Zhang Heng used the past two days to do a little exercise, eating the food carefully cooked by Malven, his physical strength was also recovering rapidly, and by the next night, he could already move around effortlessly, but there was still a big gap from when he was at his peak.

But there was no time left for him, and at their present speed they would reach Nassau as soon as to-morrow morning.

He and Malvin had to dispose of the body in the barrel tonight.

Owen visited Zhang Heng after dinner, greeted him a few words, asked him to recuperate well, and did not have to worry about work, Zhang Heng expressed his gratitude, and then Goodwin, who came over to chat with him about his life as a sailor on a supply ship before.

Late at night, all the sailors climbed into hammocks. Zhang Heng was not in a hurry, and waited for another hour to make sure that everyone was asleep, and then he got up from the bed, passed through the snoring sound one after another, and walked into the kitchen.

Malvin had been on pins and needles for a long time, the candle on the table had burned out most of it, and he held a potato in his hand and pretended to peel it, but his mind was not on it.

Hearing the footsteps outside, he immediately subconsciously said, "Mr. Dufrena, I'll finish it soon, go to sleep immediately......"

Halfway through his words, he looked up and saw the people who came in, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said with some annoyance, "Why did you come so late?" Do you know how many times I've been asked why I don't go to bed, and I'm going to be suspicious if I continue like this. ”

"Excuse me why you didn't sleep and dragged this thing out all the way while everyone was awake, which do you think is more dangerous?" Zhang Heng asked.

Marven smiled wryly, "I'm not complaining about you, I just think maybe we have a safer way......"

Zhang Heng interrupted him, "The sooner we solve this trouble, the sooner we will get out of danger, whether it's me or you, so if you really care about your own safety, we should do it now." ”

Marven finally didn't say anything more this time, and lifted the barrel with Zhang Heng.

The two walked out of the kitchen, through the outside hallway and storage room, to the door of the sailor's cabin.

Marven took a deep breath and was about to take a step, but was stopped by Zhang Heng, and then he saw a pirate rubbing his eyes and getting up from the hammock, the latter probably drank too much rum during dinner, and was awakened by a rush of urine in the middle of his sleep, and hurriedly left the sailor's cabin, and after a while he came back with his pants and fell headlong on the bed.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Zhang Heng nodded to Marvin, and the two continued to lift the barrel, and the farmer's son felt that his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and he didn't know how he moved to the boat ladder step by step, and this time seemed as long as a century.

The roll over of any nearby pirate or the whispering of a dream made him tremble.

It wasn't until he walked out of the sailor's cabin and went up to the upper floor that the tension in Malvin's heart eased a little, and he lowered his voice, "What are we going to do, go to the deck?" ”

"No, there's patrols there, there's people at the helm, and it's hard not to be spotted if you go up." Zhang Heng said, "The room on this floor was originally intended for passengers, and the windows are big enough to send the corpse out, what happened to the things I asked you to check before." ”

"Well, our original rooms are now occupied by the Vanguard," said Marvin, "but there are still two rooms that are now empty because they are so badly damaged, and there is not enough wood on the main ship, so we can only put them in place that does not interfere with navigation." ”

"Very well, then lead the way."

The two rested for half a minute, Marven was in front of Zhang Heng behind, carrying the barrel to the penultimate room at the end of the corridor, Malven glanced at Zhang Heng on the side, stretched out his hand, knocked on the door gently, and there was no movement inside.

The farmer's son then boldly pushed open the door, and the house was empty, and in the previous battle, the room had unfortunately been hit by four shells, and the side walls had almost disappeared, but because it was far from the waterline, it was now simply nailed to a few planks, and the wind was still leaking.

After Malvin put the barrel down, he closed the door as soon as possible, and hurriedly said, "Now that we have arrived at the place, let's quickly throw the body off the boat!" ”

Zhang Heng was standing in front of the broken wall, looking down, and then shook his head and said, "No, there is almost no wind and waves tonight, and the landing point is too high, the sound of the corpse falling into the water may be heard by the people on the deck." ”

"What then?" Marven changed color when he heard this, "We can't wait any longer, this is the last night, if we can't dispose of the body......"

"I didn't say I wouldn't deal with it," Zhang Heng frowned, "It's not good for me to drag it down, go find a cable handle, wrap it around the corpse, as long as you put it down slowly, it's fine." ”

"That's a good idea," said Marven at once, turning his worries into joy, "or you think about it, the traveler is different, and I'll go look for the cable." ”

He opened the door again as he spoke, but then the smile on his face froze.

The farmer's son's eyes were full of horror, and his bones trembled uncontrollably in fear.

"Sorry, did I interrupt your date?" The uninvited guest outside the door spoke, and said leisurely.

It was an old pirate with a beard on his chin, a tattered gray hat on his head, and a mouthful of rotten teeth when he smiled.

His gaze fell on the barrel behind Marven and raised his eyebrows, "So, poor Vic has been there all these days?" ”

Zhang Heng made a judgment in the shortest possible time, took out the short musket on his waist as quickly as possible, and pointed it at the old pirate, but the latter's expression remained unchanged.

"Believe me, kid, I've been held at gunpoint with more salt than you've ever eaten, let me tell you what happens next, you pull the trigger and I'm killed, well, I have no doubt about that, but then the gunfire will wake up the vanguard next door, and you'll either be hacked to death in the resistance, or caught and executed, I don't know which is worse, considering your age and mine, it's not a good deal, isn't it?"

Zhang Heng was silent for a moment when he heard this, he had already realized that it was not an accident that the old pirate would appear here tonight, and the other party was afraid that he had already been eyeing them, but he had waited until this time to come to the showdown.

On the bright side, however, the old pirate doesn't seem to have any intention of doing justice to the bald head in the barrel, otherwise he wouldn't be the only one standing outside the door now.

Zhang Heng decided to listen to the other party's intention first.