Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 237

"Li Hui, you call the two of them to pull up the anchor together, we are going to sail!"

Li Wenxuan smiled and said, "No need, I'll be here alone!"

Usually, two or three people work together to lift the anchor. If the strength is weaker, even four people are needed. Boss Tong and the few boatmen all looked at Li Wenxuan, thinking that the anchor might weigh less than two hundred catties, so they decided to lift the anchor. How can he pull it up alone?The other boatmen didn't believe that Li Wenxuan was capable, and they were all waiting to see how this newcomer would make a fool of himself. Boss Tong didn't say much, because the one who just wrestled his arms didn't tell the winner. He always felt a little weird, and he wanted to Take the opportunity to see how strong Li Wenxuan is.

When Li Wenxuan reached the stern, he tried the weight of the iron anchor with one hand. It was indeed not light, but he could still handle it. So he tied an iron horse, bent down, and firmly grasped the chain on the anchor. As soon as he lifted it with one hand, he saw the iron chain tense immediately, and then the iron chain moved up little by little with Li Wenxuan's arm. Li Wenxuan alternated his hands for a few rounds, and shouted again: "Get up!" I saw that the iron anchor had already protruded from the river.

Seeing Li Wenxuan's supernatural power, all the boatmen were stunned on the spot for a while, and didn't know what to say until Li Wenxuan moved the anchor up and put it in place. He clapped his hands and said with a smile: "This anchor is really not light. Almost dragged me down."

Only then did someone come back to their senses, and said in shock: "This... this is really divine power!"

Afterwards, the other boatmen also yelled and shouted. They didn't expect this newcomer to be so powerful. They all rushed forward, chattering around one by one, and soon became acquainted with Li Wenxuan.

Boss Tong was also secretly startled when he saw it, and knew that he must have given way to him on purpose in the wrist strength test just now, so he smiled and went about his own business.

Li Wenxuan was much stronger than the other boatmen, and he was smart and diligent. Not only did Boss Tong like him, but the other boatmen also got along very well with him.By the end of the night, the work on the boat was over. Li Wenxuan wanted to have dinner with the other boatmen, but Tong Boss called Li Wenxuan into his own cabin, made some wine and two or three small dishes, and asked Li Wenxuan to sit down. drink together.

After drinking for three rounds, Boss Tong said: "Li Hui, I think you are so strong, you must have practiced kung fu, right?"

With Li Wenxuan's strength, if he insisted on saying that he has never practiced any kung fu, even children would not believe it, let alone deceive this old fritter, so he said: "Yes, when I was young, I had a master I have learned boxing and kicking kung fu for a few years, but I stopped practicing it later, and now I only have a little strength left, but I am unfamiliar with martial arts."

Boss Tong took a sip of wine, twirled the wine glass in his hand for a while, and suddenly slammed the wine glass towards Li Wenxuan's face.

Boss Tong doesn't know kung fu, this is just such a casual smash, Li Wenxuan is very alert, the moment Boss Tong moved his big hand, he was already aware of it, he fell back and raised his right hand, just in time to stop the wine glass , and then turned his wrist, not only to catch the wine glass, but also to catch all the wine splashed by Tong Boss, holding it firmly in the palm of his hand.

Li Wenxuan didn't know why Boss Tong was going to attack him suddenly, but it didn't seem like there was any hostility, so he stared at Boss Tong with wide eyes.

Boss Tong suddenly laughed and said: "Brother Li, don't be angry, I just thought you were a master, so I took the liberty to try your method. It turned out that it is really powerful, offending offend!"

Li Wenxuan also groaned in his heart, and sighed that he should have avoided when he took the wine glass just now, and shouldn't have used those fancy tricks, and it would be hard to fool him if he said that he only knows how to be a three-legged cat at this time.So he coughed embarrassingly, and said: "I hope Boss Tong won't blame me for concealing it, and Boss Tong has taken me in. I am grateful, how can I be angry?"

Boss Tong said: "I have been making a living on this Xiangshui river since I was 12 years old. Although I don't know much about it, I have met and made friends with many capable people. You will break up with me during the day." Wrist, I just saw that you are different from others, just now I tried it, it seems that I was right."

Li Wenxuan nodded again and again, "Actually, Boss Tong, you are indeed very strong. If I hadn't borrowed some meager internal strength during the day, I'm afraid I would really lose."

Boss Tong said again: "Why are you so modest? I have lived for so many years, and although I have met many capable people, I am the first one who is as young as you. I know you must be a good person by looking at your kung fu. Master!"

Li Wenxuan said with a wry smile: "Where, where, Boss Tong, you are too much."

Boss Tong continued: "However, you are so capable, you can't do anything, how could...how did you end up on the banks of the Xiangshui River, and now you are on my boat to be an ordinary fellow? I am really serious about this." I can't figure it out."

Li Wenxuan smiled miserably, and said, "I... I'm afraid it's really hard to do something..."

Boss Tong said again: "What's wrong with you, can you tell me?"

Li Wenxuan hesitated for a while, and said: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I just don't want to drag others down. But I can assure you that I may not be a good person, but I am definitely not a bad person."

Boss Tong nodded and said: "Okay, if you don't tell me, don't talk about it, and if you don't tell me, I won't ask any more." After saying that, he filled Li Wenxuan's wine again.

Li Wenxuan drank another bowl, pondered for a while and said: "Boss Tong, if you feel that it is inconvenient for me to stay on your boat, or if you are a little worried, you just need to pull the boat aside. Just go, I will never make things difficult for you."

Elder Tong said angrily: "What kind of person do you think I am? Although I don't know kung fu, I also know the word righteousness. I will invite you to drink now. It's like you are a friend, but you treat me as an outsider !"

Li Wenxuan didn't expect that Tong Boss was also a philanthropic person, and he was really a bit of a villain when he said something just now, so he was very ashamed, and hurriedly said: "It's all my fault, if I don't leave, I will punish myself with three cups! Boss Tong, apologize!" After saying that, he poured three cups and drank it himself.Seeing this, Boss Tong turned his anger into joy.

The two came and went, and drank for a while, Li Wenxuan said: "Boss Tong, I have something to trouble you."

Boss Tong said: "If you have something to say, just say it. Why are you so polite?"

Li Wenxuan said: "I have to ask you to keep the matter of my kung fu secret for me. Don't let other friends know about it. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be unnecessary troubles."

The friends Li Wenxuan mentioned were other boatmen. Tong Boss squinted his eyes and smiled, and said, "Don't worry, don't worry! I won't tell them."

After this day, Boss Tong didn't say anything clearly, but the work assigned to Li Wenxuan was secretly reduced a lot. Li Wenxuan knew that Boss Tong wanted to take care of him, so it's not easy to refute his face, but he just did his own things every day. When it's over, I will always find time to help others do something, nothing less than others.The other boatmen saw that Boss Tong treated Li Wenxuan a little biased, and they had some opinions at first, but they didn't expect that Li Wenxuan was quite righteous and always willing to help themselves, so those little thoughts were dispelled within a few days, and the whole boat got along better. Very harmonious.

The cargo ship sailed northward for a few more days, and that day the ship was moored. The owner of the ship brought two men ashore to buy some supplies, and he checked the hull of the ship himself.

Two people came from the west side, one looked black and had a three-section cudgel behind his back, but the three-section cudgel looked weird, it was much longer than usual, and a single section was at least three feet long.The other man was dressed as a scholar, looking gentle and elegant, if he hadn't held a judge's pen that has been specially used for acupoints, he would definitely not be able to tell that he was a man of the world.

The two people stepped forward and saw that Boss Tong was all beaming. They must be old acquaintances, so they waved to Boss Tong from a distance: "Boss Tong! Boss Tong!"

Boss Tong didn't expect that someone here knew him, he was startled for a while, then looked at those two people, and immediately said happily: "So it's Tian Gangzhu and Yang Tangzhu, why are you two here?"

It turned out that these two were Tian Guohui, the head of the Sancai Gang of the Dongting Water Gang, and Yang Fan, the head of the Feitao Gang. Tian Guohui rushed forward and said, "It really is you, I thought I was wrong, great! His grandma's I'm out of luck, the two of us went out to do some errands, but I didn't expect to go the wrong way after visiting more places when I came back! His grandma, I'm so mad at me."

Tian Guohui was cursing as soon as she opened her mouth, Yang Fan couldn't help but frowned, stepped forward and cupped her hands and said, "Boss Tong, it's like this, the two of us went astray, and now we want to take a boat back to Dongting, I don't know if you Where did the ship go?"

Boss Tong slapped his thigh and said: "I don't need to talk about this boat. Nine times out of ten, we go to Dongting. Come and come, upload it quickly!"

Yang Fan smiled and replied: "Thank you very much, don't worry, the boat money for the two of us will definitely not be less for you!"

Boss Tong waved his hand and said, "What you said are all friends, I just took you along for a ride, why do you still ask for money!"

Boss Tong was very happy to invite the two of them to upload. Yang Fan politely waited for Boss Tong to go first, but Tian Guohui couldn't wait any longer, and directly stepped onto the side of the boat and said, "Oh, It can be regarded as a place to stay! This journey is exhausting me!"

Li Wenxuan had heard the voices outside just now in the cabin, and poked his head to see that it was Yang Fan and Tian Guohui. Li Wenxuan murmured in his heart: "These two people know me, and they came from the east. They have also heard about what happened in Pushi just now, if we meet here, do you know if they will regard me as an enemy or a friend?"

After thinking about it, Li Wenxuan still felt that it would be better not to see them, but the two of them had already boarded the boat, and there was only such a big place on the boat, after all, it would take a lot of effort to hide?But if you leave like this.It was too much for Boss Tong, so Li Wenxuan had no choice but to go back to the bottom cabin to hide.

Sailing again, Boss Tong arranged wine and food for Yang Fantian Guohui in his cabin. He wanted to introduce Li Wenxuan to them, but he couldn't find him. Boss Tong didn't care, because Li Wenxuan usually worked very hard. Diligent, not to mention not showing up for a moment, even if he really hides and sleeps for a long time, he will not say a word, and the other boatmen have a good relationship with Li Wenxuan, so they will not have any objections, and maybe they will help Li Wenxuan kept it a secret.

When it was getting dark, Boss Tong was taking a nap on the side of the boat alone, when suddenly someone patted him on the back, which startled Boss Tong, almost fell off the side of the boat, and when he turned around, he saw Li Wenxuan, Then he asked: "So it was you, why did you make no sound when you walked, it scared me to death!"

Li Wenxuan apologized and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm used to it, and I walk more lightly. I have something I want to ask Boss Tong for help."

Boss Tong narrowed his eyes again and said, "Just tell me, as long as I can help, it will be fine."

Li Wenxuan cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll thank you in advance! Aren't there two more passengers on board today?"

Boss Tong said: "Yes, both of them are good fighters in the martial arts, one is the leader Tian of the Dongting Sancai Gang, and the other is the leader Yang of the Feitao Gang. These two people are good people. Ability, don't you think you have a problem with them?"

Li Wenxuan hurriedly said: "Don't think too much about it. Not only do I have no feud with the two of them, but I also have some friendship. It's just because of some other things that I have suffered some grievances, and I haven't cleared it up to now, so...so I don't want to be punished by them." Seeing me, I'm afraid that some things can't be explained clearly, but it will only increase misunderstandings."

Boss Tong nodded and said: "Well, anyway, I think you are a good person, I believe you, I don't mention you in front of them, don't worry, but fortunately you said it, I planned to introduce you to the two of them. ..."

Boss Tong didn't finish his sentence, when Tian Guohui suddenly yelled, "Boss Tong, Boss Tong, I'll find someone with you!"

Hearing the sound, Li Wenxuan immediately crawled into the back cabin.

Boss Tong asked: "Who is Tian Gangzhu looking for? Is there anyone here that you can find?"

Tian Guohui said: "I heard that there is a boatman named Li Hui on your boat, isn't it?"

Boss Tong was taken aback, and thought: "Li Wenxuan just told me, why did Tian Guohui come here by herself? Is it too fast?"

Before Boss Tong could speak, Tian Guohui said again: "I heard from the boatmen on your boat that there is someone on your boat who can lift the anchor at the stern with one hand. I don't believe it. I'm not that big. Strength, how can a boatman on your ship do it, it must be those boys who cheated on me!"

Boss Tong thought Tian Guohui was looking for Li Wenxuan for some important matter, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is all their joke, why should you, Chief Tian, ​​have the same knowledge as them!"

Tian Guohui waved his hand and said: "No, I made a bet with those boys, but I lost ten, I bet no one on your boat can lift the anchor with one hand, so I have to find that person and see Whether I win or lose, I don't believe that a boatman can be so capable!"

Boss Tong was in a dilemma, and said again: "Master Tian, ​​those people under me, they don't know anything, they are joking with you, let me see, let's forget it, let's go drink, go drink, how about it!"

But Tian Guohui was still relentless, and said: "Oh, don't you know if you ask that person to come out and have a try?"

Tong Boss regretted that he had agreed to Li Wenxuan's words just now, and secretly complained, when he looked up, he happened to see Yang Fan walking over following the movement, and hurriedly shouted: "Teacher Yang, Chief Yang!"

When Yang Fan came to him, Mr. Tong told Tian Guohui that he was looking for someone, and then said: "Talk to Chief Tian, ​​my boatman is definitely not good, so let's forget it."

Yang Fan has always acted very elegantly and prudently, never rash, so every time Tian Guohui goes out, Yang Fan is always by his side, Tong Boss also counts on Yang Fan, but unexpectedly Yang Fan said: "Boss Tong, since you have such capable people under your command, don't say It's him, even I want to see him, why don't you ask him to have a try, don't worry, if my brother loses, he will lose as much as he should lose, if he wins, I will let him pay a penny Just take it, do you think this is good?"

Boss Tong originally hoped that Yang Fan would let Tian Guohui give up, but who knew that Yang Fan also wanted to see Li Wenxuan, Boss Tong really had no choice but to take the two of them to the back cabin together, but said in his heart : "Li Hui, Li Hui, it's not that I won't help you, it's that I really can't help you!"

Tian Guohui followed excitedly, and Yang Fan also showed joy, because Yang Fan had his own calculations in mind, if they said that he was really a capable person, wouldn't it be too wasteful to stay on the ship and work, and he should take it away. It's under the account.

Boss Tong led Tian Guohui and Yang Fan around the boat, looked to the right, but he didn't see Li Wenxuan's shadow, asked this, asked that, but they all said they had just met Li Wenxuan, this is called Boss Tong a little bit Without thinking, Tian Guohui was very angry, but Yang Fan felt that something was wrong and he must find this person.

Li Wenxuan's hearing and foot strength are much stronger than theirs. When Tian Guohui was talking to Boss Tong just now, he could hear everything clearly, so when he heard their footsteps walking in, he just found a corner and turned them away. Later, when Li Wenxuan saw that they were chasing too closely, he slipped to the top of the mast while people were not paying attention, and took a nap on a cross-piece. Because of the cover of the sail, the people below could never see him. arrived.

The three wandered around for a long time, but they still couldn't see Li Wenxuan, so they could only give up for the time being. When it was dark, Li Wenxuan saw that they were all asleep, and then went back to the cabin lightly. Several boatmen asked why Li Wenxuan had disappeared. Li Wenxuan Then he said nonsense: "Didn't you see that, that black-faced man has a big temper. If I win him, he will definitely not give me good fruit. You still dare to bet with him, or lose Money, or be careful to get beaten!"

Hearing what Li Wenxuan said, and seeing that Tian Guohui's temper was indeed not very good, the boatmen all believed it, and agreed to help Li Wenxuan hide one by one. Li Wenxuan secretly had fun and had a good sleep.

(End of this chapter)