Aggrieved Fish Sprite

"Ah!"

The coachman Lao Qi sneezed heavily.

He rubbed his arms, gulped down the medicine he had so hard to get in line, and then shivered from the pain.

Looking at the gradually clearing sky, many people in the caravan showed smiles on their faces.

Those who couldn't find a vacant house didn't make any noise anymore. The people in the Elixir Village asked for the price indiscriminately, and they didn't care about living in it!As long as it doesn't rain, you can go to the next village and wait for two days until the flood recedes!So people from neighboring villages who came to buy medicine happily rowed their boats back, and called more merchants on boats.

Soon there were only the first few groups of caravans left in the village, and those who were afraid of a serious disease and dared not leave even after taking medicine.

Lao Qi stretched his waist, it was really uncomfortable to be crowded with people just now.

The stewards of the caravan worriedly counted the flooded goods. When the water receded, they could not go on the road immediately, because there was mud everywhere, and it was difficult for the wheels to get up.The steward of the caravan was already calculating how much it would cost to hire someone to bring them into the city.

Lao Qi quietly groped behind the wheel, found a low wall sheltered from the wind, and was about to take a lazy nap.

When he was half asleep, Qiangguai suddenly stretched out a hand coated with black ointment, covered Lao Qi's mouth with lightning speed, and dragged him out.

The coachman Lao Qi opened his eyes wide, kicked his legs on the ground and wanted to struggle, but the wind whistling in his ears, the whole person "flyed" out like flying through the clouds.

"boom."

With a muffled sound, Lao Qi fell into the weeds.

He was covered in mud, but thanks to running outside for many years, his skin was rough, his elbows and shoulders not covered by single clothes had thick calluses, and the jagged blades of wild grass were only scratched with white marks, without bleeding.

Lao Qi was about to struggle to get up, when someone grabbed his neck with his palm from behind.

"If you dare to move, it will cost your life."

The sound was weird and harsh, like bones rubbing against a wooden board.

Lao Qi's pupils contracted, and he could feel the power contained in those fingers, which was definitely not a kind thing.

There are many people who practice weird kung fu in the Jianghu. They often toss themselves so that they are neither human nor ghost, especially evil ways.Those who are good at using poison are all yellow and thin, like a skeleton, afraid of cold and heat, and their voices are worse than ghosts.

"You... who are you?" Lao Qi pretended to be scared, and quietly touched his waist with his fingers.

Then his wrist hurt, and his right hand fell to the side feebly.

"Don't play tricks and don't yell."

"..." Lao Qi's goosebumps popped out, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

He had seen the opponent's hand before, and now this hand was pinching his neck, no different from pinching a chicken.

The choking ointment smell still remained on his face, and Lao Qi didn't even dare to breathe, listening to the people behind him with a dark smile: "I know you are a pawn of Fengxing Pavilion, Fengxing Pavilion has been so powerful recently, Destroyed a few villages on the Greenwood Road... Such a great prestige, could it be possible that you think you have become the Jinyi Guard of the old dynasty, digging privacy and selling news is not enough to satisfy your appetite, and even take care of things that shouldn't be taken care of?"

The coachman Lao Qi's heart skipped a beat, it turned out it was because of this.

The corners of his mouth drooped, his eyes turned upwards, and he begged for mercy bitterly: "This senior, you can't even be considered a man of the rivers and lakes. It's just that he learned the skills of a three-legged cat from a boxer in the past. Driving a car is tiring and less money. Then I started thinking about making money. You said that I was working for Fengxing Pavilion. Three years ago I was running errands for Dongting, and ten years ago I was still earning a living in Yangzhou. It’s just that I’m lazy and afraid of death. , The more the worse, the Fengxing Pavilion——hey, you can say that I am a member of Fengxing Pavilion, but except for the shopkeeper and the guy who sells the news, no one else in Fengxing Pavilion recognizes me, a small person like me , there are not one thousand but eight hundred."

"What nonsense."

Meng Qi pretended to drink.

Mo Li has been watching and listening to the side.

Dr. Mo was very curious about Meng Qi's weird voice. It is said that there are entertainers who know ventriloquism and can make sounds without moving their mouths, and there are sorceresses who have learned to cheat, and they are called belly fairy.Meng Qi doesn't know ventriloquist, but the way of speaking is faintly similar.

Talking the same, but the voice is swallowed, making a strange, gloomy and rustling sound.

"The old man lost his apprentice and was about to settle accounts with Fengxing Pavilion. Unexpectedly, he was delayed by a storm and bumped into you, a dishonest boy. Looking around, there are ghosts! I lied to you, but I didn't expect it to be Fengxing Pavilion." running dog!"

The coachman Lao Qi was so angry that he rolled his eyes, but now he was being treated as a fish by a knife, so he could only continue to beg for mercy: "Although the young one is useless, he also knows the rules of Fengxing Pavilion, and he doesn't do work without money. As for Peng Ze There is water... Uh no, the matter of Brothers Greenwood really wronged us!"

"Don't talk sweet words, tell me quickly, who is your nearest sub-ruler, the old man wants to hear if the name of this bastard is good on the road."

Meng Qi said one thing after another, but the coachman Lao Qi was a little hesitant.

This tone is not quite like the Jianghu people here.

Where did the devil come from?Talking and acting are all old-fashioned, like a script!

But the hand that was choking his neck couldn't be faked, the coachman Lao Qi struggled quietly, it was of no use at all, the guy behind him probably didn't need a second move to kill him.

Well, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and be nice to accompany you!

"Senior, calm down, calm down!" The coachman Lao Qi rolled his eyes, thinking of words quickly.

His sight was blocked by weeds taller than a person, and he didn't dare to move rashly, so he couldn't see the ink carp diagonally ahead on his right.

Mo Li's eyesight was excellent, and he could see the expression of the coachman Lao Qi, including the reaction when he heard Meng Qi questioning about the death of the water bandit at first.

——It was an angry, resentful expression.

The coachman Lao Qi probably felt in his heart that exterminating the water bandits was a thankless task, and now he was unlucky for this matter, so he couldn't vent his anger.

This didn't really surprise Mo Li, as Lao Qi himself said, the Fengxing Pavilion is huge, and there are many people running errands for it.Most people don't care about what Fengxing Pavilion wants to do, and they don't know why the higher-ups do it like this. It's not easy to mess around, and it's enough to have a backer behind them and something to eat.

The coachman Lao Qi was afraid of losing his life, so he said cruelly: "Senior, spare your life. In fact, I have some news. I don't know if it is true or not. It is said that the business of killing water bandits is related to the government."

The ink carp was startled when he heard the sound.

"What's wrong with the water bandits, they robbed something they shouldn't?" Meng Qi continued to ask in that creepy tone.

"I don't know, I really don't know. Why don't seniors ask Yuan Ting, the 'Out of the Mountain Tiger'? He is the person in charge in our area. He knows everything about Peng Ze very well. We all have to call him out." Master Yuan's."

The coachman Lao Qi had no backbone, so he directly reported the people above him.

Meng Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, and slapped Lao Qi unconscious with his palms.

Mo Li came over and handed Meng Qi a rough cloth, and the latter slowly wiped off the ointment on his hands.

There have been people and strangers who were very good at tracking the temperature in Jianghu. Since the coachman Laoqi was from Fengxing Pavilion, even though his martial arts were not good, Meng Qi did not look down upon them, so he made some preparations.The ointment is pungent, and now everyone in the village is applying it, let alone people, even if they really have a dog's nose, it won't help.

"This person..."

Mo Li only said two words, frowning in silence.

Firstly, he didn’t know if what the coachman Lao Qi said was true or not, and secondly, it was common for such little people in the world to want to save their lives and refuse to be loyal. Nor will it be a matter of course to take someone's life just because they despise the other party's behavior.

Mo Li changed his tone and said: "Government? Why did King Ning's men suddenly clear up the water bandits, and come here in such a detour?"

"Ha, of course it's not for the shameless baby, what I said just now is an excuse I just made up, because everyone in the Jianghu thinks so." Meng Qi waved his hand and said solemnly, "If I guess correctly, this is clearing the way. "

"Clear the road?"

"That's right, this is King Ning's jurisdiction. Mr. Qiu, who is quite capable under King Ning's command, provoked the confrontation between the Jingzhou navy and the Qi Dynasty navy. The war is about to break out. King Ning's jurisdiction borders King Jing. This is taking advantage of the fire. And once the war starts, the grain roads must be dredged first. There are many waterways in the south, and it will be easier to transport grain by water. So not to mention the water bandits entrenched in Pengze, all other bandits who have become popular will be wiped out. It's called 'clearing the road'."

Mo carp was stunned upon hearing this.

Mainly when it comes to strategies, fighting food and roads, Meng Qi is a well-versed expert.

"...In addition to the news we got before, the owner of the Fengxing Pavilion, Qiu Jing, may be the daughter of the counselor. She pretended to die of illness, but actually changed her name and surname to pretend to be a man in the rivers and lakes to preside over the Fengxing Pavilion. The position and thoughts of the owner of the Qiu Pavilion are temporarily unknown. But with this level of relationship, and with the mentality of a counselor, it is not a problem to use Fengxing Pavilion as a 'sword'."

Adviser Qiu is very capable, and even more surprisingly, he recruited people from the rivers and lakes to clear the way, so that people could not detect the movement and plan of King Ning's war. However, Meng Qi has enough clues in his hand, and the military is a "national event". There are all kinds of clues left behind, which cannot be covered up by people with discerning eyes.

"We have to go to Luling County."

Meng Qi told Mo Li that it was because of drugs before, but now it is confirmed that the war will start.

It can even be said that King Ning's advisor, who has been dormant for many years, is finally about to show his strength.

Mo Li was silent, he didn't want the true face of Fengxing Pavilion to be a pawn arranged by King Ning's advisers.

He felt that Qiu Jing was not such a person.

But if all this is true—

"There may have been two voices inside Fengxing Pavilion."

Meng Qi used voice transmission to enter the secret and said to Mo Li, "One is a real Jiang Hu person, and the other has other ideas. Because of that brilliant counselor and his detached identity as a father, there has never been any conflict in Fengxing Pavilion The far ones are like selling ointment to help Dr. Peng, and the near ones are like paying off water bandits. Qiu Jing thinks that this is all about helping the people, and her father wants more people to farm and fish in the land under the jurisdiction of King Ning, and there must be enough people to feed the people. As a soldier... because a far-sighted adviser knows that the disease cannot spread, so he does not object, and will support Qiu Jing's approach."

Mo Li sighed inwardly.

Meng Qi threw the coachman Lao Qi aside and said in a low voice: "There is another person, maybe there is a problem."

"How to say?"

"I've been thinking about why the King of Wu wanted to recruit people from the Jianghu and reward them with official positions and money. At first I thought he was greedy for life and afraid of death and someone's assassination. Later, in Shimo Village, we met a group of Jianghu who wanted to cut off the dragon veins of the Qi Dynasty. People, I thought King Wu was a fool who believed in the nonsense of alchemists."

Meng Qi turned to look at Mo Li with a thoughtful smile and said, "But no matter if you are a fool or a ghost who is afraid of death, he is the King of Wu. There are capable people under the command of King Ning, and there may not be no under the command of King Wu. Qiantang is the world's most In a rich place, merchants gather. If any of the King Wu's subjects felt that something was wrong with Fengxing Pavilion, they would most likely take such countermeasures. Recruiting martial arts masters, borrowing people from the rivers and lakes to observe Fengxing Pavilion's every move, and even ...Place some people in the Fengxing Pavilion, anyway, there are as many people in the bottom of the rivers and lakes, and there are many people who don't know who they are working for, as long as the time comes, a piece of news will be fine."

Meng Qi looked down at the coachman Lao Qi, obviously suspicious of this man.

Mo Li suddenly sighed deeply, and he heard Meng Qi say in his ear:

"Where Fengxing Pavilion will go now is not up to you and me, but to the Lord Qiu.