Chapter 314 Chapter 9 Reunion in different places

Kou Zhong came to Jiujiang for the third time. The first trip was to assassinate Ren Shaoming, which made him famous in the battle with Xu Ziling and shocked the world. The second time was passing through this city on the way to relieve the siege of the Pegasus Ranch, and rescued Luo Fang by mistake.Since this is Xiao Xian's sphere of influence, Kou Zhong was extra careful. Not only did he put on a mask to turn into a man with a hooked nose, but he also wrapped Jing Zhongyue in a cloth for the scabbard. . Although the Song family and Xiao Xian had a good relationship, but at this critical time, Kou Zhong dared not go ashore at the pier, and ordered the Song family disciples who sent him to drop him off at some place in the lower reaches of Jiujiang River, and then rushed to Jiujiang along the coast.

His plan is to take a passenger boat to Xiangyang along the Han River of the Yangtze River after arriving in Jiujiang. After a while, he arrived outside Jiujiang City. This important town on the Yangtze River is prosperous and lively. There are nearly a thousand ships of all sizes moored along the coast. The sampans are connected with each other. Xiao Xian's Daliang Dynasty army set up outposts and checkpoints at dangerous points and traffic gathering points. Jiujiang City was the focus of the struggle between Xiao Xian's Liang army and Lin Shihong's Chu army.Who can control this highly strategic city is like choking the throat of the Dajiang waterway west of Poyang Lake.Now that it has fallen into the hands of Liang Jun, even if Lin Shihong can control Poyang and the southern waterway, he can neither go west nor north, and cannot move.

In the east, there are Du Fuwei, Li Zitong and Shen Faxing, making it even more difficult for Lin Shihong to make an inch. However, due to Zhu Pao and Xiao Mian's feud, both sides were seriously injured after many fights, and the Chu army, who had been suffocated by Xiao Mian all the time, was ready to move again. According to the information of the Song family, Lin Shihong assembled a navy at Poyang Lake with the intention of attacking Jiujiang. Kou Zhong carried the passport issued by the Song family, and entered Jiujiang City without any difficulty. He revisited the old place, and he was unconsciously touched.

After seven days of subdued training, he not only integrated and further absorbed the saber techniques he had comprehended from Song Que, but also took advantage of the rare time he stole from his busy schedule to comprehensively reflect on the experience he had gained from actual combat over the past few years. He Ting, when he left the ship and landed, he felt completely new, as if his practice on the Dao of the Sword was considered a great achievement at this moment. Just as he was about to find an inn to settle down, a carriage that had just entered the city passed by, and the faint voice of a woman could be heard, Kou Zhong was stunned when he heard the voice, the voice was so familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was at the moment .

It is even more strange why in this noisy street full of people and cars, I can clearly hear the voice of a carriage passing by, which was impossible before. With a move in his heart, he tightened his carriage and chased after him. The target carriage traveled south along Beimen Street, and then turned into another street heading east. Kou Zhonggong gathered his ears together, just eavesdropping on the conversation of the two women in the carriage. I only heard the familiar female voice say: "We have found out the identity of Gong Chenchun, he must be a master who ran wild in Yunnan and Guizhou many years ago. The first time he came out of the rivers and lakes, he became so powerful. He got the name 'Scarred Man' because of the scar on his face."

Kou Zhong was startled, could it be that she was talking about Xu Ziling playing the scarred hero! Another female voice said coldly: "He was able to injure Fa Nan in the face of Fa Nan and Chang Zhen together, and his martial arts have reached a world-shocking level. How could such a person appear in the world for no reason? Will it happen? It was Xu Xiaozi pretending, he and Kou Xiaozi both have the ability to disguise themselves." Kou Zhong wondered in his heart, not only was he sure that Gong Chenchun was Xu Ziling, he also guessed that the two girls were Bai Qing'er and the other was a senior expert of the Yingui sect, who once lived in Luoyang. Wen Caiting of Zhan Zhiyuan.

What a coincidence again? Bai Qing'er said: "At the beginning, I also had the same doubts, because the time and place are quite consistent. But according to the news, this Gong Chenchun is an out-and-out gambler, and he will gamble wherever the boat arrives. The gamble is fierce and hot, do you think Xu Ziling will be this kind of person? In any case, after his boat lands tonight, we can find out his background." Hearing what she said, Kou Zhong's confidence was immediately shaken.No one knows Xu Ziling better than him. He is neither good at gambling nor knows how to gamble.

Wen Caiting was obviously persuaded by Bai Qing'er, and said: "According to what you say, it can't be Xu Ziling. But no matter who he is, whether Xiaoshang can be captured is secondary. Do everything you can to get rid of this person. Is there any news about your uncle Bian? I haven't seen him since I was separated in Chengdu." Bai Qing'er sighed: "Uncle Bian suffered serious internal injuries under the cooperation of Anlong and You Niaojuan. Fortunately, he was rescued by the senior sister in time and sent to the secret place for treatment. Uncle Wen can rest assured."

At this time the car drove into a big house, Kou Zhong didn't dare to rush in, and left quietly, at the same time he was secretly happy. The Yingui faction must gather their people here to deal with a gambler named Gong Chenchun. This guy is so powerful that he can alert Zhu Yuyan to send a veteran master here to deal with him. Let's see if he is superhuman? At this time, like Wen Caiting, he didn't believe that the "scarface man" was Xu Ziling's scarface hero, so he secretly thought that if Gong Chenchun didn't come tonight in Jiujiang, he would touch the Yingui faction's lair The most important thing to beat them is to try the saber technique that Song Que has cultivated.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel very good. He had just stepped into Beimen Street, and a group of knights rode into the city. The leader was Yun Yuzhen, the leader of the giant kun gang who had been constantly entangled with him. Kou Zhong had long thought about the possibility of meeting her here, but he just thought that he would see her not long after he entered the city, new and old hatred welled up in his heart, and he quietly chased after her. Xu Ziling was still obsessed with the memories of the beautiful scenery of the Three Gorges, Lei Jiuzhi pushed the door open and came in, sat beside him and chased after him: "We will arrive in Jiujiang in one hour, Lin Lang will arrange for us to stay in the inn connected with them. In the evening, we will go to play gambling ghost Chahai."

Xu Ziling said, "What do you think of Gong Liangji's character?" Gong Liangji is a medicine merchant who was deceived by the swindler Lai Chaogui and ruined his fortune. Lei Jiu pointed out: "I asked Lin Lang, and what Gongliangji said was all the truth. Gongliang's family is a well-known benevolent person in Tsinghua, who donated medicine to the poor, so although the medicine business is very big, the family is not rich. Boss Sha of the Wujiang Gang sent him to Jiujiang without any payment, and Lin Lang tried to help him with the dignified people of the Jiujiang Gang, but of course it was not as strong as our Master Gong." After getting along for many days, the two of them got to know each other very well, and there was no need to be polite when talking. Xu Ziling said: "I want to settle the bad debt sent by Gongliang before going to the casino." Lei Jiu pointed out: "The so-called wealth is in the hands of a bachelor. Once it is gone, it will never look back. Killing him will not help. Why don't we see if we can win back the debt sent by Gongliang at the gambling table." Xu Ziling said angrily, "Aren't you contradicting yourself? If he had already spent the money he cheated, it wouldn't matter if he used a knife or used gambling skills. In the end, he couldn't get the money back." .” Lei Jiu pointed and said calmly: "We shouted and killed him to force him to pay back the money. He is willing to pay 50% according to the rules of the world, which is quite good, but at the gambling table, he has to abide by the rules of the casino, and he must pay back the money if he loses." How much to pay. Casinos value credibility the most, so how could he mess around." Xu Ziling frowned and said, "How can you lure Lai Chaogui to gamble with us?" Lei Jiuzhi said confidently: "From Gong Liangji and Lin Lang, I already know this person's behavior style. If it is about gambling and cheating, playing hard to get, bluffing, stealing the day, he is not even qualified to be my disciple. As long as you are willing Stay in Jiujiang for two more days, and I promise to teach him to take the bait." Xu Ziling said solemnly: "I will give you two days, otherwise I will proceed according to my method." Lei Jiuzhi pondered and said: "It's really strange, why is there no movement from the Yingui faction?" Xu Ziling analyzed: "The masters of the Yingui faction with Houhou as the main force have all gone to Bashu. Zhu Yuyan will not take action in person because of her self-esteem. It will take time to dispatch troops, but Jiujiang is their last chance. It will not be so easy to find us in the future.” Lei Jiuzhi smiled and said: "He has Zhang Liang's plan, I have a wall ladder, as long as Gong Chenchun of you suddenly disappears from the world, so what if Zhu Yuyan comes in person?" Xu Ziling shook his head and said: "If you can avoid it for a while, you can't avoid it forever. I always want to meet Zhu Yuyan and others, and I will take this opportunity to fight a tough battle with them. You, Gong Liangji and Lin Lang must not walk with me. But it is more interesting and fun to communicate with each other through secret communication methods?" After Kou Zhong freshened up in the bathhouse of the inn, he came to the street at the moment when the lights first came on. The street was full of noise, and the people coming and going were business travelers from all over the world and all kinds of people from the rivers and lakes. Previously, he followed Yun Yuzhen until she entered Zhenjiang Building, the government office representing the Jiujiang regime and located in the core of the city, before he went to rest in the store. Until this moment, he hadn't thought of how to deal with her. If he used the method of assassination, with his current saber skills, skill and experience, he could still leave calmly after he succeeded, but he knew that he would not be able to do so. He has always been soft-hearted towards women. He chose a restaurant where he could monitor the entrance of the north gate to eat. If the guy named Gong Chenchun came to Jiujiang from Bashu via the Three Gorges by boat, he should be moored at the pier outside the city. Jiujiang originally had a waterway leading directly to the city, but it was only used by Liang Jun's naval ships, and all other ships were only allowed to berth outside the city. The two tables near the door were occupied early, and the rest of the tables could not see the situation outside the store. Kou Zhong performed his unique skill "wealth can be connected to the gods", took out three taels of silver, came to one of the tables, slapped the silver taels on the table with a "bang", smiled and said: "If you are willing to give me this table, the silver taels I'll let you divide." The three of them were obviously friends, they didn't even think about taking the silver, they checked out and left, fearing that if they were half a step late, this big money-spending, ugly-looking stupid big man would regret it. Kou Zhong rewarded the waiter heavily again, ignoring the sideways glances of the whole store, and said: "Put me a bowl full of chopsticks, I want to greet my friends." The buddy obeyed the order as if he was ordered by the imperial edict, and waited meticulously. Kou Zhong sat down like a golden knife, and then untied Jing Zhongyue from behind and put it on the table, so that no one would dare to sit at his table unless someone had eaten the guts of a leopard. After ordering the food and wine, Kou Zhong stared at the road into the city, and there were still foreign business travelers entering the city, and the prosperity was a bit unreasonable. The clerk served fine wine, and Kou Zhong asked smoothly, "I didn't expect Jiujiang City to be so lively." The clerk laughed and said: "Master, I don't know, they all come to take advantage of the excitement of Yinru Pavilion's annual gambling fair." Then he lowered his voice and said, "Those who are lucky can not only win money, but also have beautiful women to accompany them at night, sir. Who is willing to miss this opportunity?" Kou Zhong's heart moved, and he thought to himself that the style of this casino is quite similar to that of Xiangyu Mountain, and that Jiujiang is now the land of the Baling Gang, so maybe his Xiang family manages the Yinru Pavilion.Thinking of this, my heart surges with murderous intent.On the surface, he laughed calmly and said: "So there is such a fun place to go. I have always had good luck when it comes to gambling. How do I get to Yinru Pavilion?" After the clerk spoke in detail, he turned his head to greet other guests, while Kou Zhong was pondering, a voice sounded respectfully from the side: "Master, please forgive the crime of disturbing the villain." Kou Zhong looked up, and saw that the speaker was about forty years old, with a thin body and a pale face with a kind of wine color. Although he tried to show a frank and honest expression, his slender eyes revealed his cunning essence. The appearance is not bad, but anyone with experience can see that he is a person who earns a living by stealing, er, abducting in the arena. Kou Zhong knew that he had committed the big taboo of "not showing his wealth", which aroused the covetousness of this gangster.But since it's boring, this kind of person is the right person to further inquire about the affairs of Yinru Pavilion, so he said: "Sit down and talk!" The man was flattered and sat on the left side of him, flatteringly said: "Little Liu An, my uncle's surname is Gao." Kou Zhong was bored in his heart, and after suppressing the annoying emotion, he said impatiently: "Just say what you have to say, don't just talk nonsense." Liu An said fearfully, "Master, please calm down. Just because the villain sees how handsome he is, his face is full of strange lights, and he looks like he is lucky, so he has a good proposal that guarantees his satisfaction." Kou Zhong secretly laughed in his heart, his current appearance is indeed extremely outstanding, but only the ugly kind of excellence.On the surface, he pretended to accept all the orders, glared at him and said, "If I feel dissatisfied after I say it, I will kill you with one knife." Liu An quickly apologized with a smile and said, "Master really likes to joke." Then he approached him and said in a low voice: "Isn't the uncle interested in going to Yinru Pavilion to gamble a few hands? The villain can not only guide the way for the uncle, but also make the uncle beat the audience with skills, gaining both money and man." Kou Zhong said unhappily: "Do you think I'm a big fool? If you have such a good skill, why don't you beat the audience by yourself, but give this to me directly. Get out of here immediately, or you'll be killed you." Liu An hurriedly said: "My lord, please let the villain explain. The truth is this. The highlight of the gambling club is the Tianjiu Competition, which will be held tomorrow night. Whoever can win the most chips will be the winner. But those who want to participate must be in Sign up three days ago, draw lots on the spot to determine the table and opponent, watch!" Spreading out his right hand, he showed Kou Zhong a uniquely shaped bronze medal, engraved with the serial number and the logo name of Yinru Pavilion, with fine texture. Kou Zhong was stunned and said, "Do you want to sell this bronze medal to me? Hmph! You really know how to do business." Liu An put away the bronze medal and said with a smile: "My problem is that I don't have enough money for the game. It's because the game stipulates that participants must buy chips with twenty taels of gold. If they lose everything, they will leave the game immediately. That's why I want to cooperate with you." Kou Zhong was not interested in talking to him, he shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I only have twelve taels of gold from scraping together, so even though I'm a good gambler, I'm still short of eight taels to qualify, go find the second one Fat sheep!" Thinking that he would retreat in the face of difficulties, Liu Anshu turned his eyes and smiled without changing his face: "It doesn't matter, as long as the uncle is willing to cooperate, it is not easy to win eight taels of gold. Tonight, the whole street in Jiujiang is crowded Manga sheep, as long as you have enough gambling capital, the villain can cooperate with the uncle to make a fortune." At this time the food came, Kou Zhong said perfunctorily: "Let me think about it!" Liu An said: "Of course! Of course! If the uncle is interested in the villain's proposal, you can come to Yinru Pavilion to find the villain later. The villain is the best at dating, and the uncle is a sure-win situation now, otherwise the villain will never win." Not too much lip service." Kou Zhong pondered: "If you have enough money to exchange chips, will you lose or I lose?" Liu An said: "Of course the uncle will do it himself, as long as I share 10% afterwards, the villain will be satisfied." Kou Zhong nodded and said: "Okay! If I'm interested, I'll meet you at Yinru Pavilion tonight." Liu An thought he was moved by talking, and left happily. Kou Zhong snickered in his heart, he was picking up his chopsticks to pick up vegetables, when Xu Ziling's scarred hero walked into the city swaggeringly from the city gate.