Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Underwater Kung Fu

However, after the grain ship left Suzhou, the first part of the journey was very calm. The fleet sailed along the Grand Canal, passing through Hushuguan and Wangting, and arrived in Wuxi, where it anchored that night.Zhao Guan waited for the opportunity to slip out of the boat, stole some sesame seed cakes, and ate them quietly with Han'er.He also took a pair of Wuxi clay dolls and brought them back for Han'er to play with.Han'er liked it very much, and played with it all night long, unable to put it down.At night, the two of them slept on the sack. The next day the ship sailed again and arrived at Changzhou Prefecture at noon.Zhao Guan was about to run out to make lunch, but heard the sound of the cabin door, a sailor came in, bumped into two children, stunned, and shouted: Someone is hiding on the boat!After yelling like this, the rest of the sailors rushed over, Zhao Guan and Han'er had nowhere to hide, they were immediately arrested by all the sailors, they were escorted to the deck, and they came to a man with a black cloth on his head , who appeared to be the captain of the sailors on board.The tall sailor holding Han'er said: Headquarters Gan, these two children are hiding in the cabin, what should I do?

Before Nagan's headquarters could answer, the little sailor who was escorting Zhao Guan said harshly: "The Clan stipulates that if idlers break into the Qing Clan's grain ship, they will be killed!"Although these two are children, they cannot be let go.The tall sailor said hesitantly: "These two children are only eight or nine years old. They probably came aboard for fun, and they don't seem to have any plans."How can I wait to kill innocent people indiscriminately?The little sailor shook his head and said: "Do you remember that last year Boss Jiang's boat in Changzhou was capsized by a water ghost, and five thousand shi of white grain was drowned. The culprit was a fifteen-year-old boy!"The altar owner was furious, the debt has not been paid up to now, how can I be careless?As he spoke, he looked towards Gan's headquarters.

Headquarters Gan obviously listened more to the little sailor, nodded and said: "These two children act suspiciously, maybe they are undercover agents sent by the enemy."The important matter of transporting grain should not be ignored at all.You killed people tonight, just sink them into the canal.Zhao Guan and Han'er glanced at each other, their hearts filled with horror.The tall sailor couldn't bear it in his heart, and said: "Human life is at stake, I think it's time to report to the Tian Ling Gang first, and then worry about it." At this moment, I heard the sound of the gong outside, Dangdang, Dangdang, Dangdang, it was the signal to summon the headquarters of all ships.Headquarters Gan stood up and said: How can you bother Tian Lingbang with such a trivial matter?Quickly escort them to the back cabin and lock them up carefully.

The two sailors agreed, and lifted Zhao Guan and Han'er out of the front cabin.Zhao Guan heard a glimmer of hope from the mouth of the tall sailor, and in desperation, he yelled loudly: "Tian Lingbang, Tian Lingbang!"kill it!help!The little sailor who carried him hastily covered his mouth.At this time, the gong had just sounded, and the headquarters of all the ships went ashore to gather. Many people heard his shout and turned their heads one after another.Among the headquarters of the ships on the shore, the leader is an extremely burly man.Hearing the child's scream, the big man turned his head to look, and saw two men carrying a child in each hand, rushing into the back cabin, and shouted: "General Manager Gan, what's going on?"The sound was loud and loud, coming from the shore, it was like shaking people's ears and drums.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Gan's headquarters felt very embarrassed, and replied: "It's no big deal to report to Tian Lingbang."The two urchins ran onto my boat and were found by my subordinates. I will deal with them myself.The big man Tian led the gang and said, "What are you going to do with it?"Headquarters Gan said: Dispose of it according to gang regulations.Tian Ling gave a hum and said, "Let's not be busy."After the party, take people on my boat and I'll handle it.Gan headquarters had no choice but to respond. After noon, Zhao Guan and Han'er were brought onto the largest boat and came to the leader of the big Han Tian.Standing and sitting beside him, there were more than a dozen other people, presumably they were all the headquarters of major ships.Zhao Guan's hands and feet were tied, and he sat on the ground. He raised his head to look at the leader of the field, but saw that he was surprisingly tall, sitting as tall as a normal person standing, with knotted muscles, a coarse clothes, a knife hanging around his waist, thick eyebrows and big eyes, The appearance is very mighty.Zhao Guan thought in his heart: This man looks like a straightforward and straightforward man, I don't think he will kill the two children.

But Tian Lingbang said, "Little boy, what's your name?"from where?Why stole my Qingbang grain ship?The voice was loud and harsh. Zhao Guan calmly replied: My surname is Zhao, and my single name is Guan.I am from Suzhou, and I stole your boat to send this little girl home.This little girl is the daughter of Zhou Dashi, who was kidnapped and sold to Suzhou Yanshui Lane.Seeing injustice, I drew my sword to help her escape from the clutches of human traffickers, and planned to take a ride and send her home. Seeing that he was not afraid, Tian Lingbang saw that he was not afraid, his words were clear, and what he said was even rarer, he was very surprised, he turned his head and asked Han'er: "Is what he said true?"Han'er nodded and said: What he said is true.

Tian Lingbang lowered his head to look at Zhao Guan, but seeing his handsome face and clever expression, he didn't know whether to trust him or not, and how to deal with these two children.He muttered to himself: We people who live in the Jianghu have strict gang rules. Although what you did was a righteous deed, it is still a death penalty for you to steal our grain ship.How should I deal with it? I can't violate the gang rules. Zhao Guan listened to his tone loosened, and thought: This person seems to be quite moral, and he doesn't want to kill me in his heart.But if he wants to spare my life in front of everyone, these people must be convinced.Now he boldly said: "Well, you are a person who walks the rivers and lakes, and I am also a person who walks the rivers and lakes."I'll make a bet with you.If I win the bet, I will ask you for my life and the little girl's life, and please allow me to escort her back to the capital.If I lose, I will lose my life, and you can take it.

Tian Lingbang was even more surprised, this child was only eight or nine years old, when faced with this situation, he didn't panic and cry, knelt down and begged for mercy, and actually said such words, with a quack tone, but he didn't seem to know any martial arts look like.He asked: What are you going to bet on? Zhao Guandao: Just bet that I can stay underwater longer than you.As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the cabin burst into laughter.One person said: "Little boy, do you know what Tian Lingbang's nickname is?"Another person said: Brother Tian Zhong is known as the Flood Dragon Saber, and his underwater kung fu is the best.Why don't you compare yourself to underwater kung fu with him?

Unexpectedly, Zhao Guan smiled and said: Do you know what my nickname is?The big men didn't expect that this kid also had a nickname, they were all Daqi, and asked: What is it?Zhao Guandao: My nickname is underwater fish.You Jiaolong have to stick out of the water from time to time to breathe, but my underwater fish live in the water all their lives, let alone come out of the water. When everyone heard this, they didn't believe it, and encouraged them: "Tian Lingbang's ability in the water has never been defeated by anyone, why don't you compare with this kid and let him know how good it is!"Tian Lingbang, show him some color!Don't let a child look down on our Green Gang.

Seeing the kid bragging, Tian Lingbang was dubious in his heart, and immediately said: Good!I bet you.Come and untie him.All the headquarters wanted to see the commotion and applauded loudly, a man came over to untie Zhao Guan's hands and feet. Zhao Guan moved his hands and feet, smiled and looked calm.Zhou Han'er watched from the sidelines, her face turned pale with worry.Zhao Guan smiled at her, turned to Tian Lingbang and said: Tian Lingbang, before getting into the water, I have a small request. Tian Lingbang asked: "Why?"Zhao Guandao: I want to drink a bag of wine.All the men laughed and said, "Little boy, what wine do you drink?"Zhao Guan stared and said: I, Zhao Guan, are famous for drinking.If you have the guts, why not come and bet on wine with me, my chances of winning are more than ten times higher than betting on underwater kung fu.Everyone laughed in disbelief.

Tian Ling said, "Okay, bring the wine!"Someone took a bag of spirits.The members of the Green Gang are all rude men, sweating and working hard all day long on the grain ship under the sun, drinking hard alcohol. Zhao Guan took it, laughed, uncorked the wine, raised his head and drank it, gulping, actually drank half a bag.He wiped his mouth, handed the wine bag to Tian Lingbang, and said: Tian Lingbang, I respect you!Tian Lingbang saw that he was drinking happily, so he took it, and raised his head and took a big gulp.Zhao Guan took turns to pay respects to the other headquarters in the boat, and each time he raised his head and took a big sip. After a short time, he finished a bag of wine and praised: "Good wine!"He wiped his mouth, brought an empty wine bag to the edge of the boat strings, and said to Leader Tian: Shall we start now? Seeing that the child behaved strangely, the leader of Tian didn't dare to be negligent. He took off his waist knife, took off his jacket, tightened his belt, and confessed to the headquarters beside him: You are all witnesses here.I made a bet with this little brother, whoever stayed in the water for the longest time won.Whoever pokes his head out first loses.When you count to three, we'll go into the water together.Everyone happily agreed.When the sailors on other ships heard about it, they all came to the side of the ship to see the show. But hearing many sailors from the headquarters counting to three in unison, Tian Lingbang and Zhao Guan jumped into the water from the side of the boat together.The river was dark and heavy, and everyone could only vaguely see the figures of the two floating under the water, cheering loudly, cheering for the leader of the field, and the river was full of noise. After a long time, neither of them came out.The crowd is even more excited and their voices are louder.Han'er also leaned on the side of the boat and watched, worried and anxious in his heart, secretly praying: I hope Zhao Guan can win, I hope Zhao Guan can win!But she thought to herself that Zhao Guan is just a child, how can he beat the leader of the boat gang in underwater kung fu?He stared straight at the water, bit his lips, and his heart beat like a drum. After a long time, suddenly there was a click, and a person poked his head out. It was Tian Lingbang, who let out a big breath.The onlookers turned pale with fright, shouted and sighed endlessly.After half a moment, Zhao Guan also poked his head out of the water, his face was pale, and he gasped loudly, as if he drank the water.Tian Lingbang reached out and grabbed him, pulled him to swim to the side of the boat, and the sailors hurriedly pulled the two onto the boat. Zhao Guan knelt on the board of the boat, vomiting water continuously, looking extremely embarrassed.Zhou Haner rushed to his side and shouted: Zhao Guan!Zhao Guan!are you all right?Zhao Guan's face was as pale as paper, but he laughed, looked up at Tian Lingbang, vomited, panted, and said intermittently: I, I won! Tian Lingbang stared at him, nodded and said: Yes, little brother, I admit defeat.I, Tian Zhong, keep my word, I will not kill you, and I will allow you and the little girl to take my boat and send her back to the capital! As soon as this remark came out, the sailors at the headquarters headquarters in the audience were all amazed, whispering and talking, but no one was unconvinced.Zhou Han'er was overjoyed, stretched out his arms to hug Zhao Guan, and couldn't help crying out loud. After this gambling test, leader Tian Zhong admired and respected Zhao Guanhaosheng, he was worthy of his brother, and let the two children live in the cabin next to his own, with good food and comfortable living.Zhou Han'er narrowly escaped death, and said to Zhao Guan: At that time, I was worried to death.I didn't expect you to be so good at underwater!Zhao Guan just smiled and didn't answer.