[Martial Arts] Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Chapter 2 Missing without reason

Chu Liuxiang has many friends.

They all have their own personalities, and some have some eccentricities, but each of them has an irreplaceable unique side, and they are all people who live wonderful lives.

Many of them are good at living on water, including Zhang San and Li Si.

Zhang San and Li Si are partners and have been living on the water. Li Si is good at steering the rudder, and Zhang San is good at casting nets to grill fish. They both have unique skills that others can't match.

Chu Liuxiang opened the door and invited Li Si to sit in the guest room.

He is different from Zhang San, he is a rough man with well-developed limbs, his eyes are always shining, these eyes can distinguish the direction in the vast sea, but today, these eyes have no brilliance, their eyes are completely lax, it can be seen that he must not have had a good rest in the past few days .

From time to time, he clenched his wrinkled trousers tightly. The urgency just now turned into silence after seeing Chu Liuxiang. It seemed that the words were too long, and he suddenly asked him to talk, and he didn't know where to start.

Sitting on the chair, Li Si looked at Chu Liuxiang for a while, and Hu Tiehua for a while.

Anxiety was on his face, but he couldn't speak.

Chu Liuxiang was not in a hurry, he sat next to Li Si, looked at him patiently, and waited for him to finish what he just said.

It's just that Chu Liuxiang felt that his eyelids kept twitching, probably now it was about to come true, and something bad happened.

After a long while, Li Siyou said quietly: "To tell you the truth, Zhang San went to Geguangxian Island, and it has been less than half a month. According to the schedule, he should have returned early, but after so long, not only did he not turn back, but instead There is no news at all, I searched everywhere for his traces, but he seems to have disappeared from the world suddenly, I am worried that something happened to him."

Hu Tiehua laughed loudly and said: "Zhang San has a monkey temper, and he used to disappear from time to time, why are you worried about him?"

Hu Tiehua was not as anxious as Li Si, he sniffed, trying to inhale the aroma of wine in the air into his stomach.

Li Si just sighed, "Just because this time he made an agreement with me that he will return within ten days, and he will never break his promise."

The children of the rivers and lakes, promises are the most important. Even though Zhang San seems to be fooling around, he will never break his promise to his friends.

As long as Zhang San is safe and sound, he will return on schedule, and even if he can't, he will try to send back news to reassure his friends.

How can it not be worrying to have not returned after the deadline and have no news at all.

Li Si frowned and said: "Daxia Hu is right. In the past, Zhang San often traveled far away, but the news never stopped. He always asked someone to deliver the news. But this time it is true, and there is no news. If your family members The sun does not turn back, there is no news, do you think it will make people disturbed?"

Hu Tiehua swallowed hard, and his eyes became heavy, "Then why would he want to go to that island? Every legend on that island is mysterious. It's not a good place to go anyway. He's going to die?"

Li Si lowered his head, a little cautious, as if he had something difficult to say.

Chu Liuxiang sighed: "The reason why he went to look for that island is because his old problem has happened again, and he can't help it, right?"

Li Si seemed to have been guessed through his mind, his face flushed, and he nodded slowly after a while.

Hu Tiehua wondered: "Old problem? I should know about Zhang San's old problem." He frowned and thought carefully, "He can't resist stealing pearls again?"

Zhang San is good at everything, but there is one defect that cannot be corrected no matter what.

He doesn't love mountains of gold and silver, but he has no resistance to pearls.

As soon as he saw a good pearl, he couldn't help but try his best to get it. In the past, he caused a big incident by stealing the pearl from the golden ganoderma. At that time, Chu Liuxiang helped him settle it. I don't want his problems to change.

Li Si coyly said: "The two of us met a big merchant ship at sea that day, and Zhang San and I mixed in to see if we could get some good things out, but we saw a big boss in the main cabin. At our banquet, one of the 40-year-old black-faced men took out a top-quality pearl, saying that he had the honor to bring it out from Ge Guangxian Island, and he showed it off."

Li Si scratched his head, carefully recalling the experience of that day, "He said Xuan, saying that there are treasures on the island, such as emeralds, agates, pearls, and gold, all of which are high-quality goods, which are rare in the market."

Hu Tiehua said: "After listening to what that person said, Zhang San can no longer restrain his urge to go to Geguangxian Island to find pearls?"

Li Si nodded, "Yes, he is an expert in pearls. Seeing that the pearls in the hands of the black-faced man are already high-grade, and hearing that there are more and better pearls, how can Zhang San control himself? I know, I should have stopped him, but Xiang Shuai and Hu Daxia also know that his confusion is coming up, and there is no way to stop him."

Chu Liuxiang touched his nose, and said in a low voice, "Then he left, and there was no news after he left?"

Li Si closed his eyes and nodded heavily.

A lively and lively person disappeared just like that...

At this point, Liu Xiang has roughly sorted out the cause and effect.

Zhang Sanshui was very good, and his experience at sea was even more seasoned. The sea could not trouble him, but he disappeared for half a month without a sound, probably because of some artificial obstacles.

"Xiang Shuai, you are our good friend. At this time, I really can't think of anyone other than you who can help find Zhang San's whereabouts. You have to help me anyway." Li Si's words were sincere, and his anxiety was beyond words. , he is an honest person, not as slippery as a fish like Zhang San, he is nervous even if he is nervous, and he will never be stubborn.

After hearing these words, anyone would be moved, let alone the always warm-hearted Chu Liuxiang.

Chu Liuxiang patted Li Si on the shoulder, told him not to worry, and then explained in detail which port Zhang San departed from, when he departed, what self-defense he brought when he departed, and what was the last time he wrote a letter When, what is the content of the letter, the more detailed the better.

Li Si barely calmed down, recalling all the details carefully.

Knowing the ins and outs repeatedly, Chu Liuxiang drank the last sip of wine, paid the bill, and walked out of the inn with Hu Tiehua and Li Si.

Without much preparation, the three rode directly to Huahua Port.

That's where Zhang San started, and it's also the beginning of everything.

When the three of them arrived at Huahua Port, it was almost Shen's hour, and the sea in the afternoon was sparkling and calm like a flat mirror.

Huahua Port is a very large port. There are dozens of cargo ships and passenger ships sailing from here every day, as well as some private ships and official ships. The number of ships recently is significantly more than in the past.

The personnel are also more complicated, such as inquisitors who resell information, brokers who make connections, secret talks with the imperial court, and spies placed by various gangs, etc.

Chu Liuxiang knew a person here, a very well-informed person.

It's just not easy to find him.

He carefully watched the crowds passing through the port, including helmsmen, bosses, hawkers selling melons and vegetables, hooligans collecting protection fees, and all kinds of people.

Hu Tiehua bumped Chu Liuxiang with his elbow in confusion, "What are you looking at?"

Such a big port is busy, full of people and goods, in a mess, he really can't see any reason for it.

Chu Liuxiang still focused on every passing person, observing their behavior and clothing carefully, as if she could find a huge discovery.

Seeing that Chu Liuxiang ignored him, Hu Tiehua turned to Li Si and said, "Do you know what he is doing?"

Li Si looked bewildered and shook his head slowly.

Suddenly, Chu Liuxiang laughed, and walked towards a cargo ship that was loading salt with light steps.

A dozen laborers beside the boat were carrying bags of salt to the boat. They were very strong and they walked in unison.

Chu Liuxiang walked over, grabbed one of the hard workers who was working hard, and dragged him to a secluded place without saying a word.

Hu Tiehua and Li Si were a little puzzled.

Only Chu Liuxiang was full of confidence.

Li Gong who was being held back looked bewildered, threw down the salt bag, and struggled desperately, "My lord, please tell me what you want to do, don't do anything."

It wasn't until the four of them reached the edge of the port, where there were few people, that Hu Tiehua couldn't wait to say: "Old bug, why are you pulling a laborer? He is making money to support his family, so you just pull him here, just in case What if his salary was deducted by the boss?"

Hu Tiehua has always been straightforward and likes to fight for injustices, even if he has something to say to Chu Liuxiang.

Chu Liuxiang smiled, "If he cares about that little salary, it would be a pity for his real identity."

Hu Tiehua frowned, not understanding what this meant.

Li Si pointed at Li Gong, puzzled and said, "Isn't he Li Gong?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "Of course he is not a laborer, but a secret agent of the imperial court. His status is quite distinguished."

Li Gong couldn't get away, he shrank and said: "My lord, don't let your life be so young, how can I be a secret agent of the imperial court..."

Chu Liuxiang looked at Li Gong's old and yellow face, and said calmly: "Since I have recognized you, I have absolute proof. If you play stupid with me again, believe it or not, I will hit you until you admit it?"

Li Gong laughed a few times, "Xiang Shuai never liked to use violence, why did you say this to scare me?"

Li Gong has changed, although his face has not changed, but his tone of voice and demeanor have changed, from the timid just now to resolute and resolute.

Hu Tiehua was stunned for a moment, a person's temperament can change so quickly and so thoroughly, it can only show that his timidity just now is just pretending.

Li Gong frowned, puzzled and said: "It's just that I don't understand, I've already dressed myself up like this, how can Xiang Shuai recognize me?"

Chu Liuxiang sighed: "If you really want to act like a laborer, at least you have to train your body to resemble it first. Secondly, the laborer must ensure that the goods are loaded safely, so most of the laborers work very carefully. , I am afraid that the goods will be damaged, and my wages will be wasted, but you watched the salt bag on your back leak, and you still loaded the ship carelessly, and your mind was on other things. Which real laborer would be like you? casual?"

Li Gong looked up to the sky and smiled: "It turns out that something went wrong in such a small place. I am convinced that I am so handsome and intelligent."

Hu Tiehua widened his eyes, pointed at Ligong and said, "Who the hell is he?"

Chu Liuxiang said: "He is a secret agent of the imperial court. He is responsible for collecting information at the port and feeding the information to the higher authorities. If there are profiteers colluding or other gang activities at the dock, the upper management will immediately hear the news. Feng, nicknamed Dao Guang, you should all have heard of it."

Hu Tiehua looked up and down at Ligong, and couldn't believe it.

The light of the sword has no shadow, and all evils are wiped out. Even though he is a member of the poor family, his influence in the world is not small.

Hu Tiehua clasped his fists and sighed: "I didn't expect to see the famous Zhanfeng today. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Zhanfeng smiled, clasped his fists and said, "Hero Hu is joking, if you say he is famous, Xiang Shuai and Hero Hu are the ones who deserve it. Zhanfeng dare not fight against others."

After finishing speaking, Zhanfeng bowed his head in admiration, because he knew that if he was caught by Chu Liuxiang, he would not be able to leave without telling the truth, so he resigned to his fate and said, "What does Xiangshuai want from me? Just tell me, Zhanfeng dare not It can definitely be resolved, but as long as I know, I will tell the truth."

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