cpa300_4();“ What if, for those who landed on the island from the east, they could attack with Franco's artillery?"

After saying this, the originally quiet hall fell into a silence like death.

Not a single person spoke, not even a single person breathed.

I don't know how long it took before I heard a very soft voice sound, and in such an empty hall, it seemed so hollow—

"Franc machine...... Artillery?"

The Iron Mask King turned his head to look at me, his eyes glinting.

At this time, I realized that the voice that spoke just now was mine, but I still looked at him in disbelief, and repeated: "Fran machine artillery?"

"How?"

He smiled faintly, glanced at everyone again, and said, "Aren't you guys going to sea for this thing?"

“……”

This time, no one spoke, but everyone seemed to gasp.

Perhaps, like me, they are all cowardly in their hometown, and they have been chasing things for so long, and they are really about to find them, and when there is only a layer of tulle to cover them, they can't believe it, and they don't even dare to reach out to untie the veil that is blinding. When the Iron Mask King took the initiative to say the Franc machine artillery, and even said that he wanted to use the Franc machine artillery, no one answered it.

I don't know how long it took, but Han Zitong was the first to speak, and he hesitated to speak: "Attack with Franc machine artillery?

The Iron Mask King glanced at them and said lightly: "You go to the island, find the Franco machine artillery, and then start the attack from the east mountain, and we attack from the west, from the east and west, they can't take care of it, and they will definitely be defeated." ”

Everyone was quiet again.

But this time, everyone didn't be quiet for too long, and Xiao Yusheng had already asked softly: "The Franc machine artillery is on the island?"

"Not bad. ”

"Really on the island?"

“……”

The Iron Mask King glanced at him with a smile, and then looked around, but these thoughtful people did not answer.

There is no need to answer.

After a while, everyone seemed to gasp.

After chasing things for so long, even-Liu Qinghan and I, although he doesn't remember it himself, he already knew it from the time he was in the Dulai Pavilion in the capital, and began to pay attention to these weapons, and now, after going through so many things, so many forces have sent so many fleets, so many people, and finally today, the truth will be revealed!

The Franco machine artillery is indeed on Tianquan Island!

My breath became short, and I looked at the Iron Mask King deeply, all kinds of questions and many doubts that were surging in my mind before, but this qiē was strangely confused, and I couldn't figure out any of them, and I couldn't ask any of them.

Only Xiao Yusheng asked carefully: "May I ask the seniors, where is the Franc machine artillery hidden?"

"On the hill. ”

"On the mountain?"

Several of them looked at each other, and the expressions in their eyes suddenly became solemn.

Judging from the position where we are just so far away from Tianquan Island, the area of that island is not small, and that mountain accounts for almost ten* of the entire island.

And—

"Seniors aren't worried, have they been found by the Sea Serpent Gang?"

"No way. The Iron Mask King said coldly, "They can't find it." ”

“……”

Everyone turned to look at him and didn't speak, but there was a look of confusion in their eyes.

Why was he so confident?

Even before, my worry was categorically denied by him.

In response to our worried eyes, he did not speak, but pulled out another scroll from the pile of scrolls placed on the table by the sailor next to him, and unfolded it to see a more detailed map of the island of heavenly power.

Almost every cliff and ravine on the mountain is clearly delineated, making it clear at a glance.

He pointed to a raised cliff on the eastern side of the mountain and said, "Here, do you see?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on the past.

The cliff is the outermost part of the eastern coast, and it looks like a huge wolf, standing on the top of the mountain and looking up to the sky, surrounded by steep cliffs, and below is the deep sea, and the sea seems to be densely covered with countless upwardly raised reefs, like a pack of wolves hiding in the shallow sea, looking up at the head wolf that grows at the sky, waiting for the prey to fall down and tear it to pieces, it looks very terrifying.

The Iron Mask King said, "Go up the mountain from here. ”

Everyone else frowned, but Xiao Yusheng was not afraid, and only said calmly: "Then what?"

The Iron Mask King glanced at him, but didn't answer immediately, only said, "Remember?"

"Hmm. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his hand and tore the map.

Everyone was stunned and speechless when they saw the map shatter in his hand, and as soon as I looked down, I immediately saw that something was revealing from under the torn map!

If you look closely, there is a hidden map underneath the map!

We watched in amazement, and the Iron Mask reached out and pulled out the soft, seemingly drawn map on some soft silk, and with a wave of his hand, brushed the torn map to the ground.

He didn't spread it out, but held it in his hand, and I could barely see that it was a more elaborate, mountainous topographical map, with some symbols on it, as if to point some way.

The Iron Mask King said, "The thing is hidden in the mountain, and this map shows the route very clearly, but what I want to know is who is going." ”

……

The hall fell silent immediately.

And immediately, Xiao Yusheng's voice with a faint smile sounded: "This matter, both public and private, is incumbent on the next." ”

The Iron Mask King glanced at him, but didn't speak.

He wasn't wrong. Yu Gong, he formed a short-term alliance with the Iron Mask King, that is, to take Tianquan Island, since the Iron Mask King is going to attack from the west, then he is naturally the only one who goes to the east to land on the island;

The Iron Mask King's gaze fell on the other people in the hall again.

Han Zitong hesitated for a moment, but still said: "I'm afraid that if I go, I won't be able to climb that mountain." ”

“……”

Xue Muhua thought for a while and said, "Me too." ”

The two of them said this, but their faces also showed a faint and regretful expression.

In fact, whether you can go or not, whether you have the ability to go or not, to this point, I think everyone still has such a wish, that is, to really take a look at the Franc machine artillery.

However, it is true that not everything can be as good as it should be.

Thinking of this, I frowned slightly and looked at Liu Qinghan, who had been silent.

He looked at the map in the Iron Mask King's hand with great interest, and at this time he seemed to feel my gaze, and turned his head to look at me.

The eyes of the two men met, and his eyes flickered.

As soon as I saw him like this, I immediately frowned.

Then he bowed slightly at me.

He didn't say a word, not even change his breathing, but he had already finished telling me all he had to say, and when I was about to step forward and say anything to him, he turned his head and said to the Iron Mask King, "I'll go too." ”

“……！”

My words hit my throat all at once.

Han Zitong was also startled, and looked at him in surprise: "You want to go too?"

He nodded and said calmly: "If you want to say that it is incumbent, you should do your best in the future." ”

Xue Muhua said, "Your body—"

"Miss Mu Hua don't worry, it's fine. ”

His simple words blocked everyone's words, Han Zitong and Xue Muhua looked at him, and they couldn't say anything after all, and the Iron Mask King didn't seem to be surprised to wait for his answer, but he just thought of something and glanced at me.

I just looked at the mask on Liu Qinghan's face with a cold light, and didn't speak again.

The Iron Mask King looked at me, then at him, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Then it's decided. ”

“……”

As he spoke, the hand he was holding the map stretched out and handed it to Liu Qinghan.

Liu Qinghan looked up at him with a slight startup.

"The map will be handed over to you. ”

“……”

Xiao Yusheng saw this scene next to him, only his eyes flickered, but he didn't speak.

The Iron Mask King turned his head to Xiao Yusheng again and said, "I know it will be difficult to get to the island from the east, but you, and those people on your boat, will circle the boat to the east of Tianquan Island, so that it will be easier to land at high tide tonight." ”

“……”

"What to do when you get to the island, you can do it at your chance. ”

I frowned slightly.

The Iron Mask King finally said, "Whether you succeed or not, if we don't see artillery fire in the east after dawn, we will leave." ”

Xiao Yusheng smiled and nodded: "Okay." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Liu Qinghan again, but the latter just silently held the soft map in his hand, lowered his head, and said nothing.

｜

The discussion has been decided, and the next time is to wait for dark.

And Xiao Yusheng and the others were already preparing to set sail and make a detour to the east of Tianquan Island.

When everyone went down to prepare, a few of us got out of the cabin and went to the deck, and the sea breeze blew and made my whole body shiver.

I turned my head and looked at Liu Qinghan, whose face was extremely cold.

He looked at me too.

"You-"

"I-"

Both of them spoke at the same time, and both paused, and he immediately said, "You speak first." ”

I hesitated for a moment before I said softly, "Are you really going?"

He nodded.

My eyebrows suddenly twisted into a pimple.

However, he could not say a word.

In fact, no one needs to explain how much danger there is, or how much difficulty they may face, and the reason why he made this decision is very clear to me.

So, if you want to stop it, I can't say it.

It is also because of this that I feel more and more chaotic and conflicted.

But he, looking at me for a while, suddenly said, "What else does Madame have to tell me?"

When I raised my head, I saw that Xiao Yusheng had already made people ready, and Liu Qinghan should go to their ship immediately, and then make a detour to the east of Tianquan Island together.

I don't know why, the more this happens, the more chaotic my mind becomes, as if a mess has been rubbed around, and the more I turn around, I can't find a clue.

He knew all the things I wanted to say to him, and the things I couldn't say still couldn't say.

He looked at me quietly for a moment, but as if he understood it completely, he gently hooked the corner of his lips at me.

"Don't worry, I'll know how to deal with it. ”

“……”

"The Franc guns...... If I really find it, I will definitely not let them lightly," Speaking of this, his voice was lowered: "I won't let them take it lightly." ”

“……”

"But you," he said, and looked at me again, with a faint worry in his eyes, and turned to look at the boundless sea around us, although it was calm now, no one could tell how many undercurrents were hidden underneath, and he turned back to me and said, "Now that there is no one around you who really protects you, please be careful." ”

“……？”

"Madam, I don't want any surprises on your part, no matter what. ”

“……”

At this point, he nodded gently at me, "You must take care." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

I stood there, a little confused for a moment by what he had just said.

If we say that in the past, on the way into Sichuan, we also had many opportunities to get along alone, although we can talk calmly, but there is always a faint estrangement, and even a trace of hostility that does not need to be concealed, but just now, his words have left all the previous estrangement and hostility behind.

His admiration for me is nothing more, but he no longer hides it and does it frankly.

I looked at his back as he turned away, and I only felt that the sea breeze cut through my clothes like countless knives, and the sting pain that almost cut through a thousand knives made me need to use all my strength to suppress it.

At this moment, I saw that he had already walked to Xiao Yusheng's side, and was about to leave the sea and Feiyun, when suddenly, I stepped forward.

The men were talking about something at the end, when they suddenly saw me coming over, they were all slightly startled, especially him, who didn't know what I was going to do, and there was a look of surprise on his face.

And I turned my head and said to Xiao Yusheng: "Xiao Gongzi, take a step to speak." ”

“……”

They were all a little unable to come back to their senses, and even Xiao Yusheng was surprised, I would have something to say to him, but he immediately nodded respectfully, followed me and turned around and walked to the other side, and then asked, "I don't know what the eldest lady commands?"

I said, "When you go to sea this time, your brother, Xiao Wusheng, should also follow, right?"

His originally calm face stiffened slightly.

But immediately, laughed again.

Although the smile this time was far from being as gentle and kind as before, showing a little reluctance, he still said respectfully: "What does the eldest lady have to explain?"

"I want you to give an account to that brother of yours and let him stay and protect me by my side. ”

“……？！”

Xiao Yusheng's face couldn't help but show a look of consternation, and then, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Liu Qinghan.

And immediately, he looked back at me.

I knew that with the martial arts cultivation of a person like him, the conversation between me and Liu Qinghan just now would definitely be heard clearly by him, so he said: "Lord Liu's words just now reminded me that now I am on this ship, and there is no one who really belongs to me. You are from Xishan Academy, that is, you are from the Yan family, I asked you to be alone, it's not too much, right?"

"......" he paused and said, "Of course not." ”

"So, you agreed?"

He didn't speak immediately, but was silent for a moment before he said, "Since the eldest lady knows about my brother, probably—should also know, he—"

"I know he's not easy to control, so I'll tell you this. ”

“……”

"I know he doesn't like to deal with people, so I don't need him to come to me, as long as I am in danger, he protects me, and when I need it, he helps. ”

“……”

"That shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

Xiao Yusheng still didn't speak, but a few faint furrows appeared in the center of his eyebrows, it seemed that he rarely had such a troubled time, but after pondering for a while, he still nodded and said, "The student obeys the orders of the eldest lady." ”

I smiled faintly: "Thank you for your hard work, and your brother." ”

The eldest lady commanded, not daring to say bitterness. ”

After speaking, he looked at me again, as if he was still a little uneasy, and said: "I think that senior is unruly, but he is still very polite and polite to the eldest lady, maybe it is dangerous - the eldest lady can't talk about it yet." ”

I laughed, "Well, I'll need your brother's help sometimes." ”

At this point, it has already been said that it is dead.

He finally let out a long sigh and leaned over, "Student understood. The students will pass on the word, and if the eldest lady needs to be silent, it will be like someone in front of her. ”

"Okay. ”

I nodded, watched him straighten up, and turned to leave.

The men finally met on the deck, and after agreeing on some things, Xiao Yusheng took Liu Qinghan to leave the sea and Feiyun and went to his ship, and immediately, the ship had raised its huge sails, and in front of our eyes, it was slowly like a giant standing up from the bottom of the sea, stretching his arms and blocking the sun.

I watched the sails slowly puffed up by the wind, and watched the ship slowly turn around and sail eastward.

I stood on the deck and watched as the ship slowly turned around and sailed into the distance, and finally, the huge figure became blurred in the sparkling waves of the sea, leaving only the increasingly chilling sea breeze blowing across my face.

The sun was once again hidden in the clouds.

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After Xiao Yusheng's boat left, the sky slowly became overcast.

I've been adrift for some time, and I know that this doesn't seem to be a good sign of good weather.

However, the Iron Mask King didn't seem to be too worried, and after Xiao Yusheng's ship left, he ordered the sea crossing Feiyun to be parked in place, so that everyone could rest and be on standby, and also recuperate and prepare for the attack at night.

The sailors, except for the helmsman, and those who made some preparations for the evening, rested.

Han Zitong quickly went back to his room, and Xue Muhua was also about to go back to rest, but when he turned around and saw that I was still standing on the deck, he came over and said, "Aren't you going back to the room to rest?"

I shook my head.

"It's cold, you don't have to blow the wind here all the time, you'll catch a cold. ”

I smiled.

I don't know why, the weather is indeed very cold, and the wind blows on my face like a knife, but now I unexpectedly feel the chaos and heat in my heart, as if there is a small fire burning in the bottom of my heart, although small, but burning, so that my heart, thinking, can not be at peace for a moment, like the waves, wave after wave, non-stop noise.

I vaguely felt that something was wrong, but I wanted to think about it, but I couldn't think of anything.

So I'd rather stand on the deck and let the cold wind blow and calm me down.

So I said, "It's okay, I'll stand there for a while and go back." ”

Xue Muhua glanced at me, and seemed to sense that I had something else on my mind, so he didn't say anything, just patted me on the shoulder, and turned around and entered the cabin.

The weather is getting more and more gloomy.

The sea breeze is getting colder and colder.

I stood at the bow of the ship, I don't know how long later, I heard a noise behind me, and when I looked back, it was a few young sailors lying on the side of the ship, leaning out to look at the water below, I also held on to the fence and looked down, it turned out to be a group of fish, constantly surging up from the bottom of the sea, as if a whole piece of silver ink had floated from the bottom of the sea, and then scattered on the surface of the sea, reflecting a large area of sea water into a bright silver.

The sailors immediately went down with their nets to catch fish, and there was a lot of trouble. One of the older sailors turned to the Iron Mask and whispered something to him.

I originally wanted to find the Iron Mask King, but this time was not good, and the Iron Mask King saw me looking at him from a distance, and immediately said, "What's the matter?"

"I-"

Although he opened his mouth, he didn't know what he wanted to say, and he was stunned for a while.

The Iron Mask King said lightly: "You also go to rest, I don't know what the situation is at night." ”

With that, he walked away from the sailor.

I looked back, at the noisy group of sailors, and when I looked back, I was the only one standing on the deck. I looked at the gray sea, and after looking at it for a while, Xiao Yusheng and their ship had already disappeared, and only the silver-gray mist where the sea and the sky met was left in my sight, and then I also turned around and entered the cabin.

However, instead of going back to my cabin, I went to the hall where I had just been.

Push the door in, and it's empty.

There was still a huge topographic map of Tianquan Island on the table, and I slowly walked over and looked at it on the edge of the table, and the terrain was the same as what the Iron Mask King said, and it was also very clear.

East-West flanking may not be a winning tactic, but it is indeed the most effective tactic we can adopt at present.

The premise is that –

They can really find the Franco machine artillery!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help frowning again.

Franc machine artillery ......

I've been looking for so long, even since I was very young, I've heard my mother faintly mention such a thing in the conversation, it hasn't always been in my consciousness, but I've never really forgotten it, but I can't believe it, to this day, at this time, I'm so close to it!

Franco machine artillery!

The murder weapon that can control almost the entire battle situation is also what made his mother and the Iron Mask King work hard, and it also changed the Iron Mask King's entire life.

Is it really going to be found, is it really going to be used?

But why, I think it's so unreal.

Even when I first got on the ship, I asked the Iron Mask King more than once about the whereabouts of these cannons, at that time he just looked at me coldly, and even responded to my inquiry with an almost sarcastic gaze, but did not answer a word, but now, he has taken out the map where the artillery was hidden, and handed it to Liu Qinghan!

Liu Qinghan......

For some reason, the small flame in my heart became hotter and hotter, as if it was about to dry all my internal organs, and the sound of the tide kept echoing in my ears, and there was no peace or rest for a moment.

In the end, what's going on?

Why am I so upset? Is it just because tonight's battle is unknown?

Just then, there was a click from under my feet.

Looking down, I was walking around the table when I accidentally kicked a map.

It was before, after the Iron Mask King tore it up, he took out a detailed map of the east coast of Tianquan Island that hid the Franc machine artillery map.

I crouched down and picked up the broken picture.

The map has a mezzanine, and the map where the artillery is hidden has been hidden in the center of the mezzanine, in fact, with that treasure map, this map is really nothing.

I just glanced at it and casually put it back on the table.

But, just that glance-

I hurriedly grabbed the broken map and took a closer look!

Suddenly, there seemed to be a thunderclap overhead, and with a bang, I was a little dazed, staring at the map with wide eyes, and even suffocating my breath.

Behind me, a light came in.

I grabbed the broken map, slowly turned around, the door of the hall was pushed open, maybe because it was too hard, the door hit the walls on both sides, maybe the thunder just now was actually the sound of the door hitting the wall, but these are no longer important, I just looked at the familiar, strong and tall figure at the gate, hands outstretched, standing in front of my eyes.

The Iron Mask King!

His face was full of solemnity, and his dark brow was furrowed, especially when he saw that I was clutching the broken map in my hand, his eyes flickered even more, and it became pitch black.

However, neither of them spoke.

I don't know why he couldn't speak, I didn't speak, just because at this moment, fear and despair were already like a black hand, holding my heart and my breath.

I don't know how long it took for me to finally regain my voice, hoarse as if a rusty sword had slashed across the parched ground—

"Franc machine artillery, not on Tianquan Island!"

“……”

"You're lying to us!"