"Everyone has a time when the tiger falls in Pingyang," Lin Lian walked into the grass shed with Fu Qinghe and Su Mei, the grass shed was full of holes on all sides, although it was impossible to make a fire, and the light was not dim in the twilight, Lin Lian looked at the bearded and thin-faced man sitting on the ground with his hands tied behind him, with a fake smile on his face, and asked, "The two brothers will accept their fate, but what do you have to tell us?" Just as he was about to squat down and ask about the inside story of Ning Haizhen, he saw that the bearded man next to him had a slightly different color, and his suspicion suddenly rose, and he put the tip of the knife against the throat of the thin-faced man, and shouted: "Get down!" ”

The thin-faced man had no doubt that the slightest hesitation would pierce his throat, and he tied his hands behind his back, so he had to plop himself up and lie there on the muddy floor.

Lin Jian saw that the belt he tied with his hands almost broke for him, thinking that this guy had a lot of strength, and slapped him on the back of the head with a knife: "Look for death!" ”

The bearded man looked at it and shouted: "If there is a kind, kill us, what kind of bird is such a bullying?" ”

Lin Jian glanced at him with a slanted face, smiled, ignored him, and looked at the thin-faced man: "You also say this to me." He slapped him in the back of the head again, and the thin-faced man was so angry that he didn't say anything in pain; His bearded eyes were about to crack, and he knew that any more bold words would only add to the humiliation.

Fu Qinghe grabbed the injured shoulder of the beard with his hand, checked his binding, and the beard was hit by an arrow under the ribs and the shoulder socket, losing a lot of blood and having no strength to struggle; It's just that I didn't expect the thin-faced man to have so much strength after being hit by an arrow, if it wasn't for the first/shot injury that made him restrained, it would inevitably be a vicious battle, just now he was so honest and fake, Fu Qinghe was frightened into a cold sweat in his heart: If the thin-faced man was allowed to escape into the woods, they would not have a boat to leave the desert island immediately, and when the officers and soldiers of Ning Haijun Town returned to the island, it would be their destruction.

Lin Lianxin found a belt to re-tie the thin-faced man, and said to the young man next to him, "Do you know how to tie it more firmly?" ”

The teenagers on the side shook their heads.

"The dry cloth is not forced; When the Jiao is wet, there will be tenacity," Lin Jian said, seeing that Hu Qiaozhong was about to go out to find water, he called out to him, "You don't have to have Jiao water to get wet." Besides, no matter how firmly he is tied, it is better to let him have no strength to struggle...... How can I make him have no strength to struggle? He took out his waist knife, used the tip of the knife to cut a hole in each arm of the thin-faced man, and drew blood to the belt that bound his wrists, "Letting his blood naturally make him lose his strength......"

Where have Su Mei and Xiaoman's second daughter seen such a bloody scene, Lin Jian taught while talking, just like the old gentleman in the school patiently teaching students to practice big characters, with a bleak face, if you only look at his face, you will never think that he is holding a knife to cut the arms of the thin-faced man through two cuts and bleed, they saw that their scalps were numb and their backs were cold, they couldn't bear to look at it, and walked to the side to turn their faces away. The ten teenagers in the grass shed also couldn't bear to look at it, and wanted to dodge, Lin Jian shouted in a deep voice: "Look carefully, they don't deserve your sympathy......" Seeing that the thin-faced man was almost tossed, he dragged his hair and made him kneel, stood up and turned to the teenagers in front of him and said word by word, "I'm not teaching you to be cruel, but you must learn to protect yourself, protect your friends and family......"

Su Mei trembled when she heard this, thinking that Lin Gongzi didn't care about his own life for them, and followed him here for hundreds of miles in the stern water, rescuing them from pirates, officers and soldiers, how could he think he was cruel? If you want to say cruelty, these pirates, officers and soldiers are even more cruel and inhumane, if they are merciful, how can Lin Gongzi successfully rescue them? Maybe for the sake of yourself, for the sake of friends and family, these are necessary.

Su Mei turned her head sideways and glanced at Lin Lian, Lin Lian frowned and looked at the teenagers around her, not noticing the change in her demeanor, but she felt a little ashamed of what she had just done. I thought that although I didn't treat him lightly before, I always felt that his character and talent were much worse, and it turned out that he was also a person worthy of respect.

Xiaoman hated these officers and soldiers so much in his heart, and was naturally happy that Lin Lian was angry for them, so he didn't feel that Lin Lian was cruel, but the little girl was naturally afraid of seeing blood, and when she heard Lin Lian's words, she thought to herself: Does he regard himself as a friend? Seeing that the young lady was staring at Lin Lian, she was puzzled: He is doing this for the young lady, I am just a personal maid.

Fu Qinghe knew a little about Lin Bin's intentions, so he appreciated his approach, he stood aside with his hands in his hands, and thought to himself: When Hou Ye commented on the temple and the opposition when he was alive, he said that there were few people in the world who could be "the capable minister of the world, the hero of the troubled times", and I don't know what Hou Ye would say when he saw the young man in front of him.

How did Lin Jian know what Su Mei and Xiaoman were thinking, he looked at these teenagers in front of him, and sighed for their future fate, he saw Chen Enze biting his lip, tears in his eyes, and the expression on his face was extremely resolute, and asked, "Do you know your current situation?" ”

"They are officers and soldiers from Ninghai Town, and they should have killed pirates to save us, but they killed pirates but they kidnapped us here and wanted to extort money from our family to extort money from our family ...... pretending to be pirates," Chen said.

"......" Lin Jian raised his hand and asked him not to continue talking for the time being, although these teenagers had not experienced any storms, they were not elm lumps that did not understand anything, he turned around, patted the cheek of the thin-faced man with a knife, and asked, "Who is the leader?" You don't have to hide it from us, we already know that he is one of the main generals of Ninghai Town, Chen Qianhu and a person named Baiming are his cronies like you, as long as we go ashore, we can find out his identity immediately......"

"Bah, what if you know that my general Xiao Taoyuan wants to take these 30,000 taels of ransom silver? Just because there are more than a dozen or twenty merchants and rich people in Chongzhou, they still want to bring down my general? At this time, the thin-faced man knew that he would not escape death, and he didn't want to kneel anymore, so he took a sip and struggled to stand up, but he kicked Lin Tie in the heart and fell to the ground hard, he no longer pretended to be a bear, sat on the ground, and said in a loud voice, "Don't say that you will kill thirty or fifty people, rob three or fifty thousand taels of silver, and the luxury family of Jin An has been raising troops for seven years, and what can the court do, is it not to be appeased by the marquis?" ”

"Xiao Taoyuan?" Lin Jian glanced back at Fu Qinghe, he was not familiar with the generals in the Ninghai Town Army, after all, he was purely a scholar who stayed at home before.

Fu Qinghe explained: "Xiao Taoyuan is the second general of Ninghai Town, the deputy cavalry captain, and the commander of the six battalions of Ninghai Naval Division...... I didn't expect that the luxury family had already negotiated terms with the imperial court. ”

Lin Tie nodded, even if the person in front of him was not a senior general in the Ning Navy, he was also Xiao Taoyuan's cronies, they should have known the news earlier than ordinary people, he glanced back at Su Mei, she probably knew that it was hopeless to seek justice from the luxury family for the time being.

Lin Jian didn't want the thin-faced man to be arrogant before he died, and when he saw that he was still going to speak, he slapped him in the face and broke two teeth. turned to Chen Enze, Hu Qiaoguan, and Hu Qiao, and said to the middle boys: "Do you think you can let them go back?" ”

"I can't." Chen Enze said decisively, "They took the ransom silver, and they also want to kill us, so that they don't have to worry about leaking the news; If we let them go back to report the news, my family and my family will be in danger. ”

"Why can't you report to the official?" Hu Qiaoguan asked.

"They can pretend to be pirates today, and they can become pirates tomorrow," Hu Qiaozhong said, "If we report to the officials, they will definitely retaliate against us before going to sea......

"Reporter? You children are really mentally weak, and you really think that the imperial court will force the generals of the DPRK to rebel for the grievances of a few merchants and rich landowners in Chongzhou! Even if someone in the DPRK redresses your grievances, what can I do with my general? If you want your family to be safe, it's better to tie your hands and arrest ......" The thin-faced man said fiercely, but unfortunately he didn't finish speaking, and slapped Lin Jian with a knife on his left cheek: "A lot of nonsense!" Said to Fu Qinghe, Su Mei, Chen Enze and other teenagers, "Let's go out and talk." "Leave the thin-faced man and the beard in the straw hut.

"The official must not be good, although that one looks vicious, there seems to be some truth in what he said...... If they want to fall into the grass, they will definitely rob Chongzhou first. There are only seventy or eighty sword archers in Chongzhou County, and even pirates can't stop them, how can they stop them? ”

"Why wait for us to report to the police? If we escape, they will send someone to the island to see if the matter is exposed. Are these officers and soldiers so bold that they will sit there and wait for death when they know that the matter is exposed? ”

"What are we going to do?"

"Maybe we really have to tie our hands to save our families; As long as the family is not implicated, what if we are dead now? ”

Walking out of the grass shed, Chen Enze and other teenagers were at a loss, not knowing what to do.

A crescent moon rose from the sea and sky in the west, Lin Jian looked at these teenagers, most of them were fourteen or fifteen years old—more than a dozen of the younger ones were arranged to rest in another grass hut—although they had been pampered and had not experienced twists and turns before, they had all reached the age of being able to understand things and know right from wrong.

Fu Qinghe frowned and was thinking about other things; Su Mei and Xiaoman are also worried about the fate of these teenagers and their families, they have already experienced the arrogance and audacity of the town army this time, if these teenagers return to Chongzhou to report to the officials, even if someone upholds justice and upholds justice, how can Xiao Taoyuan and his subordinates be arrested? Ninghai Haijun Town has jurisdiction over the military defense of Weiyang, Hailing, Pingjiang and other prefectures, and the sailors of Ninghai Town are the only naval forces in the lower section of the Yangtze River from Jiangning. It is more likely that the imperial court turned a deaf ear to this matter in order to appease Xiao Taoyuan, and no one would stand up to uphold justice, Chongzhou County is located in the defense area of Ninghai Town, and the fate of these teenagers and their families can be imagined at that time.

"Brother Lin, Master Lin, you quickly find a way to help them......" Xiao Man looked at Lin Jian with blank eyes.

"Lin Gongzi......" Su Mei couldn't help but beg aloud.

"What does Master Fu think?" Lin Jian couldn't bear these teenagers being too hesitant, so he respectfully asked Fu Qinghe's opinion first.

"It's tricky," Fu Qinghe's brows were squeezed, he originally just wanted to rescue Su Mei and Xiaoman's two daughters, and at this time he couldn't bear to ignore these teenagers, the key was that he knew that he couldn't persuade Su Mei to ignore these teenagers, he knew that he was going to say that Lin Jian was much stronger than him in front of him, and said, "What is the appropriate strategy for Lin Ye, Fu is willing to send a messenger ......."

"Master Fu can call me Lin Tie." Lin Jian emphasized again, expressing his respect for Fu Qinghe, Fu Qinghe is in his fifties, and it is natural for him to call Fu Qinghe "Fu Ye", thinking that he is full of calculations, and he is only weak at the age of the crown, and it is really awkward to let an old man in his fifties call himself "Master".

"Please Brother Lin save our family!" Chen Enze was rescued by Lin Tie and Fu Qinghe, so he naturally had dependent trust in their abilities, and knew that he was young and shallow, thinking that things must not be as thorough as them, so he immediately turned over and knelt on the ground and begged Lin Tie; Hu Qiaozhong pulled the sleeve of Hu Qiaoguan's shirt, and knelt on the ground with seven or eight other boys to plead.

"Stand up and speak," Lin Jian couldn't accept the set of kneeling and begging at every turn, and said in a solemn voice, "Is it possible that I can think of a way if you kneel down; Could it be that if you don't kneel, I will stand by and watch? They all stood up and spoke. ”

Chen Enze, Hu Qiaoguan, and Hu Qiaozhong all stood up, looked at Lin Jian expectantly, and pinned all their hopes on him.

"Being a pirate is always harder than being a general, Xiao Taoyuan is the second general of Ninghai Town, the deputy cavalry captain and the commander of the sixth battalion of sailors, it can be said that he is a high power, until the last step, how can he be willing to leave the existing glory and wealth to go to sea to be a pirate? I can't think of a last resort, they won't fall into the grass," Lin Jian glanced at Fu Qinghe and asked, "Master Fu, what do you think?" ”

"Yes, there are not one thousand or eight hundred East pirates who died in Xiao Taoyuan's hands, even if he pulls all the sailors of Ninghai Town out to sea to be pirates, how can the East Pirates and the luxury family behind the East Pirates allow him to easily gain a foothold in the East China Sea? Xiao Tao only has enemies at sea, has no foundation, and it is very difficult to fall into the sea. Besides, how many people can he confidently pull out from his sailors to be pirates? He would never be a pirate lightly. Fu Qinghe said.

"You know what to do, right?" Lin Jian turned to look at Chen Enze and the other teenagers, "We disguised ourselves as another group of pirates and robbed you, leaving some plausible clues. For Xiao Taoyuan, who is worried about the revelation of the matter, he will first send someone to keep an eye on your family secretly, instead of rushing to the sea. It's just that you can't go back to Chongzhou until Xiao Taoyuan brings down someone else or transfers him out of Ninghai Town—you can't show a flaw for them to notice, and you can't even contact your family until Xiao Taoyuan relaxes his vigilance. ”

Only then did Su Mei know why Lin Jian wanted to teach these teenagers "cruel" methods, these teenagers couldn't go back to Chongzhou, couldn't contact their families, and couldn't even let others know that they were still alive in the world, once the news leaked, it was likely to bring disaster to them and their families, if they didn't know some "cruel" methods, how could they survive in the future?

The eldest of them was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and it was pitiful that he had been pampered since he was a child, and that he suddenly suffered such a disaster.

Chen Enze looked up at Lin Lian, there was not much frustration on his childish face, he was clueless than what they had just now, at least there was still a way to go, he asked, "As long as we never show up, our family will be fine?" ”

"The world is unpredictable, how can there be a perfect solution," Lin Jian naturally would not forget the bullet that came in from the window, he did not regret the choice in his previous life, he stared at the bright and jade-like Meiyue in the west, and a sense of pride was born in his heart, patted Chen Enze's shoulder, and said, "You know, for ourselves, for our family and friends, we work hard to do the most important thing; Sometimes even if it is not satisfactory, there are no regrets. ”

Fu Qinghe sighed and turned to leave, faintly saying the central thing to Lin Bin.

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