Chapter 375: Can’t eat and walk around
Chapter 375: Can’t eat and walk around
Ever since Su Rui activated the group chat system, he would ask Xiaopang to feed him the latest and most popular physical novels on the market from time to time. He would read them in bed at night with the night light on while charging.
It is said that Su Rui did this when he was in junior high school, but he never became nearsighted. Jiang Lili was envious and jealous.
[@苏锐(已醉脑): I said it’s unlikely that our trip will be smooth sailing. As the protagonists of the novel, we are bound to encounter adventures every time we go out! ]
【@江麗麗: ...Brother, when you stop writing novels I will give you ten thousand taels of gold. 】
【@苏锐: Money can’t buy my happiness, I just love to read, there’s nothing I can do! Don’t fall asleep, cheer up, I think we’re going to encounter something big! This is how most novels are written. 】
As soon as Su Rui sent this message, the noise outside became louder. Not only was there the sound of splashing water, but there was also movement on the deck, as if someone had climbed onto the boat and jumped onto the deck. Jiang Lili got goosebumps.
【@江麗麗: Please stop talking, you are such a bad mouth. 】
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At this time, on the deck.
Next to the large cargo ship was parked a medium-sized wooden boat that could accommodate thirty or forty people. The hull of the wooden boat was very old. There were more than thirty people on the boat, all of whom were holding steel or iron weapons. They all had some injuries on their bodies, and there was murderous intent and hatred between their brows.
Someone had already jumped off the wooden boat, hooked the crew of the cargo ship with a grappling hook, climbed up along the hull, and landed on the deck.
Xu Zishen, deputy general of the Xin family army, performed excellently. He was wearing a coarse linen shirt and holding a rolling pin. Seeing the aggressive momentum of this group of people, his legs were shaking, but he still had to muster up the courage to ask: "You... who are you!"
The Xin family soldiers were armed with a series of inferior weapons such as hatchets, sickles, and kitchen knives. They all looked nervous, and their hands were shaking as they held the weapons. On the surface, they looked like vendors who had encountered an emergency.
The first person to climb onto the deck was a one-eyed man with an unshaven beard and unwashed blood on the long sword in his hand.
"Are you going to Nanzhao to do business?"
Xin Che was wearing a long green gown, with his hair standing up high, and he had a bookish air. He seemed to be the more cultured "military advisor" among the group.
He was "pushed" out by the Xin family army, and nodded stiffly to the one-eyed man: "What business has it brought you to visit our merchant ship in the middle of the night?"
"We are doing some small business and we don't have anything valuable on us."
The one-eyed man looked at this group of people trembling with fear because of him and his accomplices, and laughed, with a hint of helplessness in his laughter.
The one-eyed man's accomplices jumped onto the merchant ship one after another, raising their long swords or bows and arrows to surround Xin Che and his men: "Don't worry, we are not trying to steal your goods, we just want you to give us a ride."
The one-eyed man asked Xin Che in a stern voice, "Are you the only ones on the boat?"
Xin Che and the Xin family army, who were experienced in combat, had already judged the degree of threat posed by these people based on their movements and skills when they jumped onto the boat.
They looked at each other with their eyes and made slight body movements, appearing to be panicking and feeling guilty, but they were actually communicating solutions.
This group of people should be soldiers in the barracks. They are injured or have old injuries. They can deal with this group of people.
However, this place is very close to Nanzhao Haikui City. If blood splashes onto the boat or the bodies are difficult to deal with, locking these people up will be an even greater hidden danger.
It would be better to just throw these people into the sea to feed the fish.
The Xin family soldiers on the boat were discussing using subtle movements that only they could understand.
The one-eyed man saw the hesitation of the group in front of him and immediately realized that there were other people on the boat.
He put the knife in his hand on Xin Che's neck: "Let everyone on the boat come out."
Xin Che's voice was trembling a little: "Okay, put the knife down first, I'll ask them to call the people out."
Others also panicked:
"Brother, don't let your hands slip! This is the most educated scholar in our village!"
"If he were to die, we wouldn't be able to do business and make money."
Everyone's voice was shaking, seemingly out of fear, but in fact it was because they saw each other pretending to be cowardly and were shaking from trying to hold back their laughter.
"My dear fellow, can you let me go and call them out?"
Xin Che explained to the one-eyed man in a negotiating tone: "My wife is still resting in the cabin. If I hadn't gone to call her, she would have been scared."
The one-eyed man laughed loudly upon hearing this: "Hahaha, it turns out you're still a lovesick guy."
"Not bad. You're still thinking about your wife at this time. That's quite brave."
He signaled Xin Che with his eyes: "Let's go, I'll take you there!"
The Xin family soldiers were also prepared. After the one-eyed man took their boss away, they dealt with the threats on the deck and tried not to disturb the Crown Prince's Consort.
At this moment, the last person on the medium-sized wooden boat climbed onto the boat. This last man was muscular and looked very heavy. He landed with a big movement and with a "bang", he actually stepped through the deck of the cargo ship!
The place where he stepped on happened to be the cargo hold where the sheep were kept.
This kick disturbed the sleeping sheep.
"What—"
"What—"
The sounds of sheep bleating could be heard one after another, like a sheep quartet, and everyone on the boat was suddenly overwhelmed!
This place is very close to Nanzhao Haikui City. If we encounter soldiers patrolling at sea or other ships discover something unusual here, everyone will be in trouble.
The people led by the one-eyed man suddenly became panicked.
"Why are there so many sheep?"
"Old Five told you to be careful, but now you've gotten into big trouble!"
The culprit, known as Lao Wu, scratched his head in panic and said, "I didn't know their splints were so fragile!"
The one-eyed man roared: "Stop making noise now, the most important thing is to make these guys quiet down first!"
"Who of you can quiet these sheep? Go now, or I will kill this young man!"
The long knife in the one-eyed man's hand moved a little closer to Xin Che's neck.
Several deputy generals quickly raised their hands: "Me, me, me!"
They went down to the lower hold with soothing sheep whistles and flutes, and after some effort, the sheep's cries gradually subsided.
The one-eyed man asked Xin Che, "Where are you going to sell all these sheep?"
Xin Che answered tentatively: "The villagers in our village are lucky. When we first came back to do business, we got in touch with the military commander in Haikui City's military camp. Haikui City's military camp asked us to send sheep over."
Upon hearing this, the one-eyed man suddenly laughed wildly, "God help me!"
When the other soldiers following him heard this, they all looked surprised.
The one-eyed man put away the knife that was on Xin Che's neck: "Let's make a deal."
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