Chapter 6 Hands-on
After a brief breakfast, Li Bin, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and Li Meng walked out of Li Bin's house and headed straight for Cui Hu's Hongyun Gambling Hall.
The Great Yan Empire has always been martial and does not prohibit the people from wearing weapons. It is just that the crossbows are strictly controlled, so Li Bin and the other four swayed all the weapons.
Dian Wei and Xu Chu were summoned by the Tai Chi Bagua Diagram and only carried weapons with them. Dian Wei's weapon was a pair of iron halberds. The left hand halberd weighed 39 kilograms, the right hand halberd weighed 41 kilograms, and Xu Chu's weapon was a long-handed sword weighed 58 kilograms.
Four murderous burly men walked on the street, which immediately caused a commotion on the street, causing the people on the street to talk a lot.
"Where are the four strong men from?" A farmer who went to the city to sell vegetables on the street asked the old man selling pancakes next to him.
The old man said with some show-offs: "You must have heard of Li Zhao's son Li Bin, Li Lie's son Li Meng, Li Zhao and Li Lie! The two brothers are both family soldiers under the county magistrate. They are very skilled in martial arts and are two heroes. Once on the frontier, the two brothers joined forces to kill twenty-six Hu cavalry in one battle!"
Although Xuanzhou Prefecture, where Leishan County is located, does not directly approach the northern grasslands, Qizhou Prefecture, which goes north to Xuanzhou Prefecture, has a long border with the northern grasslands. The soldiers of the Xuanzhou Prefecture are often recruited to the border of Qizhou Prefecture to resist the southward looting of various nomadic peoples on the grasslands.
Li Zhao and Li Lie followed the county magistrate Li Jingmao eight years ago and rushed to the border of Qizhou Prefecture. They fought a bloody battle with the Urong cavalry on the grassland. The two brothers killed a total of twenty-six Urong cavalry in that battle. The county magistrate Li Jingmao also rewarded Li Lie with a horse spear worth hundreds of taels of silver.
After pausing, the old man continued, "The strong man who carries a single sword is Li Meng, the son of Li Lie. I heard that he had been promoted to a Mingjin warrior at a young age. With his natural divine power, his martial arts skills are no less than his father. The shorter fat man is Li Bin, the son of Li Zhao. I have never heard of Li Bin's martial arts skills. However, Li Bin is a scholar and has also participated in several county exams. Unfortunately, he has never taken the exam."
"It turns out that there are the sons of Li Zhao and Li Lie. I know these two heroes. What are their two sons going to do with weapons?"
"I heard that Li Zhao's brother-in-law Du Tai was trapped by Cui Hu. The loss was that he lost all his money and owed Cui Hu hundreds of taels of silver to gambling debts. If Li Zhao's son Li Bin was not good enough, he would stand up for the Du family."
"There will be a good show. The family was forced by King Cui Yan to be destroyed and the wife and children were separated. There are too many families, so someone should be dealing with him."
The old man shook his head and said, "Cui Hu is not easy to mess with. He has dozens of outlaws under his command, as well as the second master of the Li family and the head of the constable Li Jingyi as his backer. If he doesn't do it well, these four people will suffer."
"Who are the remaining two strong men?"
"I have never seen him. He should be a foreigner, otherwise I must know such a tall and powerful man."
Li Bin and the other four walked through two streets and came to Cui Hu's gambling hall. There were dozens of people following behind Li Bin and the four people watching the fun. The gambling hall usually opened in the afternoon. At this time, the gambling hall had not started business. The two paulownia doors were still closed. Above the two paulownia doors, there was a horizontal plaque with the four big words "Hongyun Gambling Hall" written on it.
Li Bin turned his head and said to Dian Wei: "Old Dian, smash the door open!"
Dian Wei's eyes flashed with fierce light, he walked a few steps, approached the gate of the gambling hall, raised his right foot and kicked it at the two paulownia doors.
With a "bang" sound, the door bolt inside was actually kicked off by Dian Wei, and the two paulownia doors were opened.
Behind the gate is a five- or six-meter door hole. Through the gate, there is a large yard with five main rooms and more than a dozen wing rooms. Cui Hu's gambling hall is located in the five main rooms and several wing rooms in this yard.
There were two gambling friends in the yard who were fetching water by the well. When they saw the door being kicked open, they immediately shouted: "Come out quickly! Someone has smashed the venue!"
When Li Bin and the other four walked through the door hole into the yard, more than 30 men holding various weapons quickly gathered in the yard. One middle-aged man was about 1.75 meters tall and was quite burly. He had a tiger's back and a bear's waist. On his right face, there was a hideous scar, which added a fierce aura to his body. This person was Cui Hu, the owner of this gambling hall.
Cui Hu held a waist knife in his hand and asked Li Bin and the others viciously: "Who are you? Do you know where this place is?"
Although Cui Hu looked fierce at this time, when he saw the four burly men in front of him, Cui Hu couldn't help but frown slightly.
Li Bin, the shortest of the four, was also 1.8 meters tall, while Li Meng, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were all about 1.95 meters tall. When the four of them stood there, the only one was a bit scary.
Li Bin smiled slightly, "Du Tai is my second uncle, I am Li Zhao's son Li Bin. Today I came here to discuss the gambling debts my second uncle owes you."
When Cui Hu heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "It is natural to repay the debt. There is nothing to discuss. But I can give Li Zhao a face. You can do it for the interest of 60 taels of silver this month. You just need to pay back the principal of 300 taels of silver, and the matter will be settled."
Li Bin lazily put the iron rod weighing 158 kilograms on his shoulder and said slowly: "Boss Cui, what you did is a bit too much. He seduced my second uncle to lose hundreds of taels of silver and twenty acres of paddy fields in your gambling hall. Fifty acres of dry land are not enough. He also made my second uncle ow you three hundred taels of usury. You obviously want to force my grandfather to lose everyone. Do you think I can stay out of trouble as my grandson and nephew?"
Cui Hu stared at Li Bin fiercely and said, "It's okay if you don't want to stay out of it, then you can pay back the principal of the 300 taels of silver!"
Li Bin shook his head, turned his head and said to Li Meng: "Mengzi, close the door. The matter cannot be solved today, and no one can walk out of this yard!"
When Li Meng turned around and closed the two paulownia doors to block the sight of the people watching the fun outside, Li Bin said to Cui Hu in a fierce light: "Boss Cui, since you are so ignorant, don't blame us brothers for being rude today!"
Cui Hu suddenly laughed furiously and said, "I, Cui Hu, have been so scared that I have been through this day. Brothers, I have scouted the guys and chopped off these four ignorant boys!"
The two sides disagree and started fighting directly in the front yard of the gambling hall. The sound of weapons colliding and screams also sounded, causing the people outside the gambling hall to exclaim in surprise.
Before coming, Li Bin had already told Li Meng, Dian Wei and Xu Chu that if you want to seize the gambling hall today, you must take ruthless measures. There is no need to worry about it after the fight begins. As long as you can capture the gambling hall, it is not a big deal to kill a few lives.
After both sides fought, Cui Hu's people were immediately frightened. Li Bin, Li Meng, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu were like four gods of killing. They killed chickens and cut vegetables as soon as they came up, and almost no one could survive. Especially Li Bin, the leader, waved an iron rod, smashing the heads of the four people into pieces, causing brain and plasma to fly.
Although Cui Hu's men were all called outlaws, most of them were ruffians on the street. They were gathered together by Cui Hu and bullying some common people. How could they withstand the murderous figures like Li Bin, Li Meng, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu?
"Oh my god! Run! Kill someone!"
"Escape quickly! Kill people!"
Many of Cui Hu's still alive people threw down their weapons and fled to the backyard of the gambling hall.
Cui Hu and the three confidants around him did not escape. Cui Hu's three confidants were not ruffians on the street. Each of them had good martial arts skills, especially the strong man holding a pair of iron whips. Although there was no trace of vitality in his body, ordinary Mingjin warriors were no match for him, and Cui Hu's own martial arts were not weak.
However, although Cui Hu did not turn around and escape, his eyes showed deep fear. The two Cui Hu's confidants were also frightened by the scene in front of him. Only the strong man holding a pair of iron whips still had no change in the expression on his face.
Chapter completed!