As Yang Qingxiao tells, Li Ling slowly unravels the problem that he had paid attention to before but did not investigate in depth - why did the Cao Gang, especially Yang Qinghou, seem so urgent and ruthless when facing the intervention of the government, it turns out that the root cause is this incident three years ago.

Also, he was always wondering why Yang Qinghou asked his sister to take such a big risk and pretend to be himself to attract the attention of all the enemies, but he just hid in the dark and wanted to be behind. It was not that he did not have the courage to take risks, but that he did not have this ability. After being seriously injured, he had lost his skill and was afraid that he would be more dangerous than his sister if he really started to mess up, so Yang Qingxiao could only pretend to be him.

A night wind blew, blowing away the clouds that blocked the moon, causing the cold moonlight to fall again, shining on Yang Qingxiao's face, allowing Li Ling to truly see clearly that her face was full of tears and her face was as white as paper. For no reason, he thrust hard in his heart. He felt sorry for the woman in front of him, and even felt strange desire to protect him. He just wanted to embrace her, tell her that he would protect her and help her do anything.

However, as soon as this idea arose, Li Ling quickly pressed it down again. Just kidding, people are much better than themselves in terms of personal force and power, so where is the turn to protect her?

After taking a deep breath, Li Ling calmed down again and looked at the other party: "The twists and turns are probably what Brother Yang said after he went back. Since that's the case, why don't you report to the court to seek justice?"

Yang Qingxiao looked at him with red eyes: "Do you think we have never done this? But all failed. The officials protected each other, how could we be sued? Not only that, if my Cao Gang had not finally controlled hundreds of thousands of people in the Cao River, I am afraid that Liu Runsheng and his accomplices would have forced us to collect the crime of colluding with Taihu Water Bandits... But even so, my father and others were still considered water bandits and beheaded and displayed to the public..."

Li Ling took a deep breath and finally understood the suffering Yang Qingxiao and the Cao Gang over the past few years. He said, "Because of this, you and Liu Runsheng are irreconcilable, and this time you think about going to Beijing to assassinate him?"

Seeing Yang Qingxiao nodding slightly, his brows frowned: "But this is unreasonable. Why did you choose to go to Beijing instead of Jiangnan? How could you say that there is the place where you are the most powerful."

Yang Qingxiao smiled bitterly: "Our Cao Gang naturally has more people in Jiangnan, but isn't Liu Runsheng the same? He is the governor of Jiangnan, and he has no less than two hundred personal guards around him. Even if we die, we will not be able to get close to him."

“That’s right…”

"Actually, we planned to intercept the kill halfway, but later we learned that there were only two thousand teams in Beijing this time, all of which were his personal guards and were on land, so we finally gave up the plan of intercepting the kill halfway and decided to attack the capital.

"Because he will never be able to lead so many people like when he entered the capital, and he will probably be transferred to the Northern Xinjiang after this report. If we miss this opportunity, we may never be able to kill him and take revenge again. Four hundred and twenty-three lives, as well as the revenge of my father and brother, we must not be revenged!"

Speaking of this, Yang Qingxiao looked at Li Ling deeply: "I have told you all the truth. Do you still think that Liu Runsheng shouldn't die, and you still want to stop me?"

Li Ling answered without hesitation: "If it is true as you said, then Liu Runsheng should be damned." He paused, and he also looked at the red eyes and said, "But I still think you are too reckless in doing this. Do you think about the consequences?"

"The consequence? It's nothing more than being captured accidentally. We are all ready to die. But as long as we have one of our brothers in the Cao Gang, we will definitely try our best to avenge this great revenge!"

"No, I'm not referring to this. I believe in your ability. Since you have planned for so long, you must be quite sure of killing him. But what I want to say is, have you ever thought about what the result will be?"

Before the other party could answer, he had already said it himself: "Luoyang is my capital of Dayue, the emperor's feet, the place where the emperor is the best. Now a second-rank governor is assassinated here. What do you think the court will react? I am afraid that its influence will never be caused by the Taihu water bandits disrupting the Jiangnan canal transportation, or even worse. Once the emperor is furious, the Ministry of Justice, the Imperial City Department and other yamen masters come out, do you think you can still hide it?"

"So what? We came with a desire to die..."

"No, you don't understand what I mean. Your life and death are no longer the key to that time. The key lies in the life and death of others! Do you think you can offset the sin by death? That is the serious crime of assassinating a senior governor-level official in the capital. In any aspect, the court cannot just arrest you a few of you. It will inevitably dig deep into the end and implicate the entire Cao Gang.

"You may feel that the Cao Gang has a great influence and has controlled the entire Cao River. Countless ships and people are attached to this, which is enough to make the court throw a fright. But what I want to tell you is that your idea is completely wrong. Once the court is furious, the livelihoods of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people will not be cared about by them. After the time comes, your Cao Gang's foundation for generations of people will inevitably collapse.

"And I believe that at that time, there will inevitably be a group of people in your gang who will jump out to eliminate your brother and relevant people under the banner of setting things right, and thus lead the entire Cao Gang to the government. In this way, hundreds of thousands of people along the river will only be even more sad, and your grievances will be harder to be known."

Yang Qingxiao's face became paler and she couldn't help but shout, "This is impossible..."

"I know what you are trying to do. What you are thinking is to assassinate Liu Runsheng to take revenge and take the opportunity to make the truth of this matter public. In this way, even if you are bound to die, you can let the people of the world know what the old leader Yang and others do, so that the truth will be revealed to the world." Li Ling knew that some words were cruel, but in order not to let her do something stupid, he should still say, "But the facts will never be as you wish. As long as Liu Runsheng dies, even if someone finds any evidence, it will not be taken out at that time, let alone anyone speaks for you."

Yang Qingxiao widened her eyes and her breathing became rapid. She wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say for a moment. She could only continue to listen to Li Ling's words saying despair: "Because this is a matter of the face of the court. Whether the emperor or the officials in the court, for the sake of dignity, all the charges must be added to you mobs who were assassinating. Even if you have many grievances, they will only turn a blind eye.

"On the contrary, Liu Runsheng, who was killed, will never say bad things about him again. Those mistakes will only be covered up. The final outcome is that Liu Runsheng was posthumously conferred and became a good official admired by the people of the world, and your Cao Gang was destroyed. By the way, those who died will also be charged with the Taihu Water Bandits, and they will never be able to turn over.

"This is the ending that you can bring about this reckless assassination of Liu Runsheng. Is this really what you want to see? Is it what your father's spirit in heaven and the heroic spirits of the 423 brothers of the Cao Gang hope to see?"

Yang Qingxiao was confused by the storm and then trembled violently: "Is this really... really possible?"

"Yes, as long as you really assassinate Liu Runsheng, this is the only result." Li Ling stepped forward again and put his hand on the other party's thin shoulders, as if he wanted to comfort her. "Jianghu and the court are two worlds. If you only use some rules of conduct in the martial arts world to deal with officials in the court, you will inevitably put yourself in a desperate situation! Fortunately, you have not really taken that step yet, and you still have the opportunity to choose to take the right path."

At this time, Yang Qingxiao had already been confused due to panic pressure. She didn't care about Li Ling's slightly overwhelming behavior, but just looked at him blankly: "There is still a chance? What's the chance?"

"Give up the original plan and take revenge in a safer way."

"Give up... this is impossible!" She suddenly woke up and opposed it strongly, "We no longer have the time and ability to use other methods to take revenge. Within half a month, when Liu Runsheng saw the emperor, he would be transferred to the northern border. By then, there would only be more guards beside him, so it would be even more impossible for us to kill him. As for what kind of court methods to deal with him? Our Cao Gang does not have such ability at all..."

"Who said no?" Li Ling pulled her shoulder hard, making Yang Qingxiao look up at him, "Isn't I the worship invited by your Cao Gang? I am now an official in the court. Since I know everything, I will never be able to stand by and watch!"

"You... can you really help us kill Liu Runsheng to avenge you?" Yang Qingxiao said in surprise, "But you obviously don't know martial arts..."

"I have said that things in the government should not be settled by martial arts. I do not know how to do martial arts, but who said that if you kill someone, you must use martial arts?"

"But you are just a small official who has just entered the officialdom. How could you pose a threat to the second-rank governor?"

"This is because you don't understand the court anymore. We officials are different from you. Low-level officials may not be able to defeat the high-ranking adults. As long as you choose to get a good entrance, it is not as difficult as you think. You are not afraid of you making jokes. Just two days ago, I just knocked down a doctor from our Ministry of Revenue. Although he is indeed not as good as the governor, as long as he is willing, I absolutely believe that I have the ability to eliminate Liu Runsheng.

"And don't you realize it's too cheap to kill him with just one knife? The real revenge should be to take everything from him, ruin him, and eventually even the entire family fell completely?"

"I...I...I'm so messy now. I don't know if I should believe you..." Yang Qingxiao's face was full of entanglement. She didn't know what choice to make for a moment. Should she believe this man?

"Give me, and give yourself a chance to help you revenge! Don't take such risks anymore, as it will only cause more people who care about you and those who care about you." Li Ling said seriously again.

"I have to think about it, give me some time." Yang Qingxiao did not agree to Li Ling, but turned around and left with a little dazed moment. Seeing that she had not gone out again this time, Li Ling breathed a little relieved: "I just hope she can really understand what I said and don't be stubborn anymore..."
Chapter completed!