I am a cat in the palace

Rourou was standing at the bow of the boat. The wind on the river was so strong that it made the ends of his hair fly.

"Meow~~" I walked to his feet and rubbed against his feet.

Rourou lowered his head and hugged me. His eye circles were red, but there were no watermarks, as if tears had been hidden there but had been dried by the whistling river wind, leaving only dry red eye sockets. It's as ugly as if you stayed up all night.

"The face is going to be cold." I wanted to hold his fleshy little face, but found that my claws were a bit short, and I could only touch his mouth, but couldn't hold his face.

"En." Rourou responded, but didn't move, just habitually buried her face in my fur and rubbed vigorously.

"The noodles are cooked by Fat Ba personally under my direction."

"Ah."

"Seventeen times."

"Ah."

"I used up half a basket of eggs, five catties of noodles, four bundles of vegetables, three strips of pork belly, and two pots of meat and bone soup."

"Um"

"The sweat on Fat Ba's body is enough to boil a bowl of noodle soup."

"..." Rourou finally showed his face from my fur, and looked at me helplessly: "Do you still want me to eat noodles?"

"Anyway, the noodles are getting cold right now, and you don't have any more to eat." I turned my face and snorted softly. I have worked hard for a long time, just take a bite out of each egg and taste one piece of noodles in each bowl. My stomach is going to burst, okay?

"You can eat it when it's cold." Rourou's expression has returned to normal, and he picked me up and strode back, "I practiced swords with Mr. Wei all morning, and this king can even swallow a cow now, don't Talk about a bowl of cold noodles."

However, Rourou really didn't eat that bowl of noodles when he went back, because that bowl of noodles was eaten by Wei Yin. According to him, it was because Rourou and Mr. Zhen didn't go back, and the taste of that bowl of noodles was too delicious, so he didn't Hold back and help to eat.

But fortunately, there was still a large pot of broth in the kitchen, Fat Ba quickly brought another bowl.

"Why is there only one fried egg?" Rourou's noodles had already eaten to the bottom of the bowl and hadn't been pulled out to hide the surprise. Rourou and Zhen looked at Fat Ba suspiciously at the same time.

Fat Ba wiped the sweat off his head, and said embarrassedly: "Uh, there were a few eggs left in the kitchen, but I just finished frying one, and the basket was knocked over, and the rest fell to the ground and smashed." .”

I am silent...

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Ba, thank you for taking so much trouble!" Rourou looked at him, and drank the last bit of noodle soup up to the last drop. "This noodle is delicious, just as delicious as Aniang Chen's."

"Your Majesty the Great Immortal guides you well, and your subordinates dare not take credit for it." Fat Eight stood aside with a flattering smile and looked at me. I nodded to him reservedly, but was pulled into my arms by my fleshy flesh, hard Kiss twice.

After Fat Ba waited a few times with me, he suddenly changed his face and said, "Your Highness, Jiangshui Bay is in front of you. The more than 100-mile river course from Jiangshui Bay to the mouth of the Nandu River is full of shallow water and densely covered with hidden reefs. It is very difficult to walk, and there are often water bandits. Just now I have ordered the ships to double their duty from tonight. If your highness hears anything at night, please don't panic. Please believe that we will do our best to ensure that your highness Safety."

water bandit?

In fact, apart from taking a bath, I don't like water at all!

The second half of Rourou’s 12th birthday has passed in the tense atmosphere of preparing for the battle. It seems that the time goes by in such a grand and lively day in previous years, but on the ship, everyone is busy strengthening the ram and the plank, and checking the weapons. And materials, just so busy, one day passed in the blink of an eye.

It got dark soon, and the boat arrived at the most difficult river bay on the Canglan River.

Fat Ba has rich experience in business travel from north to south, and everyone is based on his opinions on this journey on the water. In order to prevent hitting the rocks, Fat Ba ordered the fleet to anchor in advance and park at the entrance of Jiangshui Bay.

"Daxian, if there are thieves attacking you, just stay in the cabin obediently and don't go out. The lights outside are dim, and there is water all around. The wind and waves on the river are rough, and it will be terrible if you fall." Before going to bed at night, meat Rou hugged me tightly in his arms, as if he was afraid that I would be thrown into the river by the wind and waves right now.

I patted his face with my paw, "My skill is so good, even if I turn over the side of the boat, I can't fall. It is true that I want to tell you to be careful, don't always think that you are the prince, the master , Don’t be greedy for life and fear death. This is water, your water quality is not as good as mine, if you fall, I will have to work hard to catch you.”

"I'm not that stupid." Rourou rubbed my stomach vigorously in dissatisfaction, and took the opportunity to rub my bell again. This brat, who catches the opportunity, is really hard to guard against.

Because of the few words that Fat Ba had warned in advance, Rourou was nervous for most of the night, and couldn't help but fall asleep in the middle of the night.

However, it was probably because the mooring position was good that night, and the turbulent night passed, but nothing happened, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.It's just that Fat Ba solemnly reminded all the fleets that the next five days are the most dangerous, and they must not be taken lightly.

On the third night, Fat Ba's prediction really came true——

In the middle of the third watch and before the fourth watch, it was the time when people were most sleepy and tired. Many sampans and boats suddenly appeared on the river beach, and they were moving quietly at first, but they didn't notice that Fat Ba had arranged to meet with them on the shore. The dark guards in charge of guarding the periphery of the fleet.

When there are people gathering on the shore, the hidden guards on the riverside will send a message with lights to remind the guards on the ship to be ready for the battle, and when the small sampans and boats are launched, the guards with the best water quality on the ship have already disembarked. In the water, they all wore special fish-skin swimsuits, and the movement of entering the water was very small. By the time the people in the small boats found someone approaching them, it was too late.

More than 30 dark guards went into the water, but within half an hour, they were all sent to the bottom of the water to feed the fish and shrimps without even letting them get close to the main ship.

The one who led the dark guard into the water was the best underwater kung fu leader in the Jiangnan camp of the dark guard, named Bai Qi, but about 30 years old, a big man with long legs and big feet, his skin was tanned like bronze, and others They all wore waterproof and thorn-proof fish skin swimsuits all over the body, but he was naked from the upper body, and only wore a short fishskin hakama that tightly wrapped his buttocks.

When he returned to the boat with his dagger in his mouth, he shone his head under the torch, and water beads hung on his gnarled muscles, which looked like a human-shaped iron tower.

"Baye, this wave of water bandits is not like the ones you mentioned. There are not many people and few skilled in martial arts. Judging from the direction they rushed towards, they should just want to sneak attack our last stern boat and make some money. Just run away with money and goods." Bai Qi came up and reported to Ying Ba standing on the deck while putting on his clothes, his voice was very suitable for him, rough, but the accent didn't sound like a person from Jiangnan. He is from Lingbei.

"How many people did they come in total?"

"Not many, a total of more than a dozen boats came, all of which were small boats, with only six or no.70 people. It didn't take much effort, and they were all cleaned up."

"Yeah." Yingba nodded, then went back into the cabin to report to Rourou.

"Mr. Ba, didn't you expect these water bandits to come?"

"Yes, there is a big water village near here, and there are thousands of water bandits in it. I have traveled to the Canglan River more than ten times in these years, and I met them twice, and both times were fierce battles. Those water bandits The bandits are extremely vicious, killing people and stealing goods. This is why some small businesses go ashore when they arrive at Jiangshuiwan. "

"It's simply lawless. Don't we have a navy on the Canglan River? Why don't we ignore it?"

"The naval army is almost useless in normal battles, and the court doesn't pay much attention to it. The phenomenon of starvation in the naval army is more serious than anywhere else. And those generals who lead the army are mostly retired from the frontier army. It is a place where the navy is honored and raised as meritorious generals, and most of those generals don’t know how to fight in water, and some of them may have never even been on a boat, let alone lead troops to suppress bandits.” Wei Yin shook his head, talking to Rourou The status of the court's navy.

"Rongyang! The navy has turned into a place for Rongyang! And this is not Rongyang them, it is clearly raising water bandits, a water bandit village with thousands of people!" Rourou His little face turned blue with anger.

"Don't think about the matter of the water army. If you have the ability to deal with it in the future, you should think about the matter in front of you now. Yingba, do you think the water bandit in the water village you met is still not good enough?" Will you come?" Wei Yin asked with a frown.

Ying Ba pondered for a moment and just shook his head, "It's hard to say, they are always bold, but not every boat will be robbed. This time I only prepared three boats, and none of them are big boats. One reason is that His Highness will sneak thousands of miles. It is eye-catching, and we are sailing against the current after all, the boat is light and the cargo is small, so we can use less trackers and speed up the boat; secondly, we have considered that the cargo is scarce and the boat is old during the period from the river bay to the mouth of the Nandu River, so we can try not to mess with it. Attention those water bandits, we are not here to suppress bandits, if we can not waste manpower and time here, it is best not to delay."

"It's better to be able to..."

"Your Highness, Mr. Wei! Jiang'an warns!" Suddenly a hidden guard rushed in to report, saying that the hidden guard standing on the watchtower suddenly found Jiang'an and warned again.

What's more, the warning messages reported this time were much more urgent and frequent. Obviously, the hidden guards on the river bank were reminding the people on board that the visitors this time were not good.

The dark guards who had just boarded the ship and hadn't taken off the water tanks immediately put on the fish skin water tanks again. All the dark guards on the three ships were ready for battle, and some of the dark guards on the other two ships were gathered by the ropes. On the main ship, they were obviously ready to abandon the other two ships at any time. After all, their real mission was to protect the safety of the flesh.

Sure enough, a fierce battle ensued soon after.

"Why are there so many people here?" Shouting, Ying Ba felt that something was wrong, why so many people came?It's just a small caravan with only three medium-sized cargo ships. According to past experience, a water bandit with 200 people should be considered an overkill, but looking at the posture of these people, they actually sent a big ship Together with a dozen small boats, at least 300 people came, which is almost enough for a large fleet of this size.

The scale of the water bandits far exceeded Shadow Eight's expectations.

There are a total of 96 secret guards guarding the fleshy north. If it is on land, it will be no problem to deal with three or four hundred bandits, but this is water after all, and those water bandits are completely unruly. If you dare to do anything, digging boats, breaking boats, setting fire and spraying oil, the hidden guards who are passively defending will be greatly limited, and the defense will inevitably be a little stretched. At the end of the battle, some bandits jumped onto the boat with hooks .

"Master, go to the cabin!" With a flash of cold light, Wei Yin pulled out a soft sword from his waist, pushed Rou Rou back to the cabin, and jumped into the battle group.

"Master!" Rourou was a little anxious, and wanted to run out, but I bit the hem of his trousers, "You stay here, I will help!"

I jumped out with a flying body, and rushed towards a water bandit who was running towards the door of the meat cabin.

"Ah—" Following the scream of the water bandit, I squinted at the tip of my claw, and quickly threw that bloody eyeball out of the tip of the nail in disgust. It was so disgusting!

"Great Immortal! Be careful!"

"Ah—" Just as I was spinning and killing among the water bandits, suddenly accompanied by the sound of a sharp weapon piercing into the flesh, a wail came from behind me.

"What are you doing out here?" Looking at the fleshy flesh with a bloody sword in his hand, his forehead suddenly burst into flames.

"Practice the sword!" Rou Rou backhanded and chopped down a thin and small water bandit, splashing blood all over his head and face.

The hair on my body exploded.