I asked in a deep voice: "Director Li, if we set the whole boat on fire, can we get ashore before the boat is burned?"
Li Daoshi was stunned for a moment and said: "50% sure."
"Then bet this 50%. Light the fire!" I rushed to the side of the ship with one step, drew my knife and slashed at the dragon-eating grass.
Taoist Li shouted: "Light the whole boat on fire, everyone get down and paddle, and rush to the top of the mountain with all our strength."
"No... no way!" Someone squeezed towards me desperately, "Wang Huan, you can't light the fire! If the boat burns, we will all die! Let's draw lots? Let's draw lots!"
"Get out!" I raised my hand and pushed the man aside, "Light the fire! Hurry up..."
"You can't order anything..." The people on the boat suddenly became a mess. Some people were pushing Tang Jun, while others were desperately pushing their companions to push them into the dragon-eating grass.
I chopped the blades of grass continuously and roared: "Light the fire, and kill anyone who tries to stop me!"
"Listen to his order!" Taoist Li gave the order, and Tang Jun immediately pushed away the crowd around him, quickly poured kerosene on the boat, and lit the sides of the boat on fire. As the flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke billowed out of the cabin.
The person who had just hid in the cabin ran out again covering his mouth: "The people below are crazy and set the cabin on fire!"
"Wang Huan is really crazy. He made people angry..." Someone just shouted and was slapped hard by Si Ruo: "Shut up!"
I turned around and shouted to Taoist Li: "Go ahead at full speed!"
When Li Daoshi gave the order again, the oars at the bottom of the warship flew up, driving the warship full of flames to sprint towards the top of the mountain.
The warships of the Tang Dynasty Army were already very old. They were not burned into a ball of fire all because the ships came out of the sea with traces of water. However, the wind helped the fires at such a high speed. In an instant, a raging fire broke out on the ships. , the flames pulled by the wind were like the blood of poisonous snakes, trembling and licking at our faces.
Although our detectives stood firm in front of the fire, the people on the boat were in a mess, and countless curses and curses poured into my ears one after another like bouncing beans.
Just as my face was sinking, there was a sound of cracking wooden planks from all around the warship. Ruan Dalong exclaimed: "What's going on?"
Li Daoshi responded: "The speed is too fast, the boat will fall apart. Be ready to dive."
"What did you say? We are finished..." Someone cried on the spot, "Wang Huan, you bastard, we were killed by you..."
I immediately said in a deep voice: "Can it be faster?"
Taoist Li stomped his foot on the ground: "Accelerate with all your strength! Hurry-"
The speed of the flying oars suddenly doubled, and silver water waves rolled up on both sides of the ship. The warship, which was already shaped like a sharp arrow, accelerated again, and the sound of the ship's planks breaking was endless. The warship under our feet could no longer withstand the overloaded speed and began to completely collapse. When the flaming side of the ship fell into the water piece by piece, the crying on the ship was so loud that it almost gave people a splitting headache.
Taoist Li urged sternly: "Hurry up, hurry up, there are still a few feet left! Just rush forward..."
Before Li Daoshi finished speaking, several loud "clicking" sounds came from the side of the ship, and the broken oar instantly flew from the side of the ship.
"No..." As soon as I spoke, the warship that was still speeding suddenly turned around in the water, spiraled continuously and crashed into the distant mountain ridge. I just felt that after a loud bang, my feet on the deck moved involuntarily towards the side of the ship where the fire was burning.
Taoist Li stretched out his hand to pull me back to my original position, and roared angrily: "The broken boat, help them get down."
The Tang army, which had been prepared for a long time, rushed to the side of the ship, split the flaming ship planks with their swords, forcibly opened a way through the raging fire, grabbed those people and retreated quickly to the bottom of the ship.
When Si Ruo and I finally got off the boat, everyone was already standing in the water under the mountain ridge. I took a rough look at the situation on the second floor of Dan Island, but couldn't help but frown.
The second floor of Dan Island is like a huge shallow pool. The dam-like mountain ridge in front separates the first and second floors into two sections. Outside is land covered with dragon-eating grass, but inside it is almost even. Waist deep shallow water. The muddy yellow water covered the second-story island, and the only thing exposed on the water was a towering giant tree with strange shapes.
Before I could clearly see the situation on the island, I saw people standing in the water turning their heads away in unison. Some even glanced at my face quietly while lowering their heads.
not good!
In a flash of thought, I reached out and grabbed Si Ruo beside me, and jumped under the embankment. After the two of us rolled forward a few steps, I suddenly turned my head and looked back at the place where we had just stood.
I just took one look, and my heart felt cold - the place I was standing just now was completely covered by dragon-eating grass, and the green grass branches were slowly twisting and spreading forward. If I had been a little bit late, I would have been covered by dragon-eating grass. The dragon-eating grass swallowed it up.
All of them saw the dragon-eating grass, but no one warned me. They all even turned their heads and looked into the distance, for fear that I would realize that there was a crisis behind me.
Just when I was feeling extremely chilled, the dragon-eating grasses that had spread over the mountain ridge retreated one level after coming into contact with the water on the mountain.
I slowly stood up and looked at Ruan Dalong and Tao Xiaoyao with a sneer: "How do you two feel?"
Ruan Dalong looked embarrassed and said: "This... this can be regarded as an instinct for ordinary people..."
Si Ruo took a step forward and said sternly: "Is this instinct? This is the ugliness of human nature! They are not worth saving at all."
Some people were dissatisfied and said: "Is Wang Huan saving people? He is harming people. They could have sent us out directly, so why should they lead us to death again and again?"
Tao Xiaoyao was probably afraid that they would say uglier words, so he quickly came out to smooth things over and said, "They are all ordinary people who don't understand the world, and they don't understand the difficulty of our detective skills."
Si Ruo said coldly: "They may not understand Jianghu, but don't they even understand human nature? Wang Huan worked hard to save them, but they want to watch Wang Huan die. This is something a human can do ? They are wolves, snakes, and beasts!"
"Fart!" someone yelled angrily, "Who is the beast? We say that Wang Huan is the beast. He beats and scolds us at every turn. Does any of us owe him anything?"
"You said Wang Huan risked his life to save us. I think he just wanted to show off for himself. He lit up the warship and sprinted with all his strength. He thought he was very powerful, didn't he? He could predict everything, right? He almost killed us all. died."
Si Ruo angrily smiled and said, "Do you all think so?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Si Ruo said coldly: "If you don't light the warship, someone will have to come out to sacrifice the sea. Which of you is willing to sacrifice your life for righteousness? Come out! Why didn't I see anyone stand up at that time?"
Si Ruo pointed to the person who had just spoken to her: "I asked you to feed the dragon grass, did you agree?"
"I, I, I..." the man said "I" a few times before saying, "We can draw lots! Whoever draws the death lot will have a bad fate. It's better than throwing everyone in."
Si Ruo smiled angrily and said, "Wang Huan, this is the person you are trying to protect at all costs."
I said in a deep voice: "Ruan Dalong and Tao Xiaoyao, I don't want to look at these people anymore. If you want to take care of them, just stay and we can go our separate ways."
Tao Xiaoyao bit her lip and was silent for a while before saying, "Wang Huan, I can understand your mood, but it is the bounden duty of the detective hand..."
"Don't mention this to me." I said coldly, "The Detective is a human being, but not a saint. I can't repay evil with kindness, let alone do it. Not killing them personally is already my biggest mistake. Be patient, you'd better not test my limits again!"
I already had murderous intentions as I spoke. If Tao Xiaoyao wanted to say anything else, Ruan Dalong had no choice but to say: "Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, let them go!"
I nodded to Taoist Li: "Let's go!"
"Wait a minute!" Taoist Li took out three coins from his body and handed them to my hand. "You make a hexagram first."
Inexplicably, I shook the copper plate several times as instructed by Taoist Li, and he drew a hexagram on the ground with a branch: "Go this way, this is your auspicious position."
I have never believed in things like fortune telling.
When I was in an antique shop, I met a few fortune tellers. At first glance, what they said sounded reasonable. In fact, if you think about it carefully, their words were "blocked at both ends". If any part of the calculation was not accurate, they would still Can use those ambiguous words to pull back the words.
To put it bluntly, nine out of ten fortune tellers are uncertified psychological counselors. What they tell is not the future, but how to make people feel psychologically comfortable, or at least give their customers some psychological comfort.
But now, I don’t know where to go. Since Taoist Li said that is the auspicious position, let’s go to the auspicious position first!
After I nodded, Taoist Li waved his hand and said, "Four people come out to explore the way."
Four Tang soldiers came out side by side, using their spears to probe into the water and walk into the depths of the woods. Seeing that there was no danger ahead, Taoist Li asked the police to surround us and formed a square formation towards the woods.
Before we had gone far, Taoist Li turned around and said, "I said that is Wang Huan's auspicious position over there, but I didn't say it was someone else's auspicious position. If you insist on following us, if you encounter any danger, you will die there. In the woods, don’t blame us for not saving him."
Despite what Li Daoshi said, those people will definitely follow. It is relatively safe to walk on a road that has been trodden by others. Tao Xiaoyao and the others will definitely choose to walk behind us.
I knew those people were following me and didn't stop me, but Taoist Li said as he walked: "Your heart is still not cruel enough. Sometimes, a woman's benevolence is to harm others and herself! Being soft-hearted is not good for you. It’s not a good thing, and it might even put you in a dilemma.”
My face darkened slightly: "What do you mean?"