A weak scholar, a weak scholar who everyone determined that he would not even dare to kill a chicken, suddenly attacked and assassinated a fifth-rank military officer in the court!

This scene was so shocking. For a moment, there was no sound in hundreds of people around the dock. Everyone looked at Li Ling, who drew out the sword and wiped the blood on the fallen corpse with surprise. Even Yang Qinghou's eyes changed when he looked at Li Ling at this time, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Since Li Ling returned home a few months ago and learned that his sister had been kidnapped, he has been holding a fire of evil in his heart, but he can only suppress the fire due to his status and other concerns. However, this fire of evil will not dissipate with time, but will continue to rise in his heart, allowing him to remind himself at any time that if he wants to ensure the safety of himself and his family, he must grasp real power!

This is also the driving force behind his continuous progress in the past few months of study, which has led to the continuous improvement of imperial examination articles. But this is obviously far from venting. Until this moment, when he stabbed the sword into Fan Yu's body and watched him die of anger, he felt a little relieved.

Perhaps because of this, Li Ling, who killed someone for the first time, did not have the panic and guilt in some literary descriptions. It was just that when the sword pierced into the human body, his heartbeat was slightly faster than before. Maybe he was born not a good person... Li Ling smiled bitterly in his heart when he pulled the sword and wiped it.

Of course, this is not the only reason why he killed Fan Yu. Another reason is that killing Fan Yu himself can win the further trust and favor of the Cao Gang people. Otherwise, it would be not that easy for Li Ling to leave the north. After all, this time the Cao Gang's efforts were considered to be a rebellion by killing officials. Of course, there is no need to doubt their own people, but Li Ling is not the same as them after all. Who knows whether they will make things difficult for him when they wake up?

So it would be better to dip blood with your own hands, and kill the most important court officials. In this way, everyone is really on the same boat! So... After wiping the blood on the sword, Li Ling looked down at the corpse on the ground: "Today I just collect some interest. I will have to settle the accounts with them one day, and I will come back with them with the principal and interest!"

When Li Ling handed the long sword that had become bright again to Yang Qinghou, he smiled again: "What a good sword!"

This is indeed a good sword. After killing the two of them, they wiped them at will, leaving no blood marks on the sword. But after Yang Qinghou took the sword, he didn't care about this, and just stared at Li Ling in surprise: "Brother Li, why do you do this?"

"Since Gang Master Yang and you all think this person is difficult, I'll help you. Just by chance, there is a grudge between him and me, so if you kill him, you'll kill him." Li Ling looked at him with a smile, "This is according to the rules of your people in the world, maybe it should be called a letter of fame. Now, you should all believe that you will not be enemies with you, and you won't leak this matter, right?"

When he said this, his eyes swept towards others intentionally or unintentionally, which made many Cao Gang men blush, and some even waved their hands: "What are you saying, Mr. Li? We are already friends, how could you suspect you?"

"Yes, Brother Li, you have helped us a lot. Our Cao Gang brothers are only grateful to you, so how could they suspect you betray us?" Yang Qinghou also quickly expressed his opinion, and then turned his face down again, "Only our own brothers know about today's affairs. If anyone dares to leak it, my Cao Gang gang rules will not tolerate them!"

"Abide by the order!" Everyone was shocked and clasped their fists to respond. Mu Dantian in the distance looked at Li Ling a little different. This swordsman really looked at the young man in front of him for the first time, and the more he looked, the more he felt that he could not see through him.

All those who should be killed have been killed. Naturally, Yang Qinghou did not need to worry about the subsequent aftermath work. The people below him completely sank the bodies to the bottom of the river, and then eliminate them with fish, shrimps and other fish in the river. For this Haohao Cao River, sinking one or two hundred corpses into the river is really no problem.

Li Ling was led by him to another big ship, and the banquet was held to be shocked. At the same time, Yue'er and the other two were finally brought to him.

Yue'er had not closed her eyes all night, until this time her little face was still full of fear. When she saw her brother, she rushed over and crawled into his arms and refused to come out: "Wuwu... Brother, I was so scared before. Suddenly, so many terrible people came, as well as fire and strange screams. I was worried about death. Where have you been?"

Li Ling hugged her sister and patted her back to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, aren't you here? Something happened before, but everything has passed. Look, you're fine, we're fine, we're fine, we're ready again soon."

After he comforted him with warm words, the little girl finally relaxed. Then, sleepiness came like a rush of seas, and she fell asleep in Li Ling's arms. He did not put his sister beside him, but let her lean into his arms so dotingly, and then smiled at Yang Qinghou apologized: "My sister is young and has not experienced the storm, but the leader Yang Gang laughed."

Yang Qinghou shook his head gently: "The relationship between you brother and sister is so sincere that people envious. Although I have a good relationship with my sister, it is impossible to be like you anymore." As he said that, he looked at the sister next to him, who looked at Yue'er in Li Ling's arms, and there was a look of envy in his eyes.

Of course, Li Tong and Li Moyun understood the danger of last night better than Yue'er, but they didn't show much at this moment. Seeing that Li Ling was safe and sound, everyone became guests of the Ren Cao Gang, so they didn't say much, but made some eye contact with Li Ling and sat down.

After a while, all kinds of wine and food were served one after another. Yang Qinghou raised his glass with a solemn expression to greet Li Ling: "Brother Li, it's really thanks to you that I am the Cao Gang rebellion this time that I have let me get rid of danger. And you are also the one who rescued me. I, Yang Qinghou, can't say too many nice things, so I thanked this glass of wine first."

Seeing that he had completely finished a glass of wine, Li Ling could only raise his glass to drink: "Gangmaster Yang is polite. If you really want to talk about it, Miss Yang will save me more. As for other things, I'll just be polite, but I can't compare to your brothers in Cao Gang."

Yang Qinghou wisely did not mention Li Ling's killing of the official just now in front of Li Tong and others, but just smiled and said, "This alone has helped us a lot, Brother Li, you don't have to be too humble. By the way, after this time, we will be in a life-long relationship. Can you consider making the previous proposal?"

His proposal was to let Li Ling join the Cao Gang as a worshiper or even the deputy leader. But Li Ling shook his head after drinking another cup: "Gang Yang is kind to him. After all, I am just a scholar. I am really powerless in the world. This time it was just a coincidence. Moreover, my wish was only to be an imperial examination, so..."

"Mr. Li, after this incident, do you really feel that you can still take the imperial examination in an ordinary way? Are you not afraid of the people behind this incident causing trouble for you?" A man with a black and red face and a tough expression spoke.

Li Ling smiled: "All the people who caused trouble this time have been killed, and the people behind them will only try their best to cover up the traces of this matter. How could they know that I exist? I think leader Yang and all the heroes of the Cao Gang will not spread today's affairs?"

"Of course it's impossible! I said, only we know this time!" Yang Qinghou said immediately. But then, he changed his tone again: "But Brother Li, I do feel that I have a good relationship with you. In fact, our Cao Gang doesn't insist that you stay in the gang to do things. You can continue to take your fame and fortune and become your official..."

As soon as these words were said, Li Ling's heart moved. Cao Gang is a huge force that is as numerous as today. If he can really make friends with him or even become his own people with them, wouldn't it be very convenient for him to do something outside the court in the future? And he could also see that Yang Qinghou is indeed a hero, and if he is not a criminal, he will not do anything that is harmful to the will of heaven.

Thinking of this, Li Ling smiled and said, "Since the gang leader is so kind to invite him, I will be rude if I refuse. But I am just a scholar after all, and I really can't help much in the gang."

"If you can't help now, you might be able to help later." Yang Qinghou smiled: "That's all. From today on, you will be my Cao Gang worshipper. In the future, you will share the blessings with our brothers. If you have the blessings... it will be your brothers!"

Li Ling quickly waved his hand: "Since I share the blessings, I will naturally be the same as you! Don't worry, as long as I can serve the imperial officials this time, I will definitely help me keep an eye on the Cao Gang matters."

"Then I wish Brother Li, the top scorer in high school this time, so that I can celebrate with my brothers happily!"

"Yes, I wish Li Chongfeng this imperial examination!" Others also raised their glasses to congratulate him. Seeing this, Li Ling had to drink another drink.

After these glasses of water and wine, and not sleeping for almost a day and night, Li Ling became drowsy. Seeing this, Yang Qinghou asked someone to take him to the cabin next to him for a rest. When he was in a daze, he seemed to be sleeping, and saw her coming to him. After looking at him for a while, he suddenly said softly: "Hey, you don't know my name yet..."

"Oh...yes, I thought your name was Yang Qinghou..." Li Ling said drunk.

"My name is Yang Qingxiao, 'The young man from Wuling fights to tangle his head, and a song of red silk is unknown.'

"Yang Qingxiao... What a beautiful name, as beautiful as a human..." With a 70-eight-eight-eight-point drunkenness, Li Ling also spoke casually. Such praise made the girl in front of him dizzy, snorted, turned around and left.

When Li Ling woke up again, it was already dusk again. Then he found that Yang Qinghou and his sister and others had disappeared, leaving only a capable man to take care of the ship.

"I have too many chores to deal with in my gang, so the gang leader and the others go back first, so I will escort and take care of Li Gongfeng. Next week's spy, you can call me Lao Zhou."

"Then it's a blessing for Lao Zhou." Li Ling said with a smile, not polite.

"By the way, this is a thank you gift from the gang leader. Also, our Cao Gang also has several industries in Luoyang, and the offerings are just there." As he said that, Zhou Ji handed over a small gift bag. Li Ling opened it casually and saw that his eyelids hopped. There were dozens of pearls as thick as little fingers, worth almost tens of thousands of taels.

He wanted to refuse, but Zhou Ji said first: "The offering is already our own people in our gang, and this little money is nothing. As long as you don't forget your brothers in the future, you will be successful."

"Okay, I'll accept it." Li Ling thought about it carefully and decided to accept it. Anyway, at least for now, he and the Cao Gang are completely unable to get rid of their relationship. Just remember this love by himself.

With the Cao Gang all the way, Li Ling's next journey was naturally extremely smooth. In less than ten days, they had left the Cao River, entered the Luo River, and then went ashore along the official road and headed straight to the capital.
Chapter completed!