Chapter 88: Blood is seen in the sword

When Hai Jiu woke up, he lay on his back on the cold ground, his memory was blank, and a lamp was dimly lit above his head. The lights were as big as soybeans, flashing, and indescribable strangeness. The air was cold and humid, and there was a ticking sound of water intermittently, as if he was locked in a dungeon.

Hai Jiu turned over gently, and the joints all over his body seemed to be broken. The severe pain stimulated his brain. "Ao!" He shouted softly, and the memories were suddenly used like a tide, broken and scattered, gradually forming a complete picture. Hai Jiu opened his mouth, and fear grabbed the pain away. In the face of torture, he said everything, and in front of death, he pressed his handprint.

The Hai family is like ordinary families, with lights and colorful flowers and joyfully prepared to welcome the New Year, but the head of the family Hailan was a little anxious and uneasy. The four escaped porters searched for three days, but there was still no trace of the ropes. This just shows that the escaped people were extraordinary. These four people were like four nails that made Hailan restless every day.

"Don't have anything wrong!"

He had done countless business with Tubo, but never put such great pressure on him as he is today.

Another hidden worry is that today's report has not arrived yet, and it has been two hours late. He is waiting for the report along the way every day. Today, the ship should have arrived in Yibin County, Yibin County! That was the territory of his old enemy Li Qing. Hailan suddenly felt a little worried. He walked a few steps behind his back, his eyes gradually narrowed into a slit, and there was a fierce light. Li Qing's account will sooner or later be recovered with principal and interest.

"Father! The ancestral hall has been laid out. Do you want to go and have a look?" At some point, his son Hai Zhongheng was already standing behind him.

"Oh! I won't go, you can watch it yourself!"

Hai Zhongheng was surprised. He was afraid that his father would not hear clearly, so he repeated: "Father, I am talking about the ancestral hall."

Hailan glanced at his son and smiled and said, "You will go to Beijing to participate in the provincial trial next year. Are you sure?"

"Boy will do your best!"

"You don't have to worry too much. I have received the answer from King Tan, and he will help you."

As soon as Hailan finished speaking, rapid footsteps came from outside, and a family member ran over panting, "Master, the news from Yibin County is here, it's a black message."

"What!" Hailan stood up suddenly, his face turned pale, and the black message tube meant something was wrong.

He took the bamboo tube with trembling hands, but he didn't hold it firmly, and the bamboo tube fell to the ground.

"Father!" Hai Zhongheng bent down and picked it up, "What's wrong?"

Hailan's lips were trembling so hard that he couldn't speak. He pulled out the bamboo tube with difficulty and spread it out in a hurry. After seeing it, he took a few steps back and the letter fell to the ground, with only six dazzling big words on it: The goods were detained in Yibin."

"father!"

"master"

An hour later, Hailan slowly woke up. He was weak all over and showed his old state, as if he had suddenly become twenty years older.

"Brother! You have to cheer up a little, things are not at the worst."

Hailan shook his head, what is the worst, isn't this the worst? The goods have fallen into Li Qing's hands. This is by no means accidental. Without long-term planning, he could not find out, and he didn't know anything. He lost, the third and last time, but still the defeat in Li Qing's hands.

"Father, leave this matter to me!" Hai Zhongheng's face turned red with anger. He stood up and walked out with big strides.

"Stop!"

Hailan stood up and said viciously: "If you take another step, I will break the father-son relationship with you."

"Then, then, are we just waiting to die?" Hai Zhongheng's eyes were about to turn red.

"Who said I'm going to sit and wait for death!" Hailan was inspired by his son's final fighting spirit.

He took a long breath and said to his third brother Hai Ba: "Now my Hai family has reached the last moment. If I guess it's good, Li Qing is already on the way to Chengdu. You should immediately lead all the brothers from Emeitang to intercept them along the way. You must take back his things, especially the letter. Do you understand?"

Haiba nodded, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a terrifying murderous intent ejaculated.

Watching Haiba go away, Hailan pulled Hai Zhongheng over Hai and whispered: "You should clean up quickly and go to the capital to join your sister immediately."

"Father! What about you?"

"I can't leave. Once I leave, the Hai family will be finished and will never turn over."

He took out a booklet from his arms, wiped the ring on his finger, and stuffed it to his son, saying, "This is the property of our Hai family in Beijing, this ring is just a proof." After a pause, Hailan said, "There is also the leader of the Dongshi Gang. You call him Grandpa Yong. He is your grandfather's brother. If you go to find him, he will also help you. Go! My Hai family will depend on you in the future."

"Then I'll take my cousins ​​away too!" The cousin of the Hengzhi Seng in Haizhong is Haiba's son.

Hailan shook his head and said, "You can't live with them."

Hai Zhongheng had tears in his eyes, and he slowly knelt down and kowtowed three times to his father.

Hai Jiu's confession, along with other documents smuggled by the Hai family and Li Daofu's letter, were locked in an iron box, and the iron box was in Li Qing's hands at this moment.

This day was the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month of the third year of Tianbao. Another five days was the New Year of the fourth year of Tianbao. Li Qing took Yan'er and Xiaoyu to Chengdu, nominally returning to Chengdu to celebrate the New Year. However, Li Qing's real purpose was to go back to deal with the Hai family smuggling case. The evidence of the Hai family smuggling was conclusive, and all the people involved in the case confessed and concealed, which had become an iron case. However, the letter found on Hai Jiu made the case complicated. Li Daofu, the governor of Yizhou, was directly involved in the case. Li Qing did not dare to delay and set off for Chengdu the next day.

As the New Year approaches, the number of merchant ships passing by the river is significantly reduced, but more are passenger ships loaded with homesick people. "I miss my family more during the holidays." The New Year is the day for clan gatherings and the day for worshiping ancestors.

Li Qing stood at the bow of the boat and looked into the distance. The river was wide and vast. The bitter cold wind made his mind clear. He gradually realized the complexity of this case. The Hai family smuggling case was no longer an isolated businessman smuggling case. Behind it is a collusion between officials and businessmen. This official is Li Daofu, the governor of Yizhou. He is very likely to turn into a small butterfly with flapping his wings, causing a hurricane in the officialdom of Jiannandao.

A slight sound of footsteps came from behind, and then a thick cloak surrounded his shoulders.

"Young Master, the wind is strong on the river, so let's go back to the cabin!"

Li Qing grabbed her hand, her little hands were slender and warm. He gently hugged the thin shoulders of the curtain, "I'll accompany you to visit my grandfather's tomb!"

"kindness!"

"You two, come and clean up! Jiazhou is coming."

The two looked at each other and smiled, facing Xiaoyu's sour eyes, they held hands and returned to the cabin together.

Li Qing booked a large passenger ship, divided into three layers, Li Qing, Lian'er, Xiaoyu lived on the upper floor, the Min Gang members and Haiming who went to Chengdu to testify, and the Haizhongtian and his son lived on the middle and bottom floors. Since Gao Zhandao and the skeleton must be kept in Yibin to guard, the Min Gang was responsible for the safety of Li Qing. According to the plan, they would meet with the Wang Bing who came on horseback in Jiazhou and go directly to Chengdu by land.

Just as Li Qing was about to enter the cabin, he suddenly heard the sound of rapid footsteps. When he looked up, he saw Yang Dunzhu of the Min Gang running up. He looked nervous and looked at the river from time to time.

"What's wrong?"

"Mr. Li, our brothers have discovered three suspicious ships and are approaching us."

"What?" Li Qing's face changed drastically. He rushed to the side of the ship on the right and looked at the river. Sure enough, three small boats were in font shapes and were coming towards them quickly. He even faintly saw that the boat was filled with dense men in black.

"Why did the Hai family come so quickly!"

Li Qing was quickly considering countermeasures. He knew that the Hai family would eventually struggle to death, so he specifically notified Wang Bing to come for emergency protection. However, he did not expect that the Hai family would come so quickly. Now the only way is to drag it for a while and wait for Wang Bing from Jiazhou to come to rescue him.

"How far is this place from Jiazhou?"

“There are two miles left.”

Li Qing looked back at the speed of the boat. If he continued like this, he might be caught up if he couldn't reach Jiazhou. Khan had already oozed out of his forehead slightly.

"Hurry and find a few brothers with good water nature to go to Jiazhou to ask for help."

Master Yang agreed and turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Li Qing and said slowly: "Tell everyone to be prepared again, there may be a fierce battle."

Li Qing slowly walked back into the cabin, trying to relax his expression, but when he saw the worried eyes of the two girls, he knew that they had heard it, and smiled and said, "Our old friend is here."

He drew his sword and chopped off two large cabin boards, took out the iron box from his arms and handed it to the curtain, and said, "If things are critical later, you and Xiaoyu will escape by holding the wooden board and swimming in the car. Go to Chengdu to hand over this iron box to your adopted father."

"What about you, young master?"

Li Qing patted her face and smiled, "Of course I will dive into the water and run for life. Will I wait for them to kill me?"

After Li Qing finished speaking, he raised his sword and walked towards the bottom.

Jian'er stared at the place where he disappeared, bit his lips tightly, and a firm look shot in his eyes.

The speed of the three ships exceeded Li Qing's expectations. Less than half a mile away, the three ships gradually caught up.

"Aim and smash!"

Several gang members carried the iron pot and water tank and smashed it hard towards the chase boat, but the iron pot and water tank only rolled in the river and disappeared, without any effect at all.

"Sir, they are going to climb the boat!"

A man in black on a boat took out his grip hooks and shook his hands, flew out with a "swoosh!", and a grip hook was accurately placed on the side of the boat. A man in black bit his knife, swayed, and flew across the river and floated straight towards the ship.

"Cut it off!"

Without waiting for others to react, Li Qing stepped forward and raised his sword to chop off the rope on the hook. Everyone woke up as if they were dreaming, and rushed to the side of the ship to raise their swords toward more and more flying grabs.

Suddenly, 'Ah!' screamed, and a gang member covered his head and took a few steps back. He lay on the ground with a crossbow arrow shot through his head. Then, several people fell down with screams. The crossbow arrows shot from the boat gradually became dense, and even the Lord Yang was hit by an arrow in the chest, lying on the ground with life and death unknown.

Li Qing was almost red in his eyes. He had cut five pieces and grabbed them. Several men in black were also shouting and rolling into the river. At this time, a big man in white had already jumped onto the bow of the boat and waved his knife toward Li Qing. Li Qing instinctively raised his head and the blade swept across the tip of his nose. The strong wind made his face hurt. Before he could stand firmly, his shoulder was kicked. Li Qing felt that his bones seemed to be about to crack. A powerful force came, and he couldn't stand firmly. He stepped back two steps and fell to the ground. The sword escaped and flew three feet away. The ground was nailed to the deck with a 'dot!'. The man in white twisted his waist and slashed at Li Qing's chest. The sword was extremely sharp. Li Qing was shocked and rolled and crawled away.

The man in white seemed to recognize Li Qing and rushed towards him with a grin. Seeing that Li Qing had nowhere to hide, but at this moment, two flower pots fell from the sky one after another. The man in white turned his head and avoided one small one, but was hit on his head by the other one. He showed a strange expression on his face, smiling, his eyes turned pale, and fell straight in front of Li Qing. How could Li Qing miss such an opportunity? He grabbed his knife casually and slashed at his neck with one knife. However, at the last moment, his hand shook, and the knife slashed on his shoulder blade. The blood arrow marked Li Qing all over, but the knife could never be pulled out. The man in white was awakened by pain and struggled to grab Li Qing with his teeth and claws. In desperation, he used a big judo cloth bag and carried him down the river.
Chapter completed!