Chapter 34: Be obedient
The pirate's camp is halfway up the island, and you can see the black stockade in the distance. The pirates had been entrenched here for years, and the camp was built in good shape, not far from the coast was a high lookout, and the gate guards had been replaced by soldiers.
Zhuo Jinxuan woke up Bai Shuqin and put on a thick cloak for her. The wind and snow outside had not stopped, and the snow on the ground was knee-deep. Walking in the snow was difficult, Zhuo Jinxuan followed next to Bai Shuqin and helped her forward.
Bai Shuqin didn't actually need his support, but since he wanted to help, she didn't refuse.
Entering the camp, General Feihe greeted him. His face was tired, his eyes were dark, but his eyes were still shining. Since the last time he suffered a loss, he didn't dare to be careless, even if all the pirates on the island were captured at the moment.
The snow in the yard was shoveled aside and piled up, like a snowy mountain.
General Feihe reported to Zhuo Jinxuan about the situation last night, "We captured a total of seventy-two pirates alive and killed thirty-six pirates. The living pirates have been tortured in turn, but all of them have remained silent. ”
Thinking of the expressions of those pirates, General Feihe still felt a chill in his back. They were not afraid of torture at all, and their strange smiles were more like a conspiracy awaited him.
"Tortured?" Sima Liang asked.
"Yes! No matter what kind of torture is used, life or death is not a word. General Feihe was also very helpless about this.
"Take us there!" Zhuo Jinxuan commanded.
Bai Shuqin followed Zhuo Jinxuan's side, bowing his head and thinking about his thoughts. Thirty-six were dead, seventy-two were alive, a total of one hundred and eight, and she thought of the Water Margin she watched a long time ago.
However, if it is the Water Margin, those thirty-six should be Tiangang Xing, and they should not be killed so casually. Maybe these people aren't dead? Thinking of this, Bai Shuqin couldn't help but shudder.
Zhuo Jinxuan noticed her strangeness, lowered his head and asked her in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Isn't it too cold? ”
Bai Shuqin was immersed in his own world, and was startled when he suddenly heard him ask. She turned her head to see Zhuo Jinxuan's concerned eyes, patted her chest, and proposed, "I think we can go and see those dead pirates first." ”
Zhuo Jinxuan frowned puzzled, Bai Shuqin shook his head, "It's nothing, maybe I'm thinking too much." ”
Although he didn't know what she had in mind, he listened to her and asked General Feihe to take them to see the dead pirates first.
Sima Liang touched Zhuo Jinxuan's sleeve, blocked it with a fan and whispered in his ear: "Have you ever heard that the clouds are light and the wind is light in the evening, and the flowers kneel in front of the bed with the willows?" ”
Zhuo Jinxuan understood that he was laughing at him, he listened to Bai Shuqin's words too much, and glanced at him lightly, "You are afraid that my wife is more prescient than you!" ”
Sima Liang glanced at him with disdain and withdrew the fan, so that he would not be so unlucky. What's more, he felt that it would be a waste of time not to see the living pirates now, but to see the dead pirates.
All the pirates who died in the chaotic battle yesterday were dragged to the open space behind the camp, and General Feihe arranged for thirty men to dig a pit and bury them.
Towards the end of the day, a soldier ran towards them in a panic, fear written all over his face.
When he ran in front of Zhuo Jinxuan and them, the soldier lay directly in front of them with trembling legs, and General Feihe stepped forward to help him up and reprimanded: "What kind of body is panicking!" ”
The soldier quickly stood up, saw Zhuo Jinxuan, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
Zhuo Jinxuan waved his hand and said to him, "Okay, no need to salute." What happened? Makes you so flustered! ”
The soldier shuddered, forced himself to calm down, and replied: "The corpse of a pirate"
Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Bai Shuqin walked over and half-squatted down, holding the soldier's shoulder with his right hand, and looked directly into his frightened eyes, "What's wrong with the corpse?" Don't be afraid, say! ”
The soldier looked at Bai Shuqin, his tense face instantly cried, and his voice became a little weird because of fear, "The corpse... The corpse is gone! ”
Seeing that his emotions were about to collapse, Bai Shuqin held his shoulder even harder, and asked him again: "What's the situation, explain it!" ”
The soldier's hands shook uncontrollably, and he closed his eyes tightly, the scene just now really frightened him. He pinched his thighs hard, the intense pain weighing down the great fear.
They were ordered to bury the pirate's body, and the pit had been dug. They lined up the bodies in the pit one by one, and just as they were about to bury them, something strange happened.
The neatly arranged corpses seemed to have been moved by someone, and they thought it was someone else's prank, and cursed at each other.
At this time, a soldier pointed to one of the corpses and asked, "Is this corpse laughing?" ”
They looked around, and the corners of the corpse's mouth were really weirdly raised. At this moment, the others noticed that there were other corpses with such strange expressions, and they felt frightened, and wanted to bury them quickly.
At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew up, rolling up the snow on the ground, and they just stretched out their hands to cover it, and when they opened their eyes again, all the corpses in the pit had disappeared.
Bai Shuqin frowned, let go of the soldier's shoulders, walked to Zhuo Jinxuan's side, and said to him: "Now arrange for three hundred soldiers to look at the seventy-two pirates who are alive, and everyone else is all ready to fight!" ”
When General Feihe heard this, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "The minister will do it immediately!" ”
Sima Liang was also shocked, he had never heard of such a thing, how could the corpse disappear. He stared at Bai Shuqin and asked her, "Did you expect this a long time ago?" ”
Zhuo Jinxuan also felt strange, looked at Bai Shuqin, and waited for her to answer.
Bai Shuqin didn't expect this to be the case, but she just felt a little strange, not to mention that this world was not the same as her history, and they were probably even more confused when she told them about the Water Margin.
"Do you know that there are thirty-six Heavenly Gang Stars and seventy-two Earth Evil Stars?" Bai Shuqin tried to make them understand in a simple way.
Zhuo Jinxuan looked at Sima Liang, Sima Liang shook his head, he had never heard of this,.
Bai Shuqin sighed, "It's too troublesome to explain to you, I just read this in a book, and the number of people they died is too consistent, which makes me a little suspicious." Don't talk about it, let's go and see it live! ”
Du Zijun believed in these ghosts quite a lot, and before he saw them with his own eyes, he became nervous. He followed Bai Shuqin closely, and now only she could give him a sense of security.
The rest of the soldiers in the backyard were all terrified, standing tightly together in a circle, for fear that the disappeared corpses would suddenly appear again.
A huge pit about five feet long and five feet deep was dug in the courtyard. You can still see traces of the placement of the corpses, but now the pit is empty.
Bai Shuqin walked to the side of the pit and jumped down directly. Zhuo Jinxuan also followed when he saw it, looked around, and found nothing abnormal.
He turned to look at Bai Shuqin, but saw her lying directly in the pit. He hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull her, but she stared at the sky with a serious face, motionless.
After a while, she took Zhuo Jinxuan's hand and stood up. Zhuo Jinxuan drained the snow off her body and asked her, "What?" What did you find? ”
Bai Shuqin shook his head and said to him, "Go up." ”
The snow gradually stopped, but Bai Shuqin's heart did not feel a trace of calm. At that moment, another soldier hurried towards them.
With the experience of the last time, several people were not prepared well, but the news brought by the soldiers still shocked them.
The boat parked on the beach had been set on fire and found unusable.
Du Zijun interjected at the right time: "It shouldn't have been done by those dead pirates, right?" ”
As soon as the words fell, the faces of everyone present changed. Bai Shuqin hurriedly knocked him, "Don't listen to his nonsense, it is impossible for the dead to be resurrected." There must be other pirates on the island, we didn't find out. ”
Her words didn't help, they had searched the island carefully, and there were no more pirates.
Zhuo Jinxuan's face was solemn, and he instructed Sima Liang: "You go and arrange someone to search the entire island, whether it is a person or a ghost, take it down for me!" ”
Sima Liang nodded and looked at Du Zijun: "You are with me." ”
Du Zijun was scared to death now, he felt that Sima Liang was a scholar who was powerless, he didn't want to at all, so he looked at Bai Shuqin for help.
Who knew that Bai Shuqin patted him on the shoulder and whispered to him, "It's very dangerous here, protect him and protect yourself." ”
Du Zijun grimaced and followed behind Sima Liang very reluctantly.
Only Zhuo Jinxuan and Bai Shuqin were left in the backyard, as well as more than twenty soldiers.
Zhuo Jinxuan held Bai Shuqin's shoulder, now everything was surprisingly weird, he was afraid that she would be hurt, so he said to her seriously: "Wait a minute, I will arrange someone to make a bamboo raft to send you back, take good care of yourself." ”
Bai Shuqin smiled, his face close to him, his warm breath sprinkled on his face, and said with a smile: "Do you think I will be afraid?" I'll stay to help you! ”
"I don't need your help! I just want you to be good! Now you have seen this situation too, obedient! His gentle tone was commanding.
At this moment, a pirate suddenly appeared behind Zhuo Jinxuan with a knife held high. The pirate still had deep stab wounds on his face, blood had congealed, his eyes were hollow, and the corners of his pale mouth rose up to reveal a strange smile.
Bai Shuqin was unaware of the appearance of the pirate, cold sweat oozed from her back, she quickly pulled Zhuo Jinxuan, and with the strength of his arm, she turned around and kicked at the pirate.
This kick seemed to be kicked against the iron wall, and the pirate only took two steps back, but Bai Shuqin's leg hurt from the shock.
Zhuo Jinxuan looked back and saw it, and immediately pushed Bai Shuqin aside, pulled out the knife on his waist and fought with the pirates.
Bai Shuqin had time to look around, in addition to the pirates who fought with Zhuo Jinxuan, there were five pirates of the same kind. The twenty-odd soldiers were no match for them at all, and they didn't last long before they fell to the ground.
Zhuo Jinxuan held a knife in both hands to block the pirate's attack, turned to Bai Shuqin and shouted, "You go quickly, go to the beach!" ”
His voice attracted the three pirates in the past, and Zhuo Jinxuan was now clearly at a disadvantage. Even though Zhuo Jinxuan can be a hundred on the battlefield, these pirates are not human at all, like the living dead of a killing machine.
Bai Shuqin took a knife from the fallen soldier, quickly came to Zhuo Jinxuan's side, leaned against his back, and said, "I'll hand over my back to you, don't let me guard it!" ”
Zhuo Jinxuan raised the corners of his mouth and stared at the living dead in front of him, although the offensive effect was not obvious, but the defense was not leaky. The two of them were in a stalemate with the living dead for half an hour, Zhuo Jinxuan's wheezing became heavier and heavier, and he shouted to Bai Shuqin: "We can't win, withdraw first!" ”
After speaking, he took Bai Shuqin's hand, found a breakthrough and quickly passed through, and the living dead immediately caught up again. Bai Shuqin clenched the knife and plunged it into the head of the living dead closest to her.
The living dead, who were originally invulnerable, seemed to have been pressed the pause button at this time, and stood still. Zhuo Jinxuan saw that the living dead were also close to the same immediately, and the two finally fought for the time to escape.
The situation outside was not much better, and the pirates who were guarded were also rescued by the living dead, and there was a shadow of swords and swords, and the screams were endless.
Before Sima Liang and Du Zijun could walk over, they were stopped by a living dead on the road. Du Zijun ran when he saw his legs, and after running a few steps, he saw that Sima Liang was about to be caught up by the living dead, and hurried back.
Sima Liang didn't forget to complain to him at this time: "Count, you still have a little conscience!" ”