Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 22 Parting ways
Jiao Gongli of the Golden Dragon Gang was the target of the Three Heroes of Taibai who were trying to win him over.

However, the Three Heroes of Taibai are still in the incubation period and have not announced their surrender to the Tatars. They do not dare to blatantly win over Jiao Gongli for fear of exposing their identity as spies.

So they used business as a cover and planned to drag Jiao Gongli into the water step by step.

"The Shi brothers came to my master and asked for help. My master was eager to help others and agreed to help them. He personally went to Liaodong."

Luo Liru continued, "After the matter was completed, the Shi brothers gave me a generous gift and invited my teacher to purchase goods in Jiangnan and accompany the Shi brothers to go out of the customs for trafficking. A trip to Liaodong could earn at least tens of thousands of taels of oil."

"Pooh!"

Tie Luohan said angrily: "Is your master obsessed with money? Do you know that after the Ming Dynasty imposed an embargo, the Tartars couldn't even make iron pots for cooking? They couldn't afford clothes or food, and it was difficult for them to invade the south and fight again. Your master and these profiteers transported supplies to Liaodong, which is aiding the enemy!"

Tie Luohan had been in Liaodong for two years and knew the lives of the local people very well. They were highly dependent on Ming Dynasty supplies. Ironware, tea, medicinal materials, and cloth basically all came from the Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming Dynasty's embargo policy could be implemented thoroughly, it could reduce many border wars.

"My master did not participate in the procurement of materials!" Luo Liru hurriedly explained:

"I swear, my master has never purchased any goods from Jiangnan and brought them to Liaodong. The Golden Dragon Gang only acts as bodyguards for the Shi brothers, and the goods were purchased by the Shi brothers themselves!"

"The truck at the city gate is not yours?" Huang Sixi asked.

"Mr. Huang, the truck belongs to the Shi brothers. They trust our master very much. Not only did they hand over the truck to the Golden Dragon Gang, but every time they buy ginseng and animal skins in Shengjing, they also let the Golden Dragon Gang disciples handle it themselves!" Luo Liru said:
"Ever since the Shi brothers hired the Golden Dragon Gang as their bodyguards and started to travel the Liaodong trade route, they no longer showed up and completely entrusted the business to the Golden Dragon Gang. The goods really don't belong to the Golden Dragon Gang, we only collect insurance premiums."

"The Shi brothers are so powerful. They don't show up, but only let their bodyguards enter Liaodong, so they can easily enter and leave Shengjing?" Huang Sixi asked, "Have you ever thought about why they are so popular in Shengjing?"

"They...they are the Tartars?"

Luo Liru looked ashamed.

If the Shi brothers surrendered to the Tartars, wouldn't his master be suspected of surrendering to the Tartars if he insisted on escorting their goods?

He suddenly knelt on the ground and pounded the ground.

He did not defend Jiao Gongli and the Golden Dragon Gang, and drew out his sword with a bang: "We, the Golden Dragon Gang, escorted the goods into Liaodong, which is to provide supplies to the Tartars. I feel guilty towards the people of the Central Plains, and I am willing to die to atone for my sin!"

As he said this, he was about to wipe his neck.

But Huang Sixi grabbed her wrist and said, "Wait until I finish asking you questions, then you can do what you want to do!"

He held up the sheepskin map he had just seen: "Was this map provided by the Shi brothers?"

"This……"

Luo Liru was stunned for a moment. The map was indeed carefully drawn by the historian brothers.

He thought that if Mr. Huang had not asked about the origin of the map and had directly followed the route on the map, he would probably have been surrounded by the Tartars.

He came to follow Huang Sixi this time with the sole intention of helping Huang Sixi return to the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, he failed to help at all and almost harmed Mr. Huang.

At this moment, he was filled with self-blame, and tears welled up in his eyes. He didn't know what to do.

"Mr. Huang, if the Ming Dynasty's Nine Borders Map is not useful, then we can go back through the grassland. The grassland is vast and the sky is high. Although it is a long detour, it is almost impossible to encounter the Tartars." Tie Luohan glanced at Luo Liru again:
"Earlier at the city gate, Brother Luo killed the Tartars and broke through the pass. He should have nothing to do with the Tartars." Huang Sixi did not express his opinion. He continued to ask about the matter between the Shi brothers and Jiao Gongli.

He asked Luo Liru: "Your master is an old hand. He should be able to understand the situation after visiting Liaodong. Why did he still agree to guarantee the goods for the Shi brothers?"

Luo Liru looked extremely painful, still unable to recover from the self-blame.

Until Tie Luohan patted him.

He then said: "My master once mentioned that he had killed an unjust villain in his early years. Unfortunately, this villain had a great background in the underworld. He was worried that this incident would have consequences and bring disaster to the Golden Dragon Gang.

I wanted to ask the Shi brothers to mediate. The Shi brothers were good friends with the villain's family and could talk to them. The Shi brothers agreed immediately, but they asked the master to provide bodyguards for their caravan. "

Luo Liru suddenly looked directly at Huang Sixi and said, "Mr. Huang, our master only agreed to participate in the escort this year. Regardless of whether the Shi brothers help us later, he will never let the Golden Dragon Gang disciples come to Liaodong again. He mentioned this himself when he was in Jinling!"

"Who is that villain? Did your master tell me?"

"He didn't reveal it!"

Huang Sixi thought that this unjust man should be Min Ziye from the Xiandu Sect. Min Ziye was lustful by nature and wanted to snatch someone's only daughter, but was killed by Jiao Gongli in anger, thus forming a feud between them. However, the Xiandu Sect is a branch of Wudang, and its reputation and power in the world far exceeds that of the Golden Dragon Gang.

Jiao Gongli has always been worried that the Xiandu Sect and the Min family would retaliate against him.

In the original novel, in order to resolve the feud with the Min family, Jiao Gongli personally went to the Taibai Sanying to ask for peace. The Taibai Sanying took the opportunity to persuade Jiao Gongli to surrender to the Tatars, but was rejected by Jiao Gongli. So there was the hero banquet to punish the Golden Dragon Gang. This banquet was instigated by the Taibai Sanying and the organizer was Min Zihua, the younger brother of Min Ziye.

However, the Golden Dragon Gang Heroes Banquet will not be held until several years later.

Jiao Gongli started contacting the Three Heroes of Taibai so early, obviously he had sensed the crisis of family extermination and hoped that the Three Heroes of Taibai would come forward to resolve it. He was even willing to help the Three Heroes of Taibai do some illegal activities. However, Jiao Gongli asked the wrong person.

Huang Sixi thought about the whole thing and said to Luo Liru: "You killed the Tartars at the city gate, which made it easier for me to leave the city. I don't care what you do in Shengjing, and you don't have to commit suicide impulsively! But I can't use your map anymore!"

Seeing that Huang Sixi did not blame him, Luo Liru immediately asked, "Mr. Huang, if you return to the Central Plains, can I continue..."

"Don't mention this anymore, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Huang Sixi waved his hand to interrupt him: "It's already dark now, and we've all been working hard all day, let's take a break now!"

Luo Liru was suddenly speechless. He heard that Huang Sixi was unwilling to say anything more. Even though he had a lot of grievances in his heart and wanted to talk about them, he couldn't open his mouth.

Originally, Tie Luohan had a very good impression of him, but after hearing what his master and the Golden Dragon Gang had done, he sighed secretly and lost interest in joking with him as before.

The three of them soon fell silent.

Luo Liru worried alone for half the night before falling into a drowsy sleep.

When I woke up, it was already bright.

Luo Liru just regained consciousness and immediately jumped up because he found that there was no one around.

Huang Sixi and Tie Luohan had left the forest and parted ways with him at some point.

(End of this chapter)