Chapter 57: Sudden Change on the Boat

  At this time, the small boat had gradually approached the big ship. The thin man looked up at the deck and saw a middle-aged man in his 40s with a waxen complexion standing on the side of the ship. He was slightly surprised and said: "Huh? Is that Third Master! What is he doing on this ship? Where's Second Master?"

  Yang Yue also slightly frowned, according to the previous arrangement, the one who should come here to pick her up was Er Dangjia Huang Cheng, but this time it was San Dangjia Zhou Lun. However, what's strange is that this boat was actually Er Dangjia's flagship Nanhai Hao.

  Yang Yue then asked loudly: "Third brother, how come you're here? Where's second brother?"

  "Fourth sister, third brother heard that you went to catch that Miss Li, and was worried that you might get into trouble, so he discussed with second brother and came over together to pick you up. The two of us had a few cups of wine on the boat last night, but didn't expect that second brother hadn't drunk for a long time, and after one drink, he couldn't hold his liquor and fell asleep, and is still snoring in the bedroom now."

  "Oh, I see." Yang Yue also knew that Huang Cheng's alcohol tolerance was extremely poor and couldn't help but say: "He's the same, his drinking capacity is no good, what's the point of drinking so much?"

  Zhou Lun saw a man and woman tied up on Yang Yue's small boat and exclaimed with joy: "It seems that Fourth Sister has succeeded?"

  "Hmm! I've been tracking Li Yu Rong for over a month, from Lin'an all the way to Chu Zhou. Finally got what I wanted! And there's even an unexpected gain!" Yang Yue said with some satisfaction.

  "Oh? What unexpected gain?" Zhou Lun asked with some surprise.

  "I caught the little thief from the Yue family! I didn't expect him to be in Chuzhou City too, and he was even drunk as a skunk. Of course, it was easy for me to catch him!" Yang Yue said with a smile.

  "Thief of the Yue family?!" Zhou Lun was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly realized: "Could it be the son of that old thief Yue Fei?"

  "Ah! It's this kid!" Yang Yue pulled the rope in her hand with great force, pulling Yue Yun up from the deck of the ship. Yue Yun was caught off guard and his feet were unstable, stumbling and almost falling over.

  "Haha! Fourth sister is really too powerful! Looking at this guy's appearance and age, it should be Yue Yun. I heard that this kid can fight quite well, General Xieli previously said that even his father-in-law Wuzong was defeated by Yue Yun in Yancity. Fourth sister actually caught him, we must reward her heavily." Zhou Lun laughed loudly.

  Yue Yun's heart sank at this time, and he secretly thought that things were going to go badly. He recalled that before Yue Fei exterminated Yang Yao, the Song army had also launched several attacks on the Dongting Lake Righteous Army led by Yang Yao. However, they were all defeated by the righteous army, which was skilled in naval warfare, and the new-style ships of the righteous army could not even be matched by the official ships of the Song army.

  Later, the imperial court replaced Yue Fei to suppress Yang Yao. Yue Fei used a combination of pacification and suppression methods, mainly using internal division, amnesty and other means to induce discord within the righteous army, and finally annihilated Yang Yao's righteous army.

  After that, the Southern Song Dynasty's navy was able to manufacture a large number of ships based on the captured ships of the Dongting Righteous Army. It can be seen that this batch of Dongting Righteous Army was far superior to the Southern Song Dynasty's navy in terms of naval tactics and shipbuilding technology.

  The reason why the Jin State has been repeatedly frustrated in the Jianghuai area is that the Jianghuai region is densely covered with water networks, and the Song Dynasty has the natural barrier of the Yangtze River. The Jurchen people are northerners who are not good at naval warfare. If this group of Dongting Lake pirates... now should be called East China Sea pirates... surrender to the Jin State, then the Jin State's naval combat capability will be greatly enhanced.

  Just as Yue Yun was in a precarious situation, Yang Yue listened to Zhou Lun's words and frowned, raising her voice: "Third brother, didn't we agree not to accept the Jin people's surrender? How could you contact the Jin people again?"

  That week, Lun heard the news and his face was also somewhat awkward. After a moment, he pretended to calm down and said: "Actually, it's not called contact, I just happened to meet General Xi Shi Lie at Qingzhou Port a month ago, and we chatted for a few sentences."

  Yang Yue's expression slightly relaxed, and she said in a clear voice: "Third brother, although we don't get along with the foolish rulers and corrupt officials of the Song Dynasty, after all, we are Han people. The Jurchen people have been extremely cruel to us Han people, creating great karma for killing. Before, we had only heard about it but hadn't seen it. But since we drifted out to sea and arrived in the Jianghuai Shandong area, we truly experienced it. Those Jurchen people completely didn't regard our Han civilians as human beings, treating them worse than pigs and dogs. As for these Jurchen Tartars, we absolutely cannot rely on them or assist them in their evil deeds!"

  Zhou Lun heard this and somewhat disagreed: "Actually, I think General Xieli is quite polite to us..."

  Yang Yue listened and said with some anger: "Third brother, how can you still not understand? He is good to us and wants to recruit us because we are skilled in naval warfare and can build warships that can defeat the Song army's navy. The Jurchen people just want to rely on us to deal with the Song army, do you think they really look up to us? Judging from their attitude towards our Han civilians, if the Jurchen people were to rule the world, the lives of ordinary people would probably be even worse than before..."

  "Alright, alright! Fourth sister, I'm afraid of you, we won't mention this matter again! You can come up now!" Zhou Lun's face changed slightly as he was questioned by Yang Yue in front of so many subordinates. He hastily signaled his subordinates to put down the rope ladder and let Yang Yue and others come up.

  Yang Yue pulled the rope around Yue Yun's neck, climbed a few steps on the rope ladder, then turned back and said coldly: "Yue Yun, be honest, follow me up obediently, and avoid physical suffering."

  Yue Yun saw that she looked at him with an unfavorable expression, and his right hand was still holding a cold and shining knife. He had to prepare to follow her up. However, he now had a greatly changed impression of Yang Yue. After all, in the face of being besieged by the Southern Song Dynasty's navy, she could still maintain her integrity and refused to accept the Jin State's offer of amnesty. This was not easy for a pirate leader who was at the end of his rope.

  Alas, death is inevitable! Yue Yun prepared to resign herself to her fate and followed him up the rope ladder.

  Just as he raised his head, Zhou Lun looked at Yang Yue who was crawling down the rope ladder with her head bowed, revealing a sinister expression.

  Yue Yun suddenly felt something was off.

  At this moment, Zhou Lun quietly waved his hand, and the pirates on the ship's side suddenly picked up a short crossbow from under their bodies, with cold and shining arrows mounted on it, aiming at Yang Yue...

  Yue Yun was shocked and lost his color. He subconsciously used his shoulder to heavily bump Yang Yue, shouting: "Yang Niang, quickly escape! They want to kill you!"

  Yang Yue had not expected Yue Yun to suddenly rush towards her, and she was momentarily stunned, instantly being knocked onto the small boat. Just as she was about to loudly curse, she heard the sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" continuously. Over a dozen crossbow arrows densely shot at the rope ladder she had just climbed, with the arrowheads emitting a blue glow, clearly coated with potent poison.

  That week, Lun saw that his long-planned assassination was actually ruined by Yue Yun, who was originally a captive. He was so angry that his yellow face turned iron blue, and he immediately shouted: "Hurry! Continue shooting arrows!"

  Then, the pirates on the ship's side immediately took out sharp arrows from their quivers behind them...

  "Everyone jump into the sea!" Yang Yue shouted loudly. Then she pulled up Yue Yun and jumped into the vast ocean together.

  Yang Yue's two subordinates, the thin man and the sturdy man, reacted a little slower. They never thought that their own people would be so treacherous, and as a result, they were all shot by the second wave of crossbow arrows, and both died on the spot.

  Li Yurou sat on the boat and saw all this, suddenly frightened and lost her composure, almost fainting.

  Yue Yun fell into the water and immediately thought of Li Yu Rong still on the boat, his heart was anxious, but his hands were tied up and he couldn't rescue anyone. In the water, he couldn't exert any force and was dragged by Yang Yue towards the bottom of the boat...

  "Hurry! Everyone pay attention and watch which direction Yang Yue swims in! Wang Lao San, take seven brothers to search the water and definitely kill her on the spot!" Zhou Lun said with a ferocious face to his trusted aide.

  "Alright! Second Master, I'll definitely bring you Yang Yue's head!" As soon as he finished speaking, a "splash" was heard, and Wang Lao San, with his distinctive mustache and goatee, holding two Water-Splitting Eyebrow Needles, jumped into the water.

  Immediately afterwards, there were several "plop, plop" sounds, and the seven pirates also jumped into the sea, starting to search around the South China Sea.

  However, after searching for a long time, nothing was found, and Yang Yue and Yue Yun seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

  Wang Lao San surfaced and shouted loudly: "Third Master, Yang Yue and Yue Yun don't know where they swam to, brothers have been searching for half a day but can't find them. Only the bodies of Sun Da and Old Chen were recovered!"

  As they spoke, two pirates lifted the bodies of Yang Yue's two subordinates onto the small boat.

  Zhou Lun said in extreme anger: "So many of you can't even catch up with her? You actually let her and Yue Yun get away? If she escapes, it will be a disaster!"

  After a pause, he calmed down and ordered: "Zhao Yao, take twenty more people to follow Wang Lao San's team! Expand the search range! Especially pay attention to whether there is any movement in the waters towards the shore and the Four Seas Island!"