Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 97 The Three-Cun Tongue (Part [-])
Hearing these words, Cao Gan felt a little regretful for no reason, and said to himself: I was really impulsive at the time, and I deeply hated these officials for not taking it easy, but I didn't want to harm hundreds of brothers in Bailixia by doing this. But what to do?

Gao Wushi saw that his eyes were rolling wildly, but his expression was slightly regretful, knowing that this person must have scruples in his heart.Since he was captured, he has not shown any panic at all, and even dared to mock himself again and again, so it can be seen that he is not worried about his own safety-then he can only worry about those thieves in Bailixia.

Gao Yushi felt relieved, and secretly said: If you have concerns, you can do things. If you are afraid, you are afraid of those cold-hearted people who are brave and fearless. Since you care about Bailixia's subordinates, then my plan to persuade you to surrender will be considered successful. More than half.

Cao Gan rolled his eyes for a while, but finally his eyes fell on Gao Yushi, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.

Liu Ting immediately took a step forward, and said calmly, "I advise you not to take chances."

Cao Gan's shoulders collapsed, and he let go of his fist in a slump, with a look of struggle in his eyes: "Master Gao, what exactly do you want?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "I want to hear your story."

"My story?" Cao Gan still looked downcast, "What can I say about my story?"

Gao Wushi just looked at him with a smile on his face, neither urging him nor making any other gestures.

Cao Gan let out a long sigh: "That's how people used to be for knives back then, and I for fish..."

"I don't know what happened back then, but right now I don't want to be a swordsman, and you might be treated like a fish. You just said that you were framed by others, so you became a thieves. What I want to hear is the story here." Relying on the fact that there is a god of death sitting beside him, Gao Wushi swaggered on the chair and even raised his legs.

Cao Gan sighed again, closed his eyes and thought for a few breaths, before he said, "The two of you have been out alone for so long, you must have guessed that I, Cao Gan, have some connection with Zhang Lian, the flying dragon man, right?"

Gao Wushi said indifferently: "Yes."

"Since you know, you still say you can save me? This is a serious crime of treason." Cao Gan stared into Gao Yushi's eyes.

Gao Wushi still looked calm, and said: "If you are Zhang Lian himself, then you don't have to say, don't say that I, Gao Wushi, can't save you, even my third uncle and uncle would not dare to risk the displeasure of the world. Speak up for you."

Cao Gan still stared at him firmly, and asked, "How do you know I'm not Zhang Lian?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Although Zhang Lian is a rebel and giant, he is also a hero who once gathered hundreds of thousands of people. He was originally from Raoping, Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong. Although you have learned a northern mandarin, you vaguely brought Jiangxi Xiangyin, how about the two? Besides, Zhang Lian gathered people to rebel in the four provinces of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang, and set off a big war. He must have some capable people under his command. There are many people who go to sea privately in the southeast coast. If he is defeated, if It's fine if he's dead, but if he's not dead, he can go out to sea and escape, why bother traveling thousands of miles to hang out in this unfamiliar northern land? Besides, since he dared to assume the throne and proclaim himself emperor, even if he failed, he wouldn't be able to escape. How can you be willing to live in a corner and be a thieves for many years? Could it be that Master Cao deceived me when I was young and ignorant, and I can’t even figure out the cause and effect of this point?"

Cao Gan stared at Gao Yushi dumbfounded. He really couldn't figure out how Gao Yushi's little head grew.

"Ha, haha, if you are young and ignorant, I, Cao, have grown up all these years for nothing." Cao Gan sighed, "Yes, I am naturally not the Feilong Emperor, but Cao was indeed under the Feilong Emperor back then. .”

Gao Wushi said indifferently: "There is no flying dragon emperor in this world. If you still think about the heads of those people in Bailixia, you'd better call him Zhang Ni, or just call him Zhang Lian."

Cao Gan held his breath and refused to respond.

Gao Wushi continued: "Speaking of which, you were originally a subordinate of Zhang Lian. After Zhang Lian was defeated, you fled to the north and became a bandit again. You can be regarded as a veteran... But, how can there be any grievances here? "

Cao Gan sneered and said, "If I were to fly... Zhang Lian's direct descendant, then I would be a good man and a good man, no matter whether he died in battle or captured, the Zhu family emperor can deal with him as he wants. A man with a handle is naturally the same. But, hey, Uncle Cao, I was originally the right-hand man under Jiang Manqing's command. He rebelled and went to beat Zhang Lian. In the end, it was expected to lead to internal strife among the officers and soldiers."

Cao Gan's face turned grim, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't want to do such a thing of betraying my family, but at that time Jiang Manqing was very powerful, and I only had four or five hundred people at hand. I couldn't beat him clearly, so I had to come secretly. They were dog-eat-dog, and I didn't do anything, so I just led someone to let Zhang Lian go!"

Gao Wushi's complexion changed slightly, and he exchanged a glance with Liu Ting, only to see that Liu Ting's eyes clearly showed murderous intent.Gao Wushi shook his head slightly at him, motioning him to wait first.Liu Ting's eyes rolled, and he took a careful look at Cao Gan, as if he was thinking about where to stab him later.

But Cao Gan didn’t seem to see him, his expression seemed a little dazed, and he continued on his own: “I think I committed a crime in my hometown and took my mother all the way to Guangdong. I heard that as long as you don’t fear death, you can To earn a lot of money, I wanted to imitate those Chaoshan people to go to sea to find a way to make a living, but unfortunately, my old mother did not survive because of being hungry and sick. Unfortunately, I only had seven coins with me at the time, and I couldn’t even afford a pair of thin coffins... I remember clearly that Zhang Lian came by chance that day, and seeing that I was so destitute that I couldn't even afford to pay for my mother's funeral, he gave me ten taels of silver without saying a word, and asked me to bury my old mother in a beautiful way."

Cao Gan suddenly raised his head and looked at Gao Yushi: "Tell me, do I owe him my life? Should I pay him back?"

Ren Gaowu was as solid as iron, and at this moment, seeing Cao Gan, a brash man who was not afraid of death, his leopard eyes were red when he said this, he could only sigh softly, relax his tone a little, and asked, "You let Zhang go?" Lian, what happened next?"

"Later?" Cao Gan sneered: "Their brains are all brains. No one knew that Zhang Lian was released by me. Naturally, I pretended not to know and continued to follow Jiang Manqing. Later, Jiang Manqing This guy probably lost Zhang Lian and caused infighting among the officers and soldiers, so he only lost the status of a hundred households, and nine out of ten of the soldiers under him would be cut off. Straight mother thief, Lao Tzu has always been under his command. He is so obedient, he wants to cut me off..."

Cao Gan suddenly showed a ferocious expression: "It's fine if I want to get rid of me, but he still thinks of some crooked ways, saying that I have evil intentions... Straight mother, if I really have evil intentions, wouldn't he have gone away with Zhang Lian at that time?" ?”

(End of this chapter)