Tang Yin is also worried that if the elected leader is too popular, too powerful, and manages the Ranger Alliance too well, will the Ranger Alliance be able to disband after the Nifengliu is over? If the Ranger Alliance can continue to exist for a long time and continue to grow and develop

, wouldn’t it not take long for a force that can compete with the imperial court to form? That is a greater threat than the headwind flow, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Through conversations with Sui An and observing the reactions of many rangers present, Tang Yin had made up his mind. Regardless of whether Zhang Dong could become the leader of the alliance, at least Zhou Kuan of Baihuitang must not be allowed to take the position of leader.

Tang Yin wanted to ask more about the situation of various gangs, but Sui An was not interested in this topic and kept asking about Tang Yin's business. Obviously, he took the initiative to chat with Tang Yin because he wanted to make some money from Tang Yin.

The good thing is, see if you can get a piece of the pie.

Tang Yin had seen such a person many times and was very disgusted with him. He responded with a few words and stopped talking. Sui An kept asking questions. Seeing that Tang Yin looked unhappy, Jiang Fan and others understood and stood up one after another.

He looked up and said, "Sir, it's time for us to leave."

"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded, smiled at Sui An, and said, "Brother Sui, we will meet again in the future!" After speaking, he ignored Sui An's reaction and strode out.

Watching Tang Yin's group leave, Sui An took a while to realize what he was doing. After spending a long time talking, he didn't get any benefits. He was angry and felt that he couldn't get off the stage. He slapped the table hard and looked around.

The rangers said: "I don't think their Xingfeng Hall is doing legitimate business, maybe they are just a group of bandits!"

Just now he was chatting and laughing with Tang Yin, as if they were irreversible friends, but now as soon as Tang Yin left, he firmly insisted that they were bandits. This was the capriciousness and duplicity of the ranger.

Laiyang, an important town in Lingnan County.

Laiyang is a medium-sized city with a small area. The total population of the city and surrounding areas is about 200,000. It has little agriculture, but has developed handicrafts and prosperous commerce. It is located on the only road between Fengdi and Ningdi. Fengjun

A large part of the armor and military uniforms currently worn are produced in Laiyang.

When Tang Yin and his party arrived in Laiyang, it was much livelier than usual. The Fengren Rangers gathered near Laiyang, which invisibly boosted Laiyang's business. Not only did a large number of rangers pour into the city, but businessmen who sensed business opportunities also followed suit.

A large number of people came over, and for a while, Laiyang City was in an unprecedented state of grandeur, with bustling crowds and caravans everywhere.

The location of the ranger gathering is in the Wanzhong Valley, twenty miles southwest of Laiyang. It is said that it was an ancient battlefield. When the first Wind King expanded outwards, he fought with the enemy here and many people died. He lives there until now.

There are still rumors among the nearby Feng people that they can hear the shrill wails of ghosts at night.

Of course, rumors are just rumors, and most rangers don't believe it.

After entering the city, Tang Yin did not want to alarm the local officials and did not stay in a hotel. He planned to find an inn to stay first. But it is too difficult to find an inn in Laiyang now. All large and small inns in the city are overcrowded. The city where Tang Yin and his party entered in the morning

, wandering around until the afternoon but couldn't find an inn where they could stay.

On the street, everywhere he looked were tourists and vendors, and Tang Yin became more and more upset. He sat on his horse and looked forward, and found that there was a large inn with a spacious facade on the roadside not far away, and the horses were tied outside.

There are more than a dozen stakes, and the wine bar on the first floor is bustling with activity, and the aroma of food wafts out from time to time.

Tang Yin said to Shangguan Yuanwu beside him: "Yuanwu, we will stay in this inn." He did not use a discussion tone, but an affirmative tone.

Shangguan Yuanwu was always in charge of money when he went out. He understood what Tang Yin meant, nodded and said, "Yes! Young Master!"

Tang Yin and his party entered the inn. As soon as they arrived, a waiter came forward and asked with a smile: "Guests, what do you want to eat?"

"Let's stay in the hotel!" Shangguan Yuanwu said.

The waiter shook his head in embarrassment and said: "I'm sorry, sir, all the guest rooms in our hotel are full..."

Shangguan Yuanwu had known such an answer, so he didn't talk nonsense to him. He turned around and walked to the counter, looked at a middle-aged man inside who was keeping accounts, and asked: "Are you the manager of this inn?"

Hearing the words, the middle-aged man put down his account book, raised his head, and looked at Shangguan Yuanwu in confusion.

Shangguan Yuanwu put the package he was carrying on the counter with a loud bang. He took out a twelve-weight silver ingot from the package, pushed it in front of the shopkeeper, and said, "There are seven of us, staying in the hotel."

The shopkeeper looked at the silver ingot, then at Shangguan Yuanwu, and finally his eyes fell on the clerk. The clerk hurriedly explained: "Shopkeeper, I already said that the guest rooms are full, but this guest ignored me at all..."

Without waiting for the shopkeeper to speak, Shangguan Yuanwu took out another silver ingot and said, "Just two rooms."

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said: "Not to mention two rooms, there is not even one room. Our store was full a few days ago."

Shangguan Yuanwu stared at the shopkeeper for a moment, then took out a silver ingot again and said: "Thirty taels of silver, two rooms!"

"Sir, this is not a matter of more money and less money, but that our store really does not have..."

Before he finished speaking, with two snaps, Shangguan Yuanwu took out two more silver ingots. This time, there were fifty taels of silver placed on the counter.

Not to mention the waiters on the side were dumbfounded, even the well-informed shopkeeper was stunned. He couldn't help but glance at Shangguan Yuanwu, then looked at Tang Yin and others behind him, and secretly breathed in. Although these people were wearing ordinary clothes,

But the temperament he exudes is extraordinary, and he throws out fifty taels of silver without blinking an eye, so he is definitely not an ordinary person.

The shopkeeper was intimidated by Shangguan Yuanwu's momentum and remained silent for a long time. Then he said, "Okay, sir, let me help you think of a solution." As he spoke, he handed the waiter to him and whispered for a while.

Then he said to Shangguan Yuanwu: "Sir, the guest rooms in our hotel are indeed full. We are open for business and there is no reason to turn the guests away. Therefore, can some of the guests be aggrieved and temporarily stay in the servants' rooms?"

In the room, I asked the guys to give up two rooms to a few guests."

Shangguan Yuanwu was not satisfied with this answer. He raised his eyebrows and was about to speak when Tang Yin came up to him, patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, the shopkeeper also has his difficulties, as long as we have a place to live.

Already."

When Tang Yin opened his mouth, Shangguan Yuanwu stopped arguing and nodded: "Yes! Young Master!"

After wandering around for a long time, Tang Yin and his party finally spent money to find a place to stay. Then, they found an empty table in the lobby on the first floor and sat down, and asked the waiters to bring them food and drinks.

The craftsmanship of this inn is good, and the food tastes authentic and is full of color, aroma and taste. While eating, Tang Yin looked at the tourists outside the window, shook his head and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't expect that there were so many rangers in Feng Country, but every time a military conscription order was issued,

, but there are only a handful of rangers who have signed up!" And they are all weak soldiers and generals. This is what makes Tang Yin most angry.

Cheng Jin said: "The knights have always regarded themselves as noble, and would rather starve and freeze than contribute to the court."

Shangguan Yuanwu continued: "In fact, the ranger despises the imperial court from the bottom of his heart. He believes that working for the imperial court is tantamount to being a hawk of the imperial court and being disgraced."

"Hmph!" Tang Yin sneered, and said with a sharp look: "It's not a pity to die for things like this!"

There was nothing to say that day, so Tang Yin and others stayed at the inn. Originally, they planned to let Tang Yin live in one room by himself and the others share another room, but Tang Yin was not so particular and insisted on dragging the Shangguan brothers into his own room.

The next day, just after dawn, Tang Yin was awakened by the noise outside. He frowned and got out of bed, opened the window, and looked outside, he saw many people in groups on the street, and people were going

Walking in one direction, pointing and pointing, not knowing what they were talking about.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" Shangguan Yuanwu and Shangguan Yuanbiao also walked to the window with sleepy eyes and looked out.

"The devil knows." Tang Yin, who was completely sleepless, muttered, grabbed his clothes, put them on his body, shook his head and said, "Come on, let's go out and take a look."

One of the most important purposes of Tang Yin's visit to Laiyang was to watch the excitement, and of course he didn't want to miss the excitement now.

The Shangguan brothers hurriedly put on their clothes and followed Tang Yin out of the room. As soon as they came out, the door next to them opened, and Jiang Fan, Cheng Jin, Asan and Asi walked out.

Tang Yin waved to them and asked, "Do you know what's going on outside?"

Cheng Jin shook his head and said, "I heard it looked like a dead person. I don't know exactly what happened."

Someone died? Tang Yin frowned. With so many rangers gathered in Laiyang, it was normal for a fight to occur, but what if someone died? He couldn't figure out the reason, so he stopped asking and silently quickened his pace.

When they arrived outside the inn, Tang Yin and others followed the flow of people towards the east of the city. Not long after, they were close to the east gate of Laiyang. When they got here, more people gathered, and it was a large, dark area. There were hundreds of people at least.

People all raised their heads to look up, and from time to time they pointed to the top of the city and whispered.

Following everyone's gaze, Tang Yin and others also looked up. After seeing clearly, everyone took a breath.

Right above the city gate, there is a corpse hanging. The corpse's clothes are in tatters, covered with large and small wounds, and dripping with blood, like a bloody gourd. He was stabbed through the chest with a knife and nailed to the city wall. On the side of the corpse

There is also a long strip of cloth hanging at the foot, with a line of red characters written in blood: The position of alliance leader is bound to be won, and those who have different aspirations will hang their bodies here!

It can be seen from this line that the murderer must be one of the people competing for the alliance leader, and the person who died was probably someone who opposed him as the alliance leader.

"It's Li Bang! That's Li Bang, the branch master of the church!" Someone in the crowd called out the name and identity of the deceased, and the crowd of onlookers exploded.
Chapter completed!