Chapter 5: Panic

The azure sea surface is like a beautiful rugged carpet. The white waves are the streaky texture that dots the carpet. When the wooden boat sails in, the fine wave waves "embroider" a little white flower at the bow of the boat, reflecting in the same washing sky It seems that the whole world is reflected in the blue.
The sun shines warmly on the body, but the splashing sea water beats the face, and it looks very cold.
When the weather is fine, the Mediterranean scenery is very charming, and boating is also a very pleasant thing. Although fishing for the fishermen in the Mediterranean is not the best job, but in the eyes of businessmen, the Mediterranean is God gives rare gifts.
Today's so-called long-distance voyages still follow the ancient course, carefully sailing along the coast, unlike the adventurers of Aragon or Castile, travelers on the Mediterranean are always careful, He refused to allow himself to take one step further into the deeper ocean.
The rugged coastline has become a safe haven for travelers, so that they can always find a safer harbor in bad weather, or find a village that can drink hot soup, which is also on the Mediterranean A place where people traveling are satisfied.
So for many sailors, it's a little too crazy to venture into the remote and dangerous Africa and the mysterious Atlantic Ocean.
Jonini manipulated his beloved fishing boat skillfully. Although this boat was not suitable for traveling, he didn't care to run a long way for those gold coins.
The businessman named Kun Tuo didn't talk much. After he got on the boat, he found a comfortable place to sit down, wrapped himself tightly with a blanket, and then put on the wide-brimmed hat, revealing only one The face began to doze.
Joniini will take a look at this man from time to time, but he spends more time "competing" with Ding Mu.
When I first saw Ding Mu, Jonini almost gave up this very good business.
In Jonini's eyes, Ding Mu had apparently become the devil with the two horns above his head, black wings on his back, and sharp-nosed ears. If he were not watching him dressed as a monk, Jonini almost got off the ship's board A few pieces of salt buckled up and smashed over.
Even so, before going out to sea, Jonini ran to the pier to find a guy who sold icons and atonements, and bought a few gadgets for a large price.
So Jonini's eyes always turned around Ding Mu along the way, as if he would always tip his poor boat.
Ding Mu didn't care about Jonini always throwing in the hot eyes that seemed to be looking at "True Love", what he would do after pondering.
Ding Mu naturally did n’t think that he should always be the servant of this Kunto, and he somewhat doubted the unknown secret between the Abbey and Kunto. This secret may involve people and things he did n’t know. Obviously, the Abbey asked him to travel on behalf of Modillo's name, which was somewhat abnormal.
If he is really a Greek teenager named Alexandre Juliant Gumbre, he may not only doubt the monastery ’s rhetoric, but also be grateful. But in fact, Ding Mu not only has no relatives to find, but also Not as people guessed, it was a child who was not yet sensible, so he soon smelled some kind of conspiracy.
It was just a rare and safe opportunity to leave San Sebastian, so Ding Mu decided to seize this opportunity.
But after two days on the sea, everything was smooth except for Jonini who always looked at him with the kind of "care for the mentally retarded".
Because there was no buddy, Ding Mu became Jonini's temporary helper. During these two days, as he learned how to buckle the straight sail, he gradually became aware of the situation on Sicily.
Italy is now a chaotic era in which nobles seize each other, and Sicily is a period of "coexistence of two Sicilian kingdoms".
Let Ding Mu, a kind and promising young man who has received the ideology of big unification since childhood, feel puzzled. It is a king who is far from the other side of the Mediterranean Sea, and it sounds like no one can beat him. Throne, but also actively divided this place into two parts for their sons to inherit.
Of course, these were many years ago. The king of Sicily is now Ferdinand of Aragon, and Palermo is the capital of the kingdom and the diocese of which almost never saw his own king.
Thinking about the diocese, Ding Mu sneaked into his pocket, which contained a letter from the monastery to Bishop Palermo.
"Give me some water," Kunto, who was sitting behind, suddenly opened his eyes, staring at Ding Mu, and then pressed his wet hat to the top of his head, "Hurry up."
Ding Mu took out the pottery clay kettle from the wooden grid under the ship's board and passed it. When his hand accidentally touched Kunto, the opponent's hand tightened instantly and the kettle was suddenly taken away.
"Where are we?" Kun Tuo returned the kettle to Ding Mu, and suddenly asked again.
"I will arrive in Lecce soon," Giannini looked over the coast for a while. "If the wind direction is unchanged, maybe we can catch up with a hot dinner in Crece."
"Then call me at that time." Kun Tuo said, rolled up the blanket, and covered his head and face completely with his hat, as if sleeping again.
Looking at how motionless he is, Ding Mu always has the feeling that this person will jump suddenly if he is a little surprised.
Although he does not travel far often, Jonini is familiar with the route. When the coastline not far away is about to be covered in darkness and the sea is beginning to become stormy, Jonini's ship sails into a slightly recessed Harbor, watching the lights of the fishing village getting closer and closer to the shore, Giannini opened his mouth and blew a whistling whistle: "We've arrived somewhere, but the village of Lecce, this place has everything we need, grilled fish, beer and warmth Bed, we can sleep comfortably here tonight, knowing that we will have to go a long way from tomorrow. "
Kunto, who had never spoken, looked at the approaching fishing village and nodded. He said, "This place is good." He took the baggage around him and stood at the bow.
At this time, the sky was almost completely dark. Kunto's back was a little blurred under the lights of the fishing village in the distance. Looking at his background, Jonini's eyes widened suddenly, as if he had discovered a secret.
Then he waved to Ding Mu and continued to say aloud: "Come and help me, we have to rush for dinner."
But the village of Lecce has more than grilled fish and beer and a warm bed. Jonini is obviously a celebrity here. When he saw someone, he greeted him warmly. When two plump women saw Jonini, they immediately shouted at joy. , Ding Mu understood the meaning of that whistle.
"You are very popular here," Kunto looked around, and Jonini took them to a small hotel in the fishing village that seemed to be passable. Here he received a warmer reception, but Kunto obviously did not want to join that. It was hilarious, but chose a table in the corner and ate dinner silently with Ding Mu until Giannini returned with a mouth full of alcohol. "It seems that you all know here."
Jonini wiped off the minced meat from the corner of his mouth and chuckled: "I used to stay here for a while, when I was young and just ran out of the house, you know young people like to make trouble everywhere.
Kunto nodded as if to understand, then stopped talking.
"I'll let you arrange a place to live, but only two people are crowded together," Speaking of this, Jonini looked back at the direction of the counter, where a plump woman was glaring at him, so An ambiguous smile appeared on his face. "I will not come back at night. I will call you early tomorrow morning and wish you a good night's sleep."
Finished with a grin, his mouth full of yellow teeth, squeezed through the crowd, and walked towards the woman like the same juicy cow.
Kunto and the two followed the hotel owner through a narrow aisle and into a room close to it.
The room is very shabby. There is nothing but a bed and a chair that looks fairly strong.
Kunto threw the baggage on the bed and lay down with his kimono, and soon came a muffled snoring sound.
Although there are many doubts in my heart, fatigue makes Ding Mu feel heavy eyelids, and he quickly falls asleep.
In his sleep, Ding Mu suddenly felt short of breath. He suddenly opened his eyes and immediately saw Kun Tuo's face in front of him, and his mouth was being covered by Kun Tuo's hand!
Ding Mu was surprised, just wanted to resist, but felt his neck suddenly cold.
A sharp dagger is reaching his throat!
"Hush ..."
Kun Tuo raised his short sword and made a mute action. At the same time, Ding Mu heard a few unheard sounds of "croaking" prying the door bolt.
"Don't make a noise," Kun Tuo whispered in Ding Mu's ear, and pointed in the direction of the door. Seeing that Ding Mu was not struggling, Kun Tuo let go slightly, and then let him go slowly. "Go hide, someone came . "
Ding Mu nodded gently, although he did not know what happened, but he understood that this was not a good sign.
In this turbulent era that can be killed by disease or war at any time, it is common for travelers to be murdered.
Kunto groped forward in the dark, his short sword hidden in a large robe, and he could not see a little reflection.
This made Ding Mu reassure that this person was by no means an ordinary businessman, at least he would hide his whereabouts.
The door of the room moved lightly and was kicked from the outside with a loud bang!
Two figures rushed in!
Ding Mu couldn't see Kunto's movements in the dark, only saw the figure suddenly emerged from the door and a flash of light.
An intruder screamed in pain, and the dagger poked under his ribs, piercing his internal organs.
The man's shouts continued, and Kunto had dropped him and rushed to another person.
His short sword was slashing towards the opponent's neck with an arc, and the man instinctively raised his arm to block his eyes.
Unexpectedly, the dagger cut on the opponent's arm but only cut the sleeve.
Kunto was stunned. The other party had raised his hand and smashed Kunto with his sword handle on his shoulder!
All this happened so fast, Ding Mu didn't even react, and the two had fallen to the ground, tumbling and writhing.
Hiding behind, Ding Muyin vaguely saw the man who was stabbed by Kunto before struggling with his sword, struggling to get up.
Although he suspected that Kunto had any conspiracy, this time he could not let him think more.
He grabbed the chair at hand and held it high, and at the moment of falling, Ding Mu met the man's raised eyes.
Looking at the fearful eyes that he could detect even in the dark night, Ding Mu paused for a moment and then smashed it hard!
The smell of the nose in the darkness made Ding Mu tremble, and he never thought he would end a person's life one day.
The shoulder was suddenly grasped tightly, Ding Mu instinctively raised the chair, but was clutched at the wrist.
"Be careful, little guy."
Kun Tuo murmured lowly. On the ground at his feet, the enemy was motionless. With Kun Tuo lighting the fish oil lamp, Ding Mu only found that the man had a big gap in his neck. UU read the book www. uukanshu.com blood is continually gushing out.
Kunto picked up the short sword used by the two from the ground, his face began to become difficult to look.
Those are two long and narrow triangle-shaped assassination short blades. The blades were deliberately ground into two rows of grooves near the shield-type gauntlets. Under the light, the glaring short swords looked intimidating, but this It's not as worrying as the look on Kunto's face.
Kunto was a little surprised when he saw the two short swords, and then became nervous.
"how is this possible."
He squatted down to search for the things on the two of them. When the man's sleeve was turned over, he found that the man's arm was tied with a pair of strong and hard leather wristbands. Before that, he had cut a sword on this wristband.
Kunto's face was even more ugly when he pulled out a purse full of Kimkini from their pockets.
"Follow me."
He grabbed the package on his back, beckoned to Ding Mu, and walked out of the room with the oil lamp.
Ding Mu grabbed another dagger from the ground with a little hesitation and followed.
It was quiet in the corridor, as if the people in the whole hotel were still sleeping, and there was no awareness of the fighting that had just happened.
Ding Mu clutched his short sword tightly, his heart beating violently, and the unusual silence made him nervous.
Suddenly, Kunto, who had just walked to the stairs, stopped at the foot of the stairs. At this moment, a figure suddenly fell outside the window opposite the corridor!
The figure hangs outside the window and shakes left and right. Under the moonlight, Ding Mu clearly sees a rope on his crooked neck leading up.
Moonlight hit the man's face, Ding Mucai recognized the woman who had frowned with Jonini before!
At this moment, Kunto in front of him suddenly turned around, accompanied by a flash of sword light, Ding Mu immediately fell into darkness!