I don't know who fell first? Was it the weak woman, the wizened old peasant, or the young man with "lofty ideals"?

One by one, everyone in the cabin fainted, like numb statues, and fell heavily on the cold and hard planks in the cabin, making a dull sound.

Qi Zehui straightened up with all his might, his eyes were open angrily, and the green tendons on his cheeks were bulging, like hideous and twisted earthworms.

He staggered two steps, as if trying to get out of the damp cloud caused by the overturning pot on the side of the boat, but in the end, he fell, and the bowl in his hand fell to the ground, splitting into countless pieces.

Before completely losing consciousness, Qi Zehui used his last strength to look at Xiao Yan on the side, his eyes mixed with shock and anger, as if to say:

It's all up to you......

The old Li Tou, who was sitting on the deck smoking a dry cigarette, and the short helper on the side sat silently for a long time, they were waiting, waiting patiently......

It wasn't until the last sound in the cabin disappeared that Lao Li knocked his pipe and led the short helper in with a cloudy face.

At this time, in the cabin, all of them were lying down people, but Lao Li Tou was still not at ease, he approached cautiously, checking one by one, especially the iron bull with a figure like a tiger and bear, Lao Li Tou knocked left and right and slapped and drank for a long time, until the iron bull made a thunderous snoring sound, he put his mind at ease, signaling the short helper behind him to put the knife away.

Subsequently, Lao Li Tou walked to the door of the cabin, but instead of going out, he suddenly turned around and knelt on the ground with a "poof" to everyone. I saw him fold his hands, close his eyes reverently, and murmur to the ceiling:

"Friends, distinguished guests...... It's not that my old Li Cheng wants to murder you, but that you yourself have committed a taboo and lured the water bandit grandfathers over...... Although I said that the old man was a cheap life, I didn't want to be a dead man without a head, so I had to take your head and leave the old man and me a whole corpse in the future...... Old man, I will burn a lot of paper money for you, so that a few people can not only eat and drink enough before leaving, but also live happily under the nine springs, if you become a ghost, but don't come to the old man me...... Looking for ...... Go and find the man who killed you...... Sin Sin Sin ...... Good, good...... There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south, and Amitabha Buddha ......"

After that, Lao Li Tou also kowtowed a few times to everyone, and then he slowly got up and nodded to the short helper beside him with a cloudy face. The short helper still received the order with a blank face, and then took out a bamboo fancy from his waist, puffed out his cheeks and blew it......

Beep –

The sharp and crisp whistle suddenly spread far away, startling a few sleeping birds on the cliff, fluttering their wings and chirping fiercely, and flew away.

As if summoned by the whistle, soon, the "dong dong" drumming gradually sounded again, and the next second, at the corner of the cliff, the dhow burning with a bonfire appeared in the field of vision of the awning ship again......

It turned out that the bandits never left.

"What's wrong?" The water bandit who was called "Hu Ye" jumped on the deck again, followed by two companions with the same ruthless faces, three pairs of thieves with sleek and fierce eyes, and kept spinning: "Is it finished?"

After that, several water bandits let out a burst of laughter, it seems that this is not the first time that these people have seen Lao Li Tou do this kind of thing.

"I'm done reading, but it's not green, the person Hu Ye wants, how dare I act rashly...... little old man" The old Li Tou, who was still full of gloom and sorrow before, changed back to the humble look with a smile on his face, and in the face of the ridicule of the bandits, he could only bow a few times and laugh a few times.

(Lang Jun's translation: Qing, Jianghu black dialect, meaning "kill")

"Yes, yes, Lao Li Tou is getting more and more well-behaved...... the water bandits laughed, and then stared at Lao Li Tou with a subtle face, and threatened in a deep voice: "But next time, if you dare to hide Lao Tzu's private goods at such a critical juncture as the Flower Drum Festival, will I say more about the consequences?"

"Don't you dare...... Don't dare......" Lao Li Tou cried with a sad face, and begged for mercy again and again: "Next time there is a fish coming, I will designate to inform Hu Ye that you will be tucked into the fish basket......"

"Hmph, count you as acquaintances!" The bandits glared at Lao Li, then raised their feet and walked to the cabin, smiling as they walked: "Come! Let Lao Tzu see what Lao Li Tou said is the ...... of the idea."

As soon as the curtain was opened, the eyes of the bandits suddenly fell on the snoring iron bull, and the relaxed look of laughing and scolding before also became surprised and novel at this time.

"My dear, is there really such a strong person?" A water bandit stared at the body of the iron bull in amazement, and was amazed: "This kind of tiger-backed body bones, Lao Tzu has only heard about it......"

"Good guy......" Another bandit pinched Tie Niu's half-waist-thick arm curiously, and sighed again and again for a while: "This thing, one punch can kill a cow, right?"

And that Hu Ye was much more careful, staring at Tie Niu for a long time with scruples, and then turned his head to the old Li Tou behind him and asked, "Is your medicine enough? This thing won't suddenly wake up and go crazy, right?"

"Master Hu, you can put your heart back in your stomach!" Lao Li Tou said resignedly, "Old man, I have made a sweat medicine alone, and if there is no antidote, I won't wake up in a day or two, not to mention that I have doubled the amount this time, ......."

"Brother Hu, why don't you ...... I'd better kill him now!" The bandit in front of him had already put the knife across Tie Niu's neck, "lest there be too many dreams in the night and some kind of moth coming out!"

The water bandit Hu Ye pondered for a moment, but finally shook his head, and said with a smile: "This thing should be dragged back into the rudder, show off in front of that group of dogs*, and make him have big eyes and big mouths, and it's not too late to cut it off......"

"Okay, just listen to Brother Hu!" Another water bandit nodded approvingly, and said in response: "The head of this thing, one must be able to fix it!"

"Hmm...... This girl looks good, you can take it back, have a good time......" The water bandit Hu Ye pinched the young woman's face, nodded with satisfaction, and then stood up, his eyes continued to scan the crowd to see if there were any richly dressed people who needed to be let go......

But soon, his eyes fell on Xiao Yan, who was "unconscious" in the corner.

"Why is this guy carrying a thing on his back? Is it a bench? Is it the same as Xiao He who beat the red-faced old devil?"

"Master Hu, you can rest assured, there ......are so many people like this now," Lao Li Tou on the side said with a smile, "Now the young people in the county are happy to carry this, saying that it looks so good!"

"It's really fucking inexplicable...... the water bandit Hu Ye frowned, then pulled out a short knife, and walked towards Xiao Yan: "It's better to chop him here first......!

Between the words, the bright short knife was already raised high, and with just one more breath, it would fall mercilessly and plunge straight into Xiao Yan's chest!

Xiao Yan's eyebrows, who were squinting, jumped slightly, and his body was suddenly tense and ready to go, just waiting for the moment when the other party made a move, to hit him by surprise!

But at this delicate moment when the two of them were breathing slowly at the same time, a child's cry suddenly broke the embarrassment and anxiety.

It turned out that the young woman's youngest son had woken up, and he was asleep when everyone was fighting for fish soup and food. When he suddenly woke up and saw some more fierce and vicious people beside him, he was naturally frightened and cried loudly.

"Stinky child, stinky child, why are you crying...... Lao Li Tou was startled, picked up the little boy at the moment, and shook it half coaxing and half frightened.

The water bandit Hu Ye didn't seem to like the child's sharp and rapid cry, frowned, turned around and said coldly:

"Shut up the little brute, old man!"

"Yes, yes......" Old Li Tou only agreed, and shook and hummed harder at the moment.

Maybe the smell of smoke on his body is too pungent, or maybe the little boy only recognizes the familiar smell of his mother, no matter how Lao Li Tou coaxes good words and sings nursery rhymes, he is still crying "wow", crying, occasionally mixed with a few vague "mother" ...... "mother......

"This little bastard...... Old Li Tou's forehead was already full of cold sweat, because he had seen the three water bandits all cast displeased glances here: "Don't cry...... Don't cry...... Don't ......"

"Let me come!" The water bandit Hu Ye turned around, his eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, pretending to be funny, and he jumped towards the little boy.

"What's the matter, does Brother Hu still coax the child?"

"I thought Brother Hu would only toss women in bed!"

When the two bandits saw this, they immediately couldn't control it and laughed.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, let Lao Tzu look at your little face...... It's so fucking cute......"

The water bandit Hu Ye pinched the little boy's face with satisfaction, and looked left and right, with a drunken expression on his face.

Everyone present could not have imagined that a murderous water bandit would have such a kind attitude towards a child.

Just like everyone didn't expect that in the next second, he would not hesitate to pierce the little boy's throat with a "snort" with the short knife in his hand.

The crying stopped abruptly.

Scarlet blood, spring water burst out, sticky fishy heat, splashed Lao Li's face.

Lao Li was stupid, completely frightened, he stood there stunned, looking at the little "bloody man" in his hand, stunned.

"Hahahaha, it turns out that Brother Hu is coaxing children to cry like this!" The two water bandits came to their senses, and then laughed heartily, saying, "It's really fucking effective!"

And the water bandit Hu Ye glanced at the frightened old Li Tou with disdain, stretched out a hand to grab the little boy, and lifted it high, like carrying a slaughtered dead chicken:

"Do you want a mother, wait for Lao Tzu to play with your mother enough, send her down to accompany you, hahahaha......"

The plank under his feet suddenly shook violently.

At the same time, the long hair of the two bandits fluttered in one direction at the same time, and there was a trance in front of their eyes, as if a gust of wind was blowing past them.

And the water bandit Hu Ye subconsciously turned around, but he only saw a beam of light, and rushed towards him-

"Uhh

He screamed, and now he felt as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding carriage, and as he let go, his figure immediately flew out like a meteor, passed through the hatch, and slammed straight into the cliff wall next to the canopy, and then, like a drop of water stuck to the wall, slowly slid down into the half-man-deep, reed-filled river below.

Between the lightning and flint, Xiao Yan had already turned over and picked up the little boy in mid-air, he staggered to the ground, his eyes were blood-red, looking at the child in his arms.

However, no matter how wide his eyes were, the light in the child's eyes was still irreversibly dissipating and dimming, and his small body was gradually becoming cold and stiff.

"Why ......"

The little boy trembled, turned his head with difficulty, and tried his last bit of strength to set his eyes on his unconscious mother, whose slender little hands stretched out slowly, as if he could touch his mother's warm and soft body as long as he moved forward a little.

However, he eventually failed, losing his bloody little hands and stiffening in mid-air.

"Why ......"

Xiao Yan's breathing gradually became heavier, as if as long as he accelerated his breathing, the little person in his arms could follow and recover the breathing that had stopped.

Finally, the last bit of tremor and temperature that he could feel in his arms was reduced to zero.

"For ...... Miscellaneous...... ......"

Xiao Yan gently and heavily put down the little boy's body, and two lines of hot tears dripped from the corners of his eyes. The bulging green veins on his forehead indicate the anger in his heart, which has reached its peak at this moment:

"Such a small ...... Child...... You're going to poison him too! Why! Tell me why!"

He raised his head and looked at the bloodied old Li Tou, who writhed his eyes blankly, staring at him blankly, helplessly, and full of shock and trepidation, the crystal light was flickering and jumping, like two bright pearls in a sea of crimson—

Lao Li Tou also cried.

So he turned around angrily, trembling and sobbing, and exerted all his strength to question the two bandits in the cabin with smiles on their faces before they had time to disperse.

But no one spoke, no one answered his heart-wrenching question.

There were only two bright scimitars that answered him, and they were directly slashing at his Heavenly Spirit Gai.