One early morning in mid-June, after hearing the crow of roosters outside the window, Tan Zong, who was sleeping soundly in bed, slowly opened his eyes, then put his hands behind his head and stared at the roof.
After months of careful planning, it was finally time to close the net today. Qiao Yu had secretly mobilized 8,000 elite city defense troops from Guangdong and Guangxi. They went out day and night, quietly entered Huguang, and ambush the main altar of Merit Sect. This small town - around Liuzhen.
According to the plan formulated by Tan Zong, these 8,000 city defense troops will attack Liu Town this afternoon and destroy the main altar of Gong De Sect in Liu Town. In this way, the Gong De Sect believers in Huguang area will be leaderless and fall into chaos. .
Just after breakfast, Huang Weijie called Lian'er and Bai Yu over. Looking at the two people's leaving figures, Tan Zong had an imperceptible smile on his lips. He had been pretending to be crazy and stupid for several months, and he could finally get rid of it this afternoon. This kind of suffering.
When Lian'er and Bai Yu came to Huang Weijie's room, they found that Ye Zhenshan and others were all in the room. Huang Weijie took out a secret letter he had just received and circulated it to everyone. The contents of the secret letter shocked everyone. shock.
The secret letter was jointly sent by Huang Haiyang, Ye Hainiu and You Wuniang. It not only told Lian'er, Huang Weijie and others that Dongting Lake had surrendered to the imperial court, but also told them that the army was preparing to attack Liu Town this afternoon and let them They stayed in the courtyard and must not conflict with the officers and soldiers.
Huang Yanghai, Ye Hainiu and You Wuniang respectively left code words and marks on it that only Huang Weijie, Ye Zhenshan and Lian'er knew. If there are only one or two code words and marks on it, then this letter may be It¡¯s fake, but now that there are three code words and marks on it, it must be true.
After reading the secret letter, Ye Zhenshan and others looked at each other in shock. No one could have imagined that things would change so dramatically. They all knew that Dongting Lake had started a war with Wuchang Navy and Changsha Navy, and they thought that they would also After fighting to the death with the government and the army, they suddenly turned out to be the ones assisting the imperial court in wiping out the Gongde Sect, which was incredible for a moment.
"No one should go out today." After everyone read the secret letter, Huang Weijie burned the secret letter and said to everyone seriously, "Go ahead and tell everyone to stay in the house today and be on guard secretly."
As Lian'er, Ye Zhenshan and others left, the courtyard where they lived immediately became loose on the outside and tight on the inside. The followers didn't know what happened, and no one could leave the courtyard for even half a step. .
Not long after Lian'er returned to her yard, Lei Ting came to visit her house. She had made an appointment with Lian'er and Bai Yu yesterday, and she would go shopping with them today.
Considering that the army only launched the attack on Liu Town in the afternoon, Lian'er and Bai Yu went shopping with Lei Ting as promised in order not to alarm the enemy and arouse Lei Ting's alert. The two decided to come back after lunch.
When Lian'er and Bai Yu went shopping, it was natural that Tan Zong was indispensable. Tan Zong followed them happily, as if nothing had happened.
Everything was going smoothly, but just after lunch, Lian'er and Bai Yu discovered that Tan Zong was missing. After asking the waiter at the restaurant where they were eating, they found out that Tan Zong had left with a group of children playing in front of the restaurant.
By the time Lian'er and Bai Yu hurriedly found the group of children the waiter had mentioned, Tan Zong had already left, and no one knew where he had gone. This made the two of them anxious, seeing that the army was about to attack. Liu Zhen, Tan Zong will be in danger if he is outside.
"Don't worry, everyone in this town knows Mr. Li. He is a distinguished guest of our Deputy Gang Leader Liu. No one dares to go against him. Besides, with Mr. Li's skills, not to mention five or six people, even a dozen people can't do it. Get close to him." Lian'er and Bai Yu anxiously searched for Tan Zong on the street, but unfortunately there was no clue about Tan Zong. Just when they were getting angry, Lei Ting smiled and said to them, " I will send someone to find Mr. Li, you should go back first, and I will send someone over to tell you as soon as there is news, maybe Mr. Li has gone home now."
"Thank you, Sister Lei." Although Lian'er was anxious, she couldn't show it and said to Lei Ting with a smile.
During the few months that Tan Zong was in the town, he ran out to play from time to time. Sometimes the guards responsible for protecting him lost their way along the way. Lian'er and Bai Yu were also worried at first, but every time Tan Zong came back safely. , and over time the two of them became more relieved about him.
Just like Lei Ting said, since Tan Zong hangs around Liu Town all day long, everyone in Liu Town now knows him and knows that he is a guest invited by Deputy Gang Leader Liu. His trouble is that although Tan Zong is stupid, his skills are outstanding in the town. A dozen people are no match for him.
Faced with Tan Zong¡¯s sudden disappearance, LianIn order not to arouse Lei Ting's suspicion and alert the snake, Er and Bai Yu gave up looking for Tan Zong and returned uneasily.
Just when Lei Ting was sending Lian'er and Bai Yu home, Tan Zong was holding two bunches of candied haws in his hand and walking toward Liu's mansion while nibbling them.
"Mr. Li, what's the matter with you?" The two big men guarding the door knew Tan Zong, and the one on the left asked with a smile.
"The deputy gang leader wants to treat me to delicious food tonight. Let me take a look at what's there first." Tan Zong smiled slightly when he heard this. After swallowing the candied haws in his mouth, he happily said to the big man on the left.
After hearing this, the two big men let Tan Zong in. In order to win Dongting Lake to work for the merit sect, Deputy Gang Leader Liu took great care of Lian'er, Huang Weijie and others. Therefore, the two big men thought that after hearing Tan Zong's words Deputy gang leader Liu wanted to treat Lian'er, Huang Weijie and others to dinner at home in the evening, so he let Tan Zong in.
"The two big men never imagined that Tan Zong, who was naive in their eyes, would lie to them, thus kicking off the destruction of the Gongde Sect in the Huguang area.
After entering the courtyard, Tan Zong swaggered toward the courtyard where Deputy Gang Leader Liu lived while gnawing on candied haws. He heard from Lei Ting that Deputy Gang Leader Liu was at home today and did not go out to do anything.
Tan Zong walked without encountering any obstacles. The maids and servants along the way gave way after seeing Tan Zong. It was obvious that everyone knew him. Since he could enter the courtyard, he was a guest of the Liu Mansion. Who dared to treat him Talking nonsense.
However, when he arrived at the courtyard where Deputy Gang Leader Liu lived, Tan Zong was stopped by Deputy Gang Leader Liu's personal guards who were guarding the door. The guards did not receive the news that Tan Zong was coming to see Deputy Gang Leader Liu. Therefore, he cannot be allowed in.
"Let me tell you, deputy gang leader, that I'm here to play chess with him." Upon seeing this, Tan Zong calmly said to the guards at the entrance of the courtyard.
Hearing this, a personal guard immediately went in to report to Deputy Gang Leader Liu. Soon he came back and invited Tan Zong back.
When Tan Zong walked into the study, Deputy Gang Leader Liu was sitting leisurely on a chair drinking tea. He was very surprised by Tan Zong's sudden visit and vaguely felt that something was wrong.
"Master Li is here, do you have anything to teach me?" Deputy Gang Leader Liu put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and said to Tan Zong with a smile.
"I'm here to play chess." Tan Zong smiled slightly when he heard this, sat down on a chair nearby, and said carelessly.
"Oh? I didn't expect Mr. Li to study chess." Deputy gang leader Liu saw that Tan Zong sat down as if no one else was around, as if he didn't take him seriously at all. At the same time, he was quite surprised that he chose chess instead of Go. Because Go is a way of leisure for people in the upper class, while chess belongs to ordinary people. As a kid from a rich family, why would Tan Zong choose chess?
Deputy gang leader Liu frowned slightly, then smiled and ordered the maid in the room, "Go and find a chess set."
The maid quickly brought a pair of ivory chess, and Tan Zong and Deputy Gang Leader Liu sat on both sides of a table. They laid out carriages and horses on the chessboard, preparing to play a game.
Facing Tan Zong who was sitting across from him and placing chess pieces in an orderly manner, Deputy Gang Leader Liu felt that Tan Zong was different from usual, and suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart. He couldn't explain where this uneasiness came from, but A visceral feeling.
Tan Zong played the red chess piece, and deputy gang leader Liu played the black chess piece. After all, deputy gang leader Liu was Tan Zong¡¯s uncle. In order to show respect to the chess players, Tan Zong did his duty and took the lead in making the move.
Although Deputy Gang Leader Liu is a master of Go, his chess skills are only slightly better than Tan Zong. The two sides started fighting back and forth. I don¡¯t know how long it took. Deputy Gang Leader Liu straightened up and spoke with a smile. There was a hint of a proud smile.
On the chessboard, the black chess has formed a siege on the red chess. Tan Zong can only defend and has no offensive ability. He will lose as long as he takes a few more steps.
"Mr. Li, you are defeated." Sure enough, a few steps later, Deputy Gang Leader Liu placed his car in front of Tan Zong's handsome man and said to him with a smile.
"Deputy Gang Leader Liu, have you ever heard of unforeseen circumstances?" Tan Zong glanced at the chessboard. There were black chessmen all around his chessboard, and there was no way to go. So he stretched out lazily and pointed at Liu. The deputy gang leader smiled slightly, and then made an astonishing move. He reached out and took away the generals on deputy gang leader Liu's chessboard.
"Deputy Gang Leader Liu, in this case, you or I will win this game of chess." Facing Deputy Gang Leader Liu who stared at him in surprise, Tan Zong stretched out the general in his hand to his In front of him, he said with a smile.
At this moment, a man hurriedly broke in from outside. Without asking Deputy Gang Leader Liu for instructions, he came straight to his side, leaned over and whispered in his ear.
"What?" Deputy Gang Leader Liu couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, and his face turned pale. He seemed to be in disbelief, grabbed the man's collar, and asked with a gloomy face, "Say it again! "
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"What?" Deputy Gang Leader Liu couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, and his face turned pale. He seemed to be in disbelief, grabbed the man's collar, and asked with a gloomy face, "Say it again! "
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