Compared with the prosperous and orderly inner city of Luoyang, the outer city is obviously more depressed and chaotic.

The so-called chaos does not mean that the outer city is really inactive, but refers to the fact that in the depths of the seemingly calm water, there are many gray areas hidden outside the law, many people from the martial arts world, the city foxes and the clubs and rats are using their methods to make a living and profit in the outer city, and the government mostly turns a blind eye to this.

For example, the north side of the outer city is close to the large area of ​​Yanhe warehouse, and there are many gang figures entrenched for various reasons. Here you can buy many prohibited items that are clearly prohibited by law at a high price, and you can also allow a person with incomplete identities to enter and exit Luoyang silently without being investigated by any government...

At this time, the carriage Li Ling and the others were riding here. When they met two patrol soldiers but were not investigated, they entered a deep and narrow alley and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated house with no houses around, only vacant warehouses.

Seeing Li Ling get off the car and looking around with some vigilance, Yang Qinghou coughed gently: "This is the most secret and important stronghold of my Cao Gang in the capital. I know that the people here are people I absolutely trust, and there will be no danger."

Li Ling responded, and then followed him into the open courtyard gate. However, at the moment he entered the entrance, he heard a half-smelling sound coming from the main hall in front of him, but with a bang, the miserable hum was beaten back again. This made his steps suddenly pause: "This is..."

"Don't you want to know the details of this matter? You can find all the answers by going in." Yang Qinghou said as he stepped forward and pushed open the half-closed door, which allowed Li Ling to see clearly the situation inside the house.

There was almost no furniture in this spacious room, but it still seemed a little crowded at this moment, because there were more than a dozen burly men standing inside, and in front of them, one of them was confined to a thick pillar in blood, which looked a bit miserable.

Seeing Yang Qinghou bringing Li Ling in, everyone in the room was obviously stunned for a moment, staring at Li Ling nervously: "Gangmaster, he..."

"Li Chaofeng is our own brother, so there is no need to hide anything." Yang Qinghou said in an unquestionable tone, and then looked at the person who was dying in front of him, not knowing life and death: "Has he helped?"

"No, he always insisted that he was innocent and had no idea what was going on..." When one of the strong men spoke again, Li Ling recognized him. It was Liao Dayong who had a dispute with him a few days ago. However, the rebellious murderous aura emitted from him at this moment was much stronger than that at that time, and he could not recognize him at once.

Yang Qinghou nodded and ordered: "Go and get some water to wipe him, then loosen his ties, and let me ask him."

"Yes." Someone answered his order and took a large bucket of well water after a moment, and poured his head on the face of the man who was drooping and half-unconscious, causing him to wake up quietly after a sensation. After a while, his eyes refocused and fell on Yang Qinghou: "Gangmaster, I'm wronged..."

Now, Li Ling finally recognized him. Gao Ting, who had met once, was a relationship with him. However, now he looked so miserable. After being untied, he even knelt down on the ground and cried bitterly: "Gang Master, I have followed the old gang leader and you for many years. I have always been loyal, but I have never done anything to sorry for our Cao Gang... This time, this time you said you wanted to assassinate the governor of the court, and I followed him without saying a word. You have to believe me."

"Yes, you have been in my Cao Gang for almost twenty years. I followed my father in the wind and rain, and later worked with me, and I worked a lot of hard work..." Yang Qinghou said and coughed softly, as if he was remembering the beginning. But then, his expression changed again and he stared at him: "So I can't understand why you betrayed so many of us brothers, and actually got together with our biggest enemy!"

"No...no..." Gao Ting strongly denied it, but his originally raised gaze fell down at this moment, as if he did not dare to look at Yang Qinghou.

"Is that so? Then tell me why our assassination plan was known to Liu Runsheng early, but instead he used it, and set up ambushes around him? If I hadn't been wary of it, the elite brothers in our gang would have been beaten up by them just now. And not only these brothers, but also hundreds of thousands of brothers who survived along the Caohe River would have to be affected. The Caohe Gang will be completely wiped out as a rebel! Now you dare to tell me that you are innocent?"

Facing Yang Qinghou's questioning seemed to be light, but in fact every sentence was like a knife, Gao Ting's face twisted and his body trembled even more. He wanted to deny it, but he couldn't say anything. With the gang leader's power, it was the current situation again, and it seemed that it would be useless to deny it again?

Yang Qinghou's words continue: "Since February this year, you have been secretly in contact with a guy named Sun Youning many times using the excuse of going out for fun. The true identity of this person is a general under Liu Runsheng. Do you think these things can be hidden from everyone?

"Also, just five days ago, your brother suddenly made an excuse that something happened in his hometown and wanted to take your wife and two sons away. Isn't this enough to explain the problem? But don't worry, they were not able to leave, but were taken away by the person I arranged, and are still safely staying in our headquarters.

"I guess I can also ask a lot of things from your younger brother Gaochang's mouth. Gao Ting, I just want to hear the truth about you now. Why do you do this? Do you have to watch many of us brothers die for their sake?"

His wife, children and brothers had already fallen into Yang Qinghou's hands. When this fact came into his ears and was accepted by him with difficulty, Gao Ting was already dead. After facing such questions, he finally stopped insisting that he was wronged. He lowered his head and laughed bitterly: "It turns out... it turns out that I have been in a trap for a long time. It's ridiculous that I have always claimed to be smart, but it turns out that it's a joke, a huge joke in front of the leader. Yes, I did have contact with Governor Liu early in the morning and sued the truth about your assassination. I asked Gaochang to take them away, and it was also to protect my family. All I did was to survive. What's wrong with me?"

At this time, he knew that he was not immune to it, and immediately faced Yang Qinghou and all the former brothers who were glaring at him, and said loudly: "At the beginning, when you were shouting and killing, and said that you wanted to kill Liu Runsheng to take revenge, I had already said that it was extremely unwise to do so. Even if you really succeed, you will only involve more brothers in the end, so that they will die without a place to die.

"But do you listen to me? You just want to take revenge, and you have ignored everything else! Since that's the case, why should I die with you? Why can't I find a way out for myself? I never think that I'm wrong in making such a choice. You choose a dead end, and I choose a way out for life and a way out for development!

"Governor Liu has already agreed to me. As long as I can stand up at a critical moment after this time, quell the rebellion in Jiangnan and the rebellion of Caohe, I will be promoted to be the new leader of the Caogang in the future. At that time, I will naturally make up for all the debts I owe before..."

"It's just nonsense..." He heard him become more and more stupid as he talked, Liao Dayong finally couldn't help it. He snatched up and flew out, kicked Gao Ting into a rolling gourd, and then spat, "What's the matter for the brothers of the Cao Gang, you're just afraid of death, for yourself. I, Lao Liao, are really blind, and I always think you are my best brother..."

As he said this, he became more and more annoyed. He immediately wanted to go forward and attack, but Yang Qinghou reached out and stopped him: "Brother Liao, I have something to say." Then he took back his movements awkwardly and retreated aside, but he still glared at Gao Ting, who was struggling to get up.

The same is true for everyone else, staring at him, wishing he could cut him into pieces with his eyes.

Yang Qinghou glanced at Li Ling again at this time, and his expression suddenly sank: "Gao Ting, no matter how much you say, it cannot change the fact that you betrayed my Cao Gang. According to the rules of my gang, you should take your life with three swords and six holes. In addition, your wife, children and brothers have always made a living by my Cao Gang, and now they want to escape, they are also regarded as betrayal..."

Gao Ting, who had already made his promise, suddenly shook his body after hearing this. Finally, he came back from his vent, and knelt down and shouted again: "Gangmaster, this is all my fault. My wife is a wife and doesn't know anything. Her two sons are less than eight years old. Gao Chang just obeys my wishes and do things. If you want to kill me, kill me. Please spare them... The rules of the world will not harm your wife and children..."

"Give them aside? Seeing that you have finally put some effort into me this time, at least I can really open my mind to make my real plan implement." Yang Qinghou bent his body down a little and said sternly, "But, after all, you almost caused my Cao Gang to be wiped out. If I can spare you, my brothers may not agree. Unless you can make some contributions, I can spare them."

"Gangmaster, what contribution did the gangmaster make me achieve?"

"It's very simple. Liu Runsheng's plan this time is quite big. You alone will definitely not be able to swallow the entire Cao Gang. All my gang must have his chess pieces. Since he promised you to be the leader of the Cao Gang in the future, the list of these people has naturally been handed over to you to win the trust, right? Tell these people out one by one, as long as it is true, then I can only kill you and save your family's life!"
Chapter completed!