Chapter 17 Chapter 6: Selfishness and Others

When I came to the city gate, I realized that the city gate was not only closed, but also a group of people gathered, including the gatekeepers and some big men who didn't know their origins. Feeling guilty, the two hid in a dark alley not far from the city gate and sat down. Kou Zhong took out the stolen money bag, counted the harvest with the light of the torches hidden by the gate of the city with piercing eyes. Xu Ziling drew out his long knife and played with it without hesitation. After Kou Zhong ordered twice, he said happily: "This trip is well-developed. There are about twenty taels of silver in total. Not only is it enough for our travel expenses to Luoyang, but we can also eat and drink, and visit his kiln for three days."

Xu Ziling put the knife on his lap.Unbelievable, he poked his head to look, and said happily, "Then you don't have to work so hard to steal salt, transport salt and sell salt." Kou Zhong scolded: "I really have no ambition. Twenty taels is enough to make me die. The sea sand will still be stolen, so we will spend the night here. As soon as the gate of the city opens tomorrow, we will go pick up the goods and leave immediately, alas! As long as Liu doesn't get discovered." Xu Ziling said distressedly: "I really wish I knew lightness kung fu, then I can go over the wall. Ah!"

The expressions of the two of them changed, the sound of hooves approached from far away, and when the scalp was numb, a large group of people galloped by on the road outside the alley, at least a hundred people galloped towards the city gate. After a while, I heard someone shouting in a low voice: "Haisha show off!" The other party replied: "Dongming is in trouble!" When the two of them looked out, they saw a small door on the side of the city gate opened, and the disciples of the Haisha gang came out on horseback. They looked at each other, but after a while, a few more people left the city.All with the same cut, and some of the gang just walked on foot.

Xu Ziling said: "The Haisha gang will probably attack the big ship of the Dongming faction tonight. Shall we inform them? There must be no one in the Haisha gang who is a good person!" Kou Zhong's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "Do you want to go to Ryukyu? It's just that marrying that little maid is already a blessing, come on!" Xu Ziling stood up with him, and said in amazement: "Maybe people will recognize us." Kou Zhong raised his chest and said: "If you don't enter the tiger's lair, how can you get anything? Oh! Remember, it's the tiger's daughter, that is, a female tiger. For the beautiful female tigers of the Dongming Sect, I have to beat his mother Shop. Look! The gate of the city is still open, and we have knives. If we are seen through, we will rush out of the door. As long as we go to the beach and jump into the water with a plop, no one can catch us with our Jiuxuan method of holding our breath. Come on Go ahead, coward!"

After saying that, he strode over. Xu Ziling had no choice but to bite the bullet and go with him. Just set foot on the main road out of the city, the sound of hooves sounded from behind, and four horsemen galloped towards them. Kou Zhong saw that the big men in regular clothes were gone from the gate of the city, there were only a dozen or so yamen guards, and he was staring at them fiercely. He couldn't turn around and leave, so he turned around and greeted the four horsemen who were rushing forward: "Is the second master out of the city yet?" ?” The four riders passed by, and one of them responded: "The uncle and the second master are behind!" Then they went away like a whirlwind.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were so frightened that they quickly quickened their pace, and shouted to those yamen from a distance: "Haisha show off!" One of the soldiers laughed and said, "You two young brats also learn to work like others, don't you think your life is too long?" The soldiers burst into laughter. Another soldier said: "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you?" Kou Zhong slapped his long knife, pretending to be bold and said: "Second Master is our grandfather, Xie Feng is our godfather, they only included us last month." When all the soldiers saw that he said that there was a way, they would let them out of the city without stopping them.

The two were overjoyed and hurried out of the city. Fang stepped out of the city gate and immediately complained in his heart. It turned out that several large groups of people gathered outside the city gate, at least nearly a thousand people. Since they had neither lit the torch nor made any noise, the two of them realized after leaving the city that they could not escape. Someone shouted: "Haisha show off!" The two replied at the same time: "Dongming is in trouble!" A burly man greeted him and asked in a low voice, "That one." Kou Zhong bit his head and said: "Yuhang is at the helm!"

The big man did not doubt that he was there, pointed to a group of people among them and said: "Tie on the red scarf and stand there, the dragon head is coming soon!" Seeing him handing over two red cloths, Xu Ziling hurriedly took them. When they came to the group of people at the helm of Yuhang, the two pretended to tie up red scarves, lowered their heads and came to the end of the team in a covert manner, without anyone showing their flaws. The few people in front turned around to look at them, they couldn’t see clearly in the darkness, they were about to ask questions, but luckily the sound of hooves sounded sharply, a group of people galloped out from the city gate, no one paid any attention to them.

The one who took the lead was a big man like an iron tower. Because two people on his left and right were holding high torches, everyone could see clearly. This man looks majestic, with double axes in his back, and eyes like copper bells.Looking around, everyone including Kou and Xu felt that he seemed to see himself alone. The others had their own characteristics, and among them was a very beautiful nun, whose wide Taoist robe was blown close to her body by the sea breeze, revealing beautiful and attractive curves. Tan Yong was also one of them, but at the end of the line, it seemed that the status of the others was higher than him.

The big man came between the subordinates on both sides of the line, rode his horse around in a small circle, and stopped. All the Haisha gangsters drew out their weapons one after another to pay tribute. Kou Zhong held up his saber as a gesture, and took the opportunity to get close to Xu Ziling's ear and said, "This dragon head seems to be much better than us two masters, if you have a chance, just slip away and don't care about anything." Seeing such momentum, Xu Ziling was also extremely guilty, and nodded in time. The leader of the Haisha Gang reined in his horse and shouted: "Our Haisha Gang is doing things for Yu Wenhua and adults this time. The rewards are good, and there are other benefits. The way to win this time is to attack their unpreparedness." , don’t leave anyone alive. You do your best to follow the leader of the rudder to do things. If anyone retreats before the battle, he will be dealt with according to the family law. Everyone will be rewarded after the work is done, understand?"

All Han responded in unison. This place is quite far from the pier, and there is a bay across, even if you yell loudly, the Dongming faction at the pier will not be able to hear it. Kou Zhong was about to pull Xu Ziling back and run away, only to realize that someone on a small hill behind was also agreeing loudly, but he gave up. At this time, Tan Yong and another short man rode their horses to the group at the helm of Yuhang, whispered a few words, and gave the order to set off. Those who rode horses rode horses, and those without horses ran behind. They only hated that Tan Yong fell to the back of the team, and they were too tired to desert, so they had to set off with the team. After walking for less than half an hour, when we arrived at the seaside, there were already three two-masted sailboats waiting, which was at least three or four miles away from the berth of the huge Dongming faction ship. Kou and Xu bit the bullet, and boarded one of the sailboats under Tan Yong's supervision. After everyone boarded the boat, they all went to work, some were preparing to launch the catapult, some were setting up the rocket, or setting up the sails. When he was terrified, Tan Yong boarded their boat. Fortunately, there were no lights on the boat, otherwise people would have discovered that they were counterfeit goods. The two were panic-stricken, and when they were about to lean against the side of the boat and jump into the sea, a big man stopped them and shouted: "Why don't you go to the bottom of the bilge and bring up the water rail and the mountain chisel?" Startled, the two of them lowered their heads and got into the cabin. There were more than a dozen people busy carrying the box up, and one of them said: "There is one box left, and you two will take care of it." The two fumbled towards the bilge in a daze, only to see that under the dim wind lamp, there was no one in the bilge full of sundries, only a wooden box. Kou Zhong was overjoyed, jumped on it, opened the box, and saw a sharp spiral drill inside, weighing at least five to sixty catties. The sailboat trembled slightly, showing that it was unmooring and setting sail. Xu Ziling helped him take out the drill from the box, and at the same time pointed the tip of the drill at the bottom of the tank and turned it. Kou Zhong said with a smile: "As long as this boat is sunk, I will take revenge for everything." Xu Ziling said: "Since this matter has something to do with the bones of Yu Wenhua, we can't sit idly by. After we enter the water, we will run to the deck and shout loudly, so that we can destroy the Haisha gang and attack them unprepared." Then I jumped into the water to escape, and immediately went to grab the salt, ha!" The more the two talked, the more excited they were, they turned the drill as fast as a windmill, and after a while, they drilled a hole in the bottom of the boat with a "wave". They hurriedly turned the drill back, and when they were about to lift the box up, the seawater had already soaked up to their ankles. The huge ship of the Dongming School lay down at the pier like a monster, and there were no lights around it, only it lit four small wind lanterns at the bow and stern. There are thousands of ships around the pier, some of them are close to the shore, and most of them are anchored in the bay. The three sailboats of the Haisha Gang quietly passed through the formation, and stopped about ten feet away from the giant ship. The boat whose bottom was drilled sank two feet long ago, and the water was only a few feet away from the deck, but because everyone's attention was on the enemy ship, no one noticed it. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling hid in the very dark place of the bow, holding the assigned longbow and arrow with grease cloth on the arrowhead, waiting anxiously. Tan Yong ordered: "Get into the water!" The eight men who put on the water support and brought the mountain chisel rolled into the water without a sound. Suddenly someone shouted: "Why is the water level so high!" Kou Zhong knew it was time, he pushed Xu Ziling, lit the rocket, and in the astonishment of everyone, he watched the huge ship shoot away, drawing two beautiful fire rainbows. Tan Yong shouted in surprise: "Are you crazy?" The two yelled in unison: "Haisha shows his power, Dongming is in trouble, Haisha gang catches him by surprise!" Tan Yong rushed over and shouted violently: "It's you two boys again!" Kou and Xu used the big bow as a hidden weapon, waved it towards Tan Yong, turned over and dived into the water at the same time. There was a lot of shouting and killing at the pier, the huge ship left the shore, looked north, and happened to pass behind Kou and Xu who climbed up to the pier behind the salt warehouse of the Shanghai Sand Gang. The two ran towards the back of the warehouse while laughing, and when they reached the entrance, Kou Zhong held the iron lock that locked the warehouse with one hand, and shouted: "Look at my internal strength!" "Pooh!" The wind doesn't move the lock pattern. Kou Zhong couldn't do anything, he straightened the iron chain, and shouted: "Chop with a knife!" Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "What if my knife breaks!" Kou Zhong said angrily: "If the knife is broken, you can buy a new one. If you can't make a fortune, you will be poor in this life. The Haisha Gang doesn't send out the whole army to fight every day!" Xu Ziling grinned, pulled out Kou Zhong's saber, summoned all his strength, and slashed down with the saber. "Clang!" The chain should be broken with a knife. The two of them froze at the same time, but they had no time to think about it, Kou Zhong pointed to the biggest sailboat moored at the back pier and said: "Quickly roll that boat over, I'll go unload it." They lived almost eighteen and seventeen years, respectively, and never had a better moment than now. Kou Zhong lay on the salt bags piled up like hills on the boat, enjoying the morning sun, humming the most popular tune in Yangzhou, feeling as lazy as he was about to die. Xu Ziling looked towards the stretching land bank to the left, and instead of looking down at the water level that was about to soak to the deck, he frowned and said, "I told you not to steal so much, and now even the sleeping place is full of goods, the ship has to It’s about to sink, why don’t you throw away a dozen bags??” Kou Zhong was startled, turned around and hugged Yan tightly, and shouted: "These are white silver coins, if you want me to throw the silver coins into the sea, you might as well throw away my life." Seeing that Xu Ziling was silent, he sat up again, and said with a giggle, "Don't get angry, Xiaoling, let's do this! When we go ashore later to buy clothes and food, let me see if anyone is willing to buy a few packs at a high price!" Xu Ziling said angrily: "If you go to sell salt in coastal salt areas, you must be a lunatic or an idiot like you who is willing to pay a high price. The difference is that one spends money recklessly, while the other treats money like one's life." Kou Zhong laughed, came to the stern, put his arms around Xu Ziling's shoulders and said, "Two brothers in one world, why do you have to lose your temper? Ha! I'm a little greedy, but it's all for everyone's future vision, to earn more money Son, you will be happier in the future. Maybe you can raise a rebel army and go to the capital to take advantage of the excitement of being the emperor. At that time, wouldn’t you be able to push the bones of Yuwen culture out of the Meridian Gate and behead you to avenge your mother?” He laughed again and said, "Look! How strong this boat is, and how smoothly it goes." Xu Ziling picked up the long knife, left his "embrace", and stood up.Stepping on the salt bags that had been piled up many layers, he came to the sail mast, stood with his knife in his arms, and said with a wry smile: "Young Master Zhong, do you know how to drive a boat? Now the sky is clear and the weather is calm, of course there is no problem. If there is a storm , when it sank after a while, you should not rush to me." Kou Zhong pointed to his own big head, then pointed to the coast on the left, and said with a smile: "I have thought about all these problems a long time ago, if the weather is not right, we will go to the shore , ha! I thought you were worried about something? It turned out to be such a trivial matter." Xu Ziling pointed at Kou Zhong with a long knife, and said coldly: "If this ship docks suddenly, if it is smashed to pieces, or it will never get out, you still laugh at me for worrying in vain." Kou Zhongxian said in pain, "How many bags do you want to throw away?" Xu Ziling knelt down on the salt bag and sighed: "This is not the biggest problem. It's just following the current route. In the end, we will all enter the inland by the river, and Yangzhou City is the only way. At that time, you It’s time to tell who you’ll meet.” Kou Zhong pretended to be suddenly enlightened, laughed and said, "How can my outstanding brain not think about this matter. Then we will pass through Yangzhou at night, so we can avoid the official ship, and we won't have to fight with our cheap old man." Meet. When we arrive in Liyang, we will disembark early, sell half of the goods on the spot, and use the mule cart to transport the rest as far as his mother’s as far as his mother’s, so as to complete our plan to make a fortune. Look! What a plan this is! Perfect." Xu Ziling couldn't resist him, so he stood up and practiced the saber by himself. Kou Zhong watched intently for a while, then pulled out his saber and said, "Look at you acting like a little lunatic, let me, Mr. Zhong, come and play two tricks with you!" Xu Ziling said lightly, "I'm afraid I'll hurt you by the wrong hand." Kou Zhong screamed involuntarily: "You can hurt me, watch your trick!" The knife in his hand turned into a cold light that even he didn't believe, and drew it towards Xu Ziling. Xu Ziling didn't expect him to be so powerful, so he performed "strong and avoid" in the ten styles of Li Jing's bloody battle, moved quickly to the side, and then moved the knife to block. The two of them fought like that, they even forgot the moves in a short while, and they had a great time fighting purely based on their feelings. I also forgot that the sun was covered by dark clouds, and the sea breeze was getting stronger, so I thought it was the strength brought by the blade. What Xu Ziling was worried about finally came.