Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 77: Downstream and encountering thunderstorm

The clear water flows eastward, endlessly, against the green mountains and the riot of flowers. It is a beautiful sight to walk through. The sound of musical instruments ripples over the river and the aroma of wine fills the air.

In the cabin, four beautiful women wearing tulle were clinging to Yang Yingjie and vying with each other to toast him. The woman playing the piano opposite him was also looking at him lovingly. Ling Kongzi and Jin Xingzi were drunk and unconscious. Wuzhan sat alone at the bow, gazing at the river bank.

Although Jiujiang is far from Handan, they can arrive earlier by going down the river day and night. With Yang Yingjie's protection, there will be less trouble, so Wuzhan agreed to go to Jiujiang with him.

Yang Yingjie was very generous. He rented a large boat and invited prostitutes from brothels along the way. They took turns to go on board to sing and dance, drink wine and chat, living a luxurious and extravagant life.

Yang Yingjie drank the fine wine, fanned himself with a painted fan, and said with a laugh, "Brother Wu, why don't you come in and taste the fine wine from all over the world with me and enjoy the scenery along the way?"

Wuzhan said softly, "How can we compare to watching from outside when we are in the cabin?"

Yang Yingjie smiled and said, "Wu, brother, that's wrong. The scenery of all places is on these women, but you just don't know how to appreciate it!" Seeing Wuzhan silent, he smiled and said, "The different scenery, climate, humanities, and economy of different places make the women's appearance and personality different. Take the two sides of the road as an example. In Bashu, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the four seasons are distinct. The women have skin like jasper, hair like ink, straight nose, natural appearance, graceful and charming. In Nanheng, rivers converge, the land is fertile, and the climate is suitable. The women are beautiful, plump, dignified, gentle and simple, and knowledgeable. In Jiangnan, there are many lakes, rain and heat occur at the same time, and the climate is humid. The women have skin like cream, faces like paintings, affectionate, and beautiful girls. Wu, brother, can only see the mountains and rivers outside, but can't see the fresh scenery. It's a pity!" He drank a sip of the wine that the beautiful woman fed him.

Wuzhan smiled slightly after hearing what he said, "I didn't expect Brother Yang to have such a judgment. I admire him!"

Yang Yingjie said: "A night of spring is worth a thousand gold. Brothers, please don't waste my kindness. Come in and have a few drinks. Otherwise, these beauties will get off the boat!"

Wuzhan said: "I am not very good at drinking, it is better to stay outside and enjoy the breeze!"

The beautiful woman said, "We don't want to go down. Quickly paint me on your fan." "Paint me too!"

Yang Yingjie laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I'll draw them all for you right away!"

“I want to draw this side!”

"You can't draw this side, you can only draw this side!"

"Why not? Tell me!"

“I haven’t thought about this yet.”

"You're lying. There are clearly two people drawn on this side, and they're standing in such a large area."

"This is different. I have never seen the true faces of these two women. They are different from you. You can only draw them here."

"Who are they? Even Young Master Yang has never seen them?"

"The first one is Gongsun Yu from Chun Man Lou in Jiujiang, and the second one is Bixia Yuanjun from Mount Tai."

"We have heard of Gongsun Yu, but this Bixia Yuanjun must be over 40 years old. Is she so beautiful?"

"The First Emperor toured Mount Tai and held the Fengshan Ceremony to offer sacrifices to the heavens and pray for blessings. When Bixia presented him with the crown, the First Emperor saw her and was speechless for a moment. After he came down the mountain, he lost his appetite for three days. What do you think her true appearance would be like?"

When Wuzhan heard about Bixia Yuanjun, he thought of Qinglian Yuanjun. He didn't know what would happen to Qin Moyao in the future. Looking at the river in the sky, he thought, "I hope she can get out of this!"

……

The boat sailed for seven days. During this time, Yang Yingjie did look for famous doctors along the way, but they all shook their heads and left. When they were almost in Jiujiang, heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky, with thunder and lightning. The river was turbulent and the boat could not move forward, so they had to stop and go ashore. Yang Yingjie found an inn by the river to stay temporarily, and then he was alone and his whereabouts were unknown.

The pavilion was very tall, and Wuzhan could see the ferry below while sitting in front of the window. It was raining heavily, and he vaguely saw a passenger ship pulling up to the shore. More than twenty people got off, surrounded by a few others, and hurriedly ran downstairs to the inn where Wuzhan was staying.

As soon as we entered the inn, someone shouted, "Hurry up and find two good rooms for our two masters to rest!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "The first room is full. If you don't mind, we still have a few rooms left. Are you willing?"

The man shouted, "Let the people in the first room get out. We will pay double the price!"

The shopkeeper cried out, "That can't be done. I can't afford to offend the people living upstairs!"

The man said angrily, "So you're saying that we can afford to offend you?"

"I dare not, I dare not, how about you go to another place to have a look?"

"Get them out now, or we'll tear this place down!"

The shopkeeper knelt down and begged, "Gentlemen, please forgive me. I opened this shop just to make a living!"

The man shouted, "Do you know we are..." Before he could finish his words, he was stopped by another man, "Shut up! We'll just stay here for the night!" Wuzhan was shocked upstairs, his eyes widened. He would never forget this voice. He slowly walked out of the room and cast a fierce look downstairs. He saw more than a dozen people wearing black clothes, holding swords, and were soaked by the rain. Among them was a man wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat. He was of burly build and only his mustache could be seen. There were two beautiful women on his left and right. The man in front of him had a handsome face and was looking up at Wuzhan.

……

It was late at night, and there was still a violent storm outside with constant rumbling sounds. In the guest room, a man was having fun with two beautiful and sexy people. Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the window was blown open. The lights went out at the same time, and the room was pitch black. Occasionally, lightning could be seen shining in. The man got up and went to close the window naked. The cold wind blew and the rain hit his body, making him shiver all over. He turned around and just climbed onto the bed, and the cold wind blew, and the door opened with a "whoosh". The man hurriedly said, "Who?" No one answered, and he shouted again, "Someone, come and close the door for me!" After talking for a long time, no one came to close the door.

The man wondered, "There are people guarding outside, how could they not hear it? Are they all asleep?" So he went downstairs and closed the door. Just as he closed it, there was a flash of lightning and a cold wind blew violently. The window was blown open again and the rain swept in. He hurried to the window and was about to close it when another flash of lightning flashed. He was shocked and almost fell to the ground because he saw a hideous face. He shouted tremblingly, "Someone come quickly!" But he couldn't move his feet. He retreated to the bed nervously, but was suddenly tripped by something. He touched it and found a naked body. Following the lightning, he saw that the two people who had slept with him were dead.

The man's scalp was numb, and he shouted, "Someone come quickly!" But his throat seemed to be stuck, and he couldn't make a sound. He kept trembling all over and crawled towards the door, saying in a trembling voice, "Someone come quickly, someone come quickly!"

He finally crawled to the door and pushed it open. It was pitch dark outside. He kept shouting, "Someone come quickly!" He could hear nothing except the thunder and his own heartbeat. He supported himself and stood up. Although he did not believe in ghosts, his mind went blank when he suddenly encountered such a situation. He did not walk far before he was suddenly tripped again. He reached out and touched something, and found another dead body. He had only one thought in his mind. He crawled towards a room, shouting, "Zhao Cong, come and save me!" In a flash of lightning, he found that there were dead bodies all along the way, and the door of Zhao Cong's room was open.

Knowing that things were going to go badly and not knowing where he got the strength from, he stood up suddenly and was about to run out the door. Suddenly, with a "clatter", a cold chain wrapped around his neck tightly and pulled him to the ground. He was almost suffocated and couldn't make any sound. Then, a black shadow pulled him, "clatter", step by step, towards the door. He was completely in despair. This was the evil ghost coming to claim his life.

He instinctively grabbed the chain with both hands and slid on the ground, pulling him out of the gate. Outside, it was raining heavily, lightning was flashing, and thunder was roaring. He suddenly found that on the other side, a person was also being dragged, and he said in a trembling voice: "Li Mu is here, Li Mu is here!" It was Zhao Cong.

The two were chained and dragged to the riverside step by step. Their spirits had completely collapsed. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning. They saw a figure standing in the rain, with fierce black light in his eyes. The two shouted weakly: "General Li, please spare us, please spare us!"

The figure didn't speak for a long time, just staring at them. Looking at the two enemies who killed his father in front of him, Guo Kai and Zhao Cong, he had already guessed that these two people would not die easily, but he didn't expect to meet them here.

Wuzhan said harshly: "What you owe me, you must repay it eventually, go to them and beg for mercy."

Guo Kai said: "You are not Li Mu, who are you?"

Wuzhan said coldly: "Take off your feet and I will tell you."

After hearing two screams, Guo Kai and Zhao Cong were about to faint. Their legs were cut off and thrown into the river.

"I am Li Mu's only son, Li Zhan!"

Zhao Cong endured the pain and said through gritted teeth: "Aren't you already dead? How can you be alive!"

"I don't know why I'm alive. Maybe it's so that I can kill you with my own hands."

"Humph! It's worth it that we've lived for so many years. At least we've lived longer than Li Mu!"

"Although you have lived a long life, your death will be very long. See the heavy rain in the sky? Your blood will flow with the rain and into the river. As long as the rain stops, the blood will not stop!"

"You pervert, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost!"

"Be a ghost, do you still dare to be a ghost? There are so many wronged souls waiting for you!"

"Please, spare us and give us a quick death!"

"Okay, chop off their hands!" As soon as the words were spoken, the hands of the two men were chopped off and thrown into the river.

The two men fainted immediately, and woke up after a long time, cursing: "You are so inhumane, you will die without a burial place!"

"You are not qualified to talk about human nature. Whether I am buried or not is not something you can do. At least I don't know where your body will be carried by the river. Where will your feet go now? Where will your hands go?"

Guo Kai cursed: "Li Mu has always been an upright person, but I never expected that he would give birth to a scoundrel like you!"

Wuzhan coughed twice and said, "My father thought the same, so he named me Lizhan. Now I understand that my father chose a good name!"

"You..." The two were completely exhausted and had no strength to speak. They were completely devastated and could only moan in pain.

Jin Xingzi said, "Little Master, don't catch a cold, kill them quickly!"

Wuzhan held up the sword, walked up to the two men and said, "I have no strength, I can only stab you little by little. Where do you want to stab so that you can die faster?" Seeing the two men groaning weakly, he slowly stabbed the sword into Zhao Cong's back. Zhao Cong cursed and screamed until he bit his tongue and died. Then he stabbed Guo Kai with the sword again and again until he was motionless.

Wuzhan howled to the sky until he passed out.

It rained heavily all night, with thunder and lightning all night.

(End of this chapter)