"Haha, I watched it with my own eyes, supervised the execution, and specially verified it. After talking about it for so long, it seems that everything that day was done flawlessly and flawlessly. But what is the final result? Ling Yun is still alive and well - Could it be that this Ling Yun is a god and can be resurrected from the dead?"
Listening to Li Zhishan's defense, Li Ruiyun's mouth twitched, and his eyelashes were full of sarcasm.
Li Zhishan was choked for a moment and lowered his head in fear.
Ding Jinzhi frowned, thoughtfully; then he quickly took over the conversation, "I think this is just an accident. We have been loyal to Mr. Li from the beginning to the end——"
Li Ruiyun said: "Of course I believe in your loyalty, but the ironclad facts are here. What I need now is the truth."
"This..." Ding Jinzhi had a confused look on his face. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end it was still choked in his throat.
Taoist Priest Bai Yu slightly narrowed his narrow eyes, and his originally gloomy face became sharper at this time, "Gang Leader, do you still remember that when you sent Sun Guoxiong to escort Ling Yun's coffin out of the city, it was hijacked?"
"Lian Nanchun?..." Li Ruiyun's eyes narrowed slightly and blurted out.
Bai Yu continued: "According to the characteristics they described, this woman should be the one who accompanied Ling Yun to Lord Hou's Mansion, so..."
"So Ling Yun was able to escape death under our noses. Nine times out of ten, it was this woman who was responsible for it." Li Ruiyun took over the topic at the right time, "And external attacks must be responded to internally. There should be someone inside cooperating with this woman's actions - —But who is this traitor?"
He turned to Li Zhishan and Ding Jinzhi who were standing aside, a sharp and awe-inspiring flash passed through his eyes, "You two have three days to find out the cause and effect of the matter, otherwise we will come to see you!"
Li Zhishan and Ding Jinzhi made mistakes first, and they felt guilty. They just agreed repeatedly without daring to say a word. They gently wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and withdrew tremblingly.
Li Ruiyun left the desk, paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and said in a deep voice: "Now that we are in the light and Ling Yun is in the dark, the situation is very unfavorable to us. Taoist priest, do you think their next move will be What?"
Taoist priest Bai Yu said: "There are so many things going on, and now Ling Yun and Lian Nanchun are working together in collusion, and they are used to making false claims in the east and attacking in the west. It is difficult to speculate with common sense. However, Pindao believes that the first thing now is to further strengthen the alert and guarding of various parts of the capital. In particular, more troops and troops must be deployed at each important pass to defend and be prepared to remain unchanged in response to any changes.”
Li Ruiyun nodded in approval, "What the Taoist Master said is absolutely true. Taoist Master, you are the most important person in this palace. How about I leave this important task to you and lead the heavy troops to defend the capital?"
Bai Yu said: "The leader of the gang has placed great trust in me, and I have no obligation to do so. I must do my best to complete the tasks assigned by the gang leader and live up to my mission!"
Li Ruiyun's eyes were full of trust and expectation, and he said emotionally: "In this case, everything depends on the Taoist priest."
"Why are you being polite to me, gang leader? Your business is my business. As long as it's for the gang leader, even if I let Pindao die, Pindao will be willing to die without any complaints." Afterwards, Bai Yu's voice became hoarse. .
"Taoist Priest——" Looking at Taoist Bai Yu's eyes filled with mist, Li Ruiyun's heart throbbed unconsciously and his throat was choked.
He lowered his eyes and hesitated for a moment; then slowly raised his head and looked at Bai Yu with a Yuyu gaze, "There is something that has been in my heart for many years. Can I tell it now?"
"What's the matter?" Bai Yu's face was calm.
Li Ruiyun turned around and glanced at the attendants on both sides, "You all should step aside first."
The attendants bowed their eyebrows and went out. There were only two people in the royal study, Li Ruiyun and Taoist Bai Yu.
Li Ruiyun pursed his lips slightly and said: "There is no one else here, Taoist Priest, please tell me the truth. Are those rumors... true?"
"What rumors?" Bai Yu's face was gloomy, and his eyes seemed to be filled with layers of thick ink that could not be removed.
"You are still pretending to be confused now, how calm you are!" Li Ruiyun couldn't help rolling his eyes, complaining in his heart, "Since you don't want to mention those things, then I have to pierce this layer of paper. "
He turned to look at the dim scenery outside the window, his narrow eyes were empty and distant, as if he was thinking to himself: "A few years ago, there was a knight-errant who was smiling and proud, and he fell in love with a girl who was his childhood sweetheart. They fell in love deeply, so they made a private arrangement. lifelong.
"But at that time, he was young and energetic, and he was brave and fierce. He accidentally missed in an armed fight and killed someone. In order to avoid being arrested by the government, he had to leave his hometown and later became a Taoist priest.
"The infatuated woman gave birth to a son a few months after she left. Unfortunately, she died of hemorrhage after giving birth..."
At this point, Li Ruiyun turned around, his gloomy gaze fixed on Bai Yu's face, "I wonder if the Taoist Priest has heard of this?"
"I heard something." Bai Yu's Adam's apple slid slightly, and there was no emotion in his indifferent voice, "I don't understand, why did the gang leader suddenly mention these things at this time?"
"Taoist Master..." Li Ruiyun's breathing suddenly became light, and his back was undulating, as if he was trying his best to hold back the inner impulses that erupted like a volcano, "Don't you really understand what I mean by saying these things? Don't you think that Dao Don’t you really know who the ranger and the child born to that woman are?”
"Gang leader." Bai Yu looked at him with complicated eyes, and the muscles on his face were twitching faintly. He lowered his head and lowered his eyes, calming down his somewhat disturbed thoughts; when he raised his head again, his expression returned to his usual calm state.
"Now is an extraordinary period. The situation is ever-changing, and the whole body is affected. Once any mistakes occur, it may destroy the hard work we have put in over the years and the foundation we have finally built. We really shouldn't be obsessed with these at this time. Things like mother-in-law, mother-in-law, and the love between children.
"And it's been so many years since things happened. Times have changed and people have changed. What's the use of bringing it up again? Apart from adding unnecessary worries and wasting each other's entangled thoughts, what else can it do?"
"In other words, the Taoist priest doesn't deny those things back then? If what I said is right, that brave and fierce ranger is the Taoist priest, and that child is..." Li Ruiyun looked at the other person blankly, his eyes surging. Indescribably complicated and exciting.
"Gang leader!" Bai Yu interrupted him again. His eyes darkened slightly, trying his best to control the turbulent emotions in his heart, "I just said, don't mention the past anymore; the first thing now is to find the spies as soon as possible and eliminate the cancer within us; as for Others have a long way to go and can be discussed later.”
Li Ruiyun's facial features stiffened for a moment, and a layer of darkness gathered in his pupils, and he did not speak. After a moment, he returned to his original depression, "The Taoist priest is right, these matters can be discussed later, but I still will not give up pursuing this matter." of the truth.”
"Haha, the gang leader is really persistent; but in these places, I feel that the gang leader is becoming more and more like Ling Yun." Taoist priest Bai Yu glanced at him with a pair of smiling eyes.
"You're right, why do you have to mention him again?" Li Ruiyun narrowed his eyes and became angry.
When he thought of being fooled by Ling Yun and Lian Nanchun again, he gritted his teeth with hatred, "If it weren't for that damn traitor, I don't think Ling Yun would have been able to escape this disaster, so this matter must not be let go! Although the traitor has been investigated and punished I left the matter to Li Zhishan, Ding Jinzhi and the others, but I still feel uneasy, so I have to trouble the Taoist Priest to follow up."
"This is natural. Gang leader, don't worry, it will be easy to find out this matter, and the spy will definitely not be able to escape!" Bai Yu's eyes flashed with fanaticism, full of confidence that he was bound to win.
Li Ruiyun smiled calmly and said, "I hope so."
The sun outside was obscured by the moving black clouds at some point, and the sky became inexplicably overcast. Only a little bit of dim yellow and red light remained, which slowly lit up from the gaps where the black clouds penetrated, entangling and confusing people's senses. .
Light and shadow chase each other.
In fact, what Taoist Bai Yu said just now can only be considered half correct.
It is indeed not difficult to find out the spy first. Because the people who went to the prison that day, in addition to Li Zhishan and Ding Jinzhi, were a dozen of their trusted servants and guards who were following them. There were only so many people, and after checking one by one, they quickly locked on the target: and Lian Nan The spy who colluded with Chun and helped Ling Yun escape was none other than Ding Xin, a member of the Ding family who was following Ding Jinzhi at the time!
After learning the ins and outs of the matter, Li Ruiyun's eyes changed from sinister black to bloodthirsty red, and strong hatred filled his heart. If Ding Xin stood in front of him, he would immediately skin him to vent his anger.
"Bring me Ding Xin immediately!"...
