As soon as the day dawned, in this three-in, three-out compound, there were already early servants and maidservants who had begun to work, cleaning the courtyard, chopping wood to boil water, and preparing breakfast.

Mu Qingxue relied on the powerful perception of the Sanpin realm and took Shen Lang all the way around the courtyard.

Sometimes he took him directly over the courtyard wall, avoiding all the servants and maids along the way, obviously not trusting the servants and maids here.

This compound and the servants and maids in the courtyard were all arranged by the government.

In addition to a few low-level officials such as Fuzun and Fucheng, many petty officials and officials in the government, including the head catchers and fast catchers in the government and punishment hall, are mostly served by locals, and I am afraid that they have long been infiltrated into a sieve by the Guogong Mansion.

Therefore, in Mu Qingxue's opinion, the servants and maids arranged by the government in this compound must also have many eyeliners of the Guogong Mansion, and if they want to act secretly, they must avoid their sight.

Mu Qingxue took Shen Lang out of the compound, and walked through the streets and alleys all the way, easily avoiding all kinds of people who got up early on the street to make a living, and finally came to the depths of a remote alley and entered a small courtyard with a single door.

In the courtyard, there was an old man in his fifties, with gray hair, a wrinkled face, and a slightly rickety back, sitting on a wooden barrel and munching on a pancake.

Seeing Mu Qingxue bring Shen Lang over the wall to come in, the old man hurriedly swallowed the pancake in his mouth, and then took the kettle to fill it with water and rinse his mouth, and then walked over and hugged his fist in small steps:

"Meet the Muslims."

Mu Qingxue's face was cold, she nodded quietly, and said to Shen Lang:

"He is your guarantor, Lao Xu, Xu Dashan, nicknamed Lao Hook."

He also introduced to Lao Xu:

"His name is Shen Lang, he is your cousin-in-law, seventeen years old, he lives in Lianshan Township, Changsheng County, and he has been hunting with your cousin-in-law since he was a child, and he has practiced good marksmanship. Because of a dispute with the children of a big family in the township over the prey, he accidentally shot a shotgun, missed a killing, and fled all the way to the township and came to you. But you were ready to go into seclusion and could no longer take him to sea, so you vouched for him and introduced him to the pirate shopkeeper. Remember? ”

Lao Xu nodded again and again:

"Remember, he's my cousin......

retelling Shen Lang's character, although there is not a word for word, it is not bad.

And Shen Lang can be regarded as acceptable to his own character.

If he had just crossed over, it would definitely not have been possible to ask him to pretend to be a hunter.

The skin is too fair, the body shape is not strong enough, and there are no calluses on the hands, so he looks like a scholar, and it is impossible to play Orion.

But now, in the hottest July, he cultivated under the sun every day, and he had already changed from white Gu to black Gu - first-order skin strengthening, but there was no sunscreen function.

The tendons and joints of the hands and feet have also become thick and strong, and the body shape has also been practiced to be fierce and vigorous, and he has practiced swordsmanship, muskets, and "tiger claw hands".

After telling Shen Lang some details, Mu Qingxue said to Lao Xu again:

"If this matter is successful, your previous sins will be written off, and I will return to my hometown with my savings. In the future, no one will trouble you with your past. ”

Lao Xu thanked him:

"Thank you, Lord Mu!"

Mu Qingxue nodded, and said to Shen Lang again:

"Everything that needs to be said has been said, so let's go with Lao Xu and take care all the way. Good luck with you. ”

Shen Lang hugged his fist at Mu Qingxue and saluted:

"Admire the auspicious words of the adult, and I will live up to the trust of the adult!"

After that, Shen Lang did not hesitate, followed Lao Xu out of the courtyard gate, and walked all the way through the streets and alleys, came to a carriage and horse shop, hired a carriage, and went to the south of the city.

When the carriage was moving leisurely, Lao Xu whispered to Shen Lang:

"Shen Shao, what you want to join this time is a group of one-gang pirates who are also businessmen and bandits, and the last time you went to sea, you broke a lot of guys, and you need to replenish new blood, so that you have a chance to get in.

"Of course, they don't recruit people randomly, either they recruit old pirates they know well, or they have to have old thieves like me as a guarantor......

"When you get on board, don't wander around, don't talk and ask less, do whatever the old sailor tells you to do, don't run into a confrontation with them.

"I'm old, and I'm no longer begging for a living at sea, and the only face I have left is enough to guarantee you on board. After I get on the boat, I'm afraid that no one will look at my face and give you a lot of care......"

Shen Lang nodded again and again, wrote down Lao Xu's advice attentively, and asked from time to time:

"Will there be robbery on the road? What if the pirates want me to kill someone and surrender my name? ”

"The single-gang pirates who are also businessmen and bandits are mostly engaged in maritime trade smuggling on weekdays, and they will not easily rob unless they encounter an excellent opportunity. In addition, this trip is to go to the Thousand Star Islands to participate in the Pirate Alliance, and the important thing is that it should not cause any extraneous complications. ”

"Then should I give my real name then, or do I want a nickname?"

"Of course, you have to use a nickname, pirates rarely reveal their real names. My real name is known to a few old fellows who went to the sea with me to make a living. After the old guys died one after another, no one knew my real name anymore, and they only called me Old Hook. ”

"How about my name 'Langli Baitiao'? Or 'Standing Tai Sui'? ”

“…… Shen Shao, you are joking, pirates are all big and coarse, your bandit name sounds majestic, but it is not easy to call...... It's better to take a more vulgar bandit name. ”

"Well, you're stumped on me...... Why don't you help me think of one? ”

"Or might it be called 'Black-Faced Ghost'?"

"What do you mean? Am I ugly? ”

"Well, Shen Shao, you look handsome. Men on the sea are exposed to the wind and sun, eat the sea breeze and drink the waves, there are few handsome teenagers like you. But your skin is indeed a little darker......"

"What a black, what a black, my name is bronze! No, I don't want to call it a black-faced ghost, I want you to think of another one for me. ”

"Uh......" Lao Xu wrinkled his old face and thought for a while, before he whispered: "Shen Shao, you claim to be good at using bird guns, and you can hit every shot, why don't you call them 'bird guns'?" ”

"Shotguns? Just that little tube? What the hell am I ...... Forget it, my nickname is 'Pony'. Angry ponies. ”

"Angry ponies? It's also too long...... Okay, I know, I'll call it a pony. ”

So Shen Lang's pirate number was decided.

The carriage traveled for half an hour before finally leaving the south gate.

Outside the South Gate, there are still many buildings, and the streets and alleys are vertical and horizontal. At this time, the sky was already bright, there were more and more pedestrians on the street, shops were opening for business, and small stalls and vendors were also setting up stalls to sell.

Shen Lang lifted the curtain and looked at the street market outside.

The inner harbor wharf of Yingzhou Mansion is just three miles outside the south gate. Therefore, the market outside the south gate has a large number of seafood shops, and the salty smell of dried and fresh seafood wafts all over the street.

Many large domestic servants come here to pick up fresh seafood that has just arrived in Hong Kong. There are also many housewives of small families, carrying bamboo baskets, in front of some seafood stalls, picking small fish and shrimp, and bargaining with one copper and one copper.

There are bald heads or inch hair, wearing short plackets, open-chested and exposed, sitting in groups of three or five on the street food stalls, eating all kinds of seafood stuffed buns and pancakes with sea vegetables and shrimp soup, eating and drinking enough to wipe their mouths, throwing down a few coppers, laughing loudly and all kinds of vulgar jokes and going straight to the dock, ready to start the day's work.

Occasionally, a wild cat can be seen suddenly jumping out of the corner of the alley, picking up the sea fish by the stall and running away, so angry that the stall owner screams and scolds, causing passers-by to burst into laughter; It is also common to see one or two wild dogs standing in front of a meat stall, wagging their tails and waiting for the stall owner to enjoy some leftovers.

The market outside the south gate, although not as tall as the market on the north side of the north gate when I entered the city a few days ago, is obviously more vibrant.

Shen Lang watched greedily all the way, and before he knew it, the carriage had arrived at Port Street.

Lao Xu paid for the car and took Shen Lang out of the port street, but instead of walking in the direction of the port with thousands of sails and masts like a forest, he stepped on a tree-lined path outside the port street, walked more than ten miles along the rugged and winding path, climbed the hill on the left side of the port, and came to a small fishing village.

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