Leonard came up and asked me, "How was Mr. Han sleeping last night?" I've heard that a lot of strange things happened at the dock last night, some people yelled in the middle of the night, and some people shot? ”

I pretended to be surprised and said, "Really? Where did you hear that? Why didn't we hear it? ”

"Oh?" Leonard glanced at Joseph meaningfully and continued: "It's an eventful season, it's easy to dodge open guns and difficult to defend against hidden arrows, does Mr. Han need me to send some people to protect you?" ”

I shook my head and declined, "No, you and Master Arthur are my friends, and with the prestige of the two of you, I don't think anyone will think anything about us." ”

"Okay, since Mr. Han doesn't think it's necessary, forget it, but you still have to be more careful today, by the way, where are you going now? Is it to go to the cliff cave to see the boat? ”

"Yes, Lord Arthur is very faithful, and sent Joseph to show us the ship early in the morning."

"Well, so be it, I'm just idle and have nothing to do, why don't I go with you too, I haven't been there for a long time."

Leonard said it lightly, but we can all see that this grandson was planning to join us from the beginning, but I didn't refuse, first, because I couldn't refuse, and second, because with him by his side, at least Arthur didn't dare to come openly.

The cliff cave where merchant ships dock in the Golden Islands is located under the cliff on the north side of the main island, the cliff cave is about twenty or thirty meters high, and the narrowest part of the cave is also ten meters wide, and there are stone platforms on both sides of the cave to reach the ground, which is simply a natural haven.

However, as soon as I walked near the cliff cave and stood in the distance and looked at the cliff cave below, Uncle Wei whispered to me: "This cliff cave is definitely not naturally formed, or at least the appearance we see at present cannot be completely natural, and it must have been artificially repaired and excavated in the later stage." ”

I nodded, "Well, looking at the arc of the cave entrance is so perfect, it shouldn't be a pure natural formation, but if it is artificially trimmed and excavated, then this technical difficulty is a bit high, right?" With the technical ability of these pirates, it seems that they can't do it, right? ”

Lin Ruyi said: "Maybe this cliff cave itself has nothing to do with pirates, just now Joseph said that there are stone platforms and stone steps in the cliff cave that can lead directly to the ground, this project is more difficult, and the pirates have no point in doing so." ”

Seeing that the three of us had been muttering quietly, Leonard asked us, "What are you talking about?" ”

I smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just think this cliff cave is incredible from a distance, it's a natural formation?" Or did you dig it out yourself? ”

"Of course, it's naturally formed, and you'll know when you go in, the space in the cave is very large, and if it is dug manually, I'm afraid it won't work for a year or two."

Soon we arrived at the ground entrance of the cave, along the winding stone stairs, we slowly walked towards the ground, the further down, the more we confirmed the guess just now, there are too many traces of artificial trimming in this cave, and some of the stone walls seem to be engraved with words, but I don't know why it has become blurry and difficult to identify.

But who dug and built this cave? From what I knew about the Golden Isles, the Golden Isles had always been a stronghold for pirates. A long, long time ago, the legendary King Arthur was defeated by the Triple Alliance, King Arthur was buried in the sea, and the pirate regime he established collapsed overnight, under the encirclement and suppression of the coalition army, most of the pirates died, wounded, and only a small part escaped, in order to avoid the pursuit of the coalition army, they did not dare to stop all the way to the east, and finally found the Golden Islands when the ammunition was exhausted, although the Golden Islands were barren except for the main island, most of the land was barren, but fortunately it was an ownerless archipelago at that time, This was so important to the exhausted pirates that they took root, and over the years, the Golden Isles became what they are today.

So, if this legend is not entirely nonsense, then the Golden Islands should have been occupied by pirates all along, so who could dig a cave under the noses of pirates? And why did they dig caves in the Golden Islands? And why did you abandon this cave? All of this is incomprehensible.

Soon we went down to the bottom of the cave, there are two stone platforms about two meters wide along the cave wall on both sides of the cave, and there are more than a dozen merchant ships of all sizes parked on the water in the middle, from the deepest part of the cave to the entrance of the cave.

"It's definitely not a natural cave, it's definitely a pier that has been dug out by hand." Looking at the scene in front of him, Lin Ruyi said with great certainty.

I nodded and said, "Well, I think so too, the two stone platforms along the cave wall are so flat that they look like they have been polished by machine, but as we discussed before, who did such a project?" According to Leonard, the cave was certainly not built by the pirates themselves. ”

Seeing that a few of us were muttering again, Leonard thought that we were discussing which one to pick, and he said to us: "These ships are in similar condition, they have basically stopped here since they were snatched back, and the deeper you go into the cave, the sooner you can grab them, and if you want to pick a good ship, you have to go to the entrance of the cave." ”

I asked Leonard a little puzzled: "You snatched these ships back and didn't drive them, so what are you doing when you take them back?" Planning a museum exhibition? ”

Leonard smiled and said: "These merchant ships are basically merchant ships that were robbed a long time ago, they are bulky and heavy, and the pirates don't like such ships, but there are a lot of good things on these ships, and the pirates' boats can't be transported back when they are robbed, so every time this time, we will drive the merchant ships back, and park them in the cliff cave to move them, and dismantle them, and after all the useful and valuable things are looted, the ship will be left with an empty shell." ”

Your uncle's! No wonder Arthur's old bastard said that most of the ships in this place were not in good condition, it turned out that they had already searched the cave once, and I asked Leonard with some concern, "It can't really be a single one, right?" ”

"No, the pirates are only interested in the furniture, utensils and other daily necessities on the ship, and they will not disassemble the control parts of the ship, the ship should be able to drive away."

I was a little relieved that Leonard said this, but I wouldn't fully believe Leonard's nonsense, so we decided to start with a merchant ship parked in front of us.

After getting on the boat, we split into two groups, Joseph, Uncle Wei, Bearded and Lin Ruyi went to the cockpit to check, and I took Sister Hua and Leonard to check the rest of the ship.

As soon as the two groups parted, Leonard said to me mysteriously: "I have received news that Arthur is quite dissatisfied with your performance at the dinner yesterday and is preparing to take revenge on you, you must be careful, that Joseph and Scar are Arthur's right-hand men, Scar is born with divine power as fierce as a lion, and Joseph is cunning as a fox with cunning cunning." ”

I said to Leonard, "Thank you for reminding me that the water in your Golden Isles is so deep, but Lord Arthur is the leader of the Golden Isles, and if he really wants to deal with me, it is useless for me to be careful." ”

"You're wrong, if you agree to my request, I can guarantee your safety in the Golden Isles."

"Okay, but I'll think about it again, today is the last day of the three-day period you gave me, and tomorrow morning, I'll give you an answer."