Chapter Ninety-One: Blackmail
The next morning, before dawn, everyone got up early, and the place gave people a sense of oppression, and everyone wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Before leaving, Zhu Jiu lingered for a long time in the place where Wei Chida fell, probably to pay tribute to this famous legend who had never met before.
The three-masted ship started at full speed and was indeed very fast, and it had already reached the mouth of the sea in just four days. Yunyun was shocked by the scenery in front of him, and when he stood on the bow of the ship and looked into the distance, he saw only a white expanse, and the sea and the sky were one, and he couldn't tell whether it was water or sky. The waves crashed against the side of the ship, causing splashes of water to fall on the face, with a faint fishy smell.
Enjoying the infinite scenery of the sea, the clouds suddenly felt so small. Compared with the vast Yangtze River, the sea is more boundless and unfathomable, with the potential to swallow mountains and rivers, and the amount of encompassing all things. Looking at its breadth and profundity, openness and grandeur, Yun Yun feels that his mind seems to have become more open-minded.
The old sailors had become accustomed to it, and did not pay attention to the magnificent scenery in front of them, and continued to be busy with the work in hand. Lao Chen shouted: "Brothers, work hard! Rush to Chongming Island before dark, and I will invite everyone to drink!" Everyone applauded, and they drove the boat even harder.
In the evening, Chongming Island arrived. Chongming Island is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River and is known as the gateway of the Yangtze River. Its original location is the shallow sea outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, and when the Yangtze River flows eastward into the estuary area, the flow rate slows down, and a large amount of sediment is gradually deposited here, forming a dotted estuarine sandbar in the river. In this way, it gradually became an estuarine sand island, which has undergone more than 1,000 years of ups and downs from the outcropping of the water to the final formation of the large island. From a distance, the island is lush and green, and at this time there is smoke rising.
When the ship docked, Lao Chen specially instructed Yunyun: "This island is not big, and the population is not large, but it is extremely complicated. There were merchants, fishermen, bandits, pirates, and even pirates. This is beyond the scope of the Great River Alliance's capabilities, and we are careful in everything and try not to conflict with others. ”
Yun nodded yes and landed on the island with the crew. Zhu Jiuye was reluctant to show his face, and took the initiative to stay on the ship. Watching a group of people crowding around Lao Chen's familiar way to the tavern, Yun Yun did not join in the fun, but strolled alone on the sandbar to enjoy the scenery of the rising and setting sun.
As soon as the sun sank into the horizon, the good mood of the clouds was interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps. It was Lao Liu, a fisherman on the boat, who came to see that his clothes were torn several times, his face was bruised, and there were blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and he was panting.
After seeing Yun, he didn't say a word and ran away, shouting anxiously: "Brother Yun, let's go!" Lao Chen had a conflict with others in the tavern, and they were not only beaten, but also detained. You hide first, I'll go find the ninth master, I'm afraid I'm going to die if it's too late!"
Yun felt strange in his heart, Lao Chen, who was old and serious, had just told himself not to cause trouble, and in the blink of an eye, he had made a move with someone else, what was the situation?
Lao Liu replied as he ran: "There are more than a dozen people, all with guys." It looks like a water bandit, and a few of them are quite familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen them. ”
Yun suddenly stopped, took Lao Liu and stumbled, so he hung and fell to the ground.
"You go to find the Ninth Master, I'll take a look. After speaking, he didn't care about Lao Liu's repeated words, turned around and ran in the direction of the tavern.
Before the half-pillar of incense arrived, I heard a noise from afar. A loud voice shouted particularly harshly: "Damn, the one who dares to touch Lao Tzu." Say, where did that old guy go last time? Find out for me, or none of you will want to live! Don't inquire, who dares to oppose my black tiger in this area......" At the same time, there was a sound of fists and kicks and the screams of the crew.
When he pushed the door into the tavern, he saw Lao Chen and several of his crew members lying on the ground lying on the ground, being punched and kicked by a dozen fierce-looking men. A burly man with a tanned body and a swarthy body was bare-chested, exposing his palm-wide heart hair, spitting at the mouth and shouting loudly, it should be the guy who claimed to be the black tiger. And the guests in the tavern did not dissuade or leave at all, but pointed and even whistled with interest, obviously this kind of thing often happens in Chongming Island.
Yun came in and didn't attract the attention of the gang, because Yun was too young, and the long Sven was white. Others think that he is the son of a merchant, and he has nothing to do to come over to watch the excitement.
Lao Chen, who was being beaten, inadvertently raised his head and found that it was Yun who came in, and couldn't help but be shocked. Although Zhu Jiu did not deliberately introduce it, he also knew that this son must be a person with status. The scene is extremely chaotic now, and if Yun Yun is found out by this gang of thugs to be involved with his side, they can't afford to be injured. So even if he was suppressed and beaten, he had to reluctantly struggle to keep glancing at the clouds, signaling him to leave quickly.
The black tiger looked rude, but it was extremely shrewd, and he was immediately alert when he saw the expressions of Lao Chen and the crew. Staring at the clouds and shouting, "Stop, boy, who are you?"
Originally, Yun was slowly approaching seemingly unintentionally, and wanted to be ruthless to him unexpectedly, but he found out, so he had to stop and clench his fists and say: "This big brother, I am the employer of these people." I don't know what my crew is offended about, please stop, we can discuss everything!"
The black tiger grinned, revealing a mouth full of big yellow teeth: "It turns out that the gold lord has arrived." Then we have to get close. Originally, everyone was begging for a living on the water, and there was no grudge in the long days and no hatred in the near future, but half a year ago, several of my subordinates were seriously injured by them and an old guy for no reason. We happened to run into it today, and we have to settle this account!"
After speaking, he looked at the subordinates with a grim face, and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing? Look at the excitement! Did I tell you to stop?" Those subordinates shrank their necks and hurriedly continued to move, and their hands were even more ruthless than just now.
Yun frowned: "Then how do you want to solve it?"
Black Tiger sneered: "I'm the most reasonable. You see, seven or eight of my men are seriously wounded, and it costs money for healing, right? After cultivating for so long, do I need money? How much do I lose by delaying my work? In this case, you can give five thousand taels of silver. ”
There was an uproar around, this black tiger really dared to speak, the life of people in this world is cheap, and five thousand taels of silver is enough to buy a hundred heads.
Yun smiled slightly, without the slightest hesitation, took out a stack of silver tickets from his waist pocket, counted out five thousand taels and handed it to the black tiger: "You check, let people go now." ”
The black tiger was stunned for a moment, and his eyes turned red in an instant. Looking at the clouds is like looking at a mountain of gold. Just now, the lion opened his mouth, the original idea was that he was asking for a price, the kid sat on the ground to pay back, and the last dispute could make more benefits, but he didn't expect the other party to pay without fighting.
But with so many people watching, it is inevitable that people will lose their tongues if they change their words. With a roll of his eyes, he made up his mind to knock him again when no one was around. Otherwise, I will kill them all, and I will probably be able to rest for a year and a half after making this vote. So he laughed: "This little brother is refreshing! My black tiger has made you a friend." Let them go!"
Lao Chen and his men were let go, and they helped each other to come to the clouds. Lao Chen whispered with worry on his face: "Yun Shao, this ......"
Yun raised his hand to interrupt him: "Let's go back and talk about it." After saying that, he led everyone away.
The Black Tiger winked at his subordinates, and then a group of people followed them from a distance. The guests in the tavern knew that they wanted to keep up and continue to watch the excitement, but they stared at them viciously, so they had to sit down again.
Sure enough, not far from the tavern, Yun and his party were intercepted by a group of Black Tigers at the edge of a small forest. Yun was not nervous and smiled slightly: "What else does Brother Black Tiger have to advise?"
The black tiger was also stunned when he saw that Yun was calm, but greed immediately gained the upper hand, and said with a wicked smile: "I think the little brother is a happy person, as the saying goes, rely on your parents at home and rely on your friends when you go out." You see my brother and I have a little difficulty, and now I am too tight on money, I wonder if my brother can support my brother?"
"Well said!" Yun said calmly, "How much do you want?"
"Hehe, that depends on how many you have!" the black tiger rubbed his fingers greedily.
"Not much, there are more than 400,000 taels. I want to come and get it myself!" Yun Yun still smiled, unfazed by the black tiger's murderous gaze.
The abnormal performance of the clouds The black tiger has already begun to think, but when he hears that there is so much money, he can't help but have his eyes shining, and greed instantly defeats reason, so he waves his hand at the next hand. A big man walked over and stretched out his hand to grab Yunyun's waist bag: "Boy, take it!"
But before he could touch the cloud's clothes, his wrist was held by the cloud. I saw that the cloud exerted a slight force, and with a click, the forearm broke from it, and the white bone stubble pierced out from under the skin. Immediately after that, when he screamed miserably, he was hit by a kick in the chest, and the whole person fell more than two feet away, and his sternum was obviously concave, and he kept spitting blood foam.
The water bandits were dumbfounded. I didn't expect this seemingly weak kid to be so ruthless, and his kung fu was so high!