sbdcsierra Chapter 1871 The visitor is evil
Chapter 1871 The visitor is evil
Chapter 1871 The visitor is evil
Han Shusheng is a pretty good guy; before fleeing for his life, he didn't forget to give Zhai Guozhu, who was intimidated by Xing San's imposing manner, a push.
It was Han Shusheng's push that saved Zhai Guozhu from disaster. After staggering, Zhai Guozhu regained his balance and saw that Xing San's knife had already stabbed the spot where he had just been standing.
"Oh no!" Zhai Guozhu exclaimed and ran away.
At this moment, Wang Qiang and his men arrived with guns. They used the guns like clubs and went straight for Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu.
It's not that the Zhao family is brainless; the main reason is that the Ginseng King is about to appear, and it concerns whether one will spend money lying down or standing up in the next life. Wang Qiang and the others are all red-eyed with greed.
At this point, no matter who comes, they'll be given a good beating first.
Of course, this can also be seen as a form of protection for the person who came. After all, even getting a good beating is better than being stabbed.
"What are you doing?" Zhai Guozhu shouted hoarsely in fright as a tall, fat man charged towards him.
Han Shusheng, on the other hand, was quite clever. As he ran behind the tree, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "I want to see Team Leader Zhao! I want to tell Team Leader Zhao that someone punctured his car tires!"
"Ah!" Wang Qiang, who rushed in front of Han Shusheng, was stunned and quickly blocked Xie Chen behind him.
"What did you say?" Wang Qiang asked Han Shusheng, glaring at him. Han Shusheng, who was hiding behind a tree with only his upper head showing, said, "I saw Pang Gaoming use a screwdriver to puncture the wheel of Team Leader Zhao's big Liberation truck!"
"I'll show him off!" Xie Chen cursed loudly upon hearing this.
Ever since he joined the Zhao family gang, that big Liberation truck has been parked in front of the Zhao family's house every day. People who don't know the situation think that the truck belongs to the Zhao family.
But in reality, the car belonged to the Xie family; it was Xie Zhonghua who paid for it.
Upon hearing that his car wheel had been punctured, Xie Chen flew into a rage.
"What the hell did you say?" Xing San, who was a few steps slower, pointed at Han Shusheng and said, "Say it again!"
Seeing Xing San pointing a knife at him, Han Shusheng was terrified and regretted coming all this way.
At this moment, Li Baoyu and Zhao Jinhui stopped chasing Zhai Guozhu and instead headed this way with Li Ruhai and Ma Yang.
Seeing that more and more people were surrounding him, Han Shusheng hurriedly said, "I'm here to tell Team Leader Zhao that Pang Gaoming punctured the tires of his Liberation truck."
This time everyone heard it clearly, and Jie Chen jumped up and cursed, "Damn Pang Gaoming, what the hell did he do to my cartwheel?"
Before Wang Qiang and the others could react, they heard Han Shusheng from behind the tree say, "Last time in Yongsheng, didn't Team Leader Zhao have a fight with his family?"
Upon hearing Han Shusheng's words, Xing San and Wang Qiang knew what had happened. That time in Yongsheng Village, Pang Zhendong forced Zhao Jun to exchange secret techniques with him, only to end up with his eyes completely blacked out.
Fortunately, Pang Zhendong was in good health at that time; if it were now, he would have to go.
The feud between the two families is quite deep, so it's understandable that the Pang family would seek revenge.
But Zhao Jun can't be blamed for this. His family, the Pang family, was retaliating, so the Zhao family gang was bound to fight back.
"Baoyu, Xiaochen." Wang Qiang called to Li Baoyu and Xiechen, saying, "You two go up and tell your brother Jun about this, and then see what he says."
Given the situation above, outsiders definitely couldn't be allowed to go up. Wang Qiang and the others stayed behind to watch over Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu, while Li Baoyu and Xie Chen obeyed the order, picked up their guns, and headed up.
Seeing Zhai Guozhu cautiously approaching Han Shusheng, Wang Qiang took out some Hongtashan cigarettes from his pocket and went over to give them to Han and Zhai.
Since following his nephew's lead, Wang Qiang's life has been getting better and better, and now he's even smoking Hongtashan cigarettes.
When Li Baoyu and Xie Chen arrived in front of Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin, Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin were talking about the Ginseng King.
Seeing Li Baoyu and the other person, Zhao Jun looked up and asked, "What's wrong, Baoyu?"
“Brother, something’s happened.” Li Baoyu said first, which made Zhao Jun frown. Then Li Baoyu said, “My cart wheel was punctured by Pang Gaoming.”
"What?" Zhao Jun was taken aback. Li Baoyu continued, "The Third Uncle just came up here after he chased away those two forest rangers."
Upon hearing Li Baoyu's words, Zhao Jun immediately stood up and asked, "Where are they? Did they leave?"
“They didn’t leave,” Li Baoyu said. “My uncle is watching over them.”
"Let's go! I'll go ask." Zhao Jun said this and started to walk away.
Just then, Zhang Yuanmin's urgent voice came from behind: "Brother, don't fall for their trick to lure us away from our mountain!"
"Brother, what the hell are you talking about?" Zhao Jun felt that Zhang Yuanmin's words were quite difficult to understand.
"Brother, if you leave now, I'll be all alone," Zhang Yuanmin said. "Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but now that the ginseng king is right under the basket, we have to be careful!"
Zhao Jun probably understood that if he left, leaving Zhang Yuanmin alone, someone else might sneak up from another route.
However, Zhao Jun thought the chances of such a thing happening were slim, after all, there were dogs near the shack. No matter how stealthy a person is, he can't hide from a dog.
"Brother Jun." Just as Zhao Jun was dismissing it, Jie Chen took a step closer to him and said with a serious expression, "Brother Zhang is right!"
“Yes…yes, you stay!” Zhao Jun said, glancing at Li Baoyu again, “Baoyu, you stay too.”
After Zhao Jun finished speaking, he started walking away. When he saw Han Shusheng, Han Shusheng had already finished smoking a Hongtashan cigarette.
Smoking on the mountain requires considerable care. Han Shusheng squatted down, crushed the cigarette butt on the ground, and then stood up and stomped it out with his foot.
As Han Shusheng stood up, he looked up and saw Zhao Jun.
"Team Leader Zhao!" Han Shusheng hurriedly went to greet Zhao Jun, with Zhai Guozhu following closely behind.
After greeting the two men, Zhao Jun asked Han Shusheng, "Master Han, what exactly happened? Tell me."
"Here's what happened, Team Leader Zhao," Han Shusheng said. "Today, the two of us... were patrolling the forest, and when we came back, we saw the jeep parked behind your big Liberation truck."
"Oh no, there's still someone squatting by the wheel of the old Liberation truck. I was thinking, 'It's you guys,' and I was about to go over and say hello when the guy squatting behind the truck came up. I looked, and it was that bastard Pang Gaoming."
"Pang Gaoming of Yongsheng Village?" Although there was no one with the same name, Zhao Jun still needed to confirm, so he asked, "Pang the Blind's son?"
"Yes, that's him!" Han Shusheng said, "We're from the same village, how could I not recognize him?"
"What happened?" Zhao Jun pressed. Han Shusheng replied, "After that, he got in the car and left. When we got there, we saw that both of your big Jiefang trucks were flat."
"That bastard, I'll curse him!" Wang Qiang couldn't help but curse. Xing San's face was gloomy. Li Ruhai said from the side, "When we get back to the village, if I don't shovel manure out of his family, I'm not Li Ruhai."
"What are you talking about?" Zhao Jun glanced at Li Ruhai, then asked Han Shusheng, "Master Han, have they been gone for most of the day?"
“They’ve been gone for more than forty minutes,” Han Shusheng said. “We saw that the tires were flat, so we rushed over to tell you.”
"So which way did they go?" Zhao Jun asked again. He wanted to know whether Pang Gaoming's act of puncturing the tires was premeditated or a chance act of revenge.
"They went towards..." Han Shusheng frowned and thought for a moment, then said to Zhao Jun, "Team leader, they went towards Qing Shi La Zi."
"Qingshi Lazi?" Zhao Jun frowned, pondering the whereabouts and purpose of Pang Gaoming and his group.
If you're going to move mountains, there are two rock formations on either side of the bluestone. The right side is where they are currently standing, while the left side is where the Zhao family helped carry the amber dragon and the Pang family helped carry the stone dragon.
But I've never heard of any ginseng pits on the bluestone cliffs. Could it be that I don't know about them?
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun looked at Han Shusheng and said, "Master Han, I have a favor to ask of you, is that alright?"
"Team leader." Upon hearing this, Han Shusheng straightened up and said, "What you said can't be called a delegation; it has to be an order!"
"Hehe..." This person's words were so pleasant that Zhao Jun was amused. He immediately smiled and said, "What do you mean by 'no order'? I'm just asking you to do something for me."
Zhao Jun is a person who praises the powerful but doesn't belittle the weak, and when asking someone for a favor, you have to have the right attitude.
Zhao Jun's attitude flattered Han Shusheng, who immediately said loudly, "Team leader, you don't need to be so polite with me. Just tell me what you want me to do?"
"Let's talk in a bit, then let that..." Zhao Jun stopped mid-sentence, realizing that Li Baoyu and Xie Chen were not there. So he pointed to Zhao Jinhui and said, "Let Jinhui drive you two down, so you don't have to go on your own. After you get there, you two go up to Qing Shi La Zi and see if you can find Pang Gaoming and the others."
If you find them, write down how many people they are and where they are. If you don't find them, then forget it. Let's not force it; it's such a big mountain, isn't it?"
As Zhao Jun said this, he reached out his hand to Wang Qiang.
Without Zhao Jun saying a word, Wang Qiang knew what Zhao Jun meant, and quickly pulled out most of a pack of Hongtashan cigarettes from his pocket.
At this moment, Han Shusheng replied to Zhao Jun, "Okay, team leader, we'll go right away."
"Master Han, Master Zhai." Zhao Jun handed cigarettes to Han Shusheng and said, "This isn't a whole pack, but don't worry about it. Take these and smoke them on the street. I'll arrange something for you two later!"
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu both laughed. Han Shusheng said, "Team leader, you're too kind. We have cigarettes."
“You two have some, they’re for both of you.” Zhao Jun stuffed the cigarettes into Han Shusheng’s hand and said, “This isn’t a whole pack, don’t be stingy.”
"Not at all, not at all." Han Shusheng chuckled, holding a cigarette in his hand. "How could I complain about such good cigarettes? Well... team leader, let's go now."
"Hey, Jinhui." Zhao Jun beckoned to Zhao Jinhui and said, "You take Master Han and Master Zhai downstairs, and then drive the car back."
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhao Jinhui quickly responded. Just then, Li Ruhai called out to the group, "Brother Hui, wait a moment!"
Everyone turned to look at Li Ruhai, who then approached Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, I suspect that Pang Gaoming and his men went to that shack on Qing Shi La Zi."
Previously, the Pang family gang followed the saying "river water on the sunny slope flows to the shady side" to find Shilong and Mulong, and they stayed in the shack of Song Laowai and Xu Changming on the bluestone cliff.
On the first day, however, someone in the ginseng gang committed a psychological trick. Pang Zhendong had someone send him down the mountain, and then the news was inadvertently leaked out and was overheard by Li Ruhai.
At that time, Zhao Jun led the Zhao family gang to carry stone dragons in Lingnan. Li Ruhai then told Zhao Youcai about this, and Zhao Youcai made a phone call to Lingnan.
Li Ruhai made a point, and Zhao Jun, recalling these events, also felt that what Li Ruhai said was reliable.
At this moment, Li Ruhai turned to Han Shusheng and asked, "Master Han, you were watching Pang Gaoming, but Pang Gaoming wasn't watching you two, was he?"
"No, no." Han Shusheng shook his head repeatedly and said, "He definitely didn't see us. We were in the woods at the time."
"That's settled then." Li Ruhai nodded, then turned to Zhao Jun and said, "Brother, how about this? Let my brother Hui drive, take Master Han and Master Zhai over, and drop them off about two miles from the shack."
Then, tell my brother Hui to wait there for a while. Master Han and Master Zhai, go check on the shack. If Pang Gaoming is there, they'll say they're just patrolling the mountains and forests and are stopping by the shack. They'll come out, take the car back, and report back to us.”
At this point, Li Ruhai clenched his left fist and slammed it into his right palm, saying, "Let's keep this information safe and raid their shack!"
Hearing Li Ruhai's words, Zhao Jun's eyes lit up, and he said, "Let's do it!"
As arranged by Zhao Jun and Li Ruhai, Han Shusheng and Zhai Guozhu left with Zhao Jinhui by car.
Zhao Jun instructed Li Ruhai and Ma Yang to wait where they were, while he led Xing San and Wang Qiang back to the shack.
When Zhao Jun returned, Zhang Yuanmin and the other two asked what had happened. Zhao Jun explained the situation and the arrangements. Zhang Yuanmin sighed and said, "Brother, we've run into a hurdle."
"What the hell?" Zhao Jun was taken aback. He saw Zhang Yuanmin pointing at the basket of the ginseng king and saying, "How could this treasure fall into someone's hands so easily? The mountain god and the old man will definitely give us some trouble."
After saying this, Zhang Yuanmin looked at Li Baoyu and said, "It's like... Tang Sanzang and his companions' journey to the West, which involved eighty-one tribulations."
"Come on, Yuanmin," Wang Qiang glared at Zhang Yuanmin and said, "Stop talking nonsense."
“Uncle, this isn’t just superstition,” Zhang Yuanmin said. “Didn’t you hear? When the ginseng king was being carried to the Great Hall of the People, there was thunder and heavy rain.”
Hearing Zhang Yuanmin's words, Wang Qiang blinked and fell silent. He had indeed heard about this when he attended the Ginseng King Conference and chatted with those ginseng gang members.
Later, Wang Qiang asked Zhao Jun, and Zhao Jun also said that such a thing had happened.
"Damn it!" Zhao Jun cursed under his breath, then said, "No matter how difficult or challenging it is, no one can stop us from carrying this stick."
“I agree!” As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, Xing San said, “Kid, you don’t need to worry about him. If anyone gets in our way, I’ll deal with him.”
"Come on, Uncle San," Zhao Jun said to Xing San. "It's not necessary to kill him, and you won't have to lift a finger afterward."
At this point, Zhao Jun noticed that Xing San was getting agitated and seemed about to say something, so Zhao Jun quickly said, "Don't use a knife so easily, old man. If you stab someone and kill them, it'll be troublesome."
Upon hearing this, Xing San pursed his lips and said nothing, only standing up and saying, "Alright, it's already this late, I'll go cook."
After saying that, Xing San went into the shack.
Nearly an hour and a half had passed since Zhao Jinhui and his group left. By then, Zhao Jun and his companions had not only finished their meal but had also taken a nap in the shack for about half an hour.
Having conserved their energy, the Zhao family gang prepared to press on and continue their efforts to raise ginseng.
Just then, Black Tiger spoke again. Zhao Jun glanced at Black Tiger, told Xing San and Zhang Yuanmin to stay and guard the shack, and led the rest of the men down the mountain.
After walking about 70 or 80 meters, Zhao Jun saw Han Shusheng talking to Li Ruhai, while Zhao Jinhui, Zhai Guozhu and Ma Yang stood aside.
"Brother!" Seeing Zhao Jun approaching, Li Ruhai abandoned Han Shusheng, hurried a few steps to Zhao Jun, and said, "Something's happened!"
The child was always easily startled, and Zhao Jun was used to it. Besides, Zhao Jun didn't think anyone in the forest farm could challenge him.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Jun asked. Li Ruhai replied, "I heard from Master Han that there are about ten people in that shack in Qing Shi La Zi."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun's eyes widened, and he asked, "They've come to plunder the mountains?"
"It doesn't seem so, brother," Li Ruhai whispered. "Master Han said that Wang Yaoguang is here too."
"Oh!" Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun couldn't help but recall a phrase Li Baoyu had used yesterday: "The visitor is not friendly!"