For Jianghu people, Jianghu has its own rules.
Once the imperial court intervenes, it is somewhat like a dog trying to meddle in other people's business.
Cats and mice are for the people, and dogs are for the officials. Most of the time, people and officials do not deal with each other.
Therefore, when they heard the word "General Banner", regardless of whether they had interests with Tingyuge or not, almost everyone tensed up and widened their eyes, wondering what Tingyuge's intention was in colluding with people in the court.
After all, although the position of the general banner is not high, there are still half a hundred people under his command. Based on the various secret accumulations made by the imperial court in the past few years, it is a terrifying combat force that must be guarded against.
For a moment, the man in gray sitting on Luo Piaoling's right hand became the target of everyone's attention.
"This is getting more and more interesting." At this time, Xue Qinghuan didn't need to choose where to start the question. Everyone's attitude had already pointed out the direction, so he threw the question back to Yu Le, "Since Mr. Yu said so, I must know something about this Lord General Banner, why don’t I introduce it to everyone?”
With Yu Le's temperament, how could he listen to Xue Qing's cheers and calls, but as long as he could help Luo Piaoling, he wouldn't care too much.
He smiled and said: "This person is Mr. Luo's friend after all. It would be most appropriate to ask Mr. Luo to introduce him."
Luo Piaoling was about to speak, but the man in gray preempted him and said: "There is no need to embarrass the young master. My name is Raven, but he is just a nobody. As for the status of the general banner, it is an old thing and is not worth mentioning."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The incident of being an official was not unique, and he would not be ostracized by the people in the world.
Everyone thought that since the raven had stepped forward, Yu Le would directly turn his finger on him, using it as a breakthrough to gradually reveal the truth about Xunfeng Valley.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly turned to Xue Qinghuan, changed the topic again, and said, "I wonder what Master Xue Pavilion thinks?"
Xue Qinghuan was confused by Yu Le's unreasonable question. She scratched her head and said, "What do you mean, Mr. Yu?"
Yu Le said: "With the eyesight of the Master of Snow Pavilion, who exactly is this raven?"
Xue Qinghuan said: "Oh, if it comes to distinguishing sounds and colors, I can say that Xue's score is pretty good, but if it comes to eyesight, I definitely don't dare to compare with Mr. Yu. However, with Brother Raven's appearance, With his demeanor, I don’t think what he said is false.”
Yu Le said: "Master Xue Pavilion is really too modest. You have already seen everything with one glance."
Xue Qinghuan rolled her eyes and guessed: "Could it be that Brother Raven's status as the general banner in the past is crucial in this matter?"
Yu Le showed a sly smile again and said: "If not, I will point out the key clues for Master Xue Pavilion, and ask Master Xue Pavilion to analyze them one by one for everyone?"
Xue Qinghuan did not refuse and said with a chuckle: "Please tell me."
Yu Le said: "What kind of situation does Master Xue Pavilion think that would force a general to give up the official food of the imperial court and be reduced to fighting for a meal with me and other people in the world?"
Xue Qinghuan shook his head and smiled: "Master Yu, this question is really hard to answer. From a personal point of view, everyone has their own ambitions. They found that it is not easy to work for the court, so they walked away. From a collective point of view, It seems that his immediate boss committed a crime and was implicated."
The reason why Xue Qinghuan did not say that the commander-in-chief committed the crime and resigned from office was not because he was worried about offending the raven, but because he considered that with the methods used by the imperial court in recent years, he could neither use them nor want to see them. One day, if we become enemies with them and let them go to the rivers and lakes, it is the same as letting a tiger return to the mountain. We must eliminate it to avoid future troubles.
Yu Le said: "Then the Master of the Snow Pavilion thinks that given Mr. Luo's current embarrassing situation, who is willing to work hard for him, even risking his life and fortune?"
Although Xue Qinghuan did not have a beard, he still made a gesture of stroking a tiger's beard at this time, and said slowly: "It's better to look at this matter from the other side. Xue doesn't like to be involved in such affairs, but Luo Luo Young Master’s recent reputation is so loud that you have to listen even if you don’t want to. And it has been nearly a year since the theft of the Shaolin Golden Seal. Xuemou definitely doesn’t think that Young Master Luo alone can compete with Jianghu. Hundreds of gangs have been mediating for so long..."
Xue Qinghuan paused, raised her hand towards Luo Piaoling, and continued: "Still unscathed. Presumably with Mr. Luo's personality charm, not only Tingyuge, Daoyi Alliance and certain Jiuzhou gangs, there are still many People are willing to lend a helping hand to Mr. Luo to help him overcome difficulties. However, if you want to help him at the risk of your wealth and life, then Xue feels that these people have no worries first."
Xue Qinghuan sighed again and said, "After all, some things are really hard to let go of."
"Personality charm?" Yu Le snorted lightly, the disdain in his tone was quickly overshadowed by his next sentence, "Those who have no worries are best to be orphans, and they are the kind of people who have no intention of getting a wife from birth. Orphans who give birth to children.”
Yu Le emphasized the word "also", undoubtedly using this to allude to Luo Piaoling.
The thing that jumped out from the crack in the stone would be a monkey, not a human. But in this troubled world, there are many people who are born without a father and mother, but it is obvious that Yu Le is not one of them.
His words had obviously offended the public, and all the glances seemed to condense into daggers.
If this was not the Liuhe Building, Yu Le would have been quartered by five horses at this moment.
Xue Qinghuan was already quite old. Even though he was not an orphan, he was no different from an orphan now that both his parents had died. He did not pay too much attention to the sarcasm in Yu Le's words and asked: "According to Mr. Yu's wishes, this Raven Brother is not just an ordinary commander-in-chief, he also shoulders some kind of important responsibility, or performs life-or-death missions all year round."
Yu Le was completely indifferent to the glances around him and continued: "It's really easy to talk to smart people. The position of Raven, the general flag, not only has different responsibilities from the general general flag, but its personnel configuration is also very different from the general general flag. .”
Xue Qinghuan said: "I would like to hear the details."
Yu Le imitated Xue Qinghuan and shook his head and smiled, as if to say that he would never say it easily, which made everyone in the hall feel itchy.
Originally, Xue Qinghuan was enough for them, but now Luo Piaoling's enemy came. They thought they could explain it in a few words, but the two of them unexpectedly started singing.
Yu Le said: "Master Xue Pavilion, does he know how many people the commander-in-chief usually has?"
Xue Qinghuan said: "The general banner is divided into five small banners, with a total of fifty people."
Yu Le said: "And our Brother Raven does not have Xiaoqi under him. As for the people under him, they are all here tonight."
"oh?"
Everyone seemed to follow Xue Qinghuan's voice of surprise and glanced around at the other five tables where Luo Piaoling and his party were sitting.
"When we came today, there seemed to be eighteen of them wearing tight-fitting black clothes."
"The one named Raven also happens to be among those eighteen people."
"Presumably what Mr. Yu is talking about is that these eighteen people were originally imperial eagle dogs, but now they are willing to follow Luo Piaoling through life and death."
"..."
Compared with the discussion among everyone in the hall.
However, the atmosphere at Luo Piaoling's group and several tables seemed extremely dull, and none of the parties involved said a word.
Xue Qinghuan and Yu Le, who had been talking nonstop just now, also stopped talking at this moment.
Yu Le still stood aside, watching Luo Piaoling quietly.
Although no changes could be seen on Luo Piaoling's face, he seemed to enjoy the current atmosphere extremely.
As for Xue Qinghuan, he was already deep in thought.
In the past, the raven was the general flag of a mysterious army in the imperial court.
There are eighteen people in this mysterious army, all composed of orphans.
What they do is secretive and dangerous, and they cannot start a family.
They were forced to stay away from the court and hide in the world, where few people knew about them.
Now, they are willing to be used by Luo Piaoling.
Yu Le stopped talking, obviously asking him to use these clues to reveal the true identities of Raven and the other eighteen people.
Their true identities are closely related to this Xunfeng incident?
Xue Qinghuan couldn't grasp the connection for a while.
I can only put the fragmentary clues together in my mind to see if there is any connection between them, or if there is any necessary connection missing.
Within a moment, he seemed to see two words in his mind that connected Luo Piaoling and these eighteen people.
These two words were so obvious, he should have thought of it...
