Chapter Seventy-Six: Hongjiabao and the Crescent Sect (2)
Lord Humboldt still couldn't fully believe that Lingyu Qixia could arrive on time, and Hong Feng comforted again: "Dad, you just believe Miss Ma, their beggar gang is very fast. Humboldt said, 'Oh, Miss Ma is a member of the beggars' gang. Hong Xia said: "She is the granddaughter of the leader of the beggar gang. Humboldt smiled reassuringly, "I'm relieved, even if the Jade Wizard can't catch up, if the beggars come forward, the people of the Crescent Moon Sect will not dare to act rashly." ’
As soon as this news spread in the fort, the whole Hongjiabao became excited, feeling that there was no need to worry about Li Jiazhuang and the Crescent Moon Sect coming to make trouble. Hong Feng instructed the kitchen to cook haode dishes, and brought haode wine from the cellar to entertain Tong Yunfei and them.
After lunch, Hong Xia and Chang Yue'e accompanied Ma Junlan to Linzi City, the three of them rode horses for more than 20 miles, and soon arrived, they walked to the grain shop opened by Hongjiabao, and the guy saw Hong Xia coming and hurriedly greeted him and said: "The eldest lady is here, please drink tea in the house." Hong Xia said: "We don't drink tea, you tie the horse, we still have something to do." After speaking, he left with Hong Xia and Chang Yue. The three of them walked on the street, and after a while, they saw a teenage little beggar, Ma Junlan stepped forward and said a few words, and the little beggar happily agreed to take them to Linzi to divide the rudder.
Ma Junlan followed the little beggar to the rudder, and saw Kou Shouli, the owner of the Linzi rudder, and said with a smile: "Hello Uncle Kou. Seeing that it was Ma Junlan, Kou Duo smiled in surprise: "It's really a Xike, isn't this Miss Lan, when did you come to Linzi, did you come with the helper?" Ma Junlan smiled: "Grandpa doesn't know where to go and is at ease, I haven't seen his old man for many days, I came with a friend." As he spoke, he waved his hand and introduced him: "This is the daughter of Hongjiabao, Miss Hong." Kou Shouli said: "It turned out to be Hong Nuxia, Kou had already heard of it." Although they are locals, they have no chance to meet each other. When I saw it today, I really had a chivalrous demeanor. Disrespectful. Hong Xia said with a smile: "Lord Kou Helm has spoken, and Lord Kou Helm's name is also well-known, and it is disrespectful not to pay a visit." Ma Junlan introduced Chang Yue'e again, and she was polite.
Master Kou said, "I heard that something has happened to you in Hongjiabao recently. Hong Xia said: "I am very ashamed, I didn't expect that such a thing could also fall on Hongjiabao's head, it is really a trick." Kou Duo said: "Miss Hong doesn't have to take it to heart, there are many fanatics in the world who don't know the height of the sky, and they don't know how to turn back if their heads are broken and bleeding without touching." Ma Junlan said: "Uncle Kou." That's what we're here for, and I want to do something for you. Kou Duo said, "Miss Lan, if you are still so polite to me, it will be too angry, and there is anything I can do, even if I am told." Ma Junlan: "I want Uncle Kou to fly the pigeon to Jeju to divide the rudder, tell them to intercept a son named Zhang Lingyu on the canal, and tell Zhang Gongzi Hongjiabao to come quickly." ’
Kou Shouli said: "Could it be that the wonder man Zhang Lingyu?" Ma Junlan said: "Exactly, he is my eldest brother." The master said: "It turns out that they are all my own people, and this matter is easy to do, so I will immediately release the pigeon and inform the helmsman of Jeju branch Nie Changfeng." Hong Xia said: "Hong Xia has thanked Master Kou Helm first." "It's all your own friends, why be polite, you sit down for a while and I'll go and take care of things." Ma Junlan said: "Uncle Kou." Then you can get busy first, and we won't bother. The Kou Duo said, "Miss Lan." You've come all the way to Linzi, so you have to have dinner here. Ma Junlan said: "Uncle Kou, I will come to disturb when I have time in the future." The Lord said, 'If you really have something, I won't force you to stay.' The three of them said goodbye to the helmsman and left the beggar gang to divide the rudder in Linzi, and walked on the street without looking at the scenery of the market, so the three of them rode back to the village.
The helmsman soon released the pigeons. As the saying goes: 'It is better to walk than to run, and to run cannot catch up with what flies.' The little pigeon is faster than Maxima, but unfortunately he can't take people, otherwise Maxima will be unemployed.
At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, Nie Changfeng, the helmsman of the Jeju branch of the beggar gang, received a flying pigeon from the helmsman of Kou, and when he saw that the letter said that it was entrusted by the granddaughter of the Ma gang master, Miss Lan, how dare the Nie gang leader slack off, if it was really wrong, it would not be easy to explain to the Ma gang leader. Lord Nie hurriedly sent an order to send more people to the canal wharf, as long as the ships coming from the south should be carefully inspected and inquired, and as long as they saw the young man, they would go up and inquire. A few people inquired on the wharf, and a few hired a small boat to inquire in the river, and all the boats that continued to go north without the wharf approached and asked, 'Have you seen Zhang Lingyu?'
Zhang Lingyu's boat arrived at the Jeju wharf in the evening, and Liu Bao said: "Zhang Gongzi, there is the Jeju wharf in front, should we continue to move forward or dock at the wharf." Lingyu said, "Dock at the dock, I want to ride a horse faster by land, maybe my friend is really in trouble." Liu Bao said: "Uncle Xu, let's dock the boat at the dock." As soon as the boat approached the dock, a beggar came up to Liu Baodao and asked, "Boss, do you know Zhang Lingyu?" Liu Bao was stunned when he heard this, and then paused: "You Weishenme asked so, is there anything wrong with him?" The beggar said happily: "So Zhang Lingyu is on your boat." ’
Zhang Lingyu and Hao Yan also heard it, and Hao Yan said, "Big brother, there seems to be someone looking for you outside." Lingyu said: "The beggars won't look for someone with the same name as me." As he spoke, he packed up his baggage and walked out of the cabin, when several beggars came around, and saw a handsome young man and a beautiful woman walking out, and a middle-aged beggar stepped forward and said, "Childe, are you Zhang Lingyu?" Lingyu said: "It's here, I don't know what you're looking for me." But I thought to myself, 'Could it be that there is something wrong with my little sister, otherwise there would be so many beggars looking for me.' The middle-aged beggar said: "We can be regarded as finding the son, we have been looking for you for a day, we don't know what to look for you, it was the Nie Helmsman who asked us to find it, saying that there is an urgent matter, please follow us to the helmsman and then we will know." ’
After hearing this, Zhang Lingyu said to Liu Bao: "Brother Liu, you can go back tomorrow, help me xiexie, and I will also take care of you two all the way." After speaking, he took out twenty taels of silver and gave it to Liu Baodao: "You can take this and buy wine to drink." Liu Bao said: "How dare we ask for Zhang Gongzi's silver, if we let the helper know, we have to pick up my skin." Lingyu said: "You just say that I have to give it, and Gang Leader Liu will not blame you." Liu Bao had no choice but to accept it and thank him.
Zhang Lingyu said goodbye to Liu Bao and Xu Qiang, got off the boat, walked to a few beggars, and said to the middle-aged beggar: "Please take me to see your helmsman." The middle-aged beggar said, "Please let Mr. Zhang go with me." He turned his face to the beggars and said, "A few of you go and inform the others to come back, just say that Zhang Gongzi has been found." After the middle-aged beggar finished speaking, he took Lingyu and Hao Yan to the Jeju beggar gang and went to the rudder. (To be continued......)