Chapter 263: Captain Hawke!
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Zhou Quanbei naturally didn't have time to pay attention to Li Manli's thoughts. ◆ Top ◆ dot ◆ small ◆ said, w≧ww.23≦wx.c√om
Only when you are full of warmth can you think of lust ~ desire.
But under this condition, whether the little life can be preserved, it is two words, even if the fire in the body is big, where can Zhou Quanbei take care of this?
However, fortunately, the coconut milk stewed dog meat is really a great supplement, otherwise, even if it is Zhou Quanbei's physical strength, I am afraid that it will not be able to last now.
The two rested at the entrance of the cave for about ten minutes, and seeing that the air was almost circulating, Zhou Quanbei glanced at Li Manli, lit the lighter to lead the way in front, and took the lead into the cave.
Li Manli didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed Zhou Quanbei carefully.
The staircase made of stone is narrow, but it is polished very smooth, and there is even a row of handrails on one side of the stone wall.
It can be seen that this place should have been deliberately carved by someone.
After walking a few meters up, there was a sudden turn in front of me, and it continued to lead to the top.
By the light of the lighter, Zhou Quanbei gestured to Li Manli and signaled her to be careful.
After such a long period of contact, the two were already very ink, Li Manli nodded cautiously, and her little hand tightly grabbed the placket behind Zhou Quanbei.
After about a few more meters up, a wooden door suddenly appeared in front of me.
The wooden door is very quaint, and there is no decoration, Zhou Quanbei pushed it hard, but there was no response, and it was dead.
The lighter was already burning, so Zhou Quanbei hurriedly changed one hand to hold the lighter, and the other hand to hold the buckle knife, stuffed the tip of the knife into the crack of the door, and used a spade hard.
In an instant, there was a 'creak', and the wooden door loosened slightly.
Zhou Quanbei hurriedly adjusted his posture, kicked hard, and kicked towards the wooden door.
In a moment, there was a 'boom', and the wooden door collapsed, and an old musty smell emanated from inside.
Zhou Quanbei covered his nose and strode in, and Li Manli hurriedly followed behind.
By the light of the lighter, Zhou Quanbei could see that the space was not small, about thirty or forty square meters, on both sides, there were some boxes piled up in a mess, and in the direction near the sea, there was a natural crack, the wind blew in from inside, and the rain occasionally drifted in.
Next to it, there is a hammock, on the bed, there is a human skeleton, and next to it there is a small table with two old daggers on it, and an old revolver ~ gun.
Above, is an old-fashioned petrol table lamp.
Zhou Quanbei walked over quickly, lit the fuse of the table lamp, and soon, the light in the room was restored.
Li Manli was also stunned by this scene, covered her mouth tightly, and looked at all this in disbelief.
Zhou Quanbei couldn't help but smile, came to a box next to him, and pried open the box with the tip of the snap knife, and in an instant, the golden light was dazzling, and it turned out to be a box of gold coins.
Zhou Quanbei pried open several boxes one after another, all of them were full of gold coins, and a few of them were all kinds of paper scrolls, Zhou Quanbei picked one up casually, and looked at it by the light, it should be an ancient nautical chart.
"Miss Manli, we seem to have made a fortune." Zhou Quanbei couldn't help laughing.
Li Manli was also a little incredulous at the scene in front of her, "Could it be that there really is a treasure?" This, this is incredible. ”
Zhou Quanbei grabbed a few handfuls of gold coins and put them in his hand, the familiar touch made Zhou Quanbei feel home.
"It should be. If there are no outsiders who kill us, I think these gold coins belong to us. Zhou Quanbei smiled faintly.
Li Manli also reacted and couldn't help but be ecstatic, "Mr. Zhou, you, you are really amazing." ”
Zhou Quanbei couldn't help laughing, casually threw the gold coins in the box, turned to Li Manli and said, "The premise is that we must get out alive." ”
With that, Zhou Quanbei came to the side of the hammock and picked up the dagger and pistol on the small table.
The two daggers have scabbards, but there is some dust on them, and they are wiped with their own clothes, Zhou Quanbei can't help but be a little speechless, the scabbards are all inlaid with gold and broken diamonds, even if they can't be named, Zhou Quanbei can also know that this must be extremely valuable.
When I pulled it out, the cold light seeped into people, and it was obviously tens of thousands of times stronger than Li Manli's snap knife.
Putting the two daggers on his body, Zhou Quanbei checked the left ~ wheel ~ hand ~ gun again, but unfortunately, it is very old, this firearm has been rusted and cannot be used at all.
At this time, Li Manli said: "Mr. Zhou, look, look at his hands? ”
Zhou Quanbei hurriedly looked in the direction of Li Manli, but saw that the left hand of the corpse in the hammock was actually an iron hook.
Zhou Quanbei frowned and carefully examined the corpse.
Perhaps because it was in a closed environment and had air circulation, this skeleton did not rot, but was dried into 'jerky' like a mummy.
This time, his face can still vaguely see the outline of the year, but ~, at this moment, the old dead skin is wrapped in bones, which looks extremely hideous.
The clothes he wore back then were tightly glued to his body, although he couldn't tell his age when he died, but Zhou Quanbei visually measured his figure, at least 1.9 meters, presumably back then, it should have been very majestic.
At this time, Li Manli shouted: "Mr. Zhou, this, this seems to be his diary." ”
Zhou Quanbei was stunned, turned his head hurriedly, and saw Li Manli picking up a leather notebook on the wooden frame on the right hand side of the skeleton.
Zhou Quanbei hurried over and took a closer look.
Unfortunately, due to the age and the humidity of the indoor air, the paper inside has already been tightly crushed into a piece, and it has long been out of shape, but on the leather surface of the last page, it seems to have written a red handwriting with blood stains.
This text should be in French, Zhou Quanbei didn't know it, and turned to Li Manli and said, "What is written on this?" ”
Li Manli frowned slightly, and after a moment, she said, "This, this seems to be his suicide note." ”
"Oh?" Zhou Quanbei raised his eyebrows, "Go on." ”
Li Manli explained in a whisper: "His name is Hawke. Born in 1763, he was originally a descendant of a French gypsy. As an adult, life forced him to become a sailor to make ends meet. Later, however, one of his arms was cut off due to an accident, and he had to become a pirate. Unexpectedly, pirates became the beginning of the pinnacle of his life. From the New World to the Atlantic Ocean to the Strait of Gibraltar, it became his sphere of activity. Because, he has also accumulated a huge fortune. ”
Zhou Quanbei nodded and motioned for Li Manli to continue.
Li Manli continued: "He couldn't count how much wealth he had. It's just that France, the Netherlands, Spain, England, Portugal, he has robbed their merchant ships. These countries also gave him a nickname, Captain Hawke. A bounty was offered to buy his life. However, he is as shrewd as a cunning fox, how can those wine bags and rice bags be his opponents? ”
"Captain Hawke?" Zhou Quanbei's mind was spinning rapidly, but he didn't get the slightest information about him.
Li Manli added: "Later, he robbed a French merchant ship, but he didn't know that the ship was sailing from his hometown of Nantes to the New World. On that ship, he met the daughter of a French nobleman and fell in love with her uncontrollably. For this, he freed the merchant ship and gave them a large compensation, begging the nobleman to marry his daughter to him. Unfortunately, the nobleman did not forgive him, let alone marry his daughter to him. ”
Li Manli paused and said, "In order to get the nobleman's daughter, he killed all her family, threw her into the sea, and fed the sharks. ”
Zhou Quanbei couldn't help but smile, this Captain Hawke's style of acting was deeply angry with himself.
A man and a husband stand between heaven and earth, if everything has to be controlled by others, then what does it mean?
Li Manli said again: "That beautiful woman gave birth to three children. He was in Lisbon and bought a mansion for the woman to live with her three children. He is desperately trying to make money, hoping to give her and her children a better life. ”
Zhou Quanbei nodded, this Captain Hawke is really temperamental.
Li Manli said at this time: "It's a pity that that woman doesn't really love him." She hooked up with his assistant and killed him on his way back to Lisbon. Thanks to the loyal escorts of several of his men, he was able to break out of the siege, but he was also seriously wounded. When he wants to return to the captain, he finds that everything has changed. The original subordinates, in addition to being killed by his deputy, were his deputies. His foundations were ruined. ”
Zhou Quanbei's brows also furrowed.
The eldest husband will inevitably have an unvirtuous wife and a unfilial son. How can a twisted melon be sweet. This kind of ending is also expected.
Li Manli continued: "Fortunately, because he is a pirate, most of his property is not completely bleached, and it is only a few that are used on that woman. Most of his possessions were stored on an island in the Atlantic Ocean, which was called the Devil's Sea, very close to the European continent. ”
"Wait." Zhou Quanbei interrupted Li Manli's words, and his mind was clever, "What do you mean, he said that this is the Atlantic?" ”
Li Manli nodded hurriedly, "Yes." That's what he said. ”
Zhou Quanbei's brows couldn't help frowning, but he quickly relaxed, "It's okay." Miss Manly, you go on. ”
Li Manli glanced at Zhou Quanbei carefully, and then said: "He worked hard and finally escaped from Lisbon." At this time, he heard a message. He and the woman's three children were brutally killed by the woman. What is even more hateful is that his deputy, knowing the whereabouts of his treasure, sent a large number of men to search for it. How could he let these people get away with it? He spent a lot of money to buy off a naval officer at the time, and under the cover of a warship, he sent him to Las Palmas, and he bought a small boat for himself, and came here by a different route. Unfortunately, in a fit of rage, when he came here, his body had reached its limit, and he cast a curse here. All who covet his treasures will be punished most severely by the devil. ”
"Finished?"
"It's over." Li Manli said carefully.
Zhou Quanbei couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and lit a cigarette, to some extent, this Captain Hawke was really a tragic man.
A big husband, with a successful career, why bother without a wife?
It's a pity. Everything has gone with the wind.
Li Manli also said: "This Captain Hawke is really pitiful. That woman is really a little too ruthless. Perhaps, if he wasn't so intense at the beginning, maybe there wouldn't have been such an ending. ”
Zhou Quanbei couldn't help but smile and shook his head, "Maybe." However, now that we have found his remains, we can't let him stay here so lonely anymore. Let's go, I'll carry him down, let's bury him properly. ”
Li Manli nodded hurriedly and followed behind Zhou Quanbei.
The two dug a big pit in the coconut grove near the reef and buried Captain Hawke's remains inside, but unfortunately, the conditions here were poor and could not be made into tombstones, so Zhou Quanbei had to carve a few Chinese characters with a knife on the coconut tree on the side, 'Captain Hawke's Tomb.' ’
After all this, the rainstorm seemed to dissipate all at once, and the morning sun peeked out of the clouds, and the warm sunlight appeared at the end of the horizon.
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