Xunyang City, Xunyang Ancient Ferry.

In a carriage, the curtain was opened a crack, and Li Dalang was covering Wei Anhui's mouth tightly.

Both of them held their breath and stared at the chaos outside the carriage through the gap in the curtain with a look of horror in their eyes:

Xunyangdu, which had been cordoned off by the police and officials from the Municipal Trade Department and evacuated in an orderly manner, was now in chaos.

Li Dalang saw that the wooden building of the government office where the Municipal Trade Department was located was blazing with flames, and a column of black smoke rose into the sky.

Along with the eye-catching fire and the choking smoke, the police officers and officials of the Trade Department were all fleeing. The passengers who were originally dissatisfied with the sudden blockade were also fleeing in all directions. The sudden chaos made everyone panic.

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The reason is that there are hundreds of strange figures appearing in Xunyang Ferry at this moment.

These strange figures were uniformly dressed, with tight-fitting vests on the upper body, short shirts and trousers on the lower body, and carrying forest-white swords. There were about three hundred of them, and they seemed to be dressed in the style of some kind of water pirate.

The berthing area at the far rear was extremely crowded, with a dozen or so unfamiliar government ships docking illegally.

They should have disembarked from these official ships that rushed to board the ferry.

Although three hundred people is not too many, what is shocking is the strict discipline and unified actions they reveal.

At this moment, they were advancing in an organized manner, cutting down all the officers and soldiers who dared to resist along the way. It was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

This kind of one-sided crushing was something Li Dalang had only seen when the imperial guards were cleaning up the bandits.

But now it's happening to these water thieves.

What made Li Dalang even more frightened was that there were many Qi Practitioners among these water thieves... He knew Daozhang Lu and Miss Xie, and knew the Qi Practitioners' methods of crushing individual officers and soldiers, so he could naturally recognize these at a glance...

The Qi Practitioner Water Thief is very agile and from time to time makes some attacks that are impossible for non-Qi Practitioners. There are about twenty attacks in total.

However, although the whole Xunyangdu was in chaos.

However, Wei Anhui and Li Dalang were not affected at all.

Li Dalang saw that the eight tall maids left by Wei Wu were strictly guarding in front of the carriage, with their backs to them.

All the water thieves passing by ignored the chariot's shaft and passed by without looking sideways, without any harm. Some of the water thieves even stopped and spontaneously guarded the princess's chariot's shaft.

All these actions were carried out in a coordinated manner, as if they were planned in advance.

Li Dalang and Wei Anhui, who were hiding behind the curtain of the carriage, were dazzled.

In the silent carriage, Li Dalang couldn't help but turn his head and look at the delicate and frail Wei Anhui.

The latter's face was red, speechless, and he shook his head vigorously.

It seems to be saying that she doesn't know.

Soon, the entire Xunyang Ferry was occupied and controlled by the water thieves outside. Smoke billowed out of the Trade Department Building. Officers, soldiers, clerks, and passengers fled to death, leaving more than a dozen corpses on the spot.

Many of them were left behind during the collapse and stampede.

The three hundred water thieves who suddenly arrived did not seem to be very keen on killing officers, soldiers and civilians. After expelling the agents and occupying Xunyang Ferry, they no longer pursued the victory.

They gathered in the open space and lined up, as if counting the number of people... There was a slight race against time.

Guardham's luxurious car is parked on the empty and messy dock here, and it is very conspicuous.

At this time, two of the eight maids in front of the carriage came out.

A tall maid went to meet and talk to several men dressed as pirate leaders. The maid had a cold face with a somewhat dissatisfied look on her face and pointed to the dock, as if she was scolding something. The originally ruthless pirate leaders were silent.

Lower your head.

There was also a tall maid who led the water thieves to a cargo carriage not far away. She pointed at the carriage and made some noise. The water thieves immediately got on the car and began to unload the goods and open the boxes.

Li Dalang looked towards the latter, took a closer look, and found that the cargo carriage seemed to have been brought by Wei Wu when he came to the dock not long ago.

I didn't know what was inside before, but now I can see it clearly.

The water thieves moved the large box on the truck to the front of the luxury car. After opening it, there were piles of white cloth strips neatly placed inside.

Eight tall maids picked up these white cloth strips and distributed them to the water thieves one by one.

The water thief who received the strip of white cloth put it directly on his forehead.

Everyone said nothing and cooperated tacitly. Soon, more than three hundred water thieves were all wearing white cloth strips. Looking up, they looked like a funeral procession carrying a coffin in the wilderness. The white ribbons were fluttering and it was eerie.

In addition to covering Wei Anhui's mouth, Li Dalang also raised his remaining hand to cover his own mouth.

Wei Anhui saw from the corner of his eye that Li Dalang seemed to have swallowed saliva at his Adam's apple.

At this moment, a group of Xianbei guards rushed over, with white cloth strips on their foreheads, and the leader was a man in green robes.

Li Dalang knew that it was Wei Jin, the head guard who had wanted to forcibly search the shaft of Wei Anhui's carriage.

Wei Jin approached the carriage shaft, and Li Dalang immediately leaned back and closed the curtain tightly, not daring to leave a crack.

The eight tall maids just now had their backs to the carriage and could not find the gap, but Wei Jin came towards them, and Li Dalang was cautious and did not dare to open it to look more, or even dare to breathe loudly.

If he was discovered by Wei Jin and these weird water thieves, he would really have no chance of escaping, but at the moment, he was more concerned about Yan Liulang.

He came to Xunyang Ferry with Yan Liulang. Xunyang Ferry was in chaos just now, and I don’t know if anything happened to Liu Lang...

Li Dalang's face was pale, and his fists were clenched under his sleeves.

At this time, he suddenly felt a warmth on the back of his hand. He looked down and saw Wei Anhui's little hand on it, gently touching it to comfort him.

Wei Anhui cast a comforting look at Li Dalang, who reluctantly nodded.

But soon, Wei Jin's voice came from outside, which made Li Dalang regain some energy.

"Bah, what a damn unlucky thing. The chief catcher ran away like a loach. He ran away so fast. I don't know if I had taken precautions..."

The hoarse voice of a water thief man sounded from the side:

"Don't worry about it. Master Wu said, act according to the plan and go straight to Huanglong. Everything else is just side effects. To do big things, you have to be fast. Don't get distracted midway and miss the opportunity."

"OK!"

Wei Jin nodded bitterly.

A maid's voice sounded dissatisfied: "Wait a minute, where is the princess's boat? It's still stuck there?"

Wei Jin laughed a little:

"I'm sorry. I was busy searching Li Fusu and forgot to let the boat out. As a result, I was blocked by the brothers' boat. Please be patient. I sent the brothers away and took people to move the boat. Ladies.

Calm down."

"Hurry up and don't disturb the princess."

"Yes yes yes."

Wei Jin led the team away from the carriage, and seemed to be walking further away with the water pirate leaders. Li Dalang heard his hesitant murmur in the distance:

"Li Fusu didn't catch him either. My men obviously saw him coming in and came towards the princess. Could it be that they met up with the chief of the police and ran away together?"

The hoarse voice of the water pirate leader sounded again:

"If you can escape, the monk can't escape from the temple. Lord Wu will seal the city later and find people slowly. Let's go do important things first and don't delay any more in case someone comes back to report the news."

"Okay." Wei Jin's voice became decisive: "Brothers, come with me. Fast horses and guides have been arranged outside... The informant came to report a quarter of an hour ago. Except for the crown prince Li Fusu in the Xunyang Palace,

, everyone else is in the mansion, and none of the carriages in the stables in the mansion have moved..."

Wei Jin and the water bandit leaders walked away, and the conversation behind them could no longer be heard.

Li Dalang, who was eavesdropping, felt his heart in his throat.

These water thieves came from Hukou County, right? What are they going to do? Aren't they going to attack the Xunyang Grottoes and destroy the Donglin Buddha? How do they get in touch with the Wei family guards around Princess Anhui? They also mentioned Xunyang.

Wangfu, doesn’t that mean...

In an instant, Li Dalang had thousands of thoughts in his mind, and his mouth became dry.

"Oops." He lowered his voice and whispered.

Wei Anhui whispered concerned: "Are you okay?"

Li Dalang raised his head, his eyes were red, and his face looked a little anxious:

"I want to go back immediately and inform my father."

Wei Anhui fell silent. She also heard what was said outside just now.

Wei Anhui is not a fool.

Li Dalang couldn't help but asked in a low voice:

"Did you always know something?"

Wei Anhui shook his head and nodded again.

I grabbed his palm and wrote on it:

【I'm afraid】

Li Dalang asked back: "Then you still hide me under your skirt? Aren't you afraid?"

Wei Anhui tilted his head and whispered:
To be continued...