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Chu Yiqing stood on the deck and looked at the dock for a long time.
"Miss, drink some water!" Yingqian came out with a teapot.
"I'm not thirsty yet, let's leave it there first!" Chu Yiqing shook his head, squinted his eyes, covered his face with his hands to look at the sun, and directed Zhao Wu and others to put the special big umbrella on the deck.
The black oilcloth umbrella was set up and immediately cast a little shade on the deck, which was full of freshness and luster. They quickly moved the soft couch out and let Chu Yiqing rest on it.
"Miss, you have been busy raising money and dealing with the relatives of the boatmen these past few days. You are really exhausted. It's cold here, so you can take a sleep. My servant will watch over you!" Yingqian said thoughtfully.
Chu Yiqing nodded and lay on the soft couch, but she was not in a relaxed mood at the moment. When she thought of what she was going to face next, she couldn't help but frown tightly.
Yingqian couldn't help but sigh as she looked at her young lady's worried look.
After sailing at sea for two days, the merchant ship finally saw Haiying Channel from a distance. Chu Yiqing ordered the ship to approach slowly.
On the watchtower of Haiying Gorge, some gangsters looked at the merchant ships in the distance and shouted with joy to the brothers below: "Brothers, someone is bringing us money!"
Someone quickly went to the island to report the news.
After a while, a tall and fit young man came out with three people. He quickly climbed up to the watchtower and took a closer look. He nodded with satisfaction and asked the brothers to continue to be vigilant. He then ordered to notify the boss.
After a while, a dozen people came out of the house on the rock, all holding spears and other weapons in their hands, guarding the entrance of Haiying Gorge.
The young man stood on the highest rock at the entrance, set up a tent, looked at the approaching ships, and shouted loudly: "Wave the flag, let them see clearly!"
"Yes!" A minion responded and quickly waved the skull flag in his hand vigorously.
"Miss, look, that's where it is!" Fifteen couldn't help but said loudly, pointing to the red flag flying in the distance.
Chu Yiqing looked back and ordered in a cold voice: "Approach carefully to prevent them from trying any tricks again!"
Zhao Wu and others responded quickly.
The merchant ship slowly approached the island, and Chu Yiqing also saw the young man at the head clearly. He saw that his upper body was bare and lean, and his lower body was only a pair of gray linen pants. His hair was messy and tied up with a piece of hair.
He wears a pair of straw sandals on his feet. He is tanned all over, but his eyes are very bright and his facial features are pretty.
"Are you Chu Yiqing? You came on time!" The young man shouted loudly, and asked someone to go down and pull the boat to the shore. He slowly walked over and stood not far away, facing Chu Yiqing.
He continued to shout: "Let all your people come down and hand over their weapons. I want to inspect them first!"
Chu Yiqing nodded and took Yingqian and Yingrun off the boat first, followed by Zhao Wu and others.
As soon as Chu Yiqing got off the boat, the three women got off the boat. The pirates stared straight at them, and some of them even shouted: "Brother Hai, look, these women are no worse than the oirans in the Huan Pavilion!"
The man named Brother Hai slapped the man on the head and said: "Stop talking nonsense, check carefully first!"
The man responded quickly, took the others on board the ship, walked around for a while, stood on the deck and shouted: "Brother Hai, everything is normal!" Then he called dozens of people over to unload the ship.
Chu Yiqing raised his eyes coldly and said: "No one is allowed to touch anything on this boat without seeing my people!"
As soon as Chu Yiqing finished speaking, Zhao Wu immediately led his men to surround the two merchant ships.
Brother Hai spat hard to the side and shouted: "Hey, Chu Yiqing, who do you think you are? Now in my territory, if I want to test the silver, I have to test it first. Who dares to say?
No word?"
Chu Yiqing said coldly: "You want to inspect the silver, and I also want to inspect the people and ships. One hundred and ninety-two people plus thirteen merchant ships, one less thing, you can't even think of a penny of the silver on this ship!"
Brother Hai was stunned, looked Chu Yiqing up and down and then laughed and said: "Interesting, interesting, I haven't seen such an interesting woman in so many years. I like her momentum very much, otherwise I won't want this money, your people
You can also leave, but you have to stay, I still need a wife!"
Brother Hai shook the messy hair on his head as he spoke.
"You are simply dreaming!" Yingrun shouted angrily.
Chu Yiqing signaled her to calm down, and looked up at Brother Hai coldly: "Thieves have their ways, you captured my people, seized my ship, and made conditions for me to redeem them, and now I'm here
, but your boss didn't show up and didn't let me inspect people. I see that you don't have any sincerity, Ying Qian, let people get on the boat and leave!"
After Chu Yiqing finished speaking, he turned around and left.
"What kind of place do you think this is, you can leave whenever you want?" Brother Hai suddenly shouted loudly.
In the rustling sea breeze, Chu Yiqing turned around coldly, with a pair of dark eyes on his beautiful face cold and arrogant: "I definitely have the ability to leave here, do you believe it or not?"
"This woman..." Suddenly, a man in his fifties who had been following Brother Hai shouted in horror as if he had seen a demon, "Sir, it's her, it's Hai Luosha!"
Brother Hai was stunned, turned his eyes and growled: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Sir, I saw you right, it's Hai Luosha. This woman has the same imagination as Hai Luosha!" The man shouted loudly, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble.
When he shouted, the pirates who were surrounding him instinctively took a step back, with expressions of fear on their faces. Although they had never seen the scene back then, that story was shared by everyone who was born on Haiying Island.
The first story that a child hears is that the Sea Rakshasa is a traitor and a taboo on Haiying Island. It is said that the day the Sea Rakshasa returns, the day when all the people on the island will be wiped out!
That man's name is Uncle Jiao. Apart from Scar Haiye, he is the only one who has seen the true face of Hai Luosha. If he says it looks like it, then...
"Haidai, don't be rude to Miss Chu!" Suddenly, a deep and powerful voice came. Chu Yiqing looked along the voice and saw a black-faced man in his fifties, still wearing black cotton and linen clothes.
trousers, with a hemp rope tied randomly around the waist. Although the dress is casual, there is a natural domineering look all over the body, especially the scar on the face that almost spans the whole face, which makes him look more manly.
An evil spirit.
"Are you Scar?" Chu Yiqing raised his eyebrows and asked coldly.
"You are so bold, you actually dare to call us Hai Ye directly..." Brother Hai shouted in displeasure.
Scar raised his hand to signal Brother Hai to shut up, looked at Chu Yiqing again, and whispered: "The child is ignorant, Miss Chu, please don't be surprised, please speak inside!"
Chu Yiqing nodded, whispered to Zhao Wu to stay by the ship, and led Yingqian and Yingrun straight past the pirates whose expressions changed.
She didn't want to explore the Sea Rakshasa. Since she knew these people's trump cards from the beginning, she was already on guard. This time, she would definitely lead them away from here safely!
Scar, Brother Hai and the others led the way and climbed to a platform along the reef. From a distance, Chu Yiqing saw the large village. The scene in front of her made her couldn't help but raise her eyebrows in surprise. Originally, she
I thought that Haiying Island was a small island where pirates were inhabited, but I didn't expect that it turned out to be a large village. The sun shines on the hills in early spring, and a layer of fluffy green looms on the hillside. A cobblestone path starts from under my feet.
It winds and stretches deep into the village. There are some unnamed low shrubs growing on the roadside. The path is tall or short, and the houses are old or new. There is smoke from the village, and women are in front of their homes.
Weaving and spinning wool in the shade, chatting with each other. The children were playing around, chasing each other, and there were bursts of laughter.
Not far from entering the village, there is a small market. On both sides of the not-so-wide street, people are all wearing linen clothes and carrying baskets on their backs. Both sides of the street are filled with things, including earthen pots, cloth, food, and
There are stalls for jewelry and noodle makers. These people can take things from the street as needed, but they don't see any money being paid.
If he hadn't stood on the smooth bluestone road in person, Chu Yiqing would have really suspected that he had seen a mirage.
Scar walked into the village with bare feet first. The moment Scar appeared, the village suddenly became silent. People stopped what they were doing and stood on both sides. They bowed respectfully and saluted Scar.
Busy street market, silent.
Chu Yiqing, accompanied by Yingqian and Yingrun, followed Scar and passed in front of these people.
When everyone walked through the street, Scar waved his hand back casually, and suddenly there was a noise behind him, as if what happened just now had never happened.
"Miss Chu, please come in!" Scar turned around and made an inviting gesture again.
Chu Yiqing raised his eyes and saw a large thatched hut in front of him. This hut was the same as several surrounding huts. There was nothing outstanding about it. There were some dried fish drying on the fence. If he ignored the scarred man in front of him, Chu Yiqing would
Yi Qing really felt that he had just arrived at a fishing village.
"Master, are you back?" Suddenly, a woman's voice sounded from the house. A bright red color suddenly broke the dull tone and floated out from the hut like a gust of wind.
It was a woman, an elderly woman, but she was wearing a bright red gauze dress. Because of this, the traces of time left on the woman's face were particularly obvious, and there was a smell of travel dust in her every move.
Chu Yiqing frowned. Everything here was full of weirdness. The appearance of this simple fishing village did not match the imagined pirate's lair. The woman in red did not match these pirates who were dressed in linen clothes and had bare feet. In short, it just felt like
unexpected!
"Is the food ready? A distinguished guest is here today!" Scar smiled when he saw the woman in red. Because of his smile, Scar's face twisted like an earthworm, making it particularly ferocious.
"That's natural, please come in!" The old woman waved her hand and invited everyone in without asking who it was.
Chu Yiqing noticed that except for the young man named Hai Ge, all the other pirates were waiting outside the hut and did not enter.
The hut is a different world, with a floor paved with white cobblestones and walls woven with cattails. There are simple tables and chairs in the room, and a sumptuous, steaming meal is placed on the table.
White flour steamed cakes, a pot of steaming seafood soup, a plate of fragrant mutton and roasted carrots, a plate of fragrant gourd stewed chicken, a plate of golden braised pork, a plate of fat chicken, rice and sea cucumbers,
One plate of golden fried day lily, one plate of white yam with white molasses, one bowl of six dishes, four meat and two vegetarian dishes.
In the past few days at sea, they were always reluctant to drink water or eat for fear of encountering an accident. Now looking at the food on the table in front of them, Yingqian and Yingrun couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"Miss Chu, please!" Scar sat down on the main seat first and raised his chopsticks.
Chu Yiqing raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You're welcome, Master Hai. Now I just want to see my people, pay the money and take my people away!"
Scar laughed and said: "Is Miss Chu so impatient? Miss Chu, don't forget, I, Hailong, can rob you once and I can rob you a second time. How many 150,000 taels do you have?"
Chu Yiqing frowned and sat down in front of him.
Dao Scar had already begun to eat, holding the steamed cake in one hand and chopsticks in the other. He raised his eyes and asked, "Miss Chu really doesn't want to eat? You can't eat such good rice and vegetables only a few times a year!"
Chu Yiqing sneered and said: "Master Hai is really humble. The Lan Mansion has given Master Hai a lot of money over the years, right? How about we keep on doing as usual?"
Hai Long did not give in anymore, but ate quickly, like a whirlwind. Finally, he dipped the white flour steamed cake into the braised pork plate with only the soup left, stuffed it into his mouth, and said: "Miss Chu, please
Very generous, but my people have lived on this island for fifty years and have long wanted to go out and experience it. Not long ago, someone came to me and said that only Miss Chu can fulfill our wishes, so I took advantage of this opportunity.
This time, Mr. Lan asked me to specially invite Miss Chu to come and sit on the island!"
Chu Yiqing frowned and said: "This place is isolated from the world, a paradise. What's not good about it? Why does Hai Ye force the outside world?"
Hai Long did not speak, but turned to look at the woman in red who had been busy in the room and ordered: "Hong Lian, take these two little girls out, I have something to talk to Miss Chu alone!
"
Yingqian and Yingrun were stunned and quickly shook their heads towards Chu Yiqing.
Chu Yiqing nodded and motioned for them to go out first.
After they went out, a white-haired woman walked out of another room in the hut. It was the white lady that Chu Yiqing had seen last time.
Chu Yiqing's eyes darkened. Concubine Qing's news was indeed correct. It seemed that Scar and these pirates were really White Snake's people.
Perhaps because of Chu Yiqing's indifference, Madame Bai smiled faintly: "Have you thought of it a long time ago?"
Chu Yiqing shook his head: "I don't know how to make clever calculations, but I'm very strange. With Diao San's martial arts, no matter how powerful his opponent is, he can't just catch him. Someone just happened to tell me that Diao San is related to the Water Dragon Clan!"
"Who is it?" Bai Niangzi was stunned, "Not many people know about the existence of the Water Dragon Clan!"
"It doesn't matter who you are. What's important is that I knew your intentions from the beginning. White Snake, I said that I have no interest in your plan to regain the Water Dragon Clan. Today I brought 150,000 taels of silver.
If you are sincere in talking about business, let my people go first. From now on, when my ship passes through Haiying Gorge, I will pay the protection fee. If you don’t agree, then we will come with real swords and guns!" Chu Yiqing
State your intentions straight to the point.
"Qing'er, no matter how hard you try, you are just a notorious woman in the eyes of Emperor Li. There is no way you can become Princess Huang. Qing'er, look at everything in front of you. In fact, as long as you say a word, Hai Long
With the five hundred brothers on this island all serving you, and the three thousand brothers who make up 30% of Yanjing, with these forces in your hands, are you still afraid of the emperor of Li State? Are you still going to be insulted by that emperor?
?" White Lady took a step forward and said earnestly.
Chu Yiqing's eyes darkened: "You are quite well-informed!"
The white lady smiled and said: "You said before that you only want to live your own life, so now, is this kind of life what you want?"
Chu Yiqing whispered: "I will solve my own affairs. In short, I will not have anything to do with you! I have already laid out the conditions. If you agree, I will take the people and leave with the ship. If you don't agree, I will leave with the ship."
, I will still take the people and leave on the boat, but this place will no longer be a paradise!"
Hai Long finished his meal and took out a pipe from nowhere. He lit it and started smoking. His expression was quite peaceful at first. But after hearing these words, he suddenly raised his eyes.
Glancing at Chu Yiqing, his eyes were full of coldness and sternness, "Do you think you have this ability?"
"Hai Long, don't be rude to the princess!" White Snake scolded her coldly.
Chu Yiqing waved his hand: "I said I'm not a princess, and I don't need you to be polite. Now we are just negotiating terms!"
"White Lady, is this the hope of our Water Dragon Clan you said?" Hai Long suddenly stood up and coldly threw his pipe on the table, but his eyes were fixed on Chu Yiqing's face, slowly
He slowly gathered his anger and said, "I look at another Hai Luosha!"
Hai Luo Sha, this is the second time Chu Yiqing has heard this name since arriving on the island.
"Hai Long, don't be rude!" White Snake said coldly.
"So what if it's rude? Back then, the Water Palace Master was like this, and the Sea Rakshasa was like this, and now, the only woman with the blood of the Water Dragon Clan is like this. How could they ever put the Water Dragon Clan and the Shura Kingdom in their hearts? How pitiful.
The people here have to bear everything!" Hai Long said in a deep voice.
"Hai Long, you go out first, I will convince her personally!" The White Lady motioned to Hai Long to go out.
Hai Long snorted coldly and turned around to go out.
Regarding Hai Long's sudden transformation, Chu Yiqing touched her cheek. She knew that Hai Long's transformation must be related to the Hai Luosha whom she closely resembled. How many secrets were hidden behind this face?
White Snake looked at Chu Yiqing: "I know this is hard for you to accept, but this is your fate. If Hai Luosha hadn't left here without authorization, you wouldn't have been adopted by Chu Zhantian, and you wouldn't be like this.
I don’t care about the life or death of the Water Dragon Clan! But just because of this, Shui Bing’er and Hai Luosha have failed these subjects, are you going to abandon them too?”
Chu Yiqing frowned: "I think they live a very good life, carefree!"
The white lady suddenly sneered: "Carefree? Okay, come with me, and I'll show you their real life!"
Chu Yiqing's heart moved, and he followed White Snake out of the hut.
The sky is gradually getting dark, a red sun is hanging on the horizon, and the shimmering red glow is reflected on the sea, which is extremely beautiful.
Chu Yiqing stood on the rock and blew the sea breeze. He didn't feel anything wrong. It was beautiful, nice and peaceful here.
"Look below!" White Snake pointed at the rock.
There is a dilapidated thatched hut under the rock. Some men and women in turbans come and go, seeming to be busy naked.
Chu Yiqing frowned. The scene under the rock was completely different from what he had just seen in the village. Everyone walking here seemed to have a heavy heart on their mind. They had their backs bent and their steps were difficult.
"This is..." Chu Yiqing asked in surprise.
"This is the real Haiying Island!" White Snake whispered. She suddenly threw a flare into the sky, and soon a masked woman walked out of the largest hut. She raised her eyes and looked at the rocks.
When the people above saw the White Snake, they immediately ran towards here, climbed up with bare feet, but did not come close. They knelt down in front of the White Snake and asked: "Holy Ancestor, you have found someone who can
The elixir to save the village?"
The woman kowtowed, and the scarf wrapped around her head fell off, revealing a face full of spots.
Chu Yiqing was stunned for a moment. The woman in front of him was covered in black spots, skinny as a stick, and was kneeling on the ground in a black cloth, with unkempt hair.
"We're almost there!" White Snake whispered, then looked at the lights under the rock and asked, "How's the situation?"
The woman knelt on the ground, and the hope on her face was suddenly replaced by disappointment, "Holy Ancestor, four more people died in the village, including Old Loach..."
The white lady's eyes moved, and she seemed to be touched, but she still whispered: "Go back!"
The woman nodded and slowly climbed down from the rock, walking slowly.
"Do you know what Haiying Island was called fifty years ago?" White Lady turned her eyes and slowly looked at Chu Yiqing.
Chu Yiqing shook his head.
"It's called Leprosy Island. This was a place where leprosy patients from four countries were imprisoned in the past. After the fall of the Shura Kingdom, the people of the Water Dragon Tribe were driven to death by Emperor Li and had no place to stay. They could only hide on this small island, but here
Leprosy patients were everywhere, and soon some of them also contracted leprosy. From then on, the descendants of the Shuilong tribe who had leprosy moved here from the rocks to live. Gradually, more and more people came here.
There are three hundred people living there! But there are only two hundred people in the house on the rock! Moreover, even if some people did not get leprosy at first, their hands and feet will gradually become numb later. As long as they live on this leprosy island, they will always be there.
In the shadow of leprosy!" White Snake looked at Chu Yiqing, each word seemed extremely heavy, "Only you, only you can save them, only you can make them leave here!"
Suddenly, there was a cry from under the rock, and a woman in linen clothes ran out crazily, crying as she ran, holding a baby's body in her arms.
"Another child died!" White Snake said quietly.
Chu Yiqing couldn't help but tremble in her heart. She didn't expect that behind that paradise, there was such a cruel reality.
"Leprosy can be cured. I know a man nicknamed Ghost Doctor. I will try my best to persuade him to come to the island and have a look!" Chu Yiqing whispered.
"Ghost doctor..." White Snake sneered, "If their pain can be solved by a doctor, how can I do everything possible to find you and persuade you with all my heart? Qing'er, don't forget that you still have the
The blood of the Water Dragon Tribe!”
"I am Chu Yiqing, not Shui Qing'er. No matter when the time comes, I will still say the same thing. I will not change my original intention!" Chu Yiqing turned around and left coldly.
"Qing'er..." Mrs. Bai took a step forward, but did not chase her out. Instead, she watched Chu Yiqing leave. She held the faucet crutch tightly in her hand and whispered: "Qing'er, this is your grandmother and your mother.
You must pay back what you owe to the Water Dragon Clan!"
The woman's eyebrows raised, and a hint of coldness burst out from her dark pupils.
In front of the hut, Yingqian and Yingrun looked anxiously on tiptoe, until they saw Chu Yiqing's figure, they breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them and said: "Miss, where have you been? We are so anxious.
!”
Chu Yiqing glanced at the village under the night and whispered: "Are those people giving you a hard time?"
Yingqian shook her head and said: "No, it's just strange. As soon as night fell, those people closed their doors and hid. Even the woman in red who was in the hut just now disappeared, let alone the scar-faced sea.
Damn it! But Yingrun tried to go out and contact Zhao Wu, but Brother Hai’s people have surrounded the house and they can’t get out!"
Chu Yiqing asked in a low voice: "Have you eaten the food and water on the island?"
Yingqian and Yingrun quickly shook their heads.
"It's not advisable to stay on this island for a long time. Now I'm going to negotiate with Scar. If they don't let them go, we'll attack by force!" Chu Yiqing whispered.
Yingqian nodded quickly, went into the house, lit a torch, and came out. She and Yingrun each took one, and followed Chu Yiqing toward the gate of the village.
Brother Hai blocked the door and glanced at Chu Yiqing coldly: "Where do you want to go?"
"I want to see Mr. Hai!" Chu Yiqing said coldly.
"Our Lord Hai said, since you have come in to Haiying Island, don't even think about leaving. Lord Hai wants you to live the life on this island!" Brother Hai sneered, and loudly ordered the brothers behind him, "You guys
Listen, no matter who it is, as long as they want to get out, they will be killed!"
Chu Yiqing's eyes darkened, the white silk came out of his sleeves, he strangled Brother Hai's throat fiercely, and said in a cold voice: "Take me to see your Lord Hai!"
Those people didn't seem to expect that Chu Yiqing would take action immediately. They were all a little panicked. They pulled out their swords and surrounded Chu Yiqing and the three of them.
"Kill me, I can't feel the pain anyway!" Brother Hai suddenly sneered. He raised his long legs and dropped his trousers, revealing a large trace of rot, "Look..."
Chu Yiqing kicked him to the ground and quickly stepped back.
Brother Hai got up from the ground and said with a smile: "I forgot to tell you that all of us brothers guarding the village have leprosy. You'd better stay away from us. If you get infected, then..."
"Leprosy?" Yingqian and Yingrun were startled and instinctively took two steps back.
Brother Hai smiled coldly, "It's scary, isn't it? We people live in this kind of fear every day, because we don't know which day we will die or which day we will pass on to our relatives! This kind of pain,
You may never know!”
Yingqian and Yingrun were both pale and stood tightly behind Chu Yiqing.
Brother Hai took out a small sword, suddenly cut his finger open, and watched the blood flow down drop by drop: "If you don't want to be infected with leprosy, just hurry up and get in there!"
Chu Yiqing whispered: "Okay, tell Mr. Hai that I agree to his conditions!"
Brother Hai was stunned and said happily: "Really?"
Chu Yiqing nodded, took Ying Qian and Ying Run back, "But you have to ensure the safety of my people!"
Brother Hai nodded: "Don't worry about this. Master Hai has given orders. This time he is an honored guest. The water and food given to him are clean and free of illness!"
"Let you Haiye come!" Chu Yiqing emphasized again.
Brother Hai took out a rocket similar to that of White Snake from his sleeve and shot it into the air. Soon, there was a noise in the village.
Chu Yiqing looked back and saw Scar Hailong walking out of the village with the woman in red, "Miss Chu, let's talk inside!"
Chu Yiqing frowned. Now she had no choice, so she took Yingqian and Yingrun back to that hut again.
The white lady has been waiting for a long time.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Chu Yiqing whispered. Now, she just wants to leave this leprosy island quickly, otherwise, if things continue like this, she and her people will be infected with leprosy!
White Snake did not answer, but instead knelt in front of Chu Yiqing together with Scar and the woman in red: "I pay my respects to the princess!"
Chu Yiqing waved his hand, "Get up!"
"The princess can leave with her people tomorrow. I, Scar, promise that as long as it is the princess's ship, it will be unimpeded in this sea area!" Scar patted his chest and said.
Chu Yiqing frowned: "You haven't told me what you want me to do! You tried every means to trap me on this Leprosy Island, don't you just want me to help you?"
The white lady stepped forward and said: "Princess, you should go back first. If we have something to do, we will naturally go to the princess!"
Chu Yiqing was startled, this time he really didn't understand, but no matter what, he was lucky to be able to leave.
Instead of staying in the hut, Chu Yiqing insisted on taking Yingqian and Yingrun to the boat to rest.
In the hut, Scar and the woman in red looked at White Snake. Scar finally couldn't help it and whispered: "Can she really help us? I'm afraid she will regret it as soon as she leaves!"
The white lady whispered: "One day she will be willing, and one day she will know that our existence is beneficial and harmless to her, but now, are you going to let the princess get leprosy? What if?
If the princess also gets this disease, we are all doomed!"