burning nations

Chapter 25 Jianghu Gang
Nanzhang County is also a county with too many people, too many people and too little land, and a surplus of labor force. There is no need to describe the city appearance.The next morning, they checked out of the house, the car was still in the front and the two people were behind, and everyone continued to drive to Xiangyang.

Because of what happened last night, Zhu Wu was still a little bit hesitant, but Zhang Cai had already let go.On the way, when Zhang Cai asked why you were hunted down, Zhu Wu sighed long and hard.

"Brother Zhang, do you know the methods of the Donglin Party?"

Zhang Caiwen said: "I would like to hear the details."

Zhu Wudao: "I have seen three methods of the Donglin Party. One is to win over, or to lure magnates, or to use money, or to seduce the target into the party, and this is only about those who can be used; second, Slandering, spreading rumors to smear, making things out of nothing, and turning right and wrong into black and white, you can see this from Mr. Zhu, so I don’t need to say too much; third, murder, or forceful killing, or assassination, or poisoning, directly taking one’s life becomes Dead people, dead people pose no threat."

"As far as I know, the Donglin Party lures various killer organizations in Jianghu with money and titles to work for them. Whenever they want to kill someone, these gangster killers will dispatch, not only to kill the target, but also to destroy the family."

"In the eyes of these killers, there is nothing wrong with ignoring human life. No one does not have blood on their hands. Just like the Donglin Party, they will do anything to achieve their goals."

"Mr. Zhu is surrounded by the protection of the imperial masters. Naturally, the assassins of the rivers and lakes can't get close. If they can't kill Mr. Zhu, they will naturally vent their anger on the clansmen. If they can't beat men, they will naturally slaughter women, children, old and weak with their knives."

Zhu Wu said with a wry smile: "Since Mr. Zhu came to Jiangnan, I don't know how many times I have been intercepted and killed by Jianghu killers. If I hadn't rescued each other with one step, we would have confessed. If we die, it must be The Donglin Party hypes up that a certain hero and righteous man killed the traitor's family in Jingshan, the sky has eyes, and he will not be punished if he commits crimes."

"You are so passive, don't you want to counter it?" Zhang Cai asked.

"How to counteract it?" Zhu Wu laughed at himself, "Most killers in the rivers and lakes are hidden in the market, and a few are wanted by the sea arrest documents. They don't know where they are. If you don't see the citizens who are suspected killers, just kill them. That's it." How is it any different from an animal that disregards human life? The Donglin Party wants us to do this!"

"Actually, I can point you in the right direction." Zhang Cai said, "There is a group of trackers in Xiazhou, the leader of which is Zhuo Sanmu, the owner of Shanquan Village, who has raised many killers."

"Thank you for your kindness, but Zhuo Sanmu's slender help Zhu Gong knows." Zhu Wu interrupted.

"you know?"

"Is this strange? The fiber uppers of Zhuo Sanmu in Xiazhou, the shoe uppers of Kuizhou Jinjiuwu, the mud foot uppers of Zhongxiong in Langzhou, the knife uppers of Ge Batian in Shizhou, and the Batian Gang of Ge Batian in Fangcheng County, Tangzhou , Anzhou Shenyiqi’s Salt Gang. They are all well-known killer organizations in Jianghu. Some specialize in killing on land, and some specialize in killing on water. Each has its own backstage, and each has its own reliance. Mr. Zhu wants to do it Can't do it either."

Zhu Wu said again: "But it can't be generalized. Xiangzhou also has Jianghu gangs. A group of beggars gathered together to form the Beggars' Gang. The current leader of the gang is Lu Youjiao. This gang has never done anything harmful to nature. On the contrary, it will obey the orders of the government. , to help the government manage law and order."

Zhang Cai asked curiously: "Can you tell me about those Jianghu sects that do evil? Except for the Xian Gang, I have never heard of the rest."

"What's the matter. Slim uppers and shoe uppers are not separated from each other, they are all gangs of boat trackers; the mud foot gang is a gang of fishermen, usually fishing fishermen, specializing in the business of robbing boats on the water; the knife gang is composed of Composed of mountain people and shed people, they are both a gang and a force; as for the Batian Gang and the Salt Gang, they are a kind of chamber of commerce gang that sells smuggled salt and black iron, but the former travels by land, while the latter travels by water. "

"Selling private salt?!" Zhang Cai was taken aback, the nature of this was already very bad, even worse than doing business without money.Salt and iron are monopolized by the empire, and the law stipulates that private sales are not allowed. This is a challenge to the law of the empire!

"Do you have any grievances with the Xian Gang?" Zhu Wu asked directly.

Zhang Cai nodded.

"Then you have to be careful, these gangs sometimes hold together to keep warm."

"What do you mean? Join forces to deal with me?"

Zhu Wu nodded: "If the target is going to be hit, they must unite and target together."

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Talking about Jianghu affairs all the way, unknowingly approaching Xiangyang City, when they were thirty miles away from the city, everyone was very tired and rested for a while.Zhang Cai planned to take a break before separating from Zhu Wu. When he walked into the grass, he suddenly felt something warm grabbing his ankle. His almond eyes widened immediately, and he drew out his long sword and stabbed it down, while yelling a reminder in his mouth.

"Who's in the grass!!!"

It was too late to say it, and then I heard screams in front of me, and then two darts hit Zhang Cai's face. Zhang Cai hurriedly swung his sword and hit him, and then saw an embroidered arrow flying towards him!
thump~~~
Zhang Cai turned his forehead, and the embroidered arrow hit the tree stump. The arrow completely sank into the tree, and a strand of girlish hair fluttered down, landing next to Zhang Cai's feet.

Zhang Cai stepped back immediately, and at this moment the sound of killing suddenly appeared, and the killers burst out in the tall grass on both sides!
"Kill Zhu Tao!!!"

"Kill the Zhu family in Xiangzhou!!!"

"Kill all Zhu Tao's women!!!"

"Kill!!!"

Mutations in form!

The tranquility and rest were ruthlessly broken, and countless killers rushed from all directions to surround the vehicle, catching the guards by surprise on the spot.Zhu Wu hastily organized all the guards to protect the vehicle, forming a circle to resist the attacks of the killers.But there were too many killers, they were almost attacking by force, and the guards were completely at a disadvantage, being suppressed and breathless.Seeing this scene, Zhu Wu was entangled by several killers before he could think of a way out, so he had to grab two short knives and fight desperately. Can concentrate completely unable to command.

Seeing this, Zhang Cai was about to rush into the encirclement to rescue him, when suddenly a knife slashed at him, and he hurriedly turned back to avoid the blade, and then eight killers stepped forward to force Zhang Cai into the battle.

Zhang Caiwu sword fought with eight people, letting her catch the opening from time to time and behead three of them. Just as she was about to deal with the killer in front of her and save Zhu Wu, she heard someone shouting:

"Hall master, that's him! He was the one who disrupted the situation in Jingshan and killed the hall master Chi Tianhu!!"

Another person said angrily: "It turned out that this minion killed Brother Chi Tianhu, and today I will teach him that he cannot live! He cannot die!"

After finishing speaking, he jumped into the circle with vigorous steps, raised his long sword out of thin air, and shouted in a low voice: "Back off!"

"Boy, you killed Chi Tianhu, next year today will be your anniversary!"

Zhang Cai looked at him, with a long robe and a long sword, and a charming mask covering his face. He sneered and said, "You are also from the Xian Gang? I will kill the members of the Xian Gang! How dare you pretend to be a shameless thing? You are as cowardly as a mouse." !"

When the man heard this, he said angrily on the spot: "Boy, I, Meng Treadou, will chop you into pieces today!!!"

As he spoke, he waved his sword and approached.

Zhang Cai danced his sword to meet each other, and within ten rounds of fighting, Zhang Cai found a flaw. When Meng Ta Chuan's sword pierced the air, Zhang Cai turned the sword to his left hand and slashed at Meng Ta Chuan's lower abdomen; Chuan suffered the pain and stabbed again, Zhang Cai turned his sword back to his right hand and slashed at Meng Tachuan's face. With one blow, he cut the mask in half and left a sword wound on his face.

"what!!!"

Meng Tachuan backed away in pain, touched the wound, and immediately realized that Zhang Cai's martial arts skills were not his opponent, so he waved to the left and right.

"Brothers step forward side by side! Let me hack him to death!!!"

"Kill!!!"

Seeing one or twenty killers charging at him with all kinds of weapons, Zhang Cai stepped forward to fight calmly with his sword. A horizontal slash caused Meng Tread to turn backwards and withdraw from the battle, and another thrust stabbed into the neck of a killer. Her agility helped her a lot, avoiding the killer's attacks again and again.

I saw Zhang Cai wielding a long sword in his hand, his sword moves were like the teeth of a tiger bared coldly, he slashed several times in a row, across the throats of seven killers, and forced the rest of the killers back step by step.

Seeing this, Meng Tazhou commanded: "Jinlong, Jinkui, you don't want a few of you to go up and fight alone, surround this kid and beat him!"

After hearing this, Jin Long and Jin Kui in the circle exchanged winks, then Jin Long shouted loudly, brandished a simple sword and led seven assassins to attack Zhang Cai; behind.

Zhang Caijian's eyebrows were half-tightened, and with a twist of the long sword in his hand, he turned the blade of the sword onto the plain knife in a strange way, then he held the sword behind his back and leaped forward, approaching at a speed that surprised the golden dragon, and swung the sword to chop off the golden dragon. head!

Jin Kui, who was standing behind Zhang Cai, was startled when he saw the golden dragon's head fall to the ground. When he hesitated, Zhang Cai jumped back suddenly. When he landed, he had already lowered his waist and turned around, cutting Jin Kui's thigh with his sharp long sword.Just as Jin Kui yelled out in pain, Zhang Cai had already come in front of him, swung his long sword horizontally, blood splashed, cut Jin Kui's throat, and went underground to accompany Jin Long.

Afterwards, Zhang Cai counted his swords again, beheaded the remaining eight killers, and straightened his sword to Meng Tachuan.

Meng Tazhou was shocked, and hurriedly dodged and shouted for help.Then more than a dozen people rushed into the encirclement, and one of them kept firing hidden weapons at Zhang Cai. The ship turned back to defend itself.He turned his head and saw that Zhu Wu was already rolling all over the ground in the encirclement, and two of the guards had fallen down again, the line of defense was in danger, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

Wielding a long sword and fighting with the killer who came to help, Meng Tachuan also joined the battle group with a sword and directly attacked Zhang Cai. Zhang Cai was still brave in the siege of many people. It was no problem to kill six killers one after another and stab Meng Tachuan The shoulder forced it to withdraw from the battle group.However, after all, it was a long battle, and Zhang Cai's physical strength began to run low. The exhaustion of his body made Zhang Cai's movements heavy and his reaction slow.

"He's dying! Kill him!!"

Meng Tachuan's voice rang in his ears, Zhang Cai was at the moment of impatience, and immediately thought of cutting Meng Tachuan into pieces.However, the dancing blade did not give Zhang Cai time to think, so Zhang Cai had to concentrate and grit his teeth to kill the enemy!
After killing three more people, Zhang Cai felt infinite soreness in his arms, as if he would lose his strength in the next second.

Just at this time, the sound of horseshoes came from the direction of Xiangyang City. Looking up, a man with a long beard rode his horse and raised his sword, and rode into the encirclement alone.Behind the bearded man, a group of beggars with clubs fought with the killers.

Then look at one of the beggars who is quite brave, wields a green stick, ups and downs up and down very methodically, kills many killers, almost no one can stop him.

One of the killers cursed: "Lu Youjiao! Your gang of beggars has repeatedly opposed my gang! He will definitely wipe out your gang of beggars from top to bottom!!!"

Lu Youjiao sneered and said, "Fang Tianhua! It is because of you that I have the Beggars' Clan! You bunch of corrupt officials and minions don't go away! Give me a stick!"

Talking about dancing the stick, he took Fang Tianhua directly.

Zhang Cai heard that he claimed to be Lu Youjiao of the Beggar Gang, and knew that reinforcements were coming, so the abandoned shrimp soldiers and crab generals swung their swords to kill Meng Tachuan.Meng Tazhou was shocked, knowing that he couldn't beat him, so he fled with a shot.

"Don't pester Lao Fang and go!"

Fang Tianhua in the encirclement saw Meng Tachuan retreating, and hurriedly led the killers to follow.Zhang Cai and the bearded knight on horseback were about to give chase, when Zhu Wu weakly shouted, "Don't chase after the poor!"

Zhang Cai turned his head and looked, Zhu Wu had injured his left shoulder and was leaning against the wall of the car.

"Brother Zhu, how are you hurt?!" Zhang Cai stepped forward.

"I got stabbed, it's not a big deal. Brother Zhang, how about you? You didn't get hurt with one enemy, right?"

"I'm fine, just a little tired."

At this time, a man with a long beard came up with a knife, looked at Zhang Cai, clasped his fists in a salute, and asked Zhu Wu, "You're not dead, are you?"

Zhu Wu said with a smile: "Fate is big, I can't die."

"Be patient, and there will be a doctor to treat you when you enter the city."

"It's okay, how much did the guards pay?"

"Eight people were killed and four were seriously injured."

"Thanks to Lao Zhu, you came to the rescue in time, otherwise I wouldn't believe it."

"You should still be the leader of the Xielu gang. If the brothers of the beggar gang hadn't detected a large number of people from the Xian gang sneaking into Xiangzhou, I would have been kept in the dark."

"It's time to thank the brothers of the Beggar Gang for saving our Zhu family again."

Zhang Cai interrupted with a light cough: "Cough~ I'm sorry, Brother Zhu, who is this strong man?"

Chang Huzi introduced himself: "My name is Zhu Dong, and I am Zhu Wu's younger brother. Thank you for your generous help. The Zhu family is very grateful."

Zhang Cai clasped his fists and said, "It's Brother Zhu Dian. Thank you brother for coming to help in time. If I'm too late, I'm afraid I'm going to lose my strength and die miserably. Thank you for saving my life."

"This is not a place to talk. I'm afraid that the killers of the Xian Gang will make a comeback later. It's better to go back to the city first."

"What brother Zhang said is very true, right and wrong can't stay for long!" Zhu Wu echoed from the side.

So everyone took the body with them, and the wounded walked forward quickly with each other's support, and arrived at the city of Xiangyang after a while.The body was handed over to the beggar gang to help with the burial, and everyone drove into Xiangyang City.

Zhang Cai followed the Zhu family's convoy, saving him the trouble of being made things difficult by the city gate guards.

As soon as they entered the city, the whole Zhu family was in chaos.Calling a doctor, prescribing medicine, taking medicine, supplements, being frightened, comforting Lu Youjiao, sending him to the mansion, and then taking the beggars' brothers to say goodbye. Leave Zhu's house and ask where is the inn.

When Lu Youjiao heard this, he immediately arranged for Zhang Cai.

(End of this chapter)