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Chapter 6 The Yangtze River Bandits
She Ding swam up from the bottom of the boat...

He is as agile as a snake in the water, so he has the nickname "Old Snake".

He claimed to be a descendant of Mrs. She, a general of the Yang family, and because of this status, he was respected in the green forest.

Although the so-called "Old Madam She" was misrepresented because the storyteller's accent is not very standard these days, in fact, her surname is "Zhe", and she is the daughter of Zhe Dejian, a famous general of the Song Dynasty.

This is not important, the important thing is that She Ding, the "Queen of the General", lived in the grass and had to rely on plundering for a living. The boss of the Eight Monsters.

Their group of water bandits also has contacts with officers and soldiers on both sides of the Yangtze River. They are particular about which ships can be robbed and which ones cannot.

Today, Wang Tai, the commander of the tax army with a big beard, informed them: a herd of fat sheep came, and they brought a lot of money and goods, but they had no backing, and there were just too many guards.

The smuggling business between Song and Jin has been going on for a hundred years. Even if the Kingdom of Jin is gone now, the rules are still the same, and the water is deep.

A caravan came who didn't understand anything, and Wang Tai could tell at a glance that they had no way to go.

Do you dare to learn from others to smuggle?Of course it is robbery.

The tax soldiers notified the water bandits, and She Ding led people there immediately.

But there were only 18 people on She Ding's side, and there were more than [-] people in the caravan guards, so he had to choose one of the ships to do it.

In the end they chose the ship Wu Dexian was on, which had the leader of the caravan, the most copper coins, and the most valuable goods.

They left three people to stay in the water village, and 15 people started. Three people pretended to be Lifu, six people pretended to be boatmen and got on the boat. Reed pipes pass through the plank for ventilation.

When the boat arrives in the middle of the river, it's time to start.

She Ding and the three climbed up to the stern, each carrying two knives, and threw them to the three boatmen at the stern.

The two guards were standing there holding their knives, and they turned their heads to look because they heard movement in the cabin, and when they turned their heads, six water bandits had already slashed at them with their knives.

"Do it!" She Ding shouted loudly.

But the fighting power of these two guards was obviously beyond his expectation, they were much stronger than the general caravan guards, and their weapons were also excellent.

"Damn, this stubble is pretty tough!"

Having said that, the six outlaws dealt with two people and killed each other.

She Ding spat, secretly hating the two men for being fierce and hurting his three brothers.

They quickly rushed into the cargo hold, only to see that the three Lifu had just killed the guards in the cargo hold.

"Look, old snake, I killed the head of the guard, and wiped his neck with a knife."

The one who spoke was the "Water Earthworm" Lao Liu. He was called Lao Liu and had no name or surname. He was the one who killed Jiang Xing and asked the old snake for credit with excitement.

"Sneak attack is really a skill?" the old snake scolded, "Go to the bow of the boat and do the rest."

The sixth child giggled and said, "This deal has been completed! A lot of money."

"Damn, I still have to share the spoils with Wang Tai..."

At this time, there was a sound of fighting from the bow, and the water bandits didn't take it seriously. They had already killed five people including the leader of the guards, leaving only two guards and three short-lived ghosts.

There are also six water bandits on the bow to kill them, which is enough.

They were talking, but their movements were nimble, and they had already passed through the cargo hold quickly.

But... I saw a water bandit screaming and falling into the river.

There was a guard holding a crossbow at the bow, and another guard holding a knife. The two cooperated with each other, and they were not weak in the fight against the six water bandits for the time being, and even shot and killed one of them.

"Hozen! Kill my brother, go to hell!"

She Ding was furious, and immediately raised his knife and killed him.

……

It was only a short while before Li Xia forced Bai Mao to unshackle him.

Just as Bai Mao took out a wire from his hair, he took off the shackles on Li Xia's hands, and the shackles fell off with a "clang" sound, and a water bandit jumped onto the bow of the boat, killing the two guards.

Immediately afterwards, the guards shot a crossbow, and She Ding led someone to kill him.

Before Bai Mao had time to bend down to release the shackles on Li Xia's feet, his face was already pale with fright, shaking like a sieve.

It is true that he is a thief in the rivers and lakes, but the rivers and lakes people in the prosperous and prosperous Lin'an Prefecture are not like this Yangtze River water bandit.The big owl of Lin'an Mansion, he still has a folding fan when he goes out...

Li Xia was still very calm, holding a sword in one hand as a defensive gesture, and pressing Bai Mao's head with the other, and said, "Remove my feet as well."

Bai Mao hurriedly squatted down and shrank at Li Xia's feet, like an ugly puppy.

"Solution." Li Xia said, his tone calm and forceful.

This gave Bai Mao a little sense of security. He squatted there tremblingly to remove Li Xia's shackles, thinking that Li Xia was a man of great martial arts.

"Jiang Xing is dead." Li Xia glanced at the situation and made a judgment.

Jiang Xing seemed to have high martial arts skills, if he died, it would be because he was too careless.

Li Xia quickly glanced at Wu Dexian again, and saw that he had shrunk into a ball...

Just at this moment, he caught a glimpse of someone rushing up from the corner of his eye.

Li Xia quickly stabbed out with a sword...

~~
"Water earthworm" sixth child didn't take Li Xia seriously.

In his eyes, this young man was tall and thin, prettier than any woman he had ever seen, holding a sword must be for posturing.

The sixth child likes sneak attacks, doesn't like to fight head-on, and doesn't want to follow She Ding to kill the two guards, so when he saw Li Xia turn his head, he immediately rushed forward with a dagger.

An inch short, an inch dangerous.

The sixth man understood the truth, but he was extremely confident that the dagger would be able to cut off the palm holding the sword before Li Xia raised the sword.

It was between the lightning and the flint that Li Xia stabbed out with a sword, unprepared and unstoppable.

The key is in the movement of the legs.

His heart is as calm as water, fencing is a sport of wise men, and what is tested is a split-second decision...

~~
"Hands are shaking, hands are shaking..."

Bai Mao was trying to control his hands and unshackle Li Xia's feet.

But the shaking never stopped, and the wire couldn't get stuck in the right place.

suddenly.

"Ouch!"

Bai Mao yelled and was knocked to the ground by Li Xia's foot.

There was blood splashed on his forehead, Bai Mao looked up and was stunned...

~~
At this very moment, Lao Liu rushed forward, Li Xia drew out his sword, and Bai Mao was kicked to the ground.

There was a sound of "Py", very softly.

The long sword pierced Lao Liu's throat straight, and blood dripped on Bai Mao's forehead.

The tip of the sword slid across with blood, smooth and brisk, not like killing people.

But Lao Liu has already been pierced by this sword...

"Release my shackles." Li Xia said.

He quickly took a step back, retracted his sword, and Lao Liu's body fell down.

Li Xia turned her head and saw that the water bandits had hacked to death two guards.

"Untie it." Li Xia urged again, trying to restrain his tone so as not to scare Bai Mao.

However, the water bandits had already seen his sword, and turned around to kill him one after another.

The roar exploded on the river.

"Sixth!"

"Damn it! Chop him up!"

"Jump into the river!" Li Xia shouted.

There was a sound of big knives breaking through the wind, and several knives swung towards Li Xia.

"Jump!"

Li Xia jumped straight into the Yangtze River.

With a "click", Bai Maocai unfastened one of Li Xia's ankle shackles, and the feet in front of him jumped off the ground.

At this moment, Bai Mao also had the opportunity to jump into the river, but when he looked up and saw the surging river, his heart felt so bald, and he fell to the ground.

"Grandpas, spare your life! Grandpas, spare your life..."

"Plop." Li Xia had jumped into the river.

He knew he had no choice.

It was a fluke to kill a water bandit with a single sword. The opponent underestimated the enemy, used a dagger, fought alone... all kinds of reasons combined to make him hit the sword.

In fact, this is nothing special, the official competition needs to hit fifteen swords...

The next moment, there was another "plop", and a water bandit jumped into the river.

On the boat, She Ding yelled: "Osprey, bring him up and chop him up one at a time, to avenge the sixth son... you son of a bitch, fight us in the water, you are fucking dead!"

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In the distance, on another river boat, Han Qiaoer raised her hand and said in a crying voice, "Brother Li jumped into the river..."

No one cares about her anymore, everyone is busy and messy.

As soon as Nie Zhongyou saw Jiang Xing's boat drifting farther and farther, he arrested the boatmen and laborers one by one, beat and kicked them for interrogation.

"Grandpa, please forgive me. The little one is really a boatman. I really don't know. If I knew... how dare I support your boat..."

After Nie Zhongyou carefully interrogated and confirmed that the boatmen on this boat were innocent, and then ordered them to row to chase Jiang Xing's boat, it was too late.

Of course, without this trouble, they would not be able to catch up. These boatmen are far inferior to water bandits in rowing.

Soon, on the vast river, the shadow of the robbed ship disappeared, just like Li Bai's sentence "The lonely sail is far away, the blue sky is gone, only the sky of the Yangtze River can be seen."

Helpless, the remaining two ships had better stop at the north bank of the Yangtze River first.

Nie Zhongyou joined Lin Zi and the others, leaving Lin Zi to lead the people to watch the carriage and goods, while he led Liu Jinsuo and ten others downstream to search for traces of the water bandits.

Lin Zi raised a lot of concerns in a low voice, such as whether he would be eaten by water bandits again when he separated, whether he could deal with water bandits with only this few people, whether he should show his identity first and contact the officers and soldiers to suppress bandits...

However, Nie Zhongyou thought that this time he was attacked by sneak attack and was calculated mentally or unintentionally. If he confronted head-on, the 12 of him would be enough to take down the gangsters.

Lin Zi had to obey orders.

Sitting by the river, he felt bored, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

It's a shame that the imperial guards are so embarrassed by a few thieves...

"Grandfather, can Brother Li come back?" Han Qiaoer asked again in a low voice.

Before Han Chengxu could reply, Lin Zi responded first, "He's dead, very dead."

"He's not dead..."

"he died."

Lin Zi insisted on choking with a little girl.

Han Qiaoer finally burst into tears, with snot and tears, said: "I'm not dead..."

"He's dead. Look, I still have the key to his shackles. How can he flop around in the river with that thing? He's completely dead."

As Lin Zi spoke, he waved the key casually, and the key made an arc and fell into the river.

……

That night, Han Qiaoer tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

She got up secretly, hugged her knees and looked at the Yangtze River in the night, feeling that she was starting to hate it.

Because Li Bai and Li Xia, whom she likes, all fell into it and died.

She looked up to the sky again, and murmured in a low voice: "Li Taibai caught the moon while drunk, and ascended to heaven on a whale. I don't know if Brother Li can ascend to heaven."

There were footsteps in the night, and a weak voice answered behind her.

"Your Brother Li just fell from the sky..."

(End of this chapter)