female catcher

The capital city, Mingyufang.

The Fengyue Tower in the afternoon is peaceful and peaceful.

Recently, the business has been sluggish. In order to welcome guests, Yaohong led people to build a new stage in the garden, but the people in the building seemed listless and not working hard.Yaohong didn't scold them, but rather indulged their laziness, especially those girls who were decorating too slowly and couldn't carry or hang a thing, only one of them moved swiftly and worked diligently.

This person is not from the building, but a warm-hearted girl from Qushui.She can often be seen in the recent Fengyue building. Because of her straightforward and enthusiastic personality, she has become more and more familiar with the people in the building.

Yaohong urged a couple of times casually, and got a cup of tea for herself, but was snatched away as soon as it was handed to her mouth.The familiar fragrance made Yaohong turn her head helplessly, only to see Feng Wu drank the tea, handed back the empty cup and kissed Yaohong intimately, looked at Qushui who was busy, and said sourly: "This beautiful girl has been drinking for three days. I ran into the building at both ends, helping you to help me, and working hard without complaining, wouldn't it be because I fell in love with you?"

"Where do you want to go, I'm not a sweet pastry." Yao Hong poured another cup of tea for Feng Wu, and Feng Wu hummed while holding the tea.

Yaohong gave her an angry look, looked at Qu Shui and said with a smile: "Even if Shui'er wants to be courteous, that's not for me."

"Oh?"

"She, she inquired about Ningyan when she had nothing to do. After being rejected several times, she always bumped into the iceberg. I think it's probably because she fell in love with Ningyan."

"Yan Ran?" Feng Wu thought of another oiran's face, and suddenly felt that the weather was getting cooler. Seeing Qu Shui, she felt sympathetic, "Then some girls have suffered. It is a long way to go to melt the iceberg."

"Cough." Just as Yaohong and the others were talking intimately, there was a coughing sound from behind, and when they turned their heads, they saw Feng Piaoxu, and they looked at each other and shouted "Madam Boss" together.

Feng Piaoxu listened carefully to what they said, glanced at Qu Shui who was working, looked at Yaohong and the two who were next to each other and said: "You two can chat, don't let Ningyan listen to you."

The two of Yao and Feng snickered, and Feng Wu held Feng Piaoxu and said: "Don't worry, Ning Yan is nesting in the room, and it's not the wind's ear. We only joked a few words when we saw that Qu Shui was cheerful and pleasant, and liked her. Besides, it would be great for them to become successful, they just complement each other."

As usual, who would dare to be so intimate!Feng Piaoxu brushed Feng Wu away, and glared at her, "You wish all good-looking women like women, so that the world will not be in chaos."

Feng Wu was tired of Yao Hong again, "It's chaos, it's not peaceful now anyway."

Yaohong gently pushed Feng Wu away at this moment, and Qu Shui came closer at some point, and interjected: "What's the mess? Peaceful? What are you talking about?"

Feng Wu smiled unnaturally.Feng Piaoxu said: "It's just gossip, Shui'er is busy with the procuratorate recently?"

Qu Shui: "What's there to be busy, the capital has been peaceful recently. If I'm busy, I don't have time to come here to see you."

Feng Wu teased: "Are you looking at us?"

Yaohong teased Feng Wu, and she settled down.Feng Piaoxu said: "Nangong Catcher is not here, isn't Mr. Wang short of helpers?"

"I'm Miss's girl, not his girl. Besides, Miss goes out alone, why do I have to work like a cow in the Metropolitan Procuratorate? I might as well come here." Qu Shui said so, but in his heart it was true It's true that I don't want to listen to Wang Rui's orders, but coming here is not voluntary.

Yaohong smiled: "Yes, I am willing to come here to be a cow and a horse. Seeing how sad you are, you can't do without your lady?"

Qu Shui snorted, "She and Situ went to the hero meeting, and Situ Lingxiao can go, so it won't matter if you take me."

Feng Piaoxu was amused by Qu Shui's pouting, "This little mouth is cocked. Nangong is very skilled at catching heads, and everything will go smoothly. You can stay here with peace of mind. Can't we chat with you to relieve boredom?"

Qu Shui thought about it, nodded, drank the tea poured by Feng Piaoxu, looked at the half-built stage, and started talking again: "It seems that the stage can be set up in two days, but the limelight is very tight recently. , Those officials and lords may not dare to stand up to the wind and commit crimes."

Feng Piaoxu: "Oh? Why?"

"It is said that Li Qingbo joined forces with some officials to implement a ban on prostitution, and the two lords Wang and Li of the Metropolitan Procuratorate also agreed very much. It is rare that Lord Wang and Li Qingbo have the same political views, so the rumors from above are tight. You have not had any guests recently. By the way Why haven't I seen Ningyan much in the past few days..." Qu Shui chatted while drinking tea, intentionally or unintentionally mentioned Ningyan, and the loyal maid was still thinking about waiting for her young lady to come back to claim credit.

The voices of several women chatting floated in the garden of Fengyuelou, and the capital was calm.

But on the other side of Nangong Biluo, on the vast sea, big waves rolled over the ship's planks, and artillery bursts crushed the tsunami.

Nangong, who is said to be quite capable, encountered pirates and was in chaos.

Although the Tianji is majestic and huge, it surpasses the pirates in terms of firepower and supplies, but it cannot stand up to the light and flexible pirate ships, so they attack more and less, and attack them by siege.

More than a dozen pirate ships surrounded the Tianji, and many light and fast boats bombarded them with artillery, or shot them with rockets, supplemented by kerosene and rocks. , Light boats carrying bandits and robbers waited for an opportunity to board the ship and rob.On the sea, this gang of tyrants and savages are living ghosts. They burn, kill and loot without hindrance. They have rich experience in water warfare and are desperadoes.They are ruthless in attacking and merciless in killing people. The more intense the counterattack, the tighter they attack and the orderly attack and defense. They have already set their sights on the fat sheep of Tianji. They came prepared and are bound to win. spare no effort.

The left deck of Tianji was quickly pierced, the ship was bumped, and there were countless casualties.

Most of the soldiers on the Tianji are green forest warriors, and there are many one-on-one fights. They have never experienced such a hive siege. Except for the sea king's crew, they have no experience in naval warfare, and they are in a mess and passively beaten.

Tang Huairen and Haiwang were also alarmed out of the cabin to check the enemy's situation. Seeing their crew members scurrying about like headless chickens, Tang Huairen was furious: "Sea King, this is your elite crew, and this is your experience in sailing for many years!"

"Report—the enemy's offensive is too fierce, and the left deck cannot be rescued. They are about to board the ship!" The crew came to report.

Neptune didn't care about going back to Tang Huairen, observed the wind direction and the sky and ordered: "Send people to the left wing, pull up all the sails, tell all the oars to move forward at full speed, and evacuate the encirclement first."

Haiwang finished his order and turned back: "These rogue pirates have fought against Qi's army for many years. They are all cunning people, not reckless. In the past, they usually attack at dusk and early in the morning. This time when the afternoon is approaching, it coincides with the time when the ship's whistle is alternately relaxing. It’s really strange. It’s important to get out of trouble now. I’ll be at the helm myself, and you’ll be responsible for the wars outside. You’re all masters of martial arts, even if you don’t know how to fight at sea, you’re better than my crew. Try to hold them back, so you can’t let them board the ship.” Neptune said hastily. Finished, turned over and jumped off the fence, passed through the crowd, and ran towards the pilothouse.

Tang Huairen didn't care to argue with him, seeing Lingnan Shuangbian returned to his side to protect him, he asked, "Where are Nangong Biluo and the others?"

Cen Rufeng replied loudly: "Others are guarding all around. The enemy's firepower is too strong. Three cannons on the left wing were destroyed. They protected the fire unicorn to fight back."

The hull trembled violently again, and another hole was broken in the deck.Tang Huairen clung to the armrest tightly so as not to fall off the wheelchair. Black smoke billowed from the boat. He was trembling with anger, and shouted, "Get out! Get out and help me! Xiao Wu, you go too!"

Yi Wu nodded, and called two crew members, "Sir, it's dangerous outside, you go back to the cabin first, and leave the rest to us." After speaking, he immediately rushed to the left deck with Lingnan double whips.

Tang Huairen ordered the crew: "Take me to the wheelhouse."

The left wing is densely covered with smoke. There are twelve cannons on the ship, four on the left and four on the left, and three on the left. Moreover, most of the trebuchets on the ship are on the right. .

When Yi Wu arrived, Huo Qilin was in control of the firepower, Nangong Biluo and others put out the fire, and several people from the walking corpse building used their internal force to break through the insulating flying arrows and kerosene to protect the last cannon here.The light boats of the pirates also came close to the Tianji, and many small boats approached the Tianji, shooting ziplines at the ship's planks, and the crew cut them off and then replaced them one after another. The situation was very anxious.

Nangong Biluo's internal strength surged, and he used Beiming Gong to put out the fire. Although the fire was quickly suppressed, the enemy continued to follow.Several oil barrels fell over the head and fell elsewhere, and several aimed at the mast of the ship.Nangong Biluo knew that the mast must not be broken, otherwise the speed of the ship would drop and it would be even more difficult to get out of trouble. Immediately, she, Situ, Liu Piaopiao, flew to the mast and stopped the fire oil barrel on foot, everyone looked ashamed.

Nangong Biluo fired three more palms to push away the flying rocks, and as soon as it landed, an arrow shot from behind.She held the flying arrow and saw that the pirates had already boarded the ship. She threw the arrow in her hand, killing the first person first, and immediately flew over to block the subsequent boarding pirates.

But two fists are no match for four hands, and the pirate's firepower is not small. She can stop five ziplines, but can't stop more. It was really difficult to separate, but luckily Yi Wu arrived with his men, pushed the pirates off the ship together, and cut off the zipline.

Nangong Biluo didn't bother to wipe the blood on his face, and asked Yi Wu loudly, "Where's Tang Huairen!"

"Master is in the cabin, retreat the enemy first, and buy time to get out of trouble." Yi Wu drew his sword and rose, and as soon as the 'Qingfengxuehe' Huashan sword technique was used, he immediately started killing.

Nangong Biluo no longer expected them to come up with countermeasures, she could only think of a way by herself, she saw that the martial arts practitioners on board had recovered from the initial astonishment, one counted as ten, and the crew also calmed down a little, so she immediately went to Huo Qilin and Lian Yu's side.

Huo Qilin is good at gunpowder, and he is good at dealing with a large number of enemies. The Xingshilou also knows this and acts as a guard by their side. Nangong Biluo came to them and asked Huo Qilin: "How is it?" , is the firepower enough?"

Huo Qilin was sweating profusely, "It won't last long, the warehouse musket is damp, and I'm about to run out of thunderbolts, so I can keep this cannon for a while."

Nangong Biluo looked at Meiji, "Where's Lian Yu?"

Helen Ba and Yaokong fought back the flying arrow oil barrel, and Meiji Dekong replied: "He is in the arrow slot, the flying arrows are good for nearby enemies, and their firepower from far away is still continuous. It won't do much, and besides, they have muskets."

Nangong Biluo gritted her teeth secretly, and approached the railing of the boat to observe the enemy's movements, feeling even colder in her heart.It was almost dusk and they had been chasing for a long time. These pirates seemed crazy and reckless, but they were actually orderly and not chaotic at all, no less than a regular army.

Mei Ji also came to her side at this time, "I don't think something is right."

"You also found out? Judging from the size of their fleet, attack methods and attack timing, we have their internal response on board."

Meiji didn't answer, and after carefully observing the enemy's situation, she said: "It's not an option to go on like this, we have to find a way to counterattack, the enemy fleet is light and flexible, but the team is relatively scattered, and the guards of the main fireship are weak, you go and get rid of them." Call them all."

Nangong Biluo immediately understood who they were referring to in Meiji's mouth, and she didn't talk nonsense, and immediately gathered all the masters selected by the hero meeting to the left wing in the chaos.

"What do you want to do?" Nangong Biluo asked Meiji.

"The enemy has four main gunships, and three are attacking on the left. You, Liu Piaopiao, Situ Lingxiao, Walking Kong, Wu Fei, Yao Kong, and Lu Jian, who are good at light skills, went to the enemy's ships and destroyed their artillery. Some of the people below stayed on the boat to cooperate with Huo Qilin to fight back, and some of them organized defense together with Lian Yu, you know the three-talent formation, right?"

Except for Situ, Qu Yingfeng, Xiao Qingshan, and Nangong Biluo, everyone shook their heads, and Meiji said: "Xiao Qingshan, Qu Yingfeng, you command the crew to form a three-talented formation to cooperate with Lian Yu. The enemy's muskets are limited, so it is not difficult to fight more with less. Yi Wudai People guard the right deck, Lingnan double whips guard the stern, and Tang Gang guards the bow and informs the pilothouse of the situation at any time. Helian, you are responsible for watching the mast and protecting the sail. And we will go to the enemy ship to kill and destroy it. Destroy it, if it doesn’t work, pin the enemy down and give Tianji a chance to break through.”

After Meiji finished making arrangements, Helian Ba ​​immediately said: "Your Majesty, you stay on the boat and let me go to the enemy boat."

Mei Ji knew that Helian Ba ​​was protecting her, but said decisively: "I'm smarter than you, if I can't fight, I can retreat, you stay here. Nangong Biluo, let's go."

"Okay!" At the critical moment, no one talked nonsense.

Tang Gang went to the pilot room to slow down the speed of the ship, and Mei Ji and the others took the opportunity to step towards the enemy ship.Before attacking, Meiji arranged people into two teams of four, she and Liu Piaopiao, Walking Kong and Situ, Wu Fei and Nangong, Lu Jian and Yao Kong.

"Board the enemy ship and be sure to be attacked by a group. Remember to cooperate with each other and destroy the enemy's firepower. Regardless of success or failure, you can't love to fight. You will return to Tianji in [-] minutes. I will be in charge of the ship on the left, and you will be on your right. Nangong, among you, walk Kong, your qinggong is the best, and the two of you are responsible for involving the enemy fleet to cover." Decisive and calm.

When the pirate's clipper boat approached the Tianji again, Mei Ji and the other eight people used the enemy's clipper boat as a pedal, flew across the sea, and attacked the enemy's main ship!

They are all first-class masters in the rivers and lakes. They also fought bloody battles when they were besieged by pirates.

Situ and Zou Kong have excellent lightness skills, and Zou Kong is originally a disciple of the Dragon King of the Five Seas.He was free to come and go between the entire pirate fleet, killing the pirates dumbfounded and disrupting their formation, Mei Ji and the others took the opportunity to step on one ship and fly towards the main pirate ship.

The first to board the main ship were Lu Jian and Yao Kong. One of them was good at using poison, the other knew how to conceal weapons. They were both good at killing countless people without anyone noticing. More than half of the empty medicine was turned over, and the rest was shot into a sieve by a burst of bull fine needles as soon as it approached Lu Jian, and died tragically.

Seeing the corpses of pirates with pores all over their faces, Wukong couldn't help but pay attention to this inconspicuous one-eyed boy, "The Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle is a hidden weapon of Tang Sect."

"Is it difficult to imitate the hidden weapons of the Tang Sect?" Lu Jian looked at Yao Kong flatly, and as soon as he killed the cannon, he kicked the cannon into the sea.

Yao Kong smiled, and the two of them did not love to fight, they took a boat and returned to Tianji.

At this time, the speed of the Tianji has been increased, and Meiji and Liu Piaopiao succeeded in a short while, and returned to the Tianji. The enemy on the right side of the Tianji has been suppressed, and the pressure on the left wing has also been greatly reduced. The deck also had a chance to make a rough recovery, and soon two quarters of an hour passed, and Situ and Walking Kong also returned to the Tianji. The two of them had to swim around on the pirate ship, and they were really tired.

Situ Lingxiao couldn't even catch his breath. Seeing that there was no figure of Nangong Biluo on board, he immediately asked, "Where is Nangong?"

Everyone looked at the center of the enemy ship together, there was a sound of a cannon, and the enemy's artillery bombarded it again. Although it missed, the left deck, which was already scarred, was severely damaged, and the hull of Tianji began to tilt.

"Helian asked someone to repair the ship! Go and ask the captain to speed up!" Mei Ji pointed at her other subordinate.

"Then what about Nangong!" Situ was in a hurry.

Meiji stared at the distance, the sun was setting, the pirate fleet was blurred by gunpowder smoke and it was difficult to see clearly, she said indifferently: "Now is a good time to break through, [-] minutes has passed, Nangong Biluo can ask for blessings."

The enemy's attack was not as fierce as before, and the speed of the Tianji number suddenly increased, and Situ Lingxiao felt a chill in his heart.

He pushed away Liu Piaopiao who was supporting him, leaned on the railing and looked at the pirate fleet, and shouted: "Nangong!"

What responded to him was a shot from the enemy's artillery, and Huo Qilin also fired back, which was deafening.Situ Lingxiao's hands and feet were cold, and at this moment, gunpowder smoke like a thick fog rolled up, and a hole was suddenly opened, and Nangong Biluo's figure flew over from the smoke and fire.She landed on the deck with Wu Fei. There was blood on her body and holes in her clothes. She didn't know if she was injured, but Wu Fei was clutching his left arm, and the knife wound was obvious.

Nangong Biluo came to the crowd with Wu Fei, and said, "I'm sorry, I failed to destroy the enemy's cannon."

Mei Ji frowned, and glanced at Wu Fei.Miao Kong and others sneered, and they helped Wu Fei back, but Situ heaved a sigh of relief: "Then are you injured?"

Nangong Biluo wiped his face and shook his head: "No. But now it's getting dark, and although their firepower has also weakened, the Tianji has been severely damaged after all, and the situation is still very dangerous."

At this time, Yi Wu also came from the right side, "Their shelling stopped, and the fleet seems to have withdrawn."

Nangong Biluo's face changed, "No, they want to focus on the left wing!"

As soon as the words fell, there were two cannon shots, and in the thick smoke at dusk, only the pirates shouted, as if there were thousands of them, trying to rush to the Tianji from the thick smoke.

"They have launched a general attack!" Mei Ji walked to the railing of the boat to observe, and everyone also walked to the side of the boat to observe.

At this moment, Huo Qilin shouted: "No, the ammunition is used up!"

There were several loud bangs, and the thick smoke hovering on the top of the Tianji appeared in a vortex. Nangong Biluo shouted: "Get out of here!"

She rushed in front of Xiao Qingshan and the others, gathered all her internal energy, raised her palms above her head, and pushed them out.With a bang, a shell exploded very close to the heads of the crowd, and the ship shook.Nangong Biluo flew upside down, her legs cut through the thick deck, and she hit the central wall of the pavilion before stopping. She immediately vomited blood and knelt down on her knees.

"Sister Shi!" "Sister Nangong!"

Everyone immediately came forward to check on her injuries, even Helian Ba ​​and Miao Kong put aside their prejudices for a while and worried for a while, especially Xiao Qingshan took out the wound medicine from his sect and said anxiously: "Captain Nangong, this is the master of our sect. Huan Dan, take it quickly."

"Cough cough." Nangong Biluo coughed twice, without further ado, closed her eyes and crossed her legs to adjust her breath. Her face was pale, and she broke out in cold sweat. Thanks to her deep internal strength, she received the cannon with her bare hands, so she was lucky not to die on the spot.

"Sister Shi, how are you? Take the medicine quickly." Situ Lingxiao was concerned, still in shock.

It was Meiji who tore him away at once, and sat behind Nangong Biluo cross-legged to exercise her kung fu, with her palms pressed against Nangong Biluo's back, transmitting her internal energy and healing her injuries.

At the critical point, no one said anything, Yaokong and Helianba looked at each other, and sat behind Meiji, each of them stretched out a palm, and combined the power of the three to heal Nangong Biluo's injury.

Liu Piaopiao, Situ, and Xiao Qingshan originally planned to join, but Nangong Biluo said at this moment: "I'm fine, let's guard the boat first."

Everyone thought about it, but the ammunition was exhausted, and the pirates were still chasing after them, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Mei Ji said: "Combine the strength of everyone, use internal force to agitate the sails, and the sky is dark and the wind is strong and the wind is favorable. Although we can't shake off the pirate ship, we should try our best to avoid the fire range."

"it is good!"

There was no objection from all the people, and a few people were left to defend, and they worked together to blow the sails.

The Tianji was swaying and breaking through the waves. Although the sound of gunfire was still heard, few hit the Tianji. Gradually, the pirate ships only shot flying arrows intermittently.

In the pilot room, Tang Huairen and Haiwang breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly a thick fog filled the front, blocking the view of the road ahead.

Tang Huairen's eyes were bright, but Haiwang frowned: "I can't move forward."

"Why?"

"According to our plan, we should only drive there at dawn, otherwise—" Sea King looked very serious.

Tang Huairen was unmoved, "The plan can't be changed, let alone there are pirates behind, just follow the route you set!"

Neptune thought about it, gritted his teeth, and drove the Tianji into the fog.

Wu Fei stood at the stern and listened carefully to the movement behind. The pirate ship seemed to have stopped attacking, and the enemy had no movement.He moved his eyes, frowned and returned to the crowd, shouting: "The pirates seem to have retreated!"

Everyone observed carefully for a while, and it was true that the pirates had left, the rest of the battle, the crew shouted, and a group of martial arts fighters sat on the deck with some exhaustion, but everyone's faces were joyful.

The cheering crowd ignored the surrounding fog, most likely because they were used to the gunpowder smoke and hadn't reacted yet.

"Sister Shi, we got rid of those pirates." After taking a breather, Situ Lingxiao ran to Nangong Biluo.

Nangong Biluo also closed her eyes at this time and stood up. She smiled at Situ, then turned to look at Meiji and the others: "Thank you three seniors."

Mei Ji glanced at her, "Nangong Haotian has done a good deed with only you as a daughter."

Helian Ba ​​and Yao Kong didn't have much to say, but Nangong Biluo was suspicious.Although she also saved a few people from the Walking Corpse Building, there is no need for the three masters of the Walking Corpse Building to expend a lot of internal energy to heal her injuries.

She stared at Mei Ji strangely, but suddenly she saw Mei Ji fly out, and with her claws, she grabbed Wu Feibo's neck at the back of the crowd.

Wu Fei blushed immediately, grabbed the back of Mei Ji's hand with both hands in horror, couldn't speak, and died in the blink of an eye.

"Your Majesty!" Miu Kong and Helian Ba ​​were all shocked.

Nangong Biluo was also surprised: "Meiji, what are you doing!" The companion's life was ruined so easily and suddenly.

Mei Ji ignored it and let go.Wu Fei's body fell limply on the ground, and the back of her hand was scratched with red marks, but she didn't care, she looked at Wu Fei's body coldly with her hands behind her back, at this moment, Walking Kong suddenly attacked Mei Ji.

"Only I can kill Wu Fei!"

Meiji raised her eyebrows, and after a few tricks with Walking Kong, she quickly pinched Walking Kong's throat with Yinfeng Fingers like pinching Wufei, immediately the atmosphere on the boat became tense.

Yi Wu and the others waited and watched, Situ and the others wanted to save people, Helianba and the others wanted to protect the Lord, Nangong Biluo stopped Situ and the others from acting recklessly.

"Mei Ji said she would kill people for no reason." Nangong didn't feel Mei Ji's murderous intention towards Xing Kong.

"As long as he doesn't do anything, I won't kill him." He pointed to Walk Kong. "As for Wu Fei, I'm just dealing with traitors, do you want to get involved?"

Nangong Biluo seemed to understand something after thinking about it, "Then let go of Brother Bu."

Meiji pushed Walker Kong towards Nangong, and Walker Kong wanted to make a move, but Meiji didn't even look at him, Nangong Biluo hurriedly stopped Walker Kong, "Brother Bu, you are not her opponent, a good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses, don't be impulsive."

But Walking Kong didn't listen, and Situ and Liu Piaopiao came up, each holding an arm, and pulling Walking Kong back.

Nangong Biluo breathed a sigh of relief.Noticing the fog around her, before she could speak, Mei Ji had already said: "Yi Wu, take us to see Tang Huairen."

After speaking, he walked towards the cabin, followed by everyone in the walking corpse building. Although Cen and Xu were dissatisfied with Meiji's attitude, Yi Wu didn't say anything, and concerned about Tang Huairen's safety, he and Yi Wu followed.

Lian Yu and Huo Qilin dealt with the aftermath of the sea battle, and the crew took care of their own positions. Wu Fei's body was lying alone on the deck, dying with regret.

Nangong Biluo couldn't bear it, squatted down and closed his eyes, Situ and the others surrounded him, Liu Piaopiao obviously felt that Paidekong was trembling all over, and he clenched his fists tightly, and couldn't bear to say: "Then why did Meiji kill Wu Wu so quietly? fly?"

Nangong Biluo looked up at them and sighed.

The thick fog engulfed Tianji like an abyss.