Pirate Song

"Master, what should we do with the guy who confessed and the other living thieves?" A young man walked up to Gao Huaiyuan and asked him.

A cold light flashed in Gao Huaiyuan's eyes, and he waved his hands without turning his head and said, "Don't ask about this kind of thing. Keeping them is also a disaster, and we should just eliminate the harm for the people! Do it more simply, we will drive out of this mountain when it gets dark !"

"Yes! Master!" The young man drew out his waist knife with a choking sound, turned around and strode away.

Ji Xiancheng looked at Gao Huaiyuan's cold and stern expression, his heart was churning, he didn't know what he was thinking at the moment.

Immediately afterwards, there were a few screams not far away, and then the surrounding area immediately returned to calm, and no one groaned any more. The four teenagers returned to Gao Huaiyuan with bloody knives and said, "Master ! It's all been dealt with!"

Gao Huaiyuan nodded: "You all deal with the wounds too! Take Wu Tian's body and we're on our way!"

Not long after, they wrapped Wu Tian's body in a quilt and carried it into the car. Several people protected the car and walked forward again.

After dark, they finally arrived outside a small town. Gao Huaiyuan didn't enter the town either. He cut some firewood near a forest outside the town and put Wu Tian's body on the firewood. Gao Huaiyuan personally lit the firewood pile and cremated Wu Tian's body on the spot.

The fire did not go out until midnight. Gao Huaiyuan picked up Wu Tian's remains with his own hands, put them in a cloth bag, and carried them on his back. He wanted to fulfill his promise to Wu Tian during the day and bring him back Go to Crouching Tiger Village.

Along the way, everyone lost the excitement they had when they first left Shaoxing, and they all fell silent, walking silently, no longer interested in chatting.

After passing Huizhou, they turned to Qingyang County. They never encountered any danger again. They walked all the way and finally came to the bank of the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River was the barrier of the Southern Song Dynasty. Although the battle between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty was in full swing, it did not have any serious impact on the shipping on the Yangtze River. After all, before the Jin army broke through the barrier of the Huaihe River, the Yangtze River was relatively safe. Thought to make progress, but still pay more attention to the Jianghuai Navy, after all, it is related to the survival of the Southern Song Dynasty, even a treacherous minister like Shi Miyuan dare not ignore the defense here.

When Gao Huaiyuan and his party arrived at the pier by the river, they couldn't help but feel relieved when they saw the various boats passing by on the river.

"How is Ruohu's situation?" Gao Huaiyuan asked Liu'er who was sitting in the car.

Liu'er lifted the curtain of the car, revealing her slightly haggard face, shook her head slightly at Gao Huaiyuan, and said with a melancholy expression: "I haven't woken up yet, my body is still a little hot! But my breathing is a little more stable!"

Gao Huaiyuan sighed. Although they had tried their best to rescue Li Ruohu, he was injured in many places and his wounds were inflamed. In such an era, there were no antibiotics available, only some herbs to heal his injuries. Sometimes he is unconscious, sometimes awake, and his body is still hot. This is a sign that his own resistance is fighting against the bacteria in the wound, and they can't stop here. Let Li Ruohu fully rest, and they can only take him on the road Whether Li Ruohu can carry it through, right now it can only depend on his own resistance and will to survive.

"Young Master Gao, don't worry too much. I took the pulse of this little brother just now. Ji has some basic medical skills, and I can feel that his pulse is generally relatively stable, and there are signs of strengthening today, which just shows that this man The little brother is recovering. His physique is quite good, and these injuries may seem dangerous, but they are actually flesh injuries, not any injuries to the muscles and bones. With his physique, he should be able to carry it through! Please rest assured, Young Master Gao !" Ji Xiancheng got off from another mule cart at this time, comforting Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan felt a little better after hearing this. He also knew that guys like Li Ruohu usually pay attention to training. Moreover, they eat a good diet on weekdays, and their resistance is much better than that of ordinary people. When Ji Xiancheng said this, he was relieved a lot.

"Master, I'll go to the pier to hire a boat first, and we can leave here in the afternoon!" A young man came over and asked Gao Huaiyuan for instructions.

Gao Huaiyuan nodded and said, "You might as well hire a bigger boat, it will be more stable, so that Ruohu can take a good rest! You go!"

The young man flew down the pier immediately, Ji Xiancheng looked at Gao Huaiyuan and persuaded him, "You have worked hard these two days, take a rest first, your leg injury is not serious, if you keep walking like this, don't fall into the root of the disease, If you want to adjust it later, it will be difficult!"

Gao Huaiyuan smiled and said: "Thank you, Mr. Ji, for your trouble. This time, you were surprised along with me. Huaiyuan was very disturbed. Fortunately, Mr. Ji was not injured. Otherwise, Huaiyuan would be to blame for his death! My injury is fine. It's just a skin trauma, it's much better these two days, this kind of injury is nothing to me!"

"Huaiyuan is really a tough guy, Ji is deeply admired! This battle Ji has understood, Huaiyuan can make an indelible contribution in front of the army, it is by no means a fluke, from you, what Ji saw It's called fearlessness in the face of danger, and the style of a general!" Ji Xiancheng said sincerely.

"Mr. Ji is ridiculous!" Gao Huaiyuan laughed, and then found a rock to sit down and rested his sore thighs. For the past two days, he had been worried that Ma Erdao might not be reconciled, and he would lead others to kill him again. I made a surprise attack on them, so I came all the way from Huizhou, and I have been on guard all the time. I am deeply exhausted mentally and physically. It would be a lie to say that I am not tired. After all, he is a human being, not a god, and some hard-fought people can't bear it. Now it's time After the riverside, Gao Huaiyuan could finally relax a bit. When he got here, he expected that Ma Erdao was just a bandit, and he was completely safe after boarding the boat!

"Master Gao! Ji is very interested in the thing that can explode that Miss Liu'er used in the battle the day before yesterday. I wonder if Master Gao can explain Ji's confusion?" Ji Xiancheng has been thinking about Liu for the past two days. The thing that exploded that my son threw out that day, he saw with his own eyes that after the inconspicuous black iron egg exploded, it immediately overturned a group of thieves, and they were shocked to flee. There is also a weapon that uses gunpowder, called the Thunderbolt Cannon, but I didn't expect Gao Huaiyuan to have something similar, and it was so powerful.

"Oh! Well... how do you say this?" Gao Huaiyuan was really in a dilemma. He had to let Liu'er use this secret weapon during the crisis the day before yesterday. Although it frightened the thieves away, it also exposed him. Now that Ji Xiancheng still asked about this matter, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but hesitated when he answered.

Ji Xiancheng seemed to see Gao Huaiyuan's hesitation, so he smiled slightly and said, "Since Young Master Gao still doesn't trust Ji, then it's up to Ji to ask you more!" After finishing speaking, Ji Xiancheng turned around and wanted to leave.

Gao Huaiyuan looked at Ji Xiancheng's back, and after a few thoughts flashed through his mind, he immediately reached out to greet Ji Xiancheng and said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Ji! Let Gao tell you in detail!..."

Ji Xiancheng then stopped, turned around and looked at Gao Huaiyuan, then walked slowly back to Gao Huaiyuan, shook the hem of his scholar's robe, and sat down on the stone next to Gao Huaiyuan.

In fact, Gao Huaiyuan was a little too cautious. Ever since Ma Erdao failed in the sneak attack on Huangshan and fled in a disastrous defeat, he never thought about turning around and killing his carbine again. After a pause, Gao Huaiyuan and the others' terrifying fighting strength made them all feel lingering fears, especially their spirit of protecting their companions without fear of death, which was still fresh in their memory. More than half of it was lost there, and even the big sword that Ma Erdao became famous for was destroyed by Gao Huaiyuan's sharp knife, and his arm was cut, almost turning into a one-armed prawn.

This kind of loss made Ma Erdao very worried. He didn't expect that the job he took on this time would encounter such a difficult stubble. The other party was not only fierce and scary, but also came up with such a terrible weapon in the end. A group of them, a few guys who ran out still had shrapnel left on their bodies, and they grinned their teeth in blood and pain. They didn't know what it was. How could they have the courage to ask Gao Huaiyuan for revenge!

"Damn it! This business is really losing money. I didn't expect the idea to be so difficult. It almost broke us all here!" Ma Erdao sat on the ground panting, and heavily inserted the broken knife in his hand. Landed on the ground, with a slumped face and lingering fear, he cursed.

"Big master! This time the business is done like this, we're afraid we won't be able to explain it to the people over there! What should we do now?" One of his subordinates, who can be regarded as his confidant, came over worried and asked Tsushima Erdao .

Ma Erdao raised his scarred face, glared at the subordinate and said, "What should we do? Cold salad! Damn! The people over there said that Gao was just a rich man, but they didn't tell us that he was so Great, I have already been careful. I have brought so many brothers, spent so much effort, and still suffered such a big loss. I will never end with them! Explain to them? I still want to ask them to explain to me now What! I have nothing to do with them. I asked the leader to come over and ask him whether he was entrusted by the Heren. Now I want to settle accounts with them! Damn! If I suffer here, I will ask them to get it back !"

Not long after, a guy was dragged in front of Ma Erdao. The guy looked horrified and asked Ma Erdao with a smile on his face, "I don't know what orders the master has for the younger one?"

"Bah! Why didn't you bastard come up with such a tricky idea earlier? I lost my army and ended up in such an embarrassing end. Who are you? Why did you want to kill me?" Ma Erdao spit at this person and cursed.

The guy's face collapsed in an instant, and he said with a mournful face, "Don't be angry, Master! I didn't expect that person and his subordinates to be so powerful, and I also told Master two days ago that this guy has a bit of money. Kung Fu, please be careful, the little one doesn't want to harm the big one! Otherwise, the little one wouldn't have come with the big one!"

"What kind of grievances do you have with this man surnamed Gao? You didn't even know his details, so you brought the old men to find their bad luck. As a result, the old men ended up in such a mess. How do you settle this account? Say no If it’s good, I’ll cut you off first!” Ma Erdao continued to curse unrelentingly.

This guy immediately collapsed on the ground in fright. He also knew that a guy like Ma Erdao would kill people like chickens. Killing him was as easy as crushing an ant. , it seemed that the anger was directed at him, the contact person, so he cried and begged: "Master, please forgive me! The younger one is just a messenger, and the younger one has no grievances with that Gao, but was entrusted by others and sent by them. Take that girl back, this matter has nothing to do with the little one!"

Ma Erdao stood up and kicked this guy to the ground: "Then tell me, who is entrusting you?"

The guy turned his eyes, and quickly got up and said: "Yes, yes, yes! The little one said it, and this time, the one who asked the big boss to handle the affairs is Su Dingjun, the young master of the Su family in Shaoxing, and others!"

"Fart! I think you are still dishonest! I heard that Zhang Laizi said, what kind of Master Gao's subordinate are you, and who is your young master?" Ma Erdao grabbed the servant's chest, Pulled the broken knife from the ground and put it on the guy's neck.

The guy was so frightened that his calf twisted, he exclaimed: "The big master spares his life, but the young one just said it! The young one does know the surname Gao today, and the young one is the servant of his second brother. His second brother's idea!"

Ma Erdao was stunned for a moment, a little confused, what kind of bad debt is this!How come there are elder brothers who want to ask someone to kill their own brothers? ...

After asking for a long time, this Ma Erdao finally found out the reason of the matter thoroughly, kicked this guy to the ground again, rubbed his chin to ponder, and after a while he sneered and said to himself: "This thing is a bit fun, can I get some benefits from it? Otherwise, I will lose a lot this time..."

Ma Erdao gathered the brothers under his command, rested in the forest for a while, and after treating their wounds, he ordered some people to return to Majiazhai first, and brought a few trusted men with him, and caught Gao Huairen's subordinate The house slave walked all the way in the direction of Shaoxing.

At this time Gao Huaiyuan finally boarded a large hired boat, which is considered a large boat on the river, even their mule carts could catch up with the boat, which shows that this boat is really not small.

After loading them, the ship was still a bit empty, everyone had their own cabin to rest, which made Gao Huaiyuan feel very clean.

When Gao Huaiyuan traveled to and from Xiangyang, he used to take a ferry boat. The ferry boat at that time was bigger than the boat they hired this time, but it was not as clean, so he was very satisfied with this boat. It is a family of six, old and young, who live on the boat, take the boat as their home, and travel to and from the river all year round, specializing in transporting goods or people, and earning the boat fee to survive. They are still very honest, and the boat fee is also considered justice.

After negotiating the price, they invited Gao Huaiyuan and his party to the ship, weighed anchor and left Qingyang County Wharf, and sailed upstream.

Only at this time did Gao Huaiyuan relax completely, knowing that even if Ma Erdao chased after him, it would be extremely difficult to find the boat he was sitting on on the river, so it would save time to go back to Daye County by boat like this. A lot of turbulence.

Today he made a bet. In order to keep Ji Xiancheng and make Ji Xiancheng his own from now on, he told Ji Xiancheng some of his secrets, especially about the explosive mine in his hand. He told Ji Xiancheng exactly, However, he did not tell Ji Xiancheng in detail how he obtained the formula of gunpowder. He just said that after seeing the great power of the thunderbolt gun in the army, he wanted to make something like this to protect himself, so he improved the one they use now. It was a kind of thunderstorm, and after Ji Xiancheng heard it, he didn't go any further. So far, the relationship between the two people has entered a new level.

Gao Huaiyuan admires Ji Xiancheng's knowledge very much. He really needs such a person to assist him now, but Gao Huaiyuan is somewhat uncertain about whether he can control such a person. Tell Ji Xiancheng all his secrets. Before Gao Huaiyuan is sure, he dare not make up his mind. Hiding Ji Xiancheng's words, as a smart person like Ji Xiancheng, he can quickly see his distrust, and he will definitely not continue to assist him when the time comes. Gao Huaiyuan feels a little embarrassed about how to do it.

And Ji Xiancheng didn't ask any more questions after hearing Gao Huaiyuan say about this kind of mine explosion. Similarly, he was also thinking about what kind of person Gao Huaiyuan was. He had learned about Gao Huaiyuan from Gao Jian before. Gao Jian said that Gao Huaiyuan had a bad brain, was almost illiterate, and was very reckless, but after he came out of Shaoxing, this impression was completely lost. Gao Huaiyuan's own performance overturned it.

Gao Huai is far from what Gao Jian said, not only is he neither stupid nor stupid, but also very smart, even he, who claims to be a learned man, has to look at many things with admiration. After contact, he began to lose sight of Gao Huaiyuan. From Gao Huaiyuan's performance, he could see that Gao Huaiyuan had many secrets that Gao Jian didn't know.