Jacques ran onto deck, and the sailors were busy setting sails, adjusting course and escaping south.

Climbing the mast, Jacques finally noticed a little light on the sea to the northwest, and the lookout said that they were two privateers, coming from the direction of Skull Island to the north, and that direction would not be ordinary merchant ships.

Now he turned to flee to the south, and he didn't know if it was too late, the other party had the upper hand, and the ship was maneuverable and fast, and he was only trying his best to obey the fate of heaven when he escaped.

Jacques brought the message back to the cabin, and when she finished speaking, Lily didn't respond.

At this time, Lily wrapped her body in the sheet, facing the wall, leaving only Jacques with a back.

"Lily seems to be angry?" Jacques asked Fat Orange on the mat.

"How does the Emperor know? What mistake did you make again?"

"No, it's strange, it's fine just now. Anyway, the privateers may not catch up until dawn and go to bed first. ”

Lily, facing the wall, opened a pair of blue eyes, pouted, and said in her heart: "Jacques big stupid, stupid apprentice, stupid to death......"

......

By five o'clock the next morning, the sailors had already fought all night, changing course several times in an attempt to get rid of the plundering ship. Unfortunately, by the time the sun came to the surface, the two privateers were already about two nautical miles away.

Lily jumped out of bed with a pair of dark circles under her eyes, and kicked Jacques awake while still snoring.

Jacques sat up quickly, and the light from the porthole hit his angular face, and on his chest, Lily felt a little dazzling.

"I'll go up and have a look, and you hurry up and get dressed and go to the deck. With that, Lily walked out of the cabin.

"Still angry? woman...... I can't guess ......," Jacques muttered to himself.

......

Lily and Jacques stood beside the old leopard, and the three of them looked at the privateers that were approaching from side to side.

At this point, the privateer's flag can be clearly seen, and the flag on a black background has a white rectangle with wavy patterns on the edges of the rectangle.

The old leopard pointed to the flag and told them that it was the mark of the privateer's fleet, and that it was still a big force.

Lily and Jacques, who grew up in Port Mousse, were so familiar with the pattern that they said in unison, "Whiteboard?"

Isn't this the popular entertainment in Musai Port - mahjong tiles, and the tabula rasa in it?

The old leopard laughed and said, "What kind of whiteboard, that's a mirror, this privateer group is called the mirror group, and the base is on Skull Island." ”

"Oh, it's a mirror ball."

"Two, I know that you are very good at fighting, but half of our ships are not transcendental, and I am the only one of the seafarers, and I really don't have the capital to fight against privateers.

There is a rule in sea robbery, if you don't resist, you won't hurt anyone, and you know, they can't move my goods, and in the end they can only grab a sum of money and leave.

I reckon they'll catch up with us and search the whole ship, including their personal belongings.

The two of them are the distinguished guests of Lord Wesley Van Vuyden, and if there is any loss of property, please let me know, and when you arrive at the port of Ruiou, I will make the decision to withdraw money from the reserve fund to compensate you. ”

The old leopard said everything to this, and Lily, who played the role of the sister, had no choice but to agree.

The Qianyue Water Blue, which really couldn't escape, raised the white flag and surrendered, and the other party quickly accepted.

The old leopard then ordered the sails to be retracted and slowed down. To be on the safe side, Jacques told Lily to hide back in the cabin and told her to hide in the upper bunk and pretend to be sick.

......

The two privateers finally approached the Qianyue Shuilan, approaching from both sides, and when the distance was reduced to about ten meters, the ships on both sides threw out more than ten hooks and claws to hold the side of the Qianyue Shuilan.

Jacques saw the pirates at this time, too, looking more disheveled than the old leopard's sailors, dressed in tatters, barefoot, dark-skinned, with a scimitar or a rapier at his waist, and his hair greasy and knotted.

Well, you really can't be too particular about the sea, Lily, who loves cleanliness, thinks every day that she is already stinky, and Jacques hasn't taken a bath for many days, and the last time she took a bath, she took advantage of the heavy rain on the sea to rush away.

Another round of hooks was thrown, this time hooked with sails and rope nets, and then twenty or so pirates blocked the two ships and jumped onto the Thousand Moon Water Blue.

The old leopard's seamen had already gathered on the upper and lower decks of the stern building, confronting the pirates who had boarded the ship.

Among the pirates came a shirtless burly man, crossed his arms and shouted: "We are the heroes of the Mirror Regiment, and we are ordered by the governor of Tavaré, Neutra, to tax passing ships. How dare you run all night, do you know how tired the uncles are to chase you! Now I suspect that you have contraband on board, and you will be taxed heavily. ”

The old leopard stood in front of the railing of the second deck, and said loudly: "I don't know what this good man is called? I have here a bearer money ticket of the Silver Hammer Comprising House with 1,000 silver coins, which the shipowner specially left for me to pay taxes, and the money ticket of the No. 1 Comptoir in the New World, which can be exchanged for silver coins anywhere." ”

The man replied: "Uncle, my nickname is Haili, which is to catch you tax evasion merchant ships, you are in a big matter now, 1000 silver coins?

Jacques Xin said, it turns out that sailors in the New World like to use nicknames, robbery is said to collect taxes, and I have seen it for a long time! If I go to the sea to play in the future, will I also have a loud nickname?

The sea fishing is not enough momentum, the sea fishing is more majestic, and it is all in one net!

At this time, a pirate ran up from the hatch in the bow of the ship in a panic and said, "Second young master, they ...... They have machines on board! They can't move them!"

Haili, who is known as the second young master, is also dumbfounded, your boat is full of these broken things, what did you run last night?

Although the machine is valuable, it is inconvenient to transport, and if it is snatched along with the ship, it is a violation of the rules.

Even if you can move some small equipment, it's not easy to make a move, and the people who buy these things are big lords and big forces, and it's not ambiguous to bargain and bloodletting.

In the end, I didn't make a few money, and it was easy to expose my heels and make a fuss.

He jumped to his feet and shouted to the old leopard: "I'll tell you, 1,000 silver coins will never work! If you don't give 10,000 yuan, your knife will see blood! I can tell you, I have four sculptors here! You dare to bare your teeth and look at it!"

The old leopard said calmly: "Brother in the sea, I'm sorry, the owner of the ship only gave 1,000 silver coins, and all of us who ran to the sea were bitter haha, and all the money we earned was spent on the shore and the woman's belly, and one of them here is penniless."

The machines also belong to the Van Vuitden family, and you should have heard of the Van Vuitden family even in the Middle Continent.

Let's go our separate ways, and I wish you good luck next time!

Little Ali, send the money ticket to the old man in the sea. ”

Hai Lilao took the money ticket sent by Xiao Ali, stuffed it into his crotch, rolled his eyes, and said, "No, I want to search the boat! The brothers scattered!"

At this point, the pirates entered the skilled workflow, and only seven or eight people were left on the deck to escort the fishing, and the others all burrowed into the cabins, and searched the cabins one by one.