There are a total of seventeen names on the list, except for Zhang Heng, none of them are those who have complained about the captain or helmsman with the lame old pirate, mainly the old people on the ship, and many of them have gone to sea with Fraser.

The pirates were divided on their punishment, some of the radicals advocated killing the betrayers, but more people felt that exile was more appropriate, and in the process of arguing, Billy kept insisting that the paper had been dropped, but at this time the war was approaching, there was no time to investigate the truth, and finally Orff stepped forward and decided to temporarily put the seventeen people in the cell on the ground floor, and wait for the follow-up investigation to be carried out after the battle was over tomorrow.

When Owen read out Zhang Heng's name, the farmer's son quietly moved his butt to widen the distance between him and the former, Zhang Heng was not angry, if Malvin didn't do this, it wouldn't be Marvin.

Seventeen men were taken to the bottom of the cabin, and as the iron door was closed, the matter was finally over.

The Queen Anne's Revenge anchored overnight twenty nautical miles from Charleston.

By the afternoon of the next day, the pirates on board had changed into naval uniforms, and Elmer, the former captain of the Scarborough, had finally been brought out of the dark cabin.

Half a month has passed, he has become a lot haggard, and he is no longer as high-spirited as when he first met, his clothes are ragged, his beard is unkempt, and he can't help but squint his eyes when he sees the long-lost sunshine outside.

Orff walked up to him and asked, "Have you memorized everything you were taught before?" ”

Mr. Lord nodded busily, "I'm Elmer Anderson, the captain of the Scarborough, and our ship was caught in a storm while cruising, so we returned to port for repairs less than a month after we set off, and I heard that the daughter of Count Belo Monte, the governor of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, was married, so I brought someone into the city to congratulate her." ”

After a pause, he added flatteringly, "Actually, there is no need to be so troublesome, there is no one in the New World who does not recognize the Navy Royal Scarborough, and no one will dare to interrogate us, and I and the Count of Belo Monte are old acquaintances themselves." ”

"I know you're old acquaintances, don't worry, you'll be together soon." Orff said meaningfully.

Elmer thought that Orff was saying that he and Belo Monte would be arrested, and he couldn't help but look a little embarrassed, after all, what he was doing now was not strictly authentic, it was equivalent to cheating Belo Monte, but no friendship was as important as his own life, not to mention that Orff also promised that as long as he cooperated well, he would find a time to release him after this matter was over.

"Take him down to a shower and change his clothes, the captain of the dignified Scarborough can't be so sloppy." Orff said to the pirate on the other side.

Then the old helmsman pushed open the door to the captain's room and said to the man behind the wooden table, "It's time." ”

The latter stood up, his appearance was much different from before, wearing a black tricorneal hat, a long red jacket, a belt around his waist, and most importantly, the trademark black beard was shaved clean, and he was now like a different person, from a pirate leader who was feared by countless people to a heroic naval officer.

Orff was stunned and said with emotion, "How many years have passed, I thought I would never see you wearing this dress again." ”

"It's better to forget some things." Edward Titch said lightly, picking up his saber and musket as he spoke.

"I still don't know if what we're doing right or wrong is right or wrong, and if he's still alive, he wouldn't want to see you become what you are today."

"If you're going to get nostalgic, you'd better hurry, because today I'm going to clear all the old accounts."

…………

Fifty people quickly assembled on the deck, and Owen was stunned when he saw Titch coming out of the captain's room, and then nodded at the latter, "The people have been chosen, and they are all good players on the ship." ”

Titch looked up at the sunset and said to Elmer, who was at the front of the line, "Let's go." ”

Orff stood at the bow of the ship and watched as the group of fifty men boarded the docks, and as Elmer had said, they entered the city without any interrogation under the guise of the Scarborough navy.

It wasn't until they disappeared that Orff left the deck. The old helmsman knew that the war had begun, and he had to play his part.

Night. Orff sat alone in the captain's quarters, looking at the grandfather clock in front of him.

There was still half an hour left before the appointed time, and he relived the events of the day in his mind as usual, making sure that nothing was missing, but for some reason there was always a sense of unease in his heart.

The next moment there was a sudden fire in the city of Charleston, and something burned in the night.

Orff was stunned when he saw this scene.

Is it the people in the city who have already started it? But why did this time come half an hour earlier, and the order was not right, according to the original plan, it should have been the Queen Anne's revenge side that launched the shelling first, creating chaos and panic, and then the other side took advantage of the situation to start the action, because there was some accident in the middle that forced them to do it early?

The fire was also seen by the pirates on the deck, and someone hurried to the captain's room and asked the old helmsman, "Mr. Orff, what should we do now, do we want to fire cannon support?" ”

Orff was also a little unsure, if this fire had nothing to do with them, the fifty people on the shore who opened the cannon in advance fell into passivity without preparation, so he thought for a while and said, "Let the gunner be in place first, wait for my order." ”

Just then, a sharp-eyed pirate saw a fleet of navies running out of the city, and the group ran all the way to the small boat by the dock, jumped on it, and then rowed to the Queen Anne's revenge.

"It's our people."

Seeing the flag on the bow of the ship, a pirate immediately lowered the soft ladder without Orff's command.

It was the group led by Boatswain Owen who returned, but there were only twelve left, and almost all of them were bloody, and Owen was even more wrapped in gauze in his lower abdomen, and he was carried onto the ship, and the first thing Orff said was, "We have failed!" Elmer informed the defenders of the city in a way we didn't know about, and we were ambushed and had to disperse and flee. ”

"Where's the captain?" Orff's heart tightened when he heard this.

"Captain...... He was the first to realize that something was wrong, and he shot Elmer, but then he was hit by at least six bullets, and unfortunately, we couldn't recover his body. Owen said gloomily, and the eleven pirates behind him bowed their heads in pain as they recalled the scene.

"Mr. Orff, now that the captain is gone, you can only call the shots, we can't delay any longer, the garrison in the city already knows that the Scarborough has fallen into our hands, and soon the batteries on the city walls will open fire on us, the operation to capture Belomonte has failed, we have no reason to confront the defenders, order a retreat."