Chapter 787: White Lotus Goes to Sea
"Move faster, faster."
At night, the sea breeze is blowing, and several fishing boats are about to wobble through the night on the sea so that they can sail from the shore into the sea. The flickering micro-lights on the bow of the ship attracted the attention of the officers and men of the sailors who were patrolling the harbor at night.
"Hey, wait, what's going on?"
Carrying a waist knife and a gray and white battle jacket, he ran quickly with a lantern, and when he saw the face of the leader who met him, he let go of the hand holding the hilt. "Oh, it's the old man! You kid doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, what kind of boat do you go on at night? ”
The man called "Old Fu" is the White Lotus shopkeeper in Nancheng. However, at this time, he didn't meet Xiyi's tough and shrewd appearance at all, but nodded his head, smiled without saying anything, and complimented the team: "It turned out to be Li Ye, Li Ye is really good eyesight, and he can recognize the small one at a glance even if he is blind in the dark...... Strange Dao can kill all directions in Changle Fang, this dice is dropped, how can you hide from Li Ye's eyes if you want to make a few points? ”
"Hey, what you said is not bad, Li Ye and I are just good-looking, otherwise how could you win that day and you only have a pair of pants left?" The team was still acquaintances with him, but it was obvious that it was only a friendship counted at the gambling table, so Li Ye did not forget his accusation, and continued to interrogate: "Shoot these irrelevant sycophants for Ye first...... First of all, I will make it clear to you, you and your brothers don't go to sleep at night? What are you doing here? ”
"Rebellion?"
"Ouch, my Master Li, how can we have such guts!" The shopkeeper slapped his knee and screamed. "Don't we, the coolie pariahs, want to go to sea early to catch more fish? Don't you wronged the little ones! ”
"Fishing?" Li Ye's suspicious gaze wandered up and down on the shopkeeper. "It's not yet dawn, what kind of fish did you catch?"
"It's not that the day before yesterday, we lost to Master Li in Changle Fang." The shopkeeper deliberately made a look of grievance. "Master Li, your wealth is shining, our brothers are not miserable."
"As soon as I got home, I was almost run out of the house by my mother-in-law with a broom...... These days, I slept in the firewood room at home. ”
"Most of the brothers are almost the same, they haven't opened meat for a few days......"
"Hahaha." A group of officers and soldiers couldn't help but laugh in unison when they heard the pity of this man. The old Li of the team laughed the most, and said: "You don't have to open meat, I have taken your money these days, but I have tasted enough meat." The little red of Lixiangyuan is called a beautiful ......" After speaking, hehe laughed lewdly twice.
Seeing the envy on the face of the man opposite, Lao Li felt that his self-esteem had been greatly satisfied. Then he waved his hand generously and said: "Yes, I won't embarrass you, although it is still early now, so let you go to occupy a more abundant fishing ground first." ”
"Thank you Li Ye, thank you Li Ye ......" The shopkeeper thanked him for a thousand thanks.
"Yes, thank you. Your old man is also a familiar face in our Hangzhou Port, besides, if you go to make money, don't you have to hand it over to the master in Changle Fang? Lao Li teased. Then he solemnized again: "But old man, you have to be careful, and the sea is not very peaceful now." His Majesty had just cut off trade with the Hongmaoyi, and many of the merchant ships of the Hongmaoyi who had not had time to dock had become headless flies at sea who did not dare to dock. ”
"This group of red-haired ghosts is not good at stubble, maybe they will jump off the wall in a hurry and wander directly in the East China Sea of my Ming Dynasty...... You are a veteran of the sea, Mo was not swept up by the dragon lord in the end, but was killed by the red-haired ghost. ”
"Thank you Li Ye for your advice, but our small fishing boat can't row far, and there are thousands of households and your prestige in the town......
After a few more small talks, the man surnamed Li waved goodbye to the fisherman. When he walked away, the white lotus shopkeeper surnamed Fu put away the honesty and flattery on his face. Fang Maozi beside him said: "Shopkeeper, this officer and soldier surnamed Li is also righteous, and he also knows to remind us to guard against Yiren......"
"Hurry up, where do you get so many words?" Shopkeeper Fu scolded. "Have all the brethren boarded the boat? Are all those Rakshasa devils hidden? ”
"It's hidden, it's in the cabin. The brothers carried a few empty baskets in front of them, and even if the officers and soldiers wanted to go on the boat to see, they could not see any clue to the black light. ”
"I'm going to let the brothers who are hiding on board...... There are about seventy people, all of whom are good at martial arts and water, as long as they dive into the ship of the Rakshasa devil, they can take a good ship......"
"Well, it's a little less, but it's enough...... Tell the brothers to hide all their blades, and first listen to the good work of the Rakshasa devils on the boat. We haven't crossed the sea route yet, and we still need to dive for a while to find the way......"
The brothers he was talking about were naturally the elite sect members of the White Lotus Sect under his command. In the cellar, they discussed going to sea to seize a ship as a foundation, and since they wanted to seize the ship, the number of people mixed with the British ships could not be small.
It was the treasurer and the brothers who gathered their own men and became sailors hired for Firut and others. Although Firut was also a little scheming, it was obvious that there were not too many, and when he heard that they offered to be sailors on the ship, they were naturally overjoyed and hurriedly agreed.
So they set sail in the middle of the night to find the British fleet that had not yet docked at the port of Hangzhou. The reason why it was chosen in the middle of the night is because the shopkeeper and Lao Li, who patrols the night at this hour, are gamblers, and they know that this is a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted goods, and they will not be too embarrassed.
Second, because when fishing boats go to sea, they must set off empty, and they have to carry fresh water supplies and people, and several small boats are full.
The fishing boat swayed and sailed away from the shore in the wind. Firut knew the route of his companions, and estimated that they were temporarily sheltering in an island and reef in the sea, so he led the fleet composed of Fu Shopkeeper and others and these small fishing boats to row there continuously, and sure enough, after sailing for a full day, in the evening, everyone found the British fleet hidden in the islands and reefs.
"Oh, my dear Philip!" As soon as he was picked up by his compatriots, Firut couldn't wait to give his partner Philip a big hug. "It's such a pleasure to see you, I thought I'd never see you again."
"Go away, Firut...... But his partner was clearly unwilling to admit his affection, and Philip pinched his nose and dodged Firut's bear hug: "Damn, you guy, it stinks...... You smell like a dead fish......"
(End of chapter)