Chapter 114

Yi Shi felt that the old madman in front of him suddenly changed, and exuded a terrifying aura that rushed towards him like a tidal wave. A trace of panic flashed through his extremely confident heart. He realized that something was wrong, but it was too late.

The outcome is decided in just one move.

In Gu Ran's eyes, the evil thief suddenly stopped in his tracks as if someone had pressed the pause button while he was about to fly towards Grandpa Lu.

The moment Grandpa Lu jumped up and landed on the tree stick he was holding horizontally, the arrogant villain suddenly fell heavily to the ground.

At the door, the assassins who rushed in were stunned for a moment when they saw the old man's ghostly skills, and then they all pounced on him.

Grandpa Lu fearlessly waved the stick in his hand and went forward to meet the enemy.

Gu Ran knew that Grandpa Lu was good at martial arts, but he didn't know that Grandpa Lu's martial arts were so powerful.

Among the group of assassins, everyone fell to the ground wherever the tree stick was swung, and then rushed out of the orange grove, tearing the battle situation outside apart, reversing it, and defeating the remaining villains who had forced Li Ji and others to have almost no way out, and then immediately ran to the other side.

Pei Liu was already covered in wounds and was completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Jia San.

Damn it, Jialiu is so easy to deal with, why is it so difficult to deal with Jiasan?

Pei Liu, who always handled things calmly, became disordered in breathing, footsteps, and sword moves!

So when he saw the old madman coming to the rescue, he shouted, "Kill him!"

"I'll kill you first!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the soft sword in Jia San's hand bit towards Pei Liu like a poisonous snake.

Originally, A-San watched as B-Shi blasted open the gate of the orange grove, and his subordinates bit those ants to death. He was confident of victory and couldn't help but become arrogant.

I thought the person who set the trap for them was so powerful, but he's just like that!

But as he was teasing the traitor like a cat playing with a mouse, he heard the subordinates who had broken into the orange grove screaming. Then an old man rushed out, saved the ants who were supposed to be in desperate situation, and killed all his remaining subordinates.

Jia San was so angry that he killed Pei Liu immediately.

Pei Liu would not sit and wait for death, so he held on to his last breath and retreated ten feet.

The three men of Group A didn't chase after him, but Soft Sword did. The tip of the sword flashed with a cold light, and was about to wrap around Pei Liu's neck, but before it touched him, Grandpa Lu caught up.

The soft sword that was originally intended to cut off Pei Liu's head was wrapped around the tree stick that Grandpa Lu used to resist the attack.

Jia Liu snorted coldly, and with a wave of his hand, the soft sword squirmed like a snake, crushing the tree stick. He leaped into the air and attacked the old man again.

He could see clearly that it was this old man who ruined his good fortune.

But it doesn't matter. Although all the people he brought with him died, those ants were just remnants of a defeated army. The only one who posed a slight threat was the old man in front of him!

Kill him, the others are nothing to be afraid of!

After weighing the pros and cons, Jia Liu left Pei Liu behind and focused on dealing with the old man.

"Madman, sword!"

Just now, Pei Liu, who had escaped the disaster by being thrown aside by Grandpa Lu, was shocked when he saw the tree stick being crushed. Then he remembered that when he first came to the island and saw this madman for the first time, he had a sword in his hand.

This old madman was very good at swordsmanship, but I never saw him use a sword again.

Where is his sword?

Now that I don't have a stick, how can I fight Jia San with my bare hands?

So he threw the sword in his hand towards the madman.

While dodging the silver-glowing poisonous snake, Grandpa Lu reached out and caught the sword thrown by Pei Liu. After getting the sword, Grandpa Lu seemed to be assisted by God and quickly blocked all the attacks of Jia San. The two were evenly matched and jumped from the ground into the air, then crossed the broken wall and played chess on the tops of the trees in the orange grove under the moon. The battle became more and more intense.

Taking advantage of this moment, Pei Liu, dragging his injured body, quickly jumped into the broken wall: "Second Mother!"

Gu Ran and the rest of the people who had recovered were all on guard against Jia San while rescuing people.

Amidst the chaos, she saw Uncle Lu who had been knocked down. She sniffed and found he was still breathing. "Uncle Lu, how are you? Uncle Lu?"

"I, am not dead?"

"You can still answer me, of course you are not dead, I will help you up!"

"No, my legs are trapped by the rocks. I can't get up. Call for help..."

Gu Ran's worry turned into joy. "Great!" Just as she was about to go find someone, she saw Pei Liu rushing over. Seeing that she was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Liu Niang, you've come just in time. Hurry, Uncle Lu's leg..."

Seeing that Gu Ran was fine, Pei Liu felt relieved. He endured the pain and moved the stone that hit Lu Bo away. He found that one of Lu Bo's left legs had been deformed and was probably broken.

Lu Bo endured the pain and was helped up by Gu Ran and Pei Liu. He managed to sit up against the broken stone. "Where's Li Ji? And Liang Liu and the others, that evil thief? Are they all dead?"

"Not dead?"

"Why don't you deal with them if they're not dead? Why do you care about me?"

"Grandpa Lu is dealing with it!"

As Gu Ran spoke, he and Pei Liu looked towards the orange grove.

Lu Bo endured the pain and looked over. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked, but when he saw it, he was surprised and puzzled: "Is there anyone among us who is so skilled?"

“It’s Grandpa Lu!”

Gu Ran almost cried with joy. Pei Liu wanted to say something, but then he felt exhausted and collapsed to the ground. Gu Ran quickly moved over and hugged him: "Liu Niang, are you injured? Why didn't you tell me?"

Pei Liu glanced at Gu Ran, but in the end said nothing and shook his head.

Lu Bo stared intently at the two figures fighting under the moonlight, muttering, "So similar, so similar!"

"Uncle Lu, what's so similar?"

"he……"

The panic, fear, anger, pain since he broke his leg, coupled with the shock now, finally made Lu Bo, who was barely holding on, faint.

"Uncle Lu!"

In the orange grove, I thought I could easily defeat this old man. After fifty rounds of tit-for-tat, I found that he was still able to handle it with ease. On the other hand, I gradually became exhausted and retreated step by step. I was shocked: it turns out that there is such a master hidden on this island!

"Who are you?"

"Your grandpa!" Grandpa Lu said hoarsely.

Jia San was furious. With his last breath, he swung his sword swiftly, determined to take the old man's life.

Seeing that Jia San was at the end of his strength, Grandpa Lu did not let down his guard. He took advantage of his anger and exposed his weakness. When Jia San saw his weakness, he stabbed him through the chest with a sword.

Jia San fell from the air and barely landed on the ground. He screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood. He coughed twice, then looked at Grandpa Lu who landed gracefully on the ground, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corner of his mouth.

However, the more I wiped, the more blood came out.

The more Jia San wiped, the faster he moved. Finally, his hand stopped and his body fell backwards.

After coughing up a mouthful of blood, his eyes reflected the incomplete full moon of tonight, and he gradually fell silent.

Grandpa Lu took two steps forward, looked at the pale face, lowered his head, and his gaze fell on the sword he was holding.

In this night attack, the number one thief was completely wiped out, and the Orange Grove Guards won a tragic victory.

The next day, Master Wu heard the news and came over. He started from the first trap and cleaned up the bodies of the evil thieves along the way. When he arrived at the entrance of the orange grove, he was stunned by the ruined gate and parapets, and the blood and body parts on the ground in front of the gate.

"Mrs. Gu, are you all okay?"

Of course, something happened!

Although they wiped out the people who came ashore to attack the island, they also suffered heavy losses.

Not counting her, Liu Niang and Lu Bo, most of the twenty-two guards died, including those she hired from farmers, those from the Shen family, and Luo San, who migrated all the way from Zhengzhou to Jianzhou hoping to live a better life.

The rest were all seriously injured. Lu Bo even lost a leg and could only be a cripple from then on.

Gu Ran looked hurt. He took out a large sum of money, including the money he had earned from selling oranges, and gave a pension to each family.

When they returned to the village and told the Luo family the bad news, the whole family burst into tears.

Luo San's sister-in-law was inconsolable and even cursed Li Si and Li Ji in front of Gu Ran and the others: "Why did you come to Jianzhou to earn gold? You've already lost your life, what else can you earn?"

"It's better to just stay in Zhengzhou. After all, I'm going to die in this damn place!"

"It's unfortunate for our San'er to know your Li family!"

Everyone was silent.

As Li Ji accompanied Gu Ran away, he said with his injured arm in a sling, "Second Mother, they are feeling very sad right now. Don't worry, I will try to persuade her again after a while."

Later, Li Ji and Li Si took turns to persuade the Luo family, and received a sum of money from Gu Ran.

The Luo family who followed Luo San to Jianzhou had no parents or elders. Luo Da and his wife were still the heads of the family, followed by Luo Er and his family and Luo Si.

Luo Da and Luo Er are still doing odd jobs on Dunzi Island. Even if they regret moving here now, it is impossible for them to move back immediately.

Since he wants to stay, he must work. Besides, Mr. Gu promised that when Luo Si grows up, he will hire him to work on the island. At least now the family has no worries about food and clothing.

So the matter gradually died down.

But after all, there was a rift between them and the Li family, and it was not easy for them to live together anymore. Luo Dalang took the silver compensated by Gu Ran and went to find Village Chief Wu to buy a residential plot to build his own house. A month later, the Luo family moved out of the Li family's big house and moved into their own house.

Gradually, the Liang and Lu families built their own houses and moved away one after another.

This is a later story. Back to the present, Gu Ran went to the next room to visit Uncle Lu, who had one leg sawed off.

Lu Bo, who lost a leg, was not as discouraged as everyone imagined. Instead, he was very calm.

"It's okay. Compared to Luo San who lost his life, I'm lucky to be alive." Uncle Lu saw everyone's worried faces and laughed happily. "I, Old Lu, have seen a lot of storms. This little thing can't faze me."

"Uncle Lu!"

"I mean it."

Uncle Lu looked at his bare left leg, patted his remaining right leg vigorously, and said optimistically, "Although I'm missing a leg, I'm still very capable. Boss Gu, you can't fire me."

"Uncle Lu, don't worry, you are my right-hand man. Even if you want to quit, I won't let you go."

Lu Bo laughed out loud.

When Lu Bo smiled, the solemn expressions of the crowd gradually disappeared, and the grief in their hearts also eased a lot. Gu Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Young Master Wu transported the bodies collected from Dunzi Island back to the dock by official ship, shocking the people of the entire county.

More than fifty corpses, that is, more than fifty evil thieves who were the emperor's number one thief.

So many evil thieves fled to Minzhou and even broke into houses and sneaked into the county town under the jurisdiction of Jianzhou. The government was completely unaware of this until they arrested the last batch of their accomplices.

Where did these evil thieves get the travel permits and customs clearance documents?

We have to investigate, we have to investigate thoroughly.

And what were the motives behind these dead villains' coming? Who killed them?

They came for Hero Li and Lady Pei who had killed their accomplices before, but were later killed by Gu family guards including Hero Li and Lady Pei!

It is said that there were only more than 20 people who bravely withstood the attacks of so many evil bandits. They are respectable and admirable!

Get rewarded, get a big reward!

After the officials from Jianzhou government escorted the corpses of these evil bandits back, the prefect of Jianzhou and the magistrate of Yongchang County came to Dunzi Island together to commend the warriors who assisted the government in clearing out and killing this group of evil bandits!

The family of the deceased guard received a generous sum of money from the government, and the injured guard was also commended and rewarded!

At this time, Gu Ran and others learned that Master Sun, who was escorted to the Jianzhou government office, had been killed by his accomplices. The prefect also learned from the vicious thief who was later caught on the boat that Master Meng and his group were the last two groups of people who were still alive after the number one thief was killed by the imperial court.

It is said that after getting rid of Master Meng, the only remaining force of the number one thief was a small group of people who fled to Mobei.

At this point, the most famous thief of the Great Sheng Dynasty was still alive in name but dead in reality.

In other words, from now on, there will be no more worries about the number one thief coming to cause trouble!

I believe that after this incident, knowing that the guards on Dunzi Island defeated the majority and killed so many villains, especially the leader who is said to be the third-ranked master in the entire villain organization, the scattered villains will consider whether they still want Dunzi Island, whether they will seek revenge on Hero Li or Lady Pei, and whether their martial arts are enough!

"So, your killing of this band of evil thieves on the island this time is a great achievement. When I return and bring the remaining accomplices to the capital, I will report your achievements to the court. In the future, you warriors and heroes will receive generous rewards from the emperor."

To receive the reward from the emperor is something that many ordinary people in the world would never dare to dream of in their entire lives!

The families of the deceased guards were immediately excited, and even their grief and sorrow for losing their loved ones were alleviated a lot.

As the news of the battle between the twenty-two guards on Dunzi Island and the number one thief spread, Dunzi Island became famous, and the tangerines of Gu's family were also very popular among local people and merchants. As soon as the prefect and the county magistrate left, there was an endless stream of small tangerine merchants at the ferry who wanted to reserve Gu's family's tangerines and request to land.

Gu Ran only let Lin Erlang, the person in charge, come forward to negotiate with these buyers and sellers who came here for Mu Feng.

He and Wu Sanbo and others were repairing the house that was destroyed when the bandits came that night, and they also had to rebuild the collapsed walls and gates.

Pei Liu, Li Ji and others were injured, so they naturally had to rest for a while.

This dangerous incident seriously injured the guards hired by Gu Ran, but the guys who returned to work in the orange grove admired the boss Gu even more!

I remember that the last time the Shen family got into trouble, the boss Gu had asked the villagers to come to this island for a banquet to avoid death. Now that he knows that the evil thieves are heading for Dunzi Island, he is giving them a rest in order to let them escape. Where can you find such a good boss?

After that, the eyes of those guys looking at their boss were shining brightly!

Mr. Gu had no idea that he had gained a lot of favor among his fellow servants. After he finished explaining to the craftsmen brought by Uncle Wu San how to repair the parapets and rebuild a more solid gate, he went to check the orange tree that was damaged when Grandpa Lu confronted the assassin that night.

Fortunately, the oranges planted in the front of the valley were early-ripening varieties, and the oranges were picked early in the morning, otherwise the loss would have been even greater.

When Gu Ran started walking towards the orange grove, he suddenly remembered: By the way, where is Grandpa Lu?

Ever since they dealt with that group of evil thieves that night, Grandpa Lu disappeared while he saw them cleaning up the mess.

Now the people outside and the government all thought that the main force to eliminate the evil bandits was Li Ji, Pei Liuniang and others, but everyone who survived that night knew that the person who made the greatest contribution was Grandpa Lu!

It’s just that Grandpa Lu’s identity was unknown, and he disappeared when he saw the government, so everyone thought Grandpa Lu was also a member of the guards and didn’t pay much attention to him.

Although Grandpa Lu is not here now, Gu Ran knows that he will not leave Dunzi Island. He is afraid that he is hiding somewhere on the island again, so he only worries for a while and then feels relieved!

She believed that, just like usual, Grandpa Lu would show up unexpectedly!

By the way, the tree stick that Grandpa Lu used as a crutch was broken, so she had to go find Master Huang to pick out a good piece of wood to make him a crutch.

At this time, Grandpa Lu had returned to the cave in the mountains across the river, on the other side of the wooden bridge.

He slowly squatted down, moved away the dry wood and branches, and saw the rusty sword lying inside.

With trembling hands, he brushed off the dust on the sword and picked it up as if it were a treasure.

Hot tears couldn't help but flow from his eyes. He twitched his shoulders and burst into tears while holding his sword.

During these years of being stranded on the island, eating raw meat and drinking blood, sleeping in the open air, in such desperate and miserable suffering, the sense of the passage of time gradually disappeared, the nerves became numb, and I slowly lost my emotions, my memories, and finally the instinct to communicate with others.

If the lady of the Gu family had not brought people to the island later, I would probably have died in that crazy and confused state in this life.

But when Mrs. Gu came, bringing so many people with her, he seemed like an old man who had been lost in the lonely forest for a long time and picked up everything again.

That night, when the gunfire rang out, he finally remembered who he was!

He is Qiao An, a member of the Qiao family, one of the ten founding generals of the Great Sheng Dynasty.

Many years ago, people also called him General Qiao.

At that time, he was in his prime, and he led the emperor to the coastal area of ​​Quangang to suppress bandits, and he made many gains. Unfortunately, later, later...

Qiao An couldn't bear to recall the past and burst into tears.

Later, he wanted to return to the capital to explain everything to the emperor, but was forced to bear the crime of rebellion. It was his subordinates who could not bear to see their own general being drugged and imprisoned by the traitor, so they risked their lives to rescue him on the way. However, he fell into the river when being chased by the Zhou family, and when he woke up, he found himself on a deserted island.

How many years has this been?

So many years have passed. Are the soldiers who saved him still around?

Has the crime of treason and dereliction of duty been cleared up?

Is his family safe?

Qiao An really wanted to know, but didn't dare to know.

Because so many years have passed, he is already an old man, and hasn't a lot of things changed in this world?

He was afraid, but if he was implicated and the past was settled, the result would be unbearable for him!

Qiao An didn't know how long he cried while holding the sword. Until finally, his throat was sore and his eyes were tired, he slowly stood up, took the sword, left the cave with a stiff face, and walked forward hesitantly.

It is necessary to let His Majesty know that dereliction of duty and defeat were not his original intention.

There are still so many soldiers who have been wrongly accused, and they are innocent.

Although it is so late, General Qiao is not dead yet, so he must clarify this matter.

To clear the name of the soldiers who have died and to restore the reputation of the soldiers who are atonement.

He wants to return to Beijing to meet the emperor.

Before that, he had to figure out how many years had passed since the incident and how he could leave the island!

In the big house in the orange grove on the island, after a period of recuperation, the remaining guards returned to the island one after another to work.

Because many guards had died, their families and the young men from the surrounding area who knew about this had become afraid of working as guards in the orange grove and were no longer willing to work on Dunzi Island.

Later, these dead guards were commended by the government. The prefect even came to Dunzi Island in person to express his condolences and promised to report to the emperor the achievements of everyone in suppressing the bandits. After that, the guards became famous after their death, and their family was also looked up to by people outside.

They have already received a pension from Mr. Gu's family, and then received a bounty from the prefect. In the future, it is very likely that they will receive a reward from the emperor himself. This will bring honor to the family!

In addition, the prefect said in person that the remnants of the number one thief had all fled to Mobei, so Dunzi Island was safe. It has now become the most prestigious river island in Jianzhou. Many tourists want to go to the island to see the place where the evil thief was killed, and many people want to work in the orange grove.

The line of people who came to find Lin Erlang to work for the Gu family was so long that it stretched from the gate of the orange grove to the ferry.

Several families who had guards working in the orange grove became anxious.

The salaries of the Gu family's guards were already high, and now there was no threat from evil bandits coming to the island again. Seeing that working for the Gu family had become popular, several families who had previously snorted and glared at the Gu family because of the death of their sons became anxious and hurried to find Lin Erlang, offering to send their sons to the island to work and continue to work as guards.

However, Lin Erlang apologized to them and told them that the staff quota was full, and he would only give priority to hiring people from their families to work as waiters when there were vacancies in the future.

The families that arrived a step late were still trying to make a scene: "My Erlang fought that evil thief to the death just to protect your orange grove. How could you, the Gu family, be so heartless?"

"That's right. Our Sanlang did the same thing. He sacrificed his life for a job. And you are still so heartless and ungrateful. It's too much."

Lin Erlang looked at the aggressive acquaintance and felt sad and guilty.

He had chosen those guards at the beginning, and they were strong men selected from several trustworthy farmers.

He felt bad because they died.

On the night when the evil bandits attacked Dunzi Island, he was sent back to Xiaxi Village by Gu Erniang.

When they found out something had happened and people had died, these families came to his house crying and cursing at him, asking why he was able to escape back to the village, but their sons couldn't?

How come their son lost his life while he was still at home?

And he couldn't just say coldly that as a guard, he was paid for his life, and it was his duty to stay and protect the orange grove, right?

Lin Erlang could only remain speechless.

Later, he followed Gu Er Niang to deliver pensions to every household. After being scolded, he endured it and then proposed that their sons could take on the role of guards. What did they say at that time?

"You still want us to send people to serve as your guards? Ah, do you think the number of our dead sons is not enough?"

"You're dreaming! Our sons will never do such a black-hearted job again!"

"No, get out, get out!"

At that time, the orange grove happened to be short of staff. If they were unwilling to do it, he and Gu Erniang had no choice but to look for other people, but no one was willing to do the job at that time.

Who knows, will that evil thief, the number one thief, come back to take revenge?

Being a guard in an orange grove is too risky!

Therefore, during that period, although Lin Erlang and Gu Erniang tried their best to recruit people, they could not find many people who were willing to go to Dunzi Island to serve as guards.

It is human nature to fear death, so they had to find another way.

At this moment, the prefect and the county magistrate brought good news. They knew that Dunzi Island was safe and that Li Ji, Pei Liuniang and others had killed a powerful remnant of the evil bandits.

He actually killed the number three thief. Unless the number one and number two characters come - and it has been confirmed that they have fled somewhere else, they will not come to Dunzi Island to cause trouble. In other words, generally speaking, no one as powerful as the number three thief would dare to cause trouble on Dunzi Island!

There are Hero Li and Lady Pei!

And there was such a powerful guard who survived that day!

So when Gu Ran started hiring more guards, they rushed to come. Lin Erlang quickly replenished the guard team and even found a few more people according to Gu Ran's instructions!

Nowadays, there are no more families of the former guards who want to work as guards.

When Lin Erlang explained the truth to them, but was scolded by them, Lu Bo, who had returned to his post, came over in a wheelchair and pushed it himself: "What are you yelling about?"