Chen Ke, who was on the side, couldn't help but sneered after hearing Ma Ma's words: "If they were really afraid, they wouldn't have been so bold as to burn the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Yamen to the ground before."
As they spoke, the two walked towards the outside of the cabin. They vaguely heard the sound of rushing water coming from the river, but did not hear any other sounds.
However, although the two of them said they heard no other unusual movements, they did not doubt whether Li Huan had heard wrongly.
Others don't know about Li Huan's strength. Those who are with Li Huan still know something about it. Since Li Huan said it, Li Huan must have noticed that someone is approaching.
Chen Ke on the side couldn't help but sneered after hearing Ma Ming's words: "If they were really afraid, they wouldn't have been so bold as to burn the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Yamen to the ground before."
As they spoke, the two walked towards the outside of the cabin. They vaguely heard the sound of rushing water coming from the river, but did not hear any other sounds.
However, although the two of them said they heard no other unusual movements, they did not doubt whether Li Huan had heard wrongly.
Others don't know about Li Huan's strength. Those who are around Li Huan still know something about it. Since Li Huan said it, Li Huan must have noticed someone approaching.
Li Huan also slowly stood up. In the shipyard, a figure said to Li Huan: "Master, I will serve you in armor!"
This person is none other than Cao Yu, the most outstanding one among the young eunuchs who were rescued from the palace and kept by his side by Li Huan. Cao Yu has spent most of his time in Li Mansion in the past few years.
After all, Cao Yu is taking care of almost all the affairs in the mansion, and he can be said to be Li Huan's most trusted person.
At that time, Li Huan asked Cao Yu and other young eunuchs to practice the sword manual to ward off evil spirits. Cao Yu had extraordinary talent in practicing the sword manual to ward off evil spirits. It was as if the sword manual to ward off evil spirits was created for him. The speed of his practice could be described as extraordinary.
It was so fast that even Li Huan was amazed by it.
Today's Cao Yu's cultivation has been continuously refined over the years, coupled with Li Huan's strong support, and taking a large number of various tonics that help his cultivation. Cao Yu's current strength is even higher than that of today's martial arts.
The top players among them are also capable of fighting.
In particular, Cao Yu's figure looks like a ghost due to his practice of sword techniques to ward off evil spirits, which makes him even more weird.
Cao Yu, who had become more feminine due to practicing the evil-fighting swordsmanship, was helping Li Huan put on his armor with a respectful expression. Then he gave Li Huan's sword and hands to Li Huan and said: "Young Master."
Li Huan took the Xiuchun knife forged from black iron and said with a smile on his face: "Let's go and see if these people have the confidence to attack Li."
Any fool knows that these assassins are coming after him, so Li Huan is also quite curious about what these people have to rely on.
Hearing this, a murderous intent flashed through Cao Yu's eyes, and a slight sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "If you dare to hurt the young master, I will kill them all today."
While speaking, Cao Yu trailed Li Huan half a step and followed Li Huan towards the outside of the cabin. However, the soft and cold aura of Cao Yu let Ma Ming walk to the cabin door, and Chen Ke shuddered.
The two subconsciously distanced themselves from Cao Yu, obviously having some subconscious fear of Cao Yu.
They had fought against Cao Yu before, and it was precisely because they had fought against Cao Yu that they were even more wary of Cao Yu. Cao Yu's martial arts was really too weird, even for someone as strong as Chen Ke.
A top-notch player found it difficult to resist Cao Yu.
It can even be said that if Cao Yu really wanted to kill him, Chen Ke felt that he might not be able to survive Cao Yu's attacks.
Just when Li Huan and others walked out of the cabin and appeared on the deck, Li Huan looked towards the darkness ahead.
The sky was dark, and even if there were lanterns on the boat to illuminate the surroundings, the weak light could only allow people to see a few feet in radius. Everything was dark, and nothing could be seen clearly.
However, Li Huan's eyes seemed to see through the darkness and saw what was hidden in the darkness.
Murder in the distance.
Just tens of feet away from Li Huan and his team, a dozen ships of various sizes were quietly approaching Li Huan and his team.
Just on a small boat, Jing Kui, who was dressed in fine clothes, looked at the illuminated official ship from a distance, and even saw a few figures walking out of the cabin through the light.
When he saw those figures, Jing Kui couldn't help but narrow his eyes. Although he didn't know Li Huan, for some reason, Jing Kui intuitively told him that his target was among these people.
But when Li Huan looked at them hidden in the darkness, Jing Kui felt that Li Huan's eyes seemed to have seen them. Especially when Li Huan looked at them, he actually felt that he was looking at Li Huan.
feeling.
"You've been discovered, haven't you?"
After being glanced at by Li Huan, Jing Kui couldn't help but feel like he had been discovered, but soon Jing Kui shook his head subconsciously. The distance was so far, especially since they were still deep in darkness, and they didn't even light up for the sake of secrecy.
He really didn't believe that Li Huan could detect them under such circumstances.
Ma Qi, who was carrying a sword, was now standing beside Jing Kui. He looked away from the approaching ship in the distance and whispered to Jing Kui: "Sir, if you wait any longer, you may get into trouble."
The other party noticed it, did they order the brothers to take action?"
Jing Kui nodded slightly when he heard this and said: "Give me the order to let the brothers go into the water immediately. They must scuttle the big ship Li Huan and his companions are riding on. No one on the ship is allowed to be spared. I want them all to go into the water to feed the bastard."
Ma Qi responded, and soon saw figures on dozens of large and small boats surrounding them submerging silently into the river.
These people make a living on the Grand Canal all year round. When it comes to water quality, there are really not many people who can compare with them.
At this moment, these people entered the water, and they really took to the water like a fish in the water. They quietly approached Li Huan and his several large ships without making any noise.
At the same time, Jing Kui stood on the bow of the ship. Besides Ma Qi, there was also a burly figure beside him. Who else could it be if it wasn't Xiang Wentian?
Xiang Wentian also looked at the large ships from a distance, especially the figures standing on the deck of the leading ship.
Li Huan seemed to feel Xiang Wentian's gaze and looked towards Xiang Wentian.
Although they were tens of feet apart, Xiang Wentian's heart tightened inexplicably. He looked away almost instinctively and said, "No, we have been discovered."
Xiang Wentian's words naturally made Jing Kui and Ma Qi stunned, and they subconsciously looked towards Xiang Wentian.
At this moment, the desperadoes among the canal workers who had dived into the water approached Li Huan and his fleet at an extremely fast speed.
Li Huan stood on the deck, a bright light flashed in his eyes and sneered: "How brave, you dare to attack the imperial envoy. I think you don't want to live anymore."
While he was talking, Li Huan said, "Bring me my bow and arrows."
The next moment, a Jinyi Guardsman handed Li Huan the bow and arrow he had prepared.
I saw Li Huan bending his bow and setting an arrow, and the arrows shot through the air in an instant. The arrows sank into the water like lightning. Soon, a bright red color appeared on the surface of the water, and corpses emerged from the water one after another.
After a burst of shooting, Li Huan almost hit every arrow. In the blink of an eye, nearly ten corpses appeared on the water.
At this moment, the desperadoes who had dived into the water seemed to have noticed something was wrong. In addition, they had already approached several official ships, and immediately a water ghost emerged from the water.
These people were extremely strong and strong. They seemed to be much more agile in the water than on land, but they climbed towards several ships at extremely fast speeds.
If you were unprepared, you would really be rushed onto the boat by such a group of agile desperadoes.
But Li Huan and others had already taken precautions.
The moment these people were forced to appear by Li Huan, Li Huan's voice spread around: "Kill, don't let anyone go."
When Li Huan spoke, Jing Kui, who was already approaching quickly in a small boat, also rushed over.
Not far away, he also opened his mouth with endless murderous intent and said: "Kill, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver for each person you kill."
Li Huan wanted to keep all those who dared to attack them, and Jing Kui also came with the determination to kill them all. Although Li Huan discovered his whereabouts, Jing Kui did not do anything.
Instead of giving up, he suddenly came up with a reward of a hundred taels of silver for killing one person.
Naturally, Jing Kui knew these people very well. These people were all desperadoes. As long as they were willing to spend money on them, even if they were allowed to assassinate the emperor, these people would not hesitate.
Now that Jing Kui shouted, the group of people, whose morale had been a little low because their companions were shot dead by Li Huan, immediately turned red-eyed and howled like hungry wolves, climbing crazily towards several large ships.
At this moment, the lights on several large ships suddenly turned on, and groups of guards in golden uniforms appeared on the large ships carrying gleaming crossbow arrows.
The people Li Huan brought with him when he went south this time were all the elite men carefully selected from the Jinyi Guards. Li Huan had already expected that his trip south would not be so smooth, so he even armed these Jinyi Guards to the teeth.
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It was seen that each of these Jinyi guards were wearing armor, wearing embroidered spring knives on their waists, and holding strong pipes in their hands. This appearance made Jing Kui, who saw this scene from a distance, frown.
But now the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Even though Jin Yiwei looked prepared, Jing Kui had no intention of giving up.
Even this situation was originally in his budget. The worst outcome was that Li Huan and others had been prepared. After all, they would not think that Li Huan would be stupid and come to Yangzhou Mansion without any precautions.
Therefore, Jing Kui had also expected this situation, so at this moment, Jing Kui was not surprised or panicked. Instead, he turned to Ma Qi beside him and said: "It seems that Li Huan was prepared for it, so why not make a surprise attack?"
It is unlikely to be realized. In that case, let’s attack by force.”
Jing Kui said, "Send the signal and let the brothers take action together."
Ma Qi nodded, and immediately took out a signal bomb from his arms, and a firework exploded in the air.
In order to prevent accidents, Jing Kui has made various preparations. At this time, there are also hundreds of people ambushing both sides of the Grand Canal. On the one hand, these people are to prevent people with Jin Yiwei from landing on land and escaping on land. On the other hand,
They are also used as backup. Once the surprise attack on the river surface is unfavorable, they will be the backup.
On the shore, a man with a scarred face and a team of people suddenly saw the fireworks exploding in the sky and spit out a mouthful of liquid. He laughed evilly and rushed out of his hiding place and shouted: "Young men, follow me into the water and kill people."
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"Go kill people!!"
I saw a crowd of dark figures rushing out from the shore. These people were also dressed in black. They were following behind the scar-faced man like wolves, running quickly, and the next moment they all plunged in with fierce force.
In the river.
One after another, figures quickly approached several official ships located in the center of the river at extremely fast speeds.
At this moment, bursts of shrill screams filled the night sky. The screams and curses sounded so shrill that it made people's hearts palpitate.
It turned out that when these desperadoes climbed up along the side of the boat, they had just climbed onto the boat and exposed their heads. Before they could even flip half of their bodies onto the boat, they saw the black Jin Yiwei head on.
It would be fine if they just saw these Jin Yiwei waiting for them. The key point is that each of these Jin Yiwei were staring at them with ferocious expressions, and they were holding gleaming crossbow arrows in their hands.
Seeing a large number of water workers climbing onto the boat and showing their heads, they heard a member of the Jin Yiwei Baihu shouting: "Shoot!"
The excitement on the faces of these submersible workers, whose bodies were still flowing with river water and who were gasping for air, suddenly froze, and then endless fear arose from the bottom of their hearts.
"No!"
Some people let out shrill screams, but their screams were unable to stop the Jin Yiwei's movements, and they saw arrows coming through the air one after another.
The two sides are not even close to each other
The distance is more than one foot. At such a close distance, even top-notch craftsmen, let alone these workers, may not have time to react.
Arrow after arrow just sank into the bodies of these people. Accompanied by the screams of these people, in the blink of an eye, the bodies of at least dozens of water workers who climbed onto several large boats fell into the river.
Among them, it hit the water surface hard, causing a bloody splash.
Jing Kui, who saw this scene from a distance, couldn't help but twitching his eyes, but he shouted loudly: "Come on me, rush on me quickly."
Looking around, with several official ships as the center, the river was covered with darkness, and there were silhouettes. These watermen were working hard to climb up to the official ships.
After a wave of arrows, although the area was cleared, the death of their companions seemed to arouse the ferocity of these desperadoes. There were actually many people carrying the bodies of their companions to block the arrows from rushing to the ship.
After all, it takes time to refill the crossbow arrows, so as people rushed onto the boat, the Jin Yiwei directly abandoned the empty crossbow arrows and rushed forward with Xiuchun Dao to fight with these people.
Li Huan stood on the bow of the boat, pointing the arrow in his hand at Jing Kui, who was more than ten feet away. The next moment, the arrow broke through the air and struck.
Jing Kui, who was targeted by the arrow, felt a chill all over his body, and his heart was screaming with alarm. Almost instinctively, he jumped directly into the river and escaped the fatal blow.
Jing Kui, who had escaped the disaster, couldn't help but become furious when he saw Li Huan. He spat out the river and roared: "Come to the left, if you don't take action now, how much later will it be!"