It is not surprising that gangs are negotiating with each other and ambushing men around them. This is often done to protect the safety of their own leaders. But at this time, Li Hu can clearly feel the murderous intention in the people around him. The ambush here
It's definitely not for protection, but for attack.
Why is "Hongshengtang" arranged in this way? Do they want to catch all Hua Bushi and his party?
Zhu Hong didn't find so many killers, but he and Li Hu lived together on weekdays and had a good understanding of each other. With just a look, he already knew what the fourth junior brother meant.
Yang Jiangyi followed Hua Bushi step by step, fully alert. Although she was not as nervous as Li Hu and Zhu Hong, with Yang Jiangyi's martial arts skills, the dangerous atmosphere around her could not escape her senses.
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Among the four, only Hua Bushi looked a little more relaxed, at least from the outside he looked very calm. He threw away the reins and walked straight to the "Desheng Pavilion". He stopped at the door.
Three people were already standing side by side at the gate.
Standing in the middle is a middle-aged man wearing a melon cap and a printed brocade robe. He has a slender build, bulging cheekbones on his face, a short beard on his lips, but no beard on his chin, which is smooth and shiny. Judging from his appearance,
Come on, he doesn't look like a martial artist, but more like a businessman doing business.
Standing on his left is a young man in his twenties, dressed as a scholar, wearing a gray scholar's shirt, with a jade belt around his waist, and a sheathed sword hanging on the jade belt. Scholars generally do not carry weapons, even if
It is necessary to carry a sword, but there is a sword hanging on this young scholar's waist. Moreover, this sword is more than five inches wide, thicker and heavier than ordinary steel swords, and looks a bit strange.
On the right is a six-foot-tall man with big arms and a thick waist, a full face and beard, a dark complexion, wearing a green suit, with a wide belt around his waist, and no weapons. A man with this look is everywhere
It is very common in the world of martial arts and is not surprising.
The middle-aged man who looked like a businessman took a step forward, clasped his fists at Hua Bushi and said, "I am Lei Wanniu of Hongshengtang. Is this young master Hua Shao the head of the Evil Dog Sect?"
Hua Bushi returned the courtesy and said: "Xiao Ke Hua Bushi, I have met Leader Lei!"
Lei Wanniu said: "I don't dare! Lei invited Mr. Hua to come to this 'Desheng Pavilion' to have a horse fight. In order to make up the number of people, he also invited two friends. Please don't take offense to Mr. Hua."
He pointed at the young scholar wearing a sword and said: "This virtuous brother Hu Jinting is the young master of the 'Golden Sword Sect'. He is also a scholar like Mr. Hua. I think you can talk to him."
The young scholar cupped his hands and said, "I've never heard of the name 'Evil Dog Master'. It's a great honor to meet you today."
Hua Bushi bowed in return.
Hua Bushi had heard of the "Golden Knife Sect" before. It is another small sect in Changsha City. It is not very powerful, but the "Gold-cutting Technique" passed down by the sect is very powerful and unique.
He is somewhat famous in the martial arts world.
Lei Wanniu pointed to the six-foot tall man in Tsing Yi on the right and said: "This is Tang Long, the head of the Yangwei Escort Bureau in Changsha City, and he is also Lei's good friend."
The tall man in Tsing Yi didn't say anything, he just bowed his hand to Hua Bushi.
"Yangwei Escort Bureau" is indeed a large-scale escort bureau. It has branches in various towns in Hunan Province, and the main bureau is in Changsha City. However, I didn't expect that the head of the escort bureau, Tang Long, was such a rude-looking man.
After the ceremony, Lei Wanniu led the way, and everyone followed him, and walked into the "Desheng Pavilion" together.
The lobby in the "Desheng Pavilion" is eight feet square, and the windows on all sides are closed, making it quite dark. The lobby is empty, with only an Eight Immortals table and four chairs placed in the center, and a pair of horse tags placed on the table.
Generally, there are many card tables in horse card halls. When guests come in to play cards, they will be served by waiters serving tea and snacks. In higher-end card halls, there are entertainers playing piano, singing, allegro storytelling and other entertainment programs. However,
Today, there is no one in the "Desheng Hall", not even a waiter can be seen, let alone the singers and storytellers. Moreover, the windows and doors are closed, and there is insufficient light in the hall, making it look a bit gloomy.
spirit.
Lei Wanniu walked to the Eight Immortals table and said: "Master Hua is here today. If you think highly of Lei, please come sit down and do a few laps with us to make friends. How about that?"
Hua Bushi looked at the face of the Lei gang leader, but saw that he was expressionless, and could not tell whether he was happy or angry. Then he looked at the young scholar Hu Jinting and the chief escort Tang Long, and the expressions on their faces were also the same.
Can't tell what they are thinking.
Hua Bushi couldn't help but have a strange feeling in his heart. He was originally very good at looking at faces. Of course, he also knew that if people want to hide their thoughts, they can try to be as silent as possible, but it is difficult for most people to do so.
Completely expressionless, the movements of their eyes and some subtle changes in their faces will still reveal their inner emotions.
However, the three people in front of them had no expression at all from the moment they met outside the door. Although the "Hongshengtang" gang leader Lei Wanniu was quite polite in his words, there was no smile on his face. Hua Bu
Shi looked at it and felt that the situation was getting more and more strange.
He clasped his fists and said loudly: "Xiao Ke came here today to discuss with Gang Leader Lei the ransom of Miss Zhuo Yiwen, a Huadan girl from 'Li Cui Yuan'. If Gang Leader Lei has any conditions, he can put them forward in person, and Hua Bushi will try his best."
Just contentment.”
Since he couldn't see through the other person's thoughts, Hua Bushi simply got straight to the point and talked about the matter directly.
But Lei Wanniu waved his hand and said: "It's just a trivial matter for an actor to redeem himself. How can it ruin our enjoyment of playing cards? I also invite Mr. Hua to sit down first and play a game of horse-drawing together. Other matters will come later."
How about further discussion?"
The leader of the Lei Gang refused to talk about business, but insisted on throwing a tantrum. Hua Bushi was a little hesitant, but since the other party extended the invitation, it was difficult to refuse.
He glanced at the hall, then looked at the Eight Immortals table and the horse tag on it, and said, "Okay, Xiao Ke will play a game with Gang Leader Lei first."
At that moment, Lei Wanniu, Hu Jinting, Tang Long and Hua Bushi were seated at the table, sitting around the Eight Immortals table. Yang Jiangyi stood beside Hua Bushi, while Zhu Hong and Li Hu stood behind him, talking to Hua Bushi.
Just one step away.
Lei Wanniu said: "Master Hua is a guest from afar, so you will be the banker in this game. How about that?"
Hua Bushi said: "Since Gang Leader Lei is so humble, Xiao Ke just obeys his orders."
Hua Bushi is also quite proficient in playing horse tags. There are forty horse tags in a set, and the colors are divided into four types: "Cross Gate", "Wanzi Gate", "Suozi Gate" and "Wenqian Gate". Rules
One person is the banker, and three players are the players. Each player takes eight cards, and the remaining eight cards are idle. Then the four people take turns to draw the cards, take the cards, and play the big cards to attack the small ones. The three players work together to attack the banker and make the banker play.
Then you can win.
Lei Wanniu reached out and picked up the pair of horse tags on the table and shuffled the cards with a very skillful technique.
He shuffled the cards and put them back on the table, and the four of them began to take the cards.
The gameplay of Ma Diao is not complicated. This game of Ma Diao was also played very fast. Hua Bushi was lucky as the dealer. He got the big cards in three of the four suits and soon gained the upper hand. After a few rounds,
After the cards are played, seven of the eight idle cards previously placed on the table have been taken away, leaving only the last one.
Hua Bushi played another card "Zun Wan Wan Guan", which suppressed the player's attack. As long as he got the last piece, he would win the game. But at this moment, he suddenly put the card in his hand
He put it on the table and said: "Leader Lei, there is no need to continue the fight. Xiao Ke has lost this game."
Lei Wanniu said: "Master Hua, what do you mean by this? This game is not over yet, why do you admit defeat?"
Hua Bushi said: "I heard rumors in the world that Gang Leader Lei is very loyal and a hero of Guangming Base. Hua Bushi came here today just to talk about redeeming Miss Zhuo, but I don't know why Gang Leader Lei used this method."
Cruel means, do you have to put Xiaoke to death?"
Lei Wanniu said: "How do you say this?"
Hua Bushi said: "In this set of horse tags, only one is smeared with poison on the back. When you shuffled the cards just now, you deliberately put it at the end, trying to lure me to get it. The poison of rotten bone grass is colorless and odorless.
It can penetrate through the skin and cause poisoning. There is no cure for it. However, this poison has a characteristic, which is that it emits a little white light in the dark. Although Xiao Ke has been studying medicine for a long time, if it were not for the lack of light in this room,
It’s also hard to recognize!”
As soon as he said this, everyone looked at the card on the table, and sure enough they saw a faint white light emitting from the card. This white light was so subtle that if Hua Bushi hadn't said it, no one would have noticed it.
After Hua Bushi revealed the poisoning method, Lei Wanniu's face remained expressionless and said: "It turns out that Mr. Hua is good at poisoning and can see through the methods of rotten bone grass. Lei closed the windows of this room.
Unexpectedly, it helped you!"
At this moment, I don't know what signal Lei Wanniu sent out. Suddenly, all the closed windows around him were pushed open from the outside with a "bang", and the sunlight shone into the room, and everyone in the hall was suddenly dazzled!
The hall was quite dark before. The light suddenly entered and the light and dark changed drastically. However, human eyes needed a process of adaptation. Suddenly everyone's vision was greatly reduced. However, Lei Wanniu, Hu Jinting and Tang Long seemed to have lost their sight early.
As promised, he stood up from the chair in front of the Eight Immortals table at the same time, jumped back, and flew away.
However, they couldn't escape!
At this time, it was still difficult for everyone to see, and they could only hear the sound of "clang, clank, clank" of weapons clashing several times, and then a "pop" sound, like the collision of palms, and then there was another clear cry, but it was Yang.
The sound of Jiangyi's "Red Snow" giant sword being unsheathed!
After a few breaths, people's eyes adapted to the sunlight shining into the room. They saw dozens of sharp arrowheads protruding from more than ten windows on all sides of the hall, and dozens of archers were ambushing them.
He was bending his bow and pointing an arrow into the hall.
Hua Bushi was still sitting in front of the Eight Immortals table, looking leisurely and motionless, while Yang Jiangyi, Li Hu and Zhu Hong had already stood in three directions, forcing Lei Wanniu, Hu Jinting and Tang Long respectively!