"Brother Xu, the bald man said that the Jiaolong Gang is ahead." After driving for a long time, Xu Chu and his party finally arrived at their destination.
However, to everyone's surprise, the Jiaolong Gang was located in a small fishing village that looked ordinary.
Xu Chu frowned slightly and immediately shouted: "Everyone dismount and be on guard." He walked up to the Jiaolong Gang at the back and frowned: "Is this what you call the Jiaolong Gang?" The leader smiled awkwardly and said: "Yes. ,No, we usually make a living by fishing. Later, we felt that fishing had no future, so we imitated the Yellow Turban thieves and robbed it. There were more than 200 people in the village, and everyone agreed. I didn’t force them to work as slaves. Bandits." Xu Chu nodded. In fact, such things are no longer strange to him. There are many people who can't live their lives. Some people stick to their duties, but more people choose others. Road.
We cannot simply say who is right or wrong. We all have only one purpose, and that is to live. If you want to blame it, just blame the world.
Xu Chu looked at Xu Huang aside and said: "Brother Gongming, take ten people in and call the people in their village who can speak to you to exchange hostages. We will take away the gold and jade that the young master wants, and forget about the rest. "Xu Huang sighed, clasped his fists and replied: "Okay..." The hostage exchange process went smoothly. Xu Chu and others originally came here with the purpose of wiping out the so-called Jiaolong Gang, but looking at the orphans, young and old in the village, the group Everyone was silent.
Xu Huang and Le Jin even gave away the steamed buns they brought to eat on the road. The children were so pitiful. They were naked, covered in mud and dirty, and skinny. They were obviously caused by long-term malnutrition. .
Some people wonder, aren’t those gold and jade articles valuable? Why not just pawn them in exchange for food?
The boss immediately gave the answer. They had also gone to the county town to change, but they were caught directly. Not only did they lose several lives, but they almost brought disaster to the village.
Over time, although they robbed everything, except for the food and clothes they grabbed, they were still useful, and other things were useless to them. The so-called: it is tasteless to eat, it is a pity to throw away, which generally refers to those flashy gold and jade articles. .
What made everyone speechless was that some villagers even used the jade pot as a urinal, which made them feel sick. If Wei Cheng hadn't ordered it, they really didn't want to touch the urinal.
Seeing Xu Chu and others leaving with large and small bags, Baldhead and others looked at each other in shock. The headmaster sighed, looked back at the elders in the village, and told the story of what happened to him and others.
There was nothing to be ashamed of. If they tried to be ruthless, they would eventually kick the iron plate. Fortunately, the other party spared their lives and only took away some useless things.
Otherwise, he would not dare to raise his head and face his fellow villagers directly. The boss’s name is Hua Cun, one of the most common big fish in the Yellow River.
The people in this village are a collective of refugees who have fled from various places. They all have surnames, but it is no longer important. The children here are usually named after fish in the river, which represents the villagers' expectations for a good harvest. Hope.
Hua Cun is the tallest among the younger generation in the village and the fiercest in fights, so he was elected as the so-called boss, but he is actually just a recognized little gangster.
After learning what happened to them, the old people in the village were all sighing. Fortunately, the children were not injured or injured. This may be the only relief. As for the gold and jade articles, they did not take them seriously, and those things should not be taken seriously. Eat.
Hua Cun followed his old father back home. As soon as they entered the door, the little sister asked timidly: "Brother, are there any steamed buns?" Hua Cun was stunned and looked at the old father aside. The old father also looked at his little daughter curiously: "What are steamed buns?" The younger sister licked her lips and said aggrievedly: "Xiao Liu and the others all got steamed buns, but I didn't. I also want to eat steamed buns." Hua Li frowned slightly and looked at the children chasing and playing in the village. Sure enough, he saw the steamed buns in their hands. Serving food similar to steamed cakes.
He was familiar with that stuff. When they were tied up in Haojia Village, a villager gave them steamed buns and water, one steamed bun for each of them.
It was probably the most delicious food he had ever eaten in his life. He wolfed it down immediately. He even dreamed about steamed buns last night. In his dream, he saw a huge mountain made of steamed buns. No matter how much he ate, the steamed buns would never become less. , very happy.
The old father next to him frowned and said, "It seems that those people gave it to me. Son, if we don't eat it, daddy will cook fish soup for you." The little girl pouted her mouth, not happy.
When Hua Cun saw this, he didn't know what to do. ···Xu Chu and his party returned to Haojia Village smoothly.
Before handing the gold and jade to Wei Cheng, he specially asked everyone to clean the items, especially the urinal.
Wei Cheng was drying herbs in a shabby room. Hearing that Xu Chu and others returned successfully, he immediately came to the village. From a distance, he saw Xu Chu and others walking towards him carrying large and small bags. Xu Chu dropped the bags on the ground, making a sound of gold and iron.
"Young Master, I am fortunate to have lived up to my command. I brought back a total of sixty-seven pieces of gold, thirty-three pieces of jade, and some other things that I don't know if they are valuable. They looked good to me, so I brought them back too." Others People also placed their bundles in front of Wei Qing. As the bundles were spread out, a large pile of gold, silver and jade items were revealed.
Wei Cheng immediately asked someone to invite Mr. Jin to come over and take a look. While waiting for Mr. Jin to come over, Xu Chu and Xu Huang talked about what they had seen along the way.
When he learned that the so-called Jiaolong Gang was actually a small, run-down fishing village, Wei Cheng sighed deeply without saying much.
He is not a saint. There are so many people suffering in this world. If he helps everyone when he sees it, when will he be the leader?
The only thing Wei Cheng can do is take care of the present. Not long after, Mr. Jin came with his disciples and made an evaluation of these gold, silver and jade artifacts. To their surprise, in addition to the gold, silver and jade artifacts, they also found two corals and a giant clam inside.
Wei Cheng's eyes lit up and he immediately asked Hao Zhao to take the corals and clams to the shabby room and put them away.
"Young master, if you refine them all, you should be able to create seven sets of gold ornaments. Even though the quality of these jade is average, if you carve it with a little precision, you can also make some accessories." After reading, Mr. Jin said to Wei Cheng .
Wei Cheng nodded with satisfaction,
"Okay, then I'll bother you, Mr. Jin. I'll leave these things to you in the future." Mr. Jin bowed his hands and took his disciples and disciples to move things into the shabby room. He planned to refine the gold and silver into cakes first to see the specific gold content. How much, then make a subdivided plan and use it as rationally as possible.
Watching Mr. Jin and his party go up the hill, Wei Cheng looked back at Xu Chu and said, "I have something to do. Please help me run." Xu Chu responded with clasped fists.
Gu Miao and Wei Cheng looked at Xu Huang and said, "You can go too, go back to the Wei family with Zhong Kang, help me deliver a letter, and tell the Wei family what you know about the Bai Bo Army, so that they can have some peace of mind. Get ready." Xu Huang also responded with cupped fists.
Wei Cheng said: "It would be okay if the Baibo Army approaches Luoyang, but if they dare to invade the villagers of Hedong, they will go to war if they have no choice. We will not be able to be alone by then. Your weapons... By the way, Xu Huang, what kind of weapons do you want? ?" Xu Huang was startled at first, and then bowed with great joy: "Master, I, I am good at a sky-opening ax technique." Wei Cheng had expected it, but he still said in a pretentious tone: "I have Pangu. The ax has an handle, the handle is five feet and three inches long, the blade is two feet and one inch wide, and it weighs eighty kilograms. It is made of ancient fine steel. I wonder if you can make it move." Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"Taikoo Steel?" This was Le Jin's voice. Xu Chu also exclaimed: "Pangu Ax, is it one of the Tiangang Divine Weapons?" Xu Huang and Le Jin still don't know what the Tiangang Divine Weapon is, because the Wei family only released news about the seventy-two heavy weapons of Disha.
At this time, after hearing the explanations from Xu Chu and others, Xu Huang's breathing became noticeably faster. It turns out that these seventy-two earth evil weapons are not the most powerful. There are also thirty-six divine weapons on them, each of which has the power to destroy the heaven and earth. And Wei Cheng has in his hand one of the thirty-six divine weapons of Tiangang. The rootless fire is truly miraculous!
Wei Cheng tried his best to show an indifferent expression, and after Xu Chu and others explained, he said with a smile: "Although Pangu Ax is not a divine weapon of Tiangang, it ranks very high among the earthly evil weapons. Among the twelve heavy weapons I got, Among them, it ranks second, higher than Zhong Kang's Dragon Slaying Sword." Externally, he has always advertised that he only has twelve heavy weapons. As for the existence of other heavy weapons, let outsiders guess.
Wei Cheng just doesn't want to take all the 'benefits' for himself, otherwise he will easily arouse jealousy and cause unnecessary trouble.
Xu Huang was so excited that he didn't know what to say. He hurriedly knelt down towards Wei Cheng and bowed respectfully.
"Young Master, you deserve to receive such a magical weapon. But if you don't give up, Huang's life will be yours from now on. If you have orders, even if it's mountains of swords and seas of fire, Huang still dares to carry the Pangu ax and go there." Come on." Wei Cheng smiled and nodded, very satisfied with Xu Huang's statement.
Then, he looked at Le Jin who looked envious and said with a smile: "Don't worry, wait until the injury on your shoulder is healed. Now you should just stay in the village to recuperate." Upon hearing this, Le Jin quickly followed suit. Xu Huang looked like he was half-kneeling to show his loyalty.
Wei Qing helped the two of them up and said bluntly: "If you want to thank, thank yourselves. If it weren't for your kindness of distributing the steamed buns to those children that moved me, I would never have agreed with you so quickly. Two." Xu Huang and Le Jin were startled when they heard this, and then they once again raised their fists and saluted Wei Cheng.
They would never have thought that one of their unintentional actions would actually fulfill their desire to obtain a magical weapon.
On the other hand, it also illustrates a point. They can be recognized by Wei Cheng, which means that Wei Cheng is also a kind-hearted person. They are fully willing to follow such a lord.
··· Anyi County. The three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang found a tile house and planned to spend the night here tonight.
The three of them didn't have much money. They only ordered a can of hot soup (hot water), some thirty cakes, and a handful of green onions, which was a meal.
While eating the cake, Zhang Fei would occasionally mention the team of people he met in the morning. Xu Chu, in particular, left a very deep impression on him.
He is a combative person. In order to fight with Guan Yu, he did not hesitate to perform the trick of using a stone to press down the well.
It was also by chance that they met Liu Bei, and the three brothers had a heart-to-heart talk over wine and meat, and became sworn friends after drinking.
"Second brother, can you beat that guy?" Zhang Fei asked with a smile. Guan Yu broke off a piece of the handle, rubbed the fine sand inside, threw it into his mouth, and said: "How can I know if I haven't fought before? And that man is carrying an ox-horn short bow. He must have average melee strength, but he is another man." ..." Guan Yu thought of Xu Huang and couldn't help but squinted his small eyes and said: "If I have the chance, I would like to get acquainted." A look of surprise flashed across Liu Bei's face, who was eating cakes next to him. He was still the first Once I saw Guan Yu being interested in a stranger.
The three of them chatted while eating without making too much noise. Naturally, you will hear some noisy noises around you. At this time, Wase is not the inn that everyone thinks of. There are also private rooms like Tianzihao. Wase is a big bunkhouse. All the boarders are crowded into a hall, with a bonfire burning in the middle, and the air is filled with All kinds of stinks.
It's autumn now, and it's still quite cold at night. The places closer to the bonfire are usually gathering places for green forest people.
At this time, a man drank a bowl of wine and said sadly: "At that time, I was only one foot away from the top of the cliff, but that one foot distance ruined my chance to obtain the magic weapon. If God had given me a chance, , I will definitely..."
"You bitch, can you stop bragging? You obviously climbed a few feet before falling. If you hadn't happened to land on the haystack, would you still be alive to chat with us here?" Others heard this, They all laughed.
Someone asked: "Have you seen the magic weapon?" The two men looked at each other in confusion. They didn't see it originally, but at this sight, they couldn't help but want to brag about it.
The man raised his head and said: "That's not true. You were not there, and you didn't see the power of the dragon-slaying sword. With just a slight wave, the thigh-thick tree trunk was cut directly at the waist. The cut surface was flat and exposed to the light. The insects and ants stood up. It can all slip.”
"Wow, is it really that sharp?"
"Why did he lie to you? If you don't believe me, just ask him." The other man coughed slightly in embarrassment, with a look of yearning behind him, and said leisurely: "The supreme king of martial arts, who slays dragons with his sword, orders the world, no one dares to disobey, Brother Liu What I said is absolutely true, this life is enough to be able to see the magic weapon!" The two said this, and many people also heard about Wei Cheng's test. I am somewhat convinced by what people say.
Liu, Guan, and Zhang, who were sitting not far away, frowned slightly. Zhang Fei turned back to look at Guan Yu and asked, "Second brother, can you cut the thigh-thick tree in half?" Guan Yu shook his head, twisted his beard and said: "Ordinary weapons are definitely not enough. Not to mention cutting with one sword, even three or five swords cannot do it. Unless you use an axe, it will take at least ten times with an axe, let alone a knife." Zhang Fei frowned. He picked it up, looked at the two men who were talking, and thought of Wei's businessman's words.
If he could get this magic weapon... Zhang Fei couldn't help but imagine the heroic scene of himself holding the dragon-slaying knife and killing seven in and seven out of the chaotic army. As he thought about it, he didn't even notice the rattles dripping from the corner of his mouth.
Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked at each other, with a hint of solemnity in each other's eyes.
