At this time, another masked man snatched the seven-star crutch from Cao Hongyou's hand, then took off the velvet cotton hat he was wearing, grabbed his hair and dragged him to the side of the boat, pushing him into the river. He was swallowed up by the waves of the river.
Then, Xiao Huaihua was grabbed by the hair by another masked man and pushed into the cold current of the river, where she drowned.
Cao Gaofeng and Cao Xiaofeng, suffering from the pain of being stabbed by the masked man's dagger, broke out of the cabin and jumped into the river to escape one after another. However, the masked man holding the pole jumped onto the nearest bamboo raft, picked up the bamboo pole and violently He poked Cao Gaofeng's head as he stretched out the river to exhale, and then held him down until he drowned. Then he used the same method to kill Cao Xiaofeng in the river.
The masked man finally planned to molest the pretty Hu Qin, so he did not stab her with a dagger. Instead, he forcibly pulled away the frightened and crying daughter lying on her body and threw her into the river. She drowned in a moment and sank to the bottom of the river. .
Hu Qin wanted to go to the side of the boat and jump into the river to commit suicide, but was hugged by a masked man and made some obscene gestures.
Hu Qin snatched the dagger from the masked man's hand, and immediately slashed her own throat several times like killing a chicken. She stumbled and fell onto the sampan of the Wu Feng boat. Blood flowed out and would fall on the boat. The white snow turned into red snow...
At this moment, the Wu Feng boat that kept bumping on the river calmed down a little.
The short masked man looked at Hu Qin, who was lying on the ground in anger, and then glared at the masked man holding her just now, and shouted: Damn it, you shouldn't let her die, such a beautiful woman, keep it , the brothers could enjoy it, but now that it was over, they had no choice but to throw her into the river to feed the fish.
The masked man who had molested her picked up Hu Qin, walked to the side of the boat and pushed her into the river. With a splash, water splashed on the river.
At this moment, the seven masked men seemed to be breathing a sigh of relief. They took off the dog's hole hat one by one, dusted off the snowflakes on it, then rolled up the brim of the hat that was enough to cover their faces to the forehead, and then Button on the head.
Wu Daode walked over to the cabin and saw that there were baskets and baskets of soybeans, weighing more than a thousand kilograms.
Hu Xiangcai grabbed a handful of soybeans from a basket and looked at them carefully. Then he approached Wu Daode and said, Brother Angkor, these soybeans are really clean, not a grain of sand can be found. No wonder the last time I carried a bag of soybeans to Caojia Liquor for sale, the old man took one look at it and said that my soybeans were sandy, so he refused to accept them. It seems that such clean soybeans can be sold at a good price.
Wu Daode said excitedly, "Let's sell this boat of soybeans as soon as possible."
Qian Wanguan came over and asked, where to sell it?
Wu Daode moved his eyes and said, "We can't turn back the boat anyway, and we can't go to Chibi Street or Puqi City."
Wu Liangjin also asked anxiously, where would this boat full of soybeans be sold?
Kan Nenglai had an idea. He suggested that the boat be sailed to Wulin Pier and the soybeans could be sold to the grain and oil purchasing station on Honghu Street.
Wu Daode said decisively that it was not appropriate. Then he rubbed his head and said, maybe the man from Honghu who took care of this boat of soybeans is waiting in Wulin. If we sail the boat over, it will be easy to expose our traces.
I have long said, Angkor, then take this ship to Jiayu Wharf, sell the full ship of soybeans to the grain and oil purchasing station on Jiayu Street at a price.
Wu Daode blinked and said, "That's not appropriate either." We cannot sell it in the county town. The reason is that although we do it covertly, a crime will eventually occur. Once a crime occurs, the yamen arresters in the counties will be in contact. If the soybeans are sold to Jiayu Street, At the Grain and Oil Purchasing Station, if physical evidence is seized by the Jiayu County Yamen, and the people at the Purchasing Station provide clues, they will reveal our physical and facial features as soybean sellers. Among the seven of us, only one person will be captured. , as soon as they were tortured and they couldn't bear it any longer, they would speak out, and then the other six of us would not be able to escape. Seeing this, I transported the boatload of soybeans along the river to Huanggaihu Town, sold them at a price, and divided the money equally among my brothers to go home for the New Year.
Cai Wanmin said, I agree with Angkor's opinion, and this matter must be resolved quickly.
Hu Xiangcai, Qian Wanguan, Wu Liangjin, Kan Nenglai, and Xiang Changzhang all said in unison that we also agreed with Angkor's opinion.
Wu Daode said, OK! He reached out and patted Hu Xiangcai on the shoulder, then gave a thumbs up and said, you were a bamboo raft supporter, but now you have been promoted to the helm of a black-topped boat.
Hu Xiangcai said, OK. He immediately walked to the oar at the bow of the ship and found that there were blood stains on the oar handle that could not be covered by the snowflakes. He reached out and took a handful of river water and wiped it on the oar handle, and then started rocking the oar vigorously.
The snowflakes in the sky slowly became smaller, leaving only the whistling sound of the river wind and the gurgling waves of the river. The awning boat went down the river, getting farther and farther, getting smaller and smaller, and then disappeared among the confused water clouds.
That afternoon, Ni Youxun, who was patrolling the Red Cliff bank of the Yangtze River, suddenly heard crying and howling. He followed the sound and saw several people sitting on the snow-covered Chibi Pier.
Riyou walked over and saw only seven undead, old and young, male and female, all of them looked sad, and they were all soaked, and some were stained with blood.
Cao Hongyou, Cao Yang and others saw Riyou Xuan dressed in official robes and quickly stood up to greet him.
Riyouxuan looked at them carefully and said, "You seven undead souls all have the same faces. They seem to be a family. Could it be that they have suffered the disaster of annihilation, so why are they all gathered on the dock?"
Cao Hongyou was extremely sad, and he motioned to his son Cao Yang to explain to him.
Cao Yang pointed at the river and cried out about the tragic experience of his family, young and old, who were stabbed with daggers by seven masked men, pushed into the river and drowned while robbing a ship of soybeans.
Hu Qin's face was filled with tears, her neck was still bleeding, and her voice was choked with sobs. A masked man wanted to tease me and commit indecency. I took the opportunity to grab his dagger and cut my own throat to protect my body from being insulted.
Cao Tingting was still crying in Hu Qin's arms.
Cao Gaofeng and Cao Xiaofeng also walked up to Ri Youxun and told them how they were killed.
Xiao Huaihua looked at Riyouxuan and said with tears in her eyes, "It's so miserable!" As the Chinese New Year is approaching, seven members of our Cao family were killed by a group of masked strongmen, and then they robbed a ship of soybeans. When I see that you look like an official, you must report the crime to the seven innocent souls of our Cao family, capture their murderers, and avenge them!
Having said this, Xiao Huaihua knelt in front of Riyu Xuan. Then the other six wronged souls of the Cao family also knelt down around Ri Youxuan and appealed in unison, please avenge us!
Ri Youxun felt sad in his heart, and he said, "Get up. It's freezing and snowy. Isn't it cold to kneel down?" After a period of time, those seven masked strong men may be arrested one by one by the officials in the underworld, and then sentenced to death. When their souls arrive in the underworld, they will also be escorted to the Ghost Sentence Hall for trial. Based on their crime of killing and stealing, they will be punished in hell. Undoubted.
The seven members of the Cao family stood up one after another and said some words of gratitude.
Riyuxuan asked again, what are the characteristics of the seven masked strongmen?
Cao Hongyou said that they all wore dog-eared hats with the brim pulled down to cover their entire faces. Their facial features could not be seen clearly, but judging from their physical features, some were fat, some were thin, some were tall, some were short.
Riyouxuan said that it is too common for people to be tall, short, fat and thin. It is not considered a characteristic. Are there other characteristics?
Cao Yang thought about it and said, a masked strongman stabbed me in the back with a dagger. I turned around in pain and lifted off the dog-eared hat he was wearing, and found a black scar on the left side of his face. This also reminded me that some time ago, when our Caojia Winery purchased soybeans, I found him carrying a bag of soybeans for sale. Because the soybeans were not clean and had sand in them, my father and I did not agree to accept his soybeans. , he had to carry away the soybeans.
Cao Hongyou said, I also remembered that this person may be from Puqi City or near the suburbs.
Hiroyuki said that this was a characteristic and a clue. As long as he caught the robber with a black scar on the left face, the other six robbers could follow the clues and catch them one by one.
