Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 629: Fighting (400 monthly tickets plus more)

Early the next morning, Wu Yong sent someone to lead Sun Jing and his party to the yellow earth. The craftsmen who had been busy that day had been instructed to stop working for a day.

Along the way, Sun Jing looked around and saw that the ground was full of wood, stone and other materials. In the distance, there was a row of earthen kilns emitting black smoke, and thousands of bricks and stones were piled there. Before entering the loess land, he could see the outline of a moat dug around the loess land. He knew in his heart that this was the mansion and government office that Zhao Zexin had built.

Walking further in until we reached the water's edge, we saw two wooden boats floating on the water about thirty to fifty steps apart. On the shore, there were also two small boats, each with a person waiting on board.

Zhao Ze and others had been waiting on the shore for a long time. When Wu Yong saw Sun Jing and others, he welcomed them over and pointed to the two wooden boats in the water and said, "Officer Sun, Taoist Kou, these two wooden boats are the altars. Taoist Kou can choose one first. What do you think?"

Seeing this, Sun Jing hesitated and said, "It's inconvenient to fight on the water. Why not move it to the ground?"

After saying that, he looked at Kou Wei.

Kou Yan glanced at the boats on the water and thought: "They must have heard of my reputation in Liangshan and knew that I was good at fire magic, so they chose this place for the fight. The general had already found out that Gongsun Sheng and Wu Jiao, the two most powerful Taoists in Liangshan, had gone to Mengzhou. So it seems that the person who will fight me must not be very good. Although my fire magic is slightly inferior on the water, it is not impossible to use it. Once it is used, a wooden boat can be burned in the blink of an eye. Without a wooden boat, how can this guy use magic?"

After thinking about this, Kou Wei nodded and said, "Let's take the one from the east."

Wu Yong nodded and invited Kou Wei to get on board.

Sun Jing grabbed Kou Wei and asked quietly, "Master, won't your fire magic be at a disadvantage on water?"

Kou Wei laughed and said, "How can this lake water put out the real fire?"

After saying that, he boarded the small boat and got on the slightly larger wooden boat to the east.

Here at Zhao Zhen's place, Qiao Daoqing also boarded the boat.

A little further away, among a group of soldiers, Pu Wenying was accompanied by Bao Daoyi and Feng Xi, acting as soldiers and watching.

When I saw the two men boarding the boat, I realized that the battle was taking place on two wooden boats.

Feng Xi asked in a low voice: "Tianshi, why did you go to the boat?"

Bao Daoyi looked into the distance and whispered, "It seems that the prince consort has made sufficient preparations here."

Seeing that Feng Xi was puzzled, Bao Daoyi told him the reason.

After hearing this, Feng Xi said, "I see. It looks like there is no suspense in the fight."

As he was talking, a drum sounded, and Kou Wei on the east side muttered a few words and slashed at Li Zhengnan with a sword. In the blink of an eye, fire spurted out of Kou Wei's mouth. A mouthful of fire spurted towards Qiao Daoqing on the west side.

On the opposite boat, Qiao Daoqing drew his sword, made hand gestures and chanted a spell, pointed the sword toward the north, and used the Samadhi Divine Water technique.

In an instant, thousands of black air flew forward and turned into waterfalls in the air, like pearls and jade chips, pouring towards Kou Wei. With just one pour, the evil fire flying in the air was extinguished.

Seeing this, Kou Wei bit his left middle finger, wiped the sword, and pointed the sword southward, extinguishing the demon fire even more fiercely than before. Seeing this, Qiao Daoqing was not in a hurry. Without waiting for the fire to arrive, he also muttered something, made a seal with his left hand, raised the sword with his right hand, and said, "Hurry!"

He used the magic of returning wind and returning fire, and saw that where the black gas rose, a strange wind had already been blown up. The fire did not burn towards Qiao Daoqing, but towards Kou Wei.

Seeing this, Kou Wei quickly swung his sword and opened his mouth to spray into the air. The two streams of fire collided and exploded. A wave of heat spread out, and the space between the two boats was filled with mist. Taking this opportunity, Qiao Daoqing muttered something and shouted, "Fast!"

A wave of more than ten feet high rose from the water and hit Kou Wei fiercely. Then, Qiao Daoqing pointed at his feet and used the [Weapon Control Technique], and a huge axe flew up into the sky and hit Kou Wei following the huge wave.

When Kou Wei saw the huge wave coming, he hit his nose bridge violently, and the fire in his mouth suddenly rose, and he hit the huge wave.

Just as he put out the huge wave, before he could react, he saw an axe as big as a wheel falling from the sky. With a scream, the huge axe fell and cut Kou Wei into two pieces.

When the people on the shore saw this, they were all dazzled. By the time they reacted, the winner had already been decided.

Seeing this, Wu Yong said to Sun Jing: "Sun, it seems that the stranger under your command is slightly better. Sun, please report the situation here to the commander, and don't talk about this matter anymore."

After listening to this, Sun Jing nodded blankly.

He watched as the Liangshan soldiers steered the boat, climbed onto the wooden boat where Kou Wei was, and brought up Kou Wei's body.

Sun Jing took a look and saw Kou Wei split in half from top to bottom. He waved his hand in disgust and said to Wu Yong, "Please ask Wu Jiyi to deal with the Taoist's body. The [Wind-grinded Red Copper] is in our residence at Taiping Tower, please take it yourself. We will not keep it, and we have to rush back to Bianjing to report to the Grand Commandant."

After saying this, he returned to his residence with Wei Jing and Wang Yao, told the escorting soldiers to leave.

In Bianjing City, Sun Jing reported the whole story to Gao Qiu, who scolded him repeatedly, "Useless, what kind of Poison Flame Ghost King is this? You boast so much, but it's a waste of my time."

"Did you get the [Soul-Calming Bell] back from this guy?"

Sun Jing heard this and cried out in pain. At that time, he was only looking at the two bloody halves of the corpse. How could he even think about taking back the [Soul-Calming Bell] from this guy? He said, "Captain, after the fight, this treasure was returned to Liangshan."

Gao Qiu listened and sighed, "Forget it. There is no way to save this matter. I will find another opportunity in the future to embarrass him again."

After hearing this, Sun Jing took out a few bricks from the bag he brought.

Gao Qiu saw it and asked, "What are you doing with these bricks?"

Sun Jing picked up a brick and knocked it gently, and it actually made a metallic sound.

Gao Qiu heard this, stood up, picked up a few bricks, and tried them out. In addition to the Suzhou gold bricks that made metallic sounds, there was also a kind of brick with a fine texture and a brick that looked like a Jiangnan pastry. When knocked, it made a crisp sound. Gao Qiu asked, "Where did you get these bricks?"

Sun Jing said, "Captain, I secretly took these bricks from Liangshan. Zhao Ze wanted to build a mansion and government office, so he enclosed a large piece of land and piled up wood and stones like a mountain. In addition to the most fragrant cake bricks, there are also many Suzhou gold bricks and Liaocheng tribute bricks. Even the bricks and tiles are so luxurious. In my opinion, the mansion built by Zhao Ze must have been very wasteful. There must be many violations of regulations."

Gao Qiu heard this and shook his head, saying, "What's the big deal about this? In Bianjing City, there are many high-ranking officials and nobles who have not violated the rules. No one has been dismissed from office because of this. There is no point in talking about this."

Sun Jing said: "General, if it's just [Liaocheng tribute bricks] and [Xianggao bricks], it's nothing, but where did this [Suzhou gold bricks] come from?"

Gao Qiu said: "Of course he is from Suzhou."

(End of this chapter)