A knife in love

Chapter 1267

Hearing what Zhang Shi said, Xiao Dong sneered and said, "Old Yin is only meticulous in money, but he is careless and sloppy in doing things. If he is really a meticulous person, his ears will not be cut off."

Zhang Shi, shopkeeper Hu and others didn't dare to refute, so they had to even claim that they were afraid of running into Xiao Dong's bad luck. For a while, no one dared to speak again.

After everyone walked across the stone bridge, the surroundings became pitch black.Shopkeeper Hu and Shopkeeper Ji lit up the torches, and followed Xiao Dong from left to right, bowing their bodies to light the way for Xiao Dong.Li Qiufeng turned his head and looked back, only to see brightly lit lights at the other end of the stone bridge, and shadows of people.He thought to himself, across a bridge, there is a difference between heaven and hell.I don't know what year and month will the people of the world stop worrying about food and clothing.

After arriving at the pier, I heard the sea water hitting the shore, making a "rustling" sound.Shopkeeper Hu used a torch to illuminate the path under Xiao Dong's feet, and said with a smile on his face, "Lord Xiao, be careful where you step. This pier is too simple, why is there no light at all at night."

Shopkeeper Song said: "It's strange to say, I remember that there were some lights on the pier two nights ago, why is it so dark tonight?"

Shopkeeper Bai sneered, and said in his mouth: "Old Song, you think this is Ningbo Mansion! I have been to Fujian and Shandong in the past two years, and the lights at the piers there are dim at night. Unless the imperial court imposes a sea ban, these piers It can only slowly decline.”

Shopkeeper Luo said: "Shopkeeper Bai's words are a bit exaggerated. I went to Chengdu last year, and the docks around the Yangtze River are still very lively. However, the government collects taxes too strictly. These docks look lively, but in fact the merchants I can’t earn a few taels of silver. Most of the money has been taken away by the government, and the merchants who come and go are just exhausted and have a bowl of rice to eat.”

Everyone talked and talked, and before they knew it, they had arrived at the place where the big ship was moored.But shopkeepers Hu and Ji held up the fire folders in their hands, but there was no shadow of the big ship on the sea.Shopkeeper Hu was startled, turned his head to look left and right, and said in his mouth, "Could it be that we have passed the end?"

Shopkeeper Ji, Shopkeeper Bai and others also searched nearby. Where is the shadow of the big ship?Qin Laowu was anxious, and turned around on the shore, looking out at the dark sea.Knowing that the situation was different, Xiao Dong turned to Zhang Shi and said, "Mr. Zhang, when did you leave the ship?"

Seeing that the big boat disappeared, Zhang Shi was terrified. Hearing Xiao Dong talking to himself, he said in a trembling voice: "We, we left the big boat in the afternoon, about three or four hours from now. But when we got off the boat, the big boat stopped. Here. The villain also instructs the boatman to take the wooden planks back to the deck, so that no dubious people will mix into the boat..."

Thoughts in Xiao Dong's mind turned sharply, although he wished to kill Zhang Shi with a single sword to vent his anger, but he also knew that he must not mess up at this time.While he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Qin Laowu say loudly: "Damn it, it's really strange. Not only our boat is gone, but all the big and small boats parked on the pier are gone!"

When everyone heard what Qin Laowu said, they were terrified, and rushed to the shore one after another, lit up the fire, and looked around the sea.Sure enough, I saw the dark water in front of my eyes. How could there be any shadows of ships?

Li Qiufeng held the fire folder in his hand, and thought to himself that since he arrived at the dock in Dongliao County, there have been more than a dozen small boats parked around the big boat.Most of these ships are dilapidated, and only one or two small boats go fishing at sea every day.But at this time, not only Qin Laowu's big boat disappeared, but also these small boats disappeared completely, isn't it strange?

Qin Laowu walked up and down on the bank, cursing unceasingly.When he arrived, he reached out and picked up a half-person-high stone pillar on the bank, and threw it into the water with all his strength.I only heard a loud "plop", although I couldn't see the splashing water, I knew that the momentum was amazing.

Qin Laowu pulled out the machete from his back, and under the light of the Huozhezi, his eyes were blood red, and he turned his head and said loudly to the three boatmen: "If the boat is destroyed, the four of us don't have to live in this world anymore. The three of you Come with me, even if Dongliao County is turned over tonight, we have to get the boat back!"

The three boatmen were all Qin Laowu's old Japanese army Zhongpaoze. When Qin Laowu bought the big boat, the three of them gave away all their wealth.At this time the big boat disappeared without a trace, not only Qin Laowu was anxious, but also the three boatmen were very anxious.At this time, hearing Qin Laowu's greeting, the three of them also drew out their steel knives one after another.A boatman said loudly: "If Brother Wu has any ideas, just tell me! Tonight we see people killing people, seeing Buddhas killing Buddhas, we must get the big boat back!"

Qin Laowu held a machete in his right hand and a fire bag in his left, turned around and ran towards a house not far from the shore of the pier.Although the three boatmen didn't know what he was going to do, they also ran over.Seeing Qin Lao Wu's aggressive appearance, Zhang Shi hurriedly shouted: "Old Fifth Brother, what are you doing?"

Qin Laowu didn't answer, and rushed to the door of the house in three steps and kicked it.There was only a "click", and the wooden door fell straight into the house.Qin Lao Wu jumped up and rushed into the house.The three boatmen uttered a cry, and then rushed into the house.

Zhang Shi was startled, and said with a stampede: "If the government pursues it for such a reckless intrusion into a private house, at least one will be sentenced to exile. The matter is not clear yet, how can you act so recklessly?!"

Shopkeeper Hu said: "Zhang Yuanwai's words are wrong. The sea is empty now. If we want to find clues, we can only ask the people on the shore. But we are all gentle people, even if we ask the people for advice, I'm afraid they won't tell. Although this old brother Qin is a bit rough, the common people don't dare to deceive us when they see him like this. Therefore, there is no need for Zhang Yuanwai to stop us, it is best for us to wait and see what happens."

Zhang Shi sneered and said, "You, Shopkeeper Hu, said it easily! It's not you who dares to be arrested and punished by the yamen, is it? I have known Old Fifth Brother for many years, and he must not be charged with the crime."

After Zhang Shi finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards the house.It's just that he just ran three or four steps, but saw Qin Laowu rushing out of the house.I saw him holding the fire folder in his left hand, with a look of shock and anger on his face.Seeing his appearance, Zhang Shi was startled, stopped involuntarily, and said in a trembling voice: "Old brother, don't be reckless! We need to discuss carefully..."

Before Zhang Shizhen finished speaking, Qin Laowu shouted angrily: "Negotiation is a fart! The boat is gone, and life is gone! If you want to discuss it, you can discuss it!"

After Qin Lao Wu finished speaking, he immediately ran to the house on the right.Zhang Shi was stunned, thinking to himself, could it be that Qin Laowu rushed into the house to ask about the disappearance of the big boat, and the owner refused to answer, so he killed him?Otherwise, with Qin Laowu's fiery temper, how could he rush out so quickly?

While Zhang Shi was thinking, he saw three boatmen also running out of the house.At this time, Qin Laowu kicked open the wooden door of the next room, and rushed in with a machete in his hand.Seeing that Qin Laowu's figure had disappeared, the three boatmen hurriedly followed.Zhang Shi stretched out his hand to grab a boatman, and asked loudly, "Did Brother Fifth kill someone in the house?"

The boatman was startled, turned his head to look at Zhang Shi and said, "Kill someone? Who? There's no one in the room, why the hell are you killing people? Just kill ghosts!"

After the boatman finished speaking, he broke free from Zhang Shi's hands and hurried to the next room.Zhang Shi was horrified, looked at the house not far away, wanted to go in and have a look but didn't dare, he hesitated for a moment.

After a while, Qin Laowu rushed out from another room, stood at the door for a moment, and then rushed to the next room.

Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong and others stood on the shore, they saw Qin Laowu and three boatmen continuously going in and out of various houses without stopping, presumably no one lived in each house.Later, Qin Lao Wu had gone around dozens of houses on the shore, walked back to Li Qiufeng and others with a disappointed face, and said in a trembling voice: "The people in these houses are all gone. The houses are empty, even Not a single ghost. What the hell is going on?"

Shopkeeper Hu and the others were also suspicious, and involuntarily turned their gazes to Xiao Dong.I saw Xiao Dong standing on the bank with a gloomy expression, his right hand clenched the hilt of his sword, but he didn't speak.Qin Laowu was very anxious, and said angrily: "This ghost place may be a den of thieves. Let's set a fire and burn all these houses down. These bastards will definitely come to put out the fire when they see the house on fire When the time comes, we will arrest a few people and torture them, if you don’t believe them, they won’t recruit you!”

(End of this chapter)