The water in the river was turbulent and the wind in the river became fierce.
Outside the cabin, another person probably fell into the water, struggling and roaring.
Wei Diao, who was holding the dagger, had a face that was originally smiling innocently, but suddenly became extremely ferocious. He raised his head, raised the dagger, and stabbed Li Zhiqiu's head.
Click.
Li Zhiqiu's face was expressionless, and he raised his hand to hold the stabbed dagger.
"Chief Commander, please die!" Wei Diao's face turned red, he took out another dagger and stabbed Li Zhiqiu in the chest.
"Nine years, nine years with me, Li Zhiqiu. What made you sell yourself?"
Li Zhiqiu turned his hand into a palm and struck Wei Diao on the abdomen. Wei Diao coughed up blood, his eyes bulged, and he flew backwards.
Bang, smashed several ship planks.
Li Zhiqiu stood up and flew out of the cabin with Qinggong. When he stopped, his Confucian face was filled with sadness.
The more than one hundred knights accompanying him were divided into two groups. They kept fighting each other with swords. One after another, the men in white clothes were stabbed in the chest and rolled into the rushing river.
"Chief Captain, Wei Diao's people have rebelled!" A middle-aged knight, whose face was covered with blood from the killing, only shouted, and then he was pierced through the skull by a long sword, blood oozing out from his face, and he fell down.
"The knights from thirty states gather for justice..." Li Zhiqiu turned his head to the sky, his voice full of pain. The white robe in the wind looked extremely lonely.
"Chief helmsman, save me!"
One corpse after another kept rolling into the river.
Only the last dozen or so people were left, desperately retreating and guarding Li Zhiqiu's side. On both sides of the merchant ship, there were Xia'er who had followed Wei Diao in rebellion. According to initial calculation, there were at least fifty or sixty people.
"Please die, Chief Helmsman!" Wei Diao, whose mouth was full of blood, swept out with his sword horizontally and raised his head and shouted angrily. Behind him, dozens of heroes who originally shared life and death, now became the executioners sent to hell.
Only then did Li Zhiqiu understand why Xiaoyao suddenly fell ill, and why Wei Diao Mao volunteered to shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding him.
"Wei Diao, the chief rudder treated you well. If it weren't for the chief rudder, you would have starved to death! And you, Li Chu, you were a prisoner who was wanted to be executed after the fall, but the chief rudder brought you back. , teach you martial arts!"
"Yang Sanqiu, you were cornered by the dog officers. In order to save you, the chief helmsman blocked a group of officers and soldiers alone. There are still wounds on your arms!"
"You guys, you guys are so rebellious!"
The voice of an old knight guarding Li Zhiqiu was full of anger.
"Cut your hair in exchange for grace!" Wei Diao looked crazy, cut off a long hair, and let the wind blow into the river.
Behind him, dozens of heroes also acted in the same way. Everyone's sword-holding hands were trembling slightly.
"Chief rudder, the tea soup you made earlier was already poisoned——"
Li Zhiqiu roared angrily, his white clothes fluttered, and the long sword in his hand faintly clanked as he swept towards Wei Diao.
Wei Diao used his horizontal sword to block——
clang.
The long sword shattered, and one of Wei Diao's arms, connected to the lower half of his shoulder, flew away.
"What did Cangzhou give you? How dare you do this! Don't forget that you are a chivalrous man! How dare you do such disobedience when your duty is your duty!"
Li Zhiqiu staggered back, coughing and being covered in blood. A clean white robe was stained with blood plum blossoms one after another.
"Chief Rudder, I will protect you!" The old knight who had scolded him angrily ran towards Li Zhiqiu with his sword in hand.
"Chief Captain, we are still in the middle of the river, and I am afraid that the situation is critical——"
As the old hero said this, his face suddenly became fierce, and he returned his long sword and stabbed Li Zhiqiu's abdomen like lightning.
Li Zhiqiu roared angrily, and the crown on his head fell down, making his hair disheveled.
He raised his hand, ignoring the sword that pierced his abdomen, and struck down the old knight in front of him with one palm, causing his orifices to bleed. He staggered back a few steps and fell into the river.
"I'll wait and send the chief helmsman to his death!" Wei Diao, who was kneeling in a pool of blood, yelled crazily even though his arm was broken.
"Protect the chief helmsman!"
The last dozen or so loyal heroes, dressed in white and dying, stood in front of Li Zhiqiu. One after another, they fell down.
Li Zhiqiu stood swaying on the ship's mast, his hair disheveled and his blood-stained robe whistling in the river wind.
He laughed loudly, his voice both sad and full of unwillingness.
"The knights of thirty states gather for justice, the knights of thirty states gather for justice... We are waiting to overthrow the tyranny and restore peace to the world."
"This world has turned dark after all! The knight's white clothes cannot stop the darkness that fills the world!"
The river wind became stronger and stronger, causing the entire hull of the boat to sway.
Jiang Xin's position seems to be a dead end.
"Kill him, kill him quickly!" Wei Diao yelled in pain.
"Everyone has to stab with a sword, so we can count it as a gathering of friends!"
Countless white-clothed knights roared in the direction of the ship's mast and swept away with light skills.
Li Zhiqiu took action coldly and swung his long sword. Three or four knights were slashed with blood marks and fell down.
"Stop the ship!"
"Right here, surround him and kill him!"
"If anyone dares to take action, kill them all together!"
…
In the Cangzhou Palace, Yuan Anzai and several palace maidens were playing a game of blindfolded tag and had a lot of fun.
Su Waner sat on the dragon chair, reviewing the last memorial, then stopped, turned her head, and looked at the idiot-like emperor.
Some people hope that their husbands will become successful, but she is a worm in raising her husband. The general trend is that an emperor who slowly becomes smarter is ultimately not good.
"Queen, why don't we come and play together." Yuan An tore off his veil and smiled happily.
"State affairs are important." Su Waner uttered a sentence in a condensed voice.
"Could it be the war in Cangzhou? Queen, don't worry, we have a hundred thousand coalition troops in Cangzhou, and those damn heroes will definitely be defeated. However, that chief helmsman Li Zhiqiu seems to be an extraordinary person."
"He's going to die soon."
Yuan An was startled, "Queen, why is this?"
"A gathering of chivalrous men from thirty states? If there really are so many wise men in this world, they would have followed Lord Yuan to defend the country of Daji. Not to mention other things, when they rejected Beidi, these so-called kings Two kings, who is gone?"
"There is only one king of Yuzhou and a commoner thief. There are thirty states in the world. When troubled times come, all kinds of evil spirits will show their true forms."
There was an indescribable calmness on Su Waner's charming face.
"As soon as Li Zhiqiu dies, the war in Muyun Province will soon end. Your Majesty's empire will be more stable again."
Yuan An, who was nearby, laughed heartily.
"Look, I must be a wise king."
"When I capture Muyun Prefecture, I will have two prefectures. By then, the common thieves next door will probably be restless."
Su Waner smiled and said nothing.
It is this look of a fool emperor who conforms to the rules in troubled times. Naturally, throughout the ages, there have been many wise masters in the Central Plains who have tried to turn the tide.
But such a wise lord and the idiot emperor in front of him will not be qualified for ten lifetimes.
