Three days later, in the early morning in the East China Sea, the sun was bleeding like a sea.

A small steamship with a displacement of 300 tons sailed to Damour Mountain, the middle point of the Sino-Japanese route. Ah Yu sat at the bow of the boat, with a big smooth braid combed behind his head, which was almost dragged to the deck. She was staring at the isolated island, watered into a black silhouette by the backlit sun, like a prehistoric tomb beast rising to the surface.

At the age of fifteen, her face is even more delicate. The chest is slightly up, wrapped in a blue homespun jacket with small flowers, just like the eldest lady of the child daughter-in-law in the countryside, and some have become a little daughter-in-law in a round house.

Behind her stood Ah Hai, Dehuan, and Daddy...... Regardless of whether she is old or young, everyone calls her "master".

Small steamboats are moored in the fishing port. Ah Hai was the first to land on the island, followed by Dehuan, and when he jumped off the bow of the boat, the waterline was raised by a centimeter. Then, "Daddy" helped Ah You up to the black rocks of Dharma Mountain.

The islanders live in villages near the fishing port, old houses made of stone and seaweed-covered roofs, like the remains of a shipwreck that rests on the bottom of the sea.

There was an old man with a Mauser on his back, who was a pirate who followed Ouyang Sicong, and half a year ago he was a captain for Anna and Qin Beiyang and others, and sent them to Shanghai by boat. The old man pointed a gun at the uninvited guests who landed on the island and asked who it was.

Ah Hai approached with a smile. The gun rang out, and he dodged the bullet, and the dagger slit the old man's throat at the same time. The scar on the right side of his face glittered in the sun, barely touching a drop of blood. The dagger was wiped clean with a white cloth, revealing a colorful luodian on the handle of the ivory – no longer the "comet striking the moon" of the year, but a white halo around the sun, which is called "white rainbow through the sun".

The sun on Bodhidharma Mountain is steamed by the sea water into a white rainbow-like halo. The islanders have long lost the courage of the pirate era and dare not resist again. The young and vigorous went ashore into the city, and the rest were either gray-haired or half-aged.

Ah You, Ah Hai, Tuhuan and "Daddy", looking at the cliff facing the sea like a resentful woman. A nunnery was rebuilt on the mountain, but it is no longer the original of the Song Dynasty.

"The one million taels of silver that Gengzi paid for is hidden on this island?"

Ah Hai touched the scar on his face, it has been ten years, and when he reaches a place where the air is humid, the depth of the scar will itch uncomfortably.

"If not transferred by Anna."

"Where's the entrance to the tunnel?"

"I don't know." Ah You didn't lie, she was the master, and there was no need to lie, "We're not here to find a million silver, we're here to find a person." ”

The Assassins set fire to the fishing village. The whole island was driven to the top of the hill, under the lighthouse built by the Germans, in front of the ancient stone house of the Ouyang family.

Ah Hai posted a portrait, which he drew from memory: a young face, with delicate facial features, slender eyebrows and eyes, and even a little shy eyes, he can sing on stage and in a social opera.

Kogi's face.

He is very good at drawing, even if he only sketches with charcoal or with a brush, so that people can come to life on paper. In the past, there were portrait stalls on the streets, and it was expensive to take pictures on film, but it was cheap to paint, and many portraits of old people at funerals came from this way.

The Assassin asked the islanders to carefully identify the face, which was in his early twenties, thin, looked like a little girl from behind, spoke with a Luoyang accent in Henan, was good at digging holes, could use weapons, and had been forcibly recruited into the Beiyang Army.

Each of the islanders had seen the portrait and said they had never seen it. Tuhuan pulled out a woman and pointed a dagger at her throat: "When was the last time Ouyang Anna returned to Dharma Mountain?" ”

The woman replied tremblingly, remembering that half a year ago, Anna took a small steamboat to the island and transported dozens of large burdens in batches and many times.

Needless to say, it must be a part of a million silver.

Although Bodhidharma Mountain is not big, there are raised mountains and cliffs, and you have to dig three feet into the ground and dig out silver? It's not easy.

"On this island, who has the closest relationship with Ouyang Anna?"

The islanders looked at each other, but Ah You could see it, it was not that they didn't know, but they didn't dare to say it.

The old rules, Tuohuan's wrist shook slightly, and the woman being interrogated in front of him had her throat cut by a dagger.

The woman fell in front of the Ouyang family's big house and convulsed, like an old hen killed alive, blood flowing under the pedestal of the lighthouse. As soon as he put the dagger around his neck, the boy's mother knelt down and hugged the assassin's trouser leg: "I said! I say! Miss Anna's closest person is ......"

"Go on."

The mother glanced at the islanders behind her and whispered a name: "Amen! ”

"Who's the ama?"

"This morning, when you first arrived, the ama disappeared."

"Still on the island?"

"Yes, no ship has been out to sea in the past two days." The woman simply poured it all out, "That shameless little bitch, always diving with bare tits and catching shells, charmed Mr. Ouyang like a goblin, and gave birth to two babies for him." ”

The tone was a little jealous, all the women on this island were proud to sleep with Ouyang Sicong, and they didn't care about their husbands at all.

Tuhuan rushed into the crowd to find the boy of the right age: "What about the two babies?" ”

The loyalty of the islanders is fragile, and they betrayed the pirate king Ouyang Sicong and obediently handed over their two children.

The eldest is called Ouyang Lu, who is less than three years old and is still wearing open crotch pants; The second child is called Ouyang Lianfan, and he is only one year old.

The two brothers are quite strong, with ruddy complexions, bright eyes, and inherited Ouyang Sicong's appearance. It also shows that their diet is also generous, unlike other children on the island who lack food and clothing, and their faces are yellow and thin. Seeing the scar on the right side of the assassin Ah Hai's face, the small one was directly frightened and cried, and the big one shouted for help.

They didn't know that the strange man in front of them was their father-killing enemy and the object of revenge for a lifetime.

Ah Hai picked up a child in each hand, came to the portrait on the wall, and asked with a pleasant face, "Little brother, have you seen this person?" ”

Ouyang Qiaolu, who had just turned three, stared carefully at the small wood on the portrait, like the prince of the Dragon Palace in an island nursery rhyme.

After a moment's recognition, the boy furrowed his eyebrows and shook his head earnestly.

"Burn these two children to death!"

Ah Hai coldly gave the order, and the islanders were in a commotion, but in front of the murderous assassin, they had completely lost their courage.

Tuhuan erected two crosses, tied up Ouyang Sicong's son, collected hay and firewood, and as long as he threw down a match, the boys would be burned into fireballs, like an evil dragon sacrifice that pushed boys and girls off the cliff.

"If anyone can tell the whereabouts of Aima and Kogi, we'll let these two children go!"

Ah You grabbed Dehuan's arm and shouted to the islanders, and the thin voice of the fifteen-year-old girl was quickly swallowed by the sea breeze.

"It's useless, they don't know where Xiaomu is."

Ah Hai whispered in the master's ear, and Ah You also bit his ear and replied: "No, you just want to burn them!" You're afraid that when these two children grow up, they'll take revenge on you for their father – just like Qin Beiyang did. ”

The air was frozen for a few minutes, and "Daddy" and Tuohuan were maintaining order and keeping the islanders from commotion. ”

When Ah Hai was about to strike a match, Ah You took out a dagger and pointed it at his throat: "I am your master, please listen to my orders." ”

The assassin Ah Hai let go, and the scar on the right side of his face jumped suddenly: "Obey." ”

"It's never been our old rule to kill such a young child."

Ah You untied the ropes on the boys' bodies, put his arms around their heads, and whispered in the ear of three-year-old Ouyang Qiaolu, "I'm sorry." ”

The "father" on the side frowned, but she was the master of the assassins, as long as the order came out, it was like Mount Tai pressing the top, and she had to obey, even if it was just a little girl.

The two boys were returned to the islanders. Ah Yu went on to say that if anyone knew more, they would be willing to pay a thousand silver dollars.

The islanders fell silent, there was a commotion in the crowd, and a widow in her thirties jumped out and said, "Remember! When I was a child, pirates caught hostages from a sunken ship and put them in a cave, which I secretly followed my father to see. ”

"Where's the cave?"