Chapter 19: The Pursuit at Sea
Gu Xuan twisted his waist, held the boat with both hands, which was not light, and threw it directly into the sea as soon as he raised his hand, but fortunately, the sound of the undulating waves in front of him constantly lapping the hull successfully muffled the sound of the boat entering the water, so all this did not alarm the people who were still on the deck.
When he had done all this, he turned his head, pressed his throat, beckoned softly behind him, and then jumped from the boat with Adam without fear.
There was a vertical drop of nearly 20 meters between the deck above and the sea below, but both of them were not bad, and even in such extreme conditions, they still fell steadily from above into the small boat that was rising and falling with the tide below.
Gu Xuan stretched out his hand, fished it under his feet, then half-turned around, gently threw the oars in his hand back, and asked with a smile, "Brother Adam, can you still row?"
Adam stretched out his hand, steadily took the oars thrown by the other party from the air, and then put it directly into the water next to him, and responded with a smile: "In the words of your human race, I am like an arrow, even if I climb this time, I will climb back to my homeland!"
Gu Xuan turned around with satisfaction, fixed himself on the boat with his feet, faced the big boat in front, turned his back to the direction of the Eastern Continent, and with a slight stroke of the oars on both sides, the boat reversed and crashed into the waves that were lapping in front of him, and floated in the direction of the Eastern Continent.
"Let's go!"
The cooperation between the two was very tacit, and they didn't need too many words at all, so they exerted force in one direction at the same time, and the ship began to rush towards the destination East Continent with this opposite thrust.
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On the boat, they waited until half an hour later, and the two who were knocked unconscious by Gu Xuan from behind woke up leisurely.
The two reached out and touched their necks, which were still a little painful, and couldn't help scolding: "Damn, this bastard is really not light." ”
The two of them didn't know that Gu Xuan was actually trying his best to control the strength in his hands, after all, all aspects of his body had been greatly strengthened these days, but there was no opponent with matching strength to help temper his body and be familiar with the changes in his body, so it was really difficult for him to master the strength.
They slowly propped themselves up from the ground, their brains still a little dizzy, until they looked at the cage behind them where someone should have been locked inside, and then they woke up and hurriedly shouted to each other, "Quick!
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Not long after, I saw that among the ships that had been running smoothly in the water by the wind at sea, the flagship that looked the most conspicuous, and was also the most well-equipped and expensive suddenly began to accelerate.
The ships were desperate to sail at sea, completely leaving behind the other ships, but because they all had special flag speakers on board, they could transmit messages to each other even at sea, and the other ships were not panicked at the moment, but slowly began to accelerate to catch up behind.
On the other hand, Gu Xuan and Adam have actually traveled far away at the moment, but because they are at sea, the tide is constantly bringing the two in the opposite direction, and these two people are not very water-savvy, they can only be said to be very powerful, and their cooperation with each other is also tacit, but because they don't know how to borrow ingenuity at sea, the two sides are actually not completely distanced.
However, this situation was also expected by Gu Xuan, he didn't think that he could easily get rid of a group of veterans who had been at sea for more than ten years, that was unrealistic, people should not underestimate themselves too much, but they should not overestimate themselves too much, no matter when, it is always right to prepare for the worst, and even in his original deduction, it is not impossible to be caught up again halfway, but to be honest, he doesn't have a very good way, after all, this is not on land that he is better at dealing with.
For now, he could only continue to shout at Adam, "Don't panic! Adam, I will never let you be captured by them!"
One word is enough, because Adam is also a tenacious person, and he will never give up easily.
The tide was constantly ebbing, and often a man-high wave collided with the hull of the boat, and the next moment the smashed water splashed in the face, and both of them were already soaked at the moment.
The sea water is humid and cold, Gu Xuan shouldn't feel okay, and Adam can still withstand the cold because he has inherited the copper skin and iron bones of the earth people, and it is useless to complain now, it is better to leave the strength on the rowing boat, so the two of them stopped talking at the moment, just silently wrestled with the pursuers behind them.
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Three groups of people began to chase after me fiercely at sea, and even the pampered Young Master Jiang personally went to the bow of the boat this time, his hands were on the railing that was a little slippery because it was stained with water, and his eyes were staring at a small spot in the sea that was not too obvious in the distance.
Because it is night and it is on the sea, the visibility is extremely low, even if it is illuminated by a whale oil lamp, it is not far away, and because the waves are often lifted, covering the other party's figure, when the waves disappear, the next moment they have already jumped out of the distance, so Young Master Jiang is also constantly moving his gaze.
Young Master Jiang gritted his teeth stubbornly, only feeling unprecedented anger in his heart, thinking that he Jiang Ziwen was so big, although he admitted that he did rely on the help of the family to get to where he is today, but in the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce where interests are paramount, if he didn't have real talent and learning, and had an outstanding talent in Shangjia, the family would never be able to easily let him master such a large fleet, and even be fully responsible for all the interests of the family in the south, and even transfer him back to the atrium to let him take over some of the real core interests of the family.
Since he was a child, what did he think about Jiang Ziwen but couldn't get it?
Is there anything you want to do but can't do?
But only this time, on this ordinary business journey, seeing that he was about to arrive at his destination to trade with people, he was actually released by a hairy boy who secretly ran onto the ship, and one of the most important slaves on the ship this time was released.
This feeling of being cut off at the last moment was really uncomfortable, and he suddenly thought that on the night in Liangguo, someone came to him at night to ask for someone, but he was sent away in a few words, and as soon as the two things were connected, he realized that this person was actually saved by himself, in other words, now the cause of this incident is because of himself, and he suddenly became even more annoyed.
It's nothing short of humiliating!
So this time, he will never allow the other party to escape from under his nose, he must arrest this person with his own hands and torture him fiercely to relieve the hatred in his heart!
Seeing this, the old steward next to him hurriedly handed over the umbrella to let him cover it, after all, it was not good to be cold at night, but unexpectedly he waved his hand directly, and knocked the umbrella handed over by the other party to the ground, and at the same time looked at the old steward with a cold face, and scolded coldly: "Look at the good things you have done! Eat old things inside and outside, you still don't want me to go down to chase?"
Although the words were ugly, the old steward was speechless, after all, he did play a disgraceful role in this matter, and it was right to say that he was eating inside and out, and as an old man of the Chamber of Commerce who had read countless people and seen a lot of wind and waves, he was able to plant a heel here, no matter what, this is unreasonable.
There is no way, I can only blame that kid for being too shrewd and too capable of acting, and he actually succeeded in deceiving his eyes, but now it is useless to say this, let the Chamber of Commerce, let the Jiang family suffer such a loss, he, a subordinate, should have died to apologize!
Thinking of this, he could only kneel down on his knees and mourn: "The old slave is indeed guilty, and he doesn't know anyone, so much so that he lured the wolf into the house and let the slave go, because of the young master's trust in the old slave, the old slave will go after this person for the young master!"
After that, he really stood up and walked to the railing, turned over and wanted to jump into the sea, the two retainers of the Jiang family who were originally guarding Adam next to him were quick to move, and hurriedly went up to stop them, one of them saved the old steward's leg and persuaded hard, while the other knelt down on one knee and shouted at Young Master Jiang: "Young Master, even if he is guilty of doing his best, but he has been doing his best to assist Young Master for so many years, even if there is no merit, there is hard work, please spare him this time for the sake of the old steward's loyalty to the young master!"
Seeing that this old housekeeper was so strong, he really wanted to jump into the sea without saying a word, but in fact, Young Master Jiang, who was just angry for a while, was a little unbearable.
It is true that these businessmen and families put interests first, but if there is really no human touch, it is impossible, then the Chamber of Commerce will not be able to go today, but compared to ordinary people, it is just more indifferent to human feelings.
But then again, the old man in front of him has indeed followed him loyally for many years, and his credit is not small, and he is also extremely loyal to himself, if he really wants to let this person jump into the sea to feed the fish, he is not willing, not to mention that they don't know, but they understand that the reason for this matter is really to be investigated, in fact, it is their own fault.
It's just that he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and his family's attitude towards those subordinates has always been to kill if they want to, so he can't pull this face down and say something good.
"Shut up! How can you two have the face to intercede for him? I haven't yet cleared the sins of the two of you! The two of them were knocked out by a hairy boy, this is even more damned, my Jiang family has worked hard to cultivate you, it is better to feed two dogs to watch the door!"
The two who scolded the two also clearly knew that they had made a mistake The retainers had lost their temper, and they couldn't talk about resentment, after all, they had been slaves for many years, and their servility was deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and they had no idea of resisting their masters at all, they only felt extremely ashamed, and they felt that they had failed the master's entrustment, and they really deserved to die.
Seeing that the three of them didn't dare to refute, the next moment, Young Master Jiang's face was slightly better, but he still said coldly: "But even a dog has its value, before the last drop of blood is shed for the family, how can you die so easily, hurry up and go down to add fire, if you can't catch these two people today, I will ask you again!"