Chapter 18 Chapter 7: The Fish in the Class

"Peng!" With a mournful face, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling threw the 20th bag of salt into the sea, and the sea never hit the deck again. Fortunately, it was only a small heavy rain, otherwise the boat capsized early. The two of them sat down on the salt bag exhausted, and even lost the strength to laugh or cry. When the sun reappeared, Kou Zhong burst out laughing wildly, and Xu Ziling also naturally laughed with him until he choked up tears, working so hard. Kou Zhong sighed: "At least we don't have the expense of visiting the brothel twenty times, God is so cruel."

Xu Ziling said, "Didn't Master Bai always teach people to be content with their destiny? My Young Master Zhong, every drink and peck has a pre-determined plan. God destined us to lose these twenty bags of salt, so he wouldn't leave us with more than half of them." .” Kou Zhong suddenly trembled all over, pointed to the back and moaned: "You're right, maybe God destined us to be poor, even the remaining fifty or sixty packs of private salt will be ruined." Xu Ziling looked in amazement, and saw five three-masted ships just turning out from the corner of the bay, and the opponent's tracking skills were obviously very good, and they were less than two miles away when they appeared.According to its speed, it only takes one stick of incense at most to catch up with them.

The two first looked up at the Haisha Gang flag embroidered with fish patterns on their mast, then looked at the five chasing ships, and groaned at the same time, because the flags on the mast were all of the same style . Kou Zhong fell down on the salt and cried out: "It's over! My sea sand is over." Xu Ziling pulled him up and shouted, "Go! It's too late." Suddenly a charming smile came, and I saw a speedboat coming ahead. Standing on the bow was the pretty nun who had met once that night. Ten well-trained strong men were rowing the boat. Glide across the sea like an arrow.

The pretty nun shouted: "It's too late to think of running away now!" The two of them saw her wearing a water jacket, looking like she was about to go into the water to grab someone at any time, and their souls were blown away, so why would they care about sea sand and sea salt, flying into the water, even she is more exquisite and protruding, which can make any man look at her There is no time to appreciate the suffocated carcass. The pretty nun laughed wildly, panting, "If I, 'Mermaid' You Qiufeng, let you two boys slip through the net, I will never go into the water again."

Only then did he plunge into the water with an incomparably graceful posture, compared to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling's embarrassment, it is really different. The sunlight is like thousands of silver lines shooting into the water, turning the clear blue underwater world into an infinite three-dimensional mirror platform. The nun You Qiufeng gathered her eyes together, and immediately saw Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling desperately swimming towards the shore hundreds of feet away, while the bottom of the sailing boat was like a strange dark cloud embedded in the dazzlingly clear water high above. You Qiufeng swayed his waist, like a wisp of smoke, he chased after him at least half the speed.

In the Haisha Gang, a gang based on the sea, her water skills are still second to none, so we can see how powerful she is. She didn't understand why these two boys could hold their breath underwater, without superior internal strength, this is absolutely impossible. But at this moment, she had no time to think about it. The gang leader "Dragon King" Han Gai issued a strict order to capture them alive at all costs. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had already seen Nun Qiao chasing after them, but they had no way of escape. Kou Zhong was originally more than two feet ahead of Xu Ziling, but seeing the speed of the enemy's swimming, he knew that he would soon catch up to Xu Ziling, who was not as good as him, so he gritted his teeth and waved Xu Ziling to go first. enemy.

How could Xu Ziling let him fight against the enemy alone, he turned around with his saber and swam towards the enemy together with Kou Zhong. The two sides quickly approached. When close to hand-to-hand combat, You Qiufeng showed a weird smile, wiped his back, waved his hand, and shot out a large net like an arrow, covering the two of them head-on. When they saw the big net closing like a dark cloud, they knew that something was wrong, they had covered the net firmly with a knife and became fish in the net. Like its owner, the salt-stealing ship became a prisoner of the Sea Sand Gang, tied behind the flagship Sea Sand by a thick cable, and its sails were lowered.

The leader of the Haisha Gang, "Dragon King" Han Gaitian, sits on a special dragon chair with a big horse. Behind the chair are seven Dharma-level subordinates who followed him to conquer the north and south. The helmmaster of eight sub-rudders. His dragon seat is set in the stern section of the cabin, waiting for the two petty criminals to be brought in for trial. The Haisha Gang is one of the three major gangs along the southeast coast, and is as famous as the Water Dragon Gang and the Jukun Gang. The three major gangs are suspicious of each other. In the past, they were still able to divide territories and spheres of influence to maintain peace in the world. However, since the Sui government collapsed and the world's heroes rose together, the three major gangs are also ready to move, trying to expand their power, and the struggle has intensified.

The Shuilong Gang has always been attached to the southern Song clan, and the Haisha Gang joined the Yuwen clan in order to survive, and became a major minion of the Yuwen family. The Giant Kun Gang is independent, but its momentum is not inferior at all.The most controversial thing is that since the previous gang leader Yun Guangling was assassinated, the successor daughter Yun Yuzhen has managed the Jukun Gang even more impressively. This beautiful woman known as the "Lord of the Pink Gang" has superb martial arts skills, You Sheng is her father, and is known as the number one heroine of the southeast martial arts.

At this time, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had their hands tied behind their backs, and they brought them to Han Gaitian. They were forced to kneel on the ground by the four strong men serving them, dejected. The subordinates reported: "I have searched their bodies and boats, and there is only more than twenty taels of silver, and nothing else." Han Gaitian's eyes turned cold and he said, "Report your name!" Kou Zhong shouted: "My name is Fu Zhong, his name is Fu Ling..." "Crack! Crack!" The two long whips were drawn from the back, and the clothes on the back of the two were torn, the skin was torn, and the facial muscles were twisted in pain.

Han Gaitian laughed and said: "How dare you lie to me. One of you is called Kou Zhong and the other is Xu Ziling. Both of you are the ones who have been arrested and brought to justice by Director Yuwen. As long as you are sent to Yangzhou and handed over to Director Yuchi, you will be arrested." You can get a thousand taels of gold as a reward." Standing on his right is the chief protector "Fat Assassin" Yougui, who is as fat as a ball, with thin and sinister eyes, he laughed sinisterly when he heard this, and said: "Man dies for money, and birds die for food, if it weren't for these two The boy greedily stole the whole boat's sea sand, and it's not easy for us to get this thousand taels of gold." Kou Zhong endured the pain on his back and gave Xu Ziling a wry smile of apology. The latter said in a low voice nonchalantly: "It turns out that we are so valuable. Isn't it possible to prosper if we sell ourselves?" Han Gaitian shouted, "Shut up!" When the two of them were frightened into silence, the beautiful nun You Qiufeng's charming smile came from the cabin. She changed back into her dry robe, and even added a wig on her head, and even inserted seven or eight small silver hairpins in a haphazard manner, which is very unique. . She came to Han Gaitian's place charmingly, sat down on his lap, put her arms around Han Gaitian's thick neck like a tree trunk, and said flatteringly and coquettishly: "The east corner of the lost, the mulberry elm harvested, even though the Dongming faction avoided it this time, After going through a lot of hardships, but getting these two valuable boys, the leader of the gang has a face to see Lord Yuwen." Han Gaitian touched the pretty nun's plump buttocks and patted twice, then said to Kou and Xu in a low voice, "Tell me! Why are you two young brats so valuable?" The two are deeply regretting at this time, knowing that the Haisha Gang is related to the Yuwenhuagu, but they never thought that the Zihuaguhui would secretly order the gang to hunt them down. If they knew this, they would not have been captured by mistake. Kou Zhong sighed and said: "If the guild master is willing not to hand us over to Yu Wenhuaji, we will definitely tell you the secret." Han Gaitian looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, gasping for breath, he said, "Look! How dare this kid come to negotiate terms with us." All the Dharma protectors laughed together. Another protector, "Two Spears Breakthrough General", Ling Zhigao said: "I heard from You sister that these two boys know the art of breathing underwater, but they are poor in martial arts. This matter is very strange, and it obviously has something to do with it." Nun Qiao smiled and said, "Come here! Give me three lashes first to see how deep their inner strength is!" Amidst the laughter of the crowd, the whips rained down like rain, let alone a dozen or so whips, until their backs were torn, their clothes were torn, their flesh was bloody, and they fell to the ground. But the two of them didn't even hum. When it was pulled again, Han Gaitian said emotionally: "You two have strong bones. These whips are soaked in water. An ordinary person can't bear two or three whips. From this point of view, if you are willing to use the real thing, The leader of this gang may have another solution." Kou Zhong gritted his teeth in pain, and moaned: "Of course there is a reason why we are valuable, because we know the secret of 'Grand Yang's Treasure'." There was a sudden silence on the deck, and everyone's eyes lit up. Han Gaitian gestured to prevent his subordinates from speaking, pushed Nun Qiao away, stood up and shouted: "Let them stand up and untie them!" The two were helped up, and the rope was cut. Their clothes were torn to pieces by the whip, and there were streaks of bloodstains on their arms. It was shocking to look at it for themselves, but it was strange that after the sharp pain at the beginning, there was no serious problem. Han Gai's tower-like body was still two or three inches taller than the two tall boys, he came to them with his hands behind his back, and said softly, "How do you know where the 'Gongyang Treasure' is? " Xu Ziling replied, "Mother told us." Han Gaitian nodded and said: "We also know about this, it was Rakshasa who rescued you, why isn't she with you?" Kou Zhong said sadly: "Mother was killed by Yu Wenhuaji, so we will never tell him where the treasure is." The pretty nun Yingying walked up to the two of them, stretched out her hand to pinch Xu Ziling's face, squinted her eyes and said: "Master! It seems that these two handsome little brothers are not talking nonsense, the 'Mantian Wang' has tried his best to track down Gaoli Raksha Girl, it is said that it was a piece of ancient jade that was pawned for her, and we were puzzled at the time, but now we should guess that this piece of jade must come from the 'Treasure of Duke Yang'." "Fat Assassin" Yougui said: "Now that these two little brothers have come here, it proves that the God chosen by destiny should be the leader of the gang." Han Gaitian said in a deep voice, "Where is the treasure?" Kou Zhong regained his composure, and flirted with the pretty nun first, and when she made her "puchi" smile, he said: "The treasure is somewhere near the Guandi Temple in Yangzhou City, but it must be opened with a unique method, otherwise it will never be discovered. No treasure." Nun Qiao sent her tender body to Kou Zhong's chest, and said softly: "Then hurry up and say it, the leader will definitely not treat you poorly." Kou Zhong was obviously enjoying this good fortune, closed his eyes and moaned: "If the leader is willing to give us ten taels of gold, then we can help the leader find the hidden treasure." Han Gaitian said: "Twelve taels of gold is a small matter, tell me quickly!" Nun Qiao stretched her arms around Kou Zhong's neck, kissed his face sweetly, and said with a flowery smile, "Listen to my sister, speak out quickly." Kou Zhong smiled and said: "Everyone is a person who walks in the rivers and lakes. As long as the leader brings us to Yangzhou City and makes a poisonous oath not to kill us. If you give us gold, we will open up the treasure house, otherwise we will not say anything even if we die." come out." Xu Ziling interrupted and said: "The inner gates of the treasures are densely covered, and the place where the treasures are hidden is more than 20 feet deep into the ground. Unless the gang leader gets the approval of the general manager of Yangzhou to demolish all the houses within a five-mile radius, and then turn the land over, there is no way to enter the treasure house. " Kou Zhong continued: "Even if we missed half a sentence, the leader of the gang will not know, why don't we all be good friends and make a fair deal between you and me." Han Gaitian talked to the two of you, and he smiled wryly, shaking his head and sighing: "You two boys don't do business, it's a waste of you. Alright! I'll take you to Yangzhou. But don't Lie to me, it will never end well." Then he shouted: "Come here! Put them in the iron cage of the execution room." When Kou Zhong heard the word "iron cage", he immediately leaned his head down to scent the pretty nun's lips, and at the same time stroked her hair. When he praised her, he took out a silver hairpin and hid it in his palm. Nun Qiao angrily said: "Greedy brat!" and pushed him away. At this time, his subordinates came up and grabbed the hips of the two of them. Feeling relieved, Han Gaitian personally escorted the two of them into the cabin, from the stairs to the torture room on the lower floor, where all kinds of torture instruments were placed, and watched his subordinates put them into a big iron cage in a corner, and locked them up for safekeeping. The key, and then leave. When Xu Ziling looked at the cage made of iron bars as thick as a child's arm in a daze, Kou Zhong stretched out his hand and let him look at the slender silver eyes in the palm of his hand, but said: "I think this leader Han is a good man." Man, we'd better cooperate obediently with him!" Xu Ziling said knowingly: "I hope that when I go back to Yangzhou, I won't be caught by Yu Wenhua's bone, alas! We know the treasure is there, but we don't have the guts to take it." Both of them were extremely elves, seeing that Han Gaitian and his group retreated completely, it was too unreasonable, so they thought that they would eavesdrop on their conversation somewhere next door, and it was true. Kou Zhongdao: "Can you really remember the method of opening the library that mother said? It's too complicated. Fortunately, your memory has always been better than mine." Xu Ziling said: "I only remember the second half clearly, alas! When my mother was dying, I cried so confusedly." Kou Zhong laughed and said, "The top half can be wrapped on my body, what's left three right seven, the bag can't go wrong, the price is high, we should hand over the good stuff." Xu Ziling lay on his side, stretched and said, "Sleep!" Kou Zhong leaned over beside him, and actually fell into a deep sleep. The big ship sailed at full speed and headed for the mouth of the Yangtze River in the north. The boat slowed down. The mutation woke them up. The wind lamps hanging at the four corners were extinguished at some point, and they should have been able to see nothing in this airtight room, but they still felt that there was a dim light shining through the walls, and they could see things vaguely. They were very surprised. It stands to reason that Han Gaitian should wish to arrive in Yangzhou immediately, so why would he slow down. After sitting up, Kou Zhong stretched out his hand to touch his back, then touched Xu Ziling, and said triumphantly, "We have indeed become masters in internal skills. Earlier, we were beaten to pieces, but now our skin is smooth." Xu Ziling said in a low voice: "Is there still someone watching us outside?" Kou Zhong whispered: "Supposing there is someone who can make you emperor, and you don't have to suffer, will you send someone to keep an eye on him?" Xu Ziling said in astonishment: "If it is true that we cannot get away in Yangzhou, then Han Xiangtian wants to tear us apart?" Kou Zhong took out the silver hairpin and said in a low voice: "Let's see if we can open the lock first. You see there are so many tools and sharp weapons in the execution room. With our superb internal strength, it shouldn't be too difficult to drill a hole!" Xu Ziling sighed: "I know that too, but how can I not make a sound?" Kou Zhong came to the small door of the iron cage, twisted one end of the silver hairpin into a small hook, carefully inserted it into the keyhole of the lock, and within a short while made a "answer". Xu Ziling was not surprised, he skillfully unlocked the lock and put it in a corner. After gently pulling up the iron gate, the two of them got out like dogs. At this time, the speed of the ship was even slower, and the sound of rapid footsteps came from the upper deck. The two were overjoyed, and they were splitting up to look for tools at hand. Xu Ziling beckoned Kou Zhong over, pointed to a burning stove in the corner of the wall and said, "If we light the stove and burn the iron red, maybe we will be able to sit on the bottom of the boat without a sound." Make a small hole, then you can use the saw that was used to saw people to make a big hole and escape when the sea water comes in." Kou Zhong patted him on the shoulder to express his appreciation. When Xu Ziling lit the stove with the charcoal kindling next to the stove, he took off his tattered coat and stuffed it at the foot of the door to prevent the seawater from seeping out. While on the way, the boat was turning fast, and it was obviously turning a sharp turn, as if trying to avoid something. The footsteps above stopped, but there were footsteps coming from the corridor. At this time Xu Ziling had already put more than ten sticks of soldering irons into the stove, he was startled by the sound, and avoided the door. Kou Zhong went to the other side of the door, gestured to him that he would never show mercy, and gave him a false slash. A man's voice came from outside the door: "What's the matter?" Two voices responded, "No!" The man said: "It's the warship of the giant kun gang. I don't know if the beauty's gang leader dared to intercept us. The gang leader ordered him to go inside and keep a close eye on that kid, and he must not be negligent, otherwise he will help you." regulations." The two guards quickly agreed. The footsteps went away. Kou Xu hurriedly tore off the clothes stuffed at the bottom of the door. There was the sound of unlocking, and the thick wooden door was pulled open, and the dim light came in, but the iron cage placed in a corner could not be illuminated. Two people walked in unsuspectingly, and one of them said, "Turn on the lights first!" The other person saw the burning stove, and when he was shocked, Xu Ziling punched him in the head, and immediately fell to the ground, before he fell to the ground, Xu Ziling hugged him. Kou Zhong attacked at the same time and knocked the other person unconscious. He looked out and saw three people standing in the corridor leading to the stairs, looking towards him. Kou Zhong was quick-witted, raised his hand to say hello, and quickly closed the cabin door. Fortunately, the light was dim and his movements were so fast that the people in the corridor couldn't see his face clearly, but his heart beat so early that it almost jumped out of his throat Come. The two took off each other's clothes, tied them up tightly, and gagged them again, only then did they regain their senses. The purses of the two of them had already arrived in Kou Zhong's arms, while Xu Ziling untied the opponent's short halberd and long sword. Although he was not as used as a knife, it was better than the terrible sense of loss of being unarmed. Xu Ziling fetched the soldering iron and put it on the deck. There was a "squeak" sound and scorched roads rising like white smoke. After removing the soldering iron, a scorched red dent appeared on the deck. Kou Zhong went to plug the door again. This time Xu Ziling simply pressed the three red soldering irons into the pit, more smoke dust came out, and the deck was burned red. The boat turned a sharp turn again, and it seemed that the members of the giant kun gang were already very close. There was the sound of shouting coming from above, coupled with the dense footsteps, the situation became more and more tense. "puff!" The soldering iron pierced the bottom of the boat, and the sea water rushed in immediately. The two cheered and used the prepared saw to widen the hole desperately. The sea rushed in violently, soaking their ankles in a short while, and the two prisoners were woken up. "Let!" Kou Zhong cut off the boards that had been sawed until only a small section was connected, and a large triangular gap was immediately exposed. The two of them still dared to hesitate, they first broke the knots in the hands of the two, and let them untie them by themselves, and then slipped into the sea under the boat. Haisha moved forward quickly, and the bottom of the salt stealing ship that was following appeared above. There was a yellow light from the moon on the sea, and only then did I know that it was night. Kou Zhong didn't care whether Xu Ziling was willing or not, and dragged him upstream. Unexpectedly, the speed of the boat was too fast, and when the two of them surfaced, the salt boat just slipped away. They raised their heads from the surface of the water, and they were dumbfounded. It turned out that the five ships of the Haisha Gang were being besieged by more than a dozen smaller sails. Everyone threw firearms and stones at each other. Kou Zhong looked at the salt-stealing boat that was getting farther and farther away from them, and was about to cry, but seeing the money turned into water, the salt-stealing boat suddenly separated from the Haisha, and the speed slowed down. Apparently, some people thought the salt-stealing boat was a burden and pulled the mooring cables. cut off. The two were overjoyed and hurriedly swam desperately for their happy future.