Kai Fu Han

Chapter 168 The art master is bold

"What happened?" Liu Xinqi asked Cui Wu, who was watching on the deck.

"There were thieves who boarded the boat to steal. One of them was caught. There should be two of them, and one was in the water."

Liu Xinqi looked around and found no other ships on the sea. The closest ship to the Qizhou, except for two small sampans, was the Laizhou.

Liu Xinqi was a little strange:
"This place is nearly ten miles away from the nearest coast, and there are still people coming here to steal?"

"It's indeed strange. According to the account of the captured thief on the deck, the two came here in a canoe and have been watching us for five days." Cui Wu replied.

After Cui Wu finished speaking, he took Liu Xinqi to look at the canoe next to the side of the Qizhou ship. Liu Xinqi was standing in the middle of the deck just now, and his sight was blocked and he could not see it.

Now I saw clearly that there was a small boat leaning against the Qizhou ship, and it turned out that the bottom of the ship was facing up.

This boat looks very small from the bottom, about the same size as a two-man boat used in the racing competition of the previous Olympic Games.

"You desperado, you dare to go out to sea in a canoe."

Liu Xinqi praised it.

Then he came to the side of the thief who was tied to the mast, and was ready to chat with this "warrior" who was not sure whether he was a brave man of skill or a fearless man of ignorance.

There are other people catching the thief, and there are more than a dozen soldiers on the Qizhou. The other thief will definitely not be able to escape.

Speaking Korean, which he was not very proficient in, Liu Xinqi asked first:
"What's your name?"

"Jiang Hu." The thief replied in Chinese.

"Tell me, why do you think of stealing here?" Liu Xinqi was curious.

"There are treasures on board." Jiang Hu replied.

Jiang Hu can be regarded as a man. After being caught, he admitted it, did not deny it or lied, and basically answered whatever was asked.

During the question and answer between the two, Liu Xinqi quickly understood the whole story.

It turned out that since July 25th, when Cui Wu took people to display goods at the Kaijing City West Market, he had been targeted by these two people.

Originally, the two planned to catch someone by surprise and commit the theft that night.

However, starting from the 25th, Liu Xinqi would arrange for the fleet to withdraw from the Yeseong River and anchor outside Ganghwa Bay in the evening, causing the two people's plan to go bankrupt for the first time.

However, the two of them, as "outlaw thieves" wanted by the Goryeo government all year round, were not defeated by this small setback.

On the evening of July 26, I stole a small fishing boat and followed the fleet to Ganghwa Bay, where I initially determined the anchorage point for the fleet at night.

On July 27, he stole another fishing boat and waited in Ganghwa Bay in advance to once again determine the anchorage point of the fleet at night.

On July 28, after preparations were made, the plan was ready to be implemented. Unexpectedly, before the stolen fishing boat got close to the fleet, it was discovered and expelled by the patrolling boats because the target was too big. The plan failed for the second time.

Tonight, the two changed their strategy and started taking action after dark. They used a fishing boat to sail to the outside of the fleet's berth. Before being discovered, they transferred to a canoe. The two paddled close to the fleet and successfully boarded it. The largest ship in the fleet - Qizhou.

Jiang Hu boarded the boat to steal, and another person was on the canoe ready to meet him.

Their good luck ended here.

As soon as Jiang Hu climbed onto the deck, he was discovered by the sailors on night watch and was directly caught by the soldier in charge of the night watch.

The other man saw that the situation was not good and wanted to escape. Unexpectedly, the soldier jumped directly from the Qizhou and onto the canoe. With a violent impact, the canoe was overturned and both of them fell into the sea.

The thief is very good at water and disappears immediately after entering the water. This is why everyone searched on the sea after Liu Xinqi got on the deck.

Moreover, the two of them had been chatting for a while, but the other thief hadn't been caught yet.Liu Xinqi came to the side of the ship to check.Two boats and four sampans were patrolling the outside, so it was impossible for the thieves to wander away.Moreover, it was ten miles away from the coast, and it was impossible for him to swim back.

"Turn that canoe over."

Liu Xinqi thought of the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" he had seen in his previous life. He remembered that there should be air under the canoe that was upside down on the sea, and gave instructions to the sailors on the boat.

Thump, thump.

Several sailors jumped in one after another, intending to work together to turn the canoe over.

As soon as the sailor approached the canoe, a figure jumped out from under the canoe that was upside down on the sea, and wanted to escape outside.He was quickly caught up by a soldier who entered the water.

"What do you think? Can you swim ashore?"

After hoisting the stupid thief onto the boat, Liu Xinqi couldn't help but ask.

"You don't have to swim to the shore, the fishing boat we stole is not far away."

After being caught, the thief who understood the situation responded quickly.

"How can you two not make money with your abilities? Why do you do this?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"After joining this industry, how can we just quit easily? Even if we wanted to, the people who were stolen from us before would not agree." The tied up Jiang Hu replied.

Liu Xinqi was speechless after hearing this, and realized that he had actually said something like "persuading women to be good."

"You didn't succeed in stealing this time, and I can't deal with you. But after all, because of you and me, so many of us went out in force in the middle of the night, and many people went into the water and got soaked. Although it is midsummer, the sea water is quite cold at night. .”

"You two tell yourselves, what should we do?"

The two seemed surprised when they heard Liu Xinqi's question.

"Aren't you going to kill us?"

"No, it's just stealing, it costs people's lives. Do you think I'm an uncivilized barbarian? Besides, you haven't succeeded in stealing yet."

After listening to Liu Xinqi's words, the two of them finally felt at ease. They also put away their previously aloof attitude. They looked at each other for a few times, as if they had made some important decision. Jiang Hu still spoke on behalf of Jiang Hu:

"We have been observing you for the past few days. We found that some of you have never returned after getting off the boat, and have never seen them in the market again. They should be lurking."

Liu Xinqi was very surprised when he heard this. The Xinghan League's latent plan was discovered by two thieves before it even started.

The faces of the people around who heard this also turned cold.

Realizing that something was wrong, Jiang Hu immediately added:

"Don't worry, only the two of us know. No one else knows, and we haven't told anyone. It's even more impossible for the government. As long as we step into the gate of the government, we will be caught and receive the reward. Please believe us."

"You continue." Liu Xinqi said.

"I know that you are from the State of Zhao, and I also know that our country, Goryeo, surrendered to the State of Jin the year before last. We are now in a hostile relationship, and you are prepared for this."

"What I mean by this is that the two of us are willing to inquire about information for you. All we ask is that you can guarantee our personal safety."

Hearing Jiang Hu's request, Liu Xinqi asked, "Is your personal safety threatened?"

"We have been engaged in theft for so many years, and we have become famous, but becoming famous is not a good thing for us. Our portraits are plastered all over Goryeo's cities, making it more and more difficult for us to steal at any time. The risk of being caught," Jiang Hu replied.

(End of this chapter)