"Who?" Haizhu picked up the pointed axe under the pillow.

"I, Han Ji, come out."

It was already the second half of the night, the bright moon disappeared into the clouds, the night was dark, Haizhu let Dongzhu and Fengping continue to sleep, she opened the door with a pointed axe and went out.

The planks were trampled on, and the snoring in the bottom compartment stopped.

"It's me, I get up to pee at night, third uncle, you continue to sleep." Haizhu followed Han Ji off the boat.

He came with a man rowing late at night, not wanting to show his whereabouts.

Haizhu took him into his yard and asked, "Why did you come here at this time?" ”

"I was in the village west of Hui'an Wharf last night, and I received a report from the pavilion chief of Hui'an Town when it was dark, and I came over overnight." He had wanted to go to the village chief, but when he entered the river and saw her boat, he suddenly changed his plans.

"Do you want to go to the bandits' lair?" He asked with a smile.

Haizhu laughed.

"Looks like you've decided to make a trip." Han Ji heard the meaning, he was very excited, not for the bandits, but for the like-minded confidants and friends, the two thought of together, dare to think and do, like-minded.

In the middle of the night, people were sleeping soundly, and Han Ji happily wanted to carry a pot to drink.

"What are you going to do?" Haizhu sat down and asked.

"I'll go to the bottom with you first, after the soldiers press, this is my private action, I have taken the right to return to the garrison in the middle of the night, plus what I brought on the ship, I can mobilize one hundred and eighty-three people." Han Ji glanced left and right, only to see that the bowl did not find water, he patted Haizhu on the shoulder and asked, "Sister, do you dare to go to the sea with me?" ”

Haizhu snorted and laughed, "What don't you dare, if you don't come, I dare to make trouble, and I've already made trouble this morning." ”

She told the story of the bandits coming to Houwan Village.

"I feel that your life seems to be very interesting every day, living a leisurely life of selling cakes and going to sea to open restaurants, and encountering all kinds of thrilling things." Han Ji is a little envious, he patrols the sea every day, staring at bandits, and if he brings enough soldiers, he can't meet thieves, and he has a ridiculous sense of riding a horse and stepping on ants. And she can bump into bandits in various ways while sitting at home, and she can solve it by herself, if Haizhu is a man, the speed of this meritorious promotion can't catch up.

"Sister-" Dongzhu was not at ease, opened the hatch and came out to shout.

"Here we are." Haizhu responded, "Why are you going to come with me tomorrow?" ”

"I'll do your bidding." She was more experienced when it came to undercover agents and sneak attacks.

"Okay."

*

When the tide receded, Haizhu carried three women with ransom money out to sea, followed by seven fishing boats, namely two guards stationed in the village, the village chief, and four men in the village.

The ship farther and farther from the shore until it was out of sight, and when you looked back, there were two islands in the depths, and there were a few islands in the farther and farther direction.

"These islands are full of bandits?" Haizhu asked.

"Yes." Wei Jinhua looked at the island in the distance and said, "They are probably fishing in this area, and they can see bandits, and they will run away when they show up." ”

Haizhu looked at the sea with the side of the boat, the sea water is bottomless, spitting, most of the fish flying up on the sea are arm-long, and it is true that there are more catches in the net here than in the shallow sea, and if you are lucky, you can catch valuable guys.

"This time your uncle is back, I won't let him come again, just cast a net on the beach like the third child to feed his mouth." Wei Jinhua said.

Another woman sighed, "There is no boat, and the family has no money, so it is difficult to go to sea." ”

Wei Jinhua was silent, one hundred taels can't buy a boat, these ransom silver means that only people can be redeemed, as for the boat, it may be destroyed in the sea, or it may be occupied by bandits.

"There are dolphins!" The people on the fishing boat exclaimed.

Not far from the island, several dolphins are chasing the waves, jumping out of the sea and falling into the sea. A flock of seabirds flew over them, dropping a few pieces of bird droppings, and when they saw someone coming out of the island, they suddenly flapped their wings and flew high and quacked away from the island.

People living on isolated islands eat whatever they see, and birds passing by have to pluck three feathers from them.

"No one will be able to mention my identity later, and if they provoke the bandits, I'm not sure if they will kill anyone." Haizhu warned everyone.

"Don't worry, don't say it." The village chief assured that not to mention Haizhu, they were accompanied by officers and soldiers, and he was more worried than she about being exposed in front of the bandits.

The island's bandits also spotted the boat, and a bunch of bearded men propped up the boat and dragged it over like dogs on rotten boards.

"Where's the silver?" They were not verbose, and approached and asked for money directly.

"Bring it." The village chief pushed the boat close to the boat, held a heavy box and put it on the bow of the boat, he shook his legs and rocked the oar, "The people in our village are still alive, right?" ”

"Squeak, alive or dead." Someone else threw a whip at the man on the board.

"Alive, alive ......"

Wei Jinhua saw Zheng Haishun when he looked up, it's good to be alive, it's good to be alive, the boat is gone, the money is gone, and the people are still there.

The bandit only opened the box and looked at it, but he didn't count it, and said with a smile: "If there is one or two taels of silver, Lao Tzu will go to your village tonight to kill people." ”

The sun rose overhead, and Haizhu saw a silver reflection or two on the island, and there were probably archers hidden in the trees, and the bandits here were quite cautious.

"Where did this ship come from?" A bandit with a deep eye socket held the boat close to the boat, slapped a sharp knife on the side of the boat, and said, "The people on the boat get down, and the boat is confiscated." ”

"We borrowed a boat to pull people, you towed the boat away, how can so many of us go back?" Haizhu was unwilling.

"Swim back, and if you can't swim back, you drown in the sea and feed the fish." The man with the knife laughed, and in an instant, he was ruthless, "Get down for Lao Tzu, take a slow step and kill you." ”

Wei Jinhua glanced at Haizhu and dragged her off the boat quickly.

The bandits were happy to have a boat, and they didn't make any more trouble, so they took the silver and drove away from the boat.

The bald head who walked at the end kicked on the plank, and the people piled on the plank fell into the sea in a row, their hands and feet were tied, and they fell into the sea and couldn't move, but fortunately, they were all fishermen, and they floated up with their breath.

The village chief and the others hurriedly rowed over to salvage the people, and when they saw that the tied hand was missing a finger, they screamed in fright.

The bald thief laughed and said in a shrill voice, "Welcome back to you." ”

Three or four people were squeezed on a boat, barely fitted, Wei Jinhua held Zheng Haishun's hand and cried loudly, "I have paid the ransom silver, why did I chop off your fingers?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, the person is still alive, and the missing finger doesn't affect the work." Zheng Haishun comforted her with a pale face.

When the boat left Thief Island, Haizhu looked behind him and said, "Uncle Village Chief, I'll get off the boat here, and you go back first." ”

"What?" The village chief was so shocked that he almost fell off the boat.

Haizhu smiled at him, "I have something to hide from you, I discussed with General Han Shao to go to the thief's den to explore, and he has already mixed in first." Don't stay longer, go back and rest and continue fishing, and don't come here for the time being. ”

After saying that, he jumped off the boat and turned back and swam against the boat.

"Haizhu!" Wei Jinhua shouted anxiously.

"Don't scream, let's go." One of the guards shouted, believing in the decision of the major general, "No one can mention it when you go back." ”

The boat is gone, and Haizhu is in trouble under the sea, she is entangled by a dolphin, and she swims wherever it follows.

Chapter 73: The Kind Dolphin

The bandits patrolling the island stared at a dolphin parade around the island with its dorsal fins exposed, its milky white skin reflecting white in the sun, squinting people's eyes.

"Dezi, shoot an arrow at that thing."

"It's too far, it's high tide right now, and I can't shoot."

The tide was surging, wave after wave of spray rolling, and the white spray splashed and obscured the person who was probing underwater.

Haizhu swam around the island, and she found the boats stranded on the beach, the looted fishing boats tied together, and the waves lifted and crashed together, and the muffled sound of the wood colliding was mixed with the loud sound of water hammering, and it was difficult to hear the words at the top of her voice.

The bald thief came out of the bottom of the ship, got off the boat, and said, "I have checked, there is no one hidden." ”

"If we can get this kind of boat, it seems that the life of the fishermen on the shore is better, and we have to redeem less silver."

"What?"

"I said I wanted to ransom less money."

A group of five people carried knives and walked away, Haizhu sneaked underwater to probe, When the thief entered the island, she bypassed the dolphin that couldn't be driven away and swam to the island, but she didn't want it to push her and didn't let her pass, and pushed her to the deep sea with her kiss.

A person and a dolphin are racing underwater, Haizhu was pushed away and swam over, swam over and pushed away by it, there was no way, she could only dive to play with it, and when it was eating, she ran away.

The people on the island went to eat, Haizhu swam to the bottom of the boat and stepped on the wooden ladder to get on the boat, she slipped into the bottom cabin and knocked twice on the plank, "It's me." ”

The wooden plank behind the water tank pushed open a crack, and Han Ji greedily breathed fresh air along the gap, squatting in it to suffocate him.

When he was building the ship, he instructed the craftsman to have a hidden small warehouse, in case Haizhu had a hiding place when something happened, and she was used to fill the charcoal fire after she took over, and today it really came in handy.

"I'll go to the island first to find out the situation." Haizhu said.

"Wait for dark, don't act rashly, the bandits on this island are more vicious and vigilant than the bandits we attacked before, wait for the black people to sleep before going to the island."

Haizhu thought for a while and chose to listen to him, "When will your soldiers come?" ”

"Tomorrow noon at the latest."

"Okay...... Haizhu frowned and listened carefully, there was a sound of talking outside, she motioned to Han Ji to get on the board of the boat and hide, she quietly approached the warehouse door to see the situation.

A sharp squeak sounded on the surface of the sea, and a dolphin anxiously tried to get close to the island, and then fled into the sea when it saw the man wading in the boat.

Hearing the sound, the bandits who followed the movement rowed to the sea area where the dolphin was active with an arrow, and when the dolphin surfaced, the dolphin shot over, and the resistance of the water allowed the dolphin to escape, it swam away quickly, and the sea surface returned to calm in an instant.

"Dezi, it's time for us to eat." The people on the island shouted.

"You go first, this miscellaneous thing wants to be stewed, I'll wait."

The footsteps on the island were far away, and Haizhu glanced at the sea and felt that this was a good opportunity. She leaned closer to the tank and whispered, "Pointed arrows out." ”

"What do you want to do?"

"Don't ink, do as I say."

Han Ji: ......

He pushed the plank open and shoved the steel arrow through the crack, and was just about to tell him to be careful, when the sound of light footsteps went out in an instant.

Haizhu slipped into the sea against the plank of the boat, crawling into the sea, she had to be glad that she had taken advantage of the day, the rolling waves perfectly covered her figure, and even the movement of the water was covered.

The water was clear, and she dived a foot deeper, then slowly approached the bottom of the boat, and just when she was worried about being discovered, a dolphin scurried not far away.

With a "whoosh", the arrow went off the string.

Haizhu seized this opportunity and grabbed the boat from under the water and pulled it in the opposite direction, while kicking the bow of the boat in an attempt to knock the boat over.

"Old bird—" shouted the man on the ship, "enemy attack—"

Haizhu got out of the water and grabbed his clothes and tore him into the water, and at that moment the dolphin quickly rushed over, got close and lost his momentum, and a fierce man rushed out of the sea and overturned the boat.

The bald thief who had come out of the island saw a dolphin's tail in the splash of water before he could dive into the water, he shouted twice, untied the fishing boat and rowed towards the capsized place with a big knife.

Four or five more people came out of the island one after another, and they stood on the shore to watch the excitement, and joked that Dezi ate a belly of pork meat and accidentally planted it in the hands of dolphins.