Chapter 72 The Ruthless Scholar
Taking advantage of the chaos, Li Shigui deliberately pushed Li's father off the boat into the sea!
Qin Tao grabbed Li Chunli's wrist and hid behind a heavy wooden box covered with a thick cloth on the stern deck. Qin Tao was focused on watching where the Japanese pirates were coming, so she did not see the scene of Li Shigui pushing Li's father.
However, Li Chunli, who was being held by Qin Tao, kept her eyes on Li Shigui beside her at all times.
Amidst the shouts and chaos, Li Chunli spotted Li Shigui and, without hesitation, stepped forward and forcefully pushed Li's father, who was leaning against the ship's side, off the boat.
Li Chunli stared in astonishment, unsure of how she should react.
Rationally, she knew that what Li Shigui had done was no different from murder;
However, emotionally, Li Shigui was her own brother, while Li's father was nothing more than a bad person who had bullied her mother and killed the child in her mother's womb.
Everything happened too fast, in just a few breaths.
Li Shigui had already suppressed his smile. He leaned over to look down into the sea and watched as his father truly fell into the water before turning back.
He turned around and saw Li Chunli staring at him with wide eyes and an incredulous expression.
For a moment, Li Shigui was afraid. He knew, of course, that taking the opportunity to push his father, whose leg was broken, overboard was murder!
But he was only surprised for a moment. Then he smiled at Li Chunli, took two or three steps to Li Chunli's side, squatted down and held Li Chunli's hand. With satisfaction and happiness, he said to Li Chunli, "Liniang, no one can bully us anymore."
After a moment of surprise, Li Chunli nodded to Li Shigui.
She knew that this matter could only remain a secret, and would always remain a secret!
With Liu Tan and his battle-hardened guards personally taking charge, the chaos on the deck was quickly brought under control.
Li Shiyue, Li Qiutian, and Ma San acted swiftly, cutting off all the ropes and hooks that the Japanese pirates had attached to the ship's side.
With the situation under control, torches were lit, illuminating the deck. Liu Tan's personal guard, Zhao Da, flicked the blood off his sword and stood in front of Liu Tan, ready to charge at the two remaining Japanese pirates who had been forced to the stern and were still able to move on the deck.
"Don't move!"
A strange voice came over; good heavens, these Japanese pirates can speak Chinese too.
But who would listen to the Japanese pirates?
At least Zhao Da wasn't the type to listen to that; he still drew his knife and stepped forward.
When the two Japanese pirates realized they couldn't stop the people, one of them turned around and looked at the people hiding behind him at the stern of the ship. He took two quick steps and chopped down on the head of the person closest to him!
A spurt of hot blood sprayed onto the deck, startling the few people who were still crouching on the ground, who screamed in terror.
Zhao hesitated, and stopped in his tracks.
"Don't move! One more step and we'll kill them all!"
The Japanese pirates shouted menacingly at Zhao Da, who turned around to look at Liu Tan, who was standing there.
Before that, Li Shiyue had already knocked on the cabin door. She and Li Qiutian looked Li's mother and the others up and down, and only when they saw that everyone in the family was alright did she feel relieved.
"October, you're injured!"
Li's mother was the first to notice the wound on Li Shiyue's forehead. Even though she couldn't see it very clearly, Li's mother knew that Li Shiyue was injured.
Li Shiyue smiled at her mother and said, "Mother, you're mistaken. That's other people's blood, not mine."
Li's mother's first reaction was to believe it, but she eventually felt that something was wrong.
Li's mother lowered her head to search for the tinderbox, but Li Shiyue said helplessly to her mother, "Mother, it's nothing, just a scratch. It's stopped bleeding. Don't bother searching. It's good that our family is all alright."
Before Li's mother could say anything more, Li Youfu shouted from the side, "What? Wangren abandoned you and ran away?"
Holding her daughter Yue Niang tightly in her arms, Yu Zhenniang nodded tearfully in response to Li Youfu's question.
"...From the very beginning, he ignored me and Yue Niang and just ran towards the door on his own."
In that chaotic time, I was completely panicked. All I could do was hold Yue Niang and follow behind Shi Yang. How was I supposed to know where he was right now?
Li Youfu frowned. At this moment, there were only a small portion of the people from Lijia Village inside the cabin. On the ground, there were several people who had already stopped breathing. Erdan's father was among those people.
Li Youfu thought Li Wangren would stay with them, but he never imagined that Li Wangren would abandon his wife, children, and father and run away first.
"Grandpa, I'll go out and look for him. Maybe Second Uncle is on the deck."
Li Shiyang said he was going out to look for him, so Li Shiyue pulled her mother and the others out of the cabin. Li Shiyue finally realized that her scumbag father was also gone!
Then, Li Shiyue saw Ma San running towards the stern of the ship. Her superb hearing also allowed her to hear what the Japanese pirates were saying at the stern. Thinking of Liu Tan, Li Shiyue told Li Wangming to keep an eye on Li's mother and the others, and then went to the stern of the ship side by side with Li Qiutian.
Seeing Li Shiyue's actions, Li Shiyang spoke with Li Youfu and followed along.
The arrival of Li Shiyue and his group only earned them a cursory glance from Liu Tan.
Illuminated by several torches, Li Shiyue quickly found Qin Tao and her family of three hiding behind the two Japanese pirates at the stern of the ship, but she couldn't find Li's father anywhere!
"Hope for Ren!"
Upon hearing this sound, Li Wangren, who was kneeling on the ground not far from Qin Tao, quickly raised his head and shouted in Li Shiyue's direction, "Father, Father, save me, save me!"
Only then did Li Shiyue see that the group kneeling on the ground behind Qin Tao was Li Wangren.
Li Wangren's shouts delighted the Japanese pirates, who immediately headed towards him. Li Wangren was a coward; even though the Japanese pirates were ruthless killers, he was terrified at the mere sight of someone with a knife.
The Japanese pirates dragged Li Wangren out, and with a swift movement, the knife was at Li Wangren's neck.
"Don't move, let us go!"
Anyone who moves, kill them first!
Li Wangren was so frightened he almost wet himself. Li Youfu was anxious and scared, not knowing what to do. Li Shiyang went to see Liu Tan, who had already ordered his guards to draw their bows and nock their arrows.
Li Shiyang's gaze was far too intense. "General Liu?"
Liu Tan turned his head to look at him: "You want me, the general, to compromise with the Japanese pirates?"
Li Shiyang cupped his hands in greeting to Liu Tan, then stood still and looked up at Liu Tan, saying, "Not so!"
General, though I am not very talented, I have some skill in archery. I hope you will grant me a chance to save my second uncle!
"Shiyang!"
Li Youfu looked at Li Shiyang with shock. He thought Li Shiyang was going to plead for Li Wangren and Liu Tan not to shoot the arrow. He never expected that Li Shiyang wanted to shoot the arrow himself!
Swords and arrows have no eyes, and neither do bows and arrows.
Who knows whether the arrow was faster than the Japanese pirates' swords when it was shot at them?
Before anyone could tell whether the knife or the arrow was faster, the Japanese pirates on the other side had already abandoned negotiations, raised their hands, and the knife fell. Li Wangren touched his neck and fell to the ground with a "thud".
Under these circumstances, Liu Tan gave a direct order: "Release them!"
With the powerful bow, several arrows were fired at the vital points, and the two Japanese pirates died knowing exactly what had happened.
As soon as the Japanese pirates died, Liu Tan and his men rushed to the stern of the ship. Although the firelight could not illuminate far, they could still vaguely see the outline of a black object in the distance, which was the ship that was coming to pick up the Japanese pirates.
"General?" Zhao Da saw the silhouette of the ship in the distance and turned to ask Liu Tan.
"Be on guard! Ma San?"
"exist!"
"Lead the men to clean up the mess, count the casualties, and thoroughly investigate whether there are any Japanese pirates hiding on the ship!"
"yes!"
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