Chapter 26: Preparing for War
"Haha, how can the old man be greedy for life and afraid of death! You, the damned overboard, not only ruined the old man's big thing, but also put the lives of the entire fisherman on the line, see how you face the unjust soul who will die because of you in the future! After that, Meng Lu picked up a steel knife on the ground, clamped it in his neck and twitched it, a stream of blood spurted out far away, and after a few wild laughs, he fell to the ground and died.
At this time, there was a lot of noise in the distance, and Meng Shuirou rushed in with more than a dozen village soldiers, and was startled by the corpses in one place, but fortunately, Zhao Tianyou, who was covered in blood, and several elders were still standing.
"Brother God, sit down quickly and I'll bandage you to stop the bleeding!" Meng Shuirou tore open the hem of a placket, took out the gold sore medicine and applied it to the wound on Zhao Tianyou's shoulder.
"It's okay, it's just a little skin injury, it's good to take care of it for two days, how did you come here?"
Immediately after coming in was Meng Sihu, who was tied with his hands upside down, and there was a knife wound on his shoulder and neck that was bleeding, with a pleading look on his face, but the people around him were all glaring at him, and no one paid attention to his bleeding wounds.
After Meng Sihu escaped from the ancestral hall and came to the wharf, his original intention was to escape from the Meng family's fishing village, but Zhao Tianyou has recently arranged for the village soldiers to be on duty to patrol, especially near the wharf, which is more strict, and several teams are on duty at the same time. However, the patrol was aimed at external dangers, but he didn't expect Meng Sihu to have a murderous intention, and he was killed and injured by his surprise attack, but fortunately, before he got on the boat, he was captured by the patrol soldiers who rushed to hear the sound.
After a while, the ancestral hall was crowded with people, who knew how to treat the injured on the spot, and other soldiers gathered one after another, and the crowd was loud to light Meng Sihu to avenge the dead clan.
"Zhao Jiaotou! The patriarch's house was full of blood, and they killed all five members of his family. ”
"The four uncles were also killed! Meng Lu's family is really a beast! ”
Meng Ziyan's lips trembled and he couldn't speak, pointing at Meng Sihu and gritting his teeth just shook his head, the Meng family's fishing village fell into this situation overnight, and he never thought that his own family did it.
"Break him to pieces!"
"Skinned Meng Sihu alive ......"
"Light his sky lantern and avenge the patriarch."
"Kill him ......"
Zhao Tianyou's wound was very strange and had stopped bleeding a long time ago, and it was no big problem after a simple bandage, he walked up to Meng Sihu and looked at him directly: "Listen, how do you want to die?" I can help you choose the simplest, easiest and most comfortable way to die! But you have a few questions to answer me. ”
"I, don't say it, I don't want to die......" Meng Sihu was a little excited, and he began to stutter a little when he spoke, but the despair and fear in his eyes couldn't be concealed.
Zhao Tianyou shook his head and said, "What your brothers did, was it all arranged by your father?" You're just following orders, aren't you? ”
"Yes, yes, it's all arranged by my father and Dahu, I only followed, and I didn't use a knife!"
"Where did those four people come from?"
"From Quanzhou City, I don't know who sent the person, spare my life, I don't want to die...... If you let me go, I'll tell you a bigger secret. Meng Sihu's eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope, and he looked at Zhao Tianyou full of prayer and eagerness.
"Okay, you tell me, I promise they won't kill you!"
Meng Sihu's eyes lit up, and he looked at the eyes of the Meng family who were full of people who couldn't bite him to death, and hurriedly said: "You let me get on the boat, and swear that they won't kill me!" I'll tell you one person, tell you! ”
"Okay, I promise you!" Zhao Tianyou stretched out his arm to stop the Meng family soldiers who rushed over, glanced at Meng Shuirou, and pushed Meng Sihu to walk out.
The two of them followed a group of Mengjiazhai soldiers who hated the same enemy, passed through the village and walked on the road leading to the wharf, and they had already heard the news and came out, and the whole village, old and young, gathered on both sides of the road and glared at Meng Sihu.
"There is no human animal, and he actually killed the patriarch's whole family, and he can't be let go!"
"Shoot him!"
"Peel off his skin, and see if his heart is black!"
Meng Sihu lowered his head and quickened his pace in front of him, this place where he was born and raised, this place called home, was already eager to eat his flesh and his blood, and only then did he figure out how ridiculous his father's plan was.
According to the plan, kill the patriarch and Mencius Yan and the old people in the ancestral hall, and then blame Zhao Tianyou and kill him, so that Meng Lu will become the first person in the fishing village, and it will be easy to take the position of the patriarch.
When the village soldiers are mastered, the cooperation with Jiang Gongzi will be gradually realized, and the deep-water wharf will be expanded to berth foreign merchant ships, and you will be able to make a fortune by relying on the share of the wharf, who will work so hard to go to sea to fish.
"I was wrong, and my dad was wrong! I'm sorry everyone...... But I want to live, I want to get rich, I don't want to fish all my life...... I want to be promoted and get rich! Meng Sihu walked quickly with his head down, muttering in a low voice, and the blood beads flowing from his shoulders were instantly sucked dry when they were sprinkled on the road, turning into small black dots.
Others couldn't hear what he muttered, and Zhao Tianyou didn't have a word left in his ears, and secretly sighed Meng Lu's family, if they want to be promoted and make a fortune, they have gone crazy. Desire is the engine that drives all progress, and when the goal is determined, it is the means you take to achieve the goal that determines your good and evil, and that should be obeyed under certain rules.
A sampan with two oars was tied to the shore, the rope had been opened on the stake, and the rippling water seemed to be sprinkled with pearls under the bright moon.
"Say, there is a big secret, you can get on the boat and leave after that, I promise they won't kill you!" Zhao Tianyou used his saber to pick up the rope that bound his hands, and took two steps back to look at Meng Sihu.
Shaking his numb hands, Meng Sihu looked behind him, the soldiers of the Meng family were all a hundred steps away, and there was no one in ambush on the boat, it seemed that there was still a life to escape from Ascension today.
He untied the rope with one hand, jumped onto the boat with one lunge, and a way out of life was in front of him, and even the pain on his body seemed to be forgotten.
"Sect Leader Zhao, those four people were sent by Mr. Wei from Jiangfu in Quanzhou, and their mission was to assist my father in taking the position of patriarch. In addition, Mr. Wei will send his men down to the fishing village tomorrow, preparing to take over the fishing village wharf on a permanent basis, so I urge my father to take down the patriarch tonight, and control the village soldiers to find a way to make the village soldiers patrolling the dock withdraw. Sect Leader Zhao, that's all I know, you have to keep your promise! ”
"Mr. Wei, Jiang Fu, and the little man from the Wa Kingdom, you have to do it tonight, and you will take over the dock tomorrow......" These words in Zhao Tianyou's mind flipped back and forth, and he didn't look at Meng Sihu who was rocking the oars and leaving in the moonlight.
"Brother Tianyou, you can't let him go......" Meng Shuirou was carrying a longbow on her back and holding a wolf tooth arrow with a black rod and red feathers.
Zhao Tianyou drew his bow and arrow, and in just an instant, the heavy feather arrow flew out of the dock, flying silently across the night sky, drawing a perfect arc under the moonlight.
Meng Sihu, who was paddling, felt a pain in his back, and looked down to see a three-inch arrow tip emerging from his chest, and there was a torn red muscle on it, which was torn off the penetrated heart. As soon as his eyes were dark, he was about to open his mouth to curse, when he heard Zhao Tianyou's arrogant and loud roar.
"All the soldiers, prepare for war!"