Chapter 63: Survey
The short-haired man named Abton opened his eyes suddenly, swept away with his eagle-like gaze similar to that of Hans, and quickly got up and came out of the cave, as agile as a monkey who had not woken up at all, perhaps because he had not slept much in the first place.
The fog was thin, and when Abberton reached the side of the mountain stream, his broken straw sandals were already wet, and he crouched down to pick a green leaf, licking off the sweet dew to moisten his mouth.
He cautiously cated behind a boulder, watched Zheng Fei and his party through the crack in the stone, and faintly heard their conversation.
"Captain, where are we going next?" said Santiago, looking around boredly, gun in hand.
Zheng Fei squinted his eyes and stared into the distance, and said, "That hill in the east, it seems to be about the highest point of this island, go over and take a look!"
With that, he fired the last shot and walked away with the group.
"Damn it, looking for treasure?" Abberton muttered softly, clenching his fists.
"Give me a few guns, and I'll take your boat!" he secretly followed.
When Zheng Fei overcame the damp jungle and killed several dangerous animals, and reached the top of the hill, the red sun had generously poured out its brilliance, and the world was white.
Standing here, you can see the whole view of the island with the help of a telescope.
The west is the landing site, with its silver-white sandy beaches, the south is a large primeval forest, and I don't know what dangers are hidden inside, and the east and north are barren sea cliffs, nothing new.
This island is unremarkable.
Zheng Fei found a flat stone and sat down, took out a wine jug and beef jerky, and replenished his body.
"Captain, you are like a god. The sailor patted his ass.
"Everybody says that. For admiration, Zheng Fei has always been a refusal to come.
"How did you know those people were going to be lured by the gunfire?"
"Heh, I guess they haven't slept well all night, and they've been worrying about our fleet leaving. ”
"Hmm" The sailors couldn't understand what he was thinking, so they stopped asking and munched on the beef jerky.
They spent the whole day on this hill and didn't go anywhere.
In the evening, Zheng Fei leaned on the boulder and picked up a telescope to search.
At the foot of the mountain, in the middle of a dense jungle.
"Patriarch, they've been drinking and gossiping there for a day, damn it!" Abton cursed, wiping the sweat from his face.
The older man frowned and asked, "What's going on over there with Falk?"
"There was no progress, they had a dozen cannons on board, and they were blown away before our men could get close. ”
The elder bit the skin of his mouth, and took out a plant rhizome from his bosom, as long as a finger, lit it and inhaled it vigorously, its strong pungent taste was a bit like tobacco.
"Patriarch, their boss seems to be looking this way, and won't find us, right?"
"No way, they are in the light and we are in the dark, even if he has the eyes of an eagle a few hundred meters apart, he will not be able to find us in the jungle!"
The confident patriarch did not know that there was something in the world, called a telescope.
"Abton, it's getting late, I'm going back to get food for everyone, you stay here and keep an eye on them, and if they move to the waterhole, do everything you can to stop them!"
"Understood!"
At this time, Zheng Fei used the telescope to see clearly, including the mouth movements of the elder.
English is very familiar, and it is not difficult to guess the content of their conversation from the mouth movements.
"I've been staring at it for a long time, and I've finally arrived! Santiago, bring me the parchment and pen. Zheng Fei smiled.
Then, with a day's investigation, he drew a map, more precisely, a treasure map, which is a trick that sounds good is called hiding from the world, and if it is bad, it is just a lie.
Beaches, sea cliffs, forests, hills, and finally waterholes, and about two kilometers away there is an island in the middle of the lake.
After drawing the picture, he marked some English word notes on it, dried the ink, and then rubbed the parchment paper and stepped on it with his foot, trying to make it feel as vicissitudes as possible.
After doing this, he glanced at the sunset that was about to fall into the sea, and said leisurely: "Guys, close the net!"
At the sound of this order, the sailors, who had already been idle with lice, moved in response, and under the cover of stones, they went down the hill and surrounded the jungle.
A few minutes later, they twisted the desperately struggling Abboton to Zheng Fei.
"There are a lot of poisonous snakes in the forest, aren't you afraid of being bitten when you hide there?" Zheng Fei looked at him quietly, and saw the anger in his eyes.
Arberton responded to him with silence, looking like a man who didn't even open his mouth after being killed.
Zheng Fei smiled, and then said, "I'm going to the waterhole, do you want to go together?"
Waterhole Alberton sighed in his heart, raised his head a little weakly, and said, "What are you going to do there?"
"What do you say?"
"You'd better not go, there's an evil Jiao living in the pool!"
"Yes, then I'm going to see it! Santiago, tie him up!"
"The Evil Jiao will devour you!let go of me, you bastard!" Arberton roared incoherently, trembling again and again, not from anger, but from fear. He understood that if the group of people in front of him went to the waterhole to find the treasure, the information in the patriarch's mouth would be of no use, which meant that the entire family would continue to stay on this hateful island and live like a primitive every day!
However, Zheng Fei deliberately left a sharp flake stone under his feet, if he was smart enough, he could pick up this stone with his feet and use it to cut the rope, Zheng Fei needed him to go back and report.
After descending the mountain, Zheng Fei asked Santiago to go back and take more people to the waterhole, while he took the rest of the people first.
Soon, the waterhole arrived.
It's not big, it's not small, it's half the size of a football field, and the depth is unknown.
The colorful sunset is reflected in the pool, coupled with several ancient trees around, the clear water, and a few men standing by the pool with muskets in their hands, forming a wonderful painting, which belongs to the explorers.
Smelling the unique earthy fragrance, Zheng Fei stared at the calm water, thinking, and gradually a trace of worry appeared between his eyebrows.
Where is the treasure? At the bottom of the pool? Why do you want to dive to be honest, at this moment an inexplicable sense of fear rose in his heart, there may be some terrible animals living at the bottom of the pool, the python is quite light, if it is an electric eel, hehe, a hundred thousand volts under the water will stop eating directly.
After a moment's hesitation, he tied a stone with a rope and threw it down, measuring the depth.
The rope is more than 20 meters long and is used for rock climbing, and the whole rope has been put down but has not yet reached the end, it is a bottomless pit.
He gasped, seeing that it was getting dark, and without searchlights, he would have to wait until tomorrow.