"Wait......"

The black-clothed young man raised his hand violently to knock the water monkey's arm away, and the sharp green bamboo arrow disappeared into the dark night with a piercing whistling sound.

The water monkey looked at the young man in black with some puzzlement, but the eyes of the young man in black were closely watching the dark water. Soon, there was movement on the dark surface of the river, and two figures silently emerged from the bottom of the cargo ship like ghosts. They floated on the icy waters, whistling loudly at the black-clad youth.

The young man in black was overjoyed, he didn't rush to attack, he just waited for these two people to sneak under the water and destroy the propellers at the bottom of the cargo ship. As long as the propeller is stuck and cannot be rotated, the cargo ship will be like an old monk and will no longer be able to move.

Seeing that everything was ready, the young man in black waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers, get on the boat and get rich." ”

"Order!"

The bandits were all smiling when they received his orders, they all looked different, they had different weapons, they wore different clothes, and they came from different backgrounds. but they were gathered together for the same purpose, a great deal of silver, and a beautiful woman.

The goods and goods loaded by the tall cargo ship in front of them, as well as the beautiful women on the cargo ship, had become in their eyes. As for the men, except for the fat sheep appointed by the employer, the rest were all dead.

So countless iron flying claws tied with hemp ropes flew to the opposite cargo ship, and several people carried thick tree trunks together to build a bridge between the two ships, and some of them jumped directly into the cold river water with steel knives and swam bravely towards the cargo ship.

The menacing faces of the bandits were already close at hand, and the screams of women and men begging for mercy immediately sounded on the cargo ship. Many boatmen with good water skills realized that the cargo ship had been destroyed by the bandits and could not escape, so they immediately abandoned the ship and jumped into the river, swimming desperately towards other distant cargo ships. The surface of the river, which had been flowing quietly, seemed to be ignited by a fire, and it boiled violently.

The young man in black seemed to find the situation in front of him very interesting, and couldn't help but laugh out loud. His laughter was so loud that everyone on the cargo ship could hear it clearly.

Xiao Fengnan gritted his teeth with hatred, he slammed the dart head to the ground, pointed at the sailors who were frantically boarding the boat, and shouted: "The surname Yu, you can see clearly, those on the other side are your enemies." As long as they board the ship, we don't have to fight to the death, because no one on this ship wants to live. ”

"Are you really not a water bandit?" Yu jumped up neatly, turned around and glared at Xiao Fengnan angrily, his eyes still flashing with distrust.

Xiao Fengnan raised his hand, threw the saber on the dart head, and said heroically: "If I am really a water bandit, I will be the first to kill you now." Without a backbone, the remaining dart masters will become a plate of scattered sand, and they will not be able to organize effective resistance at all. It's easy to win. Young Master Huo, who is regarded as a water bandit by you, is the second prince today, he has just returned from the Northern Underworld, and he originally wanted to take his wife to travel all the way back to Beijing incognito. If you really hurt their husband and wife, just wait for the emperor to exterminate their families!"

Yu Dart reached out to take the saber he threw over, and looked back at Liu Hui, who was particularly calm and conspicuous in the crowd, so calm and unhurried spirit that he had to believe Xiao Fengnan's words. Yu Dart turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I'll trust you for the time being." The top priority is to deal with the water bandits, and the grievances between us will be settled after this matter is understood. ”

Xiao Fengnan laughed, hugged his fists and said, "Okay, after I understand this matter, I will definitely go to Fuyuan Dart Bureau in person and formally ask you for guilt." ”

Yu Dart snorted and said, "It's not to ask me for guilt, it's for my daughter!"

Xiao Fengnan left a cold sweat on his forehead, and sneered: "It's all the same, it's all the same!"

Wu Qingfeng ignored them, but came directly to Liu Hui in a few columns, he waved his knife to force back the dart master who was surrounding Liu Hui, and then said anxiously: "Lord Wang, what should we do?"

Liu Hui held on to the fence and looked out, and saw countless bandits climbing along the hemp rope like monkeys to the cargo ship, and there were also many black shadows in the water slowly approaching the bottom of the cargo ship, and the steel knives in their mouths reflected the cold light that made people's hearts palpitate under the light.

Although the clipper ship was much shorter than the cargo ship, it was temporarily impossible to put the trunk on it. But those bandits actually carried the trunk of the tree and shouted the trumpet, and kept hitting the hull of the ship. I believe that it will not be long before they knock a big hole in the hull of the ship. At that time, no matter who it is, they will not be able to stop these crazy bandits from boarding the ship.

Each impact made the huge hull shake violently, the ugly and fierce faces covered with excitement and greed, and the wave after wave of shouts of killing, made everyone on the cargo ship tremble in fear and their knees weakened.

Liu Hui's hands clenched unconsciously, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his dark eyes were full of anxiety. In the face of these ferocious water bandits swarming like locusts, a sense of powerlessness suddenly rose in his heart.

Suddenly, Liu Hui felt the back of his hand warm, lowered his eyes, and saw that it was Hua Lianyue who reached out and covered the back of his hand. He looked sideways at her, although she was full of embarrassment, her face as white as jade was scattered with bloodstains, but she still smiled at him, and her cold and bright black eyes were full of trust.

Liu Hui involuntarily reached out and wiped the eye-catching blood on her cheeks with his thumb. Looking at her still warm smile, he closed his eyes, suddenly turned around and shouted: "Wu Qingfeng, on this ship, can you still find a helper?"

Wu Qingfeng's eyes lit up, and he immediately puffed up his chest and said loudly: "Lord Wang, most of the black workers on this ship have some friendship with me. Don't look at this time, they are all spinning around like headless flies, if someone takes the lead in gathering, it is also a big force. ”

"Very good!" Liu Hui's face was heavy, and he said word by word: "You gather these people and go down to the bottom of the boat to deal with those water bandits who swim from the water." Remember......." Liu Hui put his hand on Wu Qingfeng's shoulder and said loudly: "As long as you can hold on to resist for an hour, we will have reinforcements rushing over." ”

"Reinforcements, do we still have reinforcements?" The desperate dart masters and merchants around them looked over one after another.

Feng Qi took out the sealed bamboo tube around his waist and lit it in front of everyone, and the orange flames once again rushed straight into the sky with thick smoke. Feng Qi said loudly: "You can see clearly, I am indeed gathering people. However, I am not gathering the water bandits, but the defenders of Gunzhou. With our virtuous king here, the defenders of Gunzhou dare not come, and they will come as quickly as possible. As long as we hold on for an hour, those water bandits will fall into the siege of the officers and soldiers of Gunzhou. ”

"Yes. Wu Qingfeng's eyes flashed with excitement when he heard this, and he immediately turned around and walked away quickly.

Although there are many boatmen who escape, there are also more who drag their families to work on the ship. They can't bear to leave behind their wives and children who are not good at water, and naturally they are not willing to die in vain, these people will be a solid force to resist the water bandits. And Wu Qingfeng knew very well who these people were, and he also knew how to motivate them.

"Great, as long as the officers and soldiers of Gunzhou rush over, we will be saved!"

"But those water bandits are menacing, can we hold on for an hour?"

The rest of the dart division sailors were frightened by the fierce attack of the bandits, and they originally thought that there was no hope of escape. Feng Qi's words rekindled their hope of living.

An hour, as long as you hold on for an hour! At this moment, no one will suspect that they are water bandits.

In the midst of the discussion, Yu Dart head saluted Liu Hui with a fist, and then knelt down on one knee: "I don't know Mount Tai with my eyes, and I almost offended His Royal Highness King Xian, please atone for my sins." ”

"Those who don't know are not guilty, please get up at the head of the dart. Liu Hui didn't mean to blame, and even helped the dart head up with his own hands, and he said in a deep voice: "To fight against the water bandits, you still need to rely on your strength." Only if we work together to keep all these bandits out of the boat, can the lives of our boatmen be saved. ”

Yu Darthead knew that he was in a hurry at this moment, so he immediately turned around and pointed at the group of dart masters casually: "A few of you, follow the prince to deal with those water bandits who climbed into the boat." You guys go down with me to stop the shipwrecked bandits. We can't let those bandits break through the ship. If they had connected the two ships, none of us would have survived tonight. ”

"Yes, we are willing to obey the orders of the dart. The dart masters clasped their fists and saluted at the head of the dart. For those of them who are in the rivers and lakes, a powerful fist is convincing. Therefore, in their eyes, a prince who is far away from the sky is still not as deterrent as the famous and majestic dart.

Yu Dart Head didn't say much, and immediately left in a hurry with a part of the dart master.

"Come with me, brethren, and cut off these twines, so that they cannot climb up. Xiao Fengnan raised his arms and shouted, and the rest of the dart masters responded one after another, screaming strangely, raising their weapons and rushing out. It was only when the steel knife and sword slashed into the hemp rope that these dart masters were shocked to find that the hemp rope used by the bandits did not seem to be very strong, but there was a thin wire in it, and it took a lot of effort to break it.

The water bandits who were climbing on the hemp rope would not be caught again, so all kinds of hidden weapons flew over unceremoniously like raindrops. Flying knives, flying locust stones, iron olives, iron lotus, money darts, throwing arrows, almost all the famous secret weapons on the rivers and lakes.

The dart masters were unprepared before, and many people were caught off guard. When they came to their senses, they immediately returned it unceremoniously.

For a while, there were screams, especially those merchants who had not yet found a good place to hide, some of them had knives in their shoulders, some of them had locust stones in their heads, and some of them had half an iron olive in their cheeks....... An obese merchant was lying on the ground crying and screaming, and there was already a ** fishy smell under him, and a pitch-black and sharp iron lotus flower was inserted in his bun.

Liu Hui protected Hua Lianyue and squatted under the fence, while Feng Qi stood behind them, constantly waving his sword to block all kinds of hidden weapons flying from all directions. Hua Lianyue peeked through the cracks in the fence, but saw that those water bandits were too brave, and those dart masters actually had a posture that they couldn't resist. Although the rain of hidden weapons barely cut a few tough hemp ropes, the price they paid was not small, many dart masters also fell into the hidden weapons, but they had to endure the pain and hold on, and some people fell down and couldn't get up again.

The water bandits are pressing forward step by step, and the dart masters are retreating one after another. Feng Qi and Xiao Fengnan had already rushed up to resist the two gaps. Liu Hui naturally couldn't hide with peace of mind, he finally let go of the hand that had been holding Hua Lianyue tightly, and told him uneasily: "Be careful yourself!"

Hua Lianyue nodded and smiled, "You too!"

Liu Hui stepped forward and placed a kiss on her warm cheek. Then he quickly got up, caught up with the hidden weapon like a flying locust, and slashed at those tenacious and dense hemp ropes.

Hua Lianyue couldn't help but look down, and saw that the bandits swimming in the water were already close to the edge of the hull, but fortunately, the hull was still a certain height from the water. The bandits had to work hard to climb up.

Wu Qingfeng and his men were already ready, and they held wooden sticks, oars, or kitchen knives and harpoons as weapons to hit the water bandits crawling on the hull. It's a pity that the bandits are too fierce, and those boatmen are afraid of their hands and feet, so the attacks of many people are not only ineffective, but also let those water bandits take the opportunity to entangle. It is also thanks to Wu Qingfeng that he is fierce enough, and the steel knife in his hand is flying non-stop, solving many water bandits who are entangled in the boatmen, but there are still many people who are dragged and fall into the icy river.

The invisible slaughter was going on in the dark waters, screams of fear and despair came and went, and the blood gradually stained the river red.

Hua Liyue suddenly felt that everything in front of her had become misty, she raised her sleeves and wiped the tears in her eyes vigorously, at this time weak tears were the most useless thing. You can't just sit idly by, you have to think about what you can do.

Hua Liyue gritted her teeth and stood up. She glanced back at Liu Hui, who was barely supporting, as well as Xiao Fengnan and Feng Qi, who were already injured. Just this time, two more dart masters were hit by hidden weapons and fell from the edge of the ship screaming. Before falling into the water, it was easily solved by the water bandits below. The screams stopped abruptly, and everyone on board shuddered, and despair and helplessness quietly rose in everyone's hearts.

Hua Liyue resolutely turned around, grabbed the hem of her obstructive skirt, and rushed to the bottom of the dark cabin. At this moment, she needs helpers, and she also needs something or a way to retreat from the enemy.

Because the hull of the ship was shaking violently, all the lanterns that had been hanging were extinguished. It was dark in front of her, Hua Lianyue ran down the corridor without a head, and vaguely saw a door blocking her eyes, and immediately broke in without thinking, but she almost tripped over something under her feet.

"Be careful!" a pair of warm hands reached out in the darkness and held her body.

Hua Lianyue was startled, and after stabilizing her figure, the first thing she did was to pull out the fire fold and light it, and she realized that she had entered a warehouse by mistake. In addition to piles of goods in the warehouse, there are many people hidden.

Most of these people were women and children, and they were dressed very simply, they hugged each other tightly, quietly squeezed in the middle of the goods, and nervously looked at Hua Liyue who broke in.

The person who supported Hua Lianyue was a woman in her thirties, and she had some impressions, because this woman had also received a reward from Xiao Fengnan and was one of the shipwrights who begged for a living on the boat.

Hua Lianyue saw the situation in the warehouse clearly, and the women who were hiding also saw her clearly. The woman holding her was even more discolored, she pushed Hua Lianyue suddenly, and said sharply, "It turned out to be you." ”

Hua Lianyue was caught off guard and fell to the ground. The woman's scolding came from her ears: "You damn water bandit mother-in-law, you have caused us so badly." Since they are all going to die, it is better to fill in with your life first. ”

"Yes, kill her, kill her!"