Chapter 3555: (￣︶￣) A Night on the Ship (4)
On the decks of two large ships, no more than a few dozen meters apart, the Huashan disciples whom Yue Lingshan and Lu Dayou had roused in turn had quietly gathered. They were each lying in wait beside a mast, barrel, or some other shadowy corner of the deck.
There were about ten Huashan disciples on each ship. On the lead ship, Yue Buqun, Ning Zhongze, and Yue Lingshan were naturally holding the line. The cabin there also held fifty thousand taels in negotiable silver notes and several thousand taels' worth of loose gold and silver, all being escorted back to Huashan from Fuzhou. It was a vast fortune, enough to tempt plenty of people into taking desperate risks.
After all, even if they sold the Huashan sect's grounds right away and ransacked its storehouses, they probably still wouldn't be able to scrape together that much money.
That was precisely why Yue Buqun had personally overseen the shipment ever since they set sail from Hangzhou. He had even hidden the chest of silver notes and loose gold and silver beneath the bed in his room.
For now, though, it was impossible to tell whether the thieves preparing to launch a sneak attack were after the money, had some other goal, or both.
On the other ship, Lu Dayou waited with the other Huashan disciples, tense but a little excited. They held their breath and patiently waited for Master Yue Buqun on the lead ship to give the signal—or for the thieves to attack.
"..."
(￣~￣) Chomp!
Yet while the Huashan disciples were on edge, carefully watching for danger, a certain troublesome little girl sat at a small table piled high with food, focused only on eating and drinking.
She also took