The old man stopped smoking. He looked at the ship on the shore with deep eyes and said, "This ship will set sail in two days."
Xu Yin smiled and said: "Fortunately, it will be two days later. If it were three days later, I am afraid there will be a storm on the sea, and their boat will capsize and everyone will be killed."
The little old man was a little surprised. He raised his head to look at the sky, pinched his hands to make calculations. Suddenly his expression changed and he said: "Young man, can you read the sky?"
"I am a student from Jimo. I have lived by the sea since I was a child. Ships come and go on this sea. I am not familiar with the ocean currents and climate. I am afraid that the Dragon King will not be able to survive."
The skills of ocean currents and weather were mastered by Xu Yin when he explored the new continent in his previous life.
The little old man said: "Although ordinary fishermen who make a living from the sea also know how to read some celestial phenomena, their calculations are definitely not as accurate as yours."
Xu Yin said: "No matter how you say it, students are scholars. They read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, apply what they have learned, and integrate knowledge and action. Of course, they are better than ordinary fishermen."
The little old man laughed, his eyes not hiding his appreciation at all.
"In addition to the Four Books, Five Classics, and Neo-Confucianism, how many of today's scholars can read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, let alone apply what they have learned. What you said about the unity of knowledge and action is very interesting. Maybe we will discuss it again?"
The unity of knowledge and action is the philosophy of Wang Yangming's Xinxue. Xu Yin has not really read Xinxue. An in-depth discussion will inevitably reveal the truth.
He smiled and said: "That's the literal meaning, old man, it seems that we are not here to discuss Confucian doctrines."
"The little old man rarely sees scholars like you, so he can't help but become interested in what you learn. Do you want five million?"
"That's not much."
"We can give you ten million!"
Xu Yin looked at the other party and said, "If you don't tell me the reason, I'm afraid the student won't be able to take it."
"Ten million, buy you to be our invisible man."
Xu Yin narrowed his eyes and said, "The student would like to know how much the invisible men who ambushed me on the road are worth?"
The little old man remained calm and said calmly: "All of them together are not as valuable as you, otherwise you wouldn't be able to get here."
"If you buy a student to be your invisible person, you must be asking the student to do something."
"Of course, you should have already figured out that Prince Taiping is our invisible man, as is Ye Xingshi, and there are many, many more people you can't think of. They are all amazing beings."
"If I agree now, will I become your invisible person?"
"Originally, I will let you board this ship, and then there will be a test. If you pass the test, I will recruit you to join us. If you fail the test, you will naturally lose your life."
Xu Yin looked at the ship in the distance and said, "As a result, I saw the changes in the celestial phenomena, so your move is useless."
"Besides, I think you're interesting."
"So I don't need to go through any more tests?"
"You're not that kind of low-level killer."
Xu Yin smiled and said: "The young man in the inn who spoke without expression is considered a low-level killer?"
"He has never experienced the world, so he can only sharpen his character in this way. Unfortunately, he is still very soft-hearted and cannot become a mid-level killer."
The little old man looked at Xu Yin and paused, then continued: "So, it seems that you are willing to join us."
"Although students read the books of sages, they also know that the golden house in the book is not as good as the golden house that they actually get."
"Although our organization is loose, there are still some rules. You need to go to a place with me."
The little old man looked at the ship. Xu Yin had some understanding and said: "I said this is a private port used by pirates to sell stolen goods. How can there be a ship loading a large amount of goods here? Are people and money in it?"
The little old man nodded.
Xu Yin said: "I'm very curious, why didn't you kill those one hundred and two people?"
"Why kill?"
"The dead keep secrets best."
"If someone who was supposed to be dead killed someone, who else do you think would find out?"
Xu Yin said in surprise: "Can so many people be recruited to become killers?"
"Of course not. They have to be able to survive. If they survive, they will be eligible to participate in the test."
Xu Yin did not ask further. He had been a killer leader himself. Of course, he knew that in order to train a killer, he had to first polish off the killer's original humanity.
He picked up a conch on the ground like a child, and while playing with it, he asked: "This ship will set sail in three days?"
"good!"
"A storm at sea will cause not only human lives, but also gold, silver and jewelry to sink."
The little old man said with a smile: "Although this Fox Den is a port for selling stolen goods, it also belongs to the Jianghu. If a ship sank at sea, do you think they would spread the word?"
Xu Yin was stunned, and the snail meat in his hand was torn clean.
"That's always a good talking point for some people."
"If the cargo on the ship also capsized, then no one would be able to find out the whereabouts of the 33 million taels of jewelry?"
Xu Yin smiled bitterly and said: "If you are going to sink so much money, why did you bother to rob it in the first place?"
The little old man laughed loudly, "You predicted the celestial phenomena, but you didn't predict the ocean currents, and you didn't know there was a small island near the ship's route."
Xu Yin was startled and said: "You mean the ocean current will bring everything to the island?"
"Being good at making use of accidental murders and robberies is also a required course for our organization. No one would regard the storm at sea as our accomplice, right?"
"Old sir, you are really a genius!"
Xu Yin picked up the conch and blew it, but there was no sound.
The little old man took the conch with a kind smile, looked at it up and down, tried playing with it, and finally blew it before returning it to Xu Yin.
Xu Yin also blew twice, and suddenly he got tired of playing, so he threw the conch to the ground and broke it.
"Then, I'll live on the boat first."
The little old man smiled and said: "Young man is very sensible."
After seeing that side, the little old man disappeared, and Xu Yin didn't know where he went.
Anyway, he boarded the ship, and the ship was rescheduled for three days.
Interestingly, three days later, the ship failed to sail as scheduled.
Because many people came, including the heroes from the Twelve Links Wu, the masters of the thirteen escort agencies in the Central Plains, more than 80 famous martial arts figures and their relatives and disciples, as well as the guards of the Taiping Palace and the Jinyi Guards, there were hundreds of people in total.
In the face of so many forces and so many people, no matter how powerful the forces behind the ship's owner are, he can only dock honestly at this time, otherwise he will never be able to dock again in his life.
Xu Yin stood on the side of the ship with a proud and sarcastic smile on his face.
Lu Xiaofeng was standing next to him, and he had just boarded the ship.
However, Xu Yin already knew that the libertine had already had a passionate affair with Beef Soup, the black widow, last night and had done everything he should do.
Lu Xiaofeng has always lacked determination when it comes to women. Of course, there will always be times when he regrets this.