Because... this scream sounded familiar to him. It was someone he valued among these pirates.

Sea Dog's pupils dilated slightly, and the entire arm of the pirate he valued was suddenly cut off. In front of him stood a scholar holding a long sword, and blood slowly dripped from the long sword.

Seeing this, the other pirates gathered around one after another. Some pirates protected the pirate whose entire arm was cut off, while the other pirates slashed at the scholar with long knives.

I saw that the scholar under the moonlight was extremely skilled in swordsmanship, and every time he swung he could inflict damage on the pirates.

Suddenly, the seal felt a danger approaching, and a big fist enlarged in front of his eyes.

His heart trembled slightly. He had just been distracted while fighting this monster-like man!

The punch was very fast. He had just reacted at this time and had no possibility of evading. He could only choose to grit his teeth and confront the enemy head-on.

Click~~

Obviously, this punch was stronger than every punch before. It directly shook off his defense and hit his chest. You could even hear the sound of ribs breaking.

"Cough cough cough..."

Along with coughing, blood flowed from the mouth.

If his defense hadn't offset part of his strength just now, Sea Dog would have doubted that punch could have penetrated his chest directly, but even so, he was still seriously injured, and he had to at least cultivate himself.

It will take a while to recover. If you continue to fight with this monster man in front of you, you may end up here.

The pirates he brought alone might be enough to kill this monster-like man, but by then I'm afraid there won't be many pirates left, so the gain outweighs the loss.

What's more, there is that scholar who seems to have good swordsmanship.

I made a miscalculation today!

"Let's go!"

He gave the order decisively and ran back to the pirate ship alone.

When the pirates saw that their boss had escaped, they still had time to take care of the passengers, so they quickly fled back to the pirate ship.

......

The next morning, the ship stopped at the nearest port.

After the pirates attacked the ship last night, the ship naturally had no intention of continuing its voyage.

The survivors scrambled to get off the boat, as if there was something terrible inside the boat. The panic was still visible in their expressions, which was completely different from the look when they got on the boat.

Li Miao also supported Zhe Xinyi and got off the boat with Wu Yong.

Regarding the pirate attack on the ship last night, he had a lot of doubts in his mind.

Logically speaking, the channel that the ship took was a safe channel, and it was unlikely that pirates would appear, but then they did.

Also... what the pirates did last night didn't seem to be for money. Instead, they seemed to be killing people and silencing them. This is very thought-provoking.

Later, after questioning the pirates who had no time to escape, it was proved that this was the case.

The pirates said that the order given to them was to kill everyone they met. I want to know the reason. The pirates themselves didn't know. They just followed the order. Maybe only the pirate leader who fought with Wu Yong knew the reason?
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Li Miao had guessed several possibilities, but there was no actual evidence to prove it, so he simply stopped thinking about it. In his mind, he believed that the matter had nothing to do with the three of them anyway.

For him, the most important thing right now is to find a place for Zhe Xinyi to rest and recover.

At the same time, he was a little lucky in his heart. Fortunately, he had agreed to Wu Yong as his bodyguard in Anxi County. Otherwise, facing the situation last night, he and Zhe Xinyi would have been in a much worse situation.

It would be difficult for him to deal with those pirates on his own.

It was much faster than Li Miao imagined. In just half a day, Zhe Xinyi had completely recovered and returned to her usual heroic demeanor, as if the weak person on the boat was not her.

The next day, the three of them bought three horses and headed towards the capital.

This time, we took a different road than when we came here. We took the official road, which was much faster than when we came here.

......

Anyi County.

On the day Li Miao and the others boarded the ship to leave, Lin Daier had already left Anhai County and returned to Anyi County.

A secret room.

After receiving the news, Chen Xiao came here and knelt down on one knee in front of the woman.

"Saint."

Lin Daier looked at him and asked: "How?"

Chen Xiao respectfully replied: "Holy girl, during this period of time, following your orders, we have been monitoring Zeng Ren in secret without being noticed by him. There was a good opportunity three days ago, but that

If you, the saint, are not here at that time, we will not dare to act rashly. I would like to ask, I don’t know if you, the saint, will be there at that time..."

"What? I have to report to you when I go there?"

Lin Daier's eyes became cold.

"Of course the saint doesn't have to report to her subordinates!"

Chen Xiao lowered his head in a hurry.

"Humph!"

Lin Daier snorted coldly and continued to ask: "Besides, is there anything else?"

Chen Xiao replied: "Saint, there is nothing else to do, but there is one thing that makes my subordinates a little concerned."

Lin Daier said: "What is it?"

Chen Xiao said: "Holy girl, it's like this. Zeng Ren has a confidant named Wu Qian. This confidant is very loyal to Zeng Ren and does some shameful things for Zeng Ren. Eight days ago, For some unknown purpose, Wu Qian went to a hidden island outside Anhai County."

"The island is a pirate island. There are many pirates on it and it is heavily guarded. Our people can't sneak into it in a short time. Therefore, we don't know what Wu Qian went to the pirate island for. We only know that three days ago, that The big pirate Sea Dog left the pirate island with a group of pirates, and his subordinates guessed that this was most likely related to Wu Qian's trip."

Lin Dai'er, who didn't care much about this at first, couldn't help but feel a little tight in her heart when she heard 'three days ago'.

Three days ago, wasn't it the day he and that guy left Anhai County by boat?

Could it be related to it?

No, it should be just a coincidence.

Although she thought so in her heart, Lin Daier had already taken it to heart and asked: "How many pirates did the big pirate bring away from the pirate island?"

Chen Xiao replied: "No more than a hundred people."

Hearing this, Lin Daier breathed a sigh of relief.

Although that guy is not cold and unhappy about it, he has to admit that his strength is indeed very good, especially when he has a spear in his hand, it is even more terrifying. There is nothing that less than a hundred people can do to her, even if they are afraid They are extremely vicious pirates.

Therefore, even if the pirates target the ship he is on, he should be fine.

……

Another three days passed, and Lin Daier and others finally found a rare opportunity and successfully controlled the magistrate of Anyi County with the Heart-Eating Soul Pill, making him obey obediently.

In this way, Lin Dai'er and others' goal of coming to Anyi County has been half achieved, and it is much smoother than expected.

Let me mention here that the Heart-Eating Soul Pill is mysterious and unpredictable, but accordingly, it is much more difficult to refine, not just because of the materials.

Therefore, the Heart-Eating Soul Pill is very precious, and Lin Dai'er and the others don't have many of them. For them, unless they are important people, they often won't use it easily.

Lin Daier asked Zeng Ren: "Why did you ask Wu Qian to find the seals a few days ago?"

At this time, Lin Daier put on a mask on her face and had completely changed into a brand new face.

A mask like this is extremely difficult to make. I believe there are only a few in the entire world, and it is even harder to distinguish when it is worn on the face. Her master personally handed it to her after she returned from the capital last time.

Zeng Ren didn't realize that the mysterious woman in front of him was wearing a mask, and he didn't know that the woman standing in front of him was the woman who stood next to Li Sanshui when he went to apologize to Li Sanshui.< /p>

Regarding Lin Daier's question, Zeng Ren felt a little confused and abrupt. He didn't know why the person in front of him suddenly asked this question, but he still said honestly: "To kill someone I want to kill."

Lin Daier asked: "Who is it?"

Zeng Rendao: "Li Sanshui."

"Why?"

Lin Daier's eyes narrowed, and her tone became colder without realizing it.

So, Zeng Ren gave a rough explanation of the reasons.

"So... was it successful?"

Lin Daier asked the most critical question.

Zeng Ren didn't hear the difference in Lin Daier's tone. He gritted his teeth and said: "No! According to the news from Wu Qian, Sea Dog has failed!"

Phew...

Lin Daier breathed out a sigh of relief in her heart, that guy is still somewhat reliable.

Then, he looked at Zeng Ren, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

The long sword in his hand was unsheathed, flashed past, and then sheathed again.
To be continued...