Chapter Thirty-Seven: Dark Moon and High Wind
The dark moon kills people on a murderous night, and the wind blows high and sets people on fire!
That night, the wind picked up.
Chang Ying patrolled the deck as usual, and stopped after a long time.
The strong man next to him looked forward and said: "Boss, we're almost there."
"Yeah" Chang Ying responded softly, tightening his tight clothes.
"Have the Censor and the two young men rested?"
The man looked at the cabin, nodded slightly and said, "It's time to rest."
"Get out of the sheath!" Chang Ying suddenly shouted.
The few strong men around him were shocked and subconsciously took out all the knives in their hands.
"Hey!" A cold light suddenly shone.
By the light of the water-colored sword, Chang Ying took off his warm clothes and said softly: "Before leaving, it seems that a group of water thieves are targeting us."
The few brave warriors looked at each other and remained silent.
"But they didn't follow closely. It would have been better if they knew that we were an official ship. If they didn't have the foresight, they would have taken action tonight at the latest."
"Boss, what do you mean?"
"The heroes on Jiangnan Road can't stretch their hands long, and they will be at a loss after crossing Jiangdu."
Several strong men nodded, knowing that although the southern water pirates were arrogant, they rarely dared to touch official property.
The imperial court was encircled and suppressed several times, and the arrogant ones died, but the more arrogant ones did not die.
Those who survive are those with two brushes.
"None of us brothers are allowed to close their eyes tonight, and no swords are allowed to be sheathed. When we finish this trip, everyone will be rewarded. Then we will go to Pingkangli to find some young ladies and have a good time!"
Chang Ying waved his hand and said, these strong men all laughed and became energetic.
Others don't know about this escort trip, but they know the benefits.
Immediately, everyone cheered up. Seeing this, Chang Ying also walked towards the bow of the ship, looking at the darkness and blur ahead with his hands behind his hands. It would be there in less than half an hour.
On the bank of Jiangdu River.
The grass on the hilltop is sometimes high and sometimes low, and there are dozens of people's shadows looking forward to it.
"King Ma! Here he comes!" A fat one-eyed dragon squinted his only remaining eye and stared at the river in the distance, dozens of meters away from the top of the mountain to the river, and in the darkness of the night, he actually saw
Clearly.
Ma Lie remained silent and stood motionless.
"King Ma, this is a good opportunity! Once they pass Jiangdu, it will be difficult to take action."
These thieves were gearing up. Although they couldn't see the official ship in the distance, their accomplice who was nicknamed "Venomous Eyed Snake" actually said it was coming, which meant it was definitely coming.
Because the one-eyed dragon is famous for his pair of sharp moves.
Ma Lie smiled coldly, instead of looking at the river, he looked at the dense forest beside the river.
"Do you think tonight is a good time to kill someone?" Ma Lie asked with a smile as the centipede scar on his face flickered.
These water thieves had long been eager to try. They couldn't help but be startled when they heard this. Then someone said: "I'm going to find the village widow today. It's so tight. I don't even know who it is."
"Haha!" The whole room burst into laughter as soon as these words came out. Only the poisonous-eyed snake smiled slightly and immediately stopped talking.
Ma Lie also sneered, "Venomous-eyed snake!"
The poisonous-eyed snake was lowering its head and thinking, but when Ma Lie called out, he immediately stepped forward.
"You're really good at these moves."
The poisonous-eyed snake was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know what Ma Lie was causing, and at the same time, cold sweat broke out on his back.
"Of course, this fat man will know the girl right when he looks at her on the street."
Although these thieves were eager to try, they were all famous people and were not so anxious to sell their lives to others. Seeing that Ma Lie was not in a hurry, it was assumed that he had a plan, so they all started chatting here.
"King Ma, do you have any advice?" Poison-Eyed Snake secretly tensed his muscles and asked.
Ma Lie didn't even look back, just turned his back to him and said, "It's okay, I'm just a little envious..."
It's too late, but it's faster! Before Ma Lie could finish his words, he suddenly turned around, put his big hands across his waist, and used a pair of Poison-Eyed Dragon's moves.
The sudden change shocked everyone around him, and the Poison-Eyed Dragon did not expect that Ma Lie would suddenly attack someone.
"Ah!" A scream rang out, and Ma Lie's big hands thrust straight into his eyes, piercing the poisonous-eyed dragon's head in an instant!
A column of blood and brain matter sprayed out, splattering all over the faces of the thieves.
Only then did they come back to their senses, hurriedly retreated, and shouted in unison: "Ma Lie!"
Ma Lie still maintained his previous posture, with his fingers still inserted into the poison-eyed dragon's face, and he snorted coldly: "You all know the rules on the road, search for yourself."
After saying that, he pushed the corpse away with his palm, and the bloody poison-eyed dragon lay on the ground.
Ma Lie wiped his hands on his clothes a few times and turned his head again to ignore everyone.
Seeing his appearance, everyone looked at each other, and in addition to being horrified, they also secretly shuddered.
"Did something happen?"
Ma Lie's move was extremely sudden. When they reacted, Poison-Eyed Dragon was already dead.
But they are also ruthless people, so someone immediately came forward to check.
Everyone scrambled to strip off the clothes of the Poison-Eyed Dragon, and several things fell out.
After taking a closer look, all he could see were a few banknotes and something that looked like a letter.
Everyone ignored the banknotes. One person picked up the letter, looked at it and said, "I can't read. Can someone look at what's written here?"
"Give it to me!" A short man about forty years old took the letter.
"What's written on this!?"
"Knife handle, you speak!"
The man known as Daobaozi stared at the letter in stunned silence, looking at it again and again.
"Ah!" After a long time, he spat on the poisonous-eyed dragon corpse.
"What a great Liu Erlang! Grandpas usually treat him with respect, but he actually plays tricks on grandpa!"
When everyone saw the knife handle being so angry, they all felt trembling in their hearts and secretly said, "Oh no," knowing that there must be something wrong with this deal.
Most of them are illiterate, but they are rich in experience. Someone immediately asked tentatively: "The black man eats the black man?"
The knife handler immediately shouted: "Liu Erlang is going to kill us all!"
"Ah!" Everyone's expressions changed immediately after hearing this. They never expected that Liu Xun had such a big appetite that he would dare to play with these desperadoes who licked blood from their swords.
Immediately everyone looked at Ma Lie's back.
"King Ma! This deal can't be done, the wind is blowing hard!"
Ma Lie heard this and sneered: "You think we can just stop doing business if we say we don't do it. I don't think there are two or three hundred hedgehogs in the dense forest, but there are hundreds and eighties." (Note: slang, generally refers to archers)
As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces turned pale. After leaving the mountain, there was an open area. If the people in the forest were really as Ma Lie said, then this group of people would become a target in the blink of an eye.
Everyone was silent for a while, staring at Ma Lie's back.
...
The dense forest is in it.
Except for a few birds chirping from time to time, there was no movement in this dense forest at night.
A leaf falls down.
"Here we come, why don't Ma Lie and the others take action!?"
Looking at the official boat approaching on the river, the masked man asked anxiously.
"Chief, it seems that Malie is still in the mountains."
"What!?" The masked man was shocked.
"Where's the Poison-Eyed Dragon!?"
"No signal sent"
"Oops!" The masked man realized something instantly. Although his face was covered, the horror in his eyes could not be concealed.
The big boat on the river was moving faster and faster, and it was already halfway through the dense forest.
"Nake an arrow!" The masked man looked sharply and shouted softly.
In an instant, the dense forest moved, the leaves fell, and the entire dense forest was lurked by masked men holding bows and arrows!
Hundreds of powerful bows were aimed at the big ship in an instant.
How could this kind of movement be hidden from Chang Ying and others on the ship? Chang Ying stood on the deck and looked at it, exclaiming: "Not good!"
Chapter completed!