Chapter 419: Soldiers and bandits drink and talk, and humans and demons gather together in Longtan
Fu Hai Building.
Ergou walked to the door, looked around, and decided to take a rest in this restaurant.
He followed the steps of the waiter and climbed the stairs step by step, but he was still thinking about other things in his mind.
"I didn't expect that the matter would actually involve the Jiangdu Wu family. This is a bit difficult to handle... There are at least three immortals in the Wu family. Even with my methods, I have no chance of hiding it from them.
Brother Dan, Fat Girl, will you be in there?"
"Sir, if you like to enjoy the scenery, this third heaven is just right for you. Do you think..."
The waiter and Ergou stopped on the seventh floor. The latter casually glanced out the window and immediately made a judgment.
"Go to the ninth floor. Qian Xuan uses nine to see the rules of heaven. I like the number nine."
"Your Majesty, you really have a good eye. Our Fuhai Building has 18 floors. Each three floors is a sky. Among them, the third sky has the best view. It can overlook 70% to 80% of the scenery of the city. Among the three floors, the ninth floor is the best." For the most..."
The waiter introduced Ergou nonchalantly, and the two of them quickly reached the ninth floor.
"Sir, it seems that today is a coincidence. How about we go to the eighth floor?"
The ninth floor was overcrowded and every seat was packed.
Especially for the position Ergou wants, which is close to the window of Wu Mansion, there will be no vacancies in a short time.
Ergou was slightly disappointed, but he didn't care and turned around to go downstairs.
But at this time.
A customer at a table in the distance waved to the waiter.
"Brother, drinking alone is boring for me. If you don't mind... you can come over and have two drinks together, and the money will be mine."
Ergou subconsciously wanted to refuse, but found that the guest at the table was indeed alone, and occupied an excellent position. Not far from the window was the Wu Mansion.
He walked over with light steps, strode over, and raised his hands: "I'm here for the first time, I want to catch the wind and wash away the dust, and take in the beautiful scenery of the city. Thanks to my brother's invitation, I don't dare to refuse, so I'll pay for the drinks this time."
After saying this, Ergou didn't wait for the man to respond. He took out a piece of gold horseshoe weighing twenty or thirty taels and threw it to the waiter, then sat down opposite him.
"Haha~ Brother, you are so brave, please give me a drink!"
Sitting opposite Ergou...it was Tie Tang.
Tie Tang came here to observe the Wu family, and Er Gou's purpose was obviously the same as his.
The best observation location near the Wu family is Fuhai Tower.
It can almost be said that it is inevitable that the two of them will collide on the ninth floor of the third level of Fuhai Tower.
But the difference with Ergou is...
Tie Tang had already been condescending and recognized his identity in advance.
Ergou still knew nothing about Tie Tang, and had no idea that the person in front of him was the county guard who had failed in his two previous assassinations.
After a small talk, the two of them fell silent.
Ergou was originally a taciturn person. Previously, he could barely speak a few words just because of this position.
Tuk! Tuk!
Tie Tang tapped his index finger on the table and pulled Ergou's eyes back from the window.
"Looking at Xiongtai's appearance...it doesn't look like he's here for fun, but more like he's looking for someone."
Hmm?
Ergou's heart tightened, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, and he stared hard at Tie Tang.
Tie Tang never dodges or avoids, and always responds with a smile.
"This person..."
"Hey, it's weird, I can't see through it." Ergou thought Tie Tang was an ordinary businessman and didn't care at first.
Now that I got serious... I realized that being serious was useless!
The Tie Tang in his eyes was the same as before, without any change.
The more this happens, the more vigilant Ergou becomes.
He cannot see through the characters, they are definitely ordinary people.
"Your Excellency is..."
Tie Tang picked up the wine glass and poured it outside the table. A layer of water ripples appeared around him, preventing outsiders from prying.
This method can be broken by two dogs at their own expense, so they don't stop them, they just watch the other party doing it coldly.
"You're here to see your two friends, right? It just so happens that I'm also here to see someone. Maybe there's something we can do together."
As soon as Tie Tang said these words, he saw the two dogs opposite him changing color, a fierce evil aura emerged from his body, and murderous intent rolled towards his face.
"I know you're in a hurry, but don't be too hasty. Let me finish my words first." Tie Tang pressed his palms repeatedly to signal Ergou not to act rashly.
Thousands of thoughts flashed through Ergou's mind, and he quickly focused on the person in front of him in a small area: "Do you know me? Are you with them?"
Tie Tang smiled and picked up the wine pot, filled himself and Ergou with wine, drank it all in one gulp, and hung the wine glass upside down.
"You guy, you came to kill me twice before, but now you can't recognize me in person?"
"Is it you?"
The two dogs were startled, stood up suddenly, and looked around.
But I found that there were no other government experts nearby, and I felt a little more at ease.
"Just you?"
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
Tie Tang slowly shook his head: "You can't kill me."
"You can't keep me!"
Both of them told the truth, so after both sides were silent for a moment, Ergou sat down again, drank the wine that Tie Tang had poured, and also hung his head upside down to signal.
"What do you mean?"
Tie Tang obviously did not come here to target him, otherwise with his status, he would have been able to summon a large group of masters from Jiangdu Prefecture to surround and suppress him.
However, Ergou could not imagine why Tie Tang came to find him.
The two of them can be said to be incompatible with each other. One is a soldier and the other is a thief. It is impossible for them to get together.
"You may not believe it, but I also came here following the traces of Brother Dan and Fat Niu."
Ergou raised his eyebrows, of course he didn't believe it, but after thinking for a moment, he didn't think Tie Tang had any motive to deceive him.
"Why?"
Tie Tang turned his palm, and a lifelike three-inch figure appeared in his hand.
"You should know this person named Boil, right?"
Ergou sneered: "Did you come to me to pursue his death? But I remember that you are an official in Qingshui County, why did you end up in Linjiang County?"
Tie Tang said slowly: "Half and half, I'm looking for him for personal reasons. If such a person dies, he will die. I am not a person who cannot understand changes.
Of course, you must also bear the responsibility for killing him to the end. Don’t think that you can take it off. Sooner or later, it will be blamed on you."
Ergou didn't care: "It's all useless talk, I've killed more people than you know, and I'm still short of these two?
Stop talking nonsense, why are you here?"
"Like you, I'm all looking for someone. Before Zhuanzi died...did he tell you anything?"
"Does it have anything to do with you? Do you think I will tell you?"
"Brother Dan, Fat Girl was captured by the Hongyan Cult. She may be in the Wu Mansion now. There is an immortal overlord sitting in the Wu Mansion. You must not be able to enter, right?
You should know my identity. If I intervene... the chance of finding those two people is definitely greater than yours.
What do you think?"
Ergou was so angry that he slapped the table hard: "That bitch Jiang Yingxue, I should have killed her in the first place.
But you are not a good person. As an official of the imperial court, you know that there are people who have been kidnapped by others, but you turn a blind eye."
Tie Tang leaned back and held his head in his hands: "You come with me to the government to report, and I will immediately apply to enter the Wu Mansion for search.
Fat girl may be innocent, but that guy... I'm afraid he's done a lot of bad things just like you, right?"
Ergou was silent.
Of course it is impossible for him to report to the official.
Even if he dares to report it to the government, without clear evidence, the Wu family cannot be moved by the government if they want.
Even if we take a step back and let the government find Brother Dan, I'm afraid they will be the first to be liquidated.
So this matter...cannot be solved through government means in any case.
But it happened at this time.
A powerful official found him. Seizing the opportunity at this time will undoubtedly be of great help in rescuing Brother Dan and Fat Niu.
Ergou was a little shaken: "What do you want to know? How can I ensure that you won't lie to me? I've seen a lot of you dog officials, but you don't have many good ones."
"Didn't you know my name, Tie Tang, clearly before? I am the governor of Qingshui County and the supervisor of Dashang.
If you can’t even trust my promise, who can you trust?”
The word "supervisor" makes Ergou's trust level rise sharply.
Yes.
Even a killer like him who has killed countless people still has natural trust in the supervisor.
This is not a momentary achievement, but a golden sign erected by the Great Shang Dynasty over the past eight hundred years.
"Yes, I will tell you everything I know. You must also know my name, and you will never lie to me."
"What kind of name does a killer have? Who among us is the supervisor?"
Ergou was furious, and the sword in his hand materialized: "I can't kill you, believe it or not, I will cut off one of your arms?"
"Le, don't keep going, just come."
"Young official, your tone is not small."
The two dogs didn't get up. They raised their sword fingers with their right hands and pointed them at Tie Tang's arms in the air. Countless three-inch-long swords flew out like dragons.
"Ha~Qiu!"
Tie Tang only sneezed once, and a violent storm blew up, blowing countless swords into pieces.
There was no big fuss between the two of them when they started fighting. There were restraint guards around them. From the outside, it seemed to outsiders that the two of them were still drinking and talking happily.
Ergou said in surprise: "I haven't seen you for more than a month...has your strength improved so quickly?"
"You'd better pay attention. I'm not 100% sure of capturing you this time. When we meet next time... you won't be able to escape."
"Haha~ You are allowed to improve your cultivation level, but you are not allowed to improve my strength, right? Everyone can tell you nonsense. Just let it go if you have a fart. If it doesn't matter, I will leave. I don't think you have much ability."
Ergou said that, but his butt seemed to be nailed to the chair. Didn't he move even a little bit?
Brother Dan and Fat Niu are his best friends, especially Brother Dan, who grew up with him and is closer than his biological brothers.
Whenever there is a chance to rescue Brother Dan, Ergou will not miss it.
Tie Tang stopped teasing him, and spread out his left and right palms. A boil appeared on the palm of his right palm, and a mutilated portrait appeared on the palm of his left palm.
"Before Zhuanzi died...did he tell you about this portrait? Did he mention the Fang family's reward?"
Ergou did not reply immediately, but instead looked at the portrait carefully.
After a while.
Ergou shook his head slowly: "No!"
"Before I killed him, he just kept begging for mercy and didn't mention anything else."
Tie Tang was stunned.
"No, why did I look at you for so long? You made me think you knew me."
Ergou didn't hide anything, and calmly said what was in his heart: "You are my enemy. Naturally, I want to know everything about you as much as possible. I will use this to threaten you or blackmail you in the future."
Tie Tang was happy, but also a little disappointed in his heart, and asked seriously: "You really haven't mentioned boils?
Maybe he was talking about the Fang family, or the name of a certain Fang family servant."
Ergou said impatiently: "Can I still lie to you? I know Zhuzi, this person is extremely greedy. If he knows about a certain reward, even if he doesn't know anything about it, he will still dare to come to ask for the reward.
Maybe he doesn’t even know about this portrait, and he just wants to defraud someone out of money.
Fortunately, you were still the supervisor, and in the end you were tricked by a local ruffian."
Tie Tang was stunned. He really didn't expect this.
However, he quickly denied Ergou's statement: "The clues that Boilzi mentioned before... are difficult for outsiders to know. He must have witnessed it with his own eyes."
"Then I don't know. Anyway, he didn't tell me. Let's talk about my affairs next."
The clues about the man in the painting were lost, and Tie Tang felt unwilling.
He remembered that Zhuanzi was doing business as a middleman. Maybe when a client commissioned him to kill someone, Zhuanzi saw a similar-looking guqin.
So Tie Tang asked again: "You accepted the deal to kill me before. Did Cuirou or Zhuanzi tell you?"
"Who is Cuirou?" Ergou looked confused.
"That's Jiang Yingxue from the Hongyan Sect."
Ergou then nodded and did not shy away from discussing when to kill him in front of Tie Tang, the real owner.
"But you don't know that I took over the business of killing you and suffered a huge loss. For nothing, I got you, a difficult dog official, as my enemy.
That's all. The first time I took your business, the reward was only 5,000 yuan.
Zhuanzi, a heartless person, was given twenty thousand yuan to live by the authorities, but he actually told Brother Dan that it was only five thousand.
Five thousand yuan of life~
In this day and age, it’s not enough for me to practice for a few years, and I really owe it to my grandma’s family.”
Ergou kept complaining, but Tie Tang was keenly aware of the difference.
"You mean...the people who tried to kill me twice were not all Jiang Yingxue?"
"I don't know who it was the first time. It was Bouzi who told Brother Dan and agreed that even if I didn't succeed, I would still have to pay 5,000, so I took it."
Tie Tang smiled and said: "Your business is quite easy."
Ergou looked angry: "Don't interrupt, the second time was because that bitch Jiang Yingxue secretly followed me and came to negotiate with me face to face. The reward she gave was too much, and I couldn't resist, so I accepted the second time. p>
I should have killed her in the first place so that nothing like this would happen later.
And she doesn’t want to kill you, she just wants Tian Dao to work with me to capture you alive.
I don’t know what I’m coveting from you, maybe you’re just a pretty boy?”
Ergou's words made Tie Tang feel a little confused.
He always thought that Cuirou hired killers to kill him both times.
Now it seems...
That doesn't seem to be the case.
The first time Ergou came to kill him, it was obviously from another force.
And Cui Rou is also very surprised that she didn't want to kill herself, but hired a killer to capture her alive.
"Is there anything else she wants about me? Huh? Could it be that the future method I created has been known to her?
No, no matter how powerful the Beauty Sect is, can they still place spies around me?"
Tie Tang thought for a long time, trying to figure out the key, but Ergou was a little impatient.
"What are your plans?"
"Do you know who the person who wanted to kill me the first time was?"
Ergou wanted to punch Tie Tang and said angrily: "Are you deaf? If you say you don't know, you don't know, how many times do you have to ask?
That man was quite generous in his approach, not much stingy compared to that bitch Jiang Yingxue. I heard that the price at the source was 150,000 yuan.
I only have 5,000 life yuan in my hands. Ha~ These unscrupulous profiteers deserve to die."
So generous?
Tie Tang's mind was shaken, and he immediately eliminated those aristocratic families in Qingshui City.
One hundred and fifty thousand yuan is by no means a small amount.
Unless the aristocratic families in Qingshui City unite and pool money together to hire killers to kill them.
It's just that when it comes to killing people, it's a county governor. Naturally, the fewer people who know about it, the better. It's impossible for many aristocratic families to join forces.
"If it's not from the Qingshui City family, who else... has such huge financial resources, such courage, and at the same time has such hatred for himself?"
"Si family? Si Guangji?"
"It can't be him. He has a lifespan of 150,000 years. Wouldn't it be nice to use it to help him break through to the immortal realm? Why bother to offend himself?"
As for the Si family of Qingshui City, it’s not that Tie Tang underestimated them. If he wanted to spend 150,000 yuan, he would have to go bankrupt, and that wouldn’t be the case for the Si family either.
But in this way, the client who hires the Immortal Killer Sword for the first time can hardly find any clues.
"Wait..."
"The first mission was relayed by Zhuanzi. Could it be that at that time, Zhuanzi saw a guqin similar to the one in the painting?"
"If you follow this clue... it means that the power of the person in the painting, or she herself, has known that she is looking for her through the Fang family's reward.
That's why he hired a killer to kill him and eliminate the root cause in advance.
Then...how powerful does this person have to be?
The cost is 150,000 yuan, which shows that money is not a problem for her.
At the same time, she is also very well-informed and can even know the transactions between Fang Lexian and herself.
If this is the case...
You are in danger!"
Tie Tang frowned. He didn't expect that before he found the person in the painting, the other person might have learned of his existence first.
"Could it be that I'm overthinking it? Where in the world can such a huge thing come from..."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The wine table was like a drum, with leftovers and wine spilled all over the floor.
"Hey, hey, hey... I told you, are you deaf? Do you want to regret it? I have known for a long time that none of you dog officials are good."
Ergou stood up and was about to leave. This time he was not pretending, but he had really lost confidence in Tie Tang.
"Why are you panicking?" Tie Tang made a big handprint and pushed Ergou back to his seat.
"You look like you are now. If you rush into the Wu Mansion, you'll just find a lot of corpses. Let alone saving people, it's good if you don't help yourself."
"Then what do you think we should do? Show your identity and call in people to search the Wu family? It's not that I underestimate you, I'm just afraid that your official position...can't reach this level?"
"Whether you can do it or not depends on whether it is necessary. With all due respect, given the status of those two people, they really can't reach this point."
"Dog officer!"
"You keep scolding."
Ergou didn't dare to say anything anymore, feeling sulky in his heart. He picked up the wine bottle and poured it into his mouth.
Tie Tang looked dimly at the Wu Mansion outside, already having a preliminary plan in mind.
"I plan to sneak in and search for myself."
Ergou was shocked, and the drink flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"The Wu family is not a good place, but a real dragon's pond and tiger's den. There are at least three immortals and gods in it, as well as extremely powerful formations.
With all due respect, if you go in, you may not be able to come out.
If they really find something extraordinary... they might even dare to kill you, so it wouldn't be surprising if you died inside."
Although Ergou hates the government, he also knows that compared to the government, these wealthy families are the real cancer.
When you reach the size of the Wu family, there is almost nothing you dare not do except dare not raise the banner of rebellion in person.
Just like what Tie Tang said before, whether you dare to do it or not, whether you can do it or not, just depends on whether it is worth it.
Even he, a top killer who is good at lurking and assassinating, dare not easily enter the Wu family, knowing how deep the water inside is.
Ergou originally thought that Tie Tang was just talking casually, and even if he agreed, he would at most send a few supervisors to Wu Mansion to investigate and deal with the problem.
Unexpectedly, with Tie Tang's status, he would have to personally take risks for Brother Dan and Fat Niu.
He was a little moved, but he didn't show it. He just tried to persuade Tie Tang not to go in.
"Don't worry, I have Zhou Zhang, and it's not all for those two people. After all, the Wu family... seems to have some relationship with the Hongyan Sect. I need to find out carefully."
Ergou sneered: "Don't I know how many pounds you have? Even I don't dare to go in. If you go in, you will die, and it will be too late to build a coffin for you.
In this way, if I go in with you, I will be more or less taken care of, and with my ability, I am somewhat sure that I can hide it from those gods."
Tie Tang smiled and said: "Pull him down. Didn't I know about those two attacks of yours? Apart from transforming into a real human and demon body and scaring people, other methods are common."
"Shut up! Don't talk anymore."
Tie Tang ignored it, took out dozens of gold leaves and spread them on the wine table, stood up and walked downstairs.
"You can't go in, I still need you to do something to cooperate with me."