Not long after, everything was quiet, and Jiang Jiuyue heard a very subtle noise coming from outside the door.
If it weren't for her extraordinary hearing, she probably wouldn't be able to hear even this slight movement.
Jiang Jiuyue curled her lips silently in the dark. It seemed that this Black Hawk was quite skilled. Most people couldn't have such light steps.
Soon, the door was pushed open extremely slowly.
Because it was a new ship, there was no creaking sound when the door was opened, but Black Hawk was extremely cautious and pushed the door very slowly to ensure that not a single sound was made.
The door opened a gap large enough for a person to pass through, and Black Hawk quickly slipped in.
Jiang Jiuyue closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, and did not react until the black shadow walked to her bed.
A cold look appeared on Black Hawk's face. He pulled out a dagger from his waist and slashed it straight towards Jiang Jiuyue's neck.
When the dagger was about to touch Jiang Jiuyue's neck, she suddenly opened her eyes, twisted her hand back, and pushed the dagger towards Black Hawk's neck with great force.
Black Hawk was startled and tried to retreat, but Jiang Jiuyue used his other hand to pull out a whip and wrapped it around him, making him unable to move.
Jiang Jiuyue didn't want to waste time talking to Black Hawk, so he stabbed the dagger directly into his neck. However, after a moment, Black Hawk stopped moving.
Black Hawk was no longer breathing, so Jiang Jiuyue found a big box and put him in it.
But when putting him into the box, Jiang Jiuyue found that his face had turned black, which seemed to be a sign of poisoning.
Jiang Jiuyue rummaged through Black Hawk's body and found a small bottle of poison that had been used a little bit.
Black Hawk was already dead, and there would be no blood splattering on the spot if the dagger was pulled out from Black Hawk's neck, so Jiang Jiuyue pulled it out directly and looked at the blade of the dagger.
Jiang Jiuyue discovered that in addition to the scarlet bloodstains on the blade, there were also some black marks.
It seems that the knife is poisoned. Black Hawk was afraid that he could not kill her with one blow, so he coated the blade with poison. As long as he could hit her, the poison would definitely kill her.
Jiang Jiuyue put the dagger into the box, but put away the poison bottle.
Since Tang Huaishan sent Black Hawk to kill him, the dead Black Hawk should be regarded as a surprise gift for him.
Jiang Jiuyue closed the box and put it directly into the space.
She had to preserve Black Hawk's body well, as it would be of great use when she returned.
After dealing with Black Hawk, Jiang Jiuyue lay back on the bed and gradually fell asleep.
The next morning, just as Jiang Jiuyue got up and was about to wash up, a man named Yang Xiaoquan came to her in a hurry.
"Boss, Dou Heiying is missing."
Jiang Jiuyue pretended not to know and looked at him with raised eyebrows, "What's going on?"
Yang Xiaoquan looked very anxious. "I saw him before I went to bed last night, but I didn't see him when I got up to work this morning. My brothers and I searched all over the boat but couldn't find him."
Jiang Jiuyue frowned, "The boat is so small, have you searched carefully? Could he have gone to the bathroom?"
Yang Xiaoquan shook his head. "There's no one in the toilet. We've searched all the other places where people could hide, but we didn't see him. Boss, could it be that he got up at night to relieve himself in the river and fell in?"
Jiang Jiuyue showed a disgusted expression, "Why don't you go to the toilet to relieve yourself, but pee in the river?"
Yang Xiaoquan scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "Everyone's house is quite far from the toilet. I don't want to go that far to relieve myself, so I can just go out and go to the deck."
Jiang Jiuyue's expression became even more disgusted. "If he had fallen in last night, he would have been washed away by the water. Besides, didn't you all say that Black Hawk was very skilled? He is one of the best in the canal operation. How could he fall into the water while urinating? There is no wine to drink on the boat."
What she said made sense, and Yang Xiaoquan couldn't help but reveal a thoughtful expression, "Then, where could Black Hawk have gone? Could it be that he took something valuable and ran away while everyone else was sleeping?"
Jiang Jiuyue admired Yang Xiaoquan's idea a little, but still pretended to be serious and asked, "How long has Black Hawk been in Caoyun? Do you know his background?"
Yang Xiaoquan thought for a moment, "Black Hawk has only been here for a short time, less than half a year, and has not made many canal transport missions. He usually delivers some not-so-valuable goods, which is considered as training for the new escort."
Jiang Jiuyue ordered, "Go check if there is any problem with the goods first."
Yang Xiaoquan nodded quickly, "Okay, I'll go ask the brothers to check it out right away."
After a long while, Yang Xiaoquan came back, sweating profusely, "Boss, the goods are fine, everything is intact, nothing is missing."
Jiang Jiuyue pretended to be in deep thought, and shook his head after a moment, "Then I don't know where Black Hawk has gone. Let's wait for another half an hour. If he still hasn't shown up, then we won't wait any longer. We can't delay the delivery time."
Yang Xiaoquan nodded. The most important thing for them in the canal transport business was to deliver the goods on time and in quantity. They couldn't let the Black Hawk waste too much time on a ship full of people and goods.
Half an hour later, there was still no sign of Black Hawk. Jiang Jiuyue stood on the deck and ordered everyone to raise anchor and set sail without waiting any longer.
The disappearance of Black Hawk also caused a lot of speculation among the escorts. Some even said that Black Hawk was actually a pirate. After finding out the situation, he would join forces with other pirates to rob their ship.
Amid the escorts' constant speculation every day, the ship arrived at the last dangerous passage before the target port.
The reason why this place is called a dangerous channel is that the river is narrow and the water level is not that deep, so ships cannot pass through quickly. Therefore, pirates like to ambush large ships here so that they can catch all the large ships that cannot sail away quickly.
Not long after entering the dangerous road, a rain of arrows flew towards the ship.
Jiang Jiuyue looked through the window and saw many bandits appearing in the woods on the shore, shooting arrows at the boat frantically.
The escorts were a little panicked, but Jiang Huaping and his men were not, as they had their boss around and these pirates were just here to deliver food.
Jiang Jiuyue didn't even leave the cabin. She used her supernatural powers to control the arrow through the window, and turned it around and flew in the opposite direction.
The pirates were caught off guard and were shot like hedgehogs by arrows, falling one after another in the woods.
After a while, Jiang Huaping came to report that a large ship appeared in front of them, heading straight towards them, with the flag of Qianlong Village flying on it.
Jiang Jiuyue smiled and said, "They are here to reap the harvest. Let them have a taste of what it feels like to burn a big ship."
Jiang Huaping understood and immediately asked someone to move the oil.
The Qianlongzhai ship soon stopped in front of them. Jiang Jiuyue heard someone shouting, "Hand over the goods and I will spare your life!"
Jiang Jiuyue chuckled disdainfully, walked onto the deck, and quickly carried several jars of oil to the opposite boat.
Then she took out the prepared arrow, lit it, and shot it out.
With a loud bang, the pirates on the opposite side were caught off guard and were directly swallowed up by the sea.
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