With a sad face, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling threw the twentieth bag of salt into the sea, so that the sea water did not hit the deck again.
Fortunately it was only a light heavy rain, otherwise the ship would have capsized long ago.
The two of them sat down on the salt packets exhausted, having lost the energy to laugh or cry.
When the sun appeared again, Kou Zhong burst into laughter. Xu Ziling naturally laughed with him until he burst into tears. It was so hard work.
Kou Zhong sighed: "At least we don't have enough money to visit the brothels twenty times. God is so cruel."
Xu Ziling muttered: "Didn't Master Bai always teach people to be content with their destiny? My Master Zhong, every drink and every peck has a predetermined decision. God has destined us to be short of these twenty packets of salt, so he will not leave more than half of them for us. us."
Kou Zhong suddenly felt a tremor all over his body, pointed to the back and groaned: "You are right, maybe God has destined us to be paupers, and even the remaining fifty or sixty packets of private salt will be ruined."
Xu Ziling looked around in shock and saw five three-masted ships just coming out of the corner of the bay. The tracking skills of the ships were obviously very good, and they were less than two miles away when they appeared.
Judging from their speed, it only takes one stick of incense to catch up with them.
The two first looked up at the Haisha Gang flag embroidered with fish patterns on the mast of their own ship, then looked at the five ships chasing after them, and groaned at the same time, because the flags on the masts of the coming ships were all of the same style. .
Kou Zhong fell down on the salt and cried out sadly: "It's over! My sea sand is over."
Xu Ziling pulled him up and shouted: "Let's go quickly! I'm afraid it's too late."
Suddenly, there was a sweet smile, and I saw a speedboat coming ahead. Standing on the bow was the pretty nun whom I had met that night. The rowers were ten well-trained strong men, who could row the boat very well. Sliding across the sea like an arrow.
The pretty nun shouted: "It's really too late to think of escaping now!"
When the two of them saw her wearing wet clothes and looking like she was going to get into the water at any time, they were so frightened that they couldn't care less about the sea sand and sea salt and jumped into the water. She was even more exquisite and embossed, which could make any man see it. The eyes were so suffocated that I had no time to appreciate it.
The pretty nun laughed so hard that her branches trembled, and she gasped: "If I, the mermaid, You Qiufeng, let you two boys slip through the net, my family will never go into the water again."
Then he threw himself into the water with an extremely graceful gesture, which was nothing compared to the embarrassed looks of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.
The sun shines like thousands of silver lines into the water, turning the clear blue underwater world into an infinite three-dimensional mirror.
Nun Yuqiu Fenggong focused her eyes and immediately saw Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling swimming desperately towards the shore a hundred feet away, while the bottom of the sailboat was like a strange dark cloud embedded in the high, dazzlingly clear water.
You Qiufeng swung her waist, like a wisp of smoke, and chased after him at least half the speed.
Among the Haisha Gang, a gang whose territory is based on the sea, her water skills are unmatched by anyone else. This shows how powerful she is.
She didn't understand why these two brats could hold their breath underwater. Without superior internal strength, this would never be possible.
But at this moment she had no time to think too much.
Gang leader "Dragon King" Han Gaitian issued a strict order to capture them alive at all costs.
At this time, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling saw the pretty nun chasing after them, but they had no way of escaping.
Kou Zhong was originally more than two feet ahead of Xu Ziling, but seeing the speed of the enemy swimming, he knew that he would soon catch up with Xu Ziling, who was not as strong as him. He gritted his teeth and waved Xu Ziling to go first. He held a long knife and turned around to deal with it. enemy.
How could Xu Ziling let him fight the enemy alone? He turned around with his sword and swam towards the enemy with Kou Zhong.
The two sides quickly approached.
When they were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat, You Qiufeng showed a strange smile, touched his back, waved his hand, and shot out a large net like an arrow, covering the two of them head-on.
They saw the big net coming over like a dark cloud, and when they knew something was wrong, they had already covered it with knives and became fish in the net.
The salt-stealing ship, like its owner, became a prisoner of the Haisha Gang. It was tied to the back of the flagship Haisha with a thick cable, and the sails were lowered.
The leader of the Haisha Gang, the Dragon King, Han Gaitian, Damajindao, was sitting on a special dragon chair. Behind the chair were seven guardian-level subordinates who followed him in his expeditions south and north. Their status was higher than that of the ten men who were widely distributed in the coastal salt-producing areas.
The helmsman of eight rudders.
His dragon seat was set up in a section of the hatch at the stern of the ship, waiting for the two criminals to be brought in for trial.
The Haisha Gang is one of the three major gangs on the southeast coast, with the same name as the Shuilong Gang and the Jukun Gang.
The three major gangs were suspicious of each other. In the past, they were still able to divide their territories and spheres of influence and maintain overall peace.
However, since the corruption of the Sui Dynasty, all the heroes in the world have joined together, and the three major gangs are also ready to move, trying to expand their power, and the struggle has become increasingly fierce.
The Shuilong Gang has always relied on the Southern Song clan, but in order to survive, the Haisha Gang joined the Yuwen clan and became a major minions of the Yuwen family.
The Jukun Gang is independent, but its power is not inferior at all. The most talked about thing is that since the previous gang leader Yun Guangling was assassinated, Yun Yuzhen, the daughter of Yunzhen, has managed the Jukun Gang more vigorously.
This beautiful woman, known as the leader of the Hongfen Gang, is extremely skilled in martial arts. She is especially famous for her father, and is known as the number one heroine in the southeastern martial arts world.
At this time, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had their hands tied behind their backs and were led in front of Han Gaitian. They were forced to kneel on the ground by the four strong men serving them, dejected.
The subordinates reported: "We searched their bodies and boats. They only had more than twenty taels of silver and nothing else."
Han Gaitian's eyes turned cold and he said, "Send your name!"
Kou Zhong shouted: "My name is Fu Zhong, his name is Fu Ling..."
"Pah! Pah!"
Two long whips were struck from behind, causing their clothes to be torn and their skin torn, and their facial muscles to be distorted in pain.
Han Gaitian laughed and said: "How dare you lie to me? One of you is called Kou Zhong and the other is Xu Ziling. They are both people who have been arrested and brought to justice by General Manager Yuwen. As long as you are sent to Yangzhou and handed over to General Manager Yuchi, we will
You will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold."
Standing on his right was the Chief Protector "Fat Assassin" You Gui. His body was as fat as a ball, and his eyes were thin and sinister. Hearing this, he smiled sinisterly and said: "People die for money, and birds die for food. If it weren't for these two
The boy was greedy and stole the whole boat's worth of sand, so it's not easy for us to get the thousand taels of gold."
The pain in Ninja Kou Zhong's back gave Xu Ziling an apologetic wry smile, and the latter whispered nonchalantly: "It turns out that we are so valuable, wouldn't we be able to get rich by selling ourselves?"
Han Gaitian shouted: "Shut up!"
When the two of them were scared to death, the charming nun You Qiufeng's sweet smile came from inside the cabin. She changed back into a dry robe, and even had a fake bun on her head, and seven or eight small silver hairpins inserted in various directions.
, very unique. She came to Han Gaitian with all her charm, sat down on his lap, hugged Han Gaitian's neck as thick as a tree trunk, and flattered her father: "What you lose in the east is what you gain in mulberry trees. Although this trip
Let the Dongming Sect avoid the disaster, but get these two valuable boys, and the gang leader can see Lord Yuwen in person."
Han Gaitian reached out and touched the pretty nun's plump buttocks, patted her twice, and said in a deep voice to Kou and Xu: "Tell me! Why are you two young boys so valuable?"
The two of them were deeply regretting it at this time. They knew clearly that the Haisha Gang was related to the Yuhua Bone Society, but they never expected that the Yuhua Society secretly ordered their gangs to hunt them down. If they had known this, they would not have been captured by mistake.
Kou Zhong sighed and said, "If the gang leader is willing not to hand us over to Yu Wenji, we will definitely tell you this secret."
Han Gaitian looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, gasping for breath and said: "Look! How dare this kid come to negotiate terms with us."
All the guardians laughed together.
Another protector - Dual Gun General - Ling Zhi said: "I heard from You Meizi that these two boys know the art of underwater breathing, but their martial arts are poor. This is very strange, and it obviously has something to do with it."
The pretty nun smiled sweetly: "Come here! Give me three lashes first to see how deep their inner strength is!"
As everyone roared with laughter, whips rained down immediately, at least ten times, until their backs, clothes, and flesh were torn, and they fell to the ground.
But neither of them even hummed.
When they pulled it up again, Han Gaitian said with emotion: "You two have strong bones. These whips are soaked in potion. Ordinary people can't bear two or three whips. In view of this, if you are willing to recruit them from the ground,
The gang leader may have other options."
Kou Zhong gritted his teeth and cracked his mouth in pain, and groaned: "Of course we are valuable for a reason, because we know the secret of Yang Gong's treasure."
The deck suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes lit up.
Han Gaitian gestured to stop his men from speaking, pushed the pretty nun away, stood up and shouted: "Let them stand up and untie them!"
The two were helped up, but the rope was cut.
Their clothes had been torn to pieces by the medicine whip, and there were streaks of blood on their arms. It was shocking to see them themselves. It was strange that after the severe pain at the beginning, there was no serious problem.
Han Gai, whose body was like a big iron tower, was still two or three inches taller than the two boys who had already grown taller. He came to them with his hands behind his back and said softly: "How do you know where the treasure of Mr. Yang is?"
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Xu Ziling replied: "My mother told us."
Han Gaitian nodded and said: "We also know this. It was the Rakshasa girl who rescued you. Why isn't she with you?"
Kou Zhong said sadly: "My mother was killed by Yu Wenhuaji, so we will never tell him the location of the treasure."
The pretty nun Yingying walked up to the two of them, reached out and pinched Xu Ziling's face, narrowed her eyes and said: "Gang leader! It seems that these two handsome little brothers are not talking nonsense. - King Mantian - once pursued the Goryeo Rakshasa with all his strength.
Female, it was said that it was an ancient jade that was pawned for her. We were still puzzled at that time, but now we should guess that this jade must come from "Yang Gong's Treasure"." -
Fat Assassin You Gui said: "Now these two little brothers are here to prove that the God chosen by destiny is the leader of the gang."
Han Gaitian said in a deep voice: "Where is the treasure?"
Kou Zhong regained his composure, and flirted with the pretty nun for a while, making her smile charmingly, then he said:
"The treasure is somewhere near the Guandi Temple in Yangzhou City, but it must be opened with a unique method, otherwise the treasure will never be discovered."
The pretty nun put her delicate body forward and pressed her towering breasts against Kou Zhong's chest, saying in a sweet voice: "If you don't tell me quickly, the gang leader will definitely not treat you poorly."
Kou Zhong obviously enjoyed this blessing, he closed his eyes and groaned: "If the gang leader is willing to give us ten taels of gold, then we will help the gang leader find the hidden treasure."
Han Gaitian said: "Twelve taels of gold is a small matter, tell me quickly!"
The pretty nun put her arms around Kou Zhong's neck, kissed his face, and said with a smile on his face: "Listen to sister and speak out quickly."
Kou Zhong said with a smile: "We are all people who travel in the rivers and lakes. As long as the gang leader takes us to Yangzhou City and makes a poisonous oath not to kill us. And then send us gold, we will open up the treasure house, otherwise we would rather die."
speak out."
Xu Ziling interjected: "The treasure house is densely packed with mechanisms, and the treasure house is more than twenty feet deep underground. Unless the gang leader obtains approval from the Yangzhou General Manager to demolish all residential buildings within a five-mile radius and turn over the land, there is no way he can enter the treasure house."
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Kou Zhong said: "Even if we miss a word, the gang leader won't know. Why don't we all be good friends and make a fair deal that we both agree on."
Han Gaitian gave the two of them a few words, smiled bitterly, shook his head and sighed: "You two brats don't do business, it's really a waste of you. Okay! I will take you to Yangzhou, but don't
If you lie to me, it will never end well."
Then he shouted: "Come here! Put them in the iron cage of the torture chamber."
When Kou Zhong heard the word "iron cage", he immediately lowered his head, took a sweet sip on the pretty nun's lips, and touched her hair at the same time. When he expressed his appreciation, he took out a silver hairpin and hid it in the palm of his hand.
The pretty nun shouted angrily: "Glutty boy!" and pushed him away.
At this time, his men came up and grabbed the two people's buttocks.
Han Gaitian felt relieved and personally escorted the two of them into the cabin, from the stairs to the torture room on the lower floor filled with various torture instruments. He watched as his men put them into a large iron cage in a corner, locked them and kept them for himself.
The key, then left.
When Xu Ziling stared blankly at the cage made of iron bars as thick as a child's arm, Kou Zhong reached out and asked him to look at the long silver eyes in his palm, and said: "I think Gang Leader Han is a good person."
Man, it’s best for us to cooperate with him obediently!"
Xu Ziling knew the opportunity and said: "I hope that when I return to Yangzhou, Yuwen's bones will not be caught. Alas! We know the treasure is there, but we don't have the guts to get it."
Both of them were extremely spiritual people. When they saw that Han Gaitian and everyone had retreated completely, which was so unreasonable, they thought that they would be eavesdropping on their conversation somewhere next door, and this was indeed the case.
Kou Zhong said: "Can you really remember clearly the method of opening the library that mother said? It's too complicated. Fortunately, your memory has always been better than mine."
Xu Ziling said: "I only remember the second half clearly. Alas! When my mother was dying, I cried so much that I was confused."
Kou Zhong said with a smile: "The upper part can be wrapped on my body. Three left and seven right. The bag will not go wrong. They paid a high price, so we should hand over good goods."
Xu Ziling lay on his side, stretched out and said, "Go to sleep!"
Kou Zhong lay beside him and actually fell into a deep sleep.
The big ship sailed at full speed, heading towards the mouth of the Yangtze River in the north.
The ship slowed down.
The mutation woke them up.
The wind lanterns hanging at the four corners were extinguished at some point. They should have been unable to see anything in this sealed empty room, but they still felt that there seemed to be a dim light coming from the wall, and they could vaguely see things.
They were very surprised.
Logically speaking, Han Gaida should be eager to reach Yangzhou immediately, so why would he slow down?
After sitting up, Kou Zhong stretched out his hand to touch his own back, and then touched Xu Ziling. He couldn't help but said proudly: "We have indeed become good at internal skills. We were beaten to pieces earlier, but now our skin is smooth and our flesh is smooth."
Xu Ziling whispered: "Is there someone still watching us outside?"
Kou Zhong whispered: "Suppose there is someone who can make you emperor, and you don't have to suffer much, will you send someone to keep an eye on him?"
Xu Ziling said in shock: "If we really can't escape when we get to Yangzhou, then Han Shaotian will tear us apart from our skin and bones?"
Kou Zhong took out the silver hairpin and whispered: "Let's see if we can open the lock first. Look at the many tools and sharp weapons in the torture chamber. With our superb internal skills, it shouldn't be too difficult to drill a hole!"
Xu Ziling sighed: "I know it too, but how can I not make any noise?"
Koo Zhong came to the small door of the iron cage, twisted one end of the silver hairpin into a small hook, and carefully inserted it into the keyhole of the lock. After a while, he made a "click" sound.
Xu Ziling was not surprised and skillfully removed the lock and put it in a corner.
After gently pulling up the iron fence, the two of them got out like dogs.
At this time, the speed of the boat was even slower, and the sound of rapid footsteps could be heard from the upper level.
The two were overjoyed and were looking for the handy tool separately. Xu Ziling waved Kou Zhong over, pointed to a stove in the corner for burning, and said: "If we light the stove and heat the soldering iron, we might be able to burn it silently on the bottom of the boat."
Burn a small hole out, and then when the sea water comes in, you can use the saw used to cut people to make a big hole and escape."
Kou Zhong patted him on the shoulder to express his appreciation. When Xu Ziling lit the stove with charcoal and tinder beside the stove, he took off his tattered coat and stuffed it at the foot of the door to prevent seawater from seeping out.
The boat was turning faster while on the road, and it was obviously turning sharply, as if it was trying to avoid something.
The footsteps above stopped, but footsteps came from the corridor.
At this time, Xu Ziling had put more than ten soldering irons into the stove. He was startled when he heard the sound and ran to the door.
Kou Zhong went to the other side of the door, made a gesture of showing no mercy to him, and gave him a false strike.
A man's voice came from outside the door: "What's the noise?"
Two voices responded: "No!"
The man said: "This is the warship of the Jukun Gang. I wonder if the beauty's gang leader took the courage of a leopard and dared to come to intercept us. The gang leader ordered us to go inside and keep a close eye on that kid. We must not neglect it, otherwise we will be threatened by the help of the gang."
Disposal according to regulations."
The two gatekeepers quickly agreed.
The sound of footsteps faded away.
Kou Xu quickly pulled off the clothes stuffed under the door.
The sound of unlocking was heard, the thick wooden door was opened, and the dim light came in, but it could not illuminate the iron cage placed in the corner.
Two people walked in without warning, and one of them said: "Light the lamp first!"
When the other person saw the burning stove and was shocked, Xu Ziling punched him in the head and immediately fell to the ground. Xu Ziling hugged him before falling to the ground.
Kou Zhong attacked at the same time and knocked another person unconscious. He also looked out and saw three people standing in the corridor leading to the stairs, looking towards him.
Kou Zhongren was quick to think, raised his hand to say hello, and quickly closed the door cabin. Fortunately, the lights were dim and his movements were fast, so the people in the corridor could not see his face clearly, but his heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of his mouth.
Come.
The two took off each other's clothes, tied them up tightly, and gagged them, and then they regained their composure.
The two men's money bags had already arrived in Kou Zhong's arms, and Xu Ziling took off the opponent's halberd and long sword. Although they were not as easy to use as swords, they were better than the terrible feeling of loss when they were defenseless.
Zhu Ziling took the soldering iron and put it on the cabin board.
There was a "squeaking" sound and burnt mud rising up like a cloud of white smoke.
After removing the soldering iron, a burnt red dent appeared on the hatch.
Kou Zhong went to seal the crack in the door again.
This time, Xu Ziling simply pressed three red soldering irons into the pit. More smoke came out and the cabin board became red.
The boat turned sharply again, and it seemed that the people from Jukun's gang were chasing her very closely.
There were faint shouts coming from above, coupled with the sound of footsteps, the situation became increasingly tense.
"puff!"
The soldering iron penetrated the bottom of the boat, and sea water immediately poured in.
The two cheered and used the prepared saw to expand the hole.
The sea water rushed in, soaking their ankles for a while, and the two prisoners woke up.
"Le!"
Kou Zhong cut off the wooden board that was sawed until only a small connecting piece remained, immediately revealing a large triangular gap.
The two still hesitated, so they first broke the knots on their hands and let them untie themselves, then slipped into the sea under the boat.
The Sea Sand moved forward quickly, and the bottom of the salt-stealing ship that followed appeared above. The yellow light of the moon shone on the sea, and then we realized that it was night.
Kou Zhong ignored Xu Ziling's wishes and dragged him upstream.
Unexpectedly, the speed of the boat was too fast. When the two of them surfaced, the salt boat had just slipped away.
When we emerged from the water, we were stunned.
It turned out that the five ships of the Haisha Gang were being besieged by more than a dozen smaller sailboats. Everyone threw firearms and stones at each other, and the battle was inextricable, and the rockets lit up the sky.
Kou Zhong looked at the salt boat getting farther and farther away from them, and was about to cry without tears. When he saw the wealth turned into water, the salt boat suddenly separated from the Haisha and slowed down. Apparently someone thought that the salt boat was too cumbersome and tied it to the boat.
The cable is cut.
The two were overjoyed and hurriedly swam over for their own happy future.