Chapter 393

Dock fortress.

The sky was high and the clouds were light, and hundreds of banners almost covered the entire sky, casting black shadows surging like a tide.

The Zhang family's Blood Tiger Flag and the Li family's Wave Pattern Flag were entangled in the wind, rustling.

The shouting of the crowd became more and more intense, and the clash of weapons in the martial arts arena was sharp and ear-piercing.

This should have been a normal competition, but there was one point different. The boundary surrounding the martial arts arena was not brick and stone, but two snake corpses with shriveled flesh and connected heads and tails.

The snake corpses were dried and dehydrated by the sun, their skin half-shed and half-rotted like mature pine cones, covered with dense, narrow wounds.

Zhang Family Clan Leader Zhang Zhang Wenhu stepped out, came to the high platform beside the martial arts arena to overlook, and just happened to meet the Li family's Wolf Smoke expert looking up. The two looked at each other across the crowd and nodded.

"How is the outcome?"

Zhang Zhang Wenhu's second brother Zhang Zhang Wenbao handed over the roster, on which there were circles and marks.

"Won two and lost one, not bad. The situation is better than yesterday. Win one more game, and today's fisherman subsidy will be paid by the Li family."

Zhang Zhang Wenhu pointed to two young men lying on the ground covered in blood and accepting bandages in the corner: "What's going on with those two people over there?"

"Young people, they fought with real fire. The obstruction was timely, and minor skin injuries don't matter. The snake demon is making trouble, and everyone is holding back anger in their hearts."

Zhang Zhang Wenhu nodded.

A moment.

The outcome was decided.

The two who competed bowed to each other to reconcile, drew their blades, each slashed the snake corpse, and returned to the team.

There was no blood in the new wounds on the snake corpse.

It has been exposed to the sun from midwinter to now, for three months, even dragon blood would be dried up.

Zhang Zhang Wenhu's gaze crossed the low wall, crossed the Great Marsh, and looked at the birds in the sky, his eyes deep.

"Letting a crawling beast force my Zhang family to have anger but no place to vent is my dereliction of duty."

The snake demon touched and destroyed 18 large ships, 36 medium ships, and hundreds of small ships, and occupied the Great Marsh, causing the Zhang family's business routes to be cut off and income to plummet.

However, various expenses are still not small.

Young juniors need to be cultivated, elder clan elders need to be supported, thousands of mouths up and down need to eat, and even because of subsidizing fishermen and repairing large ships, expenses have become more than usual.

Every day, a lot of silver is thrown out, but there is no income...

"Big brother, you are too serious! Letting a beast ride on our heads, no one can bear it! Slaughtering the snake was our unanimous decision."

Zhang Zhang Wenbao's expression was solemn, "The clan is difficult now, but the face is not lost. If the face is not lost, the hearts of the people will not scatter!

Up to now, County Magistrate Liu Liu Shiqin has sent a request for help to the River Dock Office. The imperial court will not just watch, and things will be solved sooner or later.

Instead, if we really chose to hand it over to protect our peace, we would have scattered the hearts of the people for nothing. If the people below don't obey the family head, that would be a big deal!"

"It's not that I really have ideas, just a moment of emotion."

It is true that the loss of ships and property is significant, but the young juniors are still there, and the Wolf Smoke experts are still there.

If the green and yellow are connected, then the foundation is not damaged.

"Big brother has always been reasonable..."

While the two brothers were communicating, a gray-clothed servant hurried over from the end of the corridor.

Zhang Zhang Wenbao took half a step back and stopped talking.

Zhang Zhang Wenhu questioned: "What's the matter, so anxious?"

"Report to the master, a young man named Liang Qu came from outside, wearing the official uniform of the River Dock Office, saying he wants to see you."

"River Dock Office?" Zhang Zhang Wenhu raised his eyebrows, just took half a step out, and then realized something was wrong, "Just him alone? How old is he?"

"One person is correct, oh, and he brought a jujube-red horse with scales. As for his age... he looks about twenty, very young, but he is tall and handsome, very stylish. Mr. Zhang at the gate said he couldn't see through the other party's strength."

"Are you sure his name is Liang Qu?"

Zhang Zhang Wenbao interjected from the side.

The servant nodded vigorously: "There can be no mistake, the small one saw the other party's waist token, it is indeed the word Liang."

"Second brother, have you heard of this person?"

"I have an impression, but I don't know if it's the same person. I learned about it when visiting friends in the first lunar month.

It is said that in late autumn last year, the Qiu Gong Dike in Huazhu County collapsed and flooded. There was a person in the River Dock Office also named Liang Qu, who only used one day to organize the flooded Huazhu County in an orderly manner, divide the disaster area, capture the culprit, and save the people.

So the people called him Little Pool Prince, and later he got the Holy Emperor's oral instruction, saying he was a bridge-building beam and a water-channel builder, so I have a deep impression of his name."

"People with the same name and surname are common, but it is rare to be in the same local government office." Hearing that the person had a great background, Zhang Zhang Wenhu had hope again, "How is this person's strength?"

"Uh, last year he was a Galloping Horse martial artist, probably Upper Stage or Ultimate Stage? Because the culprit of the dike collapse was a Wolf Smoke martial artist, it was Liang Qu and the other Galloping Horse martial artists who captured him together, and he was quite famous."

"Galloping Horse martial artist? What's the use of that? Can it solve the urgent needs of our Zhang and Li families?"

Zhang Zhang Wenhu frowned.

A Galloping Horse martial artist last year, this year he is at most Wolf Smoke, and it is highly probable that the human bridge has not been established.

That snake demon's strength is extraordinary, at least Hunting Tiger Mid-Stage, and there is more than a major realm difference in between...

"No matter what, we can't neglect the other party. Maybe people are walking fast, taking a step ahead, so that we can prepare to welcome the Great Martial Artist of the River Dock Office?"

"Makes sense, Zhang Wenbao, you go and set up a banquet!"

Zhang Zhang Wenhu made a quick decision, first let his second brother go to set up a banquet, then let the servant run to lead people in, and he took a shortcut to the hall to wait first.

Gate.

Liang Qu parted with Chishan.

Chishan shook its head, broke free from the reins in the servant's hand, held its head high and chest out, and stepped forward.

The servant leading the horse looked back in shock.

Liang Qu smiled: "My horse has some pride, you just lead the way, it will follow."

The servant leading the horse was shocked and hurried forward to lead the way, and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the red horse really follow.

Arriving at the stable, Chishan looked around and found a clean place, first scared away the stallion inside, drove it out, kicked the feeding basin, spat on the ground, and the meaning was obvious.

The grooms around were dumbfounded.

They had never seen such a divine and spiritual horse. Hearing the servant explain that it was a guest's divine horse, they hurriedly took out the best spiritual grass, cut it into three sections and fed it to Chishan.

In the hall, Liang Qu was introduced by a servant, passed through the veranda, and finally saw the Zhang family head.

Both sides looked at each other.

Liang Qu felt that Zhang Zhang Wenhu was mediocre.

His figure was above average, his appearance was not very good, and there was a long scar on his side face. Judging by the ear-recognition method, his strength was not as good as his third senior brother, probably between the human realm and the earth realm.

On the contrary, Zhang Zhang Wenhu looked at Liang Qu, but he was full of praise in his heart.

His figure was tall, his appearance was very great, and the key was that his strength could not be seen through!

Not being able to see through a person's realm usually means that the other party is in the same major realm as oneself or even above!

Combined with Zhang Wenbao's statement, the young man in front of him had clearly entered Wolf Smoke.

Entering the Wolf Smoke realm at this age, the juniors in the clan couldn't catch up.

It is truly the waves behind pushing the waves in front, which is enviable.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhang Wenhu stood up to welcome him: "Water Intendant Liang came from afar, I failed to welcome you, I have already arranged a banquet, why don't we eat and talk?"

Liang Qu's time was tight and the task was heavy. He bowed in return and went straight to the point.

"Thank you for your kindness, Clan Leader Zhang, but I, Liang, have always spoken straight. I have a way to make the snake demon stop making trouble, but I am missing a few key items. It all depends on whether the Zhang family is willing to part with them!"