Chapter 52 The fifty-second round of Lingyun Shuangyan's aid to the leopard is passed on, and the heroes of the Cambodian bodyguard line ask for help late at night

All the guards concentrated their attention on the Leopard Party's boat.Jiuqian Qiaomao nagged to Song Haipeng: "Master Song, your water skills are very impressive, why don't you go into the water and go dig their boats? With your own strength, Master Song, you took all four of Leopard's boats, It was scuttled, so the leopard fell into the lake, and Song Biaotou made great achievements. What do I say?" What Jiuguyan said seems to be an idea, but it also seems to be sarcasm.Double Whip Song Haipeng stared at Jiugu Yan, and said: "I thank Master Jiu for his advice. Don't you know how to dog planer? Please help me, let's take a trip!" Pointing to Bo Xin, he said: "The water is shallow, let's go?"

As soon as Jiuguyan stuck out his tongue, Song Haipeng turned to Dai Yongqing and said, "Fourth brother Dai, let's go down and teach Master Qiao to be happy." Both of them stood up and wanted to jump down.He was suddenly heard by the black eagle Cheng Yue, who hurriedly stopped the two of them, and said loudly: "Master, Uncle Hu, Master Song, and Master Dai are going to fight in the water now, so why not?" Su Jianming said, "Hey, Joe Jiu, Please be merciful. Master Song and Master Dai, don't be too busy; you wait a moment, we have to listen to the command of the military division. Hey, you two, look, what are they going to do?"

At this time, Ling Xiaoyan, the white lady, and Ling Yunyan, the male lady, of the leopard boat suddenly came out of the cabin, and each held a weapon in their hands. A few words; Yuan Zhenwu, the flying leopard, Wu Shengwen, the son and mother goddess, and the second elder and the third Xiong all appeared from the cabin, only the injured Zhenliao Dongsha Jinpeng did not show up. Flying Leopard and Ling Yunyan seemed to have something to say, and then they saw Bai Niangzi and Xiong Niangzi each took a whistle, held it in their mouths, and screamed wildly, as if they had taken care of it.The escorts hurriedly searched for the shore, but saw that the broken bank was overgrown with grass, and the river bed was very low, so they couldn't see any movement on the shore.Taoist Qingsong said humanely: "Wait for me." While urging the boat to sail quickly, he walked up to the mast, lifted the handle with his right hand, and changed the handle with his left hand, chi chi chi chi, and climbed up to the top of the mast.

Jiang Yu, the think tank, rushed to that ship, and also climbed to the top of the mast; staring at it for a long time, there was no movement, only to see a leopard ship suddenly lagging behind.Zhitan Yao said to Taoist Qingsong: "Master Qing, there is no ambush, right? But they can't help but know that this is a dead end. They know it is a dead end, why do they go this way, we..." When he said that, he slipped his hand and slammed Falling.Taoist Qingsong was also on the mast, he fell down and went up again.It turned out that two short crossbow arrows hit from a distance from the leopard boat that was behind. Even though the long-distance attack was weak, they had to dodge.

The think tank Jiang Yuchong sneered and said, "Flying Leopard doesn't want us to climb high." Taoist Qingsong said, "I want to see." The crossbow arrows were fired several times, and Taoist Qingsong slammed and dodged on the mast, but he never got off.The bodyguards all praised him, some people saw Leopard Boat throwing sniper arrows and wanted to fight back, Yu Jianping said: "Senior Brother, why bother to be so angry, come down quickly!" Yu Jianping also stopped everyone and advised them not to fight back.Because the distance is too far, it is futile to shoot arrows.

At this time, a gust of wind passed by, and someone on the leopard boat cheered: "Good posture, so old-fashioned!" Qingsong just smiled, and turned his body to one side, head up and down, and slammed down.Wearing his Taoist robe, he didn't feel cumbersome.Taoist Qingsong walked up to Yu Jianping, raised his hand, and caught seven short arrows.The arrows were all shot out from the windows of the leopard party.Qingsong asked everyone: "Do you know who released it?" Quan said: "It's a young man, not a leopard." Qingsong said: "It's because he has a lot of strength."

The lagging leopard boats rowed hard again, and the boats of each other were several arrows apart.The sound of the wilderness was low, and only when a gust of wind passed by did we hear each other's voices.The martial artists have good eyesight, and they saw the flying leopard holding the hand of Shen Shuo, the son and mother, and chatting with him.Suddenly, Flying Leopard looked towards the bank and then towards the guards. He laughed loudly, and then shouted loudly: "Yu Jianping, Yu Jianping, the surname Yuan is going to leave! You have the ability, just come and chase, Go ahead and attack the lake!"

It seems that the leopard boat uttered a slogan, and the four boats followed the river Hanzi, blindly sailing into the slant, and seemed to be going to the shoal.The think tank Jiang Yuchong was the first to make a sound of surprise, telling everyone to be careful.The guards stared together.The side of the river bed here is six or seven feet wide and three or four feet narrow.The Leopard Party chose the narrowest riverbed and drove the boat to the beach.The White Snake blew a whistle, and the four boats lined up to form a pontoon bridge, blocking the river bed; a dozen leopard gangs jumped into the water in a "beating and falling" manner.The people on the boat were also in a hurry, throwing a series of straw bales down.From the inside of the boat, a long and narrow bamboo raft was set up. I saw them quickly pad the straw bales on the beach, use the rafts to support the straw bales, and make two pontoon bridges in an instant.Xiong Niangzi gave a whistling whistle, and first led the Flying Leopard, Zimu Shenshuo and a dozen people to step on the grass bridge to land.Then everyone in the Leopard Party left their boats and landed one after another.In the blink of an eye, the four big boats of the Leopard Party became empty boats, and they saw that the draft of the four boats was already shallow, and they floated up.

Twelve Qianqian Yu Jianping, iron card player Hu Menggang, think tank Jiang Yuchong, and the escorts all saw it clearly, and hurriedly said: "No, they really want to escape like this!" The young escorts shouted: "It doesn't matter, we Go and seize the ship and demolish the bridge!" Yu Jianping said: "No way!" Meng Zhenyang, Dai Yongqing, Song Haipeng and others had already skimmed the waves and swam into the water;The bodyguards on the boat worked hard together, and if they wanted to rush over and get the boat close to the leopard boat, they could use the boat as a ferry.

But before the escort's boat approached, nor did the swimmers enter to snatch the boat, the four big boats of the Leopard Party suddenly emitted thick smoke from the cabin;The bodyguards in the water all retreated and emerged from the bottom of the water to have a look.The escorts on the boat were also shocked, and hurriedly turned the boat back, fearing that the fire would spread it.This fire stopped the pursuers; the leopard party's angry boats swayed in the water, lined up, and blocked the river.And in the dark, it seemed that someone was pushing at the bottom of the boat, rushing straight to the escort's boat.Although the boat came slowly, I was afraid that it would spread over.

The think tank Jiang Yu hurriedly ordered the boat to turn back, the sooner the better.Iron player Hu Menggang shouted anxiously: "Are we just going to let them go before our eyes? Others will push the boat in the water, so ours won't stop it at the bottom of the water?" Then he shouted loudly at the escorts in the water The bodyguard who went into the water did not wait to be greeted, and had already swam over, trying to seize the boat to put out the fire.Twelve Qianqian Yu Jianping had already shown his bow and arrows after seeing the flying leopard and his party landed ashore.He hurriedly shouted to Meng Zhenyang: "Don't go there, come back quickly. Aren't we going ashore from here to intercept?" Yuan Zhenwu, the flying leopard, and Wu Shengwen, the god of mother and son, had landed one after another at this time and disappeared into the forest.Only the white lady Ling Xiaoyan and the male lady Ling Yunyan remained on the shore.The pair of Ling Yanzi led their subordinates, and after breaking through with a strong crossbow, they formed a team, scattered and gathered, and the momentum was very fast and orderly.The swimmers still want to fight with the leopards who are swimming and sailing; Go back and show up together upstream of Burning Boat.The white lady yelled, and the swimming leopard party immediately swam to the pontoon bridge and landed one after another.At the end, when one person landed on the shore, the people on the shore immediately dragged the rope, lifted the diving board of the pontoon bridge, and lifted it to the shore together, and set it on fire. Swimmers Meng Zhenyang, Song Haipeng, Dai Yongqing and others dived from the bottom of the water, bypassed the place where the boat was burned, and also gained the upper hand and poked their heads out.Seeing this situation, they shouted to each other, and they were about to show their skills to seize the pontoon bridge and the embankment.Floating to this side just now, Ling Yunyan laughed wildly and blew the whistle.The crossbow archers on the shore rushed over, and a row of arrows shot "shua" according to the bottom and surface of the water.Meng Zhenyang and others hurriedly paddled to avoid, floated a little far away, and looked around.Seeing the enemy tearing down the bridge, setting fire to it, and reorganizing the team, they took it easy and tidied up neatly; another whistle was heard, and the white lady and the male lady led the team to retreat into the forest.Meng Zhenyang was so angry that he couldn't do anything, looking back at the burning boat, it was still blazing; looking back at the dart boat, he was also thinking of approaching the shore from another place.Wu Ying'er stood on the boat, urging her repeatedly.Meng Zhenyang and his party had no choice but to swim around. Yu Jianping tolerated the swimmers retreating, and immediately urged the sailors to row back.I have asked the sailors that the place where the leopard party landed is a shallow sandbar, and it is really difficult to stop and get to the shore.But this sandbar is not big, so we have to go back quickly, maybe we can catch up by landing from other places.Yu Jianping and Jiang Yuchong urged everyone to work together and sail quickly. All the guards looked at both sides of the bank, they saw that the shore was full of white floating sand and shoals, and they knew that there was no place to step down; people could not board, let alone boats.Some people are still not reconciled, and want to use the kung fu of "Dengping to cross the water", send a few people ahead, plunder the beach, and take a risk;Su Jianming, the Sanjiang night tour god, spoke first, and said to the one-armed Zhu Dachun, "Fourth Master Zhu, how about we brothers try it out? It saves you from going back and forth, and the further you go, the later it will be." One-armed Zhu Dachun looked embarrassed, scratched his head and turned to Meng Zhenyang: "Master Meng, Master Song, you guys are experts in swimming. Look at this beach, can you handle sliding?" Feihu Meng Zhenyang, Song Haipeng, and Dai Yongqing looked at it The sandy beach, said: "The beach is too soft, and the patch is not big. People with high lightness skills may be able to skim over it. But you always see, the shallowest here is three or four feet, and the sandy beach is several feet shorter than the dirt shore. The soft beach jumps up high, are you afraid of taking risks?" Su Jianming refused to accept his old age and invited Zhu Dachun and Taoist Qingsong to divide half of them into flying across the sand.Elder Su said to Yu Jianping: "Brother Yu Xian is a smart person, so you don't need to take this risk; we brothers will try first." At this time, the boat still stepped up and moved back.Yu Jianping hurriedly stopped Elder Su: "Brother, this is absolutely impossible, don't go up." Elder Su smiled and said, "Are you afraid that I will get stuck in the sand?" Yu Jianping said: "That's not true. I know that my brother is very good at lightness kung fu, and he will definitely be able to go ashore. But you have to be careful, you may be fooled when you go ashore. Can our Senior Brother Yuan go so well? He is still on the shore. There may be an ambush. Not many of our people know how to cross the water, and when they land on the shore, they are alone; counting our people who can cross the beach with light kung fu, there are only six or seven people. How can they allow us Go ashore to mow grass and guide the public?" He resolutely stopped and advised Mr. Su to be cautious.The think tank Jiang Yuchong also said: "It seems that we have reached the place where we landed. Senior Su, let's wait for a while." Mr. Su refused to accept it, so he stood on the side of the boat and tried to throw a locust stone on the beach. With a sound of "chi", the locust stone swept over the beach and picked up mud; he saw that the beach was too soft. Can't get a foothold, can't borrow strength.Then he looked up and gasped: "Baozi is full of tricks, he chose such an out-of-the-way place as a place to escape, it's extremely difficult!" Everyone started, the boat was traveling at a very high speed, and it took less than half an hour to reach the boarding place.This is still not a place to moor a boat, but the embankment is lower and the beach area is narrower;Everyone turned the boat around and moved closer to the gangplank.It was more than a foot away from the springboard, so the boat could not sail, so the boat had to be moored.The heroes of the bodyguards said: "Let's jump on the board." Su Jianming, the god of night tour in Sanjiang, said: "Don't be too busy, I will try first." Gently pull up, gently fall, just landed on the springboard.With just one foot, he landed on the shore with a "swish".This springboard is very strong, and it is so stable that everyone can stand on it. Su Jianming grabbed a high place on the bank again, climbed up to look around, and then waved to everyone: "Come on, there is no ambush." ​​While speaking, Zhu Dachun, Taoist Qingsong, and the three heroes of the Xia family had already jumped up one after another. This springboard is indeed the Jidao of the residents; the Leopard Party did not set up an ambush here.In fact, the Leopard Party's departure was also an accident.Their original intention was not to retreat into Hongze Lake, but an accident happened, the officers and soldiers heard the news, and Huoyunzhuang was suppressed.Wu Shengwen, the Goddess of Son and Mother, was troubled by his friends and caused his nest to be overthrown; this angered Fei Leopard, who expected that once Wu's house was besieged, his feet had been exposed, and he was determined not to be able to save him; Suo Tong retreated to the cross road.Fortunately, this way of retreat is prepared in advance in case of emergency.At that time, a total of three escape routes were prepared, but now this water route is chosen. But the escorts came in large numbers, aiming to use this moment to get back the escort money, how could they let it go empty-handed?Moreover, since the officers and soldiers knew about this matter, it is impossible to think about it privately.What's more, knowing that Huoyun Village has changed, the leopard will be angry, and it will be invaded from now on, so the bodyguards have no intention of seeking peace, and simply chase after it hard, hoping to find the result in the end.Leopard Party bodyguards are forced to do this by both sides, and it is getting worse and worse.Flying Leopard led his party away. If he relied on his own strength, he might not be able to escape.Fortunately, Ling Yunyan, the male lady, was ashamed of her mistake and ran back; Ling Xiaoyan, the white lady, came to help in a big way. It was a coincidence that the two sides led the son, mother, and god shuttle to the sandbar, and then retreated from the sandbar to other places. In these situations, the Leopard Party consciously panicked and felt quite embarrassed.Naturally, the bodyguards didn't know about it, and thought that the leopard party was well-organized and there were retreats everywhere; since they escaped from the sandbar into the lake, they were afraid that they might set some traps in the lake.Therefore, when the darts are chasing, they are a little scruples.By the time the bodyguards made a detour to the sandbar, the Leopard Party had already retreated without a trace. All the escorts immediately formed a queue on the sandbar, they had to support each other back and forth, and chased after him quickly.Jiang Yu, a think tank, hurriedly found a big tree, first climbed up and took a look, and hurriedly saw the situation before and after a small sandbar like a long gourd.Then he asked the crowd to wait a moment, asked the sailors first, and then said to the crowd: "I can see sail shadows in the north, I'm afraid the leopard party has lost their way again. We can't follow behind them and chase them blindly; we should divide them to catch up. , but those who copy horizontally must know water. And whether there are temporary ambush piles set up by the Leopard Party in the lake, whether they will hide a large group of people, we don't know now. But the opportunity is fleeting, we And I can't stop chasing after you. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask everyone to work together to divide the flood and drought into the lake and search poorly. But we are inevitably going to be in danger..." Everyone cheered and praised: "Good! We should chase like this. We are not afraid of danger. We came here out of loyalty for our friends. If we are afraid of danger, who will come? Military adviser, who of us will go by water and who will go by dry road?" Immediately parted ways.Everyone thinks that even though the Leopard Party is moving fast, they may not leave the sandbar at this moment, so we only invite a few martial arts seniors, leading people who are familiar with Hongze and the terrain, and all escorts who know water, board the boat repeatedly, and quickly skim the lake away .Although this move is aimed at chasing leopards, it is also tantamount to exploring the way.Only the Shazhou area was visited by a large number of people including Yu, Hu, and Jiang. At the moment, land and water are advancing side by side, rushing forward to catch up.There were only three or two bodyguards left on the boat, guarding the injured ignorant monks.Twelve coins and below Yu Jianping, regardless of fatigue, and not afraid of the surprise of the residents on the island, hurriedly searched one by one.The continent is small, with only six or seven fishermen and a few cottages.There are pieces of green gauze tents in the heart of the continent, and they are all green when they look around. All the escorts rushed to the landing place of the Leopard Party first, and looked at the beach, the ruins were still there, and the people had long since disappeared.Turning back to the north again, I clearly saw a small wharf for mooring boats on the north bank; since the boats can be moored, of course the leopard party can escape from here.Everyone stood on the shore, looking at the water, there was a vast ocean, and the sails were faintly visible, one piece to the east, one piece to the west, and they didn't know which one was the escaped boat of the Leopard Party.Yu Jianping and Hu Menggang looked at the ocean together and sighed with hatred.Looking back at Zhouxin, there seems to be smoke from cooking in the place covered by the green gauze curtain, but judging from the situation, this place is by no means like a place where thieves occupy themselves.This place is too small, and there are only three entrances and exits from the north and the south to the east. The giant bandits really can't separate their territories and rule the roost here. Everyone looked at it for a long time, regardless of fatigue, so they had to search inside; first, they found the native people and tried to inquire.Sure enough, this is just a paddy field fishing area, and it is very peaceful on weekdays, and there are no bandits.Ask again if there are more than a hundred people who escaped just now, but they have never been there since; according to the natives, "there were indeed a large number of people fighting for the pier just now. I don't know where they were fighting with weapons. They rushed to this island just now. It looks like , there were a lot of people, everyone was silent, and they were rushing around endlessly; it seemed like a gang fight, just joined the team, and hadn’t fought yet. We didn’t dare to look closer, for fear of causing trouble. Then they walked close to the lake.” The escort quickly asked: "Did you see the fork in the West Lake, did the boat catch fire?" The native replied: "It seems that there is fire and smoke, but no one dared to go to see it. A young fisherman was beaten by gangs as soon as he ran over. People forcibly blocked them back; no one dared to look at those with knives and guns." Based on this question and answer, it is certain that the Leopard Party passed by here, and they did not use the place to set up a kiln.The think tank Jiang Yuchong said: "There's no need to inquire, let's hurry up and chase him by water." The escorts quickly retreated, and retreated and searched both sides.Suddenly, a man in short clothes poked his head out behind the woods, then retracted; retracted, then poked his head out again, the situation was very strange.Several young bodyguards shouted loudly and rushed over with their knives.Wu Ying'er was the first to arrive and was about to pounce forward.I saw the man waved his hands again and again, seemingly without hostility, and at the same time looked up and down at the crowd; all the escorts surrounded the man openly. Wu Yinger Wei Lian and Snake Flame Arrow Yue Junchao asked, "What do you do?" This man was about thirty years old, dressed in rags, he was clearly a poor fisherman, the escorts rushed so fiercely that he shrank into a hedgehog , repeatedly said: "I am a common man, and I am on a fishing boat. Are you gentlemen high-ranking officials in the escort industry?" Wu Ying'er shouted: "Raise your hands and let the men search." The man replied: "You don't need to search, I have a piece of silver and a letter with me. This letter is for the masters of the bodyguard company. The silver is mine." When he said this, he took out a dirty letter from under his coat .There was another ingot of silver, but he held it tightly in his hand and said to Wuying'er, "This note was handed over to me by Mr. Cai on the wharf just now, and he taught me to hand it to Haizhou Kai Escort Bureau in person. Erye Hu." At this time, all the guards came over and heard the man's answer.Iron card player Hu Menggang said: "My surname is Hu, who gave me the letter?" The note was snatched out by Wu Yinger Wei Lian, he took a look at it first, and hurriedly handed it to Yu and Hu. Hu Menggang was the most impatient, and hurriedly asked the fisherman, "What kind of person is this letter to you? What does he look like?" He asked, not taking his eyes off it, he grabbed the note and began to read it quickly.After reading it hastily, he stamped his feet and cursed: "What a leopard, he really beat him up! Who on earth gave the news to the officers and soldiers? Teach the leopard to catch the words!" Hu Biao head was like crazy, his eyes were red , I don't know who to bite. Twelve coins Yu Jianping took the note, saw that everyone came to look at it, sent the fisherman away, and recited in a low voice: "Hu Biaotou, I have no grievances or enmity with my step; the meeting in Beisanhe could have been settled on the same day." A certain Yu Nai violated the contract and broke his promise. He competed openly with his skills, and secretly plotted against him. He dared to collude with officers and soldiers to frame those in the field. My friend was tired for no reason, and the disaster I suffered was probably worse than that of my step! I didn’t miss a single dart, my friend Then the family has been ruined, why should I treat my friend! Hu Biaotou, this is not my belief, don’t blame me, please question Lingyou. And bother you, tell Lingyou, the future will last forever, the big hatred is over, I swear to repay what I have. If I cannot revive my friend’s ruined property, if I cannot avenge him, I swear that I will not stand side by side with Yu in the heaven and earth. Don’t alas, Hu Biaotou! Please tell Yu, never From now on, in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and in the east and west of Shanxi, if there is a major crime, it will be a trick of Hong's tricks to repay twelve gold coins in just a few minutes." There was no name left on the letter, and there was only a "Leopard with Wings" painted on it in a mess.Looking at the writing style, it was not written by Leopard himself. I don't know who wrote it for him.It's just a piece of rough paper, crumpled into a ball, but it's just written. There is also a second page with less handwriting and no signature. The next paragraph is a picture of a big roc. In less than a year, it will be done when the picture is drawn." Only one word "Peng" will be bet on the next payment. Then on the back, there was another kind of handwriting, which also wrote a bunch of words, saying: "Boss Yu, I just washed my hands and returned to the farm, and my thief's mouth has not changed. Fortunately, the head of the bodyguard did not abandon the grass, alarmed the officers and soldiers, and broke me. Don't nest. Now I have no choice but to take the risk and return to the old business. I thank the head of the bodyguard Yu for his perfection. The picture will last, but the words are long and short." The following picture is a pair of mandarin ducks and a pair of shuttles, which are the son and mother The nickname of Shensuo.There is also a small seal of "Lingyun Shuangyan", which is also engraved on the end of the paper, but nothing is said, only the word "please". Yu Jianping saw that there were as many as four people after reading these stays. He couldn't help getting angry, turned into a wry smile, and said to everyone: "Okay, I knew I would fall into this move. Everyone, I have enough injustices. The officers and soldiers suppressed the fire." Yunzhuang, none of us know what happened so far. They pressed me on the head, saying that I colluded with officers and soldiers, and I would not be able to clean up even if I jumped into the Yellow River!" Tong Guanying, the thunderbolt hand, said: "It can't be taken off. That's right, it's inevitable that they would have this thought. They watched as officers and soldiers surrounded Huoyunzhuang. They didn't blame us, but who could they blame? Now they have scratched their faces and there is no way to save them. Let's quickly make a serious decision and simply Let's call in soldiers to clear the countryside and fight them to the death." Hu Menggang said: "No matter what happens later, let's take care of the present first. Let's get on the boat quickly and chase after him!" Everyone called the fisherman again and questioned him for a while.The fisherman only said that it was a young man who gave him the letter and five liang of silver in return, but he didn't know anything else.I did see a large number of people with short knives, but they walked quickly and set traps to prevent the residents from prying, so I couldn't tell their details at all, which is the same as the natives just now.Hearing this, the escort immediately ran to the shore, boarded the boat, anchored, and headed for Hongze Lake. Mrs. Yu Ding Yunxiu stayed behind on the boat, and several young bodyguards guarded the injured monk with swords.When they met, they greeted Yu Jianping: "Didn't you catch up? Are there any traces?" Tong Guanying smiled and said: "Sister-in-law is very predictable, how can I catch up with you? I only got a few notes left by the four Leopards. The four of them are connected together, and they must concentrate on fighting our Jiangnan bodyguards." Yu Yu The lady said: "Which four groups of people? Is there still an ambush on the continent?" Yu Jianping said: "They only change boats and land on the island, and then change the dry road to the waterway, and leave us behind. There are no party members on the island, and now it's Brother Yuan, Shensuo, Zhenliao Dongsha Jinpeng, and Lingyun Shuangyan. , The four factions are united, and they want to make trouble with us. They put the matter of suppressing the village on our account. They said they will start a big case in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and they will plant trouble for us!" Mrs. Yu said in surprise: "Oh! We have to find a way, we can report the case to the government first." Xiao Guoying defended and said: "Leave this matter to my younger brother, we can call for troops nearby." Everyone was discussing, and the boat had already arrived in front of Shadao.Not only did they not find the Flying Leopard's boat, but they didn't even meet the first boat that the escort escorted down.Everyone was hungry and thirsty. Although there was dry food, there were too many monks and little porridge. Everyone looked at the lake, chasing the shadows of the sails, and their hearts were very anxious. From the Beisan River to Hongze Lake, it is going up against the current, and the boats travel very slowly; there are not too few boats with masts and sails, but there are more coming from the east and fewer going west.There were a few boats driving ahead, and everyone chased them desperately by boat; when they were not far away, they saw that they didn't look like leopard boats, and they were frustrated for a while.So many times, seeing that it was getting late, it was necessary to move to the shore.The think tank Jiang Yuchong and the night tour god Su Jianming asked Yu and Hu, "We can't go any further." Hu Menggang still didn't give up, and said, "They are going ahead, and we are chasing after them. I don't believe they will disappear? " Seeing that everyone was tired, Yu Jianping sighed and said: "It's a waterway, and a dry road, there is a difference in the divergence. Our senior brother Yuan has made arrangements in advance; it's just a matter of not being able to catch up. If we can catch up It's strange. Brother Hu, do you know what kind of formation our Senior Brother Yuan is posing in the boat? If we catch up with him, we will be outnumbered and it will be dark soon, so we are afraid of falling into a trap. We will simply go ashore and join the shop. Bar." Everyone moored the boat to a nearby small pier called Xingziba, and immediately searched for a shop, washed their faces and ate.Several older bodyguards discussed, while sending people back to Baoying Bodyguard Agency to call for helpers; at the same time, they planned to follow the Jianghu Road and ask Xue Zhao, a tycoon with a red beard from Hongze Lake, for help.This person is in Hongze Lake, taking care of water and land docks, vehicles, boats, and foot trips. He has many thugs and disciples under his command, so he can borrow heavily.Moreover, he has lived in Hongze Lake for a long time, is familiar with geography, and is good at contacting officials and gentry, so he can be called an outstanding person. Everyone agrees with this idea.Both Xiao Shoubei and Bai Lunyan, the owner of the store, advocated that there is no need to save face with the leopard, and that they should immediately report to the officials and ask soldiers to search the lake to suppress the bandits.He also said that the opportunity is fleeting and must be handled as soon as possible.Most of the heroes of the bodyguard industry are unwilling to use this method, thinking it is shameful, and afraid that it will be useless.On the contrary, since the encirclement and suppression of Huoyun Village is true, if the officers and soldiers can't get the key criminals, they will definitely chase them down; I'm afraid the officers and soldiers will rush here before tonight and tomorrow morning.At that time, the guards were busy searching for darts, and the government and the army were busy suppressing bandits. A joint project between the government and the private sector was the most likely to cause complications and misunderstandings.This matter must be cleared up before the officers and soldiers arrive.Yu Jianping naturally entrusted this matter to Xiao Shoubei. Xiao Shoubei immediately agreed, with a look of doubt on his face, because until now, how many soldiers are there in the army of suppressing the village, who is the leader of the troops, and even whether it is Cao darts or Fu darts; Leaning out, it is almost impossible to ask for a meeting.Also near Huoyunzhuang, there were a few escorts who were left behind in the Yaowang Temple, and they were really spying on the movements of the Wuzhuang master.Now that Huoyunzhuang was suppressed, it was only drunk from Leopard Party's mouth, and the bodyguards themselves have not come to deliver the letter yet.Everyone murmured about this, and gradually became suspicious, for fear that something unexpected would happen to the left behind. At that time, Jiang Yuchong, the military division's think-tank, was still dispatching them. They invited the young guards Guang Ting and Li Shangtong to accompany them quickly and go back along the Beisan River in a small boat.Go to the duel place first; in the borrowed house, there were still a few people left behind and more than 20 horses.So please Li and Shi two young people to go to the borrowing place first, and those who stay behind will return to Baoying and send letters to invite help.As for Li and Shi, they can take the dry road instead and bring the twenty or so fine horses to the Xingziba shop. Li and Shi rose up in response, and immediately set off in a small boat.The two of them had just left when the bodyguards staying behind in Beisanhe had already sent the twenty or so horses overland.They had already learned that the masses were chasing leopards into the lake, so they made their own decisions and visited all the way. When they found this place, Li and Shi were in vain.Fortunately, the people who stayed behind were very careful, leaving behind a trooper and a horse, and also left a message with the landlord.When Li and Shi arrived, they thought about it for a while, and taught this trip to return to Baoying to deliver the letter, and Li and Shi went back again. On the wharf here are Yu Jianping and other people. Since it was too late to invest in the shop, each shop was full;Yu, Hu, Jiang, etc. lived in one room, and Mrs. Yu Ding Yunxiu had another room; the two heroes of the Ma family led some young escorts and lived in another room.After dinner and tea, everyone's spirits were lifted again.During the duel, these people didn't fight much, they only fought for a while when they were cutting the leopard; now they are chasing all the way, it takes too long, everyone is hungry and anxious.Now that they are full of food and drinks, everyone is coming up with ideas one after another. At this time, it is not until the second watch, how can these escorts sit still in the store, this excuse is to go out to cool off, that excuse is to go shopping in the street, and some say that they are nearby. I have friends, I'm going to see it. At this time, the iron poker player Hu Menggang fell down repeatedly, feeling like he was in mourning.He usually had a loud voice, but now he had nothing to say; he could only sigh and mutter cursing, and he didn't care who Leopard belonged to Yu Jianping.On the contrary, Zhentong bodyguards Shen Mingyi, Dai Yongqing, Song Haipeng, etc. entertained friends on behalf of the bodyguards, and paid homage to the injured. Jiuqian Qiaomao only scratched his head, and asked the guards: "I said, do you know anyone in this lake?" After hearing this, Yue Junchao only smiled slightly.Chasing the wind, Cai Zheng answered: "Our friends are only on the shore, but Master Qiao's friends, maybe they live in the water?" Qiao Jiuyan squeezed her eyes and said: "Ho ho ho! Don't pick your words, what I asked is true, which bastard is wronged!" Dai Yongqing said with a smile: "Our Master Qiao is the most eloquent and good at sarcasm people." They were fighting; Hu Menggang couldn't listen to it, and didn't have the heart to dissuade him, so he stood up and walked into the courtyard of the shop.The shadow of the moon in the courtyard is blurred, and many people enjoy the coolness and drink tea.Hu Menggang walked up and down, meditating alone.Shen Mingyi hurriedly followed, secretly accompanying the escort. Mrs. Yu Ding Yunxiu lived alone in a room, and she hadn't rested at this time, her two senior disciples Hu Zhenye and Xiao Shoubei, who were lame, as well as her disciple Zuo Mengyun, Meng's nephew Wuyinger Wei Lian, etc., accompanied them to talk.Mrs. Yu said to Zuo Mengyun: "You go and invite your master; or you can tell your master directly and ask him to discuss it with Jiang Wuye, or go to the red-bearded Xue Zhao quickly. This lake is too big, and we have few people. Is it on the shore, or in the lake? It’s really difficult to dispatch. Besides..." Facing Hu and Xiao, he said: "Besides, you see what Brother Yuan means, and I have become enemies with my husband and wife. The ending of this matter is really true. Unbelievable." Zuo Mengyun went out in response, Hu Laizi said to Ding Yunxiu: "Senior sister, you should mobilize third brother as soon as possible, and teach Xiao Jiudi to report to the official. This matter will never be good." Madam Yu sighed grandly: "It's really unexpected, three The best friends of the same family for ten years, turned against each other. I think Brother Yuan is more ruthless and hotter than before!" Lame Hu scoffed: "He's spicy, huh! Teach him to taste it sooner or later. I said Master Jiu, we have to find a way for the third brother and the third sister-in-law. Because we are in Jiangbei, we are outstanding, and we can teach him how to treat monks from afar. Can it be too short?" Xiao Shoubei patted his beard, sat upright and thought: My vacation is already tight, how should I help the brother in charge?In fact, the report to the official is exactly what to do, but the brothers and sisters hesitate and don't take it seriously, what should I do?Xiao Shoubei wanted to use an excuse to invite Hu Laizi outside; but before he moved, Mrs. Yu had already guessed it; she hurriedly stopped her and said, "Fifth and Ninth Brothers, I thank you for your idea. But wait a moment, I will listen to you." How about the third brother’s greeting? In order to avoid misunderstandings when looking for escorts, it’s okay for us to ask the officials for favors. You must never invite soldiers to suppress bandits in private. The friends your third brother invited are all from the world. He is a martial artist who doesn't know about official appearances, and there are people in the green forest among them. The fifth and ninth younger brothers must definitely worry about this." All the heroes of the bodyguard line were talking nonsense, and Yu Jianping, who had twelve coins, was on board and had already agreed with Jiang Yuchong, the military advisor, so he thanked everyone one by one.At the end, Jiang Yuchong, the think tank, said: "Seniors, dear brothers, we have discussed it just now. The lake is vast, and the center of the lake on the shore is not easy to search. Brother Yu planned to prepare a gift tomorrow to visit the red bearded Xue Zhao. But after thinking about it, take a slow step, I am afraid that the clue will be broken. Now that our horse has arrived, we are going to pay a visit. Everyone must be careful in the shop, this place is the world of the red beard Xue Zhao, and there are places to patrol The police, navy battalion, and green battalion are stationed. Don’t look at the leopards leading the masses to run amok. If we are escorts in groups of three or four, walking around at night, we may hit a nail. All of us are male. , and armed with weapons; when we met the red beard's men, we might suspect that we were here to seize the dock and break into the brand name. When we met officials, seeing that we were large in number, they regarded us as gang fights; Once you close your eyes, turn around and look for them again. If you meet three or five people, they will definitely handle the case. You must understand this kind of truth, I am talking too much, but I am just reminding you." Hearing this, the young escort laughed and said, "We understand this, please rest assured. We will never cause trouble. But the weather is too hot, so we will go out for a walk empty-handed. People make trouble. Officers and soldiers check the street, we will never dodge or stand firm, you just look at the safety. Jiang Wuye ordered this, are you going to visit now? Does this red bearded old hero Xue live here? " The think tank Jiang Yuchong smiled slightly, he really knows how to be a bachelor, so don't bother to say.So he and Yu Jianping put on long robes, and invited Hu Menggang, an iron player who sighed sadly, together with Cheng Yue, the black eagle, and Shen Mingyi, the golden spear, a total of five people.Yu Jianping gave several instructions to Su Jianming, God of Night Tour, Tong Guanying, Thunderbolt Hand, Three Heroes of the Xia Family, Two Heroes of the Ma Family, Taoist Qingsong, and Monk Wuming;Then, out of the more than 20 steeds that had just been delivered, he selected five horses, put on saddles, and set off immediately, heading for the residence of Xue Zhao, the red beard.