Chapter 40: Snake Eater
In the southern fortress, Tang Anshu and Le Zhengxian were lying in the compartment above the council hall, looking through the gap in the wooden planks at the sea snake eating and drinking there below and the two people next to the sea snake, one was a middle-aged man with a dragon tattoo on his back, and the other was a man wearing a long shirt and glasses, like a teacher.
Tang Anshu raised his eyes to look at Le Zhengxian, and asked with his eyes: Who are these people?
Le Zhengxian said in a low voice: "The burly guy in the middle, a little chubby, is the sea snake, and the shirtless guy next to him with a tattoo on his back is the second master, his name is Mu Sannong, the cousin of the sea snake." The one who wore glasses was their military advisor, who used to be a ground master, named Zhou Junzheng. ”
Tang Anshu looked down and frowned: "The person who cooperates with Fu Guodong is Mu Sannong or Zhou Junzheng?" Doesn't the Stygian have any information about it? ”
Le Zhengxian shook his head: "No, this kind of personal relationship caused by power grabbing and betrayal, there are few people on both sides who know the truth, so there are very few people on both sides who know the truth, and even if there is, they will immediately judge which side bids higher, and then sell it quickly, because this kind of information is time-sensitive, and once that time passes, it is worthless." ”
As soon as Le Zhengxian finished speaking, a little pirate who gave an order ran into the meeting hall: "Boss, the third master's people are here, waiting outside." ”
The sea snake put down the leg of mutton in his hand and wondered, "Why did the third master's people come?" ”
The sea snake said and looked at Mu Sannong and Zhou Junzheng, who were also puzzled.
Mu Sannong said: "Didn't the third master's people come a few days ago? ”
The sea snake pondered: "Yes, what do you mean by coming at this time?" ”
Zhou Junzheng said: "People have come, boss, you can be polite." ”
The sea snake nodded: "Please." ”
As soon as the sea snake's voice fell, Mu Sannong stopped: "Wait! Who did the third master send? ”
The herald pirate replied, "Adjutant Gu. ”
Mu Sannong looked at the sea snake: "What are the ancient madmen running here for?" ”
Zhou Junzheng seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Mu Sannong's suspicions: "Second brother, no matter what you come to do, this is always our territory, I'm afraid that he will do something, let him come in." ”
"Wait!" Mu Sannong stopped again, "How many people did the ancient madman bring?" ”
The pirate replied: "Twenty men, as before, all with flower traps, nothing strange, but he has left them on the main road according to the rules, and one person is waiting at the fort." ”
The sea snake asked Mu Sannong: "Second child, what do you think?" ”
Mu Sannong thought for a while: "I don't know, but I still have to be more careful." ”
The sea snake looked at Zhou Junzheng again, and Zhou Junzheng nodded and said, "Second brother is right, there is no harm in being vigilant." ”
The sea snake thought for a moment and said, "Call me in for those four fish, and then you can ask Adjutant Gu." ”
The pirate commanded, "Yes! Top dog! ”
After ordering the pirates to leave, Tang Anshu, who was hiding in the mezzanine above, asked Le Zhengxian: "What do you think?" ”
"It's troublesome, I think things are complicated, it looks like there is something wrong with that Zhou Junzheng." Le Zhengxian analyzed in a low voice, "The sudden arrival of the ancient madman, the sea snake and Mu Sansan were very suspicious, but he couldn't wait to invite people in, and he had to treat each other politely, until finally when the sea snake and Mu Sansan became more and more suspicious, he said that it was not harmful to be vigilant." ”
Tang Anshu pondered for a moment: "If I'm not mistaken, Sun San also wants the head of the sea snake!" ”
Le Zhengxian nodded: "It seems so, Fu Guodong and Sun San both want the sea snake to die, which shows that they have each found a successor to the sea snake, and now it seems that Sun San should choose Zhou Junzheng, and Fu Guodong chose the second Mu Sannong, who should be waiting for us to start." ”
Tang Anshu nodded: "Yes, Zhou Junzheng seems to be waiting for that Gu adjutant." ”
Le Zhengxian raised his eyes and looked at Tang Anshu: "What should I do?" ”
Tang Anshu said: "Don't move first, wait and see what happens." ”
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On the periphery of the fort, the twenty soldiers brought by Gu Feng gathered in groups of three to laugh and smoke there, and did not hide in the shade, as if they were not afraid of the daylight that could almost kill people at noon.
Liu Luoqu, who was hiding behind the rocks, looked through the gap, and Wu Sihe next to him stared in the other direction, looking up from time to time at the pirates guarding the fort.
The pirates had already eaten lunch, sat there smoking and drinking tea, or chatting and playing cards, and some had fallen asleep in the shadows of the walls.
"Something is wrong, the murderous aura is too heavy." Liu Luoqu said in a low voice.
Wu Sihe retracted his head, changed his posture and looked through the crack in the rock for a while, and said: "Yes, these soldiers don't hide in a cool place, and they stand in groups of three, most of them are holding the flower mechanism in their hands, and the position they are standing in is just right to attack the fort directly." ”
Liu Luoqu pointed to the soldier who was standing alone on the left smoking a cigarette: "See that?" ”
Wu Sihe said: "I see, there is the one closest to us, all of them are standing alone, but their eyes are looking in the direction of the fort from time to time. ”
"And I'm still looking at my watch." Liu Luoqu smiled, "These two people should be officers, one person leads three groups of people, and attacks from the left and right sides, at this distance, the rifles in the hands of those pirates are not as good as sticks compared to flower mechanisms, this is fun, we don't need to do it." ”
Wu Sihe remembered something: "Since these people are not Fu Guodong's, could they be Sun San's?" ”
"If it weren't for Fu Guodong's people, it must have been sent by Sun San, judging from the posture of these soldiers, Sun San would also attack the sea snake." Liu Luoqu said expressionlessly, "The person who was called Adjutant Gu before, from the pace of his walking, as well as the waving arms, it can be seen that he is a master, and he is a master of three ways, he should have left these twenty soldiers to occupy the fort, and he himself went in to kill the sea snake." ”
Wu Sihe nodded silently in agreement.
Liu Luoqu smiled: "It's interesting, it's a bit of my way, if it were me, I would do the same, capture the thief and capture the king first." ”
Wu Sihe said: "Things shouldn't be so simple, let's wait and see, it is estimated that after Anshu and the two of them find out, they will not do it." ”
Liu Luoqu answered, took out the kettle and took a sip, and continued to stare at the soldiers under the fort.
The moment Gu Feng walked into the council hall, the pirates on both sides stepped forward, although they were respectful, but they bowed their heads and spread their hands.
That means handing over the gun.
Gu Feng understood, took out the pistol and handed it to the pirate, pulled out the two daggers in his boots, then raised his hands high, and said with a smile: "Master, I have important news for you." ”
The sea snake grinned and greeted him, keeping his distance while waiting for the pirate to search for the ancient style, "What's the news?" Could it be that Fu Guodong wants to kill me? I already know, I'm bothered by the third master, and I'm always thinking about me. ”
"No, I'm going to kill you." Gu Feng smiled, as soon as he finished speaking, he directly pulled out the long knife on the back of the pirate next to him, and slashed towards the sea snake.
Gu Feng suddenly made a move, which surprised Tang Anshu and Le Zhengxian in the mezzanine above, and he didn't expect that the surnamed Gu would not even have a so-called prelude, so he would do it when he came up.
However, the two of them also clearly saw that when the sea snake dodged back, it avoided Gu Feng's fierce slash, and if it hit, the sea snake's head would definitely become two petals.
After the sea snake dodged, Gu Feng changed his body with a long knife in his hand, and directly killed the two pirates next to him, and then killed the four pirates who surrounded him in three or two strokes, and at the same time closed the iron door of the council hall and landed on the latch, and the whole process was completed in one go.
After finishing his work, Gu Feng leaned against the door and bit the knife, pulled his sleeve, looked around the entire conference hall, looked at the frightened and angry sea snake, and Mu Sannong with the same expression, and finally glanced at Zhou Junzheng, who was a little flustered and had not yet figured out the situation.
However, Gu Feng didn't even look at the four pirates who rushed out from the back of the council chamber with various weapons.
Above, Le Zhengxian looked at the four pirates from the gap: "That's the four fish that the sea snake said earlier, they are called sea yellow, moray eel, pomfret and horse face fish, and the leader is the horse face fish." ”
Tang Anshu looked at the four pirates who were holding knives, guns, swords, and sticks and slowly surrounded the ancient style: "I heard the names are all specialties of the East China Sea." ”
Le Zhengxian said: "These four are masters of pirates in the East China Sea, and they were from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Dart Bureau before falling into the grass in their early years. ”
Tang Anshu asked, "How is the martial arts?" ”
Le Zhengxian said: "You can see it." ”
Tang Anshu asked, "Eh, why doesn't the sea snake take a gun?" ”
Le Zhengxian smiled: "Sea Snake's council hall is not allowed to carry guns, he thinks it is dangerous, so he doesn't bring it himself." ”
Tang Anshu shook his head: "This is digging a pit by yourself and jumping by yourself." ”
The sea snake lifted the Western knife from under his table, pointed at Gu Feng and said, "Damn! You're tired of the ancient style! Sun San is also tired of being alive! ”
Mu Sannong stood in front of the sea snake, and also pulled out the long sword at his waist.
Zhou Junzheng was hiding behind a pillar at this time, looking at Gu Feng anxiously, in his opinion, Gu Feng could not win.
Gu Feng tied his shoelaces and packed everything up, then he took out the long knife in his mouth, waved it and said: "The knife is not good, but it is enough to deal with a few of you miscellaneous pieces, Master Snake, you used to treat me well, I will violate the military order once, and the last one will kill you, and I will guarantee that you will be killed with a knife, and you will not be punished!" ”
The sea snake trembled angrily: "Kill him for Lao Tzu!" ”
After the sea snake gave the order, the leading horse-faced fish shook the long knife in his hand and said, "Up!" ”
Immediately afterwards, Hai Huang, who was armed with a gun, and Hai Pomfret, who was armed with a stick, rushed forward, taking advantage of the length of the weapon in their hands, one attacking the road and the other capturing the plate.
Tang Anshu saw this scene and said: "Try it first, and then wait for the opportunity to start, it seems that this fish is not stupid, long spear and long stick against short knife." ”
Le Zhengxian nodded: "Yes, and then use the horse noodle fish with the knife and the moray eel with the sword to find opportunities around to catch the gap in the ancient style, this kind of tactic looks like no problem, but the kung fu of this surname Gu is above everyone in the council hall." ”
Tang Anshu also saw that although he was besieged by four people with a single knife, he still used the surrounding environment to constantly avoid blocking attacks, and at the same time he was not in a hurry to fight back, but he was also touching the way and routine of the opponent's four-person attack.