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"What's the name of this island?"
"I don't know." Hailian's companion shrugged, and it was his first time coming here.
Hailian subconsciously glanced at the top of his head, but unfortunately it was still daytime, and he couldn't even determine his approximate location. Just as he was about to help someone carry another case of wine off the ship, the captain on the other side of the deck stopped him: "Let's go, I'll take you to meet our leader."
The young man hesitated for a while, but he still answered yes, adjusted his clothes, and followed the captain off the Banshee.
Hailian was also observing the nameless island while walking. Whether it is the port channel built on the shoal, or the dozens of simple straw huts not far from the shoal, there are traces of frequent use. The pirates in front of the huts gather in groups to play cards and dry fish. Bamboo poles with dry clothes and empty wine bottles piled up into hills stood behind them. Looking further away, they could also see patrolling teams and sentries with guns on the high platform.
It seemed that Fecconer had been in this place for some time and planned to continue. Hailian sucked the cut on her index finger just made by moving something, and thought silently.
"What's the name of this island?" He turned the question back to the captain.
"I don't know," the captain wanted to light his pipe, but it was very windy today, so he failed several times. He waved his hand and signaled Hailian to help him block it, "There are too many islands like this in the Yunhai Sea. An island has a name, and it may be possible to use up all the words in the dictionary."
"The treasure he is looking for is on this island?"
Hearing this, the man raised his eyelids to look at him, and the skin on his forehead pushed out several deep lines following this movement: "Is this... I don't know either. But when you meet him later, don't ask that question, and be careful with your tongue. "
"I must be dumb." Hai Lian smiled, waving his hands to attract the wind, causing the other party to glare at him angrily.
While the two were talking, there was a sudden noise from the forest in front of the left. Hai Lian followed the sound and could only see a few figures moving something through the bushes. , the remaining few people hurried over to help him check his injuries. Although the voice of the conversation was low, it still drifted into Hailian's ears after being filtered by layers of branches and leaves.
"How? Where is the injury?"
"It's okay, you guys go first..."
"Be careful, if this thing really hits you, it won't be a matter of making a hole."
Dongzhou dialect? Helian was taken aback.
There are not no Dongzhou people who acted as pirates on the Yunhai Sea, but since ancient times, Dongzhou people and Southlanders have fought very fiercely at sea, so Dongzhou people have a much stronger sense of the township party than people in other places. On the one hand, most of the raiders roamed around Canglang Bay and Gurenwo. Although Hailian had never met Fecona before, he had also heard that most of his subordinates were exiles from the southern country. Now that he met a few Dongzhou people in Fecna's base camp, Hailian couldn't help but take a few more glances.
The people on the opposite side of the woods were also very vigilant. One of the people helping the injured seemed to sense Hailian's gaze and turned his head around. Hailian lowered his eyes quickly and continued chatting with the captain: "Fecona not to be trifled?"
"Let me remind you, remember to call him the captain when you meet him later, don't call him by his first name. If he is easy to provoke, he must not be easy to provoke. He is more cautious than the old man, and he is also more wary of newcomers." The captain said, "Besides him They are all old buddies who have followed him for many years, and there are even those who followed him before he became a pirate. You also know that for a lifeless job like ours, it is rarer than a golden mountain to have a group of brothers who are determined There are many."
When the captain said this, the appearance of those Dongzhou people just now was even more strange. Hailian quickly glanced at the direction of the accident just now.
"You already have a golden mountain, and the people on the Banshee are very loyal to you." Hai Lian flattered, "You are a good captain."
The captain laughed loudly, and he patted Hailian on the back: "A good captain must have a bunch of good buddies! You are my good buddies!"
After finally lighting up the cigarette, the captain took two puffs contentedly, and then continued to lead Hailian forward. The dirt road under their feet gradually turned into a forest path covered with thick leaves, and they finally It stopped in front of a wooden house in the deepest part of the island. The man guarding the door recognized the captain's face. He nodded to the captain and opened the door directly: "The captain is waiting for you inside."
Hai Lian frowned when he heard this sentence. He felt more and more that something was wrong, but he still couldn't figure out what was wrong for a while, until he followed the captain into the wooden house, came to the side room, and saw the target he was going to assassinate in the future When he saw his back, he finally understood where the weirdness was.
The patrol team on the island, the respectful words of the clerk at the door, and this room with a huge map hanging on it, paperwork and notes piled up...
This is not like meeting a vicious bandit leader, but more like meeting a heavily guarded iron-blooded king.
"Captain Fecona." The captain called to the figure from behind.
The man turned around.
The legend of Fecna has been passed down in Yunhai for eight years. At that time, he was already in his prime, and he should be nearly half a century now, but the man still has black hair and straight back, not at all like his age. The state that the man will have. Even though he was wrapped in two layers of winter clothes, he could still clearly see how the solid muscles on his shoulders and arms supported the soft fabric. There are not many wrinkles on his face, they are all concentrated on the brows and the corners of the eyes, and the already serious eyebrows and eyes are sculpted deeper and deeper. Except for the long and narrow arc drawn by the two decree lines, there is nothing more gentle about the man's facial features of the curve. Such a person would appear too noble in the Anwana District, and would appear too murderous in the Shiratori District. He should just sit on a chariot and command thousands of troops to launch a ruthless attack.
General. This word suddenly came to Hailian's mind.
That's right, the squeaking monkeys on the naval fleet in Yunhai do not deserve to be called generals at all.
This is what the world imagines a general should look like.
Hailian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, only to find that his back was sweating profusely from the momentary eye contact with Fecona.
Fortunately, Fecna's eyes didn't linger on this new young man for too long. He walked over and first hugged the captain next to Hailian: "You're finally here."
"I haven't seen you in a few months, but you are quite energetic." The captain said with a cheerful smile.
"Finally, I've made some progress, so I'll naturally be more refreshed." Fecna let go of the captain, and turned his head to Hailian, "This is...?"
"Hai Lian from the Venomous Bee," the captain put one hand on Hai Lian's shoulder, "Didn't you say that you never had the chance to meet that young man we mentioned when we were drinking, and now he's on my ship!"
Fecna let out a long "Oh", and the man looked Hailian up and down a few times and then commented, "It's a little different from what I imagined."
"too young?"
The pirate leader shook his head: "It's too thin."
"It's not like everyone is like you," the captain said disapprovingly. "Tigers have the same predation methods as tigers, and cheetahs have cheetahs too! Look at my stomach, this meat can sink to the bottom in the sea, but cannot run two miles If you are far away, you will be so tired that you lie on the ground, but when you go to the battlefield, you can still kill three warships for you!"
"You old guy is always right, I can't say no to you," Fecona shook his head, but showed his first smile today, he walked forward, also took Hailian's arm, and said weakly Hugged, "Welcome, rookie, work hard under the captain."
"I will, Captain." Helian replied.
This time the captain brought Hailian here just to make him familiar with Fecna, so that he would not be regarded as a suspicious person. Then he told him to go out and wait, the captain smiled and waved to him: "Don't wait for me, you can go back and ask the first officer to leave me a bottle of wine!"
After Hailian left the cabin, he didn't go back to the Banshee on the same route. He was used to doing whatever he wanted, and he would act directly on whatever he wanted. Among the jungle.
When he came, he had planned the route in his mind, and now he was familiar with the route as if he had walked it thousands of times. Fortunately, it's already winter on the island at this time, so you don't have to worry about stepping on any live insects. As long as you don't get caught in the vines, there is no obstacle for Hailian to walk on it. He usually walks very lightly, and today the wind is rustling. It is even more like a duck to water when sneaking. He crouched half-squatting, and finally came to the bushes where the Dongzhou people had stopped before.
There was a light rain the day before yesterday, and the soil on the ground was still wet, so not only were the footprints clearly visible, but even the traces left by those things when those people put down their things to help the wounded were also very obvious. The traces are square and square, and even the partitions on top have patterns printed on the soil. Is it a heavy wooden box? The young man pursed his lips after observing for a while.
Could it be that the pirate leader is really digging for treasure in this ghost place
He was puzzled, and wanted to continue to explore the depths of the woods, but the patrol not far away was a bit tricky, and Hailian didn't have to make trouble on the island on the first day. Back then, he squatted to guard the green-eyed general and consumed more than half of his energy. For a month, now he is a pirate general and he is very patient.
No matter what, I had to find an opportunity to investigate. Although Fang Tinglan said that it would be good to let me stay honest, if I didn't stay honest, that Dongzhou fox couldn't do anything to me. Hai Lian thought about what he had and what he didn't have, and slowly walked back to the road. He patted the broken leaves that fell from his body, and walked towards the Banshee as if nothing had happened.
After Hailian left, Fecna and the captain in the cabin finally got to the point.
"You're here, which means I can do it." Fecona asked.
"Yes." The captain gave him a salute—Tisu military salute, "Your Majesty also said that the general must make a quick decision."
"Quick battle..." Fecna chewed on these four words, and looked back at the map hanging on the wall. The man's eyes did not fall on Yunhai, but firmly nailed to the east of the sea, in that vast continent, "I have waited for eight years, and finally I can make a quick decision."