In the downtown area of Chaozhou City, there are many small people in Shengdou surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, including merchants and hawkers, porters and maids, big daughters and little daughters-in-law, and even some scoundrels and idlers who bare-chested and bare-chested, sitting on small benches, and picking their feet.

At this time, these people all stretched their necks and looked towards the inner circle of the crowd. Although everyone was excited, foaming at the mouth, and talking a lot, they didn't dare to push and pull each other, and they all maintained a certain degree of restraint. The reason for this is that there is a row of officials holding whistle sticks and carrying sabers at their waists in the inner circle of the crowd to maintain order on the scene.

These officials formed a large circle around the site, and there was a bamboo shed at the back of the field. Inside the shed sat a middle-aged official wearing a blue-black bevel and an official uniform. The officials clasped their sleeves and closed their eyes, waiting for noon.

In the center of the field, a low wooden platform was erected, on which a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was tied to a wooden stake, and a clear stab with his name and indictment on his chest was hung. Behind him stood an executioner with a ghost-headed knife in his hand and one arm exposed.

The reason why these people in Chaozhou City can be attracted here is that this downtown is going to be a scene today and execute a murderer. If you want to say that this Chaozhou City is not big, it is not small to say that it is not small, and there are many prisoners who have been beheaded in the autumn on weekdays. But most of the reasons that attracted so many onlookers were because of the young prisoner himself.

The young man's name was Sun Man, and he was a fisherman from a small fishing village near the sea in the east of Chaozhou City. Sun Man has been fishing for generations, and when he was a child, his father never came back after a trip to sea. Mother relied on helping the fishermen in the village repair fishing nets, wash clothes, and help some simple villagers to raise Sun Man.

When Sun Man became an adult, the villagers pooled money to get him a small dilapidated fishing boat for him to make a living from fishing. Sun Man himself has a good water nature, plus a tall and sturdy body, relying on this small boat, he can barely survive with his mother, and no longer needs the help of the villagers.

Sun Man is strong-hearted, and the help given to him by the villagers is always in his heart. If you save a few large sums of money in fishing on weekdays, you will immediately repay the villagers, but you will borrow the previous debt. It's just that in this way, there is no surplus food left in the family, no savings, and more than 20 people, and they are still single, and they can't marry a wife.

However, this kind of day changed a year ago, when one of Sun Man's childhood friends returned to Chaozhou City. This person's name is Qi Fei, who left Chaozhou with his father when he was a child, and now has a successful career, he returned to his hometown, married a wife and had children.

When Qi Fei came back, he brought back some wealth. He had a deep relationship with Sun Man, and when he saw that his family was poor, he generously donated money. helped Sun Man renovate the house, and organized a bride price, marrying him a woman from a good family who was not outstanding, but was still virtuous. Although Sun Man never thanked Qi Fei on his lips, he kept this friendship in his heart.

A few days ago, Sun Man's wife gave birth to a big fat boy for him. Sun Man invited Qi Fei to the restaurant to drink, and during the banquet, after Qi Fei got drunk, Sun Man suddenly went berserk and stabbed Qi Fei to death with a sharp knife with a sharp horn knife that kills fish on weekdays.

After killing Qi Fei, Sun Man abandoned the knife and went to the county government to surrender, and at the same time confessed to drinking and killing his friends. Although the Chaozhou Mansion was strange about Sun Man's grotesque behavior, since the criminals surrendered themselves and confessed to the prison, they were also happy to do it. So, the verdict was soon made, Sun Man killed people to pay for his life, and he was beheaded after the autumn.

However, what everyone in the government did not expect was that after the matter spread, it actually caused an uproar. Everyone in the fishing village who knew Sun Man well, including his mother and wife, did not believe that Sun Man would kill his friends for no reason, and they beat drums to cry out their grievances. However, the people in Chaozhou City took the opposite position, everyone spurned Sun Man's ingratitude, and the streets and alleys were full of angry voices against the young fishermen.

"My lord, I am wronged! Wronged! Seeing that noon was approaching, a voice in the crowd finally wept bitterly and fell to the ground.

This is a wrinkled old woman, and beside her is a young woman with a baby in her arms, who is supporting her with a sad face, these two are Sun Man's mother and wife.

Seeing his mother and wife outside the execution ground, Sun Man, who was tied to a wooden stake, finally lost his face and opened his mouth slightly. Immediately, as if remembering something, the young fisherman's chest rose and fell twice, and then he calmed down again, closed his eyes tightly, and stopped looking at the two of them.

"The hour has come, execution!" The middle-aged official sitting in the bamboo shed looked up at the noon sun, then raised the token on the table and ordered the executioner to use the knife.

The executioner took off the shackle on Sun Man's chest with an expressionless face and made him kneel down with his head bowed. He picked up a bowl of liquor next to him, first squirted on the knife, then drank the liquor in one go, and slowly raised the ghost head knife and aimed it at the young man's neck.

The onlookers slowly quieted down, waiting for the moment when the heads hit the ground. Sun Man's mother had already fainted in her daughter-in-law's arms from crying, and the young woman twisted her head away in misery, unable to bear to see her husband beheaded in front of him.

Just as the executioner was dropping his knife, a strange wind suddenly blew in the center of the court, blowing everyone who had to raise their sleeves and close their eyes to shield themselves from the dust. When this strange wind passed, everyone was in an uproar, but Sun Man, the prisoner in the center of the field, had disappeared.

……

"Thank you to the chivalrous rescue, but I am willing to admit my guilt and kill, I'm afraid I wasted the chivalrous rescue!" Sun Man raised his eyelids, glanced at the iron-masked man in front of him, and said expressionlessly.

"Are you worried that the pirates on Tiger Shark Island will take revenge on your family?" The Man in the Iron Mask suddenly said in shock, "In that case, why do you have to kill him?" Although Qi Fei is a spy sent by the pirates to Chaozhou City, he can be regarded as kind to you. Even if you don't want to go along with him, you don't have to kill him, so you can't get in and out now! ”

“…… If Man had known that Qi Fei was a pirate, he would never have accepted his gift. If pirates want to attack Chaozhou City, the first thing to do is our fishing village. The people of the fishing village are kind to my family, and if it weren't for them, Manhe and his mother would have starved to death, how could I have allowed this to happen. Sun Man's face moved slightly, and he said with difficulty.

"If you want the village not to be destroyed, you have to kill Qi Fei! As soon as Qi Fei died, the pirates would think that Chaozhou City had learned of their plan and would not go ashore to attack the city again. And after Man's death, the old mother and wife did not have to suffer from the pirates' revenge, and the chivalrous rescue of Sun Man, which is a superfluous move......"

"Hmph, it's not that simple! That Qi Fei is a pirate, as long as you expose his identity, the magistrate of Chaozhou will not only not sentence you to a felony, but will also add a reward. With these rewards, enough for you to move your mother and wife from the fishing village to the county seat, what can the pirates do to you? The Man in the Iron Mask said lightly.

Sun Man was silent, and after a while, he sighed, "Qi Fei is kind to Man, although he is a pirate, he has settled in Chaozhou, married a wife and had children. If I reveal his identity...... I'm afraid that his wife and children will be implicated......"

"If you die, although you can save Qi Fei's family, your mother and the child who has just reached the end of the moon will only have to rely on your daughter-in-law in the future. If she can't stand this suffering and remarries someone else, then your mother and children will starve to death! The Man in the Iron Mask said coldly.

When Sun Man heard this, he finally showed a painful look on his face, held his head in his hands, and slowly squatted on the ground. After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Sun Man is incompetent, and he can't think of a better way." Do you have a good plan to teach me? ”

"Hehe, although you value love and righteousness and act decisively, you have used the wrong method! To cure the disease, the roots need to be broken, and he wants to save the fishing village and his family, and even the Qi Fei family. What's the use of just killing a Qi Fei? The Man in the Iron Mask smiled siniestly, "If you change your seat, you will promise Qi Fei to join the pirates, lure Qi Fei to lure the pirates ashore, and then design to notify the Chaozhou Mansion to wipe out these pirates." With this credit, if you lie to the Chaozhou Mansion that Qi Fei is also one of the internal responses, you can naturally keep Qi Fei's family! ”

"Yes...... But in this case, if things go wrong......" Sun Man looked at the Man in the Iron Mask dumbfounded, taken aback by his words.

"If something goes wrong, what's the matter!" The Man in the Iron Mask smiled faintly, "Anyway, it's the pirates and the government who kill and live, even if the government doesn't help, it's still prepared." The bow and arrow are strong and the crossbow is fiercely attacked, even if they can't wipe out all the pirates, they can still make them lose their vitality, but they are afraid that they will no longer be able to attack Chaozhou City. If you take the bounty and move into Chaozhou City with your family, won't it be a sea and a sky? ”

"Yes...... But the fishing village ......," Sun Man muttered in a low voice.

"After this battle, if the people of the fishing village do not know to take refuge for a while, wait for the pirates to stay away from this place. Then even if you die, you won't be able to blame it. The Man in the Iron Mask said coldly, "Besides, in my opinion, there is no danger in the fishing village in the first place!" ”

"Why did a chivalrous man say that?" Sun Man looked up in surprise and asked.

"Humph! Qi Fei is originally from your village, and now even a loyal person like you knows that Qi Fei is a pirate, who else in the village do you think will not know? The Man in the Iron Mask sneered and said, "Your fishing village, I'm afraid that there is more than one young man who has joined the pirates, Qi Fei, just hiding it from a fool like you!" ”

Sun Manru was struck by lightning and sat on the ground like a wooden chicken. As soon as the man in the iron mask finished speaking, he immediately realized that the words of the man in the iron mask were probably true, and on weekdays, all kinds of doubts about some young people in the village slowly surfaced in his heart.

"So, everything I have done today is self-deception!" Sun Man hung his head in a low mood and was devastated.

"Everything has a cause and must have an effect, and how can a chivalrous deed oneself!" The iron-masked man's tone softened suddenly, "This seat looks at you pleasing to the eye, and I have already helped you deal with all this before robbing the law field!" ”

As he spoke, the iron-masked man flipped over his hand and threw out a burden. The burden fell to the ground and scattered, full of gold and silver, and a human head with a distorted face rolled out, which startled Sun Man.

"This is the head of the pirate leader, the other pirates have also been killed by this seat, and there will be no more danger to your little village!" The man in the iron mask said lightly, "The gold and silver in it will be used by you in the Chaozhou Mansion, and you must get rid of this infamy!" ”

Sun Man was stunned for a long time, knelt in front of the iron-masked man with tears on his face, respectfully kowtowed to him three times, and said in a choked voice, "Sun Man thought that he would no longer be able to honor his mother and raise the child to adulthood. I didn't expect that there would be a chance to be reincarnated as a human being, great grace of chivalry, please accept my worship! ”

"Hehe, you don't have to rush to worship me, this seat is not here to save you!" The Man in the Iron Mask suddenly said in a cold voice, "I would like to ask you, the fishermen around here all say that you are the best fisherman within a radius of a hundred miles, but the truth? ”

"This ...... The knight doesn't know that the best fisherman is actually the most daring fisherman! Sun Man suddenly said with a wry smile, "Fishermen have been fishing for many years, and it has long been clear which waters have fish and which ones don't!" It's just that there are more fishermen in the near sea, so there will naturally be fewer shares, and there are few people in the far sea, but the wind is high and the waves are strong, which is very dangerous. Sun Man's family is poor, and he always wants to catch more fish, so he often goes out to sea, so he is said to be the best fisherman! ”

"Oh? So, do you know this place......" The Iron Mask man's eyes lit up, and he pressed one hand on the top of Sun Man's head. Soon, a picture of the sea appeared in Sun Man's mind.

"It seems to be a ...... here" Sun Man couldn't be surprised, and slowly frowned.

PS: Ask for a monthly pass wrapped in chrysanthemums, and you're about to be popped with chrysanthemums!