"Master Wei, since we have confirmed that the thief is on the ship, why are your men still hesitant to take action?"
The small space of an adobe house by the river was crowded with a number of Jinlin's senior officials, Lord Dugu, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army of the Ministry of War, Luo Han, the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards, and Wei Wuxian, Zuo Qianhu, the Jinyiwei Town Prefecture Secretary.
There is Bai Jie, the governor of Jinlin Mansion.
It can be said that this extremely inconspicuous and shabby house is extremely lucky to have become the center of power in the Golden Scale City with a population of one million at this moment. However, Lord Bai in this center of power is not very happy.
After decades of ups and downs in the officialdom, Bai Jie has seen all kinds of storms. But this time, someone dared to kidnap his wife in broad daylight. This really made him panic and sit in the house.
He had no intention of working at all. He had been waiting anxiously for two days for the news about Jin Yiwei, but he didn't expect that after receiving the news, he rushed over in a sedan chair, but Wei Wuxian directly took all the adults away.
Stuff it into this dirty, musty house.
Two hours had passed. He saw that the wife he had shared the same bed with for half his life might be on the boat over there, but she was out of reach. How could he not be anxious?
Facing Lord Bai's questioning, Wei Wuxian remained expressionless. He just said lightly, "Master Bai, please be patient. Once my brothers have made arrangements, I will ensure that Madam Bai and the others are safe and sound and return safely."
"You!! Huh! Mr. Bai has asked you again and again, and you always answered the same question. If the opportunity to fight is delayed... and extraneous problems arise, can you bear it?" After asking this question several times in a row, Mr. Bai was very worried.
Still waiting. But Wei Wuxian was careless, as if his wife had not been kidnapped and he was just an outsider.
Next to them, Luo Han and Dugu were also aloof and unwilling to reveal any key information. Master Bai felt like he was the only one worrying here.
However, things turned out to be exactly the opposite of what he thought.
Wei Wuxian's palms were actually covered with sweat, and even on this July day, his back still felt extremely cool.
On that ship, there was not only Mrs. Bai, the Golden Scale Governor, but also his beloved wife and daughter. He was more worried than anyone else, but reality required that he must be calmer than anyone else.
The boat is in the middle of the water, which means that any direction is an escape route and a dead end. If they attack rashly, no one knows what the kidnappers will do. After all, they even dare to kidnap Mr. Bai's wife, and no one knows what they will do.
I have no idea how vicious and evil they really are.
"Sir Bai, these promises have been arranged by the subordinates. The hostages can be rescued when the time is right. But if Mr. Bai has other high opinions, then Wei is willing to hear the details. If not, then please wait for the good news, Mr. Bai.
, After all, there are specialties in the art industry, so this kind of thing still needs professional people."
Wei Wuxian is not in a hurry. Even though Bai Xi is a third-grade governor, he is a Jinyiwei and is not under his jurisdiction. Moreover, the Jinyiwei originally had the job of supervising hundreds of officials when it was first designed, but later this function has been eliminated.
It began to fade away gradually. But Wei Wuxian did not show any disrespect to him. He was extremely kind to you by being polite to you. Originally, civil servants were not allowed to intervene at the scene where Jin Yiwei was handling the case.
Mr. Bai on the side had never been so angry. His face turned red for a while, and he almost wanted to throw away his sleeves. But when he thought about it, it was already here. Moreover, the boat was on the water, and he couldn't think of any other better way.
After swallowing this breath, Lord Bai calmed down a little and said, "Since Lord Qianhu is so sure, it's inconvenient for Bai to say more. I just ask Lord Wei not to let me down!"
Having said that, he threw his long sleeves behind him and walked out of the house slowly to get some air. Since Mr. Qianhu was so sure, it was inconvenient for Mr. Bai to say anything.
After a while, the men he sent out from the town government office finally came back.
Wei Wuxian was secretly happy, and with a flash of his hand, he walked out of the dilapidated house and ran straight to the river.
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A large fishing boat about ten meters long was floating quietly on the river in the Jinlin section of the Yangtze River. The fishing boat did not spread its sails, and no one was rowing. It just parked quietly in the middle of an open water for a long time.
It will move a little distance. Looking from a distance, you can vaguely see several figures leaning on the railing to fish.
After a long time, Jiang Duoyu and his grandson rowed the boat and set sail, preparing to catch up with the large fishing group. However, they were one old and one young, so naturally they rowed extremely slowly. The boat slowly and leisurely passed through the wide water in the middle of the river, preparing to go up.
Travel away.
Although the upper and lower reaches are blocked by the navy, no one is allowed in or out, leaving only a short section of the river basin for free navigation. But even in this section of the river basin, the fishermen on the river bank still paddle their boats and launch fishing.
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They also all know that the situation in Jinlin has been tense recently. The government is tracking down the whereabouts of a group of kidnappers. Everyone knows about this. But so what? The government has banned navigation, but they have not said that fishing is not allowed. In order to survive, everyone must
Fishing boats of all sizes are still sailing, so the river, which is usually extremely wide, seems a bit crowded at the moment.
The old man was sitting on the bow of the boat, gathering tools and preparing to launch the net later, while the grandson rowed slowly behind.
The small boat slowly passed through a piece of water, getting closer to the big boat in the middle of the river, and wanted to pass by.
The two of them were doing their own thing, chatting with each other. But maybe the little grandson was so fascinated by the fishing on the big boat that he didn't pay attention to his hands for a moment, and a wave hit the small boat.
It was pushed onto the side of the big fishing boat.
"boom!"
The old man discovered something was wrong in time and took action to punt the boat. However, the two boats were close to each other and the waves were strong, so the two boats, one large and one small, still collided.
This time, it's extraordinary.
The man who was working as a sailor on the big boat had taken on such a job, but he was just bored. He was rowing and drinking in other people's cabins, but he was out here in the wind and sun. The fishing rod in his hand was just a decoration, sitting on the edge of the railing.
He was already drowsy, but this sound scared him to his feet. When he saw the person clearly, he yelled, "Where are you from, old man! You're blind, what's wrong? Just because you're so little
It’s a broken ship. You still want to risk your eggs against a rock!”
A noise also startled other people on the boat. There was a ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong collision sound and the thump-dong-dong sound of footsteps. Immediately, a few more people ran up to the side of the ship with grim expressions, but when they saw the man who was hurriedly apologizing,
The old and the young breathed a sigh of relief again.
The children of the poor have long been in charge. The fishermen on the river bank are poor and hard-working. After observing it for two days in a row, they have seen such small fishing boats with young and old together for a long time, and they are not surprised or strange at all.
Everyone glanced at each other casually, then walked back to the cabin with curses. Only the brother who was fishing and sentry was still dealing with the old man.
He waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, okay, it's just you. If you really want to pay, even if you sell your broken boat, it won't be enough. Hold on to your broken boat and get out of here. I'm fishing. Don't let me go."
My fish were scared away."
"Yes, yes, thank you for your magnanimity, sir. I will leave immediately. However, there are many reefs under the river here. You need to be careful when fishing here, don't hang the hook and touch the bottom of the boat." The old man bowed his hands.
, apologized gratefully to the people on the boat, and finally gave a kind reminder.
It's just that the arrogant "young master" didn't bother to pay attention at all. He lay back on the chair and continued to bask in the sun. Waiting for today to pass and tomorrow to be the end of everything, they just need to delay it for more time.
The Jinyi guards were looking for them all over the city, but who would have thought that they were not hiding at all, but just driving brazenly on the river next to Jinlin City all day long.
The wind was still blowing and the sun was still shining. After the little interlude, the big man who was "fishing" returned to his chair and continued to enjoy the cool river breeze. Next to him was the fishing rod that never moved.
After a while, the ship was finally ready to move again. Everything seemed to be as usual, going according to plan.
"boom!!!!"
There was another muffled sound, and the boat that had just been moving suddenly stopped suddenly. This sudden jerk made everyone on the boat curse and curse, thinking that this time the short-sighted one bumped into them again. All the people were talking slowly and carelessly.
I walked to the deck from the cabin and shouted twice, but no one answered. When I walked over, I saw the big man watching the sentry lying on the chair sleeping soundly.
The leader of this group of gangsters was a middle-aged man, who was dressed luxuriously and had a sword on his waist. Just by looking at his temperament and identity, you could tell that he was obviously different from the sloppy men next to him.
Seeing that he was still sleeping, I walked over and slapped him on the face, yelling, "You bastard!!! Where did he go, and he's still sleeping!!!"
The man was awakened from his dream by this slap. His mind was confused. He straightened up and was about to curse that bitch. But before he could say anything, he saw the boss standing next to him, his face ashen, followed by a group of brothers.
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He rubbed his face, stood up straight in a hurry, clasped his fists and said, "Boss, boss. Why are you here!"
The middle-aged man snorted coldly and looked around, but the river was still calm, and there was nothing else except one or two small boats scattered on the river.
"There was a noise just now, you can see there's something unusual about it!"
The cool breeze was applied to his face, and his cheeks were burning and aching. The man suddenly woke up and quickly replied, "Excuse me, boss, no, there is nothing abnormal."
The middle-aged man was obviously dissatisfied with his answer and roared, "Nothing abnormal!!!! If there is no abnormality, then why are we all here! If there is no abnormality, why is there a strange noise just after the boat moved! Oh, you Wang Wan,
Is this how you come to keep an eye on me? The whole ship heard the noise but you didn’t hear it!!! Damn it, if you miss the master’s important event, I will skin you! Then chop you into pieces.
Throw it into the river to feed the fish!!”
The man's forehead was covered with sweat, but he didn't dare to talk back. He just lowered his head and said yes.
What time has it been? All the soldiers and horses stationed in Jinyiwei and Jinlin are frantically searching for the whereabouts of themselves and others. They all know the methods of Jinyiwei. If they are not careful, they will be attacked by swords and axes, and they will be doomed.
And he was still able to sleep when this guy was keeping an eye on him!
Forget about sleeping, how dare you sleep so hard!
Is he a pig?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The middle-aged man cursed a few more words. Feeling that he was still angry, he pulled out his long sword and was about to chop this guy into pieces. The people behind him saw their eyelids twitching and hurriedly pounced on Rula.
The boss of the family lives here.
"Brother Chen, Brother Chen, forget it. Lao Wan didn't mean it. The brothers have been watching me non-stop for two days. They are so nervous. Anyone would be tired. Just don't argue with him.
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"That's right, Brother Chen, everything happens for a reason. If it doesn't happen next time, it won't happen again..."
Several people hugged Brother Chen and explained to Lao Wan. Lao Wan got the look from his brother and hurriedly confessed to Brother Chen.
Lao Wan slapped the other side of his face with the last big mouth, knelt down on the deck, and said, "Brother Chen, it's all my fault. It's all my fault, Lao Wan, that I was careless and almost missed a big event. I'm going to fight."
Kill, just listen to Brother Chen’s words, just..."
"Brother Chen, Brother Chen, it's not good, it's not good, the ship is flooded, the ship is flooded!!!" Another burst of fierce footsteps sounded, and everyone on the deck stopped what they were doing, and heard themselves from a distance.
Panic shouts came from the cabin. Then a smaller guy ran out from below the deck, pushed through the group of people and came to the leader, Brother Chen.
"It's flooded, it's flooded! Brother Chen is flooded!" He was out of breath and pointed at the stern of the boat with trembling fingers.
Seeing that he was so panicked, Brother Chen couldn't care about other things here. He pushed a few people around him away, hurriedly supported the little man who reported the news and asked, "What's the water? Where's the water? Don't be anxious, speak slowly!"
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"Ha, ha~, ha~" The little man took a few breaths, calmed down, stared at the boss, and replied, "Brother Chen, brother Chen, weren't you about to move just now? But as soon as you moved, you heard something again.
There was a sound, why did the brothers go down to check, and they saw a big hole on the left side of the bottom of our boat, and the water couldn't stop coming out. We kept blocking it below, but we couldn't block it? This, again
Drag it down, too much water has entered, and the boat is probably going to sink. Brother Chen, what should we do? The brothers below can hardly hold it back!"
The brothers next to me had just rested at this time, and the trousers of this person had already been completely soaked. Standing on the deck, water was dripping down. It looked like it was already on the thighs, but you can imagine
And how much water has entered below the deck.
Brother Chen frowned, but suddenly asked, "The bottom of the boat is broken? How could the bottom of a good boat be broken? What is going on? Have you checked it out?"
After asking a question, the little man smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Brother Chen, we have brothers watching below the deck and on the bottom of the ship. But for some reason, Brother Chen, you just told us to move, and the ship moved.
After hearing the noise, we went down to check and found a big hole!"
Lao Wan on the side suddenly interrupted and said, "Brother Chen, Brother Chen, I know, I know, our boat must have hit a rock in the river."
"What? Reef? How can there be a reef here? How did you know about it?" After hearing the sound of searching for someone, Brother Chen saw the guilty Lao Wan.
"Brother Chen, didn't we just collide with a blind fisherman? I sent him away. The last thing he told me was that there are rocks in this area of water, so our big boat has to be careful with its deep draft. That's a
The old man seems to be an old fisherman of some years. What he said is absolutely correct. We were afraid of hitting a rock just now, so we broke the bottom of the boat!" The old man Wan had a charming smile on his face and took credit.
He seemed to speak.
When everyone heard this, they all became quiet.
But the little man said in a panic, "I'm afraid that's it, Brother Chen, the water leakage below can't be stopped. We have to get to the shore immediately. We can't delay it. Get some attention quickly!"
This boat is still far from the shore. No matter what the reason is, it cannot be towed if it takes in water. According to the speed of the water, it won't be long before the people on this boat are likely to be guests in the Dragon Palace. Although Brother Chen
I am still confused, but I also know that the situation is urgent, and it may affect the lives, fortunes and bright future of all the brothers.
"Old Wan, I guess you are of some use! Huh, just stay with me and keep watching. If there is another mistake, I will use you to hang the bastard. You guys, go back to the cabin to get your quilts, and come with me to the deck below.
Let the water go. Others, paddle as hard as you can toward the north shore!" Brother Chen waved his hand, and everyone on the deck dispersed.
But Lao Wan on the side interrupted again, "Brother Chen, three navy warships have just come from downstream, and they are now docked on the north bank! If we go there like this, will it..."
Everyone who had just run out a few steps stood firm and turned around to look at Brother Chen.
Brother Chen was also stunned, and then shouted, "Then row to the south bank. Let's get closer to the south bank and save effort. Go faster, faster, faster! Run! Run! Run!!!"
As a result, this big fishing boat, which was supposed to dock at night, headed to the south coast early.
Under the threat of a water leakage crisis, everyone worked extremely hard. Although the holes in the bottom of the boat were blocked with quilts, water continued to pour in, but it was not as serious as it was at the beginning. In addition, many big men were rowing to death.
Jump into the river and push the boat away.
Fortunately, although the ship had tilted on one side, it still managed to reach the shore.
As soon as they docked, Brother Chen and his party were not in a hurry, and did not immediately rush to let the big guys disembark.
Brother Chen first asked a few people to get off the boat to find a place to stay. After finding it, they waited on the broken boat that had begun to leak. They waited until the boat had tilted to the point where it was difficult for people to stand, and then they began to quietly move things down.
Various pots, pans, gift boxes, and a total of twenty or thirty people moved in an orderly manner without any other noise. They moved like this for a long time. Brother Chen stood on the pole of the rickety broken ship, silently watching the actions below.
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In just half a second, a group of people moved almost all the valuable and moveable things from the fishing boat and piled them on the land where the fishing boat docked, including all kinds of trivial things, big and small.
There was a pile of them.
Finally, after another brief moment, Lao Wan and others raised their heads and looked at Brother Chen on the counter pole. After getting a look of approval, they walked back to the cabin. Several people drew out a long black bar again.
The bag contains something unknown.
The seven people each carried a bag on their shoulders, and carefully left the ship and walked to the land under the gaze of the others, as if the black bag contained their most precious things.
It was at this moment when the last burly man walked to the shore carrying a black bag.
"Boom!!!" With a sound, the sharp blade broke through the air, carrying murderous intent. Seven fine steel crossbow arrows accurately hit the seven big men with black bags on their shoulders. The crossbow arrows were shot out from nowhere, with great power and accuracy.
Incomparable. The seven crossbow arrows accurately penetrated the heads of seven people. The seven big men fell down softly without even making a sound.
Immediately afterwards, fourteen or five spiked iron ropes suddenly shot out from the water next to the half-sunken fishing boat. The spikes had huge penetrating power and directly penetrated the bodies of the five or six people closest to the water. The few big men had no time to react.
, everyone was suddenly taken care of by three spikes, some pierced the chest and some inserted into the thigh. Huge pain hit, but it was far from over. There was a huge pulling force on the chain behind the spikes, and there was a sound.
Screaming, the men weighing more than a hundred kilograms were dragged directly into the water, and the clear river water was instantly dyed red with the blood of several people.
Everything was happening between lightning and flint. Fifteen black-armored night riders also flew out of the water at the moment when several people on the shore were dragged into the water. They held a black iron rod in their hands and headed straight towards the remaining people to kill them.
Come.
It took almost an instant for the seven men wearing black bags to fight against the enemy and several people by the water to be attacked. A scream finally made the remaining dozen or so people react. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and suddenly
He took out long knives from somewhere and rushed towards the dozen black-clad night riders.
In order to deceive others, these kidnappers put on various blue and white shorts and dressed up as fishermen. In the eyes of Brother Chen who was high up on the mast, they were just a mass of black, white and blue colliding together, mixed together.
Although he didn't know this weird black knight, he knew something was wrong.
Bend his legs slightly, exert force on his thighs, and push on the mast with one foot. Brother Chen flew out in succession, from top to bottom like a swooping eagle, straight towards several black bags on the ground, and the thick-mouthed mast flew directly
It ended in response.
A crisp cracking sound exploded above the heads of the people fighting below. Brother Chen was already only three steps away from the nearest black bag. Even within these three steps, Brother Chen could never cross it. A fierce move towards the left front
Three sword flowers flashed forward, and he clenched his teeth. Brother Chen pressed his feet hard and stepped into the soil for three points, deeply stopping the huge inertia and avoiding the sharp edge of the long sword.
The people fighting nearby only heard a few "ding, ding, clang, clank!", a white light flashed, and the moment they stopped, Brother Chen unsheathed his long sword and rushed towards the person who came, picking up dozens of swords from him!
The person who came was wearing a red official robe, with black sand on his head, and a rustling wind on his back. He held two swords in his left and right hands. His face was angry, and his eyes pointed murderous intent at the person in front of him. This was the Jinyi guard Zuo Qianhu, Wei Wuxian.
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To tie up his family members and seize his wife and daughter is to kill his family. This hatred and hatred are among them. How could Wei Wuxian sit back and watch Ye Qi save people without his own hands! How could he solve the problem without using his own sword to cut off the head of this thief?
The hatred in my heart, the anger in my chest!
Two or three people met each other in three moves and bounced away. Although both sides exchanged three moves, they were both unscathed. But Brother Chen himself knew that in this encounter, he actually took it extremely reluctantly. He was absolutely
No match for this man!
As for Wei Wuxian, he has almost never done this kind of thing like going to the scene to fight and kill in person since he became a thousand households. He hasn't done anything for a long time, and he just made a move, and he doesn't know the depth of the opponent. He has something.
Convergence means five points of defense and five points of defense, but after three moves, he already understood that he would have to kill him with another three moves!
Before the sweat could even break out, my whole body was already cold. My heart and mind were all cold, but Brother Ke Chen didn’t dare to let his body tremble!
The two of them looked at each other, and Brother Chen tightened his grip on his sword and attacked directly.
If you are outmatched by the enemy, you will eventually be defeated if you stick to it. It is better to give it a try, attack its harm, benefit it, and find a glimmer of hope!
Brother Chen rushed forward, slashed diagonally, raised an upper body, and then followed up with a straight thrust!
Attacked suddenly, the three swords came very fast, but Wei Wuxian didn't panic. The moment Brother Chen rushed forward, he stepped back half a step to avoid the edge of the first blow, then swung out the sword with his right hand and stopped.
That upward blow, then the tip of the sword in his left hand was downwards, he held it straight and deflected the most fatal stab, and then he retracted his right hand and slashed towards the opponent's head!
In an instant, he turned from defense to offense and dismantled his own moves. Brother Chen quickly returned his sword to defend and rolled to the side, barely escaping the blow. But before he could stand up straight, Wei Wuxian was already following him.
He came up and kicked him away.
His chest was in turmoil, and Brother Chen's mouth was filled with sweetness. He immediately coughed up blood and dyed the corners of his mouth red.
"What are you doing? What you're using is not swordsmanship. This is swordsmanship. What you're using is border army kung fu? Who are you?" Whispering in his mouth, Wei Wuxian walked towards Brother Chen who was kneeling on the ground in a hurry.
At this moment, the outcome has been decided on the battlefield, and the remaining dozen people are no match for Night Rider. Occasionally, two clever ones want to run to capture the people in the black bag to use as hostage cover, but they are still ambushed in the dark.
Ye Qi used crossbows to kill accurately. The remaining Lao Wan and three or four others, who were slightly better at Kung Fu, were still struggling to hold on even though they would fall down. They had already received several iron rods on their backs, and now they were also Tongchen.
Just like being injured internally, defeat is only a matter of two or three moves.
Out of the corner of his eye, he could already see the outline of the battlefield. Brother Chen already knew that they had no chance now. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stood up straight, "Huh!!!".
Then, he attacked again, although he knew that with that kick, he would be dead. But, human beings are like this kind of life, even if they already know the outcome, they still have to struggle unwillingly until they can't.
exhaust.
Wei Wuxian shook his head and admired him for being a man. He held the long sword in his hand and faced him again.
"Ding, ding, ding!" The sword blades collided again. Wei Wuxian opened his bow from left to right, slashed horizontally, and thrust forward. Brother Chen barely managed to catch the two swords. In the end, the horizontal sword blocked one sword, but the other sword was unable to do anything.
To avoid it, Wei Wuxian slashed his sword and cut off his left arm. The pain was unbearable. Brother Chen struggled to hold the sword, but Wei Wuxian suddenly bounced away with great force. The sword was pressed down with huge force.
Brother Chen's right hand failed to resist, and with a fierce blow, the other edge of the sword in his hand hit his chest directly.
His own sword drank his own blood. What an irony. Brother Chen bit his teeth into pieces. He tried his best to hold back the severe pain, but he still groaned twice. His body was swaying, and his clothes were stained with blood and broken.
The look on his face is extremely ferocious!
"You've lost!" Wei Wuxian's expression was expressionless, he had already retracted his sword in his hand, and then he simply kicked away the sword in Brother Chen's right hand.
The battle had ended long ago and the Yeqi who were gathered around saw this and swarmed forward with ropes and thin iron chains... This chapter has been completed!