Chapter 63 Swinging the Bitter Cloud City
He Nan's promise to the conditions of the Jinghong faction was naturally to be fulfilled, but he also played some small tricks in this "borrowing flowers to offer Buddha".
After counting all the stolen goods in Yan Luo Village, He Nan first took out a small part of the money he gave to the people of the village, and then divided the property into three equal parts.
The largest part is naturally the part promised to the Jinghong faction, and the other two are respectively used as the cost of maintaining the volunteers and the donation to the surrounding villages - of course, the Jinghong faction did not lose this part of the property in vain, He Nan also branded the name of the Jinghong faction when he donated money and food to the surrounding villages, and the people were naturally grateful to the "Jinghong faction" and He Gongzi.
Although these bandits are still difficult to adapt to some of the "red tape" formulated by He Nan for a while, they are also in order under He Nan's grace and power, and the establishment of the Volunteer Brigade can be regarded as a place for He Nan - he has thought about it, if one day the rivers and lakes can't go down and he has no face to return to Shanhe Mansion, it is not bad to be a leader in this place.
Of course, he couldn't stay in Xiaoshan to eat and wait for death now, so after staying in Xiaoshan for a month, the three of them embarked on a journey again.
The destination of the three of them is naturally the ancestral home of He Nan and the northernmost county seat of the Sheng Kingdom. This was also discussed between He Nan and Yu Ruyi and Wei Ruyi, and after arriving at the county town of Axe Yang and everything was arranged, Wei Ruyi naturally had to return to his hometown to take a look, and Yu Ruyi returned to Bai Yujing to return to Li Mastiff Chun by the same route.
The next stop set by He Nan was to go northeast from Xiaoshan to Kuyun City, the waterway hub in the central region of Shengguo, and then cross the Sunset River, one of the three rivers of Shengguo, to the north.
Kuyun City is one of the big ports on the banks of the Sunset River, because the Sunset River is the most widely distributed of the three major rivers in Shengguo, and hundreds of tributaries radiate from north to south, so this Kuyun City in the middle of the Sunset River and the plain area is particularly important, and the waterway shipping of the Sunset River is mainly operated by the government, and the Four Seas Gang, one of the nine major sects, also has an important rudder here to take a piece of the pie.
He Nan's identity made it inconvenient for him to take the official boat, so he could only cross the river through a private boat like the Four Seas Gang in Kuyun City, which was why the three of them must take Kuyun City as their next destination.
After entering Kuyun City and arranging the inn where they were staying, the three of them inquired all the way about the rudder of the Four Seas Gang. Although the port is not in the city, if you want to take a boat out of the city to the port by the river, the rudder of the Four Seas Gang is established in Kuyun City, and the ship is not available all the time, so you have to go to the rudder in the city to buy a ticket.
And just when the three of them were about to arrive at the rudder of the Four Seas Gang, the road ahead was overwhelmed by the crowd of people.
"This brother, dare to ask what happened in front of you to make so many people gather here?" Seeing that he couldn't pass through the crowd, He Nan simply didn't move forward, and he wasn't in a hurry anyway. He casually inquired about a young man beside him who was waiting for him.
The man looked at the three of them a few times, and then replied, "Listening to your accent, you are not a local, right? Then you must not know the cause and effect of this." ”
After listening to the man's nonsense answer, He Nan wanted to slap him twice, and said angrily: "Nonsense, if I knew what else I asked you for?" But this must not be said in front of others, He Nan's face was humble, and he arched his hand: "Then dare to ask Brother Tai, can you tell me what happened here?"
In fact, the matter in front of him is also very simple, that is, the two disciples of the Four Seas Gang and the Beggar Gang had some disputes, and in order to settle the grievances, they signed a life and death certificate here, and set up a duel in the ring, and the onlookers gathered here are some people from the rivers and lakes and people with good deeds. These people are also full of food and have nothing to do, and when they heard that there were disciples of the big factions in the rivers and lakes fighting here, they came here to stop and watch.
The cause of this incident is also quite funny. Several disciples of the Beggar Gang wanted to take a boat to the north, so they came to the riverside port of the Four Seas Gang, but due to the large number of people who took the boat that day, these disciples of the Beggar Gang were driven off the boat and replaced by several young masters from rich and noble families.
Although the rule of the Four Seas Gang is that officials, people, and bandits are all crossed, but this gang of gentlemen fell in love with another girl on the boat, and in order to please the beautiful woman, they took out their wallets and asked the people of the Four Seas Gang to drive away this group of stinky flowers. The Four Seas Gang was originally a group that relied on waterways to eat, and in line with the principle of having money and not making bastards, they sent these people named Hanako off the ship and asked them to take another boat and leave.
In fact, it's no wonder that others, people are in business, naturally whoever gives more money will take care of whom, and they are not forbidden to take a boat but another one. The beggars thought they were carrying the iconic cloth bag on their chests, and they thought that everyone would recognize that they were from the beggar gang - but then again, what beggar doesn't have a bag on his body? Not all beggars in the world can join the beggars.
Taking another boat is a small matter, and it is a big matter if you lose face. These beggars were rushed from the boat to the shore in front of everyone, and they were naturally very angry, and they showed their identities as beggars at that time.
It is said that after these people of the Four Seas Gang knew the identity of the disciples of the other party's beggar gang, they apologized and said a few words, and this was the case, but the leader who was on duty at the riverside port at that time didn't think that he had done anything wrong at all, so he sarcastically called Hanako who didn't know what to do.
"We didn't overcharge you for the boat, and we didn't miss your trip, but we just went from one ship to another, and we couldn't even walk these few steps, so you are so expensive, why don't you pay more money for others to drive them down?" The words of the leader of the Four Seas Gang were full of irony. "You called Hanako can travel half the city in order to get a penny, why can't you walk now?" In fact, there is no truth in his latter sentence, the beggars ask for money for work, and it is understandable to be grandsons to others at that time, but when they come to you, they become guest officers. Although the people of the Four Seas Gang have done nothing wrong, this attitude is not appropriate.
The highest status among the beggar gang is a six-bag disciple, he was of course very displeased after listening to the other party's words, so he said: "Below is the six-bag disciple salon of the beggar gang, we are all in the martial arts, it is a little inappropriate for you to do this, right?"
"What's wrong with the beggar gang? No matter how awesome you are, isn't it called Hanako? Will people give you two more cents just because you are called Hanako by the beggar gang?" The leader also became angry, "Rules are rules, people pay a lot of money for a purse boat, so you can go on another boat? You are poor and can't see people pay?"
In just a few words, the anger has already been stirred up, plus they are all people in the rivers and lakes, so they naturally want to see the truth in their hands. At this time, it is no longer possible to distinguish who is right and who is wrong, and can only distinguish right from wrong through the level of strength.
Jianghu is such a Jianghu, first talk about strength, then reason, no matter how hard the tongue is, it can't touch the fist.
Sharon stopped sitting on the boat, and opened his posture on the spot to fight with the leader of the Four Seas Gang. After twenty or thirty rounds, the two actually fought chess against their opponents, and it was difficult to solve.
Originally, Sharon saw that he couldn't take the other party, and he still had something to do waiting for the boat, so he wanted to stop the fight, and he took a step back before talking, but he didn't expect that just when he was about to stop, the word "stop" was stuck in his mouth, and two gangs from the Four Seas Gang took advantage of his unpreparedness to rush up and push him into the water.
The leader saw that the other party was thrown into the water by his own men, and jumped down. His name is Xu Qing, nicknamed Jiangli Crocodile, and he can be regarded as the right-hand man of the helmsman in the Kuyun City of the Four Seas Gang. Xu Qing's name is related to water, and he is nicknamed the overlord crocodile in the water, and the water nature is naturally excellent, and once he reaches the bottom of the water, he can show all his skills. Although the salon also has three points of water in his name, he knows how to fight water when he asks for food all year round, and he is a genuine landlubber, and he was pressed by Xu Qing to drink enough river water in the water after three or five rounds. If it weren't for so many people watching, Xu Qing wouldn't want to make a fuss, and Sharon would have to sink his corpse.
Of course, Sharon must not have been able to swallow this breath after being fished out, and the boat was gone, so he directly issued a war letter to Xu Qing - I am definitely not the opponent of your group of water monkeys in the water, but on the ground, let's divide the victory and defeat.
Although Xu Qing is not a kind person, he is indeed a little invincible today, and the fight between them is half a catty and eight taels, so he agreed to this gambling fight.
Of course, Sharon immediately added another rule - sign a life and death certificate. At this moment, Xu Qing was a little hesitant again, but he had taken advantage of it, and he had face, so why bother to play with this barefoot man? However, Sharon also returned the words of yin and yang to Xu Qing as they were, such as "the people of the Four Seas Gang are all cowards who are afraid of death", "they can only bully and bully people in the water, and as soon as they get ashore, they are fish and meat on the chopping board."
I have to say that this mouth called Huazi is also powerful, Xu Qing's anger rushed to his head at that time, and the cold river water could not be extinguished, so he agreed to today's life-and-death fight.
After listening to the young man's story, He Nan and Yu Ruyi both found it quite interesting - they had never seen a life-and-death fight between the two of them in the ring; Wei Wei was a little surprised by this, after all, he was very keen on this kind of activity in the army, and he had to fight with everyone, but he was also curious whether the heads-up of the people in the rivers and lakes was the same as that of them in the army.
The three of them estimated that the people of the Four Seas Gang were also waiting for the result of this duel, so they were not in a hurry to take the boat, so they also stayed here to prepare to watch this good show.