20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 162 Midnight·Drinking the Blood of the Enemy
Xiaoxiguan, Huifangli.

The bright front door is rarely lively, with laughter and laughter everywhere, but there are more people seeing off guests than welcoming them.

"Master Du, come back when you have time!"

"Second Master, look at you, you are so careless and you haven't even picked up your fan yet!"

"Come on, come on, Xiao Tao, give me another sip of fragrance."

The night is getting darker, and the overnight guests are already sleeping in the private rooms; the leisurely guests, it is naturally time for them to leave one after another...

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At three o'clock in the morning, a blue carriage came swaying from the west street entrance.

"Da da da!"

"crunch..."

The string of bells on the horse's neck has been removed, and there are only the crisp sounds of horse hooves and the turning of wheels, from far to near, and finally stopped in front of the "Huifangli" gate.

"Hey, Master, you're back so soon?" The big teapot Fulong hurriedly walked down the steps and stepped forward to ask, "Where's the shopkeeper? Why didn't he come back with you?"

"They are drinking! My aunt asked me to come back first to deliver food to Ling Chun'er." Jiang Xiaodao picked up two drawers of lunch boxes, jumped down from the carriage and asked, "She didn't pick up the guests, did she?"

"No, no!" Fulong laughed in response, "Hey! Ling Chun'er is so lucky. Not only does the shopkeeper love her, but the young master also misses her!"

"Hey! No matter how you say it, she has helped my father before, so she should give him a meal."

Jiang Xiaodao stopped talking nonsense to Fulong, took out his pocket watch, glanced at the time, and then immediately ran up the stairs with a group of girls on his back.

I couldn't help but sigh secretly in my heart: "Oh! It's easy to lie, but it's hard to tell a lie! You have to do everything in the show, it's so hard!"

As luck would have it, walking up the stairs three steps at a time, I bumped into Zhao Lingchun who was about to come down.

"Ah! Brother, why are you back so soon?"

Jiang Xiaodao was in a hurry, so he immediately handed over the lunch box and said with a smile: "You still ask me? Didn't you ask me to bring you food when you jumped high?"

"Hey! I'm kidding you!"

"Don't be ridiculous, I brought them all for you, take them!"

Zhao Lingchun was doubly surprised. He took the lunch box and opened a corner of the lid - there was a plate of fragrant fried liver tips, with cold cauliflower and two steamed buns underneath.

Did you really go out to a restaurant?
Zhao Lingchun looked hesitant. Could it be that he had reported the wrong news just now?

Jiang Xiaodao couldn't help frowning and asked: "Huh? What's your expression? What's wrong? You don't like to eat?"

"No, no." Zhao Lingchun hurriedly came to his senses, "I'm just a little surprised, thank you, brother, then I..."

Zhao Lingchun pointed upstairs.

"Oh, it's okay, you are busy with your business, I have to go back now!"

Neither of them had the intention to linger or chat, so they said goodbye in a hurry after meeting each other.

Zhao Lingchun looked dazed, holding his lunch box in one hand and lifting his skirt with the other, and ran up the stairs quickly.

She was a little confused.

Originally, when she accidentally discovered that Xu Ruqing had put on her pants and went out, she was already sure that "Owl" and the others would do something tonight.

But Jiang Xiaodao's sudden appearance confused her.

If you really took action, would you still think of delivering food to a slave girl like her?

After returning to the house, Zhao Lingchun immediately locked the door, walked to the balcony, and opened the window.

Outside the glass window, there was a narrow alley. Because it had just rained lightly, it looked particularly deserted and deserted.

It was too late, the person responsible for informing the news had already left.

Zhao Lingchun hesitated, wondering whether he should go to the Bai family in person and tell them that the news just now was wrong.

But then she thought about it, Bai Guoping once told her that she would rather kill the wrong person than let him go!
Even if the news is inaccurate, it must be reported in time.

After all, lives are at stake, it is better to be suspicious than careless!

Thinking of this, Zhao Lingchun felt relieved. When he was about to close the window, he suddenly glanced out of the corner of his eye and happened to see a carriage passing by on Xiaoxiguan Street at the entrance of the alley.

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The sound of the bell and drum towers in the inner city is extremely clear and can be heard far and wide.

Near Xiao Ximen, Sun Chengmo and Guan Wei remained silent, hiding side by side in the shadow of the old city wall.

Just after midnight, a blue-capped carriage arrived.

"Call-"

Tightening the reins, the sound of the horse's hooves finally calmed down.

Lao Ma stood still and snorted, seeming a little tired.

Jiang Xiaodao immediately jumped off the carriage, rushed into the darkness of the old city wall, and whistled.

After a while, there were figures shaking on both sides of the intersection: Third Uncle and Sixth Uncle were trotting out of the shadows from the south intersection; Xiao Xifeng was rushing over from the other side.

"Brother Dao!" Li Zhengxi greeted softly.

Jiang Xiaodao nodded and without saying a word, directly handed the reins to Xiao Xifeng's hand.

Immediately afterwards, the uncle and nephew got together, but they were still speechless.

It wasn't until Jiang Xiaodao pulled out three axes from the carriage and gave them to the two of them that Guan Wei couldn't help but frown and asked, "Xiaodao, what are you doing with these things?"

"My fourth uncle was not only shot."

Jiang Xiaodao said in a cold voice with a straight face, then picked up the ax, turned around, and walked straight away.

His expression was different from before. Not only was he less playful, but he was even less arrogant.

Guan Wei couldn't help but feel his heart sink. He had seen that face before.

Although Xiaodao was just an inexperienced young man at that time, his cruel temperament was enough to keep Guan Wei fresh in his memory.

The third uncle, Sun Chengmo, didn't know the reason. He immediately frowned and asked: "Lao Liu, this kid won't lose his temper again, will he? Let's do it tonight, so don't miss it!"

Guan Wei looked at Xiaodao's back, shook his head, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Third brother, you still don't understand your eldest nephew!"

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Xiaoxiguan, Heshengfang.

The door under the plaque was closed tightly, and the warm yellow light squeezed out from the gap. From the outside, it seemed as if a golden edge was drawn on the two dark door panels.

There was a burst of muffled laughter in the room; there were intermittent sounds of clinking cups and plates.

The light bulbs hanging from the rafters buzzed.

The familiar gambling table does not have the familiar gambling equipment such as Pai Gow, dice, and leaf picks. Instead, it is filled with a sumptuous banquet.

Zhong Yushan and others frequently gave those few people toasts and dishes, and from time to time they also told some dirty jokes to entertain everyone.

"Hey, Brother Zhong, don't just worry about picking up food for us! You eat too, you eat too!"

A fire general named Zhou raised his wine glass and called to the other seven brothers: "Come on! Brothers, let's toast Brother Zhong together. How about it?"

"Should, should!"

"Come on, come on, Brother Zhong, I really want to thank you this time. One of you will leave. I'll do it first as a courtesy!"

Zhong Yushan and others did not refuse, and agreed to drink the wine in one gulp, and said hurriedly: "Hey, brothers, don't thank us. If you want to thank us, just thank the old man. You can eat, we are just following orders, The old man specifically told me that I must give you a good meal before I leave. By the way, have you packed your train tickets?"

"Don't worry, I'm carrying it, I can't throw it away!"

Lao Zhou was a little drunk, lowered his head, and while tapping the table with his hand, he sighed: "Brother Zhong, to be honest with you, ever since I was tricked into betraying you by that bitch Chen Wantang, I thought I was dead. "

Zhong Yushan smiled and said: "Brother, what are you talking about? This 'Heshengfang' business will not be able to function at all without you. The old man is still counting on you. How can he kill you?"

"Hey! Brother, if the old man can ignore the past grudges, can the 'Owl'? His fourth brother was hacked to death by a few of us. For more than half a year, I have been living in fear!"

A general beside him echoed: "Isn't that true! I originally thought that we would all be gay in the morning and evening! Brother Zhong, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I have already written my suicide note. I didn't expect that the old man would be willing to let us go." .”

"How is that possible?" Zhong Yushan quickly comforted him and said, "You guys have been working hard to make money for the old man for more than half a year. He has always remembered it in his heart and will not ignore you!"

"Brother Zhong, I won't say any more, it's all in the wine."

"Okay! Let's just have fun tonight, and hurry to the train station early tomorrow morning."

"Do it! Come on, do it!"

Everyone raised their heads and bared their teeth after drinking.

"Dong dong dong..."

"What's the sound?" Lao Zhou put down his wine glass, tilted his head and looked at the door, "Did someone knock on the door?"

"Dong dong dong..."

"It's true, brother, you have a very good ear." Zhong Yushan stood up with a smile, "I'll open the door and have a look."

"Ouch! Brother Zhong, don't worry about him, let him knock!" Lao Zhou stretched out his hand to hold Zhong Yushan's arm, and yelled at the door, "Stop fucking knocking, it's closed, didn't you hear drinking!"

"Dong dong dong..."

The knocking on the door was louder than before.

"Hey! Holy shit, he's still coming!"

Zhong Yushan put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "I'd better go and have a look, so as not to get upset."

"No! Brother Zhong, sit down while I go over and take a look."

Lao Zhou pressed down on the table and was about to stand up, but suddenly he staggered and almost fell down. Everyone laughed at him for drinking too much, but he was not happy, so he forced himself to draw circles with his left foot and squares with his right foot, and staggered forward. When he got to the door, the swear words didn't stop.

"Stop fucking knocking! What a fool you are. Someone in your family has died, why are you here to report the funeral?"

Lao Zhou frowned, pulled out the door bolt rather impatiently, and grabbed the handle with both hands. However, he heard a "squeak" and the two dark door panels were opened by a gap as big as his head.

Just when he was about to open his mouth to curse, he suddenly felt an evil wind blowing directly at the door. He saw a flash of cold light in the dark night outside the house. Before he could see what was coming, he felt as if his face was exploding, "Puff!" There was a muffled sound, and the whole person fell to the ground immediately.

Lao Zhou collapsed to the ground in shock, his face was numb and burning, but he didn't feel any pain, but his eyes seemed to be covered with half a foot of red cloth, and everything he could see was bright red.

Everyone in the room screamed, and their faces turned pale with fear.Immediately afterwards, there was another loud bang!
Looking up, he saw a young man of twenty years old, smashing a door panel with one kick, and rushed into the house with a diagonal stab. Without saying a word, he raised the box cannon with his left hand and rushed towards Lao Zhou on the ground. The gun fired.

"boom!"

The sound of gunshots was piercing, and there was no one around at all. They were in a hurry to run to the back room, but just as they were about to stand up, they suddenly felt dizzy and weak, unable to exert any strength at all, so they all looked at Zhong Yushan with wide, angry eyes.

Zhong Yushan and others didn't bother to explain at all. When they saw Jiang Xiaodao coming in, they immediately stood up and hurriedly stood next to the door.

"Zhong Yushan! You——"

The general wanted to scold him again, but Jiang Xiaodao was not willing to wait. In the blink of an eye, he was already approaching, holding the handle of the ax tightly with his right hand, twisting his body and swinging his arms. His strength was unstoppable!

"Pfft!"

The ax blade struck across the general's face, immediately cutting off his chin and several front teeth!

In an instant, blood splashed like rain!

The sticky blood was still in the air. Before it could fall, Jiang Xiaodao raised his left hand again.

"boom!"

Another shot, although it missed the vital point, it was enough to make it difficult for him to move again.

The other blue horse guards saw this situation and lost all fighting spirit, and hurriedly stumbled towards the door of the room.

However, as soon as he took two steps, he saw two more figures flashing out of the door!

Sun Chengmo and Guan Wei raised their hands together and fired two shots in a row, forcing everyone back.

It wasn't that they were soft-hearted and couldn't bear to shoot again, but that kid Jiang Xiaodao was like a god of murder coming to the world, and he rushed over from behind regardless.

Looking at the posture, he wanted to shoot again. Worried about accidentally hitting the trail, he had to stand at the door and wanted to step forward to help, but the kid's ax blade was flying wildly and he was killing in full swing. How could he intervene?

Several blue horses ran away but couldn't escape. They were beaten and unable to fight back, so they fled in all directions, howling and screaming.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xiaodao had great foot strength. He pushed off the ground with his left foot, stepped forward, swung his ax and struck accurately, and after finishing the strike, he fired, but the shot missed the vital point!
It didn't take long for several blue horses to fall down one by one.

At the end of the chop, only the last luan was left. He was so scared that he collapsed on the ground, with a piece of yellow soup seeping out of his pants. He cried and begged: "Brother, brother, I was wrong, please let me go!"

Jiang Xiaodao's face was expressionless, and there was no wave in his eyes. He raised the ax and struck it on the thigh at the handle. Although the leg was not broken, the bones were broken.

Sun Chengmo, Zhong Yushan and others were dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

It's not that they have never seen people beheaded, but what makes them feel incredible is that when Jiang Xiaodao kills people, he never utters a word. Not only does he not spit out any curse words, he can't even hear the sound of yelling. .

In the whole room, apart from the wailing sounds of Chen Wantang's remaining old men, there were only "puff" and "click" chopping sounds!

Guan Wei looked a little unhappy, not because of anything else, but because he wanted to avenge his fourth brother Jin Xiaoyi, but when he followed him, he saw that he had no chance to do it himself.

He was not surprised by Xiaodao's performance. Ever since he saw Jiang Xiaodao kill Hook, he had seen the cruel and violent side of this kid's heart.

However, what he never expected was that the scene that happened next sent shivers down his spine.

Jiang Xiaodao finally stopped, but from the look on his face, it seemed that everything had just begun.

There were constant moans in the room, which made people feel terrified.

Jiang Xiaodao raised his ax slightly, pointed at Luan Bandang, who was holding his thigh and wailing, and finally spoke.

"Don't scream." His voice was very calm, "Look, I will pay back whatever you did to my fourth uncle."

"Ah... ah?"

Luan Bandian, who was slumped on the ground, looked horrified, and couldn't help but cast a pleading look at Guan Wei and others: "What...what do you mean?"

What do you mean?
Sun Chengmo didn't know what it meant. Just when he was about to ask, Jiang Xiaodao took action.

But he walked to the door first and kicked Lao Zhou who was lying on the ground. He was already unconscious, but his chest was still rising and falling slightly - he was still alive, not dead.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiaodao retracted the box cannon, held the ax with both hands, and raised it above his head.

Sun Chengmo's heart suddenly trembled, and they all looked towards the path, with even an inexplicable hint of fear in their eyes.

"call--"

The ax blade fell through the air and hit Lao Zhou's chest accurately!

"Crack!"

Like chopping firewood, the ribs on Lao Zhou's chest were suddenly broken, his heart and lungs were hit, and blood almost burst out. Of course, this grand scene only lasted a short moment.

Soon, the blood hole in Lao Zhou's chest turned into a pool of blood, rolling up - of course, it was still only for a short moment.

He didn't have much blood left to shed.

An ax is indeed better than a knife in breaking people's bones!

Jiang Xiaodao stepped on Lao Zhou's belly, moved the ax handle twice, and then pulled it out from the broken ribs.

After confirming that the other person was dead, Jiang Xiaodao took the ax and slowly walked to the other person who was about to die and sent him on his way.

"I have seen the body of my fourth uncle. He was shot and chopped to death by you." Jiang Xiaodao tilted his head and looked at Luan Bandian, who was slumped on the ground. "I'm just returning it as it is. No It means something else."

"call--"

"Crack!"

again!
Jiang Xiaodao wiped the blood on his face with his sleeves and continued to walk towards the next person waiting for relief.

Zhong Yushan and others could not help but feel the hair standing on end, their mouths were dry, they had the urge to retching, and they even had the illusion in a trance that they would be next!

What's the matter with this kid?
I usually see him not being serious. No matter how you look at him, he doesn't look like such a violent person!

It's not their fault. Even Sun Chengmo, who had watched Xiaodao grow up, could not help but take a step back at this moment. Guan Wei beside him was not much stronger.

Jiang Xiaodao ignored it.

In his eyes, he is not tyrannical, but revenge should be repaid in this way, come and go, "what is borrowed is repaid."

Otherwise, it's not called revenge.

Without the effort of a pack of cigarettes, Jiang Xiaodao killed several people, except for the one who was slumped on the ground.

At this moment in "Heshengfang", corpses are strewn all over the ground, and the smell of blood rushes straight into the nose. Sticky blood can be seen everywhere on the ground and on the walls. Even on the beams above the head, several corpses can be clearly seen. Drops of blood everywhere.

Jiang Xiaodao walked towards the last one.

Na Luan Ba ​​Dian witnessed the tragic death of his brother, and now he was on the verge of collapse. He was lying on the ground with tears streaming down his face. Knowing that he was doomed, he had no choice but to cry out and beg to Sun Chengmo and others.

"Brother, brother! Third brother...Sixth brother...I beg you, give me a shot! Give me a shot, brother!"

Unfortunately, no matter how much he begged, no one dared to come forward to help.

"call--"

"Crack!"

"Ah! Well, ho-ho-"

Luan Ba ​​Dian screamed miserably, and his spine was chopped off. His wailing did not last long, but he was not completely dead yet.

Jiang Xiaodao raised the ax above his head for the last time, struck the man on the back of the head with all his strength, then pulled it out, stood in the middle of the room, looked around, and kicked a corpse with his toes from time to time.

"call--"

Jiang Xiaodao breathed a long sigh of relief, it was finally over.

It's really a strenuous job to chop so many people in a row. It's inevitable that the tiger's mouth will ache and the forearms will tremble slightly.

As soon as his right hand was released, the murderous ax fell to the ground with a clang.

"Brother Zhong, is there water in the house?"

Jiang Xiaodao's body, hands, and face were all covered in sticky blood. He couldn't open his eyes, and it seemed that a little bit of it had poured in.

"Uh... ah?"

Zhong Yushan had been resisting the urge to vomit and did not listen to Qing Jiang Xiaodao's words.

"Is there water? Is there no water in the gambling house?"

"Oh, oh!" Zhong Yushan and others came to their senses and quickly responded, "Yes! Yes, yes, there is a water jar in the back room. The water was just drawn yesterday."

Jiang Xiaodao walked towards the back room without looking back and said, "Bring me a hand towel! It stinks so damn much, it's disgusting!"

After the killing, he seemed to have changed back to his original self - talking in a rude manner, but always without seriousness.

"Oh, okay!" Zhong Yushan responded quickly, "Wait a minute, I'll get it right away. Let me take a look. There should be one over there in the accounting room."

"Forget it, if you really don't have one, just take down the curtain!" Jiang Xiaodao shouted.

Immediately afterwards, there was a "splashing" sound of water in the back room.

Jiang Xiaodao simply put his head into the water tank and cleaned the blood on his face. He was not being pretentious and afraid of getting dirty, nor was he being particular about it. He was going out later, looking at a bloody face. It’s really inconvenient to travel.

The blood was thick and difficult to clean. It took Jiang Xiaodao a lot of effort to reveal his original skin color.

As soon as I raised my head, I heard someone whispering greetings next to me.

"Brother Dao, handkerchief."

Jiang Xiaodao straightened up, was slightly startled, took the handkerchief from Zhong Yushan's hand, and couldn't help but smile: "Brother Zhong, you are older than me, don't call me brother, are you trying to treat me with contempt?"

"No, no, no, no, I really don't mean that." Zhong Yushan shook his head quickly, "According to the rules of the Tao, whether you are a brother or not does not depend on your age."

Jiang Xiaodao buried his whole face in a handkerchief and wiped it for a long time, then handed it back to Zhong Yushan, grinning beautifully.

"Aren't you treating me badly? That's fine!"

After saying that, Jiang Xiaodao passed by Zhong Yushan, opened the door curtain, walked out of the back room, and went straight to the door.

"Third uncle and sixth uncle, they are working hard but not doing their best! Be careful, I will go back and file a complaint!"

Guan Wei looked helpless, laughed twice, and said, "I tried my best, but I'm afraid you might chop me up accidentally."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaodao stretched out his arm and patted Guan Wei twice on the shoulder.

"Hey, Uncle Six, then don't be sorry to me!"

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PS typos will be posted first and then corrected.

Six thousand chapters should be enough to cover two updates today, right?I still owe one more update, it’s my limit, I’ll definitely pay it back!
　I'm not a top player, I really tried my best.

　　
　
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