Unbeknownst to him, the man in black was extremely agile, leaned back in a very strange posture, dodged the blade, and then kicked his legs forward, kicking at the gap between Qiu Yi's chest and abdomen.

The scientific name here is the diaphragm, although it is not a fatal point, but after being hit, it is surprisingly painful. Qiu Yizhi is also a mortal, and when he was hit hard here, he immediately shrunk into a ball of pain, curled up on the deck and couldn't say a word.

The man in black took advantage of Qiu Yizhi's injury and fell to the ground, and hid in a dark corner next to him, and he didn't know where to hide.

It was only at this time that the sailors who were on night duty in various parts of the big ship ran to Qiu Yizhi's side, and when they saw that it was a distinguished guest invited by the old shipowner, they hurriedly helped Qiu Yizhi up, and asked again:

"My lord, where is the assassin?"

"Where did the Assassins come from? My lord? ”

Qiu Yizhi finally relieved himself, looked up, and saw that the surroundings were shrouded in endless darkness, where could he still find the trace of the man in black, so he had to take a deep breath, slightly relieve the sharp pain between his chest and abdomen, and said, "The assassin didn't know where to run." Don't be stunned, but quickly light a torch and light it up to light up the surroundings so that you can find it. ”

One of the sailors, who seemed to be in the lead, said: "The ship is most afraid of fire, and the things that cause fire are stored in the cabin below the waterline, and no one can take it without the orders of the old shipowner, the young shipowner, and Cai Laoda......"

Qiu Yizhi panicked in pain, and before he could think about it, he said, "Then you hurry up and tell these people about it." This assassin's martial arts are very high, and he is extremely secretive, and you must act with more than three people, and you must not be left alone, and let the assassin take advantage. ”

Although Qiu Yizhi has a meritorious reputation, he is a guest on the ship after all, so of course it is inappropriate to give orders like this, but now that the situation is urgent, he can't take care of these etiquette rules. The sailor who had just spoken said yes, picked out a few or three trusted brothers, and went into the cabin to find someone.

After such a commotion, one of Qiu Yi's pedestrians who were sleeping in several nearby cabins had been awakened, and the eight personal soldiers under his command immediately rushed out of the cabin with their swords on their faces full of nervousness, and Wei Chi Jiming had already dressed neatly and protected Qiu Yizhi's side.

Qiu Yizhi was afraid that the assassin had not yet disembarked, so he hurriedly ordered: "You guys leave me alone, go and protect Mr. Lin and Miss Wen." And he said that I commanded them, and told them not to go out. Keep ye outside the door, and not a single fly shall be put in. ”

Several pro-soldiers trembled a little when they heard Qiu Yi's words, but their tone was extremely firm, and they hurriedly agreed and walked back to the cabin, but Wei Chi Jiming stepped forward and said: "The aisle of the cabin is narrow, eight people are enough, I better stay by my uncle's side." ”

In fact, Qiu Yizhi was frightened, and he was also very scared, with Yu Chi Jiming guarding him, his heart suddenly had a bottom, and his tone became calmer: "It's okay." It's just that this assassin is covered in black, and his body is fast, I'm afraid it's not easy to find, and even if he finds it, it's difficult to catch, Ji Ming, you have to be careful. ”

While he was talking, he heard an old voice coming from the direction of the cabin next to him: "The world has really changed now, in the middle of the night, there are assassins who dare to touch the old man's ship to make trouble, look at the assassin, the old man doesn't cut him down with his own hands and feed the shark!" ”

It was Li Zhi's voice.

Qiu Yizhi heard this and shouted: "Old ship owner be careful, the assassin is still on board!" ”

Li Zhi was not afraid, and said with a smile: "Lord Qiu is right in everything he said, but this sentence was wrong just now." Now it's not the old man who needs to be careful, but the assassin who doesn't have long eyes. The old man has ordered someone to go to the bilge to fetch the candles, and when I shine the deck brightly, see how the old man can hold this little thief, and play with it to relieve the boredom of the adults! ”

As he spoke, a dozen or so sailors each carried a large bundle of torches and piled them on the deck.

At this time, Li Shengjie was also awakened by the commotion outside the cabin, yawning and walking forward to ask what was the matter. Although this Li Shengjie is extraordinary in martial arts, he is still full of childishness, he heard that there was an assassin on the ship, he was extremely excited, the first to bend down and pick up a torch, walked quickly to Li Zhi's side, and said a little happily: "It turns out that there is a mouse on the ship, don't worry, Dad, see how I catch it." ”

As he spoke, Li Shengjie took a fire medium, lit a torch while still having a serious expression, and said to the sailor beside him: "This assassin is mine, don't rob any of you from me!" As he spoke, Li Shengjie had already lit the torch and gradually dispelled some of the darkness around him in his hand.

Qiu Yizhi was about to praise a few words when he heard it, but suddenly remembered that when he followed Emperor Zheng Rong north to burn grass, Zheng Rong once told himself: If you march at night, either the whole team will rely on the stars to discern the direction and advance in the dark; Either the whole team will raise torches and lanterns and make a big show - in short, it's better not to let the enemy find out about your whereabouts, or at least hide the person in command from the crowd.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yizhi was already panicking, knowing that the assassin didn't know where to hide, maybe he was just waiting for which torch to light and shine the head of the ship, so that he could take the opportunity to attack!

So Qiu Yizhi didn't have time to explain, an arrow stepped forward, snatched the torch from Li Shengjie's hand, ignored the pain caused by a spark falling on the back of his hand, picked up the torch, and threw it into the sea.

However, Qiu Yizhi's attack was still slow, the assassin was extremely calm and sophisticated, and after being discovered by Qiu Yizhi, he did not hide in a corner of the deck, but quickly climbed along a mast to the beam, and hid on his stomach, waiting for the moment when the enemy was bright and dark, so as to hurt people.

And Li Shengjie's rash move really gave this assassin an excellent opportunity, he relied on the fleeting light in the night, he had already seen the target, prostrate on the beam, and with a flick of his right hand, he shot a hidden weapon, straight towards Li Shengjie's front door.

This hidden weapon is specially made for assassination, the whole body is dark, just hidden in the dark, although the flight speed is not fast, but there is no sound, so that the martial arts are as strong as Wei Chi Jiming can not notice this silent, without a trace, flying closer and closer to the hidden weapon.

However, Li Zhi behind Li Shengjie instinctively discovered the imminence of danger, and quickly pulled his baby son Li Shengjie aside.

Li Shengjie heard his father's cry desolately, quickly stabilized his pace, and asked with concern, "Dad, what's wrong?" Are you okay? ”

Li Zhi endured the pain, and did not agree to Li Shengjie, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction where the hidden weapon was shot, and said loudly: "Assassin, the assassin is over there, hold him for me!" ”

Everyone looked in the direction of Li Zhi's outstretched hand, and sure enough, they vaguely saw a figure moving quickly on the mast beam.

The shipwright and sailor on the deck saw it and was about to step forward to arrest the assassin, but he heard Lieutenant Chi Jiming interrupt and shouted: "Wait! With that, he took out a large handful of copper coins from his bosom and held them in the palm of his left hand, while his right hand kept taking out three or five, three or five copper coins, and hit them in the direction of black shadows one after another.

It turned out that Yu Chi Jiming had been in a hurry and killed Gu Erniang and other good players with a few copper coins, and he felt that it was convenient and inconspicuous to use copper coins as a hidden weapon for self-defense, so he carried a copper coin with him anytime and anywhere, and practiced his secret weapon kung fu diligently, and finally came in handy again tonight.

I only heard the sound of metal and hardwood colliding quickly everywhere Yu Chi Jiming's copper coin went, and if you listened carefully, you will find that there are two different sounds from this raindrop, which are particularly dull - but they are terrible sounds made when human flesh and bones are penetrated.

With these two inconspicuous sounds, the outline of the black shadow shook for a moment, and finally it could no longer stand, and fell down from the beam more than two feet high, making a loud noise.

The sailors waiting on the deck knew that this black shadow must be an assassin, and hurriedly rushed up, and sure enough, they found a man dressed in black lying at the foot of the mast, already fainting, and his right leg was hit from the calf to the root of the thigh, and four copper coins were hit, and blood was gushing.

The sailors had just seen this assassin hurt people, and they also knew that they could not be careless, so they rummaged inside and out of this person's body, and searched out his two sets of hooks, nine darts, and four short knives to make sure that there were no weapons on his body, and then moved them to Li Zhi and waited for them to fall.

Li looked directly at the assassin who was trampled to death by everyone, coughed lightly, and said, "It's late at night, and I won't interrogate him." You guys have tied him up tightly for me, hung it upside down on the mast, and basked in the sun for two days! Also, send a few more people to keep vigil on the boat, and the rest of the people go back to sleep with peace of mind. ”

With that, Li Zhi turned his head and walked into the cabin.

Qiu Yizhi saw that Li Zhi's movements seemed to be a little inflexible, knowing that although the old shipowner was not young, his legs and feet were still flexible, and he must have been injured somewhere, so he barely endured the pain in order to stabilize people's hearts.

So Qiu Yizhi hurriedly took a few steps forward and grabbed Li Zhi's hand, and immediately felt that Li Zhi's palms were in a cold sweat, and he was still trembling a little. Qiu Yi knew that the injury didn't seem to be light, so she hurriedly said: "Thanks to the old shipowner's timely appearance, otherwise this life would be over." Come, come, invite the old shipowner to my room, and I will thank you in person! ”

As he spoke, Qiu Yizhi personally supported Li Zhi and walked towards his room, beckoning Li Shengjie to come with him as he walked.

Li Shengjie was a careless person, he didn't notice his father's abnormality, and after listening to Qiu Yi's greeting, he didn't think about it, so he followed.

But I heard Li Zhi turn his head again and say, "Lao Cai, you also come along." ”

Lao Cai Tou was still thinking about how to organize the matter of guarding against assassins, but he didn't expect his own shipowner to call him over, although he was a little suspicious, he didn't dare to refuse, and ran up.

So Qiu Yizhi helped Li Zhi and walked towards his cabin almost step by step. Li Zhi still pretended to be unusually determined, and looked around, as if he was deliberately walking slowly, wanting to inspect the ship's defense.

However, as soon as he entered the cabin, Li Zhi could no longer support it, his legs weakened, and he immediately collapsed on the floor.

Qiu Yizhi had already guessed that Li Zhi was injured, but seeing that his expression was quite calm, he didn't expect the injury to be so heavy, so he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to personally say: "A few of you, just guard the door of the cabin, and no one is allowed to enter!" ”

He said to He'er, who was stunned and didn't know what was going on: "He'er, you hurry up and tidy up my room and let the old ship owner rest." ”

He'er also knew that the matter was urgent, so she had already left her brutal temperament behind, and agreed without hesitation, turning around and walking towards Qiu Yizhi's room.

But I heard Lin Shuhan say: "The adult's room is a bunk, and Miss Wen's room is not convenient, so let's sort out the student's room first and let the old ship owner rest!" ”

Qiu Yizhi thought about it reasonably, so he asked Li Shengjie: "Young ship owner, is this good?" ”