Taihu Lake is 36,000 hectares, and the sky is shadowy.

There are many small islands in the lake, dotted with smoke and rain, and the islands are densely wooded and have reeds that are taller than people.

It's a great nest for water bandits.

'Be careful to hide the location of your nest, and you will be safe to survive in Taihu Lake. ’

This is the experience that Yu Liu, the 'Taihu Lake Turtle' who has lived on Taihu Lake for half his life, learned from his predecessors.

For 20 years, he has kept this iron law in mind, and he is always willing to spend more thought than others to hide his whereabouts.

Therefore, the peers who went into the water with him basically fed the eight kings of Taihu Lake, but Yu Liuye not only survived, but also made the business bigger and bigger.

It was precisely because he was cautious and low-key that he was favored by the big boss on the shore and provided him with weapons and protection. So that he doesn't have to worry about it at all, he will be wiped out by the government and the official army.

Correspondingly, he has to obey the orders of the big boss and do some shady things for the other party.

Roughly including hijacking ships and crossing goods, extortion and threats, etc., this is the business scope of Taihu Lake bandits, and it is natural to be familiar with it.

However, Yu Liu knew the stakes and knew that the big boss was not dealing with ordinary people.

Whenever there is such a deed, he will personally plan a plan of action, redouble his caution to restrain his subordinates, and never cause any extraneous branches, exposing his identity and nest, so as not to be sought revenge by others.

For example, a few days ago, he received a secret order from the big boss to intercept the grain ship sent by Wu Ji from Yixing.

Yu Liuye was unwilling to provoke Wu Ji, who was rich and powerful, but he couldn't help but listen to the orders of the big boss. He could only order his subordinates to cover their faces with black cloths, not to shout their names to each other, and not to kill people at will.

After the hijacking was successful, he ordered Wu Kee's men and sailors to be locked up in the cabin, and let his men drive the five grain ships back to the lair.

Then arrange for his subordinates to be strictly guarded day and night, and never let Wu Ji's people show their heads, so as not to expose their positions.

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Along the wild wharf into the depths of the dense forest, there are several simple bamboo houses, which are the lair of Yu Liuye and his water bandits.

The nest is very simple, because they only get together when they commit crimes, and when they succeed, they immediately break up.

As soon as he turned in, he became an honest fisherman in Taihu Lake, and I could still fish under your nose if your officials and soldiers searched all over Taihu Lake.

When the official army enters and suppresses, the bandits will become the people, and the people will become bandits as soon as the officials and the army retreat, this is the fundamental secret of Yu Liuye's ability to persist in this industry for more than 20 years.

At this time, in the central bamboo house, a copper kettle sits on a charcoal brazier, and the kettle is boiling water.

Next to the brazier stood a low table with two fat chickens, two salted ducks, a packet of mutton in sauce, and a few pig's trotters that had been gnawed to the bone.

Yu Liuye pulled his trouser legs, sat on a piece of tiger skin, pinched the shallow wine bowl with three fingers, and touched the four leaders under him.

"!"

The five of them drank the rice wine in the bowl. A big black fat man wiped his mouth with his sleeve and sighed: "This is the fucking day, and I've been stuffy at home all day." ”

"Hehe, the big boss has become more and more cautious in the past two years, this is the third transaction this year, right?" A scar-faced man muttered as he chewed on a chicken bone.

The other two also nodded, clearly not satisfied with the harvest in the first half of the year.

"You know what? Don't look at what the wind is going to be this year? Yu Liuye picked his teeth and said slowly: "Those high-ranking families are fighting fiercely, and there was a fire in Huzhou on the first day of the first month, and then the entire Taihu Lake was in chaos. I don't know what kind of medicine they took, so they have to fight to the death. ”

"We little characters, if we don't converge at this time, if we don't get it right, we will be guns for others, and we don't know how to die." Yu Liuye gloated and smiled:

"The gang of 'mixed river dragons' in the south, and the gang of 'water flying' in the west just hit the muzzle of the gun, and they all fed Wang Ba."

"Then this time, the big boss won't be worried?" The older leader asked.

"First, I rejected the big boss several times, and it was not good not to agree." Yu Liuye said leisurely: "The second is that Lao Tzu has touched the bottom, Wu Ji is a Hui businessman, and his nest is in Yangzhou. There is not so much power in Suzhou. ”

"Besides, as soon as people hear the ransom we want, they will know what's going on." Yu Liuye picked up the wine bowl and filled his subordinates. "Even the ship with goods and people is not worth 10,000 taels, but we want 100,000 taels, is this a serious kidnapping?"

"Not serious." The four bosses shook their heads together.

"Can someone give it?"

"Can't give." The four bosses continued to shake their heads. "One hundred thousand taels of silver, then you have to load several ships."

"Unless you kidnap Mrs. Ye, you won't give them if you kill them."

"So." Yu Liuye was very proud of his wisdom, and lightly touched the wine bowl with his subordinates. "People know right away that we're doing things for others. There are wrongs and debts, as long as we don't hurt their people, they won't worry too much about us. ”

"People can not be hurt, but food cannot be returned." The four leaders shouted: "Take these five boatloads of grain, plus the three thousand taels of silver rewarded by the big boss, it will be enough for us to play for a while." ”

"That's nature." Yu Liuye smiled faintly. "The rules still have to be spoken, and you can't go short if you shoot."

In fact, the real reason why he was willing to take the risk was that the big boss gave five thousand taels of silver.

took out two thousand taels to distribute to the water bandits below, and the other one thousand taels were divided among the five of them.

What is two thousand taels? Where? You heard it wrong.

~~

Yu Liuye was secretly smug when he heard a rush of footsteps.

The five of them hurriedly grabbed the blades at hand, but saw that it was the men who had been sent out to patrol the intruder.

"Your mother is dead? Running in such a hurry scared Lao Tzu to death. Scarface threw the axe from his hand.

"Big, big boss." But his subordinates didn't care about him, and reported to Yu Liuye: "Wu Ji has paid the ransom!" ”

"Oh?" Yu Liuye was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that today was the third day. The deadline for the ransom to be paid has arrived.

Because he didn't report any hope, he forgot about it himself.

"How much did you pay?" Several leaders asked impatiently.

"There are so many boxes, I can't count them." His subordinates blushed with excitement. "Big boss, go and pull it! So much silver is piled up on the island, and I am worried about the dead! ”

"Can you see that it's silver?"

"Yes, both!" His subordinates replied in a trembling voice: "When you dig it up, it's all white silver." ”

"Hiss......" Yu Liuye gasped in surprise, almost sucking a duck bone into his throat.

The four leaders of "Hiss ......" also gasped, and couldn't wait to stand up and say, "Big boss, they really gave it!" ”

"Pull the silver and go, the big boss!"

"I'll gather my brothers!"

"Don't rush!" Yu Liuye sat firmly like a mountain, and said in a low voice: "Beware of fraud!" ”

"If you lose your life, no amount of money will be of any use." Yu Liuye, who had always been steady, asked his subordinates in a deep voice, "Is anyone staring at you?" ”

"Don't worry, the big boss, absolutely not." The subordinate shook his head categorically and said, "Before coming back, according to the instructions of the big boss, I deliberately went around several circles, and those who were watching could definitely find it." ”

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