Pirate Song

"Master, what should we do with the guy who confessed and the other living thieves?" A young man walked up to Gao Huaiyuan and asked him.

A cold light flashed in Gao Huaiyuan's eyes, and he waved his hands without looking back: "There is no need to ask about this kind of thing. Keeping them is also a disaster, just treat them as a disaster for the people! Do it more simply, we will drive out of this mountain at nightfall

!”

"Yes! Master!" The young man choked and pulled out his sword, turned around and strode away.

Ji Xiancheng looked at Gao Huaiyuan's cold and stern expression, and his heart was filled with waves. He didn't know what he was thinking at the moment.

Then there were several screams not far away, and then the surrounding area immediately became calm, and no one moaned anymore. The four teenagers returned to Gao Huaiyuan with bloody knives and said: "Young Master

!It’s all been dealt with!”

Gao Huaiyuan nodded: "You should also take care of your wounds! Take Wu Tian's body and let's hit the road!"

Not long after, they wrapped Wu Tian's body in a quilt and carried it into the car. Several people protected the car and walked forward again.

After dark, they finally arrived outside a small town. Gao Huaiyuan did not enter the town. He cut some firewood near a forest outside the town, put it together, and placed Wu Tian's body on the firewood pile.

, Gao Huaiyuan lit the pyre with his own hands and burned Wu Tian's body on the spot.

The fire burned until late at night before it was extinguished. Gao Huaiyuan picked up Wu Tian's remains with his own hands, put them in a cloth bag, and carried him on his back. He wanted to fulfill the promise he made to Wu Tian during the day and bring him back with his own hands.

Go to Crouching Tiger Village.

Along the way, everyone no longer had the same excitement as when they first left Shaoxing. They all fell silent and walked silently, no longer interested in chatting.

After passing Huizhou, they turned to Qingyang County. They didn't encounter any danger again. They kept walking all the way and finally arrived at the edge of the Yangtze River.

The Yangtze River was the barrier of the Southern Song Dynasty. Although the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties was in full swing, it did not have any serious impact on the shipping on the Yangtze River. After all, before the Jin army broke through the Huaihe River barrier, the coast of the Yangtze River was relatively safe. What's more, although the Southern Song Dynasty was not

Although he wanted to make progress, he still paid more attention to the Jianghuai Navy. After all, it was related to the survival of the Southern Song Dynasty. Even a treacherous minister like Shi Miyuan did not dare to ignore the defense here.

When Gao Huaiyuan and his party arrived at the riverside pier, everyone could not help but relax as they looked at the various ships plying on the river. Under the breeze of the river, they felt a sudden sense of enlightenment.

"How is Ruohu's condition?" Gao Huaiyuan asked Liu'er who was sitting in the car.

Liu Er lifted the car curtain, revealing her slightly haggard face, shook her head slightly at Gao Huaiyuan, and said with a melancholy look on her face: "I haven't woken up yet, my body is still a little feverish! But my breathing is calmer!"

Gao Huaiyuan sighed. Although they had tried their best to rescue Li Ruohu, he had multiple injuries on his body and the wounds were a little inflamed. In this era, there were no antibiotics available, only some herbal medicines to help him heal, and Li Ruohu had been injured for the past two days.

Sometimes he is comatose, sometimes awake, and his body is still hot. This is a sign that his own resistance is fighting against the bacteria in the wound. Moreover, they cannot stop here and let Li Ruohu fully rest. They can only take him on the road.

, whether Li Ruohu can survive it now can only depend on his own resistance and will to survive.

"Young Master Gao, don't worry too much. I checked this little brother's pulse just now. Ji is proficient in some medical skills, and I can feel that his pulse is generally stable, and there are signs of strengthening today. This shows that this

My brother is recovering. His physique is quite good. Moreover, these injuries may seem dangerous, but in fact they are all flesh injuries and no injuries to the muscles and bones. With his physique, he should be able to bear it! Please rest assured, Master Gao.

!" Ji Xiancheng got off the other mule cart at this time and comforted Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan felt a little better after hearing this. He also knew that guys like Li Ruohu usually paid great attention to training. Even if they were injured, they could rely on their body's instinct to avoid critical moments and minimize the injuries.

level, and they usually eat well, and their resistance is much better than that of ordinary people. Ji Xiancheng said this, and he felt a lot more relieved.

"Master, I'll go to the pier to hire a boat first. We can leave here in the afternoon!" A young man came over and asked Gao Huaiyuan for instructions.

Gao Huaiyuan nodded and said: "We might as well hire a larger boat. It will be more stable and let Ruohu have a good rest! You go!"

The young man immediately flew off the pier. Ji Xiancheng looked at Gao Huaiyuan and advised: "You have also worked very hard these two days. Take a rest first. The injury on your leg is not serious. You still insist on walking like this. Don't get the root cause of the disease.

It will be difficult to treat him again in the future!"

Gao Huaiyuan smiled and said: "Thank you, Mr. Ji, for taking the trouble. This time I made you frightened too. Huaiyuan felt very uneasy. Fortunately, Mr. Ji was not injured. Otherwise, Huaiyuan would have been blamed for his death! My injury is fine.

It's just a skin injury, it's been getting better these two days, this kind of injury is nothing to me!"

"Huaiyuan is really a tough guy, and Ji admires him deeply! In this battle, Ji finally understood that Huaiyuan's ability to make immortal contributions in front of the army was definitely not a fluke. What did Ji see from you?"

It’s called being fearless in the face of danger, which is the style of a general!” Ji Xiancheng said sincerely.

"Mr. Ji is so complimentary!" Gao Huaiyuan said with a smile, then he found a stone to sit down and rested his sore thighs. For the past two days, he had been worried that Ma Erdao might not be willing to give in and lead his men to fight back.

I wanted to surprise them, so I was always on guard all the way from Huizhou. I felt deeply exhausted both mentally and physically. If I say I am not tired, I would be lying. After all, he is a human being, not a god. Even a tough man can't bear it. Now here we are.

After the riverside, Gao Huaiyuan could finally relax a little. When he got here, he expected that Ma Erdao was just a bandit, and he was completely safe after getting on the boat!

"Master Gao! Ji is very interested in the explosive things used by Miss Liu'er in the battle the day before yesterday. I wonder if Master Gao can help Ji solve the problem?" Ji Xiancheng has been thinking about Liu for the past two days.

The explosive thing that was thrown out that day, he saw with his own eyes that the inconspicuous black iron egg exploded and immediately overturned a group of thieves, and then the thieves fled in shock. He seemed to have known that among the Song army

There are also weapons that use gunpowder, called thunder cannons, but I didn't expect that Gao Huaiyuan actually had something similar, and it was so powerful.

"Oh! Well... how do you say this?" Gao Huaiyuan was really embarrassed. During the crisis the day before yesterday, he had no choice but to let Liu'er use this secretly made weapon. Although he frightened away the thieves, it also exposed him.

Ji Xiancheng still asked about this matter, and Gao Huaiyuan couldn't help but hesitate when he answered.

Ji Xiancheng seemed to see Gao Huaiyuan's hesitation, so he smiled slightly and said: "Since Mr. Gao still can't trust Ji, then I'll just ask Ji for it!" After saying that, Ji Xiancheng turned around and left.

Gao Huaiyuan looked at Ji Xiancheng's back. After a few thoughts flashed through his mind, he immediately reached out and called to Ji Xiancheng: "Mr. Ji, wait a minute! Let Gao tell you in detail!..."

Ji Xiancheng then stopped, turned around and looked at Gao Huaiyuan, then walked slowly back to Gao Huaiyuan, shook the hem of his scribe's robe, and sat down on the stone next to Gao Huaiyuan.

In fact, Gao Huaiyuan was a little too cautious. Ever since Ma Erdao failed to attack Huangshan and suffered a disastrous defeat, he never thought about turning around and returning to the carbine. He took his remaining men and ran all the way out before he dared to do so.

After stopping, the terrifying fighting power of Gao Huaiyuan and others left them all frightened, especially their spirit of not fearing death to protect their companions. The memory was still fresh in their minds. There were forty or fifty of them in this battle.

More than half of it was lost somewhere. Even the big sword for which Ma Er Dao was famous was destroyed by Gao Huaiyuan's sharp knife. His arm was even scratched and he almost turned into a one-armed prawn.

Such a loss made Ma Erdao worried. He didn't expect that the job he took on would encounter such a tough opponent. Not only was the opponent so fierce and scary, but he also used such a terrifying weapon in the end, and he was knocked down in one fell swoop.

A group of them, some of the guys who ran out still had shrapnel on their bodies, and they were grinning with blood and pain. They didn't know what such things were, so how could they have the courage to seek revenge on Gao Huaiyuan again!

"Damn it! This transaction really cost a lot of money. I didn't expect the idea to be so tricky. It almost cost us all here!" Ma Erdao panted and sat on the ground, heavily inserting the broken knife in his hand.

He fell to the ground, with a dejected look on his face and he cursed with lingering fear.

"Master! If the business is done like this, we may not be able to explain it to the people over there! What should we do now?" One of his men, who can be regarded as his confidant, came over and asked Ma Erdao worriedly.

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Ma Erdao raised his scarred face, glared at the subordinate and said: "What should I do? Cold salad! Damn it! People over there said that this guy with the surname Gao was just a rich man, but they didn't tell us that he was actually like this.

Awesome, I have been careful. I brought so many brothers and put in so much effort, but I still suffered such a big loss. I am not done with them! Give them an explanation? I still want to find them to give me an explanation.

Yeah! I'm not done with them anymore. I'm going to find the leader and ask him whether he was entrusted by Kazuto. I'm going to settle the score with them now! Damn it! If you suffer a loss here, let's get it back from the person responsible for it.

!”

Not long after, a guy was dragged in front of Ma Erdao. The guy looked frightened and asked Ma Erdao with a smile: "I wonder what the master's orders are for finding the younger one?"

"Bah! Why the hell didn't you tell me earlier that your idea was so dangerous? It caused me to lose my troops and end up in such an embarrassing end. Who are you? Why do you want to harm me?" Ma Erdao spat out and cursed at this man.

The guy's face suddenly fell down, and he said with a sad face: "Master, please calm down! I didn't expect that man and his men to be so powerful, and I also told the master two days ago that this guy has a little money.

Kungfu, please be more careful, Master, the younger one doesn’t want to harm the Master! Otherwise, the younger one wouldn’t have come with the Master!”

"What kind of grudge do you have with this guy named Gao? You don't even know his details, so you brought me to seek their misfortune. As a result, I ended up in this situation. How do you think this account should be settled? Say no.

If it's okay, I'll chop you down first!" Ma Erdao continued to curse without mercy.

This guy immediately paralyzed on the ground with fear. He also knew that guys like Ma Erdao were just as capable of killing people as killing chickens. Killing him was as easy as crushing an ant. After they suffered such a big loss,

, it seemed that his anger was directed at him as the contact person, so he cried and begged: "Master, please spare your life! The younger one is just a messenger. The younger one has no grudges against the one named Gao. He was just entrusted by others and was sent here by them.

Take that girl back, this matter has nothing to do with me!"

Ma Erdao stood up and kicked this guy to the ground: "Then tell me, who is entrusting you?"

The guy rolled his eyes and quickly got up and said, "Yes, yes! As I said, the ones who are being asked to do things this time are Su Dingjun, the eldest young master of the Su family in Shaoxing, and others!"

"Fart! I think you are still dishonest! I heard that Zhang Laizi said that you are a subordinate of Mr. Gao, and who is your young master?" Ma Erdao grabbed the guy's chest and said,

He pulled out the broken knife from the ground and put it on the man's neck.

This guy was so frightened that his legs were spinning, and he exclaimed: "Master, please spare your life, as long as the younger one says so! The younger one does know the man named Gao today, and the younger one is a servant of his second brother. All these are

It’s his second brother’s idea!”

Ma Erdao was stunned for a moment, a little confused, what kind of bad debt is this! How come the elder brother wants to ask someone to kill his own brother?...

After asking for a long time, Ma Erdao finally asked the reason of the matter thoroughly. He kicked the guy to the ground again, touched his chin and thought about it. After a while, he sneered and said to himself:

"Now things are a bit fun. Can I get some benefit from it? Otherwise, I will suffer a big loss this time..."

Ma Erdao gathered his brothers and rested in the forest for a while. After treating their wounds, he ordered some of them to return to Majiazhai first. He took a few of his subordinates and captured Gao Huairen's subordinates.

The house slave walked all the way towards Shaoxing.

At this time, Gao Huaiyuan finally boarded a large hired boat. This boat was considered a big boat on the river. Even their mule cart could catch up with the boat. This showed that this boat was really not small.

After a few of them were loaded on board, the ship was still a little empty. Everyone had their own cabin to rest, which made Gao Huaiyuan feel very peaceful.

When Gao Huaiyuan traveled to and from Xiangyang, he also took a ferry. The ferry at that time was larger than the boat they hired this time, but it was not as clean, so he was very satisfied with the boat. The boatman

They are a family of six, living on a boat, making the boat their home. They travel to and from the river all year round, transporting goods or people, and earning boat fare to live on. They are quite honest, and the boat fare they need is considered

justice.

After agreeing on the price, they invited Gao Huaiyuan and his entourage onto the ship, weighed anchor and left Qingyang County Pier, setting sail towards the upstream.

At this time, Gao Huaiyuan completely relaxed. He knew that even if Ma Erdao chased him, it would be extremely difficult to find the boat he was sitting on on the river. It would be unnecessary to take a boat back to Daye County in this way.

A lot of bumps and bruises.

Today he made a bet. In order to keep Ji Xiancheng and make Ji Xiancheng his from now on, he told Ji Xiancheng some of his secrets, especially about the explosive mine he had in his hand. He told Ji Xiancheng exactly.

However, he did not tell Ji Xiancheng in detail how he obtained the gunpowder formula. He only speculated that after seeing the power of the thunder cannon in front of the army, he wanted to build something like this to protect himself, and that was how he improved the one they are using now.

It was a thunderbolt, but Ji Xiancheng did not continue to delve into it after hearing it. At this point, the relationship between the two people entered a new level.

Gao Huaiyuan admired Ji Xiancheng's knowledge very much. Now he really needs such a person to assist him, but whether he can control such a person, Gao Huaiyuan is somewhat unsure. Scholars have many eyes, so whether

After telling Ji Xiancheng all his secrets, Gao Huaiyuan did not dare to make up his mind until he was sure. Once Ji Xiancheng had other intentions, he would have handed the hilt of the knife to Ji Xiancheng's hand and put it on his neck. But if

Without telling Ji Xiancheng, a smart man like Ji Xiancheng would soon be able to see his distrust and would definitely not continue to assist him. Gao Huaiyuan felt a little embarrassed as to what to do.

After Ji Xiancheng heard what Gao Huaiyuan said about this kind of thunder explosion, he no longer asked any more questions. He was also thinking about what kind of person Gao Huaiyuan was. He had learned about Gao Huaiyuan from Gao Jian before.

Gao Huaiyuan's message was completely different from the Gao Huaiyuan he saw now. Gao Jian said that Gao Huaiyuan was not very smart before, almost illiterate, and very reckless. However, after coming out of Shaoxing, this impression was completely changed.

Gao Huaiyuan's own performance overturned.

Gao Huai is far from what Gao Jian said. Not only is he neither naive nor stupid, he is also very smart. Even he, a self-proclaimed scholar, has to look at him with admiration in many things.

After contact, he began to see Gao Huaiyuan more and more clearly. From Gao Huaiyuan's performance, he could see that Gao Huaiyuan had many secrets that Gao Jian did not know.dd