From the beginning of this battle, the scene was so confusing that there was support for any guess in any direction.
The pirate group has been waiting for Sanniang to take over the position of "third leader" for so many years. Hai Qianfan has always only called himself "acting leader". When Sanniang came back, he automatically gave up the power without any intention of fighting for power. If he wanted to control the pirate group, it would be like playing. Sanniang would not fight with him at all. Is it necessary to act like this
Moreover, after so many years, the pirate group has had its internal iterations, and the newcomers have always been taught that there is a third boss outside, and they have to obey him when he returns. This is also something that cannot be acted out, and the attitude of the pirates can be seen at a glance.
In the past few years, the pirate group has been secretly trading with the Four Elephants Sect to make money, and they have always been diligent, even the amount of money they have been allowed to take is very small. This time, Sanniang realized that the power of faith has accelerated the recovery of the Sea King, and asked them to persuade the fishermen and merchants of Xia Country to return, and they went as soon as they said, and executed meticulously.
No matter how you look at it, he is a loyal subordinate.
The most important thing is that the last time they were attacked by the sea tribe at night, it was a real fight. Not only did the pirates suffer heavy casualties in that battle, but the sea tribe's elite also suffered countless casualties there, the powerful shark people and the crystal core water people who were used up one by one were all destroyed there, and the ordinary fish people were even more dead and wounded all over the sea.
Could this be acting
You might say that the purpose of the play was to trick Sanniang, but she actually didn't trick anyone at all. Sanniang was in such a stalemate with the water man at that time, and there was no conspiracy at all.
This time it looks like the pirates and Penglai have joined forces to kill the small country's fleet, just to make a sacrifice for the Sea King
Isn't this weird? Why can't we trust them for once and assume there's another reason
For example, because the two families were originally from the same origin, they secretly reached a conspiracy for maritime hegemony, and the pirates might not even know about the existence of the sacrifice. Moreover, this conspiracy must have been communicated a long time ago, and it is impossible to have been reached recently, so it has nothing to do with Sanniang.
Even if you guess that Penglai and the pirate group were one family from the beginning to the end, and they were just split into two sides to deceive the Sea Emperor, it is completely reasonable.
How to judge whether to trust Hai Qianfan once
When Zhao Changhe secretly communicated with Sanniang about this matter, Sanniang was unable to make a decision and just replied with those three words: "I'll do as you say."
Just be willing to listen. What's cute about turtles is that they are willing to hand over the decision-making power to others when their brains are at a standstill, instead of being stubborn.
Once it was handed over to Zhao Changhe to judge, he had no friendship with the pirates, so naturally he would not be disturbed by emotions. He only needed to do a test. Being forced to do nothing by Hai Changkong, he did not use his left sword and right knife, but hid his hand to reveal his flaws, looking as if he could be crushed by another handful of straw, waiting to fish.
Sure enough, it worked with just one fishing hook.
Hai Qianfan is over fifty years old. He was the commander of Hai Pinglan's guards back then. He is several years older than the young Hai Changkong. His beard is now gray, and he looks really upright with his majestic and gray hair.
Facing Sanniang's angry fist, Hai Qianfan took a half step back and slashed with his sword: "Princess, your previous injury has not healed yet, and you just focused on defeating the water man, and now you are injured again... It's better not to get so angry."
"Bang!" The fist force and the sword light collided, and both sides retreated several steps. Sanniang covered the unhealed bone injury under her ribs with a cold expression.
Hai Qianfan was not feeling well either. There was a huge gap in hard power. A punch with an injury still made his internal organs churn and he almost vomited blood.
He took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Changhe, who was wielding a sword and fighting against the siege of Hai Changkong and Hua Zhenming, and said slowly: "Mr. Zhao, it is actually very dangerous to test me like this. One careless move has already injured Hai Changkong. The reason why you did this must be that you already think I am your enemy and would rather take a risk to force me to expose myself. Can I ask Mr. Zhao's reason? I want to know where I have exposed my flaws. Is it because of this naval battle? The cause of this naval battle is really unrelated to what you two think."
Sanniang glanced at Zhao Changhe and also wanted to know his reason.
Zhao Changhe forced Hua Zhenming away with a sword and said with a smile, "My confusion started with Brother Hua... On the night when the base was attacked by the sea tribe, Sanniang had just arrived and was not in charge of the fleet. It's not surprising that she didn't think of evacuating the people on Taiping Island, but as a pirate captain who often needs to evacuate people everywhere, this must be his first reaction. But Brother Hua didn't even think of this... It's hard for me to understand such a fatal mistake, and it's even harder to understand that Senior Hai didn't even show any anger or blame afterwards."
Hua Zhenming's face was gloomy and his attack became more and more frantic, but unfortunately his strength was indeed weaker and he could not pose any threat to Zhao Changhe.
Hai Changkong was interested in not using his special moves, and he and Zhao Changhe were practicing martial arts, clinking and clanging with his swords, as if he was very interested in Zhao Changhe's words, waiting for updates. "I can only understand that Taiping Island was originally something you wanted to give up and give to the sea tribe. Maybe you gave it to them to eat in order to strengthen this new tribe... Every race needs to eat. After they mutated and gained wisdom, what did they eat?"
The expressions of the onlookers changed drastically.
"Of course, my thoughts are a bit conspiracy-themed, and it's hard to say it out loud, because it would make me look mean. I'm making a big fuss about someone else's mistake... So I didn't mention it to Sanniang." Zhao Changhe continued, "But there was something that happened later that I really don't understand."
Hai Qianfan asked in a deep voice: "Which one?"
"Marshal Hai Changkong said that there are spies among the pirates, and they already know the location of the new base where the pirates have moved... This is outrageous. This period of time is not long. It took you several days to move. This is because you just moved to the new place and immediately sent someone to find Marshal Hai to report safety, so the information was transmitted in time. If someone sneaked out of the ship and left right after moving to the new place, and you couldn't find it, then how did the pirate group survive to this day? Uncle Hai, are you going to tell Sanniang that you are a waste and you only rely on luck to get to this day?"
Hai Qianfan stopped talking.
Zhao Changhe said, "So I have reason to suspect that the one who reported the news was not a spy, but you yourselves. Even the method of reporting the news was not to send a ship, but the so-called sea people transmitted the image. Your information speed is much faster than that of ordinary people. This may be the main reason why you have not been wiped out by other forces in the past ten years in the East China Sea, but have become more and more prosperous. Otherwise, the development of the pirate group is more powerful than that of other countries. It is really too dreamy... You are basically the official royal pirate group of Penglai. The split back then was just a show."
He paused and sighed, "I would like to believe what you just said: 'The cause of this naval battle is really not related to what you two think.' Perhaps it is true. The cause of this naval battle is that Penglai began to reel in the battle and took advantage of this great opportunity of 'the Sea God's proclamation to suppress bandits' to unify the East China Sea."
This time even Hai Changkong couldn't help but sigh: "Excellent. Anything else?"
He looks like a fan of the book and wants to listen more.
"Although there is, I don't know." Zhao Changhe said: "Penglai wants to unify the East China Sea, but the Sea King will not agree. This involves the game between the Dragon King and the Sea King. Some of you listen to the Dragon King, while some lean towards the Sea King, forming a very psychedelic situation... Sanniang and I accidentally got involved in it, and because of Sanniang's identity, your inclinations have undergone new changes, which are even more bizarre. As for what each of you thinks in your heart, I am not a worm in your stomach, how can I know? Now that I have told so many stories, can you say a few words and explain to me?"
Hai Changkong laughed loudly: "If all people in Middle-earth are like this, I'd better hide in the sea for the rest of my life and never go up there."
At about the same time, far away in Penglai, the Dragon King Hai Pinglan was receiving the Four Symbols Sect's Saint Xia Chichi, and the two were drinking and talking.
It was unknown how much was said before. Xia Chichi's expression at this moment was as dumbfounded as the onlookers on Dong'an Island: "Sanniang is your daughter?"
"She didn't tell you?"
Xia Chichi scratched his head: "I joined the sect late, and I haven't met Uncle Xuanwu very many times. He really didn't tell me about these things. Uh, no, I doubt that Venerable Suzaku doesn't know either. Venerable Suzaku didn't mention this before I came."
Hai Pinglan laughed: "She doesn't recognize me and doesn't want to talk about the past. Aren't you the same?"
Xia Chichi narrowed his eyes: "Your Majesty knows a lot about me, right?"
Hai Pinglan said indifferently: "The Wang family's guess is pretty close, I think."
Xia Chichi admitted very frankly: "I don't recognize him because he is not worthy. Why does Master Uncle not recognize you?"
"Because I am not worthy of it." Hai Pinglan said calmly: "I personally suppressed her, sent people to hunt her down, and told Changkong to kill her without mercy. If you kill her, maybe the crown prince will be yours."
(End of this chapter)