Ruan Qingchou told Yankong the whole story of why they pretended to be Lu Jiao to send gold beads.
Ruan Qingchou saw that Yankong had an angry look on his face after listening to it, and felt a little guilty. He was from the Central Plains, and he also had a dislike for Hu, but this time he did something wrong, so he had to smile and apologize to Yankong. Kong called the master, cupped his fists and said:
"Just to seduce the devil Ji Ruge, I used your sect's reputation and asked Master Yankong to forgive me. Afterwards, we are willing to use a thousand taels of gold as an apology. I wonder if Master Yankong is willing?"
After hearing this, Yankong slapped the table and said angrily:
"Although I, the Lu Jiao, are despised by you in the Central Plains, I am not willing to bribe you small Jiangnan sects with money. Even if I want to come to Jiangnan and make friends with the Central Plains sects, only the Lushan Sword Forging Sect can afford it, right?
When walking in the world, a real man behaves openly and aboveboard. How can money solve the problem of humiliating my Lu Jiao with your actions like this? If you repent, please hold a banquet at this Yuelai Restaurant today and invite people from all sects in the south of the Yangtze River to gather together and apologize to me, the Lu Jiao, in front of everyone. "
When Ruan Qingchou heard this, he made a calculation in his mind: This guy wants all the sects in the south of the Yangtze River to apologize in person. I am afraid that the people from the various sects in the south of the Yangtze River will not agree. The Lu Jiao is a cult in the Western Regions. Everyone should be willing to pay some money in private. I am afraid that no one from any sect will agree to apologize to them in front of the people of the world. After all, in the hearts of all the sects in the Central Plains, the Lu Sect is a cult in the Western Regions. It doesn’t matter if I pretend to be one. If I bow to them, I am afraid that I will be in the world in the future. His reputation is so bad that he can no longer raise his head.
Thinking of this, he cupped his fists at Yankong and said, "Master Yankong, look, can this be done? The people pretending to be your sect are all leaders of several major sects in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not a good thing for us to pretend to be your sect. Can you save some face for everyone? I invite them to come up, apologize to you and admit their mistakes, and compensate you with gold. How about we just keep it private this time?"
Yankong frowned and replied in a deep voice: "Do you think that our Lu Guoji cares about your little gold? Reputation is the most important thing in traveling around the world. We don't need gold, but you must do it to clear up our Lu Guo's reputation in front of everyone. "
Ruan Qingchou asked: "Is it true that we can't get married privately?"
Yankong snorted coldly and replied: "It's absolutely impossible. Otherwise, although my martial arts is low, I still have to ask you to teach me one by one." When he said "the martial arts is low", he emphasized his tone to express what he wanted to say. The meaning is clear.
After hearing this, Ruan Qingchou replied: "Master Yankong, please wait here for a moment. I will call the leaders here. How about we discuss how to deal with this matter?"
After hearing this, Yankong didn't think this man would play any tricks. He waved his hand and replied: "Go ahead."
Ruan Qingchou walked out of the room, closed the door, and stood at the door, feeling worried and thinking again:
'If we hold a banquet in public to apologize to the people of the Lu Jiao, I'm afraid that the leaders downstairs will never agree. But if we want to end the matter of impersonating Yankong in private, the people of the Lu Jiao will not agree. In this way, The two sides are bound to fight again.
It was his idea to impersonate Mr. Lu for them in the first place. He just wanted to catch Ji Ruge and use his identity to go to the seventh floor to find out the whereabouts of his beloved wife Si Xiaoyi. If he really pursued the case, I'm afraid that this gang People will use themselves to take the blame. When the time comes, they will have to bear the responsibility themselves, and they will be in trouble.
I have to find a way to escape. My reputation in Jiangnan is not great, and not many people have heard of me. These leaders in Jiangnan seem to be united, but in fact they are falling apart and each has their own agenda. It was a bad idea to sacrifice his life to Jiao Lu as an apology. It would be too late to leave at that time, so it would be better to use an excuse to escape north and get out of this mess first. '
After Ruan Qingchou thought about this, he did not go downstairs to call the leaders of the major sects, but turned around and hurried towards the room in the corner of the second floor.
He pulled up the black face-covering cloth around his neck and covered his face.
He opened the door of the room softly, then turned around and locked it with the bolt. He walked towards the window, pushed it open, jumped up to the window edge, then carefully stepped on the tiled roof of a nearby store, and bowed to the other side. If you go anywhere, you will always go to remote places.
After passing a few streets, there were already sparsely populated alleys around him. He jumped down the alley, pulled down the black veil that covered his face, sneered, and hurried towards the ferry.
He wanted to flee Jiangnan. After waiting for so many days, Ji Ruge didn't come. Instead, he waited for someone from the real Lu Sect. Now there was going to be chaos in the Yuelai Restaurant. He just wanted to catch Ji Ruge, but he couldn't. Being able to catch it all depends on luck. To achieve your goal, you just have to do whatever it takes.
Looking at this situation, Ji Ruge could not catch him, and sooner or later the people from the Lu Sect would have trouble with the Jiangnan sects. He had made a plan in his mind to go north first. As for the affairs in Jiangnan here, it had nothing to do with him. No matter how they fight.
downstairs.
People from the Lu Sect and masters from several sects found two tables and sat down.
Face to face, wait for the discussion upstairs to be completed, so that you can tell them how to act.
People on both sides waited for a long time, asking questions among their own people, and looking at the other party, no one went upstairs to urge them first, so they became quiet again.
upstairs.
Yankong sat in the room, with the saber in his hand on one side, sitting on the chair next to the coffee table, taking a sip of tea from time to time, waiting for Ruan Qingchou to call someone up to discuss how to compensate Lu Jiao.
Ruan Qingchou has long since disappeared.
Time passed slowly as they waited, and half a stick of incense passed.
Yankong was getting a little impatient with the waiting, thinking that it was just a matter of going back and forth to call someone, why did Ruan Qingchou stay here for so long? The tea in his cup was almost finished, and he didn't see anyone pushing the door in. He decided to get up and go down to take a look.
Yankong picked up the saber, pushed open the door, and walked towards the stairs. When he went down the stairs, he saw that people on both sides of the stairs had found tables to sit down, looking at each other dully, with unkind expressions on their faces, but no movement.
He scanned the crowd and did not see Ruan Qingchou.
People on both sides looked curiously at Yankong who came downstairs alone.
Yankong walked up to the crowd, came to where Lu Jiao and his disciples were sitting, and asked, "Does it seem like there was a white-haired scholar here?"
Pingkang replied: "Back to Master, no one has come down."
Hearing this, Yankong frowned and thought: This person named Ruan asked their leader to come up to discuss matters, but he is missing? What is this situation?
When Yankong came down, Xu Dingshan, Ge Ming and others in disguise had already stood up and looked at him with weapons in hand.
Because Ruan Qingchou did not come down, Ge Ming and others were worried that Yankong would take action against Ruan Qingchou.
