"Ah......h

With the appearance of the corpses, the children of the family who had never seen anything of the world on the ship all cried out in surprise.

The timid face turned pale, and the bold pointed to the deck to look.

It was the first time for Wu Meiniang to encounter this kind of scene, her face tightened, and she leaned her body towards Du He's side, as if only by his side could there be enough safety.

Xu Hui, Yun Zhuo and others also rushed over when they heard the news.

Yun Zhuo's face was serious, and he glanced at Du He and Wu Meiniang, for this floating corpse on the sea, he was even more concerned about the conversation between Du He and Wu Meiniang at the bow of the boat.

"If you put the ship in place, maybe something big will happen." Du He calmly gave the order.

He is not very old, but he is already a general who commands 5,000 soldiers and horses, and in the past two years of military career, after all these years of birth and death, he has led the troops and led the generals, cultivated a kind of leadership bearing, and can surrender without a fight. The words came out to Jean with an irresistible thought.

Xu Hui didn't think about it, turned her head and ordered, until she gave the order to the next person, she came to her senses, and glanced at Du He strangely, wondering why she instinctively obeyed orders. But she also had the heart to find out the truth, and she did not speak out against it.

Du He turned to the side of the boat, found a rope, tied a slipknot, and threw it lightly, and the long rope flew straight out like an arrow. According to common sense, the lightness of the straw rope is not comparable to the buoyancy of the sea, but after his gentle throw, the straw rope actually went deep into the water, impartially, and accurately put on the ankle of a corpse.

Others don't know what to do, and they don't know the mystery of this trick. But Yun Zhuo also has miraculous skills, how can he not see the magic in it? There was shock and disbelief in his eyes, and he said in his heart: "I heard that Du Xiang's martial arts are strong, but I didn't expect that he would be so smart, I am far inferior to ......."

He is both civil and military, although he is not as good as Xu Hui, and Li Yifeng is not as good as martial arts, but he can rank among the top three, and there is no one to compare with him in Jiangnan with both civil and military qualities, and he has always been proud, but now he has met Du He, Du He's achievements in civil and military affairs have made him unreachable, and then he is jealous and hateful, it is inevitable, and he is so intimate with Wu Meiniang, which is more and more unpleasant.

Duho had fished the body ashore.

This corpse is fat, full of flesh, in his fifties and sixties, his body is completely **, he doesn't even have underwear, and his throat has been cut with a knife to a deep bone.

Seeing this, Xu Hui, Wu Meiniang, and some maidservants in the cabin were embarrassed not to turn their heads.

Du He checked his wounds, there was still a trace of blood in his throat, which had not flowed out, and said in a deep voice: "I just died, I'm afraid it's less than half an hour, and the murderer may not have gone far!" ”

Du He's words fell, and he heard Gu Zhiming exclaim, "This, this seems to be ...... Steward Zhao? ”

Du He asked, "Does Brother Gu recognize this person?" ”

Gu Zhiming was about to reply, but remembering that the person who asked the question was Du He, he couldn't help but snort and didn't answer. A few days ago, Du He was humiliated, and he was narrow-minded, and he regarded Du He as a great enemy of life and death, and ignored his questioning.

Du He didn't bother to bother with this kind of character, so he didn't ask.

When Xu Hui heard Gu Zhiming say that Steward Zhao, she was also stunned for a while, she forcibly endured her nausea, opened her eyes and only looked at the appearance of the dead body, covered her mouth and exclaimed, let out an incredible exhalation, her face was even more pale and she took a step back, and said, "Is it really him?" ”

Du He was puzzled in his heart, "Who is Steward Zhao, who is your Xu family's butler?" ”

Xu Hui shook his head and said: "No, it's the steward of the Su family, he is an old man in the Su family, he has some status, and he is very capable." My Xu family and the Su family are world friends, and I have met him a few times. Just how did you die here? ”

Du He also felt strange in his heart, originally he thought that it was Li Jiancheng's remnants who were responsible, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it might not be a big surname: just because the methods of the two sides were too different.

Wei Xiang's action was carried out step by step, first controlling the merchant ships, and then driving them to the deepest part of the sea, until they were far away from the land, and then carried out the murder and stealing of goods. If it weren't for himself, the boatload of people would have disappeared into the torrent of history because of their disappearance.

But now, although they sail on the endless sea, they are not far from the coastline, and they have even encountered fishing boats many times. The next time the other party is here, it is completely irrational behavior, and it is very different from the rigor of Li Jiancheng's sins, because it should not be done by the same group.

"Isn't it those remnants, who is so ruthless?" Du He wondered in his heart, this Jiangnan is really eventful. Li Jiancheng's remnants have already made his head bigger, how can a group of thieves who kill people without blinking an eye come out of nowhere.

In the midst of his doubts, he stood tall and looked around, estimating that the thief was nearby, and he was in a dilemma whether to chase or not.

With his surname, it is impossible to ignore this kind of brutality, but he is at sea, unable to act independently, and a boatload of people is mostly powerless scholars, and when he really encounters bandits who rob homes and houses, what is the use of them, this butcher's knife waved, and his head fell to the ground.

The other party doesn't know the depth, and he has done his own kung fu, but he can't bless the whole boat at the same time!

This pursuit is not, and it is not if it is not chased!

Suddenly, his expression froze, and he pointed to the distance in surprise and said, "What is that, Clippers?" ”

The people followed his fingers, and saw some black spots faintly appearing at the end of the continuous sea, which were hurrying towards them.

The corpses floating on the sea were first, and the people were worried, and everyone had a premonition that they would not fall.

Someone shouted, "It can't be a thief!" ”

There was a whisper of panic in the crowd.

The sea was windy, and the black dot moved very fast down the river, and after a few moments, it became clear that the black dot was actually a strange-looking big ship, and the ship had a square feeling, and there were huge black sails hanging on the ship.

Xu Hui was taken aback, and said in surprise and anger: "It's not good, this is the Su family's fast ship, a merchant ship transformed from a warship, which is only used to transport the most precious goods, and every time it sails, it is commanded by the old man...... Steward Zhao died, and the ship ......"

Before she finished speaking, her pretty face thought it was iron-blue.

Everybody knows what she wants.

Since this is the Su family's ship, and the butler Zhao who is in charge has been thrown into the sea, the characters on this boat are naturally robbers who killed Steward Zhao.

Now the robbers were hurrying towards them, and their useless scholars, who had never seen the world before, but only knew what they knew, had lost their opinions, and only weakened their limbs with fright.

Everyone shouted to run.

Xu Hui was also a little panicked, and asked the boatman to lift the anchor and flee south.

Du He visually measured the speed of both sides and stopped him sharply: "Don't be busy, this painting boat is for tourism, and the speed is not fast." Their ship was converted from a warship, and it was more than twice as fast as our own, and if they had the heart to chase them, it would have been impossible for them to escape at our speed. Instead of rushing and letting the opponent follow and chase and let them beat the water dogs, it is better to calmly prepare for the enemy. If they come for us, they will fight against us, and there is no need to risk being their enemy. ”

Gu Zhiming was the most dissatisfied with Du He, and when he heard me speak, he shouted loudly: "You are letting them wait for death, they are all extremely vicious bandits, killing people without blinking, how can we be enemies." ”

The other panicked people listened to Du He's shout, but they were a little calm.

These words, Du He's talent showed made all of them admire, and his words already had a certain weight in everyone's hearts.

Xu Hui also felt that what Du He said was reasonable. Just as he was about to speak, Yun Zhuo also said: "Brother Du said yes, the speed of the painting boat is far less than the other party's merchant ships, and escaping at this time will only make them feel that we are easy to bully, and summoning up the courage to fight can deter them, which is more effective." Although he hated Du He, he also knew that Du He's analysis was correct, and at this critical moment, he had to agree with Du He's opinion.

Yun Zhuo's status in the hearts of everyone is much higher than Du He, and he also agrees with Du He's opinion, and he agrees.

Xu Hui already felt that Du He's words were credible, but at this moment, Yun Zhuo also agreed, and was even more convinced that his opinion was correct, so he withdrew the order and asked, "What should we do next?" ”

Du He said in a deep voice: "Before they approach, they can make some preparations in advance!" Miss Xu, how many strong men and weapons are there in this painting boat? ”

Xu Hui thought about it carefully and said: "There are more than 30 strong men in the painting boat, and there are not many weapons, only a few, and the wooden sticks of the oars are enough." ”

Du He commanded Ruoding: "First gather the strong men, give them as many sharp weapons as possible, so that they have the ability to meet the enemy, and then carry all the oil on the ship to the deck for me, and finally tell all the people that let them obey my command, only unified orders, can repel the strong enemy." ”

His words were not convincing.

However, Gu Zhiming was not convinced by him, and shouted dissatisfied: "Why? ”

"Boom!"

Du He raised his eyebrows, the Tang knife was unsheathed, and when the cold light flashed, the blade was already on Gu Zhiming's shoulder, his hand pressed down, and Sen Ran said: "I can cut off your head with a knife now!" ”

Gu Zhiming was born with a golden key since she was a child, where has she ever suffered this kind of encounter, she has already been scared of her hands and feet, and she wants to grit her teeth and be tough, but when she touched the cold light in Du He's eyes, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, and she didn't dare to say a word, and collapsed directly to the ground.

When the others saw that Du He was so strong, they were also afraid of it and didn't dare to say anything.

Xu Hui said that she understood, did not ask why, and went down one by one according to what he said.

After a short time, the strong men had already gathered, and half a barrel full of vegetable oil and lard moved to the deck.

Duhe asked people to spread vegetable oil and lard on both sides of the deck, and then asked people to boil water, boil water, boil oil, the hotter the better, at least one or two hundred degrees Celsius.

Commanding everything, Du He looked at the dark shadow in the distance.

As they did these things, the dark shadows were gradually approaching, and the appearance of the merchant ships was becoming clearer and clearer.

Du He's sharp eyes were faintly able to see the appearance of the merchant ship, and he was suddenly stunned, angry, and gritted his teeth and said: "Wokou! ”

(To be continued)