everyone's eyes.

Jiang Wangcai, who was in the middle of the platform, still had a smile on his face, and asked rhetorically: "Oh, how does this start when the little brother is arrested? In Huguang, although the little brother is a little unruly, he is also measured in everything. Over the years, the water in my Dongting Lake has never touched the deep water in the imperial court. Brother Zhuang said that he wanted to arrest the younger brother, but he didn't know what the younger brother had done?"

Zhuang Haoming met his gaze and said: "A few days ago, the imperial court had a batch of 20 million taels of silver shipped to Huguang, which was jointly escorted by the seventeen Jianghu dart bureaus in Beiping and Yingtianfu, and thus formed the Central Plains Dart Bureau Alliance. Among them, the four hundred and fifty escorts selected are all first-class experts in the martial arts. Who knew that as soon as this military salary entered the territory of Huguang, it mysteriously disappeared overnight, leaving no trace of it. Hehe, everyone in the world knows that this lake is Jiang Ye's territory, don't tell me that the people in Dongting Lake don't know anything about this matter. ”

Hearing Zhuang Haoming mention this, Jiang Wangcai's face was finally a little moved. His eyes sank, and he said slowly: "Although there is tension between my Dongting Lake and the imperial court, the two sides have never crossed the thunder pool. If the military salaries of the imperial court were really lost in Huguang, my Dongting Lake would definitely come out of the nest to recover this military salary for the imperial court. Even if we can't recover the salaries in the end, we will do our best to calm the matter and avoid disputes. ”

Xie Yixiang didn't count Jiang Wangcai to say such a thing, and for a while, he couldn't care about what Zhuang Haoming's plan was, and blurted out: "Didn't you rob that batch of military salaries?"

Jiang Wangcai on the platform turned his gaze, looked at Xie Yixiang beside Zhuang Haoming for the first time, and said word by word: "No." ”

He said these two words so loudly that there was no room for manoeuvre. Xie Yixiang stared at Jiang Wangcai's eyes, and when she saw that there was no trace of hypocrisy in his eyes, she immediately frowned. You must know that the 20 million taels of silver in the imperial court had no signs before being robbed, and there were no clues after being robbed, if this catastrophe was not done by Jiang Wangcai in front of him, who could still have such a ability and who would have such a motive in this Huguang territory?

I heard Zhuang Haoming laugh again, and said loudly: "I thought that Jiang Ye was a man who dared to act, but who knew that he dared to do it." Since Jiang Ye has the courage to rob the military salary, why doesn't he have the courage to admit it?"

Jiang Wangcai on the platform said slowly: "Brother Zhuang came to visit rashly this time, and the younger brother thought that you were thinking like me, wanting to uncover the truth of this case, recover military salaries, and resolve this catastrophe." He paused, seemed to sigh, and said with some disappointment: "But now it seems that Brother Zhuang has clearly determined that Dongting Lake is the mastermind behind this case. So no matter how the younger brother argues, I'm afraid it won't help. ”

Xie Yixiang heard Jiang Wangcai say this, Xie Yixiang was so anxious that she couldn't care about Zhuang Haoming beside her anymore, and asked: "Mr. Jiang, since you keep saying that this matter has nothing to do with Dongting Lake, then according to what you see, who robbed the military salaries of the imperial court?" Although she still didn't dare to believe this Jiang Wangcai in her heart, she unconsciously called him "sir".

Jiang Wangcai saw that Xie Yixiang was quite reasonable, and immediately showed a smile and said: "Miss Xie San is too famous, and Jiang doesn't dare to take the title of 'sir'. Fang Cai Jiang has already said that if the batch of military salaries of the imperial court is really lost in my Huguang territory, my Dongting Lake will sit idly by and ignore it. However......"

At this point, he paused for a moment before continuing, "...... However, those salaries were not lost in my Huguang. As far as I know, the dart team that escorted the military pay for the imperial court did not continue west along the Yangtze River to Huguang on the night of its march to Jiangzhou, but turned the bow of the ship to the south and sailed to Poyang Lake in Jiangxi. ”

That batch of military salaries actually did not enter the territory of Huguang, let alone was lost in the territory of Huguang? As soon as Jiang Wangcai's words came out, Xie Yixiang was of course shocked, although it was unexpected, he didn't feel anything for a while. However, Zhuang Haoming, who was beside him, had changed his face greatly, and blurted out loudly: "You mean that the military salaries are actually ...... Halfway there, I turned to Poyang Lake?"