Chapter 43: Infighting

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps on the riverbank, and a group of men and horses hurried over, and on horseback was a burly-looking man, followed by ten men, panting and running after the horses to the dock, all of them so tired that they could not straighten their waists.

"A bunch of rice buckets! The usual strength is used on the belly of the girl, so you can't run this way! The man on horseback dismounted, turned around and cursed.

Then, he threw the reins to one of his subordinates beside him, asked his subordinates to help him hold the horses, and then faced the river, put his hands together and shouted: "Boat man, I am Zhu Fugui from Zhuxian Town, please hurry up and bring the boat over, we have to check it routinely!" ”

This man is Zhu Fugui, the lizheng of Zhu Xianzhen, that is, the highest governor of Zhu Xianzhen, he is the descendant of the warrior Zhu Hai, with the official body of the nine products, a serious court official, which is the only one among the many Li Zheng in the Song Dynasty, so he is full of confidence and high spirit.

The so-called people do not fight with the officials, Ma Lao Er and Ma Lao San heard Zhu Fugui's shout, and they could only remove the planks attached to the two boats and direct the boatmen to slowly pull the boat towards the dock. As soon as the two boats were stable and the planks were lowered, Zhu Fugui led nine of his men and rushed onto the boat.

Zhu Fugui and the other ten people turned the two ships back and forth, except for the dense gun holes in the bow and a few holes in the wooden wall of the cabin, they did not find any traces of fighting, and they couldn't help but be disappointed.

"Boatman, what's the matter with the hole in the ship's plank?" Zhu Fugui pointed to the many holes in the boat board that the spear had pierced last night, stared at Ma Lao Er, who was with him with his head bowed, and asked in confusion.

"What's this? This is because the board is too slippery, so we deliberately pierced holes to prevent slipping! Ma Lao Er was in a hurry and hurriedly started talking nonsense.

"What about the hole in the cabin? What the hell is going on? Zhu Fugui asked again, pointing to the hole in the wooden wall of the cabin.

"Oh, these are vents, for ventilation!" Ma Lao Er is in a hurry again, and he is very proud of his wit.

"Ventilation holes?" Zhu Fugui was suspicious, but he couldn't grasp any tricks, so he had to give up.

Last night's movement also woke Zhu Fugui up, but he was drained of his energy by the concubine in the side room, and he couldn't get out of bed at all, so he didn't send anyone out to check. Just after dawn this morning, his cousin Zhu Ba limped and knocked on his door, it is said that last night, a boat in their Qinglong Gang was blown up and sunk for no reason, begging Zhu Fugui to uphold justice for them and punish the villains.

When Zhu Fugui heard it at that time, he instantly understood what was going on, it was estimated that the people of the Qinglong Gang were fighting against others, but they were defeated, and they took a big boat in vain! But when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't help but gasp, who had such great ability to dare to wrestle with the Blue Dragon Gang and win? He was very curious in his heart, and at the same time, he was also hindered by the face of Zhu Ba, a cousin of the same clan, although he usually didn't like this cousin, he still agreed, and gathered ten of his subordinates and rushed over in a hurry.

But when they came to the scene, they found something strange, and they didn't find any suspicious clues at all. It turned out that Ma Lao Er didn't sleep well after going back last night, got up early, came to the bow of the boat to check the situation, and saw some blood stains on the board, he felt unlucky, so he immediately wiped them clean; Seeing that the spears stuck in the wooden wall of the cabin were an eyesore, he quickly pulled them out and threw them into the river, along with the spears piled on the side of the boat, and all of them went down the river.

Therefore, when Zhu Fugui and others arrived at the scene, how could they still find traces of a fight? Without evidence, they can't convict anyone!

Zhu Fugui was a little dumbfounded, it was so strange that there was such a big movement last night, and there was no trace left! Still unwilling, he gave orders to his nine men to gather the people on both ships.

When everyone gathered, he took a closer look, and found that there were more than a dozen women and children in the crowd on the two boats, and the other men all looked honest and especially kind-hearted, and they couldn't see anything special, except for the fact that the son was not very pleasing to the eye, Wu Zhi's tall and handsome made him a little jealous, especially when he saw the beautiful Jin Lian standing next to him, he felt that this son was too much of an eyesore.

So, he pointed at Wu Zhi and said, "You, come here!" Lao Tzu has something to ask you! ”

"Oh! Are the adults calling me? Wu Zhi pretended to be deaf and dumb, and replied, but he didn't move.

"That's you! If you look at your thief eyebrows, you don't look like a good person! Zhu Fugui was a little annoyed when he saw that Wu Zhi dared not come. His men shouted as well.

"Well, if you have anything to say, just ask, I must know everything, and I will say everything!" Seeing this, Wu Zhi smiled, and walked out of the crowd with him, and Shi Shiran came to Zhu Fugui. Wu Zhi grew taller than him, and Zhu Fugui suddenly felt a sense of oppression, and couldn't help but take a step back.

"Answer Ben-sama's questions honestly! Did you see the ship last night? Have you seen any fights happening? How did that ship sink? Zhu Fugui took out his official authority and asked repeatedly.

"Yes, my lord! I can see what happened last night clearly and clearly. Wu Zhi said seriously.

"Okay, let's talk about it quickly!" Zhu Fugui was overjoyed when he heard this, and urged.

"That's right, sir. Last night I happened to have insomnia and couldn't sleep, so I ran to the bow of the boat in the middle of the night to admire the moon and count the stars, and soon a boat came from the south, and the one that sank in the river stopped in front of our boat and didn't leave. When I was wondering, the people on the ship began to fight among themselves, and I saw that they were slashing and killing each other with knives and guns, and after a while, someone came out with a mine, and their own people blew up their own people, which scared me so much that I couldn't move, and I could only watch them fight. Later, the boat caught fire, leaked and sank, and many people jumped into the river and fled. My lord, that scene was really miserable! Wu Zhi pretended to be a man, and paused when he said a word, his face full of panic.

His words made Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, Xiao'e, Jin Lian and others next to him blush, and they couldn't help laughing, covering their mouths and trying their best to hold back their laughter, so they couldn't help but hurriedly bent down and pretended to have a stomachache.

When Zhu Fugui and his subordinates heard this, they looked at each other and were dumbfounded, is there such an outrageous thing in the world? But the facts are in front of them, they will never believe that it is this scholar-like weak son in front of them who has lost other people's boats and people, that's too!

But everyone in Wu Zhi's family knew what was going on, and the only thing that could blow up and sink the bandit ship was the bamboo grenade in their house, and they knew that Wu Zhi and Da Hu did it! So Wu Zhi's nonsense made them laugh so much that their stomachs hurt, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud, and they were really uncomfortable. Ma Lao Er and Ma Lao San also wanted to laugh, but they still couldn't laugh. The two of them increasingly saw the extraordinaryness of this "Wuzhi" son.

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything valuable, he couldn't find any clues, and there was no human or material evidence, so Zhu Fugui could only get off the boat with his subordinates disappointed, ride his gray jujube horse, and walk away. As for the shipwreck in the river, he had to wait a while for a boat to tow it away. It takes money to tow away the sunken ship, and he also needs to see where to move a sum of money, so that he can also fill his pocket.

After Zhu Fugui and the others walked away, everyone on the boat burst into laughter, they had been holding back for too long.

"You kid!" Feng Niang said in disgust, she bent over with laughter just now. Wu Xiu stroked his beard and laughed.

They don't usually see that their nephew still has such a humorous cell.

"Brother Da Lang is so good!" Xiao'e's face was flushed, and she ran to Wu Zhi and grabbed him by the placket.

"Brother Da Lang is so bad!" Jin Lian and Liu Yue also came around, came to him, and pretended to be annoyed and said, she almost laughed just now, but now she is still the same as Liu Yue, her face is also red.

"Am I bad? I'm a good guy! Wu Zhi smiled slightly and said evilly. Jin Lian immediately glared at him fiercely, and then lowered her head shyly, she heard the meaning of ridicule from Wu Zhi's words.

"May I ask Childe, is it Lord Wuzhi who is the 'champion of both civil and military affairs'?" At this time, Ma Lao Er approached, bowed down, and then asked, the doubts in his heart were too strong, and he felt very uncomfortable not asking them.

"I don't dare to be the champion of civil and military affairs, I am Wu Zhi." Wu Zhi also bowed back to him and said with a smile.

"Huh? Meet the little ones! Please forgive the little ones who don't know Tarzan! Ma Lao Er heard this, and hurriedly returned a salute, sincere and fearful, respectful.

"Meet Master Wu!" Ma Laosan, who was behind Ma Laosan, was also shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask Wu Zhi for peace.

Wu Zhi also immediately bowed down to give him a salute and looked at them with a smile.

The name of the new champion Lang Wuzhi is now a household name around Kaifeng Mansion, and the big sales of the champion series of wines and the popularity of the people have made Wuzhi's reputation greatly boosted, and the title of "the champion of civil and military affairs" is like thunder. Ma Lao Er and Ma Lao San have a lot of people who pick up and drop off from the capital on weekdays, and they often hear the literati talking about Lord Wu Zhi, and they are familiar with the name "Wu Zhi", and they feel very familiar last night, but they don't dare to confirm it. Now after Wu Zhi personally admitted, they are finally convinced that the bandits last night were defeated by Wu Zhi and Da Hu, and the bandit ship was also sunk by the two of them, and they don't know what means they used, in short, they feel that this Lord Wu Zhi is unfathomable.

In an instant, Ma Lao Er and Ma Lao San both admired and felt honored, and Wu Zhi's easy-going also made them feel cordial.

was tossed by Zhu Fugui and others, and the time was approaching noon, and it was time for lunch.

Wu Zhi had no choice but to instruct Dahu to go to the "Ruyi" wine shop where they had dinner last night and order dishes for nearly forty people, and then let the guys in the wine shop send them to the boat, and he also invited Zhang Gui and his wife, the family of the winemakers, Ma Lao Er and Ma Lao San, and the boatmen to have a lively lunch together. Wu Zhi's invitation flattered them too!