Knife splashing

Chapter 671 Bait, Betrayal

"What do you mean?!"

Zhang Tiankui got furious when he heard Li Yan's words.

Li Yan was still holding his hand when he pulled him up.

This guy was like a frightened leopard. His spine shook violently, his muscles bulged, and his palms were like iron clamps. He suddenly grabbed Li Yan's wrist, then turned his body and lifted Li Yan into the air.

Zhang Tiankui inherited the wrestling skills of the Cangzhou wrestling king and integrated them with the kung fu of his own dock porters to create the "Seventy-two Moves of Dragon Catching Wrestling" and the "Eighteen Moves of Haihe River", which emphasize "using the land as the river and people as the boats".

His spine is different from that of ordinary people, and his strength is only slightly weaker than Wu Ba's.

This is his signature killer move, the "boat capsize".

Once the person is restrained, use the waist as an axis to smash his knees, and even an iron anchor as thick as a bowl can be shattered.

However, Li Yan was not panicked at all, and the soul-hooking rope on his wrist whizzed out.

Zhang Tiankui's technique of summoning gods had been broken by Wu Ba, and he was now completely powerless to resist.

Almost instantly, his whole body froze and his vision fell into darkness.

Li Yan spoke in a low voice, so to outsiders it seemed that Zhang Tiankui had suddenly attacked him. Li Yan somersaulted in the air, and his wrist-wrapped hand reversed, and when he fell, he had twisted Zhang Tiankui's arm and pressed him to the ground.

"Good work!"

"This Zhang guy is so unrefined!"

"Tsk tsk, 'Haihe Eighteen Tribulations' is just like this..."

There were many people from the martial arts world watching from a distance, and they cheered in unison when they saw this.

The Jinghai Gang is the only powerful gang in Tianjin, and this is also a gathering place for heroes from the north and south, so how could it be without enemies?

I don't dare say it on weekdays, but I can't help but say a few sarcastic words in front of people.

"Second Master!"

The "Haihe King Kong" in the distance screamed and rushed over to rescue people.

These more than a hundred men were all tall and strong, with bare upper bodies and muscular bodies, and they were depicting dragons and tigers.

It came rumbling over with smoke and dust, and it felt like an army charging.

Li Yan glanced at him calmly and said, "Don't be so ruthless."

"Roar!"

Wu Ba roared and rushed forward.

He raised his hand and performed Bajiquan, his body fell to the ground like an iron tower, and the blue bricks under his feet exploded.

What one has to admire is that these "Haihe King Kong" knew that Wu Ba was terrible and even Zhang Tiankui was no match for him, but they were still fearless and cooperated in an organized manner. One leaped up and hugged Wu Ba's waist, while two reached out from the side, trying to suppress Wu Ba by relying on their numbers.

However, this is pure wishful thinking.

Wu Ba pushed back with his back foot and stretched his left arm across like a gate, directly blocking the three wrestlers' grabs. He raised his right elbow diagonally from under the ribs and hit the Danzhong point of the strong man in front. Then he swung his left and right palms, and the three strong men flew out like rolling gourds.

This is why Li Yan asked him to hold back.

If Wu Ba had not used more force, the three men would have died from their internal organs shattered.

However, the other side had too many people, and as soon as the three of them rolled out, more people surrounded them.

They were all martial artists, and some even pulled out daggers.

When Wu Ba grabbed the two men's heads, he bent down and stabbed Wu Ba in the waist.

Swish!
At this moment, Lu San shrank like a monkey and crawled out from under Wu Ba's armpit.

He used a pictographic fist, with his five fingers like eagle claws, to clasp the man's wrist. He twisted it, and the dagger fell with a cracking sound.

Another person who made the same move was Sharifei.

He laughed, and the ebony scabbard emitted a half-moon arc of light.

Guanshan's sword technique, "Splitting Mountain Style", smashed down from top to bottom, knocking the wrestler who pounced on Lu San to his knees.

The scabbard hit the man horizontally, and he fell to the ground with his mouth full of blood and his teeth falling out.

Not only because of Li Yan's order, but also it was not convenient to kill people in broad daylight and leave corpses all over the streets.

Even if they held back, the three of them could handle it with ease.

He turned back to back and unexpectedly created a huge wave in a very small space.

The dragon on Wuba's spine exploded, and the eight extremes "top elbow" was followed by "standing sky cannon". Wherever it passed, those "Haihe King Kong" were like hitting a battering ram, spitting blood and being thrown away one by one...

Lu San snaked around to the enemy's flank, and used his Crane's Beak Fist to hit the Yifeng point behind the ear, causing those who were hit to collapse immediately...

The flying scabbard in the sand flew like snowflakes, with a "drag sword slash" on the left and a "return spur" on the right, beating the wrestler who tried to encircle him until his face was covered in blood...

Although there are many people here, it is not as dangerous as the Battle of Chengdu.

Not to mention the people from the martial arts world who were watching from afar, even Wang Baihu was shocked.

The Twelve Yuanchen are famous in the world, but most people only hear about how powerful Li Yan is. They think that his companions are just foils, but they didn't expect that each of them has the ability to stand on their own.

Even so, he still didn't use any mysterious magic and was obviously holding back.

No wonder he has such a great reputation.

When the dust settled, more than a hundred wrestlers were lying all over the street.

Some were unconscious, some were groaning in pain, and no one could stand up.

In addition to these more than one hundred "Haihe King Kong", many people from the Jinghai Gang also came, all of whom were thugs who helped with odd jobs.

Seeing this, everyone was so scared that their legs went limp.

There has never been a shortage of dragons crossing the river from Tianjin, but this is the first time they have seen such a ferocious one.

"Quick, call for help!"

The middle-aged scholar holding the white fan stepped back repeatedly, exclaiming in a trembling voice.

Immediately, a gangster from the Jinghai Gang took out a signal firework from his arms and prepared to set it off.

Although this is the North City, far away from the Sancha River Wharf, there are many gang members in the city and they can get here in half an incense stick.

"Wait!"

Just then, an angry shout stopped him.

However, Zhang Tiankui had woken up at some point.

He yelled at his men, "Why are you yelling? Don't you think today is embarrassing enough?!"

"Go find them, find the best doctor in the city to heal them, and I'll take care of the rest!"

He spoke firmly, but when he looked at Li Yan, his eyes were full of taboo.

"Boss Zhang, please come in!"

Li Yan smiled slightly and raised his hand to signal.

"Humph!"

Zhang Tiankui snorted coldly, endured the pain, and limped into the guild hall.

The old manager of the Jinzhou Guild Hall was very considerate and had already cleared out a tea room for them. He ordered people to serve hot tea, then closed the wooden door and drove away all the people who were watching the fun.

Soon, the tea room became very quiet.

"Humph!"

Zhang Tiankui gritted his teeth and said, "Today I admit defeat. You can kill me or chop me up as you wish."

Li Yan laughed dumbly, "If I want to kill you, you won't even have the chance to see me."

Zhang Tiankui looked unhappy, but after what happened just now, he knew that what Li Yan said was true, and asked coldly: "What do you want to do?"

"No hurries."

Li Yan took a sip of the hot tea and said nonchalantly, "I heard that Boss Zhang has always been against Yu Wenhai selling the longevity cream. Is this true?"

"Humph!"

Zhang Tiankui said coldly: "That's right, Tianjin is a place where good and bad people gather. If the Jinghai Gang wants to gain a foothold, they must beat people down with dignity and kill people secretly, but they must not forget the underworld rule of 'giving people a way out'."

"The stuff called longevity cream will ruin a person if he inhales it. It will ruin his reputation and ruin his fellow gang members. It will be a disaster sooner or later."

As he spoke, he suddenly realized, "You went to Houjia Hutong last night, was it because of this?"

“It’s not that simple.”

Li Yan's eyes were slightly cold, "Yu Wenhai colluded with the demon and tried to use the longevity cream to ruin the fortune of our Shenzhou."

"whispering sound!"

Zhang Tiankui said disdainfully: "You are talking nonsense, these are just some small things, how can they ruin the fortune of Shenzhou? Traveling in the martial arts world is nothing more than for fame and fortune, just say what you want."

"I think you are the fool. You don't even realize the disaster is coming!"

A cold voice sounded, and then Wang Baihu pushed the door open and walked in.

Seeing Zhang Tiankui alert, Li Yan smiled and introduced: "This is Wang Baihu, the commander of the army."

"Court hawk?"

When Zhang Tiankui heard this, his muscles suddenly tensed up.

"Why are you pretending!" Wang Baihu knew what Li Yan was going to do, and he cursed: "You Jinghai Gang, you also work for the Yingwang Palace, what's the difference between you and the watchdogs? Now you have committed a capital crime and don't know it, I'm afraid that the Yingwang can't save you!"

Zhang Tiankui glared, "Stop scaring me!"

The words were harsh, but the tone was not that strong anymore.

The Jinghai Gang controls the Tianjin port hub, so how could they only care about the small profits at the port?

If it weren't for the King of England, he would have been beheaded several times for some of the things he did in private.

Now even the Duwei Division has been dispatched, this is definitely not a trivial matter.

Li Yan's face turned gloomy and he was filled with murderous intent.

He has now entered the Dan Jin stage. Although his fist intent and killing intent cannot kill people from a distance like Cheng Jianxian, it is enough to create a strong sense of oppression.

Zhang Tiankui's muscles were tense and cautious at first, then cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and finally he closed his eyes, looking like he was waiting to die.

Using his aura to suppress him, Li Yan spoke up, "Do you know why I became famous?"

"I've heard of it, it's related to 'Jiuding'..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Tiankui's face turned pale, "That bastard Yu Wenhai is also planning this?!"

Common people know very little about the matter of the Nine Cauldrons, but it has long been known throughout the Taoist world.

More importantly, the imperial priest Xuan had just issued a warning that anyone who dared to get involved in this matter, no matter who they were, would be killed without mercy.

Touching this is undoubtedly tantamount to rebellion.

Two princes have already died because of this, and the British royal family certainly can't afford to offend them.

"Ah."

Li Yan nodded and said, "Yu Wenhai has a problem, but you are not qualified to know the details. Anyway, the Jinghai Gang has brought trouble upon themselves and has already met their doom. If we chop off all of you, the court will only approve."

"And the longevity cream is also a conspiracy of foreign enemies. You are adding crime to crime!"

Zhang Tiankui's face was uncertain, "What do you want me to do?"

He knew that Li Yan was holding back today, and he must still be useful.

"Simple!"

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "The Jinghai Gang controls the Jinmen docks, with tens of thousands of gang members, and they are in collusion with the Navy Camp. If Yu Wenhai is desperate and tricks you into causing chaos, then Jinmen will definitely be in chaos."

"I want you to seize the position of gang leader and control the situation. Then only those involved will be held accountable."

Zhang Tiankui looked unhappy, "My foster father has treated me well. If I seize the throne, how can I save my face in the future..."

"You're dead, and you're still talking about this?"

Wang Baihu sneered: "By then, you will all be dead, and you won't have any good reputation left."

"Godfather must not know about this!"

Zhang Tiankui gritted his teeth and said, "He is in seclusion in the Jade Emperor Pavilion, and all the gang affairs are handled by Yu Wenhai. He also got the longevity cream from the red-haired foreign merchants. I will report to my adoptive father and ask him to take charge of the overall situation..."

"You idiot, how could Lu Jinghai not know?"

When Wang Baihu heard this, he immediately cursed in a cold voice.

Li Yan caused a big commotion in Houjia Hutong last night, which has aroused the vigilance of the Jinghai Gang.

The fact that Zhang Tiankui could find this place means that the Jianmu monster already knew about the Twelve Yuanchen’s arrival in Tianjin.

The other side has been planning in Tianjin for a long time. If we take advantage of the opportunity to launch an attack, the consequences will be disastrous.

Originally, he wanted to use Zhang Tiankui to control the situation, but he never thought that this scoundrel was still a nostalgic person.

"Humph, this is just your one-sided statement!"

Wang Baihu's scolding instead aroused Zhang Tiankui's rebellious nature, and he started to act rashly.

"That's all."

Li Yan raised his hand to ask Wang Baihu to stop, and then said calmly: "Anyway, now that we have come to this point, it is up to Boss Zhang to decide what to do next, but you must think it through carefully."

"One wrong step will lead to a bottomless abyss!"

After saying that, he picked up the tea in his hand and ignored him.

Zhang Tiankui gritted his teeth, stopped talking nonsense, stood up, clasped his fists, and strode away.

Watching the other person leave, Wang Baihu looked grim, "He will definitely go find Lu Jinghai, I'm afraid something bad is going to happen."

Li Yan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "There is no time."

"Jianmu has been on guard against me for a long time. He spread the news of last night's fire everywhere. He certainly won't do it secretly. Maybe he has already made a plan. Let this bastard go find Lu Jinghai and disrupt their rhythm."

"Wang Baihu, this is the token left by Captain Tian. You must immediately take this order and mobilize the trusted men of the Duwei Division, and then go directly to the guard post outside the northern city of Jinmen. Have them prepare themselves and send out troops immediately if necessary."

"clear."

Wang Baihu took the sign immediately.

The Navy Battalion is in collusion with the Jinghai Gang. The Jinmen Guard Post is not far away. Once something happens, they can directly enter the city and control the situation.

Although there was no tiger talisman, if there was really chaos in Tianjin, the garrison would not dare to just stand by and watch.

"How about you, Mr. Li?"

Wang Baihu saw Li Yan stand up and asked with some concern.

Li Yan looked towards the south of the city and said, "I'll go see what Zhang Tiankui can catch with this bait..."

.........

There are dense pines and cypresses in the Jade Emperor Pavilion.

It was almost dusk and there were obviously fewer pilgrims.

"Go away!"

Zhang Tiankui roared and pushed away the Taoist who was blocking his way.

Behind him, there were more than twenty men following him, all of whom were skilled in knife skills with cold eyes.

Seeing the flying eaves and brackets in the backyard, Zhang Tiankui quickened his pace.

He walked with heavy steps, stepping on the broken incense ashes in the cracks of the blue bricks, and the bronze wrestling ring on his neck jingled with every step.

Pushing open the door to the backyard, Zhang Tiankui immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

I saw an old man practicing Tai Chi under the porch of the side hall in the backyard.

He was tall, with white hair and beard, bronze skin, and his Taoist robe was starched and stiff.

When pushing hands, the anchor chain and lotus tattoo were faintly revealed on the cuffs.

It was the leader of the Jinghai Gang, Lu Jinghai.

Seeing Zhang Tiankui's aggressive attitude and a group of subordinates following him, Lu Jinghai looked calm, still practicing Tai Chi, pushing a cloud hand, and slowly said: "Tiankui, with so many people coming, can't you wait for the position of gang leader?"

"Godfather, there's no time for jokes!"

Zhang Tiankui's face was grim, his bronze wrestling rings clanged, he knelt on one knee on the bluestone slab, clasped his fists and said, "Yu Wenhai, that bastard, colluded with the evil spirits and plotted against the Nine Cauldrons, and has already caused the Twelve Yuanchen and the Duwei Division to come."

"Please come out immediately and take charge of the situation, otherwise our Jinghai Gang will be gone!"

"Oh?"

Lu Jinghai frowned, "What's going on?"

Zhang Tiankui obviously trusted Lu Jinghai very much, and he told him everything without hiding anything.

"That's unreasonable!"

Lu Jinghai flew into a rage and broke the column with a slap.

"I trusted this guy named Yu so much, but he actually did these things in secret."

"Come on, follow me and take his head."

Having said that, he strode towards the door.

Zhang Tiankui quickly stood up and followed.

But at this moment, Lu Jinghai suddenly turned around and a three-inch ebony thorn popped out from his fingertips.

This is the ancient secret of the Boat Gang, the "Boat Nail Sealing Acupoint Hand", a method used to deal with fish monsters and turtle monsters in the lake. Once the acupoints are pierced, even the Taoist monks will become paralyzed and unable to use magic.

Zhang Tiankui was startled and his muscles trembled instinctively. He arched his back to avoid the attack and used the "Little Devil Pushing the Mill" move to grab the opponent's wrist.

He was both angry and furious. He never expected that his adoptive father, who raised him, would actually kill him.

Of course, just anger, no fear.

Many years ago, Lu Jinghai was no match for him, and because of his old age, he went into seclusion to practice.

But as he grabbed his wrist, Zhang Tiankui's face was filled with shock.

His hands felt cold and sticky, and he quickly looked down.

Lu Jinghai's arms were covered with blue-black snake scales at some point.

puff!
Lu Jinghai suddenly opened his mouth and blew a puff of pungent red smoke towards Zhang Tiankui.

At the same time, figures jumped down from the surrounding walls, all wearing black clothes and masks. With the flash of swords, blood and flesh splattered, they killed Zhang Tiankui's men one after another...

(End of this chapter)