A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 751: Retrieval Chao, enemy attack at night! (Please order in full!)

PS: Upload it first and then review it to correct details and typos. Brothers, just wait for the chapter names to come out, refresh it and read it again.

Early the next morning, as soon as dawn broke, Suo Chao came to say goodbye, quite impatient to set out on his journey.

Hua Twelve and others came out to see them off. Lu Zhishen and Suo Chao reminded:

"It's just dawn, and there are very few boats passing by on the river. We're afraid that we might be ambushed by thieves. Why don't we wait until the sun rises and there are more boats on the river before proceeding?"

Suo Chao smiled bitterly and said, "I understand this too. I'm not afraid of the jokes of a few brothers. I don't have any say in this journey. Traveling at dawn and staying overnight, walking fast and driving slowly are all the decisions made by Xie Duguan. He gets up early in the morning." So I found a cargo ship going to Bianjing, negotiated a price, and urged them to leave early. I had no choice but to let it go."

As he spoke, he pointed towards the other side of the pier: "What a coincidence, we are on the same boat as the scholar named Wu yesterday!"

Hua Twelve couldn't help but look strange after hearing this. There were so many boats to choose from, but he chose Wu Yong's boat. Isn't this the old birthday star who hanged himself because he didn't want to live long, so he rushed to die, but it was good, as it saved other innocent boatmen from being harmed. .

As they were talking, Butler Xie, who had already disembarked first, saw that Suo Chao was still on the boat and shouted from the shore:

"Sotisha, why don't you go and say something to them? They don't even take the Grand Master seriously. You still want to have a relationship?"

Lu Zhishen couldn't stand listening anymore: "You old man is so rude. Yesterday I saved you from the knife of a thief, and then hosted you for a night of food and drink. It's okay if you're not grateful. Who can you tell me this cynicism!"

Jia Lian was afraid of offending the grand master, so he quickly tried to persuade him. Steward Xie did not argue with Lu Da, but just cupped his hands towards Hua Twelve and said:

"Commander Lin, I wish you a bright future!"

Yesterday, he also said that he would accuse Hua Twelve of his crimes in front of Cai Jing, but now he said that he wished him a bright future. This was obviously irony, reminding Hua Twelve to wait and see.

Hua Twelve smiled brightly and said: "Lin's future will naturally depend on his own ability, so we don't have to worry about the old housekeeper and the grand master!"

Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi shouted in unison: "Well said!"

Butler Xie snorted: "I hope the next time I see the commander, he will be as tough-talking as usual!" After saying this, he asked his servants to carry the birthday card and head to the cargo ship over there.

Suo Chao smiled bitterly and apologized to everyone, and everyone said it was okay.

When Suo Chao disembarked, Jia Lian advised Hua Twelve: "Brother, hurry up and catch up with me, say a few words, give me some money, and this matter will be over. Don't really make trouble with Cai Jing, for fear of not ending well!"

Hua Twelve looked at the old housekeeper heading to Wu Yong's boat and said with a smile:

"Second brother Lian, don't worry. The brothers are all following Captain Gao. No matter how powerful Cai Jing is, he will not embarrass the captain just because of a few words from this old guy!"

He said this, but he was thinking in his heart that old man Xie didn't have the chance to go to Bianjing.

But on Suo Chao's side, he followed the old housekeeper and escorted the birthday party onto the cargo ship. He saw that in addition to Wu Yong whom he had seen last night, there was also a Taoist priest carrying a sword on the ship. He also saw that the ship's stewards were three shirtless and muscular men. Being a kind person, I couldn't help but feel vigilant and started asking.

First, he asked where the monk became a monk and where he was going by boat. Then he asked where the boatman was from and what kind of goods were carried on the boat.

The three boatmen looked impatient, and the youngest among them shouted:

"For a ship fee of several dozen taels, why should I tell you all the eighteen generations of my ancestors!"

Suo Chao was immediately furious and was about to reveal his identity, but the old housekeeper named Xie was dissatisfied with Suo Chao and said:

"Why, why don't you trust my eyes? I've eaten more salt than you have walked, and you can tell at a glance that these are people of their duty!"

The three boatmen all laughed loudly: "This gentleman is right, we are all working people on the water, and we don't ask for much from you even for the boat fare."

The Taoist priest and Wu Yong also followed the joke to smooth things over. Even if Suo Chao still had doubts, he didn't hesitate to ask more questions based on the look on the old housekeeper's face.

The cargo ship set sail and headed towards Bianjing under the control of the boatman. This early in the morning, as far as the eye could see, this cargo ship was the only one on the river.

After a few miles of sailing, the ship's speed suddenly slowed down. The youngest boatman opened the wooden planks of the cargo hold on the deck, and seven or eight people came up from below. Suo Chao looked and saw that they were all the thieves who robbed the ship yesterday.

At this time, Suo Chao didn't know that he was on a pirate ship. He quickly picked up the ax and cursed at Na Xie Du Guan:

"Old man, is this a man of his duty in your eyes?"

The old man Xie was so frightened that he couldn't speak. Suddenly his heart felt cold. He looked down and saw half of the tip of a knife sticking out of his chest. He looked back unwillingly and saw that the person holding the knife turned out to be the man who looked human and animal. The harmless scholar Wu Yong!

Wu Yong's face looked a little ferocious, and he said in a voice that only two people could hear: "My lord asked me to tell you that this is the result of suing him for a black case!"

Butler Xie's eyes suddenly opened wide: "Yes" he didn't say what he meant, and the next moment his eyes lost all life.

By the time Wu Yong pulled out the sword, Chao Gai, the king of the tower, Liu Tang, the red-haired ghost, and others were already pressing towards Suo Chao.

Suo Chao was impatient. Seeing that Lao Duguan had been killed, he gave a sharp shout and rushed over to kill Wu Yong with his mountain axe. However, Chao Gai stopped him with a simple knife. The two fought together for a few rounds before he discovered Two of his men, as well as the porters carrying the birthday boat, had all been chopped down on the deck and could not survive.

Seeing that the situation was over, Suo Chao sighed heavily, protected himself with a mountain ax and said to Chao Gai and others:

"Heroes, you can take this birthday guide, I just want a way to survive!"

Wu Yong threw away the steel knife at this time, returned to his Zhiduoxing appearance, and smiled at Suo Chao:

"We want the birthday card, and we want you too!"

Seeing Chao Gai, Liu Tang and others surrounding him, Suo Chao felt his heart change, threw away the mountain axe, turned around and jumped out of the boat, fell into the water with a splash, and swam towards the shore with all his strength.

Everyone on the boat was not in a hurry at all and watched Suo Chao's performance with laughter. When the vanguard was halfway through the swim, the younger man among the three boatmen before laughed and said:

"Brothers, wait a moment, I'll be back soon!"

After saying that, he plunged from the boat into the water and never showed his head again. After a dozen breaths, he suddenly saw Suo Chao, who was struggling to swim, sinking, then started struggling violently in the water, and in the blink of an eye, his head disappeared. .

After a while, the water surged, and the young boatman floated up dragging Suo Chao, treading water with his feet and swimming towards the cargo ship.

Looking at Suo Chao again, he didn't have the ability to fight back. He just kept spitting out water and rolled his eyes.

Everyone on the boat applauded: "Well done Xiaoqi!"

The three boatmen were the three heroes of the Ruan family, and the young one was Ruan Xiaoqi, who was known as the Living Yama. At this time, Ruan Xiaoqi captured Suo Chao in the water, and he was so excited that he sang a fishing song in the water:

"Grandpa was born between heaven and earth. He does not rely on the court or officials. He casts a sky net on the water, and the turtle and the bastard hide it inside."

There was another burst of cheers and laughter on the boat.

After dragging Suo Chao onto the boat, the latter lay down on the bow and began to vomit water until he almost spit out the gall. Only then did he regain his breath, slumped towards the bow of the boat, and said with a bitter smile:

"It's not that I, Suo Chao, have any abilities. It's because the old man made a random decision that I fell into your scheme. If you are heroes, give me a good reward. On the way to hell, we can still catch up with the old man and chop him into pieces." ax!"

Chao Gai saw the toughness of his words and praised him: "He is indeed a good man. There is still a road for you. Can you take it?"

When Suo Chao heard that the thieves seemed to have no intention of killing him, he immediately asked: "Which way?"

Chao Gai pointed in the direction of Liangshan:

"From now on, when we go to Shandong, there is Liangshan Mountain. Thousands of harbor branches and 800 miles in all directions are natural barriers. We want to take this birth chart and go to Liangshan to drop grass together. If you go up the mountain with us to gather righteousness, that will be My brother, I will spare your life today!" Suo Chao looked struggling when he heard this. He was a member of the official army, so naturally he would not follow the people in front of him and become bandits.

Wu Yong could see it clearly and said with a smile: "Tija must think clearly. You have lost the birth date of Cai Jing, the old thief, and the old nanny has died. Can Cai Jing tolerate you? And can Liang Zhongshu tolerate you? ?”

Suo Chao felt a shiver in his heart, knowing that what Wu Yong said was true. He had lost his birth date this time, and he was afraid that even if he went back, there would be no good outcome. He sighed:

"Come on, thanks to the respect of all the brothers, Suo Chao can't be justified no matter how ignorant he is, so he went to Liangshan with all the brothers!"

Wu Yong stepped forward and spread his hands, holding a pill in his palm:

"Since Tihar has joined the team, I will take this pill. I am not afraid to tell you that all the brothers have eaten this thing. After you take it, we will tell you what it is!"

Since Suo Chao promised to go up the mountain, he had no other thoughts. Hearing that everyone had eaten this thing, he didn't care whether it was poison or not, so he picked it up, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Only then did Wu Yong tell him that this elixir was called the Three Corpse Brain Divine Pill, and there were three baby corpse worms in it. They were so cute!

Suo Chao regretted it, turned around, choked his throat, and started to vomit. If he had to choose again now, he would rather die than eat such a disgusting thing.

No one on the boat tried to stop him, only Ruan Xiaoqi sneered:

"I vomited out all the gall last night, but I didn't spit out the elixir. Just give up on this idea!"

Everyone sighed when they heard this, none of them were like this.

Chao Gai said: "Just tell him to vomit. If he doesn't vomit until the sky is dark, how can he give up!"

On Hua Twelve's side, after Zhang Zhenniang, Lin Daiyu and other girls got up, everyone had breakfast before setting sail.

In later generations, the journey from Huaiyin to Huai'an only took a few dozen minutes, and the journey from Huai'an to Yangzhou by boat only took more than two hours. However, during the Northern Song Dynasty, this time was greatly extended.

It only takes one day to take a boat from Huaiyin to Huai'an, and it takes four or five days to get there from Huai'an to Yangzhou.

That evening, the ship docked in Huai'an. After everyone had rested after dinner, Hua Twelve once again used Qinggong to sneak off the ship and headed for a cargo ship anchored in the distance.

That cargo ship was the cargo ship of Chao Gai and others. After surrendering last night, Hua Twelve made an agreement with them to meet in Huai'an today, so Chao Gai and others chased after them after they finished their work.

When night fell just now, Hua Twelve saw a fishing fire flickering in the distance. He knew that Chao Gai and the others had succeeded and sent a signal to him.

When Hua Twelve boarded the cargo ship and entered the cabin, everyone prostrated at the same time:

"Meet you brother!"

Last night, Wu Yong saw how big his plan was and called him lord directly. However, Hua Twelve felt that his foundation was not stable and did not want to be too ostentatious. He thought that in the original plot, the lord of Liangshan was called his elder brother, so he settled on this title. From now on, he will be the leading brother behind Liang Shanbo.

"Everyone get up!"

Hua Twelve smiled and waved his hand to tell everyone to stand up. When he saw the shocked Vanguard going out of time, he chuckled:

"Surprise or not? Unexpected or not?"

Suo Chao pointed at him: "General Lin, are they all your people? Did you let them rob the birthday card?"

After he finished speaking, he was filled with righteous indignation: "How can you, a great general of the Song Dynasty and the commander of a battalion, do such a thing?"

Chao Gai and others wanted to show their loyalty, so they all yelled: "Bold!"

Wu Yong also said: "Brother Suo, don't forget the three corpse brain pills!"

When Suo Chao heard about the Three Corpses Brain Pill, he immediately shivered, but he still asked unwillingly:

"Why are you doing this!"

Hua Twelve smiled faintly: "Actually, these brothers were not my people yesterday, but I subdued them last night. Then old man Xie is going to Bianjing to find the Grand Master to stir up trouble and ruin my future. How can I allow him to come to Tokyo? Bianliang?"

When Suo Chao heard this, he immediately said angrily: "This old guy has more success than failure. He will die well, he will die well!"

Hua Twelve said again: "There is also this birthday card. I heard that it is worth one hundred thousand gold and silver jewels. I dare to ask Tiha, are these the people's wealth and anointing that Liang Zhongshu plundered? It's better for us to take the ill-gotten wealth. , it saves money on that old thief Cai Jing!"

Suo Chao was silent for a while and then asked: "Brother Chao Gai said that we are going to Liangshan to gather for justice. General Lin, you want to control Liangshan. What are your plans?"

Hua Twelve suppressed his smile and said calmly: "Don't ask about this Tiha. You just need to work for me with peace of mind. Sooner or later, you will get ahead!"

Wu Yong was a rotten guy. He got some wine and presented it to Hua Twelve with both hands:

"Brother, Brother Suo has already taken the Three Corpse Brain Divine Pills, all he needs is the Life and Death Talisman!"

Hua Twelve originally thought that the Three Corpse Brain Pills were enough, and did not want to give Suo Chao a life and death talisman. But now Wu Yong proposed it, and it was hard to refuse. He couldn't help but nodded, dipped a drop of wine with his finger, and nodded. A bullet, a piece of ice, hit Suo Chao's wrist.

Suo Chao was startled, but it turned out that he felt nothing but a cold, but the next moment, he felt itching and pain, which made him suffer a lot.

After Hua Twelve gave him the antidote, suppressed the itching pain, and explained the situation of the life and death talisman, Suo Chao completely returned to his heart, but he looked at Wu Yong with some complaints in his eyes.

Chao Gai said from the side: "Don't blame the scholar. We have all been hit by the talisman of life and death. If you are the only exception, how can we safely regard you as our brother? It's fine now. From now on, we are truly our own people." !”

Suo Chao's expression changed several times, and finally he silently knelt down on one knee to Hua Twelve and said, "Brother!"

Hua Twelve helped Suo Chao up and looked at the birthday card again. He saw that it was full of rare jewels, which were priceless. One hundred thousand guan was too little. When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but curse Cai Jing and Liang Zhongshu Weng's son-in-law. Corrupt officials.

Chao Gai and Wu Yong discussed with Hua Twelve and planned to set off north to Shandong tomorrow to capture Liangshanbo.

Just as Hua Twelve was about to explain the details, he heard shouts of death coming from outside. He immediately ordered Ruan Xiaoqi: "Xiaoqi, go and see what's going on!"

Ruan Xiaoqi turned around and went out, then ran back in a short time and said anxiously, "Brother, there are hundreds of strong men attacking the Rongguo Mansion ship!"

Hua Twelve stood up suddenly and told several people: "You don't need to move, I can just go by myself!"

As he spoke, he had already arrived on the deck. He jumped out with one step of his toes and walked on the water. After more than a dozen ups and downs, he had already boarded the Rongguo Mansion's ship. Chao Gai and others were stunned when they saw this.

　Thanks to: 08a, Little Tiger in the Demon World, and brothers for taking the exam well for their rewards. Thanks to the brothers who voted for monthly votes and recommendation votes. Thank you very much.

　　(End of this chapter)