"yes, that's interesting." Shen Sui didn't expect that he threw away his rice bowl and sighed: "It's more intimate than my own brother, Brother Ji, when I saw you, I thought you were cold-faced, and I thought it must be difficult to get along with, but I was humble in my opinion." ”

"Beneath the cold exterior lies a fiery heart." Haizhu immediately answered.

"Yes, the face is cold and the heart is hot, isn't it? Is there such a word? Shen Sui asked Haizhu.

Haizhu looked at Han Ji.

Han Ji pinched his knuckles so creak, Haizhu was obviously making a mistake, this stupid dog surnamed Shen was still complimenting, he put down the pinched book and looked at Haizhu, "Still can't learn?" ”

Haizhu laughed, laughing to overturn the top of the boat, and returned the ridicule he received last night.

"Hey, the ink on your face hasn't been washed yet!" Shen then reacted.

The laughter stopped abruptly, Haizhu glared at him, and motioned to Han Ji to continue studying with a straight face.

Han Ji raised the book to cover his face and cover the corners of his mouth hanging high.

It took four days on the way to get here, and only two days to get back, and when I got home, the banana stalks that had been on the boat for two days were still green.

Haizhu sent the four hanging bananas back, and left without drinking the water, this time Dongzhu and Fengping did not cry, one was that his eyes were sunken in the yellow banana, and the other was that Haizhu promised to come back in four days at most.

According to the information obtained by Han Ji, the uninhabited island where the bandits are hiding is between Hui'an Wharf and Yongning Wharf. It was an offshore island connected by dozens of small islands, far from the coast, and there were many rocks on it, which were not suitable for human habitation, so there were no troops stationed there.

To put it simply, the terrain is complex and suitable for Tibetan sneak attacks.

The three of them disembarked at Yongning Wharf and abandoned the official boat, Haizhu went out to rent a fishing boat from the fishermen in the town, and slipped down from the unguarded shore in the middle of the night.

"How's the news?" She asked the two men with the knives.

"Two days ago, the Yamen sent 20 people to check, but there was no return, and there were no bones." Shen Sui said.

"People are killed and thrown into the sea to feed the fish, where can they find the bones." Haizhu said, "Or if you have a stone tied to your body and sink to the bottom of the sea, unless the sea water is pouring in, the bones will not be able to see the light of day." ”

"Rampant." Han Ji was indignant.

Haizhu pouted, "And then?" What is the government going to do next? ”

"Haven't discussed it yet." Shen Sui struggled to pronounce words.

Haizhu sneered, "The bandits are guarding the passing islands, and the fishermen who go out to sea are threatened, right?" Merchant ships can escape if they are fast, and fishing boats are targeted, and they are dead. ”

"The government has ordered that fishing boats are not allowed near the island." Shen Sui sighed, he said to Han Ji: "Young Master Han, your family is in the capital, blow the wind to your family and let the imperial court send more capable officials, our officials here are all stinky fish and rotten shrimp, and you can be called an adult by donating money." ”

Han Ji smiled sarcastically in the dark, and the high hall was also in power, so he didn't hear Shen Sui's words, and said, "When the situation is discovered, I'll go back and tell my father and ask him to send troops over." ”

The sea at night was not calm, and for fear that the sail would be seen, the three of them took turns rocking the oars and traveled the sea. It wasn't until the moon turned west, and in the second half of the night, that the fishing boats approached the uninhabited island.

Unsure of which island the bandit was hiding, Haizhu suggested that she swim into the sea to have a look.

When it was over, Shen Sui hesitated with Han Ji, afraid that something would happen to Haizhu. Shen Sui asked Han Ji to stay on the boat and wait, "I will also order water, I will accompany Haizhu to go over, and I can resist for a while when I meet someone." ”

"Come on, you're a dragger when you go with me, I can hide, hide, and jump into the sea when I meet someone, and I will be distracted by taking you with me." Haizhu dislikes him, she really doesn't believe in his frizzy nature.

Without giving them time to be verbose, with a light bend, the man was plunged into the sea, and even the startled ripples were quickly smoothed out by the wind and waves.

The sea is not quiet at night, and during the day schools of fish hide in the reef and sleep, and the shrimp and crabs are looking for food, and the glowing jellyfish are like a string of lanterns blown by the wind in the sea. There was also a fish with two flashes of light, which hid in the dark and did not move, and when people approached it, they slipped away and made people tremble.

Haizhu was afraid of bumping into them, and the brighter the color of the seabed, the more toxic it was, so she swam away from the glowing things, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she went ashore.

There are many reefs on the sea, and there are messy bushes, Haizhu walked in and began to regret it, it was okay to meet people, she was afraid of stepping on snakes.

On the other side, Han Ji and Shen Sui also rowed to the island, the idea was theirs, how could they sit back and enjoy the success, in case Haizhu was killed, it would be more uncomfortable than killing them.

When Haizhu withdrew from the island, he met the two who had just come ashore, and the three of them stood on the beach and stared dryly, and finally decided to hide the boat and enter the island together.

The moon disappeared into the clouds, and the road under her feet became darker, and Haizhu almost tripped after following the footsteps of the two people in front of her, she stroked her chest and said, "No, it can't go on like this, the enemy hasn't found us yet, and we will toss ourselves to death first." We went back to the beach and entered the island at dawn. ”

Tired of her, Han Ji and Shen Sui were very guilty, seeing her say this, neither of them objected, and groped their way back.

Haizhu took her clothes from the boat and put them on, knocked some oysters from the reef to fill her stomach, and when she was full, she called the two of them to the boat, "There is still more than an hour before dawn, let's close our eyes and squint for a while." I don't pay attention to it at this time, sixth brother, you sit down and let me lean on. ”

Shen Sui obediently sat down with her back to back, Han Ji also sat down when he saw this, he didn't dare to sleep, and opened his eyes to sentry the two who fell asleep in the blink of an eye.

When the first rays of sunlight came out of the sky, he woke them up.

"You didn't sleep?" Haizhu rubbed her eyes and asked.

"Squinted for a while, woke up early." Han Ji jumped off the boat to move his legs and feet, and learned the movements of Haizhu to knock oysters on the reef to fill his stomach.

"What a sin." Shen Sui urinated and squatted on the beach to wash his hands.

"Regret it?" Haizhu asked vaguely.

"Not really, don't you regret it?" Shen Sui walked up to her, and when she knocked on the oyster, he reached out and twisted it to eat, "You surprised me, I was afraid that you would cry last night." ”

Who do you look down on, Haizhu laughed, he didn't know where to play with mud when she shuttled through the mouth of the strange fish in her last life.

A whistle suddenly sounded on the island, and the three of them hurriedly hid, and after waiting for a while, no one came, Shen Sui and Haizhu covered up the boat, and Han Ji went to sweep the oyster shells into the sea, and the footprints on the beach were also swept away with branches.

"Let's go." Haizhu gestured in a direction, "The voice is coming from over there. ”

Chapter 23: Something Goes Away

When night fell again, the three of them returned to their original places. On this day, it was drilling holes and climbing trees, Haizhu Dianbei met the patrol team, and in order to hide her, she jumped into the river, and the clothes on her body were wet and dry, and the water and mud rolled down, and the clothes could not be seen in their original colors.

She picked up the clothes that had been laid out on the planks and changed into them, washed her hands and sat down on the edge of the reef to knock oysters, and she was going to vomit after a day and two nights of eating and vomiting.

"When I get back, I'll eat well and get some sleep." She muttered weakly.

"It's almost over, we'll go back after a while." Han Ji said.

Unlike Haizhu, he didn't sleep last night, and today he spent another day on the island, his eyes were bloodshot, his legs and feet were heavy, but his spirit was very high. He was so excited that he forgot the difference between men and women, put his hand on Haizhu's shoulder, and said happily: "It's really right to find you, it's too capable, do you want to come with me?" I'll find you something to do in the sailors, and you won't have to go to sea to fish and feed your family. ”

Haizhu: ......

Why do they want to kidnap her?

She pushed his hand off his shoulder and refused, "No, I'm comfortable fishing." ”

"She won't go to me, good brother, you take me away." Shen Sui came over with the shelled oysters and offered his courtesy, "I also behaved very well today."

"You go to the water master, but you have to go to the sea to practice water." Han Ji slapped his hand away, he relieved his breath, and called Shen Sui to help carry the boat into the sea, "Let's go, let's go back now, I'll go back and sleep for a while, and I'll go back to find my father when it's dawn." ”

Haizhu didn't move, she asked the two people who had already boarded the boat: "Second Brother Han, how many days will it take for you to invite soldiers back and forth?" ”

"Three days at least."

"But the news I overheard was that two days later, their second boss was going to take a dozen people out to sell goods, and these people were let go, and it would be difficult to catch them again."

"That's no way, I can't move the garrison of Yongning Town." Han Ji looked at Shen Sui and asked, "Can you convince your father?" ”

"The one who manages the money meddles in the military power, you think my father has a long life." Shen Sui can dedicate himself to the righteousness in his heart, but he can't take the lives of the whole family, it is his life that dies at the hands of bandits, and the lives of his family are also lives.

"I have a way...... Haizhu trayed her idea out, "I can promise not to expose myself, even if it happens, I can't think of outsiders, it's just an accident." ”

"Cheng, I'll listen to you, delay for another day, and fight him." Shen Sui listened to the blood boiling, he jumped off the boat with a big knife in his hands, and he couldn't wait to do it immediately in the morning.

Han Ji also silently got off the boat and dragged the boat back behind the reef.

The three of them slept back to back all night, and at dawn, Haizhu changed into dirty clothes and jumped into the sea, and got out of the sea halfway to breathe, and then carried the coat in his hand when he went ashore.

"Let's go." She beckoned to the two.

Yesterday the ground was already ripe, and the three of them shuttled through the gutter trees like rats all the way.

There were only fifty or sixty bandits on the island, and the cook was a grumpy old man, and he was not angry that everyone was eating, drinking, and gambling money, so he kept in the stove three times a day, and he was scolded at every turn for making unpalatable dishes. Therefore, whenever he cooks, he is very angry, cutting vegetables and scolding, burning fire, and spitting into the pot when he scolds the fire.

In the morning, when no one approached the kitchen, Shen Sui shrunk down and soaked the smashed colored jellyfish and blue octopus into the water tank, and when he heard three bird calls, he picked up the jellyfish and octopus soaked in blood and minced flesh and carried them in his clothes, and quickly hid them in the woodyard behind the wooden house.

The old man who came back from fetching water poured two buckets of water into the water tank, and then scooped rice to cook rice.

When the old man stewed fish and cooked, Shen Sui shouted at the stove room from a distance: "The big boss wants to eat boiled oysters this morning and add more dishes." ”

The old man scolded and left, and Haizhu hurriedly slipped in and buried the chopped jellyfish at the bottom of the pot, and to be safe, she soaked the remaining jellyfish in water, skimmed the jellyfish, and poured the water into the porridge and stirred.

When everything was done, the three thieves shrank in the woodstack and snickered, clamoring in their hearts, and waited quietly with their ears pricked up.

The bandits came to eat in groups, and their footsteps were fragmented, which made the people who were huddled in the woodstacks so nervous that they were out of breath, for fear that if the poison was heavy, they would die at the entrance, and it would be over.

Fortunately, luck was in their favor, and when the sun was rising, the sound of anger resounded in this corner, and the mouth of the person who came was full of foul words, and he wanted to catch the old man who was cooking and hack him to death.

Han Ji moved, he clenched the big knife and drilled out of the haystack, and instructed Haizhu to continue to hide here, "We'll come to you when it's over." ”

"Done? I'll go too, and keep a sentry for you. Haizhu said in an airy voice.

"Don't, you're good at it, if you want to kill someone, you're a dragger." Shen Sui couldn't wait, he was so excited that his palms were sweating, "Let's go, the opportunity for meritorious service has come." ”

Han Ji smiled comfortingly at Haizhu and said, "Don't worry, leave it to us, I went to the battlefield with my father." ”

The two silently bypassed the firewood stack, and the knives fell in their hands, and the two people who were still arguing in the stove room swallowed their breath.

Haizhu thought about it again and again, and finally decided to hide in the firewood stack and not show her face, she really didn't kill anyone, and she couldn't accept that she had human life on her hands.

At noon, the sun was getting hotter and hotter, Haizhu was sweating, the smell of sweat on her body attracted mosquitoes, and her exposed hands and face were bitten by mosquitoes, and she was about to itch to death.

Just when she couldn't stay and was about to change places, a series of panicked footsteps came from far and near.

Haizhu panicked, she held the stick in her hand that had not yet dried, and was hesitating to go out, when the footsteps were getting closer and closer, the sound of the soles of her shoes rubbing against the broken wood was clearly audible, and her own heartbeat was also heard in her ears.

"Hah!" Haizhu rushed out, causing the panicked people to scream so hard that they couldn't retreat and fell to the ground.

Haizhu took the opportunity to pick up the stick on her, beating her so that she couldn't stand up, and in the wail of "stop fighting, don't fight", she recognized the other party, it turned out to be the crutch she met on the boat when she took Dongzhu and Fengping to Yongning Town, the slightly chubby woman.

The other party also recognized her, and scolded with hatred: "It turned out that you are a little slut, I haven't looked for you yet, but you sent it to the door." Angry and vigorous, the thief woman threw away the burden that was blocking her head, and stood up against the club.

The strength of Haizhu was naturally inferior to the strong woman in her thirties and forties, and she finally slammed a stick on her stomach, took a step back, turned around and ran to the beach.

When Han Ji came over, there was no one in the firewood stack, he was so frightened that he felt a sigh in his heart, and noticed the messy marks on the ground, and he carried a blood-dripping knife to follow the footprints.

Haizhu has already run to the beach, standing in the water she is not afraid, she blushed and rolled up her sleeves, and scolded the panting thief woman: "You thief mother-in-law, come, grandma is standing here to see what you can do to me, I didn't let you plant it in my hands last time, today I want your thief's life, lest you harm people again." ”

Han Ji ran over and heard this scolding so happy that his legs were weak, but he was scared to death, he slowed down his pace and adjusted his rapid breathing before striding out.

The tip of the knife clanged on the reef, and the woman turned around when she heard the sound, and when she saw the killing god, she was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she subconsciously ran into the sea, thinking that she might be able to save her life by running from the sea.

Haizhu waited for her, and dragged her into the sea with her, choking people before letting go.

"What's going on up there?" She dragged people with soft legs towards the beach, and seeing Han Ji hesitating whether to use the knife, she stopped: "Leave her alive first, there are still a few people in the official prison who were arrested in the name of abductors, they should be her accomplices, take them back and have a good trial." ”

Han Ji took off his blood-soaked coat and tied people up and threw them on the shore, he glanced at Haizhu, and saw that her face was panicked, and he couldn't help laughing twice, "I thought you didn't know how to be afraid, you wait here, I'll go up and sweep the tail." ”

"Go, go, go." Haizhu sat on the ground and didn't move, but she was tired to death.