Chapter 23 A treasure is spied on

Chapter 23 A treasure is spied on

Chapter 23 A treasure is spied on
When Xiao Xia opened the door, Xiao Zhurong had already run to open it.

"Balang, the Chen family has gone too far this time. We must teach them a lesson. We'll be waiting for you outside!"

Several warriors ran away.

"Balang, what happened?" Xiao Xia asked.

"The Chen family seized our dock and injured the manager. We have to take it back."

Xiao Xia's heart moved, and he asked hurriedly: "How to rob?"

"It's just a group fight, whoever loses gets kicked out!"

Xiao Xia suddenly felt itchy and had endless energy in his body, so he wanted to find a place to vent it out.

"I'll go with you!"

"you?"

Xiao Zhurong hesitated for a moment, looked at him and said, "The other side are all level three warriors, can you handle it?"

"I run fast, if you can't beat me, I'll run!"

Xiao Zhurong thought about it and felt that it was no problem. He could protect him and take Xiao Qilang out to broaden his horizons.

"Okay! Hurry up and pack up. I'll wait for you!"

Xiao Xia packed up a little, took her dagger and went out with Xiao Zhurong.

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In Jiangdu, the Xiao family is one of the most powerful local tyrants. It has to support so many clansmen and warriors and maintain a huge industry. The Xiao family's industries mainly involve logistics, trade, shops, casinos, brothels, restaurants, etc.

Among them, logistics is the Xiao family's mainstream business. Logistics mainly involves three areas: freight, docks and warehouses. In Jiangdu, powerful families have set up trading companies to control logistics.

Therefore, Jiangdu currently has three major trading companies, Liuji Trading Company, Xiaoji Trading Company and Chenji Trading Company, which correspond to the three major local tyrants in Jiangdu.

The three local bosses often fought each other for the port territory and resources.

In front of the gate of the Xiao Mansion, one hundred third-level warriors gathered quickly. They were divided into two teams, each with fifty people.

It was Xiao Xia's first time to participate in the Xiao family's warrior action. He stood in a team with Xiao Zhurong.

At this time, Xiao Xia's eyes fell on the leader of the second team, and he was stunned. The leader of the second team turned out to be Liu Erhu.

Seeing his strange expression, Xiao Zhurong followed his gaze and said with a smile, "Did you know? This Liu Erhu got a promotion."

"When did this happen?"

"It's been a while. He was promoted to deputy leader of the third-level warriors. I heard that he has some relationship with you."

"What does it have to do with me?"

Xiao Zhurong lowered his voice and said, "It is said that Xiao Jiangu was jealous of your meritorious service in finding the spear, so he arranged for Liu Erhu to deal with you. Unexpectedly, Liu Erhu went and told my second uncle, who was very angry and gave Xiao Jiangu a good beating. Then he promoted Liu Erhu."

Xiao Xia nodded. Zhang Jue said that Liu Erhu was very scheming, and it was true.

He deliberately got close to Xiao Jiangu and became his confidant. When he found out that Xiao Jiangu was about to do something stupid, he decisively informed the second master Xiao Hu.

In addition, Liu Erhu himself has outstanding martial arts skills, so he naturally won the appreciation of the second master Xiao Hu.

Liu Erhu quickly counted his men. When he turned around, he unexpectedly met Xiao Xia.

"Hey! What are you doing here?"

Xiao Xia pointed at the iron plate on his waist. Liu Erhu's eyes showed a hint of mockery. "I forgot that you are also a third-level warrior, a warrior who dares not even kill a chicken."

Xiao Zhurong put his arm around Xiao Xia's shoulders, "Liu Erhu, he is my brother!"

"So it's the Eighth Young Master, I'm so sorry!"

Liu Erhu bullied Xiao Xia in the past only out of the hatred of southerners towards northerners, but now his identity has changed and he has become the deputy commander of the third-level warriors of the Xiao family in Jiangdu. Naturally, he will no longer take such trivial matters to heart.

What's more, the other party has the son of the Third Master behind him, so he will not offend the Third Master for a shitty teenager. As for Wu San, Liu Erhu knew very well that he died because of Xiao Xia, but he was not killed by Xiao Xia. Wu San practiced martial arts for twelve years, and Xiao Xia was nothing. I'm afraid he couldn't even beat a finger of Wu San.

Liu Erhu laughed and said, "Mr. Eighth, you misunderstood. Xiao Qilang and I are old acquaintances. I am so happy to see him."

He clasped his fists in salute, turned around and was about to leave, when he was suddenly shocked and stared at the dagger at Xiao Xia's waist. Although the leather sheath of Xiao Xia's dagger was very ordinary, the hilt of his sword was very distinctive, with a slight curve at the bottom, which looked like a leopard's head if you looked closely.

"No way! Is this the Frost Sword?"

Xiao Xia felt a little strange when he saw Liu Erhu staring at his dagger.

"My short sword is not in compliance with the rules?"

Liu Erhu suppressed his nervousness and said casually, "No, it looks very much like the sword of an old friend of mine. Can you let me take a closer look at it?"

Xiao Xia took off the dagger and handed it to Liu Erhu. Liu Erhu slowly pulled out the dagger, his heart pounding. Yes, there was a plum blossom engraved on the sword. It was the Frost Sword, one of the thirteen swords of the Southern Dynasty. He actually found it in the hands of this little brat.

Greed suddenly arose in his heart.

Xiao Xia asked calmly, "Is this your friend's sword?"

"No, there is no plum blossom on the blade of my friend's sword!"

Liu Erhu shook his head pretending to be relaxed and returned the dagger to Xiao Xia, but he was thinking in his heart how to kill this brat and seize the sword!
"Let's set off!" Li Zhen, the third-level warrior leader, shouted at the front. He had already seen Xiao Xia, but pretended not to know him.

Liu Erhu looked back at the dagger reluctantly, then turned around and ran forward.

The greedy look in Liu Erhu's eyes made Xiao Xia suspicious. Could it be that his sword was a famous sword?

This dagger was given to him by a little Taoist nun, but he did not take it seriously, thinking it was just a sharp dagger. Because there was a plum blossom engraved on the sword, he named it the Plum Blossom Sword.

But Xiao Xia didn't know that this was one of the thirteen famous swords forged by Tao Hongjing, the sword-making master of the Southern Dynasty, known as the Thirteen Swords of the Southern Dynasty, and the plum blossom on it was Tao Hongjing's logo.

These thirteen swords had been collected by the royal family of the Liang Dynasty. After the capital of the Liang Dynasty was conquered by Hou Jing, the thirteen swords were lost among the people.

The reason why Liu Erhu could recognize it was because the Xiao family in Jiangning collected the patterns of thirteen swords. He had seen the patterns more than once and was deeply impressed.

Unexpectedly, by mistake, the short sword Frost among the thirteen swords fell into Xiao Xia's hands.

But at this moment, Xiao Xia had already realized that this dagger was no ordinary thing.

At this time, Xiao Zhurong quietly handed Xiao Xia a blunt sword and whispered, "You are not allowed to use real swords in the fight later, and you are not allowed to hurt anyone!"

There are seven berths for docking and unloading at the old dock in the north of the city. The Liu, Xiao and Chen families each occupy two, and the other one belongs to the county government.

In Jiangdu, bulk ships need to pay money to the three parties for loading and unloading, and generally speaking, they keep to themselves.

The problem lies with the berth of the county government. This berth is usually used to dock official ships, but it is empty most of the time. The three companies all want to grab this vacant berth, and it costs money!

Finally, we reached a consensus and everyone took turns using it.

But there is a loophole here. For example, if you only took one hour, but I took a whole day, would there be a contradiction?
This is where the conflict arose today. The Chen family occupied the berth for an entire afternoon, but there was a lot of cargo and it was not unloaded until evening, so the workers went home to sleep.

The next morning, it was the Xiao family's turn to work at the county government dock. It happened that the Xiao family had a batch of urgent goods to ship, and their two berths were both empty. The Xiao family's dock manager had long been dissatisfied with the other party for occupying the government berths. When he saw that the Chen family's laborers had not worked in the morning and were lazily resting, he became angry and ordered the cargo ship to squeeze the Chen family's ship out of the way and start loading the cargo.

As a result, the Chen family's dock manager was furious when he heard the news and directly ordered the laborers to rush forward to seize the berth. The two sides refused to give in and the laborers started fighting.

As the situation became serious, both sides immediately notified their warriors to come and help.

The warriors of the Xiao family rushed to the dock, and the warriors of the Chen family also arrived. Both sides shouted and drew their swords and rushed forward to engage in a melee.

Xiao Xia had also been in group fights, but those were fistfights between children when he was a child. He had never seen a fight with cold weapons.

At this moment he was trembling with excitement, he drew out his blunt sword and rushed forward with a roar.

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