The pirates were killed by Manager Bai and his guards before. Now the pirates climbed onto the ship one by one. Manager Bai gradually felt exhausted and gave up some places. He protected the cabin where the ship was sailing. Only if the cabin was not robbed by the pirates, the ship could sail.
However, Shopkeeper Bai also needs to pay attention to whether the pirates are going to pierce the ship, so he needs to be on guard against this.
The battle was very fierce. He wanted to ask the employer on the second floor more than once if he could give them the people from the escort agency, but he was able to hold on inexplicably every time. This made him doubt why his luck was so good!
However, as more and more pirates came up, Rong Gui was found hiding under the table by the pirates and forced to hand over the silver on him. Unexpectedly, this man who was so strong-willed before, turned spineless when facing the pirates. He shamelessly shouted to the second floor: "Miss Tong! Save my life!"
These words startled the pirates present. Such powerful individuals existed on this ship? How could they not be afraid of them? Following his gaze, they looked up to the second floor, where a dense crowd of people, protected by the escort agency, stood. A woman in a light green dress, looking down at them from above, a leopard staring intently at her from beside her!
Look at that leopard, it must be three or four hundred pounds. If it pounces on you like that, your head will be twisted off! These pirates are still new recruits, and they can't help but feel a little scared. But someone shouted, "There are so many of us, how can we be afraid of that beast?"
That's right, with so many of them, they don't believe they can't catch a leopard, and maybe after taking the leopard, they can even get a reward from the boss! After thinking about this, they took action instantly. Many people took their swords to the second floor to chop, and Tong Wenyao also said: "Uncle Wang, you take people to support Shopkeeper Bai, and the rest of you stop the pirates from climbing onto the ship. If you see flying claws hanging on the ship, you must use your swords to cut them off!" Those who came up were all small pirates, and the big pirates went to attack the big ships. So when there were more people at the beginning, Tong Wenyao also took Xiaoxue down to the first floor to help.
Even those who had just gone up were attacked with knives and sticks.
Xiaoxue jumped directly and knocked down the pirate blocking her side, biting him directly! Then she walked over to Tong Wenyao, her claws scraping on the deck with a harsh sound. Fortunately, a quarter of an hour later, the ship left the Suilan Sea and headed towards Suigang Station.
The fight had left many people injured in the escort agency, including one with a cut on the thigh. Tong Wenyao had brought some hemostatics with her, so she had Xing'er give them to them. There was also a lot of blood on the second deck, so Manager Bai had someone clean it up.
"Thank you Miss Tong for your help just now. This is the money you used to book the boat, and I'm returning it to you." Tong Wenyao smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Bai, you're too polite. You and I are one. If this ship were captured by pirates, I wouldn't be able to survive. But I have a question. Why did Shopkeeper Bai insist on going this way just now? I remember there's a safer place called Haichuan on the map. It only takes one day longer to reach Suigang Station."
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Bai sighed and said, "Master Tong rarely comes here, so it's understandable that he doesn't know the situation here. Haichuan is now a dead city! No one will pass through here."
Tong Wenyao was a little shocked when she heard about the dead city. She quickly asked, "Boss Bai, what does this mean?"
Shopkeeper Bai took a sip of the tea on the table and then slowly spoke, "Remember the epidemic during the New Year? The epidemic originated from Haichuan! At that time, Haichuan was flooded by seawater, and all the trees and other things died. The relief food didn't arrive for a long time, and the people were starving. The only thing left to eat was a few rats hiding in dark caves. But the seawater backflow had drowned the rats long ago, but the people didn't care about them. After eating, they found out they had contracted the epidemic! Then, in just five days, one-fifth of the people in the city had a fever!"
Many people fled, but they were also infected. Then one town, then another county, and finally to Haichuan. At that time, the government suppressed the epidemic with force and burned the people of that city to death!
As he spoke, Shopkeeper Bai's eyes were filled with pity. In this world, most people's lives and deaths are controlled by humans! How pitiful! How tragic! How lamentable.
Xing'er heard what Shopkeeper Bai said, her eyes filled with fear. She had never expected the government to be so cruel to these people! Thinking of how her young lady had formulated a series of medical policies for the county and Cangzhou, she felt that the young lady was amazing! She had controlled the plague and allowed them all to survive.
Dongzi was also shocked after hearing this, but he still had a trace of rationality. The government did this to isolate the epidemic, but he did not expect that the government would cut off the entire city with a single blow and then set it on fire.
After hearing what Manager Bai said, Tong Wen Yao understood why pirates were so rampant.
Shopkeeper Bai put down his teacup, shook his head, and said, "Two months ago, when I came to the south, I passed by the Sui Lan Sea. There weren't that many pirates then. I didn't expect that only two months later, there would be so many pirates, even capable of hijacking large ships."
Xing'er glanced outside and walked out carefully. She was a little surprised to see Guirong.
Gui Rong bowed to her and said, "I wonder if Miss Tong is here?"
Xing'er said with a hint of mockery in her eyes, "Oh! Mr. Dog Life is here, huh! You speak so beautifully, but I didn't expect you to be such a coward at heart."
Tong Wenyao heard the noise outside and couldn't help but ask, "Xing'er, who's coming outside?"
After hearing this, she said, "Miss, the dog-life master is here." Seeing that it was Guirong, she scolded him, "Xing'er, shut up! Go down and copy the manual for me!" After scolding Xing'er, she looked at Guirong and asked, "I wonder why this gentleman came to see me?"
Seeing Tong Wenyao scolding her own servant, Gui Rong's face remained unchanged. When she saw her looking at her, she bowed and said, "Just now in a critical moment, I was lucky to have you save my life. I was wrong before, please forgive me!"
Tong Wenyao adhered to the principle of not offending each other and said, "My dear brother, you are too polite. I only did it for myself. You don't have to bear it in mind."
Although Gui Rong was smiling, the smile in her eyes was not deep. She said, "Girl, if you need anything in the future, you can come to me! This is my promise to you."
Tong Wenyao declined, "Don't worry about it, just focus on preparing for the exam. I wish you success."
Having said that, Gui Rong didn't say much. After bowing, he walked to the first floor.
These words also fell on Zhou Xueyi and Fan Yang in the next room. After looking at each other, they went back to reading their books.
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