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Wang Lianba looked at Gao Chao with suspicion, but Gao Chao quickly reached out and grabbed the bronze drum in front of him.

Actually, Gao Chao didn't think of anything, he was just in a hurry and wanted to stop Wang Lianba from shooting Xia Qing, because he could see that the current Wang Lianba could do anything.

However, Gao Chao pretended to pick the leather surface of the bronze drum with his hand, but he was thinking about how to give the fat man a look, but now he couldn't turn his head to look at the fat man at all, because Wang Lianba would find out that he had a ghost in his heart, and that would be dangerous.

And the fat man didn't know what Gao Chao was thinking at the moment, he thought that Gao Chao really thought of something, and at this moment he was also looking at Gao Chao like everyone else, constantly picking the old leather surface on the bronze drum.

Gao Chao was really depressed, his sweat also slipped down his forehead, he was nervous to death, and naturally the strength in his hands increased, but the old leather surface was picked by him a few times, and it was actually broken.

So Gao Chao suddenly found that just below the old leather surface, there seemed to be another layer of leather surface, but the leather surface below seemed to be much lighter in color.

Gao Chao felt strange, so he quickly tore off a large piece of the old leather surface on the top layer, and then he touched the layer below with his hand, but found that the layer of leather below seemed to be quite tough, and it was even stretched on the drum, and it was still very tight.

Xia Qing also noticed this at this moment, so she hurriedly helped Gao Chao to tear off all the old leather surfaces that were exposed, and everyone found that there was a new layer of hidden drums on this bronze drum.

It's just that this layer of drum surface looks very thin, not quite like cowhide, and the surface is smooth and the color is also very light.

At this time, Xia Qing stroked this strange layer of leather with her hand, and her brows suddenly furrowed slightly, as if she was muttering to herself: "Is this a ...... Human skin? ”

Gao Chao was also caressing the drum surface with his hand, but when he heard Xia Qing suddenly say this, he couldn't help but be startled, and quickly retracted his hand, and his heart suddenly felt nauseous.

But Wang Lianba said impatiently at the moment: "You don't care what kind of skin it is, what should you do now?" Still want to beat the drums? ”

Xia Qing looked up at Wang Lianba, but did not speak, and then she stroked the leather surface again, sighed softly, and then she suddenly raised her hand and slapped it towards the human skin drum surface.

"Knock" sounded, but this sound was completely different from the previous drum sound, this sound was sonorous and powerful, as if the drum had penetrated the entire hull at once, as if the whole bronze ship had been combined with this drum, and the drum sound seemed to burst out of the hull, and at the same time the whole hull was trembling slightly, like some kind of resonance, like some kind of resonance.

At this moment, even Wang Lianba, who had always been suspicious, couldn't help but say to Xia Qing: "Knock, knock, don't stop!" ”

So Xia Qing raised his hand again to beat the drum, and in a flash, the drum sounded, and the entire hull seemed to suddenly wake up from a deep sleep, the entire hull was trembling, and the deck under the feet of the four people was also trembling slightly.

Just when everyone didn't know what was going to happen, suddenly, there was a loud "click" in the hull, as if the bolts that had been rusted for many years were suddenly twisted, and then a complex mechanical sound came from the hull, and before they could react, the whole ship suddenly shook violently and began to slide into the light blue water.

Under this violent shaking, the four people on the deck were not prepared, so all four of them fell to the ground at once, and the heaviest ones were naturally Wang Lianba and the fat man who had been standing on the deck just now, and Gao Chao and Xia Qing, because they had been squatting just now, were not affected much at the moment.

However, Gao Chao knew that this moment was an opportunity, an opportunity to regain the initiative, so he had already reacted the moment he saw Wang Lianba fall, and as soon as he used his legs, he rushed towards Wang Lianba.

And Wang Lian Bayi lost his center of gravity, at this moment his hands can only be supported to the ground, he can't care about holding a gun at all, he can only watch Gao Chao pounce on him, but there is really no way, when his body touches the ground, Gao Chao has already pounced on him, he only felt that his stomach was punched hard, suddenly a sharp pain, stomach spasms, he can only subconsciously shrink his body, and wail in pain.

However, before he could scream this wail, he felt a sudden coldness on his neck, and when he reflected it, he realized that it was Jiang Ji's long knife that brought that coolness.

And the person holding the long knife in his hand at this moment is superb.

Wang Lianba covered his stomach and looked at Gao Chao viciously, he just wanted to say something, but at this time, for some reason, suddenly the back of his head was hit hard.

Suddenly, Wang Lianba's eyes went dark, and he didn't know what was happening, so he fainted.

And Gao Chao was also taken aback, fortunately he hurriedly withdrew the long knife in time, otherwise Wang Lianba's head might have moved now.

"Fatty! Do you want to kill someone? Gao Chao said angrily.

At this time, the fat man was standing behind Wang Lianba, if it wasn't for Gao Chao shouting, he might have kicked Wang Lianba's head for the second time.

I have to say that the fat man does have murderous intent, you must know that the back of the human head is very fragile, let alone kicking hard, even if it is a punch, it is likely to be life-threatening.

Gao Chao used a knife to put on Wang Lianba's neck just now, Wang Lianba was pressed under Gao Chao's body and couldn't move, Wang Lianba had already been restrained, but the fat man came behind Wang Lianba, and the old and new hatred before came to his heart, he really had nowhere to vent, so he slammed Wang Lianba's back of the head and kicked him.

At this moment, Gao Chao hurriedly put his hand on Wang Lianba's carotid artery to see if he was still alive, and touched Wang Lianba's cervical vertebrae, worried that the fat man's kick just now directly kicked Wang Lianba's neck off, no matter which one it was, it was enough to kill.

And the fat man scolded Wang Lianba loudly at this moment: "I'm a grass and mud horse!" Didn't you want to break one of Lao Tzu's legs? Come on! Nyima's ......"

The fat man scolded and wanted to stretch out his legs to kick, but Gao Chao quickly stopped him when he saw this, which saved Wang Lianba's life.

The fat man looked at Gao Chao and said, "Old Gao, are you still helping him?" He almost killed us just now! Now is the time, hand him over to me and let me give him a good time! him! ”

Gao Chao hugged the fat man and said: "Don't get excited, fat man, killing people is a crime, even if he deserves to die, we can't kill him!" ”

But the fat man pleaded: "Old Gao! You'll let me be him! If you think about Jiang Ji, and then think about Lao Lai, you just treat me as revenge for them, okay!? ”

The fat man's words also made Gao Chao feel uncomfortable, and he thought of Jiang Ji again, as well as Lao Lai, if it weren't for Wang Lianba, none of these two people would have died.

Thinking of this, he really wanted to let it go, or kill Wang Lianba with his own hands, but he couldn't, because in Gao Chao's heart, killing people is wrong after all, no matter where it is or who it is.

Just when Gao Chao was still holding the fat man, suddenly the hull shook again, only this time it was not so violent, Gao Chao and the fat man noticed that the ship had slowly stopped.