Chapter 135 [Kidnapping his family]
When Marquis Zhaoping saw another pirate ship coming, he remembered the sound of the signal fireworks being launched in the rain just now, and knew that it was the accomplices of the three-masted pirate ship coming to support.
He guessed that Wen Qiao had already taken control of the situation, so they had to ask for support, and he felt relieved.
The strange ship came speeding from the sea.
Marquis Zhaoping used a bamboo pole to support himself and stood up. He moved slowly and tremblingly as he tried to run towards the boat, but he was accidentally tripped by a small protruding stone on the ground of the island and fell heavily to the ground.
This is the scene that the fourth in command, Ge Zhu, saw when he came down from the sailboat with seventeen pirates armed with scimitars, machetes and other weapons.
Ge Zhu observed from a distance and found that Zhao Pinghou was unarmed. He then walked over and helped him up. "Old man, why are you doing this?"
While Ge Zhu was helping Zhao Pinghou up, he felt around the old man's body for any place where he could hide a weapon. He discovered that the old man was not carrying any hidden weapons like a dagger, and there was no sign of disguise on his face.
Ge Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, it was just an ordinary fugitive.
"Why don't you tell me the truth? What's the cargo in the hold? How many people are there on deck? Why are you here to watch over the cargo, the fireman, and the crew?"
Marquis Zhaoping said firmly, "This ship is used to transport fugitives. There's no valuable cargo on board. Don't bother looking for it. The people in the cabin are fugitives just like me."
Ge Zhu observed that the old man's clothes were even more worn than those of the boatmen on the boat, and he had a sachet around his waist, which was a common style of insect repellent sachet used when traveling through the Qinglin Mountains.
The old man's last words were true. Perhaps he really was a fugitive. As for whether there were no valuables on the ship, he didn't believe it!
Marquis Zhaoping put one hand on his waist and the other on a bamboo pole, panting and cursing with an expression of helplessness and rage: "You bunch of arrogant pirates, if you want to get on board, you have to step over my dead body!"
Even though Ge Zhu had been doing evil things on the sea for so many years and his conscience had long since fallen into the sea, he couldn't help but feel a little sad and sympathetic at this moment. He was like a moth flying into a flame, which was quite tragic.
Ge Zhu waved his hand and called to the people behind him, "I won't bother with the old man. Someone come and keep an eye on him, and two more people will move the cargo under the oilcloth onto our boat!"
Their rule is to rob unless it is necessary, and not to kill, as killing too many people can easily lead to sin.
After Ge Zhu finished speaking, a pirate came up and pulled Zhao Pinghou aside and restrained him.
"Be gentle, my old bones can't take it!"
Marquis Zhaoping was pulled by this man and struggled to resist. He seemed to be stumbling and unsteady, but in fact he was leading the person in front of him to the blind spot of the boat.
The other two pirates who stayed behind lifted the oilcloth, opened the wooden box, and took a look at the contents. "It's porcelain! No wonder it had to be moved to the island separately!"
They smiled greedily: "This is of good quality, it can be sold for a good price!"
Ge Zhu, who was leading his men aboard the merchant ship, laughed when he heard the two men shouting, "There must be some good stuff on board!"
After boarding the deck, out of caution, he first asked two agile pirates to call out the people hiding under the cabin.
"Everyone below deck, listen up! Line up and come out now, or we'll have to smoke you out!"
The people below the deck panicked when they heard what the pirates said. They quickly asked Jiang Lili, "Miss Jiang, what should we do?"
Jiang Lili quickly told Wen Qiao about the current situation.
@Wen Qiao: Li Li, I've already successfully seized the pirate ship. Xin Cheng is coming to support you on a small boat. It will probably take another quarter of an hour!
Jiang Lili calmed herself down, stroked Wen Xiaomei's hair, and said to her and the children from Yuanbao Gang, "Have I hidden all the things I gave you?"
The children answered in unison: "It's hidden!"
Jiang Lili lowered her voice and said to the people around her, "Young people, go up on deck first. Everyone, slow down and buy time. Once you get out, your formation will appear a little scattered to protect the cabin exit. The elderly, weak, women, and children, please stay in the cabin and don't move."
After she finished speaking, she asked everyone to whisper the notice to each other.
In fact, there were nearly sixty convicts and crew members under the deck, which was three times the number of the enemy.
But to be on the safe side, Jiang Lili chose to play it safe. There were many elderly people and children on their side, and they could easily be taken hostage. It would be terrible if something went wrong by accident.
I don’t know how skilled these pirates are, but they have been plundering on the sea for years and their methods are much more ruthless than those of the convicts.
The pirates on the deck urged impatiently: "If you don't come out, I'm going to smoke you out!"
"Coming, coming!" A boatman quickly and cleverly replied, "Don't rush to smoke it, big brothers up there! There are precious silks in the warehouse, don't let them get ruined!"
"We're coming out right now!"
Sure enough, when the pirates heard that there was precious silk in the cabin and that there were many elderly, weak, women and children on board, their faces were filled with excitement: "Get on board quickly! Otherwise, you will be in trouble!"
After the boatmen finished speaking, they slowly walked onto the deck.
The pirates at the exit hurriedly pulled people up. After about half an incense stick of time, all the boatmen came up and their weapons were confiscated. Some people were slapped for walking too slowly.
The pirate was puzzled: "Is that all the people?"
Ge Zhu glanced at the boatman who had already come up and said, "There should be more down there, right?"
A boatman immediately explained: "There are many elderly people and children in the cabin, and they are all scared!"
"I don't care if you're scared or not, Lao Zhu, light the fire!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the people in the cabin became panicked. The children were so scared that they cried loudly. The crying sounds echoed in the cabin board, which was a headache.
Lao Zhu was just about to throw the tinder into the cabin when a palm-sized reef flew over from a distance and knocked the tinder out of his hand.
“Click—”
At the same time, there was a crisp sound of bone breaking, and Lao Zhu screamed: "My hand is broken!"
When the other pirates saw Lao Zhu being attacked, they looked in the direction of the flying reef with vigilance and surprise.
In the rain, a figure wearing a straw hat and raincoat was standing on the side of the boat, holding a bamboo pole. The face under the straw hat was the lonely old man who had been sent to guard him when they boarded the boat.
The fourth in command, Ge Zhu, had dilated pupils and couldn't believe his eyes.
Outrageous! A 50-year-old man defeated three opponents at once. How the hell is that reasonable?
He felt annoyed at the sadness he felt when he saw the old man guarding the goods alone on the isolated island!
Damn old man, you cheated on his feelings!
Looking towards the shore again, the three people who stayed on the island to transport the goods were already lying on the ground, unable to move!
"Brothers, capture that old man! Break his arms and legs!"
After Ge Zhu gave the order, he quickly realized that Lao Deng attacked when Lao Zhu was about to throw the fire stick because his family was under the cabin!
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