The water thieves were brutal and powerful in combat, but the guards brought by the Gong family were able to withstand them initially. However, the water thieves' desperate fighting style disrupted the Gong family's position.
As soon as Lei Da and others arrived, they injected a shot of cardiotonic into the guards of the Gong family who were at a disadvantage, and finally worked together to strangle all the water thieves.
All ten bodyguards were completely intact and not injured at all. However, three of the palace guards died, and almost all of the remaining ones were injured.
"Dear brother, I owe you this favor."
Huo Xi was about to speak, but was stopped by Gong Ziyi: "Brother's life cannot be paid for by money." Gong Ziyi knew that Huo Xi wanted to say what happened a few years ago.
Huo Xi originally wanted to save his life, but the favor was returned and that was it.
But when he said this, he thought, if you want to owe it, you can owe it, there is no harm. The shop in Huai'an is indispensable for the Gong family's thick legs to take care of it.
He asked Vanilla to bring the medical kit on the ship and treat his wounds.
"I didn't expect you to be quite good at fighting."
"When you go out to walk, you must know one or two moves. It's just that my brother is not good at learning skills and almost died under the knife of that group of barbarians." He gritted his teeth with hatred.
Seeing two girls helping him treat his wounds, Huo Xi watched from the side, snatched the cotton cloth from Vanilla's hand, and stuffed it into Huo Xi's hand: "Brother, I'm thinking about you. I'll send you a letter whenever I have time. You'd better do it."
, you’re not even happy to treat your brother’s wounds?”
Huo Xi glared at him and reluctantly took over the job from Vanilla.
The young master was protected by a group of followers, but he was not seriously injured. He was slashed in the chest and was only scratched by the blade. He wiped the blood lightly and sprinkled a layer of hemostatic powder, and the bleeding stopped.
Gong Ziyi enjoyed Huo Xi's bandaging, and looked sideways at the two maids beside Huo Xi: "Brother Xian, you are not old, but you are quite good at enjoying it. Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you have taken in two maids.
Yeah? Tsk tsk..."
A strange look on his face.
The brain is not healthy. Huo Xi slandered and did not explain. He just said: "You have a whole entourage, why can't I have two maids?"
"Brother has a lot of entourage, but they are men. Do you think I have any maids with me when I go out? You are still on a boat, taking two maids with you on a long trip..."
"You look down on your daughter? Why can't there be women on the ship?"
"Brother, that's not what I meant. What I mean is that I am going out with two maids by my side..."
Seeing Huo Xi glaring at him, she begged for mercy with a smile: "You can take care of me. Why can't I have two maids to serve you at such a young age? Yes! If it's not enough, I will give you two more."
That's right, the older one is fine, but the younger one is younger than the wise brother, what can he do?
Is his wise brother not very bright?
However, he was afraid of upsetting Huo Xi, so he stopped talking. He just screamed ouch, tilted his body, and leaned on Huo Xi.
Huo Xi pushed her away: "It's just a flesh wound, what the hell. Why don't you save some energy and go deal with things on your boat?"
Gong Ziyi sat upright when he heard this, with a slightly serious look on his face: "There is Li Neng. He can handle this matter well. The water thieves have hurt so many of my people. If I know their lair, they will all be hanged."
them!"
"You killed all those water thieves? I thought you were going to leave it to the government."
"Brother Xian, you are still young and don't know the dangers of the world. To deal with such people, you must kill them immediately and don't give them a chance to live. Besides, what if they see us in front of us and take revenge in the future? Besides, what if they retaliate in the future?
Are there any people in the government? It’s better to kill each one on sight so that they don’t come out to harm others.”
Huo Xi nodded, quite agreeing with his idea.
This place is only half a day's journey from the capital. If you dare to come out to commit crimes, I'm afraid it will hurt their vitality. Maybe they can calm down for a while. The water trade route can also be more peaceful.
"Are you coming out of Beijing? I'm afraid that if you reveal your wealth in Beijing, others will follow you."
Gong Ziyi looked at her with dissatisfaction: "Brother Wei wanted to come here secretly to surprise you, but as soon as I arrived in the capital, I was told that you had gone out! Brother Wei has been waiting for you in the capital for more than half a month.
, Li Neng urged again and again, and then left."
Huo Xi touched her nose and said, "You have sent me a letter, so I can sweep up the couch to greet you. It's rare that I go on a long trip, and you bump into me. You are very lucky."
"What a fart. Brother almost died."
"Isn't he not dead?"
"It was almost! Fortunately, I was lucky and met a good brother."
"You don't hire an escort or bring more guards. Your family is short of money?"
"Every time I go out, everything goes smoothly, but I didn't expect that I encountered a ghost this time." He sighed unluckily.
Huo Xi quarreled with him for a while, fearing that he would be unhappy. She sighed in her heart that there were more water thieves now. It was probably due to the opening up of water transportation and the construction of Beiping City. All materials were sent to the north, and merchants did business through the waterway.
There were more of them, and the sea ban was opened, so a group of water thieves saw an opportunity.
While the two were chatting, the boat had chosen a sheltered place to anchor, and the Gong family's boat also stopped.
Li Neng came over on the springboard and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the young master had taken care of the wound.
He gave Huo Xi a big gift very solemnly, thanked her for her help, and gave Lei Da a bag of silver as a reward, and gave two bags of silver to the two ship bosses in Guangfengshui, asking them to take it and share it with everyone.
Sailor. Even Vanilla and Xiahe got their wallets.
The two of them didn't dare to accept it and looked at Huo Xi. It wasn't until Huo Xi nodded to them that they happily accepted it.
Huo Xi was satisfied when she saw that Li Neng was doing everything well and teased him: "I didn't?"
Li Neng laughed: "Master Huo's great kindness should be recorded on the young master's head, and the young master will repay it."
Gong Ziyi glared: "My own virtuous brother, what else can I give you?"
Li Neng smiled and handed Shen Qianzhong a purse.
Shen Qianzhong didn't expect that he also had a thank-you gift, so he was a little surprised. He declined it, but when he saw it, he didn't accept it, so he had to take it and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that I have one too."
The other party was the manager of a large salt merchant in Huai'an. His handling of affairs was more sophisticated than his own, so Shen Qianzhong thought about making friends with him. After explaining to Huo Xi, he found a place to chat with Li Neng.
went.
Huo Xi and Gong Ziyi rarely met each other, and they chatted until late at night. It wasn't until she couldn't bear the sleepiness that Gong Ziyi let her go to sleep.
At dawn the next day, Xianghua and Xia He woke her up and told her that Master Gong was leaving.
Huo Xi struggled to get up and found a hollow ivory aromatherapy ball for him.
Gong Ziyi happily accepted it and hung it on his waist: "It's been a long time coming out this time, so it's not good to delay it any longer. I will send you a letter when I return to the capital next time. You can't leave it behind again."
I ran away because of my brother."
Did I abandon you and run away? Who knew you were coming?
But it was not easy to argue with an injured person, so she nodded, said goodbye to him, and watched him take the boat away from the deck. Until she was very far away, she saw him standing at the stern of the boat waving desperately to her.
As soon as the Gong family's boat left, Guangfeng Shui's boat also moved.
"My boss, the Gong family gave me a jade pendant. It seems to be quite valuable."
Shen Qianzhong came over with the jade pendant and showed it to Huo Xi, but he was a little afraid to accept it. He didn't do anything, but he felt uneasy after getting such a valuable thing.
Huo Xi took a look and saw that the carving was quite exquisite. She knew that Li Neng wanted to express his gratitude to her, but it was difficult to give her anything.
Let him accept it with peace of mind: "We saved a boatload of people from him, so we should accept a piece of jade pendant. Everyone in the Gong family has a big business, and these items are not worth a human life."
When Shen Qianzhong heard this, he accepted it with peace of mind: "I didn't expect that I would get such a treasure just by following my boss. I heard that the sailors got five taels each, and the bodyguards got ten taels each."
Huo Xi nodded. Vanilla and Xia He also had five taels each. It was the first time they saw so much money, and they were too frightened to accept it. It was not until Huo Xi spoke that they happily accepted it.
Because of the favorable wind, the ship arrived at the pier in the outer city of the capital at early noon.
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