On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 73: Parting and accidents always come unexpectedly. (Seeking monthly votes~)

(Thanks to QQ Reading friend 2024050193 for rewarding 100 reading points!)
All the lamps that could be lit on the ship were lit, and Li Shiyue and everyone else were called to the deck.

Ma San stood aside holding a knife, watching the steward and the boatmen and sailors call out the names from the list.

Li Shiyue now understood why Li Shiyang wrote out the list of everyone in Lijia Village and sent it to him before buying the boat ticket.

It seems that this Fu ship named Talang is used to taking this sea route, and it is not the first time that it has encountered Japanese pirates.

Only then did we have a series of response measures in place, collecting the boarding list in advance to make casualty statistics.

But what Li Shiyue was thinking at this moment was: "Why didn't you remind Yan Jiuniang?

If we had known there would be pirates, we should have said less and made more preparations.

Also, the boatman and the sailors didn’t say a word after we boarded the boat, which is really wrong.”

Just when Li Shiyue was puzzled, he heard from afar the boatman and Liu Tan, who had just returned from searching for any hidden pirates, bowed and explained: "Before sailing, the boss reminded us that there have been many pirates hijacking ships recently.

Therefore, we changed a new route, thinking that the Japanese pirates would not be able to find us.

Who would have thought that after changing the line, the people on the boat were all elderly, and there was a general accompanying them, but we were so unlucky that we would encounter Japanese pirates. It's really..."

Liu Tan raised his hand to stop the boatman from speaking, and pointed to the steward beside the boatman: "Give me a copy of the list later."

The steward first glanced at the boatman, and when he saw the boatman nodded, he bowed his head and said "Yes."

Perhaps it was because of the warriors' superhuman sensitivity, Liu Tan suddenly raised his head and looked towards Li Shiyue.

Just now Liu Tan felt that someone was looking at him, so he looked over.

"General?"

Zhao Da asked, and Liu Tan naturally could not see Li Shiyue's gaze, because Li Shiyue had already noticed it and turned his gaze away.

"Nothing, go ask Ma San if he has selected the people.
Drag the dead and the pirates onto the deck and wait until dawn to identify them. "

After saying this, Liu Tan went to see the boatman again and said: "After dawn, give the boatmen a good meal and speed up the boat. It would be best if we can reach Sanshan Port in one day.

Otherwise, I'm afraid those pirate ships that have run away won't let us go!"

Li Shiyue was a little surprised at this moment. She didn't expect that as long as she paid attention and concentrated, she could hear and see so far away.

However, she soon had no time to think about Liu Tan or anything, because the sobbing sounds soon drowned out the people in Lijia Village.

"Boss! Boss!

Open your eyes, look at me, look at Erdan!
The boss!
How are we going to live without you?

Woohoo!

The body of Erdan's father was so horrible that you could clearly see that his chest had collapsed. It must have been when the Japanese pirates were killing people and the crowd was dodging to escape from the cabin door, you kicked him and he was stepped to death.

It was heartbreaking to see Erdan's mother, holding her son in her arms, crying as she looked at his disfigured father, but there was nothing they could do about it. After all, in that situation, how could they say whose fault it was?

As more and more bodies were carried onto the deck, Li Wangming's face became more and more ugly. He had just found Qin Tao's family and asked them about Li's father.

“How would I know this?

Everyone is just trying to escape, how can I keep an eye on him?" Qin Tao said this to Li Wangming. Regardless of whether Li Wangming accepted this statement or not, he could only take a look at Qin Tao's family of three and then leave.

Seeing Li Wangming coming back with a disappointed look on his face, Mother Li had no choice but to step forward and comfort him, "Maybe he found a place to hide. Let's look for him again when it's daybreak."

All members of the Li family were alive and well, so they joined the team helping others pack up and carry the bodies, and at the same time they could look for their own belongings.

We are at sea, and it will take several days to reach Sanshan Port. People always need to eat and drink.

The sobbing sound continued to be heard. Li Shiyue, who was walking into the cabin, turned around to look at Li Shiyang, and saw Li Wangren lying on the deck with a big cut on his neck. Of course, he was already dead.

Yu Zhenniang was kneeling beside Li Wangren, hugging Yue Niang and crying like a tearful person. Li Youfu was standing and looking at Li Wangren's body. He seemed to have aged several years overnight.

Li Youfu stared blankly at Li Wangren, whose neck was covered in blood, and felt so sad that he could hardly breathe.

The journey to escape famine was so difficult, but we managed to get through it.

As a result, when they were about to settle down in Anton and live a peaceful life, Li Wangren died!

With a plop, Li Shiyang lifted the hem of his shirt and knelt down in front of Li Youfu.

He didn't say a word, just knelt there.

When Li Shiyue saw this, she felt an indescribable strangeness in her heart. After thinking about it, she raised her head to look at the body of Li Wangren lying on the deck, and Li Shiyang who was kneeling.

"No matter how I think about it, I feel that Li Shiyang deliberately spoke to Liu Tan like that.

If he had stopped Grandpa Fu immediately and let Liu Tan shoot the Japanese pirates as he originally planned, Li Wangren might not have died.

When two parties confront each other, the faster one wins.

But he was deliberately speaking to Liu Tan. Those two Japanese pirates could speak Chinese, so they must be able to understand Chinese. In this way, wouldn't he be forcing the Japanese pirates to strike first?

This idea is quite convoluted, but if you think about it a little more deeply, you can figure it out.

So, has Grandpa Fu thought of it?"

Li Shiyue took one last look, but before she could see Li Youfu clearly, Li Qiutian called him into the cabin.

In the end, Li Shiyang knelt until dawn, and Li Youfu didn't say a word to him.

After daybreak, the remaining bloodstains from the cabin to the deck had turned dark red, but the strong smell of blood had not completely dissipated.

The deck was filled with rows of corpses. Most of them were from Lijia Village and the civilians from other places who boarded the ship with Lijia Village. Some were from the sailors on the ship, and a small number were from Japanese pirates.

Looking at it this way, it seems that all of Liu Tan's personal guards are there, and they are indeed all very skilled.

But after counting the people around, Li Shiyue still didn't see Li's father!
She turned around, met Li Wangming's eyes, and shook her head.

"Could it have fallen into the sea?"

Li Wangming guessed this, but this could only be the reason.

Otherwise, Ma San and his men searched the entire ship carefully, leaving no corner untouched, but they did not find Father Li, nor his body!
Then, there was only one possibility left. Last night, the Japanese pirates boarded the ship and in the chaos, Mr. Li had difficulty walking and accidentally slipped and fell into the sea while on the deck.

Or else?

What could it be?
(End of this chapter)