On the Python River, there is an active group of water thieves and robbers who have robbed ships and committed many crimes, because they are composed of eighteen people, killing people and goods, and treacherous like ghosts, so people call them "Eighteen Ghosts of the Python River".

Under his command, the eighteen ghosts of the Python River drove a two-masted galleon, repeatedly committed crimes on the Python River, coming and going like flying, the government had dispatched a large number of officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress, and they always escaped by diving, for this reason, it was a special headache, but there was nothing to be done.

In the early autumn of this year, the eighteen ghosts of the Python River went straight down the river and came to the Python River Wharf outside the south gate of Huanglong Bay adjacent to the southern boundary of Xinjiang.

Because he had just arrived, Yu Qijin ordered Xu Lao Wu to watch the wind on the bow of the boat, and the remaining seventeen people all went into the tent and fell asleep.

It didn't take long for Xu Lao Wu to see a small wooden boat approaching them.

The boss of the boat on the small wooden boat was a sturdy man with a purple beard on his face, and two teenage children helped to rock the row, which seemed to be father and son.

It was too late, but it was too soon, and the purple-bearded man picked up a penny, put it into the water, and landed on the bow of the galleon.

"You...... What are you going to do?

Xu Lao Wu shouted loudly.

Yu Qijin and the seventeen of them who were asleep in the cabin were all awakened and ran out one by one.

The purple-bearded man leaned the penny to the side of the tent and hugged his fists: "If you guess correctly, you should be the famous Python River Eighteen Ghosts, right?"

Hearing this, the eighteen water thieves were stunned for a moment, and opened their mouths for a while.

The purple-bearded man smiled and said, "The boats on the dock are all busy sailing, only you are sleeping with your head covered, and the sound of snoring is heard far away, isn't it suspicious? Presumably, you are ready to nourish your spirits and do things at night, right? Besides, you happen to be eighteen people, not the eighteen ghosts of the Python River, who are you?"

These words made the eighteen ghosts of the Python River inexplicably frightened: This person, could it be the government's fast catcher? I couldn't help but touch my waist, and the machete was all tucked in my clothes!

The purple-bearded man hurriedly waved his hand, smiled, and said: "Don't be nervous, I'm not an 'eagle claw', to be honest, I'm also an 'old he' who eats 'drift money', we are 'side by side', and I came to borrow a fire." ”

These words made the eighteen ghosts of the Python River relax a lot: these words are all authentic Jianghu dialects, "eagle claws", refers to the government's fast catching; To eat "drifting money" is to make a living by robbing on the water; "Laohe" is a synonym for thieves; and "shoulder to shoulder" means to be the same way. said to borrow a fire, that is, I want to join forces with the eighteen ghosts of the Python River to do a "business"!

Yu Qijin rolled his eyes and asked, "May I ask Your Excellency, which one are you?"

The purple-bearded man smiled: "I am creating a new name, a one-horned bat!" It turned out to be a new water thief.

Yu Qijin threw the two fire sickles to the one-horned bat: "There are fire sickles, but the paper media that ignited the fire is gone, you can do it yourself." ”

This trick, firstly, is to give the one-horned bat a dismount, and secondly, he wants to try his kung fu.

I saw the one-horned bat take the penny, break off a piece of bamboo tip, rub it with both hands, and actually rub the bamboo tip into a handful of bamboo silk as thin as spider thread. Then he struck the sickle, lit the bamboo wire, took out the dry tobacco pouch, and smoked it in a "click-and-click" manner.

The eighteen ghosts of the Butterfly River were speechless for a moment: "This one-horned bat, such a great divine power, even if the eighteen of them join forces, I'm afraid it won't be his opponent!"

The one-horned bat glanced at the cabin, sighed, and said, "Eighteen of you, on the waterway, can only do some small business, and I invite you to go ashore today to do a big business!"

Yu Qijin shook his head with a wry smile and said: "On the shore, the geographical location of Huanglongwan Wharf is complicated, the passenger flow from the south to the north is particularly large, and there are a lot of fast soldiers. If you meet him, won't it be a dead end?"

The one-horned bat smiled mysteriously and said, "I have a clever plan that will allow us to make a fortune and escape the pursuit of the officers and soldiers." I just need your full cooperation, and the wealth is in front of you, it depends on whether you dare to do it!"

The leader of the bandit was seven catties, and when he saw that the one-horned bat artist was bold, talking and laughing, and full of confidence, he couldn't help but be moved, "Oh, friend, since this is the case, support the bold to death, starve to death the cowardly, damn it, do it!"

"It's not a loss to the eighteen ghosts of the Python River, so that it is like words, happy!" The one-horned bat saw Yu Qijin nodding, patted his ass, struck while the iron was hot, and told his strategy, the eighteen ghosts of the Python River listened, their eyes lit up, and they praised again and again: "High, really high!"

However, Yu Qijin, the suspicious bandit leader, asked again: "With Brother Bat's skills and resourcefulness, he should have become famous a long time ago, why is it still unknown?"

The one-horned bat let out a long sigh and said, "Who is born willing to be a thief? However, in the past few years, the demon world has ravaged the human world, the mountains and rivers are broken, there is no daylight, the disasters are deep, the disasters are not alone, hunger is everywhere, the plague spreads, the water is in dire straits, the people are not happy, the lives are miserable, the political situation is unstable, the world is in chaos, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, rampant and unscrupulous, harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, as many as cattle hair, making things worse, making a living difficult, no food or drink, alas! The second father and mother, starved to death, his wife was infected with the plague, died in Huangquan, grief-stricken, his family was surrounded by four walls, he was destitute, the mountains and rivers were exhausted, he was destitute, he was forced to go to Liangshan, and in desperation, in order to survive, I had to take my two young children out to do business on this waterway!"

Yu Qijin listened, and only then did he dispel his doubts, and said "Festival mourning", and then patted his thigh and said: "Okay, this time, let's listen to Big Brother Bat, brothers, let's go ashore and do big business back!"

"Good!" was deafening.

............

Huanglongwan Wharf, located at the foot of the original Zhen Python Mountain in southern Xinjiang, Huanglong Ancient Town, there is a largest pawnshop, named "Futai", the owner Zhang Jike, thick eyebrows and big eyes, five big and three thick, about 30 years old, his subordinates, there are seven or eight guys.

Little is known, but in fact, the real owner behind this pawnshop is Tan Jiexi, who is the local prefect.

The prefect Tan Jiexi, greedy for money and cunning, scraped the ground for the common people, and his heart was still insufficient, and he secretly instructed his cousin Zhang Jike to come forward and open this pawnshop in Huanglongwan Wharf Town. First, by the way, the scavenged people's fat and ointment will be stored in the shop, and second, the money will make money, make profits, and make a lot of money!

With the support of the prefect Tan Jiexi, Zhang Jike and them are wearing a round-necked smock embroidered with a big "Fu" on the chest, which is very spirited.

This morning, as soon as the pawnshop opened, I saw a purple-bearded man walking into the pawnshop with a large leather suitcase with an extremely strange style.

Strangely, the Purple Bearded Man is not here to be a thing. He claimed to be surnamed Dai, and was a leatherman who specialized in making suitcases in the county town of Wanquan County, but because he accepted six unsuccessful apprentices, he actually stole six suitcases from his shop and fled to Huanglong Bay.

After the leatherman reported the case, he followed and chased after the two county yamen, and estimated that the six thieves and apprentices had no money in their hands, and they were very likely to come to the pawnshop to drop the suitcases for money. Therefore, he wanted to ask Zhang Jike to pay attention to it, once the six thief apprentices came to use it as a suitcase, he would quickly report to the Huanglong Inn where the leathermen lived.

Zhang Jike didn't want to worry about this matter at first, but the leatherman gave him ten taels of silver very generously.

After the cobbler left, Zhang Jike waited all day, but no one came to use it as a suitcase.

As the sun set, Zhang Jike was about to order his men to close the door, but he saw six panting young men breaking into the pawnshop, each carrying a large suitcase in their hands, and the style was exactly the same as that of a tanner.

In an instant, Zhang Jike's heart had a bottom, he deliberately bargained with six people, and secretly asked a young man to sneak out the back door and go straight to the Huanglong Inn to report the news.

After a while, I saw that the leatherman was still carrying the suitcase, with twelve black-clothed catchers, and under the guidance of the young man, he strode in.

When the six thieves saw that the master had arrived, they were terrified, lost their suitcases, and hid in all directions.

"Close the door quickly, close the door so that the thief can be caught!" shouted the leatherman.

Zhang Jike and his eight men, where dare to slack off, in three or two clicks, they closed the front and back doors of the pawnshop.

Unexpectedly, when they turned around, they saw the cobbler and the twelve catchers, along with the six thieves, all of them pulling out machetes, and the blades were aimed at their throats, and they were ordered not to shout or move!

Only then did Zhang Jike and the guys understand that this was the same gang of thieves, and they had been deceived!

The thieves stripped off Zhang Jike's "Fu" shirts, tied them with hemp rope like rice dumplings, and stuffed their mouths with rags.

After some tossing, the thieves swept away the gold and silver in the pawnshop, and all the suitcases were bulging, and then, eight people changed into "Fu" smocks, and the other eleven were all dressed in the clothes of the officials, and they opened the door, carried the suitcases, and walked away in a big way.

Needless to say, this gang of thieves is the one-horned bat and the eighteen ghosts of the Python River!

At this time, it was already the dead of night, there were few pedestrians on the street, and occasionally the county officials who patrolled with windproof lamps passed by, and saw them wearing "Fu" smocks and official clothes, and understood that they were the prefect Tan Jiexi's people, where did they dare to interrogate?

They all knew that every once in a while, the prefect Tan Jiexi would send officials over, and together with the people of Futai Pawnshop, they would bag the gold and silver softly, quietly leave the dock, and send them back to his hometown!

Nineteen men returned to the big ship, guarded by two small children, and placed the heavy suitcases in the aft compartment.

Yu Qijin took out a few plates of appetizers and a pot of old wine, and said with a smile: "Brother Bat, this plan of yours, taking things out of your pocket, hiding from the sky and crossing the sea, coming and going freely, is really good! It's still early, so let's celebrate!"

The one-horned bat readily agreed. Yu Qijin gave two roast chickens to the two children and let them go to the boat to enjoy them by themselves.

Nineteen men spread wine and food on the bow of the ship, and shouted five and six to drink.

In fact, the eighteen ghosts of the Python River are not willing to give the treasures they have to the one-horned bat at all, but they are afraid that his kung fu is good, and they are afraid that it will be difficult to subdue them.

In the morning, when they took advantage of the one-horned bat to go to the Futai pawnshop, they had already agreed that when the matter was done, they would get the one-horned bat drunk, and then kill it with one knife! The eighteen ghosts of the Python River pretended to be affectionate, and toasted in turn, and the one-horned bat did not refuse, and drank happily.

The moon was faint, the wind was blowing, the wine was drunk, and the one-horned bat staggered to its feet.

The eighteen ghosts of the Python River were about to make a move, but they saw that the one-horned bat had quickly manipulated the penny in his hand, and with a light touch into the water, his body flew up, and in a flash, he had landed firmly on the boat.

The one-horned bat stood on the bow of the boat, arched his hand at the eighteen ghosts of the Python River, laughed, and said, "Thank you for your help, let's say goodbye, there will be a date later!"

Then he commanded his two sons: "Sail!"

On the small boat, the sails were already hanging high, and with a "squeak", it rowed out more than ten zhang away, and soon disappeared into the vast night.

When the eighteen ghosts of the Python River reacted, they returned to the rear cabin and looked at it, all of them were stunned.

I saw that the seven leather boxes in the rear cabin were all gone, and a large piece of the side panel of the rear cabin was pried off!

Needless to say, it must have been the two sons of the one-horned bat who quietly launched the boat from the boat while they were drinking on the bow of the boat, and stole the suitcase without realizing it!

The grumpy Xu Lao Wu was so angry that he shouted: "Brothers, we have met the egg-chasers!"

Among the thieves in the rivers and lakes, there is a type of thieves who specialize in staring at the heels of other thieves and stealing the stolen goods again.

The leader of the bandits, Yu Qijin, calmed down, he sneered, and said: "Brothers, don't panic, hurry up and raise the sails, swing the oars, and chase after them! Lao Tzu doesn't believe that our two-masted ship can't catch up with his one-sailed boat!"

A word woke up the dreamer, and everyone hurried to raise the anchor, raise the sail, and shake the oar.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for them to see the boat. Seeing that the two ships were a few feet away, unexpectedly, a strong wind blew, and with a loud "bang", the mast on the left side of the brig suddenly broke, and the sail fell headlong into the surging river!

At this moment, because the sail on the right side was still blown by the wind, the big ship suddenly lost its center of gravity, no matter how hard the eighteen ghosts of the Python River worked, the ship would turn around in place, but it was difficult to move an inch!

The leader of the bandits, Yu Qijin, was shocked and angry, ran to the left mast to take a closer look, and saw that the mast was neatly broken, and it was clearly sawed by the two children with a saw during the day, leaving only a little skin on the outside to be connected, and the wind was a little stronger, so it broke off!"Grandma's, I'm so angry!" Yu Qijin roared loudly.

"Thank you for sending you off, bye-bye!hahahaha......" The laughter on the boat grew farther and farther away, and finally, it was no longer audible.

The eighteen ghosts of the Python River were thankless, there was no hope of catching up, they were extremely frustrated, they tossed for a long time, and they were all so tired that they lay down and gasped for breath......

After dawn, Zhang Jike, the owner of the "Futai" pawnshop, and his buddies were finally found and rescued, and Zhang Jike ran to the prefect's yamen in a panic and informed his cousin, the prefect Tan Jiexi.

After hearing this, the prefect Tan Jiexi trembled with anger, scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and thought: Nineteen thieves must have gone straight to the dock when they left the city gate.

At this time, Zhao Lei, the garrison in charge of security and thieves, yawned and made a suggestion, saying that there was a sailor battalion on the dock, so he might as well order them to chase along the Python River, and maybe they could catch up with this group of thieves!

The prefect Tan Jiexi knew that the matter had come to this, so he had no choice but to use the dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Unexpectedly, as Zhao Lei expected, the sailor battalion caught up with a very suspicious two-masted ship less than an hour after the sailor set sail for the fast boat.

That ship, I don't know what's going on, actually sawed all the brigs, and the wind-pulling ship has a special structure, and without the brigs, it can't row much faster than a duck.

What's even more conspicuous is that there are eight people on the boat, who are still wearing the "Fu" word smock of the Futai pawnshop, while the other ten people are all dressed as prefects!

"Bold thief, your end has come!"

After a fierce battle, finally, the eighteen ghosts of the Python River, which had been rampant for many years, were outnumbered, and they were all captured alive in embarrassment!

When the good news came, the prefect Tan Jiexi was overjoyed and personally interrogated the eighteen ghosts of the Python River.

Under the heavy punishment, the eighteen ghosts of the Python River confessed the truth, but where was the prefect Tan Jiexi willing to believe in any "one-horned bat", and he was ordered to be punished again.

The leader of the bandits shouted as if killing a pig in seven catties: "My lord, if it weren't for those two little cubs sawing off the mast, how could we sit still and wait for death?"

Prefect Tan Jiexi slumped on the Taishi's chair.

The eighteen ghosts of the Python River were soon sentenced to beheading. On the day of the execution, Yu Qijin, the leader of the bandit with the death flag on his back, suddenly saw Zhao Lei, who maintained the order of the execution ground, and his face was familiar, and his face, eyebrows, and eyes were like a circle of purple beards......

Seeing that the bandit leader Yu Qijin couldn't stop looking at him, Zhao Lei Shoubei smiled mysteriously at him.

The familiar laughter made the bandit leader Yu Qijin suddenly realize: "It turns out that you are ......"

However, before he could finish speaking, the executioner had already raised his sword!

The demon world is in turmoil, the Chinese people are not living, and there are many people begging, Zhao Lei opened a soup kitchen, free of charge, and saved countless people.

Seeing this, the prefect Tan Jiexi was very puzzled: "The surname Zhao has always been clean and self-conscious, with clean sleeves, where did he get so much money and food?" Before he found out that he was ugly, the imperial court rectified corruption, and the prefect Tan Jiexi, who was in the limelight, was verified and implemented, dismissed from his official position, and quickly sent the army to the battlefield of the human and demon war.

On that day, Tan Jiexi, who was in a flail and a lock, was escorted to the Python River Wharf to go north, and happened to meet Zhao Lei, who was recommended by the gentry for his meritorious service in governing the local area and because of disaster relief, and was promoted to the southern Xinjiang patrol of Zhengsanpin, and went south by boat.

Looking at the rowing movements of Zhao Lei's two naughty sons, and thinking of Zhao Lei's tired state that morning, Tan Jiexi suddenly realized: "It turned out to be you." ”

In fact, Zhao Lei garrison and his two twin sons Zhao Long Zhao Hu, is also the reincarnation of the three Eden angels who were ordered to save the world, they shoulder the heavy responsibility, punish the evil and promote the good, the responsibility is heavy and the road is long, over the years, the father and son have always tried their best to do the right thing for the heavens, for the people to eliminate harm, this time to get rid of the eighteen ghosts of the Python River, punish the corrupt official Tan Jiexi, is another masterpiece of their father and son, they do not disgrace the mission, care for the common people, save the people from fire and water, subdue demons and monsters, and show their gods.

Seeing the embarrassed end of the corrupt official Tan Jiexi, the father and son laughed......

As soon as the sail was gone, the sails hanging high resembled the wings of a bat!