The big ship is still floating on the river now, because there is no one rowing or steering the boat, and it has deviated from its original route.
"It's useless to think about it now. The boss of the boat went to the helm and drove the boat to the original route. The other boatmen were divided into two shifts and all went to paddle!" The original boatmen lost several people. After the battle just now, they went to paddle.
It must be physically draining.
But there is nothing we can do. If we don't paddle, it will take years and months to reach the dock of Jingyuan Prefecture. The corpses of those river bandits have already sunk. They will be salvaged after they are reported to the government. As for the rest, of course, they will have to be recovered later.
Submit it to the Jingyuan River Inspection Department.
Gu Chengyu asked Mingmo and the others to go to the room and inform them that it was safe.
After this battle, everyone was used to Gu Chengyu giving orders because Gu Chengyu led them to defeat the Jiang bandits.
The Jiang bandits are all desperadoes! If people like them meet the Jiang bandits, it will be a dead end. However, now they have escaped from the Jiang bandits, and even killed the Jiang bandits. If they tell it, I am afraid that they will be killed.
No one believed it.
Gu Chengyu came to Sun Xian and the others, looked at them again, and felt relieved when he saw that they only had minor scratches on their bodies.
"Brother Sun, Senior Brother Ye, are you okay?"
Ye Zhiqiu's whole body's strength was exhausted at this moment. He sat on the ground weakly. He just nodded when he heard the words.
Sun Xian is better than Ye Zhiqiu, but his face is not good-looking, and he looks more tired. He is just a weak scholar!
"It's okay! With Mingmo and the others here, none of us were hurt!" Sun Xian also glanced at Gu Chengyu and saw that there were only blood stains on Gu Chengyu's body and her clothes were not torn, so he expected to be fine.
"Sir!" Hoi An was originally killing the enemy at the stern of the ship, not far from their room.
Hu Mao took a deep look at Hui'an who entered the house and saw that although his crimson clothes were stained with blood, he did not look injured, and he felt relieved. It was already daybreak, and it was impossible for those Jiang bandits to attack openly again.
Just now in his room, he had heard that the noise outside had calmed down. Now that Hoi'an had come in, he concluded that all the Jiang bandits must have been subdued.
"Are there any casualties on the ship?" Hu Maoshen actually felt that this question was nonsense. How could there be no casualties? The battle last night was so fierce that he could hear it clearly in the room.
"There are definitely some casualties, but fortunately, not many people died, and it's not too tragic!" Because they had received the secret order, they only lived as merchants and servants in the house below. The two of them had been very low-key before.
, this time Hui'an showed his true ability, I'm afraid others have noticed it.
Hu Maoshen was a little surprised, "Oh? Those boatmen and thugs are so capable? How did they discover those Jiang bandits?"
He couldn't figure it out. On the dark river surface, the river bandit's boat extinguished the candle again. How did they find out? Could it be that someone discovered the internal agent and took precautions?
How did he know this? Of course he saw it from the window. In the middle of the night, someone knocked on the door, and not long after that, it was lit up outside. He also heard the noise on the river bandits' boat opposite. It wasn't him.
When one hears and sees, everyone in the room is paying close attention.
"I don't know. It's just that the person directing all this is a young man. His subordinates have paid attention to him. He is very skilled in martial arts. It was he and his subordinates who tried their best to kill the river bandits, and the people on the boat were rescued!" Hoi An thought about it!
Gu Chengyu's Qinggong made him very envious.
This requires a master and a secret book. Only ordinary martial arts people can get these, and they must be from aristocratic families or sects. People like them have learned hard kung fu, and their internal strength is not as deep and long as theirs. They have never experienced light kung fu at all.
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Hu Maoshen knew Hui An's temperament and knew that he was envious of others' abilities.
“I don’t know who this young man is!”
"I guess he must be the son of a martial arts family. They have been practicing martial arts since they were young. They have learned the unique skills of the family. It is not surprising that they have this ability." Hui'an replied casually.
But Hu Maoshen could hear a sour tone in his tone.
Hu Mao smiled deeply and did not expose him, but then frowned again, thinking of the trouble that would follow.
"Since the ship is safe, our whereabouts must be kept secret. The Jingyuan River Inspection Department will definitely ask about this matter. When the next checkpoint comes, everyone on the ship will definitely be interrogated. We can easily be exposed, and what about those gangs?
I don’t know if the Jiang bandits are here for us.”
"Then what should we do? Sir, this is our secret order. If it is leaked, can we still complete the task entrusted by the Holy Father? Where did those Jiang bandits get the news? Who revealed the news? That's impossible! It shouldn't be
Will do."
Hui'an also became worried. The master took him with him when he came out this time. Can he really protect the safety of the master by himself? Suddenly, he thought of the young man on the boat.
Mingmo and the others arrived at the room and yelled twice, saying that the Jiang bandit had been caught and that everyone was safe. However, the door was still closed tightly and there was no movement inside.
Ming Yan curled his lips, "Do these people still think that we are lying to them? They are all as timid as mice and can only do nothing. Now the Jiang bandits are dying and being caught, but they don't even dare to show up."
Ming Mo frowned, "You can't say that. They are unarmed and have no martial arts skills, so of course they will be timid."
But what he was thinking was, did these people think they were safe hiding in the house? If they and the young master hadn't been there to protect them, the passengers on the boat would have been arrested by the river bandits long ago.
In fact, Gu Chengyu was not feeling relaxed at this time. He had been spending most of his time on calligraphy and painting, and had neglected martial arts. In short, in comparison, he spent much less time.
After this battle, he also realized his shortcomings. He lacked experience in using sword moves to fight enemies, his strikes were not fast and accurate enough, and he was lazy in practicing his internal strength. He made up his mind that after this time, he would spend more time on
On martial arts training.
Because it was dawn, the boat passengers who were hiding in their rooms also left their rooms one after another.
"The Jiang bandits have all been killed, so I know that the boatman must be capable, otherwise how can he do this business?"
There was a boatman who was hiding in his room and refused to show up. When he saw that the river bandits had been eliminated, he thought it was the boatman's credit.
"I peeked through the window just now. The one who killed the most people was the young man with the sword."
"What? I don't know who this young man is. Judging from his behavior, he seems to be a member of the family." One person guessed.
"I don't think so, maybe he is a child of a martial arts family. I have seen such a family in the past. He killed a whole group of people with just one move. This young man is not that powerful, right?" A man said with disdain, spitting.
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"Just brag! You kill a lot of people with just one move? Have you read too many storybooks? Are you still in those days? When you were young, when did you leave the village? This is the first time you take a boat!"
The people next to him didn't hesitate to expose him. They were from the same village and he lived in the next village. The two of them came out this time because they had done some small business years ago.