By the time Xiao Wanlin rushed to the east of Hangzhou to meet Xiao Fei and others, half an hour had passed.

Seeing his father riding a horse, Xiao Fei didn't say anything more, and continued to take advantage of the night to get on the saddle and continue to go east while the night was dark. A group of four people, except for Xiao Wanlin, Xiao Fei, Xiao Fu, and Xiao Jian, the leader of the Xiao family's courtyard, there was no need to participate in this matter with Xiao Jian's second-rate mid-tier strength, but the order Xiao Fu gave him was to sacrifice his life to protect the eldest prince! This is already all the masters that the Xiao family can handle at present, and as for the two hundred or so people selected from the Xiao family's courtyard, they are already waiting in front. The four masters in Xiao Fei's "Hundred Herb Garden" should be holding Xiao Fei's instructions and have already joined forces with the people of the Xiao family's courtyard.

As for Xiao Teng, Xiao Fei didn't hide it from him tonight, but just handed over the most important task tonight---- protect his mother and little sister, and guard Xiao's mansion! This kid was also angry, and called Shen Qi, the deputy head of the courtyard, and the two of them dispatched people in the courtyard, vowing to protect the Xiao family's backyard without leaking.

Twenty miles ahead, I saw a group of people on the side of a mountain and forest, which was the top combat power that the Xiao family could take out at present, and Huang Yuan, Zhang Dahe, and Tian Qing were also among them.

The four of them rode their horses to the front, and a group of people and horses stood up straight, "I've seen the head of the house, I've seen the eldest son!"

"Childe!" But Tian Qing took two steps forward to greet Xiao Fei.

Xiao Fei smiled apologetically at Tian Qing and did not speak. I felt a little sorry for their husband and wife, originally the two of them had decided to go into hiding, Xiao Fei was kind enough to let them come to Hangzhou "Baicao Garden" to enjoy a peaceful life, but they didn't expect the Xiao family to encounter this incident, or they were involved.

Although Xiao Fei is the coach tonight, the head of the Xiao family is still Xiao Wanlin after all, and the people in the Xiao family's courtyard only recognize Xiao Wanlin. Therefore, Xiao Fei was not in a hurry to stand up and arrange actions.

Sure enough, Xiao Wanlin took two steps forward and said loudly, "Brothers, I believe that everyone already knows what happened in the Xiao family in the past two days. The old man doesn't say much, I hope you will fight bravely tonight to help my Xiao family survive this catastrophe. Tomorrow, as long as there are brothers who still have a good breath, they will all be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! For the brothers who died for the Xiao family, the Xiao family will treat their families even more! For those who are widowed, the Xiao family should build a shrine to worship, and they dare not dare to sacrifice blood food at four o'clock!"

"I want to die for the head of my family!" the crowd agreed.

"All actions tonight are subject to the arrangement of the eldest prince!" Xiao Wanlin drank.

"Obey the orders of the head of the house!" the two hundred or so replied loudly again.

"Let's go, Qiantang Old Shipyard!" Xiao Fei didn't talk nonsense, and immediately pointed the horsewhip in his hand forward after getting the command, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and took the lead in riding the horse.

"Driving" and "driving" everyone got on the horse one after another and kept up with Xiao Fei. Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves rang out, and they galloped towards the direction of Qiantang. Among them, Xiao Jianma was fast, and he hurriedly whipped two whips, and rushed behind Xiao Fei, only half a horse behind the young master.

Xiao Fei is quite happy in front of him, no matter what the battle situation is tonight, he has already brought all the hole cards with him, I believe that Han Yubing will also appear, now everyone is fighting fiercely, and the morale is available! Xiao Jian behind him is nervous, he knows the physical condition of the eldest prince, but he insists on taking the lead, and Xiao Jian can only sacrifice his life to accompany him. Xiao Jian couldn't help but think of what the housekeeper Fu Bo told him before leaving, "You are the son of the Xiao family, and protecting the safety of the Xiao family is the purpose and mission of your martial arts since childhood." Tonight, if the eldest prince has three longs and two shorts, you can't afford to pay for this cheap life, and your parents, wives and children will not be able to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives! If you sacrifice your life to protect the eldest son, the lord will allow you to enter the Xiao family ancestral hall after death, and be worshiped by the descendants of the Xiao family for hundreds of generations! Remember, tonight, before you die, the eldest prince must not be harmed in the slightest!"

The old Qiantang shipyard, in the lower reaches of Hangzhou Bay, was originally also the Xiao family's industry, used to manufacture civil and commercial ships, but later due to the action of the tide, the sediment gradually silted, and the surrounding shoals completely became tidal flats, so the Xiao family gave up that place and chose another place to rebuild. The former site of the shipyard is called the "old shipyard" by the people of Hangzhou.

This place is a paradise for waterfowl and wild beasts, with broken boats and rotten timbers, wild plants and trees growing wildly on the seaside, and inaccessible to people.

Tonight, however, it was very lively, and there was no other reason for the Xiao family Qiantang Branch to hide the merchant ship full of sea salt that they had found! They used manpower to open the sluice gates of the original shipyard, and took advantage of the high tide of the sea to wash out the original waterway, and quickly got the cargo ship in, and ran aground at the end of the waterway, after all, there was still a thick accumulation of silt here.

After arranging the cargo ship, the manpower of the semicolon was not stranded, and immediately evacuated, and no one would have thought that there was a ship hiding here until they came closer.

In the coastal areas, including the coastal section of Hangzhou Bay, if you say who has the greatest power, the fishermen, merchants, and even the government will tell you that it is Wang Hai, the "king of the East China Sea"! He has been crisscrossing the eastern sea area of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and there are countless bandits and pirates under his command, and there are hundreds of large and small warships, and he is the king of the sea, and his territory is beyond the land and is a place beyond the reach of the Ming law.

In the past, merchant ships had to accept his exploitation, and after paying enough money, they would get the command flag of the "King of the East China Sea", and they would be able to sail unimpeded all the way, and other maritime forces would have to give the "King of the East China Sea face", even the merchants of Fusang and Goryeo, and the merchants of the South Seas would also abide by his rules when they passed here. Because of his strength, some ruthless characters in Goryeo and Fusang who kill people without blinking an eye have come to vote, and for a while, the name of "King of the East China Sea" on the southeast coast can stop children crying at night!

The Ming court did not allow Wang Hai to act arbitrarily along the coast, but it sent troops to encircle and suppress many times, but they all returned in vain. There are two reasons: First, there are many islands along the southeast coast, and there are many reefs, which is indeed a paradise for adventurers, and the Ming naval army has no way to find a way here, and every time they lose their troops and lose their generals, they have little effect; second, there are many fishermen along the coast, and many of the fishermen are Wang Hai's eyes, and any action taken by the Ming government against him cannot escape his eyes, and often the pirates have long been ready to deal with it before the officers and soldiers have boarded the ship.

The Xiao family's business is mostly inland, and they take river transportation, even if there are maritime merchants, they also go to the coast of Guangdong, just to avoid Wang Hai and go to the South Seas. Therefore, the Xiao family's caravan encountered the "King of the East China Sea" very rarely, but they also knew his power and ruthless style very well.

With Wang Hai's eyeliner distributed along the coast of Hangzhou, the hidden ships of the old shipyard could not be hidden for long, and just tonight, Cui Baiyu, the white paper fan, had already sent someone to find this place through the informant. At this moment, the old shipyard was illuminated by dozens of torches as if it were day, and a little far away there were broken ships, waste trees, and shadows, like very gloomy ghosts.

"Fifth Master, there is nothing abnormal on the ship. A man dressed as a fisherman walked up to a tall man about seven feet five inches tall and bowed down to report.

The man was rugged-looking, with a beard like steel needles, a tousled hair fluttering in the night breeze on his head, and a brass rod eight feet long with a wrist thick and short stuck in the loose sand beneath his feet. Hearing his subordinates' reports, he just nodded and looked at another subordinate who was walking briskly.

"Fifth Master Qi, there are about forty people's footprints around, chaotic, and it doesn't seem to be a martial artist. Later, his subordinates also stepped forward and whispered.

"Got it. ”

"You Central Plains people are cowardly, what else can you check? Just tow the boat away!" A voice sounded behind the big man, although it was Chinese, the tone was strange, and the person who spoke did not appear, and there were still all kinds of big men walking around hurriedly searching.

"What do you know about what Mr. Cui ordered?" the big man snorted coldly.

"Hmph" The strange voice sounded again, "It's that pretending to be Mr. Cui again! I don't understand, do you understand, Qiao Wu'er?"

"I don't need to understand, I just do what I am told. ”

"Reckless!" After two more words, the mysterious man stopped talking.

It turned out that this big man was the "crazy devil stick" Qiao Wu'er, the right-hand man of the King of Jiujiang, and the first person under Cui Baiyu!

"Fifth Master, what should I do with this ship?" another subordinate came over to ask Qiao Wu'er.

"How does Lao Tzu know?!" A belly that had just been teased by that voice, Qiao Wu'er glared at his subordinates who didn't open his eyes in front of him, "Wait!"

"Yes, Fifth Master!" Knowing that his leader had a bad temper, this little minion saw that the opportunity was not good and hurriedly retreated.

"Alas, why hasn't Mr. Cui come yet?" Indeed, as Qiao Wu'er said just now, he never asked why, he only knew how to kill with a stick. And now that Cui Baiyu didn't come, he didn't pay attention, and he didn't know what to do with this boat that was originally used as bait. He went into the water to check just now, and there was no way to tow it away, because the bottom of the ship was deep in the mud, and ordinary merchant ships couldn't drag it at all, and it seemed that he had to report to Mr. Cui to get one or two big ships from the arrogant Wang Hai as soon as possible.

In fact, Qiao Wu'er didn't think about burning this ship on fire, anyway, there were two more hidden in the secret place, and he could still take them out and show them to the government, but he really couldn't bear the sea salt on this ship. Following the King of Jiujiang for many years, he knows that the current King of Jiujiang is eager for silver, the King of Jiujiang is very rich, this is a well-known thing, controlling the channel in the middle reaches of the river, naturally there is no shortage of money to spend, but these years of privately raising heavy soldiers, coupled with the big moves in the past few months, the Jiujiang Wangfu can be said to be spending money like flowing water, and the treasury has long been close to the bottom.

"What kind of person did it to get the salt boat to this ghost place?" Qiao Wu'er struggled to use his brain, and after a while he gave up, he had no idea, and he came all the way from Jiujiang to Hangzhou, a place he was not familiar with, it was strange that he could think of it!

In the distance of the old shipyard, Xiao Wanlin and his son quietly touched the brightly lit direction with their people, and this place was found by them, which had long been expected by Xiao Fei. They were still four or five miles away from their destination, so they dismounted and walked, for fear of startling the snakes.

There were no torches, the enemy was bright and dark, and coupled with the surrounding waves, Xiao Fei and his party advanced quite smoothly, and they were not discovered until they were less than fifty steps away from the nearest sentry.

Xiao Fei raised his hand to stop the team from moving forward, he couldn't go any further, the other party had a master, and it was easy to be discovered. He quietly bent down and motioned to Huang Yuan, Zhang Dahe, and Tian Qing behind him to take someone to the other side to outflank him.