The voices in the cabin were strange, and it was easy to wonder what Blackbeard was doing to Marat inside.

This is a profound philosophical question.

In order not to disturb the elegance of both sides, Lorraine, who has the status of the supervisor of the talks, consciously chose to avoid it, giving human nature full room for liberation.

He stood bored in the aisle, leaning against the guardrail, looking out at the deck.

The late-night battle was over, and fortunately, neither side suffered significant losses in this battle.

On the defensive, Drake killed three sailors and Nelson killed four guards. Among the sailors, there were no long-term sailors who were regarded as the backbone of the Chamber of Commerce, but there were two non-commissioned officers among the guards, and the highest rank of them was the Sergeant Sikes who had long been labeled "mediocre" by Lorraine.

Blackbeard on offense is a bit bigger in terms of losses.

A total of twelve pirates were killed, three of them died on the way to the port, one was decapitated by Lorraine on the bow deck, and the rest were confessed to the battle between Leif and Zamuyam, and in a panic, they plunged into the crowd of Drake's sailors.

They eventually became the nourishment for this fornication.

Because both Lorraine and Blackbeard understand that if they want to take down their opponents tonight, they must be prepared to take on a greater cost. But here, on Lake Nicaragua, which belonged to the Spaniards, both sides had very little tolerance for casualties, and the only way to seek friendship was to seek the most rational course of action.

And this hypocritical and insecure friendship needs to continue until the conspiracy against the Grenada emissary is over, and both sides are doing their best to show goodwill in order to make it seem more sincere.

On the swarthy deck, the pirates are cleaning up the messy battlefield under the command of Zaini and the Drake sailors; In the ship's infirmary, Chamuyam and Leif enjoyed the top medical treatment of the royal alchemist in peace.

Pathetic Marat was also part of the goodwill, and Lorraine accepted Nelson's suggestion to allow Blackbeard to meet with his captives first. Although he gave up auditing, Lorraine basically knew what the meeting would talk about.

"So after meeting Marat, he should be clamoring to see Torresias next......"

Three points of coincidence, seven points of deliberateness, and at the moment when Nelson dangled to his side, Lorraine sent this self-talk out.

His words aroused Nelson's curiosity: "You gave up on listening, but you still know what they will talk about?" ”

"Obviously, I know." Lorraine smiled mysteriously, "What's more, I don't see this as a secret, if Blackbeard could have been honest from the beginning, he would have known everything if he asked me." ”

Nelson's eyes sparkled: "I smell the secrets. Tell me, what did the Spaniards have that would make the pirate king so entangled? ”

"A glance at the spring."

"Spring?"

"The only fountain of such magic is the Fountain of Youth, predicted by Herodotus and which has been popular in the Caribbean for centuries."

"Youth ......" Nelson was stunned on the spot, and digested it for a long time, "The dignified pirate king would actually believe such nonsense? ”

"So you think this fountain is nonsense."

"You believe it?"

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not." Lorraine shook her head boringly, "It's just that there are legends everywhere in the world, and there are countless explorers who die for it every year." Even in honor of those brave and greedy souls, I am more willing to support its existence until someone proves that it does not exist. ”

"Do you want to find it, then?" Nelson was completely anti-guest-oriented, and asked closely after Lorraine's words.

Lorraine thought seriously for a while: "Probably not." ”

"You really don't want to?"

"I have said that I do not regard it as a secret, which at least proves that my soul does not value the privilege of transcending life and death. But no matter how you look at it, I always feel like it's calling to me, and it's never been too far away from me since I came to the Caribbean. ”

"That's a delusion!"

Nelson never seemed to be so solemn as to be so solemn, and he kept shaking his head and admonishing Lorraine.

"Drake, time is a treasure given by God to mankind, and birth, old age, sickness and death are all treasures for us to survive in the world. I feel that every letter of the legend associated with that fountain smells of chaos and evil, a doom spread by pagans and demons, haunting everyone who tries to find it. ”

"But am I not just a heretic?"

"Don't tease! You know that's not what I said! ”

Lorraine surrendered.

Every Puritans were born dead-eyed, and his dead father was, Shaq was, and so was Nelson.

Lorraine raised her hands high, a hippie smile, and sincerity.

"Well, Colonel, you have crossed the line, but I am willing to assure you that I will not seek this fountain for my own greed, whether it exists or not. I hope that you will calm down now, see the stakes clearly, and judge its value to the present and us rationally, not emotionally. ”

Nelson frowned deeply: "Now? We? Value? Blackbeard? ”

Lorraine smiled and nodded, cleared her throat, and began to recount the scattered thoughts of these days.

"Declare that such a state of affairs was not expected in advance. On the premise of insufficient information, my following words will be mixed with a lot of brain supplements and speculation. That's the main reason why I didn't mention it to you in my letter the other day, but now we need to decide whether to accept them or not. ”

"Last October, San Carlos worked together to wipe out a pirate king and his pirate fleet on the San Juan River. The news came from Marat's dictation and was confirmed by Torresias, the pirate king of the flies Thomas, a faithful follower of the Fountain of Youth. ”

"I'm guessing that Thomas came here for the Torresias family's research on the Fountain of Youth, because beyond that, San Carlos doesn't have any value enough to be favored by pirates. Torresias' speculation is similar to mine, but unfortunately we do not have the testimony of Thomas himself. ”

"This is the first key of the day, and the little San Carlos gathers two fanatics of the Fountain of Youth, one is Baron Torlesias, whose family has been dedicated to it for generations, and the other is our Pirate King, His Highness Thomas the Fly."

"And then there's the second key."

"After Thomas's death, or perhaps while he was alive, there was a secret story in the Caribbean. Secret News claims that he has mastered the location of the Fountain of Youth, or at least the key information related to the location, which is recorded in his nautical diary. ”

"I haven't collected this secret from any sources, it may have been spread by another Fountain of Youth, it may have been spread by Thomas himself, or even Torresias after getting Thomas's diary, in order to attract more people who have explored the Fountain of Youth, but it doesn't matter."

"What is important is the combination of Marat's dictation and Blackbeard's actions, Blackbeard apparently came for Thomas's diary, and moreover, he knew nothing about Torresias."

"From this, we now have at least three chips in our hands that are enough to buy Blackbeard's life."

"The first was the opportunity for him to meet Torresias. It's a chip that will cost us the least, but we're not familiar with Blackbeard's interrogation style, and it's unclear if Torresias said it all. Once the situation gets out of hand, we are likely to lose a useful pawn and re-establish ourselves as a troublesome enemy. ”

"The second is a copy of Thomas's nautical diary, which is in Torresias' possession and will soon be in my possession. This chip is worthless, and it is the safest money to buy your life. Of course, with only one copy, we can't expect Blackbeard to be much of a solid force to rely on. ”

"The third is a copy of the Torresias family's research materials, a derivative of the second chip, added to the other side of the scales, enough to make the copy worthless. Blackbeard is going crazy about it, and we don't need to worry about whether he's going to work hard in the next move. The problem is only that after this battle, if he doesn't die, when he digests these copies, I will definitely become the next target of his hunt. ”

"How to weigh it, Mr. Colonel? I want to hear from you. ”

At the end of the long narrative, Nelson blinked in a daze: "Drake, what you've been thinking about these days?" ”

"Most of them came to my door, as I said, like the Fountain of Youth, which has been calling me."

"I'm just curious why you insist on keeping the original. In fact, you know very well that it means a huge risk. ”

Nelson got to the point.

Lorraine was silent for a long time, and reluctantly replied: "I am a businessman, Mr. Colonel. So I know that something can only be fully valued if it is of equal value to both parties. If we put on a posture and abandon him, then no matter how stupid Blackbeard is, we shouldn't expect the final price. ”