Chapter 15: Pirates

Hearing the sound of the gong, Xiao Xiangui's body shook, as if he had encountered a ghost, his eyes were huge, and he couldn't speak when he opened his mouth. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Hearing the sound of the gong, the whole boat was cold. When everyone reacted, they all ran out of the cabin and rushed to the side of the ship.

Sure enough, the three dark bird boats in the west, waving the huge "Chen" flag, were rowing their oars, rushing towards this side at high speed. The three bird boats were not big, and the displacement of a single ship was not even a hundred tons, but the people on the boat were all holding swords, and the people who came were not good and violent.

"It's the pirate Chen Shengning!"

Someone recognized the origin of the flag and shouted loudly.

Seeing the black flag, the owner Xiao Xiangui had long lost his composure, only opened his mouth and said with a panicked face.

"It's the sea thief Chen Shengning... It's over, I knew something was going to happen on this trip... ”

As soon as they heard Chen Shengning's name, the boatmen on the ship all turned white, and they began to talk like a frying pot:

"Chen Shengning, who kills people without blinking!"

"There is Chen Shengning who has never returned!"

Xiao Xiangui suddenly remembered something, turned around and said loudly, "Turn the rudder quickly, put the oars, let's escape!" ”

Xue Yiming, the chief manager next to him, broke the owner's illusion in a cold voice:

"Our boat has few big oars, and they have many small oars, how can we run away?"

Hearing this, Xiao Xiangui's face turned pale, and he couldn't speak.

After rolling his eyes for a long time, Xiao Xiangui seemed to have made up his mind and said loudly:

"Then you can only surrender and beg for mercy! Surrender with the flag! ”

Hearing the owner say this, everyone was cold in their hearts, and they looked at each other for a while.

"Wait!"

The "big wield" who was in charge of the flag was about to lower the flag, but was stopped by Li Tu with a loud shout.

Li Tu was very dissatisfied with Xiao Xiangui's words, and asked sharply:

"If you surrender and hand over the ship's cargo, will you be able to save your life?"

Xiao Xiangui looked at Li Tu, nodded, and shook his head again,

"I don't know, I don't know... According to the rules of the sea, if you are afraid of being tracked down by the government, you can kill us all; If you have a hint of kindness, you can tie us to the sampan and drive us away! It depends on their mood. ”

As soon as his eyes closed, Xiao Xiangui muttered,

"There's always hope! If you resist, you will definitely be killed. At this point, I have no choice but to surrender! ”

This Xiao Xiangui's cowardice is really beyond Li Tu's imagination. A boatload of men who raise their hands to surrender and kill without firing an arrow is too unseemly. So far, how can Li Tu still tolerate him arbitrarily deciding the life and death of everyone.

"Joke, a dignified seven-foot man, how can he be caught like this, and be a fish under someone else's knife!"

Hearing this, the shipwrights and sailors all turned around and looked at Li Tu, who spoke.

While the crowd was talking, the three ships came closer.

The lookout on the mast saw it clearly, and said loudly, "There are not many people on the ship, less than thirty people on the three ships." ”

When the people heard this, they all looked up to look at the three bird boats that were approaching. Look closely: although the incoming ships are menacing, there are not many people on board, less than ten people on each boat.

There were only more than 20 enemies, but there were 37 people on board, and there seemed to be hope for a fight. Hearing the lookout's words, everyone was a little excited, and they all looked at the ship's owner, Xiao Xiangui, waiting for him to make a decision.

But Xiao Xiangui didn't have the courage to fight.

Not daring to look at the anxious boatmen, he looked to the other side of the ship's side and did not speak.

In the crowd, an old gray-haired boatman said loudly:

"I can't do it! I can't help it! If you confront Chen Shengning, even if you defeat these people, you will be hunted down by Chen Shengning sooner or later! ”

"Then who is Chen Shengning? This Zhangzhou sea area is the most vicious of him, and there are more than 100 people under him. If we fight him, we will be chased to the ends of the earth, and he will kill us. ”

Hearing the words of the old boatman, everyone was discouraged, and the fighting spirit that had just been mustered seemed to be about to dissipate again.

Seeing that everyone was discouraged, Li Tu felt a pang in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good. Anxious, Li Tu jumped on a pile of wooden barrels on the terrace, stood on a high place and asked Xiao Xiangui loudly:

"You say, master! Can I wait for surrender and beg for mercy to find a way to live? ”

When everyone heard Li Tu's words, they all looked at Xiao Xiangui again.

Blinking, Xiao Xiangui replied honestly: "That depends on the other party's mood... ”

Li Tu waved his hand and scolded, "Then what else is there to say?" There were only twenty or so people on the opposite side, and there were thirty-seven of us! A manly man, how can he be such a scumbag and be a ghost under the knife? ”

Looking at the arrogant Li Tu, Xiao Xiangui was dumbfounded and speechless.

The old boatman in the crowd was in a hurry, and said with a crying voice:

"My grandfather, that's Chen Shengning's person! There are more than 100 pirates under his command, who are rampant in the Zhangzhou Ocean. ran to the sea in Zhangzhou, if he fought against Chen Shengning, sooner or later he would be intercepted at sea and killed... ”

Without waiting for the old man to finish speaking, Li Tu scolded loudly:

"Straight lady thief, what Chen Shengning, sooner or later Lao Tzu will chop him to death with a knife."

With a glaring of his eyes, Li Tu said loudly:

"When I meet Chen Shengning on the return trip, I naturally have a way to defeat him!"

Hearing this, everyone blinked and looked at Li Tu, not knowing what way he had to defeat Chen Shengning.

On the sea, the pirate's ship rowed faster and faster, and it was less than fifty feet away from the Zaixing. There is less and less time left for the shipwrights of the Zaixing to think and make decisions.

Facing the shipwright, Li Tu said loudly:

"There are only more than twenty people on the other side, and we have thirty-seven, and there are many of us and they are few, what are you afraid of him doing?"

"You are all heroes, how can you wag your tail and beg for mercy from the robbers? Everyone, take out your knives and guns! Kill the thief with me! ”

"Well said!"

That Xu San is a bold character, and he can't stand being fished like this. In the crowd, he was the first to jump out in support of Li Tu. Turning around, he also shouted loudly to the crowd:

"Chen Shengning is also a person, and these pirates are also made of meat, what are you afraid of him doing? We fight! ”

Seeing that Xu San supported him, Li Tu was overjoyed, and went to see Wang Jian, the head shop.

The head shop manager fights against the enemy, and in the current situation, in addition to the owner, the head shop has the most right to speak.

Outside the Zaixing, the pirates had already approached within twenty zhang. A bandana pirate leader stood at the front of the bird ship and shouted: "The people of Chen Shengning, the Marquis of the Broken Sea, are here, the people on the ship listen, quickly put down their swords and guns, and hand over the ship!" ”

On the terrace of the Zaixing, seeing Li Tu looking at him, Wang Jian shouted expressionlessly,

"Open a position in the warehouse and send weapons!"

Zhiku is the person who manages the weapons on the ship, and Wang Jian said this to fight with the pirates.

Hearing Wang Jian's words, Xu San couldn't help but shout hello again.

Seeing that the king of the general shop was determined to resist the enemy, everyone stabilized their emotions and ran to the tenth cabin to get knives and guns.

But before the crowd could finish their weapons, the pirates over there had already rushed to the side of the ship.

"Listen, the people on the boat, we are the men and horses of Chen Shengning, the Marquis of the Broken Sea! Wait for the flag to be lowered quickly, and the swords and guns will be lowered, lest the masters will cut you! ”

After waiting for more than ten seconds, seeing that the people on the ship did not lower their flags and surrendered, the arrogant pirates launched a general attack. Only a few swishing sounds were heard, and a dozen ropes with barbs were thrown up from below and hung on the side of the ship with a "snap" and "snap".

Shouting for kill, the pirates climbed up along the ropes.