It was almost dark when we returned to the restaurant, and Lan Meizai's face didn't look good. I had a vague feeling that something might be a little unusual.

Arriving in the backyard, Tuesday Mao was sitting alone under a tree in the courtyard drinking wine. There was a small wooden box placed on the stone table.

I looked at Zhou Mao in confusion.

When Mao saw me coming on Tuesday, he got up in a hurry and said, "Er baby, we are in trouble!"

I said, "Why bother to make your child so anxious? He's even drunk."

Tuesday Mao pushed the wooden box in front of me and said, "Look at this."

I took the wooden box, pushed it open and took a look, and said "ah" in surprise.

What was contained in the wooden box turned out to be the copper bell tied to Bo Dongha's waist. This guy's copper bell had never left his body, so why was it suddenly placed in the wooden box.

I said in a deep voice: "What's going on?"

On Tuesday, Mao took out a letter and said: "I just asked someone to read the content of the letter for me. Bo Dongha was kidnapped."

I wondered: "Who in the world is so bold as to kidnap someone like Bo Dongha?"

Mao said on Tuesday: "Look at the letter. Those people are coming for us."

"We?" I asked in surprise.

When I opened the letter, I saw that it said, "Boss Chen, Boss Zhou, and Miaozi are in our hands. If we want him to survive, we will bring a thousand oceans to Bamian Mountain to Huilongguan in ten days." The letter was not signed.

I said: "This is definitely Jin Gui's group! Where is the person who sent the letter?"

Mao said on Tuesday: "The person who delivered the letter was a young boy, who looked like he was in his twenties. He put the box on the counter and handed it to the clerk to pass it on to us. You said that apart from them, I can't think of anyone who can deliver it.

Let’s connect with Potong Ha.”

I said: "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the dock to find out who Jin Gui is, and I will prepare the money as soon as possible."

Mao felt a little distressed on Tuesday and said: "A thousand oceans, Erba."

At that time, in our Wuling Mountain area, one ocean could buy 16 kilograms of rice and 5 kilograms of pork. The kidnapper was a bit of a lion.

I said: "What can we do? We can't just ignore him. If I hadn't said I wanted to stop Jin Gui, Bo Dong Ha wouldn't be recognized."

Mao shook his head on Tuesday and sighed: "That's still talking about hammers. I'll go to the accountant to pay the money tomorrow."

The next day, I went to the dock to inquire about Jin Gui. The strange thing was that most people avoided answering Jin Gui and talked about him. After the whole morning, I didn't even ask him the reason.

The more this happens, the less simple I think this guy Jin Gui is. At first, I thought he was just a water thief, for inspiration (robbing property), but I didn’t expect that the power behind him was quite large.

I didn't give up in the afternoon and ran to the pier again. This time it was almost time to turn on the lights. A boatman I was familiar with before saw me sitting alone in a teahouse drinking tea, so he came over to say hello to me. We chatted for a while, and I

He also asked about Jin Gui's situation.

This boatman’s surname is Liu, I call him Brother Liu.

I asked him: "Brother Liu, do you know there is a man named Jin Gui on the dock?"

Brother Liu was a little surprised and said: "What are you asking him for?"

I lied: "I have a boat of tung oil and asked him to transport it to Yuanling. It has been more than ten days, why haven't I seen them come back yet?"

Brother Liu said: "I mean I haven't seen Jin Gui for a few days. It turns out that I went to help you with something."

I said, "Brother Liu is familiar with Jin Gui, right?"

Brother Liu said: "It's hard to say we're familiar with each other. They're all sailing boats. If you don't see them when you look up, you'll see them when they look down."

I said: "Why did I hear people say that Jin

Is this old man Gui'er a bit dishonest? Why can't he let it go (break the promise)?"

Brother Liu looked a little unnatural and said with a fake smile: "Then...those are just rumors and cannot be taken as true."

I asked: "What is the rumor?"

Brother Liu said: "You said he was unruly (doesn't follow the rules)."

I said: "I heard someone say this morning that he has some contact with someone over there in Hezishan?"

Brother Liu hurriedly said: "That's all just gossip (spreading rumors), it can't be taken seriously."

I pretended to be mysterious and looked around and said: "Brother Liu, your brother is also Hanliu (Brother Pao), so I won't pretend to fight with you (not sincere). In fact, tung oil is fake, mainly because there is a batch of "black goods" in it.

(Yantu)". I have a lot of money in it now."

When Brother Liu heard "black goods", he looked around nervously and said: "There are many people here, so be careful if someone betrays his accomplices. Let's go to the boat and talk."

I was so happy that I followed Brother Liu to their big ship. Several sailors were sitting on the bow of the ship setting up a dragon gate formation. When they saw Brother Liu coming, they all gave up their seats. Brother Liu greeted a few sailors and took me to the cabin.

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Brother Liu lit the tung oil lamp, sat down and said: "I shouldn't tell you this matter in the first place. It's not a good idea to try to expose the truth, but since you and I are brothers, I will tell you.

That’s it.”

Brother Liu lowered his voice and said, "Do you know the magic weapon?"

I was stunned and said, "You know, there has been a lot of noise along the river and Longshan side in the past two years."

Brother Liu nodded and said, "That's right. Those people painted magical water to treat people's illnesses and formed magical weapons. They said they believed in that invulnerable person and was possessed by an immortal."

I said: "You mean gold is expensive?"

Brother Liu nodded and said, "Jin Gui is still a quasi-general."

I asked in surprise: "General?"

Brother Liu smiled and said: "To put it bluntly, he is just a squadron leader, and he was named randomly."

I thought to myself: "If Jin Gui was invulnerable, we wouldn't have killed him. I guess invulnerability is just some trick."

Brother Liu continued: "I don't know where these magic soldiers came from. In a few years, their people have been everywhere in Youshui River. Even the small gangs (bandits) have been subsumed by the magic soldiers. Even

Those who serve as soldiers dare not mess with these magic soldiers casually."

I said: "Then what do these magic soldiers want to do?"

Brother Liu shook his head and said: "I don't understand either. I can't afford to go early if there is no benefit. In these troubled times, there are many people fishing in troubled waters."

I asked: "Have you seen the magic weapon?"

Brother Liu said: "Those of us who make a living on the boat must have seen it. Along the docks going down the Youshui River, there are many people with magic weapons. Those people have red scarves wrapped on their heads, small red flags on their shoulders, and scabbards.

They were also wrapped in red cloth. Some of the boys were able to fly and jump. They had a bamboo knife in hand and claimed to be Zhao Zilong. As soon as the fight started, Erlang Shen walked at the front and kept shouting "I can't hit you."

Can't get in".

I said: "If you are so impressive, which part of the gold is valuable?"

Brother Liu said: "There is a branch of the divine soldiers over at Bamian Mountain. Jin Gui once said when he was drunk that there is their generalissimo over there, named Tan Lao Yao, who is the reincarnation of King Ma. I heard Jin Gui said that only Ma

When the king ascends the throne, the Tujia and Miao people will be exempted from donations and grain payments, and there are still many people who believe in it."

I asked: "Bamianshan?"

Brother Liu nodded and said: "That's right, Bamian Mountain, there are a lot of magic soldiers there now."

I asked: "If Jin Gui takes my "black goods" into Bamian Mountain, will I cry out to God?"

Brother Liu said: "This matter is really difficult to solve. Otherwise, you have to give up your money to avoid disaster."

Oh, how can you afford to offend those magic soldiers? Don’t let your family get involved when the time comes."

I didn’t want to cause trouble to Brother Liu, so I decided to get up and leave.

Back at the restaurant, I told Zhou Mao what happened.

On Tuesday Mao scolded: "You're an old man in your sixties, why should you be a magic soldier? That's ridiculous."

I said: "I don't know what these magic weapons are."

Mao said on Tuesday: "Give them money to let them go, no matter what they do. If it doesn't work, just fight with them!"

I said: "Your child is talking lightly, just eat a rush. What if you don't let him go after giving him money? Seven or eight lives!"

Mao argued on Tuesday: "I didn't kill them! Then Jin Gui still wanted to kill us to make money."

I said: "Then what should I do if I'm unreasonable?"

Mao said harshly on Tuesday: "Then I'm going to have a rough time with him!"

I said: "There are hundreds or even thousands of people, do they suffer from virtual fire?"

Tuesday Mao said angrily: "The left won't work, the right won't work either, so what do you think?"

I said: "Prepare something tomorrow. I think it's good for Lin Xia and the others to bring those grenades every time. Let's see if we can get some."

As soon as Mao heard this on Tuesday, he became excited and said: "I told you, Chen Erwa, not to be so angry. I will take care of this."

I continued: "This is only used as a last resort. I hope these people are just looking for money."

Mao said on Tuesday: "How can there be any JB magic weapon? I was in Baishituo at that time and you looked at me, one by one with one shot. If it is really invulnerable, how many of us are still alive?"

I said, "Tomorrow I will find out the details about Young Master Tan."

Mao said on Tuesday: "Do you want to bring more people?"
To be continued...