When I arrived at the city gate, I found that not only was the gate closed, but a group of people had gathered, including the gatekeepers and some big men whose backgrounds I didn't know.
The two of them felt guilty and hid in a dark alley not far from the city gate and sat down.
Kou Zhong took out the bag of money he had snatched and counted the harvest with his golden eyes by the light of the torches hidden by the city gate.
Xu Ziling drew out his long sword and played with it lovingly.
After Kou Zhong ordered it twice, he said overjoyed: "It's a great trip today. There are about twenty taels of silver in total. Not only is it enough for our travel expenses to Luoyang, but we can also eat and drink and visit his brothel for another three days."
Xu Ziling put the knife on his lap, looked at it in disbelief, and said happily: "Then you don't have to work so hard to steal salt, transport salt, and sell salt."
Kou Zhong cursed: "I really have no ambition. I am satisfied to death with just twenty taels. I still want to steal the sea sand. We will spend one night here. When the city gate opens tomorrow, we will pick up the goods and leave immediately. Alas! I hope I will be old."
Just don’t let anyone find out Liu."
Xu Ziling said distressedly: "I really wish I knew Qinggong, so I could jump over the wall. Ah!"
The faces of the two people changed, and the rapid sound of hoofbeats came from far and near, and when their scalps were numb, a large group of people galloped past on the road outside the alley, at least a hundred people, galloping towards the city gate.
After a while, I heard someone shouting: "Haisha is showing off his power!"
The other party replied: "Dongming is in trouble!"
When the two of them looked out, they saw a small side door opened at the city gate, and all the Haisha Gang members filed out on horseback.
They looked at each other, but after a while, several more people left the city, all using the same incision, and some of them just walked on foot.
Xu Ziling said: "The Haisha Gang will probably attack the Dongming Faction's ship tonight. Should we go and notify them? There are definitely not half of the Haisha Gang who are good people!"
Kou Zhong's eyes lit up and he whispered: "Do you want to go to Ryukyu? It's just that you are already very lucky to marry that little maid, come on!"
Xu Ziling stood up with him and said in shock: "Maybe people will recognize us."
Kou Zhong puffed up his chest and said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a child? Oh! Remember, it's the tiger's daughter, that is, the female tiger. How can I fight for the beautiful female tigers of the Dongming sect?
Shop, look! The city gate is still open, and we have knives. If we are seen through, we will rush out. All we have to do is walk to the beach, jump into the water with a splash, and with our Jiuxuan Qi**, who can catch us?
.Come on! Coward!"
After saying that, he strode over.
Xu Ziling had no choice but to go with him.
Just as we set foot on the road out of the city, we heard the sound of hoofbeats behind us and four horses galloping towards us.
Kou Zhong saw that the big men in regular uniforms were missing from the city gate, and there were only a dozen government officials staring at them fiercely. He couldn't turn around and left, so he turned around and greeted the four cavalry who were rushing towards him: "Have you left the city yet?"
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The four riders passed by, and one of them responded: "The eldest and second lords are behind!" and then they went away like a whirlwind.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were so frightened that they quickened their pace and shouted to the government officials from a distance, "Haisha is showing off its power!"
One of the soldiers smiled and said: "You two young boys are learning to work like others. Do you think your life will be long?"
The soldiers burst into laughter.
Another soldier asked: "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you?"
Kou Zhong slapped his long knife and said with a rough and arrogant attitude: "The second master is our grandpa, and Xie Feng is our godfather. He only accepted us last month."
When the soldiers saw that he had a way to come, they would let them out of the city if they did not stop him.
The two were overjoyed and hurried out of the city.
Fang stepped out of the city gate and immediately cried out in his heart.
It turned out that there were several large groups of people gathered in the dark outside the city gate, at least nearly a thousand people.
Since they neither lit the torch nor made any noise, the two of them realized after leaving the city that they could not escape.
Someone shouted: "Haisha is showing off his power!"
They both replied at the same time: "Dongming is in trouble!"
A big man came over and asked in a low voice: "The one from the hall."
Kou Zhong gritted his teeth and said: "Yu Hang takes the helm!"
The big man did not doubt that he was there, and pointed to a group of people and said: "Tie a red scarf on and stand there, the dragon head is coming soon!"
Xu Ziling saw him handing two pieces of red cloth and hurriedly took them.
When they arrived at the Yuhang group, they pretended to be tied up with red scarves, lowered their heads and arrived at the end of the group, so that no one could see their flaw.
The few people in front turned around to look at them. They couldn't see clearly in the darkness and were about to ask questions. Fortunately, there was a rapid sound of hoofbeats and a group of people galloped out of the city gate. No one paid attention to them anymore.
The leader was a big man like an iron tower, and because the two people on his left and right were holding torches high, everyone could see clearly.
This man looked majestic, with two axes stuck on his back, and his eyes were like copper bells. With a glance, everyone including Kou and Xu felt that he seemed to be seeing themselves alone.
Others have their own characteristics, among them there is a very beautiful nun, whose large robes are blown close to her body by the sea breeze, revealing her beautiful and attractive curves.
Tan Yong was also one of them, but since he was at the end of the queue, it seemed that everyone else had a higher status than him.
The big man arrived between his subordinates who were lined up on both sides, made a small circle on his horse, and stopped.
All the Haisha Gang members drew their weapons and paid tribute.
Kou Zhong raised his sword in a gesture, and took the opportunity to approach Xu Ziling's ear and said: "This dragon head seems to be much higher than the two masters like us. If you have the chance, just run away and ignore everything."
Seeing such momentum, Xu Ziling felt extremely guilty and could not help but nod.
The leader of the Haisha Gang reined in his horse and stopped, shouting: "We, the Haisha Gang, are on this trip to work for Yu Wenhua and Mr. Yu. Not to mention, the remuneration is generous, and there are other benefits. The way to win this time is to attack the opponent unprepared."
, leaving no one alive. You must do your best to follow the leader of the helm to do things. If anyone shrinks from the battle, he will be dealt with according to the family law. Everyone will be rewarded heavily when the task is completed, do you understand?"
All the men responded in unison.
This place is quite far away from the pier, and there is a bay across it. Even if you shout loudly, you don't worry that the Dongming faction at the pier will hear you.
Just as Kou Zhong was about to drag Xu Ziling back, he realized that someone on a hill behind was also shouting in agreement, so he gave up the action.
At this time, Tan Yong and another short man rode up to the group of people at the helm in Yuhang, whispered a few words, and gave the order to set off.
Those on horseback rode behind, and those without horses ran behind. Unfortunately, Tan Yong fell behind the formation and pressed the formation. They were so tired that they could not desert, so they had to set off with the main group.
After walking for less than half an hour, we arrived at the beach. There were already three two-masted sailing ships waiting. The place was at least three or four miles away from the docking place of the Dongming Sect's huge ship.
Kou and Xu bravely boarded one of the sailboats under Tan Yong's supervision.
After everyone got on the ship, they all went to work. Some were preparing to launch the trebuchet, some were making rockets, or raising sails and unmooring. Only they didn't know what to do, which was very annoying.
Just when he was frightened, Tan Yong actually boarded their ship. Fortunately, there were no lights on the ship, otherwise people would have discovered that they were fakes.
The two were panic-stricken, and when they were about to jump to the side of the ship, a big man stopped them and shouted: "Why don't you go to the bottom of the bilge and bring up the water and the mountain chisel?"
The two were startled and ducked into the cabin.
There were already more than a dozen people busy carrying the boxes up, and one of them said: "There is one box left, and you two are responsible for it."
The two of them fumbled towards the bilge, only to see under the dim wind lamp that there was no one in the bilge filled with debris, and there was only a wooden box.
Kou Zhong was overjoyed. He rushed forward and opened the box. He saw a sharp spiral drill inside, which weighed at least five or sixty kilograms.
The sailboat trembled slightly, unmoored and set sail.
Xu Ziling helped him take out the drill from the box, and invariably pointed the tip of the drill toward the bilge and started turning it.
Kou Zhong said with a smile: "As long as we sink this ship, we will have avenged everything."
Xu Ziling said: "Since this matter has something to do with Yuhua bones, we can't just sit idly by and ignore it. After entering the water, we will run to the deck and yell, and we will be able to break through the soil and sea sand gang and attack them."
Prepare it. Then dive into the water to escape, and immediately grab the salt, ha!"
The more they talked, the more excited they became. They turned the drill as fast as a windmill, and after a while, with a "wave" sound, they drilled a hole in the bottom of the boat.
They hurriedly turned the drill back, but when they were about to lift the box up, the seawater was already up to their ankles.
The huge ship of the Dongming Sect lay prostrate at the dock like a monster, with no lights around it. Only four small wind lanterns were lit on the bow and stern of the ship. It was lonely and lonely, and the light and dark were uncertain under the sea breeze.
There are thousands of ships along the pier, some are close to the shore, and most of them are anchored in the bay.
The three sailboats of the Haisha Gang quietly passed through the ship array and stopped about ten feet away from the giant ship.
The ship whose bottom was drilled had already sunk by about two feet, and the water was only a few feet short of reaching the deck. However, because everyone's attention was focused on the enemy ship, no one noticed it.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling hid in a very dark place on the bow of the ship, holding long bow arrows with greased cloth on the arrowheads, waiting anxiously.
Yang Yong ordered: "Enter the water!"
The eight men, who were donned in water and armed with broken mountain chisels, silently tumbled into the water.
Suddenly someone shouted: "Why is the water level so high!"
Knowing that it was time, Kou Zhong pushed Xu Ziling, lit the rocket, and watched the giant ship shoot away and draw two beautiful fire rainbows amidst everyone's astonishment.
Tan Yong shouted in shock: "Are you crazy?"
The two shouted in unison: "Hai Sha is showing off his power, Beiming is in trouble, and Hai Sha is not prepared to attack!"
Tan Yong rushed over and shouted: "It's you two brats again!"
Kou and Xu used their big bows as hidden weapons, swung them at Tan Yong, and at the same time turned over and dived into the water.
The pier was already filled with shouts of killing. The giant ship left the shore and headed north. It happened to pass behind Kou and Xu who had climbed up to the pier behind the salt warehouse in Haisha Gang.
The two of them laughed and ran to the back of the warehouse. When they arrived at the entrance, Kou Zhong held the iron lock of the warehouse with one hand and shouted: "Look at my internal strength!"
"Pooh!"
The lock pattern does not move in the wind.
Kou Zhong had no choice but to straighten the chain and shouted, "Hurry up and chop it with a knife!"
Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "What if my sword breaks apart?"
Kou Zhong said angrily: "If the knife is broken, you can buy a new one. If you don't make a fortune, you will be a pauper in this life. The Haisha Gang does not send out its entire army to fight every day!"
Xu Ziling chuckled, took out Kou Zhong's knife, used all his strength, and slashed with the knife.
"sulfuric acid!"
The iron chain should be broken with a knife.
The two of them were stunned at the same time, but they had no time to think too much. Kou Zhong pointed to the largest sailboat moored at the back pier and said, "Hurry up and rock that boat over. I'll go move the cargo."
They lived for almost eighteen and seventeen years respectively, but never were they more glorious than now.
Kou Zhong lay on the salt bags piled on the boat like a hill, enjoying the morning sunshine and humming the most popular ditty in Yangzhou, as happy as if he was about to die.
Xu Ziling looked at the long land bank to the left, and looked down at the water level that was about to reach the deck. He frowned and said, "I told you not to steal so much. Now even the sleeping area is full of cargo, and the ship is full of cargo." It's almost weighing me down, why not throw away a dozen bags!"
Kou Zhong was startled, turned around, hugged Yan tightly, and shouted: "These are just pieces of silver. If you want me to throw the silver into the sea, I might as well throw away my life."
Seeing that Xu Ziling was silent, he sat up again and said with a smile: "Xiao Ling, don't be angry, let's do this! When we dock to buy clothes and food later, let me see if anyone is willing to buy a few bags at a high price!"
Xu Ziling said angrily: "If you go to the coastal salt-producing places to sell salt, the ones who are willing to pay high prices must be lunatics and idiots like you. The difference is that one spends money indiscriminately, and the other regards wealth as his life."
Kou Zhong laughed, came to the stern of the boat, put his arm around Xu Ziling's shoulders and said: "Two brothers in the same generation, why do you have to lose such a big temper? Ha! I was a little greedy, but it was all for everyone's future imagination, how much money I could make. My son, we will have more happiness in the future. Maybe we can organize a rebel army and march to the capital to take advantage of the excitement of being emperor. Then wouldn't we be able to push the Yuwen culture bones out of the Meridian Gate and behead them to avenge my mother?"
He laughed dryly and said, "Look! This boat is so strong and it sails so smoothly."
Xu Ziling picked up the long knife, left his "embrace", stood up, stepped on countless layers of salt bags, and came to the foot of the sail. He stood with the knife in his arms and said with a wry smile: "Young Master Zhong, do you know how to sail a boat?" ?Now the sky is clear and the sea is calm, of course it won't be a big problem. If there is a storm and the ship sinks in two seconds, it's best if you don't compete with me."
Kou Zhong wiped his big head, pointed to the coast on the left, and said with a smile: "My clueless head has already thought about all these problems. If the weather is slightly wrong, we will go to the shore*, haha !I thought you were worried about something? It turned out to be just such a small thing."
Xu Ziling pointed at Kou Zhong with his long knife and said coldly: "If this ship suddenly lands, it will be smashed to pieces or it will never be able to sail out. You still laugh at me for worrying in vain."
Kou Zhongxian was speechless and said painfully: "How many bags do you want to throw away?"
Xu Ziling knelt down on the salt bag and sighed: "This is not the biggest problem, but if we follow the current route, we will eventually enter the inland from the river, and Yangzhou City is the only way to go. Then you It's time to tell who you met."
Kou Zhong pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and laughed and said: "How could my brilliant mind not think of this matter? When we pass through Yangzhou at night, we can avoid the official ships and avoid fighting with our cheap father." We met. When we arrived in Liyang, we got off the ship early, sold half of the goods on the spot, and transported the rest on mule carts as far as the hell, to complete our plan to make a fortune. Look! What a plan this is. Perfect."
Xu Ziling couldn't resist him, so he stood up and started practicing his sword on his own.
Kou Zhong looked at it for a while, then pulled out his sword and said, "Looking at you gesticulating like a little lunatic, let me, Mr. Zhong, play a few tricks with you!"
Xu Ziling said lightly: "I'm afraid I might hurt you by mistake."
Kou Zhong screamed: "You can hurt me, just wait and see!"
The knife in his hand turned into a cold light that even he himself could not believe, and drew toward Xu Ziling.
Xu Ziling didn't want him to be so powerful, so he used the "Strength and Avoidance" method among the ten moves taught by Li Jing to fight in bloody battles, quickly moved to the side, and then used his sword to block.
The two of them started fighting like that, and soon they even forgot about their moves, and they just had fun fighting based on their feelings.
I also forgot that the sun was covered by dark clouds and the sea breeze was getting stronger. I thought it was the energy brought by the blade.
What Xu Ziling was worried about finally came to pass.