Chapter 5 There are ears under the ship

The pursuers on the shore chased for half an hour, blocking the way for a river that turned into the Baishui River.

Seeing that the reinforcements on the shore blocked the way forward, gradually drifting away, and there was no boat chasing on the water, Lin Lianqing knew that with the strength of him and Fu Qinghe, it would be difficult to save Su Mei, not to mention that Fu Qinghe's injury was not light, and said to Fu Qinghe: "Your injury must be dealt with ashore......"

Fu Qinghe shook his head and said, "Lin Gongzi go ashore by himself, and I will repay Lin Gongzi's great kindness when I have the life!" "Looking at the speed, before dawn, it will go out of the Baishui estuary and enter the Yangtze River, and now I don't even know which force this group of water bandits is, and leaving the boat at this time means that I will let go of Su Mei.

"What is not a great favor, just run for your life together; I'll help Master Fu treat your wounds first, it's easy to fester...... if you soak in water" Lin Jian didn't say that he couldn't go ashore, let Fu Qinghe turn around and lie on the rocking oar, so that he could wrap his wounds, even if he went ashore, let Fu Qinghe have the strength to fight, after all, Su Mei has the righteousness of squandering money on himself, but he is strange in his heart, thinking that Fu Qinghe is just a guard hired with money on the painting boat, at this time, going ashore is already considered benevolent and righteous, no one will blame him, no wonder he thinks that he can save people from the noses of seventy or eighty water bandits?

Fu Qinghe endured the pain and asked Lin Tie to take down the broken knife, and in order to be distracted, he asked Lin Tie: "A few days ago, I saw Lin Gongzi fall into the water and almost drown?" ”

"Somehow, all of a sudden, it will be ......" Lin Jian explained casually, he remembered that when he was a child learning to swim, he couldn't float for a long time, so he threw Lao Tzu into the water ruthlessly, and poured several mouthfuls of water in the water until his feet stepped on the river mud and suddenly it would be - this is Tan Zong's memory, and it has nothing to do with the previous Lin Bin, presumably other people will also have this experience, he used it to prevaricate Fu Qinghe's questions, and he was not afraid that he would see through anything.

Fu Qinghe also thought that Lin Jian saved himself in the water by chance, and he didn't have much hope for him, seeing that it was very convenient for him to treat his wounds by immersing most of his body in the water, he felt a little strange in his heart.

In addition to the two of them, Lin Tie just tied two floating corpses and a short oar to the tail oar, in exchange for others, he may not be able to guess Lin Tie's intentions, Fu Qinghe is so experienced that he figured it out in a blink of an eye: the two floating corpses can not only increase the buoyancy in the water and save physical strength when escaping; At critical moments, it can also attract the attention of the bandits, who move away from the water; If the water bandits shoot arrows randomly, the floating corpses are still easy to resist.

The two floating corpses were both boatmen on the painting boat, even if he thought of this, Fu Qinghe thought that he would probably be a little hesitant to use these two floating corpses to escape, but Lin Jian saw the opportunity quickly and made a decisive decision. Fu Qinghe didn't have much contact with Lin Lian, and he thought that he was fascinated by Miss on weekdays, thinking that he was a useless scholar, but he didn't expect him to be so alert and calm at this juncture, which was impressive.

Fu Qinghe was about to open his mouth to persuade Lin Jian to stay and wait for the opportunity to save the young lady together, when he felt that the hull of the ship paused, and it seemed to be slowing down.

"What are you going to do with slowing down at this time?" Lin Tie felt strange in his heart, let Fu Qinghe rest on the tail oar, as much as possible to let the wounds on his arms and shoulders less contact with the water, he swam a little away and saw a black shadow on the water in front of him It was a fast oarboat coming against the water, and someone in the bow of the boat was waving a red lantern, as if there was a signal - Lin Tie couldn't recognize the lantern signal, swam back to the tail oar, and said to Fu Qinghe, "There is a fast paddle boat in front, it seems to be a response ......"

After a while, the oncoming fast paddle boat directly connected with the painting boat behind, listening to the footsteps, five or six people jumped on the boat, whispering in the distance, with the sound of the waves, Lin Jian could not hear clearly, and then heard this group of people walking towards the stern.

"This girl's life is in our hands, Du Ye went in directly to persuade her, she should be honest and obedient, we will respectfully escort her to Jin'an......" was a low and hoarse voice, which sounded like a little leaky after his throat was cut.

Jin'an? Lin Jian was surprised in his heart, and glanced at Fu Qinghe, although Lin Jian was a nerd who studied behind closed doors, he also knew that Jin'an Mansion was the old camp of the Southeast rebel extravagant family in Eastern Fujian, which was almost the location of Fuzhou, Fujian Province in Tan Zong's memory world, Lin Jian thought to himself, could it be that this group of people came from Jin'an?

"The Sumei girl has a strong temperament, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to give in. It's okay for her to listen to persuasion, but if she doesn't listen to persuasion and let her know what happened, wouldn't it be a good thing for the second son? It's better for me not to show up. Not only did I not come forward, but the people around the second son couldn't show their faces, so they all went ashore with me and stayed here temporarily, so as not to be embarrassed in the future - two people, the second son took a fancy to them, and they had to trouble Boss Zhao to take people out to sea and take care of them, and the second son would play a good show with Boss Zhao at sea to rob the boat and save the beauty. ”

The person in front of him had already called "Du Ye", and this familiar voice immediately made Lin Jian hear that this person was Du Rong, a wealthy businessman in Jiangning, and many doubts before suddenly realized: It turned out that Du Rong was planning behind his back! But I don't know who this second son of Jin'an is? Lin Jian thought to himself that if this second son of Jin'an was just to rob people, then he was really obsessed with Su Mei, and he spent so much effort and effort to rob people, and he had to arrange a good show of heroes saving beauty!

"In other words, my old Zhao, how can you be so particular? Pull open her pants and poke them in to make her cool, and keep her obedient after that! I didn't find a/that couldn't subdue a... Hahaha......" laughed presumptuously. This is a rude and unbearable loud voice, Lin Jian guessed that he was probably the boss Zhao in Du Rong's mouth, and he was the leader of this gang of bandits, but he still had to obey Du Rong and the second son of Jin'an.

Fu Qinghe opened his mouth opposite Lin Jian and made a lip gesture: "Donghai Kou!" ”

It's no wonder that Lin Jian was a nerd who studied behind closed doors and didn't listen to things outside the window, and he couldn't connect Du Rong, the Eastern Pirates, and the second son of Jin An. The thieves were walking above their heads, and Fu Qinghe couldn't tell Lin Jian for a while about the rumors of Du Rong's private collusion with the Eastern Pirates and Jin An's luxury family.

"Can the second son be as rough as us? Speaking of which, I still feel that the more women struggle, the more they taste, "At this time, another person on the overhead deck stepped in to speak, "Boss Zhao, did you rush that group of meat tickets here and lock them up?" ”

"Okay. They are all half-babies with tender skin and tender meat, and if you accidentally kill one, you will lose 800 taels of silver for redemption...... The credit of taking the money and releasing people still has to be talked about, otherwise how can the meat ticket family obediently spit out the silver after robbing the meat ticket in the future? Boss Zhao said.

Lin Jian didn't expect that this group of Donghai Kou had already tied up meat tickets elsewhere before, intending to extort money from the meat ticket family, he patiently continued to hide under the tail with Fu Qinghe, listening to the pirates on the boat driving the meat tickets to the painting boat behind, crying, shouting, shouting, and screaming in pain, all of them were young boys and teenagers, and then I heard some people borrowing the fast oars boat that Du Rong was riding from the painting boat.

Du Rong's fast paddle boat did not leave in a hurry, and ran parallel to the painting boat and the pirate ship for a while, and even if Lin Lian wanted to leave and go ashore, he couldn't find a good opportunity.

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At dawn, he saw the mouth of the Baishui River and the Yangtze River in front of him, and Du Rong's fast paddle boat deviated from the channel in the center of the river and headed for a river in the east. At this time, a thick fog rose at the mouth of the river in front of him, and he quickly climbed over the river near and far, and in the blink of an eye, the trees and grass on the far bank in the morning light were all covered, and the eyes were full of white mist, and the red light of the lantern hanging on the stern mast was also a little blurry.

This fog came at the right time, there were nearly seventy people robbing the ship last night, but the subordinates of the so-called two sons of Jin'an left with Du Rong in a fast oars, and there were less than thirty pirates left on the pirate ship and the painting boat, most of them were on the three-masted sea ship in front, and the painting boat was towed behind the sea ship, and there was no need for people to handle the pulp, listening to the sound of talking in front, only a few people were left on the painting boat to take care of it, and they all gathered at the bow of the boat.

Lin Tie bit the broken knife in his mouth and climbed up the stern of the boat along the tail oar. The fog on the river is getting bigger and bigger, most of the hull is hidden in the fog, and you can't see the situation on the bow of the ship, only a few pirates are heard scolding and scolding in front, and there is a sound of snoring between them, and I can't tell where Su Mei and her maid are kept, but the front cabin is about the location of the flower hall Some people are whimpering in a low voice, presumably those meat tickets, and I don't know how many people there are?

Lin Tie connected the two belts together, let Fu Qinghe tie them around his waist, and carried the belt to help him climb onto the boat.

"Don't be busy saving people first; Find something to eat, and then change into dry clothes......" Lin Jian whispered to Fu Qinghe in a suppressed voice.

In September, the autumn was cool, and after soaking in the water for half the night, I didn't feel anything when I was nervous, and I got on the boat to blow the river breeze, shivering, cold and hungry; Fu Qinghe's injuries are also troublesome, and they need to be re-bandaged - even if everything is ready, even if Fu Qinghe is not injured, it is very difficult to rescue two powerless girls from the boat under the noses of nearly thirty East China Sea Kou, and it needs to be planned carefully.

Lin Jian is not a person who blindly pretends to be a hero, but if he has the opportunity to help others, he will not be a turtle with a shrunken head.

"You come with me." Fu Qinghe knew that there was no urgency to save people, and he also knew the intentions of this group of thieves, so he was not worried that the young lady would be hurt on the boat for the time being, he was familiar with the painting boat, and led Lin Tie to drill into the tail cabin.

The lower aft compartment where several boatmen and oarsmen slept and rested on a daily basis had been carefully searched by the pirates, and it was messy, and there was a large patch of sticky blood, indicating that this was also a slaughter field. Naturally, there were no valuables to be found, but old clothes were scattered all over the place, and a few wheat cakes that the pirates did not look at were scattered in the corners. Lin Lian didn't care about the blood stains on the wheat cake, picked it up and took a bite, chewed it in his mouth, felt bloody and heavy, handed two to Fu Qinghe, let him eat to fill his stomach, and changed into dry clothes. At this time, he couldn't be too particular, Lin Jian still found a few small packets of salt and dissolved them in the water, washed Fu Qinghe's wounds, and picked a clean cloth to help him bandage it.

There was also a spear handle in the corner of the tail cabin that was broken, it was more than four feet long, Lin Jian picked it up and tried his strength, the handle was very hard, so he took the broken knife and sharpened his head, and in a blink of an eye, it was sharpened into a sharp short spear, and Fu Qinghe held it for self-defense.

Although the short spear is not enough to break the armor, for those who practice martial arts, such a thing is enough to kill people in their hands.

When hiding under the boat, Fu Qinghe was already impressed by Lin Tie, swept the short spear in his hand, and saw that he was still sitting there with his ears against the bulkhead to listen to the movement outside, thinking that he had really looked away before, thinking that he could not be older than him.

"They are going to sea, out of the mouth of the river is the Yangtze River, there will be boats on the river, if we can meet a big ship or fleet on the way, we have a better chance of succeeding...... Lin Jian discussed with Fu Qinghe in a low voice.

When he was critical last night, the situation simply did not allow him to save Su Mei, and his first thought was to get off the shore by himself; Now the situation is different from last night, Fu Qinghe also has the strength to fight, and careful planning is not without a chance of success.

Having the opportunity to help people get out of trouble but being a turtle with a shrunken head is not Lin Lian's style, and even if Su Mei has no love for him, he also has the righteousness of squandering money and saving emergencies.

"It's about planning!" Fu Qinghe nodded, thinking that Lin Jian could stay and help him save people, that would be the best, looking at his performance just now, I am afraid that he will be stronger than himself who was injured; Thinking about the meaning of his words again, I also know that he is not willing to make a rash move, and of course he can't force the other party to risk his life when he asks for help.

Lin Jian picked up the broken knife and said to Fu Qinghe: "Master Fu, you rest here for a while, I'll sneak to the front to take a look, when I come back, I will knock three times on the board," stood up and said again, "If anything happens, it is important for Master Fu to get out, after all, there is still ......a chance to save people in Jin'an."

Fu Qinghe knew that Lin Jian was saying that this gang of Donghai Kou would send Su Mei to the so-called second son of Jin'an, but he wondered in his heart that this second son of Jin'an might be an important person in the luxury family, Su Mei was sent to Jin'an, how easy was it to rescue him?

Fu Qinghe still knelt up straight, put his hand on the board of the boat to bow down to Lin Lian, and said, "Lin Gongzi will leave at this time, it is already a great favor to Su and Miss......

Although he knew that Fu Qinghe's move was more of a radical method, Lin Jian was still a little moved, after all, Fu Qinghe could also leave regardless of Su Mei's life or death. Lin Jian knelt down and held Fu Qinghe up, and blamed: "What does Master Fu think of me, I'll go out and see ...... first"