Chapter 41: Accidental Landing on Liugong Island (Part 1)

The autumn wind is bleak and the waves are rising.

On Liugong Island, there is a meeting between wind and cloud.

These three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On the day of the Qixiong Meeting, as soon as noon arrived, the heroes from all over the world were already landing on the island one after another on the boats provided by the Caobang.

Ordinarily, the Weihaiwei area, including Liugong Island, is an important coastal defense area for the imperial court. It is guarded and managed by garrison all year round, and no one is allowed to ferry to and fro at will. But today... they still The net is open.

Why?

That’s naturally because the local gangster Caobang “can handle it”.

Dengzhou Prefecture is the headquarters of the Cao Gang. Can they have a bad relationship with the local government and garrison?

To put it simply, today, the coast near Liugong Island is occupied by Caobang people, and all people who go to the island must take the boats provided by them without exception.

If you want to get your own boat and approach from another place, you have to think about it. The garrison on the island is not blind. They are veterans who have been dealing with Japanese pirates all year round. This is in broad daylight. People can see you from a few kilometers away on the sea; of course...if you can jump into the sea from a boat a few kilometers away and dive all the way to the island, then you are considered cruel.

"Qingzhou Salt Gang Leader Cao has arrived——"

At noon, when the sun was high in the sky, a sudden shout from the coast attracted the attention of many people.

There is no doubt that among the four gangs and three gangs, the Salt Gang is still very popular.

Everyone knows that among the "Six Heroes" today, in terms of overall strength, the Cao Gang is definitely the strongest, but if we only talk about the ability to "make money", then the Yan Gang has to earn the most. Much more.

The leader of the Salt Gang, Cao Fengchao, is thirty-three this year. He has a fat face with a silly smile like Maitreya Buddha. He is also big and round. He looks amiable and is polite to everyone.

On weekdays, Gang Leader Cao is good at talking, behaving, and has a good mind. He is especially good at mathematics...that is, settling accounts; according to current terms, finance, planning, public relations, HR... As well as the final decision-making work, he can do all the work. He can be said to be a born businessman.

But at the same time, he is not just a "businessman."

Back then, the former leader of the Salt Gang had a total of three sons: the eldest was highly skilled in martial arts, brave and bold, and had a personality most like his father; He flatters his father; only his third eldest son, Cao Fengchao, has a modest personality, even a little weak. He indulges in reading and counting all day long and does not like to practice martial arts. He is not like his father at all. In addition, he is still a commoner, so he is very disliked by him. When Dad saw him, his two brothers didn't take him seriously, and neither of them thought of coming to "unite" him.

As a result, a few years later, the old gang leader died of a sudden illness, and the throne was passed to the second brother. The boss must have been dissatisfied, so the two brothers started a "battle for the legitimate son" within the Salt Gang. In the end, the boss saw that he was about to be defeated. He became anxious and gritted his teeth.Stomping his feet, he and his second brother died together.

You say this is a brother, after all, how much hatred is there?

But many families in this world are like this. Some parents and children are enemies until they die, some brothers have been enemies since they were young, and some relatives make you wish you had been hugged by the wrong person in the hospital.

Anyway... those two guys will die as soon as they die. The gang cannot be left without a leader for a day. At this time, many "veterans" and "people with meritorious deeds" around the former gang leader will jump one by one. came out.

Who wouldn’t be greedy for the Yan Gang’s huge foundation? At that time, Cao Fengchao was only in his early twenties. He looked like a fat guy who could be bullied by anyone. Everyone thought they could snatch the position of gang leader from him.

Therefore, Cao Fengchao had just succeeded to the throne, and those old guys came out to try to make things difficult for him. No matter what he proposed, they said this would not work or that would not work...

They originally The plan is: if they cause trouble for a period of time, the affairs of the gang will definitely be in chaos. Then they will use this as a reason to gather together and accuse Cao Fengchao of being immoral and incompetent and unworthy of inheriting the position of gang leader. They should "elect someone wiser."

How could they have imagined that the little fat man was like a mirror in his heart, knowing exactly what they were planning, and at the critical moment, he was also ruthless...

Cao Feng looked there. His harmless appearance made the old guys completely unwary of him, which led to Cao Fengchao spending just one night to make the "veterans" retire early.

I won’t go into the details. You’ve probably seen the part before the end of “The Godfather”, that’s pretty much what it means.

After that, Cao Fengchao firmly established himself as the leader of the Salt Gang, and it has been more than thirty years now.

The Salt Gang under his leadership is more and more like a pure business group than a "jianghu gang", and is quite similar to the "High-Speed ​​Rail Gang".

Although Cao Fengchao's father had a good relationship with the court back then, he was always regarded as a "reckless man who could be exploited." Cao Fengchao was different. After years of hard work, he was now in close contact with certain forces in the court. The relationship is no longer just "good".

The methods used by this fat man are not very complicated... In these years, he "created people" whenever he had time. Before he was forty years old, excluding those who died in infancy, he had a total of Ten wives and concubines gave birth to thirteen children, and nine of the daughters, without exception, were married to officials in the court or the sons of officials.

Do you think it will be difficult for him to do business?

So, what about the disputes between rivers and lakes, about the general leaders of the four sects and three gangs... Cao Fengchao really doesn't care, he is just here to make soy sauce every time.

The other leaders of the Four Gates and Three Gangs also understand that Cao Laosan has no ambitions in the world. He just wants to do some business to make money; he will let the Salt Gang continue to stay. Among the "Seven Heroes", the main reason is that this is the alliance that his father led the gang to join during his lifetime. There is no need for him to be special if there are no special circumstances.If he quits, he won't have anything to fight with others anyway, and no one will take the initiative to challenge the Salt Gang.

"Haha... You are so polite, little brother of the Cao Gang." Cao Fengchao smiled and was polite even when facing an ordinary Cao Gang disciple who was leading people to board the ship on the shore. .

"Gang Leader Cao is so polite, I'm scared." The disciple who was responsible for receiving people was also good at talking, so he quickly bowed and said, "Gang Leader Di has hosted a banquet on the island and is waiting for you. Thank you for your help. Gang Leader Cao and all the heroes of the Salt Gang will move forward to board the boat and land on the island. There will also be someone on the island to greet them, please..."

"Okay, hehehe..." Cao Fengchao listened. , waved his hand, and walked onto the pier with a large group of people behind him with a smile on his face.

There were many people from the Yan Gang, so they had to take a larger boat. The big boat would run aground if it came too close to the shore, so they had to go along the dock to a place with deeper water before boarding the boat.

As for the water money place next to it, there were also some Jianghu people who waded through the water and boarded boats directly to land on the island. Those were basically small sects and stragglers.

So is it possible for anyone to land on the island as long as they are a member of the Jianghu community?

Obviously not.

No, there was someone here who was stopped.

"Hey! Why are you blocking me?" The person who spoke was a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old.

This person has a Zhang Shen face, inverted triangular eyes, two willow-leaf wide eyebrows hanging above, the eyebrows are thick in the middle and light on the wings, a short nose, thick lips, and some Little rabbit tooth.

Looking at his appearance, he is not outstanding, and looking at his clothes, it is even more shabby: he is wearing coarse clothes and shoes, with many patches on them, and a bun on his head. None of them were straightened up, and there was a broken sword on his waist that was very worn out just by looking at the scabbard.

For this guy, if he could just untie his bun and throw away the sword. A stick, if you say you are a beggar gang, maybe others will believe it.

"Boy... I still want to ask you..." A Cao gang member who was guarding the shore looked at him sideways, "Who are you? Do you know where this boat is going? "?"

"Hey! Didn't I tell you just now? My name is Linghuxiang, and I'm here to see the Qixiong Club." Linghuxiang replied.

"I'm just asking you because I've never heard of you at all, so who are you?" The Caobang man continued, "You just don't have a nickname, anyway. Can you tell me which sect you belong to?"

"I..." Linghu Xiang looked confused at this time and he hesitated, "...I have no sect."

"Ha!" The gangsters all laughed, but he didn't say the words too harshly, "I'm sorry, our Seven Heroes Association also has rules, this person with no sect and no name, We don't welcome it."

"Huh? Didn't your Cao Gang claim that all martial arts heroes in the world can come as witnesses?" Ling Huxiang said unconvinced.

"Hmph...boy, you really know how to put money on your face. I'll treat you as a guest."You're so angry that you kicked your nose in your face, right? The guy was undoubtedly annoyed, "Can you, a nobody like you, be considered one of the heroes in the world?" Then can any random person say he is a hero with a broken sword in his hand? Also, if you can't tell me your sect, and no one has heard of your name, then who knows if you are a spy from a heretic sect? If we really let you go to the island, who would be responsible if something goes wrong? "

Although his words were a bit snobbish at the beginning, they also made some sense in the second half. Linghu Xiang was indeed unable to refute, and was speechless for a while.

"Why are you still standing? Hurry up and drive away, don't block the people behind you! Seeing that Linghu Xiang didn't speak or move, the Cao Gang gangster became more and more impatient, so he stepped forward and pushed him, "Really... Where did this poor boy come from? He wants to go to the island like this." What do you think of our Qixionghui... bah... it's embarrassing. ”

He pushed the opponent away and spat there, cursing.

But within two seconds, he faced the other heroes who came over. , he immediately put on a smiling face and greeted him kindly.

Ling Huxiang was humiliated by this gangster, but he could not do anything. He stood there in silence for a while. Thinking about it, he could only turn around and go back.

Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he almost bumped into someone.

That person stood in front of him at some point. Behind him, he was still standing very close, but Linghu Xiang had something on his mind, so he didn’t notice.

“Hey! Just watch it! Why are you standing behind me? "Linghuxiang was also on fire at this time, and he spoke in a rush.

Lin Yuancheng was very quiet, as quiet as water, and quietly looked at the broken sword on Linghuxiang's waist: " Nice sword. "

When Linghu Xiang heard this, his eyes widened: "Who are you scolding? Looking for trouble, right? "

"I'm talking about the sword on your waist. "Lin Yuancheng replied calmly.

As the saying goes, a slap can't make a difference. Seeing that the other party was so calm, Linghu Xiang calmed down when he saw that the other party was so calm, and it seemed that he had indeed misunderstood, so he calmed down: "Oh? Can you tell how good my sword is? ”

“Although your sword is old and broken, the material and the skills of the swordsman are not bad at all. It is so broken now because it has been in the hands of the swordsman. It has been exposed to the sun and rain, and been tempered for thousands of times...the beasts have destroyed it, and the grass breeds endlessly. How can it be that the grass does not get damaged and does not get old? In my opinion, as long as you find a good craftsman to repair and sharpen your sword, it will be better than the first time. "Lin Yuancheng's way of looking at a sword is similar to the way Lao Se Pi looks at a woman. The latter doesn't need the woman to take off her clothes to know a lot of information, and Lin Yuancheng doesn't need the sword to be unsheathed to know this.

"True or false of? Brother, are you lying to me? "Linghu Xiang is actually a little unsure, because he picked up this sword together with the sword manual. It was already very worn when he picked it up. Even after practicing for all these years, he still hasn't noticed that the sword is not worn out. It used to be such a good weapon.

"It's just...even if you repair the sword, the 'Qi Yun' on this sword will still be there for you.You're not worthy of it. I guess this is the weapon passed down to you by your master, right? " Lin Yuancheng said, looking up at Linghu Xiang, "Well... with your current level of cultivation, I'm afraid you will have to practice for a few more years to make this sword show its edge again. ”

“Hey! Who are you? "Linghu Xiang didn't like hearing these words. Although he could vaguely feel that this was the truth, these words came from a person of his own age in a tone of "teaching" and "pointing out"... It didn't hit the mark. After hearing this, this young man is quite arrogant, "Does it take your consent to decide whether I am worthy of using my sword?" "

"Heh..." Lin Yuancheng was choked by him, but smiled instead, "Yeah, I seem to be nosy, sorry, I'll excuse you. ”

After that, he walked around Linghu Xiang.

In fact, Lin Yuancheng came here because he also had something on his mind.

So today, when Lin Yuancheng saw Linghu. After Xiang's sword, he was a little lost in thought when he saw the extraordinary aura of the former owner wrapped around the sword. He couldn't help but walked behind him and said a few more words.

"Hey, wait a minute. . "Linghu Xiang suddenly remembered something, turned around and chased after him.

"Is there anything else? "Lin Yuancheng thought that the other party wanted to quarrel with him, but unexpectedly...

"So what...Brother, you are also going to attend the Seven Heroes Club, right? "Linghuxiang forced a smile and asked in a subtle tone.

Lin Yuancheng is not deaf. The conversation between Linghuxiang and the Cao Gang gangster just now was actually very far away. He heard it, so he reacted immediately: "You want me to take you to the island? "

"I wonder if my brother can do something convenient? "Linghu Xiang cupped his fists and cupped his hands.

"No. Lin Yuancheng responded quickly, "I also came with my fellow disciples, but I just walked a little slower." "He paused, raised his hand and pointed forward, "Look, the big ship in the distance is the ship my sect rides on. They are still waiting for me..." He looked at Linghu Xiang again, " If I want you to follow me on the ship, I must get my master's permission, and he will never agree, so..."

"Uh..." Linghu Xiang looked disappointed, "Then... I won't force others to do anything, and I won't bother my brothers, please. ”

He is also a reasonable person, or in other words, he wants to save face and not to mess around.

Lin Yuancheng also has a good impression of Linghu Xiang, firstly because of the two of them. They were similar in age and both were swordsmen. Lin Yuancheng might not be very accurate in reading people, but when he saw Linghuxiang's sword, the calluses on Linghuxiang's hands, and the sword energy on his body, he knew that this was also a duel. People who are sincere to each other, so they have a bit of a desire to help each other..

Just when he was hesitating whether to try his luck with his master, suddenly, two figures came into his sight.

At this moment, Lin Yuancheng smiled slightly and immediately called Linghu Xiang: "My friend, please stay."

"Huh? Is there anything else?" Linghu Xiang turned around and asked.

"Although I can't help you, I have two friends. I think they can find a way to bring you to the island." Lin Yuancheng said.

"Oh?" Linghu Xiang became excited again when he heard this, "Is it true?"

"Of course it is true..." Lin Yuancheng smiled, " With their ability, not to mention bringing you to the island... it is not difficult to bring ten or eight unrelated people to the island."

"What about your friend? Where are you now?" Linghu Xiang asked quickly.

"It's right there." Lin Yuancheng said, pointing to the side and rear of Hu Xiang.

Linghu Xiang looked in the direction he pointed, and saw two people walking in the distance: one was wearing a brown-gray robe, with white hair and a childlike face, a long beard, and a big baggage on his back. ; The other one has a similar look, with disheveled hair and a Taoist robe.

These two guys...anyone with a bit of discernment can tell that the beards on their faces are fake, and judging from their exposed skin, they are not aged at all. Moreover, the gait and frequency of their walking were exactly that of young people, very brisk.

Others may not be able to tell who they are for a while, but Lin Yuancheng can still recognize them. After all, he has been in contact with Sun and Huang a lot and is quite familiar with them. He can still see such a scumbag disguise. Something to wear.

As soon as Linghu Xiang saw these two people, he felt a sense of harmony coming to his face. He couldn't help but ask Lin Yuancheng: "Brother, are you deceiving me? Why do I think you are like this?" Are the two friends planning to go to the island themselves?"

Lin Yuancheng did not reply to his words, but quickly walked towards Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai.

Lin Yuancheng was not polite to them, and asked: "You two...where are you from today?"

"Who is this young hero?" Now, it seems like the two of us are meeting you for the first time, right?" The next second, Sun Yixie replied in a tone of voice; while speaking, he gave Lin Yuancheng a fierce wink.

"Ah... ok, then I hope the two 'seniors' can help me..." Lin Yuancheng couldn't laugh or cry, so he could only answer what they wanted, and then turned to look at Linghu Xiang. He glanced and said, "This young hero Linghu is a friend of Lin. Because he has no family and no sect, and has no reputation in the world, the disciples of the Cao Gang stopped him from going to the island. Lin. I kindly ask you to take him to the island together, just as Lin troubles you one more time." Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai looked at each other after hearing this.

The two of them had completed the exchange without opening a word, so Huang Donglai answered in the next second: "It's easy, not too much trouble."

"Okay.! As expected of the two. " Lin Yuancheng said, "Then Lin will take the first step, and we will meet again on the island. "

After saying that, he cupped his hands and turned towards the dock.

"Hey, brother, what's your name? "Linghu Xiang called him again when he saw him leaving.

"Lin Yuancheng. Lin Yuancheng responded without turning his head.

When he walked away, Linghu Xiang turned around and found that Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were already in front of him.

"Two ...You two... I didn’t know you..." Linghu Xiang was frightened by the strange aura of these two people, and he was really a little bit weak.

"You don’t need to say anything, just come with us and do whatever you want. yes. "Sun Yixi said.

…………

When the three of them arrived at the shore, the Cao Gang gangster who had driven away Linghu Xiang had been waiting for a long time.

This guy is not blind. Although he didn’t hear what Linghu Xiang said to Lin Yuancheng and Shuangxie, he probably guessed that the two guys wearing fake beards in front of him were planning to take this unknown person with them. The poor boys went to the island together, can he let me go?

“Hey, stop. "The gangster saw them approaching, and immediately waved to several fellow gang members beside him. Several Cao Gang disciples immediately stood in a row and blocked the way for the three of them to board the ship.

"Little brother...any advice? "Sun Yixie looked at the other party and responded calmly.

"Advice? Huh... I don't dare. "The guy sneered, "I just want to ask..." He frowned, curled his mouth, and said with a crooked eye, "Who are you? ”