A letter came from the Bai family secret post, saying that the four money guards were in action, and the direction they went to was not Jiulian Village.
Li Fenglan hurriedly called Feicui, and the two followed quietly.
…
The situation in Poyang Lake has been settled. Jiulianzhai now has the final say in the entire Poyang Lake underworld. However, this "final decision" was discounted. After several battles, Jiulian Village also suffered heavy losses. In the next two or three years, it is impossible for them to cause any trouble. If other water villages take advantage of this moment to rise, it will be difficult for Jiulian Village to stop them.
Wei Yang asked the sixth master of Shuizhai to support a small sampan, and the two of them passed through layers of reed swamps, not knowing where they were going.
Wei Yang usually doesn't go out, and even if he goes out, he will take a few of his subordinates with him, but this time he only took the sixth master with him.
The sixth head of Jiulian Village is called Chen Liuer. His father was a good brother of the previous village master. He died in a fight with other water villages while trying to protect the old village master. The old village leader had no children, so he always raised him as his own son, and promoted him to be the sixth head of the family at a young age.
"Uncle Wei," Chen Liu'er asked as he paddled the boat, "where are we going?"
Wei Yang sighed: "Go and see the old village leader."
"Oh," Chen Liu'er whispered, "I'm going to the grave."
Wei Yang shook his head: "No."
"Not going to the grave? Then where are we going?"
"I said, let's go see the old village leader."
"Uncle, I didn't understand what you said."
"Let me ask you, what happened to the old village leader?"
Chen Liuer was even more confused: "The old village leader is gone. He died of a serious illness a few years ago. Don't all these guys know?"
"Then let me ask you again, what is the old village master's name?"
"Jiang Dahe."
"Let me ask you again, when did the old village master establish Jiulian Village?"
"No, uncle, why are you asking me this? Everyone knows this, eighteen years ago."
Wei Yang shook his head and sighed again: "It's time to tell you the truth today."
"What do you mean?"
"Sixth Son, the old village master's name is not Jiang Dahe."
"What's that called?"
"Xu Zhenbiao."
Chen Liuer frowned: "Xu Zhenbiao?"
Wei Yang nodded: "You are young and have never heard of what happened before. When the old village leader was young, he was quite famous in the world. He was a chivalrous and righteous man throughout his life. At least he was very popular. He was born by Poyang Lake. , his family made a living by fishing, and they were just making ends meet. Until one day, his parents encountered water bandits while fishing. Normally, those water bandits would not make things difficult for ordinary people like them. But that day, by chance, the water bandits We went out to hunt for food but had no harvest. When we returned, we happened to meet his parents. The water bandits who were in a bad mood killed his parents."
Chen Liuer was a little surprised: "Then what? Did the old village leader take revenge?"
Wei Yang shook his head: "The old village leader was only eleven or twelve years old at that time, and it was a problem to support himself, so why talk about revenge? But it was precisely because of this incident that the old village leader hated the water bandits. After that, he resolutely embarked on the journey. He entered the rivers and lakes, visited famous masters, and learned martial arts. When he wanted to return to Poyang Lake for revenge, he realized that he could not fight against so many water bandits on his own. Then the old village leader made a decision. He wanted to unify Poyang. The lake bandits, become the general manager of the Eighteenth Route Water Village, so that these bandits will never rob houses again."
Chen Liuer scratched the back of his head: "That's what you said, but in recent years, we have done a lot of robbing families and homes. We also did it when the old village leader was here."
"Hey..." Wei Yang sighed again, "This is the helplessness of the old village leader. A water bandit is a water bandit after all, and his nature is hard to change. In the first few years, he was very energetic, but as time went by, he found it harder and harder to manage this group. Helping the water bandits, people gradually became depressed. You, Uncle Wei, and I, Shaolin lay disciples, are also pretty good at martial arts. Back then, we were infected by the pride of the old village leader, so we promised to accomplish this with him. Of course, we will work together. The problem is also your father’s.”
"Then why did the old village leader change his name to Jiang Dahe?"
"Being a water bandit is not a serious livelihood, let alone...not to mention that because of some things that happened back then, I was tainted with some karma.
. In those years, the old village leader kept claiming to return to Poyang Lake to live in seclusion. In fact, he changed his name to Jiang Dahe and established Jiulian Village... and then, he faked his death. "
"Fake death?!" This shocked Chen Liu'er.
Wei Yang said dissatisfied: "Keep your voice down! I'm afraid others won't hear you!... Hey, I just told you before that you should be wary of the Golden God of Wealth, but I never told you why you should be wary."
"Yeah, I can't figure it out either. We are in Poyang Lake and he is in Chang'an. What's the intersection?"
"Boy, money is needed to carry out big things. When the old village leader established the water village, he borrowed the money from Jin Caishen. Unfortunately, the money cannot be paid, and Jin Caishen is one of the few people who knows his hidden identity. Jin Caishen The God of Wealth is a very stingy person. He didn’t come to ask for payment for so many years. At that time, I felt something was wrong. Who knew that today, he would still come to my door.”
After saying that, Wei Yang smiled, his smile a little bitter.
"Then why did you come to the door now?"
"Have you ever heard of Xian Ren Tang during this time?"
"I've heard of them. Aren't they just the remnants of Changfeng Tower? I heard that the three little girls they sent out are all very pretty. If I meet them in Poyang Lake, I'll catch one of them and come back as my wife."
Wei Yang said dissatisfiedly: "To be serious, the cause and effect of the old village master is related to Changfeng Tower. The God of Gold and Wealth came to ask for money at this time. It was clear that he was afraid that something would happen to the old village master and the debt would become a bad debt. This old man The boy must have betrayed the old village owner, but I guess he didn’t reveal much. He did it in order to shock us and force us to pay back the money. If we don’t pay back... he might tell everything about what happened back then."
"Then we can just pay back the money, right?"
"Repay the money? You said it easily, twenty thousand taels! What can I get in exchange for it?"
Chen Liuer was stunned. He had never seen so much money in his whole life.
"I tell you this because you are the only one in the entire water village...so you can be mentally prepared when you meet the old village leader later."
"Oh, uncle, I know."
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Li Fenglan and Feicui followed the boat in front of them from a distance until they landed.
The four people were wearing ordinary clothes, and it was impossible to tell that they were from the world.
This is an isolated island in the water, about a hundred meters away from the mainland. It is very small and surrounded by lush reeds, which makes it well hidden. The two sisters parked the boat among the reeds and observed the four people through the gaps in the reeds. Soon after the four people went to the island, the two sisters also went up.
The island is too small and has few trees, so it takes a lot of effort to hide it. The two of them couldn't figure out what they were doing in a place like this. As soon as he had this idea, he saw the leader Qian Wei walking up to a boulder and pushing the boulder away. He saw that there was a well-hidden cave under the boulder.
One person was left to guard the retreat while the other three descended into the cave.
Li Fenglan asked Jade in a low voice: "Can you knock this person out quietly?"
Jade nodded: "Don't move here."
Jade moved her body quickly and quietly moved around. The money guard who was left behind was very alert. Even though Jade's movements were exquisite, he still heard the footsteps. Unfortunately, before he could turn around, Jade had already taken action quickly, strong internal energy burst out from his fingertips, and the money guard fainted without even seeing Jade's face.
Li Fenglan ran over and said, "Jade, I'll go down and you stay outside."
Jade shook his head: "I'm not worried about you going down alone."
"Then you go down."
"What will you do if someone comes? Can you beat them?"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"Let's go down together."
This is a very stupid proposal. Of course, Jade also knows that this proposal is stupid, she just said so.
Who knew that Li Fenglan smiled slightly: "Jade, let's go."
With that said, Li Fenglan picked up Jade and jumped into the cave.
As soon as they jumped into the cave, the two heard the sound of fighting coming from ahead. They walked forward along the dark and damp tunnel until they saw the light of the fire. They stopped and leaned against the cave wall to observe the situation ahead.
Not far ahead is a
It is a quite large space, almost as big as four rooms, and it is formed naturally. There are some torches stuck on the cave wall, which is relatively bright.
Five people fought together, three were money guards, and the remaining two they had met in Jiulian Village. One of them is Wei Yang, the leader of Jiulian Village, and the remaining slovenly young man seems to be the head of the family.
The battle was a bit fierce, but the young man looked unattractive, but his skills were pretty good. Wei Yang's martial arts is based on the Shaolin style, with great openness and great momentum. Although the four money guards were good at martial arts, they were unable to do anything to the two people in front of them. Three against two, the fight ended in a draw.
Jade asked in a low voice: "Are we just going to watch?"
"Two dogs fight, play off."
This unsustainable situation did not last longer than a stick of incense. The money guards suddenly looked at each other. With their backs to the entrance of another cave, the three of them turned around and ran towards the cave. Wei Yang was shocked and hurriedly caught up with him.
Li Fenglan and Jade also quietly followed in.
After passing through a wet and narrow tunnel for twenty or thirty meters, we stopped in front of a wider cave.
This cave is brighter than the one outside, and it is fully equipped with tables, chairs and benches. It seems that someone has been living here for a long time.
The two sisters crouched at the entrance of the cave and quietly observed the situation inside.
Surprisingly, they stopped fighting and were just confronting each other. Not far from them, there was a bed covered with thick quilts, and a white-haired old man wearing thin clothes was sitting on the bed. He was not in good health and had been coughing.
After being silent for a long time, the old man finally stopped coughing and said, "Okay, there's no need to fight. Stop standing. Find a place to sit by yourself. Aren't you tired of standing?" But no. People move.
It could be heard from the voice that the old man was short of breath and seemed to be suffering from some disease.
The square-faced Qian Wei said: "Senior Xu, we won't say any polite words. I believe you understand the purpose of our coming here."
The old man smiled bitterly: "I understand...I understand very well."
"Since you understand in your heart, please give me a sweet word, should I pay back the money, or should I not pay it back?"
Wei Yang flicked his sleeves and said loudly: "Why don't you be more upright when you ask for debt?! What kind of hero can you be if you are sneaky?!"
"Hmph," Qian Wei sneered, "Senior faked his death a few years ago, clearly because he wanted to default on his debt. If we hadn't found Senior's hiding place, the money would have been wasted."
Wei Yang wanted to say something else, but the old man waved his hand to stop him: "More than ten years ago, I paid some back one after another, at least ten thousand taels, right?"
"Twelve thousand liang, there is still eight thousand liang left."
"Yes, there are still eight thousand taels left...hehehe... you guys were sold by others and are only worth eight thousand taels."
"What do you mean?"
The old man sat cross-legged on the bed, calmed his breathing, and said, "This is a game. I heard about what happened on the lake a few days ago. What Guigu sect...it is Changfeng Tower who is behind it. After all, they You still found me. Your real purpose is not to ask for a debt."
The leader Qian Wei was confused: "What do you mean?"
"Hey... you don't even know it yourself, you are being plotted against."
Hearing this, Jade frowned and whispered, "How do you play riddles? Isn't it better to just say something if you have something to say? Why don't I just capture him and forget it..."
Jade suddenly stopped mid-sentence. Li Fenglan knew what Jade had discovered and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Jade pointed to the top of her head: "Listen."
Li Fenglan closed her eyes and listened carefully. There seemed to be only the voice of the old man talking in the space. No, there was another sound. It seemed like something was being tightened... the sound of a bow string being pulled!
Li Fenglan opened her eyes suddenly and shouted to the people in the cave: "Be careful!"
Her words of caution seemed to trigger something. In an instant, countless arrows were shot from all directions, targeting the six people in the cave.
Li Fenglan’s shout successfully shocked people
The people in the cave also saw the arrows attacking from all directions and began to dodge in a panic. Jade pinned Li Fenglan to the ground, pulled out her sword and started to be on guard.
Li Fenglan didn't expect Jade's action and almost fell to the ground.
This rain of arrows only lasted for a moment, and Qian Wei, Wei Yang, and the young man in the cave were not injured.
However, the old man on the bed was turned into a hedgehog by the rain of arrows. The old man seemed to have expected this outcome, with a relieved smile on his face, and he had already made no sound.
Above their heads, among the intertwined stone crevices, there were waves of moving sounds. The archers who were releasing arrows seemed to be retreating.
