The son-in-law is a thief

Sunrise and sunset, tide rises and falls, three days passed quickly, and the wharf of Wanshi Port is very lively today, although it is also bustling with merchants and boatmen on weekdays.The goods are also transported continuously, from the shore to the ship and then unloaded from the ship to Taiping Island.But today’s scenery is different. There are two huge lucky boats docked near the reef in Wanshi Harbor. The lower part of the hull is covered with moss and barnacles, as if it has not been cleaned by boatmen for a long time. Although Wanshi Harbor is full of boats, these two boats are parked far away, like two lonely people, Away from the hustle and bustle.

Although the boat looked lonely, the boat was full of spectators. These people seemed to be divided into different classes. Standing at the end were the boatmen looking for a living on the pier. They were naked|exposed With their upper bodies covered and their dark and healthy skin exposed to the sun, they struggled to look forward, like chickens stretching their necks.In front of them stood some influential ship bosses and merchants on the pier, some of them were talking in low voices, some were making loud noises, and the themes they talked about were all related to the people in front of the altar in front of the ship.

The people in front of the altar are naturally the ones closest to the altar, and they are roughly divided into two camps. On the left are the local officials guarding Zhaoyang. They are dressed in plain clothes, although they look thinner. But if you look closer, you can also notice that the clothes are made of high-quality materials, and the expressions of the officials are meticulous. Their eyes are straight ahead, some are looking at Zhaoyang and Qin Huan'an, and some are looking at the two. ship.

But even the local officials, in fact, they rarely come to Wanshi Port, and they have never even collected the port tax. Maybe the Gu family will send a few carts of silver over if they are happy, but this is less than one ten-thousandth of the port tax. The officials still dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out. Now they just ignore it and hand it back to the court if they get it. The court will not blame the confiscated money.If Zhaoyang hadn't announced them to come here, some people would never have thought that they would have the opportunity to come here.

On the right side of the altar are the four heavenly kings headed by Gu Ruyang, and behind the four heavenly kings are the 36 masters of the Gu family. Compared with the officials on the side, this group of people is much more philistine, without those uniform clothes, Some are shirtless, some are wearing sleeveless waistcoats, some are from different races and have blond hair. There are men and women, young and old, everything, but there are only a few rules missing. Compared with the group of officials next door, there were more whispers.

A Taoist priest stood at the front of the two groups of people. In front of him was an altar with three animals. The heads of bulls, pigs, and sheep were placed in sequence. The Taoist priest waved the sword in his hand and held a yellow edict in the other hand. I don't know what kind of scriptures I was chanting with plausible words in my mouth, and suddenly the edict was ignited, and the people standing at the end actually applauded, as if they were watching a juggling.Zeng Shi glared back fiercely, and from nowhere, some sailors and sailors poured in and stood behind and stopped.

Then, the Taoist lit a torch tied with oilcloth strips with a burning edict, and he turned around to face Zhaoyang and Huan'an. Although Huan'an is the prince, everyone in the world knows that Zhaoyang is the favored elder The princess, the Taoist priest walked up to Zhaoyang and handed the torch to Zhaoyang.

"His Royal Highness, please comfort the dead."

Zhaoyang took over the torch, and the front of her was already set up on the side plank. She only needed to go up the side plank to the high platform and ignite the hay on the hull. Jumping to the hull, the two ships will be quickly ignited.

Holding a torch, Zhaoyang moved forward step by step. She knew that the prince's teeth, the court's secret work, and even the spies from the Northland would all be watching her. She did not hesitate to use her dowry to build such a high platform, which is To let everyone see, let everyone know that all the speculation about the two warships from the Great Zhou and those dead soldiers has been put to an end today.

Before walking to the hay, Zhaoyang raised the torch in her hand again, she just wanted everyone to watch what she was doing, but when she threw the torch into the hay, what people didn't expect was that the scorching fire burst out When it got up, it was like a red demon, waving its sharp claws, making Zhaoyang retreat involuntarily.

"Why is this fire so big?" Du Yong said and looked at Zeng Shi, who was supervising the construction here.

Seeing the sudden fire, Zeng Shi was also a little surprised. The person who installed the high platform was not Wanshigang. According to the agreement, the local officials would send people to build it, and he only watched the workers sent by those officials. He was walking around in Chaos Harbor, but he really didn't know why the fire was so big.

Seeing the ferocious fire, Zhaoyang retreated immediately. Fortunately, there was no obstacle on the slats, and she could escape the flames as long as she quickened her pace, but everything was not as simple as Zhaoyang imagined. I don’t know why the fire suddenly went down the platform Jumping away, the fire ignited again from the bottom.

Zhaoyang was flustered, if she was in a man-made disaster and she could calm down, she would have one or two, but this is fire, water and fire are the most ruthless, so Zhaoyang had no choice but to run down the high platform desperately, but felt that her feet were all scorching hot, Zhaoyang looked at the people below, those officials were also in a mess, they were like a pot of ants who couldn't find the north and the south, but Huo Qishan was directing people to deliver water, while the group of pirates were shouting in their direction, even more so. What's more, they rushed directly in their own direction.

Zhaoyang looked around, the fire was much bigger than before, there seemed to be no way out, sparks kept floating in her eyes, she felt her forehead was wet with sweat, no matter which direction she went, it was a dead end Zhaoyang suddenly thought of the fire on the boat in the Qionger Strait that day, whether her mother and her brothers and sisters had nowhere to escape, living and dying in such despair.

Zhaoyang couldn't help clenching her fists, she was unwilling to die like this, she still had revenge!Zhaoyang looked at the direction leading to the ground, the flames had already formed a wall, Zhaoyang gritted his teeth, the worst would be to rush over, as long as people don't die, everything has a chance.

Zhaoyang closed her eyes, she gritted her teeth and rushed into the fire...

"Princess, hold me tight."

Zhaoyang opened his eyes, and was hugged by Gu Ruyang with one arm, while Gu Ruyang's other hand was holding onto a soaked coir raincoat. It turned out that she rushed up with the coir raincoat on her back. The rush was full of dangers, even Huo Qishan was a little helpless, Zhaoyang's heart trembled, what kind of courage Gu Ruyang had to come up to save him.

Wrapping one hand around Gu Ruyang's waist, Zhaoyang's Xiangzi leaned against Gu Ruyang's body, Gu Ruyang closed his coir raincoat, and the two leaned tightly together.

"Master Gu..."

"Don't talk!" Gu Ruyang led the way down wholeheartedly: "Hold tight."

"Okay, you pay attention to safety." Zhaoyang looked at the gradually growing fire, and Gu Ruyang was not an impregnable wall, and the coir raincoat might not last long.

"The head of the house! The head of the house!" The pirates below shouted, and at the same time, together with Qianniuwei, they continued to pour sea water into the burning place.

At this time, Gu Ruyang had a persistent expression on her face, she was not distracted, she knew clearly that distraction could be life-threatening at any time, she was careful to avoid falling objects from the boat, Zhaoyang followed Gu Ruyang's footsteps all the way, watching Looking into her eyes, Zhaoyang showed a little more admiration for Gu Ruyang.

The fire burned higher and higher, and parts of the mast kept falling, and they hit the fragile high platform, which made people feel that the high platform was trembling. Following Zhaoyang, he heard the approaching Human voices, basins of water also appeared on her body, and Zhao Yang could even hear the sizzle coming from Gu Ruyang's back.

There is great power in numbers!Although they tossed and tossed on the high platform for a while, the two finally reached the ground, but before they had time to catch their breath, they heard a sound of collapse from above their heads, and the high platform suddenly fell down.As the crackling bamboo and wooden planks fell, gray smoke was seen everywhere, and all the people under the high platform were submerged in the rot...

"His Royal Highness! Her Royal Highness!"

Zhaoyang's ears were full of shouts, but hers felt like buzzing...

"Your Highness, the cabin is on fire, take your Highness to the boat and escape!" This servant is the personal eunuch of Queen Mother Zhaoyang, and also an old man in the palace.

"Where's my mother?!" Zhaoyang asked the eunuch while taking Qin Huan'an's hand and pulling it away.

"The empress... The empress has arranged for the concubines and princesses to evacuate, and let you and your highness escape first." The eunuch pulled up the curtain, and he looked out of the boat from time to time, only to see a raging fire outside: "Princess, what happened?" It's not too late, you go, I'll help the master arrange it."

Looking at Qin Huan'an who was already in tears, Zhaoyang frowned.

"Then you go and tell my mother that I will take Huan'an and leave first. If we can't meet on other boats, then we will meet on Taiping Island."

"Princess, take care!" The eunuch knelt on the ground and watched Zhaoyang leave the ship, but when he stood up from the ground and turned around, he saw a Qianniuwei walking in front of him with a knife.

"What are you doing here, don't you protect..."

It's a pity that the old eunuch hadn't finished speaking, only to see that Qianniuwei swung his knife away, and there was another bloody corpse.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?"

It was still the same title, the same concerned tone, but it was no longer the old eunuch who spoke. Zhaoyang slowly opened his eyes, but saw Fengdi serving by his side. Wiping his forehead carefully, he called his name carefully.

Fengdi saw Zhaoyang who opened her eyes, and her expression of concern turned into excitement for a moment, but she had to hold back her emotions in such an environment.Zhaoyang looked at her vaguely, turned and said to the people beside her.

"Wake up, the princess is awake."