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There is no peace on Heishan Island. Under the dense clouds, Heishan Island is invisible, and the cold wind blows from the sea with a faint smell of sea.
A white lantern hanging under the eaves swayed with the sea breeze, and the light swayed. The corpse in the room looked even more pale and terrifying under the swaying light!
Hai Lianzi held the knife in his hand tightly, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and his eyes had turned red. He looked at the corpses everywhere and shouted loudly: "Who is it? Who is it? Who is it? You give me
get out……"
No matter who goes out to find a prostitute and returns to his hometown to find that all his subordinates are dead, he will be angry.
But this anger would only last for a short time, because after his mind calmed down, all he was left with was fear.
Hai Lianzi is not a particularly loyal person. The reason why he is angry is not because he takes the lives of his subordinates more seriously, but because all his subordinates died and he was trapped alive on Black Mountain Island.
, he is still unable to sail such a big ship by himself.
The anger receded like a tide, and Hai Lianzi immediately realized that it was not a good idea to yell like this. The blood stains on the ground had not solidified yet, and there was still residual warmth on the body, which meant that the murderer had not gone far and was probably still waiting.
Watching yourself from a certain corner.
As this thought came to mind, sweat rolled down Hai Lianzi's forehead. He looked around in horror with his eyes, and picked up a ghost-headed sword, which was the weapon of his third master.
Holding a knife in each hand, Hai Lianzi shouted in a low voice: "Sea dog, sea snake!"
After calling twice, no one responded. These two were brothers who had followed him to the brothel. They were yelling and cursing outside the yard just now. How could there be no movement now?
Hai Lianzi shivered, leaned his back against the wall and slowly exited the room along the wall. Then he danced the two knives in his hands without leaking. After waiting for a while and no one attacked, he flew towards
He ran to the edge of the dock. At this time, he felt that the only way to be safe was to stay on his own ship.
When daylight came, the small courtyard was crowded with people outside. The tragic scene inside not only frightened the merchants, but even the pirates who were used to bloody scenes looked at each other.
The entire courtyard was covered in dark red as if it had been brushed with blood from the roof to the floor. Even on such a freezing day, the smell of blood was still very strong.
Hai Lianzi and his eleven subordinates were all hung naked from the beams. There was a wooden basin under each corpse. Since the door was wide open, the charcoal fire in the brazier had long been extinguished. Hai Lianzi
The blood flowing from the bodies of Zi and others was frozen into ice by the cold wind. There were exactly five wounds on each corpse. Each wound was like a gaping mouth. Now it was covered with crystal blood.
It looks particularly miserable when covered with ice.
Yun Er was standing at the front. When the inn clerk let out his first scream this morning, he rushed over and found a scared waiter who had wet his pants, pointing at the room and screaming.
The dead people in the room made Yun Er feel very uncomfortable in his stomach. He closed his eyes and then withdrew from the crowd surrounded by Boss Yan.
"Has this kind of death happened on the island before?"
When Yun Er returned to the inn, he immediately asked the man for questioning.
The big man smiled and said: "People die almost every day on Heishan Island. It's no longer strange for me. It's just that this time Hai Lianzi's way of death was a little special.
But it doesn't matter. There are all kinds of people on Heishan Island, including Mohe people, Jurchens, and Japanese people. I heard that they all have a special order in killing people. God knows who Hai Lianzi offended and was killed as a sacrifice.
Second Young Master, the sea ice besieges the island in winter, and no one can get out at this time, so the only ones who will be killed are the people on the island. The one who has a headache in this matter is Sulla Hague, not us.
We have no enemies on the island, and the business we do is common goods. Even if you beat up a few people and killed one a month ago, it is not a big deal on Montenegro Island. As long as you dare to stay on Montenegro Island for the winter, who will do it?
There are still a few lives on hand.”
Yun Er frowned and said, "You mean we just want to watch the fun?"
The big guy said excitedly: "Not only do we want to watch the excitement, but our family also has big business to do. The younger one has already discussed with Hai Lianzi in the past few days and is planning to take a large amount of Korean ginseng from him.
We have been unable to agree on the price, but now it is good. As long as our family participates in the shopping spree, we can buy this batch of Korean ginseng at a low price from Sula Hague.
I've done some calculations, and I can make five times the profit when I return to Tokyo."
It is right for a businessman to focus on buying and selling. Yun Er couldn't say that to his big brother, but he still thought about it and said: "Making money is a small matter, and nothing can happen to people. Many people have died during this time, and our family must
Protect.
We will move today and everyone will live in our shop."
The big man said in embarrassment: "Second Young Master, our shop is too simple and it's very cold. You might as well stay in an inn. There will be no problems with Chen Tou and the others in our shop."
Yun Er shook his head and said: "I have done the math. Even what happened last night, three families have been wiped out in more than a month. Without exception, they are all from the Song Dynasty. The first two were merchants. We all thought it was a conspiracy.
Money kills life, and now that Hai Lianzi is dead, I feel that my opponent is unkind.
It’s better to prepare early, and don’t regret it later. Just go ahead and prepare!”
Seeing that the second young master had made up his mind, the senior clerk didn't say much and hurried out to make preparations. The shop itself was a large warehouse, and now it was going to be occupied by people, so it had to be cleaned up properly.
After Yun Er saw the big guy go out, he looked at Yan Laodao: "What do you think?"
Boss Yan said in a deep voice: "Do it all, neatly, and kill him with one blow. Only Hai Lianzi was scared to death. The person who took action should be a good shot."
Yun Er smiled and said: "Now some people say that the sea ghost is seeking life, don't you think so?"
Boss Yan chuckled and said: "My subordinates have done this kind of thing before. Generally, there are only two purposes for killing people like this. One is to intimidate and the other is to establish authority. Now it is not the case. Some kind of hero plans to make a name for himself on Heishan Island!"
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"Shopkeeper Sun followed Sula Hague to Suzhou City. The matter of the ownership of the island cannot be settled in a short while, so I won't be able to come back before spring. We still have to take good care of the people here. We can't do it for the Yun family's sake.
Buying and selling puts your life on the line.
By the way, who among you knows where the cobbler has been these days? People who go out early and come back late all day can't be seen."
Yun Er looked around and didn't find the cobbler there, so he opened his mouth to ask Boss Yan and the others.
Boss Yan shook his head and said: "The Winged Fire Snake tried to track it the day before yesterday, but he lost it. The second master suspects that these things were done by the cobbler?"
Yun Er shook his head and said: "Once the Yun family believes that someone is one of their own, they will never doubt him easily. I am just worried that something will happen to him alone on Black Mountain Island.
We are moving soon, and we need to find a cobbler immediately. There are only 1,800 people on the island, so it shouldn't be difficult to find one."
Mr. Yan smiled bitterly and said: "If the cobbler is hiding from us on purpose, it will still be difficult to find him. I don't understand why I can't say it in person and I have to do it secretly."
While several people were talking, the door was pushed open, and the cobbler walked into the house covered in wind and snow. As soon as he entered the door, he leaned in front of the brazier and stretched out his hands to warm himself.
His whole body seemed to be wrapped in a layer of ice, with ice on his eyebrows, beard, and fur coat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
Yun Erda had already eaten, and he quickly helped the cobbler with his boss Yan Jing Muyan to take off the leather jacket that was so hard from the cold. The Winged Fire Snake tried to take off the cobbler's boots, but couldn't take them off after trying twice.
Just listen to the cobbler's trembling words: "Bake it over a fire until it becomes soft and then take it off..."
Bi Yuewu asked the inn clerk to find two braziers and surrounded the cobbler wrapped in a quilt. Boss Yan bit open the stopper of the wine bottle and poured the wine into the cobbler's mouth.
The cobbler drank a pot of strong wine in one gulp, and then there was a trace of blood on his face, and blood began to slowly flow out of the small openings that had been blown open by the sea breeze.
He seemed to be very tired. It was difficult for the Winged Fire Snake to soften his boots and take them off. Several people carried the cobbler and placed him on the hot bed. They covered him with four or five quilts in a row before he stopped shivering.
Boss Yan wanted to ask questions, but Yun Er stopped him. Now is not the time to ask questions.
The cobbler's spirit seemed to have relaxed, and he looked at Yun Er and said softly: "Second young master, be careful, there is a ghost, there really is a ghost."
Yun Er nodded and said: "Let's talk about what's going on when you wake up. This is not the place to talk. When the snow stops, we will move to our own shop and talk there if we have anything to say."
The cobbler nodded and fell asleep, snoring loudly in no time.
Yun Er sat by the brazier and warmed himself up by the fire, but his eyes fell on the wind and snow outside. The snow started to fall in the early morning. At the beginning, it was just some snow foam, and after just one meal, it turned into goose feathers.
Heavy snow.
His short spear was at hand, and the weapons of Boss Yan and others were also at hand. The strung hand crossbow was hung on the outside of his thigh. If there was the slightest mistake, he could raise his hand to fire.
What kind of ghost can make a living hell like a cobbler feel frightened?
This is the biggest question in the minds of Yun Er, Yan Boss and others.
As time passed by little by little, Yun Er stood up suddenly and said: "There must be something wrong with the shop. The big guy hasn't come back after being gone for so long. We should go and have a look."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a muffled sound from the direction of the shop. It was the sound of gunpowder bombs exploding. Yun Er picked up the short spear and rushed out of the door. However, he turned back and raised the short spear in his hand and said solemnly: "
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