Xu Ziling ran up a hill and saw Kou Zhong at the foot of the hill. The guy had taken off his shorts and was biting a steel knife he got from nowhere. He was immersing himself in a clear stream to wash away the blood stains on his body.
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Under the moonlight, his skin shone brightly, and his perfect figure was like a newly grown leopard, full of strength and some kind of extraordinary beauty that was in line with heaven.
He looked focused, as if he was not aware of Xu Ziling's arrival. He suddenly raised his head and looked at him, grinning as brightly as the sun and full of charming charm. The knife on his mouth fell on his hand, and with a wave of his hand, he inserted it into the stream.
The trunk of a big tree nearby.
Xu Ziling jumped up and sat on a large rock protruding from the stream in front of Gao Zhong. He stared at the still trembling handle of the knife and said nothing.
Kou Zhong immersed his whole head in the cold stream, drank a few sips, then stretched out his head and splashed his face with water, sighing: "I killed many people and was also injured. The more serious one was the punch to the chest, but
But that guy beat me until all my bones were broken. Huh! If you want my life, you will have to risk it."
Xu Ziling felt something in his heart, thinking for the first time that both he and Kou Zhong had become independent figures.
Kou Zhong immersed himself in the water and said with a smile: "Fortunately, our internal strength is miraculous. Any wounds will heal naturally without leaving any traces. Otherwise, it would be terrible if you take off your clothes and be covered in scars. How can you be seen as a human being!"
Hey! How about taking a dip here? It will clear your head a lot."
Xu Ziling shook his head and refused, and asked, "Who attacked you?"
Kou Zhong said nonchalantly: "They are from the Haisha Gang, led by the coquettish Taoist nun. They used ropes and nets to capture me as if I were a wild dog. Hundreds of people came to beat me. I really don't know that there is such a thing as being shy."
Fortunately, I fought and fled, and finally escaped through the water. You Qiuyan thought that I was still the unsatisfactory boy before, so she chased me from the bottom of the water and restrained me. Fortunately, I, Kou Zhong, have always been kind to women, so I only pinched her breasts a few times.
Let her go. I've been honest enough this time, so you won't suspect me of lying to you, Master Ling."
Xu Ziling sighed: "You are such a romantic guy, even Taoist nuns and enemies will not let you go."
Kou Zhong said lightly: "This is called the desire to confuse the enemy. This woman's eyes lit up when she saw me. I comforted her conveniently. Maybe there will be other benefits in the future."
Xu Ziling remained silent.
Koo Zhong stood up from the stream with a splash. The water came to his waist. He stretched and said, "My good brother! You seem to disagree with many of my actions recently, don't you?"
Xu Ziling muttered: "Taking advantage of women is what every man wants to do. How can I, a brother, blame you? It's just that you just tease them and have carnal thoughts, and you do everything based on utilitarianism."
Thinking about it makes me feel a little uncomfortable!"
Kou Zhong nodded and said: "This is the difference between seeking and not seeking. We are pursuing different goals, so there are differences. These are all tiring things in the secret of longevity. You are hot and I am cold, which not only changes our temperament
, even my personality has changed. I didn’t feel any excitement in my heart when I killed someone, and I don’t think it was anything now, otherwise I might have been killed long ago."
Xu Ziling suddenly said: "What are your plans?"
Kou Zhong sat on the bank, looked at his feet kicking easily in the water, and said with a smile: "Didn't we agree to do a good job in our salt business? We will succeed when no one dares to mess with us.
Already."
Xu Ziling said: "I don't want to ask about this matter, but I want to ask you how to conquer the world."
Kou Zhong looked at him, with an unprecedented brilliance in his eyes. He asked and replied, "If I really want to win the world, I must ask you for something and kill someone."
Xu Ziling was shocked and said: "Little Li!"
Kou Zhong looked up to the sky and laughed, with indescribable heroic spirit. He clapped his legs and praised: "This is called heroes seeing the same thing. Among the people we have met, in terms of magnanimity and charm, who can surpass him? And his ancestors
He has been an official for many years and has a deep understanding of the ways of governing and governing. Yet he is so young. He is actually my greatest enemy, Kou Zhong."
Xu Ziling asked: "Aren't you afraid that Xiuning will be sad?"
Kou Zhong's eyes flashed coldly and he said: "How can a woman influence my great plans and great cause?"
Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said, "But why do you ask me?"
A smile escaped from the corner of Kou Zhong's mouth and he said: "I'm not afraid of anyone, but I'm afraid of you alone. And I know that you have a good impression of Mr. Li. As long as you don't stop me, Mr. Li will not surrender to me unless he surrenders to me."
One day you will die at the hands of me, Kou Zhong. I am ruthless to anyone, except you and Sister Su."
Xu Ziling's eyes shone with a sharp look as he stared at him and said, "If one day, in order to dominate the world, you have to get rid of me, will you be able to do it?"
Kou Zhong pressed his palm on the water surface, and immediately stirred up a column of water, which hit Xu Ziling's head and face until he was soaked to the skin. He laughed and said:
"This will never happen, please apologize to me!"
Xu Ziling swooped down from the air and pulled Kou Zhong down into the stream. The two of them started fighting like children before, without the demeanor of a master at all.
When Kou Zhong locked Xu Ziling's head in his arms, he gasped and said with a smile: "Did you know that we have another fatwa on our heads?"
Xu Ziling was stunned and said: "What ghost order?"
Kou Zhongdao: "It was the naughty Taoist nun who said that the person who gave the order is Shan Wanjing, who hates you because of his love. The reward is a thousand taels of gold and the Dongming Sword, one of the Dongming Sect's artifacts, which is very attractive. A thousand
Two gold can support an army of a hundred men for two or three years."
Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said: "What's wrong with the smelly princess? It's just a useless account book! Hey! Don't immerse my mouth in the water."
Kou Zhong moved his head a few inches and said with a smile: "People's hearts are unpredictable, and the thoughts of my daughter's family are even more unpredictable. Ha! Love turns into hatred, have you surrendered yet?"
Xu Ziling picked up Kou Zhong and threw him behind him. Looking away, he looked at Kou Zhong falling into the water on all fours and cursed:
"Screw you for turning love into hatred. From the beginning to the end, she valued Li Xiaozi or even Ba Fenghan, but not the two of us."
Kou Zhong got up in a pretense of embarrassment, wiped his face and said, "It's all wet anyway, let's go steal the boat right now, and we'll settle the score with you later."
The two of them regained their carelessness of the past, joking and chasing each other towards the sea.
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The two of them emerged from the water and saw that the pier on the shore was full of nearly a hundred boats, large and small, all brightly lit and connected with iron ropes. Not only were there people on board to watch, but there were also speedboats patrolling among them, many of them were patrolling.
The members of the Haisha Gang are equipped with long-range attack weapons such as crossbows and powerful arrows.
Kou Zhong said with a smile: "We are so tired that no one in the Haisha Gang can sleep well tonight! Han Gaitian himself is an arrogant fool, and his subordinates - Fat Assassin - You Gui, - General - Ling Zhigao are not characters, this kind of
We can make arrangements that are both self-defeating and counter-productive. If I were the one in charge, I would order all the ships to leave the dock and teach us how to do it without our strength." Xu Ziling said:
"Are these more than ten piers owned by the Haisha Gang?"
Kou Zhongdao: "It should be so. Due to the good location of Yuhang and the fact that Han Gaitian and Shen Faxing were brothers, the ships of the Haisha Gang were concentrated in Kunling and Yuhang, taking on the responsibility of carrying grain and supplies for the Jiangnan Army.
.If we burn all these ships with fire, the Jiangnan Army will be in trouble. We can repay their care, come on!"
The two dived into the bottom of the sea and swam towards the enemy ship.
When they came up again, they had already avoided a speedboat in the middle of the enemy ship group. The two of them hid in the darkness of the ship and studied their strategies.
Kou Zhong said: "These ships are each more than ten feet apart. Even if one or two of them are burned, it will be difficult to affect other ships."
Xu Ziling said: "This is easy. As long as we scuttle one of the two extra large ships, when the ships sink, because they are connected to each other by iron cables, they will pull the other ships together, making it much easier to burn them up.
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Kou Zhong said with a smile: "It's really a good plan. I'll find the fire, and you can dig the boat. Remember to use your broken jade, don't dig it with your hands, ha!"
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At the third watch, the dock of Haisha Gang suddenly became a mess. The two largest ships sank at the same time, pulling other ships into a ball.
A discerning person would know from looking at the speed of the ship sinking that someone had tampered with the bottom of the ship.
You Qiuyan, You Gui and Ling Zhigao led a large number of Haisha Gang's masters to rush out. The former shouted sweetly: "Quickly release the rope!"
Kou Zhong appeared at the bow of one of the ships, shirtless, holding a knife in his right hand and a torch in his left hand, laughing and saying:
"late!"
You Qiuyan and others were afraid of being killed by him, but You Gui and Ling Zhigao were still in burning pain from the wounds. Seeing his menacing attack, they all panicked for a moment.
Flames shot into the sky.
Just by looking at the speed at which the fire spread, we knew that there must be kerosene poured on the ship, so it was out of control.
You Qiuyan shouted: "Kill him!"
Kou Zhong laughed loudly and jumped onto another boat. With his sword in his right hand and a torch in his left hand, he beat the Haisha Gang members who rushed up until they screamed in agony and fell into the sea one after another.
When You Qiuyan and others were rushing towards Kou Zhong, rockets were shot out one after another from a ship in the distance and fell towards other ships, causing fire to spread all over the place.
At this time, Kou Zhong was nowhere to be seen. You Qiuyan took a closer look and saw that it was Xu Ziling who fired the arrow. The gangsters guarding the boat had already rushed to the sea for him.
You Gui shouted: "Quickly put out the fire!"
At this time, the cutting rope could not work, and all the ships were entangled in a ball. The flames from the ship that Koo Zhong had burned earlier had spread to the nearby ships.
The shouts on the boat were loud, but the Haisha Gang members didn't know whether to put out the fire first or pursue the enemy, and they were in chaos.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling jumped from one boat to another, chasing people everywhere and setting fires, wreaking havoc and only avoiding the main force of the enemy.
You Qiuyan and others should have split up to intercept the enemy, but remembering the strength of the two of them, they were afraid that their lives would be lost if they were left alone, so they had no choice but to pursue Kou Zhong alone.
The night wind blew and the fire became more intense.
More than a dozen ships were caught in the flames.
Kou Zhong suddenly turned around to greet You Qiuyan and others. Leng Qiu, the leader of the Yuhang Branch Helms Hall, was the first to bear the brunt and hurriedly moved his stick to hit them.
Kou Zhonghu's eyes flashed, and he swung his sword to strike back. He actually broke into Leng Qiu's stick and struck him on the left shoulder first. Fortunately, Leng Qiu was able to act as the helmsman and had real skills. He lowered his stick and struck back in shock.
, while stepping back.
Two knives slashed at Kou Zhong to relieve Leng Qiu.
Kou Zhong laughed loudly, before he picked up the blade of Leng Qiu's stick, drew it on Leng Qiu's left arm, and then retreated to the end of the ship. Leng Qiu grunted in pain and backed away with blood spattering.
Everyone felt chilled, why did Kou Zhong seem to be more powerful than in the previous battle?
"when!"
Kou Zhong held two knives at the same time and kicked out with both feet like lightning. The two Haisha Gang's masters who usually ran rampant in Yuhang immediately vomited blood and flew away, causing You Qiuyan and others to panic.
Kou Zhong raised his sword and shouted: "Okay! I don't want to kill anyone anymore today. If you want our lives, we brothers will burn your boats and make peace with each other. Let Han Gaitian and Shen Faxing come to us! If you dare to pursue us, Come on, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Everyone was intimidated by his momentum. For a moment, everyone only dared to bluff, but did not dare to step forward and take action.
In the battle just now, they suffered more than thirty casualties and suffered heavy losses. Now that the enemy has added Xu Ziling, our own strength has been greatly reduced. Who dares to step forward and stroke the tiger's beard?
Kou Zhong laughed, jumped up, made two somersaults, and landed on the medium-sized sail that Xu Ziling was untying and approaching.
Watching the sail go away, You Qiuyan stamped her feet violently and said coquettishly: "I'm so angry if you don't put out the fire yet!"
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The sail was moving at full speed, and the two of them took turns singing, feeling extremely happy, as if they were venting all the recent unsatisfactory things.
Kou Zhong said with a smile: "Haisha Gang is also one of the eight gangs and ten guilds, ranking above Master Meiren'er's Jukun Gang, but they slapped us in the face and burned more than ten of their boats. "
Xu Ziling said: "Don't be so proud. Now we have a deep feud with the Jiangnan Army. We will never have a good time when transporting goods."
Kou Zhong sat next to the edge of the boat, watching Xu Ziling steer the ship, and said happily: "Isn't this our original intention? I can guarantee that no master in the past has ever learned how to fight like us all day and night. Three months of experience is comparable to ours." Others take three years. If this continues, ten months will give you ten years of skill. Ha! What a bargain!"
Xu Ziling said with a smile: "You seem to be getting more and more excited the more you fight, but you are right. Only from actual combat can you truly learn good things. At least you don't think it's a big deal when you see swords, guns and guns coming. ."
Kou Zhong laughed to himself for a while and actually fell asleep. Xu Ziling had no choice but to hold his eyes open and sail towards the junction of Tianshui and Tianshui, which was getting brighter.
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Three days later, the two returned to the old place and carefully tied the boat to the shore. While sitting on the beach, they both had mixed feelings. They were each thinking about their own things and went crazy.
When the sun was about to sink into the sea, Kou Zhong grabbed a handful of sand, watched it fall from his fingers, and sighed:
"Xiaoling! Have you ever thought that we would be where we are today? In the past, we often boasted that we were masters, but in fact we knew very well that we were top-notch characters. Now we have truly become masters, but so what? It's not the same. There is nothing we can do about Yu Wenji."
Xu Ziling laughed dumbly and said: "How could Mr. Zhong say such things? There must be another reason. Tell me quickly!"
Kou Zhong shook his head and sighed: "You seem to be the only one in the world who will not be fooled by me. Okay! To be honest, I mean the world is just like a piece of pie. Whoever has the ability will win." You can get a share. That represents strength and power. Only with these two things can we be qualified to do what we like, whether it is to benefit all people, whether it is gratification and hatred, in short, there is no other way. Even if I have become Bi Xuan, and you have become Ning Daoqi. It is still not easy to kill Yu Wenhuaji, and you may even have to lose your life. Do you understand what I mean?"
Xu Ziling said lonelyly: "I was just thinking about every touching moment I spent here in the past, but you were thinking about how to fight for the world. Aren't you afraid of missing out on many beautiful things in life? All you think about every day is how to kill people, or how to be careful.
Killed."
Kou Zhong's eyes shone brightly and he said: "This is exciting enough, this is the flavor. If you do nothing all day long, you will be bored."
I once thought about giving in to you and just being a profiteer with a conscience, but when I think about it, I think it’s not worth it. How can I live up to myself if I don’t do the most wonderful things? What all the people need now is a
God and the savior cannot be missed by those who are determined."
Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said, "In the final analysis, you want me to help you."
Kou Zhong moved in front of him, knelt on one foot, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, his eyes showed deep emotions and a fiery look, and said solemnly: "No one knows your intelligence and courage better than me. If there is someone like you,
Good brother, help me, and everyone else will stay away."
Xu Ziling reached out and grabbed his broad shoulders and said in a deep voice, "Well said! No one knows you better than me. You alone can turn the whole world upside down without my help at all."
Kou Zhong let go and sat down on the beach, sighing: "How can I watch you leave?"
Xu Ziling hugged him tightly and whispered: "We have grown up, each with our own ideals and goals. We are no longer the same Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling as before. From now on, you no longer have to bear the vengeance of your mother, let go and do what you want."
Let's do it! The day I break up with you is the day I set out to assassinate the bones of Yu Wenhua. If I can't do this with my own hands, I will never be able to gain true peace of mind.