Chapter 9 Chapter Eight

【one】 The seventh day of February. Luoyang. Cai Chong sat on a stool nailed with four wooden sticks and a piece of canvas, looking at the crowds on the street with a gloomy face, anyone could tell that he was not in a good mood today. Xiao Gao was already a turtle in his urn, a fish in his net, but unexpectedly slipped away from his grasp at the last moment. This may only be caused by his negligence because each of his actions went smoothly and succeeded too quickly. In fact, he did not forget Zhu Meng for a moment during these days. He knew that Zhu Meng must not have left Luoyang yet, if he was determined to look for it, he would be able to find it.

He didn't look for it, not because he was ashamed of his old friend, but because he didn't dare. Although he has replaced Zhu Meng's position now, deep down in his heart, he still has an indescribable fear of Zhu Meng. Under Zhu Meng's years of accumulating prestige, this kind of fear has taken root in his heart. Now whenever he thinks of Zhu Meng, he still feels his hands and feet are cold, and his whole body is sweating. Sometimes he even wakes up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, lying alone and shivering under his blanket soaked in cold sweat. He only hoped that Zhu Meng would come to him.

He has already covered this street with deadly traps and ambushes, as long as he gives an order, all the ambushes can be launched immediately, even if Zhu Meng's physical strength is still at its peak, he still cannot escape. That's why he sits here early every morning to sell sliced ​​cakes, because he wants to use himself as bait to catch Zhu Meng, a big fish. Although it is risky to do so, as long as Zhu Meng is still alive, he will never have a good day in his life. This is a lively long street with restaurants, a flower market, and a vegetable market, so there is a morning market in the early morning.The street was crowded with people early in the morning. The difference between the situation in these two days is that at least half of the people on the street were ambushed by him. Among them were not only the old department of the Lion Hall, but also the people he had recently come from. An outlaw from afar.

Some desperadoes who would do anything for money. Zhu Meng has never met these people, and they have no feelings for Zhu Meng. Even in the old department of Xiongshitang, there are people like him who still have lingering fears about Zhu Meng, and they are inevitably hesitant and fearful when they make a move, but these desperadoes are not recognized by their relatives. Thinking of this, Cai Chong felt more comfortable.At this moment, he saw a person walking into the long street. "Xiao Gao, Gao Jianfei!" Cai Chong could hardly believe his eyes. This person who escaped from death yesterday unexpectedly came here to die again.

【two】 Xiao Gao only wore a thin short shirt and pants, but put a long shirt on his shoulders. His face was already red from the cold, and his eyes were bloodshot. It was obvious that he hadn't slept well for a long time. But his spirit didn't look bad, and his expression was very calm, it seemed that he was no different from other people who came to have morning tea. Those who had recognized him all widened their eyes and looked at him in surprise, with murderous intent in their eyes. Xiao Gao didn't care at all. Someone was already preparing to strike at him. The strange thing is that Cai Chong never issued an order to act, but just watched Xiao Gao walk in front of him.

Xiao Gao stopped in front of a small wooden table filled with cut cakes in front of Cai Chong.The sliced ​​cakes on the table were covered with several layers of cotton mattresses, Xiao Gao threw two pennies on the wooden table and looked at Cai Chong. "I'd like to buy a sliced ​​cake worth two cents, the side with the dates." Cai Chong also looked at him for a long time, then suddenly smiled: "Are you really here to buy cut cakes?" "You sell sliced ​​cakes. Of course I only come to buy sliced ​​cakes. What's so strange about this? What's so funny?"

"It's really not funny, not funny at all." Cai Chong said, "This kind of fact is worth crying a lot." "Why don't you cry?" "Because it's not me who should be crying, but you." "Oh?" "Do you know that as long as I give an order, you may have turned into a hedgehog now, and there are at least seventeen or eight places on your body that are bleeding out like a hole in a water bag." "Oh?" "But you are still alive," Cai Chong asked coldly, "Do you know why you are still alive?" "I have no idea."

"Because I really want to ask you, what exactly are you here for?" Cai Chongdao, "Are you here to be a lobbyist for Zhu Meng? To negotiate terms with me for him? Or to intercede for him?" Xiao Gao looked at him for a long time, then suddenly sighed and said, "Is it true that other people's concerns have never been hidden from you?" Cai Chong laughed again. "Actually, Zhu Meng can come by himself. No matter what, we are brothers after all." Cai Chong said very sincerely, "As long as the conditions are not too excessive, I can do whatever he says."

"real?" "Of course it's true," Cai Chongdao, "I don't want to waste time like him at all. My brothers are in trouble, making everyone exhausted and hurting both sides. What's the benefit of letting outsiders take advantage of it?" "It's really not even good at all." "So you might as well go back and tell him what I mean," Cai Chongdao, "I believe you can also see that I am sincere." "Of course I can see it," Xiao Gao said, "I just think it's a little strange." "What's strange?"

"Didn't it occur to you that I came to kill you for Zhu Meng?" Cai Chong smiled, even those narrow sharp eyes were full of smiles. "You are a smart person, how could you do such a thing?" He said, "This street is full of my people, as long as you make a move, even if you can kill me, you will definitely die." "I believe it." Xiao Gao said, "I can see that too." "You are still young and have a bright future, and you don't have any deep friendship with Zhu Meng, so why do you want to work for him?" Cai Chong shook his head with a smile, "Of course you wouldn't do such a thing."

Xiao Gao also smiled: "You are right at all, even the stupidest idiot in the world would not do this kind of thing." Cai Chong laughed, very happy. Just when he was laughing most happily, he suddenly saw a faint blue light flashing, and a sharp sword had pierced his heart. The smile suddenly froze, frozen on his face like a poorly crafted mask. At this moment, all sounds and actions seemed to be frozen.But after a moment, the commotion suddenly boiled up, making the long street look like a pot of hot porridge on the stove. The only one who can keep calm is Xiao Gao. He came to do this only because he thought it was what he should do, success or failure, life and death, he didn't take it to heart at all. Now that his mission has been completed, he has seen with his own eyes the traitor's due end, and he doesn't care about other things at all. Although he doesn't care, someone does. Before the turbulent crowd rushed over, a tall figure suddenly fell in midair like a bird, landed beside Xiao Gao, and grabbed Xiao Gao's hand. "He is my friend," Zhu Meng roared like a lion again, "If you want to touch him, you have to kill me first!"