Chapter 077 – Grim Faced Bodhisattva! (1/2)
077 – Grim faced bodhisattva!
On the s.h.i.+p there were twelve members of full-time security guards a.s.signed to protect the guests on their journey.
Whether it's protecting their money or their safety, both are within the scope of their duties.
However, at this moment, these guests do not feel a sense of security at all.
Let alone their money had been completely stolen, now their life is also about to be taken away by the bandits—–What would be left after all this?
Everyone a.s.sembled on the top deck, watching the s.h.i.+p being intercepted by three collision-type s.h.i.+ps hanging various sorts of flag and laying their eyes on the bloodstained sail cloths and the hull of the s.h.i.+ps, they let out a miserable shriek.
“What to do? What to do? Are we going to die?”
“Those bandits, they wouldn't kill us, right?”
“Bandits wouldn't kill people? I heard they even eat humans—–”
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“That d.a.m.n thief.” Zhang Linpu's eyes reddened in rage as he yelled in exasperation.
“Linpu brother, the bandits are right in front of us now, how could you still care about the money?” A close friend asked aloud. “Life is what matters the most.”
“Pingzhi brother, do you still not understand? What do bandits like? It's money. Our gold coins are completely gone, when the bandits come to attack this s.h.i.+p asking for money, we tell them that our gold was stolen last night—-Would they believe us? If they can't leave with any money, then they would leave with our lives.”
“—–” Niu Pingzhi also began to worry.
Li Muyang has a whole new level of respect for Zhang Linpu; no wonder this guy obtained good results in the exams, he really is extraordinary. At least his head moves faster than most people.
Every time his legs trembled, feeling the weight of the bag of gold coins, Li Muyang felt much more at ease.
He has money!
If the lake bandits were to board the s.h.i.+p and began to rob, when his little companions next to him have no money to offer them, he then takes off his pants. With hundreds of gold coins in front of their eyes, what an impressive scene it would be?
Although the posture is not that graceful but at least it's sincere and laudable, right?
Manger Chen Tao forced himself to act calm but his pale face and his stuttering exposed his terrified heart.
He had encountered lake bandits before but at those times there were merely a dozen people or at most thirty bandits. They were easily sent away with some money.
What is it with today? There are too many people, right?
“Troops are trained for thousand of days for one day's battle. I always share good wine and good food with all of us, did I ever treat you poorly? Brave warriors, now that the s.h.i.+p is in trouble, we encountered—-Large groups of Fowl Crying Lake bandits, we're in a state of chaos. The flags are confusing, there may possibly be three different gangs—–I hope that we can work together, please take out all your fighting spirit and courage—–”
“Manager Chen, it's not that we don't want to help. You take a look at the three vessels, it's highly likely that there'll be hundreds of bandits on those s.h.i.+ps, right? You want to send us twelve people to fight over hundreds of lake bandits—-Even if we are G.o.ds we still can't manage that, right?”
“Exactly. If we have to throw away our life, we still have to die in a worthwhile fas.h.i.+on—–Even if we die on the spot, would you guys be able to escape?”
“It's better if we put all the valuables together—–and sweet talk them away—-”
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The battle has not started, yet these brave guards already had cold feet.
On top of that, Li Muyang still thinks they're being very reasonable.
Guards are also people, the guards also have parents and children, yet you send them out to fight to the death—-that's just telling them to throw away their own life. No one would be willing to, right?
Chen Tao was incredibly anxious, he turned around and said to the scholars: “you are all talented people, now that we've encountered a disaster, we're gra.s.shoppers on a s.h.i.+p—-Can you give us some kind of plan?”
“We have no money.” Zhang Linpu yelled. “Even if we have to surrender, the s.h.i.+p has to pay them.”
“Exactly. We can't just cut some flesh off our bodies and send it over, right?”
“Manager Chen, you must stand up and take responsibility. There's no other way——”
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Li Muyang's mouth opened wide, yet in the end he did not say a word.
He felt that everyone does have a point.
Sure enough, at the critical moment, the wisdom of the group was boundless.
As for strength—-Who would even think of such a silly thing?
Chen Tao lips moved slightly. “Let me contact them first—–see what they want.”
Three battered s.h.i.+ps came rus.h.i.+ng over, pulling apart the distance between them, they formed a direct intercepting stance.
Although the lake is wide and deep, there is not enough s.p.a.ce for a s.h.i.+p to turn around.
Chen Tao commanded the crew to slow down, to avoid knocking against the other vessels, before they even attack us, we would fall overboard and be swept away by giant waves.
The leader of one of the s.h.i.+ps, a bronze bald big fellow, stood tall on the s.h.i.+p.
On the big fellow's face was a deep scar, his brows continued to the corners of his mouth and half of his eye was ripped open.
On his spectacles was a bra.s.s eye patch, looking closely he really does somewhat have the look of a pirate journeying freely across the oceans.
The big fellow watched the pa.s.senger s.h.i.+p gradually drifting near, then shouted: “Bring my chain.”
Then, more than ten of his underlings laboriously dragged over a chain, as thick as an arm, with a copper hook at the front end of the chain.
“Move aside.”
With the roar of the scarred-man, the chain was swung up and rotated around in the air a few times, before it suddenly pounded against the s.h.i.+p.
The copper hook is gigantic and incomparably heavy, letting out a howl of wind in the air.
Crash—-
The copper chain smashed against the top deck, the sharp hook clasped tightly deep onto the hull of the s.h.i.+p.
“Boss is amazing, no one can rival boss—–”
“Hua Heshang is amazing, this time you set a record—-”