Jianghu I am the only one

Chapter 146 Yiling Transformation

Hearing Ouyang Ye's words, the man looked around and saw that there was no one else near the road, so he took a few steps closer to Ouyang Ye, clasped his fists and said, "The villain is Liu Defu, the shopkeeper of the Xiaogushan Inn, and I want to invite Ouyang Guild Master Save my benefactor!"

Little Gushan Inn?
"Li Renqi?" Ouyang Ye finally showed surprise on his calm face, "What happened to him?"

Liu Defu said: "The day before yesterday, some powerful headhunters came to Yiling Mansion, saying that my benefactor stole the night pearl from the prefect's house and took him away."

Although Babei belongs to Enshi Mansion, it is in the northernmost part of Enshi, which is actually closer to Yiling Mansion. Therefore, Ouyang Ye is not very surprised that Li Renqi, a one-legged thief, stole the treasures of Yiling Mansion.

Ouyang Ye was surprised by another thing.

"Why do you think I will rescue Li Renqi?" Ouyang Ye asked, staring at Liu Defu.

The weather wasn't very hot, but Liu Defu saw fine sweat on his forehead, and swallowed his saliva, obviously a little nervous.

He said: "The villain knows that the leader of the Ouyang clan is recruiting heroes from all over the world, and my benefactor is also a master of the third realm, and his lightness kung fu is very good. If the leader of the Ouyang clan is willing to rescue him, my benefactor will definitely repay his great favor by helping him out of trouble!"

Hearing this, Ouyang Ye shook his head and said, "It's not worth going against the magistrate for a third-level expert."

Liu Defu said anxiously: "It's not that the leader of the Ouyang gang is against the prefect of Yiling, as long as we rescue my benefactor!"

Ouyang Ye still shook his head, and then signaled Wan Chu and the others who opened the way ahead to continue walking.

Seeing Ouyang Ye walking past him, Liu Defu gritted his teeth and said again: "In fact, the villain was ordered by my benefactor to come to the leader of Ouyang for help!"

Ouyang Ye stopped, looked at Liu Defu again, and said, "Continue."

Liu Defu took a deep breath and said: "My benefactor came back from Yiling Mansion after getting Ye Mingzhu. He seemed to have a premonition that he was going to be arrested, so he made various preparations. He also told the villain that if he was really caught, he would come Seek help from the Ouyang gang leader."

"The benefactor also said that if the villain can't persuade the leader Ouyang to take action, he can tell the leader that the reason why he was arrested was not because he stole the Ye Mingzhu, but because he knew a great secret. If the leader wants to know this secret, You can help him."

Ouyang Ye shook his head after hearing this, and said, "I won't take risks for a secret that I don't know whether it will be useful."

But Liu Defu said: "The benefactor said that this secret is related to the general trend of the world, and the leader of the Ouyang gang is a person full of ambition, so he will definitely be interested."

Ouyang Ye frowned, remained silent for a while, and waved his hands: "Come with me to Wu County, I still have something to ask you."

As soon as Liu Defu heard it, he knew that Ouyang Ye was tempted, and immediately smiled and cupped his fists and said, "I obey."

When resting on the way, Ouyang Ye asked: "Since Li Renqi had a premonition that he would be caught if he got into big trouble, why didn't he do everything he could to avoid it? Could it be that there were many people who arrested him and they were very powerful?" ?”

Liu Defu smiled wryly and said: "Actually, my benefactor was followed by someone before he left Yiling Mansion. He couldn't shake him off, but he couldn't beat him, so he found a gap to leave a message in the villain's shop."

"Less than a day later, two third-level masters came from Yiling Mansion. My benefactor couldn't even get rid of the previous one, so he could only be arrested now."

"Isn't Li Renqi very light-hearted? It seems that the name is not worthy of the name." Ouyang Ye said indifferently.

"There are still strong players in the strong, and my benefactor is just a third-rate figure in the world. What's so strange about someone who is better at Qinggong than him?" Liu Defu couldn't help but defend Li Renqi.

Ouyang Ye smiled and said no more.

After returning to Longji Ridge in Wuxian County, Ouyang Ye asked the blacksmith to build a larger fine iron cage for raising Pusqu snakes.

This is also impossible.

Even ordinary snakes are kept in jars, and there are very few free-range ones, let alone Pusqu snakes that are comparable to fourth-level masters when they grow up.

Of course, in order not to affect the reproduction of pusqu snakes, he made a man-made snake cage more than one foot high, two or three feet wide, and more than ten feet long. The environment in which the squirrel snake lives.

He has done everything he can, and if the two Pusqu snakes do not mate and cannot lay eggs or hatch eggs, he will recognize them.

When dealing with this matter, Ouyang Ye did not forget to ask Yu Si to lead Yubu's elite spies to Yiling Mansion to inquire about Li Renqi's affairs.

He was going to rescue Li Renqi. First, what Li Renqi told Liu Defu to tell him really moved him, but the main reason was that he wanted to subdue Li Renqi.

As for the prefect of Yiling, Wushan sent him to eliminate them all. He didn't think that a prefect of Yiling could have such a powerful warrior.

Of course, he was not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case, so he first photographed Yu Si and took someone to investigate.

Yiling is not only on the edge of Babei, but also has the Yangtze River waterway, so in only seven or eight days, Yu Si rushed back with his people.

"Clan leader, we haven't heard any news about Li Renqi, but we have found out a lot about the prefect of Yiling." In the listening building, Yu Si reported to Ouyang Ye.

"Tell me."

Yu Si organized his words a little bit, and said: "Ran Wencheng, the prefect of Yiling, has been in office for three years. He was originally just a bit capable but greedy dog ​​official. There is nothing unusual about it. But since half a year ago, he suddenly began to wantonly To recruit martial artists from all walks of life, even third-rate or even second-rate martial artists who can come to work will be given a lot of money."

"In addition, although this person is still corrupt and accepting bribes, he has done a few good things for the people of Yiling, such as building roads and bridges, dredging rivers and ditches, clearing bandits and bandits, etc., and now he is quite loved by the people. .”

"Because Ran Wencheng's change was too strange, the villain used some tricks to find out some internal news about Ran's family. Only then did he know that Ran Wencheng did all these things at the suggestion of his only daughter."

"And those martial arts people who have taken refuge in Ran Wencheng are actually secretly controlled by Ran Wencheng's only daughter. The subordinates feel that if Li Renqi really knows some big secrets, it may be related to Ran Wencheng, the only daughter."

After listening to Yu Si finished speaking, Ouyang Ye fell silent for a while.

In fact, it is not surprising that a magistrate recruits martial arts experts in Dayu. After all, martial arts in this world are quite prosperous. When Dayu was in its prosperity, there were many powerful martial artists in the army and in the county government.

Later, the Dayu court continued to go downhill. Whether in the army or in the yamen, powerful and capable warriors would not only not be reused, but would also suffer As a result, the truly powerful warriors gradually stopped working for the court.

Now the seat that should be occupied by powerful warriors is either a dead body or a vegetarian, or it is obtained by bribery and connections.

Under the unhealthy atmosphere of the last days of the dynasty, most officials only think about "earning" money and promotion. Few people will really increase the government's military force, and even less will do practical things for the people.

It was the same with Ran Wencheng before, why did he suddenly listen to his daughter's suggestion and change his behavior now?

Has Ran Wencheng changed, or has his daughter changed?
Thinking of this, Ouyang Ye couldn't help asking: "Then what is the name of Ran Wencheng's only daughter? How old is she?"

"Ran Yuehua seems to be only sixteen or seventeen years old."

"Apart from these, is there any other related news?" Ouyang Ye asked again.

Yu Si shook his head and said: "Ran's mansion is heavily guarded, and the imperial servants are also quite strict. This subordinate got this information from a drunken servant of Ran's mansion. It is really hard to find out more information."

Ouyang Ye nodded, but did not blame Yu Si.

The Shenmu Gang had no roots or connections in Yiling Mansion before, and Yu Si was able to find out that Ran Wencheng's changes were related to his daughter, so he was already capable.

After contemplating for a while, Ouyang Ye remembered another important question and asked, "Among the martial arts recruits recruited by the Ran Mansion, how many are in the third and fourth realms?"

Yu Si was clearly prepared for this question, and responded directly: "On the surface, there are two fourth realms and seven third realms. As for whether there are more secretly, I don't know."

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