Chapter 35: Blackstone Bend

87_87057 Glory Hunt Order Ten minutes of tracking time had passed, and Bai Qi ordered the inexplicable sailors to move on.

What followed was a boring three-day voyage.

The ship finally arrived in front of Blackstone Bend the afternoon before the appointed date.

Looking at the natural wonders in front of him, Bai Qi didn't know whether to sigh at the magic of creation or the means of the gods.

On the south bank of the Suluo River in front of you, there is a small mountain range that stretches along the riverbank.

In the middle of the mountain range there is a branch vein that is inserted diagonally downstream into the river channel.

If you look at it from above, this mountain range and its small branch veins are like a divination character, lying on the bank of the Suluo River.

The point where Bu Zi Na penetrated deep into the river intercepted part of the water flow, forming a huge, but relatively gentle whirlpool downstream of the branch vein, and due to the perennial erosion of the water flow, a bay of tens of square kilometers was formed downstream of the branch vein.

Bai Qi asked Gunder to steer the cargo ship past the mouth of the bay, and he stood at the bow of the ship to observe the interior of the bay.

Due to the obstruction of the mountains, there is a part of the innermost part of the river that cannot be observed from the river.

Gund told him that the small dock built by Captain Will was hidden there.

The water in the bay is very calm, and seven or eight black reefs are scattered in the bay.

Gunde pointed to these rocks and said: "These reefs are actually part of the mountain, only a small part of the water is exposed, and the reefs hidden under the water surface are more than ten times more than ten, if you do not understand the distribution of these reefs, it is almost inevitable to enter without permission and run aground on the rocks." ”

Bai Qi nodded, and ordered Gunder to drive the boat across the mouth of the river bend and continue to travel ten kilometers upstream before stopping the boat.

The cargo ship anchored ten kilometers upstream of Blackstone Bend, and Bai Qi rowed towards the shore in a dinghy along with Adrian and Barrian.

The three of them went ashore and dived downstream along the riverbank.

The forests along the coast were extremely dense, and by the time the three of them reached the bottom of the low hill upstream of Blackstone Bend, it was already dark.

The three of them climbed the mountain peak, condescendingly, and had a panoramic view of the entire black stone bend.

The confluence of the main veins of the mountains that form Blackstone Bend and the branch veins that thrust into the river form a small valley, which is the only piece of land within Blackstone Bend, and the small pier established by Captain Will is at the mouth of this small valley.

The valley is very narrow, only more than 30 meters wide, the valley is lush and green, there are many trees, you can't see the situation inside, the simple wooden dock, from the slope of the valley mouth into the river bay, about ten meters away.

A long, barracuda-like ship is moored to the dock.

There is a small wooden house behind the pier. There was a bonfire burning in front of the wooden house, around which a group of disheveled men were eating barbecue and drinking wine.

Bai Qi and the three of them observed the sound for a while, and roughly judged that there should be no more than twenty people on the dock, which is almost the number of sailors on a ship more than twenty meters long.

The three of them observed for a while, determined the number of enemies, and quietly returned.

Early the next morning, Bai Qi ordered Gunder to hoist the Rummel family flag, turn the ship's bow and sail into Blackstone Bend.

The sailors in charge of the lookout on the warship at the Black Rock Bend pier notified the sailors on the dock with a flag as soon as they saw the cargo ship.

A sailor ran towards the wooden house behind the pier.

From the outside, the hut looks very simple, but the interior of the hut is very elegantly furnished.

Inside the wooden house, there is a fireplace in the center of the back wall, and a small fire is burning in the fireplace to drive away the moisture in the wooden house.

In the middle of the cabin is a large square table with a plate of leftover barbecue. A burly, brown-bearded middle-aged man sat at the table, nibbling on an unknown fruit, and a two-handed axe was placed within reach of the table.

On the left side of the hut were three wooden beds, which were filled with warm quilts, which were not sackcloth or animal skins, something that only the aristocracy could afford. In the middle of the wooden bed lay a man in armor, a broad-bladed short sword, and a shield against the head of the bed.

On the right side of the hut there is even a bookshelf filled with precious parchment books.

In front of the bookshelf was a rocking chair with a comfortable quilt on it, and a middle-aged man with a very neat appearance was lying on the rocking chair, holding a thick book in his hand and flipping through it. A two-handed broadsword rested against the side of the rocking chair.

The sailor who reported the news knocked on the door, and the big man at the table did not raise his eyelids to deal with the fruit in his hand, and the juice was flowing sideways, and the middle-aged man who was reading the book frowned, put the parchment book on the shelf, sat up straight from the rocking chair, and said, "Come in." ”

The sailor who reported the news gently pushed open the door and said without raising his head: "Captain Will, a cargo ship flying the flag of the Rummel family has sailed into Blackstone Bend, it should be the Barracuda." ”

The bearded man who was munching on the fruit stopped his movements when he heard this, threw away the fruit in his hand, frowned and asked, "Didn't the family send a message to say that the Barracuda had been robbed?" ”

The conversation between the two seemed to wake up the man lying on the bed, who sat up from the bed and looked at the sailor with some doubt, who was black-haired and dark-skinned, with a fleshy face, and a short and strong body.

The sailor seemed to be a little alarmed by the bearded man's questioning, and stammered: "Lord Ahan, this is what Hawke in charge of the sentry said, Hawke's eyes are very good, and he should not be mistaken. ”

The neatly groomed middle-aged man, Captain Will, stood up from the chaise longue, the delicate chain mail on his body made a crisp sound, and the magic brilliance that should be visible on the bright silver chain mail also flowed with it.

Captain Will got up, rubbing his chin with one hand and pacing as he walked, the eyes of the bearded man and the stout man focused on him.

After a while, Captain Will suddenly laughed and said: "I think that eighty percent of the guy who hijacked the ship saw the letter I wrote to Captain Du Bo, thinking that I was an ordinary water thief, and wanted to sell the stolen goods through me, and even join Blackwater City. ”

Saying this, the smile on Captain Will's face turned into a sinister smile, and he said, "Since the other party has sent us to the door, of course we have to entertain well, guys, and get ready to work." ”

After listening to Captain Will's analysis, both the bearded man and the stout man showed a look of deep approval.

Ahan grabbed the giant axe and swung it, the bronze wrench armor on his body clanged, and said, "It's been a long time since my tomahawk drank the blood of the Chosen Warrior, aha, I can't wait." ”

The short man jumped out of bed, picked up the shield and short sword without saying a word, and also looked eager to try, this person is not much taller than Bai Qi, but his body can be divided into two Bai Qi, if it is not that his arms are not long enough, his shoulders are not wide enough, and even people will mistakenly think that he is a dwarf.

Will commanded: "Ahan, Hollin, you are lying in ambush on both sides of the gate, and I will go and trick the guy who hijacked the ship in, and you will attack on the left and right." ”

Ahan and the stout man said, "Yes, sir." ”

Will then said to the sailors who reported the news: "Go and tell Sù Müller to pretend that he does not know that the Barracuda has been hijacked, and guide the Barracuda to shore according to normal procedures." ”

The sailor said, "Yes, Your Excellency." With that, he turned around and ran out.

The sailor ran up to the dock and shouted to an old sailor in his forties who was standing on the bow of the warship: "First mate Müller, the captain commands, pretend not to know that the Barracuda has been hijacked, and guide them to the shore according to normal procedures." ”

The first mate of Müller listened to the sailors' words, and his face showed a look of understanding, and he began to shout loudly to direct the sailors to act.

Bai Qi stood at the bow of the ship, looked at the flags from the busy sailors on the dock in the distance and the sailors watching from the mast of the warship, and turned his head to ask Gunde, who was operating the ship next to him: "What does the other party's flag say?" ”

"Your Excellency, he asked us to dock on the left side of the dock, and he didn't seem to know that the Barracuda had changed owners. ”

Bai Qi frowned, and asked again, "Do you know Captain Will?" ”

Gunder said: "Every transaction is Captain Du Bo alone, I have only seen Captain Will a few times from afar, it is a middle-aged man who looks like a nobleman more than a water thief, with gorgeous armor and pays attention to appearance. ”

Bai Qi pondered for a moment, then turned his head to Adrian beside him and ordered: "After docking for a while, you first hide on the dock to investigate, we should be careful, who knows what kind of reaction these water thieves will make if they know that this ship has changed owners." ”

Adrian nodded, jumped off the bow of the ship, came to the side of the ship, and activated the stealth technique.

Bai Qi said to Barian again: "After a while, you will restrain the spell fluctuations, pretend to be an ordinary sailor, stay in the bow of the ship, and in case of a conflict, immediately kill the sailors on the warship, and that ship must stay." ”

Barian nodded, and the spell fluctuations on his body suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Bai Qi instructed Gunde again: "When the ship stops for a while, try to shorten the distance between the Barracuda and the warship. ”

Gunder nodded slightly nervously.

Under the command of the sailors on the dock, the cargo ship slowly stopped on the left side of the dock, just side by side with the water thief's warship, one left and one right, with only a pier more than two meters wide in the middle.

Captain Will, who was standing at the door, watched the Barracuda dock docked, with a mocking smile on his face, turned around and grabbed his richly decorated two-handed broadsword from the rocking chair, hung it at his waist, and walked out of the cabin.

With a look of expectation, Ahan and Huo Lin leaned against the left and right sides of the gate of the wooden house.

Bai Qi followed the gangplank set up by the sailors and came to the dock, and he deliberately urged the power of qi and blood in his body to surge slowly, letting those sailors know that he was a powerful Chosen Warrior.

He walked slowly towards the shore, watching the sailors' reactions.

The sailors' expressions were very calm, and they didn't seem to be surprised at all by their appearance, which made Bai Qi chuckle in his heart