The wind outside the birdcage is getting stronger and stronger, and the sound of the wind blowing the bamboo leaves is far and deep. I looked out at the night sky through the cracks, and the moon was almost slipping into the air.

The wine is empty, and midnight is coming.

"In fact, that man deceived your mother's trust." Ah Wan said to Yu Ge. "Because they were in love at that time, your mother may not take the words of others on the island, but your mother cannot turn a blind eye to his advice."

"Senior, please keep talking."

"That man said to your mother, it is really biased to recklessly detain these fishmen like this, because after the leader of Bifang set himself on fire, there were no bones, and it cannot be proved that he was assassinated, and secondly, these fishmen represent the power of the Dragon Palace, and if the evidence is not conclusive, seizing them will inevitably cause the hostility of the Dragon Palace." Awan said. "To tell you the truth, this man's analysis is not unreasonable, even if I really kill Bi Fang, I should be punished by a series of trials. Because this is not a happy feud between two people, this is a conflict between two races. ”

"Did my mother just agree with the man?" Yu Ge looked puzzled, because after all, this was a question about the ancestors of the bird clan, and it was impossible for a foreigner to change his plan with a word.

"Your mother was against it at first, because she was a very suspicious person, and she was afraid that in time there would be some intrigues about me." Ah Wan smiled helplessly and explained patiently. "Until that man came up with a more suitable strategy, he said that he was confident that he could make me truthfully confess the whole process of murdering Bi Fang, so that as long as I confessed my guilt, no matter how the Birdman Clan dealt with me, the Dragon Palace would not be able to interfere with anything because of the loss."

"And then that man used the confession to get time alone with you, and then rescued you, right?"

Ah Wan looked out of the birdcage with deep eyes, and sad emotions welled up on her face. "That's right, because your mother trusted him so much that she agreed to let him be alone with me, but he took the opportunity to interrogate me, sneaked to the riverbank, and then escaped from Bird Island with me by boat......"

"But how can he, a human without Taoism, take you away without anyone noticing? Do you know that our people have very keen eyesight? ”

"He's gambling too......" Awan said meaningfully. Because at that time, your people thought that I really killed Bi Fang, Bi Fang, as your ancestor, her death became the biggest bad news for the Birdman Clan, everyone gathered on the platform outside the big bird's nest for silent mourning and worship, and there were no patrols in other parts of the island...... But it's really risky, and if we find out, I think his own life will be at risk. ”

"Him! He was deceiving his mother, because she trusted him so much. Yu Ge said angrily. I don't care if it's right or wrong, this human approach is just too much. ”

Ah Wan listened to Yu Ge's accusation, and it seemed that she blamed herself even more. "Actually, I have a clear conscience in this matter, but I am only sorry for that human being. He didn't really need to help me at all, I think the bigger reason was that he believed in my innocence, but he was afraid that if I was really executed, Ryugu and Torishima would really have a deep grudge against him, and in my opinion, he was also protecting your mother......"

"Hey." I couldn't help but sigh. "In fact, sometimes it may be a small misunderstanding, but in the end, because of the intransigence of both sides, the snowball will roll bigger and bigger."

"That's right......" Awan's eyes suddenly became weak. I think the law on your island not to have too much contact with humans is rooted in that person. Your mother may have been hurt by her, so not only did she decree it, but she also sealed all the stories of this person. ”

"Miss Awan, have you seen that human again?" I asked.

Ah Wan let out a melancholy sigh and slowly shook her head. "After we arrived in Qingdao, we parted ways, and I walked south back to the Dragon Palace, because several of my men were still imprisoned on Bird Island, and I wanted to go back and move the rescue troops to save people as soon as possible, and he went to the west alone."

"He's helped you so much, haven't you thought about going to him again?"

"Of course I did, but in fact, my situation after returning to the Dragon Palace was not good, my original task was to seek an alliance, but the reinforcements were not invited, and such a big basket was poked, and many of the leaders of the various clans in the Dragon Palace thought that I really killed Bi Fang, and they advised the Dragon King to remove me from my position." Ah Wan's face was helpless and aggrieved. "Then I finally had the opportunity to leave the Dragon Palace and look for my benefactor, and I kept going west, all the way to the desert, but I could not find him. I once wondered if Qingyuan had sent someone to kill him. ”

"You know how hard it is to find someone in a vast sea of people......" she continued. Later, I thought he would go back to Qingdao, so I opened that bar in Qingdao. The bar was to raise my men to attack Bird Island, and to find the man. ”

Ah Wan, Qing Yuan, Bi Fang and the human being, their stories are really intricate, like a criss-crossing net, imprisoning several of them in it.

"But......" Awan suddenly stared at me, looking straight into my eyes. I used to think of you as that person, little brother. ”

"What?" These words made me and Yu Ge speechless for a while. "This ...... What does this mean. ”

"From the first time you went to the bar, I thought you were a lot like him...... I saw that the eyes of the person I liked looked like him, and the way he drank was like him, so I asked you to drink two glasses of wine to further confirm, and it turned out that you even spoke in a tone that looked like him. "Awan kept staring at me, which made me very uncomfortable.

"Miss Awan, I don't think it's possible, if according to the time you said, when you and that person leave Bird Island, I'm afraid I haven't been born yet......"

Ah Wan seemed to agree with my rebuttal. "yes, it really can't be yours, maybe it's just that you resemble him, because he was about your age when he left Bird Island. It's been decades, and things have long been wrong. ”

Another gust of wind blew into the cage, and we all shivered and shivered. Midnight is approaching, and we are about to enter another day, and our hopes are a little slimmer.

"Don't talk about these things, it's really bitter and hateful, and the more I think about it, the more confused I become. Now that Bi Fang is back, everything can be cleared and the sunrise can be seen. ”

Yuge looked helplessly at the night sky through the hole in the dome. "It's useless to talk about these things now, tomorrow Senior Awan will be executed, if Senior Bi Fang doesn't come to save us, all this will become an eternal regret."

Yu Ge is right, she and I failed to rescue Ah Wan, but we were all imprisoned here, and we had to wait for the profound Bi Fang to come and rescue us in person, which was our last straw.

"Bi Fang? Why do we need her to save us with such a small thing? Ah Wan said puzzled. You underestimate me too much. ”

"Senior, this is a rope woven into a rope from more than a dozen strange trees on the island, and it is impossible for us to break free." Yu Ge looked disillusioned. "A ...... who is too weak to cast spells"

"Hehe, didn't I say it before, I'll have my own way to escape until midnight." Ah Wan smiled softly. "It's almost midnight, you see."

As soon as she finished speaking, her body twisted violently, and suddenly a body of scales grew, and then fell off one by one, and her body shrank smaller and smaller, turning back into a black horseshoe crab, and the tightly bound rope suddenly lost its strength at this moment, and fell limply to the ground.

"This!" Yuge and I were completely stupid.

Immediately afterwards, the horseshoe crab fluttered twice on the ground, emitting thick black smoke, which grew larger and larger, and finally grew into a human form.

With a handsome face and uninhibited long hair, the charming Ah Wan has turned into a tough Ah Wan.

He waved his fingers in the air a few times, and the ropes on Yu Ge and I were cut into several pieces.

"Isn't there a feeling that you can't guard against it?" Ah Wan laughed heartily, his voice changed, and even the tone of his speech changed. "Actually, this is a ploy of mine, I originally wanted to pretend to be caught, and then sneak in and slaughter your people to relieve my anger, you actually didn't save me, but saved all the birdmen."