I am a cat in the palace

"Mr. Wei, look over there!" Ying Jiu happened to stand on a high place and sweep down a water bandit who was about to use a zipline to rush onto the boat, only to see an orange light suddenly burst out of the originally dense darkness in the distance. Moreover, the light became brighter and brighter, and finally turned red for a long time.

"It seems that the village of the water bandits is on fire." Ying Ba knocked down a water bandit who had set up a gangplank and rushed onto the boat with one punch, rushed to the side of the boat and looked in that direction.

"Is it the Great Immortal?" Wei Yin didn't know whether he was asking Shang Xin or himself, but his intuition told him that it was definitely the Great Immortal who did it.

"The Great Immortal must have done it." Shang Xin was so excited that he almost jumped up when he saw the flames filling the sky.

At the same time as the fire ignited, the water bandits who kept attacking the merchant ship began to retreat in a panic. At this time, they realized that more than half of the [-] people they had come earlier had lost.

Originally following behind was to watch the fun, but the hundred or so people who turned into reinforcements also lost fifty or sixty. This is a situation they have never encountered since they occupied the river as a bandit. The gangsters, who were less fortunate, were already terrified, and all they wanted to do was shrink back.

It's a pity that the hidden guards, who had already been turned red-eyed by their provocation, didn't want to let them go.

The hidden guards also discovered a fire in the direction of the water bandits' lair, and the spy of the dark guards sent news at the first time, saying that the water bandits' village was completely messed up, and it seemed that several big bosses were all killed alive burned.

Hearing such news, they quickly realized that these water bandits who had come to attack the merchant ships had no retreat and no reinforcements, and they could do whatever they wanted.

By the time the sky turned fish-belly white, the water surface where the ship was anchored had turned dark red, and there were hundreds of corpses floating with the water on the shore.

"We'd better get out of here as soon as possible. Although the water bandits are rampant and there are fewer merchant ships, there will still be fishermen or fleets of big merchants passing by here. Moreover, we'd better not stop the boat even at night. I'm worried about those The water bandits will come for revenge."

Ying Ba looked at the mess around him, and felt that it was a bit scary to come here this night. At the same time, he was also worried that there would be too much commotion here, which would definitely alarm the government and the local navy.

If the whereabouts of His Royal Highness King Zhen were exposed because of this, it would be the most terrible thing.

"The Great Immortal hasn't come back yet." Shang Xin said anxiously.

"Ying Jiu, come with me to find the Great Immortal, Ying Ba, protect His Highness and sail to the mouth of the Nandu River to wait for us." Wei Yin nodded to Ying Jiu lightly to signal him to go with him.

"I want to go with you." Shang Xin refused.

"Your Highness, don't be willful. The situation at the water village is unclear. It may be because of the fire and the assassination of the leader. But after all, it is a gang with more than 1000 people. After a while, it will be reorganized. You stay on the boat." , leave here as soon as possible, we will catch up with you immediately when we find Daxian.”

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will try my best to bring Your Excellency back unscathed." Ying Jiu also patted her chest to assure Shang Xin.

Shang Xin felt a burning pain in his heart, but reason told him that Wei Yin's arrangement was the best, if he rushed into the water village to look for Daxian in such a reckless manner, he would be risking the lives of everyone around him .

"The Great Immortal will turn back into a cat shape when his spiritual power is exhausted. For safety, he usually walks to higher places." When Wei Yin boarded the boat, Shang Xin rushed to the side of the boat, and urged him eagerly.

Wei Yin nodded to express his understanding.

Daxian originally saw that the water village had become a mess, and he thought he would not have the energy to embarrass Shangxin's merchant ship, so he planned to go back.

The wanton use of the spiritual fire had greatly consumed his spiritual power, and he had already begun to feel tired, and he was afraid that he would soon turn back into a cat again.

But just as he turned around to leave, he suddenly heard a muffled cry in his sensitive ears.

The voice was very dull, but it sounded like his heart was cracking. Originally, Daxian wouldn't be troublesome. He didn't have much time to maintain his human form. He should hurry back to Shang Xin's side now, otherwise he knew that Shang Xin would definitely would be very worried.But that voice sounds like a lot of women and children. Daxian has always been soft-hearted towards children. Whenever he hears a child cry, he thinks of Shang Xin when he was a child, and he can't let it go.

Daxian glanced around, but found no room where people could be locked up. He was a little puzzled, where did the sound come from?That doesn't sound like it's too far away.He observed carefully from a hiding place, and found that most of the panicked water bandits were packing up and robbing their belongings, and everyone's attention seemed to be on those things.

So, he came out from the hiding place and followed the sound to search for it, but along the way he saw several pairs of bandits who were beaten to death.

Seeing such a scene, he couldn't help but sneer. A bandit is a bandit. Without a leader, he is a piece of loose sand. The whole village is almost burned to the ground. They don't talk about fighting the fire, but they can beat you to death for a little money.

After bypassing these people, the bursts of crying became clearer, but Daxian wandered around hesitantly. He didn't see any house or anything like that. Where did the crying sound come from?

"Help! Help us!"

"God let us out!"

"Come on, help us..."

It wasn't until he got closer that Daxian was surprised to find that the sound came from underground.

He turned the tip of his ear slightly, finally identified the location, and ran towards the source of the crying, and soon found a cellar outside a place that looked like a woodshed. Instead of a board seal, an iron gate with a square grid was sealed at the entrance of the cellar, and a large copper lock with green rust was hung on the door.

Seeing Daxian walking toward the cellar entrance with some hesitation, a hand was suddenly stretched out from inside, and the face of a thin woman who looked like a skeleton was pressed against the square grid iron gate, her eyes staring like It's about to protrude: "Brother, brother, please, save us, my child is starving to death, please, as long as you save us, I will give you 500 taels, no, I will give you 1000 taels Two denarii! Please, please, let us out."

At the same time that woman rushed over, two or three women and a child also rushed to the cellar entrance, "Please, let us out, we are the daughters of a good family, we were all snatched by water bandits Come, as long as you let us out, our parents will definitely thank you."

Daxian's eyes are good, even in such a dark environment, he can still clearly see the scars on the women and children, and the clothes that are so tattered that they can hardly cover their bodies. These should be spoiled by the water bandits women or hostages kidnapped for ransom.

Daxian thought for a while, and stepped forward: "I can let you out, but now there are water bandits everywhere, and you will probably be killed by them immediately when you come out."

The women inside the door were stunned, only the woman who rushed to the door shook her head violently: "I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid, if you let me out, even if they want to kill me, I have to find a way to stop my child first." Yes, look at him, he's about to starve to death, he's still so young, he can't even talk." The woman said while holding a dying child from the arms of another woman behind her, She was so thin that she only had three tendons hanging over her head.

Daxian couldn't bear to look at it, "Okay, I can help you open this door, but you have to think clearly, I can't save you, you have to find a way to escape by yourself."

"Okay, okay, okay!" There was a urging sound from inside. Obviously, these women knew that if they didn't leave this chaotic time, sooner or later, they would die here.

Daxian didn't bother with them any more, he twisted hard with his hands, and the big brass lock was broken by him. Then, before Daxian opened the door, there was a crash, and the iron gate was knocked open from the inside out by several people. , Immediately, several people ran out ahead of them.

But the skinny woman didn't move so fast. She seemed to be seriously injured. When she walked out, she staggered, but she still hugged her child tightly. She saw the immortal standing by the iron gate, Without saying a word, he knelt down and kowtowed vigorously at Daxian, then got up with difficulty and left.

Daxian looked at her silently.

But just when he turned his gaze back from the strong mother, he saw two women standing shyly at the door of the cellar and looking at him with some embarrassment.

"Why are you looking at me?" Daxian frowned.

"Brother seems to be very familiar with this place, can you..."

"No, I can't save you, go by yourself!" Daxian's face darkened. He was injured and brought a child and dared to go forward by himself. These two women have complete hands and feet, but they only want to rely on others , It really makes him look down.

Seeing that the two women were blocked back before they finished speaking, they immediately rolled their eyes at Daxian unhappily, snorted and were about to leave.

At this moment, Daxian saw that there seemed to be someone in the cellar, "Aren't you coming out? Are you still injured?"

The cellar is very deep, and there is no light inside, even if Daxian has the best eyesight, he can only vaguely see a figure sitting in it.

"That's a lunatic. I don't know where the water bandits kidnapped her. When she was first imprisoned, she kept yelling that she was a queen. However, after being dragged away by those water bandits a few times, she became honest. Haha , queen, if she is the queen, I will be the queen mother."

The two women turned their heads and finished speaking, looking at the figure in the depths of the cellar, they turned around and ran away after speaking with a kind of gloating malice.

However, after hearing their words, Daxian looked at the huddled figure in the depths of the cellar, but felt a bad feeling in his heart.

Daxian stooped and walked into the dark and smelly cellar.

He approached the figure, bowed his head to carefully identify the dirty, lifeless and dull face.

After a moment, he exclaimed——

"Miss?"

After that, he reached out to help her.

But before his hand touched hers, he was pushed away by a series of screams and kicks.

"Ah - don't, don't touch me, get out! Get out!"