Chapter 101: The Old Reunion
Xiao Jinyan didn't expect that the nameless sword technique taught by Li Jinhua was so powerful, and that knife was just a natural reaction when he dismantled the moves with Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang in the past few days, and as a result, he took Zhang Jinshui's head with one sword.
Of course, there is an element of Zhang Jinshui underestimating the enemy, but the strange angle of this knife, the judgment and grasp of the timing are also just right.
If it is one point faster, the wooden knife will be split with Zhang Jinshui's ghost head knife, and the wooden knife will not be cheap against the steel knife.
If he slows down a minute, Zhang Jinshui can change his breath, and he can calmly change his moves, so as to avoid this fatal blow.
The position where his knife appeared happened to be when Zhang Jinshui's knife was exhausted and unstable, as if Zhang Jinshui was wielding a big knife and hitting the wooden knife by inertia.
Everything, mysterious.
Everything, in the millimeter.
Zhao Lanjiang is a master of using a knife, the layman looks at the excitement, the layman looks at the doorway, even he is amazed by this knife, and can't help but praise: "Good knife!"
The jade-faced cat Tu Qianjiao looked solemn, looking at Xiao Jinyan, she didn't see through Xiao Jinyan's martial arts, she originally thought that she was an ordinary martial artist in the Xuan Realm, but Zhang Jinshui's death was too sudden, which made her overwhelmed. What's more, behind Xiao Jinyan, there are also Zhao Lanjiang and Li Chengcheng.
Behind the screen, Xu Junshi whispered a few words to Fan Xiaoxing, and the scarface butcher Fan Xiaoxing walked out, shook his head at Tu Qianjiao, and said: "Our husband thinks that tonight's incident is a misunderstanding, everything is because of Zhang Jinshui, since Zhang Jinshui has been ambushed, the misunderstanding has been resolved, and I want to invite the three of you to the back hall for a drink." โ
Xiao Jinyan put away the wooden knife and said loudly, "We are here to beg for wine, not for wine, let Old Man Li go, let's not violate the river water with the well water of Shanshuitang, and the rivers and lakes will meet again." Otherwise, killing one person is also killing, and killing a hundred people is also killing, and the beam is knotted, and we are not afraid of tearing our faces. โ
A trace of killing intent flashed in Fan Xiaoxing's eyes, if it weren't for Xu Junshi's orders, he would have made a move a long time ago, and he didn't understand why Xu Junshi was so afraid of this kid, but he was not ambiguous about the military division's orders, and said to everyone in Shanshui Hall, "Release people!"
Li Dazhun was supported and brought up by several people, only to see that he was injured all over his body, his face was sluggish, and he was obviously tortured.
Li Tingcheng and Zhao Lanjiang stepped forward to support Li Dazhun, and Li Tingcheng poured a true qi into his body, and Li Dazhun had some blood on his face.
Fortunately, Li Dazhun only suffered a flesh injury, and he only rested for a few days, and there was no major problem. Xiao Jinyan said to Scarface Butcher again, "What about the silver?"
Fan Xiaoxing said coldly, "Do you really dare to ask for the 300,000 taels of silver?"
Xiao Jinyan said that if you let Old Man Li come out, we will naturally ask him for the silver, but the one hundred Su Jin horses must be worth one thousand eight hundred taels, so we can't just forget it.
Fan Xiaoxing ordered someone to take a thousand taels of silver tickets and handed them over, "The extra few hundred taels should be regarded as an injury to Old Man Li." โ
Xiao Jinyan gave a thumbs up, "Go up." โ
Zhao Lanjiang picked up Li Dazhun on his back, and left Shanshui Hall with Xiao and Li.
Xu Junshi turned around from behind the screen, his face sรจyฤซn crane. Scarface Butcher was a little puzzled, "Strategist, why didn't you let me kill them?"
Xu Junshi asked, "Are you sure?"
Scarface Butcher said, "I join forces with Tu Qianjiao, and I am completely sure." โ
Xu Junshi said, "You are sure to kill them, but I am not sure to save the lives of the two of you." โ
Scarface Butcher is confused.
Of course, Xu Junshi would not tell him that he had already recognized Xiao Jinyan, and the news he got from Yangzhou that the Holy Maiden Dongfang Nuannuan had lived with him for more than ten days, and some rumors in the sect had already spread.
You killed Xiao Jinyan, if it is really as rumored, who can guarantee that you, a Scarface butcher, will live to see the sun the next day?
This thing has become a little tricky.
Fortunately, the saintess and the drunkard Ren Pengju were already on their way to Jiujiang City. All Xu Xu needs to do is to drag them down, and leave the rest to the saint to do.
......
Li Chengcheng kept simulating the trajectory of Xiao Jinyan's knife in his mind, convinced that he couldn't do this under the circumstances at that time, and asked, "How did you do that knife just now?"
Xiao Jinyan said: "Maybe it's luck, a thought flashed in my mind at that time, it seemed that all the moves of Zhang Jinshui's knife were reflected in my mind, and I just waved it subconsciously, let me do it again, I'm afraid I can't do it." โ
Zhao Lanjiang also said, "This nameless sword technique does have some doorways, but in a few days, I feel that the sword realm has been upgraded to another level." โ
Li Dazhun woke up leisurely, saw him lying on Zhao Lanjiang's back, and exclaimed: "Zhao Si, Xiao Da, Li San, why are you here?"
Xiao Jinyan stepped forward to comfort him and told Li Dazhun what happened in Fangcai Shanshui Hall. Li Dazhun is just a boatman who runs the rivers and lakes, and when he heard that Xiao Jinyan killed Zhang Jinshui with one knife, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and he said for a long time: "You killed Zhang Sanye, Jiujiang City won't make trouble?"
Li Chengcheng laughed, "Old man, what Jiujiang City looks like has nothing to do with us, at least Shanshuitang won't trouble us." โ
When Li Dazhun heard this, he was skeptical.
After Li Dazhun had an accident, Li Jinhua was already at a loss, and the three of them sealed her acupoint, making her unable to move at all.
Seeing that the three of them brought their grandfather back, they were surprised, happy and angry, shocked that the three of them really fulfilled their promises, happy that everyone was intact, and angry that Li Chengcheng actually sealed her acupoint. Before the three of them could speak, Li Jinhua burst out and cried.
Li Chengcheng stepped forward and comforted, "Master, we promised you to bring the old man back, why are you still crying?"
"The three of you know how to bully people
, I don't agree with me as a master from the bottom of my heart, yes or no?"
Xiao Jinyan and Zhao Lanjiang looked at each other.
Li Tingcheng was also direct, stuffed the wooden knife into Li Jinhua's hand, and said: "Master, don't be angry, our nameless faction is a hero, the two of them do things together, if you want to get angry, just send it to Xiao Da and Zhao Si, I said frowning, let them fight five thunders a day, and they won't die well!"
When Li Jinhua heard Li Tingcheng say this, he couldn't help but laugh and burst into laughter.
Zhao Lanjiang stabbed Xiao Jinyan, "Look, people's ability to pick up girls is much better than yours." โ
Xiao Jinyan said, "Isn't it better than you?"
Zhao Lanjiang said proudly, "I have always been simple, rough and direct in dealing with women. โ
"You are all God-men!"
Zhao Lanjiang mended the knife, "Where is it like you, answer shyly, grind and chirp." โ
Xiao Jinyan said, "How do you know?"
Zhao Lanjiang sneered, "A few fires, and your donkey will be all explained." โ
Of course the second prince of Lu would not say, but at this moment, Xiao Jinyan wanted to slaughter Baolu, he told Baolu not to reveal the slightest thing about him and Yuwenshuang, he didn't expect that this monk couldn't withstand the temptation of a few fires and betrayed himself.
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The story of Zhang Jinshui being killed by three young people in Yixiao Hall spread all over Jiujiang City in a day. Zhang Jinshui was powerful in Jiujiang City, and everyone speculated who these three young people were, who had the courage to do such a thing, and it was even more predicted that Shanshui Hall would not give up.
Unexpectedly, Shanshuitang was like nothing had happened, and even Zhang Sanye's funeral was not a big deal, and he was wrapped in a mat and buried in an inconspicuous place at the foot of Lushan Mountain.
All the affairs of Shanshuitang are operated as usual, but the owner has been replaced by Scarface Butcher Fan Xiaoxing, who is even more ruthless, and as soon as he took office, he drove several small forces who grabbed land from Jiujiang City at the shipping terminal.
After this incident, Li Dazhun didn't want to stay in Jiujiang City for a long time, and after replenishing some daily necessities, he was ready to set off.
Before the ship could lift anchor, a commotion was heard.
On the Yangtze River, four government building ships lined up, blocking the Jiujiang wharf tightly, the building ships are much higher than ordinary ships, each bow has two red-clothed cannons, black holes like two indifferent eyes, the second floor is a machine crossbow, the crossbow arrow bowl mouth is thick, the head is wrapped with angle iron.
Whether it's a cannon or a crossbow, it can easily destroy a ship.
A lieutenant shouted, "We have been told that there are ships smuggling contraband on the docks, and all ships are docked for inspection, and if there is resistance, we will be killed!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Dazhun changed. Even the Qi manager of the Hundred Knife Gate, his heart was worried, although the fine iron on his ship, although the formalities have been completed, but the government does things, has never been according to common sense, iron in the Ming Dynasty belongs to the control of products, private ship transportation, if more than a thousand catties will be punished according to the conspiracy.
The fine iron of this ship is 10,000 catties, not to mention that in the cabin, there is also a piece of coveted red iron on the rivers and lakes.
Xu Xianfeng looked at the boat and said to himself, "The person who came is not good." โ
Be careful to make a boat for ten thousand years, but often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet?
The risk of illegal goods is high, but the profits are also large, and these cargo ships will more or less carry private work to transport some salt tea and silk to the inland to earn high profits.
The officers and men also understood this, so they investigated it very carefully. If there is no war and the salaries of the officers and men of the Ming Dynasty are extremely low, they will not be able to let go of a raid on the occasion of a raid, which is a great opportunity to fish for oil and water? If they encounter a Jiangyang thief who is wanted by the government, it will be a great achievement.
Even if you abide by the law and there are no contraband on board, but you are always overweight and overloaded, or the ship is incomplete, forget the annual inspection, don't say anything, detain the ship for a month, and the boat will run in vain.
Xiao Jinyan saw that some of the ship's helmsmen, taking advantage of people's inattention, began to send favors to the officials, and then paid a few careful words, which was almost the same, and let the matter go.
Suddenly, on the next boat, several people abandoned the boat and fled.
If you see an official, you will flee, and you will either be a bandit or a thief.
The lieutenant shouted again and again, dozens of arrows were shot into the river, and three people could not dodge, they were shot into hedgehogs, and the blood stained the river red, and then it was diluted by the river water coming from upstream.
An officer and soldier said with a smile, "Captain Niu, several major cases in our city have been solved again, and you have to treat you in heaven and earth at night." โ
The captain surnamed Niu was very proud, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." โ
Li Dazhun's face was pale, Qi Baihu walked over and said, "Boatman, the things on this ship are extremely important, if something happens, no one can hold it, and it will be inspected later. โ
Not long after, Captain Niu led a few bandit ruffians to this ship, and as soon as Captain Niu got on the boat, he slashed his waist knife to the side of the ship, and went into the wood for three points.
"Who's in charge here?"
Li Dazhun is just a boatman running boats on the rivers and lakes, where has he seen such a momentum, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and said, "Yes...... It's ......"
Captain Niu was very satisfied with the performance of the boatman, he had only been in office for a long time, and he was still in the stage of enjoying this kind of prestige.
"What's on board?"
Li Dazhun: "Yes...... It's ......"
Captain Niu said angrily, what is it not, I don't think it will be an illegal item in the Daming Shipping Regulations, right?
Seeing this, Xiao Jinyan took a few steps forward and said, "This official, our boat runs the river all the year round, and the boat is filled with just some dead fish and rotten shrimp, and he eats on the Xunyang River. โ
Seeing that Xiao Jinyan was smiling but not smiling, Captain Niu felt that he was laughing at himself, and his face sank.
"Dead fish and rotten shrimp, open it and take a look!"
Xiao Jinyan glanced at Li Dazhun for a while, and Li Dazhun handed over a small bag that had been prepared, "Official...... Official, this is a little bit of our meaning, so we should drink tea for the official. โ
Captain Niu weighed it, about ten taels, and said in his heart that it was about the same, but he said, "In broad daylight, you dare to bribe the officials of the imperial court, what a ...... What a ......."
He said two "really" in a row, and then put the bag in his arms, "Don't take it as an example!"
The ship was not checked, and left with all the officers and soldiers.
Qi Baihu breathed a sigh of relief, took out a piece of silver, and said, "Thank you." We'll make up for the money you just gave. โ
Li Dazhun waved his hand, "A few hundred copper coins, no need, no need." โ
Qi Baihu was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that he wanted something bad. Sure enough, when I looked up, I saw Captain Niu coming over angrily, throwing the bag to the ground, and the copper plates were scattered all over the ground.
"Check!
Qi Baihu stepped forward, and the ingot of silver was sent over, "It was a misunderstanding just now, a misunderstanding!"
Captain Niu was willing to listen, rolled his eyes, and said, "Hundreds of copper plates, and invite us to tea, it's not enough to drink urine!"
Zhao Lanjiang was jealous and hateful, and he hated this kind of bullying and bullying the most in his life, he said coldly, "If you want to drink urine, Lao Tzu can do enough!"
Captain Niu was furious when he heard this, on Lao Tzu's territory, you still argued with Lao Tzu, and shouted to his subordinates, "The boat is detained, give me this kid, how do I think it, this kid is like the murderer of those corpse crushing cases in Jiujiang City!"
All the officers and soldiers made an uproar, drew their blades, and surrounded Zhao Lanjiang. Xiao Jinyan was stiff when he saw it, and came out to play a round, "Zhao Si, this is your fault, Captain Niu is a distinguished guest, you actually said such a thing, and you still don't apologize?"
Zhao Lanjiang looked at Xiao Jinyan, "You and I, friends!"
Xiao Jinyan knocked on his head, "It's all here, how can you just drink urine, how can you fry a few plates of urine?"
When Captain Niu heard this, what about your fucking pastime, "Why are you still stunned, do it!"
Before he could make a move, Zhao Lanjiang's figure flashed, one punch at a time, knocking everyone to the ground one by one, and stepping on Captain Niu under his feet with another kick.
Captain Niu was face down, annoyed and angry, these guys dared to beat the court officials, this was clearly the rhythm of rebellion, he scolded, "You are doomed." Do you know who I am?"
"I don't know. โ
"Do you know who my brother-in-law is?"
"It's not me anyway!"
"My brother-in-law is Lord Zhou Yuan, the new prefect of Jiujiang City, if you know each other, let me go quickly. โ
Zhao Lanjiang was slightly strained under his feet, and the painful Captain Niu cried and shouted, "Light, light, it hurts!"
"Who is your brother-in-law?"
"It's you, it's you!"
At this time, someone shouted, "Who is making trouble here?" Everyone looked at each other, and a partial general led his troops towards this side.
The general's face was dark, and he walked with a limp, but there was a murderous aura in his demeanor.
When Xiao Jinyan first met Zhao Lanjiang, Zhao Lanjiang also had this murderous aura on him.
Zhao Lanjiang let go of his feet, Captain Niu got up, saw the person coming, hurriedly stepped forward, pointed at Zhao Lanjiang and said, "General Song, when I was inspecting, I found that this person is the main culprit in the corpse shredding case in the city, just now I was fighting with him for three hundred rounds, if you are late for a while, I will definitely be able to catch him!"
General Song had already looked at Captain Niu's cowardice, this originally inconspicuous city gate pawn and a rag-skinned scoundrel, relying on giving his sister to the newly arrived Zhou Governor's Mansion as a concubine, was promoted to three levels in a row, and became his deputy, making the entire Jiujiang garrison a miasma, his heart was full of contempt, and said: "But how can I see you being trampled under his feet?"
Captain Niu said, "The general doesn't know, there is a way of fighting in our hooligan world, called a kind of beating me to death, if he can't kill me, he will obediently follow me." โ
General Song sneered, "It's really an eye-opener." Since there is nothing to do, I will go first. โ
Captain Niu even said, "Don't, it's all here." He pointed at Zhao Lanjiang, "General, this kid has a bad stomach, I mentioned you to him, and he laughed at you for being a cripple!"
He knew that this Song general was strong in martial arts, and he was wounded in an operation, lame, and transferred to Jiujiang City as a garrison general. This General Song has a short temper, and he hates others to talk about his leg the most, and he is furious when he hears it, "There is such a thing?"
"Of course!" said Captain Niu, "and he said that if he saw you, he would break your other leg, no, both legs!"
This Niu Lieutenant was originally a ruffian in Xunyang City, who did not learn and did not know how to do it in the city, fought cocks and drank all day long, and mixed in the Qinglou Casino.
General Song stepped forward and came to Zhao Lanjiang. "You turn around!"
Zhao Lanjiang was originally facing away from General Song, but when he heard the other party's shout, he didn't move, sighed, and asked, "Old ghost, now that it's raining, is your leg still sick?"
When General Song heard the word "old ghost", he was shocked, how many years have passed, no one has called him that.
He looked at Zhao Lanjiang's back, and couldn't close his mouth in surprise, it was this person who pulled himself back from the ghost gate, and he didn't expect to meet here again today.
Captain Niu said: "General, he calls you an old ghost!"
"Smack!"
A slap in the face of Captain Niu knocked him out of the eye.
General Song's eyes were red, he knelt on one knee and gave a Ming military salute to Zhao Lanjiang, "Song Dachun, the Fengzi battalion of the Western Army of the Ming Dynasty, see the guerrilla general!"