After midnight, the entire Gulin City in the East China Sea entered a state of silence. Although it was the Donghai Prefecture City, it was just a small coastal city after all, and its prosperity and liveliness are naturally impossible to compare with the capital.

On the deserted street, a stray wild dog walked along the street and reached a wall. When he saw a broken porcelain bowl, he was about to approach it. But before he could get close, a figure suddenly sat up next to him. The wild dog was startled, barked low, turned around and walked away.

The man who sat up had a scattered hair, with a wooden stick at his feet, cursing at the wild dog, then lay down under the wall again, wrapped his ragged shirt on his body, and the coast of the East China Sea was very warm during the day, but in the middle of the night, he felt a little cold.

In a daze, he suddenly heard a "ding" sound. This sound was very familiar to him. It was the sound of silver and money thrown into the porcelain bowl. For him, the sound was crisp and pleasant. He woke up instantly, turned over and sat up, turned his head and looked over, and saw a figure standing beside him.

The beggar was a little strange. It was midnight. Not to mention this remote street, even the largest and most spacious streets in Donghai City, there were not many people. How could someone give alms and money at this time, and look up slightly. Using the moonlight, he saw a man in his early thirties.

"Thank you for your reward!" The beggar glanced at the porcelain bowl. It was a piece of silver. He immediately thanked him for the little secret.

But the man squatted down, stretched out his hand, but there was a larger piece of silver in his hand. The beggar was stunned. The man had already asked softly, "Do you want it?"

The beggar smiled and said, "The reward of the uncle is naturally thankful."

"Okay." The man nodded slightly: "The 28th division of the Beggars' Sect, who is moving in the East China Sea among the seven constellations in the south?" the man asked directly.

The beggar's face changed slightly, but he quickly looked confused and shook his head and said, "What did the uncle say? I don't understand!"

The man didn't talk nonsense and stretched out his other hand, but there was something else in his hand. The bird was shaped, exquisitely crafted, pure black color, and it looked like it was made of wood.

The beggar glanced at it and looked surprised. He looked left and right, got up, without saying a word, and walked away.

This person who found the beggar was naturally the Jinyi Hou Qining who had just arrived in Gulin City, the East China Sea.

Qi Ning had several masks given by Zhong Ya at the beginning. When he went out, he naturally carried them with him. Now he put on the mask to conceal his true face.

The things he revealed were the Vermilion Bird Order that the Beggar Sect once gave to Elder Zhuque. The Vermilion Bird Order was equivalent to Elder Zhuque himself. The twenty-eighth branch of the Beggar Sect and the seven constellations in the south were all under the leadership of Elder Zhuque. When the disciples of the seven constellations in the south saw the Vermilion Bird Order, they knew that things were not simple.

The beggar didn't say a word and walked along the wall. He finally stopped entering a narrow alley. Qi Ning just followed behind, and the beggar never looked back from beginning to end.

After walking half a stick of incense, he entered a narrower alley. The alley was extremely dark. The beggar stopped, looked back at Qi Ning, made a gesture, and signaled Qi Ning to wait for a moment. Qi Ning nodded slightly, and the beggar entered the alley.

After waiting for a while, he saw several figures hurried over the alley. They all stopped a few steps away, their gaze was sharp. Seeing that the man in his forties was about 40 years old and thin, the other party stared at Qi Ning. Qi Ning once again lit the Suzaku order in front of him. The people looked at each other. The man in his first raised his hand and whispered: "Please!"

Qi Ning put away the Vermillion Bird Order, and was not polite. When he entered the alley, several people stood respectfully. Qi Ning walked along the alley. Several people quickly followed and walked into the deep alley. He saw a beggar standing in front of a yard with a torch. Qi Ning knew that it must be the rudder of the Beggars' Sect. He went over and turned into the yard. Several people behind him followed into the yard, and soon someone closed the yard.

The thin man had already stepped forward quickly and bowed, "Jing Shou has seen you!"

Qi Ning nodded with a smile and said, "Master Jing, if you have something to do, I will come here for help, so I will take the liberty to come to the door. Please forgive me."

Jing Shou raised his hand and said, "Please be in the house!" He led Qi Ning into the house, but the others were guarding the door. After the two of them entered the house, they immediately brought the door.

After Jing Shou asked Qi Ning to sit down, he did not ask about Qi Ning's origin and said directly: "Your Excellency has any instructions, even if we can do it, we must do our best."

Qi Ning thought that the Vermilion Bird Order was indeed very useful, and smiled and said, "In fact, it's not a big deal. The Beggars' Sect has always been well-informed, so I want to come over and ask a few questions." Seeing Jing Shou standing by himself, he said, "The Lord Jing sat down and talked!"

Jing Shou sat down beside Qi Ning, and Qi Ning asked: "Does the leader of Jing have any understanding of the pirates in the East China Sea?"

Jing Shou was stunned, but nodded immediately and said, "I understand quite well."

"Then does the leader of Jing know who are the most rampant pirates in the East China Sea now?" Qi Ning asked at Jing Shou.

Jing Shou thought for a while and then said: "The East China Sea was indeed rampant in pirates in the early years, but now it is different from that time. There were at least a dozen pirates on the East China Sea, and some even ignored the existence of the East China Sea navy and often attacked the coast. However, the East China Sea navy has suppressed bandits for many years, and many pirates have long since become out of the climate."

"The Lord of Jinghe naturally knew this person from the Black Tiger Shark?" Qi Ning asked.

Jing Shou nodded and said, "This person is the only remaining giant bandit in the East China Sea. As far as I know, this person has caused trouble for the East China Sea navy over the years." He smiled faintly and said, "Since the Dan Tai family formed the East China Sea navy, although the bandits have often rampaged the coast, no pirates dare to really be enemies with the Navy. Only the Black Tiger Shark is in a dilemma with the Navy everywhere. This person has a lot of courage."

"Being embarrassed with the navy?" Qi Ningqi said: "How do you say this?"

Jing Shou thought for a while before saying, "The name of the black tiger shark has only been known in the past two years." He paused and whispered, "You naturally know the principle of raising enemies to respect yourself."

"Cultivate the enemy and respect yourself?" Qi Ning understood a little bit: "Is this black tiger shark the East China Sea navy indulged it?"

Jing Shou shook his head and said, "Although those powerful pirates in the East China Sea have almost been wiped out, several weak pirates and some destroyed pirate remnants have been living on the East China Sea. In fact, these people do not pose any threat to the East China Sea coast. However, sometimes the navy deliberately indulges some pirates occasionally appear on the coast to harass them, hehe, it is actually a transaction."

"trade?"

"Every time the pirates harassed the brigades along the coast and plundered some supplies, then the East China Sea navy will appear. The pirates left a few heads to escape, and the navy will not kill them all. Both sides are tacitly aware of the pirates. When the pirates get the supplies, the pirates take the pirates' head to report their merits, and each gets the needs." Jing Shou smiled faintly: "The two sides have been like this before, and they have formed rules."

Qi Ning sighed in her heart, but she could understand it.

If the mouse does not exist, then the cat will lose its original value. If the East China Sea Navy wiped out all the pirates, although the court would not disband the navy, whether it was materials or other aspects, it would definitely weaken the navy's strength.

As the most direct strength of the Dan Tai family of Jindao, the Dan Tai family will certainly not give the court any chance to weaken the navy. The pirates always rage along the East China Sea coast. Then the materials and rewards received by the navy from the court will naturally never be cut off or reduced.

"If this is the case, the pirates and the navy will be in peace, and the only one who is unlucky is the people along the coast." Jing Shou said: "But a few years ago, the black tiger shark suddenly appeared and the situation was broken."

"This black tiger shark is very strong?"

"As far as I know, the one who had some strength in the East China Sea was Miao Bazi's group of pirates. The black tiger shark was under Miao Bazi's hands." Jing Shou said slowly: "But Miao Bazi is cruel and arrogant. Every time this person robs, he will rob a group of good women. For this reason, he will lose several lives for the navy. This person robbed a lot of times, and his subordinates were the most severely injured. Therefore, it is said that this person is selfish and does not care about the lives of his subordinates at all."

Qi Ning nodded slightly, and Jing Shou continued: "Later, there was an internal strife with Miao Bazi. Miao Bazi was killed, and the black tiger shark replaced him and became the new leader. As far as I know, this person is very supportive of his subordinates. Moreover, after this person took office, he quietly subdued several pirates at sea and his strength expanded rapidly. In less than half a year, most of the pirates at sea had become his subordinates!"

"This black tiger shark has some talent to be able to conquer many bandits in a short period of time." Qi Ning leaned on the chair, thinking.

"When the navy saw the black tiger shark growing stronger, he naturally could not tolerate him. He sent troops to encircle and suppress him, but the black tiger shark was extremely cunning. The navy sent troops several times, but they all returned in vain. It is said that even the shadow of the black tiger shark was impossible to see." Jing Shou's face was full of admiration: "Since then, the navy and the black tiger shark have completely become enemies."

Qi Ning frowned and said, "So, the black tiger shark has been a trouble for the East China Sea navy in the past two years?"

"It's a big problem!" Jing Shou said: "Last year, a grain warehouse of the Donghai Navy was burned by a fire. Although it was rescued in time, most of the food and grass were burned."

"Is it the black tiger shark?"

"That's right." Jing Shou said: "The black tiger shark is so bold that it not only burned the navy's grain warehouse, but also left the black shark flag. Since the navy was established, there has never been such an arrogant pirate. This black tiger shark is the first pirate who dares to be enemies head-on with the navy."
Chapter completed!