Several people waited in the forest for a long time, but the young man who was following them was nowhere to be seen.
"Brother, isn't that kid scared?"
"If he is really afraid, he is destined to be lucky. Otherwise, he will pick up the knife and drop it, and he will be buried in the barren mountains."
"Oh, bad luck. I didn't expect to be discovered by Zhao Luqing. Wanshui City has countless wealthy households. It is our blessed place! Where else in the world can we find such a good place."
Jiang Zhuo held his sword and watched, and saw that the young man seemed to have suddenly disappeared. The moonlight filled the field, and there was not a single figure, not to mention a human figure, or a ghost.
He calmed down and said to his brothers: "The capital of commerce in the world, Wanshui in the Northern Sui Dynasty is juxtaposed with Yuzhou in the Southern Wu Dynasty. Wanshui is not a place for our brothers to eat, so go to Yuzhou City. The women in the Southern Wu Dynasty are beautiful and have a delicate personality. They are better than those in the Northern Sui Dynasty. The fierce girl is infinitely better."
"Brother, I heard that the border between the two countries is under martial law. I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to cross."
Jiang Zhuo chuckled: "The upper reaches of the river have their own good places. That's where I came to Northern Sui Dynasty from there two years ago."
The world is divided into three hundred years, not to mention the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack areas of Western Shu, and the border areas between the Northern Sui Dynasty and the Southern Wu Dynasty. There are many businesses that risk sending people to other countries. The two countries have repeatedly prohibited it. The more prohibited it is, the higher the price of secretly traveling to other countries. , the more people will participate.
The great river that rolls eastward supports countless fishermen who make a living on boats. Naturally, there are also water bandits who roam the land.
The two countries have carried out large-scale campaigns against water bandits several times, just like the spring breeze blowing again. One wave was wiped out, and not long after, another wave appeared to cause trouble.
Especially in the 800-mile Yunjingze, fierce and bloodthirsty water bandits gathered in swarms, arrogant and arrogant, causing headaches for the courts of the Southern Wu and Northern Sui Dynasties.
Jiang Zhuo seemed to be remembering the past and said with a smile: "Brothers, when we earn enough money to last a lifetime of prosperity, I will take you to a nice place where you can be free and at ease, where even the King of Heaven and I can't control it!"
"It's a good relationship, brother. I'm not married yet. When the time comes, you have to ask me to arrange a good marriage."
This group of kidnappers abducted ladies, but they adhered to the bottom line and did not touch them. They even served them delicious food and drinks.
Their principle is to only seek wealth and abandon all other side ways that delay their pursuit of wealth.
They were all big men. One day they couldn't hold back their desires, so they went to Wanshui City Chun Tower to have some fun.
Because of this, many kidnapping cases were carried out, and a few people were unscathed. Even this business of making quick money became more and more familiar and handy. If it had not been for the unfortunate meeting of Zhao Luqing at the Poetry Club Tonight, I could have continued to do it smoothly.
"Brother, that kid is definitely scared."
"Let's go. There are too many mosquitoes in the forest. They're going to bite me to death."
"Yes, brother, it will take time for Zhao Luqing to mobilize his troops in the dead of night. Let's leave as soon as possible."
Jiang Zhuo looked around again and found that the young man was nowhere to be seen. Even though he felt strange in his heart, he slowly returned the Sanchi Qingfeng back to the scabbard.
"Since it was a false alarm, our brothers will go to Nanwu Yuzhou City."
"Let's go, let's go. I don't want the package. My money has long been converted into banknotes and I have it with me at all times. When the news about Wanshui passes, we will come back and get the silver."
"Brother is still wise and exchanges all the money for banknotes in advance. Otherwise, we will lose all our pants."
"Hahaha... You can drink wine, eat meat and make money with me. You are not allowed to come to this world."
The few people were laughing and joking, putting aside their regrets about abandoning the rich families in Wanshui City, and walked southward arm in arm.
The moonlight was bright outside the forest, but it was pitch black inside.
Just walked a few steps.
Suddenly someone shouted: "Who hit me? Oh, it hurts me to death."
The person beside him stretched out his hand to touch it, and his hand was sticky. "Look carefully when you walk, did you hit a tree? Look, I hit you, and you probably got a bloody head."
"Nonsense, it wasn't a collision, someone definitely hit me!"
Jiang Zhuo's expression changed drastically, "It's bad, that kid didn't leave, but followed him into the forest. Brothers, keep your eyes open. If he approaches us again, he will kill us directly."
The words have not yet finished.
Just as someone called out "big brother", there was no movement. Then he heard the sound of his body being dragged in the forest. Jiang Zhuo suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, his back felt cold, and he couldn't say a word.
Regardless of whether they are humans or ghosts, you can find ways to deal with them if you see them. However, the young man used the invisible forest to split them up and disintegrate them. If they stayed in the same place, they would definitely die.
Jiang Zhuo made a quick decision: "Don't worry about him for now. We can't stay in the forest any longer. Let's run out quickly."
After giving the order, the remaining people followed Jiang Zhuo and fled.
They had never gone deep into the forest, so it would be easy for them to escape.
It's just that a few people underestimated the young man's ability. At the same time, they were also self-righteous, thinking that if they dared to chase a mere young man, they would dare to kill him. They really never thought about what would happen if the young man's realm was higher than theirs.
Jiang Zhuo ran out of the forest panting. When he turned around to look, his heart suddenly fell to the bottom.
The brothers seemed to be dragged into the underworld by evil ghosts, and not a single hair could be seen.
Jiang Zhuo's scalp was numb. After all these years of wandering around the world, this was the first time he encountered such a difficult and powerful master. Moreover, this person was too young and it was extremely easy to make mistakes and think that he was a spoiled and arrogant rich man.
He drew his sword, faced the forest, and shouted the names of his brothers.
Unfortunately, no one responded for a long time, only the horrible and terrifying night owl ghost crying and wolf howling.
"Hero! I admit defeat! Please show up and see me! As long as you spare the lives of my brothers, I will let you do whatever you want."
Jiang Zhuo showed his loyalty, threw away the sword in his hand, and surrendered.
Originally I wanted to call him Young Hero, but I felt that Young Hero was not as good as Great Hero.
"Hero!! Please show up and see me!!!"
Jiang Zhuo was sweating like rain as he stared at the forest.
"We brothers have one thousand, four hundred taels of silver. If the hero shows his favor... no, no, no, I said the wrong thing. The hero will save the lives of all the brothers except me, and all the money will be yours."
One thousand four hundred taels of silver is already a lot, which shows how many times Jiang Zhuo and his gang of kidnappers have done this in Wanshui City.
Although Wanshui City is a good trading city, and the rich households in the city are far better than other cities, there are only a few families who can spend a hundred taels of silver in one go. They also dare not attack the young lady of a wealthy family, in case they offend others. Call in the martial arts masters to take care of them all, but it's all over.
Even wealthy households were not safe, so Chen Qifeng found a master.
On ordinary days, the most common thing Jiang Zhuo said to his brothers was that we are in a business where the tip of a knife licks blood. We need to be cautious. Once we are caught, we will probably die without a burial place.
Wealthy households hated kidnappers so much that after they were caught, they would often behead them at the market, kill chickens to scare monkeys, and serve as a warning to others. The government also acquiesced in this practice.
These are the rules of the world that are invisible but intangible but really exist.
"Hero! Please show up and see me!"
Jiang Zhuo collapsed and changed from asking to begging.
Shen Li walked out of the forest leisurely.
Jiang Zhuo stared at the handsome young man and hesitated to speak.
Shen Li immediately smiled and said: "It's better not to say anything now, because I will make the conditions next. If you want to save the lives of your brothers, you have to agree."
Jiang Zhuo took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.
With the young man's ability to kill several brothers without anyone noticing in the forest, even if Jiang Zhuo resisted and fought the young man alone, the result would be a dead end. He might as well listen to the terms...
"Let's talk about your brothers first. They are not dead. I was merciful and hid them." Shen Li smiled softly.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhuo let out a long breath.
As long as the brothers don't die, why not agree to the young man's conditions?
"Do you know Chen Qifeng?"
"You know, Chen Qifeng is very famous among the wealthy families in Wanshui City. We once kidnapped his daughter Chen Wanyue and served her with delicious food and drinks for three days. We threatened Chen Qifeng to either send him a hundred taels of silver or kill Chen Wanyue. Unexpectedly, Chen Qifeng found a master of martial arts to give him money. The master was very good at tracking. After handing Chen Wanyue over to Chen Qifeng, he tracked her all the way, but I found him. We had a big fight. I could have killed him. Let him go."
Jiang Zhuo hurriedly told the whole story.
Now he understood that it was Chen Qifeng who was responsible again!
There used to be that middle-aged master of martial arts, but now there is an even more powerful young man!
I regretted it. You must know that Chen Qifeng is so difficult to deal with, just like a kid, they don't even look at Chen Wanyue.
Shen Li couldn't help laughing and thought to himself, things in the world are indeed wonderful. Could it be that Chen Wanyue was spoiled by Chen Qifeng and suddenly ordered the kidnappers to kidnap her. She thought she would be killed by him, but she never expected that the kidnappers would not kill her, but instead served her delicious food. When I got up, I saw that Jiang Zhuo was very good-looking, well-educated, open-minded, and fell in love with him!
Confused, confused!
The kidnapper was a kidnapper. No matter how handsome he looked, he was still a gangster no matter how he served her. Chen Qifeng pampered her and raised her in an inappropriate manner. He didn't care about right or wrong in the face of right and wrong, and fell in love with Jiang Zhuo on his own wishful thinking.
It's ridiculous.
Shen Li said: "My condition is..."
Jiang Zhuo suddenly became nervous and thought, Chen Qifeng's ghost was still lingering, could he want to kill him?
"Send you to see Chen Wanyue."
Jiang Zhuo was stunned for a moment, reacted for a while, and tried to ask: "What do you mean by the hero's words? Why did you send me to see Chen Wanyue? We obviously let her go! Even the hairpin she left behind, we asked Others handed it back!"
Shen Li looked at Jiang Zhuo's strange expression and sneered: "So, you are quite a nice person."
"Don't dare, don't dare. After accepting Chen Qifeng's ransom of one hundred taels, we have nothing to do with him."
"It's like this. When you kidnapped Chen Wanyue, she fell in love with you at first sight. After returning home, she suffered from lovesickness. Chen Qifeng had no choice but to find us and asked us to take you to Chen's house to help Chen Wanyue come out."
"???"
Jiang Zhuoren was really stupid.
What is this?
Kidnapping a lady, and she actually likes you?
A fantasy!
"My hero, are you kidding me?"
"Are you kidding?! Hey, if I were joking, I would have killed all of you and the kidnappers with one sword, so as not to harm one party and disturb the peace of the people."
"I... I'm... this... oops!" Jiang Zhuo stamped his feet anxiously.
Shen Li asked: "Will you come with me? If you don't, I will kill you right away."
Deliberately scaring Jiang Zhuo.
"Let's go! Why don't you go?! The Chen family is not a tiger's den. Although I, Jiang Zhuo, am a kidnapper, I have never killed anyone so far. I am worthy of a wealthy family in Wanshui!"
