Chapter 6

Zhang the Scabby ran rampant. Today he would put a fish in this family's fish basket, tomorrow he would put a fish in that family's fish basket. Not much, but it just disgusts you.

Which fisherman in Yixing City hasn't been taken advantage of by him? Which widow hasn't been teased by him? He has long since become a scab that everyone hates.

They didn't dare to say it to his face, but in private, Li Libo also expressed his disdain.

Liang Qu's expression moved, and he asked: "Beaten up, when did that happen?"

"Maybe this morning? Anyway, when I saw him, there was a big black circle on his eye socket, and he was limping when he walked. He was beaten quite badly."

"Who dared to beat him?"

"Don't know." Li Libo shook his head, then whispered, "Actually, he's not that powerful. He only went to the martial arts school for two days before being kicked out for causing trouble. What good things could he learn? I'm afraid he couldn't even set up a flowery frame, but no one went to expose this paper tiger."

Liang Qu looked at him sideways: "According to you, why don't you go expose him?"

"Even if he's a paper tiger, his size is there." Li Libo laughed dryly, "But today he sneaked out on a boat. I think he's worried about someone seeking revenge and is preparing to go to the lake to heal his wounds. If I hadn't happened to be pooping in the reed marsh, no one would have discovered this. You're the second person to know."

Liang Qu understood.

"Finished asking? I've said so much, this meat of yours..."

"It's all yours."

"Ha, generous, really generous! Thank you. In order to save money, how long has it been since we had meat at home? Hehe."

"Wait." Liang Qu held down the plate.

"What's wrong again?"

"Don't tell anyone about Zhang the Scabby's injury, you hear me."

"Ah, why?"

"Do you want to eat meat or not?"

"Hey, fine, fine, fine, I won't say it, I won't say it. Hurry up and let go."

Jianghuai Marsh-Mist.

A small sampan was parked quietly on the lake. Zhang Tieniu was lying inside, his head full of wart scars particularly eye-catching.

The originally fierce-looking Zhang the Scabby was now like a plucked chicken, his expression listless, and the bruise on his eye socket was even more laughable.

"Damn it, he was fine yesterday, how could he suddenly come back to life? Hiss, that dog Zheng Xiang, he was so ruthless. My kidney..."

Zhang Tieniu clutched his waist and abdomen, full of sorrow.

Because he did too many evil things, he didn't dare to stay at home to heal his wounds, fearing revenge. He could only row his own small sampan and hide on the lake.

Zhang Tieniu sighed: "Only here is safe."

"Not necessarily."

Zhang Tieniu's heart stopped. Just as he was about to get up, a mass of clear water covered his face. The water seemed to have life, desperately drilling into his lungs. Caught off guard, Zhang Tieniu took a sharp breath and felt his lungs fill with water, making it difficult to breathe.

Immediately after, he saw a figure climb onto the side of the boat, flip into the boat with loose hair, then quickly get up, kick him hard in the crotch, and an indescribable pain struck.

Facing Zhang the Scabby, whose face had turned liver-colored, Liang Qu didn't dare to stop. The veins on his hand holding the stone were exposed, and he used all his strength to hit that wart-covered head.

Boom!

Zhang Tieniu rolled his eyes and fainted.

Seeing that he wasn't moving, Liang Qu dropped the stone. The stone hit the boat board and rolled into the corner.

Is... is it that simple?

A slight move, and Zhang the Scabby, who ran rampant in the countryside and had been to a martial arts school, fell down?

Liang Qu panted heavily, staring at his hands and the water mass that was gradually dissipating from Zhang the Scabby's face.

He had made full plans before coming, but he didn't expect it to be so easy to implement. It took a lot of time just to find the person. He even prepared to be injured, put a piece of lotus root in his arms, and poured hot water on "Can't Move" to warm it up, quietly ambushing underwater.

As a result, none of it was used!

Water control ability,

is simply a special attack against ordinary people!

As long as you take advantage of the other party's inattention and cover their mouth and nose with water, it's useless no matter how much ability you have.

Looking at the lying Zhang the Scabby, Liang Qu took off the hemp rope from his waist, tied the guy's hands and feet, searched his body, and found that there were actually two taels of silver, which was truly an unexpected harvest.

Tidying up the sampan, Liang Qu put away all the sharp things, found another rope, and used it for secondary reinforcement. Finally, he rowed the sampan to a reed marsh where no one went.

After resting in the reed marsh for a while and gnawing on a few pieces of lotus root, Liang Qu, who had recovered his energy, splashed water on Zhang the Scabby's face again.

"Ugh..."

Zhang Tieniu woke up leisurely. In his line of sight, a few reed leaves were swaying, and further away, the sunset burned the sky red.

He coughed a few times and choked out a lot of water. It seemed to have affected his wounds, and severe pain came from his crotch, completely covering the pain of all previous wounds. After being confused for a long time, Zhang Tieniu reacted to what had happened. He turned his head and looked, his eyes bloodshot.

"It's you!"

Being glared at, Liang Qu kicked Zhang the Scabby in the lower abdomen, kicking the other party until he almost stopped breathing.

Zhang Tieniu, with severe abdominal pain, finally realized his situation. This was clearly a reed marsh, where no one went. Even if the other party killed him, no one would know. He hurriedly changed his face: "Water Brother, Water Brother, I was wrong. It's right for you to beat me."

"I still like the way you looked just now, unyielding."

"Water Brother, you're joking, aren't you?" Zhang Tieniu laughed awkwardly, his heart terrified.

He never thought that the person attacking him would be Liang Qu!

A waste who couldn't even get enough to eat, what happened to make him change so much?

Clearly, when I went to see him the day before yesterday, he was still in a listless state of dying!

And that living water, could it be magic?

Liang Qu sat at the bow of the boat, kicking Zhang the Scabby's head with his toe: "Tell me, where is my covered boat? Where did it go?"

Zhang Tieniu stammered until Liang Qu raised his foot and made a gesture to kick, then he blurted out: "Sold... sold it."

"Sold it?" Liang Qu hurriedly asked, "Who did you sell it to?"

"Fishing barrier..."

Damn!

Liang Qu wished he could drown Zhang Tieniu in the water directly. If he had sold it to any fisherman, it would be easy to talk about, but it had to be a fishing barrier. To put it bluntly, that place was an organization formed by people like Zhang the Scabby!

A fishing barrier is a place that specializes in renting fishing boats and fishing gear, but the rental prices are abnormally high. Many people who rented fishing boats had to work for the fishing barrier for the rest of their lives, being exploited. But if they didn't rent, they would have no livelihood and would starve to death in a few days.

Yixing City is still okay. In other places, the fishing barrier is simply a fishing tyrant. You have to rent it, and you have to rent it even if you don't want to!

Seeing Liang Qu furious, Zhang Tieniu hurriedly begged for mercy: "The fishing boat was hard to sell, and I was in a hurry to use money for drinks, so I could only sell it to the fishing barrier at a discount."

"How much did you sell it for?"

"Four... four taels."

"Damn your mother, selling a covered boat at the price of a sampan!?" Liang Qu kicked him twice more.

The sweet and fishy taste came up along the trachea. Zhang Tieniu wanted to say something, but Liang Qu didn't give him a chance to speak at all. After being beaten, he gasped for breath.

"Still... still two taels left... in my... my pants pocket."

Grass, so those two taels of silver were mine in the first place!

Liang Qu thought of the silver he had searched from Zhang the Scabby earlier and was extremely depressed. It turns out the wool came from the sheep.

"What about the Zhao mansion?"

"Also... also what I said..."

Liang Qu's guess was indeed correct. It was really Zhang Tieniu who leaked the news!

It turned out that after Zhang Tieniu snatched the boat, he found that Liang Qu didn't look bad. He had always heard that Master Zhao liked men and thought it was another good business, so he told Steward Zheng Xiang of the Zhao mansion directly.

Afterwards, Zheng Xiang's visit happened. Upon seeing him in person, Zheng Xiang felt that what Zhang Tieniu said was indeed correct, but Liang Qu said he needed to consider it.

The matter didn't succeed, and Zhang Tieniu didn't get a reward. But Zheng Xiang didn't want to come for nothing. His words were all hints, letting Zhang Tieniu "help" Liang Qu make a decision early.

In order to get the reward, Zhang Tieniu went to the door to snatch the last few dou of rice from Liang Qu, calculated the days, and reported it again.

As a result... Zheng Xiang felt he had been deceived and found Zhang Tieniu that night and beat him up.

Although Zheng Xiang was just an ordinary person and not strong, he was a person from the Zhao mansion. How dare Zhang Tieniu fight back?

Afterwards, he had to row a sampan to avoid people and heal his wounds, which gave Liang Qu a chance.