When night falls, the stars and the moon shine together.

Wu Hui came to the sand bank outside the inn with a knife, and a dark shadow came out to greet him, and Wu Hui asked, "Dog, how is the situation?" ”

The pirate named Gou'er said: "Brother Dahui, I came here in the afternoon, there are a total of nine people inside, one of them is Shibi's subordinate Ah Shui, I inquired from him, the eight people inside are merchants from Qiongzhou, I hid in the grass outside, and saw a few.

A half-sized man, who seems to be the leader, and a few others have kung fu in their hands, and they are afraid that they have blades. ”

"I didn't surprise the other party." Wu Hui asked.

The dog said, "Of course not, none of them left, and they slept in that house all night, and you see, the lights were still on." The house is a row of houses, and there is only one window in the back, and the children can't get out. ”

Wu Hui smiled, looked at the terrain, and said in his heart that the other party was not prepared at all, otherwise he would not rest in this kind of house with no way out.

"You three, spare the back to ambush, and the rest come with me, and we will catch them alive." Wu General Assembly said.

"Brother General Assembly, didn't the news we got say that this is someone from the Oriental Trading Company? They killed the second brother, let's kill them directly and avenge the second brother. A pirate said.

Wu Da said: "This is Shibi's territory, kill all the people, how to prove that they are from the Oriental Trading Company, at least capture one or two, ask for identity, and see what the old dog in Shibi says." ”

The pirate brigade rushed directly into the inn, the chaotic footsteps sounded, and the lights in the room where Tang Mu lived were immediately extinguished, but Ah Shui, who was on the side, heard the voice, and walked out sleepily, he rubbed his eyes, yawned and complained: "What are you doing, in the middle of the night." ”

Ah Shui thought that the martial arts conference and his party were Tang Mu, and he complained endlessly, but suddenly saw more than 20 people in the courtyard, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he was about to run back to the room, but he was directly smashed on the ground with a stick.

"Friends inside, come out and speak, we are Zheng Tingqiu's subordinates of Uncle Zheng." Wu Hui said to the door that was lit just now.

"I wonder what you guys are looking for us?" There was a clear voice from inside, and it wasn't loud to listen to.

Wu Da smiled coldly: "I heard that someone said that a friend from the Oriental Trading Company lives here, so I came here for a while." ”

"Who said that we are from the Oriental Trading Company, we are maritime merchants from Qiongzhou, and I have never heard of any ....... of the Oriental Trading Company." The voice inside said hurriedly, the martial arts would not want to listen to his nonsense, and he was afraid that the other party would have any firearms and crossbows or something, and he didn't want to break in.

At this moment, a fire rose in the room, burning bigger and bigger.

"Rush in, this group is burning letters." Wu Hui said angrily.

Two strong pirates lifted stones and smashed them directly on the door, the door was wide open, and a group of people rushed in, and sure enough, they saw a brazier on the table, and something was burning in it, Wu Da took off his clothes, covered the brazier and extinguished the fire inside, but the room was empty, and there was no one.

"There's still something burning there, there's something there." Someone raised a torch and saw that the urinal in front of the bed was upside down, smoking was coming inside, and the cabinet behind the door was also smoking.

"Brother General Assembly, what do you think this thing is?" The dog held a grenade and asked Xiang Wuda.

"Stupid......." Wu Hui kicked the dog away, turned and pounced out the door.

Boom, boom, there were continuous explosions in the room, followed by bursts of screams, and most of the pirates who didn't have time to run out were killed and injured, and Wu Da also felt pain in his buttocks, reached out and touched it, and pulled out an irregular piece of iron, which was full of blood.

"What about those damn bunches, where did they go?" Wu Hui drew his knife and shouted in the room full of corpses and wounded, but saw that the cabinet was not placed properly, and just as he was about to take a look, a whistle sounded, especially the sound behind the cabinet.

Wu Da opened the cabinet and found that a half-man-high hole had been cut into the rammed earth wall at the back, leading to a room on one side, and the back wall of that room had also been chiseled, and the room was full of scattered dirt, and the second hole led to the forest behind.

Wu Hui scolded: "What are you doing in a daze, chase after you." ”

A group of people got out of the hole and chased into the bamboo forest, and suddenly saw a black shadow in front of them, and the angry martial arts will shout twice, and at the same time, they swooped up and plunged the knife into the heart of the black shadow.

When the person behind came over with a torch, Wu Dahui saw the face clearly, it was one of the three subordinates he sent to the back, this person had been injured before, his arm was broken, and his sternum was broken, if it weren't for Tang Mu and others fleeing in a hurry, and he rolled into the grass, he wouldn't have survived.

But he was unlucky that as soon as he got up, he was treated as an enemy by the martial arts conference and killed on the spot.

Looking around, the bamboo forest was black and oppressive, only in the distance there was a sound that was getting farther and farther away, the martial arts would be furious, and slashed the bamboo wildly with a knife, until the knife could not be taken down, and it was embarrassing.

"Oriental Trading Company, Lao Tzu swears that he will kill you all!" The martial arts conference roared again and again, but it only startled a group of birds in the distance.

Back at the inn, Wu Hui was full of ashes, counted the number of people, and found that five were killed and four were injured, Wu Hui said angrily: "What about the dog, that blind stupid pig, he must have revealed his whereabouts, and the thief was prepared." ”

Many pirates don't believe it, and when they see that the hole is dug in advance, they must have been walking the rivers and lakes for many years and acting cautiously.

But the pirate named Dog would not come out to take responsibility, he was one of the five people killed in the bombing, and he was blown up beyond recognition.

"Brother Assembly, look." A pirate came carrying a brazier.

Wu Da looked down and saw that it was a charred piece of clothes, and frowned and said to himself: "This group of thieves, what are you burning clothes for?" ”

The pirate took the torch and lit it up, and then said, "Brother Dahui, this dress is strange, you see, this is a mezzanine." ”

As he spoke, the pirate tore off his clothes, revealing the letters inside, and when Wu Da saw it, it turned out to be a letter written by Li Zhaoji to Shibi, and he searched again, and found that there was only this letter, and the clothes were full of ashes, which seemed to be other letters that had been burned.

"It's a pity, that's it, but it's enough, Shibi! Stone wall! You're actually hooking up with the Oriental Trading Company, wow! Wu Da waved his fists and let out a wild smile.

At noon the next day, the pirates gathered again in the tavern, and the four pirates had a rule that they would get together once a month, but if two people agreed at the same time, and the four happened to be there, they could meet again.

Shi Bi sat on the main seat, his sleeves rolled up, and he devoted himself to the pork knuckle on the iron plate, and what he swallowed was the right tofu soup, his head almost buried in the golden crispy elbow, and the thick beard was full of oil.

And in front of him, the martial arts will hold aloft a letter accusing him of his dealings with the Oriental Trading Company.

The letter said that in the last month, the shopkeeper Shi made two transactions with the Oriental Trading Company, and sold them 174 piglets, some of which were whole and piece. That's it, it seems that Li Zhaoji, a thief, wants to take the life of an important person, and our stone shopkeeper is two thousand taels less, and it will be three thousand five hundred taels.

Dare to ask, what kind of important person is it, worthy of this price, my martial arts conference is in the Guangzhou Yamen, and it only sells for five hundred taels. The martial arts assembly said loudly, but it didn't seem to change Shibi's good appetite.

"Are you thirsty, this tofu soup is very fresh!" After finishing speaking, Shi Bi held up his tofu soup, handed it to the martial arts assembly, and asked with a smile.

Shibi has been mixed in the Pearl River Estuary for more than ten years, and he has seen all kinds of winds and waves, and he is not too worried about the situation in front of him, on the contrary, he knows that worrying makes him look even more suspicious.

"Shopkeeper Shi, please tell me in front of the big guy, what does this letter mean?" Although the martial arts were arrogant, they didn't dare to play in front of the stone wall, so they could only surrender their hands to others and ask for their help.

Xu Guixiang stretched out his hand, Wu Hui handed the letter over, he glanced at it, and said, "This is not Brother Shi's handwriting, nor is it the handwriting of the two documents beside him." He took a closer look at the content and said, "It turns out that this was written by Li Zhaoji, which is difficult to confirm." ”

Although he said so, when Zheng Tingqiu informed Xu Guixiang of this matter, Xu Guixiang agreed to convene a meeting and did not notify Shibi in advance. Without his support, Zheng Tingqiu's family alone would not have been able to gather everyone.

Shi Bi smiled and asked, "Martial Assembly, did you find this letter from my newly opened inn?" ”

"Exactly, those thieves still burned and burned, but I saw through it in advance, they burned a few letters, and this one was in the mezzanine of the clothes, and I got it." Wu General Assembly said.

"Listen to Ah Shui, there are eight people, how many have you caught?" Shibi asked again.

"This ...... The thieves were cunning and let them all escape. Wu Hui turned his head and said.

Shi Bi nodded slightly: "Since the thieves have all run away, why don't you take the letter away and let you get it instead?" ”

"This ...... Naturally, they were afraid that they would not be able to escape, so they destroyed it in advance. Wu Hui said again.

Shi Bi straightened his beard and asked with a smile: "If you destroy the letter in advance, how can you see through it?" ”

"It's ......." Wu Da was not a person who could speak well, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Shi Bi looked at the other three: "Brothers, what do you think?" ”

Xu Guixiang shook his head, as if he didn't want to say anything, Shibi looked at Ma Xuansheng, Ma Xuansheng smiled, and said, "The tofu soup is good, it's delicious." ”

The two put on a look of nothing to do with themselves, Shi Bi could only look at Zheng Tingqiu, Zheng Tingqiu smiled, and said to the martial arts conference: "Assembly, you are reckless, how can you talk to Brother Shi like this, retreat quickly." ”

After the martial arts conference retreated, Zheng Tingqiu said: "I think this is a conspiracy, what is the truth, it's hard to say for the time being, but there is one thing, the dock is in our hands, there are eight thieves, and the four of us will work together to search, how big is this island, we will definitely be able to find it."

When the person is searched, the truth will be revealed. ”

"It's really good, let's have some people from each family." Ma Xuansheng was the first to agree, and then said: "You have to catch those people in order to return Brother Shi's innocence." ”

Shi Bi nodded: "I have no opinion, if you think I want to avoid suspicion, I can not let my people participate." ”

Zheng Tingqiu laughed: "That's not necessary, anyway, people from various families are mixed together to search." ”

Shi Bi smiled, picked up the tofu soup, and tasted it, but the light in his eyes became gloomy.

Of course, there will be no results in this search, because Tang Mu and his party were directly separated, and the eight people were divided into two groups, and Ferreira appeared in a public identity, and the pirates knew about this Macau thief, and they didn't expect him to unite with the Oriental Trading Company, after all, the pirates didn't know about the cooperation between the Macau Council and the Oriental Trading Company.

But the search soon appeared chickens and dogs, everyone was a pirate, the merchants who came and went were also black and white, everyone was a little secret, even if it was a search, how could it be searched anywhere, the more it could not be searched, the more people suspected that it was a certain person with hands and eyes who hid the eight people.

"What does Brother Xu think about this?" Ma Xuansheng and Xu Guixiang, among the four pirates, met separately, and Ma Xuansheng asked.

"It's not like Zheng Tingqiu framed Shibi, if it were, he wouldn't have taken out the letter in front of us, it's too clumsy." Xu Guixiang said lightly.