burning nations

Chapter 23 Lu meets Zhu Wu and goes to Xiangyang

In the courtesy of Baidi Caiyun, Qianling Jiangling returned one day.

From Kuizhou to Jingzhou, there is a thousand-mile waterway, with Guizhou and Xiazhou in the middle. However, the mighty river is as fast as a torrent, like the push of a god, and the light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains.However, this is only from Kuizhou to Jingzhou. If you go from Jingzhou to Kuizhou in the opposite direction, you can pass thousands of miles of water, and it will not be a day's work.

Kuizhou is the gateway to the east of Jiannan Road, and the difficulty of entering Jiannan Road, even though Zhang Cai is young and has no personal experience, still knows the outline from the mouths of passers-by and Qi Qi—it is difficult to go to the blue sky!

If you enter Jiannan from Kuizhou, there are many mountains on land, and there are many steep and high cliffs. There are not many people on the road, and the land road is impassable; and if you want to go upstream by water, you have to pull boats on both sides of the river, whether it is a passenger ship or a boat. Merchant ships, large or small, all need trackers to pull them, otherwise they cannot move forward at all.

Therefore, the special situation has fostered many groups of trackers on both sides of the strait. These coolies form gangs and gangs to occupy the three states. They all collude with the government and wealthy businessmen. , There are also activities involving murder in the Jianghu and collecting money to kill.

In short - the underworld!

As far as Zhang Cai knows, Xiazhou is also the largest gang in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. The leader of the gang is Zhuo Sanmu, the owner of "Shanquanzhuang" and the name of "Sword God" on the rivers and lakes. There are tens of thousands of trackers at the wharf, and thousands of quack killers are raised and trained. Their business includes but not limited to pulling boats, hiring murders, collecting protection fees, and human trafficking.
How did Zhang Cai know?good question!Zhang Cai knew that it was because of a conflict with the Xian Gang in Xiazhou City. The reason was very simple. Zhang Cai was too beautiful, and she didn’t do a good job in disguise. She was recognized as a daughter. Zhang Cai was sold to be a prostitute, and she sold it after she had finished her pleasure. In the end, Zhang Cai killed 13 people, and was followed by the vines to lead a human trafficking den, killing and maiming 30 people, and married Liang Zi of the Xian Gang. down.

Then, Xianbang kept finding Zhang Cai's troubles, just like brown sugar!
Take the land road from Xiazhou to Xiangzhou, and cross Jingshan Mountain halfway. It was noon, and as soon as I took out the barley cakes, I heard the sound of fighting not far away. I walked up the hill and saw a group of strong men. They are attacking another group of people. There are many female relatives among the attacked group. Some men are dressed as guards and embroidered with vines on their clothes. There are about 20 attackers, all of whom are strong and strong men. They have all kinds of axes, axes, hooks and forks, and they are dressed in a variety of strange ways, but Zhang Cai can tell at a glance that they are killers in the world, and they kill people without blinking an eye.

Just watched a more beautiful female relative was caught, smashed on the head with a hammer, and died on the spot.After killing people, he continued to rush into the crowd. Although the guards were desperate to protect them, but the number was too small, two of them were folded during the rush to rescue, and they fell into a disadvantage.

Seeing this, Zhang Cai drew his sword and rushed down the mountain without saying a word, joined the battle group to attack the Jianghu people, and immediately stabbed two of them to death, attracting attention.

"Boy! Who the hell are you? How dare you kill my brothers from the Xian Gang!!"

Zhang Cai frowned, and the handsome face under the men's clothes was even more feminine. He sneered and said, "It turns out that he is a member of the Xian Gang. He really does something that animals can do. Today is a narrow road for enemies!"

"Oh? Is it possible that the brother is a fool on the road? I'm going to "pitch the tiger" in the Xiaxian gang. How dare I show my temple with one step, and I will bring my brothers to pay homage some other day!"

"That's a lot of nonsense." Zhang Cai couldn't understand these tricks, and swung his long sword straight to Chi Tianhu's face.

Chia Tianhu narrowed his eyes, saw Zhang Cai's long sword was swift and fierce, and swung his crutches to resist, suddenly felt a pain in his cheek, dodged his head and sideways dodged out of the circle, touched his face, and there was a smear of blood on his finger.

"What a fast sword technique!" Chi Tianhu exclaimed in surprise, "Who the hell are you?!"

Zhang Cai said coldly: "The one who killed you."

Seeing that the guards were about to be unable to hold on, Zhang Cai swung his sword and stepped forward to resolve the battle quickly. How could Chi Tianhu fight Zhang Cai with his crutches like Zhang Cai wanted? The long iron-heart wooden crutches, when chopping and pulling, and when sweeping and pulling, the two crutches changed countless moves in his hands, and they were able to resist Zhang Cai's swift long sword, making Zhang Cai's complexion slightly changed, and the speed of his hands method faster.

But Zhang Cai still underestimated the enemy, and saw her move the fairy to guide the way, and the long sword went straight to the throat of Tianhu.Chi Tianhu hurriedly used his crutches to parry, and held the long sword dangerously.Just as Zhang Cai pulled back to break free, Chi Tianhu deliberately let go of his left turn and poked forward, the round blunt point hit Zhang Cai's chest, Zhang Cai felt a shock in his chest and took two steps back.

"Hmph! Kid, I offended the Xian Gang, I blame your life!"

Chi Tianhu thought that he had found out that Zhang Cai was only a three-legged cat, so he used his crutches to stride forward without any scruples, and took Zhang Cai's head.

Zhang Cai didn't panic, she already understood the way to insert Tianhu from the test just now, the only thing to avoid is that Jiatianhu has two crutches!
Qing Daosheng suffered death, Zhang Cai swung his long sword to defend as an attack, and kept hitting the left and right crutches. After two or three moves, the Chi Tianhu swept towards him. Tianhu's thigh, Chi Tianhu wailed and fell to the lower floor.Zhang Cai got up immediately, and quickly cut the skin of Jia Tianhu's wrist with a sword. The pain immediately caused Jia Tianhu to fall, and then angrily launched a combo of blows to Zhang Cai.

But after all, the injury on the leg greatly affected Chi Tianhu's combat power, Zhang Cai was naturally relaxed, dancing his sword with softness, restraining strength with chocolate, cleverly avoiding Chi Tianhu's successive killing moves.Immediately, while Chi Tianhu was sweeping, Zhang Cai swung his sword faster than him, and the tip of the sword slashed across his throat, Chi Tianhu froze instantly, and bright red blood slowly flowed from his neck.

Zhang Cai killed someone!However, in terms of ease, it is not as strenuous as beheading a tiger!

Having dealt with the leader, Zhang Cai used his sword to rescue the suppressed guards. It was not easy to solve the gang of minions. He stabbed seven or eight of them to death in a row, and the rest of them broke up.

"Thank you son for your generous help, Zhu is very grateful."

"What do you say, you should draw your sword to help when you see injustice. How can you let thieves kill you for money? There are laws in the empire."

Zhang Cai stared at the man in front of him while speaking. He should not be much older than himself, and he is a bit precocious. He has a sallow face and long beard, and he is bookish, but judging by his steady steps with short knives, he should be a practicing family; Usually, he should be a person who often uses his brain to think about problems, either wise or scheming.At best, it is "both civil and military", and at worst, it is "cunning and cunning", but Zhang Cai is more inclined to the former.

Because Zhang Cai could feel that the man in front of him didn't have the kind of arrogance compared to other noble children. He didn't feel ashamed to be close to common people, he treated ordinary people as human beings.

At least Zhang Cai's clothes are made of ordinary materials, without any imprint of the family on them, and he is still polite when talking to himself, and if he can't get bored, it can be seen that the integrity of the man in front of him is commendable.

Zhang Cai is watching him, and he is also watching Zhang Cai.After carefully looking at Zhang Cai's facial features, the man became suspicious. Although he had a yellow face, a thick waist, and a scar on his palm, the more he looked at it, the more feminine he looked, and the more he looked like a woman.

Sniffing quietly, there is a faint fragrance.
"My son is very kind. The empire is law-abiding. Zhu Wu, a person from Xiangzhou, brought his family to Jingshan to play. If it weren't for the help of the son, the consequences would be disastrous. Dare I ask the name of the son Gao? I will remember the grace of the son for saving me." .”

Zhang Cai paused and said: "There are some trivial things that are not worth mentioning. I don't want to mention them by name. If you call me a son, my surname is Zhang."

"Oh, Mr. Zhang, I don't know where you will go next?"

"Me? I plan to march in all directions to practice and practice. I may go north, cross the Han River, and go to Luozhou or Imperial Capital."

"Well, if the young master is on the way, why not come together?"

"This." Zhang Cai hesitated, is it necessary to get involved with this group of people?

Seeing that Zhang Cai was hesitant, Zhu Wu said again: "My lord, I have some selfish intentions. My family offended some villains in the early years. I was afraid of accidents on the road, so I invited you. But don't worry, my lord, the Zhu family in Xiangzhou will not miss you. paid."

Zhang Cai's eyes narrowed after hearing this: "Zhu's family in Xiangzhou! Could it be that you are a member of Zhu Tao's clan?"

Zhu Wu's face changed drastically, he knew that he had slipped his tongue, and was thinking about how to remedy it, but Zhang Cai said: "Since it is Zhu Tao's family, then I will go to Xiangzhou, it's just about Zhu Gong's matter on the way, please let me know." Master Zhu Wu is willing to teach you."

Zhu Wu felt strange after hearing this, this person doesn't dislike Zhu Tao?What a wonder!
(End of this chapter)