Chapter 20: Blame
"Come in!"
The chief head hunter Xing Ying sat in the center of the hall, and on the left and right were four head catchers such as Bao Qi.
After Cao Ming came in, he walked towards Xingying with the silver in his hand, "Chief catcher, this is the silver you won, and the small one was sent to you." ”
Xingying nodded, and when Cao Ming walked to his side, he took the silver.
"Chief catcher, you are really good eyesight, the brothers all lost miserably, only you won, and the five bodies admired by your subordinates fell to the ground." Cao Ming said cheerfully.
"Lord Yue is known as the 'King of Yue Yan', he does things vigorously and resolutely, and often cleans up rebels, how can there be no masters under his command." Xing Ying said lightly: "Since your lord dares to say the words of the competition to capture the head, he must be a little self-assured, if he does not have a little confidence in his subordinates, he will not compete with martial arts." How could it be that they were all beaten in the first round. ”
"The chief catcher is wise!" Cao Ming hurriedly flattered. Then, he said with a smile: "Now Pan Fu is betting again, betting on which two can win the position of head catcher, I don't know what the head catcher has, and the villain is also stained." ”
Xingying didn't answer immediately, his eyes swept around, and said, "What do you all think?" ”
Bao Chop was the first to hold his fist and said: "The chief catcher, the subordinates think that Li Zhong who defeated Zheng Shisan must be counted as one, Zheng Shisan is my subordinate, I know his skills, I am afraid that he is still above me, looking at the six doors, except for the chief catcher, no one should be his opponent anymore." ”
Zhu Po also clenched his fists and said: "Bao Chop is right, I also know Zheng Shisan's strength, this time Li Zhong can win him, a position of catching the head, obviously it is the only one." It's just another position, it's still hard to say, Wu Jiuteng and Wang Yuanhua's kung fu is slightly inferior to Zheng Shisan, but it shouldn't be under the golden cicada, no matter who does it with the golden cicada, they all have to fight, and the variables are very big. ”
Zuo Shu and Shi Keng's opinions are similar to those of the two of them, except for Li Zhong, it is really hard to say who will spend the other position of head catcher. Yes, if you can see at a glance who wins and who loses, then what are you betting on, Pan Fu is not a fool, how can he give people silver flowers for nothing.
Xing Ying smiled slightly and said, "I'm optimistic about that one named Jin Chan, his kung fu is in the same vein as Li Zhong, and it should be the first teacher." Moreover, Jin Chan is younger than Li Zhong, but he is slightly inferior in experience, don't look at him when he won Tuesday Meng and fought so many rounds, it's not that he can't do it, but Tuesday Meng's skills are also quite good, even if it is me, I can't say that he can defeat it in three moves and two styles. In this way, take a hundred taels of silver from it and help me buy Li Zhong and Jin Cicada. ”
The eyes of the chief catcher, these people in the hall knew it, and they took out silver one after another, or ten taels, or twenty taels, and asked Cao Ming to bet and buy Jin Cicada and Li Zhong won in the end.
The next evening, on the official road on the border of Bazhou, seven mule carts were pulling goods and were hurrying away. There is a flag on the mule cart, and the flag is written with the words of Hongci Satin Village, and the car is tied and packed, bulging, as if it is loaded with a lot of goods, but the wheels are rolling, and there is no deep rut mark, obviously the goods are not very heavy.
"It's almost time to get to Tangerli Town, the big guy is working hard, when we get to the town, let's rest, good wine and meat, so that everyone can eat to their heart's content!" In the middle of the seven mule carts, there was a carriage, and from inside the carriage, a fat-headed, big-eared head poked out, and the fellow shouted loudly.
When the men who drove the car and the guards heard this, they all shook their spirits and shouted loudly, "The second steward has commanded, there is good wine and meat in Tang Erli Town, brothers work hard!" ”…… Hongci Satin Village, the property of the British Gong Zhang family, the things pulled by mule carts, are all silk goods, and it is the best silk sent by Lord Zhang to the south in advance, ready to fight a turnaround battle this year, and snatch back the lost business.
In Yanjing City, there are more than 30 large and small satin villages, and in the past, on this street, Hongci Satin Village is the only one, no matter whether the thing is good or bad, the business can get by. But now there are more and more people doing business, and the competition is fierce, and if you can't do your goods, even if it is opened by the duke's family, it will still be in vain. You must know that those who do business in Yanjing City have no backers, and the big guys have reached a consensus that they must rely on their real skills to do business. That Li Ji Satin Village, which is closest to him, and the silk goods are still the best, and he is about to rob his own business, how can this work.
The mule cart sped up and was walking, when suddenly more than eighty riders rushed in front, and these people were all dressed in black, with hats on their heads, and masks on their faces.
The guards of the Zhang family saw that the other party was not good, and immediately showed their blades and shouted loudly: "We are Hongci Satin Village, the property of the British public, if you are passing by, please go on the other side!" ”
The British public is so loud that most of the ordinary robbers will not provoke it when they hear this, so as not to bring trouble to themselves. Unexpectedly, as soon as the men in black heard that it was Hongci Satin Village, their eyes lit up, and they shouted: "What I am looking for is your Hongci Satin Village!" ”
The voice settled, and the dozen or so horsemen in front had already rushed to the front, and the people on the horse drew their weapons and killed them when they saw them. It was not easy for the cavalry to kill the infantry, especially the men in black, all of them were well-trained, their swords flashed, and the men and the guards didn't even have a chance to resist, so they fell in a pool of blood.
A series of screams sounded, and the fat man sitting in the carriage heard it clearly, this guy was scared enough, thinking that he had encountered a horse bandit, and quickly got out of the carriage. When I saw a ditch on the side of the road, I jumped straight down. Cover your head with your hands and pray that no one will be able to see you.
I don't know if God opened his eyes, after the man in black quickly killed all the nurses and guys, he really didn't find him. The big guy began to carry the corpse to the car, and some people said while moving: ", what's so great about Guogong, he dares to rob and sell with our Li family and kill everyone, isn't it a hundred." ”
"That's it, I came up and reported to my home, I really thought I was a green onion, even if the British duke was here, Lao Tzu would dare to cut him in two."
"Damn it, I don't inquire, is our Li family easy to mess with, it was originally the silk we ordered, and they dared to take the first step to accept it. That's good, our lord doesn't need to say anything, grab all of them, it's enough to sell this year. ”
The men in black talked and laughed, carried all the corpses to the cart and put them away, and then drove the mule cart and walked forward.
"Li Ba, let's find a deserted place, sell the body, and then go back to the capital." One of the men in black shouted.
"Yes, head."
The fat man squatted in the ditch tremblingly, and what the man in black said, he heard clearly and clearly. When the mule cart was far away, he dared to climb up, gritted his teeth and scolded secretly: "Raised by a bitch, your Li family is too lawless, not to mention robbing our lord's business, but also daring to rob our family's goods, you wait for me, see how my lord cleans you up." The tiger is not powerful, you really think it is a sick cat! ”
The final battle of the competition to capture the head finally began, and Yue Su let the four of them draw lots again in accordance with the old rules in the six-door martial arts arena. Of course, he would not let Jin Chan and Li Zhong draw together, but put the names of the two in the box and let Wang Yuanhua and Wu Jiuteng draw them.
The result of the draw was Jin Chan against Wu Jiuteng, and Li Zhong against Wang Yuanhua.
Today is different from the previous one, Yue Su did not let them directly compete on stage, but asked Tie Qiu to take a burden. When he opened the baggage, it was full of white flowers.
Seeing this scene, the catchers of the six doors were all stunned, and I didn't know what Lord Yue meant.
I saw Yue Su, picked up a list, and first read it aloud: "Anyone who participates in this competition will be rewarded, and they will be given according to the ranking." Jin Chan, Li Zhong, Wang Yuanhua, and Wu Jiuteng stepped forward to receive the reward. ”
It turned out that the adults were going to reward the silver, which made the catchers of the six doors excited, but I didn't expect this lord to be so refreshing, and I knew that I had also signed up.
"The subordinates are here!" …… The four of them agreed, walked up to Yue Su, and bowed down.
"Jin Chan, Li Zhong, Wang Yuanhua, and Wu Jiuteng, each of them will be rewarded with twenty silver."
After Yue Su finished speaking, Tie Qi was immediately responsible for distributing it, and the four of them took the silver one by one, took the silver in their hands, and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Lord reward!" ”…… After sending out the four of them, Yue Su distributed the other four people who had achieved the top eight results, Kong Jian, Zheng Shisan and other four people came to receive the reward, each of which was ten taels of silver. Put it down again, and those who won the top sixteen were left with eight people, including Yin Zhu, Tie Qiu and six six door catchers, each of whom had five taels of silver. In the end, there were sixteen people who were eliminated in the first round, each with two taels of silver.
This can also be regarded as Yue Su's buying of people's hearts, but it is also a portrayal of the clear rewards and punishments of the ministers.
After the silver was distributed, Yue Su announced that the competition had begun.
The first to come to power were Li Zhong and Wang Yuanhua, and there seemed to be no suspense in the battle between the two, and everyone believed that Li Zhong would win, even Wang Yuanhua himself thought so. After all, he is half inferior to Zheng Shisan, Li Zhong won Zheng Shisan, how can he be an opponent.
However, Wang Yuanhua will not admit defeat and do his best to compete with Li Zhong. Victory or defeat is already a trivial matter, mainly in front of Lord Yue, to show his strength.
The two fought for more than 100 rounds, Wang Yuanhua gradually lost the enemy, and was finally slashed by Li Zhong to the wrist and gave up the knife to admit defeat.
The next pair to appear are Jin Chan and Wu Jiuteng. This contest has attracted all the attention, and if you don't rush anything else, you have to make a bet on yourself. There are more people who sell Wu Jiuteng to win than those who buy golden cicadas, which is also confidence in their own brothers.
After the two came to the stage, they hugged their fists politely and started to move. After nearly 100 rounds, the victory or defeat is obvious, Jin Chan's martial arts are not under Li Zhong at all, and the previous few occupations are not to preserve strength, but he is strong when he is strong, and the fast catch signed up in the six doors is really not too weak.
"Bang!" Jin Chan punched Wu Jiuteng in the chest, and the victory was decided.
(To be continued)