Chongming Nansha, Dragon King Temple.

It seems that this is the power center of Chongming pirates. After Gu Sanmazi disappeared, Liao Er, the leader of the pirates, occupied the place. It was three days before the date stipulated by the court. People on Nansha Island were panic, but Liao Er sat at the long table, rolled up his sleeves, and feasted at the big meal in front of him.

A roasted suckling pig had been eaten by Liao Er for most of the time. A large piece of roasted meat was stuffed into his big mouth, which made people around him amazed.

Also begging for food in Chongming, Liao Er is different from others. The big guy's business is relatively simple, either robbing merchants or doing smuggling transactions. However, Liao Er is different. He has few people under his command, only about 200 people. He is far from Gu Rong and Gu Sanmazi, and he doesn't have many good boats. He rarely works with various families to collect grain on weekdays. He likes to kidnap the children of gentry in the area around Chongming and extort money.

Liao Er himself escaped because of the oppression of the gentry, seized his ancestral house and killed the entire family of the local gentry. In recent years, he has blackmailed and kidnapped. Although there are not many people under his command, they can fight and kill them. Liao Er himself has an irreconcilable hatred with Gentleman Su Song, so each family trusts him. After Gu Sanmazi, Liao Er has become the leader of the resistance faction.

Several leaders came one after another. After everyone sat down, they looked at each other. One of them did not see Gu Rong, so they asked, "Where is Gu Rong, discussing major issues, why didn't he see him?"

"Maybe something has been delayed, and there is no time yet." Someone said immediately.

The man refused to give in: "It's not that he contacted the government behind our backs, but he was thinking about getting us all in one place!"

"You believe that kind of rumor?" someone said unconvincedly.

Since the topic was already open, several people joined the discussion: "I think the rumors in the past few days are interesting. They say that Gu Rong has joined the government and is preparing to treat us as stepping stones. Although there is no evidence, you think about it. Gu Rong wants to suppress Gu Sanmazi on weekdays. Now that Gu Sanmazi is gone, he hides and pushes Master Liao Er to this position, saying that he has no selfishness, I don't believe it."

“That’s it….”

A group of people buzzed and discussed, making it like a vegetable market. Liao Er ignored it and continued to enjoy his dinner. After all, people couldn't help asking, "Master Liao Er, what do you think? If we fight in this time, we will be in vain and the thieves in the government will be in vain."

The oil on Liao Ermao touched the body and smiled: "It's useless to just guess blindly, there must be evidence. Gu Rong is one of us seniors, and random suspicion will also cause internal strife."

"Can you have evidence from the Second Master?" One of them tentatively said.

Liao Er smiled and said, "No, I don't, but I have a way."

As he was talking, Gu Rong walked in with a few little leaders, looked at everyone, clasped his fists and saluted, and sat on the side. Liao Er laughed and said, "Brother Gu is here, let's start. In two or three days, the date agreed by the government will definitely launch a large-scale attack. Whether this battle can win depends on the brothers' future scolding. We all need to unite. Brother Gu Rong, are you right? "

Gu Rong never thought that Liao Er led the conversation to him. He coughed twice and mixed up: "You are right. If you work together, you will be strong, and if you divide, you will be weak. Everyone clenched into a fist, and the government must also consider it."

"Brother Gu is right, but I'm worried that at this moment, some people who are greedy for wealth betrayed the big guys and threw themselves into the government, and regarded the heads of the brothers here as a step to advance!" Liao Erjie said.

Everyone's faces changed drastically, especially those who came in from the beginning, thinking to himself why Liao Er is so stupid. Isn't this accusation? There are rumors of Gu Rong surrendering to the enemy everywhere in Nansha. Isn't it adding fuel to the fire when he says it? Is Liao Er going to be angry?

Gu Rong turned around and looked at his confidant. The confidant shook his head slightly, indicating that there was no abnormal movement under Liao Er. He shook his eyes at a leader beside him. The leader said, "Master Liao Er, what do you mean? Did you doubt Leader Gu after hearing those gossips."

Liao Er smiled and said, "How dare you? Brother Gu is the senior of everyone here. How dare I doubt it randomly? But this is not groundless. Now I am in front of the leader of the alliance, so I can't let you stab you brothers in a big battle, right?"

Several people walked out of Gu Rong, stood in front of Gu Rong, and shouted: "Liao Er, what does this mean? Are you going to be angry?"

Everyone was also alert, but Liao Er shook his head. He stood up and said, "I dare not, I, Liao Er, are not that kind of shameless villain. But after saying this today, we have made it clear that the people on the island are panic now, and each family cannot do their best to go together. Many people have the intention to surrender to the enemy in front of the battlefield. But if this is the case, we are afraid that we will be defeated, so we have to find a way to let everyone fight against the enemy together, and there is no other way to think about it."

Gu Rong pushed away the people around him and asked with a smile: "Liao Er, you are not greedy for the status of this leader and want to bring all the brothers under his command to you."

Without waiting for everyone to speak, Liao Er hurriedly said: "I don't have the mind or the courage. Today I just want to cut off all the thoughts of surrendering the leader."

As he said that, Liao Er clapped his hands, and a dozen knives walked out from behind the lobby, each holding a man, each holding a man, both men and women, seeing that he was either rich or noble, some sobbing softly, but the man behind him whipped his back with a knife. More than a dozen people were taken into the hall and knelt in front of the leaders.

Gu Rong asked vigilantly: "What do you mean?"

At first he thought that Liao Er had taken the leaders' families as hostages, but after taking a closer look, he didn't know anyone inside, and he didn't understand what Liao Er sold in the gourd.

Liao Er stood up, grabbed one of the young men's shoulders and threw them in front of Gu Rong, kicked him hard on the butt, and asked, "Tell Brother Gu, which powerful family are you from!"

The young man was in pain and hurriedly said, "Thank you, your boss, my name is Sun Chengye, my father is... Sun Dayan, a gentry in Suzhou."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was uproared. Everyone had heard of Sun Dayan's reputation. They were not only famous gentry in Suzhou, but also the organizer of the Susong militia. Unexpectedly, Liao Er actually captured his son.

With Sun Chengye, the rest of the people shouted. These people were actually the children of the gentry in Susong's area. Many of them were related to the gentry in Susong's militia, but they never thought that they would have been caught by Liao Er.

"Oh, Mr. Liao is so capable. With these people here, I'm afraid that the government's soldiers will be afraid of being afraid of them. Maybe they will be rescued today." Someone exclaimed at the moment.

Gu Rong's face changed slightly, and he sat there without saying a word, but Liao Er laughed: "Most of these people are from the branches of each family, and they are not enough to be worth it. Although Sun Chengye is a direct line, Sun Dayan has more than a dozen sons, and he is not missing a lot. If you want to threaten the government with them, you may not be able to do so!"

"What does Master Liao mean?"

Liao Er said: "This time the government has the upper hand. If they cannot let their heads run wild in Nansha, our lives will not be easy in the future. Now each family has different ideas, so I don't want these meat tickets anymore. Each family will choose one. Just today, we will kill them in front of all the brothers. On the one hand, we will sacrifice the flag to strengthen our reputation, and on the other hand, each family has a deep blood hatred with the gentleman Su Song, and I don't dare to have any other thoughts."

"well!"

"Second Master is very thoughtful!"

Gu Rong's face turned pale and said nothing. Several leaders who were familiar with him looked at him urgently. Gu Rong didn't know what to do. If he really killed these children of aristocratic families, he would probably not have a good life in the government in the future. Just as Gu Rong was hesitating, Liao Er threw a knife on the table in front of Gu Rong. Liao Er said: "Brother Gu, you are the old seniors present. You will kill the baby of the Sun family, so that you can take the lead for all the brothers."

"Don't kill me, don't kill me." Sun Chengye begged loudly, holding Gu Rong's legs.

Gu Rong was in a difficult situation and looked around for a week and found that everyone's eyes were staring at him. He knew that it was difficult to escape today's situation. Gu Rong suddenly grinned: "Liao Er, Master Liao Er, you are such a good method!"

As he said that, he grabbed Sun Chengye's head, pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into his neck, and blood splattered all over the body.

"good!"

The loud shouts drowned out the entire Dragon King Temple. The leaders of each family stepped forward, each of them grabbed one, and killed them one by one.

Next, everyone discussed how to resist the government. No one dared to mention surrender anymore. It became much more harmonious. However, Gu Rong did not say a word and waited for the breakup. Liao Er asked the people around him: "Have you found out clearly? Who threw this Sun family baby in front of our village?"

The subordinate shook his head and said, "I have asked, but no boat has come over these days, only the dock controlled by Gu Rong can't ask anything."

"Then Sun Chengye said that he was drinking flower wine in a brothel in Chongming County. He was knocked and slapped. He woke up and was here." The subordinate added.

Liao Er waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't worry about this matter. Please immediately make your brothers wary and be careful of Gu Rong. If that old guy really has a bad intention, he will be anxious today."

When Zhao Sandao saw Gu Rong coming back angrily, he knew that his plan had been accomplished. Gu Rong entered the house and grabbed things and smashed them all, which made everyone dare not say anything. After a long time, it was almost dawn, and Gu Rong calmed down. He grabbed Zhao Sandao's arm and asked, "Tell me, what kind of person is Sun Dayan, a gentry in Suzhou?"

"Sun Dayan?" Zhao Sandao asked in surprise, and said, "Master Sun and those masters are still the same."

"Yes, they are all the same, they are all the same." Gu Rong sat on the chair and murmured.

"What happened?" Zhao Sandao pretended not to know and asked.

Gu Rong's subordinates rushed forward and told what they knew. Zhao Sandao nodded and said to Gu Rong: "Captain Gu, now is not the time to hesitate. If you killed Sun Dayan's son, the leader who had followed you must be separated from you. Sun Dayan is the most vindictive person. If you don't make contributions, you will not let you go in the future."

"Brother Zhao, what are you going to do?" Gu Rong asked.

Zhao Sandao said: "At this time, what you need is decisiveness. It is better to take advantage of the chaos to lead people to besiege the Dragon King Temple and kill Liao Er and other leaders first, perhaps even if you make contributions, Sun Dayan dares not do anything to you."

Gu Rong shook his head, "Liao Er and several leaders gathered together, with more than 2,000 people, many of which can be fought or killed. I am afraid that I can't do anything about him. For the sake of the current plan, I can only leave this place of right and wrong first. If that Master Sun really pursues the matter, I will leave at all. The world is so big that it is not a place to live!"

Zhao Sandao did not expect that Gu Rong would retreat at this time, so he quickly persuaded him, but he could not persuade him no matter how hard he stayed as an insider and quit. He took people on the boat overnight and headed straight for the outer sea.

Chongming.

After hearing Zhao Sandao's report, Li Mingxun smiled and said, "Gu Rong is really interesting. He can take it and put it down, and he is also a character."

"I didn't persuade him to stay and turn against him in the last battle, it was really a dereliction of duty." Zhao Sandao said with some loss.

Li Mingxun waved his hand: "You don't have to take it seriously. People like Gu Rong are the most conscious of the current affairs. He knows very well that turning against each other at the moment cannot offset the crime of killing Sun Dayan's son. It is better to choose the safest way. Look, Gu Rong with more than 500 brothers withdraws from the Nansha of Chongming and is immediately appointed as the chief general in Chongming. He is also a meritorious minister. If he can make meritorious contributions in the subsequent war, his name will be included in the list reported to the court. Sun Dayan dares not say anything for a while."

"Big shopkeeper, what should I do next?" Zhao Sandao asked.

Li Mingxun laughed, walked to Zhao Sandao, pulled the torn clothes he was wearing, and said, "Sandao, now all you have to do is go back and have a good rest, change your clothes, participate in the military convention tonight, and lead the army with me tomorrow morning to attack Chongming."

"Me?" Zhao Sandao was a little frightened for a moment.

Li Mingxun said: "The pirates in Nansha have been defeated by Gu Sanmazi and betrayed by Gu Rong one after another, and they are bound to be defeated. The club will not only set up shops in Nansha, but also leave a garrison force and a squadron in order to protect the shops and waterways from the remaining pirates. And as the future garrison officer, how can you convince everyone if you don't enter the house at this time?"

"I understand. After I go back, I will definitely prepare well, make contributions to the shopkeeper and the club, and make the club famous in the estuary of the Yangtze River!" Zhao Sandao said loudly.
Chapter completed!