Chapter Twenty-Nine: Li Qiao'er
The auspicious time for this trip to sea was a little poor, Bai Sha thinks so.
Although it is common to the changeable weather at sea, the sudden rain still makes Bai Sha unhappy, indicating that Bai Sha is urging to board the ship quickly, otherwise it will be too late.
The flotilla had been anchored, but the pedals on the side of the ship had not yet been retracted.
"Hurry up, it's going to rain." Bai Sha said to Li Qiao'er.
Li Qiao'er didn't dare to have any objections, and she even needed to trot to keep up with Baisha......
Bai Sha and Li Qiao'er caught up with the departing fleet at the last moment.
In Bai Sha's opinion, Li Qiaoer's reason for making up nonsense is really a bit lame, and after getting on the boat, Bai Sha was also pierced through this layer of tulle and did not continue to investigate.
Strangely enough, after boarding the ship, the sparse raindrops falling from the sky also stopped, and there was no movement.
After getting on the boat, Li Qiaoer returned to her room alone, the door was locked, and she did not continue to serve Zheng Zhilong.
Zheng Zhilong asked Bai Sha who came over, "What are you two doing in the grove?" ”
Bai Sha stretched out a hand and motioned for Zheng Zhilong to stop quickly, and said, "It's not the two of us who went to the grove, but I followed her." ”
Zheng Zhilong frowned and asked, "Tailgating?" ”
Bai Sha was stunned for a moment and scolded: "Zheng Zhiworm, don't say it so ugly, the fleet is about to go to sea, I found that Li Qiao'er sneakily touched into the woods, so I followed." This girl doesn't want to set off with us, I think there's something wrong. ”
Zheng Zhilong stopped joking and asked, "What did she say?" How so? ”
"She said she wanted to wait for us on this island to return home, but she knew she was lying when she looked timid." Pak Sha Road.
Zheng Zhilong pondered: "First scatter the ashes, then have a conflict with the crew and want to jump into the sea, and finally hide when you go to sea...... There are too many things about Li Qiaoer, what does she want to do? ”
Bai Sha turned his head to look at Li Qiao'er's room and said, "The crew was recruited by you, this Li Qiao'er is a new crew member, you didn't pay attention to it at the beginning?" ”
Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said: "Although I recruited her, it is impossible for me to have contact with everyone, some people are in a group, and there are some crew members who cannot go to sea to find someone to replace them temporarily, so I have no impression of her." ”
"Would you like to come into the house and ask?" Zheng Zhilong asked.
Bai Sha smiled and said, "She is your personal maid, you can ask." ”
Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "I don't care if I love to ask or not." ”
Bai Sha didn't say anything more, but turned around and walked towards Li Qiao'er's room.
knocked on Li Qiaoer's door, but there was no movement inside, and Bai Sha continued to knock on the door, but there was still no movement.
"You can't think of hanging yourself, do you?" Zheng Zhilong, who suddenly spoke, startled Bai Sha.
Bai Sha nodded and said, "It's not impossible. ”
Bai Sha said to the room: "If you can't think of hanging yourself, if you don't have it, open the door, otherwise I will break in!" Hey, hey, did the people in front of you hear me? ”
There was finally movement in the room, and Li Qiaoer opened the door.
I saw Li Qiao'er bowing her head, and said with a blessing: "I've seen the captain and the first mate." ”
Bai Sha crossed the threshold and entered the room, "When did you see you like this?" ”
Zheng Zhilong stood outside the door and did not enter, he thought that it was inappropriate to enter the woman's boudoir without Li Qiaoer's consent.
After entering the room, Bai Sha looked around and found nothing unusual, so he turned around and said, "The captain wants to ask you." ”
With that, Bai Sha strode out of the room and onto the deck.
Zheng Zhilong looked at the departing Baisha and scolded Baisha in his heart for not being righteous.
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Just as the White Sands' fleet had left the island, about two hours later, a group of guests had arrived on the island again.
Another fleet docked, a fleet of more than ten ships, the crew was full and numerous.
I saw the crew go ashore one after another, and then a middle-aged man with a full beard appeared. He was the captain of this fleet, with a big knife hanging from his waist, and his face was a little happy.
The middle-aged man looked at the dense woods, took out a conch and blew it, and after a few sounds, there was still no movement in the woods.
The smile on the middle-aged man's face gradually disappeared, and he said to himself, "What about people? It can't be discovered, right? ”
The fleet had been docked on the shore for a long time, and no one on the island had appeared except for the new fleet.
"It's broken!" The middle-aged man said with a row of thighs.
"You can go to sea and chase along the route at full speed!" The middle-aged man immediately couldn't give the order.
In this way, the guests on the island came and went in a hurry, and all left
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Zheng Zhilong was right, after the second supply point, the wind direction changed significantly, the crew stretched out all the canvas, adjusted the angle, and with the help of the wind, the speed of the fleet sailed a lot faster.
Zheng Zhilong had an awkward conversation in Li Qiao'er's room, and in the end he didn't ask anything, so he could only retreat to find Baisha.
Bai Sha looked at Zheng Zhilong's appearance and knew that there was no harvest, and sighed helplessly: "Where did your spirit go?" ”
Zheng Zhilong scratched his head and said with a smile: "You know, I haven't dealt with girls much......
Bai Sha said: "Who asked you to deal with it, it was to ask you to ask!" ”
Hearing Bai Sha's words, Zheng Zhilong was not satisfied, and said, "You can do it!" ”
Bai Sha nodded and said, "Look at it, I'll ask alone." ”
Zheng Zhilong didn't close the door after coming out of Li Qiaoer's room, the door was open like this, and Bai Sha entered Li Qiaoer's room without any obstruction, and closed the door.
Zheng Zhilong looked at the departing white sand, waved his sleeves and came to the helm at the helm......
Bai Sha entered Li Qiao'er's room, and Li Qiao'er's eyes were obviously a little evasive.
Li Qiao'er was not afraid of Zheng Zhilong, because the captain always spoke softly and gently to him. Baisha is different, maybe she has been scared by Baisha a little too many times, and Li Qiaoer is scared from the bottom of her heart.
Bai Sha, who entered the room, was not polite, and walked directly to Li Qiao'er and sat down, smiling kindly.
Li Qiao'er on the side was sitting in a precarious position, not daring to make any movement.
"Go get me some fruit to eat." Bai Sha said.
Li Qiaoer was taken aback, and quickly got up and got back a fruit.
Bai Sha looked at the fruit in his hand, and then enjoyed it slowly, and did not speak during the period, until he wiped his mouth after eating the fruit, and suddenly looked at Li Qiao'er with a cold eye.
"Li Qiao'er, I'm not bad for you." Bai Sha said.
Li Qiao'er lowered her head and said, "The first mate is very good to me. ”
Bai Sha continued: "Do you think I'm a good person? ”
Li Qiao'er raised her head, glanced at Bai Sha, who was not smiling, and then quickly retracted her eyes, and said, "I don't think the first mate is a bad person. ”
Bai Shaha laughed, "Not a bad person? That is to say, he is not a good person, which is a fair evaluation. ”
Li Qiao'er didn't dare to speak on the side, thinking that it would be good if the captain was here at this time.
Bai Sha said slowly: "I think we were attacked by the man in black when we were at the first supply point, and we almost died, and after the man in black retreated, Zheng Zhilong and I went to the woods. As luck would have it, we found a cave in the woods with a large number of weapons, bows and crossbows, and artillery. You have seen the power of these weapons, if we use artillery in the face of an ordinary fleet, I think there is almost no suspense, we will blow each other to slag! ”
Li Qiao'er's eyelids jumped, and the little hands hidden in the cuffs trembled a little.
When Bai Sha spoke, he also paid attention to Li Qiaoer's movements, and saw that he didn't speak. Instead, he continued: "Just yesterday, I transferred the excellent crew to five warships, the purpose of which is to enhance the combat power and prevent the rest of the way from having ill-intentioned people who want to snatch our goods, Li Qiao'er, do you think I did the right thing? ”
Suddenly asked, Li Qiao'er unconsciously moved her body and replied, "The first mate is wise, and the decision will not be wrong." ”
Bai Sha snorted and continued: "I'll tell you this, you don't have any ideas, I just chatted with you and didn't mean anything else, you are the only girl in our fleet, you can be said to be a pearl." ”
After saying that, Bai Sha got up and prepared to leave.
Looking at Bai Sha's departing figure, Li Qiao'er was about to stop the other party. But as soon as the words reached his mouth, Bai Sha, who had reached the threshold, suddenly turned his head, and Li Qiao'er, who was about to speak, took back the words from his mouth.
Bai Sha looked at Li Qiao'er and smiled, and said: "Li Qiao'er, the sailing process is boring, it's okay to go out of the room to breathe, if you have any needs, or want to find someone to talk to, come to me or the captain." ”
Baisha strode away, Li Qiao'er breathed a long sigh of relief, took out an embroidered handkerchief and wiped the fine beads of sweat on her forehead.
Bai Sha said that Li Qiao'er knew that she had been on the fleet since she went to sea, and it was deliberately arranged for her to come to this fleet to disguise herself as a man.
The warning meaning of what Bai Sha said was obvious, Li Qiao'er was a little worried and scared now, but now that Bai Sha was staring at him, he almost restricted his freedom, and he couldn't go anywhere.
Bai Sha, who came out of Li Qiaoer's room, came to Zheng Zhilong's side and took the rudder in Zheng Zhilong's hand to familiarize himself with it.
Zheng Zhilong was squeezed aside by Bai Sha, and said angrily: "Have you asked for any key information?" ”
Bai Sha said while turning the rudder slightly: "It's a girl anyway, although her appearance is suspicious, but she hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, maybe our suspicion of her is wrong, but it is not necessarily, I went to her room just for small talk." ”
Zheng Zhilong sneered: "To put it simply, I didn't ask anything. ”
Bai Sha was noncommittal, but said: "Zheng Zhilong, escorting the goods is frightened all day long, afraid that the goods will be lost, so uncomfortable." Why don't we change careers, let's go to pirates, and it's better to rob other people's goods than to be robbed, okay? ”
Zheng Zhilong snatched back the rudder and said angrily: "We don't have this strength, your mind is very dangerous, if you really become a pirate, if you are discovered by the heart of the ocean, you will die." ”
Bai Sha shrunk his neck and whispered, "That's what I said." ”
No one could have imagined that the jokes that the two of them made on the side of the rudder, as if they had sworn to the sacred rudder, would both embark on this path in the near future.
A merchant can be a pirate, and a pirate can be a merchant.