"Maybe something has changed, something we didn't expect." Pulsatilla Owen touched his green chin and narrowed his eyes, his gray eyes twinkling. "Is this a bureau?" Liu Qiqiao's eyes were full of suspicion and uneasiness, and he felt more and more that he felt that it was really a big mistake for him to boldly follow these Western pirates here to fight the autumn breeze for the sake of the bounty offered by the governor of Luzon.

"No way, if that's the case, that Colonel Alfonso and his thousand or so men will be victimized, do you think it's possible?" Pulsatilla turned his head and glanced at Liu Qiqiao, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly, this Oriental man's mind is really strange, and even the idea of thinking about things is confusing.

His side had a huge advantage not only in numbers, but also in firepower, and if that was the case, then Colonel Alfonso's three ships and all the Spanish navy would not be torn to pieces by the angry pirates.

"But I don't think it's right, when we were frustrated, the other party actually sent two people to negotiate, and said that the princess of Spain was in their hands. Doesn't that make you feel strange? Liu Qiqiao still insists on his own point of view.

"I think they're at the end of their crossbows." A pirate leader used an oriental idiom to express his opinion. "Our continuous attacks, although there are heavy casualties, but how much better can they be? I guess they are running out of ammunition or have too many casualties, so they have to extend an olive branch to us. ”

"This olive branch is too strange, isn't it? Maybe they got a European woman from somewhere, pretending to be Her Royal Highness the Princess of Spain, and trying to deceive our poor Colonel Alfonso by using her beauty. A pirate leader had a sinister smile on his face. His words provoked a knowing laugh from the pirate leaders.

"Don't guess, let's wait, and see what kind of answer our commander can give us later, and we'll know the answer. For now, we'll do whatever we have to do, as long as we don't forget our allies for a while. Pulsatilla Owen raised his eyes and saw that the sampan had reached the side of the flagship, and simply ended this nerve-wracking guessing game with a nonsense, the answer would have been seen in Alfonso's order.

Even if Colonel Alfonso wanted to play tricks, he was not afraid, although on the surface these allies obeyed the command of this self-proclaimed superior colonel, but in reality, it was really a critical moment, and it was not certain who would listen to whom.

"These damn dog mongrels, it's disgusting to look at their arrogant ugliness. Someday, I'll make them cry without even crying. Colonel Alfonso saw the ugliness of those pirate leaders, and curled the corners of his mouth in disdain, his blue pupils flashing with cold murderous intent.

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"I am the eldest princess Carlotta, personally appointed by His Majesty the King. On behalf of Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, I have come to present to you a letter from Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess. Lieutenant Colonel José walked up to the group of Spanish naval officers who were looking at him with squinted eyes and an unkind expression, folded his legs, gave a military salute to Alfonso, who was wearing the colonel's insignia, and respectfully handed the letter written by Maria herself and stamped with his seal.

The pirate leaders all stood aside, hanging their eyes, as if they were watching a play.

"What fleet did you serve in before, and why haven't I seen you?" Alfonso looked at José, who he could tell from his appearance and demeanor that he was an orthodox military man.

Lieutenant Colonel José replied without squinting: "I used to serve in the New World Fleet, and I was seriously wounded in a battle to encircle and suppress pirates, so I returned to Spain to recuperate, and after my wounds were healed, I was appointed by His Majesty the King as an attendant to His Royal Highness the eldest princess. ”

"I've seen Her Royal Highness the Princess, but why haven't I seen you?" Colonel Alfonso was still staring at José, suspicion and distrust written all over his handsome face.

"Yes, I have also met His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Princess, why haven't I seen you?!" Several more naval officers stepped forward, but their tones were furious.

"I only became an attendant to Her Royal Highness the Princess last year, and after becoming an attendant to Her Royal Highness, I went to the Holy See with Her Royal Highness. There are not many people who know that I am the attendant of Her Royal Highness the Princess, but this is a fact. ”

"Colonel, before leaving the kingdom for Luzon, I heard a friend of mine mention that Her Royal Highness's new chamberlain is also called Jose." A naval officer whispered to Alfonso. "But I haven't seen him, so I'm not sure if he's someone from Her Royal Highness's side."

"What is this, persuasion?! Ridiculous, it's a big joke! Alfonso put aside doubts about José's identity for a moment and set his eyes on the letter, but when he glanced at it hurriedly, a mocking smile appeared on his lips. In addition, the handwriting of Her Royal Highness the Princess, none of us know it, who can guarantee that it is true? ”

"It's not a letter of persuasion, it's an order from Her Royal Highness the Princess, with Her Royal Highness's personal seal and autograph." Lieutenant Colonel José patiently explained.

"Do you think that if you write a few words and forge a fake seal, I will fall for you?" Alfonso casually tossed the letter to another officer beside him and walked up to José with only disdain on his cold face. "Still, this letter confirms you, a traitor! The Spaniards had many brave soldiers, but there were also some shameless traitors, and I once had a colleague who was once an excellent officer, but because of some small conflicts with his superiors, he actually betrayed the motherland, became a pirate, and did the work of killing people and goods...... Do you know how he ended? I grabbed him with my own hands and sent him to the gallows! And you ......," the sneer on Colonel Alfonso's face alluded to the fate of the traitor who wore the uniform of a Spanish officer.

"Mr. Colonel, I also hate traitors, and I am definitely not that kind of person, and Her Royal Highness the Princess is indeed on this island. I swear in the name of my ancestors and of God. Lieutenant Colonel José secretly complained in his heart, hating to cut out his liver and heart to prove that he was so innocent, and it was definitely not the kind of rebellion that had no loyalty to the motherland.

Hearing the oath of the Lieutenant Colonel José, the pirate leaders all laughed, their faces were full of mockery, and one of the pirate leaders still pinched his throat and said very solemnly: "I swear in the name of my grandmother and God that I have never touched a woman." ”

These words immediately caused the pirate leaders to laugh unbridledly. For them, the oath is like a fart after eating mashed potatoes, and when the wind blows, it is gone, and who can remember it afterwards?

"Enough!" Colonel Alfonso glanced at the allies in displeasure, then turned back to José with perceptive eyes as if he had seen through the sinister intentions of the traitor to his homeland. "Ancestors and God? You people, from the moment you betrayed your homeland, have left your ancestors and God behind. "Colonel Alfonso is like a dignified judge sitting on the bench of the court, giving the final verdict.

"Take him down, be with that old man, don't worry, I will give you a fair trial, in Luzon, but there is only one next time for traitors, and that is hanging!"

"You can't do that! Colonel, I am the attendant of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and Her Royal Highness the Princess is on the island, and I have not deceived you! Lieutenant Colonel José struggled hard in exchange for the butt of a Spanish soldier, looking at Lieutenant Colonel José who was being dragged away.

Alfonso took a deep breath: "Everyone, it's time to see us, please go back to your respective warships, and use our powerful artillery fire to let the Qing pirates on this island understand that all their resistance is futile, and any conspiracy is useless in the face of our absolute strength!" ”

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ps: The first update is coming, in the rush to draft, this ** is about to end, and when the time comes, Master Liang will immediately embark on the journey to Luzon!

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