What happened next seemed to be in the clouds. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info he only knows that he has won. Iron Rock and they took possession of the big ship, sinking the two small boats behind them. Before nightfall, the others divided their work, throwing the dead men on deck into the sea, washing the deck, mending the ship, and proceeding in an orderly manner, as if it were commonplace. Xiao Ming took off his blood-soaked clothes and sat on the deck, leaning his back against the mast in a daze. Until Hassan came over, patted him on the shoulder, handed him a bowl of water, and said, "Xiaoqiu, I can't see it, it was good just now." ”

Xiao Ming grinned reluctantly, unable to say a word. The dead man had seen it before, and his mother had killed people in front of him, but what really happened in his hands was not at all an imaginary feeling, not terrifying, but indescribably uncomfortable. After a few sips of water and feeling comfortable for the time being, he slowly got up and went back to the kitchen to cook. Maybe it would feel better to find something to do.

As the crescent moon rose, four ships sailed into Subic Bay in southwest Luzon. At night, there is a faint layer of fog floating on the surface of the sea, which is a little stuffy. After disembarking the sail, the boat moved slowly, and it took a long time to dock in a narrow bay. On both sides are cliffs several feet high, overgrown with vines and loud insect chirps. They lit torches and walked through the woods to a few thatched huts.

Xiao Ming followed Hassan silently, thinking to himself, this is probably another stronghold. While he was thinking, he only heard Lin Xiang say to Tie Yan in front of him: "Big brother, I have temporarily placed the injured brothers here." It's a secret place, no one knows about it. The Black Shark people couldn't find it for a while. Tie Yan nodded, "Okay." I'm camping here tonight. However, this is not a place to stay for a long time, so we will discuss the next steps in a while. Then he turned back and told the people, "Let's find a place to rest first." ”

Most of the people were exhausted by the daytime fighting, and some went into the hut to sleep, while others lay on the spot by the wall outside the house, and snoring was not long in the end. Hassan told Xiao Ming that there are many insects and ants here, as well as snakes, and it is relatively safe to sleep by the fire. Xiao Ming was bitten by mosquitoes in the forest just now, and when he heard this, he couldn't care about the heat, so he lit a small fire and lay on the ground. The sounds of all sorts of unnamed insects were noisy, and occasionally there were a few strange bird calls. Although he felt very tired, he couldn't sleep. Not far away, Tie Yan, Lin Xiang, and Wang Fu, the leader of another boat, sat in one place talking, and Xiao Ming listened intermittently.

It turned out that two years ago, Tie Yan met a businessman named Ma Baocai in Quanzhou. This Ma Bao is a Hui person, his grandparents moved to Nanyang, and now the Ma family is a prominent family in Sulu, with a fleet under the industry, going back and forth between the Ming Dynasty and the Nanyang countries, operating various businesses, including selling illicit salt. Due to the resurgence of piracy in the Malacca area in recent years, ordinary caravans have to hire bodyguards. Ma Baocai had done a few salt selling business with Tie Yan, and knew that he was excellent in martial arts and there was no shortage of masters under him, so he also asked him to protect the merchant ships of the Ma family a few times, and the friendship was not bad. This time, Tieyan sold armaments, and he also borrowed Ma Baocai's connections in the Sulu area. Due to the delay of a few days on the trip, Lin Xiang and the others were sent to Manila Port to meet Ma Bao first. Who knows, some of Ma Baocai's subordinates actually turned against the water.

Hearing this, Lin Xiang said: "Big brother, we arrived yesterday evening, but after we went ashore, we didn't see Ma Dang, only saw the leader of his fleet, the guy named Zhou Yi, said that the leader was sick and asked him to come and receive us." At that time, everyone was tired, so they didn't think much about it and went with him. Who knows, who knows...... Alas! Lin Xiang was very angry. Tie Yan said: "How many of them are there?" Lin Xiang said: "There are about 100 people. I can't count them either. Let's kill twenty or thirty, but there are still many of them, and we managed to escape. It's a pity for some of the brethren. Wang Fu said: "Fuck! You must catch the one surnamed Zhou, and peel the skin and cramp. ”

Lin Xiang said: "How could Zhou Yi collude with the Black Shark's people? I really don't understand. ”

Tie Yan said: "I think the people of the Black Shark must have accepted his benefits." These people, if they have money, they don't do everything. Hey, I don't know if I'm still alive. ”

Lin Xiang said: "I don't know." I see a lot of bad luck. Big brother, they must be thinking about our goods. What do you say we should do? This is their territory. I'm afraid they'll find it soon. ”

Tie Yan thought for a moment and said, "It's okay. Today we killed more than thirty, so they don't have more than fifty men left. So be it. Lao Wang, early tomorrow morning you take our goods, the wounded man and the two boats to the west, there is a small island, take shelter there. Lin Xiang and I took a few good people to find out. It's best to kill them, and if you can't do it, go back, and think about it in the long run. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming's heart rose up again. Which group of people will you be with tomorrow? It is definitely dangerous to go to Manila, but they are not familiar with Lao Wang, and it may not be safe. Stupid was restless for a while, but he couldn't stop his sleepiness and fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Xiao Ming was woken up by the voices around him, stood up, only to feel extremely sore, and when he looked back, he saw Tie Yan commanding a few people on their boat. Li Er, Ah Qi, and Wang Datou nodded to Tie Yan, and each of them followed Lao Wang on the way they were going back and forth, and followed some wounded people one after another, it seemed that they were going to avoid the limelight with Lao Wang. In this way, he must be with Dingtie Yan and them, no matter how dangerous it is, he can only bite the bullet. So I quickly got up. After Lao Wang and the others left first, the rest of the people gathered together, carefully planning their next move. Xiao Ming consciously lit a fire and cooked, while listening to what they had to say.

There were more than 20 people left, except for Lin Xiang and his two subordinates, the rest were all men on the Iron Rock Ship. According to Lin Xiang, when they arrived at the stronghold of those people, after entering the main river from the port of Manila, and going northeast along the Malikina River, about ten miles, there was a small village where the Black Shark people were stationed, and the village was surrounded by sugar cane fields. Lin Xiang said again: "However, they are not the big head of the black shark. Tie Yan nodded and said, "Yes." Yesterday's fight, I also think that the strength of this group of people is average, maybe these people are out to do private work. ”

Yesterday, Xiao Ming learned from Hassan's mouth that the Black Shark was a pirate gang in Malacca, and it was Singa, the head of the Black Shark, who robbed the Hassan's merchant ship. Over the years, Black Shark has terrified merchants who travel to and from the Straits of Malacca. No wonder Hassan was scared and angry when he saw the Black Shark's flag yesterday. However, I heard that these people generally do not come to Luzon and Sulu. At this time, I heard Lin Xiang say: "Big brother, this little bit is your new acquisition?" What can he do? Tie Yan smiled and said, "He is a hillock, who once saved my life in Quanzhou City, and he is quite clever." Yesterday I killed a black shark minion. Xiao Ming smiled awkwardly at Lin Xiang.

After discussing it for a while, it was decided that tonight it would be dark to sneak into the port of Manila, and then use a small sampan up the river to try to find out the situation in the opponent's stronghold before dawn. The boat sent out to pursue Lin Xiang yesterday did not return, which must have aroused the vigilance of that group. In order not to attract the attention of the black sharks, Iron Rock decided not to dock at Manila's main port, but to anchor in a small bay less than the port, and then change boats to enter the mouth of the Malikina River when it was dark.

The day passed quickly. After getting on the boat, Tie Yan called Xiao Ming to a clearing at the back of the deck and asked, "If you are afraid at night, stay on the ship and wait for us to come back." Xiao Ming thought about it, it was too scary for a person to stay in this unfamiliar place, although it was as dangerous as them to go, but he could see peace of mind. He said, "No." I'll go with you. I'm not going to hold back. Besides, I'm small, so maybe there's a place for me. Tie Yan nodded and said, "That's good." Listen, these days, you also understand that what we do is to make a living with knives and blood. You did very well yesterday, at such a young age, it is indeed not easy. Don't think too much about it, killing people is commonplace. I'll teach you a few more simple tricks now. ”

Xiao Ming bit his lip and nodded. I'm afraid that I won't use it, so now I can only learn it faster. He took a single knife handed over by Tie Yan, took a deep breath, and watched Tie Yan demonstrate to him intently.

When the last rays of sunlight dimmed, their ship dropped anchor at a bay five miles from the port of Manila. There were three dinghys on the boat, and more than 20 people did not say a word, slid down from the side of the boat one after another, sat on the dinghy, and Lin Xiang took the lead, and quietly rowed towards the port of Manila by the faint light of the crescent moon.

Xiao Ming carried the single knife given to him by Tie Yan, with a slingshot and dagger in his waist, and sat on the bow of the second dinghy, and Hassan and Baron sat behind him, and the two of them rowed the boat with oars respectively, and did not talk much. Behind him sat Tie Yan, whispering something to Ali beside him. By this time it had entered the port. Manila is the largest port in Luzon, and although it is not as prosperous as Middle-earth, it is also a large port where merchants come and go. After entering the port, entering the river, the night markets on both sides have just opened, and the voices are full of people. In order not to be noticed, they also changed into the clothes of the locals. Xiao Ming didn't care about the customs on both sides of the river bank at this time, and thought about the tricks of Tieyan Protestantism during the day over and over again. According to what Tieyan said to him, when encountering an opponent, the first is momentum, and the second is not afraid of death and ruthlessness. But Xiao Ming also understands that he has little strength, and no matter how powerful he is, he is at most a paper tiger, but now he has to try his luck. I heard that it is not the main force of the Black Shark over there, so maybe it won't be good.

In a moment of thought, the boat had left the downtown area, the river was narrowing, the moonlight was hazy, and it seemed that it was not long before the sugar cane fields were seen in the distance. At Tie Yan's signal, everyone extinguished the torches and touched the shore. Lin Xiang led the way in front of him, walking in the direction of the other end of the sugarcane field where there were still a few lights lit up. It stopped when it was still a mile from the lights. It is surrounded by one-man tall sugar cane, which is very well hidden. Lin Xiang said in a low voice: "Big brother, this is there." What to do? ”

Tie Yan said: "You and I will go over and have a look first." See whether the horse is alive or dead, and then come back to discuss. He turned back to the crowd and said, "Squat down here and wait." We'll go back as soon as we go. Said and Lin Xiang quickly disappeared into the sugarcane forest.

The waiting time was a bit difficult. The sugar cane grows densely, the long leaves sometimes hang on the face, and the air on the body is even hotter and sluggish than last night. Xiao Ming only felt that the headscarf on his head made his forehead itch, and the moisture on his face was sticky with sweat. Just now he noticed that Ali, Baron, and a few larger minions were carrying a few bags of hemp, and he didn't know what they contained, so he leaned over and asked Ali softly, "Uncle Ali, what's in the bag?" ”

Ali said: "Explosives, fire oil." ”

"Oh." Xiao Ming nodded, and immediately understood. I seem to be a lot more steady.

I don't know how long later, there was a noise from the sugar cane field, and when I saw it, it was Tieyan and they had returned. Coming closer, Tie Yan looked good, and said to everyone: "Check it out." The horse was still alive and was locked up in the back hut. Zhou Yi and the leader of Black Shark quarreled, and they were about to the guy. Let's get closer and see if we can get them in one pot. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone was in high spirits, and immediately followed Tie Yan and Lin Xiang through the sugarcane field, touched the edge of the small village, brushed away the weeds, crawled on the ground, and looked at the village. In fact, this is not a village, just a few thatched houses in one place. Presumably, these people drove out the sugarcane farmers and seized their houses. At this time, there was a faint sound of quarrel in the house, and after a while, the noise became louder and louder. Suddenly, there was a smashing of artifacts in the loudest room, and a group of people broke down the door.

"That person must be Zhou Yi." Hassan whispered behind Xiao Ming.

It looks like they've fallen out with the people in the house. I saw Zhou Yi come out of the house with seven or eight people, turned around and shouted, and then walked out from the path at the edge of the village. Xiao Ming couldn't understand what he was shouting, but guessed that maybe it was a verbal disagreement, and the group was ready to quit. At this time, I heard Tie Yan say to Lin Xiang: "You bring a few people to follow, arrest Zhou Yi back for questioning, and the others will be at your disposal." We'll be back before dawn and see you on board. Lin Xiang said: "Okay." Big brother, be careful. Don't fight hard. With that, he waved his hand and took six people to chase Zhou Yi and his gang.

After watching for a while, seeing that there was no movement on the other side of the house, Tie Yan whispered: "Let's wait, when they fall asleep, go to bury explosives, and then pour fire oil, and after blowing them up, Ali, you take Hassan and Xiaoqiu to rescue Ma Dang's family, and the rest of the people follow me." ”

After the division of labor was completed and everyone was ready, they sat down in the grass to rest. Although Xiao Ming was sleepy, he was still so nervous that he didn't dare to close his eyes, and finally survived until the third watch. The house was already dark, and the two minions guarding the door had already slept dimly.

Tie Yan made a gesture to Zhang Hu beside him, and the two of them touched it lightly. I saw that the two of them were holding short knives, slowly approaching the two sleeping minions, and suddenly stepped forward at the same time to cover the minions' mouths, and the knives fell in their hands, and they were killed cleanly. Iron Rock beckoned back, and Baron, Ali, and Hassan carried bags of explosives and ran out of the grass gently. Through the faint moonlight, Xiao Ming could see that the few of them were quickly burying the explosives in a shallow place in front of the house. Then a few minions followed, carrying leather bags of oil on their backs, and poured all the oil on the walls of the house. Judging by how familiar they are, this is obviously their usual trick.

When everything was ready, the group retreated into the grass. Baron took out the crossbow bolt he had prepared earlier, lit the arrow, and pulled the trigger several times, and in an instant, the room over there was on fire. The oil burned very quickly, and in an instant the flames soared into the sky, and the people in the house were noisy, and I saw people running out of the house one after another, shouting, looking for water, extremely panicked. The fire spread rapidly, and suddenly there were several loud bangs, and the gunpowder buried around the house exploded one after another, and screams rang out. At this moment, Tie Yan said: "Everyone! ”

Everyone burst out of the grass at once, steel knives in hand, and slashed at a mess of black shark minions. Xiao Ming followed Ali and Hassan closely, and ran towards the small room behind him that was not on fire. There was no one to stop them along the way, and soon the three of them rushed into the hut. Sure enough, a person was tied up in a corner of the room. There was no one to watch, probably because they heard the movement in front of them and ran out a long time ago.

Ma Bao saw the three of them suddenly come, and he looked frightened. Ali exclaimed, "Don't be afraid. Iron Rock let us save you. Then he stepped forward and cut the rope, and said, "Can you go?" Ma Baocai was obviously shocked, nodded, and shook his head again. Xiao Ming looked at him a few times, this person looked rich, his face was blue and purple at this time, his clothes were already in tatters, and he couldn't stand steadily, so he must have suffered a lot. Ali said to Hassan: "You help him, you two take advantage of the chaos to escape first, and I will help the eldest brother." Hassan and Xiao Ming nodded in agreement, and then took Ma Bao and walked out of the back of the house.

Hassan and Xiao Ming couldn't run fast with Ma Bao, but fortunately, the unexpected fire attack had put the Black Shark's people at a disadvantage, and now they only had to flee for their lives. Bypassing the edge of the village, Xiao Ming turned his head and glanced at the bright firelight, only to see Tie Yan holding a big pu knife in his hand, killing tigers and tigers, the knife flashed, and the head fell to the ground, seeing that his back was cold, he quickly turned his head and followed Hassan towards the direction of the sugarcane forest. But just as they were about to enter the grass, a voice suddenly came from behind them.

Xiao Ming turned around, and saw that the minions of the two black sharks behind him were running towards this side in a panic, as if they were fleeing for their lives. Xiao Ming yelled in his heart that it was not good, but it was too late, and the two minions collided with them. Both sides were stunned, and the two minions stopped their steps, their faces weird. It's too late, it's fast, Fang Cai has already demonstrated it countless times in his mind, at this time, Xiao Ming was in a hurry, he didn't think about it, he pulled out the steel knife behind his back, clenched his hands, and stared at the person with wide eyes. Hassan suddenly pushed Ma Baocai aside and said, "Xiaoqiu, you hold on!" I'll solve one first! Before he could finish speaking, he drew his scimitar and slew at one of them.

The other minion and Xiao Ming looked at each other.

The minion came to his senses, and when he saw that the other party was just a thin child, he suddenly became angry, grinned, and slashed at Xiao Ming. Xiao Ming seemed to feel that the blood all over his body was surging up in his heart all of a sudden, his scalp was numb, but fortunately, his body was flexible, and he lowered his head and dodged. Immediately take a deep breath, trying to remember the moves Tie Yan had taught in his mind. The minions didn't slash with one sword, and then the second one struck. At this time, Xiao Ming stood firm, gritted his teeth, dodged the knife, and then followed what Tie Yan taught, shook the knife, took another step, held the strength of his body, screamed, and stabbed the steel knife to the minion's chest.

When the knife stabbed out, Xiao Ming subconsciously closed his eyes, only to feel that the tip of the knife was blocked all of a sudden, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move forward. When I opened my eyes, the knife stabbed diagonally into the minions' stomach, and it didn't seem to have penetrated much. Xiao Ming immediately froze, still holding the knife in both hands, not knowing what to do. The minion was also stunned for a moment, then screamed, kicked out, and kicked Xiao Ming in the stomach. That kick was really heavy, Xiao Ming fell to the ground holding his stomach, and between his teeth, he suddenly saw the minion holding his stomach, and raised his knife to slash at him. He held back the pain, twisted his waist and rolled to the side, but he still didn't dodge the blade, his back was cold, and then the tearing pain swept in. A thought flashed through my heart, are you going to die?

At this time, he only heard a miserable scream from the minion behind him, and then fell heavily beside Xiao Ming. Xiao Ming tried to look back, only to see Hassan carrying a scimitar that was still dripping blood, running over, helping him up, and saying, "Xiaoqiu, how are you?" ”

At this time, the pain in his back covered up the stomach pain, Xiao Ming inhaled heavily, and reluctantly said, "I won't die." "I wanted to say something, but I couldn't say anything. Hassan said: "I carry you." It's okay, there's no one anymore. You're going to have to hold on. ”

Xiao Ming can't remember the situation clearly.

When he slowly opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a small boat. The waves beat rhythmically against the hull of the boat with the stroke of the oars, and the water was wide and already outside the port of Manila. The morning sun had just jumped out of the distant sea, as red as blood. Xiao Ming moved his body slightly, and the knife edge behind his back was torn open, and he couldn't help but snort. I only heard Tie Yan behind him: "Don't move." Go back and give you the medicine. Attaboy. ”

Many years later, he still vividly remembers the warm sunshine of that morning.