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From Kaifeng to the east, passing through Dongming, Jiyin, Dingtao, a giant raft in the river to chop the waves. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it is made of bamboo, it still has heavy sails, cabins, and countless bamboo rafts, which are behemoths that sail in the Yellow River. At night, the lanterns on the raft shine brightly on the river.

Hong Qili stood on the deck at the end of the raft, his brows furrowed.

He is only 19 years old this year, but he has been the leader of the beggar gang for three years. When he was fifteen years old, Jiang was seriously ill, so he sent someone to take Hong Qili back to the beggars from Shaolin Temple. Hong Qili was born successfully, and with his amazing art career, he made great contributions to the beggars. The superb martial arts and outstanding work ability he displayed won the respect of Jiang Shiti and the other elders of the beggar gang, Jiang Shidi passed the position of the gang leader to Hong Qili before he died of illness, and also entrusted Yuexi'er mother and daughter to him.

During the three years, he was diligent and did not dare to slack off. Internally, he is diligent in helping and uniting people's hearts; externally, he is high-spirited, punishing traitors and eliminating evil, so that the reputation of the beggar gang in the rivers and lakes is growing, and he has faintly become the first big gang in martial arts, and he himself is respected as one of the rare geniuses in the rivers and lakes. Achievements in the eyes of outsiders are really nothing to him, and he is not satisfied.

He looked at the slowly flowing water of the Yellow River.

Two days ago, he was in Beijing to help out, but who knew that there was news that Yue Yu'er was missing. He rushed to Yue'er's house and listened to Ning Yifei tell what happened. First, someone attacked Yue Yu'er, but fortunately she was rescued by her brother Ouyang Feng, and they sent Yue Yu'er home safely; Xiao Fei saw that the door of Yue Yu'er's house was empty, so he thought that Mrs. Yue was at home. In the middle of the night, Mrs. Yue came to find Ning Yifei, saying that Yue Yu'er had not returned for a long time and had disappeared! On the same day, Mrs. Yue went out for a day and returned home very late, and she had not seen Yue Yu'er at all!

Knowing the ins and outs of the whole thing, Hong Qili judged that someone must have pretended to be Mrs. Yue and kidnapped Yue Yu'er. When he heard his righteous brother Ouyang Feng say that this matter might involve the Killer Alliance, Hong Qili felt a little strange, because the Killer Alliance has always collected money to do things, and it does not involve personal grievances. And the strange thing about this matter is that the Killer League has never only killed people, but they have never heard of anyone being kidnapped. It's a myriad of things that are puzzling.

Fortunately, the righteous brother Danqing drew a lot of portraits and handed them over to the beggars to help everyone inquire about the news. Soon, a clue came from the raft gang that there were two girls who had hired a boat to go in the direction of Juye, and one of them looked very much like Yueyu'er. Yang Liancheng, the leader of the raft gang, originally had some friendship with Hong Qili, and when he heard that his sister-in-law was missing, he invited Hong Qili to take the raft of the raft gang to the north to investigate. Although the beggars said that the eyeliner is all over the world, there are many halls, and there is no shortage of manpower, but Hong Qili considered the things on the waterway, after all, it is more secure for the raft gang to rely on the water to make a living, so he immediately agreed. Ouyang Feng also took the initiative to ask Ying, wanting to follow along to find Yueyu'er. Although Hong Qili felt that he was incompatible with this righteous brother, firstly, because of the face of his stepfather, and secondly, when he saw that he was doing his best to save Yueyuer, it was difficult to refuse, so they got on the boat of the raft gang and chased in the direction of Juye.

"Gang Master Hong?" a greeting interrupted Hong Qili's thoughts.

The speaker's voice is deep and full of energy. Hong Qili turned his head to look, and a junior in his early twenties walked out of the raft cabin with a voice, he was dressed in a red-striped robe with a collar, a dark green Fanyang felt hat on his head, and a pinch of red tassels sprinkled on it.

This person is one of the raft leaders under Yang Liancheng, Shi Ying, who is known as the "nine-headed Jiao".

Shi Ying said: "Gang Leader Hong, I just received the news that Miss Yue has gone ashore in Qizhou. ”

Hong Qili bowed slightly, waiting for him to speak.

"The portrait of the moon girl painted by the beggars, the raft gang has shown the boatman. The portrait was so vivid that the boatman recognized it at a glance, and he said that it was the youngest of the sisters, and that she had been lying in the cabin as if she were sick. ”

Even Hong Qili was surprised, the portrait drawn by the righteous brother was indeed realistic, like a real person, and this portrait was distributed to the beggars to the rudder gang all over the place. The six brothers came out together, and each rudder sent men! We will definitely be able to find out the person who captured Yue'er.

"I have ordered the boatman to wait on the shore, and when we go ashore, the Gang Master Hong may ask for it himself. ”

Hong Qili arched his hand and said, "Thank you Shi Da Raft Leader!"

Shi Ying hurriedly bowed and saluted back: "Gang Master Hong is too polite!"

Hong Qili thought to himself, this road was day and night, and it was not anchored, and the raft gang could still receive the news, it seemed that they really had a way to transmit information on the water.

When Shi Ying set off, Scoop took special care of Zi Yang Liancheng and tried his best to help. He has heard the name of Hong Qili for a long time, and after personal contact, he feels that he is strong and strong, not angry and self-assured, and he is indeed a dragon and phoenix among people. In contrast, his brother-in-law Ouyang Feng was a wonderful person. looks handsome, just like the characters in the play, but usually unkempt, no frame at all, fast talking, free and uninhibited, often surprising. These two people are still and moving, complementing each other. He couldn't help but think: That month girl is the pearl of the beggar gang, there is such an eyeless person in the world, who dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head, how can the beggar gang spare him!

After Shi Ying finished speaking, he went to the bow of the boat.

At this time, Chris also arrived outside the cabin. She glanced at Hong Qili and understood that although he looked calm and calm, he was actually quite concerned about that sister in his heart. Chris didn't want to annoy him, so he slipped on the raft and stretched.

Before setting off from Kaifeng, she told her little uncle about the story before and after, and asked him to send a message to Lan Yuanzhen and Zhang Ruoshui in the palace, asking them to investigate the Killer League. Listen to the two villains who attacked Yueyu'er say that someone hired them to kill Yue'er, and follow this clue to check. After that, she left the courtyard with Xiong Daiying.

When he was away from home, Chris changed back to a mix and match style of Western Regions clothing, which was more comfortable and convenient.

As soon as Shi Ying saw Ouyang Feng, he walked towards him with a smile, and in just one day, the two were already very familiar.

The two chatted for a few words, and Chris suddenly saw dark blue on Shi Ying's body, and hurriedly asked, "Do you have a tattoo?"

Shi Ying unbuttoned his shirt, turned his back, brushed his hair, and said with a smile: "But what about it?"

Shi Ying was stabbed with a dragon on his back, a nine-headed dragon.

The dragon thorn was so lifelike that it seemed to pierce the skin and fly out, and Chris couldn't help but touch it lightly with his hand.

The shape of this dragon is very different from Chris's impression of the Chinese dragon, but more like the dragon in Western legends. As soon as she looked up, the flag on the mast fluttered in the strong wind, and the pattern on it was exactly the same as the dragon tattoo on Shi Ying's back.

Chris said in his heart: Isn't the dragon exclusive to the Chinese royal family? Why does a raft gang dare to use dragon patterns? In fact, she didn't know that during the Northern Song Dynasty, the dragon pattern was not forbidden to be used by the people like the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Shi Ying's flower name is "Nine-headed Jiao".

Shi Ying saw that Ouyang Feng was looking at it seriously, so he said, "It's called Nine Infants!"

"Nine Babies?"

"It is a nine-headed Jiao, which can spray water and fire, and cry like a baby, so it is called the Nine Infants. Legend has it that it was shot by Yi in the fierce water of Beidi. "Although the Nine Babies are ancient divine beasts, many people don't like them because they are too violent. Shi Ying saw that Ouyang Feng was not disgusted, and he was very happy.

"Why is it red and five black?"

"The nine babies are the essence of the Kan and the two trigrams in the gossip diagram drawn by Fu Xi. Kan is water, water is dark, five of them can spray water, Li is fire, fire is red, and the other four faucets make good use of fire. ”

Shi Ying put on her clothes, turned around, and asked, "Brother Feng also wants to get a tattoo?"

She shook her hand and said, "I'm afraid of pain, but I've helped people draw tattoos." ”

Chris recalled that his uncle liked tattoos, and he said that tattoos were invented by Chinese, and she once created three words for his uncle that were particularly Chinese and not Chinese, and he tattooed them on the inside of his left arm. She then exclaimed, "This pattern of your tattoo is very complicated, but it is very handsome!"

The straightforward praise made Shi Ying's face blush slightly.

Hong Qili, who was standing on the side, remembered that Ouyang Feng also liked men like his father-in-law, and he couldn't help but shake his head when he saw that he was so intimate with men.

There was nothing to say all night, the morning light was slightly dewed, and the giant raft arrived in Qizhou.

The beggars were waiting on the shore.

As soon as they saw the helper, everyone bowed down together, led by Hua Ziluan. Hua Ziluan waited for Hong Qili to go ashore, then stepped forward and said: "Qiyu Gang Master, I have asked the boatman, he said that the sisters who hired the boat got off the boat and went to Qizhou, I showed him the portrait of Yueyuer, he said that it was indeed the little girl lying in his cabin, and the sister of the hired boat said that the little girl had a strange disease, and they came to Qizhou for medical treatment." I think Yueyu'er is likely to be drugged and held hostage. ”

Hong Qili asked, "What else is the news?"

When they got off the boat, they let the brothers of Qizhou rudder keep an eye on them, and the woman took Yue'er to stay at an inn in Qizhou. Lei Yigong personally led people to follow, and he sent back that the woman was cunning and fine, not like ordinary people. ”

Hong Qili said: "Let's go and capture her." ”

Shi Ying saw that the beggars were respectful to the helper, and he was doing his best, and said in his heart: 'The beggars help the disciples are all over the world', and in a blink of an eye, things have been arranged.

Hong Qili turned around and thanked Shi Ying and said goodbye: "Thank you, Brother Shi! Please tell Gang Leader Yang that today's matter will be reported in the future." ”

Shi Ying said: "Why worry about this little thing, I hope you will help find the moon girl as soon as possible!"

Chris also stepped forward to resign.

Shi Ying said boldly: "If Brother Ouyang passes through Shaanzhou, he must come to the raft gang, and then the younger brother will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you!"

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Yuelai Inn, Chris sat in the second room of Tianzi.

It was the one where the two girls lived.

As luck would have it, they had already left.

Hong Qili carefully inspected the room, and there was not even a single slag left in the room.

After a while, Hua Ziluan came in from outside and said, "The shopkeeper is here." ”

The shopkeeper of the inn was a middle-aged man in his forties, who came to Hong Qili respectfully. The influence of the beggar gang in the north is by no means ordinary, Qizhou belongs to Jingdong Road, and the shopkeeper naturally knows it well.

Hong Qili said: "The shopkeeper, I want to inquire about something......

The shopkeeper immediately smiled and said, "It's about the two girls in this room, I've already told this master." The names recorded in the guest book are Ah Yun, Ah Yue, and the two sisters. The older girl said that the mother and daughter depended on each other for their lives, but unfortunately her mother died of illness last year, and this year her sister had a strange illness, so she had to take her sister to Qizhou for medical treatment......"

Hong Qili interrupted him: "The shopkeeper knows it clearly. ”

The shopkeeper smiled dryly and said, "Hehe, the two little girls are out of the house, I am worried about asking a few more words." ”

"How sick is the little girl?"

"I looked a little weaker, and my face was a little pale. ”

"So, it's not that sick?"

The innkeeper nodded again and again: "She walked out of the inn by herself, and she stumbled over the door, and she didn't let her sister help her." ”

"When did this man leave?"

"Early this morning, I ordered two sedan chairs to go to the 'Bingxin Hall' opened by Shennongmen in the city!"

Outside the door, a slightly anxious voice: "Helper!

Seeing Lei Yigong running from outside, Hong Qili asked, "What's wrong?"

Chris knew Lei Yigong, and they had met at Daxiangguo Temple.

Taking a breath, Lei Yigong wiped his sweat and said angrily: "Helper, let's let that stinky girl play tricks!"

Looking at Lei Yigong, Hong Qili said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"

Lei Yigong hurriedly said: "That stinky girl is very ghostly, we followed the two sedan chairs all the way to Bingxin Hall, who knew that the two girls who came out had changed people, but the subordinates had been sending people to stare at the door, obviously seeing the sedan chair they were on with their own eyes, and there were always people staring outside the inn, so it was impossible to slip away from the door." ”

"What about the people in the sedan chair?"

Lei Yigong said stupidly: "I'm on the way here, I'll come back and report to the helper first." Now the brothers are searching the streets, but they can't find any trace of the stinky girl!"

Hong Qili waved his hand and didn't let Lei Yigong continue.

The innkeeper was shocked and hurriedly said, "These two girls ...... What the hell is going on?"

Lei Yigong was also angry in his heart, and shouted: "Our beggar gang has worked hard to arrest them, and now the line is broken in your place!"

The innkeeper's face suddenly turned blue, and he said in fear: "This master Mingjian, open the door to welcome guests, we don't know that she is the person the beggar gang wants to arrest, this is not the villain's business." ”

Hong Qili turned to the innkeeper and said coldly: "I'm curious, you are not close to the medical hall here, that girl has entered the city, why don't you live directly in the inn next to the medical hall, but choose you here?"

After a pause, the innkeeper said, "The prices of the inns around Bing Xin Tang are much more expensive than those of the small shop, maybe that girl wants to save some." ”

Hong Qili sneered: "You can live in this Tianzi room, you said the shopkeeper, is that girl a person who is short of money?"

The shopkeeper couldn't help but be stunned, and his eyes began to dodge.

Chris thought to himself: I didn't expect Hong Qi to be rough on the outside, but very fine on the inside, and he could see that the shopkeeper was greasy in a few words.

Hong Qili suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the corner of the roof, and said, "Ziluan, you go up and have a look!"

Hua Ziluan didn't say much, one of them got on the beam, walked to the finger of the gang leader and looked up, some of the rows of tiles on the wooden beam were messy and staggered, and it could be seen that they were put together at random, and as soon as he lifted his hand, suddenly a person came in from the outside! He fixed his eyes and saw that it was Ouyang Feng's friend Dai Ying.

This position is about a foot square, and a smaller person can just get in and out.

Xiong Daiying and Hua Ziluan jumped back into the room together.

Hua Ziluan said: "Helper, there is indeed a small hole in the roof, and the woman must have slipped from there." ”

The shopkeeper's face turned a little pale, and he said timidly: "Master, the hole has been there before, and it has been raining recently, and the shop hasn't had time to repair it." ”

Hong Qili sneered: "Yigong, you don't need to bring the people on the sedan chair here, bring me back to the beggar gang rudder, and interrogate them strictly, I don't believe that I can't find out the results!"

As soon as the shopkeeper heard this, his legs suddenly weakened, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted: "All the lords have mercy, the person on the sedan chair is the daughter of the villain!"

Hong Qili said sharply: "You recruited from the truth, and the beggars will naturally not embarrass you!"

The shopkeeper's face was dead, and he cried out: "The big boss spares my life, I am greedy for money, and I don't know that girl is a bad person." She...... She gave me a piece of gold, and asked me to order two palanquins for her, and then asked my daughter and Yahuan to dress up like them......"

"And how did they leave your inn?!"

She ...... They are hiding in the daily food truck......"

The woman who held Yue Yu'er hostage was really cunning, Hong Qili stomped her foot violently, and said hatefully: "Do you know where they went?"

"I ...... I sent them to the Emerald Palace. ”

"Emerald Palace?"

"There is a jade palace in Qizhou, and the two immortals of Fushou will have a big birthday tomorrow......"

Hong Qili said: "I know that Fushou Erweng. ”

"The villain has said a lot, of course the big masters of the rivers and lakes can save it!" The shopkeeper hurriedly arched his hand, and he continued: "My cook has a bit of ability, and he can cook a few bites that Shou Weng likes to eat, so he will go to the Jade Palace to be a temporary cook in the past few days! The girl said that she wanted to blend into the Jade Palace, so I arranged for them to follow the cook and go in with the food delivery car. ”

Hong Qili pondered in his heart: The two Weng Fushou are twin brothers, and they are celebrating their 70th birthday recently, and everyone knows it. The two of them are also famous in Qizhou, they are kind and generous, and they are righteous and squandering money, but why did the woman take Yueyuer to the Jade Palace?

The innkeeper trembled and said, "Big boss, please believe that I didn't blame you this time, it's true...... The villain really doesn't know that she has bad intentions, please lords, don't embarrass my daughter. ”

Hong Qili sighed: "That's it, you go down! Don't do such a profit-forgetful thing in the future!"

Lei Yigong's heart was on fire, and he lifted the shopkeeper's collar and dragged him out like a chicken.

Hua Ziluan said: "Helper, what should I do next?"

After being silent for a while, Hong Qili said: "This woman is tricky and slippery, I don't know what kind of tricks she is playing, but at present, we can only continue to follow this clue!"

"Then the subordinate will arrange it immediately!" he said and left the room.

Hong Qili turned around and glanced at Ouyang Feng, and said in his heart: This person had to come with him, but he didn't look like he had anything to do with him, and he didn't come up with any ideas, and he didn't plan to count on him anyway. He said to Ouyang Feng: "Brother, what are you going to do?"

Chris has seen the way the beggars act today, and she is also faintly aware of Hong Qi's impatience with her. So she said calmly: "It's better for us to go our separate ways, I'm going to try it in other ways, maybe I can have some eyebrows." Since they're going to the Emerald Palace, let's meet there. ”

Hong Qili nodded and said, "That's fine! You take Xiaofei with you, if you make any progress, he knows how to contact the beggar gang!"

"Good!"