Belo Monte did not expect that he had also met an acquaintance in the carriage, and Lord Elmer, the captain of the Scarborough, was sitting next to him, but the two of them saw that the latter's face was a little embarrassed, and he opened his mouth and said nothing.

In addition to this, there was a man in a navy uniform sitting opposite them.

The carriage sped down the street, and Belo Monte pretended to be calm, "Who are you, and why did you kidnap me?" ”

"I'm Edward Titch, and I'm sure you're familiar with that name." The man said lightly, Belo Monte suddenly changed color when he heard this, of course the people in the New World have heard of Captain Blackbeard's notoriety, especially people like Belo Monte who have been committed to fighting pirates, and they have naturally been famous for a long time for the most prestigious pirate leader in the Caribbean, in fact, Belo Monte has also planned several encirclement and suppression operations against Captain Blackbeard, but they have not succeeded, but they have made the latter more famous.

Belo Monte dreamed of catching the other party, but when Edward Tich really appeared in front of him, he was not happy at all, but Belo Monte was a person who had seen big scenes after all, and his surprise only stayed on his face for less than two seconds, and he regained his previous bearing, and Elmer on the side of it was ashamed of himself.

"It turned out to be Mr. Tichy, who has heard of the name for a long time, and this time I finally met the real person."

"Unfortunately, this is not the first time we have met."

Belo Monte looked puzzled, "Have we seen each other before, and when?" ”

"First time meeting? I should have been at the Naval Academy, and I remember the day you walked in with him. ”

"Him?"

"It seems that you are a very forgetful man, Earl, and I will give you one more hint if you remembered anything in 1695."

Belo Monte's expression changed suddenly, and he was no longer as calm as before, his eyes were full of surprise, "Who are you?" ”

"At that time he was a hero of the navy, the most famous adventurer in all England, and was personally rewarded by the Queen, and you had just taken over the position of governor of the colonies, and you were still agonizing over how to exterminate pirates and restore maritime trade, and you found him to deal with two of the most powerful pirates in the New World at that time, Henry Evry and Thomas Tu, and begged him to go to sea to capture pirates for you.

"He didn't agree at first, because he was tired of the war, but you didn't give up and kept trying to persuade him to fight for the prosperity of the New World, and he was finally moved by your sincerity and friendship and decided to accept the mission, and it was at that time that I boarded his ship and became his quartermaster."

"It was my happiest day, to be able to sail with my long-time idol and work hard to build a beautiful new world, you can hardly find a more exciting future than this." It was something to be happy about, but there was a chill in Titch's tone.

"However, the operation did not go well from the beginning, and before we could leave the port, we were stopped by the navy, saying that the war on the Spanish side was tense, and almost all the sailors on our ship were evacuated, and we had no choice but to recruit another group of men in the shortest possible time, stumbling out of port, and drifting at sea for six whole months, but never found the whereabouts of Henry Evry and Thomas Tu."

"The atmosphere on the ship is starting to get tense, and many of the sailors we hastily recruited before were local thugs and hooligans who went to sea in search of wealth, and since they can't get a bounty now, they don't mind making up for it with something else."

Titch paused, "There were only three people on the ship who had attended the naval academy at that time, except for him, only the first mate and I were left, but the three of us had no control over the situation on the ship, I was tied up while I was comforting the crew, beaten badly, and thrown into the ship's sheepfold, the sailors threatened to kill me in three days, and in order to save my life, he finally had to agree to the sailors' request." ”

"We chose a French merchant ship as a target, but we didn't expect that the ship belonged to the East India Company, and the rice flag was hoisted opposite in the middle of the battle, and although we persuaded the sailors to choose to retreat, someone on that ship recognized him, and since then, rumors have spread everywhere in the New World that we have become pirates."

"It was the darkest time of my life, I didn't know what I was doing wrong, God would have allowed this to happen to us, it was He who comforted me and gave me confidence that if we returned to civilization, we could clear our name and tell the truth."

"That was the only thing that kept me alive at the time, but I didn't expect it to be so long, until four years later we met another group of pirates, and the crew decided to join them to finally let us go, and in the end, only 13 people, including me, were willing to follow him back to the colony."

"We decided to go ashore in New York, contact the Navy, and make public what had happened over the years, and at that time you had become the best governor in the colonies by virtue of your exploits in clearing out pirates, and you were worried that you would have a relationship with us, which would affect your political career, so you sent someone to find us, and told him that you understand and sympathize with what has happened to us, and are willing to help us clear your name."

"I warned him, but he believed in you so much that he did not hesitate to return to you all the money we had plundered over the years, and the correspondence between you before we left port, and he believed that you and your allies in Whitehall could give us a clean slate, and you always knew what kind of man he was, didn't you? He always had some kind of expectation for this civilized world, and was willing to believe in its good intentions. ”

Belo Monte's breath became short, and he straightened his bow tie, but the cold voice in his ears didn't go away.

"But then you betrayed him, tricked him into Boston, arrested him as soon as he set foot on the land, burned the letters that could be used as evidence, swallowed the stolen goods he gave you, and then let this Mr. Elmer with you take him back to London for trial, and to make sure that he could not say anything against you, and you implied that Elmer took good care of him on the way.

"I have heard that he had gone insane before he returned to England, that the men had hanged him by the Thames, and that his body had been hung there for two whole years, and that they had called him the most terrible pirate in the New World, and that the capture of you had once again been rewarded by Whitehall."

Mr. Lord next door was left in a cold sweat when he heard this, he didn't expect that this matter would involve himself, his voice was full of tears, and he stammered, "I...... I really didn't know about you, I was just an errand runner at the time, and I couldn't refuse Mr. Earl......"

It's a pity that his words came to an abrupt end in the middle of his speech, Elmer didn't expect the man on the other side to be so crisp until the last moment before he died, he didn't even leave him a chance to defend himself, he directly took out the short musket on his waist and pulled the trigger.

Edward Titch didn't even glance at the freshly baked corpse in his seat, but looked at Monsieur Earl beside him, his voice sounding colder than the sea.

"I told the pirates outside that I was here for Kidd's treasure, but I know better than anyone that Kidd didn't have any treasure left behind, and I came here tonight for one thing, and that was to avenge him."

Belo Monte could no longer maintain even the composure of the surface, his eyes were full of fear, and the whole person curled up in his seat, trembling incessantly, "I can give you whatever you want, I can give you whatever you want, I can give you forgiveness, and I can also give you wealth that you will never spend in your lifetime." ”

"Don't bother, just take what I want by myself." Edward Titch finally finished the last sentence, clenched the saber in his hand, and at this moment he no longer had the violent aura of the past, only a deep sadness.