The Waiping Islands are located in the southeast of Nanao County, just this name, people in later generations will definitely feel extremely unfamiliar, but if you change the name, Nanpeng Islands, then many people will suddenly understand. Compared to Nanao Island, these islands are all deserted islands in the eyes of people, so small that some islanders only need to walk around for a short time, in a sense, they are not suitable for human habitation.

However, for the pirates who were driven away from Guangdong and Fujian by officers and soldiers and encountered many difficulties after going to the South Seas, after the revival of the island of Taiwan, which was later known as the island of Taiwan, this temporary shelter was a springboard for re-entering eastern Guangdong and southern Fujian.

If they hadn't tried to see if the government would re-appease, they would have retreated to Taiwan Island a long time ago, but it was an island several times larger than Nanao, and the only drawback was that it was too far away from the mainland, and it was not as convenient as Nanao Island and Shuangyu Island, which could easily smuggle goods!

Of course, scattered on the Nanpeng Islands, a total of twenty or thirty boats, it is not without opposition. One of the most intense ones, that is, the previous repeated attempts to appease the wall, now it is better to concentrate on attacking a certain guard post to show its strength. The officers and soldiers were reluctant to appease them, because they were about to be driven out, and if they could show their strong muscles, it might not be clear if the government would change its mind.

In this mess of various sounds, on the largest island in the Waiping Islands, on a ship with a simple black flag, Lin Afeng, who was once dominant, was concentrating on grilling fish. In this kind of place far from the mainland, dried vegetables, seabirds and sea fish are all they have to live. on the island. There is fresh water available for drinking. and the denser vegetation of the islands, there are only three in total. Lin Afeng, who is the most powerful, occupies two, and the other is a temporary residence of some stragglers, but Lin Afeng has also heard some rumors, saying that Lin Daoqian is among them.

If it was in the early years, he would definitely sneer and immediately dispatch all the ships and men to fight with Lin Daoqian to decide who is the overlord of the sea. But now he doesn't have that ambition anymore. Last year, he was driven by the officers and soldiers to have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground, so he went to Luzon to fight that battle, and it seemed that he had beaten those red-haired devils to the ground, but his losses were also very large.

He no longer has the thousands of ships and tens of thousands of horses that he claimed in his heyday - that is of course an exaggeration, if there were really tens of thousands, he would have swept across the South Seas - now some of the independent mountains of the people have taken away people, and some have fled back to their hometowns, and there are only a few hundred people around him.

Among them, the Ming people account for less than half. There are also Japanese, blacks, and even local natives in Luzon, etc., and their combat power is uneven. Of course. If Lin Daoqian hides in those stragglers, his strength will only be worse!

"Brother Feng, Qiu Sihai has been bringing Jin Feilong back for two days, and you still haven't seen them?"

Seeing that Lin Afeng didn't say a word, only focused on grilling the fish, the middle-aged man next to him finally couldn't help it, and after sitting down next to Lin Afeng, he said in a low voice: "I also know that now the wind is in turmoil, Qiu Sihai took so many people away, but when he came back, he was the only one plus Jin Feilong, maybe something happened, but on that small broken boat, except for the two of them, the boat boss and two sailors, I was stupid to see us, I carefully interrogated, there is no problem." ”

"Then you say, Jin Feilong was not a good military advisor at the beginning, and he refused to go down to Luzon with me, and ran away with a smoke, and now I have such a small number of people on hand, why did he still follow Qiu Sihai back? Don't tell me, say that Qiu Sihai tied people back to me! If he had this ability, I don't think Jin Feilong would have used that iron ruler to beat many heroes who claimed to be brave and lost their temper! Moreover, the three words Jin Feilong, do you think it is his real name? ”

"But if not, how did Qiu Sihai find someone?" The middle-aged man is Lin Afeng's fellow villager Rao San, who has been following Lin Afeng since he went to the sea as a thief, and can be said to be the right-hand man of the most confidant, after raising such a question at this time, seeing Lin Afeng's action of grilling fish was sluggish, with a groaning expression on his face, he struck while the iron was hot, and said, "Besides, Qiu Sihai has said that he has already connected with Zhou Guanguan, the deputy envoy of the sea channel, and the rest of the people have stayed around the Zhou Mansion, so only two people have come back." Brother Feng, now that people's hearts are about to disperse, if this continues, everyone will have to gnaw the bark on these small broken islands! ”

Lin Afeng also knew that Rao San, who had been with him for the longest time, was already restless, not to mention the other people under him. He was silent for a moment, and finally spoke: "Okay, you go and bring Qiu Sihai and Jin Feilong, and I'll ask them personally." ”

"Okay, I'll go!"

Rao San's intention is not only his intention, nor is it just the request of Qiu Sihai and the others, but the meaning of most of the pirate leaders under Lin Afeng's command. After he got off the boat in a hurry, he walked around the island for half a circle, and finally came to the boat where Qiu Sihai and the others were riding.

Although the pirate ships are quite broken, compared to this small ship, it is a behemoth. At the bottom of the humble boat, there were still a few people guarding it, obviously from Lin Afeng's orders. But at this moment, a few guards were setting up a fire with someone to grill fish, the fragrance was overflowing, talking and laughing, even Rao San, who had just mixed half of the grilled fish at Lin Afeng's place, felt a little hungry when he looked at it.

Dumod was carelessly grilling the fish in his hand at this time. Returning to the pirates, he once again used the domineering pseudonym of Jin Feilong, and at the same time threw all the poems, books and etiquette out of the clouds, and replaced them with an overflowing ruffian aura - if someone who is not familiar with him appears in front of him at this moment, he will definitely not recognize him as the Xiucai in Datong Village! At this moment, he skillfully grilled the fish, sprinkled it with peppercorns, and handed it to Qiu Sihai, these spices were needless to say, they were all trophies of pirates plundering merchant ships. He was very careful not to help the guards, lest they think he was trying to drug or do something else.

Immediately after, as if he had inadvertently caught a glimpse of Rao San coming, he greeted with a smile: "The third master came just in time, eat a little more?" ”

Rao San glanced at the three guards, and saw that they got up and called out to the third master, which was quite respectful. But there was no embarrassment on that smiling face. He didn't know. These three people are also quite moved by the appeasement, so they are willing to get close to these two people that Lin Afeng suspects? At this moment, he sat down next to Du Maode, glanced at Qiu Sihai again, and then said in a low voice: "Brother Feng finally agreed to see you." ”

Qiu Sihai had been suspicious ever since he left Guangzhou blindfolded, until he finally got on the boat and was untied, and he found that there was only one Du Maode by his side, and the boat was walking outward. He is even more at war with heaven and man, and he wants to expose Du Maode's true face in front of Lin Afeng, and suspects that this guy has taken refuge in the pirates who took him down. When Du Maode made it clear that he had indeed contacted the government to appease him and promised him glory and wealth, he had to convince himself that he would follow the other party first. At this time, when he heard Rao San say that Lin Afeng's attitude had finally changed, he secretly pricked up his ears.

Sure enough, Du Maode didn't seem to be surprised, but sighed and smiled bitterly: "I know." Feng Ye probably said goodbye because I didn't say goodbye before, and felt that I was unrighteous. I don't have the guts, but was what I said wrong? Even if you go to Dongfan, you shouldn't go to Luzon! The result is not what I said at the beginning, although those Francs in Luzon were defeated for a while, but what happened later? Didn't it make a comeback later? To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that I happened to bump into Qiu Sihai's hands this time, this guy would be afraid that I would leak the news of the appeasement, and he would have slipped me to the island, and I wouldn't have come back! Feng Ye doesn't want to see me, to be honest, I don't want to see him yet! ”

"That's that, I think when there was a flying dragon by your side Brother Feng, how many pirates were there in Guangdong and Fujian, who could cover our prestige?" Rao San complimented him without hesitation, seeing that Du Maode was a little proud, he knew that this person had been a little arrogant in the past, so he said a few good words, and then finished eating the grilled fish, and then took them to Lin Afeng's place.

When the three of them were about to arrive at Lin Afeng's boat, they only heard someone suddenly shouting at the bow of the boat, and Rao San, who knew what was going on, looked up, and didn't have time to greet the two behind him, so he immediately took three steps and two steps on the boat. When he found that there was a boat coming from the direction of another island not far away, although it was not from his side, it seemed to be flying the flag of the stragglers, he was a little relieved, and immediately reprimanded the sailors who were making a fuss. But even so, he still ordered the surrounding ships to be on guard, and then welcomed Du Maode and Qiu Sihai to come.

Qiu Sihai's boat was in good order, but Du Maode raised his eyes and looked at it, the boat that came over was still far away at this time, and even if there were characters on the bow of the boat, it was only a small black spot, and he couldn't see it clearly with his best eyesight, so he gave up the impulse in his heart - after all, as soon as he arrived here, he was almost equivalent to being firmly watched and placed under house arrest, and he had not yet received any news about Lu Guangwu, so even if he wanted to inquire about it now, he could only endure it first.

Seeing Lin Afeng again after more than a year, Du Maode suddenly remembered the experience of that year. At that time, between life and death, he had to join the gang, and then he surrendered, but after his position among the pirates was firmly established and everyone trusted, because Lin Afeng insisted on fighting Luzon, he suddenly flashed. At this moment, after taking a look, he first fell his gaze on the extra deep and long scar on Lin Afeng's chin.

The pirates don't have any really stable rear, not to mention taking the lead when fighting, at least it is impossible to just drive others into battle, but shrink in a safe place, so the scars on Lin Afeng's body are like the exploits of this pirate king, every time he punishes deserters, taking off his clothes is the best deterrent. However, the face is a façade, and no one wants a scar on the face unless there is an accident, because that would make people question the Pirate King's abilities. It's already been hit in the face, isn't it just one step away from death?

Therefore, in Du Maode's impression, except for a shallow scar on the corner of his eyebrows, Lin Afeng's face before was a small abrasion. And the scar on Lin Afeng's face this time probably means that when he was away, the other party experienced a life-and-death battle in Luzon or elsewhere. At that time, I didn't even know if I could save my life, so how could I have time to protect that face?

Even if he was aware of this clue, he lowered his eyelids without moving, and after Qiu Sihai saluted and called Feng Ye, he arched his hand stiffly, but his mouth was silent.

Seeing his scene, Qiu Sihai was shocked, but after all, he was blindfolded and instructed by Wang Fulin to interrogate Xiaobei again and again, under the premise of surrendering, his psychological defense line had already collapsed, so he was very jealous of Du Maode, who was suspected of taking refuge in another big pirate force and colluding with the government-after all, his future after surrendering was still tied to the other party.

So, he had to help Du Maode cover up and said: "Master Feng, I occasionally bumped into Mr. Jin in Guangzhou City, and I pulled him here only to live or die, after all, if you really want the court to appease you, you have to rely on Mr. Jin's resourcefulness." Because this is my own opinion, Mr. Jin is not very happy, Feng Ye, you refused to see me before, I am simply a two-faced person, I am really wronged! ”

Qiu Sihai directly called out to hit the sky, Lin Afeng saw Du Maode sneering and turned his head, and the suspicion that was haunting his heart suddenly turned into an inaccuracy. Thinking that Qiu Sihai had been with him for many years after all, and Du Maode had been saying goodbye for more than a year, and the time he had been in the house for only more than three years, he simply skipped Qiu Sihai, looked at Du Maode and said with a smile: "Since Qiu Sihai tried his best to bring Mr. Jin and you back, and now you see that I only have such a few people left, and I am still trapped in this Waiping Sandao where only birds, so come up with an idea?" ”

"The idea? Didn't Feng Ye have already made up his mind, why bother asking me again? Otherwise, what did you send Qiu Sihai to Guangzhou Mansion to do those things sneakily? Du Maode didn't beat around the bush, and stabbed the layer of window paper with a single knife, and he sneered, "You should ask me, I have repeatedly begged for care, but the court did not agree, what should I do next." ”

Lin Afeng's eyes suddenly sharpened. Although some people have seen him as a sick tiger who has lost his teeth, it is undeniable that he is still the most powerful hero in the Guangdong-Fujian Sea, and perhaps not one of them. Although he found that Du Maode's expression did not change in the slightest under his direct gaze, he was still indifferent, he still sneered and said: "Then you say, what should I do?" ”

"Since Hu Zongxian appeased Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, but the court killed them, no one dared to believe the two words of appeasement. Even if he is recruited for a while, as long as he finds that the court has clues about the general account after the autumn, or if there is no movement, he will have to bow and snake, and it is almost 100% to rebel. Therefore, the government is unwilling to accept the surrender, and the reason can be guessed, it is nothing more than that it does not want to accept such a great risk. ”

"You're as reasonable as ever." Lin Afeng seemed to praise Du Maode, but suddenly changed his words and said, "Then you have to say that I will disband the ships and horses under my command, so that the court will think that I am weak and harmless, right?" Jin Feilong, I haven't seen you for more than a year, but I didn't expect that when you came back, you would already be a lackey of the imperial court! ”

PS: I received a notice before, 23-26 to participate in a training class to learn a certain spirit of the Writers' Association, the skeleton can't go abroad, fortunately Xuehong agreed to go, and the psychology is instantly balanced...... (To be continued.) )