The fire crackled the bamboo courtyard.
In the light of the fire, Qin Lie walked out of the bamboo courtyard holding a corpse like a log.
The ferocious fire snake burned his hair, but he slowly walked outside as if he didn't notice it.
There were two traces of tears on the cheeks that had long been blackened by the smoke.
Qin Lie carefully placed Doctor Qin in his arms beside everyone.
Kneeling on the ground, he stared blankly at the increasingly cold body.
"Third brother, take your second uncle with you. Let's leave quickly! The thief might come back soon!"
At this time, Xu He suddenly said: "Thieves? Are you embarrassed to say the word Japanese pirates?"
Qin Lie's subordinate scolded: "Have you seen this with your own eyes?"
Xu He laughed loudly: "You are afraid that the Japanese pirates invited by the eldest brother will kill your third brother's second uncle. In the end, the eldest brother and the third brother will turn against each other, so the sentence is pending."
After he finished speaking, the subordinate looked at Qin Lie with a guilty conscience.
Qin Lie then raised his head and looked at Xu He and said, "If you want to sow discord between us, then I will kill you!"
Xu He said happily without fear: "Instigation?"
"Look at your second uncle's wounds. The wounds caused by straight knives such as the Huanshou Dao are deep but not large. The scimitars from the Western Regions are good for cutting, and the wounds caused by them are large but not deep."
"The Japanese sword is more curved than a straight sword, straighter than a scimitar, and more inclined to a straight sword. Therefore, the wound on your third uncle's body is larger than that of a straight sword, and the penetration depth is also deeper than that of an ordinary straight sword. This is the most obvious thing. A penetrating wound caused by a Japanese sword!"
"Thank you for still deceiving yourself and others, Qin Lie, I told you to stop pretending to be filial to the younger generation. The Japanese pirates killed your uncle, but you are like an ostrich, deceiving yourself! You are a man even to say that, bah!"
"Damn it, boy, how dare you scold our third brother!"
"Fuck you, I'll kill you!"
"Third brother, leave this kid to me, I'll skin him and light the sky lantern!"
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In the midst of the noise, Xu He looked at everyone with a smile, his eyes full of disdain: "Come on, all heroes, kill me and show me your blood!"
He bit the word "bloody" very hard, and when everyone heard this, they yelled and cursed even more fiercely.
Qin Lie suddenly stood up, hugged his second uncle's body and said, "Let's go back to the water village!"
"Third brother!"
"Third brother, how about I go back and take a look again? Maybe there is any misunderstanding?"
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Qin Lie glanced at them and said, "If you don't want to leave with me, you can do whatever you want!"
The big men were silent, and after a moment they said in unison: "Third brother, we will follow you!"
Qin Lie didn't say anything and got on the boat again with his men and Xu He.
He left one person behind and said: "Daozi, you are agile, go to Nanxun to explore the situation, be careful, don't be discovered. When you come back, take all the brothers back to the village!"
A thin little man nodded and jumped off the boat.
Xu He was not hooded this time.
But he kind of turned around and didn't know where the ship was going.
After a long time, after crossing countless river branches, the ship entered an open water.
Xu He looked at it for a long time before suddenly saying: "Is this Taihu Lake?"
Unexpectedly, just as he spoke, he was kicked, and several of Qin Lie's men glared at him.
Qin Lie was standing at the bow of the boat, wondering what he was thinking.
After about an hour, everyone came to a small island in the middle of the lake.
As soon as the boat stopped, two young men dressed as fishermen walked up to the shore.
After seeing Qin Lie, the two of them laughed and said, "Third brother, why did you suddenly come back today? Eldest brother and second brother were talking about you two days ago!"
After Qin Lie came ashore, he pretended that nothing happened and said, "I haven't been back for a long time. Come back and have a look. By the way, has anything happened in the village recently?"
One of them said: "Yesterday, your Huzhou Prefecture's official ship suddenly passed near our village. My eldest brother thought something had happened, so he sent someone to catch it from a distance. Unexpectedly, it was just passing by, and it was a false alarm."
When Xu He heard this on the boat, he immediately understood who had caught him.
It turns out that the person who captured him was none other than the Taihu water bandit Liang Qiao's men that Zhou Ju said.
Based on this calculation, Qin Lie, the third brother, should be the third leader of the Taihu water bandits.
He had long heard that bandit leaders often sneaked into the city to inquire for information, and he thought Qin Lie would play this role.
Qin Lie didn't know that Xu He had already guessed their identities, and then asked: "What about others? Are there any new faces in the village recently?"
As expected, the two men nodded.
"Yes, a group of weirdos came recently. The leaders are probably monks. They all have their heads covered. However, these monks are too short. One of them looks like a monkey."
"What a bastard!" Xu He suddenly understood after hearing this.
The Japanese pirates of this era were very short in stature. It is said that Tokichiro, who later became Guan Bai, was only over 1.3 meters tall.
Moreover, the reason why they wrap their heads with cloth is not because they are monks, but to cover up the Japanese pirates’ hairstyle... Tsukiyo head.
Xu He's conjecture is gradually being proven right.
Qin Lie's expression also became serious.
The two people suddenly spotted Xu He on the boat, so they asked, "Who is this?"
One of Qin Lie's men was very clever and said with a smile: "This is the meat ticket we captured!"
As expected, the two people had no doubts. They smiled and said a few words to everyone before going back.
Qin Lie returned to the cabin and said to everyone with a frosty face: "This place is too close to the village. Please row the boat to a deserted island with no one nearby."
"If those Japanese people want to return to the village, they will definitely pass by nearby! We will know when the time comes!"
After hearing this, several of his subordinates were worried, but they did not dare to disobey his orders, so they had to take Xu He and move to another island.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sky gradually darkened.
Xu He didn't eat much all day, and his stomach was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back.
But Qin Lie didn't seem to have any intention of eating, and his men all had their own thoughts.
Just when Xu He couldn't help but want something to satisfy his hunger, suddenly several lights gradually approached on the dark lake in the distance.
Qin Lie's men also noticed it and quickly reminded him: "Third brother, here's the idea!"
Qin Lie turned his head to look at the lake, his face looking horribly gloomy under the moonlight.
"When they pass, let's go back to the water village!"
His men were shocked and said: "Third brother, please think clearly. There must be a reason for the eldest brother to do this. Let's discuss it after we go back. Don't hurt your brother's harmony."
Qin Lie turned to look at the person who spoke. Under the moonlight, his eyes were as sinister as if they could eat people. The subordinate quickly lowered his head when he saw this.
"You want to get off the ship now, I don't blame you!" Qin Lie said coldly.
Everyone was silent.
Qin Lie looked at Doctor Qin's stiff corpse in the cabin and said coldly: "Set the ship!"
