"The farce of the little ones began. ”

A hidden corner of the cabin.

Du Jiaoxi, who looked gloomy, stared at Zhou Xiaoyu who was mighty on the martial arts competition platform in the distance with an expressionless face, since the beginning of the meal, she has knocked down fifteen opponents on the stage in a row, and the intense physical exertion made her sweat all over her body, and her attack moves were no longer as fierce and fierce as before.

"A comfortable environment is difficult to cultivate bloody bones, and only cruel and strict competition can make this group of children truly grow. ”

Zang Tao beside him said casually, but his eyes never took his eyes off Zhou Xiaoyu's body.

"When these children pass the three tests of Tianmen, they will find that the future will not be as good as they imagined. ”

"This week Xiaoyu doesn't look like an ordinary fisherwoman. ”

Du Jiaoxi's eyes were deep.

"I know, don't forget that I also came from an ordinary fisherman's family, so no one knows the children of the fisherman's family better than me. ”

Zang Tao lazily picked up the wine jar and poured a mouthful.

“...... Is there anything wrong with her?"

Du Jiaoxi was silent for a moment.

"It's a small problem, but it's not a problem soon. ”

Zang Tao said lightly, and turned around and left directly.

On the stage.

Zhou Xiaoyu whipped the sixteenth opponent out at the same time, which immediately caused the surrounding children to exclaim.

"Hongying!

Zhou Xiaoyu, who was physically exhausted, did not continue to reluctantly, she glared at Lu Hongyu with a gloomy face in the crowd with her eyes defiantly, and simply walked off the competition platform neatly.

Dou Hongying didn't say a word, Shi Shiran walked towards the stage.

She looked at Lu Hongyu and the others with a smile, and gently raised her fair and slender soft thorn and pointed over.

This action made the boys gathered around Lu Hongyu subconsciously take a step back, as if they were afraid that Dou Hongying would challenge herself.

"It's you. ”

"Huh?!"

Among them, a boy who was a step slower to react was about to retreat, but Dou Hongying's finger pointed at him, which made the boy whose face changed couldn't help but look at Lu Hongyu beside him.

"Come on, do you want to be a coward?"

Lu Hongyu gritted his teeth and stared at Dou Hongying on the stage, and reached out and slapped the boy's back forward.

“......”

The boy who was in a dilemma finally had to go to the competition stage.

Outcome.

No surprises.

A terrible scream soon resounded throughout the cabin, and all the boys present were cold, looking at the boy on the stage with sympathy and pity on his crotch and twitching.

As this farce slowly came to an end.

Zhou Xiaoyu and Dou Hongying's counterattack completely disgraced Lu Hongyu, and the people who were originally alienated from Zhou Xiaoyu came back again, and even attracted more swinging and neutral supporters.

So much so that for the next period of time, Lu Hongyu didn't dare to make any more moves in private.

Compared with the lively scene on Zhou Xiaoyu's side, the white-haired middle-aged merchant ship seemed quite calm.

Most of the time.

The white-haired middle-aged people stayed in the cabin with the others to rest, and at first everyone would gossip with each other to relieve their loneliness, but after a long time, they all slowly fell silent with each other.

"Pack up, we're going to get somewhere. ”

I don't know how many days I have been driving on the vast sea.

It's just around noon.

Suddenly, a crew member walked into the cabin and shouted.

Immediately afterwards, the people who had been suppressed in the cabin for a long time and were lifeless cheered.

The white-haired middle-aged man silently stood up from the corner, and then followed the people who packed up and walked out of the cabin and onto the deck.

He stood on the edge of the railing, his eyes looking out into the distance, and the coastline could not be seen at a glance.

"Ah Sheng, did you see it? That's Southern Cross Star Island!"

Side.

Tailor Ling walked up to him and said excitedly.

"I saw it. ”

The white-haired middle-aged man said with a smile.

Of course he knew about Southern Cross Island.

This is the famous Sifang Island in the sea area ruled by Tianmen, the population of the entire island is forty or fifty million, and the area of the island alone is more than ten times larger than the South Twenty-three Islands where he lived before, and it is a well-deserved center of the South China Sea.

"I've heard others say how majestic and vast Southern Cross Island is, and now it's really worth seeing it!"

Tailor Ling said with emotion.

"yes. ”

The white-haired middle-aged man casually echoed.

He understood Tailor Ling's feelings.

After all, he has lived on the South Twenty-Three Islands since he was a child, and he is like a frog at the bottom of a well, and when he jumps out of the well for the first time to see the vast world outside, his heart will naturally be shocked.

"Ah Sheng, look, the port over there ......"

As the merchant ships got closer and closer to the coast, Tailor Ling couldn't help but point to the prosperous port on the coast, where the sail wall was like a cloud and thousands of miles away.

"I saw it. ”

The white-haired middle-aged man smiled as before.

"Ah Sheng, don't you feel shocked at all?"

Tailor Ling turned his head to look at the white-haired middle-aged man with an indifferent expression and wondered.

"The shock doesn't have to be on the face, it can also be on the heart. ”

The white-haired young voice explained.

"I see, it's a pity that I can't be as calm as you. ”

Tailor Ling smiled bitterly.

"It's just human nature, Lao Ling doesn't have to mind. ”

The white-haired middle-aged man smiled.

Due to the large number of ships coming and going to the port, there is a slow queue to enter the port.

From noon to evening.

The merchant ship on which the white-haired middle-aged and others were riding slowly sailed in and docked at the dock under the guidance of the port personnel, and the privileged Julang had already completed its berthing in advance at noon.

"What about our children?"

Just got off the boat.

The surrounding relatives and passengers couldn't help but ask the crew.

"Silence!"

In the face of the gradually noisy relatives, a shirtless man immediately appeared in front of them with a cold face and scolded.

"Your children have already been settled, and you will be able to see your children in a few days, and then I will settle your place here, and now follow me. ”

After speaking.

The man turned and walked straight out of the harbor.

"Keep up, everybody!"

Someone in the crowd hurriedly shouted, and in an instant, these relatives chased after them in a panic.

Out of the port.

Vehicles are already in place outside the port.

Interestingly, the carriages of these vehicles are all connected, and there are hardwood tracks on the ground that lead to the city, and the wheels on both sides are stuck in the tracks.

"Why are you stunned! Get on the car!"

The man stood in front of the carriage, and when he saw the stunned relatives, he immediately urged impatiently.

The white-haired middle-aged man hidden in the crowd quietly observed the vehicle in front of him, and his eyebrows unconsciously trembled slightly.

Soon.

Everyone boarded the carriage at the urging of the man, and with a sharp whistle, the car slowly began to move forward, and the speed became faster and faster.

The middle-aged man sat on the fixed benches on either side of the carriage, ignoring the fuss around him, and his eyes fell on the scenery that kept passing by outside the window.

Let's be honest.

Not only did he have no waves in his heart about the railcar, but he even wanted to laugh a little.

This tens of thousands of years of steady development Tianmen only made this thing?

Seemingly.

Tianmen is also consciously suppressing the scientific and technological development of this world.

When night falls.

The vehicle had already driven into the city, and everyone was led by the man to live in neatly arranged ordinary houses, and there was no shortage of living utensils, food and drinking water in the rooms.

"You will be able to stay here for a few days, and we will take you to see your children when the time comes, but I would like to remind you that it is better not to go out at will. ”

After speaking.

The man glanced at the crowd seemingly casually.

"Which of you is Ah Sheng?"

As soon as the words came out.

Everyone unanimously set their eyes on the white-haired middle-aged body.

"I'm Ah Sheng. ”

In front of everyone's eyes, the white-haired middle-aged man walked out of the crowd.

"You are Ah Sheng, come with me, and I will be ordered to set you up in a better place. ”

The man glanced at the white-haired middle-aged man, nodded expressionlessly, and said.

"Why can Ah Sheng be able to settle in a better place?"

Someone in the crowd suddenly asked.

"Shut up!

The man immediately turned his head to glare at a wealthy woman in the crowd who was speaking, and instead nodded towards the white-haired middle-aged man.

"Let's go. ”

"Okay. ”

The white-haired middle-aged man followed the man away without saying a word.

It's been a long way.

None of them communicated with each other.

until they came to a vermilion courtyard gate.

The man stopped and said angrily to the white-haired middle-aged man.

"This is it, I'll leave if nothing else. ”

"Okay. ”

After watching the man leave, the white-haired middle-aged man pushed open the vermilion courtyard door.

It is different from the ordinary houses where other relatives live, because the white-haired middle-aged people live in a large mansion with three entrances and three exits.

But he was the only one in the huge mansion.

......

"What to do, what to do......"

Meanwhile.

After dinner, Zhou Xiaoyu returned to the room assigned to him under the pretext of practicing, and then the whole person fidgeted and walked back and forth in the room, constantly muttering in his mouth.

After disembarking.

Zhou Xiaoyu didn't expect Du Jiaoxi to take them directly out of the port to the place where they were settled, and at the same time did not forget to tell them that their relatives would make other arrangements, and when the third test of Tianmen was over, they would be able to see their relatives.

And so it goes.

Zhou Xiaoyu couldn't say anything, and he didn't dare to go against Du Jiaoxi and leave without permission.

But if she can't see Uncle Ah Sheng, how can she warn Uncle Ah Sheng?

At this time.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

"Small fish. ”

"Is there something wrong with the red tassel?"

Hearing the familiar sound outside the house, Zhou Xiaoyu hurriedly patted his face to adjust his mood, and stepped forward to open the doorway as if nothing happened.

"Won't you invite me in?"

Dou Hongying stood outside the door, looking at Zhou Xiaoyudao with a cold face.

"Come on in......"

Zhou Xiaoyu heard this and hurriedly got out of the way.

When Dou Hongying entered the house, Zhou Xiaoyu closed the door and asked again casually.

"Hongying, do you have anything to do with me?"

"I saw that you have been a little uneasy since you got off the ship, so I came to ask you what happened?"

Dou Hongying casually looked at the furnishings in the room.

"Haha, what can I do, Hongying, you think about it again. ”

Zhou Xiaoyu grinned.

"Really?"

Stare at.

Dou Hongying's eyes looked at Zhou Xiaoyu calmly.

"This ...... Actually...... Mainly, I'm a little worried about my Uncle Sheng's situation. ”

Under the pressure of Dou Hongying's eyes, Zhou Xiaoyu scratched his head and said half-truths.

"Aren't you worried about Hongying?"

"Don't worry because I didn't have a family to accompany me this time. ”

Dou Hongying retracted her gaze and said lightly.

"Ah?!Why?" Zhou Xiaoyu suddenly wondered. "Isn't your family worried about you?"

"It's not so much that they're worried about me, it's that they want me to die sooner. ”

Dou Hongying understated.

“？？？”

Zhou Xiaoyu's eyes widened instantly.

What's the situation?

"I am a concubine. ”

Dou Hongying said lightly.

"What happened to the concubine's daughter?"

Zhou Xiaoyu was ignorant.

"Do you understand that a concubine like me has a higher status in the family than an ordinary servant?"

Dou Hongying said softly.

"I still don't understand it. ”

Zhou Xiaoyu said honestly.

"If you don't understand, you won't understand, and you'll understand it in the future. ”

Dou Hongying shook her head and said helplessly.

"By the way, Hongying, do you have anything else?"

Zhou Xiaoyu was silent for a moment, and pretended to divert the topic as if nothing had happened.

"Xiaoyu, do you want to sneak out quietly?"

Dou Hongying suddenly stared at Zhou Xiaoyu with burning eyes.

“...... What are you talking about?"

Zhou Xiaoyu's heart was shocked, but he frowned on the surface.

"If you don't want to, forget it, it's too late, and I'm ready to sneak out. ”

Dou Hongying turned her head and said lightly.

"Hongying! Do you really want to slip out? Why?! And this is too risky! If Du Jiaoxi catches us, we will definitely be unlucky!"

Zhou Xiaoyu hurriedly said.

"I said I just wanted to go out and hang out after being bored on the boat for a long time, can you believe it?"

Dou Hongying smiled.

“......”

What the hell is this reason?

Zhou Xiaoyu couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart and said.

"Alright, little fish, it's time for me to go. ”

Dou Hongying didn't say anything more, raised her legs and was about to walk towards the door.

Smack-

The next moment.

I saw Zhou Xiaoyu stretch out his hand and pat Dou Hongying's shoulder, and said with an embarrassed face.

"Hongying, I'm still not worried about you sneaking out quietly. ”

"So what?"

"Since we are all sisters, we must take care of each other, so I will reluctantly accompany you. ”

Late at night.

Zang Tao was in front of the desk in the room, carefully flipping through the file files sent by Du Feng.

"No, no, no...... Du Feng, are you sure that all the documents reported on the South Twenty-Three Islands from 16 years ago are here?"

When Zang Tao finished flipping through all the files, he couldn't help but look at Du Fengdao who was standing beside him with a sharp look.

"Yes, all the documents you want are here, and not half of them are missing. ”

Du Feng said in a deep voice.

"Interesting. ”

Zang Tao suddenly smiled meaningfully.

"Is something wrong?"

Du Feng said strangely.

"It's nothing, I need to go out for a while, you just stay here and take care of those children. ”

said.

Zang Tao stood up and walked straight out of the room.

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