It was just dawn, and Kong Sheng had already faintly seen a black shadow appearing in front of him. When he got closer, a look of joy appeared on his face, and he turned to look at Jiang Mantian. Jiang Mantian was very tired after a hard night and was half asleep at this time. Half awake, Kong Sheng didn't shout loudly, but walked closer and whispered: "Master, I have already seen the island."
Jiang Mantian immediately became energetic, turned around and looked to the northeast. It was not yet bright, but the outline of the black shadow could still be clearly seen. He stood up and whispered: "Can you hear any movement on the island?"
"Master, I didn't hear any movement." Kong Sheng whispered: "There is no sound at all on the island."
"A lot of efforts were made to protect this island back then." Jiang Mantian said: "The fishermen all know that this island is haunted, so they don't dare to come close."
Kong Sheng knew the tricks. If the fishermen spread some bizarre stories, others would be afraid and would not come close.
"Master, are all weapons made here?" Kong Sheng asked in a low voice.
Jiang Mantian nodded slightly and said: "When we built Haifeng Island, we specifically explored some of the islands around it. This island was deserted, but no one knew that this island was a treasure. It was covered with iron. Mines, and they are all high-quality ores, the time spent on this island is no less than that on Haifeng Island." He raised his hand and stroked his beard and said, "That's why I call this island Iron Island."
"Iron Island?"
Jiang Mantian sneered and said: "This is also due to the incompetence of the East China Sea Navy. The officers and soldiers of the Navy have always shown off their power on warships. Even if they pass through many islands, they only add a location on the map. Very few people actually go to the island to explore. Unless the island When the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, they might go to the island for a stroll. This Iron Island is full of rocks. From the outside, it looks like an abandoned island, and they won’t spend any time on it."
Kong Sheng smiled and said: "Master is really well-planned. Although Haifeng Island is gone, Iron Island is still in our hands."
"Do you still remember the second master?" Jiang Mantian suddenly asked.
Kong Sheng was startled and wondered: "Master, didn't the second master have an emergency and passed away seven years ago?" Realizing something, he looked at the iron island and said in shock: "Could it be...?"
"That's right." Jiang Mantian sighed: "Changfeng endured the humiliation for the sake of his family and came to Iron Island seven years ago." He smiled bitterly: "Every move we make in the East China Sea is secretly monitored by the government. This Iron Island must be protected There is a person who I trust very much to control him, and he must have outstanding talents. After much thought, I chose you two masters to be here. However, if Changfeng suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown, it would inevitably arouse suspicion, so that year After just one play, it was really easy to deceive the government and Tantai Zhilin."
"That's it." Several guards were extremely surprised.
Kong Sheng whispered: "Master, have you been staying on Iron Island all these years?"
Jiang Mantian nodded and said: "Yes, he endured the humiliation just so that the Jiang family can make a comeback one day." He sighed: "Now that Haifeng Island is lost, I don't know how Changfeng feels." He waved his hand and said, "Come closer. .”
Several people speeded up and approached the Iron Island. The island seemed to be right in front of them, but it still took some time to get there. Finally, they reached the shore. At dawn, several guards jumped off the boat first and took them there. The boat was dragged to the beach, and Jiang Mantian got off the boat and ordered: "Find a place to hide the boat first!"
The three guards nodded in agreement. Kong Sheng pulled the rope in front, and the other two ran to the back to push. They only pushed it out a short way. One of the guards suddenly said: "Master, there is something wrong with this... this ship."
Jiang Mantian turned around and frowned: "What's wrong?"
The two guards behind took two steps back, looked at the ground, looked at each other, and then looked at Jiang Mantian, with a look of horror on their faces.
Kong Sheng knew something was wrong, so he put down the rope and ran to the stern of the boat. At this time, he discovered that when he towed the boat just now, the boat left traces on the beach, but among the traces, there was a dark streak. The long line looked like ink splashed on the trail. Jiang Mantian also came over at this time, frowned, squatted down, stretched out his hand to twist the black mark, brought it close to his nose, frowned and said: "This... this is Where did the ink come from?”
"Ink?" Kong Sheng was stunned, looked at the bottom of the boat, and suddenly lost his voice: "Master, something is wrong, this boat...!" Without waiting for Jiang Mantian to speak, he already ordered: "Turn the boat over."
He went over in person, and the other two people also knew that something was wrong, so they hurried over and turned the boat over, with the bottom of the boat facing up. When he saw the bottom of the boat, Kong Sheng said in shock: "This... this boat has been tampered with, and the bottom... a layer has been added to the bottom." "
Jiang Mantian walked to the side of the ship and saw that a floor was added to the bottom of the ship. He turned around, pulled out the saber from the waist of a guard, and with a livid face, pried open the floor, and a strong smell of ink overflowed. When he came out, he saw a large piece of sticky stuff under the floor, pure black in color. He could see it at a glance, his hands softened, and he murmured: "This... this is an ink block...!"
A layer of ink blocks was actually added between the original reinforced bottom plate and the bottom of the boat. The ink blocks melted when exposed to water, so ink marks were left on the beach. However, there were not many ink blocks left in the sandwich layer at this time.
Jiang Mantian turned around and ran to the beach like crazy, directly into the sea water. At this time, he saw that there was indeed a trace of black water on the sea surface. It was obvious that the boat had been traveling all the way, and the ink block in the interlayer had been soaked by sea water. , flowing outward, thus forming a black water line on the sea surface.
Last night when we went to sea in confusion and the sky was dark, even if Jiang Mantian was careful, he would not have thought that the bottom of this boat had been tampered with.
Of course he knew what this meant. His hands and feet were cold. He raised his head and looked into the distance. He couldn't see anything at this time. He immediately turned around and shouted: "Hurry up and call the second master. You can't stay here... you can't stay here anymore. Leave now...!"
He ran towards the island like crazy. At this time, he saw a group of people running towards him from behind the steep rock. The first person was dressed in brocade clothes and looked to be several years older than Jiang Mantian. When he saw Jiang Mantian, the man's face changed. Showing a smile, he said loudly: "Brother, why are you here? I just heard that someone landed on the island, and I thought...!"
"Changfeng, leave quickly!" Jiang Mantian shouted loudly before the other party finished speaking: "We can't stay here anymore, the officers and soldiers will be here soon...!"
Jiang Changfeng looked confused and stopped. Jiang Mantian had already run in front of him, breathing heavily: "We have fallen into a trap. Haifeng Island has been occupied by officers and soldiers. They... they are about to come to Iron Island. Wherever your ship is, go to the sea immediately, let's... let's go in the direction of Dongqi."
"Brother, calm down first." Jiang Changfeng also looked solemn: "Haifeng Island has been occupied? Then... how is that possible? How do the officers and soldiers know about Iron Island?"
"There is no time to explain." Jiang Mantian said with a bitter smile: "Brother, I underestimated the enemy too much. This time... this time I fell into the hands of Qi...!"
"The one with the surname Qi?" Jiang Changfeng asked doubtfully: "Which one has the surname Qi? Brother, what happened?" Seeing Jiang Mantian's anxious look, he hurriedly said: "Brother, don't worry, the boat is at the southeast corner and can be launched into the sea at any time. Let’s clean up first…!”
"It's too late to clean up!" Jiang Mantian turned around and looked towards the southwest sea: "As long as people are here, I'm not afraid that there will be no chance...!"
"But...but there are still many weapons forged on the island, as well as gold and silver that have been saved. Could it be...that they should all be thrown here?" Jiang Changfeng looked horrified.
"Master, they're coming... They're coming...!" Before Jiang Mantian could say more, Kong Sheng had already shouted out. Jiang Mantian's heart sank and he looked at the sea. Although he couldn't see clearly, he still couldn't see clearly. Seeing several black shadows appearing on the horizon, those black shadows were like dark clouds before a heavy rain, quickly sweeping towards this side. Jiang Mantian's eyes flashed, and he felt that the last bit of strength in his body was at this moment. There was nothing left, and he murmured: "I can't leave, I can't leave!"
Qi Ning stood on the bow of the ship, with the morning light shining on his calm face and his clothes fluttering. He knew that Jiang Mantian really couldn't leave.
When the Jiang family's fleet escaped, Xin Ci wanted to lead the fleet in pursuit immediately, but was stopped by Qin Ning. After careful planning, Xin Ci and Qin Ning divided their forces into two groups, and really gave Jiang Mantian a show of attacking from the east to the west. Good show.
Qi Ning knew that the Jiang family's fleet was heading south simply to draw the attention of the Donghai Navy so that the Donghai Navy would target the Jiang family's fleet, and there was no way Jiang Mantian would follow the fleet south.
The Jiang family has been planning in the East China Sea for many years and has invested a lot of manpower and material resources. For Jiang Mantian, Haifeng Island is as important as life. Jiang Mantian cannot just throw it away, let alone throw it away casually. Everything fled to Nanyang.
As long as there is a glimmer of hope, Jiang Mantian will never let everything he has painstakingly planned for many years go to waste.
Qi Ning knew that Jiang Mantian must be on Haifeng Island.
Black Tiger Shark Mo Yanbai spent several years and personally took risks to figure out the underground passage of Haifeng Island. For Qing Ning, that map is better than tens of thousands of troops. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will win every battle. , Qining not only knew the secrets of Haifeng Island, but also knew the paths of the island's agencies. Jiang Mantian didn't even realize that Qining knew these secrets. In the case of completely unequal information, Qining knew that it was not difficult to capture Haifeng Island.
But his goal is not just a sea phoenix island.
Jiang Yishui staged a good show of fire on the way back to the previous voyage. After that, Qining knew that it was nothing more than a cover-up. The two ships carried weapons and transported them to Haifeng Island for storage. Haifeng Island is a huge weapons depot. , but Qining wants to figure out where the weapons are made.
He knew that the place where the weapons were made must be highly confidential. Except for a few people in Jiang Mantian, not many people knew about it. He had guessed that the place where the weapons were made was probably an island in the sea, but there were many islands in the sea. There are hundreds of them. It would take ages and months to search for them one by one. Moreover, once the place where the weapons are built is also well concealed, it is very likely that they will not be discovered even if they land on the island.
If they want to find a place to build weapons, they can only use Jiang Mantian to lead the way.