Poor Family

  Chapter 93 Track down the suspect (5)

On the busy Yongji Canal, a fleet of 20 black-topped cargo boats is being pulled by a team of trackers slowly heading north. Flag with the word 'Lu' written on it.

The Lu family used to be a common surname in Hebei. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was one of the five famous surnames and seven surnames in the world. When it comes to Fanyang Lu, everyone knows it. As time goes by, the Lu family gradually declines and disperses to In various parts of Hebei, the Lu family of Daming Fu is one of the branches.

At present, the Lu family of Daming Mansion is controlled by the three brothers of the Lu family. Like the Tangyin Li family, the three brothers of the Lu family have their own division of labor. The elder brother Lu Junen is in charge of the land and is a well-known landlord in Daming Mansion, while the second eldest Lu Junren is in charge of the Lu family’s property. , Lu Junren managed well, so that the Lu family's property spread across two roads in Hebei.

  The third child, Lu Junyi, liked to practice martial arts since he was a child. He visited famous teachers for more than ten years and trained a strong martial arts.

  Although the three brothers of the Lu family are powerful in the Daming Mansion, they usually help the poor and the weak, treat the tenant farmers well, and assist the government in arresting robbers and bandits. They have a good reputation in the Daming Mansion.

   Today's fleet is one of the three fleets of the Lu family, transporting a batch of cloth to Hejian Mansion, and the steward Ni Fu is in charge of transporting it.

This time, Ni Fu and Ni Fu took the boat to the north, accompanied by a little martial boy who was Lu Junyi's adopted son named Yan Qing. Yan Qing was only eleven years old this year. He had red lips and white teeth, and was extremely handsome. A lancet can make people appear and disappear, and is good at shooting short crossbows, which is very popular with the owner.

  Yan Qing went to Hejian Mansion this time to deliver a letter for his master, but this was the first time he went out alone. Yan Qing was in high spirits, looking around all the way, and kept asking the steward Ni Fu about this and that.

Ni Fu smiled and explained to him all the way. He pointed to a stone bridge in front of him and said, "That is the Daming Bridge. Although it looks a bit old, it is the oldest bridge in our Daming Mansion. It was built in four years by Daye in the Sui Dynasty. It has been years, and it has weathered wind and rain."

Yan Qing looked at the stone bridge in front of him curiously, but saw a dark-skinned young man in short clothes standing on the bridge, carrying a small bundle on his back, holding a dagger in his hand, and was concentrating on their boat, Yan Qing couldn't help laughing. : "The boy on the bridge is a bit weird!"

  Ni Fu was distracted. He secretly looked at a cargo ship behind him. He secretly hid a person in that cargo ship. Don't let Brother Yan find out.

  The boy on the bridge was Li Yanqing. He ran all the way and finally caught up with the Lu family's fleet, but he couldn't get on the boat. A stone bridge appeared in front of him, so he waited on the stone bridge first.

At this time, the tracker walked over the towing path under the bridge, and the fleet began to cross the bridge slowly. When there were only three boats left, Li Yanqing jumped off the bridge and landed on the last third boat lightly like an eagle. Unexpectedly, his behavior was seen by Yan Qing who had been following him.

  Yan Qing was in a hurry, pointed at the cargo ship and shouted: "That kid just jumped on board our boat, is he a cloth thief?"

  The manager Ni Fu's face changed, he knew that something bad was going to happen, and he hurriedly shouted to a few of the guys: "Boost the guy, drive him off the boat!"

  Five men picked up sticks and spears and ran towards the cargo ship behind, Yan Qing also drew out a lancet and rushed up.

Li Yanqing had already searched four boats, and jumped on the fifth last boat. He found something unusual when he boarded the boat. There were fresh urine stains on the stern of the boat. Someone just urinated on the stern. The canopy approached, and when there were two steps away from the Wupeng, someone suddenly roared, opened the curtain and rushed out, slashing at Li Yanqing head-on.

The opponent came fiercely, Li Yanqing's body was on one side, the opponent slashed through the air, but his back was exposed, Li Yanqing slapped the opponent's back heavily with the back of his sword, only heard a muffled cry, the opponent was whipped lying on the boat, He was tall and fat, with disheveled hair, protruding eyes like toads, and a fleshy face, just like an extremely ferocious wild boar. It was Liu Chenghong who hadn't seen him for five years.

   Li Yanqing's eyes turned red immediately, and he stabbed his sword fiercely into the socket of his shoulder, nailing him to the deck. Liu Chenghong screamed in pain, "Brother Qing... forgive me!"

   "When you killed my patriarch, did you ever think of letting him go?"

   "It was Li Wengui who did it, it has nothing to do with me!"

   "You're still talking nonsense when you're dying!"

  At this moment, someone yelled, "Don't be rampant, hurry up and let me go!"

Li Yanqing glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw a young man rushing towards him with a lancet in his hand. He was only one boat away from him. How could Li Yanqing let someone ruin his event? Qing was caught off guard, the stone hit him on the forehead.

  Yan Qing'Ah! ’ With a cry, he stepped on the ground and fell into the water. The men behind were too frightened to catch Li Yanqing and jumped into the water to save him.

  Liu Chenghong seized this opportunity and kicked Li Yanqing fiercely on the waist. Li Yanqing staggered and hit his back heavily on the awning.

Just as his body left the side of the boat, with one leg still in the boat, Liu Chenghong suddenly felt a chill in his back. He slowly lowered his head, and saw the tip of the sword protruding from his chest. The intense pain made him tear his heart apart. Lung screamed and died immediately, the corpse 'plopped! ’ fell into the water and disappeared immediately.

  Li Yanqing slowly knelt down on one knee, trembling with excitement, he followed for three days and three nights, and finally killed the three heroes of the Bai family and Liu Chenghong, and avenged the patriarch. At this moment, he just wanted to cry loudly.

  At this moment, a spear was pointed at the back of Li Yanqing's chest, and the wet Yanqing gritted her teeth and asked, "Boy, who are you, dare to play wild on the Lu family's boat!"

Although there was no blood on Yan Qing's forehead, there was a bruise, which was painful and itchy. He was so angry that he wished he could stab this brat to death with a single shot. He knew that this matter was not easy, so he didn't dare to really assassinate Li Yanqing.

  Li Yanqing said calmly: "I'm here to hunt down my enemy. You saw him just now. He's hiding on your cargo ship."

  Yan Qing was even more suspicious, and asked, "Who are you?"

   "I'm Tangyin Li Yanqing, have you heard of it?"

  'Li Yanqing? '

Yan Qing seemed to have heard of this name before, but couldn't remember where he had heard of it for a while, but also thought that he had suffered a great loss, so he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "I don't care who you are? I don't care what enemies you catch, But Lu’s boats don’t allow you to mess around, put down your sword, or I’ll stab you off the boat with one shot.”

  How could it be possible for Li Yanqing to be under his control? With a turn of his body, like a shadow, he was incomparably fast and left the tip of the spear in an instant, and then a cold light flashed, 'Crack! ’ The ash wood gun shaft was cut off by the sharp dagger, Yan Qing was furious, kicked Li Yanqing sideways with his kick.

With the help of his kick, Li Yanqing turned over as a kite, jumped into the river, and swam to the opposite bank, Yan Qing was so angry that he stomped his feet, his short crossbow happened not to be by his side, otherwise this fellow would not have escaped from his grasp Lose.

  A clerk pointed to the shore and shouted: "Dragon and Tiger are here!"

  Seeing three young men on horseback galloping towards this side, Yan Qing was overjoyed, the two sons came, and they couldn't escape even with their wings.

As soon as Li Yanqing climbed ashore, he saw three riders rushing towards him in the shape of a character. Two of the three were Lu Junyi's nephews, one was called Lu Wenlong and the other was called Lu Wenhu, and they all practiced martial arts with Lu Junyi. One was also from the Lu clan, and the three of them held guns and clubs, shouted and charged at Li Yanqing.

  Seeing that the situation was critical, Li Yanqing was merciless, and threw out two stones with great speed. Lu Wenlong and Lu Wenhu were caught off guard, and both stones hit their faces.

  The third person was taken aback, and hurriedly reined in the horse. He suddenly recognized Li Yanqing, and shouted: "Could it be Brother Qing?"

  Li Yanqing was taken aback, how could anyone know him? Taking a closer look at this person, it turned out to be Lu Wushi from Wang Gui's family.

  Li Yanqing put away the third stone, clasped his fists and said, "I didn't really offend the Lu family, I just avenged the patriarch and disturbed the Lu family's fleet. If I'm in a hurry, I'll go ahead and make amends next time. Let me go!"

  He stretched his long legs and rushed towards a forest. After a while, his figure disappeared into the forest.

Wushi Lu knew that he was a good rock-thrower, so he didn't dare to stop him, so he quickly got off his horse to visit the two yamen, and saw that they were all beaten to death, moaning in pain. General, the Lu family has never suffered such a big loss.

  At this moment, the steward Ni Fu tremblingly stepped forward and said, "Brother Yan, are you alright?"

  Yan Qing turned back and glared at him, "Why is there one person hidden in our fleet, have you explained it clearly to me?"

   "This... I don't know either, maybe he secretly hid in the boat by himself."

   "Nonsense! The fleet immediately turned around for me, and I will report this matter to the officials immediately."

  Under Yan Qing’s intimidating order, Ni Fu had no choice but to order the fleet to turn around and sail back to Lu’s Wharf in Nanle Town, Daming Prefecture.

  (end of this chapter)