Chapter 79 Chapter 79: Rescue Jiang Jie: Chasing a Pirate Boat at Night

Seeing that the opportunity cannot be missed, Wan Liutang, the genius doctor who continued his life, wore a bamboo forest and used the kung fu of "dragonfly flying three times, and swallows flying through the clouds". I have arrived at the platform of this huge hall. At this time, he saw a black shadow rising from the west of the bamboo grove, and he knew at a glance that it was his senior brother Eagle Claw King. I leaned down beside the platform first, allowing my brother to come to the side of the huge hall, where there is a place to cover my figure, and then I looked inside the bamboo curtain, although the figures shook from time to time, no one came out at this time.

As soon as Muji stretched his body, he slapped his hand at the senior brother who was hiding in the opposite side, and the Eagle Claw King also saw Wan Liutang. At this time, seeing his younger brother signaling him to run to the back of the huge hall, the Eagle Claw King also waved his hand, and rushed to the back of the huge hall together. After rushing to the giant hall, I saw a total of three rear windows at a height of more than Zhang, and the shape of the windows was very strong. There are four rows at the back, all of which sit on the west and north, and the windows of the two rows of houses on the north side are dimly lit.

King Eagle Claw went forward to visit the four rows of low houses behind the giant hall, and the two rows of houses formed a portal. Looking at the situation at this time, even though it was late at night, the bandits were still dealing with everything. The four rows of houses behind the huge hall are all slanted. According to the giant hall, it is located in the northwest and stands in the Qian Palace, so that this giant hall serves as the main trunk of the salt warehouse. The first row at the back faces west to north, and the second row faces north to west. A wooden door has been tightly closed.

The third row is still sitting on the west, and the fourth row is still sitting on the north. The doors of these two rows are always open. Eagle Claw King raised the rear window because he was surveying the huge hall, so he was bound to reveal his figure. If the gangster suddenly broke out from the low house, it would not be easy for him to hide and hide immediately, so he wanted to investigate here first, so as not to cause trouble. At that time, the Eagle Claw King signaled to Wanliutang to patrol the wind, and he flew into the second row of low houses, walked lightly, and came to the window where the light was exposed.

There seemed to be a lot of people in the room arguing about one thing sentence by sentence. King Eagle Claw made a small hole in the window paper of the house and peeked sideways. Only then did he realize that this is the place where the bandits lived. There is no furnishings inside, only a square table facing the door, with an oil lamp burning on it. From the two sides of the table to the gables on both sides, there are continuous planks. King Yingclaw counted, and there were twelve bandits in this room. There were five gangsters inside, who gambled under the lamp and kept quarreling. One of the gangsters who was on the gable wall on the left said: "You are so careless. You don't sleep honestly at this time. You will ask for reprimand. We will be wronged if we are implicated!"

At this time, there was a young gangster, who was holding two bamboo cards in his hand, turned his head happily and said, "Be honest! We know better than you, do the two helmsmen, Feng Xia, still have time to investigate us?" ?The helmsman with authority has to take 20 boats of sea sand (salt) at dawn, and most of the helmsmen have to go to the inner and outer lines to send a group of experts to Huaiyang. Who has the time to take care of us? Sleep with you Sleep on it! I don’t know anything about the rudder, only the brothers are talking nonsense.” Speaking of this, he threw the two bamboo cards on the table and cursed: "Okay! You lose money and you lose! Xiao Han, if you keep yelling, I will ask you for it."

Seeing this situation, Eagle Claw King knew that they were all not on duty, and he would never go to the front again, so he quickly turned over and came to the front. As soon as he went out of this door, he caught a glimpse of Wan Liutang, the genius doctor who continued his life with his younger brother, pasted on the rear window on the left. The Eagle Claw King stepped out of the wooden door of the dormitory, leaped over, and fell to the back of the huge hall. Wan Liutang crossed the window with one arm, pointed his right hand to King Eagle Claw, and then pointed to the rear window on the right, and King Eagle Claw knew he was telling him to check it quickly.

Then he came to the right-hand rear window, looked at the situation of the window, leaned up, and gently stroked the window. The rear window was only embedded in the stone wall with thick brambles, and did not use window paper, but it could not be opened and closed, but Peeking in is very easy. King Eagle Claw pressed his body firmly, and when he peeked out from the opening, he saw a huge terrain inside, but it was not the usual furnishings in the hall. Facing the hall door is a huge stone table, a large stone slab that is a foot long, and the two sides are also framed by huge stones, with eight stone piers on one side.

In the stone case, burning a huge candle with the thickness of the mouth of a bowl and more than two feet long, the flame flickered. On the right are three bandits, and on the left are four bandits. Because they were all behind their backs, only the one on the right was close to the stone case, Wan Liutang could see his face clearly. The gangster on the left, King Eagle Claw can see half of his face. When I looked to the left, I saw that the left gable was also a stone case, with huge candles burning on it, and many books were piled up, and two bandits were working with their heads bowed opposite.

On the right gable, there are two bandit gangs, sorting out many signed cards and letters. In front of the door-welcoming stone case stood more than 20 gangsters, standing silently listening to the assignments of the sitting bandit leaders. King Eagle Claw was looking at the situation in the huge hall at first glance, and the bandit leader turned his back on his body, only looked at half of his face, and ignored who he was. At this time, I listened carefully to what the gangster said, and it sounded very familiar, so I couldn't help but pay attention to the gangster. Hearing what he said, he was instructing more than a dozen gangsters standing in front of him: "This time the sea sand will be shipped out, and all the salt storage stored in the salt warehouse will be shipped out within one month. Vegetable salt, let him use the production of this Wu, which is the intention of the leader. But the leader said so, we can only listen to it, not to mention that this Wu does not have such a large production, nor can it monopolize Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There are so Large-scale production, let me ask the annual sales volume of Guanshazi, it is regular, and the national education is even a lot of money; the Lianghuai Anti-smuggling Command has adopted thousands of athletes, we have cut their throats like this, I wonder if they can be willing to do so Rao? At that time, I'm afraid there won't be a fight for life and death between Lianghuai Jian'er and us. I'm afraid that the old man in charge of the family in this area will also argue with our Fengwei Gang. At that time, our leader may not be easy to deal with.

"The leader of the gang is too greedy, so let's leave him alone. I don't think the government will hinder the transportation of sand from the sea this time. The strong enemy that the gang has made is very worrying! The Huaiyang faction has put all its strength into fighting with us. Higher and lower, we will inevitably not be obstructed by them when we start transporting sea sand. At this time, it only takes a lifetime of twists and turns to transport this kind of sea sand, which affects the reputation of the Fengwei Gang. To maintain the prestige of the gang. This time, 20 boats went out of the Fenshui Pass at the same time, but the guards of the boats had to live up to their own morals, and they were thrown into the gang, not outside the gang. It was only one person who was humiliated by the gang. If you go outside the gang, you will lose even the prestige of the gang." At that time, one of the gangsters standing opposite him responded, "I am willing to serve as the ship gang on the first road. If there is any negligence, I am willing to deal with it as gang rules." At this time, King Yingclaw had identified the leader of the bandits sitting on the seat who had spoken and sent people, it was Qiu Ning, the door god of Shuangsha Sangmen in Xichuan, and the head on the right was Li Xuantong, the grimace without asking. It's just that when Xichuan Shuangsha was defeated and fled Yandang, they had said they would meet in Qingluan Hall, so why did they come to this salt warehouse at this time? At that time, the bandit who volunteered was a strong man in his thirties. Qiu Ning, the door god, nodded and said, "Since Master Jiao is willing to work hard, that's great, but he's alone, who will assist Master Jiao to transport the first group?" The gangster standing there replied again: "Master Qiu Xiang, this disciple is willing to accompany Master Jiao to transport the ships of the first group, so as to make a profit for the group Qiuyan." At this time, Li Xuantong, the grimace sitting on the seat, turned his face away, his gloomy, wax-like face showed a slight smile, this kind of appearance is really quite frightening. His two radiant eyes swept across the faces of the two volunteers, and they lowered their heads in fright. At this time, Li Xuantong said grimaceously: "It's good that you two are at the head of the gang. It's going to be smooth sailing. It's just that the boat is going outside and you meet a Lianghuai athlete. You should still deal with it as usual. But if you meet The head of the Huaiyang faction, Eagle Claw King, be careful, this old man is not easy to dismiss. This old man is extremely cunning, as long as you really meet him, you don't have to humiliate yourself, just tell him, Those who are capable will ask him to enter the Twelve Links, and all the incense masters of the gang will definitely tell him to use what he has learned. If he is timid, he doesn't have to stay here anymore." He said to the gangster who held the paperwork: "Dawn From time to time, it is necessary to use carrier pigeons to preach that all twelve rudders patrolling the river will try their best to assist the twenty boats "sea sand" released. What's more, a single letter should be issued, and Songmen Island will ask him to forward it after receiving it. sign, to the rudder owners along the coast: this time the ship gang must do its best to protect, where there is a mistake, the only rudder owner who should take care of it is to ask." The gangster in charge of the document said: "Master Xiang, where should this edict go?" Qiu Ning, the God of mourning, said: "This time, the help boat was finally transported to Jintang Mountain. The pigeons passed to Songmen Mountain, and the rudder owner of Songmen Mountain transferred to Jinmen Mountain. The Jinmen Mountain rudder transferred to Haimen Rudder, and the Haimen Rudder transferred to Xiangshan The rudder is transferred from Xiangshan Port to Jintang Mountain in Zhenhai, and then from Hangzhou Bay to the 17th small rudder. If the sea sand can’t go that far this time, there will be intercepted purchases, and the rudder owners who guard the ship will be determined. , A piece of news will be reported from time to time, so as not to keep them waiting in vain." While listening to what the incense masters said, the handwriting scriptor had written it all down with a pen. Following the grimace, Li Xuantong said to the bandit party standing in front: "Master Tao, go tell Seahorse Xiao Lin to gather his brothers and wait for the choice of Master Xiang. His department is entirely responsible for the shipment." The gangster replied, and immediately exited the huge hall. Standing in front of Xiangzhu here, there is nothing to send, and Qiu Yu, the door god of mourning, waved his hand, causing these gangsters to retreat to the side. At this time, Xichuan Shuangsha all stood up, and checked the documents and turn cards on both sides. The Huaiyang faction's two heroes Eagle Claw King and the surviving genius doctor Wan Liutang, who were peeping outside, made gestures with each other, and they all went under the window and fell on the ground. Following the sound of the "cloud board" knocking more than a dozen times in a row, Wan Liutang whispered to King Eagle Claw: "Senior Brother, this is probably the seahorse Xiao Lin that Xichuan Shuangsha said. Gather here and wait for the selection of the escort ship?" Eagle Claw King said: "It must be like this, but the name of this seahorse Xiaolin sounds very familiar, maybe it was a friend on the rivers and lakes before?" Wan Liutang said: "That's right, I remember that this person was a pirate who ruled Sanxiang ten years ago, and he had two or three hundred pirates, isn't he the one? How could you imagine that the pirate who was once so powerful is now living under someone's fence, look at the situation I'm not very proud! It's just that although the Xichuan Shuangsha are famous in the world, if it wasn't for the guidance of my senior brother, I would have never met them. But among the four gangsters who were sent away, two of them became famous On the Green Forest Road, one is Wu Peng, a flying star who commits crimes in the five northern provinces, and Tian Feng, a thief who runs rampant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. " While talking in a low voice, suddenly flames surged in front of the huge hall, King Eagle Claw and Wan Liutang were all shocked! Because the two of them were all standing on the back slope of the huge hall, they couldn't see clearly the area near the front of the hall. Wanliutang turned to the front slope in a hurry, only then could it be seen that eight torches were newly lit in front of the giant hall, and four were inserted on each side of the platform. This kind of torch is made of pine branches with turpentine, and dried river reeds and twigs. When it is lit, oil drips down. off. These eight torches were flickering, with a puff of smoke rising upwards, but the square was too big, no matter how much light from the torches, it could not reach the surrounding area. Only on the platform in front of the huge hall, and within four or five feet in front of the platform, can one discern the face of a person, and a little farther away, near the bamboo forest, is set off by the fireworks from the torches here, half-bright and half-dark. The more groggy ghost shadows appear. Shuangxia saw the situation in front of the hall clearly, and knew that someone was coming in from outside, so the front slope could not come, and they still retreated to the back of the ridge. Following the sound of "cloud board" in front again, the sound stopped, and there was only the sound of rustling footsteps on the road between the bamboo forests. Then a bandit leader walked in from the outside, wearing short clothes and holding a small triangular flag, leading a group of bandits, there were more than 30 bandits. This group of gangsters is by no means like the gangsters led by the subordinates of the big gang elsewhere, all of them are in uniform. These thirty or so gangsters are all in short clothes, but the clothes they are wearing are purple gray cloth and blue, with blue. But these thirty or so gangsters all wore blue silk handkerchiefs of the same color, and each carried a ghost-headed knife of the same size. The torches on the edge of the platform reflected from time to time on the knife's body, flashes of blue light like lightning, Reflect back. This group of gangsters all stood on the left side of the giant hall and stood in a straight line. The leader of the bandit leader holding the triangular flag left the bandit team, stood in the middle of the platform, turned to face the outside, took out a reed flute from his arms, and whined three times in succession. —The bandit leader waved the pennant in his hand, and following the sound of footsteps, another group of bandits entered from outside the bamboo forest, just like the one that came in first. But this team is all short-handled hook sickle spears, and they are also green silk Baotou. This team also leaned a little to the left, forming a straight line, facing the huge hall, standing upright one after another. Then they blew the reed flute twice, and two more teams came in, the third team was "Zhuge Nu", and the fourth team was bare-handed. A closer look reveals that these four gangs are all young. From the appearance, it can be seen that they have been coaches for a long time, but this group of bandits is beyond the reach of ordinary officers and soldiers. At this time, the bandit leader holding the flag allowed the bandit party to stand in line. In the huge square, there were more than a hundred bandit parties lined up, but there was still no sound. The bandit leader immediately turned and ran to the huge hall. The two heroes crouched behind the roof, pointing in a low voice, the leader of the crowd is the seahorse Xiao Lin, who is over fifty years old. Judging from his appearance, he is really a leader of the bandit, with a red face, a beard that falls down from the temples, bright eyes, and a vigorous body, which shows that the foundation of martial arts has been established. At that time, the pair of heroes were on the roof, and saw the seahorse Xiao Lin enter the huge hall, and came out with little effort; the Xichuan Shuangsha had already followed out from the huge hall, followed by two gangsters, who were in the giant hall. In charge of documents and books in the hall. At this time, because the two heroes were lying on the back of the roof, it was not easy to see the movements near the door of the hall, so they turned from the two ridges of the huge hall to the front slope, and they all used the style of "I sit in the hole and seal the door" to hide in the hall. above. I saw these two gangsters each holding a huge book, but Haima Xiaolin stood sideways in front of Shuangsha and said: "Please tell Xiangzhu, all the brothers who guard the salt warehouse at the helm and manage the transportation and escort ship are all called, please The Lord of Fragrance sent." The mourning door god Qiu Ningsui took one of the books in the hands of the gangster, flipped through two pages, and then handed it back to the gangster who held the document and said: "According to the test that is ordered now." The gangster holding the huge book hurriedly replied: "Yes." Immediately walked to the entrance of the platform, and said loudly: "By Xiangzhu's order, this time I will choose the escort ship gang. Anyone who is called by name must wait on the side; you must abide by the gang rules and do not make noise." At that time, the leader of each of the four bandits below answered "yes". The gangster holding the books stood in the middle of the platform, calling out loudly which team, which number, a certain name, followed the gangsters out of the team, and stood aside. Calling their names one after another, the gangsters all came out in response, without the command of the bandit chiefs, the self-contained ranks stood aside, and it was obvious at a glance that they were well-trained gangsters. It didn't take much time to count the designated gangsters according to the roster. The two heroes saw that the bandits they had chosen were ten with ghost swords, ten with Zhuge crossbows, and twenty with bare hands. The gangsters selected here are really not so easy to recruit from outside now. They are all in their twenties, and none of them are over 30 years old. At this time, the forty gangsters were picked together, and the seahorse Xiao Lin greeted the forty gangsters, and they all stood in front of the platform in a row. Xichuan Shuangsha was very excited when he saw the forty party members. That grimace Li Xuantong walked towards the entrance of the platform and greeted the people below: "Do you know the meaning of choosing your forty brothers?" All the gangsters dare not speak at will. Grimace Li Xuan said: "All the brothers who have been selected must listen carefully, and the brothers who have not been selected must also keep in mind: this time I will only order you forty brothers to protect, as long as you can This time, the boat gang escorted us here. If there is no mistake, I will definitely reward you very much. I want you all to understand that as a brother under the gang, you should work for the Fengwei gang according to the gang rules. Rewarding those who work hard and rewarding brothers is a kind of favor in the gang and cannot be regarded as a rule. But this time my brother has prepared a very heavy reward. As long as he can contribute to the gang, in addition to receiving a heavy reward, The gang regulations of the salt field were further clarified, and he was assigned to be in charge of the transportation specialist. However, it cannot be confirmed within a day or two. "Apart from the helmsman and mate who are in charge of the whole ship, there are ten brothers on each ship. One is to monitor the whole ship. These four brothers are two ghost-headed knives, two Zhuge crossbows, and one is in charge of the rudder. On the top of the cabin of the first boat, five boats are lined up in a row. As long as you turn around and dodge, use the top of the helmsman's cabin to wave the flag as a signal, and the five boats will all advance and retreat according to the helmsman. , No matter how dangerous the cabin is, you are not allowed to make your own decisions. This kind of law is the strictest, and no one can change it without authorization. "Xiao Ruozhu, do you understand? In case of an emergency, there will be someone to respond secretly. I changed the escort method this time to train a team of elite soldiers here to take care of the escort. As long as the ships of the gang go out , telling him to travel unimpeded on all lines. I corrected the transportation in this way, and I also valued my brother for the leader of the gang, and completely handed over the source of life of the gang to my brother. How can my brother live up to the righteousness of the leader? ? So in the hands of my brothers, train four hundred transport athletes to add some glory to the Fengwei Gang." The forty brothers who were selected were very happy and said in unison: "I am willing to work for this gang, and life and death will never be regretted!"