Chapter 133: I Have a Question
"What did he say?"
In the captain's room, Orff poured a glass of rum for the lame old pirate at the wooden table and spoke.
The latter glanced at the tall and silent figure directly opposite, swallowed, and took the glass, "He said that he was quite satisfied with the current situation, and I didn't feel any danger. ”
Orff frowned, "He knows you're from Frazier, right?" ”
The lame old pirate nodded, "Fraser came to me before this voyage, and specifically mentioned him, saying that he would contact me, but he hasn't come to me for so long at sea, and he hasn't even asked me from others, I took the initiative to contact him according to your request, but he seems completely ...... It doesn't matter what it looks like. ”
"What about the others?"
The lame old pirate hesitated, "Billy and Clay are unhappy with the way you treated Goodwin, and Clifton and the others are disappointed that the captain has broken his promise to shell the prisoners, but none of them are Fraser's men. ”
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to them." Orff patted the lame old pirate on the shoulder, "I just need to know what's going on on the ship, you're doing a good job, keep it up, don't let Fraser doubt it." ”
When the lame old pirate left, the figure behind the wooden table finally spoke, "Why do you think that Fraser must have another student?" ”
"I've been helmsman for him for so long, I know him too well." Orff stood in front of the window, the sun shining on his shoulders, "He is indeed old, even if he seeks revenge on us, he doesn't have the courage to go out in person, and he also knows that we have been guarding against him all these years, and he has no chance, so he can only pin his hopes on others." ”
"That young man named Zhang Heng?"
"I see the shadow of your youth in him, the same calm and resolute, Fraser has poured a lot of effort into him, with Fraser's character he will not make meaningless investments, so he must be a very important part of Fraser's plan, but I still can't see what his role is."
Orff had a rare look of worry on his face, "At the current rate, we will be in Charleston in two weeks at most, and we don't have much time left......"
"Orff," interrupted the man in the seat, "you're the best helmsman in the entire Caribbean, but you've always had the old problem of thinking too much, and now that this ship is under our control, why do you have to think about how Fraser is going to play his cards?" If you think someone has a problem, put their names on it and find a way to fix it before I get off the ship. ”
The man paused, "We're so close to the finish line, don't let anything stand in our way for revenge." ”
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Zhang Heng commanded two sailors to repair a broken sail on the deck.
It had been more than ten days since Kent had come to talk to him, and the ship had been calm, neither Orff nor Fraser had moved, and the biggest thing that had happened in these days was that a pirate was caught and whipped by a patrolman when he was sneaking into the sheep in the breeding room at night, which became a source of happiness for everyone in recent times.
But for now, everyone is more concerned about the upcoming Kidd Treasure, as the Queen Anne's Revenge and Charleston get closer, they are getting closer to the fifth and sixth treasure maps.
All the pirates were very excited about tomorrow's action, most of them had only robbed merchant ships, and it was the first time that they had driven a warship into an important trading port to loot a colony like this, and the ninety guns on the Queen Anne's Revenge were their greatest confidence.
At sunset, Orff gathered everyone together and announced his plan of action for tomorrow.
"We first returned to the harbor disguised as the Scarborough, and sent men into the city, and I think Lord Elmer, who was imprisoned at the bottom of the ship, would be happy to assist us in this matter, and thirty of them followed the captain to the Doge's Palace, where the wedding took place, and where our target was the Count of Belo Monte, and the remaining twenty were led by Owen to the prison in the city, and the rest remained on board.
"We will launch an attack at eight o'clock on time, first deal with the artillery on the city wall, and then shoot at the center of the city, at this time, Owen, you lead people to attack the prison, release the prisoners inside to create chaos, attract the guards in the city, and finally the captain will attack the governor's palace, and after successfully capturing the Count of Bellomont, everyone will return immediately, everyone is clear, is there any problem?"
"I have a question," said one of the pirates suddenly, "I saw Billy coming back from outside the night before night when I was about to wake up, he looked nervous, I was still in bed at the time, he must not have noticed me, I saw that he had hidden something under the floor." ”
Zhang Heng knew that the long-awaited drama meat was finally here, and the pirates didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that Billy was just secretly hiding something to eat, although there were regulations on the ship that no theft was allowed, but there were many people who ran to the kitchen late at night to find wine or meat to eat, and everyone would not take it to heart, and some people made fun of Billy.
However, everyone soon noticed that the latter's face had become very unsightly, especially when Owen led someone to turn things out under the floor.
It was a crumpled page of paper full of words.
Billy's expression struggled a little, but he finally got up from his position and said, "Yes, that thing is mine." He looked around, "We suspect that the captain and helmsman are using false treasure information to deceive everyone into achieving their ulterior motives, so ......"
"So you went to the bottom to contact the captain of the Scarborough while everyone was asleep, and offered to let him go tonight in exchange for a pardon?" Orff took his words and said lightly.
"What?" Billy lost his voice, "What nonsense are you talking about, that piece of paper is clearly the question we intend to ask you face-to-face!" ”
"So one of you and I must have lied," Orff handed the page to Owen beside him, "Come and see if I'm old and dizzy, right?" ”
The boatswain took the piece of paper and said, "...... I, Elmer Anderson, captain of the Scarborough, have been attacked by a band of savage pirates while on my way to sea, and I am fortunate to be helped by others, and if I escape, I am willing to use my family ties to grant a pardon to the following people......"
The pirates were in an uproar when they heard this, betraying their companions on any pirate ship was the most unbearable crime, and Billie trembled with anger, he knew that he had been calculated, and what was worse was that he personally admitted that the piece of paper was his, but now that it was clearly lost.
Although he tried his best to argue, no one would listen to him at this time, and Owen put the paper aside after reading it so that everyone could see it, but the literacy rate among pirates was very low, and there were very few people who could read what was written on it, but it was enough to have Owen, a person everyone trusted, to speak out.
Zhang Heng heard his name unexpectedly, but his expression was very calm, he had already done all the preparations that should be done, and the next thing was to watch the show be staged, if everything went well, he could also get the biggest harvest of this trip.