Chapter 4 Fourth cross-examination

The body armor is made of a very rare metal tempered into soft silk, and then woven. Now Xiao Shaoying has put on this body armor. Although he feels very hot, he is very happy, and he couldn't help laughing: "This is indeed a priceless treasure, no wonder you are reluctant to take it off." Wang Tong's face was ashen, as if he couldn't hear. The proprietress was pouring wine for him, and she said sweetly: "But no matter how precious the treasure is, it is not as precious as your own life, don't you think so?" As soon as the wine glass was filled, Wang Tong immediately drank it down.

He seems to want to get drunk now. Xiao Shaoying laughed loudly and said: "Once drunk, you will be relieved of your worries, and he will not be able to stay. If you were really drunk once, maybe you will become an alcoholic like me." The proprietress smiled coquettishly, and said softly: "It's been boring in the coffin for a long time, you should really drink a few more glasses." Wang Tong suddenly said: "You already know who I am?" The proprietress said: "I heard him say it." Wang Tong said: "Have you heard of Tianxiangtang?" The proprietress said: "Of course."

Wang Tong said: "Do you know Tianxiangtang's methods against enemies?" The proprietress said: "I know." Wang Tong said: "But you still dare to help him deal with me." The proprietress sighed, and said: "This person has already owed more than three thousand taels of wine here. If I don't help him, the debt will not be paid off until someday, let alone..." Wang Tong said coldly: "What's more, you have slept with him." The proprietress blushed, sighed softly again, and said, "I didn't want to at first, but he...his strength is stronger than mine."

Wang Tong looked at her, then at Xiao Shaoying, and suddenly laughed. Xiao Shaoying was stunned. It never occurred to him that the man would laugh like this. Wang Tong laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "It seems that you are really short of money, and you are really daring." Xiao Shaoying also smiled: "What I said is the truth." Wang Tong said: "Grandpa Ge will definitely like people like you." Xiao Shaoying was overjoyed: "Really?" Wang Tong nodded, lowered his voice, and said, "Because he is also a drunkard himself." As soon as the wine glass was filled, he drank it up, and as soon as he drank it up, he filled it up again, and he seemed a little drunk.

Xiao Shaoying said: "The old man often drinks too?" Wang Tong said: "Not only do you drink it every day, but you can't finish it once you drink it. No one is allowed to leave until dawn." Xiao Shaoying blinked and said, "It's not yet dawn." It's getting dark now.The way back from the cemetery is neither too far nor too close. Wang Tong suddenly patted the table and said: "He must still be drinking now, I happened to take you to meet him." Xiao Shaoying's eyes sparkled, and he said, "Do you know that he is also in this city?"

Wang Tong puffed up her chest: "I don't know who knows?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Shall we leave now?" Wang Tong said: "Of course I will leave now." The two actually left as soon as they said they would, and they walked really fast. The proprietress watched them go downstairs, and suddenly sighed again, and murmured, "Who are these two really drunk?" She drank a glass of wine by herself, and couldn't help smiling bitterly: "Maybe none of them are drunk, but I am the one who is drunk!" Ge Tingxiang was still drinking as expected. He drank slowly but rarely stopped, taking one drink and another.

Of course Guo Yuniang was pouring wine for him, and she also accompanied him for a drink. No matter what Ge Tingxiang does, she is always by her side. Recently, she seems to have become Ge Tingxiang's shadow. After drinking two jugs of wine, Ge Tingxiang was still frowning. Guo Yuniang looked at him and said softly, "Are you still thinking about Yang Lin and Wang Rui?" Ge Tingxiang held his wine glass with a straight face, "I can't figure it out, forty or fifty big living people went to catch two half-dead cripples, why can't they catch them after seven or eight days?"

Guo Yuniang pondered, and said, "I'm also a little puzzled, how could they escape that day?" Ge Tingxiang said: "That's what I mean." Guo Yuniang said, "You want to let them escape on purpose?" Ge Tingxiang nodded. Guo Yuniang couldn't figure it out even more: "Why?" Ge Tingxiang said: "Because I want to find out something." "What's up?" "I want to see if there are any followers of Shuanghuanmen on the ground around here, and if anyone dares to harbor them." "So you let them escape on purpose, to see where they will flee?"

"good." Guo Yuniang sighed and said, "It's a pity that after these two people escaped, they couldn't even see their shadows." An angry look appeared on Ge Tingxiang's face, and he said bitterly: "If you can't even catch these two cripples, what great things can Tianxiangtang do!" With a sound of "Bo", the wine glass in his hand was crushed to pieces. Guo Yuniang took his hand lightly, and said softly, "Just with those two cripples, it probably won't be a big deal, so why are you so angry?" Ge Tingxiang said with a sullen face, "If you cut the grass, you have to get rid of the roots. Keeping them is always a curse."

Guo Yuniang said: "No matter what, Wang Tong will always be able to find Xiao Shaoying." Ge Tingxiang clenched his fists again, and said, "I support these people, and it seems that there is only one Wang Tong left who can do things." Guo Yuniang said, "Has he been with you for a long time?" Ge Tingxiang said, "Yes." Guo Yuniang said: "He has always been reliable?" Ge Tingxiang said: "Absolutely reliable." Guo Yuniang's eyes moved, and she said, "I think there must be many people like Wang Tong in the world." Ge Tingxiang said: "Even if there is one, it's hard to find."

Guo Yuniang said: "We can look for it slowly. Now that the Shuanghuan Gate has collapsed, no one in the northwest area will dare to touch us again. Anyway, we are not in a hurry." She changed the glass again and poured a glass for him. Ge Tingxiang raised his glass in his hand, meditated, and murmured: "As long as I have one or two more people like Wang Tong under my command, Tianxiangtang will not only rule the roost in the northwest area." Guo Yuniang looked at him, her eyes, which were already as bright as autumn stars, seemed to become even brighter. The man's ambition is everywhere. In the eyes of the heroes, the Northwest is indeed just a small place. Ge Tingxiang asked suddenly: "Do you know that there is a 'Qinglonghui' in Jianghu?" Guo Yuniang said, "I seem to have heard of it." Ge Tingxiang said, "What have you heard?" Guo Yuniang replied: "I heard that the Azure Dragon Society is already the most powerful secret organization in the world, and there are branches of them everywhere in the Central Plains." Ge Tingxiang said: "It's not just in the Central Plains." Guo Yuniang opened her eyes wide: "Not enough?" Ge Tingxiang said: "There are a total of 365 sub-altars under the Qinglong Society, covering 63 provinces from the south to the north, and almost all of the relatively large cities have their influence." Guo Yuniang exhaled lightly, and said, "No wonder people in the Jianghu are frightened when they mention that Qinglong will come." Ge Tingxiang sneered: "But the cause of the Azure Dragon Society is also made by people. They can dominate the world, why can't Tianxiangtang?" He raised his glass and drank it down, slapped the table heavily, and couldn't help sighing: "It's a pity...it's a pity that there are a few people who are like dragons and tigers in Tianxiang Hall." Guo Yuniang held his hand tightly: "I believe you will be able to get it in the future. Not only do you have the knowledge to know people, but you also have the generosity to employ people." For a hero who has great ambitions but no ambitions, there is nothing in the world more precious than the consolation of a beautiful woman. Ge Tingxiang looked up and laughed loudly: "Okay, well said! As long as you follow me well, I promise you will see that day..." His laughter suddenly stopped, and he asked sharply, "Who is it?" "Ge Xin." "What's up?" "Wang Tong asks to see you." Ge Tingxiang suddenly grew up, his face moved with joy: "Wang Tong has come back?" "Just outside the door." "Call him in, quickly." Although the long corridor outside the door was still lit, it was still very dark.The doors were carved, and looked fine and strong. A man stood outside the door with his hands down, his face was also gloomy, as if he was very tired. But he was still standing straight, his eyes wide open, his head bowed. Anyone can see that he is an honest man. It was beyond Xiao Shaoying's imagination that there was only such an honest and tired person guarding the secret room of the main hall master of Tianxiang Hall. He leaned against the railing, waiting, waiting for Wang Tong. Wang Tong had already entered the secret room. When he opened the door, he seemed to see a slender figure and smell the aroma of wine. "It seems that Ge Tingxiang is indeed a drunkard." Xiao Shaoying smiled. Among the ancient and modern heroes, how many people are not greedy and lustful?It's a pity that most of the lustful people are not heroes. Although the honest man lowered his head, he secretly looked at this disheveled, lazy, and laughing boy out of the corner of his eyes. Xiao Shaoying was also looking at him, and suddenly asked, "What's your surname?" "My surname is Ge, and my name is Ge Xin." "The servants here are all surnamed Ge?" "yes." "Only people with the surname Ge are used here as servants?" "Not necessarily, if you are willing to change your surname, you can also be a servant here." This honest man not only answered every question, but also answered in detail. Xiao Shaoying laughed again. He does love to laugh, whether he should laugh or not. Although he is always poor and penniless, when he laughs, it seems that all the wealth in the world belongs to him alone. Ge Xin was obviously also very curious about this person, and suddenly asked, "What's your surname?" "Surname Xiao, Xiao Shaoying." "Do you also want to find something to do?" "yes." "Are you willing to change your surname?" Xiao Shaoying smiled and said, "I don't want to be a servant here." Ge Xin said, "What do you want to do?" Xiao Shaoying said: "I heard that there are vacancies for the seats of the four branch masters here." Ge Xin also laughed. The way he smiles is funny because he doesn't smile often. But he thought Xiao Shaoying was funnier than him. This boy actually wanted to be the head of the sub-chamber right from the moment he came, he really didn't expect such a funny person to exist in the world. Before he could laugh, Ge Tingxiang's voice came from inside the door: "Ge Xin." "exist." "Call the person outside the door to come in." The door opened, it was for Xiao Shaoying. What did Wang Tong say in front of Ge Tingxiang?What is Ge Tingxiang going to do to him? Xiao Shaoying didn't care at all. He is full of confidence in himself. He puffed up his chest and walked in. Before he walked in, he suddenly whispered in Ge Xin's ear, "I'm going in now, and when I come out, I must already be the branch master here." , so you'd better start thinking about how to flatter me now." Ge Xin didn't smile this time. He watched Xiao Shaoying walk in, as if watching a lunatic walk into a grave he had dug. The clothes Xiao Shaoying was wearing were brand new originally, with noble materials, well-fitting tailoring, and exquisite workmanship, but it is a pity that they have now become smelly and dirty, and have been scratched a few holes. Of course the pocket was empty too, as empty as a coconut shell whose juice has been sucked out. But when he stood in front of Ge Tingxiang, he looked like a general who went out to conquer all directions and returned to the court after victory. Ge Tingxiang looked at him, from head to toe, three times, and suddenly asked, "How much is this suit of yours?" The first question he asked was actually such a sentence, no one could have imagined it. Xiao Shaoying didn't seem to be very surprised, and immediately replied: "Including handcrafts and materials, the total is fifty taels." Ge Tingxiang said: "The clothes seem worthless." Xiao Shaoying said: "I have always been a generous person." Ge Tingxiang said: "Do you know that fifty taels of silver is enough for a family of eight to live comfortably for two or three months?" Xiao Shaoying said: "I don't know." Ge Tingxiang said, "You don't know?" Xiao Shaoying said: "I have never bought oil or bought rice." Ge Tingxiang said, "How long have you been wearing this suit?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Three days." Ge Tingxiang looked at the mud stains, wine stains and holes on his clothes, and said: "Wearing this kind of clothes, you should be careful whether you are walking or drinking." Xiao Shaoying said: "I didn't intend to wear this kind of clothes for the New Year." Ge Tingxiang said: "How long do you usually wear a set of clothes?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Three days." Ge Tingxiang said, "Only for three days?" Xiao Shaoying said: "No matter what kind of clothes, I only need to wear them for three days, and they will look like this." Ge Tingxiang said: "You can wash the clothes if they are dirty." Xiao Shaoying said: "I never wear washed clothes." Guo Yuniang smiled. Xiao Shaoying also laughed. His eyes have been circling around Guo Yuniang. Ge Tingxiang didn't seem to notice, instead of showing anger on his face, there was a smile in his eyes, and he asked, "How many taels of silver do you usually spend a month?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Spend as much as you have." Ge Tingxiang said: "If not?" Xiao Shaoying replied: "Borrow if you don't have one, and owe it if you can't borrow it." Ge Tingxiang said, "Is there anyone willing to lend it to you?" Xiao Shaoying said: "There are always a few more or less." Ge Tingxiang asked, "Who are they?" Xiao Shaoying said frankly: "They are all old people." Ge Tingxiang said: "Is the proprietress of the Tiger Tower one of them?" Xiao Shaoying said: "She is a very generous woman." He smiled and glanced at Guo Yuniang from the corner of his eye: "I like generous women." Ge Tingxiang said: "Not only is she willing to lend it to you, but she often colludes with you to deceive people?" Xiao Shaoying said: "We have not deceived many people." Ge Tingxiang said: "But you have deceived Wang Tong, and even came up with a very clever trap, forcing him to take off all the body armor on his body for you to wear, forcing him to bring you to see me. " Xiao Shaoying looked very surprised: "You seem to know a lot." Ge Tingxiang said: "You never thought that he would tell me all these things?" Xiao Shaoying continued: "These are very embarrassing things." Ge Tingxiang continued coldly: "No matter what happened, he never hid it from me, so he is still alive now, and he is living very well." Xiao Shaoying said: "I can tell that I really want to live a good life like his." Ge Tingxiang said, "So you want to come see me?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Not bad." Ge Tingxiang suddenly lowered his face, stared at him, and said word by word: "Didn't you come here to wait for an opportunity to take revenge?" Xiao Shaoying sighed, and said: "The questions you asked me, every sentence was very clever, I thought you already knew what kind of person I am." Ge Tingxiang said: "A person like you, don't you know how to avenge others?" Xiao Shaoying said indifferently: "At least I won't wait for a good life, but I just want to jump into the frying pan." He continued: "Besides, I have already seen that Wang Tong is your good helper. If I really want revenge, why don't I kill him?" Ge Tingxiang said: "Can you kill him?" Xiao Shaoying said: "His body armor is already on me. If I really want to kill him, he will never get out of the coffin alive." Ge Tingxiang sneered, "Are you really sure?" Xiao Shaoying made a sudden move and picked up the glass of wine in front of him. Everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and the glass was placed on the table again, but the wine in the glass was empty. Ge Tingxiang stared at him for a long time, nodded slowly, and said, "You really are not slow to attack." Xiao Shaoying smiled and said, "I'm not slow to drink." Ge Tingxiang smiled again, and said, "But the fastest thing you can do is to spend money." Xiao Shaoying smiled and said: "So I have to come, there are not many generous women in this world." Ge Tingxiang said: "Do you think I will give you enough money to spend?" Xiao Shaoying said: "I deserve it, and you are much more generous than Sheng Tianba." Ge Tingxiang laughed, and said, "Okay, good boy, after all you have a good eye." Xiao Shaoying smiled and said: "Those who can borrow money from time to time will always have a good eye for people." Borrowing money is indeed a great knowledge, and by no means everyone can learn it. Ge Tingxiang's laughter stopped suddenly, and he said, "But you forgot one thing." Xiao Shaoying said: "What's the matter?" Ge Tingxiang said: "You seem to have two gifts, you should bring them to me." Xiao Shaoying laughed again, and said, "You also forgot a word." Ge Tingxiang said, "What are you talking about?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Reciprocity is the rule of courtesy. If you come and don't go, it can't be regarded as courtesy." Ge Tingxiang said: "I haven't 'go' yet, so you don't want to come?" Xiao Shaoying said with a smile: "You are a senior, and when you meet a young boy, you should have a meeting ceremony." Ge Tingxiang said, "What do you want?" Xiao Shaoying said: "In the past two years, I have owed a total of thirty to forty thousand taels of silver." Ge Tingxiang said, "I can pay it back for you." Xiao Shaoying said: "After paying off the debt, it's still empty, that's not a good feeling." Ge Tingxiang said, "How much more do you want?" Xiao Shaoying said: "A man must have at least three to five thousand taels of silver on him, and he can hold his head up when he goes out." Ge Tingxiang smiled and said, "It seems that your appetite is not small." Xiao Shaoying said: "For a man to feel proud, money is not enough." Ge Tingxiang said: "Not enough?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Besides money, you also need power." Ge Tingxiang said: "You want to be an admiral? A prime minister?" Xiao Shaoying smiled and said: "In my eyes, ten admirals are not as good as one hall master of Tianxiang Hall." Ge Tingxiang sneered and said, "Your appetite is too big." Xiao Shaoying said: "I just happen to know that there are a few vacancies for branch masters in Tianxiang Hall." Ge Tingxiang said: "What else do you know?" Xiao Shaoying said: "I also know that if a person can't feel proud, he will never betray himself or his friends." Ge Tingxiang lowered his face and said, "Are Yang Lin and Wang Rui your friends?" Xiao Shaoying said lightly: "It is because I am their friend and you are not that I was able to find them, cut off their heads and gave them away, but you don't even know their whereabouts." Ge Tingxiang said: "It's because Wang Tong also thinks that you have regarded him as a friend, so you tricked him into the coffin." Xiao Shaoying said: "What you said is not wrong at all." He smiled and said leisurely: "A friend is sometimes far more dangerous than the most terrifying enemy. I will always remember this sentence." Ge Tingxiang laughed again: "Okay, well said, just based on this sentence, he is worthy of being the head of the branch of Tianxiangtang." Xiao Shaoying said: "Unfortunately, I am not now." Ge Tingxiang said: "Now you are." Xiao Shaoying was overjoyed and said, "When I hear good news, I can't help but want to have a few drinks." Ge Tingxiang said: "Is this news good enough?" Xiao Shaoying said: "This news is at least worth drinking three hundred cups." Ge Tingxiang laughed and said, "Okay, bring a big cup and see how much he can drink!" Gold goblet, amber wine. Guo Yuniang held it with a pair of soft, white and slender hands, and sent it to Xiao Shaoying. "Please." Xiao Shaoying took it and drank it, drinking one cup after another, but kept staring at Guo Yuniang, like a mosquito staring at the blood. Ge Tingxiang kept looking at him, and finally couldn't help but said, "Do you know who you've been staring at?" Xiao Shaoying said: "I only know that she is a woman worth seeing." Ge Tingxiang said, "You just want to see?" Xiao Shaoying said: "I still want to..." Ge Tingxiang suddenly interrupted him, and said coldly: "No matter what else you want to do, it's best not to think about it." Xiao Shaoying actually asked, "Why?" Ge Tingxiang said, "Because I said it." With a sullen face, he said every word: "Now, since you are already a subordinate of Tianxiangtang, no matter what I say, it is an order. You can only listen and not ask." Xiao Shaoying replied: "I understand." Ge Tingxiang showed his face and said, "I can see that you are a sensible person." He suddenly took out a stack of banknotes from the drawer under the table, and said, "Here is fifty thousand taels. Apart from repaying the bills, the rest must be enough for you to spend a few days." Xiao Shaoying didn't reach out to take it. Ge Tingxiang said: "You can take it now. I know that after you drink, you must want to find a woman." Xiao Shaoying smiled wryly: "I have seen that you are a sensible person, but it's a pity..." Ge Tingxiang said, "What a pity?" Xiao Shaoying said: "It's a pity that it's not enough." Ge Tingxiang said: "Isn't that all you wanted just now?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Just now I was just a poor boy who was penniless and owed a whole lot of debt, the most I can ask for is so much." Ge Tingxiang said, "What about now?" Xiao Shaoying straightened her chest and said, "Now I am the head of the sub-chamber of Tianxiang Hall, and my status and status are different. Of course, I can ask for more." He continued with a smile: "What's more, if the head of the sub-chamber in Tianxiang Hall goes out, if the money on his body is not enough to spend, wouldn't it be the same for you, old man?" Ge Tingxiang couldn't help laughing again, and said, "Okay, boy, I'll let you spend as much as you want." Sure enough, he took out another stack of silver notes, which was another 50,000 taels. Xiao Shaoying took it, without even looking at it, and stuffed it casually into the boot. Guo Yuniang suddenly said, "How many days have you not washed your feet?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Three days." Guo Yuniang said: "You stuff the banknotes in your boots, aren't you afraid of the smell?" Xiao Shaoying smiled and said: "As long as it can be cashed, no matter how smelly the banknote is, there will always be people rushing for it." Guo Yuniang couldn't help laughing too. She was already a woman among women, and she smiled even more charmingly. When she laughs, there are not many men in the world who can resist not looking at her. This time Xiao Shaoying actually didn't look at her. Ge Tingxiang's face showed satisfaction, and he suddenly asked, "When will you give me your gift?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Three days." Ge Tingxiang said, "Is three days enough?" Xiao Shaoying said: "I never do anything I'm not sure about." Ge Tingxiang smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll wait for you for three days." Xiao Shaoying said: "I will definitely deliver the gift at Zishi in three days' time." Ge Tingxiang said, "Are you sure it's Zishi?" Xiao Shaoying nodded and said, "It's just that I have a condition." Ge Tingxiang said, "Say it." Xiao Shaoying said: "During these three days, my actions must be completely free, and you must not send anyone to follow me, otherwise..." Ge Tingxiang said: "Otherwise what?" Xiao Shaoying said: "Otherwise, if the gift suddenly escapes, you can't blame me." Ge Tingxiang groaned, finally nodded, and said, "I only hope that you are a punctual person." Xiao Shaoying said coldly: "If you can't trust me, it's not too late to kill me now." Ge Tingxiang smiled and said, "Why should I use a dead person as my branch master?" Xiao Shaoying also laughed. Ge Tingxiang said: "You might as well go now, you'd better find a place to have a good sleep so you can get enough energy to do things." Xiao Shaoying said with a smile: "I have one hundred thousand taels of silver on me, if I don't spend a little, how can I sleep." Guo Yuniang had already opened the door for him, and said sweetly, "You are welcome to leave, I will ask Ge Xin to lead you the way." Xiao Shaoying said: "Thank you." Ge Tingxiang suddenly sneered and said, "I gave you 100,000 taels to be the branch master. You didn't even have a word of thanks. She just opened the door for you, so you have to thank her." Xiao Shaoying said: "I can only thank her, not you." Ge Tingxiang said: "Why?" Xiao Shaoying said indifferently: "Because I have sold all my people to you, what else do you want to thank you for?" He strode out, walked up to Ge Xin, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Now you can flatter me."