Although Qi Feng was stabbed by Yan Lingxian, fortunately, the vital part was not injured, and the wound medicine was applied to quickly stop the bleeding. By dusk, some color had returned to his face.
Yan Lingxian was hit by two punches by Qi Ning, especially the one on the chest, which hurt his chest. He sat alone on the bow of the boat, resting and recuperating. When everyone saw Yan Lingxian like this, they knew it was Qining who had done it, and they felt a little angry. However, when it was time to eat, no one paid attention to him. Zhou Shun even asked the cook on the ship not to deliver food to Yan Lingxian.
Ximen Zhanying also knew that Yan Lingxian had caused a big disaster this time, and he was afraid that Qining would actually kill Yan Lingxian in anger.
After all, Yan Lingxian grew up with her and was very obedient to her. Naturally, she couldn't bear Yan Lingxian dying under Qi Ning's knife. When she saw Qin Ning, she knew that he had injured him but not his life. This was the outcome she wanted. She was worried that if she gave Yan Lingxian food, she would offend Qi Ning and Zhou Shun and the others, and it would be difficult to deliver it. She thought that Yan Lingxian almost killed Qi Feng, even if It's not too much to be hungry for a few days.
After dark, Qining was practicing in the house. He heard a knock on the door, and Zhou Shun's voice came from outside: "Master Marquis, something is wrong."
Qi Ning stopped and opened the door, and Zhou Shun whispered: "There are two ships approaching from the opposite side."
Qi Ning frowned and followed Zhou Shun to the bow. Li Tang was standing on the bow at this time. When he saw Qi Ningguo approaching, he raised his hand and pointed forward. Qi Ning looked over by the moonlight and saw only someone on the opposite side. Two small boats were going upstream, and Li Tang had already whispered: "Master Hou, I just saw reflections on that small boat. The people on the boat may be carrying weapons."
"We have lights on the boat. We should be able to see it from a long distance." Zhou Shun said softly: "Logically speaking, when a small boat encounters a big ship, it should give way to the side, but you see these two small boats occupy the middle of the river. , coming straight towards us, there must be something wrong."
Li Tang sneered and said: "I heard that river bandits appear on the Yangtze River from time to time and rob ships passing alone. Lord Marquis, we have to be on guard."
Zhou Shundao said: "If they are ordinary river bandits, there is nothing to fear. I'm just afraid that these people are not ordinary river bandits."
Qi Ning nodded and said: "Zhou Shun is right. Li Tang, Zhou Shun, please go down and tell the boatmen not to act rashly, and ask Zhao Quan to protect Qi Feng. Yes, go and inform Miss Ximen that you have encountered a little trouble. Let her be careful."
"No need, I'm here." Ximen Zhanying's voice came from behind. For the whole day, because Qi Feng was injured, Ximen Zhanying couldn't take the initiative to talk to Qi Ning. At this moment, when Qi Ning mentioned herself, she immediately stepped forward. Come and ask: "What's going on?"
Qi Ning did not explain, but pursed his lips. Ximen Zhanying looked over and saw two small boats heading upstream. He frowned and said, "Aren't they afraid of being knocked over by the big boat?"
Zhou Shun had already gone to notify the people on the boat. Qining stood at the bow of the boat and took a look under the moonlight. He saw the figures of people flashing on the two boats. There were actually seven or eight people on each boat, and they were crowded. , frowned, the big ship did not stop, and continued to move forward. In just a moment, the two small boats had arrived in front of the big ship. Seeing that they were about to collide, the two small boats were quite nimble. They swung like fish and already moved. He walked around the bow from left to right and reached both sides of the ship.
"Zhou Shun will guard the left side, and Li Tang will guard the right side." Qi Ning shouted in a low voice: "Zhan Ying will follow Zhou Shun to the port side, so be careful."
Ximen Zhanying knew that someone was really coming to attack. Knowing that the matter was urgent, he did not hesitate. He drew his saber and hurried over to the port side with Zhou Shun.
Yan Lingxian was leaning on the corner of the bow of the ship. At this time, he also knew that someone was coming. Although his chest still hurt slightly, it did not hurt his muscles and bones. He stood up without saying anything and went to look for it. With his own knife, Qi Ning quickly reached the starboard side and saw Li Tang holding a big knife and staring coldly at the bottom of the boat. Qin Ning also looked over and saw that the small boat had approached the side of the big ship. At this time, he could see clearly. I saw seven or eight people on the boat, all with their faces covered. One of them had a hook hooked around the side of the big ship, keeping the small boat close to the big ship.
The boatmen of the big ship continued to move forward according to Zhou Shun's instructions, so the big ship did not stop. If the people on the small boat wanted to get up, they had to get close to the side of the ship, and they had obviously been prepared for it.
At this moment, several people jumped up on the small boat, holding nooses and steel knives in their belts. With just one wave, they caught the railing of the big ship, and then followed the ropes and climbed to the big ship very nimbly.
"Master Marquis, cut off the rope!" Li Tang looked sternly, clenching the knife in his hand, and was about to cut off the rope. Qin Ning whispered: "Wait a moment!" He already held the cold blade in his hand, and waited until someone climbed up On the side of the ship, Qi Ning suddenly drew his sword and slashed at the man's wrist. The man was startled and hurriedly retracted his hand. Qi Ning's move was a false move. The cold blade turned and blood flew, and the man was already sliced. head.
At this time, Li Tang saw a person about to climb up the side of the ship. Without hesitation, he slashed the rope with his knife. The rope was immediately cut off. The man who was clinging to the rope fell down with the rope. With a "pop", he fell into the water. Water splashed everywhere.
As soon as Li Tang succeeded, he was about to cut off the other person's rope. Suddenly he felt the cold wind coming, but someone on the boat was shooting a hidden weapon at Li Tang. The opponent was obviously a master of hidden weapons, so Li Tang could only retreat and dodge. At this moment, two people had climbed onto the side of the boat and slashed at Li Tang with their swords.
Both sides remained silent and fought hand to hand as soon as they encountered each other.
Qi Ning chopped off a person's head with a knife. The person next to him was shocked. He didn't expect Qi Ning to be so vicious. When he saw the headless body of his companion falling into the water, he couldn't help but glance down. His heart was freezing. At this moment, he heard There was wind above his head, and a cold light hit his head. The man reacted quickly. He loosened his hands and fell straight into the water.
At this time, Li Tang was one against two, but he did not lose. Instead, he forced the two people to retreat continuously. Qining frowned. At this time, he heard fighting coming from the port side, and knew that Ximen Zhanying had already come with him. When the enemy took over, he said in a deep voice: "Li Tang, guard here." He quickly ran towards the stern of the ship.
If the other party is coming to attack, they naturally know the situation on their side very well, and they should also know the fighting strength of their side. But looking at the martial arts of these people, although they are not too bad, they do not pose much of a threat. Qi Ning is heartbroken. Knowing that things were far from simple, I hurried to the stern of the boat and saw several people sneaking up from the stern. They were all wearing water rafts, and they were obviously diving.
The water support is a one-piece diving suit made of fish skin, jellyfish skin or shark skin. The surface is smooth and the internal force keeps warm. It can swim faster and for a longer time under water. These people all wear water support. They are obviously early. Just following behind.
Qi Ning naturally understood at this time that this was a trick to attack the east and the west. The two boats were bluffing and deliberately being seen, just to attract the attention of the boat, while these water ghosts wanted to take advantage of those people to drag Qi Ning and others. At that time, he secretly boarded the ship.
Four or five people climbed up from the stern of the boat. They were all a little surprised when they saw Qi Ning under the moonlight. Several people held water spikes in their hands and spread them out in a circle. However, they did not come forward immediately. They only heard one person say in a low voice. : "I know you are a Marquis of Jin Yi. Our brothers don't want your life. As long as you hand over that person, we will leave immediately and will not harm you in the slightest."
Qi Ning smiled coldly and asked, "Who is it?"
"Jin Yihou, you don't have to pretend to be confused." The man also smiled coldly: "We have a large number of people, and even if we risk death and injury, you can't get anything good. Since you have come to find us, please give Jin Yihou some face. Leave the person to us so that everyone can avoid harming the peace."
"You are generous." Qi Ning smiled and said, "I have already killed one of you with my own hands. Could it be that you don't care about his life at all and don't want to avenge him?" At this moment, Qin Ning heard the sound of footsteps and used the corner of his eye to Looking over, he found that Yan Lingxian had found the knife and was standing beside him.
"As long as the person is handed over, the life will be treated as a gift to the Marquis." The water ghosts glanced at Yan Lingxian and listened to the man's sinister words: "But if the Marquis persists in his obsession, I'm only worried that you will continue to It’s hard to save your own life.”
Qi Ning said calmly: "I know you are coming, but if you want to snatch someone from me, you have to ask me if my sword will answer." The cold blade in his hand flashed, and Qi Ning's figure swayed, and he had already stepped forward. , the cold blade in his hand pierced the person who spoke.
The man did not bother, and immediately backed away, sneering: "Don't regret it, Jin Yihou." He turned around and ran to the bow of the ship, and actually jumped off. A clear whistle sounded from the crowd, and others had already jumped off. At the stern of the boat, there was only a continuous sound of "plop-plop-plop", and those few people were not in the water for an instant.
Qining quickly walked to the bow of the boat and looked down. The water surface was sparkling, and all the water ghosts were diving into the water. At this moment, he heard the sound of footsteps, and Ximen Zhanying's voice came from behind: "They all jumped. Disembarked."
"Zhan Ying, can you recognize the nature of water?" Qining didn't look back.
Ximen Zhanying came forward, frowned and said, "Why are you asking?" He shook his head: "I... I don't understand water."
Hearing the sound of footsteps again, Li Tang's voice came: "Master Hou, they all jumped off the boat." Seeing the water stains on the bow deck, he immediately understood: "These guys are going to attack the east and west."
Qi Ning raised his hand to signal them not to speak. He narrowed his eyes and listened. After a moment, his face darkened and he said, "They want to sink the ship!"
"Huge the boat?" Ximen Zhanying was slightly surprised, and Li Tang rushed to the bow: "Master Marquis, I'm going into the water!"
"Don't act rashly!" Qi Ning said in a deep voice: "Li Tang, Zhou Shun, follow me to the bottom of the cabin immediately. Zhan Ying, you go and guard my room." He glanced at Yan Lingxian and saw that he was looking at him, He ordered: "Yan Lingxian, guard in front of the cabin door to prevent anyone from entering."
Several people stopped talking and took action one after another.
Qi Ning led Li Tang and Zhou Shun to the bilge. The six or seven boatmen in the bilge had already known that an enemy was coming. They were panicking and shaking their heads. When Qin Ning asked people to come down, someone had already come up to them and said: " Mr. Marquis, there is movement at the bottom of the boat... there is movement at the bottom of the boat!"
Li Tang was already lying on the board of the ship, and everyone held their breath. They heard clearly the sound of "dong dong" coming from the bottom of the ship. It was obvious that someone was digging at the bottom of the ship.
"Listen up, pick up the harpoon. Once the bottom of the boat is cut open, don't worry about it. Just stab the harpoon." Qining ordered several boatmen: "This gang is coming in a menacing way. Everyone must work together."
With Qi Ning's current martial arts, if they were to fight head-on, Qi Ning really wouldn't care about these water ghosts, but these water ghosts were operating underwater, which would be very troublesome. After hearing Qi Ning's instructions, all the boatmen immediately went to find them. Harpoons, there are really a lot of harpoons under the cabin, one for each person is more than enough.
"No, the oars were cut off by them." A boatman shouted.
This type of large ship can sail with the wind when there is wind. When there is no wind, the boatman has to row the oar to move forward. If you want to speed up, you can row the oar with the wind and the speed will be even faster.
Now that the ship's oars were destroyed by the other party, it was obvious that they did not want the people on the ship to control the direction of the ship.
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