The summer sea breeze was warm, and Qi Ye took out a cotton sweat towel to wipe the sweat on his face. There was some residual aroma of sandalwood on the sweat towel, and the smell made me feel much better.

"Brother Qi. I don't know if the Pu family will start with the Qi family. Zhao Jiaren asked.

Hearing this question, Qi Ye didn't know whether he should feel that he was the culprit who caused trouble for the Qi family, or that Zhao Jiaren beside him was the culprit. But no matter who was to blame, Qi Ye knew that the struggle between the Pu family and Zhao Jiaren had begun.

Not long ago, Qi Ye told the criminal history of the Pu family, which triggered a strong reaction from the audience below. Pu Shougeng's father was a native of Zhancheng, and after moving to the Great Song Dynasty, he actually became an official. After that, the Pu family colluded with pirates again and again, confused the government, and pretended to go to pacify and pacify. The government is incompetent, and only wants to look quiet on Fujian Road. So the Pu family took advantage of the situation and gradually became a tyrant in Quanzhou.

Qi Ye talked about all the things he had heard, and he had just talked about half of it. Below, there were five strong men with three thick feet and scolded: "Shopkeeper Qi, is the Pu family so cunning and so arrogant?" ”

"It's not because the government is behind him!" Another man said indignantly.

There was silence in the classroom for a moment, but when he saw Zhao Jiaren standing up, he said unhurriedly: "The Pu family is a Mao official house. Speaking of the government, I am the government! ”

In Qi Ye's impression, Zhao Jiaren has never been an official. So when he said 'I am the official' from his mouth, the murderous aura contained in the calm made Qi Ye couldn't help but shudder.

The hearts of the young men were set on fire by these words, and a woman stood up and raised her arms and shouted, "Destroy the pirates!" "Kill the Pu family!"

Some people took the lead, and other men and women also stood up in response with righteous indignation, chanting slogans. From their expressions, it can be seen that these young people are really enthusiastic and high-spirited.

"Destroy the pirates!" "Kill the Pu family!" The more and more neat shouts had the power to make Qi Ye shudder, it was the voice of dozens of young men in unison, and Qi Ye himself was just alone.

Thinking back to the situation at that time, Qi Ye felt that his head and back continued to sweat, so that he couldn't help but wipe his face with a sweat towel.

Zhao Jiaren didn't seem to understand that he was one of the protagonists of this dispute, and he continued to say sincerely: "Brother Qi, things between me and the Pu family will never be good. It's nothing now, I'm just afraid that the Pu family will jump over the wall in a hurry at the end and do something to your Qi family. ”

Qi Ye was not frightened by the future depicted by Zhao Jiaren, he had already considered these possibilities in the past few days, and he was confident in answering, "Brother Zhao, if the Pu family really fights to the end as you said, they are afraid that they will not be able to move our Qi family." ”

"What you are talking about is the last bottom of your Qi family, not the Pu family's dog jumping off the wall." Zhao Jiaren was not dismissed by Qi Ye's words, he said bluntly: "Brother Qi, your Qi family is from our Great Song Dynasty. Born in Si, grown up in Si, and buried in Si. Do you think the Pu family will call themselves Song people? Miss by a mile! The Pu family has never regarded themselves as Song people, and before he is cornered, he will definitely find a way to make a fortune, and then flee with his money to occupy the city. Zhancheng is thousands of miles away from Quanzhou, what can you do with him? This is the terrible thing about the Pu family dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, you Qi family open a money bank, if they can rob you, they are afraid that they will make a lot of money. ”

Qi Ye wanted to smile and say that Zhao Jiaren was thinking too much, but when he thought about this possibility, he couldn't say it. I heard Zhao Jiaren continue, "The Pu family is a jackal, you have to be careful." "I'm going to send Qi Ye on the boat.

"Brother Zhao, when are you going to do it?" Qi Ye hurriedly asked.

Zhao Jiaren replied briskly: "Within seven days, we will take action against the Pujia ships north of Quanzhou." With my status, I naturally can't go into Quanzhou to trouble the Pu family. The Pu family has been operating south of Quanzhou for a long time, and we have not been able to fight there for a while. ”

"Got it. Brother Zhao take care. After Qi Ye finished speaking, he got on the boat without looking back. After being burned down by the Pu family, Qi Ye knew that he was powerless to intervene in this struggle. It's useless to say anything more. Thinking of the blow that the Pu family was about to face, Qi Ye felt a little happy in his heart.

The Zhao family's boat was very fast, and it took one day when it came, and it only took two days to go back to Quanzhou day and night on the way back to Quanzhou against the wind. Returning to Quanzhou, Qi Ye felt that this familiar city was unexpectedly different. On weekdays, there are no people on the many Pu family ships in the harbor, but today there are suddenly many more people on the Pu family's boats. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, Qi Ye feels that there are too many people's eyes focused on him, and these eyes seem to have a heavy pressure, which makes Qi Ye feel a little breathless.

"Shopkeeper Qi, we'll send you back to the bank." The sailors of the Zhao family who escorted Qi Ye also said a little nervously.

"Okay." Qi Ye didn't dare to stay in the port for a long time, so he hurriedly left the port and went straight to the head office. Walking briskly all the way, it was not until he entered the heavy gate of the general solemn that Qi Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

The sailors of the Zhao family did not stay for long, and hurriedly left after saying goodbye. Watching them leave, Qi Ye also secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that nothing would happen to these sailors. Fuzhou is Zhao Jiaren's territory, and Quanzhou is the Pu family's territory.

Qi Ye naturally talked to the Qi family about his whereabouts in the past few days, and Pu Shiwen soon learned that a ship of the Zhao family had escorted Qi Ye back to Quanzhou. He almost jumped up from his chair, his eyes flashed with a fierce light, and Pu Shiwen shouted: "Send someone to follow them out of the port, and after leaving the port, they will do it." They must not be allowed to escape. ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone shouting: "Don't make a mistake!" ”

Pu Shiwen looked up and saw his father Pu Shougeng striding in from outside the courtyard, first retreating from his incomprehensible subordinates, Pu Shougeng said to Pu Shiwen: "In the future, our ship will not go north of Quanzhou." ”

"Father, are we still afraid of Zhao Jiaren?" Pu Shiwen asked in surprise.

Pu Shougeng calmly sat down on the chair in the hall and said calmly: "You brought eight ships to attack one of Zhao Jiaren's ships, what happened in the end." If it weren't for the ships with oars, I'm afraid two of them wouldn't have come back. The Zhao family dared to openly send a ship, do you think there is a ship waiting for them in the open sea? Since we can't beat them, let's not have a battle of hearts with them. ”

"Doesn't that mean we're afraid of them?" Pu Shiwen was unexpectedly not angry, and he could see that he was deeply impressed by the last attack.

Pu Shougeng asked his son to sit down and said in a soothing tone: "Da Song said that if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. I think that Zhao Jiaren is probably arrogant, so let's talk to him first. Wait until we gather our men and prepare the ships. Wipe him out in one fell swoop. This was the case with the Hu family back then. It's not that the show of weakness is afraid, the Hu family also has more than a dozen boats, and in the end, it was not by luck that they escaped with their lives. ”

After listening to this, Pu Shiwen couldn't help but crack his mouth with laughter, he was just 20 years old when he solved Hu Chuankui's family, and the total number of people killed by his own hands set a personal record for Pu Shiwen.

"Ahh Hu Yuelian sneezed. She rubbed her nose and felt better. I've been in the perfume workshop for a long time, and I'm always a little uncomfortable when I get to the ship. Zhu Youqing, the tower-like man in the workshop, chose to go to the perfume workshop to become a master because he couldn't stand the smell of the boat.

The ship had already left Fuzhou by this time, and there were three lookouts standing on the bow, all of whom were sure that the two ships not far away were the ships of the spice shops related to the Pu family. Yuelian felt a strong desire to fight boiling in her heart, and she stroked the scabbard of the short knife at her waist, trying to ease herself.

In Zhao Jiaren's school for more than a year, Yuelian and her classmates learned a lot of fighting skills. Whether or not they can do it, everyone acknowledges that only a calm display of martial arts skills can make the most effective use of their strength. Of course, how to implement this philosophy in the moment of battle is a matter for everyone. Yuelian likes to calm her mind by stroking the scabbard.

"Everyone checks their weapons and prepares for battle." The captain shouted, and the whole ship immediately tossed up and down.

First put his subordinates into a team, and Yuelian began to ask everyone to report the number. "One, two, three, four......" The voices of all the people were extremely loud, enough to match the momentum that should be there before the battle.

"All of them! Check the hat! Yuelian began to issue the first item of inspection.

Seeing that everyone began to check according to the order, Yuelian couldn't help but touch her pocket again. Inside the pocket is this combat manual, which prescribes various steps. Although she had memorized it well, Yuelian was still worried that she would suddenly forget the provisions, which she had forgotten several times before.

The captain who gave the order loudly was not only Yuelian alone, but the other team leaders were also trying to shout and give their own orders.

After all the preparations were over, Yuelian quickly ran to the captain and shouted: "Report, we are the fourth squad, with a quota of fifteen people, and there are actually fifteen people." All inspections are over, and the report is complete! ”

The captain glanced at the deputy squad leader, who signaled that he had written it down. The captain ordered: "Fourth squad, go and wait at the starting position!" ”

led the team back to the cabin and asked his subordinates to sit down and rest, while Yuelian pulled out her twin knives and looked at them. The blade had already been carefully rubbed with a cotton cloth, and the sharpened steel blade and tip shone with a cold glow. The blade is smooth, there are no cracks, and there is no deformation. Inserting the double knives into the scabbard, Yuelian lowered her body and began to check her belt, shoes. After all the steps were over, Yuelian herself sat down cross-legged and stroked the scabbard with her fingers again.

It didn't take long for the cannon to sound. The melee troops couldn't help but start whispering. Yuelian silently counted the sound of the cannons, and after counting from one to twenty, the sound of the cannons had not stopped. Yuelian frowned slightly, she didn't expect the other party's resistance to be so fierce. Such a number of shelling means that both sides have fired at each other using long-range weapons.

After nearly forty shots, the propaganda commissar rushed to the door of the cabin and shouted at the top of his voice: "The melee troops are ready to attack!" ”

Yue Lianteng stood up and shouted to the team members: "Stand up!" ”

When the melee troops went to the deck, they saw that the decks of the two ships opposite were in disarray, and they were badly beaten. Yue Lian glanced at it, and saw that there were seven or eight destroyed torsion ballistas on the deck of the ship opposite her, and it seemed that the other party was not a lamb to be slaughtered.

At this time, the ship shook, and the two ships were already close together, and the long rope with hooks and claws was thrown over and tightly hooked the other ship, preventing the two ships from disengage. Seeing that the situation was not good, someone rushed over regardless of life and death to cut the rope behind the hook and claw. The close-range fire of the one-pound cannon landed and eliminated the two opposing braves.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Kill all the pirates of the Pu family! Yuelian shouted to her subordinates.

"Roar!" Everyone raised their weapons in response to Yuelian's shout.

Drawing her twin swords, Yuelian was the first to jump onto the enemy ship. As soon as he landed, he saw a man jump out from behind the mast, and he held a long knife in both hands and cut off his head. Yuelian didn't have time to dodge, so she could only cross her double knives and block the enemy's double knives and slash. Yuelian was about 165 tall, and she looked at the other party's forehead with her eyes drooping. This sword technique is good, but the strength is not enough. Yuelian adjusted the blades of the double knives to the position of the opponent's neck like open scissors in the block, and at the same time stabilized her body and raised her knee to hit the opponent's lower abdomen.

The guy on the other side was quite good, and felt that something was wrong, so he immediately raised his calf to block Yuelian's knee impact. With a stroke of force, he pushed the long knife hard and fell backwards himself. Yuelian was followed by a comrade-in-arms, he carried a Pu knife, and he stepped forward to raise it to cut it down. The guy on the other side stretched out his arm and swung a knife, while his body spun with the help of force. Yuelian's comrades-in-arms didn't expect that this guy would be able to fight back when his body was unstable, and his chest was cut open by that guy's sword.

Actually met such a master, Yuelian was also quite surprised. But it was too late to think about it at this point, and she threw the scimitar in her left hand with all her might. In desperation, he couldn't control his strength, and the scimitar slammed the back of the scimitar into the man's head, knocking him to the ground. Just as Yuelian was about to go up to mend the knife, another person jumped out and dragged the fallen guy down the deck along the nearby passage.

Such a fierce battle broke out in just over ten seconds, and Yue Lian's still calm heart began to beat wildly, and a strong electric current rushed down her spine and limbs. She wanted to look around again, but she found that she couldn't concentrate as much as she used to. The melee men boarded the enemy ship one after another, and the battle was fierce and short, and everyone became even more nervous.

At this time, the enemy sailors, who were hiding elsewhere, rushed out, and at first glance they looked like distant visitors. On the first day of the battle, everyone was cautious. After a moment of fighting, it was found that the enemy's skills were completely incomparable to the man who was not as tall as the moon lotus. Everyone immediately let go of the slaughter, but in seven or eight rounds, the enemies were knocked down one after another.

Cautiously arrived at the entrance of the deck, but everyone saw that the door inside was tightly closed. We have done a lot of this kind of training, fixing a one-pound cannon and firing a cannon at the door leading to the lower deck. I didn't expect the wooden door to be quite thick, and it couldn't be pierced.

At this time, the melee troops knew that there must be important people or important goods below, and fired another cannon, and a large piece of the wooden door was recessed, but it still did not penetrate.

Yuelian shouted: "Bring a three-pound cannon over and prepare a gunpowder canister." Open the door and throw it in and blow it up! "In the cabin behind the door was the bastard with great skills, and his accomplices. If you want to rush down according to the normal situation, you are afraid that there will be unnecessary casualties.

"Yes!" The melee troops answered, and immediately went to move their things.

A moment later, from behind the door on deck, a man's strange Chinese dialect came from, "Hey! You ......, we're just hired to drop. It's not dead with you. If I surrender, open the door for you. Can you let us live? ”

As soon as the words fell, a burst of angry shouts with the unique accent of the distant maritime merchants erupted inside. After a burst of beatings and screams, the same voice that had been shouted again rang out. "Hey! This ship is filled with wine and oil, if you don't agree. We set the ship on fire, and we sank with it. You won't get anything! ”

Everyone outside the door looked at each other, and the guy inside really made a very effective threat. Yuelian shouted at the door, "Okay! I'll promise you! If you open the door and surrender, we will not hurt you or your accomplices!" ”

"You ......, swear to the gods!" The people inside didn't seem to be at ease.

"What a word. I see that you have a good hand, and I want to know where you come from, so naturally I will not want your life. As for the bullshit gods, I've almost died many times over the years at sea. In the end, the gods didn't appear, and they still struggled on their own to survive until now. You made me swear, and I just couldn't say it. As soon as these words came out, the surrounding melee members were dumbfounded or grinned. Running to live at sea faces too many unpredictable dangers, everyone has to worship something to sustenance spirit, but I didn't expect Yuelian to believe in any gods and Buddhas.

After a pause, Yuelian also felt that it was inappropriate to say this, and she continued to shout, "However, I swear by the knife in my hand. Since you have been hired, we will not hurt you if you surrender. ”

The other side did not answer immediately, Yuelian turned her head and whispered to her comrades next to her: "Go and move the cannon and prepare the gunpowder canister." You can't just listen to their nonsense. ”

At this moment, he heard the sound of moving the heavy top doorpost from inside the door. The crowd was armed and pointed to the gate. I saw that the door opened a crack slightly, and a human voice came out clearly from inside, "Since you dare to swear with a weapon, I think it is the female swordsman from Fangcai." I don't know where your origins are. ”

Yue Lian snorted coldly and said loudly: "I am the captain of the fourth team!" Be charged to the enemy! ”

Hearing the truth of this content, but the attitude seemed to break through the sky, the surrounding team members felt a little hot on their faces while being on guard. However, to their surprise, the people below stopped talking nonsense after listening to it, and actually came out of it empty-handed.

No matter how much, the warriors tied up three of them alive and one of the ones who had been smashed to the head and looked wilting. After experiencing Fang Cai's dialogue, everyone has no intention of killing them. Such interesting guys, even if you kill them, you have to ask them first. At least, the looks of these four people are no different from everyone else.