mtl008 Chapter 428 She's So Beautiful
Chapter 428 She's So Beautiful
Lin Wuji led his dozens of brothers in a grand procession.
Lin Wuji's men were all skilled in martial arts and had weapons. Their charge was enough to hold off a small group of people and separate some of the civilians who had fled to the rear.
Lin Wuji also took the opportunity to get to Lu Yangyang's side. While helping to hold off the pirates, he jokingly said, "How about it? Aren't you touched to see me descend from the sky to save you from danger once again?"
Lu Yangyang kicked a pirate away and replied firmly, "Fighting pirates is everyone's responsibility!"
Lin Wuji chuckled, shook his head, and continued to help move the people to the edge of the city.
However, even with the men that Lin Wuji brought, they were quickly forced to retreat step by step when the large wave of pirates from the ships behind them surged down again.
It's simply impossible to resist.
The officers and soldiers were late in arriving.
Now they have nowhere to retreat. Some of the pirates have crossed the dock and reached the outer perimeter, completely surrounding the dock. The pirates are like people in a slaughterhouse, wielding their knives indiscriminately.
Lu Yangyang and Luo Jing were all injured to varying degrees, and even Lin Wuji was not much better off.
Looking at the situation before him, Lin Wuji said to Lu Yangyang, "Do you still want to stay here? I can take you out, and your friends can barely keep you safe! Are you coming or not?"
“I’m not leaving!” Lu Yangyang replied without hesitation.
"Hey!" Lin Wuji exclaimed in disbelief.
Lu Yangyang did not answer him, but stubbornly swung the broken whip in her hand again, resolutely pulled up a child who had fallen to the ground and was terrified, pulled him behind her, and protected him firmly.
She knew, of course, that they were no match for those hundreds of pirates, so when Uncle Luo asked her last night if she wanted to leave, she decisively said yes. She knew she couldn't handle the pirates who were eyeing them; she would only cause them trouble.
We still can't deal with these vicious pirates. If we continue to resist, we'll only face certain death.
She didn't want to die here.
She still has a chance to run away.
But this was also the first time she had faced such a ruthless massacre. Those who were slaughtered were not bandits or criminals, but innocent people trying to make a living. They were working hard to earn a few coins a day to support their families. They were living so desperately, but suddenly they were struck by disaster.
She is not a saint, nor is she someone who doesn't care about her own life or wants to play the hero.
She couldn't bear to watch these innocent people die tragically at the hands of pirates. She wasn't a hero, but she was stronger than these ordinary people. She could take down a dozen or even more pirates by herself.
She couldn't defeat a thousand troops, but she was unwilling to surrender.
This may not be a battlefield between two armies, but it is no different from one. If everyone flees without a fight, who will protect the land beneath their feet? If the land is lost inch by inch, the people living on this land will only become fertilizer.
She may be unable to do anything and ultimately cannot change the outcome.
But a strong voice inside her told her that she absolutely could not run away; this was her bottom line!
Lin Wuji turned to look at Lu Yangyang. Amidst the chaos of fireworks, her face was covered in ash again, and she had several injuries on her body. Her hair was disheveled, and she looked disheveled and miserable.
But he really wanted to go back and slap the version of himself he had when he first met her.
Seriously, how can there be such an adorable ugly duckling!
She's incredibly beautiful.
He was naturally carefree and had no taboos. He was dissatisfied with the name Lin Zigui that his adoptive father had given him and hoped that he could restrain himself and follow the rules. So the first thing he did after entering school was to change his name to Wuji.
I hope to live a life free and unrestrained.
He is rarely moved.
This is the first time.
He recalled the day Mingruo went back and advised him to make a clean break, saying that he didn't know what he could do with his life before, and that he came to help him because he had nowhere else to go. But seeing her and what they did along the way gave him a real impulse to do something, not just to waste his life.
Don't let the salt trade become a tool for collusion between officials and businessmen. Instead, use this route to bring convenience to more people in need.
He mocked Mingruo for his unrealistic ideas, saying that the world was already filthy and that they had struggled in the mud since childhood. How could they possibly grow into pure flowers? Did they think they were lotus roots?
But now he wanted to laugh at himself; he actually wanted to be a passionate young man for once.
Lin Wuji curled his lips, raised the curved sword in his hand, and whistled: "Brothers, fight to the last moment, never retreat until death!"
The Salt Gang brothers immediately responded, their shouts shaking the heavens: "We will not retreat until we die!"
Even the panicked and desperate civilians seemed to be encouraged at this moment, picking up any weapons they could find, uniting together, and trying their best to gather around and resist the pirates' attacks.
Time passed slowly, and the sunlight pierced through the morning mist, illuminating the entire dock.
The air was thick with the smell of fire and blood.
The circle of people gathered together grew larger and larger, but also gradually shrank.
Suddenly, horns sounded simultaneously from the sea and the distant plains. A warship broke through the thick smoke and sailed in. The soldiers, holding longbows, aimed skillfully at the pirates on the dock. With a command, the pirates fell one after another.
Meanwhile, a group of several hundred soldiers, armed with long swords, galloped from the distant street.
Caught in a pincer attack, the pirates, who had victory in their grasp, finally realized something was wrong. The excitement of their recent slaughter turned into terror at the prospect of being surrounded, and they shouted, "Retreat—retreat—"
However, it was already too late. Hundreds of men were entangled in a chaotic battle with the government troops who came to their aid, and they also had to face waves of archers from the ships behind them. Even with their desperate resistance, only a few managed to jump into the sea and escape, while most were killed on the dock.
What had just been a one-sided massacre was completely crushed in less than half an hour.
Finally, when they were safe, the people collapsed to the ground, weeping loudly, while others clung to each other tightly, grateful to have survived the ordeal.
Meanwhile, in the cabin of that warship, the Governor of Yingzhou Prefecture sat expressionlessly at the tea table, his gaze fixed on the long sword pressed against his neck. He then looked up at Zong Que, who was sitting opposite him.
"Your Highness, the pirates have been repelled. May you now remove your sword from my neck?"