Chao Gai said: "Su Jiaotou's archery technique is also rare in the world, and the nickname of the cloud-piercing arrow is not a false name."

"You know my nickname? This name has not been called for many years. Su Ding said in surprise.

Chao Gai hugged his fists and said: "Su Jiaotou, Cangzhou Chai Daguan asked me to bring it to you, are you okay after so many years?" ”

Su Ding said: "Very good, thank you to the officials of Chai for remembering." ”

Back then, Su Ding was everywhere in the rivers and lakes, young and vigorous, relying on his good archery skills to offend many people, and his life was not easy, he was in the rivers and lakes, and later came to Chai Jinfu. Chai Jin was very polite to Su Ding, hired Su Ding as the head of the coach, and gave him a high salary. At first, Su Ding was very happy, he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and he had money to get. But slowly Su Ding got tired of it, Chai Jin didn't have anything to do on weekdays, Chai Jin came from a famous family, and his family had a lot of money and land, not bad money. At most, he followed Chai Jin to lead the yellow dog and go out hunting with the goshawk. At this time, Su Ding's cloud-piercing arrow was able to be used, and at other times, his cloud-piercing arrow was basically useless.

Chai Jin also saw that Su Ding was staying with him, and he must have just needed a person to take care of the house, and a master like him was completely talented. Chai Jin said to Su Ding, I saw that you were also bored in the house, and you didn't have any skills, so it was better for me to give you five hundred taels of silver, and you go out to find another way out, and see if you can find a useful way.

Su Ding was very grateful, and went to Tokyo with the money he had given him and the money he had accumulated, wanting to seek an official position. Although Su Ding has some experience in the rivers and lakes, but the officialdom is very white, he met a flamboyant liar, claiming to be Confucius, saying that he was willing to work for Su Ding, Su Ding was in a hurry to find a background, and three thousand taels of silver were given to this liar, but Su Ding waited for half a month and did not see this person. In this way, Su Ding finally had dozens of dollars left on his body, all the way to the north, wanting to go back to Cangzhou and come here again, but he didn't expect to meet Zengtou City on the road, Shi Wengong, the head of Zengtou City, was helping the Zeng family recruit troops and buy horses, Shi Wengong tried to compare with Su Ding, and found that Su Ding's martial arts were very strong, so he hired Su Ding with an annual salary of 5,000 yuan, and Su Ding was able to settle down, but no matter what, Chai Jin was Su Ding's benefactor.

Later, Zeng Mi was not happy to hear it, and said: "Okay, you Su Ding, you actually colluded with your opponent, and the salt fields of Chao Gai and Chai Jinlong are our biggest enemies." ”

Su Ding was not annoyed when he heard this, Chao Gai said: "Today is over, I hope that Su Jiaotou can bring a message to the steward of the Zeng family, I Chao Gai is reluctant to use force not because I am afraid of the Zeng family, but I don't want to alarm the imperial court, I am afraid that Zeng Tou City will not be able to take advantage of it." ”

Chao Gai took the horse and left with the team.

Only Su Ding was left riding a horse and standing in place looking at Chao Gai's back, he didn't understand Chao Gai a little, Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai was also a relatively famous figure in the rivers and lakes, but he didn't expect it to be quite enduring, he knew the things Zeng Mi did.

Su Ding returned to the team, Zeng Mi had already had the wound bandaged, and the arrow was shot on Zeng Mi's muscles, but it did not hurt the muscles and bones.

Zeng Mi said: "Sect Leader Su, how did you meet Chai Jin, it looks very familiar." ”

Su Ding said: "I used to be the head of the sect from Chai Jinfu, and both the Zeng Zhuang and Shi sect heads know this, if you don't believe the second son, you can go back and ask." ”

Zeng Mi said: "In this case, I misunderstood Su Jiaotou just now, and I ask Su Jiaotou to forgive me." ”

Su Dingyi waved his hand: "It's okay." It's just that the second son, you also saw it just now, Yuncheng Chaogai's strength is extraordinary, and if it really makes trouble, we can't take advantage of Zengtou City, so it's better to do our own thing. ”

Zeng Mi's last sneak attack on Chao Gai and stealing horses was actually not the Zeng family's idea, it could only be regarded as Zeng Mi's own idea, and later he was discovered by the owner of Zeng Zhuang and reprimanded him angrily, but after all, he was the second son, so he was not allowed to stay in Zeng Tou City, and let him be in charge of the fleet of trade to and from the Jin Kingdom.

Zeng Mi saw the combat effectiveness of Chao Gai's fleet with his own eyes this time, so he naturally wouldn't dare to attack Yuncheng's fleet easily, Zeng Mi said: "Don't worry, Su Jiaotou, even if I have that heart, I don't have that guts, the crossbow arrows of the Yuncheng fleet are raining, our fleet can't beat them, it's good if you don't attack us next time you meet them." ”

Su Ding said: "That's the best. ”

Despite this, there was a gap in the relationship between Zeng Mi and Su Ding. After returning to the dock, Zeng Mi's arm wound was painful, so Su Ding took leave to return to Zengtou City to recuperate.

On the way back to the Huanghua Salt Farm, Zhu Wu and Chao Gai walked slowly, Zhu Wu said: "On the way there, I was still worried that my brother would take more than 100 of us to attack the Zeng family's dock in anger, and I was still thinking about how to persuade my brother." ”

"Uh, this, Mr. Zhu is worried that we won't be able to beat them?" Chao Gai asked.

Zhu Wu shook his head: "Although there are only more than one hundred and thirty of us, it is still easy to defeat him, what I think about is how to deal with the matter after they are defeated, even if the court does not ask, the Zeng family's revenge will definitely be menacing, and a big war is inevitable." ”

Chao Gai thought so, nodded and said: "The courage of the puppet can only be fast for a while, and if you want to develop, you have to endure humiliation." Let's go, let's hurry back to Huanghua Salt Farm, I think Xu Guanzhong and they have been resting for a few days, and when we go back, they should return to New Jeju. ”

Not to mention how Chao Gai and others returned to the Huanghua Salt Farm to see off the long-term workers, it is just that there has been another big incident in Jeju Mansion recently.

In the study room of the Jeju prefect, Xu Lin and Xu Zhifu sat behind the table angrily, and there was a capital head standing in front of him, as well as the arrest envoy He Tao, and the Jeju regiment practiced Huang Fu.

Xu Lin pointed at this and scolded: "Why don't you die, you still have the face to come back." With 50 soldiers, 50,000 were escorted to the capital, and the people from Mangdang Mountain were robbed. ”

The head was scolded and bowed his head silently, where did he dare to look up.

Xu Lin scolded enough, asked He Tao and Huang Fu, and said, "Last time, I sent you two to exterminate the bandits in Mangdang Mountain, didn't you say that they have been exterminated?" Now how is it again, you give me an explanation. ”

Last time, the Mangdang Mountain bandits robbed Jeju of the tax escorted to the imperial court, Xu Lin asked the Xuzhou Mansion to exterminate the Mangdang Mountain bandits and touched the nail, so he had to send people himself, and the ones who were sent out were He Tao and Huang Fu, these two goods did not work, and they came back and said that they had exterminated hundreds of bandits. At that time, Xu Lin suspected that these two people had not exterminated the bandits, but it was not good to be too harsh without evidence.

He Tao said: "It must be that the bandits who escaped last time have made a comeback, and the ground of Mangdang Mountain is huge, and more people need to be sent." ”

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