The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 207 Born to be a pirate

Let's say that Jia Huan and others escorted the sedan chair Lin Ruhai and his daughter were riding into the old city of Yangzhou and walked along the street to the Yamen of the Xunyan Censor. The most important prisoner, or tainted witness - the poisonous scholar Shen Guan was imprisoned in the prison. In a prison car, dozens of soldiers were responsible for escorting them. In addition, the captured pirates were also escorted back. However, these young minions were not treated like sitting in the prison car. They just tied their hands and walked in a string with ropes. .

Yangzhou City is still relatively far from the sea, so it is rarely invaded by pirates and Japanese pirates. However, the reputation of Japanese pirates is too bad, so along the way, it still attracts a large number of people to watch and abuse, and some people even throw debris Go smash these pirates.

At this moment, there were a group of people standing in an inconspicuous corner, all wearing hats with the edge of the hats pressed very low, almost covering half of their faces. The leader was tall and had very hard facial lines. Due to the constant exposure to wind and sun, Because of his skin, his skin was bronze, and his eyes were as sharp as a falcon. He was staring coldly at the poisonous scholar Shen Guan in the prison car through the edge of the lid.

Several people next to the leader had equally tough expressions. Seeing the pirates being driven away like pigs and dogs, and being scolded and spat on by the common people, they actually showed a look of sorrow. One of the guys with yellow gold teeth spat on the ground. He took a sip and cursed in a low voice: "No wonder people say: Most of the people who are unfaithful are scholars, and all the happy parties are loyal chickens. This bastard, Lao Qi, is just a weakling. He actually betrayed Mr. Kang. Lao Si is so stubborn. It's a shame that he was Lin Ruhai, the bad official, had his head chopped off on the spot."

This guy with gold teeth is the private salt dealer who escaped from the prison cell of Miaowan Saltworks. He is nicknamed the Golden Tooth Dog. He is also the backbone of Dulong Island’s big salt lord Gu Sanma. He sits in the ninth position. The people below all called him Master Jiu. At this moment, there were two young men beside the golden-toothed dog. They were brothers Li Hongji and Li Hongyi who had escaped from prison together.

Brothers Li Hongji and Li Hongyi were both skilled in martial arts and could write and calculate. After joining Golden Tooth Dog, they quickly gained important positions and became Golden Tooth Dog's right-hand man.

Besides, the tall man at the head is the third master of Dulong Island. He is nicknamed Yi Dao. The people below call him Third Master or Dao Master. As for his real name, few people know it. Even the Golden Tooth Dog and The poisonous scholar Shen Guan didn't know either.

In fact, this man's real name was Kang Dayong, the second son of Kang Lingcheng. He claimed that he drowned at sea, but in fact he did not die. Instead, he became the third boss under Gu San Mazi, responsible for handling the private salt business there. , is both an agent and the hostage left on the island by the Kang family.

Kang Dayong has been fond of playing with swords and sticks since he was a child. Kang Lingcheng also took advantage of the situation and hired various martial arts masters with large sums of money to teach him martial arts. Therefore, Kang Dayong developed a good martial arts. Not only was he proficient in all eighteen martial arts, he was also quite good at riding and shooting. Yes, but I don’t know if this guy is too energetic. He is brave, cruel and easy to kill. Ten or eight of the Kang family’s servants who were usually training were killed, and even more were injured, so the Kang family All his servants are as afraid of him as the king of hell.

Originally, this was nothing. Servants were family property, and there was no problem in killing or injuring them. As long as no one sued the government, the government would ignore it. Moreover, with the wealth of the Kang family, many servants could afford it, but the worst thing was that Kang Dayong He also liked to cause trouble, and he would fight and hurt people outside, and even caused death. Although Kang Lingcheng used his relationships to settle things, there was no guarantee that he would be able to do it every time, so he simply sent him out to sea to become a pirate, and claimed to the outside world that the ship was sunk and flooded. died.

In this way, not only the servants of the Kang family were freed, but Kang Dayong was also freed, and he could kill and hurt others as he pleased without being bound by the law.

Originally, the living conditions at sea were not as good as those in the bustling city of Yangzhou, but Kang Dayong was happy with it. In addition to helping Gu San Mazi manage the salt field every day, he also led a group of pirates to sail around and commit crimes, rob passing merchant ships, and sometimes even They would go ashore and plunder the people, slashing and killing them for fun.

Kang Dayong never discriminated against objects when he robbed. He robbed the merchant ships of the Jin Dynasty, the merchant ships of the Oriental people, and the ships of the Flemish people. Sometimes he even went to Taiwan and Luzon to land and plunder. Of course, They also plundered the Jin people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas.

It is said that the sword was sharpened by the sharp edge. This guy became stronger and stronger through constant plundering. Not only did his martial arts become better and better, but his strength also became stronger and stronger. He gathered a large number of fierce bandits under his command, including Japanese ronin. There are warriors, there are also Wang Yang gangsters from the Jin Dynasty, and there are even Nanyang people and black slaves. These gangsters either have special skills, or they are brave and brave, and they are not afraid of death.

For example, the Japanese pirate Kato Saburo who successfully escaped from Jia Huan's gun was one of Kang Dayong's men.

Kang Dayong lives in the mainland and is restricted by the law everywhere, but he is very comfortable being a pirate at sea. He has found a stage where he can perform to his fullest. He is so happy that he doesn't want to go back to Yangzhou. He eats meat every day. The wonderful days of drinking wine from a bowl and dividing the money on a big scale. Occasionally, I snatched a few beauties and gave them to the boss, Gu San Mazi, and kept the rest for my own enjoyment. I lived a happy and carefree life, and it was like a hostage there. He became the number one general under Gu San Mazi.

Since Gu San Mazi got Kang Dayong, he destroyed several groups of pirates in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. His power became more and more powerful and his reputation became more and more famous. Therefore, he valued Kang Dayong very much. He not only made Kang Dayong the third master of Dulong Island , and also married the daughter of his wife Wang to Kang Dayong and recruited her as his son-in-law.

Of course, Gu San Mazi's first wife was also the snatched Mrs. Yazhai. Because she was quite pretty, came from a famous family, and had a lot of ambition, she gave birth to three sons for Gu San Mazi in one go, so she became the first wife.Wang also gave birth to a daughter, who is only 15 years old this year and is now Kang Dayong's wife.

Back to the subject, Kang Dayong stared hatefully at the poisonous scholar Shen Guan in the prison car, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes. It was this man who betrayed him. Now his parents and brothers have become prisoners and are locked up in the Xunyan Censor Yamen. If If the crime was proven, the person would be killed immediately, so he couldn't wait to cut the traitor Shen Guan into pieces.

With Kang Dayong's ferocious character, if he were outside the city at this moment, he might not be able to help but take action, but now in the city, he finally had a trace of reason and suppressed the murderous intention in his heart.

Li Hongji, who was next to him, glanced at Kang Dayong, who had bulging veins, and looked down upon him. He thought to himself, he is just a reckless man, but he can only beat him. With time, I will definitely be able to replace him, but he said flatteringly: "Third Master, give this to me." With a musket, I dare to shoot the traitor Shen Guan to death in the street." Kang Dayong looked at Li Hongji and said with satisfaction: "Xiao Ji, you are very good. In our line of work, you have to be fearless. But for this The time is not right to alert the enemy and let the traitor live a few more days."

Li Hongji felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. He didn't like people calling him Xiaoji (chicken), and he was not a child anymore. He was in his twenties, but he still said with a flattering smile: "As long as the third master says a word, Xiaoji I will go through fire and water for Third Master at any time."

Li Hongji has also read books. Although he is more extreme, he is also a chivalrous person. However, after experiencing the humiliation of carrying salt, his whole person has changed, becoming more extreme and selfish, and more cynical, well , I also learned to be able to bend and stretch, and to be flattering.

However, Kang Dayong just nodded to Li Hongji's expression of loyalty, because the people under him would go through fire and water for him, which was natural, otherwise what would be the use.

At this time, Kang Dayong's eyes fell on Tie Hu. At this moment, the latter was holding an iron rod and riding a horse to follow the prison car where the poisonous scholar Shen Guan was imprisoned. His tall body was like an iron tower, and the iron rod in his hand was It's also very eye-catching, very mighty and domineering, and he looks like a tiger general at a glance.

The golden-toothed dog whispered: "This man's name is Tie Hu. He is very good at fighting. I heard from the brothers who escaped that this guy killed many of us."

Kang Dayong licked his bloodthirsty lips, wrote down Tiehu's name, raised his chin again and said, "Is the scholar riding the white horse Jia Huan?"

A trace of hatred flashed in Li Hongji's eyes, and he shook his head and said: "The scholar riding the white horse is called Lu Xiangsheng, and the boy riding the black horse next to the sedan behind is Jia Huan."

At this moment, Jia Huan was riding a black horse, accompanying Lin Daiyu in the sedan chair. He was wearing a jade-colored scholar's robe, with sword-shaped eyebrows and beautiful eyes, red lips and white teeth, and a calm and gentle temperament.

Kang Dayong frowned and said: "This boy is so young, I'm afraid he hasn't even grown all his hair."

Although Li Hongji only met Jia Huan once, because he was insulted by Jia Lian, he hated the entire Jia family, including Jia Huan, so he sneered: "Third Master, don't underestimate me. He, although he is young, is full of evil ideas, insidious and cunning. This person is the one who led the team to raid Kang's mansion this time."

The golden tooth dog added: "It was also the reinforcements invited by this boy who saved Lin Ruhai, causing hundreds of our brothers to die in vain. The third master's Saburo Kato was also injured by this boy with a firearm."

When Kang Dayong heard this, his eyes were as cold as real, as if he wanted to punch a hole in the back of Jia Huan's head. However, at this moment, the curtain of the sedan next to Jia Huan was slightly lifted, and the person inside seemed to say something to Jia Huan. , and then lowered the curtains.

Both Kang Dayong and Li Hongji felt as if they were struck by lightning. Although it was just a glimpse, they were obviously stunned by the appearance of the woman in the sedan, and they were stunned for a moment.

"How could there be such a beautiful person in this world?" Li Hongji's heart was beating fast, and his whole body seemed to be numb.

Kang Dayong's eyes flashed and his breathing was obviously short. He never lacked women, whether at home or on the island. There were many young and beautiful maids in Kang Mansion. He had also snatched many women over the years, and there were many of them. Famous prostitutes in brothels, and even ladies from all over the world, all these women put together now seem to be inferior to the woman in the sedan chair.

"Who is the woman in the sedan?" Kang Dayong asked anxiously.

The golden-toothed dog shook his head and said: "I don't know, but I heard that Lin Ruhai only has one girl under his knees, and she is indeed very charming. Maybe she is this girl!"

(End of this chapter)