Cao Xi and his two Imperial Army followers used a long rope to tie together the more than ten official horses they had chased and the captured thief. They took the peeled off notice and began to slowly walk along the official road.
Slowly travel north.
Cao Xi felt that since there were already officials who were accomplices to thieves in many government offices in Hanoi counties, he could not rashly expose his identity as an imperial envoy in front of county officials. He decided to secretly detain the thieves first, and then he would
He changed his identity and went to Futai. In the name of receiving rewards, he first met the governors of these states and counties, and then waited for an opportunity to find out the mastermind or traitor behind them.
Not long after, the three of them hid the thief, detained the captured officers and horses, and arrived at Hanoi County, outside the Yamen of the Prefect's Mansion.
After Cao Xi and the others informed the government officials, they led more than ten official horses and waited for a long time. After a long time, the government servant who went to report finally walked out of the gate. The servant changed his arrogant look and said:
With a smile on his face, he said: "Master Li, our guest at the prefect's seat, has said that he would like to invite the three young men to come and visit the master's house first. After the master has taken care of the three warriors, he will then take the three of them to pay a visit to the prefect.
"
After Cao Xi inquired, he learned that Master Li was named Li Tong. It is said that in his early years, he traveled around the counties and counties in Hebei for several years and worked as a knight-errant.
, so he can be regarded as a man who is proficient in writing. After that, he came to Hanoi County. By chance, he was valued and appreciated by the Hanoi County Sheriff, and then he became a planning master in the county governor's office.
Not long after, Cao Xi and his party arrived at Master Li's residence.
After careful observation, Cao Xi found that although Li Tong's residence was not very luxurious and spacious, it was very close to the government office and located at an important street and traffic point, which was a very convenient place.
After passing through the front yard, Cao Xi and others finally arrived at Master Li Tong's study.
"I hope you'll forgive me for being a distant guest when I'm a distinguished guest."
Before seeing the person, Cao Xi heard his voice first. After opening the door and seeing the person, Cao Xi took a look at the person and found that the person was a bit more elegant than he thought. If it weren't for the person's strong words, he seemed
His internal strength was so well-founded that even Cao Xi would not have noticed that this man was once a man of the world.
"Master Li, you are so polite. I have admired Master Li for a long time, and I am truly lucky to meet you today!"
After receiving the courtesy, Cao Xi sat down at the banquet without being humble or arrogant.
"These brave men are really good at it. These two bandits, who have suffered a thousand blows, have been stealing our Wei Dynasty's official horses for many years and have become habitual criminals. In addition, these two evil beasts are highly skilled in martial arts, so they came to us."
Those officers and soldiers couldn't catch them for a while. I never thought that today this evil thief would be captured by a young man. It's true that a hero comes from a young age. Come on, I'd like to toast you three!"
Master Li Tong praised him, raised his wine bottle, and drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing that Master Li was simple in speech and very heroic, Cao Xi had a good impression of this person in his heart.
"Master Li, I'm very grateful. I'm ashamed to say that the two thieves are indeed very skilled in martial arts. Therefore, after fighting hard, I managed to recover many of the officers and horses, but I didn't catch the thieves and allowed them to escape." Cao Cao.
Xi feigned annoyance, picked up the wine bottle and touched his lips, and continued: "However, while I was chasing the official horse today, I accidentally heard the thief say that they were originally from the Haisha Gang in Soochow.
But I only saw a few two people today. I heard that Master had traveled around the world in his early years. Do you know anything about the Haisha Gang?"
"Hai Shark Gang... I've never heard of it, I've never heard of it, Soochow's heresy, how could I know about it, hahaha..." Li Tongqian laughed twice and just continued to drink without saying anything more.
After drinking and eating, everyone settled down at the residence arranged by the county governor.
After Cao Xi caught the thief, he lured him with huge profits and got out an important piece of news, that is, there were originally three leaders of the Haisha Gang, and the two of them were not the bosses of the Haisha Gang. What was even more shocking was that the thief
He said that the eldest among the three of them was actually from the Hanoi County government!
Of course, Cao Xi did not dare to believe all these words, but he did not deny them all either.
If what the thief said is true, then it makes sense why the government did not intercept and arrest the two horse thieves from the Dongwu Haisha Gang who were running rampant in Hanoi. To a certain extent, Cao Xi was actually
Believe what the thief said.
Just now, Li Tong said that the thieves were too powerful to be captured. Cao Xi couldn't help but laugh in his heart. With the manpower of an entire county and the geographical advantage, couldn't he catch two thieves? This was obviously a perfunctory move.
!
It seems that Master Li Tong Li already has reasons worthy of his suspicion.
Early the next morning, Master Li took Cao Xi and three others to visit the prefect.
After meeting the county guard, Cao Xi was very surprised that a dignified county guard and local governor could be so afraid of a master. There must be something fishy in this.
At night, when everyone was changing their posts and resting, a Forbidden Army attendant beside Cao Xi walked up to the prefect seemingly casually and whispered: "Brother Cao Xi has asked the prefect to lend me a step to speak."
The eunuch saw that there was no one around, so he cautiously replied: "Call Brother Cao Xi, speak in the inner courtyard of the mansion, don't dare to be seen by others."
In the inner courtyard of the mansion, the prefect looked sad, waiting for Cao Xi's arrival.
It seemed that he really had something unspeakable in his mind.
Over the years, ever since Mr. Li came to Hanoi, he seemed to be having a nightmare.
There is an ancient saying: A chivalrous person breaks the law with force. He felt that this was true. He had never provoked any Jianghu people, but he was held hostage by one. He still remembered that terrifying night four years ago.
The phantom of the shark in the sea sneaked into his inner hall, and used the lives of his family as a bargaining chip to force him to hire him as his master.
He didn't know what that man wanted to do at first, but it wasn't until later when horses from prefectures and counties were stolen one after another and smuggled to Jiangdong that he realized that this horse was actually crafted by the Wu people! In order to secretly buy the Wei officials.
Ma, only then did he force himself to commit this serious crime that can be called collaborating with the enemy!
But what can he do? One wrong step, one wrong step after another. As a local governor of the Wei Dynasty, he knew that he had broken the law but could do nothing about it. It was really painful. Sometimes he really wanted to die, but when a cold knife was placed on his neck,
, I am so greedy for life and afraid of death, so unwilling to do so.
He was unwilling to accept that he, a magistrate of a county, could not compete with the rough and tumble of a small country. He firmly believed that he would eventually succeed. But now, his chance came, and the young man who recovered his official horse was
own hopes.
"I've kept you waiting for a long time." After a long time, Cao Xi finally came to the inner hall.
"Brother Cao Xi, you are here..." The prefect turned around with a look of joy on his face.
"My lord, I have come here today to discuss something important. Before that, there is one more thing that I need to explain to your lord." Cao Xi took out the token of the forbidden army's "Wuwei Camp".
"It turns out that brother Cao Xi is from the imperial army in the capital. How wonderful!" The prefect was so happy that tears flowed from his eyes.
"Sir, why are you like this?" Cao Xi did not expect that the other party would be so excited.
The prefect immediately told Cao Xi the whole story, and Cao Xi suddenly realized: "It seems that what the thief said is true. Li Tong is indeed the leader of the East Fujian Sea Shark Gang!"
"Brother Cao Xi, I entrust my life and fortune to you. If the matter is settled, I will go with you to Luoyang to plead guilty to Your Majesty..."
"Master Taishou, can you take this seriously?"
This sentence was not spoken by Cao Xi. Before the eunuch finished speaking, he saw a cold light passing by on the wall, and a shadow that looked like a whale shark in the dark sea leaped onto the wall.
It turned out that the person who asked the question was none other than the master, the leader of the Haisha Gang, Li Tong. At this moment, he was holding a cold blade in his hand, standing proudly on the wall, looking coldly at the two people in the courtyard under the cold moon.
"Prefect, be careful!" Cao Xi made a decisive decision, and with a sudden sound, he drew out the Dragon Scale Hundred Pilumo Sword from his waist, used Qinggong to jump up to the wall, and fought with Li Tong.
In an instant, the two of them stood on the dangerous wall. Instead of falling, they were able to fight each other to the death. The eunuch stood far away in the corridor, looking at him in shock and disbelief.
As soon as Cao Xi and Li Tong fought against each other, they knew that he was no ordinary person. He was a dominator in Eastern Fujian and his reputation was well-deserved.
At first, Li Tong recognized the swordsmanship used by Cao Xi, and found out that the swordsmanship used by the other party was actually Cao Xia's swordsmanship, which was famous in the Central Plains. He was wary of it. It was not until after dozens of moves that he had the idea of defeating the opponent.
Enough confidence.
It is not that Li Tong had not seen Xiahou Cao's swordsmanship in Soochow. The great Sima of Wei State, who had been dead for many years, and Changping Hou Cao Xiu had been guarding Yangzhou all year round. The governor Lu Yi once sent himself to investigate the defense of Yangzhou City.
One time, I was accidentally discovered by Cao Xiu himself, and was defeated by his hand after only three or five moves. However, the young man in front of me today was probably not as good as Cao Xiu and Cao Wenlie.
"Boy, you are going to die at my hands today. If you have any last wishes, you might as well tell me, hahahaha..." When Cao Xi heard Li Tong's laughter, he couldn't help but feel confused and a little powerless. It turned out that Li Tong had just laughed.
On this occasion, he used another unique skill of the Haisha Gang, "Canghai Dragon Yin". This technique and "Haisha Dao Jue" are also known as the two secrets of the Haisha Gang, which have the effect of confusing people's minds. At this moment, Cao Xi could only
I felt like the world was spinning, the figures in front of me were in a trance, and I almost felt like falling down.
"Suffer death!" Li Tong shouted and swung his sword to attack Cao Xi. At this critical moment, an arrow flew from outside the wall and hit Li Tong's throat.
"Uh...you..." Li Tong dropped the steel knife to the ground at this moment, covering his neck with his hands, with an expression of disbelief on his face. After a while, he finally lost too much blood and collapsed against the wall.
Otherwise, he died.
I think the "Hai Shark Gang" has been operating in Eastern Fujian for a long time and is quite famous. However, one after another, the three leaders fell into the hands of Cao Xi, a fledgling boy. Their luck was really bad.
"General, my help is late, are you okay?" Two Imperial Guardsmen holding crossbows stepped forward and bowed.
"It doesn't matter..."
Now that Li Tong was dead, the spell of "The Roar of Dragons in the Sea" was resolved. Cao Xi rubbed his aching temples and let out a long sigh of relief.
