Myriad Paths

"Something happened? What should I say?" Li Qi shook his head to get rid of the previous distracting thoughts and looked at Uncle Six in front of him carefully.

Uncle Liu is the veteran of the Paibo Gang and the leader respected by everyone. He is fair, enthusiastic and experienced, so he has the unanimous trust of others.

This old man in his forties or fifties has gray hair and a stooped back. Year-round tugging has caused his spine to become somewhat twisted. There is an obvious scar from his neck to his back. At a glance, it is clear that it was caused by years of friction with the rope.

Most of the old trackers have these physical characteristics, especially the twisted spine is very conspicuous.

It's impossible to pull a ship of a thousand tons with your physical body without causing some problems.

"After the opening of the river, there will be rewards for the first pass, but isn't the original first pass the group of people from the Li Zhuang Gang?" Uncle Liu said.

"What's the original use? Now we're halfway through opening the river. We've finished pulling out the first tunnel. The prefect is watching with his own eyes. Is it possible that they can still snatch it away? Even if it's revenge afterwards, the strength of the Lizhuang Gang is as strong as ours. Even among brothers, the fight for leadership has always been based on their own abilities, so what's the point?" Li Qi didn't know why.

If this is called staring, it can be said that the tracker gangs are staring at each other anytime and anywhere.

It's a competitive relationship from the beginning, everyone just depends on their abilities.

"Yes, it was like this before. The Lizhuang Gang didn't have the ability to start a war with us. It just lost Kaihe once. But there was news from our eyeliner just now that no one from the Lizhuang Gang came to see Kaihe today." Uncle Liu said.

As soon as he said this, Li Qi frowned.

He sensed something was wrong.

"The first group is us, the second group is the Water Horse Gang, there is no third group, but we are always exhausted people. There are vacancies that need to be filled. There are always people from the Lizhuang Gang who can fill it, but none of them came. ?" Li Qi touched his chin and said to himself.

According to the usual practice, once you participate in Kaihe, in the end, although it is not as good as the first two, there will still be rewards. There are also people in the Lizhuang Gang who have difficulties in life. When the time comes, there will be one or two injured gaps here. There can be a dozen people who can get a reward.

So in the past, when three gangs fought for the top spot, if they couldn't get the first one, they would get the second one, and if they didn't get the second one, most people would come over to join in the fun and try to get a share of the reward.

But now, no one from the Strong Gang is coming?

No wonder Uncle Six would rush over to him to discuss countermeasures.

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.

So, he clapped his hands: "Uncle Six, after the rotation, I won't go. I'll go to the Lizhuang Gang to have a look."

Uncle Six nodded: "That's what I mean too. You are smart and good at fighting. You are also very good at Paibo Jin. You are second only to me in the gang. I feel most at ease if you go."

Perhaps Li Qizhen has a talent for practicing martial arts. Anyway, after obtaining Paibo Jin, he has become stronger than most of the gang members in the past two years.

Coupled with his educated and smart mind, he has become the number two figure in the Paibo Gang, second only to Uncle Liu.

"Then I'll go over first." Li Qi was not a procrastinator, so he stood up immediately.

"Be careful, pay attention to safety, and the most important thing is to protect yourself." Uncle Liu warned.

"Don't worry." Li Qi nodded and left quickly.

After saying this, Li Qi left quickly.

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During the opening of the river, every household in Lizhou City was preparing things.

Merchants prepare goods and vendors prepare food, all busy with business after the river is opened.

After the river was opened, goods and merchants from many cities in the Dalu Kingdom would gather in Lizhou City and transport them to all directions with the help of the Lishui River.

Therefore, the opening of the river is the most important event in Lizhou City in a year, even more important than the Chinese New Year.

At this time, the whole city was busy with its own affairs, so apart from the laborers transporting goods and the mailmen conveying messages, there were almost no other idlers on the streets.

So when a man dressed as a tracker wanders around the city, many people look at him strangely.

But most of them were just out of curiosity, and no one came over to mind their own business.

If you are too busy with your own affairs, why bother with a tracker?

Li Qi, on the other hand, wandered on the street for a while, and then suddenly stopped a vendor who was setting up a stall: "This little brother, why are everyone so surprised when they see me?"

The hawker rolled his eyes and glanced at Li Qi: "You're a tracker, you're wandering around in the street instead of crossing the river, why do you think I'm looking at you?"

He didn't speak politely, because the trackers were no match for the traders.

Vendors also have their own chambers of commerce under the aggregation of different wealthy merchants. These chambers of commerce generally unify prices in their own industries to stifle competition. Knife and scissor merchants have their own guilds, blacksmiths have their own guilds, and even porters have their own guilds. organize.

In this world, everyone lives together around a single skill, and trackers obviously belong to the lowest level.

"So that's it, but aren't there a lot of trackers on the street today? Why are you looking at me alone?" Li Qi scratched his head in confusion.

"Are you crazy? Apart from you, are there any trackers on this street? Okay, if you don't want to buy something, leave quickly. Don't delay my work. The river opening will be over soon. Everyone is here. Will you compensate me for the loss?" Seeing that Li Qi had no intention of buying anything, the vendor quickly waved his hand and sent him away.

Li Qi also immediately stepped away, not to disturb him in preparing goods and setting up the stall.

He also got what he wanted.

As expected, the trackers under normal circumstances would definitely be at the river opening site and would not wander around.

Well, the people from the Lizhuang Gang neither went to the river opening site nor walked around the streets...

It can be seen that they did not go out and stayed together.

Most of the ordinary trackers work for a day and eat for a day. They basically have no savings. Even if they do, the amount is not large and cannot last for a few days. It is okay for a young single like Li Qi. After all, one person can feed the whole family. Not hungry, can still save some.

If you are a married tracker, the financial pressure will be even greater.

If we all gather together under this kind of pressure and don't go to the river, and we don't wander around in the streets, then this is a big problem.

In this day and age, what else can more than two hundred trackers do if they gather together? Is it possible to have a party?

Not in Chengdu.

Li Qi decisively quickened his pace.

With so many people gathered together, it might be a swearing-in ceremony or something, so I had to go quickly to see what was true.

He knew that the Lizhuang Gang was stationed next to a tributary of the Lishui River in the city.

The tributaries of the Lishui River are like capillaries throughout the city, just like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. They are the water sources for the entire city to make a living.

He quickly rushed to the river. The tributaries of Lishui that spread throughout the city were still frozen, but there was still ice on them.

This is exactly what he wants.

According to the heat island effect, the local temperature in residential areas will be much higher than that near the river.

This means that the ice here is more fragile.

I randomly found a tributary, stepped on it, stamped my feet, and looked around, but there was no one there.

Very weak.

Good thing.

He stepped down hard and the ice shattered.

He decisively fell through the crack.

There are three tracker gangs in Lizhou City.

The water horse gang's skills are good at endurance. They are said to be as durable as an ox or a horse. They can pull for three hours without stopping. Their skin is thick and the rope cannot wear the skin, making them more durable.

The Li Zhuang Gang's Kung Fu is good at increasing strength. The other two gangs can pull a boat that requires fifty people, but they can pull it with thirty.

As for the skills of the Paibo Gang...

You can tell from the name that the Paibo Gang is good at water. They can pull the boat in the water without standing on the shore.

Li Qi took a deep breath and used his wave force, moving quickly under the frozen water like a fish.

The frozen ice gave him almost perfect cover. Although he couldn't breathe, with the blessing of Paibo Jin, he could stay in the water for two quarters of an hour without breathing.

And it only takes him five minutes to swim to the territory of the Strong Gang.

Soon, he arrived at the water area of ​​​​Li Zhuang Gang, which was an alley in the city with a tributary running through it.

The people living in this place are all poor people. A group of tailors and the Li Zhuang Gang live here. Because of this relationship, the clothes of the Li Zhuang Gang are much better than those of the other two gangs.

The tailors were not easy to mess with. They knew how to fly needles and concealed weapons, and they had a good relationship with the Li Zhuang Gang. After all, there was no conflict of interest between the two parties and they lived together, so they formed an alliance and helped each other.

Once here, Li Qi was much more careful.

He could see holes in the ice with fishhooks sticking out.

They are all poor people with mud legs and live by the water. Of course they have to catch some fish to supplement their family income and make some tooth sacrifices.

But they are all fishhooks, not fishing nets.

Because fishing with fishing nets is the exclusive preserve of the fish stall owners in the city. Anyone who dares to use fishing boats and nets privately will be the enemy of the fish stall owners in the city. Those fishermen with harpoons are not easy to mess with.

This is the current situation of the world, with distinct groups and classes.

Carefully avoiding the fishhook, he swam to a place close to the shore where there was no hole or fishhook.

Listen attentively.

After another half-quarter of an hour, Li Qi found that the fishhooks were almost not moving.

After discovering this, he simply dived down, caught a fish by himself, held it by the water, clasped the gills, swam to the hook, and hung the fish on the hook.

The fish's lip was pierced, and the fish started to swing wildly!

The fishing line stretched continuously, and finally even dragged down a rod.

In the end, no one pulled the fish up.

There's no one up there!

When Li Qi just listened to the ice, he didn't hear any movement at all. At the same time, he also noticed that the fishhook was not swinging, so he came to test it.

This time I tried again, but no one pulled the pole, which showed that there was no one up there.

He waited for a while, then grabbed the dragged fishing rod, pulled the fish back, took off the hook, and hung it on another fishing rod.

Use it many times, after all, it is difficult to catch fish.

This fish was hung up three times in a row until its mouth turned into a sieve. Only then did it finally escape from the clutches and escape in terror!

It only takes one knife to kill a fish, but I have never seen one kill three times!

Li Qi, on the other hand, finally couldn't hold it in any longer.

Two-quarters of an hour was almost up, and he was also frozen in the ice water, his hands and feet were stiff, and his face was purple.

Even with Paibo Jin to protect his body, he is almost reaching his limit.

After double-checking that there was no one up there, he found an ice hole for fishing, jumped out of it quickly, and without any delay, rolled over and rushed to the shore.

The original plan was that if someone was stationed here, they would break the ice from the other side and make a noise to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

But since there's no one there, it's better to just go up there.

He was very fast, and the ice was slippery, so he slid across it.

Entering the alley, he immediately jumped up, paying attention to his surroundings, and ran towards the Strong Gang's station.

There are all residential buildings here, but there seems to be no one there. As expected, their people are all gathered together, so there are no people in these peripheral residential buildings.

He mainly paid attention to the tailors, so he deliberately avoided the tailors' houses and walked in the narrow gaps as much as possible.

There was no one on the street, and he was careful, so he walked all the way without being noticed, and smoothly arrived at the square where the Li Zhuang Bang Ping Suri gathered for discussion.

It is said to be a square, but it is actually an open space in front of the main house of the Lizhuang Gang. It is about sixty or seventy square meters. It is usually used for everyone to dry fish and clothes. When something happens, they gather here to discuss.

After all, this alley can only accommodate one or two hundred strong men.

Li Qi approached cautiously, hiding his body behind the wall, pricking up his ears and listening to the sounds in the square.

There was indeed a sound in the square, where trackers gathered.

Some trackers were talking, but they didn't lower their voices.

After all, they are just trackers, and it is impossible to have good discipline. A bunch of people gather together and don't talk. Even college students can't do it. How can we ask the trackers to do it?

Li Qizheng knew this, so he hid and listened without even looking.

By the way, he also took off his clothes and covered his face, leaving only his eyes exposed.

Some trackers from the Strong Gang who were closer were talking loudly about today's events.

"Tell me, is that alchemist's words really trustworthy?"

"You've asked me this four times, and the boss believes it. What can you do if you don't believe it?"

"You two, really, can you believe it after seeing it with your own eyes? That's a magic technique! It's much better than our physical training technique. Why are you complaining when you have the opportunity to learn magic?"

"Today is Kaihe! Even if we don't go to Kaihe, what if that alchemist deceives us? Wouldn't we lose the reward in vain?"

"Stop talking, come out, come out!"

As soon as he said this, Li Qi immediately heard the sound of a group of people getting up and the sound of doors opening and closing.

What a coincidence that I came here this time, Alchemist... Is the Li Zhuang Gang involved with Alchemist? The alchemist promised to teach Li Zhuangbang the magic?

How can it be!

Li Qike knew very well how much this world valued things like "gongfa".

Every skill, even the crudest one, is a precious treasure that can be passed down to a family!

Therefore, after hearing this, even he couldn't help but poke his head out of the alley and look at the open space not far away.

As expected, there were a bunch of big men standing in the clearing, surrounded by them, all staring closely at the two people in the center of the clearing.

Li Qi knew a strong man who was the leader of the Li Zhuang Gang.

A young boy's clothes were made of cotton, completely different from the linen worn by trackers.

And this young student actually held something very familiar to Li Qi in his hand.

Isn’t that my fucking game console? ? Why is this half here! ?

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