Kang Long sat cross-legged in the lounge of the cabin and practiced meditation diligently. After three weeks of meditation, he felt refreshed and not sleepy at all, so he got up and walked out of the cabin and walked to the deck.
The soldiers responsible for the night watch patrolled the ship with solemn expressions, not daring to be careless at all. It seemed that Hua Qian and Li Jixun also knew that this matter was of great importance and did not dare to slack off at all. They must have specifically explained the details of each ship.
Soldiers, be sure to be vigilant at all times.
Suddenly, Kang Long felt abnormal fluctuations in the air in the distance. He looked through the weak light and saw a black shadow in the distance quickly flying out from an iron-headed warship at the front, darting into the dark night like a ghost.
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The soldier on duty was unaware of it, and Kang Long became suspicious. He decided to follow him to see who it was and why he had escaped from the warship. He gathered his energy, quietly jumped to the shore, and lurked over.
Kang Long's technique of sneaking forward was a special training subject of the special forces brigade in his previous life. He could use various terrains to hide his whereabouts and avoid being discovered by the enemy.
Although the man in front was a master of Qinggong, he was not a master of Xuan Gong, but an ordinary internal master. His Huohou was only at the master level, not as good as Kang Long. Naturally, he did not realize that he had been tracked by Kang Long.
That man was also considered a very wise man. From time to time he would stop and lie down on the ground or in the bushes, observe for a while, and then continue moving forward.
Since it was late at night and there was no light from the stars and the moon, Kang Long could not see the face on that day and could only vaguely see a black shadow. This was also due to the fact that he had been practicing Wuji Kung Fu for some time and his eyes became sharper than before.
It takes a lot of people to see a black shadow. If you are an ordinary person, you can't see anything at all in such a dark night.
The black shadow was scurrying high and low, carefully lurking along the way. Soon after, Kang Long saw a mound in the distance. On that mound, there were dozens of earthen bags of various sizes.
From time to time, miserable green flames lit up between the earthen buns. From a distance, it looked extremely strange.
This place turned out to be a mass grave. Those miserable green flames must be the extremely horrifying will-o’-the-wisps passed down by ordinary people. However, this did not scare Kang Long. As a modern person, he naturally knew that these were some natural phenomena, phosphorus fire,
It's not a will-o'-the-wisp at all.
On the mass grave, there were dozens of will-o'-the-wisps dotted with will-o'-the-wisps. Among them, the large grave in the center had the largest will-o'-the-wisps, which was as big as the mouth of an ordinary ocean bowl.
If ordinary people saw it, they would probably be so frightened that they would turn around and run away.
But the black shadow and Kang Long were obviously extraordinary people. Not only was the black shadow not afraid of the large group of will-o'-the-wisps, but it quickly moved towards the large group of will-o'-the-wisps.
Kang Long stopped at an earthen grave on the edge of the mass grave. He calmed down his breath and hid his body, but his eyes were fixed on the black figure through the gaps in the leaves of the shrubs beside the earthen grave.
Just when the black shadow approached the will-o'-the-wisp, suddenly the entire mass grave burst into a large ball of miserable blue light! In an instant, a radius of more than ten feet was illuminated like miserable blue daylight.
Kang Long had expected that something like this would happen, so he had hid his body before. Now, he was not exposed in the light of the moment when the big will-o'-the-wisp suddenly rose into the air and exploded.
But at the moment when the will-o'-the-wisp exploded, the black shadow jumped into the air, and with the sudden light, he looked around all around, and once again made sure that no one was following him, he landed on the big tomb and whispered: "Ghost King, are you still here?"
Not showing up?"
A laughter like a night owl sounded harshly, "Chatter, kid, you're late!"
The black shadow said: "King of Ghosts, I encountered some difficult things temporarily, and I was only a moment too late. You won't fall out because of this, right?"
The night owl-like voice once again let out a harsh laugh, saying: "How are things going? If you don't hear the good news, don't blame me for using you to feed my children!"
After the harsh voice finished speaking, bursts of cold laughter suddenly appeared on the graveyard in Sifang. It was like a hundred ghosts chirping in unison, and the sound was terrifying.
The black figure seemed to understand the rules of the so-called Ghost King very well, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Ghost King, you also know that I, the escort, is just an empty shell, and the two commanders cannot be at my disposal. If you want to successfully transport them,
The robbery of this batch of food and grass must be planned by His Majesty the Ghost King. We agreed in advance that I am only responsible for leading the fleet to Wangui Beach."
The harsh voice said: "Chachai, it's good that you know. It's best not to play tricks on me, otherwise you know the consequences. I didn't call him 'Hundred Ghosts and Soul Eaters**' for nothing. By the way.
, are there any troublesome people among the officers escorting the food and fodder this time?"
Kang Long was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that the dark figure was Feng Chenfeng, the escort. What was even more surprising was that he actually colluded with this ghost king who had no known origins to rob the Jin Dynasty of this batch of food and grass.
If this batch of food and grass is really robbed, I am afraid that everyone from the battalion commander to the captain, captain, and even ordinary soldiers will suffer. Even if you can escape from these robbers, going back will be a capital crime.
I heard that Feng Chenfeng was still a direct descendant of the Feng family. Why would he do such an unwise thing? What benefits could he get? I am afraid that if the Jin Emperor were to question him, he would be the first to be beheaded.
Although Kang Long tried his best to see the specific location of the person who made the harsh sound, in the flickering blue light and shadow, he could only see an extremely blurry shadow, erratic on the big tomb.
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"Are there any troublesome people? Two commanders, ten captains, and twenty captains, none of them have reached the level of a master. However, these people are all elite soldiers who are skilled in battle formations. They may not be easy to deal with." Feng Chenfeng said carefully.
"Humph, then there is nothing to worry about. Do what you should do, and the prince will naturally help you take charge of Haorantang." The harsh voice said.
"It's getting late, I should go back, otherwise it will be very troublesome to let those people know." Feng Chenfeng said.
The ghost king's harsh night owl-like laughter sounded, and he left as soon as he said he wanted to, without any delay, and was gone in an instant.
Feng Chenfeng murmured, quickly ran towards the direction he came from, and disappeared.
The will-o'-the-wisps around him gradually dispersed until they disappeared. Kang Long lay there motionless until half an hour passed, but there was still no movement, and then he quietly returned to the ship.
On the second day, Feng Chenfeng resolutely rejected the two battalions sent by Shi Chongyu to escort the troops and left.
Kang Longzhuo stood on the bow of the boat, and Li Ba stood beside him, "Du Tou, what are you thinking about?"
"Li Ba, where is Wangui Beach? Are the waters there very dangerous?" Kang Long did not answer Li Ba's question, but asked instead.
Li Ba is a veteran in the army. He has been on the canal road that runs from east to west and from north to south several times. Naturally, he knows many places. He was slightly stunned when he heard this and said strangely: "Dutou, where did you hear this name? This Wangui
The beach has always been a forbidden area for waterways, and people who usually travel by waterway have so many taboos that they would not even dare to mention this name."
"Oh, tell me." Kang Long tapped the ship's ramp with his fingers with interest.
Li Ba was obviously not the kind of layman who believed in ghosts and gods. Seeing that Kang Long was interested, he started talking about it in detail.
It turns out that the water transportation on the canal road was originally taken over by a gang composed of Kuhaha in the rivers and lakes. The name of this organization was the Barefoot Gang.
It is said that this force has existed since the Sui Dynasty, and they have been responsible for water transportation on waterways. Whether it is government water transport ships or private merchant ships, they will hire ships from the Barefoot Gang.
Unfortunately, in the last years of the Tang Empire, civil unrest broke out everywhere, and wars were everywhere. One of them, Huang Chao, a private salt dealer from Zhejiang and Fujian, gradually developed into the largest force and forcibly incorporated the Barefoot Gang into the rebel navy. He wanted to
Take advantage of the situation to control the north-south waterways.
However, the Barefoot Gang was unlucky and was eventually annihilated by Zhu Wen's navy at the rocky beach where the Qingzhang River, Zhuozhang River and the Grand Canal meet. In that battle, almost all the Barefoot Gang members were killed. Legend has it that
The entire rocky beach was blood red. At night, ghost fires would emerge from the water on the rocky beach, and there would be endless ghost cries. Since then, the rocky beach where the three rivers meet has become
Wangui Beach.
However, because it is the place where three rivers meet, the water is open, the water is powerful, and there are a lot of rocks washed down from the clear Zhang River, it is really a dangerous place.
Moreover, the rocky beach is surrounded by reed swamps with a radius of dozens of miles, where water bandits often gather to rob passing ships. It is also a good place for killing people and stealing goods.