Chapter 216: Patience
"Captain Zhang Heng, what do you mean by this?" Jarvis looked at the muzzle of the gun pointed at him, and the smile on his face was retracted, revealing a look of incomprehension, and the other captains on the side were also surprised at this time.
As a result, Zhang Heng's next sentence set off another more violent storm.
"We've been on the sea, we've been followed by a fleet of navy and pirate hunters, and they're ready to make a move on us tonight, and as we're talking, the fleet is coming towards us, and in fact, they're ready to be in front of us at any moment."
"How is this possible?" Black Prince Sam frowned, "If someone follows us for so many days, we can't not notice it at all, unless ......"
"Unless someone betrays us and leaks our route to someone else, those people can hang far behind." Brooke sneered, "No wonder my ship was attacked inexplicably before, it turns out that you have already taken refuge in those nobles, how about it, it tastes good to lick their ass, Jarvis." ”
Jarvis is worthy of being an old pirate who has been crisscrossing this sea area for many years, and his expression remained unchanged when he heard this, and he nodded to Brooke, "I can understand your anger, you have always suspected that the previous incident had something to do with me, so you will immediately take the bait as soon as you are provoked, but fortunately, there are other sane people here." ”
After Jarvis finished speaking, he didn't wait for Brooke to answer again, then moved his gaze to Zhang Heng again, and said politely, "Captain Zhang Heng is now making very severe accusations against me, then I want to ask, do you have any evidence to prove what you said, how do we know that it is not you who betrayed others and brought in the fleet, or do you want to use this method to trick us into leaving and then take that batch of gold for yourself." With that, he spread his hands.
Jarvis's words sounded reasonable, and they were agreed by the vast majority of the captains present, especially the last sentence directly turned the finger on Zhang Heng, and even Brooke couldn't help but waver when he heard this.
Compared to Zhang Heng, they and Jarvis have known each other for a longer time, the latter is an old man in Nassau, on the other hand, Zhang Heng's rise on the island is too short, this is the first time everyone has cooperated in the strict sense, if you really want to trust them, of course, they are more inclined to believe in the latter, no one can guarantee that Zhang Heng is not lying now, using the fleet as an excuse to trick them out of here, and then secretly come back to fish out the gold.
This is the most powerful thing about Jarvis, he thinks he has done a good job of contacting the naval fleet, but in the end Zhang Heng knew, he thought about it, the only possibility was that the person he arranged to guard the boat in the woods was caught, but those people and he were all people on the same boat, they would definitely not admit this kind of thing, of course, it was not ruled out that they confided the truth under the threat of death.
But with the knife on his neck, even if nothing happened, people would admit it, so it is actually difficult to say how much credibility their claims have, and at this time Jarvis muddied the waters, although he did not clear himself of suspicion, but he was able to successfully delay the time until the fleet arrived.
However, he also had to admit that Zhang Heng's accusation did bring him a lot of trouble, his original plan was to pretend to resist with the people on the beach when the navy arrived, but then joined forces with the other side to give Sam and others a hard blow in the back, but now it seems that this plan is in vain.
With Zhang Heng's reminder, Sam and the others would definitely be wary of him, and he still had to consider how to protect himself after the arrival of that fleet, but no matter what, he at least survived the current crisis.
After speaking, he looked at Zhang Heng with a calm expression.
Sure enough, Sam, the Black Prince, pondered for a moment and said, "This matter must be investigated first, so let's do it, since everyone believes me, I can arrange for people to monitor the movement on the other side of the harbor first......
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhang Heng, "You misunderstood me, I didn't accuse Captain Jarvis, I just told you the news, whether you believe me or not, you are leaving." ”
"You're leaving? Right now? Brooke was surprised, "What about the underwater gold, do you still have someone who can sail a boat?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Anne and Dufrena and the others coming out of the woods, the dagger held by the red-haired girl still had a trace of blood on it, and Harry was carried on his back by several strong sailors in turn, all the way here.
Ramsey, on the other hand, also fought hard for double the loot in the future, gathering most of the sailors on the Jackdaw in the shortest possible time, and a group of drunks were there grinning and shouting for money.
"Keep the gold." Zhang Heng said, and then put the muzzle of the gun on Jarvis's forehead, "I'm sorry, Captain Jarvis, let your people put away their weapons, as long as my people are safely on board, I will naturally put you back." ”
Jarvis didn't expect Zhang Heng to be so decisive at all, he didn't even have any intention of reasoning with him, strictly speaking, his manpower on the beach is not too much of a loss now, if he really tears his face, he can leave the people on the Jackdaw who are ready to leave, of course, even if his identity as a traitor is completely confirmed, then the people from several other pirate ships will also join the battle.
Jarvis may not be willing to pay such a casualty price, but Zhang Heng doesn't want to gamble on this possibility, controlling Jarvis and making it impossible for his people to do it is Zhang Heng's plan.
It had been more than an hour since Harry saw the small boat that reported the news leave, the situation was already very serious, Zhang Heng spent almost fifteen more minutes on the beach, he didn't want to stay any longer for a second now, seeing that Anne and the others were back, he asked Di Freina to organize people to start transporting people to the Jackdaw.
The ferry boat can carry about a dozen people at a time, and it takes at least seven or eight minutes to make a round trip, so it takes at least half an hour to transport everyone on board.
This time was something that Zhang Heng couldn't accept, but at this time, his eyes swept to the ferry boat of the Warrior on the other side, and said to Jarvis, "I'll borrow your boat." ”
Without waiting for Jarvis to answer Zhang Heng, he asked Anne and the others to pick up the ship, but then a group of crew members of the Warrior stopped in front of the red-haired girl, and in the face of the enemy who was more than several times the number of people, Anne did not retreat, and directly drew her saber.
However, it was Zhang Heng who moved faster than her, Zhang Heng moved the muzzle of the gun down, and pulled the trigger without hesitation, Jarvis let out a miserable scream, and the soles of his feet were directly shot out of a bloody hole by the bullet.
At this time, Zhang Heng had already taken the second short musket from a crew member and continued to put it on the latter's forehead.
"Don't challenge my patience."