Chapter 265 (Insatiable)
The afterglow of the setting sun shone brightly on the surface of the river, and on the horizontal line where the water met that day, a rickety boat flashed, outlining a beautiful picture under the illumination of the slanting sun.
Everyone couldn't believe their eyes, such a beautiful scene appeared in front of everyone's eyes, they all thought that they were hallucinating on the verge of life and death, rubbed their eyes, and after being convinced that this was a real scene, the crowd couldn't help but burst into passionate cheers.
The ship traveled at a fast speed from far to near, but in the blink of an eye, it was in front of everyone.
I saw that it was a big red official ship, the size of the hull was better than the previous ship of the Black Dragon Gang, and there was a white sail hanging on the official ship, and under the white sail stood officers and soldiers wearing black soft leather hats, they were wearing blue clothes, iron armor and shoulders, and holding red tasseled spears, which looked mighty.
Everyone looked confused and thought, "What are so many officers and soldiers doing?" Before anyone could stop intercepting the big red boat in front of them, several officers and men on the ship had lowered their sails and anchored the boat, and docked the ship on the edge of the high platform where everyone was standing.
A man came to the bow of the boat with four square steps from the center, and saw that he was six feet tall, with a slightly fat figure, wearing a green robe and official uniform, wearing a black gauze hat, a black horn belt around his waist, and black soap boots; thin eyebrows and small eyes, a small square face, a short beard, he should be in his forties, and he should be a county official.
When everyone was looking at him, they saw him with one hand on his back, squinting at everyone, shaking his head while holding his beard with his stomach shy, and said loudly: "I heard that this place is the closest..."
Before he finished speaking, a figure who looked like a master flashed behind him, and he hurriedly pulled the corner of his clothes, and then whispered a few words in his ear, the county official's expression changed a few times, and he glanced at the people on the high platform a few times, and then arched his fists and arched down, and then said: "Heroes, heroes, this official is polite."
He saw that everyone looked indifferent and indifferent, and his face couldn't help but tremble, and he was about to be angry, only to see that the master squeezed his eyes at him, and then he laughed a few more times and continued: "This official is not beating around the bush with you, today I am here on the order of the peak, come here to collect the mineral treasures unearthed in my Ming country, and ask you to hand over the treasures you have excavated..."
Although most of the people on the stage were silent, they were glaring angrily, and their eyes seemed to be about to erupt into flames, and the county magistrate put away his arrogant look when he saw this, and couldn't help lowering his posture and continued: "This official is also acting on orders, and I hope you will cooperate with this official..."
Only halfway through the words, I listened to the crowd, and finally someone couldn't help but scold angrily: "Put your mother's dog stinky fart, what are you, don't say that we haven't found any treasures, even if we find it, we won't teach you this little dog official with sesame mung beans" As soon as this remark came out, all kinds of foul words were exported together, and the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the county officials were scolded all over for a while.
It's just that this county official's name is Chai Guiju, who is the county order of Jiading, relying on the fame of hard study in the cold window, and after becoming an official, he forgot his human nature and became a greedy and lustful person, who forgot his righteousness when he saw profit.
In recent years, the imperial court has fought a series of wars, flawlessly managing a small state and county, Chai Gui has intensified, doing whatever he wants to loot the people's fat and ointment in Jiading County, and forcibly buying and selling is like a bully on that side, and the people are deeply affected, and there is nowhere to complain about grievances.
Not long ago, he heard from his subordinates that there was a shocking treasure hidden in the Lingyun Buddha, and Chai Gui heard that the word "strange treasure" was greedy, but he also heard that many people from the rivers and lakes flocked to it, and he knew that those people who mixed with the rivers and lakes were living on the edge of the knife, and they were all outlaws who were not afraid of death, and they were afraid, but at the instigation of his master, Zhongsun Zhuo, he still used the troops of the whole county to rush here.
As the head of a county, he is a little smart, he first arranged a few spies, mixed into the masses to inquire about the news, after learning that the heroes returned from the treasure hunting, but were trapped with the feet of the Lingyun Buddha, he secretly knew that the opportunity had come, so he led the officers and soldiers to take a boat here, wanting to catch the heroes all, and then loot the gold and silver treasures they obtained.
After seeing the fierce and vicious heroes, he wanted to follow Zhongsun Zhuo's method and coerce and lure, but everyone didn't take him seriously at all, and he himself had not used his own means, but he was scolded by the "Diao Min" in front of him.
Although Chai Gui's position is not big, he is a literati, and he is used to being arrogant on weekdays, how have he heard these swear words, his straight body trembled like chaff, and he pointed at the group of heroes like thunder, "You... You, you, you" said for a long time without saying more than half a word.
Zhongsun Zhuo was also annoyed and angry, and jumped up and scolded with his hands: "It's the opposite, it's the opposite, you are all the opposite, you dare to insult the imperial palace, come here... The archers are ready to shoot these thieves to death with arrows."
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of officers and soldiers armed with bows and arrows flashed behind him, and the arrows were on the strings and pointed directly at the heroes, just waiting for an order.
Seeing that the group of heroes were indifferent, Chai Gui had a look of indifference, and the angry green muscles were exposed and shouted angrily: "Shoot me, shoot them, shoot them..."
Ling Xiao has been watching his words and deeds with interest since the official ship appeared and heard Na Chai Gui say the purpose of his coming here.
Just when Zhongsun Zhuo was furious, Ling Xiao whispered: "It seems that there is a good show" Wu Xie had already seen impatiently, and he didn't pay attention to the dozens of archers on the boat, if it wasn't for the fact that no one in the group stopped, and he thought about his identity as a monk, he would have already overturned the county officials and officers and soldiers to intercept the boat and cross the river.
At this time, when he heard Ling Xiao's words, he asked curiously: "How do you say this, the donor" As soon as the words fell, I saw a black shadow in the crowd suddenly jump, and a scurrying had jumped onto the official ship.
Chai Gui kept laughing, as if he had seen the crowd insulting him, and fell in front of him and begged to spare his life, but after a long time, he didn't hear any movement beside him, so he wanted to turn his head and scold his subordinates, only to hear a strange laugh in his ears: "Little thief, it seems that you have really lived enough"
The sudden voice, with a cold aura, made Chai Gui startled, shrunk his neck, and his laughter stopped abruptly.
He slowly turned his head, and saw a long knife with a cold light on his neck at some point, and when he glanced to his side, he saw that the person next to him was unkempt, and his right eye with a black eye mask loomed when the river wind blew, and there were four or five scars on his cheeks, his face was full of anger, and his clothes were tattered.
Chai Gui only glanced at the frightened soul flew out of the sky, his body involuntarily collapsed to the ground, showing a frightened look, pointing to the one-eyed man in front of him, his mouth opened and closed as if he was shouting something, but after a long time, he didn't make any sound, and after a while, he saw Chai Gui's mouth slowly stop.
The one-eyed man jumped on the boat and held Chai Gui hostage, Zhong Sun Zhuo saw it clearly, he was also frightened by the appearance of the one-eyed man, and the officers and soldiers beside him were also the same, the longbow in his hand was already full, but he involuntarily put it down, until he shot out, he didn't know it, and the arrow shot was only four or five feet down in the water, where was there still any lethality.