Northern River Sword

Xie Beihan went out to borrow money from his former friends in the afternoon. Although it was a loan, he was tempted first.He knew that people's hearts seek profit, and if you ask for money empty-handed, you will definitely be looked down upon, so it's better to do the opposite.

He invited a few rich kids from the city to drink, drink and gamble, and put on a show to show how rich he was.Everyone is Xie Beihan's wine and meat friends on weekdays. They heard that Xie Biao died, and they are still waiting to see the situation of Xie's family.Seeing Xie Beihan today, he was still looking high-spirited, and he couldn't figure out his background for a while.

Xie Beihan said that he took over the Escort Bureau and wanted to do a big business, expand the Bahuang Escort Bureau to other provinces, at least to build a dozen semicolons in the Central Plains, and develop the Bahuang Escort Bureau into the world's number one bodyguard agency. .

He described the magnificent prospects, and he was very confident when he talked about it. In the end, he asked a few people to contribute money to join the party, saying that he is the most loyal person. This kind of good thing can't be forgotten, brothers. When the time comes, everyone will sit and count the money. Make money together.

The crowd poured a few glasses of wine into their bellies, their bosoms were entwined delicately, they drank five times and six times on the gambling table, money flowed in and out like flowing water, floating like in clouds, and they agreed in a daze.

Xie Beihan had been prepared for a long time, took out the written document and asked everyone to press their fingerprints.Some shrewd people refused to agree, and he didn't force it.After all, the centipede is dead but not stiff. Under the banner of his own family, he got tens of thousands of taels of silver overnight.

This car Xie Beihan is busy raising money.Qiao'er couldn't let go of Su Yi, so she had to risk her life to accompany Junzi and visit Xie's house at night with him.

It was getting dark, and the two quietly sneaked into the house.They looked at it secretly during the day, Xie Biao's study was in the east, and Xie Beihan's residence was in the west.Su Yi said: "Xie Beihan took away all the important things at home, let's look in his room, we will definitely find something."

Qiaoer listened to him, and the two went into Xie Beihan's residence.Su Yi rummaged through it for a while, then heaved a sigh of relief, holding a stack of papers and said, "Come here and have a look at this!"

Qiaoer couldn't read watermelon-sized characters, so she asked, "Is this a letter? What are you talking about?"

Su Yi said: "There are letters, they are all debt collectors." He showed Qiao'er by the moonlight, and said, "Some ask for hundreds of taels, and there are thousands of taels! Xie Beihan's family's property can't be managed yet, What kind of good business can you borrow money for? He must have borrowed money behind his father's back to go eat, drink, whore and gamble! I said he was a prodigal son, and he dared to pretend to lie to our leader, saying that he would buy this and that for her. In fact, he is poor and still owes a lot of debts! If he really gets married to our Guild Master Xue, he might empty out the Beggars' Guild instead!"

Qiao'er was speechless when she heard that, and said: "I owe so much money and still live such a good life? If it were me, I would be so guilty and scared to death, how dare I brag in front of others!"

Su Yi flipped through the pages, and found a few more debt-demanding letters, this time they were all from Xie Biao, but he owed more money than Xie Beihan.The debts snowballed, and ordinary people would have been forced to have nowhere to go. It was also thanks to the new debts of his father and son to repay the old debts.

Su Yi said: "Father and father of the Xie family borrowed money everywhere to make ends meet, so it can be seen that the Xie family is just a sham. It is impossible for them to open an escort agency due to their financial situation... Then where did Xie Biao get the money to open the Eight Wastes Escort Agency?"

Qiao'er also felt that this matter was very strange, Su Yi sat in front of the threshold, reading letters one by one by the moonlight, suddenly his face changed, and he said to himself: "...It really is like this, no wonder the leader He said during the day The words are so weird..."

Qiaoer said: "What did you find again?"

Su Yi was very excited, and said: "This letter was written by He Ruying to Xie Biao, saying that the money has been delivered, and he asked Xie Biao to run the escort agency well. If there is any shortage of money, please tell him. He will also find a friend to pay for it." His Escorts will join in."

Qiao'er was taken aback, and said: "You mean that the Eight Wilder Escort Bureau was funded by President He to help Xie's family run it? No wonder Xie's family was able to manage the Escort Bureau without money, and it has flourished within two years, see The source of visitors was also provided by League Leader He. But it doesn’t make sense, why did League Leader He do this?”

Su Yi also thought about it: "I heard from Master that the relationship between Leader He and Qiu Guangcheng was the best back then, and Xie Biao was just an ordinary friend. If he wanted to help, he should also help Qiu Guangcheng. Why did he help Xie Biao?"

Qiao'er said: "Leader He is their big brother, so there should be no distinction between closeness and closeness. Every brother should help, right?"

Su Yi didn't think that was the case, shook his head and said: "My colleagues are enemies, Xie Biao opened this bodyguard agency to oppose Qiu Guangcheng. Leader He knew that they would have to fight for power when they set up the bodyguard agency together, and secretly paid to help Zhang Luo, This is at least a tacit consent to Xie Biao's troubles with Qiu Guangcheng... Or, He Ruying is manipulating Xie Biao through financial support and instructing him to fight against Qiu Guangcheng."

Qiao'er was stunned and said, "Impossible? Why did Leader He do this?"

Su Yi's face was also very ugly, and he said: "I don't want to believe it either, you heard what was said during the day, President He said that Xie Biao couldn't even defeat Qiu Guangcheng, and he didn't get Shaoyang's swordsmanship either. This can't be done For other explanations, we can only say...the reason why Xie Biao opposed Qiu Guangcheng was because He Ruying instructed him. And He Ruying did all this because he had doubts about Qiu Guangcheng—he also suspected that the young Qiu Guangcheng stole the Yang sword manual, and he also wants to get the Shaoyang sword manual!"

Qiaoer doesn't like intrigue the most, she never thought that someone like He Ruying would do such a thing, she shudders.

Su Yi said: "He Ruying's purpose is to force Qiu Guangcheng to lose his reputation and ask him to hand over the sword manual. As the leader of the alliance, it is not convenient for him to do this in person, so he uses money to manipulate Xie Biao to do it. From the establishment of the Eight Desolation Judging from the time of the Escort, He Ruying should have been planning this matter for a long time. He originally wanted to use Xie Beihan's opportunity to provoke the Four Seas Escort to intensify the conflict between the two families and suppress Qiu Guangcheng. Unexpectedly, Meng Shuhe's son killed him on the way. Coming out disrupted He Ruying's plan. Xie Beihan is a douchebag who cannot be supported, and the Xie family is completely ruined this time. Qiu Guangcheng's daughter died, and He Ruying's money was wasted. None of these people One is a winner."

Qiao'er shuddered and said, "These things are too complicated, what should we do?"

Su Yi put the letter written by He Ruying in his arms, and said: "Let's take this evidence back to Chief Xue. He Ruying is a dignified man with great ambitions, we beggars' gang must be wary of him Xie Beihan still needs to pay the Qiu family 10 taels, so let's wait and see what happens."

Qiaoer agreed, and the two put the things back in place and slipped out quietly.

Xie Beihan found a way to gather enough 10 taels, exchanged the silver with the banker, and asked the bodyguards of his own bodyguard bureau to escort the money to Qiujiazhuang.It would take at least two days to walk the darts all the way, Xie Beihan was familiar with walking in Henan, and he was under the care of He Ruying, the brothers on the Green Forest Road should not make things difficult for him.

He was a little apprehensive when he started the journey, but when he approached the border of Luoyang, his heart was more than half relieved.Seeing that they would be able to reach Qiujiazhuang in the evening, everyone ate dry food and drank water by the roadside, and took a short rest.Suddenly, he saw someone in front of him wearing black clothes and a black scarf covering his face, leading dozens of people on horseback.

The leader whistled, and a group of people surrounded the escort vehicle from both sides with a whoosh.

Everyone stood on guard immediately, each drew their weapons, and aimed at the men in black around them, ready to strike.

Xie Beihan saw the robbery with his eyes, and knew that the other party must have got the news and came prepared, and people like himself may not be their opponents.He hastily stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "This is Xie Beihan from the Escort Bureau of the Eight Wastelands. The escort has been borrowed from here. May I ask which treasure mountain hero you are from?"

The man sneered, with a very haughty attitude, and slowly drew out the sword with his hand on the hilt.Seeing his sword, Xie Beihan suddenly changed his expression, and said, "You...you are?"

The man shouted: "Do it!"

Everyone drew their swords, jumped off their horses, and fought with Xie's bodyguards.The subordinates brought by that man were very tough, even the bodyguards of the Eight Wilderness Escorts were no match for them even if they fought for a while, all of them were cut and fell to the ground.Xie Beihan was kicked on the back of the head by the man in the chaos and passed out.

The man in black intended to rob money, and did not instigate murder.Seeing that the situation was clear, he shouted: "It's done, blah blah." Someone jumped into the escort cart and drove the horse.The leader was at the end, and the rest rode around to escort them, and within a short time they hijacked the escort cart.

That battle was fought like lightning, and the people from the Eight Wilder Escorts were caught off guard.All the bodyguards had broken hands and legs, lying in a pool of blood and cursing.Someone climbed up and shook Xie Beihan awake, saying: "Young master, the money has been robbed! 10 taels of silver! What shall we do!"

Xie Beihan's face turned pale, his head felt dazed and aching, and when he touched the back of his head, his hands were covered with blood.He cursed and got up, seeing wounded soldiers all over the ground.The first thing he thought of was the loss. He got the money by bragging and bluffing around. If he can't pay the Qiu family, he might as well die immediately.

He tried his best to calm himself down, thinking about the clues left by the man just now.He remembered that he had seen the sword of the man in black before.That sword was called Qiushuijian, and it was Qiu Guangcheng's saber, and he would never admit it wrong.

He recalled carefully that although the man's swordsmanship was intentionally hidden, it was similar to the Qiu family's Zidian swordsmanship.He said to Li Mianzhi, the head of the bodyguard: "Do you see where those people's sword skills come from?"

Li Mianzhi is a veteran who has been in the darts for more than 20 years. He is sophisticated and ruthless, and he is very accurate in judging people. His vision can't be wrong.He pondered for a while, and said: "The swordsmanship of the rest is plausible, so it's hard to judge. But I think the swordsmanship of the leader is like the Qiu family's Zidian swordsmanship. But Master Qiu won't come to rob the darts, right? The money was meant to be given to him, how could he..."

Xie Beihan confirmed his conjecture, and he was furious in his heart, saying: "What do you know? That old thief Qiu Guangcheng was determined to kill me, he deliberately asked me to bankrupt my family and raise up 10 taels, and then robbed me personally, he will be rich , and can kill me. This man is so cunning and deceitful, I have to come to my house and argue with him!"

Li Mianzhi said: "I'm afraid that Qiu Guangcheng will wait for you to hit the door empty-handed, the young master, so he can kill... Well, it's difficult for you. A hero doesn't suffer from immediate losses, we still have to think of a proper countermeasure."

Xie Beihan suppressed his anger and pondered: "I am fighting him head-on, but I am hitting a stone with a pebble, and I still have to have someone to back me up to speak."

He said: "Then you go and invite Uncle He. Everyone is injured and needs to rest. I will settle down here at Shilipu not far to the north. If you invite someone, go there and find me. Let's go to Qiu together." Let's talk about it."