Chapter 4 Crisis
Developing good living habits is a very important thing.
For example, when it comes to things like getting up at night, Xu Yang basically doesn't get up at night. Even if he gets up occasionally, he won't rush out of the warehouse. He usually opens the hatch to solve the problem.
After all, the Dongting is vast and full of dangers, especially at night. Who knows what accidents may happen, so I try my best not to leave the cabin, even if I get up at night, I have to deal with it in the cabin.
Not only him, but other old boat owners are the same. If they can afford it, they will prepare a toilet, and if they can't, they will build a cabin. Only those young people who don't know life and death and are too lazy to pay attention will go outside the boat to dig out the birds.
Although Zhang Cheng is also an old boatman and understands the boatman's rules on the water, his two sons do not have such awareness.
so……
Xu Yang didn't wait long when he saw a man walking out of the cabin, half asleep, and came to the side of the boat to take off his belt.
He is Zhang Cheng's eldest son. Compared with the second son who will die for him, he is smaller in stature.
But Xu Yang was not picky. He clenched the pebble in his hand and threw it violently with his arms.
Most of the hidden weapon techniques use force from the wrist, but Xu Yang doesn't know any hidden weapon techniques, so he can only use his body's instinct to throw the pebbles with his arms.
This technique has huge movements and many flaws. Even ordinary people, let alone warriors, can dodge it very easily.
But the eldest son of the Zhang family had woken up at night to relieve himself. He was half asleep and half awake, so there was no evasive reaction.
"puff!!!"
There was only a sound of water rushing, covering up a heavy thump. The eldest son of the Zhang family, who was standing on the bow of the boat, groaned, fell down, fell into the water, and exploded in a circle of water.
"Boss?"
In the cabin, Zhang Cheng, who was sleeping lightly, was also awakened by the movement outside and hurriedly walked out of the cabin to check.
Seeing that there was no one at the bow of the boat and there were circles of water splashing on the side, Zhang Cheng suddenly panicked and shouted: "No, brother, wake up quickly. Your brother has fallen into the water. Go and save him." Come up."
"What's wrong, Dad?"
Hearing Zhang Cheng's panic shouting, the fit second son of the Zhang family also walked out of the cabin, rubbing his eyes.
"Your brother fell in. Quick, get into the water and rescue him."
"oh!"
The second son of the Zhang family didn't notice anything strange and jumped directly into the water, leaving Zhang Cheng waiting nervously by the boat with a light.
"This damn boy, I told you not to leave the cabin at night because of the strong winds and waves, but you just didn't listen. It's okay now..."
Zhang Cheng held a lantern and angrily cursed at the side of the boat, but he didn't feel anything was wrong.
until……
"Gululu!!!"
There was a sound of bubbles, and something seemed to be moving under the water. Zhang Cheng's pupils shrank, and he looked with a lantern, and saw a large number of bubbles and scarlet blood emerging from the dark and deep water.
"this……"
"Dick!!!"
Zhang Cheng finally realized something, screamed, picked up the oar and thrust it underwater, but he couldn't touch anything.
"Boss, second child!"
This made Zhang Cheng's face full of panic, and he screamed at a loss.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of water coming from behind. Zhang Cheng's eyes narrowed and he turned around hurriedly.
result……
"puff!!!"
A flying stone came through the air and hit him hard on the door, bursting into a cloud of bright red blood.
Zhang Cheng felt his vision go dark, and he felt severe pain. Then the world started spinning, and he involuntarily fell over on the bow of the boat.
At the same time, a big hand climbed onto the edge of the boat, then turned over from the water and rushed straight in front of Zhang Cheng with the knife in hand.
"puff!!!"
There was a muffled sound, and the sharp blade penetrated the body. The body stretched and twitched, and it became tense, but soon it became weak and softened, and there was no response.
"puff!"
Xu Yang pulled out the sharp knife, looked at the corpse, his expression did not change at all, and drove the knife into the opponent's chest again.
"Puff puff!"
In this way, after three blows, Xu Yang stopped, turned around, jumped into the water, fished out the two corpses, and threw them on the board of the ship.
It is the Zhang brothers.
They saw multiple wounds on their bodies, their throats were cut, and their hearts were pierced. They were already dead.
Three corpses were piled neatly together.
Xu Yang also rolled onto the boat and entered the cabin to rummage around.
After a while, Xu Yang walked out of the cabin with a bag tied around his waist. He ignored the bodies of Zhang Cheng and the other three, skillfully held up the boat and sailed towards the deep lake area.
Boating (quick, choppy, calm)
As a fisherman, an experienced fisherman who has lived on the water for more than 40 years, Xu Yang's boating skills needless to say. He has already developed skills and developed characteristics. Boating on the water is fast and stable.
In just half a cup of tea, Xu Yang drove the boat into deep water, then returned to the cabin and dug holes in every part of the bilge.
"Gululu!"
"Gululu!"
The bilge was drilled through and the lake water poured in. Xu Yang came to the bow of the ship and tied heavy objects to the three corpses and tied them to the hull. .
After doing all this, Xu Yang turned over and jumped into the water and quickly swam away from the place.
In the vast Dongting Lake, destroying corpses and eradicating traces is a very simple matter. As long as you sink the corpse, all the subsequent work will be completed for you by the fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs in the lake. In the end, only three people will be left. Skeletons that no one could identify sank to the bottom of the lake.
As for the subsequent effects, there is no need to worry. The fishermen who make a living on the water are living a precarious life. Any accidents may happen, such as big waves, encounters with water monsters, or other reasons that cause the boat to be destroyed and people to die... …
Things like this happen all the time, and it's not surprising at all.
Therefore, Xu Yang does not need to worry about the impact that the death and disappearance of the Zhang family and his son will have on him. Even if they meet today, no one would think that he, an old fisherman, can bring the Zhang family and his son to the rescue. All three were killed.
And when someone is so whimsical and puts suspicion and suspicion on him, it doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not. As long as there is intention and suspicion, they will definitely take action against him.
After all, he is just a fisherman, a humble pariah. No matter whether he kills the wrong person or the right person, he does not need to bear any consequences. When he acts like this, he has no scruples. All he needs to do is make a guess.
Xu Yang knew this, so he acted very decisively, killing the Zhang family and his son that night.
…
In the middle of the night, the osprey came down and stood on the bow of the boat.
Xu Yang also emerged from the water, quickly turned onto the boat and entered the black awning cabin.
Entering the cabin, he took off the sharp knife, wiped away the bloody moisture, and then put it back into the secret compartment of the cabin. Then he calmly sat down, opened the small bag, and counted the harvest of tonight's operation.
As the saying goes, the golden belt of murder and arson is the fastest way to strengthen oneself by plundering without considering the risks.
Although the targets of Xu Yang's robbery tonight were a group of poor men who were not much better than him, it still brought him a surprise.
Xu Yang poured out all the contents in the bag, among which a few yellow and white items were the most conspicuous. In addition, there were a lot of copper coins and a green jade pendant.
Needless to say, the copper coins were the savings of Zhang Cheng's family, but those chubby silver ingots, a few brilliant gold leaves, and the green jade pendant were obviously not the wealth that a fisherman's family could accumulate.
A few ingots, estimated to be one hundred and eighty taels, plus the gold leaves and jade pendants, this windfall was enough for Xu Yang to leave Dongting Lake, go to the city to buy a mansion and have beautiful maids, and enjoy the extravagant and decadent wealth.
Seeing this, Xu Yang also understood why Zhang Cheng and his son wanted to find him.
Their real purpose was to use this old guy as a cover to cash in some of the gold and silver they had somehow obtained in the name of "inheritance", thereby improving their living conditions.
Don't ask why they didn't spend it directly. If they dared to take out such a large sum of gold and silver, the Goldfish Gang would dare to let them sink to the bottom of the lake.
Without enough strength, wealth and beauty will only lead to death.
Therefore, they did not dare to sell the gold and silver directly, so they could only try to realize it slowly.
The legacy of the old guy Xu Yang was one of the ways they found to realize it.
As for the origin of this gold and silver...
"Caught from the bottom of the water?"
"Dig it on the island?"
"Killing and robbing?"
"who cares!"
Xu Yang didn't get too entangled in the unproven things and simply put them away to enrich his family fortune.
Although he had money, the money in his hands was not much different from that in the hands of Zhang Cheng and his son. They could not be used.
Xu Yang is a very self-aware person. Although he has many skills now, not many can be used in battle. There is no way to fight against warriors, let alone a gang composed of many warriors.
Therefore, he cannot use this gold and silver yet.
In addition, the approach of Zhang Cheng and his son also exposed a problem.
He... is too old!
If he had lived for a few more years, the Goldfish Gang might have noticed him and become suspicious, not to mention those bastards who were waiting to eat their food.
But if "Old Xutou" dies, what identity will he use to buy necessary supplies for life?
Disguise?
Will it arouse suspicion and attract prying eyes?
Xu Yang frowned, thought for a long time, and finally let out a secret sigh: "After all, I'm still not strong enough."
After saying that, he stood up and prepared to light a fire and cook a midnight snack to replenish the energy he had just consumed.
But after midnight snacks, Xu Yang was still thinking about the next development and direction.
The official identity of "Old Xutou" will soon be unsustainable. Next, he must use his new identity to communicate with the outside world and purchase supplies.
But if a stranger appears for no reason, it is likely to attract attention and cause trouble.
The best way to deal with these troubles is to improve your strength.
How to improve?
At present, the only thing he can rely on is the attribute panel.
Xu Yang checked the various skills he had mastered now. Most of them were auxiliary. Only a few could improve combat power, but the effect was not obvious. Such as sharpening swords, flying rocks, and chopping, they could only deal with ordinary people. When a person meets a warrior with extraordinary power, there is only one word - send!
Therefore, new skills must be developed as soon as possible, new skills that enhance basic combat power.
But how to develop it?
