Collect and red tickets!

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  "What a silly girl!" Su Mei walked over and gently scolded her, embracing Xiao Mans cherished form. If Lin Xie were a pedantic, stubborn, and ignorant Confucian scholar, how could he have become everyones reliance in just a few months? In the past few months, every single thing Lin Xie did was more serious than recognizing a low-born girl as his sister.

  Su Meng is unclear about her own future, but Xiao Man has been by her side since childhood, and she hopes that Xiao Man will have a good ending. Brother and sister, brother and sister, as long as Lin Xuan acknowledges it in his heart, its enough.

  Zhou Pu joked on the side, "Or Ill be your big brother! If anyone bullies you, Ill definitely help you slap him down with one palm!" Zhou Pu raised his large hand and swung it.

  "Id rather not have Uncle Chen as a brother." Xiaoman said, lifting her head from Su Meis arms.

  "This Uncle Chen sounds really heart-wrenching, I suppose its because you think Im old and ugly!" Zhou Pu teased, "After all, Uncle Chen cant compare to the young, handsome, and talented Lin Gege!"

  "What nonsense are you talking about?" Xiao Man was both embarrassed and anxious, wanting to argue a few words; Zhou Pu laughed loudly and walked away, not giving her the opportunity to explain. Xiao Man stomped her feet in embarrassment, feeling too ashamed to stand beside Lin Xie again, and pulled Su Mei towards the cabin.

  At this moment, raindrops the size of soybeans are falling down, landing on my face and feeling cold.

  "Its raining!" Lin Mou wiped his face, the rain came suddenly, everyone rushed into the cabin, and heard the sound of pattering on the cabin roof, the wind also suddenly grew stronger, the boat anchored in the reeds, was blown by the strong wind and swayed.

  "With such a big rain, it doesnt matter if we light a few more lamps..." Qin Chengzu thought that the firelight couldnt penetrate far in the rain curtain, and he felt his way to light up two large candles in the corner of the cabin. Everyones conversation became easier, and the cabin suddenly became much brighter."

  The wind and rain grew more violent, and although the boat was anchored in shallow water among the reeds, it still rocked violently. Cao Zikang, who had just returned to his cabin to rest, came in at this time, his face covered with wounds from being tortured by the government soldiers. He saw that everyone was looking at him and smiled, saying: "I was sleeping soundly when I was thrown onto the deck and hit my head. How can it rain so heavily on a winters day like today?" It was rare to have such heavy rain in early winter, and seeing Cao Zikangs disheveled state, everyone burst out laughing. Cao Zikang continued, "The boat is rocking violently, anyway I couldnt sleep, why dont I come over and listen to you discuss things? We dont make a living by plundering, going to sea is difficult, but whether we can stand on the sea depends on the reception on shore..."

  Lin Tie nodded and said to Cao Ziang and Qin Chengzu: "Is there anything you need? Please let me know..."

  Qin Chengzu looked at Fu Qinghe, although he had always been at odds with Fu Qinghe, but he couldnt really directly order Lin Xuan to do things for them, some words still hoped Fu Qinghe would say.

  Fu Qinghe didnt hesitate and said, "Im going out to sea with you all, but then there wont be anyone to take care of Su Mei. Can we ask Siya to accompany Su Mei to Jiangning instead?"

  Fourth Daughter Feng Pei Pei was unhappy in her heart, turned her head and didnt look at Fu Qing He, and directly said to Qin Cheng Zu: "What can I do by staying on the shore?" She had just escaped from danger, and during the discussion, she insisted until now without resting, her face was pale and tired, but it was hard to hide her beauty. She was very grateful for Su Meis help this time, but it was difficult for her to accept Fu Qing Hes request to protect Su Mei, and she also had a subconscious resistance to Fu Qing Hes sudden departure in the past. In her heart, she didnt want to be separated from everyone, even if she knew that life after going out to sea would be extremely hard, she wanted to share the joys and sorrows with everyone.

  "Fourth Young Master, youd better stay on the shore," Qin Chengzu advised patiently. "Ziang also said that whether we can stand firm at sea or not, its especially important to have support from the shore. We cant put all the burden on Su Niang and Lin Ye..."

  Changshan Island had been inhabited by fishermen a long time ago, but it has been deserted for a very long time. Now it can be said that it is completely a deserted island. For hundreds of people, mostly the elderly, women and children, to stand on Changshan Island, if not relying on plundering for a living, receiving support from the shore is especially important. Lin Tie and Su Mei both agreed to take care of things on the shore, but there were almost no trusted messengers that he and Su Mei could trust. Without enough trusted messengers, even a slight leak of information would be fatal. It was still necessary for Qin Chengzu and others to send people to follow them back to Jiangning.

  Fourth Daughter was still somewhat unwilling in her heart, thinking that apart from her, there was no one else more suitable to follow Su Mei, and she didnt say anything again. Thinking of parting with everyone, her face was still very sad.

  Lin Tie said to Fu Qinghe: "Let Enze and I go ashore, the others will be entrusted to Master Fu and Mr. Qin...". He glanced at Zhou Pu standing in the corner of the cabin with a pale face and asked in surprise, "Whats wrong with Master Zhou?"

  Everyone only then discovered Zhou Pus abnormality, looking over with concern. Zhou Pu supported himself on the edge of the table, saying gloomily: "I dont know how, but my head is spinning terribly? It was fine just now, maybe its because of the rocking of the boat."

  Qin Chengzu burst out laughing and said, "I was worried about who would follow Master Lin; you cant even handle this little rocking motion, the waves at sea will be even bigger. I think its better to let Zhou Pu escort Master Lin back to Jiangning, well take care of other things later." Everyone started laughing, no one expected that Zhou Pu would get seasick.

  "Let others stay on the shore, going out to sea may have a fierce battle. As for the battlefield slaughter, who among you can match me? Moreover, Im not worse than any of you in swimming skills. And there are still so many landlubbers among our brothers!" Zhou Pu was dissatisfied with Qin Chengzus arrangement and muttered, "Im just temporarily a bit unwell now, but by tomorrow it will be fine." To prove that he was fine, Zhou Pu puffed out his chest and stood up straight.

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  The wind and rain continued until noon the next day. Judging from the water marks on the reeds, the water level of Qingjiangpu had risen by two palms deep. The wind was raging in waves, and Zhou Pus "temporary unadaptation" to the wind and waves made him suffer greatly. When the wind and rain stopped, he had vomited until his legs were weak, and he could no longer find an excuse not to stay on shore.

  After entering the night, I paddled out of the reeds and took advantage of the darkness to pass through Qingpu Port and arrive at the shallow waters of the three-masted sea ship.

  Neither Tinghu nor Huaian had any idea that the official boat escorting prisoners had long capsized in the reeds, and the escort officers were also killed - perhaps the Jiangning Thief Catchers Yamen waited in vain for the prisoners to be escorted over before notifying each prefecture and county yamen to send people to search along the waterway?

  Zhou Pus physical condition was strong, but in the afternoon he fainted and vomited, his legs went soft and he could hardly walk, even needing someone to support him. After the storm subsided, he rested on the boat for half a day and recovered quickly, but then he couldnt find an excuse to continue following them out to sea.

  Watching Qin Chengzu and others work together to lift the heavy anchor stones out of the sea boat, Zhou Pubo sat at the bow of the Wupeng boat, fondling the strange knife that had just been in his hands for two days. The Sammu hard bow was placed beside him. Wu Qi stared greedily at the strange knife and Sammu bow, and Zhou Pubo glared at him: "Hurry up, you crow, if you keep looking like this, Ill give this knife and bow to Cao Ergou."

  Wu Qi furrowed his brow and forced a smile, cupping one hand in the other as he said, "You go ahead and feel around, Im not in a hurry."

  Lin Xie burst out laughing, and didnt know why Wu Qi, who was no different from a farmer after throwing away the weapon in his hand, had the nickname "Crow". He only knew that he was proficient in reconnaissance and scouting techniques, and was the leader of this group of bandits.

  Zhou Pus fingers lovingly stroked the blade of the strange knife, stood up and handed it to Wu Qi with a ruthless heart: "Give you." He also kicked the mulberry wood bow at his feet to Wu Qi, but his face was extremely painful.

  The blade stood upright, almost reaching Zhou Pus eyebrow tip. It was forged from fine iron and had a pattern of ice flowers on its body, shining brightly with a cold light. Such a good weapon, Zhou Pu had only seen a few in his lifetime. However, when accompanying Lin Xie to the shore, even if he were pretending to be an attendant of a Confucian scholar, he couldnt carry such a heavy weapon on him, let alone a strong bow. Moreover, the blade and the mulberry wood bow both had engravings with the inscription "Ninghai Military Garrison".

  Wu Qizai didnt care about Zhou Pus heartache, holding the machete and Sangmu bow, he climbed onto the Shanghai ship with an agile body. He turned his head to smile at Zhou Pu: "This is retribution! Last night you secretly divided up the military equipment, did you ever think that I was watching Chen Han Sans men outside? Besides, Im just temporarily keeping it for you, who knows when youll be able to set sail again without getting seasick? Maybe I can still rely on not returning it to you?"

  "You son of a bitch, you got a good deal and still pretend to be clever!" Zhou Pu picked up a piece of charcoal from the bow of the boat and was about to throw it at Wu Qi, who dodged with a smile.

  These weapons were all taken from the Ninghai Town government soldiers by Lin Xie and Fu Qinghe. Xiao Tao also had a mind to cultivate his own pirate forces, this batch of armor was extremely fine, even let Lin Xie and others get two three-bow bed crossbows, with these sharp tools, it can be said that they could resist ten times their number, when encountering small pirate forces, they were completely not afraid of being at a disadvantage.

  More than a dozen anchor stones were moved out of the sea boat, and the heavy rain caused the water level of Qingjiangpu to rise. The ship that had been stuck in the shallow water for many days was much easier to move. Qin Chengzu ordered his men to push down the long bamboo poles into the water, and soon the hull began to move.

  "Alright!" Lin Xie and Zhou Pu climbed down from the awning boat to the sea boat. After the sea boat sailed diagonally towards the sea mouth for a distance, ensuring that they wouldnt run aground again, he said to Qin Chengzu and Fu Qinghe, "The hardships at sea will now be entrusted to Mr. Qin and Master Fu."

  Qin Chengzu and his group first sailed along the coast to Xinpu County, where nearly twenty injured brothers were picked up. After Xiao Tao sent someone to explore Changshan Island, they would go ashore on Changshan Island and settle down for a period of time before considering moving their families over. Lin Fu, Su Mei, Xiao Man, Zhou Pu, Si Niangzi Feng Peipei, and Chen Enze would part ways with everyone here and head to Huaian first before returning to Jiangning.