The sound of arrows piercing the air, the muffled sound of the body being cut by the weapon, the sound of blood spurting after the weapon is pulled out, the shouting, running, the sound of flying claws and hooks coming and going... Occasionally there are begging for mercy and curses in the middle, Because the doors and windows of the cabin were closed, the outside scene could not be seen. People inside the cabin felt more and more thrilling listening to the various movements set off by the sea breeze and waves.
... I don’t know how long it took, but the noise outside gradually subsided, and Rong Suihe’s calm and indifferent voice came in: “Clean up!”
A sound of relief suddenly came from the cabin.
After a while, the cabin door finally opened, and Rong Shuihe walked in first. The group of people still had an edge and murderous aura that had not yet been restrained. Their robes were also a little messy. It was difficult to see stains on the dark robes, but the door The bloody smell that came in with the sea breeze as soon as they opened proved how dangerous their experience just now was.
"It's okay." But both Rong Suihe and the people under him looked relaxed. They asked people to open the portholes for ventilation and said with a smile, "Some blind thieves, look back. Cut off the head and send it to the shore, and maybe you can pick a few bonuses."
"Cousin, are you okay?" Sheng Weiqiao had already known their details, so he looked at them and felt relieved. However, Li Shengxu was a little dizzy from the smell of blood and said tremblingly, "Actually, they If you're just asking for money, it doesn't matter if you give them some money... If you take the lead like this, it won't be worth it if you get hurt?"
Rong Suihe glanced at him with a smile and said: "Cousin, have you ever thought about it? Our destination is Nanfeng County. Even if the ship travels day and night, it still takes half a month! Today! This group of thieves spent money to buy peace. What will happen if another group comes back? If we don’t take the money seriously, how about using it to pave a road to Nanfeng County?"
Li Shengxu hurriedly said: "We can go ashore and take the land route instead!"
"What if there are bandits on land?" Rong Suihe said disapprovingly, "Don't worry, these little thieves are the most bully and afraid of the strong. If they kill a group of people, their accomplices will know that we are not easy to mess with, so they will naturally not dare to do so next time. What are we going to do!"
He added, "I have already asked people to tie a few thieves who have injured our people to the back of the boat. A school of fish will come over to eat in a moment. I am afraid that you and your servants will not be able to see such a scene." , be careful later and don’t go behind the boat!”
Sheng Weiqiao and Li Shengxu's faces turned pale at the same time when they heard this. Sheng Weiqiao had long known that Wu Yiying's methods were ruthless, and because she and her two sisters had fallen into the hands of pirates, she hated pirates deeply, so Even though I imagined such a scene at this moment, I felt a little overwhelmed and made up my mind not to go to the back of the ship, but I didn't have any objections.
But Li Shengxu couldn't bear to say: "You can't kill someone without a head, so why let someone die without a complete body? How about beheading?"
"Master Marquis, you have forgotten what the prince said just now. The thieves who came to rob us now have accomplices!" Hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao was about to speak, but Li Chen had already said urgently, "We won't use thunderous means to intimidate you now." Those people live here, what if pirates come looking for us next?!"
Even if he didn't, Li Chen wouldn't object to Rong Suihe's approach at all!
You must know that when he heard that he met the pirates just now, he was almost scared out of his mind, okay? !
He is the son of the Li family and the old man left by Yangwu Marquis Li Junze. Because Li Junze died young, Li Shengxu was raised by the eldest princess Wuyang alone. He lived in the eldest princess's mansion since he was a child. It was natural for the old man of the Li family No kiss.
This trip to the south was an errand that he had managed to get by showing his loyalty and diligence. He originally thought that by doing so, he could improve his status in the eyes of his master and seek a good future.
As a result, we bumped into a pirate!
Fortunately, Rong Shuihe and the others were able to fight off this murderer!
Otherwise, it would not be a matter of Li Chen raising his head to go back to see Princess Wuyang. It would be a matter of his whole family in Yichun Marquis Mansion having to be buried with Li Shengxu!
So Li Chen had no sympathy for these pirates at all, and wished they would be as miserable as possible so that he could vent his anger!
At this moment, he advised Li Shengxu, "Besides, you probably didn't notice what the prince said. Those pirates who were tied to the back of the boat all chopped up our people. Think about it, if you sympathize with them, wouldn't it be a shame?" To win the hearts of the guards in the county prince's palace?"
After saying this, Li Shengxu nodded repeatedly and offered to visit the injured people. Rong Suihe casually pointed to one of his men to lead him the way... Originally, those people should have been carried directly into the cabin for treatment, but Rong Suihe was worried about scaring the two hothouse-raised guests in the cabin. The key point was that Sheng Weiqiao had a history of having a high fever after being stimulated by blood. This was not the first time, so he asked everyone to carry them to the side of the ship and clean up the deck. After cleaning, only the uninjured people were brought in.
After Li Shengxu's master and servant left, Rong Suihe looked at Sheng Weiqiao and said with a smile, "Are you afraid?"
"I haven't seen anything, what's there to be afraid of?" The girl rolled her eyes at him and said, "And it's not like I haven't seen such a battle before... Have you forgotten that I also snatched Xu Baomo's The sword cut off the head of Young Master Han! I am not Li Shengxu!"
After looking around, he saw that Li Shengxu's servants were not there, and whispered, "Suddenly, your previous wishful thinking will come to nothing!"
Rong Suihe understood what she meant. He had previously approved of Li Shengxu playing in the water, and even sent his men to accompany and coax Li Shengxu into the sea. The purpose was to make Li Shengxu like going to sea. After arriving in Nanfeng County, It is logical to lead this cousin to encounter Tortoiseshell Island when he goes to sea.
But now that Li Shengxu has been frightened by pirates, it is hard to say whether he will be willing to go to sea when he reaches Nanfeng County!
"It's nothing, as long as he's willing to go out." Rong Suihe smiled and said, "Pirates are humans after all, so they can't go ashore?"
After all, they had just repelled an attack by a group of pirates. Although no one died on the ship, the injured, prisoners, confessions, seizures... especially the opponent's two clippers all needed to be dealt with by Rong Suihe.
So he briefly chatted with Sheng Weiqiao to make sure that the girl was not frightened this time, and then sent Sheng Weiqiao back to the cabin on the third floor to deal with the aftermath.
Everyone on the ship was very busy that day. Although the blood stains on the deck were washed away by sea water just after the fighting, the smell of blood still lingered on the entire ship until night fell, lingering.
In the middle of the night, Rong Suihe had finally taken care of everything and had taken a bath and changed clothes. He had just asked someone to carry away the bathtub and prepared to put it in the tent. Suddenly, Sheng Weiqiao's low voice came from above his head: "Hey! Come up here!"
"Good girl, what's wrong?" Rong Suihe was very surprised. After jumping up to the third floor, he stretched out his hand to pinch the girl's chin, kissed her, and then asked with a smile, "But I don't dare to sleep alone, so I plan to call me up." be with you?"
"You don't dare to sleep alone!" Sheng Weiqiao hit him and said, "If I really didn't dare to sleep alone, wouldn't I ask the maid to come in and stay with me in bed?"
Seeing that Rong Suihe was a little dishonest, he hit him again and said sternly, "Don't make trouble! Let me tell you something serious: Those people today...are they really pirates?!"
Rong Suihe smiled and said: "My dear girl, you are doing plunder at sea. What are you if you don't mean to be a pirate?"
Sheng Weiqiao sneered, walked to a round table with huanghuali inlaid marble carvings and landscape figures, and sat down. He turned over the tea bowl on it, poured himself a cup of tea and drank a few sips, then said coldly: "Take this to fool Li." Shengxu and his entourage, right! Are you trying to fool me? Do you really think that I am ignorant and incompetent, and can’t even see such an obvious flaw?!"
"Not to mention that when we went north to Chang'an, we never encountered any pirates during the long sea route!"
"How come we happened to catch up when we came back?"
"Let's just say that we are approaching the south of the Yangtze River and are only a few days away from Bishui County. Not only did General Zhou conduct a vigorous sweep when he was in charge of Jinghai, but also after something happened to Duke Huan, the court wanted to prove that pirates were the chief culprits who murdered Duke Huan. The culprit was the one who specially ordered the imperial navy to sweep Bishui County and the nearby sea area like a grate!"
"Our current location is within range!"
"Because Duke Huan has never been found, the court still says to this day that the real culprits are pirates. This area has become a forbidden area that even the seven pirates and pirates dare not touch. After all, although Duke Huan has no capable descendants by blood, he has many disciples who are high-ranking officials. people!"
"Whether these people are doing it out of respect for their mentor or for their reputation in front of the world, if they know that pirates have appeared in this sea area, how can they just sit back and watch?!"
"How stupid a pirate would be to do such a thing of seeking death?!"
"Also, although I was in the cabin just now and couldn't see what was happening outside, I could hear clearly: after the ship cut off its sails and dropped its anchor, two clippers came close to it soon and asked for help. There was no shouting about money or anything like that, we just started doing it right away!"
"I remember the time three years ago, when Xu Baomo and I were kidnapped by Young Master Han. Of course, when the bandit ship was far away, it could only send signals, but when it got closer, especially when fighting on the side, it would shout out its purpose. To intimidate the people on board the plundered ship with threats!”
"Are these so-called pirates too silent today?"
"I don't want money, I just want to kill people... Could this be a pirate who happened to meet us and want to make a fortune?!"
Sheng Weiqiao frowned and looked at him, "Or is there a premeditated plan to target you, me or Li Shengxu... the killer?!"
"..." Rong Suihe looked at her strangely. After a while, he walked over, reached out and pinched her cheek, and asked doubtfully, "Are you really my good girl?"
"What do you mean?!" Sheng Weiqiao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he became furious, slapped his hand away, and said angrily, "Do you think that I am just stupid and don't know anything?! Don’t you think more about it?!”
Seeing her grabbing the edge of the round table in excitement as she spoke, as if she was going to smash the whole table on his head if he didn't answer well, Rong Suihe immediately said: "Good girl, you misunderstood! I What I mean is, dear girl, you have never cared about me so much before! Now you suddenly worry about me like this, I am really flattered!"
Sheng Weiqiao's anger subsided slightly. He turned his head to the side and snorted coldly: "I don't feel sorry for you! I just think these people have soiled a good ship of our Sheng family. I don't know if it was damaged or not, so It would only make people unhappy if we don’t find out their behind-the-scenes instructions!”
Rong Suihe couldn't help laughing and said: "Well, my dear girl is right! But we didn't lose money on this transaction. Because the two speedboats they took over were both unscathed. I have already gone over to check it myself, and followed upstairs There will be no problem at all when the boat sails back to Nanfeng County! It will be credited to the betrothal gift then!"
"Don't change the subject!" Sheng Weiqiao said with a straight face, but in fact he was hiding his shyness, "Seriously! Where did those pirates come from? Who are they here for? There is no way you can even survive. No one left, right? Even if there are no survivors, the Clippers are not something that every household can have, so we should find some clues?"
Rong Suihe still smiled and said, "Actually, I know who it is without asking for a confession!"
Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly asked: "Who?"