In the dark night, the three brothers of the Lijia family saw the distant ship gradually approaching, and they also saw clearly that the ship was indeed a pirate ship, but they still could not see whether it was the arrival of the Japanese robbers.

Lihui's eyes never left the pirate ship for half a moment, and he never dared to relax for a moment. As the pirate ship got closer and closer, his palms were already covered with cold sweat.

Mao Wenlong also saw the pirate ship clearly, and from the outside, the ship was the same size as the three brothers of the Lijia family. The style is similar, the only difference is the bow, which can be clearly seen from the bow of the corsair, which houses a large-caliber cannon.

From a long distance, Lihui was able to determine with certainty that his ship was a pirate ship, and it was by this cannon that he could tell the difference. Although it is still impossible to tell whether the ship belonged to the pirates or not, judging from the cannons on the bow of the ship, the pirates were certainly not much worse than the pirates, if not the pirates.

Mao Wenlong also saw a pirate ship for the first time, and he was not a little nervous at the moment, on the contrary, he was very curious about what today's pirates looked like.

At this time, Lihui suddenly lowered his voice and said: "This is not a ship of the Japanese Invaders, but it is a bit like the official ship of our Ming Dynasty. But it's strange why they didn't dare to light all the lights on the ship, and that, like us, sailed all night, which was strange! ”

"Yes! Seeing that they seem to be in a hurry, the sails are fully open in the dark, aren't they afraid of hitting the rocks? The second brother Licheng answered at this time, and also expressed his doubts about the ship.

"Well, wait and see, they don't seem to have noticed our ...... yet."

"Boom, boom......."

As soon as Lihui's words fell, suddenly, two shelling sounds like thunder sounded on the calm sea.

I saw that the ship that was suspected to be a pirate ship, after the cannon sounded, its main treacherous rod collapsed and fell heavily on the deck.

"Boom...... Rumble....... ”

Before Mao Wenlong and the others could be surprised where the cannon sound came from, two shelling rang out again.

The ships that had been hit by the guns did not know where they had been hit, and suddenly a fire began to rise on the deck, and the next moment it turned into a raging fire. The fire quickly engulfed the entire ship.

With the light of the fire that rose to the sky, Mao Wenlong could see many figures on fire all over his body, jumping from the boat into the sea, like dumplings, jumping in a row.

A few meters away from the burning boat, in front of Mao Wenlong's eyes, a small boat was desperately rowing towards them.

Mao Wenlong was still carefully identifying who was on the boat? Lihui beside him suddenly exclaimed: "It's not good, our whereabouts have been exposed, everyone is ready to fight." ”

With Lihui's exclamation, all the sailors immediately picked up their harpoons and scattered to guard on both sides of the ship.

Chen Jisheng immediately said to Mao Wenlong: "Governor, please go back to the cabin first." ”

Mao Wenlong waved his hand and said lightly: "Don't panic, there are only four people on that small boat." ”

Looking in the direction pointed by Mao Wenlong, the boat was already less than a hundred meters away at this time, and it was indeed clear that there were only four figures on the boat.

Li Hui breathed a sigh of relief, looked up and continued to observe the still burning ship, only to see two sea ships appear around it again.

Through the light of the fire, Lihui could clearly see the flag fluttering on the ship, which was the unique flag of the Japanese Kou.

Obviously, from what Lihui saw, the first sea ship to appear was not actually a pirate. Rather, it was a ship that was being pursued by the Japanese Invaders, and unfortunately, the ship was eventually sunk by the Japanese Invaders.

Thinking of this, Lihui immediately shifted his gaze and looked at the boat that was still approaching. There were two big men rowing on it, and a young man who looked like a scholar, and next to him was a young woman with a panicked face.

Judging from their dress, they are not the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but they are like the nurses and young masters of a big family. But that doesn't explain why the ship they were on was equipped with cannons.

The boat may have fled quickly, and the Japanese who circled around the burning ship did not notice anyone escaping in the boat. Instead, after killing those who had jumped into the sea because of the fire, he turned the bow of the ship and left.

Seeing that those would-be robbers had not discovered the whereabouts of the others, Lihui was relieved. It was only then that he fully focused on the small boat that was already approaching.

"Help us!" The sickly scholarly man on the boat shouted in an extremely weak voice.

Lihui and Mao Wenlong glanced at each other, and then asked, "Who are you?" ”

Before confirming the identity of the other party, Lihui did not dare to let people on board at will. Although there were only four people on the other side, and there was a woman among them, it didn't seem to be any threat.

But as the captain of the ship, Lihui did not let his guard down, the scene that happened just now was too weird, and Lihui had to be vigilant.

When the scholar man was asked about his identity, he did not hesitate, and naturally said: "We are merchants who set out from Lingshanwei to go to Tianjinwei, and we have been followed by Japanese ships since evening, and we have been caught up by them all the way here. This is not far from Tianjin Wei, I hope that this eldest brother will be kind to let us on the boat, Xiaosheng must not forget the eldest brother's life-saving grace. ”

After Li Hui heard this, he suddenly sneered: "You said that you are merchants, but I can clearly see just now that there is a cannon on the bow of your ship. When will this merchant ship be able to install a cannon, am I unheard? ”

The scholar was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect that he would be noticed at the beginning. After hesitating for a moment, the scholar spoke again: "Big brother, don't misunderstand, we are indeed merchants, and that ship is not a merchant ship, but an official ship!" Because I was in a hurry to go to Tianjin Wei, considering that I needed to hurry overnight, I entrusted the official ship I was looking for, but I didn't expect that in the end I couldn't avoid the pursuit of the Japanese robbers, cough cough cough ....... ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the young scholar suddenly coughed violently, and his face turned red for a moment, and then blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"Brother, brother, brother. Please save my brother, he was shot by a stray arrow from the wolf, please save my brother, woo woo ....... The young woman was so anxious that she began to cry.

Mao Wenlong asked Chen Jisheng to light the torch, and then the light of the torch, Mao Wenlong could see a large pool of blood on the chest of the scholar on the boat, and there was an arrow on it that had not been taken out.

It can be seen that the little girl just now did not lie, and the man dressed as a scholar was indeed seriously injured. Thinking that these people should not pose any threat to himself, Mao Wenlong let the four people on the small boat get on board after obtaining Lihui's consent.