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"Master, it's all reeds over there, it's not easy to walk, it's still a few miles away from the town, why don't you just lean on the dock, wouldn't it be more convenient?"

"If you rely on that side, you can rely on that side, where is there so much nonsense!" A stout man with a Northland accent shouted, his right hand already on his waist, and the fisherman took a few steps back, and his back was already on the side of the boat.

"Don't be afraid!" The merchant waited for the northland man to glance at him, and smiled at the fisherman: "I don't dock at the wharf to avoid the owners of the shops who owe me money. You shake it well, I'll buy wine with you for 500 yuan! ”

"That's a good feeling!" When he heard that he could get another five hundred dollars, the fisherman was overjoyed, and hurriedly lowered the sails of his boat and rowed the boat to the shore. He was already skilled in handling the boat, and he got the money for the wine, and the boat went faster, and after a while he was in the reeds, and when he was only four or five paces away from the shore, he put down the gangplank and went ashore, inserted more wooden drills into the soil, tied them with ropes, and then said to the merchant respectfully: "Master, please go ashore!" ”

"Good, good!" When the merchant saw the fisherman's hand neatly stretched, he couldn't help but praise him repeatedly, and he was the first to get on the gang board, and the men behind him also fished ashore. The last person got off the springboard, holding one hand in his arms, as if touching something, and said, "This is the wine money that our master gave you, and I have collected it!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" The fisherman subconsciously stretched out his hand, but only saw a flash of cold light, a pain in his chest, and looked down to see that a short knife had been inserted into his heart.

"You, you" The fisherman's mind was already blank, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't, and he fell down in the dark.

"Daddy!" The boy on the boat saw that his father had fallen, and ran screaming, and the other man had already shot with his bow, and the arrow entered through the right eye and came out through the back of his head, and the boy did not even see who the person who was asking for his life was, and his soul flew away, and the body fell down into the river.

"Yuji, also dry the soil first, you two go and pick up that kid's body and bury it with this fisherman! Xue Huaien, Wei Lan, you two scuttled the ship! Yamada Okiji ordered his subordinates as he wiped the short knife clean. Cheng De, who pretended to be a merchant, was stunned by the sudden change, and only then did he react.

"You, why did you kill him?"

"Mr. Cheng Er should have told you, right?" Yoshida Okiji returned the knife to the sheath and said in a deep voice: "Our matter this time is very important, and we must not leak it out." We have already shown our traces in front of this fisherman, and he saw that we had disembarked from Lord Xu's official boat, if we let him go back, wouldn't it leave a clue for the Zheng family's people? ”

"This" Cheng De was dumbfounded for a moment, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "What you said is also reasonable, but it is too ruthless, two lives, and look at the appearance of this fisherman, he should be illiterate, how can we remember that we got off the official ship of Lord Xu?" ”

"Cheng De!" Yoshida Okiji sighed: "I also know that this fisherman is unlikely to be literate, but he can always recognize that it is an official ship, right?" If something happens to Zheng Damu here, won't the Zheng family dig three feet into the ground here? In a place like Songjiang, official boats are not everywhere, and those of us who know at a glance that they are not ordinary people, and the fisherman should have seen something. Think about it, eight or nine sturdy men got off the official ship, but they said that they were in arrears, and they didn't go up on the dock, but they drilled into the reeds that had no traces, and if you were from the Zheng family, would you be suspicious? ”

Hearing Yoshida Okiji's words, Cheng De couldn't help but stammer, and he was speechless for a while. Seeing this, Yoshida Okiji patted the other party's shoulder: "I don't want to kill him either, but if they don't die, where can we sleep peacefully?" I'll tell you the truth, before parting, Lord Xu and Mr. Cheng Er had already said that if the matter is revealed this time, we people should wipe our necks as soon as possible, so as not to implicate our families! ”

When Cheng De heard this, he remembered the face of his master when he told him, and he couldn't help but shudder, and his hands and feet trembled. Yoshida Okiji saw that the effect was almost the same, and he was afraid that it would be too much if he continued to talk about it. smiled and said: "You don't have to worry too much, you have also seen our skills just now, this time you should be seventy or eighty percent sure, if it is done, it will be rich and noble." Actually, I don't want to kill people, otherwise why did I pick this boat on the river, not to kill a few fewer people? ”

At this time, the bodies of the fisherman and his son had been buried, and Cheng De walked to the grave, folded his hands, and prayed to the Buddha: "There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south, and I hope that you will get out of the sea of suffering as soon as possible and ascend to the world of bliss." If this time it comes true, every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be incense offerings! ”

Yoshida Okiji walked in front of everyone and said solemnly: "You and the others have understood: when you enter the town, you will all be Mr. Cheng's associates, and I will be his companion." The bows are all loose, wrapped in oiled paper and deerskin, and the bow bags and weapons are wrapped in cowhide, only said to be medicinal materials, and no traces are allowed to be revealed! ”

"Yes, sir!" The eight people responded in unison, four of the eight were Japanese, and except for Yuji Yamada, the other three were all good players. Hun Apu, Wei Lan, Xue Huaien, and Yexian Tugan each brought two strong bows and two quivers, each of which contained forty feather arrows, because Zheng Damu's guards were unlikely to have armor, so they did not choose slender armor-piercing arrows, but mostly heavy arrows with shovel-shaped and duck-tongue-shaped arrows to ensure lethality. Other than that, the four men only carried short knives for protection. Because of the humid air in the Jiangnan area, in order to prevent the horn bows from losing their elasticity due to moisture, all horn bows are painted on the outside and wrapped in oiled paper and deerskin. After all the men had checked, the group headed for the town.

When the group arrived at the old temple, it was already evening, Cheng De came to the door of a cloth shop, and asked the guy at the door: "You pass a word to your Qu shopkeeper for me, just say that Cheng De of the Xiuning Cheng family asks to see you!" ”

Seeing Cheng De's dress, the guy hurriedly responded, and after a while, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties running out, and said with a smile after four or five steps: "I said why did the magpie in the yard scream so loudly this morning, it turned out that Brother Cheng Xian was here, come on, come in and talk!" ”

"Qu shopkeeper!" Cheng De arched his hand to the shopkeeper: "Little brother is here to trouble you today!" He lowered his voice and said, "My master has robbed a batch of red goods." ”

"Ahh The shopkeeper couldn't help but be taken aback, he naturally knew that the owner of this Cheng De, Mr. Xiuning Cheng Er, was a big businessman in Zhejiang, and there was a brother in the family who was an official in the court, which could be described as a big fortune.

"Who is the one who doesn't open his eyes and dares to touch your family's red goods?"

"It's not very clear yet!" Cheng De said in a low voice, he looked left and right, and said in a deep voice: "Shopkeeper Qu, there are many people here, let's go in and talk!" ”

"Good, good!" Shopkeeper Qu hurriedly invited Cheng De into the study, while Yoshida Okiji and the others rested in the side courtyard. Cheng Qu and the two sat down separately, and the shopkeeper Qu asked: "Brother Xian just said that there is something to trouble me, isn't it related to this batch of red goods?" ”

"Not bad!" Cheng De nodded and said, "I came all the way to track the traces of the lost red goods, and that gang of thieves should have come to Songjiang." ”

"Ahh Brother Xian, you said that the gang of robbers came to Songjiang? Shopkeeper Qu was taken aback, and when he thought that a group of robbers who even dared to win a big victory like Xiuning Cheng's family came to his own territory, he trembled with fright: "Why didn't the virtuous brother report to the official?" ”

"Never!" Cheng De hurriedly stopped: "That gang of robbers is very cunning, and they may also have internal responses in the public gate, if the report leaks the news, it will be difficult to find them if they are scared away!" ”

"So, how should that be?"

"Then I'm going to bother my brother!" Cheng De said with a smile: "I won't tell you, the few people I came with this time are all good at martial arts, as long as there is a trace of that gang of bandits, no government can take them down!" ”

"I see, no wonder I just saw those guys so strong!" Shopkeeper Qu suddenly realized, and then asked, "But where are those bandits?" ”

"This is going to bother you, brother!" Cheng De said with a smile: "We have inquired clearly, the leader of this gang of bandits is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, pretending to be the son of a family to travel, and the thieves are disguised as guards and attendants, mostly with Fujian accents, and there is also a very burly Kunlun slave, and I also asked Brother Tai to inquire for me!" ”

"That's easy to say!" When the shopkeeper heard so many characteristics, he patted his chest and said: "Songjiang is also a big place, as long as the young bandit that the virtuous brother said is here, he is hiding underground, and I can turn him out!" ”

"Okay, with Brother Tai's words, I'm relieved!" Speaking of this, Cheng De took out an object from his sleeve and stuffed it into the hand of the shopkeeper Qu: "Presumably it costs a lot to inquire about the news, and I also invite my brother's subordinates!" ”

The shopkeeper looked down, but it was twenty or thirty Spanish double-column silver dollars, wrapped in brown paper, like a cylinder. He hurriedly excused himself and said, "Brother Xian, what are you doing, asking for so much money when you ask for news?" Get it back! ”

Cheng De didn't answer: "Brother Tai, before I left, the head of the family once told me that as long as I can get this batch of red goods back, it is easy to say how much money it will cost." Brother Tai just take it, and these companions I came with are also hungry, hurry up and get some food to eat, they are all martial artists, they must have meat, and the place to stay at night must be clean, these are all annoying you! ”

When the shopkeeper Qu saw Cheng De say this, he was secretly happy in his heart: "Since the virtuous brother said so, I will accept it for the time being, and if there is any excess, I will return it to you at that time!" After that, he immediately called a man to come, first led Cheng De and them to the side courtyard to rest, and then instructed the servants to buy more live chickens, fresh fish, eggs, pork and vegetables to prepare the evening meal, and he picked four or five clever men from the store to send out to find out the news. Yoshida Okiji first scrubbed the dust in the side courtyard, and after eating and drinking enough, he recuperated and waited for news. When he arrived, he saw Cheng De coming in in in a hurry, followed by a young man.

"Sir!" Cheng De sang a fat song to Yoshida Okiji and said in a low voice: "There is news!" Then he said to the young man behind him, "Tell this gentleman what you have found!" ”

"Yes, Master Cheng!" The young man replied and said to Yoshida Okiji: "The little one went to the inns to inquire according to the shopkeeper's instructions, but unfortunately there are no people as you said." However, when I passed by the fish stall next to the pier, I saw the monks of Shanhua Temple buying fish and shrimp at the fish stall. The little one thinks it's strange, although the monks of Shanhua Temple hold the precepts in general, they haven't bought fish and shrimp in broad daylight? When I asked, I found out that a group of Fujian guests came to their temple, and these fish and shrimp were bought for the guests. ”

"Oh?" Yoshida Okiji showed an interesting smile on his face and asked, "Listening to what you say, this Shanhua Temple also provides fishy meat, which is not like a pure place, but like an inn!" ”

"I don't know!" The young man smiled and said: "Other places are small and unclear, in the south of the Yangtze River, it is common for the temple to let the good believers stay, and it is good to keep the precepts in the temple, but there are those who hold the bodhisattva vows, and there are also those who hold the lay people." Wine and meat through the intestines, the Buddha left in his heart, as long as he is willing to give money for incense, the Bodhisattva will also forgive him! In fact, where is the inn where there is a temple clean and comfortable, and the really rich adults and lords all choose the temple. ”

"Well said!" Yoshida Okiji said with a smile: "A good wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha has left it in his heart!" This sentence has the three flavors of Zen. By the way, who is the leader of those Fujian guests? ”

"I heard that it is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, who seems to be surnamed Zheng, and is the son-in-law of a guerrilla general."

"Hmm!" Yoshida nodded with satisfaction: "How many entourage guards are there?" ”

"About thirty or forty people." The man replied in an uncertain tone, and he touched his head embarrassedly: "I was afraid that the monk would be suspicious, so I didn't dare to ask too much detail." ”

"Well, you're doing a great job!" Yoshida Okiji asked, "Are you familiar with the road to this Zenhua Temple?" ”

"Naturally, I just went there with my wife two months ago to offer incense! Out of the town along the river to the west, there is a ready-made road, walk five or six miles to arrive, there is a bamboo forest next to it! ”

"Good, good!" Yoshida Okiji took out a few silver coins from his bosom and threw them to the guy: "These are your rewards, you can first retreat and eat something, rest for a while, and wait for the dispatch!" ”