57.
Today is a rare sunny day in winter, the sea level is shimmering as far as the eye can see, and there are white sails flowing back and forth like swimming fish, which makes people think that they are in some kind of quiet and peaceful harbor, not the lair of bloodthirsty pirates.
The two walked along the coast for a while. Seeing that the other party was always worried, Hai Lian simply started the conversation: "Why do you want me out? You can't just walk without talking, can you?"
The captain snorted, "A ship is coming to the island in two days. This ship is here to deliver the goods. I will follow Fecona to inspect the goods, and I plan to take you with me."
"goods?"
"To fight those Mo Yi people who are showing off their might in Sand Ghost Bay, you have to bring some guys with you, right?" the captain said.
Hai Lian's heart sank, he didn't forget the man in front of him last night who said "destroy Sand Ghost Bay", the young man curled his fingers slightly, but still nodded as usual: "I'll be your bodyguard for show? No problem. "
The captain smiled cheerfully.
The two bypassed a group of patrolling guards, and the captain asked casually, "Speaking of which, how did you come to be a pirate?"
"Me?" Hailian tilted his head, "It was just an accident. I caused trouble on the shore and was chased and killed. When I was running, I fell into Huisha's team. He and his buddies wanted to rob me, and I killed them all. After being beaten up, and there was nowhere to go, I simply followed them and snatched the Venomous Bee."
"What a young man." The captain shook his head.
"People who wander around the sea where no one is watching, either for money, or have to leave land like me," Hailian replied, "Isn't it the same for you? I heard that you violated military orders on the shore , so I can’t continue to be a captain.”
The captain groaned: "Is this how I was told outside?"
"That's what they say."
"They're talking nonsense. I came to sea voluntarily."
"Volunteer?"
The captain squinted his eyes and looked towards the sea. Instead of answering Hai Lian's question, he sighed: "I have a daughter."
"My mother-in-law died early, and I only have such a daughter. She is a daughter, but she is actually like a boy. She always likes to run around in the mountains and plains." The captain was helpless, "Wanlin City is different from Jiumeng. It was originally on the border. It was not peaceful. It happened to be a tense period for Tisu and Fanshui, and Fanshui scouts would come over to probe her head every now and then. I taught her a few times, and she promised her face well, turned her head and ran to talk to others Picking fruit, catching fish and hunting."
Hearing what the captain said, Hai Lian thought it was another story about a border girl being kidnapped by an enemy country, but when the other party said this, he suddenly changed the subject: "Fortunately, I taught her a little self-defense skills, and she is also vigilant. At any rate, Ping An has grown into a big girl. I wanted to introduce some of my subordinates to her, all of whom are first-class young men, but she didn't want to, so she just fell in love with the blacksmith in the next town."
The captain patted his stomach with both hands, and he would always do this when he sighed: "She always has her own ideas, and I'm spoiled by her, but fortunately, I've seen the man she likes, he has an honest and reliable face, and he also has real estate. Although she is a little older, it is not a big deal, as long as she is good to my daughter. Less than a year after she married, Tisu started a war with Fanshui."
"Battle of Gayan?" Hailian vaguely remembered that Shadow had said such a word last night.
The captain nodded: "I am stationed in Wanlin, so naturally I will go to the front line. The young couple will stay at the back with peace of mind. I just wait for me to come back after winning the battle. Maybe I can see my grandson."
While listening, Hai Lian finally finished his breakfast, and patted the residue between his fingers: "What happened next?"
"The battle was not going well," said the captain. "The other party was always one step ahead of us. We began to suspect that someone was tipping off Fanshui, so we lay in ambush on several trails and passes, and squatted like this for three days. Sure enough, four spies were caught. I was not there at the time, but my adjutant suddenly told me to go out and have a look, so I went to the prison camp. Guess what I saw?"
The captain grinned and showed an ugly smile: "I saw my good son-in-law."
Helian was stunned.
"As soon as he saw me, he begged me for mercy. At the beginning, he said he was innocent and that we had caught the wrong person, but the letters he found on the soles of his shoes can't fool anyone!" The fat on the man's face trembled as he gritted his teeth, " After two whips, he recruited everything. He not only admitted that he approached my daughter for information at the beginning, but also said how much he had contributed to Fanshui. I even knew that he had a woman in Fanshui. Still waiting for him to come home!"
"then you… "
"I killed him. I killed him before the military order was issued." The man stroked the saber at his waist, "Hailian, do you think I did something wrong?"
Hailian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "I think you're right."
"Ha, I also think I did nothing wrong," the captain pinched his nose, "but my daughter hates me. She waited at home for ten days, and finally couldn't wait any longer, so she went to Wanlin City to inquire about the news. When I entered the city, I saw the execution notice of the traitor hanging on the notice board. She passed out, and a kind person passing by took her to the hospital, and she was pregnant." The man pinched his nose and slowly moved his hand up, and wiped it again. Rolling her eyes, she repeated dryly, "She hates me."
The other party stopped talking, and Hai Lian also understood what happened next. The captain had no family to share his victory with, so he chose to leave his homeland after the Gayan Heights battle, willing to spend so many years in exile at sea. Hai Lian didn't know what to say, so he could only reach out to pat the old captain's shoulder, but he was blocked by the other party: "Go, go, I won't be comforted by a little guy."
The little pirate muttered, "I see you look like you're about to cry."
"That's because I didn't sleep well yesterday!" The other party insisted.
Hailian didn't try to expose him, but instead asked, "Why did you tell me this?"
"Probably because you are pleasing to the eye? If I can have a son, I want a son like you!" The captain laughed himself out as he spoke.
Hailian also raised the corner of her mouth.
The captain gradually stopped laughing, he glanced at the young man again, and suddenly said: "Tell me, if... I hide something from my brothers, will they still be willing to follow me?"
That's what he asked Hai Lian to come out today and wanted to ask him. He couldn't say this to his first mate who had been with him for many years, and he couldn't say it to those guys who admired him. Instead, he could confide in Hailian, a close companion. mouth.
Hailian turned his head and thought about it seriously: "I don't know what the other people on the Banshee think, I can't answer this. It's just that everyone has something they don't want to talk about, and I have it too," he paused, and followed The words were a little bit harder, and every word was extremely sincere, "As long as you don't use your friends and don't save your brothers, the things you hide are the secrets that everyone can only tell the gods."
This sentence obviously touched the captain greatly. The man chewed the words in silence for a long time, and finally let out a sigh of relief: "Forget it, I am a person who licks blood on a knife, and I never believe in those vain gods. No enshrining!" He stared at Hailian and promised, "I will tell everyone about it when this incident is over."
"including me?"
"Of course including you."
"Your words are enough." Hai Lian replied with a smile.
It was getting late, the two had nothing else to say, and after a few chatters, Hailian was about to go back to the Banshee, when the captain suddenly stopped him.
"Helian!"
Helian turned around.
"Be careful of Fecna." The captain kept his voice low, and only let the sea breeze reach Hailian's ear. "He may come to test you on some things recently."
The young man was taken aback, his first reaction was that Fecna discovered his eavesdropping last night, and he couldn't help but blurt out, "What's the matter?"
"I don't know what it is, it probably has something to do with the treasure he's thinking about." The captain waved his hand, "Anyway, be careful, I hope you will be the ace of the Banshee for a few more days."
Hailian was grateful for the other party's reminder, and he nodded solemnly: "I will be careful."
58.
The ship the captain said arrived at Unnamed Island three days later than he expected. Naturally, it can't carry many people, including the captain, who is just over twenty. Standing behind the captain, Hai Lian didn't understand why Fecna and his gang were so close to the enemy.
The captain on the opposite side led the sailors down the deck, and saluted Fecna in a bad southern dialect: "I have heard you for a long time, Pirate General Fecna."
"The guests from Dragon's Rest have worked hard all the way." Fekona returned the courtesy of Beimo to the other party, "I hope our transaction this time will also be very pleasant."
The captain laughed twice. He turned around and gave his subordinates a few words in Beimo dialect, and then his subordinates dragged an iron box to Fecona, and then raised his finger to the person beside him: "The things delivered this time are just Samples, because the drawings are complicated, we specially brought in an expert who is proficient in this field."
The expert was wearing Beimo Shixin's velvet-collared gown, and the silver ornaments on the braids hanging from his shoulders swayed back and forth with his movements. He looked like a standard last-carriage man. He also saluted Fecona, a smile appeared on his thin lips hidden behind his bushy beard, and he said in Beimo dialect: "Hello, Captain Fecona."
Hai Lian, who was still absent-minded at first, was shocked when he heard these words. He turned his head in disbelief, and happened to meet the star-like eyes of the "March Man".