In the dark and damp cave, more than a dozen torches are burning on the cave wall.

Under the flickering flames, the expressions on the faces of the pirates were miserable, sad, and desperate, and no one in the cave said a word except for the dull sound of breathing.

They had nowhere to run but to hide in this stronghold that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Bao Linong's pestle is in the center of everyone, he is tall and burly, and he has more than ten lives under his hands as a pirate leader all year round, and he has an aura that can convince everyone.

At this moment, he saw the low morale at the moment, so he snorted coldly and raised his voice: "Hmph, all of them cheer up Lao Tzu, no matter how great their ability is, they can only come in vertically and go out horizontally!" ”

The dull voice of Baulinon buzzed in the small cave, and when the pirates heard it, they also felt justified - the cave was in the shape of a gourd, and there was only one path in and out, and the narrowest part of it could only allow one person to pass sideways, and even if the person who came was able, it was impossible to deal with the siege of so many people without making room for maneuver.

"Boss, let's just stay in this hole and not get out?" Song Qi scratched his head.

Bao Linong stretched out his hand and pointed to the pile of supplies piled up in the depths of the cave, and said: "There is food and fresh water, we can eat for three months, can the official stay on this island and spend three months with us?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a buzzing shout from outside the cave.

"The people inside listened, quickly put down their weapons and came out to surrender, now the county magistrate, the hundred households are outside the cave, this time thinking that you are all forced by life to fall into the grass, the adults decided to only punish the evil, and will not embarrass you......"

As soon as the people in the cave heard this, several of them looked stunned, as if they inadvertently swept their eyes over Bao Linong's face.

There are still forty-seven pirates in this cave, including Bao Linong, except for a dozen and so vicious criminals who have been burdened with bloodshed, most of the others are brave but still recognize their identity as the people of the Ming Dynasty and fishermen from their hearts.

Now after a few years of licking blood, although almost everyone has a lot of blood debts, they still feel that they should belong to that one acre and three points of land or a small fishing boat and the good wife and filial son on board.

The people outside continued to shout, "I know you have water and food in the cave, and you can get by, but—"

"Do you have fire? How much firewood and grass do you have? How long can you live in a dark, damp cave? ”

"The never-ending darkness will devour your spirit like a ghost, and will make you ......"

The morale in the cave that had just been boosted by Bao Linong suddenly crumbled again, no matter how brave they were, in the final analysis, they were just a group of rabble, and at this moment, there were really a few pirates who were active or had no human lives under their hands subconsciously aimed at the entrance of the cave.

"Enough!" Bao Linong knew that if he let the man outside shout again, he was afraid that it would really shake the morale of the army, so he immediately walked to the entrance of the cave and shouted loudly outside: "This is not alarmist, the brothers can drink wine and eat meat all day long in the cave!" ”

After speaking, he turned around, glanced at the group of pirates with different expressions, and said coldly: "From today on, Song Qi, Cao Yang, Qiu Cheng and I, the four of us will take turns to lead the team to guard the entrance of the cave, if anyone wants to go out and surrender——"

Speaking of this, he lengthened his tone: "Then Hugh blames me for ignoring brotherhood!" ”

A full forty-seven people, if they can hold on to the retreat of the government, they will naturally be a leap from the sea. But if it is true that people from the outside are accompanying him here, the dozens of people in this cave and the lot of information he has are the capital of negotiations with the government.

Bao Linon's heart is like a mirror, as long as he has enough people in his hands, then there is still a chance. If you really let these pirates go out and surrender one by one, I'm afraid that the other party will not even have interest in negotiating with you.

Outside the cave, Chen Xian took two steps back, exited the entrance of the cave, turned around and smiled at the magistrate and Baihu: "The effect is not bad, Bao Linong should be in a hurry, and ordered the soldiers to shout inside every half an hour." ”

Liu Yang frowned, looked at the narrow tunnel deep into the cave in front of him, raised his hand and rubbed his chin and said, "However, Bao Linong seems to be saying that he will personally guard the entrance of the cave, and Chen Gongzi's counter-plan is not so easy to succeed, right?" ”

"Haha!" Chen Xian grinned, raised his eyebrows and said, "So...... One more gift to them tonight would be enough. ”

"A big gift?" Ren Zhongyuan pondered for a long time before he said: "This cave is long and narrow, and the internal situation is unknown, so we can't rush into it!" ”

Chen Xian smiled, walked to the side and sat down under the improvised pergola: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, I have already taken the liberty of asking a few elite soldiers from the hundred households to find rescuers, as soon as tonight, or later tomorrow, the opposite side will be self-defeating......"

Su Xinqi, who was standing on the side, couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, he had already learned about that kid's evil plan, and a little cold sweat was pouring out on his forehead at the moment, and he was a little sad for the group of pirates for a while.

"Rescuers?" Ren Zhixian was even more confused, the small island they were in, if there was no hill to cover it, I was afraid that they could see the end at a glance, where did they come from?

Chen Xian no longer paid attention to him, but tugged at Su Xinxi's sleeve and said with a smile: "Go out for a walk? ”

The two of them walked along the path full of dead leaves to the sea, the reef was majestic, the waves were turbulent, and every now and then a helpless drop of water was knocked into the air and gently faded on the cheeks.

"How is she?" Chen Xian's eyes were squinted by the sea breeze, as if he had seen the woman who was always cold and cold, and remembered the warmth of that night when he was half-asleep and half-awake and the faint fragrance that remained in his nose.

Su Xinqi glanced sideways at Chen Xian, of course he knew that this kid was asking Huang Luoxuan, but he just chuckled, and asked pretending not to know, "Who?" ”

"What does she do on a day-to-day basis? Have you ever wandered on the rivers and lakes again? Chen Xian didn't care about Su Xinxi's pretending to be stupid, but gently said two questions in an almost declarative tone.

"I haven't thanked her properly......"

A splash of spray hit his mouth, a little salty, like the cold but bitter feeling on his neck when he first met the girl who pointed a sword at him......

"I don't know what you're talking about." Su Xin saw that this guy was just looking for an audience, so he pursed his lips and ignored him, but secretly said in his heart: "There will be a chance." ”

Chen Xian stood by the beach for a while, and the thoughts of the woman in his heart were gradually blown away by the wind, he originally had doubts about Huang Luoxuan's identity, and yesterday he coaxed out the truth with a casual trick.

Now it seems that the reason why he was abducted to the Li family that day and was able to escape in the end was indeed related to the "Cloud Breaking Sword" Huang Nuxia who wanted to take the life of the "jade-faced adulterous thief".