Huang Xin, one of the four personal guards arranged by Gao Shun for Lu Ren, was also one of the last few people left in the original Seven Hundred Trap camp. Huang Xin, who was born in Orion in Bingzhou, has good archery skills, and is alert and has excellent eyesight, and serves as a scout in the trapping camp. After following Lu Ren and coming to Jingxiang, Lu Ren asked Huang Xin to move around, specifically responsible for finding out all kinds of news. Before Lu Ren set off this time, Huang Xin happened to return to Xiangyang from Changsha, so Lu Ren asked Huang Xin to accompany him and become the captain of the short crossbow team on the Seahorse.

The short crossbow team, a mobile squad that is specially responsible for making up for the short-range dead end of the crossbow in the ship, uses the kind of lever-type repeater. Of course, their crossbows have also been improved to a certain extent, the arrow magazine can be easily replaced, there is a power grip under the crossbow body, and a butt has been added to the back of the crossbow to increase stability, which is generally much easier to use than the original crossbow.

However, Lu Ren saw that the battle was nearing the end, so he led Minchan and Lu Lan to slide down the slide bar of the lookout, and returned to the main cabin door in the ship. In front of the main cabin door were the two brothers Ling Feng and Ling Yun in the four guards guarding, at this moment when they saw Lu Ren coming back, they all hugged their fists and saluted, Lu Ren nodded and motioned for the two Ling brothers to go back to the cabin to rest, and he reached out to push open the hatch but failed to push it open. After being stunned for a moment, Lu Rencai shook his head and said with a dry smile: "Wen Ji, Ah Zhen, it's me, open the door!" ”

There was a thick, toothache-inducing squeak from the cabin. After a long time, the hatch slowly opened, Cai Yan and Mi Zhen gasped in front of the hatch, obviously opening this heavy iron door was very physical exertion on these two powerless women. Finally calming down, Cai Yan asked, "Is the war over?" ”

Lu Ren smiled: "If I don't finish the fight, I will come down so easily?" Oops......"

Saying that, Lu Ren looked at the iron hatch that he knew was very thick when he looked at it, and then looked around at the cabin, which was only about ten square meters, and shook his head again and smiled: "When I renovated the ship, I used so much iron, and I specially built such an iron cabin, which is used to protect you." Or is it used to imprison you? ”

Cai Yan smiled faintly: "It depends on what the person who uses it thinks." Then again, if it weren't for such an iron cabin, how would you dare to take us on board this trip, knowing that there were thieves, and you would have gone to supervise the war with peace of mind? ”

Lu Ren smiled and was about to take Cai Yan and Mi Zhen out of the cabin. Footsteps suddenly sounded in the aisle of the boat, and Huang Xin's hurried voice also came: "Lord, it's not good!" There are three more clippers coming in the rear of our team, and it seems that they are not coming well! ”

"What!? And also!? ”

Lu Ren was startled, and in a hurry, he pushed Cai Yan and the others into the iron cabin again, and hurriedly ordered: "Bolt the hatch, don't let me be distracted, and the rest will be talked about when I come back!" ”

After saying that, Lu Ren and Huang Xin rushed to the deck, while Cai Yan and Mi Zhen looked at each other. Crying and laughing, he said, "Do you have to close it when you just open it?" Can't he help us? ”

A moment later, Lu Ren and Huang Xin were already on the side of the ship looking carefully in the direction where their fleet had come. Huang Xin's eyesight was better than Lu Ren's, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he exclaimed: "Among them, the big ship is hanging with a brocade sail!" It's the Jinfan thief Gan Ning Gan Xingba! Crossbowmen ready! ”

Lu Ren froze, and said in his heart, could it be that even Gan Ning wanted to come to rob him? But recalling the words that Shi Tao said to him before he left, Lu Ren was a little hesitant. After a little contemplation, Lu Ren instructed everyone: "Don't let go of the arrow first!" The shouters have always shouted to the ship, and the crossbow team should be careful! If the ship doesn't answer, the crossbowman will shoot arrows! ”

The crew hurried to their own devices. Lu Ren was also sweating in his palms at this moment. Lu Ren knew that he was taking a risk, because all he relied on in the water battle was those machine crossbows. But according to the current situation, it is not easy to release arrows, in case Gan Ning is here to rob him, the consequences will be ......

The boat branch on the opposite side was rapidly approaching, and Lu Ren's heart was getting tighter and tighter. At this moment, the sails of the incoming ship were suddenly lowered, and the speed of the ship slowed down a lot. And on the deck over there, someone was shouting, "Brother, don't let go of your arrows." Gen Nao also comes! ”

"Yuan Zhi? Is it Xu Shu? ”

Lu Ren didn't dare to hold it up, and at the same time, he suddenly remembered the scope on the optoelectronic rifle he was carrying behind him, so he quickly took it off and used it as a night vision goggle to visit. With the help of this thing, Lu Ren finally saw that the person standing on the bow of the incoming ship was indeed Xu Shu, so he put his heart down.

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"Hahaha...... The regiment of the land servant shoots really lives up to its name! Those three Jiao have been rampant in the area of the three river estuaries for several years. is by no means an ordinary person, I can't imagine that today I will only be in the hands of Lu Servant shooting between the teas, Gan Ning is convinced! Oh, it's really a little unwilling to think about it, Ning Zizhi got the Yuan Zhi and rushed to the report, and led the brothers to hurry up, but I didn't expect to be a step too late, and I couldn't catch up with this killing battle. I, a brocade thief, have long thought that I would meet the three Jiao of the three estuary. ”

On the bow deck of the Seahorse, Lu Ren's eyes fixed on the thirty-something, heroic man sitting opposite...... Or it should be a bit of a heroic Jinfan thief Gan Ning Gan Xingba. When Gan Ning smiled, Lu Ren raised his glass and said, "Brother Xingba has said it." In fact, if it weren't for Brother Xingba's timely notification that there were thieves who wanted to plot against me, Lu Ren would have made me prepared, then under the night attack of Sanjiao, this water battle would only be difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. And Brother Xingba was able to come to the aid with righteousness, and he was also very grateful in his heart. I can't thank you, please Brother Xingba drink this wine, and Lu Ren will do it first! ”

A large bowl of beer poured into his stomach, and Gan Ning, who had never drunk beer, immediately burped with beer. Rubbing his mouth with a big grin, Gan Ning smiled and said, "This wine is interesting!" Although it is bitter in the mouth, it is very bitter and tasteful. Pour down the stomach and burp again, and the whole person feels very comfortable! When he said this, Gan Ning turned his head to look at the three boats that were coming to him, his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything.

Lu Ren saw it in his eyes and understood it, and immediately smiled at Gan Ning: "Brother Xingba came to help, how can Lu Ren snub the brothers?" There were 100 barrels in this beer boat, and the original intention was to take them to Chaisang to sell, but now fortunately, Brother Xingba came here, and Ren has ordered people to take them all out to entertain the brothers. In the words of our good drinkers, we are not afraid to drink all the wine, we are afraid that we will not drink enough to the fullest. ”

Whether you want to recruit Gan Ning or not, you must not be stingy with him, God knows that the current Gan Ning is still not the one who "receives the generous one but has a good time; No, that is, the Lord who will take away his goods."

Looking at Gan Ning again, he nodded appreciatively and said, "Lu Servant is really as righteous and squandering money as rumored. Hello you! ”

Turning around and pointing to the servant standing behind him, he commanded: "Go and tell the brothers that the servants of the land shoot me very well, and these brothers can use the wine and food to their heart's content, but don't cause trouble!" Who dares to be presumptuous after drinking, kill with a knife and then throw it into the river to feed the fish! ”

"No!" This one went.

Hearing this, Lu Ren secretly relieved his heart in his heart, and raised a bowl to toast to Gan Ning, and Xu Shu and Shi Tao on the side of the table naturally raised a bowl together to accompany him. After a bowl of wine, Xu Shu nodded and sighed lightly: "I really didn't expect my brother's boat group to be so powerful, and the boat is so fast." The younger brother originally wanted to learn that his brother still wanted to travel, so he led Brother Gan to lead his servants to meet his brother in the middle of the road and then go with him. But when he didn't expect that when he arrived at the place where Brother Gan landed, the brother's boat group had been more than half a day. Shocked to hear the news, Shu had to board the boat with Brother Gan and chase along the river. ”

Lu Ren waved his hand and smiled: "This battle is over, we don't need to say too much." Yuan Zhi, you are so hearted, the foolish brother is very moved. Here, another bowl! ”

Gan Ning picked up the words at this time: "Ning Jiu heard that Lu Servant shot the name, and he has always had the heart to pay a visit, but he was very inconvenient...... After all, Ning was young and frivolous in his early years, and he did a lot of wrong things, so it was really inconvenient for this notoriety to meet Lu Servant. Today, I was fortunate to see that Lu Servant didn't care about Ning being a thief and treated each other so kindly, Ning was very relieved. ”

Seriously, Lu Ren didn't know how many times he had imagined in his heart that the conversation that might occur after meeting Gan Ning, and now seeing Gan Ning say such a sentence, Lu Ren blurted out directly almost without thinking: "Brother Xingba is serious!" Ren moved to Jingxiang for a few months, and heard many rumors and stories about Brother Xingba, and he had already had the heart to make friends with Brother Xingba under the respect in his heart, but he had not been able to find the whereabouts of Brother Xingba, and he had always regretted it. I am fortunate to see it today, and Ren Yijue is very relieved. ”

Gan Ning was a little shocked when he heard this, and said, "Lu Servant has the heart to make friends with Ning? Xiang Ning was a thief in his early years, and his killing was quite notorious, and no one in this Yangtze River area was not afraid of me, and he regarded Ning very lightly, so except for people like Yuan Zhi who wandered the rivers and lakes, others did not want to make friends with Ning, but why did Lu Servant shoot want to make friends with Ning? ”

Lu Ren had already sorted out the words in his mind at this time, and immediately smiled and said: "Everyone else calls Brother Xingba a thief, but they forget that this thief is also a thief and a thief, and evil and righteousness are divided. The wicked thief is a bully for his own selfish desires, and he is a fish in the countryside; And the righteous thieves, who act chivalrous and righteous, in addition to the strong and help the weak, although there are also killings, but they kill those who are rich and unkind and rampant in the township. The former is hated by the people, and the people want him to die; And the latter is admirable, although it is forbidden by force, the people all want to live, and Brother Xingba is the latter. Or, like Brother Xingba, he should not be called a thief, but a hero. ”

Gan Ning frowned slightly: "Xia? Lu Servant shot seriously. A thief is a thief, and the man's husband should stand up to the sky and the earth in the world, and he has committed a lot of mistakes in the past, but he dares to do it if he has done it. Ning recently read Zhuzi, and gradually understood a lot of truths, and people knew that they should change their mistakes, so that they could live up to the man's husband...... However, Ning wanted to ask Lu Servant Shot a word here, and hoped that Lu Servant Shot could tell him sincerely. ”

Lu Ren said: "Please speak." ”

Gan Ning looked at Lu Ren for a while before he said, "Does Lu Servant really want to make friends with Ning, who is a thief?" ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Why do I think Brother Xingba's words are a little contemptuous?" Is it because Brother Xingba stumbled and became a thief? Brother Xingba, don't forget, when I was young, Lu Ren, I was just a beggar who lived by begging for food on the street. Seriously, I'm afraid I'm still far inferior to Brother Xingba. ”

Gan Ning also smiled: "Lu Servant shot and laughed. ”

Lu Ren said: "That's the case, how about Brother Xingba and let me say something half-joking?" ”

"Lu Servant shoots, but it doesn't hurt to say." (To be continued.) )