The sea, the tides, the snow-white waves, with the whistling sound, slapped on the dark reef, shattered like crystal jade, diffused in the air, full of salty mist and moisture, in the clear moonlight, shining a certain beautiful color.

Under this kind of poetic romance, there is a hidden grandeur and danger.

Sailing near shore at night is always a dangerous affair, and lurking currents and reefs are enough to be a killer for most ships, even on night moons with good visibility.

On the bumpy boat, I endured a little dizzy discomfort, and some regretted coming out in person, and then I looked at the contact person next to me - Ah Meng, this stupid Luo with its own dangerous attributes, actually didn't receive a little impact or anything.

After waiting for a long time, the star-like lights finally lit up on the shore, flickering slightly a few times according to the length of the time, sending a signal of temporary safety.

Only then did he put down the sampan, and in the surging tide, he struggled to slowly row to the shore shrouded in the shadow of the mountain.

This is just a small port with a little-known name, even most of the locals in Lufeng County may not know, after all, the prosperity of the sea trade in the south of the country, coupled with the fierce smuggling of the people, all kinds of large and small official and private ports, almost like mushrooms after a rain, stand on the coast outside the mountains.

Many of them are seasonal or short-lived deposits, the so-called rise is the market, and the retreat is the port.

Sandwiched between two uneven mountains, it is like a slightly open mouth of a giant beast, spitting out a wide path hidden deep in the coconut grove and half-man-high grass, leading to the white shore of a large sandy beach.

A few rudimentary boardwalks made of brown ropes and pontoons, a few dilapidated fishing houses, deflated seaweed washed ashore by the waves, and shellfish fragments scattered in the sand, are all that this little harbor has and looks like.

With the firelight of the ship in response, the figures of the people who stood up in the grass and coconut groves on the hillside gathered into some kind of rustling sound, and then drowned in the sound of the crashing waves.

Soon a small group of people, with the returning sampan, was pulled up to the deck, and then walked up to me under the eyes of hidden swords, bows and crossbows. Then they saw the dumb Lori "Ah Meng" standing aside, dressed in men's clothes, and then showed some kind of surprise and relief expressions.

"Is it Mr. Xia......"

The leader was a man with rough skin and thick bones, and he solemnly bowed.

"I'll leave it to ...... in the future."

"You don't need to thank me, it's just to fulfill the last request......"

I nodded, and the two sailors lifted a large hourglass onto the deck.

"But the ugly thing has to be said first......"

"We only have one night to ......"

"No matter how much you come up at dawn, you must leave immediately"

"So every moment you delay here, you lose the possibility of survival......

"Provincial ......"

The leading strong man nodded and agreed

"It's nature."

"In addition......"

I continued

"Let the wounded and the old and weak go first"

He paused in surprise before whispering

"There are no more wounded and old and weak......"

"Then go first...... according to the youngest"

I paused slightly.

"I need you to form your own team, and give priority to the young and infirm,"

"It's best to know each other in a group of 10 and help others"

"Then I sent someone ashore to carry out the process of disciplinary supervision......"

"Thou shalt not possess any weapons, but shall do all things according to them"

"You are not allowed to ask questions on the way to departure and halfway, if you have any questions, you will talk about it when you get on the boat."

"If you do not do so, you will be pushed into the sea on the spot...... I also pulled the anchor and left immediately."

"Understand that there is no ......"

"But"

Seeing him open his mouth to say something, I interrupted again.

"This is to check against spies...... I don't know most of you at all, except for a few of you."

"When there are many people, any possibility can happen,"

"That's why I don't have the patience to worry about your personal thoughts and calculations......"

"Don't always feel that people are swords, I'm fish or something...... I don't want to."

"If I can be here, I will use my life and wealth to fulfill my promise...... So there's no room for error."

"You can go back as you are and tell the rest of the people word by word......"

"Don't worry about what emotions and rhetoric are difficult to accept......"

"If there are any deviations and fallacies, the consequences of delaying the life of most people are at their own risk......"

"You have reached this point, what are the entanglements and careful thoughts that you can't let go, that is, you can't blame others for simply looking for death......"

These people on the boat exchanged a few glances with each other, looked at Ah Meng with a calm face, took a deep breath and agreed.

Then the torches, one by one on the shore, were lit and spread, illuminating the silent figures standing on the beach, and then slowly gathered into a small group centered on the torches, filled with seven or eight sampans, swaying in the waves, slowly moving in the direction where I was.

At this time, the wind and waves also seemed to become a little more urgent, and several times I saw the floating firelight, which seemed to sink between the waves, and I couldn't help but make a certain sound in worry and amazement, and then flickered tenaciously on the surface of the sea again

During this period, except for the sound of the wind and waves and the noise of stepping on the sand, it seemed quite organized and well-trained, which also put me at ease a little, and what I was most worried about was that when things came, all kinds of chaos rushed up, and it seemed that there was enough preparation in advance.

From the first sampan, grasping the net rope that fell on the side of the ship, the people who climbed on, and later, occasionally someone broke out of the water and was quickly salvaged

In the end, I found that most of the people who came on board according to the batch were fifteen or sixteen years old, with only a few in the prime of life, who looked more like the role of leader and guardian. Sitting on the deck in the dark, under the moonlight, like a lifeless statue, with various expressions and eyes, he looked at the bow of the ship.

"In the future, we will serve under the king's match......"

The strong man, with a low profile, turned sideways to me for instructions.

"Xia Sheng...... Can you say anything to them......

At this time, there was a sudden commotion on the deck in the distance.

"Ah Si is ...... there"

"Why can't I see him ......"

"Let me go back to Lufeng City to ......"

"I'm going to be with those brothers......"

"Even if it's to die together......"

"Why are you pulling me up......"

A few pulling and entangled figures suddenly made the deck chaotic, and the strong man's face changed, and he hurriedly tried to stop it, but I stopped him.

Ping-pong, with a crisp bang, made them quiet again, and their eyes were on me.

"Idiots, do you want to die like that......"

I condescended and said categorically to them

"This is Brother Zihe's chance to exchange his life for your escape......"

"It's not to make you turn your head and send you to death once,......"

"Or let you continue to continue the Qingyuan Army, which is already doomed to perish......

"He just wants you to be able to get rid of the past ...... of discrimination and persecution by others."

I am not ashamed to say my last words, which are true and false.

"There's just a chance to start over in life"

"Even if you have the heart to take revenge......"

Then I changed my words,

"You must also find a way to live first, keep a useful body, and gain more ability and strength"

"Instead of being haunted by the sad cry of a here,"

"Wasting the life that others have given you with their lives......"

With the effect of these few words, their commotion seemed to gradually calm down. Then there were a few whimperes, and then a shoulder-hugging cry from the deck and below.

"Hang the troublemakers to the mast?"

I commanded, and then said to the strong man who seemed to want to ask for mercy

"You do it yourself, or I'll have them thrown into the sea"

His face almost changed for a few moments before he was defeated under my intently gaze, bowed his head and said respectfully

"Obey ......"

"You...... Not bad,"

One didn't speak, Ah Meng, said to me

"But I'll keep watching your ......"

What, I just faced a large group of people with righteous words, but I don't know what expression to use to face it, when will it be a Lori's turn to send me a good person card.

Except for these small episodes, there were no other changes, before dawn, when we were fully loaded with anchor and heading, I was even on the sea, overlooking the brightly lit Lufeng City, where it is said to have been beaten down by a surging "chaotic army", when I thought of this news, I couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Those who didn't come presumably stuck there, buying the last bit of time for those who were already on board.

According to the final agreement between me and Chen Zihe, they must take down a port, and then I will send the rest of them to Yizhou to be properly settled, at least there is no way to hide them in Guangfu.

But in the end, the number of people on board the ship was a little beyond expectations and imagination, I thought it was only a few hundred people, but I didn't expect to end up with several times as many people, and the three ships that were transferred were inevitably stuffed with obviously overloaded manpower in the holds, aisles, compartments and crevices, taking into account the excess ceiling.

According to the basic requirements before I left, the courtiers and the people selected for me to take with me must meet several conditions:

For example: young or young enough, with some military training or experience in group life, or the family background of the corresponding old military household, there is not too much unnecessary blood in the hands, the character is tough or simple, and the body is strong and so on.

After such a condition, there are still so many people, I have to pinch my nose and admit it.

Later, I learned that most of them came from the backgrounds of other non-Qingyuan four towns, and among the officials and soldiers who were defeated or mutinied, those descendants of the northerners, the so-called children of military households, were also stuffed in for fear of some kind of liquidation and strain.

Although somewhat overloaded,

Fortunately, it is already the monsoon to the north, even if the prepared drinking water is insufficient, but this voyage is still calm and safe, as long as you starve for the last few days, you can reach Jilong Mountain in Yizhou, that is, under the leadership of the Yuwen family, it belongs to the direct territory of the mysterious creatures.

Of course, they will not be directly disembarked from Yizhou, even if it is a place where the Southern Dynasty's control is weak, such a large group of people is still too dazzling.

can only be sent to the outer islands along the coast of Jilong Mountain in Yizhou to recover and adapt for a period of time, so that even if there are people with conspiracies or other motives,

In the face of a vast sea, there is nothing to be done, and then slowly sort out the interior, select the available people, divide them into different batches, and send them to the Jilong Mountain territory on the main island of Yizhou one by one.

But in any case, they had escaped from the danger of death, and bid farewell to this dream filled with blood and tears

Maybe many years later, when everything is gone, and there are still many people who are still alive, they will still remember this unforgettable night of escape at sea.