The man was stabbed through the throat by Qi Ning, but the man in front of him didn't notice it. He felt a heavy weight behind him and couldn't move forward. He opened his mouth and cursed: "What the hell...!" When he turned his head, he saw a shadow in front of him. Before he could react, his throat felt cold and he felt a sharp instrument pressing against his throat.
The man was so distraught that he opened his mouth, but no sound came out. At this time, he also saw that the man who suddenly appeared had his mouth and nose covered, so his appearance could not be seen clearly, but his eyes were as sharp as knives.
Qin Ning didn't waste any words. He took something, stuffed it into the man's mouth, and whispered: "Swallow it!"
Although the man knew it was not a good thing, his life was in danger, so he dared not resist at all. He could only swallow it, but he felt that it tasted strange and did not know what it was.
"What you swallowed is a highly toxic drug. If you can't get the antidote after four hours, you will bleed to death immediately." Qining said coldly: "If you obey next, I guarantee that you will get it when the time comes. Antidote, otherwise...!" With a sneer, the man hurriedly said: "I... I am obedient, you... who are you?"
"Who are you?" Qining asked with a sneer: "How many people are there on this island?"
"Me... I don't know either." The man said in panic: "About... about two or three hundred people, or... or three or four hundred people...!"
Qi Ning was surprised. He had walked through the island before, and it was completely deserted. He couldn't see a single person. He thought there were no people on the island, but he didn't know there were hundreds of people. He wondered if this was actually the sea. In one of the gangster's dens, with a thought in his mind, he said in a cold voice: "Are you from Black Tiger Shark?"
"Black Tiger Shark?" The man was startled, hesitated, and felt the blade in Qining's hand tighten again. The man hurriedly said: "No... no, we... we are not pirates."
"Occupying the island to cause harm, what else is it if it's not a pirate?" Qining's eyes were like daggers: "How dare you make sophistry here?"
The man said with a cry: "The younger one is here to guard the goods, not... not a pirate. And... and the younger one has not left this island for two years."
Qi Ning frowned and asked suspiciously: "You haven't left the island in two years?"
"Yes...!" The man said: "For two years, I have eaten and drank on the island and never left."
Qining was even more surprised. He stared into the man's eyes and asked: "You said you were guarding goods on the island. What kind of goods are you guarding? Who are you guarding the goods for?"
The man said: "No... I don't know!"
Qi Ning's face darkened and he sneered: "It seems you are really not afraid of death."
"No... no...!" At this time, the man had seen his companion lying dead on the ground, and he was horrified, fearing that Qining would take action if he was unhappy: "The villain... The villain really doesn't know. The villain is here, You can get five taels of silver every month, and you can eat and drink... In one year, you can get sixty taels of silver. The condition is... that you stay on this island for five years, and you are not allowed to leave the island even half a step, let alone... more Don’t talk too much.”
"When you say you don't know, do you mean you don't know what kind of goods you're guarding, or you don't know who you're guarding the goods for?"
"I don't even know." The man said with a bitter face: "After I landed on the island, I saw the cargo box, but what exactly was inside it... I had never seen it. There are hundreds of people on the island. Each person is led by a leader, and each has its own division of labor, some specialize in cooking, some specialize in picking up goods, some are responsible for patrolling the island, and some are responsible for guarding the entrances of various caves...!"
"Cave entrance?"
The man said: "There are no houses on the island. Everyone lives in caves. This... this island looks deserted from the outside, but... but there are tunnels everywhere that cannot be seen...!"
Qi Ning's expression became even more solemn. He suddenly thought of something and asked: "There is a phoenix flower growing on this island. The phoenix flower can charm the mind and suck people's blood. Is this true or false?"
"It's absolutely true." The man said hurriedly: "Every year, several people are accidentally caught by the phoenix flowers, and their blood is sucked out and they become mummies. Those phoenix flowers look very beautiful, but... But as long as they are involved, then Even if there is no life, no one can save it.”
Qi Ning said coldly: "If it is true, why are you safe and sound? There are many phoenix flowers around here, and the island is also full of the fragrance of phoenix flowers. Why are you not affected by the phoenix flowers? "
The man hurriedly explained: "We... the food we eat contains medicine. That medicine does no harm to our bodies, but it can resist the fragrance of the Phoenix flower. Most of those who died under the Phoenix flower were drunk. Some of them accidentally fell into it after drinking wine, and some were not affected by the fragrance of flowers."
"So, you have cracked the poisonous fragrance of the phoenix flower?"
"Yes...!" The man said: "I don't know if I have cracked the poisonous fragrance, but... But now that we smell the poisonous fragrance, we won't feel any discomfort." He bravely asked: "Uncle... Who is the uncle, and why...why do you dare to go to the island?"
"You mean no one dares to go to the island?"
The man said: "This... I have only been on the island for two years, and... I have never heard of anyone dare to land on the island easily. Last year... last year, two ships of the Donghai Navy passed near this island and almost stopped on the shore. , but... no one dared to come down and sail away in the end. Many people know about this, and everyone... everyone laughs at the Donghai navy for being as timid as a mouse...!" At this point, he suddenly stopped, not daring to say any more. Go down.
He didn't know Qining's origin. If the other party was from the Donghai Navy, and he was making fun of the Donghai Navy here, wouldn't he be shooting at the muzzle of the gun
"Are you a gatekeeper on this island?" Qining asked.
He knew nothing about the situation on the island. Now that he had captured a living person, he naturally tried his best to get more useful clues from this guy.
This time someone held Tian Xuerong hostage and led him to the island. Qining could not guess what the other party's intention was. But now after listening to this person's words, he vaguely guessed something. Could it be that the other party was just using Tian Xuerong as bait to lure him to the island? The purpose of being lured to this island is to let yourself discover the secrets of this island, but what is the purpose of the other party doing this
The man said softly: "Xiao... This team of people is specially responsible for taking care of... women."
"Looking after women?"
"This... everyone on this island performs their own duties, and... and hundreds of people are all men. They are not allowed to leave the island for several years. Sometimes... sometimes I can't stand it." The man only wanted to survive, but he had What to say: "So there is a special brothel on the island... this...!" But it was difficult to continue. Seeing Qi Ning's eyes growing cold, he could only continue: "There is a special place for imprisoning women on the island. If... if someone If you want to be happy, you only need to spend a tael of silver to... you can go there and be happy."
"How many women are there? Where do they all come from?"
"There are still about twenty or thirty...!" The man said: "Every six months, a batch will be sent, but the new women cannot be touched by us minions. They are all occupied by the captains. They were sent to the brothels last month and handed over to us to guard. Some women couldn't bear it and committed suicide, and some... and some were tortured to death...!"
"Are they all good women you robbed?"
The man shook his head and said: "No... no, they are all... all from Nanyang. The women on the island... on the island are all Nanyang women!"
"A woman from Nanyang?" Qining's body trembled and he realized something: "How could a woman from Nanyang be caught on Haifeng Island?"
The only one that connects the sea route from the East China Sea to Nanyang is the Jiang family of the East China Sea. Except for the merchant fleet of the Jiang family, no other force can travel on this route. Qining heard that the women on this island are all Coming from Nanyang, the first thing that came to mind was the Jiang family in the East China Sea. He also recalled in his mind that he had seen four Nanyang dancers perform dances on the Jiang family's big ship. He had already determined in his heart that this sea Phoenix island and the Jiang family were the same. Family is closely related.
This person claimed that goods were stored on this island. The main purpose of everyone on the island was to take good care of these goods. Could it be that the Jiang family transported many rare items from Nanyang and deliberately stored them on this island
If that's the case, what are those stored goods
The purpose of the Jiang family's travels on the sea is of course to do business. Earning the price difference from sales is the economic method of the Jiang family's maritime trade. If there are really rare things from Nanyang, they should be transported to Dachu for sale, but why should the goods be sold in Dachu? Hiding on Haifeng Island
"The little one doesn't know either." The man said with a grimace: "After the little one landed on the island, he knew nothing about the outside world and just obeyed the orders. The little one only knew that every six months or so, there would be a new girl. Send it here, other than that, I don’t know much... I don’t know much.”
It should take a month or two to depart from the East China Sea and arrive in Nanyang. Then the goods are sold in Nanyang, and then the Nanyang goods are purchased from Nanyang. Then the return voyage takes almost half a year. This person said New Nanyang women will be sent to the island in about half a year, and the time roughly coincides with the trading time of the Jiang family's merchant fleet. Qining is even more certain that the Nanyang women on the island must have been transported by the Jiang family's merchant fleet.
There was deathly silence on Haifeng Island. If he hadn't been forced to ask these information from this person, it would be hard for Qin Ning to imagine that this island actually hid such unknown secrets.
There are phoenix flowers on Haifeng Island, and most people don't dare to approach it. Choosing this location can be said to have a natural protective barrier.
If this Haifeng Island is indeed controlled by the Jiang family, then who was responsible for the kidnapping of Mrs. Tian? This place was chosen to keep it secret. The Jiang family would never expose their secrets and use Tian Xuerong to lure Qining to their secret place. But if it was not the Jiang family who held Mrs. Tian hostage, then who was interested? What is his purpose in exposing this secret place to Qi Ning
Suddenly, Qining thought of something and immediately asked: "You said it has been two years since you landed on the island. Where did you come from? What did you do before you landed on the island?"
At this time, he suddenly thought that he had heard before that some strong men in some villages in the East China Sea suddenly disappeared and their whereabouts were unknown. Even the government could not find any clues. Could it be that those people were sent to this island? After landing on the island, you are not allowed to leave within five years. Being on an isolated island, it is of course impossible to have any contact with your family during this period. It is natural that the outside world does not know your whereabouts.