On the way out of 6698, I learned the names of the two old men who had been following Old Man Shi.

The one with gray hair and a pale face is named Ye Cang, while the fatter one who looks relatively kind is named Ye Zhu. My master told us that these two are actually brothers. Although they don’t look alike, they

He was truly born from the same mother and had a long-standing reputation in the world.

These two people are not from Fujian and Yue. They were born at the foot of Mount Tai, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius. It is said that they are from a scholarly family, but they do not like writing. They went to Kunyu Mountain when they were young and entered the Quanzhen sect of Taoism. It is true that

Come on, they should be Taoist disciples. They gained quite a reputation when they were young, because their name comes from the sentence in Yao Nai's record of climbing Mount Tai, "Cangshan carries snow, and the sky is bright with candles to the south." Therefore, they are called them in Taoism.

They are two heroes from Jiaodong. When they were young, they had a hot temper and did many great things. Later, they offended some kind of immortal. They suddenly disappeared decades ago and never appeared again.

My master looked strange when he first saw them. He recognized these two people at that time and was really shocked. He never expected that these two people would join the Hai Gang.

"This old man Shi is not a simple person. He has vicious eyes. He can tell the secrets of us people at a glance. However, he actually has no power to restrain the chicken. He has subdued these two Jiaodong heroes. It seems that... the Hai Gang has been doing very well in recent years.

I can’t sit still anymore.”

My master said meaningfully: "Although I don't know people from the Hai Gang, when I travel around the world, I hear many friends say that this generation of Hai Gang talkers are not practitioners themselves..."

His words hit the mark, leaving several of us thinking endlessly.

Is it possible that this old man Shi is actually the boss of the Hai Gang?

Only Lao Bai didn't know what he was thinking. He kept muttering the phrase "The mountains are covered with snow, and the sky is bright with candles to the south." From time to time, he also said "I know ice and fire", and he smiled in an extremely vulgar way.

Brother Yaozi was a little worried. Behind Ye Cang and Ye Zhu's back, he told my master that Hai Gang was not a good bird. Could it be possible that he would really listen to their arrangements in the future? Would he be tricked by them again?

My master said four words lightly, but they didn't dare.

The Hai Gang is worthy of being the overlord of this area of ​​Fujian and Yue. After all, they are rich and powerful. Ye Cang and Ye Zhu led us to move out of the original express hotel, and then arranged for us to stay in a five-star hotel, with one suite per person.

, after looking at the price, I chewed my teeth, thinking that we worked hard with Tianmeng to do things, and the bonus given last time was not enough for the few of us to live here for a few days. It turns out that people are more likely to die than others.

I had some free time, and when I took a bath at night, I took another look at my physical condition.

Over the past few days, my condition has deteriorated a lot.

The ferocious blood vessels intertwined into a large network, covering almost my entire abdomen. Even my skin now appears a dark blue color.

"I hope I can find something this time."

I sighed, but there was another voice in my heart telling me that District 17 was too weird. If we couldn't even find the door when we got there, maybe it would be a good thing? At least my master and the others don't have to bear too much responsibility with me.

risk.

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Two days passed by in a flash.

In the early morning of the third day, Ye Cang and Ye Zhu appeared in front of us again. They exchanged pleasantries first and asked us if we had eaten well and slept well in the past two days. They were very polite and even to the point of being frightened. They were doing a good job in saving face.

Very satisfied. Immediately afterwards, the two of them changed the subject and bluntly said that they were ready. If we had nothing to do, we could set off today.

That's what we were waiting for. After packing up everything, we followed the two of them to the pier.

A fishing boat has already been moored at the pier.

Looking from a distance, I saw that many people were busy on the boat. I thought to myself that this sea gang was not so mean after all. Even if they were not optimistic about our trip to sea, at least we had done what we should have done.

As a result, when we boarded the ship and saw these so-called crew members clearly, our faces were as black as ink, and a cold light flashed in my master's eyes.

"What? What is this?!"

The idiot Lao Bai jumped three feet high. Originally, he was grateful for Old Man Shi's kindness in taking him in and sheltered him, so he tried his best to keep quiet these days. Otherwise, with the intoxicating nature of his mouth, he might not have known what nasty words would come out of his mouth.

Even so, he still couldn't suppress it at this moment, and he exploded, pointing at the people on the deck and yelling: "Come on, come on, I know how to use ice and fire, you two explain to me, what are these things!"

Brother on the bow, where are your legs? Where are they?

And this brother, what are you looking at me for? You only have one eye left to look at. Where is your eyeball? I want you to pick it out and eat it? This is so cruel to you...

And...brother, do you have bladder cancer? Why are you still hanging a urine bag? Okay, just stand there and don’t come over. Your urine bag is leaking. Damn it, if you give me a shower today

Shoes, I will kill you!

…”

As soon as the grandson opened his mouth, he started scolding endlessly, almost scolding everyone one by one.

Although his mouth was a little damaged, he was telling the truth—these people on the deck were all disabled!

Some have broken legs, some have broken arms, some have hideous scars on their faces, some are old, and some... have urine bags hanging on them!!

How can we go to sea with sailors like this sailing a boat? How can we go to District 17 to find the legendary Penglai?!

When we said we were looking for a target, Old Man Shi's attitude took a 360-degree turn. His original enthusiasm for discussing cooperation suddenly disappeared. At that time, we knew that the Hai Gang would definitely not let the experts accompany us to sea this time.

In their opinion, the risk is too great, and they are afraid of bringing in the experts, but no one expected that such a group of people would be given away. In Lao Bai's words, this is a group of defective products.

With my master supporting me, Lao Bai acted like a shrew. He didn’t care whether it was the Jiaodong duo or the ice and fire heroes. He grabbed the clothes of two old men, Ye Cang and Ye Zhu, and said that he didn’t understand these people.

How to use it, you have to ask two people to write him an instruction manual.

"You can't say that."

Ye Zhu was not angry, he just acted like a good old man and said with a smile: "After all, I am helping you this time. Mr. Shi can't force him to give any orders, so he is completely recruiting volunteers. Don't underestimate these people.

These are all old men from our Hai Gang. They have seen blood, experienced strong winds and waves, and have rich experience. Letting them accompany you to District 17 is actually the most secure thing."

He revealed the identities of these people in one sentence.

These people are quite young, the youngest is estimated to be around thirty-five or sixty-six. They must have become disabled while working for the Hai Gang. The Hai Gang simply used this matter to throw them out in one fell swoop.

The typical waste utilization idea is that it is not a pity to die, and it can also reduce the burden of the sea gang. After all, these people still have to be supported by the sea gang while they are alive.

This is a group of abandoned people!

I felt cold in my heart, and couldn't help but observe these people carefully. There were nine of them in total, and each of them was scarred. I felt a kind of desolation in their bodies, even if they were scolded so harshly by Lao Bai, they still felt

Their faces were expressionless, and they could only glance at Lao Bai. The silence and suppressed atmosphere made people almost breathless. Obviously, they knew very well why they were here.

So, I pushed Lao Bai and told him to keep his words. There was no need to scold such poor people who had to shed tears even after they had dried up their blood.

Lao Bai then stood aside with a groan and stopped talking.

"With these people at the helm and guiding the way, we will ensure stability!"

Ye Cang smiled and walked to the cabin door and knocked lightly: "Shunzi, come out!"

The hatch opened, and a strong young man came out with his body hunched over.

"Old Shi still values ​​you very much."

Ye Cang pulled the young man to come to us and said: "This is Shunzi, the child who survived from District 17. You see, Mr. Shi sent him here. This shows how much he takes this matter seriously?

!”

It's actually this person?

I was indeed a little surprised. I didn't expect to send this person. One of the surviving children is now about the same age as me.

After hearing what Ye Cang said, the other party immediately grinned: "I'm glad to be able to help you. Master Shi said that this is an honorable mission."

What a fool...

I sighed in my heart, I'm afraid you don't know that your Mr. Shi is no longer interested in District 17, and you, a fool, are no longer useful in his eyes, so you are thrown out on a mission with a narrow chance of death!

He also said that Shunzi's father was a rare genius, how he cherished him back then, but as a result, his old friend was dead and his son was useless, so he abandoned him like a worn-out shoe. It is rare to be unkind and unjust...

To be honest, when Lao Bai first told me about this old man Shi, the image that stood up in my mind was that of a bold and righteous but taciturn ship boss.

As a result, there are indeed no exceptions in this world, let alone anything new. The more glamorous a person is to the outside world, the more ruthless, cruel, mean and ungrateful he is to the inside. The same is true for Song Jiang and the same for Liu Bei.

It's still common here.

"So be it!"

My master has probably seen clearly the cruelty within this sea gang, and doesn't want to argue any more. He has an invincible belief in his heart, and his requirements for these people are very low. As long as they can send us to the 17th District, it will be easy.

With a slight wave of his hand: "Go to sea!"

Ye Cang and Ye Zhu cupped their hands and said "treasure". This time it was a rare sincerity. They didn't think highly of us, but they still hoped that we could come back alive. After all, they still pointed out that I, as a ritual official, could grow up.

Otherwise, their meager investment will be wasted.

Facts have proved that the disabilities of these people given by the sea gang are disabilities, and they are still very skilled in driving boats. Including Shunzi, there are ten people in total, and they cooperate very well. The fishing boat gradually leaves the port and plunges into the vast sea.

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We tried to communicate with Shunzi, and what he said was exactly the same as what Old Man Shi told us. Then we looked at the scars on his body. They looked like some kind of scratches, five fingers, but they didn't look like scratches left by human hands.

The scars were bulging and very hideous. After looking at them for a long time, I couldn't find any clues, so I had to give up in frustration.

This is my first time to go to sea. At the beginning, it was relatively new. I would chat with people from the sea gang when I had nothing to do. Unfortunately, these people were already disheartened and had nothing to talk about. After asking for a long time, I only got a general idea of ​​these people.

The name is a taboo, or in other words, a nickname.

Among the ten people, the man in charge was the man who was blind in one eye and was scolded by Lao Bai. He was about fifty or sixty years old, with a strong body and dark and rough skin. He asked me to call him Lao One-eyed and come to him if I have anything to do.

That's fine, he will make arrangements. He didn't reveal anything else, such as how he lost his eye...

Brother Yaozi said, this is a ruthless man who has killed people.

The fishing boat is not very big, and with the seven of us in the group, seventeen people are already crowded on one boat, and it is even more so when we enter the cabin. Seven of us are squeezed into one room, and Old One-eye and Shun are squeezed in with other crew members.
To be continued...