"Sister Yanzi's suggestion is good. Why don't we spend the night on the boat? We're not in a hurry anyway!" Meng Ran said in surprise.
But at this moment, the head of the house showed fear on his face and said urgently: "No, no! This can't be done!"
The second boatman next to Li San also said with a cry: "Masters, if you have to live here, you might as well give me a good time!"
Qi Zhen and Li Qiang looked at each other and saw the deep doubt in each other's eyes.
"What's going on? Please tell me clearly." Li San asked with a frown.
"Sit down and speak slowly." Qi Zhen pointed to the seats in the cabin and said to the boss.
"It's too noisy." Jiang Yan looked a little irritated as she looked at the five lake bandits in front of her who were still screaming miserably after their joints were removed by Meng Ran.
Li Qiang walked up to the lake bandits who were still groaning on the ground, checked their injuries, and nodded at Meng Ran.
Meng Ran smiled and raised his chin proudly.
There was another crunching sound, and the joints that had just been removed were reinstalled by Li Qiang.
The five lake bandits ignored their painful arms and returned to their elder brother with a face full of shame.
They looked at Qi Zhen and others in front of them with horror on their faces.
Compared to those who fainted immediately, these five lake bandits can be said to be quite unlucky.
Who made them meet Jiang Yan, the worst-tempered one, and the jealous comrades of the criminal police?
It hurts so much!
The head of the family calmed down, sat on his seat, and began to speak slowly to everyone.
Taihu Lake is extremely vast, so naturally there are a group of people who rely on the mountains and the water.
In addition to fishing, people also plant some vegetables and grains on the shore. Depending on Taihu Lake, there is a land of fish and rice everywhere.
Just three years ago, a strange phenomenon suddenly occurred in Taihu Lake.
Within a few days, people on the shore suddenly discovered that there were fewer and fewer fish in Taihu Lake. In the end, there were no fish at all.
At a time when no one understands what is happening.
There were sudden rumors of missing persons in the fishing villages along the coast.
At the beginning, there were only sporadic disappearances, which did not attract everyone's attention.
It was not until a year later that the situation became more and more serious. From the beginning, one person was missing in a month, and later it became one person missing in half a month.
In the end, two people were missing for half a month!
There is no pattern in the disappearance of people. In all the fishing villages along the coast, some people disappear inexplicably in the middle of the night.
Once this happens, it spreads very quickly.
From the time the first person disappeared to the time everyone along the coast began to fear, less than two years actually passed.
In the past two years, the total number of people who have disappeared in the fishing villages along the coast is actually less than twenty people, but the panic in people's hearts can always be overwhelming.
Some choose to flee with their families elsewhere, and of course there are also those who have lived here for generations and cannot leave.
It's not practical to bring everyone together because disappearances happen randomly.
The time is random, the location is random, and the people who disappear are also random.
Everyone was worried for a while.
Some people began to link the disappearances with the disappearance of aquatic products in Taihu Lake.
Some people say that Taihu Lake is cursed, some say that it is caused by monsters, and some say that it is God's retribution for the surrounding fishing villages.
For these ignorant people, this kind of mythical rumor is particularly powerful.
Some people began to pray, and some people threw slaughtered animals into the lake.
Obviously, doing such a thing did not get God's love. Since then, the original situation of one person missing in half a month has escalated to two people missing in half a month.
Some people say that it was God's punishment for leaking secrets.
In short, people are panicked.
And because missing people always happen at night, after nightfall, Taihu Lake, which has nurtured countless generations of people, has become a forbidden area.
Until one day, a certain fisherman took his wife and children to the lake to try his luck because his family was really short of money.
Then the child lost his footing and fell into the water. The fisherman hurried down to fish him out, but the child was nowhere to be seen.
In that half month, one less person disappeared in the surrounding fishing villages.
Then rumors began to spread that a monster appeared in the lake, and two human sacrifices were required every half month.
I have to admire the wisdom of the working people. The experience summed up through death is always so inseparable.
When the boss talks about it, Qi Zhen's team still doesn't understand the truth of the matter.
Three years ago again.
That must be the strange movement of the monster caused by the leakage of the demonic energy from the Well of Gods and Demons.
I just don’t know if there are other demons like King Xiangli who have come to the world to do evil.
No matter what it is, it's either a monster or a devil.
Most of the people in the surrounding fishing villages who could walk had already left, and the remaining people who couldn't leave naturally couldn't sit still and wait for death.
The villagers, who lacked their main means of livelihood but were under the shadow of death, came up with a solution that was not a solution.
First, villages unite with each other to form an organization similar to a joint defense brigade.
This joint defense team disembarked as civilians and boarded as bandits, robbing the wealthy boat passengers and then killing Shenhu.
I did this with trepidation at first, but habit is really a scary thing.
In less than a month, strangers traveling by ferry had almost no chance of reaching the other side safely.
The fire could not be contained in the paper, and the government soon sent soldiers to investigate. However, the money had already been distributed to the people along the coast, and the corpses were fed with monsters. With no evidence of death, nothing could be found.
One month, two months...
No one disappeared anymore, and these people who were originally fishermen had already killed more people than were missing.
They completely became lake bandits.
But not walking to Taihu Lake at night has become an insurmountable bottom line in everyone's mind.
This big boss is the captain of this joint defense team.
Qi Zhen sighed slightly in her heart. It seemed that there was so much blood and cruelty hidden under the fishing port where she seemed to live and work in peace and contentment.
I don’t know how those old, young, women and children can survive calmly with all this bloody money.
"You can report it to the official. Is it right to kill people?!" Meng Ran was furious when he heard this and yelled loudly.
"I have reported it to the government a long time ago. The government doesn't care at all and can't control it. I heard that there are monsters in the lake. Those gentlemen don't say anything, but they run away faster than anyone else, even watching. There is something wrong with our eyes, for fear of getting into some bad luck." Said the second boatman with a tearful voice.
The head of the house sighed: "We can't leave here, and we don't know where to go if we leave here. But as long as we can live well, who is willing to do such things as murder and swindling."
"Then you can ask for help from the immortal cultivators!" Jiang Yan still said.
The head of the house had a sad look on his face: "Not to mention that those immortal masters who come and go are nowhere to be found. Even if we find them, we don't have that much money to hire the immortal masters to eliminate the demons."
Meng Ran remained silent.
After listening to this story, everyone in the team had their own thoughts, but they all had nothing to say.
"Please heroes, please spare our lives. After all, the people in the seven fishing villages along the coast are still relying on us to support us. We can't die!" the boss continued.
"Kill or not?" Li San lowered his head slightly and said softly.
Ship Er's body suddenly tensed up.
Qi Zhen sighed and did not answer Li San's question, but murmured: "If the strong can only swing their swords at the weak, then they are forcing the weak to bare their fangs at the weaker."
"We can ignore it." Li Qiang reminded.
Indeed, the team can still rush to the other side of Taihu Lake before nightfall and continue their journey as if nothing has happened. This way there is no danger and can avoid unnecessary complications.
Qi Zhen shook her head: "My conscience can't bear it."
"Aren't they NPCs?" Yu Liang prompted.
Qi Zhen knew that he had no ill intentions, but still looked up at him and said, "Isn't Zhao Xuance the same?"
Yu Liang stopped talking.
"Let's vote by a show of hands." Li Qiang suggested.
Six hands were raised in the air, and everyone's eyes naturally turned to the only person who did not raise his hand.
Jiang Yan.
"Yanzi, what did you say?" Li Qiang asked.
"I don't care, but." Jiang Yan raised her head and stared at Qi Zhen.
"They must die!"
Everyone looked at Qi Zhen helplessly, and Meng Ran's eyes were full of apologies, saying that he was really helpless.
Qi Zhen knew where Jiang Yan's idea came from, so he was a little helpless.
These lake bandits naturally have their own reasons why they are not allowed to do so. There is no such thing as doing good for the sake of evil. Evil is evil.
If the actions of these lake bandits were excusable, how innocent were those passing boat passengers?
If the team wants to seek hope for the innocent villagers, why can't they seek justice for the travelers who died innocently?
What if the thing in the lake is defeated in the end, but it also has an unspeakable secret? Isn't it because of the intrusion of demonic energy that it became what it is now?
How will the team choose at that time?
If he chooses to kill just because the thing in the river, which is unknown as a monster or a demon, hurts humans, how is it different from Liao Xunli's idea that people who are not from my race must have different minds?
If you don't care about the causes and consequences and only look at the things in front of you, what's the difference between taking care of it and not caring about it? Aren't they all NPCs? Aren’t they all games? Why take it so seriously?
Jiang Yan just asked a question, but Qi Zhen thought of countless questions.
And Qi Zhen knew that these questions were also something she had to think about. How could there be so many good and evil deeds that were rewarded, and how could there be so many years of peace and quiet.
Qi Zhen looked into Jiang Yan's eyes and still did not agree or disagree with what she said, but said softly: "We may all do something we think is right because of our own abilities, but what we do with our strength No matter what decision we make, I hope we can all seek relative peace of mind."
"Since we can agree to resolve this matter first, then their lives will be recorded in the account first, and we can all think about what to do. It will not be too late to vote on this matter when we leave."
After listening to Qi Zhen's words, everyone began to think silently about the message Qi Zhen expressed.
Li Qiang stepped forward and patted Qi Zhen on the shoulder. The two looked at each other without saying a word.
Only Lin Xiao has a carefree temperament. No matter what the captain says, it doesn't matter. I don't know whether he is wise or foolish, or really stupid.
"Want to fight again? Okay!" After the previous battle, Lin Xiao obviously still had some unfinished thoughts and said at this time.
However, he looked at the people with heavy faces and said doubtfully: "You won't be defeated again this time, right?"
Everyone had their own concerns, but no one paid attention to him.
After hearing this, several lake bandits were temporarily saved their lives, and they all collapsed on the ground. Even the leader's body relaxed a lot.
