Chapter 237: Discovering the Clues
"There are pirates on Red Armor Island, but there are also pirates on Moby Dick Island. A few of us sneaked a look. Jiang Ping suddenly interjected on the side. Seeing Shun Bo's reproachful gaze, he shrunk his neck, touched his head and embarrassed his scalp and said, "Dad, we are just curious, we all say that there is a lot of fish on Hongjia Island, we fought for a long time that day and there was no gain, and finally we ran over secretly in a hurry, obediently, there are indeed a lot of fish there, we sold a lot of silver taels in a boat." ”
"Don't go again next time, last time it was your fate, if you run into pirates, you won't be able to come back." Shun Bo saw Jiang Ping's obviously perfunctory attitude, and he almost jumped to his feet in a hurry.
"Got it." Jiang Ping didn't want to make his father angry, and hurriedly replied. "I really hope to get rid of these pirates, it's so hateful, we fishermen can't survive if we occupy such a good place."
Xiao Ruyu is very uncomfortable in his heart, the sky is high here, the emperor is far away, the government is colluding with pirates, the life of the common people is too hard, guarding such a big treasure as the sea is about to starve to death, this King of Qi is not worthy of such a good fief, he should really let him taste the taste of starvation.
Finally seeing the outline of the island, Xiao Ruyu pointed to the island over there and asked, "Is that the Coral Islands over there?" ”
"Yes, we can only park the ship over there, but we don't dare to go inside, and if we go inside, we will be the territory of pirates." Shun Bo quickened his rowing, and the boat rowed quickly towards an abrupt island.
"It's not going to do much here." Mingqiu said. If you can't continue to survey inside, it's no different from not coming, you can't see anything, you can't even see half a shadow of the pirate, and the ship can't go inside.
.“ I can take you to the places I've been to, and the roads we're walking are so secret that pirates won't find out. Jiang Ping said on the side. He was also a hot-blooded young man, and he knew that these people had come to deal with these pirates this time, and he wanted to help very much.
"Great, Brother Jiang Ping, in this way, as long as you lead us to the place where you last arrived to find the pirate, your commission will be doubled." Xiao Ruyu waved her hand haughtily, this Jiang Ping really helped a lot, and when she went back, she could tell a few modern seaside farming methods, so that he could make money without going to sea so dangerously.
"No, no." Jiang Ping hurriedly waved his hand, he didn't do this to make money, the person who entrusted him to go to sea saved his life, he was to repay his kindness, not to make money.
"Brother Jiang Ping, you're welcome. You've helped a lot this time, and we don't have anything to thank you for, so we should give you more money. Xiao Ruyu said.
Jiang Ping took everyone from the coral archipelago between the various small islands constantly shuttled, fortunately their boat is small, some places can only barely pass through, if it is a little bigger, it will be difficult to do, no wonder the pirates can't find it, who would have thought that there is such a secret passage between the islands.
Finally coming to the easternmost part of Coral Island, Jiang Ping pointed to an island in the distance and said: "That is Hongjia Island, and the entire outer layer of the island is covered with a layer of red coral, as if it is covered with a layer of red armor, so it is called Hongjia Island." ”
Everyone looked up, and indeed the island had a pale red outline, and at this time the sun had risen, and the whole island was shrouded in a golden light, which was even more magnificent and majestic.
"This is Red Armor Island?" Jiang Feng, who insisted on following, asked in surprise.
"Haven't you been here? What's wrong? Min Min gave him a strange look, wasn't it the same place they came last time?
"That's not right, the Hongjia Island I saw last time I came with the young master is not like this, the whole island is not so red, and the outline is not like this." Jiang Feng squinted.
"You're on Moby Dick Island." Shun Bo said.
Xiao Ruyu and Min Min suddenly understood now, Han Yixuan and they were deceived by the people of the government, no wonder they were ambushed, it turned out that these people had already calculated and waited for them to drill the trap. After passing through the Coral Islands, everyone has completely lost their sense of direction, and they can't determine the east-west direction at all, and it is normal to regard Moby Dick Island as Hongjia Island, even locals are prone to mistakes, let alone outsiders.
Now it can be determined that the government has colluded with the pirates, Xiao Ruyu bit her lip, what is it, go to Wang Jincheng first to have a good chat after going back, and let him know that he will have to pay it back sooner or later.
It's really cunning enough to think of using the direction to confuse the public, no wonder several groups of people in the court have suffered, and people have opened their pockets and are waiting for you to drill, so it's no wonder if you don't suffer a loss.
"Childe, our ship can't go forward, don't you see it, there are all hopefuls on the island, right there, our ship will be discovered as soon as it goes out." Jiang Ping said.
Xiao Ruyu squinted at the island, indeed there was a pavilion at the commanding height, the pavilion was waving flags, Jiang Ping was right, there was a lookout, any ship in this direction was under its nose, as long as it moved, it would be discovered.
How to get there? She looked at the clear sea in front of her and frowned, a big black fish swam past her eyes and brought a splash, her eyes lit up, she couldn't row but she could swim over.
After visually measuring the distance from here to Hongjia Island, and considering that her ability should be fine, she turned around and asked, "Which of you can swim?" Oh, you have to swim well. ”
Everyone has a bitter face, they are all landlubbers, it's not bad to see so much water and not get dizzy, and still swim? Forget it.
Everyone shook their heads in unison, and Jiang Ping touched his head in embarrassment, "I can swim, but I, I don't dare to go over." ”
"Just stay here." Xiao Ruyu looked at him and knew that he didn't know martial arts, even if he swam over, it would be a burden, so let's spare him.
"Aunt Xiao, no, Young Master Xiao, you, do you have to go over?" Gongsun Duan hesitated for a moment before asking. It's unreasonable for so many people to let a big girl take risks, but they really can't swim, and they can't do it. I can only ask her.
Along the way, he also understood that this girl is really not a good stubble, and Han Yixuan's bastard can stand it, he used to think that Han Yixuan was too affectionate to this girl, this girl was too cold and a little unworthy of him, but now it seems that she is also willing to sacrifice her life to Yixuan, and the two are a perfect match.
"I'm the only one here who can swim, of course I go." Xiao Ruyu glanced at him, tied his robe, and straightened the burden behind him.
"Hide your boat in that place, and then go up to the island and hide. If there are no special circumstances, I will stay there and look around, maybe back in a few days. Xiao Ruyu turned around and said.
The crowd nodded and told her to signal in case of danger, and they managed to get there.
Xiao Ruyu bent down to try the sea water, it seemed that the sea water was very cold, her eyebrows were furrowed, but she didn't say a word, she jumped straight into the sea, and swam in the direction of Hongjia Island without the slightest hesitation.
"I didn't expect Childe to travel so well." Mingqiu sighed, and everyone also widened their eyes, this speed is too fast, even Jiang Ping may not be able to catch up.
"Your son must have grown up by the sea." Shun Bo touched his beard and said, "Look at me, only the children of a fisherman's family can swim so well, no, even if you are born in a fisherman's family, you may not be so good at swimming." ”
Thinking of the origin of this eldest lady, Ming Qiu blinked strangely, how did the eldest lady learn to swim, there was not even a decent river in the countryside where she grew up, and then she almost drowned after she ran into a bandit jumping into the river, could it be that when she learned, people were forced out of their potential when they were threatened with death?
Xiao Ruyu was swimming rapidly in the icy sea water at this moment, and it was very cold when she first entered the water, and her body adapted a lot better. The sea was not very stormy, and she was not too hindered when she swam. I hope she can still maintain her physical strength when she swims to Hongjia Island.
Han Yixuan didn't know what to do now, maybe she would be able to find out his news when she arrived at Hongjia Island, this thought supported her to keep moving forward, and an hour later, she came to the vicinity of Hongjia Island.
found a remote place to go ashore, the sea breeze blew, she shivered coldly, grabbed the water on her body, and then felt out the burden to check, fortunately, the waterproof effect of the tarpaulin is good, not wet.
She took out the water bladder in her bag and drank a few sips of water, and nibbled on a few bites of the cake that had been soaked in seawater. Now I need to take a good rest, I have consumed too much stamina just now.
Squinting and taking a few deep breaths, looking at the clothes of **, she felt that her body was getting colder and colder, she tried to dry the clothes with her little internal force, fortunately, it finally had some effect, at least her body was not so cold. Seeing that it was still early, she simply hid and continued to dry her clothes with internal force, and it took most of the day to finally get it right.
Her clothes were almost gone, her body was not cold, and she lay on a side of the grass and looked out, she was sure that this was the lair of the pirates. The defense here is very tight, there are teams patrolling everywhere from time to time, and there are secret posts in several hidden places, it seems that the pirates here are not simple.