There are some rules for Kang Haijiao to fight the swordsman on behalf of Terashima Yasuhei.
First of all, he never writes anything like a "letter of challenge"; all the veterans know this... As a martial artist, it is best to leave less written evidence or not leave it at all, otherwise it will be said that Maybe one day your handwriting will appear in some places where it shouldn't be, causing you some trouble that shouldn't be yours.
Secondly, Kang Haijiao never "pre-arranges" a time or place with anyone, because doing so is equivalent to giving the other party "preparation" conditions; the world is dangerous, and if the swordsman you invite is a despicable person, You villain, it's not easy to secretly find someone to come to the duel location in advance to ambush you.
Thirdly, he never comes to challenge during the day. After all, the place for dueling during the day is not easy to find, and it is easy to be followed. If someone follows, it will easily cause trouble.
To sum up, when Kang Haijiao goes to fight with others, he usually chooses to do so at night, and he makes it clear to the other party directly - if you want to come, you should come with me alone immediately. If you don't dare to come, forget it. .
Then if you think he did this, would anyone really dare to go there?
Of course there are still some, otherwise where did the sixteen swordsmen who died in the hands of Terajima Kohei come from?
Whether it is for heroic loyalty or to make a name for oneself...this world will never be short of people who dare to lick blood with their swords.
The more people die at the hands of Terajima Kohei, the more valuable he is to defeat.
Tonight, Kang Haijiao’s target is Lin Yuancheng.
During the day, Kang Haijiao had already visited the inn where Sun and Lin lived... He also gave the waiter some money and found out which room Lin Yuancheng lived in... So At midnight that night, Kang Haijiao walked directly into the inn through the window on the second floor and went straight to Lin Yuancheng's room.
Nowadays, Kang Haijiao can be considered a master of Qinggong. Coupled with his natural brute strength, even if he really fights with the opponent, he will at least be confident that he can escape.
So, when he got to the door, he didn't even knock on the door, just kicked it in and walked in.
He was planning to give Lin Yuancheng a show of strength and suppress his opponent, and then say that he was here for a fight.
Don't think that he is "unnecessarily arrogant". In fact, his arrogant attitude and his "challenge you because he respects you" face can be said to have been tried and tested. He went to the appointment before Many swordsmen agreed just because they saw his attitude.
Bang——
It took a little while, but it was fast, but when Kang Haijiao raised his foot, he easily kicked open the door of Lin Yuancheng's guest room.
As he walked in, he said the words he had been holding back in a very arrogant tone: "I heard that there is a swordsman living here, it's you..."
However, before he even uttered the last word "?", in the darkness... a handful of lime powder was smeared on his face.
This familiar feeling made him feel like he was dreaming back to the night in Dragon King Cave, all kinds of painful memories flashed through his eyelids that could no longer be opened like a revolving lantern.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a pain in his lower body. While he instinctively covered his crotch and knelt down, the back of his neck was hit hard by something hard, and then...he... Nothing is known anymore.
How could Kang Haijiao imagine that this inn, from the shopkeeper to the waiter, had already been "taken care of" by Brother Sun...
After what Luoyang City experienced last year In addition to the big drama of Lin Yuancheng being ambushed in the wine shop, Sun Yixie must be more cautious during this trip to the "Seven Heroes Meeting", so now he stays in a new place every time , will first test the staff in the store. When he feels that these people have no problems, he will then pay to "take care of it."
Today during the day, after the waiter in the shop collected Kang Haijiao’s money and reported the location of Lin Yuancheng’s room, he turned around and reported the matter to Sun Yixie... When Brother Sun heard this, he realized that there was something wrong You are an uninvited guest. Let me say hello to Brother Lin. We have prepared lime powder and sap tonight and are waiting.
No, Kanghai Jiao was waiting for him...
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I don’t know how long it took, but a basin of cold water was poured over his head. Only then did Kang Haijiao wake up from his coma.
After a brief period of shock and fear, Kang Haijiao discovered that his body, hands and feet had been tightly locked with iron chains and fixed on a chair; the lime powder on his face was It had been washed away. Judging from the residual smell, it should have been washed away with something like vegetable oil.
In front of him, there were two people sitting, one was Lin Yuancheng, and the other... was naturally Sun Yixie.
"You...you..." Kang Haijiao was completely confused. His mind was full of questions, but he didn't know where to start.
"Brother, I think you look familiar." Although the lights in the Dragon King's Cave were dim that night, Sun Yixie still remembered Kang Haijiao's appearance - first of all, this guy was tall. , his appearance is also quite distinctive. Secondly, both times, he appeared in front of Brother Sun with lime powder on his face. The scenes overlapped...
"Humph... "When Kang Haijiao heard this, all the old and new grudges in his heart surged up together. He couldn't help but sneered and said, "Young Master Sun can remember me. It's really an honor for me..."
"I really didn't expect that you were injured and fell into a deep cave that day, but you didn't die completely. It seems that your life is really tough." Sun Yixie added.
"Easy to say." Kang Haijiao continued to sneer, "God loves me so much that he is reluctant to let me die."
"Fart!" Lin Yuancheng glared at Kang Haijiao and said angrily, " If I hadn't been soft-hearted and spared the life of a dog like you, how could you still sit here and talk nonsense?"
Many people who see this may have forgotten what is going on, so I Let me also mention that our previous article said: A few years ago, Kang Haijiao and his five brothers were still living in Lu.When Zhou and Yingzhou were engaged in robbery along the river, they met Lin Yuancheng, who had just turned sixteen and was just starting out in the world, and was dismissed by Lin Yuancheng as his "reputation".
That day, these six people knelt on the ground in tears, swore on the lives of their entire family, declared that they would never do evil again, and begged Lin Xiaoxia to let them live.
As for Lin Yuancheng, he also felt that it was a bit unqualified to let these six be the first batch of souls killed by the sword after he officially entered the world (no one knew about his killing of the master, and he would not follow People say), and seeing that they have already sworn such vicious oaths, I believe them for now.
Let’s not talk about this matter, ladies and gentlemen, even Lin Yuancheng himself has almost forgotten about it.
If Sun Yixie had not recognized Kang Haijiao just now and told Lin Yuancheng the story of how he and Huang Donglai met the "Dragon King" in Chenjia Village while the other party was unconscious, Lin Yuancheng would have been able to I can't think of such a person.
However, now Lin Yuancheng not only remembered it, but also learned that Kang Haijiao and his gang came out to continue doing evil half a year after being released by him, which made him quite unhappy.
And Kang Haijiao must also have a grudge against Lin Yuancheng...
Although the other party let him go, he didn't feel that he should be grateful at all; in Kang Haijiao's case, In his logic, he was a good thief, but it was this boy named Lin who came to him and taught him and his brothers a lesson, forcing them to kneel down and beg for mercy. This was the other party's initiative to find trouble. Why did he do this? In this case, if I succeed in begging for mercy, do I still have to thank him?
This is the typical logic of a villain - even if he robs, murders, rapes and defrauds, it is all "forced by life", and it is even more natural to do other bullshit things, and If others want to do justice and interfere with him, they are "meddling in their own business."
"Ha...so does Young Master Lin also remember me?" Kang Haijiao still smiled, "I thought you must have forgotten about a little person like me."
This is the truth, otherwise he wouldn't have thought about showing off to Shaoxia Lin as soon as he entered the room, pretending to be cool or something like that.
"Oh, you seem to be quite calm." Sun Yixie squinted at the other party and said in a threatening tone, "Have you been knocked stupid by me? You are a little confused. Are you aware of the current situation?"
Kang Haijiao raised his eyebrows and shrugged: "If you wanted to kill me, you would have killed me long ago. Since you tied me up, it means you have something to ask me, so , At least for this moment, my life won’t be in danger, right?”
I have to say that Kang Haijiao’s psychological quality and scheming are now better than a year ago. Too many; compared to the martial arts he gained in the cliff cave, the will he honed in the more than a month of surviving in the underground river can actually be called his real "adventure".
"Hey, your thinking is quite clear." Sun Yixie said, "How about someone as smart as you?"Ming' people, you shouldn't be here to seek revenge from me or Brother Lin when you break in like this tonight, right? "
"That's..." Kang Haijiao said in a taken-for-granted tone, "I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with Cangzhou Xiaoxia and Dong Xie joining forces on my own..." He shook his head. Then he said, "I'm here tonight, actually I just came to deliver a message. ”
“I have searched everything on you and there is no letter.” "Sun Yixi said.
"Oral message. "Kang Haijiao said.
"What message? Whose message is it? "Sun Yixie asked again.
Kang Haijiao didn't intend to hide anything, because only by telling his intention would he have a chance to survive: "Someone asked me to bring a message to Shaoxia Lin, saying that he wanted to compete with him. A swordsmanship..." When he said this, he paused deliberately and said in a solemn tone, "It determines victory or defeat, and it also determines life and death. "
As soon as he heard about the sword competition, Lin Yuancheng's expression immediately changed.
"Is the person you are talking about called Terajima Yasuohei? "Lin Yuancheng came here to explore the road and inquire about various news, so he had already heard about Temple Island challenging swordsmen and killing people to seize swords.
"Oh? Lin Shaoxia, have you heard of him? That would be easier to do. "Kang Haijiao looked at Lin Yuancheng's expression and knew that the other party had probably taken the bait, so he immediately said, "Then I won't be nagging you. In one sentence...Terashima is already waiting for you at the duel place. If you dare Let's go, I'll lead the way... If you don't dare..."
"Wait! Sun Yixi said, "You dare not do anything?" In the middle of the night, you said someone wants to challenge Brother Lin for a martial arts competition, so Brother Lin has to go? If you don’t go, you just don’t dare? Then do you dare to commit suicide by swallowing feces? He paused and then said, "Looking back... If Brother Lin really goes there and finds out that you have ambushed 1,800 people there, wouldn't it be a serious disaster?" Also, why do I need you to lead the way? Can't you tell us the location and we can go there ourselves? What evidence do you have to prove that you are here to bring a message, and not because you made up such a temporary reason after being caught by us? "
His questions are all reasonable. Unfortunately, at this time, there is a person who can no longer listen to anything.
"Okay, I'll go and you will lead the way. "The next second, Lin Yuancheng looked directly into Kang Haijiao's eyes and replied firmly with these six words.
"Hey, Brother Lin, I said so much, you didn't even hear me? "Sun Yixi said.
"Brother Sun, we only loosen the chains on his feet, and we can't do anything with him. Lin Yuancheng replied.
After that, he looked at Kang Haijiao again: "If I find out that you are lying to me or trying to escape, I will kill you." "
"Wait. "Unexpectedly, Kang Haijiao had some objections at this moment, "Sun Shaoxia, do you want to go too? "
"What? No? "Sun Yixie actually doesn't really want to go, because in his opinion there are too many doubts about this matter, and Lin Yuancheng has the tendency to die.
"Well..." Kang Haijiao thought for a while, "ILet me tell you that among the swordsmen who fought against Terashima before, the first two brought their companions to the appointment. As a result, the companions of those two people saw that their friends had lost and died. Besieging Terashima to avenge our friends... We had no choice but to kill them all, Terashima and I wasted a few lives. Therefore, starting from the third person, I only brought the swordsman himself to the appointment. "
"Huh..." Sun Yixie didn't believe the other party's words. He snorted coldly, "These are all your one-sided words...I heard that the sixteen swordsmen before did not The one who came back alive was already a dead body when they were finally discovered, and their swords were also taken away... So what if you guys did some trick, wouldn't it mean that they died without any evidence? "
"Yes, it is possible. "Kang Haijiao said, "So I still say the same thing... If Lin Shaoxia doesn't want to come, he doesn't have to come. "
He made it clear that this was a provoking method, but it really worked.
"Brother Sun, you don't need to say it. Lin knows that you are thinking about me, but tonight I am very You can’t go. Lin Yuancheng said.
After hearing this, Sun Yixi thought in his heart: "Forget it, this guy is a master who wants his sword rather than his life. I can't persuade him. I will act according to the situation. The situation is not good." I'll just dodge if I can, and I'll come back to avenge him another day at most. "
Thinking of this, he said to Lin Yuancheng: "Okay~ Since Brother Lin has said so, I won't say more. I will follow him later to see if the other party really only has the temple. If Dao takes on the challenge alone, I will never bother you. "
"Thank you, Brother Sun, for making it happen. "Lin Yuancheng responded gratefully.
"That's right, the words of 'Dong Xie'... I also believe it. "Kang Haijiao also took advantage of the situation and continued, "If Sun Shaoxia can promise not to interfere, then there is no harm in following him. "As he spoke, he gestured towards his feet with his eyes, "Without further ado, I'd like to thank you two... please give me some slack in my legs and feet. ”