Chapter 104: There is a traitor among us

Lu Xiaofeng is washing his hands. He has already washed them ten times, but he wants to wash them ten more times.

Gu Qing is half-leaning on a recliner, drinking wine happily. Gu Qing is not a person who loves wine, but sometimes when he sees happy things, he will drink a few sips, such as Lu Xiaofeng's unlucky appearance now, such as watching the Embroidery Bandit matter, and collecting more than two hundred merit points.

"Strengthen the heart..."

While drinking, Gu Qing applied the merit points to heart strengthening.

Gu Qing's merit system can strengthen everything about Gu Qing, and the current Gu Qing is exploring the connection between acupoints. In addition to martial arts scriptures, he also used merit points to memorize many medical books, feeling that before exploring the connection between acupoints, he should strengthen his body in all aspects first, so that his body can be durable.

The heart is the main organ of the human circulatory system. Heart strengthening can allow Gu Qing to better control his body, enhance his body's resistance, regulate body temperature in extreme cold and extreme heat, etc. Gu Qing's one-time strengthening doesn't have too high abilities, but his skin, eyes, hair, etc., will gradually become fair, clear, and dark.

"Bodhi has no tree, the bright mirror is not a stand. Originally there is nothing, where can dust settle."

Hua Manlou listened to the sound of water and persuaded Lu Xiaofeng, "Why do you make your heart and body uncomfortable?"

Now it is Lu Xiaofeng's heart that can't let go.

In this small room, besides Gu Qing and Hua Manlou who were drinking, there were also Xue Bing and Shi Xiuxue, who also persuaded Lu Xiaofeng a few words.

Lu Xiaofeng then turned his face, very unhappy. In this Embroidery Bandit matter, Lu Xiaofeng didn't get the limelight, but was pitted by Gu Qing until he wanted to vomit blood.

"Did I offend you?"

Lu Xiaofeng looked at Gu Qing with a gloomy face.

In the matter of being kidnapped by Jin Jiuling, Lu Xiaofeng felt pure malice.

"Yes!"

Gu Qing admitted frankly.

This surprised Lu Xiaofeng. He stared at Gu Qing and asked, "When?"

In the matter of the Jin Peng Dynasty, Lu Xiaofeng knew that Gu Qing had revenge, so he deliberately didn't conflict with Gu Qing.

"The day of Master Kugua's vegetarian banquet."

Gu Qing said calmly, "You listened to that girl Xue'er's words and actually thought I would attack a child. At that time, you offended me."

Lu Xiaofeng immediately thought of the situation that day. At that time, because of Shangguan Xue'er's words and Gu Qing defeating Master Gusong, making Master Gusong very embarrassed, he spoke a bit sharply, but after the matter, Lu Xiaofeng had already expressed concern.

"You wouldn't think that making an insignificant statement would let this matter pass, would you?"

Gu Qing spread his hands.

Lu Xiaofeng took a long breath. He never thought that Gu Qing could be so small-minded. He pointed at Gu Qing twice, wanting to say something, but swallowed it back, feeling that there was a reason why people like Gu Qing had no friends.

"Xue Bing, let's go!"

Lu Xiaofeng slapped the table, preparing to send Xue Bing home.

And at this moment, Xue Bing didn't get up immediately, but was a bit coy, which made Lu Xiaofeng's heart skip a beat again.

"If you want to go, then go."

Gu Qing laughed, "Later we have a great party. Guess who didn't get an invitation?"

Lu Xiaofeng wanted to lift the table... He had already guessed what party it was, but Lu Xiaofeng was indeed not invited, because he could be classified as a victim in the Embroidery Bandit event, and Gu Qing was the great hero who cleared the Red Shoes of their crimes.

Gu Qing drank wine comfortably, suddenly pricked his ears, stood up, grabbed Xue Bing beside him, and said, "We have to go first."

Hua Manlou picked up the wine glass, drank a sip calmly, and said, "Prince Pingnan's Mansion invited you to be a guest, it should be a good thing, why do you fear it like a tiger or wolf?"

Gu Qing solved the Embroidery Bandit matter, only then was he valued by Prince Pingnan and invited to be a guest.

"Where in the world is there a Yangzhou crane!"

Gu Qing laughed and left with Xue Bing.

Guests follow, each stating their ambitions. Some want to be the Yangzhou Inspector, some want to place more money and become a rich man, and some want to ride a crane to heaven and become a god. Then someone said, "I want to 【wrap ten thousand strings of money around my waist and ride a crane to Yangzhou】," which is to be promoted, get rich, and become a god all at once.

It is also called the Yangzhou crane. But in this world, where is there such a good thing that you can have everything?

Hua Manlou drank a big cup for this.

Lu Xiaofeng saw Gu Qing so open-minded, but was unhappy, and raised the bar, "Isn't Ye Gucheng in Prince Pingnan's Mansion a Yangzhou crane?"

Having everything.

Hua Manlou paused the cup slightly and said, "Perhaps."

In an instant, Prince Pingnan's Mansion's horses arrived here, and more than ten carriages stopped outside. The boxes were filled with jewelry. The leader came here to invite Gu Qing, but what he saw were Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, and Shi Xiuxue. Gu Qing had already disappeared.

These thick gifts were not sent out.

Night, late night.

A waning moon hung obliquely in the sky, making the desolate mountain house look a bit cold and a bit mysterious.

There was a long table in the hall of this house, with nine chairs. Except for Gu Qing, the rest were women in the Red Shoes.

!

Gongsun Danniang, Gongsun Lan, sat at the head. On both sides were Gongsun Erniang and Gongsun Sanniang, then the famous prostitute Ouyang Qing, Jiang Qingxia who had met Lu Xiaofeng at the Qixia Nunnery, the sixth was a nun with no hair on her head, and the seventh was a girl in red.

Xue Bing ranked eighth here.

"This is the great hero Gu Qing who captured the Embroidery Bandit, Jin Jiuling."

Gongsun Lan pointed to Gu Qing and introduced him.

After this name was said, the sisters of the Red Shoes were terrified and looked at Gu Qing one after another.

The girl in red asked, "Is it the Gu Qing who said in the Jianghu that he would fight Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng alone?"

Gu Qing nodded.

Ouyang Qing measured Gu Qing and said with great interest, "I heard that Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng have already set a time to fight on Zijin Mountain on August 15th."

Zijin Mountain is in Nanjing City, and it is also a famous mountain through the ages. Famous people through the ages have left various traces on Zijin Mountain. Fighting on Zijin Mountain can also leave a beautiful story.

But the final battle venue was not on Zijin Mountain, but in the Forbidden City.

Because the most important thing about this duel at the top of the Forbidden City was to attract the attention of the imperial guards, and then Ye Gucheng would assassinate the Emperor, letting the Prince Pingnan's heir, who was exactly the same as the Emperor, replace him, thus usurping the imperial power without anyone knowing.

"It doesn't matter."

Gu Qing said, "They can set it however they want, I will just go to the battle."

Gu Qing always felt that Ye Gucheng died quite regrettably, and Gu Qing going to the battle might avoid the situation where one of Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng must die.

"Can you beat them?"

The girl in red asked.

"I don't know."

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "There are many things that you have to experience yourself to know. If I knew I could win steadily against Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng, I wouldn't have to fight them."

After chatting and getting familiar with each other like this, Gongsun Lan turned the topic back.

"I brought him here today to be a side witness."

Gongsun Lan swept her eyes over the sisters and said decisively, "There is a traitor among us!"

That embroidered satin and the situation of the Red Shoes were all sold to Jin Jiuling by someone.

Gu Qing rested his face and watched all this quietly. The traitor of the Red Shoes was Gongsun Erniang. She colluded with Jin Jiuling and also sent money to Jin Jiuling. If Gongsun Lan fell, Gongsun Erniang could also take over the Red Shoes...

Gu Qing knew all of this, but he said nothing, watching quietly as Gongsun Lan unraveled the case thread by thread. Gu Qing did not care about the outcome of the traitor who had been exposed; he was waiting for the results so that he could "expose" Gongsun Lan himself.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 105 =====