Xia Ji came to the Nanmen Wharf. The leader of the boat gang had found Wang Laosan and was waiting for Xia Cao to fall off his hair.

A corner outside the cargo yard.

"Catcher Xia, I didn't spread rumors. I just heard Chen Chaizi talk nonsense." Wang Lao San defended.

Xia Ji was playing with a green nail.

After getting the water floral nails, [Subtask 1: Investigating the water floral incident] also became a [completed] state, and a little experience was recorded, making the signature green again.

At the same time, the paper ejected the task again.

Mission: Qingshui City doubts

Sub-question 3: Rescue the people of Qingshui City.

Requirements: Eliminate the water creatures and rescue the people of Qingshui City.

Description: The greatest hero is to serve the country and the people. Do you have the courage to sacrifice yourself? This is the final task.

Reward: Medium experience.

"Your sister!" Xia Ji couldn't help but curse.

This mission is so pitiful. He doesn't even know what the water creature is. How can he drive out the water creature to save the people?

"Catcher Xia, I don't have a sister." Wang Laosan said in a daze.

"Isn't it about you, where did your water-woven nails come from?" Xia Ji said.

"It's not given by Chen Chaizi, I was cheated by him." Wang Laosan said.

"Who is Chen Bazi?" Xia Ji said.

"He is a sailor on the Dafu roster." Wang Laosan said.

Dafu? Xia Ji's heart moved. Didn't the group of Dajiang Gangs say that they were going to Dafu? It seems that what they and Yue Niang were looking for was on the Dafu ship.

To unravel the secret of the water creature, you have to take a trip.

"Take me to the Dafu ship and find the Chen surnamed, right away!" Xia Ji said.

...

Dafu cargo ship.

This is a sea ship divided into four layers.

The bottom floor is placed with ballast or heavier cargo to keep the hull stable, and generally there is no one living in it. Most of the crew members live on the second and third floors.

The sailor nicknamed Chen Scarface brought Xia Ji to the second floor. The second floor was divided into many small grids by the partition board. The cabin was filled with cargo such as raw silk satin, and the air was filled with strange smells of raw silk, sea smell, sweat smell, and urine smell.

Xia Ji bent down and walked to a cabin at the stern of the boat. The cabin door was nailed with a few large wooden boards and sealed tightly.

"Master, it's here, that silver..." Chen Chai grinned, and the scar on his face was like a centipede.

Xia Ji felt that Chen Ba's eyes looked a little strange, but he didn't take it seriously. Anyone would become weird when it comes to supernatural things.

"Don't worry, you won't lose money, as long as what you said is true." Xia Ji said.

"The young man would never dare to deceive the prince. It was because of the haunted inside that the boss ordered the cabin to be closed. Everyone in this boat knew about it." Chen Scar said face.

"What the hell is going on?" Xia Ji said.

"You're just a girl. People have died in this cabin. They are a father and daughter from Nanyang who were killed by pirates." Chen Scar said with a face.

"How did you know?" Xia Ji said.

"When we found this ship on the sea, there was a living mouth hidden at the bottom of the bilge. He also said that the little girl was only fifteen or sixteen years old, what a pity..."

"What a haunted method?" Xia Ji interrupted.

"President Cai Cai entered the cabin to count the goods, and then disappeared. Everyone said that he was taken away by the female ghost. Later, many people had an accident, so the boss ordered the cabin to be sealed. We don't know if there is anything the prince wants, but we guarantee there is a ghost inside!" Chen Scar said confidently.

As the two were talking, a tabby cat came out from somewhere, with two front paws on the sealing wooden board, and meowing, as if begging to put it in.

The cat's fur is gorgeous, but it blinded one eye.

Xia Ji's heart moved, as the saying goes, "The cat is spiritual."

"Are you afraid of ghosts?" Xia Ji said.

"I'm afraid of it. We are a boat runner. I haven't seen any storms before." Chen Scar said with a face.

"Okay, break open the cabin door, these two taels of silver will be yours." Xia Ji weighed the money in his hand.

Chen Ba punched and kicked the wooden board with one punch, broke a hole that could allow people to drill through, and said, "Master, we have to hurry up, the boss of the ship is coming back soon."

At this time, the tabby cat next to him jumped and got in.

"Hold it." Xia Ji threw out the silver and got into the cabin.

Chen Ba smiled and took away the money, followed him in.

There are three hammocks in this cabin, a cabinet for tea sets, and a landscape painting hanging on the bulkhead, which is quite stylish and looks like it is not a place for ordinary people to live.

Perhaps because of the blockade, it seems that the appearance of the recent passengers is still maintained.

"How many people have lived in this cabin?" Xia Ji said.

"Two people." Chen Scar said with a face.

"Then why are there three hammocks?" Xia Ji said.

There are two large hammocks in the cabin and one small hammock. The small bed can only accommodate one baby.

"This..." Chen Scarface didn't know either.

"It may be the cat sleeping." Xia Ji saw a ball of hair left on the small bed, which should be a toy for the kitten to play with.

Xia Ji picked up the hair ball and found no abnormalities.

Xia Ji opened the cabinet again, and there was an unfinished embroidery inside, embroidering the kitten's pattern with gold and silver thread, and a wooden needle and thread box next to it.

It should be the work of the girl, with agile acupuncture, beautiful schemas, and acupuncture skills comparable to master's level.

There are also porcelain cups, tea jars and other items in the cabinet, and there is no problem.

Xia Ji turned his attention to the hanging paintings on the bulkhead. This is a landscape painting. In the painting is a small island with a fortress on the island. On the tall stone wall, there are multiple wooden buildings with flying tiles, a standard Nanyang style.

From the content of the painting, it can be seen that this painting is not the original object on the ship, but the Nanyang passengers brought it on the ship.

Xia Ji couldn't help but wonder, if you want to travel across the sea, you usually carry expensive and light things, so why do you need to bring a painting?

Unless, this painting has unknown secrets.

Xia Ji took off the painting and looked carefully. He found no abnormalities, but he decided to put it aside first.

Xia Ji closed the painting and looked around the cabin, feeling a little strange, where is the tabby cat?

The tabby cat obviously came in first, but there was no trace of the cat in the cabin.

Xia Ji shook his head, feeling that he was thinking too much. There were cracks everywhere on the boat, and the cat was soft. Maybe he had gone to another place.

What Yue Niang and the Dajiang Gang were talking about was the magic banner, but Xia Ji asked Chen Ba's face and searched it roughly. There was no such thing as a banner on the ship.

Could it be that I heard it wrong, not the demon banner, but the demon sail? But the sail on the boat really has nothing to do with the word "demon".

Many questions in my mind can only be left to be resolved later.

Xia Ji walked up to the bow of the boat and saw a thin coffin parked by the river bank, with a pile of firewood underneath, and a few porters were surrounded by people who looked like porters, who were about to burn it.

"Who is dead?" Xia Ji asked.

"The one who died was Zhou Laizi. I heard that he was dying of his internal skills because he was dying of his anger." Chen Ba said with a face.

Zhou Laizi?

Xia Ji checked the information about the paper. This person was a small leader among the porters on the dock. His life was better than ordinary coolies. He also had the remaining money to learn martial arts at the Taurus Martial Arts Hall. He was considered half a senior brother.

[Hei Yan Gong] is open to all martial arts apprentices to learn, so Zhou Laizi will naturally have a share.

Could it be that Zhou Laizi died of practicing [Black Flame Kung Fu]?

Yue Niang just made public [Hei Yan Gong] under the name of Han Hu, and someone died of practicing martial arts. This is a coincidence.

Xia Ji stepped onto the springboard from the bow of the boat, just about to find out what was going on.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked towards the other end of the springboard, with a gray beard and a slightly sinister triangular eyes.

The corresponding information appeared in the paper. The person was named Zuo Hao, who was also a constable in the yamen. He was a colleague of Xia Ziyu. Zuo Hao loved money and had blackmailed the business in the South Gate. He was stopped by Xia Ziyu. The two became enemies because of this and had a very bad relationship.

"Oh, isn't this Xia? What wind blows you onto the boat?" Zuo Hao said sarcastically.

Zuo Hao looked arrogant and his temples were bulging high, and he was obviously quite strong in his internal strength.

Xia Ji thought to himself that he has also mastered internal skills now, and I don’t know how he is compared to Zuo Hao.

"Brother Zuo, let's go first." Xia Ji wanted to retreat to the bow of the ship.

"No, no, the place is wide."

Zuo Hao said, snatched up and squeezed over Xia Ji's left, suddenly thrust his left shoulder. With a gentle bump, Xia Ji would not fall into the sea.

Although he could not be drowned by the shore, he could greatly reduce Xia Ji's face.
To be continued...