In one afternoon, Ling Kun and the others filled the more than forty ships. However, the strange thing is that some of the fully loaded Dongying merchant ships left, and some of them did not leave, and waited quietly on the ship.

Maybe it's getting late and you're planning to leave the next day? Or is there something else going on?

Ling Kun frowned, secretly paying attention to their movements.

Sure enough, when it was dark, the remaining merchants of Dongying moved, and the big ship began to move, but instead of heading towards the deep sea, it went along the coast or to the north or south.

Why don't the merchants leave during the day, but at night?

Why don't you go in the direction of Dongying, but go south or north?

Ling Kun was even more puzzled, feeling that there must be something greasy in this, and he had to find out.

So he excused himself to go to the toilet and took advantage of the night to cross the high walls of the pier and follow the merchant ships along the coastline.

The distance between the merchant ships was getting farther and farther, and Ling Kun could only choose one of them to follow from a distance.

After walking for about two hours, the merchant ship anchored and stopped, and a few small boats were lowered on board, and the samurai and merchants on board boarded the small boat and went ashore, and walked inside.

Ling Kun followed behind, and at this moment he could almost conclude that they were both merchants who smuggled goods and pirates who burned and looted.

They make money by smuggling, and when they go back, they can grab another one, killing two birds with one stone.

And the bottomless (jiān) merchants like the Chen family are even more shameful, they are in collusion with pirates, and they are embarrassed by corrupt officials, and play an important role in the middle, jointly harming the court and the people.

Damn corrupt officials, damned (jiān) merchants, damned pirates.

Ling Kun followed all the way, gritting his teeth and thinking all the way. If you want to fight pirates, you must first start from within, and without the support of these (jiān) merchants and the indulgence of corrupt officials, the pirates of Dongying may not have traveled so far to steal things.

The night is like water, quiet and serene.

A small village is quietly embedded in the peaceful and warm night, and the people who have worked hard all day have fallen asleep.

Suddenly, a terrible cry broke through the night.

"The pirates are coming, run."

Immediately afterward, a terrible and terrifying uproar filled the town, and people stumbled and scurried in despair.

With swords in both hands, the pirates smirked and rushed towards the innocent people, the old men, women, and children who could not run fast had fallen to the ground, closing their eyes and waiting for doom to come.

However, today they were lucky, as the pirates were followed by Ling Kun.

Just as the first sword slashed at an old man, Ling Kun fell from the sky and smashed the pirate's Heavenly Spirit Cover with one palm. Then he flew up with a kick and kicked the corpse back into the crowd of pirates.

The pirates shouted angrily and pounced on Ling Kun with their swords raised.

Ling Kun was extremely angry at this moment, and instead of using the Pangu Eight Swords to fight quickly, he flashed into the crowd and slapped the pirates to pieces one by one.

In a short time, more than 30 invincible pirate warriors were all wiped out by Ling Kun.

The common people escaped death, they wanted to thank the benefactor who saved their lives, but they could only see a shadow in the dark night, so they had to kneel on the ground and worship.

"Thank you for the help."

"Thanks to the Bodhisattva's manifestation, the common people are saved."

Ling Kun looked at the weak people in front of him, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears. Although he saved this village and town, there are still countless villages and people looted and slaughtered tonight.

The sea disaster has indeed reached the last moment that cannot be eliminated.

The people kowtowed to him desperately, but he felt ashamed of it, and bowed deeply to them, as an official of the imperial court, as the first general of the imperial court, he was responsible for not protecting the people.

Back at the dock, it was already the second half of the night, and in the dormitory, the sound was fierce, wave after wave. Ling Kun shrunk into his bed and fell asleep, thinking about how to take the corrupt official (jiān) merchant in Jiaozhou tomorrow.

The problem is that his holy decree has also been lost, and the news of the official reinstatement may not have reached the East China Sea, so how should he act alone?

Thinking about it, I fell asleep unconsciously.

Early the next morning, everyone got up (chuáng), and the eighth saw Ling Kun and exclaimed, "Hey, where did you kid hide last night?" I thought you would never dare to come back. ”

Ling Kun rolled his eyelids and said, "What am I hiding, it's just going to the toilet." ”

"Put (pì), the second shopkeeper brought a lot of people to settle accounts with you last night, and I searched the docks and didn't find you, you must have known that the second shopkeeper would not let you go before hiding."

Ling Kun didn't think so

Smiled naturally.

"You kid is a little slave, can you get past the second shopkeeper? I see you, it's better to run for your life as soon as possible, or you will inevitably die sooner or later. A co-worker said to him.

"Yes, don't think that if you have the eldest lady to support you, you dare to be disrespectful to the second shopkeeper, the eldest lady is a woman after all, she can protect you for a while, but she can't protect you for the rest of your life, I think you still kneel down and kowtow a few more times to the second shopkeeper, maybe he will spare your life." Another worker also said.

Lao Ba snorted coldly: "You kid don't want to fight the eldest lady's idea, what is the (shēn) part of the people, what are you (shēn) share, in front of the eldest lady, you are not even a toad." ”

Ling Kun smiled and said, "I said eight, I'm not a toad, so are you considered a toad?" ”

"Of course I ......." The old eight stammered and was speechless. As the leader of the slave workers, he thinks that he is a cut above the new slave workers like Ling Kun, but he is stronger than Ling Kun, that is, the toad, if he is the same as Ling Kun, he is not even as good as the toad, for a while, he feels so difficult.

After deciding for a long time, he felt Ling Kun's way, he was furious, and shouted: "New here, you dare to play uncle, see how I clean you up." As he spoke, he pounced and smashed his fist into Ling Kun's nose.

The eighth has led the slave labor for many years, and he also has some eyes, at this time, he beat Ling Kun, not only to be angry for himself, but also to pat the second shopkeeper's horse (pì), he believes that the second shopkeeper must be the head of the Chen family in the future.

However, what kind of person is Ling Kun, how can he be beaten by him. He spun (shēn) lightly and dodged a punch. Lao Ba couldn't control his momentum, and smashed his fist on the door frame, screaming in pain. Feeling even more angry in his heart, he threw himself at Ling Kun again, and pinched his neck with both hands.

Ling Kun raised his eyebrows and kicked at the front (xiōng) of the old eight, and the eight flew out of the door with a scream. Ling Kun followed out, stood in front of him and asked, "Are you still fighting?" ”

The old eight organs were displaced, the pain was unbearable, and he quickly moaned: "Oh, don't fight, it hurts Lao Tzu to death, you someone will clean you up." ”

Ling Kun sneered and said, "If you don't fight, get up and serve food, Lao Tzu is hungry." ”

Originally, serving water and rice was something that a newcomer like Ling Kun did, but the eighth child couldn't care about it now, so he hurriedly got up and ran into the kitchen to serve food. However, in his heart, he thought about how to notify the second shopkeeper as soon as possible and tell him that Ling Kun did not run away and came back.