One Night Bride

Sudden encounter with the pirates

At sunset, the sun is like blood. 

Between the sea and the sky, it looks blood red. but the sea is calm.

There is a large five-feet war ship, operated by 64 sailors, across the line is a row of 18 big men with sharp knives. Behind them, there is another row of 72 archers. All of them have their bows and arrows ready,  as they hold their breath, the situation is very tense.

In the cabin, there sits a big man looking at a topographic map of the angry sea he had obtained. His body sways  up and down with his long hair.

No one knows the big man’s real name but everyone calls him Qin Shang Cheng. After they committed a big crime, he and a few loyal brothers fled to this angry sea and began a life of piracy. He is strong at martial arts, and has a little commanding skills. When he arrived here, he got a few small forces around the coastline and became a leader, doing businesses specializing in robbing passing ships, regardless of merchants,commoners, officials and thieves. 

Normally, they would not let women go. However, there are few women going on the sea. For the past two months, they have not been able to find any women.

Aman with a sword knocks on the door and comes in, respectfully: “My Lord, the sale has come ……”

“Whoosh”, that is a special signal, meaning that there will be “new goods” arriving soon, to start the battle.

He controls his laughter and picks up a large sword and goes outside. He has a knife named “white deer knife”, it is said that it was made by Emperor Xuanwu of the Later Wei Dynasty and a skilled craftsman in Bailu Mountain in the first year of Jingming. A superb knife, hence the name “White Deer”. 

The people outside see him come out, they immediately salute him with respect, he stands in the middle, and asks, “What are today’s goods?”

“Well, whatever it is, the heron’s leg must be split out of a trace of fine flesh, the mosquito’s belly must also be scraped out of 2 two fat oil ……”

As he speaks, he sees  a wooden ship approaching. The pirates immediately burst into cheer because it has been a long time since they have seen such good cargo, Qin Shang Cheng immediately orders to adjust the direction of the ship, speeding up to search for it .

Now everyone sees  the wooden ship in the shadows, there are many people. Most importantly, they see some women, extremely young women.

The men on the five-feet war ship suddenly rumble in their throats, and the sailors speed up. As the five-feet war ship is approaching fast, they see all the people on the wooden boat stand up. Men, women, and children, all have a look of fear on their faces.

Then around eight swordsmen jump  on the wooden boat, and start yelling  like animals: “Quickly, go over ……”

The people look around the shining swords, and look at the opposite dozens of strong bows aimed at the hard crossbow. There is  a young man with a sword who tries to resist, but a large sword is pierced through his chest and his body is thrown into the sea.

No one tries to disobey anymore. They climb one by one into the small boats to the big ship. Among them there are two old men who are a little slow, they are lifted and thrown into the sea on the spot, an old woman, perhaps wife to one of the old men tries to shout but is also cut open and thrown into the sea.

A group of about sixty people is finally driven to the deck of the five-feet war ship. The men standing on one side and the women on the other. The leader is an old man in his sixties, he is very energetic , he speaks calmly: “Gentlemen, we are fugitives from the imperial court, we have been dragged to the sea to join our relatives, please spare our lives, we will leave money to buy our way out ……”

“Ha, I want that money you want to use to buy your way out ……” Qin Shang Cheng gazes into his face, the old man cannot help but retreat a few steps, looking at his hammer-like dark fist. Everyone believes that when he swings a fist, he can smash anyone’s brains.

After a long time of doing business , they have never robbed such women of high class. That is to say, today’s goods are the famous young women.

He laughs, every time his eyes shift, people who met such eyes would tremble, and those women who are moved by his eyes are also scared. 

Then the white blade just flips , in a moment, the original thirty men, there are around six left, the bodies are spread out on the side of the ship, and then one by one the corpses are quickly kicked into the sea. The rest of the men and women are paralyzed with fear, the surviving six men are  holding their heads, paralyzed on the deck.