Chapter 44: Chill
After lunch, the two ships set sail again and continued their journey to their destination, Weishi County.
After Ma Lao Er and Ma Lao San knew Wu Zhi's identity, they became more attentive, and after the boatmen knew Wu Zhi's identity, they rocked the rudder more vigorously, and the speed of the two boats was significantly accelerated.
After what happened last night, Ma Lao Er and Ma Lao San knew that they couldn't delay any longer, and they had to rush to Weishi County tonight anyway to send Lord Wu Zhi to their destination safely and securely, in case they had too many dreams at night. Therefore, the two of them were anxious in their hearts, and kept urging the boatmen to work harder, taking advantage of the convenience of going downstream, to speed up the progress of the two ships.
Just when Wu Zhi and the others were still on the way to Weishi County by boat on the Huimin River, the Qinglong Gang in Weishi County had already become a pot of porridge.
In last night's battle, the Qinglong Gang brought by Li Er, Zhang San and others were beaten by Wu Zhi and Dahu, and suffered heavy losses. Sixteen people were killed and drowned directly by the grenade, except for a few lucky minions, the others were killed or injured, and the brave Ma Si was killed on the spot and became a "dead dragon"; Hou Wu was blown off one foot and became a "one-legged dragon", if he hadn't had his men to help him when he swam across the river, he would have fed Wang Ba a long time ago; Zhang San was also blown blind in one eye and became a "one-eyed dragon"; Li Er was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he usually hid behind and commanded, but he was still smashed by the minions who blew up and broke a rib and became a "wounded dragon"; Zhu Ba was also hit by the crooked minions, he was lucky, because although he was the helmsman of the Qinglong Gang in Zhuxian Town, he was not enough to see in front of the "Nine Dragons", and he couldn't command on the spot, so he could only stand aside, so he was lucky to escape the catastrophe. But the other minions weren't so lucky.
This battle scared the remnants of the surviving Qinglong Gang enough that their souls were not possessed. After swimming ashore, everyone struggled back to the Qinglong Gang rudder in shock, whining and wailing to clean up the injuries, before dawn, Li Er hurriedly ordered to find five ox carts from the Zhuxian Town rudder, took the wounded and himself, and fled back to Weishi County early. There were 24 people when the group came, and only 13 people when they went back.
Li Er and the others were very comfortable and comfortable when they came, but they were not so comfortable when they fled back to Weishi County. The road was bumpy, Li Er and the others were still injured, under the bumps and vibrations, the wounds were painful, except for the six minions who were not injured, the others were tormented along the way, in pain, and wanted to cry without tears.
After a lot of hard work, it was already in the afternoon, and the remnants of the Qinglong Gang finally escaped back to Weishi County with half their lives, and returned to the base camp of the Qinglong Gang in Weishi County.
In the base camp of the Qinglong Gang, in the Juyi Hall, Meng Dazheng, the boss of the Qinglong Gang, "Golden Dragon", sat on the top spot, and talked with the six masters of the "Hidden Dragon" Qian Liu and the Seventh "Shenlong" Chen Qi, the eighth leader of the "Flying Dragon" Hu Ba, and the ninth "War Dragon" Gan Jiu and others sitting on the left and right, and they were elated.
"Sixth, do you think we have collected more this year than in previous years? No, just to deal with a hairy boy, they are willing to spend 5,000 yuan, they are really willing to give up their capital! Didn't the capital send us money for nothing?! Meng Da said to Qian Liu beside him, full of spirits and in a very good mood.
"Qianlong" Qian Liu is a thin and tall middle-aged man, in his forties, with a goatee, looking more shrewd, he is the sixth of the Qinglong Gang, Mr. Bookkeeper, literate and hyphenated, is the housekeeper of the Qinglong Gang, and the financial accounts of the Qinglong Gang must pass through his hands.
"Yes, big brother! This year's harvest is good, and the brothers can have a good year! Qian Liu stroked his goatee and smiled slightly. As the god of wealth of the Qinglong Gang, he has become his biggest headache for the food and clothing of more than 160 people in the gang on weekdays.
"Big brother, it stands to reason that the second brother should have come back a long time ago at this time, why haven't they heard back yet?" Gan Jiu, the "war dragon" who was sitting at the bottom, was unwilling to be unwilling, and interjected suspiciously.
"Yes! This second child usually does things very neatly, why is he so grinding this time? Could it be that which beauty did you fall in love with in Zhuxian Town, so she was reluctant to come back? Meng Da said humorously. Everyone burst out laughing.
"That's right, the second brother is the best to be romantic, and he wants to be merciful everywhere!" "Shenlong" Chen Qi quipped again.
They're in a good mood! In their eyes, it is not easy to deal with a hairy boy from the capital, and it is not easy to catch it, and it is easy to get the 5,000 pieces of broken silver.
"Report! Uncle, second master, they are back! With a shout, a small minion hurried in, and after standing still in front of everyone, he bowed and saluted.
"Look, this Li Er, say Cao Cao Cao will arrive!" Meng laughed and said to Qian Liu and the others. Qian Liu and the others also laughed easily.
"Why aren't you leaving?" Everyone was happy, and Meng Da saw that the little minion was still standing still, and felt annoyed, and scolded loudly.
"Uncle, the second master, they are back, but they ......" The little minion stopped talking and stopped, his expression was very strange.
"But what?" "Flying Dragon" Hu Ba was a little short-tempered and asked sharply.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you better go and see for yourself!" The little minion hurriedly said, and in his heart, he was also puzzled!
"This second brother, what kind of fame is he doing?" When Meng Da heard this, he was a little dissatisfied, stood up angrily, and walked towards the outside of the house, and Qian Liu and the others also followed.
When Meng Da and Qian Liu and the other five people came to the front yard and saw the scene in front of their eyes, they were all instantly dumbfounded and stunned!
Five ox carts lined up, in addition to six little minions can jump off the ox cart alive, seven people are lying on the ox cart moaning, among them there are their second master Li Er, the third master Zhang San and the fifth master Hou Wu, each of them has a color on their bodies, especially Zhang San and Hou Wu, one one-legged and one one-eyed, after a long time of bumps, wrapped in gauze, blood is dripping, particularly eye-catching and terrifying.
Such a tragic situation, since the establishment of the Blue Dragon Gang, they have never heard of it!
"Second brother, what's wrong with you? How did it come to this? What about the others? The five of them quickly rushed to the side of the ox cart, and Meng Da hurriedly grabbed Li Er's hand and asked in confusion.
Meng Da, Qian Liu and the others couldn't believe what they saw in front of them, this was like a person who returned from a great victory, it was simply a group of defeated soldiers who had been beaten to the ground and their wings were broken!
"Big brother, sixth brother, I've let you down! Li Er failed to complete the task! Everyone else is probably dead! Li Er gasped, endured the pain in his chest, and said in frustration.
"You missed? How so? Have you run into the forbidden army of the imperial court? Okay, why are you going to provoke the forbidden army of the imperial court? Meng Da, Qian Liu and the others were all puzzled, they all thought that Li Er and the others had the audacity to fight with the forbidden army of the imperial court, otherwise how could they be so miserable!
"Big brother! It's not the forbidden army, it's the son! Li Er was out of breath and paused for a moment before saying ashamedly. Can he not be ashamed? He personally led more than 30 brothers of the Qinglong Gang to deal with a weak scholar, but he missed, and he also caused the loss of the army and the collapse of the army.
"Not the Praetorian Army? Which childe? Li Er's words were vague, and Meng Da and Qian Liu were still confused.
"It's that son named Wu Zhi! We've got a rival this time! Li Er's tone trembled, now, when he thought of last night's events, he couldn't help but tremble, the weak son in his eyes was actually like a god and demon.
"What? He? A weak scholar? Just beat you like this? How did you fight? Li Er's words were like thunder, and they instantly shocked Meng Da, Qian Liu and the others, and they were all dumbfounded.
"This, it's not what he hit! Is it ......" Li Er was also stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer. Yes, at that time, except for the four subordinates who were personally defeated by the other party, their casualties were all blown up by two bamboo tubes, but they were not fought by the other party himself! So far, Li Er has not figured out what it is, and it has such a huge lethality.
"You?!" Looking at Li Er's ominous and incoherent appearance, Meng Da was both sad and annoyed. He, Qian Liu and the others all felt that Li Er was being beaten stupidly.
"Someone! Send your second, third, and fifth brothers to the house to recuperate from their injuries! Looking at Li Er's appearance, he couldn't ask any details for the time being, so Meng Da had to order the minions to carry the seven wounded to the house and let them recuperate first.
In the process of moving, the seven wounded people were moaned in pain, which made Meng Da, Qian Liu and others very upset and anxious. Meng Da had no choice but to order one of his subordinates to find the best Lang Zhong in the county town of Weishi and heal them.
A moment later, Sun Lao Langzhong of "Baohetang" walked into the house with a medicine boy carrying a medicine box. After Sun Lao Langzhong examined the seven people one by one, Meng Da stepped forward, bowed down with a gloomy face and asked, "Old Sun, what weapon do you think they were injured by?" ”
The Qinglong Gang has to fight with other gangs all year round for the sake of territory and interests, and there are more people injured in the fight every year, and every time they are to "Baohetang" Sun Laolang to heal their injuries, and they have benefited a lot, so Meng Da and the Qinglong Gang are still polite and respectful to Sun Laolangzhong.
"They weren't wounded by weapons! He was injured by a medicine stone! Sun Lao Langzhong looked at Meng Da and shook his head, he also felt strange in his heart, what kind of gunpowder can blow people up like this?
When he opened the gauze of the crowd and examined the wounds, he smelled a smell of gunpowder on everyone's bodies, and the wounds were not cut with knives or pricked with guns or clubs, which was very surprising.
"Wounded by a medicated stone?" Meng Da, Qian Liu and the others were completely messy, looking at each other, shocked and inexplicable, they couldn't figure out what kind of gunpowder should be able to hurt people like this. At that time, whether it was the gunpowder used to make fireworks on the market, or the military gunpowder in the forbidden army and other teams, it could only scare people, and there was no such amazing killing effect at all, no wonder Li Er was vague.
After a long time, Sun Laolang Zhongcai gave medicine to all seven wounded and bandaged them all, and Zhang San, who had broken his leg, completely fainted due to excessive blood loss. Sun Lao Langzhong had no choice but to apply some numbing powder (anesthetic) to his broken leg, apply ointment and bandage it with gauze, and everything else could only be left to fate.
After instructing Meng Da and the others on some relevant precautions, taking the diagnosis funds handed over by Qian Liu, Sun Laolang took the medicine boy, sighed lightly, shook his head and turned around to leave. He was not used to what the Qinglong Gang did on weekdays, but he was also ashamed of bending his waist for five buckets of rice, after all, it was his duty as a doctor to save the dead and help the wounded.
After Sun Laolang left, Meng Da, Qian Liu and the others looked at Zhang San who was in a coma, frowning, very worried.
After Li Er relieved his spirits and the broken ribs were not so painful, after he recounted in detail, everyone in the Qinglong Gang knew that more than 30 people in their Qinglong Gang were indeed defeated by this "Wuzhi" son by unconventional means, and they were defeated very miserably, but they didn't even touch a single cold hair of others!
Meng Da and Qian Liu and the other five masters were even more frightened when they heard this, what kind of characters did they provoke? They really haven't met a young man who is so meticulous, so calm-minded, and so ruthless. No wonder Xiang Jia asked for such a high price to take the life of this "Wuzhi" son, he is by no means an ordinary person!
The delusional revenge and frightened demons suddenly enveloped the entire Qinglong Gang, whether to continue to intercept or give up, leaving Meng Da in a dilemma and undecided.
It's not too late to make amends, and Wu Zhi's mystery makes Meng Da and the others a little uncomfortable. So, it wasn't until two days later that Meng Da hurriedly sent a shrewd minion to the capital to find out who this son named "Wu Zhi" was and where he was going.
When the housekeeper hired the Qinglong Gang to intercept and kill Wu Zhi, he did not explain his origin and whereabouts. But the reaction of the Blue Dragon Gang was indeed slower!