A quarter of an hour later, the effect of the ten-spice soft tendon powder had passed, and the short and fat man and the others stood up one after another.

At this time, there were still five or six pirates lying on the deck who had not had time to escape, some of them fainted from the severe pain of the broken arm, and some were still lying on the deck and let out a scream of pain.

The Humpty Dumpty man didn't kill the pirates, but had them tied up, imprisoned in a cabin, and handed over to the government when they landed.

After disposing of the few corpses on the deck, the sailors, under the command of the short and fat man, returned to their positions and steered the ship into the distance.

Xu is reason why Ling drank too much, Chen Qiusheng and the four of them slept for a day and a night before waking up, and the little guy who delivered the food saw the four of them lying motionless in a room, and thought they were dead, and made a joke.

When Chen Qiusheng and the four of them woke up, they were also shocked to learn that there were water thieves who hijacked the boat on the day they were drunk, but fortunately, the water thieves were beaten away, which made them breathe a sigh of relief.

Chen Qiusheng and the four of them were surprised to find that after drinking the champion wine, their memory has increased a lot, and their thinking has become more sensitive.

This discovery surprised the four of them, and they hurriedly asked Wang Changsheng to buy the champion wine, and after learning that the champion wine on Wang Changsheng's body had been drunk, they simply asked Wang Changsheng about the origin of the champion wine.

Wang Changsheng casually reported a place name and fooled the past, anyway, after arriving in the capital, Wang Changsheng parted ways with the four of them, but he was not worried about being exposed by them.

Since learning that Wang Changsheng was a foundation building monk, the purple-clothed girl had never been to the deck again, and had stayed in the cabin all the time, and Wang Changsheng had not gone to look for her.

On this day, Wang Changsheng was meditating and resting in the room, but there was a knock on the door.

Wang Changsheng frowned, got up and walked out of bed, opened the door and saw that the girl in purple and the bearded man were standing outside the door.

Seeing Wang Changsheng, the purple-clothed girl's expression was a little nervous.

"Is there anything wrong with me?" Wang Changsheng glanced at the purple-clothed girl and said lightly.

"No, the junior just wants to come and say thank you to the senior, thank you for the saving grace of the senior a few days ago," the girl in purple shook her head and replied respectfully.

"Well, come in! I have something to ask you?" Wang Changsheng's expression moved, as if he remembered something, and he commanded the purple-clothed girl, and after speaking, he walked back to the room and sat down on the bed.

Seeing this scene, the purple-clothed girl's cheeks turned red, and her face was a little hesitant.

"What, can't I please move you?" Wang Changsheng said with some displeasure.

"No, no, the junior is coming," the girl in purple hurriedly shook her head, bit her red lip, raised her feet and walked in, and the bearded man also walked in.

"You can come in alone, I have something to say to you alone, let him go out!" Wang Changsheng commanded in an unquestionable tone.

"Liu Darttou, you go out!" the purple-clothed girl heard this, hesitated slightly, and commanded the bearded man.

"No, the chief dart head has an order, let me be sure to protect Miss Zhao, this son is strong in martial arts, if Miss Zhao has any accidents, the old man can't explain to the chief dart," the bearded man shook his head and said in a deep voice.

"Liu Darttou, this senior is not a villain, you go out first!" the girl in purple said softly.

"That's not good!" the bearded man hesitated.

"What, does Liu Darttou want me to say it a second time?" The purple-clothed girl frowned, and her tone became cold.

"This ······· Since Miss Zhao said so, then I will go out, what is the matter, Miss Zhao will know," the bearded man thought for a while, so he had to clench his fists and agree, turned around and walked out, but he did not close the door.

Seeing this situation, the girl in purple felt a little relieved, to be honest, she was really worried that this senior would do something wrong to her, the door was wide open, it is estimated that this senior should also have some scruples!

Wang Changsheng didn't care about this, his lips moved slightly, and he said to the purple-clothed girl: "Do you have a teacher? Why don't you retreat and cultivate in a place full of spiritual energy, run to the world, and let a few worldly martial artists escort you?"

"The younger Zhao Qianqian, a disciple of the Xuanyu faction, came to Dengzhou to congratulate his grandfather on his birthday, as for why he let a few dart masters escort him, it was because his mother learned that there were water thieves in Bailongjiang and was worried about the safety of the younger generation, so she specially asked the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau to send a few dart masters to escort her," the purple-clothed girl replied, looking a little worried.

"Xuanyu Sect?" Wang Changsheng's eyebrows moved, he hadn't heard of this sect, it was probably a small sect! Otherwise, there would not be no name of this sect in the classics of the sect.

"Do you know where the monster beast resources are more abundant, or rather, where there are third-level demon beasts," Wang Changsheng pondered for a moment, and the voice asked about the purpose of this trip.

After the bloodthirsty spirit bats advanced to the second level, their appetite increased significantly, Wang Changsheng originally thought that they would not need to eat for a few months after sucking a third-level ice and snow silkworm, but who knew that after only a little more than a month, they would be hungry again.

Wang Changsheng was not familiar with the situation in this place, and when he encountered the purple-clothed girl coming to the door to thank him for saving his life, he planned to ask the purple-clothed girl, hoping to catch a third-level demon beast for the two bloodthirsty spirit bats to make food.

"Level 3 demon beast······? The juniors don't know, but the juniors have topographic maps of several nearby states and counties, and they are willing to give them to the seniors," the purple-clothed girl looked a little embarrassed when she heard this, but she immediately remembered something, took out five jade slips of different colors, and handed them over.

Wang Changsheng took the five jade slips and looked at them one by one.

The girl in purple stood aside with her hands tied, and she didn't dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing the senior in front of her.

The bearded man standing outside the door turned his head to look, and saw the purple-clothed girl standing in the room intact, nodded reassuringly, and then turned his head back.

Half an hour later, Wang Changsheng took off the yellow jade slip attached to the center of his eyebrows, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

He is currently in Jianghuai County in Laizhou, according to the topographic map given by the girl in purple, there are several large mountain ranges, the closest to him is the Lingwu Mountain Range in Laiyang County, Dengzhou, as for whether there is a Xiuxian family or a Xiuxian sect near the Lingwu Mountain Range, there is no mark on the map.

According to the current sailing speed of the building ship, it should be able to reach Laiyang County in Dengzhou in a few days, and it is not too late to go to the Lingwu Mountain Range to capture a third-level demon beast when the time comes.

Thinking about this, Wang Changsheng put away the five jade slips, flipped his palm, and there was an extra cyan porcelain bottle in his hand.

"What you gave me is useful to me, and I won't take yours in vain, just exchange this bottle of Qi Nourishing Pill for it!" After speaking, Wang Changsheng threw the cyan porcelain bottle to the purple-clothed girl.

There are only five of these Qi Nourishing Pills, and I don't know which unlucky ghost it is, so it was useless for Wang Changsheng to keep it, so he took it out and gave it to the girl in purple.

The girl in purple took the porcelain vase, opened the lid and put it under her nose and sniffed it gently, her beautiful face showed a look of ecstasy, and she hurriedly thanked her:

"Thank you seniors for the medicine, I don't know what else the seniors have to say. ”

"It's gone, I'll call you if there's something, go down!" Wang Changsheng shook his head, waved his hand, and motioned for the purple-clothed girl to leave.

Hearing this, the purple-clothed girl's face was a little disappointed, but she still responded, respectfully retreated, and closed the door with her hand.

After the purple-clothed girl left, Wang Changsheng sat cross-legged on the boat and closed his eyes to recuperate.

A quarter of an hour later, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Wang Changsheng frowned, his expression was a little displeased, and when he opened the door, he saw a young man in Tsing Yi standing outside the door.

"Guest officer, our Steward Xu wants to invite you to the deck, he has something to tell you," the young man in Tsing Yi said respectfully.

"Tell me something, what's the matter?" Wang Changsheng asked with a frown when he heard this.

"It's not clear, but it's not just you who go to the deck, all the passengers on the ship have to go to the deck. ”

"Okay, I see," Wang Changsheng thought for a while, nodded, and motioned for the little guy in Tsing Yi to leave.

Immediately after, the young man in Tsing Yi walked to the next room and said the same thing to the guests inside, and then he walked to the next room······

After a while, more than a dozen guests came out of the room one after another, and Chen Qiusheng and the four of them also walked out of the room.

"Hey, Brother Changsheng, you were also called out, do you know why the owner of the ship called us to the deck?" Chen Qiusheng sighed lightly and asked Wang Changsheng.

"I don't know, but it's not just us, I heard that all the passengers are going to go, as for what! Don't you know if you go?" Wang Changsheng shook his head and said disapprovingly.

Hearing this, Chen Qiusheng and the four of them nodded, and they all raised their feet and walked towards the deck.

Half an hour later, Wang Changsheng and his party came to the deck.

At this time, the deck was crowded with guests on the boat, and these people gathered in twos and threes, whispering something.

Wang Changsheng listened to two sentences and found that they didn't know the purpose of the short and fat man calling them.

The short and fat man in charge of the building boat stood in front of the passengers, silent, as if waiting for all the passengers to arrive.

"Steward Xu, just after lunch, you called us here, it can't be that there are water thieves robbing the ship again!" a pot-bellied brocade-clothed man asked with some concern.

Hearing this, most of the passengers' faces changed and they began to talk nonsense.

"No, I just met a pirate a few days ago, and now another pirate is robbing a ship?"

"That is, your Fengyuan firm has received so much silver from us, and even our lives can't be protected, so I won't take your Fengyuan firm's ship next time. ”

Seeing this, the short and fat man frowned, but he still squeezed out a smile on his face, and said to the passengers on the deck: "Everyone, don't be impatient, don't be impatient, it's not a water pirate to rob the ship, please rest assured." ”

Hearing the short and fat man's words, the passenger's face softened.

"I called you here today because I have bad news to tell you, we have been notified that we can't continue to go forward, I'm afraid you will get off the boat at the small ferry in front, I'm sorry," the short and fat man arched his hand and said slightly apologetically.

Hearing this, a dry passenger immediately exploded.

"What? You want to get off the boat now? Is there any mistake, I spent eighty taels, and you want me to get off the boat before I get to Dengzhou? This is too unreasonable!"

"It's like, okay, why do you want us to get off the boat?"

"Hmph, I think I want to take the opportunity to raise the price! Otherwise, why do you want us to get off the boat halfway, I, Li, have been traveling south and north for so many years, and this is not the first time I have seen this kind of thing. ”

Listening to the short and fat man's words, Wang Changsheng's face did not change, for him, it was the same wherever he got off the boat, anyway, he was not in a hurry, he should just watch the scenery.

Wang Changsheng can do it without changing his complexion, but Chen Qiusheng and the four of them can't do it, you know, they have been delayed for a while, if they get off the boat at this time and change to the land route, it will undoubtedly increase the time to hurry, and when they arrive in the capital, maybe the test will be over.

After more than ten years of hard work, they are about to be named on the gold list, and they don't want to fall short because of this.

"Why do you want us to get off the boat here, we said that we would go to Minzhou for one hundred and twenty people, but we paid off the silver taels, you can't let us get off the boat halfway," the young man in blue said with some dissatisfaction.

"That is, the four of us are going to Beijing to catch the exam, if you drive us off the boat, the four of us will sue you when we go to the capital," the man in Tsing Yi said angrily, revealing the identity of the lifter.

Although Chen Qiusheng and the young man in the Confucian shirt didn't say anything, their faces were a little displeased.

"Hey, a few gentlemen, it's not that I drove you off the ship, but that the Dengzhou government has an order that all foreign ships are not allowed to enter Dengzhou, and we don't know why," the short and fat man explained with a wry smile.

He knows very well that these literati are powerful, the white ones can tell you that they are black, and besides, these people who go south and north will inevitably deal with the local government, and these people who go to Beijing to take the exam may be the next county magistrate to guard the prefect, and he doesn't dare to offend in the slightest.

"Hmph, are you stupid for us? When you got on the boat, you didn't say that the government didn't let you enter Dengzhou, but now it's okay, you received a notice from the government when you are about to arrive in Dengzhou, who believes this!" The man in blue snorted lightly and sneered, a flash of disdain flashed in his eyes.

"Isn't it foolish that you're a gentleman?" a passenger chimed in.

"If you drive me off the ship, I will go to the government to sue you Fengyuan firm, and I am not afraid to tell you that the son of my cousin's fifth brother is the county lieutenant of Xining County, Dengzhou. ”

"Count me in, my cousin is the master of the county guard of Changyang County, Dengzhou. ”

Seeing this situation, the short and fat man wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, and explained with a wry smile: "A few people, guest officers, I really didn't lie, this is really an order from the Dengzhou government, if you don't believe it, you can continue to stay on the boat, but after the ferry in front, but they are all barren mountains and mountains, and when the time comes, if you want to get off the boat, you can only sleep in the wilderness." ”

Hearing this, the man in blue also showed a trace of solemnity on his face, looking at the short and fat man's expression, it didn't look like he was lying, and there was no need for him to lie.

"Of course, after all, we didn't send you to your destination, so how about we return half of the silver taels paid by you?" The pudgy man continued.

Seeing this situation, most of the passengers could only nod their heads and agree even if they were unwilling, and the remaining small number of passengers still did not believe the Humpty Dumpty Man's explanation and planned to continue to stay on the boat.

Then the passengers dispersed, went back to their houses, packed their things, and prepared to disembark.

After a cup of tea, the boat docked on a small wharf, a few small boats were tied to the wharf, and in the tea shed on the shore, there were dozens of porters sitting in the shade.