The five tigers of Cangzhou each looked at each other, and they all nodded to each other, and Geng Biao, the tiger of the ground, immediately hugged his fists and replied, "I can't hide it, the five of us brothers were instigated by Zhang Lexing, the king of Wo.He held a "Zhuqing Conference" in Yangzhou, and people from all sects and factions on the rivers and lakes participated.He said that if there are "two Qings" today, we are the enemies of the Han people, one is the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the other is Qiao Zhiqing.He said that although Qiao Zhiqing was a Han Chinese, he recognized the thief as his father, helped the Manchu Tatars suppress the Taiping army in Jiangnan and the Hui army in northern Shaanxi, and his hands were stained with the blood of anti-Qing righteous people.He called on all the heroes on the rivers and lakes to unite as one, assassinate Qiao Dashuai first, and then deal with the Manchus together. ”"Sure enough, it's him."
Qiao Zhiqing secretly affirmed in his heart, and then his face became gloomy, and his mind kept thinking about Zhang Lexing's life and origin.He was originally a wealthy landlord, skimmed poetry and books when he was young, and returned to his hometown to work as a farmer when he grew up, and he was a character similar to Song Jiang in Liangshanbo.On weekdays, he squandered money with righteousness, loved injustice, regarded evil as hatred, and was deeply supported by the local people, and later because of the sale of illicit salt, and the government received a grudge, so he gathered the crowd into a twist, raised the flag to rebel, and in the struggle with the Manchu Tartars, he grew into the leader of the twist army, and was named "King Wo" by Hong Xiuquan in the early years of Tongzhi.However, he only listened to Feng and did not listen to the dispatch, and he also choked King Hong with depression."
Qiao Dashuai, don't you believe what our brothers say" Cangzhou Five Tigers saw Qiao Zhiqing's face was dark, and thought that Qiao Zhiqing doubted himself, so he hurriedly stood up and asked, he is the only one among the Five Tigers who is literate and literate, so his mind is also more meticulous, and he is the military of the Five Tigers."
No, it's not, how could it be."
Qiao Zhiqing walked out of his contemplation, hurriedly chuckled at the five tigers, and shook his head."
What is the big marshal thinking, if if the big boss Qiao has any orders, just say a word."
Kong Le breathed a sigh of relief, clenched his fists and asked, and the other four tigers looked at Qiao Zhiqing, and also stood up with a solemn face."
You still have to heal your injuries in Ben Shuai's mansion first, and then talk about it, and that's all for today, the other Ben Shuai has their own arrangements."
Qiao Zhiqing hugged his fists in return, and after giving an order, he asked the soldiers to temporarily arrange the Cangzhou Five Tigers in the pro-military camp in the backyard, where they were all Shanxi children, and they got along well with the Cangzhou Five Tigers.After the Cangzhou Five Tigers retreated, Qiao Zhiqing asked Hu Wenhai to take a sentry out of the mansion and run towards Pan Qiaoyu's clothing store across the horse.Geng Biao said that Zhang Lexing held a bullshit meeting, it was not only the Cangzhou Five Tigers who came to Suzhou to assassinate him, maybe there were more masters hiding in the shadows, then the safety of the people around him became a big problem, he didn't want to let another Li Weier happen, that was a regret in Qiao Zhiqing's life.As soon as the horse team reached the Hongqiao on the Suzhou Creek, they saw a large circle of passers-by gathered on the other side of the river, and Pan Qiaoyu's clothing store was located here.Qiao Zhiqing's heart secretly said that it was broken, and hurriedly led the team to pat the horse over, and the crowd heard the sound of horses' hooves and hurriedly spread to both sides, only to see two women and a man in the crowd, waving swords up and down to fight.Among them, a man and a woman were wearing black and white clothes, and they struck a woman in the middle left and right, and the woman was Su Sanniang.Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly took out the shell gun in his arms and fired a shot into the sky, and the Qing Zijun also fired at the sky, "bang, bang, bang" A burst of gunfire rang out, once again breaking the tranquility of Suzhou City.The crowd fled in all directions shouting and screaming, and no longer had the courage to watch.The two dressed in black and white clothes also took advantage of the chaos to escape, Su Sanniang did not stop them, but turned around and went back to Pan Qiaoyu's clothing store.Qiao Zhiqing knew that something must have happened inside, and hurriedly whipped the horsewhip to the door of the clothing store, and before the horse's hooves could stand firmly, he jumped off the horse's back and rushed into the store."
Sanniang, what's wrong."
The clothing store has two floors, and there is a small courtyard behind the shop area, and behind the courtyard is an attic, where Pan Qiaoyu usually lives.Before Qiao Zhiqing entered the courtyard, he shouted inside."
Zhiqing, come over with a basin of water, Yuting and Qiaoyu seem to have been poisoned by sweat medicine."
Su Sanniang responded in the living room in the attic, and Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly found a wooden basin in the courtyard when he heard this, scooped a basin in the water urn and brought it into the house.I saw two people lying long next to the mahogany round table in the hall, it was Yan Yuting and Pan Qiaoyu, who had not seen each other for a long time.Su Sanniang unhurriedly took out her silk scarf from her arms, and after getting wet in the water, she stroked Yan Yuting and Pan Qiaoyu's little faces, and took out a small white porcelain bottle from her arms, opened it and turned it around under each of her noses, and pressed it on the acupoint of the two of them with her thumb.Listening to a few dry coughs of "cough cough", Yan Yuting and Pan Qiaoyu opened their eyes delicately at the same time.Qiao Zhiqing finally breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly leaned over and carried the two of them into the couch of the bedroom, the two of them opened their eyes with a frown, looked at Qiao Zhiqing and Su Sanniang and asked in confusion, "Brother Qiao, why are you here, why are we asleep" Qiao Zhiqing also turned his head to look at Su Sanniang with the same expression, and asked puzzledly, "Sanniang, what happened just now, who is the man and woman in black and white clothes" Su Sanniang slowly explained to the three of them with an unchanged face, "Yuting and Qiaoyu were affected by sweat medicine just now, And the two people who were drugged were the famous black and white demons on the rivers and lakes.I was changing clothes in the dormitory at that time, and when I heard movement in the living room, I hurriedly ran out, and saw Yuting and Qiaoyu lying on the ground.The black and white shuangsha didn't seem to be ready to attack the two of them, but just numbed the two of them with sweat medicine, and there was a sack next to them, which seemed to be about to kidnap them. ”"What is the way of black and white" Qiao Zhiqing frowned curiously, Yan Yuting and Pan Qiaoyu's heads were groggy, although they didn't understand what they were saying, they still looked at the two with interest."
The black and white shuangsha are all from the Wudang faction, the man in black is named Qu Nanfeng, and the woman in white is named Jiang Cuiping.The two of them are both disciples of the head of the real Yuxu Lao Dao, and they were originally brothers and sisters, but later they went down the mountain together and became husband and wife.In the rivers and lakes, it is his responsibility to punish the strong and help the weak, eliminate violence and peace, and his reputation is very loud. ”After Su Sanniang finished speaking, Qiao Zhiqing seemed to be listening to a martial arts legend, and looked at Su Sanniang with wide eyes."
Why look at me like this, you won't even hear of the name of black and white.They have killed a lot of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and every time they finish a case, they write it in a large pen on the scene, and the murderer is both black and white. ”Su Sanniang spoke with relish, and seemed to have had a lot of acquaintances with the two of them."
There are two loyal and brave men, who really don't change their names or change their surnames, good, good, good."
Qiao Zhiqing praised him repeatedly."
By the way, Brother Qiao, how did you know that we were in danger and brought the troops here so soon."
Su Sanniang asked curiously."
In my chat with the Cangzhou Five Tigers, I learned that Zhang Lexing, the leader of the Twist Army, had summoned the world's martial arts heroes to assassinate me.That's why I was worried that you would be implicated by me, so I hurriedly sent my own soldiers to protect you, but I didn't expect to catch up by mistake. ”Qiao Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he came in time and did not cause any regrets, if Yan Yuting and Pan Qiaoyu were really hurt, Qiao Zhiqing would not care about black and white, and he would definitely wipe out Wudang Mountain."
Brother Qiao, you came in time, and you scared us to death."
Yan Yuting and Pan Qiaoyu listened in a daze, only to hear that it was Qiao Zhiqing who saved the two of them, and hurriedly hugged Qiao Zhiqing and leaned on his shoulder, gentle like a kitten.Su Sanniang smiled lightly, shook her head, and asked Qiao Zhiqing calmly, "Zhiqing, how do you plan to deal with this matter, although these recklessness on the rivers and lakes are not worth mentioning, they are always in the dark, we are in the light, and it is not a way to be guarded like this." ”Qiao Zhiqing pondered for a while, and said with a calm face, "Although these heroes are fierce, they don't have a unified leader, since they want to assassinate me, why don't we invite them from the dark to the light, we can do this" "Good idea, but it's a bit risky." ”After listening to this, Su Sanniang was a little worried."
At present, it can only be like this, for these heroes in the rivers and lakes, we can only persuade them, not exterminate them, so let's decide."
Qiao Zhiqing made up his mind."
Then everything is up to you, with me by your side, there shouldn't be any problems."
Su Sanniang chuckled, and the room fell into a brief tranquility.The four of them calmed down a little on the couch, and Qiao Zhiqing took Yan Yuting and Su Sanniang back to the mansion, and sent an additional team of people to Pan Qiaoyu's clothing store to take turns to guard day and night.On the second day, Qiao Zhiqing made arrangements in the palace, and set up a 20-meter-wide ring in the square in front of the Suzhou City Government, and a huge white cloth was hung in the center of the ring, and the word "Wu" was written on the white cloth.The people from the south and north gathered curiously, only to see a burly man walking up to the ring, wearing the military uniform of the Qingzi Army, carrying a gong in his hand and ringing loudly, "The old and young masters of Suzhou City, at present, the prefect is at the time of employing people, so he specially set up a ring here to win talents by force."
If someone finally comes out on top, the prefect will give him a big gift. ”"What a heavy gift" "Yes, what kind of gift has the prefect prepared" The crowd laughed, and there was a lot of noisy discussion.Hu Wenhai chuckled, waved his hand at the Qingzi army behind the ring, and saw a team of Qingzi soldiers in pairs, carrying heavy boxes to the ring, and then opened the lids of the boxes one by one."
So much silver" "My God, how much silver must be here" After the lid of the box was opened, the crowd suddenly erupted in surprise, only to see that the box was full of silver ingots with white flowers, a total of about ten boxes, roughly calculated, enough to have 10,000 taels of silver. ”"How can anyone dare to come up for a written test, the prefect also said, if anyone takes the crown, he will definitely set up a banquet in person, and he will be reused, everyone hurry up and think about it, the competition will only last for three days."
Hu Wenhai struck the gong again and yelled arrogantly at the audience."
Oh my God, is the prefect going to choose the martial champion?"
"Yes, what the hell is going on" "No matter, let's go up and try it first." ”There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and there were already many heroes who were ready to take the first place in one fell swoop
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