Chapter 23 Chapter 23: Attack on the River

When they came to Jingjiang County on this day, Cheng Da took Zhao Guan to wait for the boat to cross the river at the ferry.Looking at the rushing water of the river, Zhao Guan looked very majestic, and said: Uncle Cheng, look at how magnificent the river is! Cheng Da looked at him with a smile and said, "Zhao Guan, you grew up by the Taihu Lake, so you must know the nature of water?"Zhao Guandao: Of course.Turning around, seeing the strange smile on Cheng Da's face, he asked: What's the matter?Cheng Da laughed and said: Nothing.I'm just looking at your face.You look exactly like your mother.

Zhao Guan snorted, but did not answer.Cheng Da said: What's the matter, am I wrong?Zhao Guandao: What's wrong with looking like my mother?I didn't have a father since I was a child, so how could I look like him?Cheng Da laughed and said: What are you talking about?Whether you look like your father or not has anything to do with whether your father is by your side or not?Some people die as soon as they are born and still look like Lao Tzu.I am like this myself, I have never looked at my father since I was born, but everyone says that I look exactly like my father. Zhao Guan laughed and asked: Who is your father?Cheng Da said: My old man is of course your grandfather.His name is Cheng Aoli, and he was the leader of the first youth gang in the world.He was a well-known handsome man in the Jianghu at that time, known as the jade-faced hero, and I heard that there were hundreds of girls who had had romantic relationships with him.

Zhao Guan let out a hey, and said with a smile: That's amazing!Ask again: How come you haven't seen your father?Cheng Da said: Before I was born, he was murdered.Zhao Guan asked: Who killed him?Cheng Da looked at the surging river, and said calmly: "That man is also dead."I forced him to commit suicide and avenged my father. Zhao Guan looked at his side, seeing his serious expression, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.Cheng Da turned around, smiled and said: Why are you talking about these past events?Hey, Zhao Guan, you're not happy that I said you look like your mother, because you don't like being so delicate, do you?Zhao Guan didn't expect him to ask such a question, his face blushed, and he quickly replied: No, what nonsense are you talking about?

Cheng Da said: "You are good-looking and you are not bad. The girls all throw themselves into your arms. What's wrong with you?"I was also very handsome when I was young, otherwise your mother never received guests easily, how could you let me into her boudoir? Zhao Guan looked at him, saw that he had a big beard, was rough and handsome, he really looked good, and thought: If only I looked a little more like him.But he said in his mouth: Bah!The mouse on the balance, claiming to praise himself!Cheng Da laughed and said: I am a mouse, you are the son of a mouse.Lowering his head, he whispered: I will teach you a way.When you grow up and grow a beard, you won't be afraid of people laughing at you as a rabbit.

Zhao Guan didn't know whether to laugh or get angry, so he gave him a look and thought: How does he know that people call me Master Rabbit? At this moment, the ferry boat swung over, Cheng Da didn't lead the horse aboard, but said: Get on the boat!Zhao Guan wanted to ask: Where is the horse?But seeing Cheng Da winking at him, Zhao Guan understood and kept silent.The two stepped onto the ferry, followed by more than a dozen people, all of whom were peasants, woodcutters and the like. When the ferry arrived in the middle of the river, Cheng Da suddenly said: "Zhao Guan, it's hot today, we should go into the water to cool off!"

Then he heard a scream from behind, but it was Cheng Da who single-handedly hacked a villager to death.Zhao Guan was shocked, and shouted: What?Immediately, it was clear that the peasant was lying on the board of the boat, still holding a dagger in his hand, obviously wanting to sneak attack.More than ten people on board, including the old ferryman, looked at the two of them coldly.Standing with a knife in his hand, Cheng Da said with a sneer, "When did the Changjing gang start robbery on the river again?" But when the old ferryman yelled, more than a dozen people took out their weapons one after another, some with knives and some with sticks, and attacked Cheng Da together.The light of the knife in Cheng Da's hand flickered, he quickly slashed three times, and chopped the first three people off the boat, and the people behind shouted and besieged them.But seeing Chengda's single-handed sword is extremely fast, it seems that he can only see the shadow of the sword, but not the blade.His moves are fierce, the sword sees blood, and he is fierce and quick. Zhao Guan has never seen such a brilliant sword technique, and he can't help but marvel in admiration.Just as he was fascinated, he suddenly saw a person slashing at him with a knife. Zhao Guan's martial arts skills were mediocre.Cheng Da took it with a knife and kicked the man into the water.The wooden boat shook violently, Zhao Guan grabbed the side of the boat to avoid being thrown off the boat.

At this time, Cheng Da had chopped and wounded more than ten people and kicked them into the water.Seeing Cheng Da Shenwei, the remaining two dared not fight again, one of them jumped into the water, intending to escape.Cheng Da picked up a knife and threw it at him, hitting his vest. The man screamed and sank into the river, with blood gushing out onto the surface of the river.In the end, only the old ferryman was left on the boat. He was so frightened that he dropped his weapon, knelt down on both knees, and shouted: "Hero, spare me!" Cheng Da snorted and said, "Did Zhang Jing send you to attack?"

The ferryman kowtowed and said: Yes, yes, it's the leader's order.Cheng Da said: Is he around here?The ferryman didn't dare not answer, so he nodded.Cheng Da said: You drive us back to the south bank.Tell Zhang Jing that my surname is Cheng Mingda and ask him to come see me immediately.I'm waiting for him at the Xuanlai Inn. The ferryman trembled all over and said in a trembling voice: Yes, yes!It turned out to be Master Cheng.The villain has blind eyes, so he doesn't know that you are Young Master Cheng.We were ordered to find this child, and we definitely did not intend to oppose you.There are a lot of young masters and adults, so forgive me!

Zhao Guan thought to himself: They are actually coming after me.What kind of young master is this prodigal son? Why is this old man afraid that he will become like this? Cheng Da said calmly: "Your Changjing Gang have been looting on the river, and they have become more and more arrogant in the past few years. Has no one cared about it?"The ferryman kowtowed continuously, and it took him a long time to stand up, take the oars, swing the boat back to the south bank, and let the two of them disembark. Cheng Da and Zhao Guan led the horses, went to the Xuanlai Inn by the river, and asked for a room.Cheng Da closed the door with a dignified expression, and said: Zhao Guan, tell me in detail again, how did your mother die?

Zhao Guan then narrated his mother's failure in chasing the flower picker, the flower picker committed suicide in the courtyard, went to find the Chen couple by himself, and saw that the whole house was killed after returning home, etc.Cheng Da frowned and said: "The opponent is so sophisticated, how could he send such a gangster like the Changjing Gang to arrest you?"They didn't even leave any clues about the flower picker, so they won't give us such a big clue again.Secondly, you said that there was another boy's body in the hall, and the enemy probably thought it was you, so why would they come after you again?How can these people from the Changjing Gang recognize you?

Zhao Guan lowered his head and thought, his heart was full of doubts, he thought to himself: Uncle Cheng has a rough appearance, but he is very thoughtful. Cheng Da thought for a while, and said: I can't figure it out for a moment.That kid Zhang Jing dare not not come to see me, when he comes, let's make sense.Zhao Guan asked: Why are they so afraid of you?Cheng Da smiled and said: They are not afraid of me, but of your grandfather Cheng Aoli. Zhao nodded.It was many years later that he realized that Cheng Aoli had been dead for nearly fifty years, how could these people be afraid of him?They were actually afraid of Chengda himself.In the past, Cheng Da called on members of the Youth Gang to go straight to the main altar of the Youth Gang and forced the leader Wang Wenxi to commit suicide in order to avenge his father.He refused to accept it, but gave up the position of gang leader to Zhao Zixiang, the son of Zhao Henshui, the leader of the gang who has been kind to him.The members of the gang respect and admire Cheng Da, and still regard him as the heir to the boss of the Qing Gang.Therefore, although he is a rogue, his status in the gang is very high.Although decades have passed by now, Cheng Dayi's reputation as brave and fierce is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and his prestige is still there. How dare ordinary small gangs dare to stroke the tiger's beard so easily? Not long after, there was a voice outside the door, and a person said outside the door: "Master Cheng, the villain Zhang Jing is begging to see you!"Cheng Da said: Come in! A man in black with a small head and sharp face walked in quickly, bowing and bowing constantly, and lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Cheng Da. Cheng Da said: "Zhang Jing, you are so courageous, you have come on my head!"Zhang Jing repeatedly said: "Don't dare, dare not!"The villain really didn't know he was Young Master Cheng.Otherwise, I would have the guts to dare to attack Young Master Cheng.Cheng Da snorted and said, "I'm sorry you don't dare!"Tell me the truth, who sent you to catch this kid? Zhang Jingdao: "To tell you the truth, the villain is ordered by his superiors."The villain was strictly ordered about this matter and dared not say more.Cheng Da said: "Above?"Is it the Green Gang?Zhang Jing said: "The villain dare not say it."Cheng Da said angrily: If you don't tell me, can't I find out?Say it quickly, so as not to suffer the pain of flesh and blood right now! Zhang Jing was very embarrassed, hesitated for a long time, and then said: Yes, yes!Well, in fact, the villain's move this time was not ordered by the Qing Gang.Cheng Da wondered: If you don't take orders from the Green Gang, who else will you take orders from?Zhang Jing didn't answer.Cheng Da turned his head and thought for a while, then blurted out: "It's the Dragon Gang?" Zhang Jing didn't answer, obviously acquiescing.Cheng Da pondered and said: After Madam Ling retired, she passed the position of leader to Huxia's confidant Yun Longying.In recent years, Yun has organized the Dragon Gang so well that it can stand up to the Qing Gang and have great power. It is no wonder that you will obey the Dragon Gang.Zhang Jing said: "Your old man has a clear lesson." Cheng Da stared at him and said: You are afraid of the Dragon Gang, but I am not.Is this an order from Gangzhu Yun?Zhang Jing hesitated for a while, but couldn't escape Cheng Da's sharp eyes, sighed, and said: "Master Cheng, I'll tell you, please don't say that I revealed it."Cheng Da nodded and said: I understand. Zhang Jing glanced at Zhao Guan, and said: This started several years ago.At that time, an envoy of the Dragon Gang came to our gang to deliver an order, mentioning the son of a prostitute in Suzhou Qingfeng Pavilion, and asked us to take good care of him, so we paid attention to this young master a few years ago.Later we heard that something happened in the Qingfeng Museum, our eyeliner saw the young master leaving Suzhou City, I reported it, and the dragon gang envoy asked us to invite the young master as soon as possible and escort him to the Dragon Palace immediately. After hearing this, Cheng Da and Zhao Guan looked at each other in surprise.Cheng Da asked, "Why does Gang Master Yun attach so much importance to this child?" Zhang Jing faltered for a while, and then said: "This matter, of course, the villain has not been informed by the superiors."In fact, our brothers are also very curious, so we went to investigate quietly. Well, it seems to be like this.More than ten years ago, Master Yun stayed in Suzhou for a while, went to the Qingfeng Pavilion every three days, and heard that he had a good relationship with a prostitute surnamed Liu.We thought about it later, only Liu Qiniang, the owner of the Qingfeng Pavilion, was surnamed Liu, and the leader of the Yun Gang was probably Liu Qiniang's guest.Later, we found out that this young master was Liu Qiniang's only son, so, um, we naturally guessed that was the case. Cheng Da laughed when he heard this.Zhang Jing didn't know what he said wrong, and looked at him puzzled.Zhao Guan was also stunned and couldn't help scratching his head.