The sergeants looked at each other, but no one dared to move. These sergeants have always looked down on Qu Baiyan in their hearts, but because of the obscenity of Qu Baiyan's brother-in-law, they have to be humble and wronged. Just now Zhang Shisai gave Qu Baiyan a silver ticket of five hundred taels of silver, and these sergeants were all enthusiastic and heartbeat, and they couldn't wait to get a piece of the pie. It's just that seeing Qu Baiyan stuffing the silver ticket into his arms, with this person's greedy nature, he will definitely not give himself a penny, and he is angry in his heart. When they saw that Hu San was thrown out of the cabin and fell in embarrassment, all the sergeants were frightened and even more unwilling to die for Qu Baiyan. Although he was furious and shouted, the sergeants were so frightened that no one dared to rush to the cabin.

Seeing this, Qu Bai was shocked and angry in his heart, raised the steel knife in his hand, and shouted at the soldiers: "Do you dare to disobey the order? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu beheaded you bastards?!"

Unexpectedly, the louder he shouted, the sergeants not only did not dare to move forward, but retreated one after another. Let Qu Bai bluff, but no one pays attention to him. Although Qu Baiyan screamed fiercely, how could he dare to slash at the sergeant with his knife? When the sergeants retreated, he had to retreat with him, less than half a foot from the side of the ship.

But at this moment, only the sound of "Gege" was heard, but someone stepped on the stairs and walked out of the cabin. When Hu San heard the footsteps, he shrank his head to his neck in fright, and he couldn't help but take two steps back, crashing into Qu Baiyan's body, almost knocking him into the sea. Qu Baiyan was furious, stretched out his hand and pushed Hu San, and was about to scold, but saw a person come out of the cabin and walked straight towards everyone.

I saw that this person was wearing a Lu Gong scarf on his head, wearing a navy blue robe, his face was white and clean, and he was quite elegant. Li Qiufeng and others knew him as Xiao Dong, the bookkeeper of the white shopkeeper. Qu Baiyan didn't know where this man came from. He originally thought that the person who could throw Hu San out of the cabin must be a big man, but he didn't expect that the person with this ability turned out to be a middle-aged scribe. Seeing that Xiao Dong was polite and polite, it seemed that a gust of wind could blow him down, and Qu Baiyan's courage suddenly grew. He stretched out his hand to push away Hu San and the two sergeants who were blocking in front of him, rushed to everyone, pointed at Xiao Dong and shouted: "Who are you? Pretending to be a ghost here, aren't you afraid of Wang Fa?!"

Xiao Dong walked in front of everyone, stopped, glanced at Qu Bai with disdain, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?

Qu Bai's eyes were stunned, and he was so stunned by Xiao Dong's words that he had nothing to say for a while. Xiao Dong saw Qu Bai's eyes stopped, he glanced at him contemptuously, ignored him no longer, and his eyes swept over the faces of the sergeants one by one. These sergeants were originally arrogant people, but they were forced by Xiao Dong's gaze and involuntarily lowered their heads.

Xiao Dong took out a gray sealed bag from his arms with his right hand, and said to the sergeants: "Is there anyone who can read and break words, stand up and see what this thing is in my hand." ”

All the sergeants looked at each other, and they all looked at Qu Bai again. Xiao Dong sneered and said, "This guy is illiterate, what do you think he does?"

Qu Bai's eyes were touched by Xiao Dong's sore spot, and his face turned red, and he was extremely angry in his heart, but he was forced by Xiao Dong's momentum, and he didn't dare to speak insults.

All the sergeants were frightened, and no one dared to stand up and take the bag. Xiao Dong snorted, stretched out his hand and took out a piece of paper from the sealed bag, held it in front of the sergeants, and sneered: "This is the survey of the military department, which of you comes over to see if it is true or not." ”

As soon as Xiao Dong said this, the faces of several sergeants changed greatly. One of the veterans, Youzi, shook his body in fright, let go of his right hand, and with a "dang" sound, the steel knife had fallen to the deck.

Qu Baiyan didn't know what the military department was looking at, but he saw a few veterans scared like this, and knew that this thing was definitely not an ordinary thing. He turned to a sergeant and said, "What does this thing do?"

The sergeant said in a trembling voice: "My lord, this is a military order issued by the Ministry of War, and the person who holds the survey is the envoy of the Ministry of War. ”

Qu Baiyan was startled, and looked Xiao Dong up and down. Although he was a scoundrel, he also knew that the situation was not good at this time, and his original arrogant arrogance disappeared without a trace. I saw that his face was full of joy, and he nodded and said: "I don't know if Shangguan has arrived, the villain is rude, and please don't blame Shangguan." ”

Xiao Dong snorted, held the survey in his hand, and said to Qu Baiyan: "Why don't you come and see if this survey is true or false?"

Qu Baiyan looked embarrassed, and said in a trembling voice: "The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare." ”

Xiao Dong then took the survey back into the sealed bag, raised his eyebrows, and shouted to Qu Baiyan: "Why don't you get out of here?!"

Qu Bai's eyes trembled, and he made a gesture to Xiao Dong in a panic, and turned to leave. Xiao Dong sneered, and said gloomily: "You openly ask for bribes, and I can take your head with this military department survey in my hand." By this time, don't you know that you have committed a great sin?"

Qu Bai's eyes trembled and said: "The villain is guilty, and the villain is guilty." Ask the adults to read the villain's first offense, and spare the villain this time. ”

As he spoke, he took out the silver ticket of five hundred taels of silver that Zhang Shi had given him, handed it back to Zhang Shi in a panic, and then fell to his knees with a "plop" and knocked his head three times in a row.

Xiao Dong nodded with satisfaction, and shouted in his mouth: "Next time I meet you acting so foolishly, I will definitely behead you!"

Qu Bai's eyes were like being amnestied, he struggled to get up from the ground, arched his hand towards Xiao Dong, turned around and ran towards the warship. It's just that the planks between the two big boats swayed, and in a panic, he just stepped on the plank, shook his body a few times, and almost plunged headlong into the sea. Hu San, who was following him, hurriedly helped him, so that he did not fall into the sea.

Shopkeeper Hu and the others were relieved to see Qu Baiyan and more than a dozen officers and soldiers fleeing back to the warship, then retracted the plank and fled in the direction of Ningbo Mansion. Zhang Shi looked stunned, looked at Xiao Dong, and said, "Mr. Xiao...... No, no, Lord Xiao, the villain deserves to die, he doesn't know the identity of the adult, there are many rudenesses, and I hope the adult will forgive the sin. ”

Xiao Dong shook his head and said, "This time, the official was ordered to run an errand, and he didn't want to reveal his identity, so he pretended to be the master of the white shopkeeper's account. Mr. Zhang doesn't know about this, so what's the crime?"

Li Qiufeng watched coldly, and saw that although Xiao Dong said politely, he called himself "this official" at this time, and his arrogance was overflowing, and he had lost his previous humble and kind expression. He secretly thought in his heart that Zhang Shi had already known the identity of this person, but he deliberately did not reveal it. Fang Cai pretended to be frightened and inexplicable again, just to confuse Xiao Dong. This surnamed Xiao's martial arts are not weak, but he is too calm. was touted for two sentences, and put on an official stand. Compared with Zhang Shi, this person is much easier to deal with.

Zhang Shiwu confessed repeatedly, but the shopkeeper Hu and others were blowing the conch on the side, praising Xiao Dong's martial arts, and in a gesture, he threw Hu San three or four feet away. This kind of magic is invincible in the world, and the demon clown is vulnerable.

Xiao Dong was humble at the beginning, but when he arrived, he saw his hand stroking his long hair, with a satisfied look.

Li Qiufeng saw that everyone was patting Xiao Dong's ass, so he had to say a few words of praise for Xiao Dong. In the end, Xiao Dong waved his right hand, and the shopkeeper Hu and the others stopped talking. I only heard Xiao Dong smile and said: "This official concealed his identity this time and went to Fusang with you, which is really a heavy responsibility." I hope that you will do your best to help this official accomplish this. If we are done, you will all be great heroes of the imperial court. At that time, those who want to be officials will be officials, and those who want to be rich will be rich, and from then on high-ranking officials will have to be officials, horses will have to ride, and they will be able to reach their descendants, what a glory!"

Shopkeeper Hu and the others arched their hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Xiao, for your support." ”

Li Qiufeng and Zhang Shi also bowed down with everyone, but they cursed secretly in their hearts.

When Shopkeeper Hu and the others walked back to the cabin with Xiao Dong in their arms, only Zhang Shi, Li Qiufeng, Qin Lao Wu and a few boatmen were left on the deck. Zhang Shi glanced at Li Qiufeng, snorted, and said, "Brother Zhu, you just put me aside, this thing is not authentic." ”

Li Qiufeng saw Zhang Shi's angry face, and knew that he hated himself for not listening to his orders to kill. It was he who arched his hand and said: "Zhang Yuanwai, I have already heard that there is a master lurking in the cabin, so I didn't act rashly. Otherwise, if he killed the officers and soldiers first, how could this Lord Xiao admit his identity?"