Chapter 6 The sixth white candle

Hu Tiehua and Zhang San are bickering here, but Chu Liuxiang and Ding Feng have been paying attention to the movement on the boat over there. Although the boat was bigger than the melon skin boat that Zhang San took, it was not too big.There were only two people on board, except for the strange man wearing a big hat and a gray robe at the bow, and there was a rower at the stern, who was the one who just brought the box of gold to the bow. At this time, he brought three more suitcases to the bow, and the strange man in the big gray robe was giving him instructions in a low voice, but he just kept nodding, without saying a word, like a mute.

There is still five or six feet between the two boats. Hai Kuotian and Ding Feng didn't ask people to put down the rope ladder, obviously they wanted to test the two and see how they got the four boxes of gold.I saw that the boatman had tied up the four boxes, lifted the captain's rope, and swung it vigorously, the wind whistled, and there was obviously an iron object tied to the end of the rope, like a small iron anchor. Hearing the sound of "hoo", the long rope suddenly flew out across the sky, followed by another sound of "doo", the iron anchor had already been nailed into the bow of the big ship, and the penetration into the wood was actually very deep.

The boatman pulled hard again, to see if he could hold on, and then tied the other end of the long rope to the crossbar at the bow of the boat. Hai Kuotian smiled and said: "It seems that they want to walk over this rope." Ding Feng said lightly: "I just hope they don't fall into the water." Hai Kuotian smiled and said: "If it really fell, it would be interesting, but the trouble is that we still have to pick him up." In fact, it is not a high-level light work to rope people up. Even if you use the rope tricks of the rivers and lakes, you can walk three to five feet on the rope.

But at this moment, both Ding Feng and Hai Kuotian could see that although the grey-robed man's imposing manner was not small, his martial arts were not high, he was lucky to be able to walk over by himself, and the boatman under him probably asked him to use the rope Whether he still has the strength to lift the four boxes is even more of a problem. As soon as the rope was tied, the gray-clothed man really flew up and jumped up. The two ups and downs had swept four or five feet away, and when he jumped up again, his body was already a little unstable, and he seemed to be unable to regain his true energy.

Even Chu Liuxiang was sweating for him, worried that he would fall into the water.He just heard a "boom", and he actually landed on the bow of the ship, as if a bag of stones fell from the air, shaking the lantern at the cabin door to sway non-stop. It seems that this person is not only not deep in internal strength, but also not very good at lightness kung fu. Such a person dares to take four boxes of gold and board the boat of the leader of the Purple Whale Clan. It is quite courageous. Hai Kuotian looked at him with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face.That look was like looking at a fat sheep delivered to the door by himself.

Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said to himself: "This man is really on board a thief." "Get on a thief's boat" was originally a common saying in the north, and it just described a person who threw himself into the tiger's mouth. It is really a perfect and perfect word to describe this person at this moment. Hai Kuotian smiled and said: "It turns out that Your Excellency is also a master of martial arts." The man in gray lowered his head and panted, "I'm old, I'm old, I'm useless." Haikuotian said: "There is another person on the boat over there, do you want to go with Your Excellency?"

The man in gray said: "That's the young disciple, I'll ask him to come here to meet the leader of Hai Gang." Hai Kuotian smiled and said: "It's easy to say, and Ling Gao's skills must be very good." The man in gray was not modest, but called out loudly: "White Candle, come here too! Watch out for those four boxes." He shook his head and said with a smile: "My apprentice has always had a candle temper since he was a child. He never lights or lights up. I have been used to calling him 'White Candle' since I was a child, but please don't laugh at me."

Hook Chief couldn't help but said, "Do you want me to go over and help him?" Although he wanted to take this opportunity to show off his lightness kung fu, it was out of good intentions. Unexpectedly, the man in gray shook his head and said: "That's not necessary, he can still walk over by himself." Hai Kuo Tian laughed again.The master almost fell into the water, can the apprentice make it through? I saw that "White Candle" had already picked up the wooden oar on the boat, tied the four boxes to each end, carried them on his shoulders, and suddenly jumped onto the long rope.

Everyone's heart has been raised, thinking that even if he can stand now, this rope must be broken. The four boxes of gold together weigh at least a few hundred catties. It is not easy to lift it up, let alone perform lightness kung fu by lifting it up? Unexpectedly, the "white candle" carried it and walked on the rope like walking on flat ground. Haikuotian couldn't laugh anymore. The head of the hook also stared straight at the eyes, he was very proud of his lightness kung fu, if he was to carry four boxes and walk through the zip line six or seven feet, it would definitely not be difficult for him.But if he wanted to walk so slowly, he might not be able to do it.This lightness skill of "walking the rope" is originally the slower the walk, the more difficult it is.

Hearing a soft cry from the man in gray, the white candle stepped on the air, and even the man and the box seemed to have fallen into the water. Unexpectedly, the figure flashed, and for some reason, he was already standing on the bow of the boat—— It turned out that he just showed his skills to everyone. No one paid attention to him at first, but now they couldn't help but look at him more, and then everyone knew why he was called "White Candle". His skin is very white, under the light, it is almost transparent white, and the blood and bones inside can be seen. Although this kind of whiteness is sick, it has an indescribable strange charm.

His facial features are very regular, and his eyebrows are also very delicate, but he has a kind of frightened and demented expression, like a child who has just suffered some kind of great fright. His clothes, no doubt white, were now so soiled that it was impossible to tell what color they were. Such a person is really difficult to arouse the favor of others. But for some reason, Chu Liuxiang didn't have a bad impression of him.Seeing him is like seeing a dirty child who has been wronged. He will only feel pity for him, and he will never be disgusted. But his master was different.At first, everyone only saw the big copper basin-like hat on his head, which almost covered two-thirds of his entire head, making it impossible to see his face at all.But after entering the cabin, the light came on, and the man couldn't completely cover his head with the hat, so everyone saw the third of his face exposed outside the hat. Although there are only one-third of the faces, it seems too much - just looking at this one-third of the faces, everyone's backs feel a little sticky, wet, and cold. It felt like a snake had just crawled across him. This face looks like a steamed steamed bun, a boiled egg, a peeled pomegranate, or a smashed persimmon. No one can find the nose and mouth in this face.Where the nose used to be, now there are only two holes left. From the hole, the air is blown out from time to time, and the sound sounds like a rattlesnake. Where the mouth used to be, there is now a pile of twisted red flesh, and whenever he speaks, this pile of red flesh will suddenly split open, and it seems to suddenly suck you in. Chu Liuxiang can be said to be the most calm person, but even Chu Liuxiang couldn't bear it when he saw this person.He could hardly afford to take a third look. Fortunately, this man himself was very knowledgeable, as soon as he entered the cabin, he found a darkest corner to sit down, and his apprentice followed behind him, holding his hands tightly all the time. Chu Liuxiang knew that no matter who was rude to his master, his fists would strike immediately. Chu Liuxiang believed that there would not be too many people in the world who could stop his punch. The master and apprentice were so weird and terrifying, even Hu Tiehua and Zhang San seemed to have their mouths sealed, and it was Ding Feng who spoke first. He smiled first—no matter what he said, he never forgot to smile first. He smiled: "Today we are all crossing the same boat together. Finally, we are destined. I don't know your name, can you tell me?" Naturally, he said this to the man in gray, but his eyes were on the flagon on the table—this flagon was indeed much prettier than the face of the man in gray. The man in gray said: "My lord, Gongsun Jieyu, don't say disabled." He sighed for a long time before continuing: "Everyone must be able to see that the word 'remaining robbery' here means 'the rest of life after a catastrophe'; as for the word 'disabled', it is naturally sad. wounded, crippled, crippled." In fact, he doesn't need to say anything, everyone has already seen that this person must have experienced a terrible past, and it is not easy to live to this day. No one was born with a face like his. Ding Feng said: "Ling's high martial arts skills are rare in the world, and everyone admires them very much..." Gongsun Jieyu said: "He is called White Candle, he has no other name, and he has no friends." Ding Feng was silent for a while, then smiled, and said: "The few friends here are all famous heroes all over the world. I will introduce you to Mr. Gongsun first." Gongsun Jieyu sighed: "I'm ignorant, but I still have some self-knowledge. Anyone who has eyes will inevitably shy away from seeing me like this. Therefore, in the past ten years or so, I no longer have the extravagant hope of making friends. , this time I just want to have a place to stay, and I am grateful." He actually made it clear that he didn't want to make friends with the people present, and he didn't even want to know the names of these people.No matter how eloquent Ding Feng was, he was speechless. Xiang Tianfei stood up suddenly, cupped his fists, and said loudly, "Thank you very much." Gongsun Jieyu said: "What are you thanking you for?" Xiang Tianfei smiled and said: "I thank you for not wanting to make friends with me. If you want to make friends with me, it will be troublesome." Gongsun Jieyu just said indifferently: "I just never want to trouble you." He was not angry at all. In fact, even if he is angry, others will never see it. Hai Kuotian forced a smile and said, "Mr. Gongsun doesn't want to be disturbed, so when he was young, he would definitely prepare a quiet guest room for the two of you, but now..." He raised his wine glass, and continued: "The two of you must let me show my respect as landlords, let's use some wine and vegetables first!" Xiang Tianfei said coldly: "That's right, even if you don't make friends, you still have to eat." White Candle suddenly asked: "Are you the owner here?" Xiang Tianfei said: "No." White Candle said: "Okay, I'll eat." He suddenly came out from the corner, picked up the jug on the table, "gulp, gulp", and drank most of the jug in one breath. This jug has a big belly and a round body, almost like a wine jar. Although Hai Kuotian just poured out a few glasses, there is at least three or four catties of wine left. Bai Candle drank it down in one gulp, but his expression remained unchanged. Hu Tiehua's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "I didn't expect there to be a drinker here, it's wonderful." People who like to drink are always very happy when they see others drinking well. But Bai Candle didn't have time to listen to other people's words. He kept his hands on his hands, and in the blink of an eye he ate up the big plate of sauced meat that was just served. This dish of sauced meat was originally intended to be eaten by ten people, and it contained at least three or four catties of meat.This boy doesn't look tall, but he can't imagine that his appetite is so amazing. Hu Tiehua laughed again, and said loudly: "Okay, it really is a young hero, what a hero!" Xiang Tianfei sneered and said, "If wine bags and rice bags are considered heroes, then there are too many heroes in the world." Bai Candle didn't seem to hear his words at all, but slowly walked out of the cabin, walked outside the door, turned around, stared at Xiang Fei, and said word by word: "You come out." Xiang Tianfei's expression changed, he sneered and said, "Just go out, who is afraid of you?" Hai Kuotian wanted to stop them, but Ding Feng stopped them with a wink. Gongsun Jieyu just sighed, and said: "I have already said that he has a temper for candles. If he doesn't light it, he will burn it at one point. Why do you bother to provoke him?" Hook Chang said coldly: "That man has something wrong with him, and he wants to trouble others all day long. It's good if someone teaches him a lesson." Hu Tiehua said with a smile: "As long as there is excitement to watch, it doesn't matter whoever teaches me a lesson." Everyone walked out of the cabin, only to realize that the white candle ignored Xiang Tianfei at all, and walked slowly onto the bow alone. The boat sailed eastward, and the boat he came in was still floating on the river ahead. White Candle stretched out his hand and pulled out the iron anchor nailed to the bow of the ship, exhaled and let out a low screech, and the boat suddenly miraculously flew out of the water. At this moment, the whole ship flew across the sky, its strength was more than a thousand catties, only hearing the ear-piercing sound of the wind, the two sailors who were standing at the bow of the ship were already scared and ran away. They thought that even if Bai Candle wasn't smashed to pieces, at least half of his life would be killed, but he squatted down and caught the boat smoothly. Everyone couldn't help but shouted involuntarily: "Okay!" Bai Candle was still blushing and out of breath, holding the boat with both hands, walked slowly to the side of the cabin, put it down gently, then turned to face Xiang Tianfei, and said word by word: "Stop talking!" .” Xiang Tianfei's face was green and white, he stomped his feet suddenly, walked to the helmsman at the stern, pushed the helmsman away with his palm, steered the helm by himself, looked at the night on the river, and never looked back. Since then, no one saw him go down the cabin again, nor heard him say a word, until the night when the second first quarter moon rose—— The jug on the table was filled again. Bai Candle slowly walked into the cabin, and picked up the jug of wine again, mouth to mouth, and drank the jug of wine completely in a short while. Then he walked back to the corner and stood behind Gongsun Jieyu, with that frightened and demented expression on his face, like a frightened child. Hu Tiehua raised his thumb, and praised in a low voice: "Old bug, have you seen it? You can only be regarded as a drinker if you do this. Like you, you can only be regarded as licking wine." He immediately shook his head again and said, "It doesn't even count as licking wine, it can only be counted as sniffing wine." Jin Lingzhi suddenly said: "Go and pour six more jugs of wine." She didn't know who she was speaking to, but Zhang San immediately responded: "Obey!" In fact, he didn't know where the wine was, and there was no need for him to pour it here. But he still went out with the wine jug, muttering to himself: "I spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy me, and just ask me to pour wine, isn't that uneconomical?" Hu Tiehua sneered and said: "You don't have to worry, there will always be something to make you feel better in the future, just wait slowly." Jin Lingzhi glared at him, but unexpectedly didn't respond, and Zhang San had already walked away. It didn't take long for the six jugs of wine to be placed on the table. Jin Lingzhi said: "You drink four pots, I drink two pots." She still didn't know who to say this to, but everyone's eyes were on Hu Tiehua. Hu Tiehua rubbed her nose and said with a smile, "Is Miss Jin talking to me?" Ding Feng said with a smile: "It seems that I'm afraid it is." Hu Tiehua looked at the four jugs of wine in front of him, and murmured: "One jug of wine is five catties, and four jugs is a full twenty catties. Even if I'm not drunk, I don't have such a big belly!" Zhang San said leisurely: "Without such a big belly, how can you blow so much air?" Hu Tiehua sighed: "It seems that this person is good at helping others, and he is indeed a born slave." Jin Lingzhi stared and said: "Stop talking nonsense, are you drinking? Or are you not drinking?" Hu Tiehua said: "Drink, of course you have to drink, but now is not the time." Zhang San said with a smile: "Drinking is not about marrying a wife, so why not choose an auspicious day?" Hu Tiehua ignored him this time, and said with a smile: "I'm famous for drinking to 'see the light to die'. Now it's almost dawn, and as long as the sky is bright, I can't even drink a drop of wine." Jin Lingzhi asked, "How long do you have to wait?" Hu Tiehua said: "Tomorrow, when it gets dark—" Jin Ganoderma suddenly stood up, and said with a sneer, "Okay, tomorrow is tomorrow, you can't escape anyway." Hu Tiehua glanced at Ding Feng, and said calmly: "Since we've arrived here, I'm afraid no one plans to leave anymore, right?" Gongsun Jieyu said word by word: "Go, always have to go, but when to go and how to go, then no one knows." The cabin has two floors. The lower floor is where the seventeen sailors live, and where food and cargo are stored, and there is no sunlight all year round. On the upper floor, apart from the one in front where they were drinking, there were four cabins at the rear. Considering the size of the ship at that time, the size of the ship was quite large. Gongsun Jieyu and Bai Candle master and apprentice occupied a room, Jin Ganoderma lucidum occupied a room alone, and Gou Zichang and Ding Feng barely shared a room. Chu Liuxiang, Zhang San and Hu Tiehua had no choice but to squeeze into one room.The guests have already occupied the back cabin, and the host, Haikuotian, can only make berths in the front cabin. Hu Tiehua sat on the pillow with bare feet and stared at Zhang San. When he got back to the house, the first thing he did was to take off his shoes and socks. He believes that everyone's feet need to be ventilated from time to time, and it doesn't matter whether they are washed or not. Zhang San pinched his nose, frowned and said: "So it's good to have a bad nose, at least you can't smell the stench from other people's feet." Hu Tiehua stared and said, "You think my feet are smelly, don't you?" Zhang San sighed: "It doesn't matter if it stinks, your feet not only stink, but they stink strangely." Hu Tiehua said: "If I'm willing to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy a slave back, even if I put my feet on my nose, he won't think it smells bad, will he?" Zhang San said with a smile: "It's not bad at all. It's good for rich people to fart, let alone feet?" Hu Tiehua said: "In that case, why don't you sniff the rich master's feet?" Zhang San said leisurely: "I originally wanted to go, but I was afraid that someone would be jealous." Hu Tiehua said angrily: "Jealous, who do you say is jealous?" Zhang San ignored him, but pressed his ear to the board wall. The cabins are separated by wooden boards, and the next door is where Gongsun Jieyu and Bai Candle live. Hu Tiehua sneered and said: "Slaves are indeed slaves. Helping others, flattering others, and eavesdropping on other people's conversations are exactly what slaves are best at." Zhang San still ignored him, but the expression on his face was very strange.I saw him frowning, smiling, shaking his head non-stop, and nodding lightly, just like the expression of a theater fan listening to a series of big plays. What are the two of them doing in the next room?Say what? Hu Tiehua couldn't bear it anymore, and asked, "What did you hear?" Zhang San seemed to be in a daze, and didn't hear what he said. Hu Tiehua endured for a long while, and finally couldn't bear it and put her ears on the board wall. The next room was as quiet as a tomb, not even a sound. Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "Why can't I even hear a sound?" Chu Liuxiang laughed, and said: "There is no sound at all, if you can hear it, it would be a strange thing." Hu Tiehua was stunned, and said, "There is no sound? Why did he hear it so interestingly?" Zhang San also laughed, and said: "This is called 'Silence is better than sound at this time'. I am tired of listening to you, so I can let my ears rest, so I naturally find it very interesting." Hu Tiehua jumped up, and before he slapped him, he couldn't help laughing, and scolded: "I didn't expect you to learn all his bad tricks just after meeting the old bug, why don't you imitate him Anything else?" Zhang San smiled and said: "It's called learning bad is easy and learning hard. What's more, I don't want to learn his skills of stealing incense and jade. As long as I can learn how to piss you off, I will be satisfied .” Chu Liuxiang said lightly: "It would be really interesting if someone eavesdropped on us in the next room. He must think that I locked two mad dogs in the room and they were biting dogs." Hu Tiehua said: "I'm a mad dog, what are you? A pervert?" Zhang Sandao: "But then again, perverts are at least better than mad dogs. Perverts only bite women, but mad dogs bite everyone." Hu Tiehua just widened his eyes and hasn't spoken yet. Suddenly, a person outside the door said: "Is there a wolf in the house of the three of you? Is there a dog? This is strange. I just asked them to clean up the house first." This was actually the voice of the sea and the sky. Chu Liuxiang gestured to Hu Tiehua and Zhang San, and then opened the door, and said with a smile, "Has Gang Master Hai not gone to bed yet?" Hai Kuotian didn't answer his question, but glanced around and murmured, "Where is the wolf? Where is the dog? Why haven't I seen it before?" Chu Liuxiang didn't know if he was really stupid, or if he was just pretending to be confused, and said with a smile: "As soon as the leader of the Hai Gang arrives, even if there are really a pack of tigers and wolves, they will already be scared and run away." Hai Kuotian also smiled, but at the moment he seemed to be preoccupied, and his face was serious. Although he was smiling, he was forced to smile, and his eyes flickered, looking around from time to time, and then turned his head tightly. Closed the door, looking suspicious. Others didn't know what kind of mystery he was playing, they could only watch. Hai Kuotian bolted the door, let out a long breath, and whispered: "Is there any movement in the next room?" Hu Tiehua hurriedly said: "No, I've eaten enough, I've had enough to drink, and you still don't sleep?" Hai Kuotian murmured, then frowned and said: "Xiang Shuai has traveled all over the world and has the most friends. I wonder if I have seen them before?" Chu Liuxiang said: "No." Hai Kuo Tian said: "Xiang Shuai think about it carefully..." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "No matter who has seen them once, I'm afraid they will never forget them." Hai Kuotian nodded and sighed: "It's not that I'm suspicious, it's just because the whereabouts of these two people are too suspicious, especially the apprentice, who looks like an idiot, and his martial arts are unfathomable." Hu Tiehua said: "That's right, especially the kung fu he showed when he moved the boat up. It was definitely not deadly strength. If there is no internal kung fu of 'using strength to transform strength, four or two to pull a thousand catties', no matter how strong the strength is, it will be absolutely impossible." Unbearable." Hai Kuo Tian said: "But his master's martial arts can't match even 10% of his own. At first, I thought he was deliberately hiding it, but after looking at it, it doesn't look like it." Hu Tiehua said: "That's right, even if he pretends again, he can't hide it from these many eyes." Haikuotian said: "So, in my opinion, these two are definitely not masters and apprentices." Hu Tiehua said: "What's the relationship if it's not a master and apprentice?" Hai Kuo Tian said: "I think that white candle must be a martial arts master invited by Gongsun Jieyu to protect him. In order to hide it from others, he pretended to be demented and pretended to be his apprentice." Chu Liuxiang rubbed his nose, and said, "What does Master Hai mean... the name White Candle is fake?" Haikuotian said: "The name Gongsun Jieyu must also be false, this person must be a person of great status and status, and..." He continued: "His face is definitely not this weird. He purposely made it so ugly and terrible, just so that others would not dare to look at him, so that they would not be able to see his flaws." Chu Liuxiang said: "Sure enough, the leader of the Hai Gang has sharp eyesight and incisive analysis, which is very admirable." He didn't mean it entirely as a compliment. Hai Kuotian's opinion is actually similar to his, indeed he is indeed a veteran. Hu Tiehua said: "These two people have put in so much effort to get on this boat, what is it for?" Hai Kuotian smiled wryly and said: "It's really suspicious, but..." He lowered his voice and whispered: "But I can take the three of you to see something." Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "What is so mysterious?" Before Hai Kuotian could answer, he suddenly heard a soft "du" sound outside the door. His face changed immediately, and he put his ear to the door, and listened for a long time with his breath held, then opened the door gently, looked outside for a while, and then whispered: "You three, please come with me, just look at it." Understood." There is a very narrow corridor outside the cabin.At the end of the corridor, there is a small staircase. The stairs lead to the cabin below, and Hai Kuotian led the way, walking very quietly and carefully, as if he was afraid of being heard. The cabin below sees no sunlight all year round, and is gloomy and damp. As soon as you step down the stairs, you can faintly hear the snoring of the sailors. The seventeen sailors slept in shifts day and night, and when they fell asleep, they fell into a deep sleep—for those who worked hard, if they fell asleep, it would be difficult to wake them up again. The cabin where the cargo was stored was just under the stairs, and the door was heavily locked. Two people stood guard outside the door, their palms tightly grasping the handle of the knife at their waists, and their eyes were full of panic. Hai Kuotian walked over first, and said in a deep voice: "After I left, has anyone else come?" The two bowed together and said, "No." Haikuotian said: "Okay, open the door. No matter who comes again, don't let him in!" As soon as the door was opened, Hu Tiehua smelled a strange smell: it was smelly and fishy, ​​some were like salted fish, some were like seaweed, and some were like the stench of rotting corpses.No one can tell what it tastes like. Zhang San frowned, looking at Hu Tiehua's bare feet from the corner of his eyes - seeing Hai Kuotian's secretive expression, he forgot to put on his shoes when he came out. Hu Tiehua stared and said: "Don't look at me, my feet are not so smelly." Hai Kuotian forced a smile and said, "This is the unique smell in sea cargo, but the food and clean water are stored in the small cabin next to the kitchen." Hu Tiehua let out a long breath: "Thank God, otherwise I wouldn't be able to rest assured to eat in the future." Zhang Sandao: "But the wine is placed here, don't you dare to drink with confidence in the future?" There are all kinds of things piled up in the cargo hold, among which there are indeed hundreds of jugs of wine.There was an open space in the middle, but now there are some things piled up, and a layer of tarpaulin is placed on it. Before Hu Tiehua could speak, Hai Kuotian lifted the tarpaulin forcefully and said, "Everyone, please see what this is?" There were six coffins covered under the tarpaulin. Hu Tiehua laughed and said: "We have seen a lot of coffins, and the leader of the Hai Gang specially asked us to come here. Is it just to see these coffins?" Hai Kuotian looked solemn, and said: "There will never be a coffin on a sea ship." Hu Tiehua said: "Why? Has no one died on board?" Hai Kuo Tian said: "People who live at sea live at sea, die at sea, and they are buried at sea when they die. There is no need for a coffin at all." Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "So, where did these coffins come from?" Haikuotian said: "No one knows." Hu Tiehua said in a daze: "Could it be that no one saw someone moving these six coffins onto the boat?" Haikuotian said: "No." His face became more solemn, and he said, "Before each voyage, I have to check the cargo hold as usual, so I came here just after everyone went back to bed." Hu Tiehua said: "Until then, did you find out that these six coffins are here?" Hai Kuo Tian said: "That's right, so I immediately questioned the people in charge of the cargo space, but no one knew who sent these coffins. These two people have been with me for many years, they have always been very loyal, and they will never lie." Chu Liuxiang murmured, and said, "If it wasn't someone the leader can trust, I wouldn't ask them to manage the cargo space." Haikuotian said: "Exactly." Hu Tiehua smiled and said: "Even if someone sent six coffins for no reason, it doesn't matter! Besides, the six coffins are all good wood, at least they can be exchanged for a few jars of good wine." Zhang San sighed: "This man is really close to his profession-but why don't you think about it, is the boat of the leader of Hai Gang a place where people can come and go freely? How can it be easy to send the coffin here?" Hu Tiehua said: "It's really not easy." Zhang Sandao: "They spent so much effort and trouble to send the coffin here. If they didn't have any intentions, don't these people have something wrong?" Hu Tiehua also frowned, and said, "Then, what do you think they will have in mind?" Chu Liuxiang was rubbing her nose again, and suddenly said: "Let me ask you, how many people did we come on board this time?" Ever since Hu Tiehua learned how to touch his nose, he seldom rubbed his nose, but now he has unknowingly committed an old problem, and obviously has a very difficult problem in his heart. Hu Tiehua murmured, and said: "You, me, Zhang San, Jin Lingzhi, Gou Zichang, Ding Feng, Gongsun Jieyu, Bai Candle, plus Shanghai Gangzhu and Xiang Tianfei, there are exactly ten people in total." He seemed to have suddenly remembered something, his face changed, and he murmured: "Ten people got on the boat, but there are six coffins here, does this person want to tell us that six of these ten people will die here! " Zhang San sighed: "This man really has good intentions, knowing that we are all born and bred in the soil, and we have to be buried in the soil to die safely, so he specially sent these six coffins for us." He glanced at Hai Kuotian out of the corner of his eyes, and continued: "Hai Gang Leader and Xiang Tianfei are both men of the sea, so naturally there is no need for a coffin." With a sullen face, Hai Kuotian sighed, "So what he meant was that out of ten of us, at least eight of us must die, and Xiang Tianfei and I are already dead." Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "In this way, there are at least two people who can go back alive. Who are these two?" Hai Kuotian said word by word: "The one who is alive is naturally the murderer who killed the other eight people!" Zhang San looked at the six coffins and murmured: "I seem to have seen six dead people lying inside." Hu Tiehua couldn't help but asked, "Which six people are they?" Zhang Sandao: "One is Chu Liuxiang, the other is Hu Tiehua, and the other seems to be a woman..." He spoke softly and slowly, and his eyes fixed on the six coffins with an indescribable gloomy meaning. Even though Hu Tiehua knew that he was talking nonsense, she couldn't help but feel a little chilled when she heard it. She wanted to fight coldly, and couldn't help shouting: "There is another one, isn't it?" Zhang San let out a long sigh, and said, "It's not bad at all, I seem to be lying in a coffin myself, and this is the coffin!" He pointed forward with his hand, and everyone's hearts seemed to jump along with it. He himself couldn't help but shivered in Lingling, and the palms of his hands were already sweating. Hai Kuotian's face was pale, and he said in a low voice: "There are two more? Can you see it?" Zhang San wiped his sweat, smiled wryly and said, "I can't tell." Chu Liuxiang said: "Could it be that the leader of Hai Gang suspects that Gongsun Jieyu and Bai Candle are the murderers?" Haikuotian remained silent. Chu Liuxiang's eyes flickered, and he said, "That Mr. Ding and the leader of the Hai gang seem to be friends. Why didn't the leader of the Hai gang discuss this matter with him?" Hai Kuotian remained silent for a long time, before he let out a long sigh, and said: "Brother Zhang is not mistaken, I also think that only the three and Miss Jin will not be the murderer, so I asked the three to discuss it. .” Chu Liuxiang said lightly: "Does the leader of the Hai Gang have doubts about Mr. Ding?" Hai Kuotian became silent again, with cold sweat already on his head. Chu Liuxiang refused to relax, and asked again: "It seems that the leader of Hai Gang and Mr. Ding have been friends for many years?" Hai Kuotian hesitated, and finally nodded. Chu Liuxiang's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Since that's the case, the leader of Hai Gang should know the details of Mr. Ding." The muscles in the corners of Hai Kuotian's eyes kept twitching, and he suddenly said, "I didn't doubt him, it's just...just..." The muscles at the corners of his mouth also seemed to twitch, and he couldn't even speak. Hu Tiehua couldn't help asking: "What's the matter?" Hai Kuotian didn't seem to hear him at all, and his eyes were fixed on the front, as if he was looking at something far, far away. After a long time, he said slowly: "I don't know why, since the death of the leader Yuncong Longyun, I often feel terrified, and it seems that the time of death is not far away." Hu Tiehua said: "Why?" Chu Liuxiang's eyes sparkled, and he said, "What does the death of Chief Yun have to do with you, Chief Hai?" Hai Kuo Tian said: "I...I...I just think his death is a bit strange." Hu Tiehua frowned and said, "Strange? What's so strange?" Haikuotian said: "Wu Weiyang, the leader of the martial arts gang, is known as 'the god's arrow shoots the sun'. His kung fu with bows and arrows can be said to be unparalleled in the world, but when it comes to head-to-head martial arts, he may not be much higher than Yuncong Longyun." Zhang San hurriedly said: "That's right, as far as I know, both of them are comparable in fists, palms, weapons, and concealed weapons, but the leader of the Wu Gang is better at arching horses, and the leader of the Yun Gang is better at water." Hai Kuotian said in a deep voice: "But last night in the Sanhe Building, when the leader of the Wu Gang and the leader of the Yun gang fought, both of them were present. They only fought for a moment, and at most it would not exceed ten moves. Under the palm of the leader of the Wu Gang... Didn't he die too strangely and too quickly?" Hu Tiehua pondered, glanced at Chu Liuxiang, and said, "Could it be that the leader of the martial arts gang has also learned a very powerful unique martial art just like Jin Ganoderma lucidum?" Chu Liuxiang said: "Of course it is also possible, but the leader of the martial arts gang is already sixty years old. Even though he is old and strong, his muscles and bones are not as strong as those of young people, and his memory is also much worse. When learning martial arts, it is natural to absorb them. Not as fast as young people, so whether you study literature or martial arts, you have to start from a young age." He sighed, and continued: "This is the sorrow of the elderly, and no one can do anything about it." Hai Kuo Tian said: "That's right, I've thought about this too, and I also think that it is absolutely impossible for the leader of the martial arts gang to suddenly master a martial art that can kill the leader of the Yun gang within ten moves." Hu Tiehua said: "Then, in your opinion, what's going on here?" Chu Liuxiang and Hai Kuotian looked at each other with strange eyes.Both of them seemed to have a terrible thought in their hearts, but they dared not say it. After seeing this, the two of them refused to speak. Hu Tiehua pondered, and said slowly: "Yun Conglong and Wu Weiyang have fought more than once. Wu Weiyang's kung fu is deep, and Yun Conglong is naturally very clear." Zhang San nodded and said: "That's right, I'm afraid no one in the world knows better than him." Hu Tiehua said: "But last night in Sanhe Building, before the two fought, Yun Conglong's expression and behavior were very strange." 张三道：“怎么样奇怪？” 胡铁花道：“他像是早已知道自己此番和武维扬一走出门，就再也不会活着走回来了，难道他早巳知道武维扬的功夫非昔日可比？” 张三道：“就算武维扬真练成了一种独门武功，准备要对付云从龙，他自然就绝不会告诉云从龙，云从龙又怎会知道？” 胡铁花皱眉道：“那么云从龙为何会觉得自己必死无疑？难道他忽然发现了什么秘密？……他发现的是什么秘密？” 他目光转向楚留香，接着道：“他临出门之前，还要你替他喝了一杯酒，是不是？” Chu Liuxiang said, "Yes." 胡铁花道：“以他的酒量，绝不会连那么小的一杯酒都喝不下去的，是不是？” 楚留香淡淡道：“这也许只因为他不是酒鬼，自己觉得喝够了，就不愿再喝。” 胡铁花摇头道：“依我看，他这么样做必定别有用意。” 楚留香皱了皱眉，道：“什么用意？” 胡铁花道：“他交给你的那杯酒里，仿佛有样东西，你难道没有注意？” 楚留香道：“他交给我那杯酒，我就喝了下去，什么也没有瞧见。” 他笑了笑，接着道：“我一向用嘴喝酒，不是用眼睛喝酒的。” 胡铁花叹了口气，道：“近来你的眼睛也越来越不灵了！我劝你以后还是远离女人的好，否则再过两年，你只怕就要变成个又聋又瞎的老头了。” 张三笑道：“那倒没关系，有些女人就是喜欢老头子，因为老头子不但比年轻人体贴，而且钱也一定比年轻人多。” 胡铁花冷笑道：“喜欢老头子的女人，一定也跟你一样，是天生的奴才胚子。” 海阔天一直在呆呆的出着神，也不知在想些什么，但看他面上的犹疑痛苦之色，他想的必定是个很难解决的问题。 直到此刻，他才长长叹了口气，勉强笑道：“在下能与三位相识，总算有缘，在下只想……只想求三位答应一件事。” 他嘴里说的虽是“三位”，眼睛瞧的却只有楚留香一个人。 楚留香道：“只要我力所能及，绝不推辞。” 这句话若是从别人嘴里说出，也只不过是句很普通的推托敷衍话，但从楚留香嘴里说出就不同了。 楚留香一字之诺，重于千金，是江湖中人人都知道的。 海阔天长长松了口气，脸色也开朗多了，道：“在下万一如有不测，只求香帅将这……” 他一面说着话，一面已自怀中取出个小小的檀香木匣。 才说到这里，突听“咚咚”两声，似乎有人在用力敲门。 海阔天面色变了变，立刻又将匣子藏入怀中，一个箭步窜到门口，低叱道：“谁？” 门已上了栓，门外寂无应声。 海阔天厉声道：“王得志、李得标，外面是什么人来了？” 王得志和李得标自然就是方才守在门外的两个人，但也不知为什么，这两人也没有回应。 海阔天脸色变得更可怕，一把拉开栓，推门走了出去。 楚留香跟着走出去的时候，只见他面如死灰，呆如木鸡般站在那里，满头冷汗雨点般往下流个不停。 守在门外的两个人，已变成了两具死尸。