Chapter 34: Landing on the Island to Find the Body
Tian shopkeeper greeted, everyone next to him rushed forward, looked in the direction he pointed, only to see that on the left side of the zigzag lake island, there was a cooking smoke curling up, blowing along the direction of the wind towards this side, I don't know if the road is a psychological effect, I can vaguely smell the smell of barbecue.
Someone has taken the lead, which is bad news, because if there is no one, we just go up and grope slowly, the expected opponent is just a real dragon in the plan, but since it has been determined that there are people, there will be no islanders in the place where the bird does not, so the one who can arrive before us is naturally a more difficult character, if there is a conflict, there will be a lot of changes.
However, when the matter came, the ship had all traveled here, and it was useless to think too much, so the master of the Ciyuan Pavilion instructed the helmsman to approach the island, find a place where he could dock, and settle down first.
The Dragon-Seeker sailed through the light mist, and the closer it got to the island, the thicker the fog became, and for some distance visibility was extremely low, and the ship drove very carefully, moving at a high speed. Standing on the deck, Uncle was a little puzzled, saying that there are several islands on this Dongting Lake, why don't I remember that there are islands of such a shape?
The crooked mouth Jiao shopkeeper next to him laughed, saying that the dragon's lair belongs to it, naturally able to offset the light, and the space is shifting, if everyone can see it, I am afraid that it would have dug a bottom for people a long time ago, if it were not for the place where the real dragon looked for the dragon mound, and showed his traces, I am afraid that in another hundred years, no one will find here.
He said this quite complacently, and I chewed it carefully, feeling as if it meant that if there was no Ciyuan Pavilion, we would not be able to find this place.
To be honest, with the presence of the tiger cat, we will not be worried that the dragon's den is hard to find, but with this convenience, we will not refuse. Of course, this is just the personal opinion of Shopkeeper Jiao, and I don't care, I took a step forward, and I heard that the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion was instructing Shopkeeper Liu next to him, saying to try it and see if I can contact the outside world?
The shopkeeper Liu Yongxiang and Liu turned back into the cabin, and came out again after half a minute, shook his head, and said no.
The face of the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion began to become serious, as if he was contemplating.
When we came this time, we knew that most of the electronic devices in the Dao would cause disgust and dissatisfaction with the real dragon, so we all dealt with it before we got on the ship, and the contact method of the people sitting in the hall was probably not a modern means of communication, but it still failed to succeed, which showed that there was an unknown danger ahead of us, and it was a place isolated from the outside world.
The ship moved carefully in the white mist, and the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan gathered everyone on the deck to give us a speech. It's a very traditional process, it's nothing more than the danger ahead, let everyone be careful, and then talk about the big reward, and everyone involved in this will have a credit in the future. All the preparations, in this move, the eloquence of the master of the Ciyuan Pavilion is excellent, and after a speech, everyone is enthusiastic, and they can't wait to land on the island immediately and make contributions.
The fog was only a stretch, and when the ship passed, the front was clear, and the surroundings suddenly opened up, and the sun was shining, and the island was in front of it, and it was covered with dense vegetation, and there were bare flying stones, and birds were circling in the sky, and they were crying.
The Dragon Hunt was quite large, and it could not be approached directly, but lowered its anchor about a mile to the left of the island to secure the hull.
This island is quite large, you can't take it all at a glance, the lake and mountain in the middle are quite high, the mountain peak is steep, when you drive over from that side just now, you can see that there are many holes in the cliff, which are made by the flowing water and the wind, and when the wind blows, it makes a whining sound, which makes people feel quite weird. The reason why we anchored on the left side was because we saw that the smoke was coming from the front of the grove on the left, and now we had a boat and a man, and we had no need to be sneaky, so we came directly to set up the carriage and horses.
There are so many people, naturally it is impossible to land on the island, you need to send someone to investigate the situation, everyone discussed, and decided to take three people from the Shaodong family and me, Zamao Xiaodao, Jiao and Tian, the two shopkeepers with four people, and Huang Chen Qujun, each by small boat to land on the island, first eliminate the situation, and then make plans.
After the discussion, then we went back to the room to pack up our things, in the room, the uncle told us to be careful in everything when we landed on the island, don't be reckless in case of trouble, the world is big, and life is the greatest. We all nodded, saying that the two of us are people who are used to running legs and feet, and these are naturally saved, but you are left alone on this Dragon Seeker, and there is no one around to take care of it, so you need to pay more attention to everything.
Uncle Ha Lu laughed, saying that I am not alone, isn't there a tiger cat adult, in the middle of the contact?
The tiger cat who was snoring and sleeping in the quilt heard his name, half-opened his eyelids, and his eyes wandered away for a while, and then he said slowly: "A group of silly boys,, be careful later, although I am very powerful, but in the end, I still lack skills, and I can't be your nanny." ”
After saying this, the fat hen, who called herself a nanny, closed her eyes again and fell asleep peacefully.
This bird has always been so chattering, we are used to it, we don't pay attention to it, pack our luggage and go out of the cabin door, but I didn't expect that when we were about to board the ship, there was a trouble-the little princess Fang Yi of Ciyuan Pavilion also had to make trouble, and landed on the island with my brother.
This expedition to the island is an extremely dangerous thing, if it is not to boost morale and practice it, it is this young owner, and the master of Ciyuan Pavilion is reluctant to send him there, where will the most precious Fang Yi leave the ship? However, once the little princess makes trouble, it is indeed a headache, the owner of Ciyuan Pavilion has been crisscrossing the shopping mall all these years, and he is also a great character, but the brine points tofu, one thing drops one thing, and the most helpless thing is this little princess, otherwise he would not have gotten on this boat.
After being entangled like this for a few minutes, the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion was ready to put on a straight face, and the miscellaneous hair Xiaodao was afraid of delaying the time, so he also stepped forward and persuaded: "Miss, this landing on the island is all rough work, so let us men do it, if you have nothing to do, prepare dinner on the boat, so that we can have energy, and think about returning quickly and tasting the food you cooked." ”
It is said that the female eldest is not up to her father, this is really true, the master of Ciyuan Pavilion tried his best to talk and tongue, but in the end he couldn't resist the three words of the miscellaneous hairy path, Fang Yi agreed happily, and said that you have to be careful, I caught a big ball of fish when I was sailing yesterday, I will stew it in a while, and make up for all of you.
If there is no trouble here, then everything will be fine, the master of Ciyuan Pavilion encouraged everyone who landed on the island, patted his shoulder, and then said goodbye, everyone put down the two boats, brought everything they needed, and then transferred from the boat one after another, rowing towards the island.
We didn't have to row, so we sat in the middle of the boat, and the young owner of Ciyuan Pavilion was a little excited, constantly rubbing the cold iron Qingfeng in his hand, while I and Zamao Xiaodao looked around lazily.
I saw that Yizijian was sitting on another dinghy, holding his arms and closing his eyes, as if he was isolated from this world, with an unguessable realm. A mile of waterway, not too far, the boat rowed halfway, the word sword suddenly opened its eyes, and as soon as its body straightened, the person flew to the island like a big bird.
This move is quite powerful, flying in the air, properly pretending to be Boi's momentum, and seeing him disappear from our sight, I know that he should be ready to act alone. But it's also said that as a well-known top master on the rivers and lakes, if you go to the island and still snuggle up with us as a nanny, it will indeed be a bit of a loss.
I can finally understand that the hairy tiger cat always likes to play missing after the start of the war, and the master of daring is this virtue.
Regardless of the arrogant Huang Chenqujun, the dinghy finally reached the edge of the lake island after a few minutes.
Unlike the island, this one is large, but it has no sandy beach, just a small cobblestone tidal flat, and the grass is lush with vegetation. After landing on the shore, two people were left here to guard the dinghy, and the other two teams of ten people began to touch the place where the smoke had come from before.
The road was not far, and after walking nearly 100 meters, we saw a small hill in front of us, which was a lush metasequoia forest, the grass at the foot of the slope was green, and the bonfire emitting smoke was there, but there were several corpses that broke into our eyes together, and the heavy smell of blood wafted with the wind, so sweet that the nose was greasy.
At the sight of the dead man, everyone became vigilant, and then cautiously approached the campfire.
When we approached, we found that these people were all dead, a total of four people, a gray-clothed Taoist priest, and three black-robed people, scattered around the bonfire, the blood was already half-coagulated, and the footprints around were messy, it should have been a fight. I saw that the black robe looked a little familiar, and I squatted down and turned over, just like the one worn by the fishhead gang last night.
I lifted the collar from their chests and pulled them down, and I could see that they had a vivid fathead fish tattooed on their chests.
The Fish Head Gang is a secret society composed of fishermen in Dongting Lake, which first appeared in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, at first it was formed to resist the exploitation and fish donation of the government, local tyrants and inferior gentry, and it was also considered to be a poor person, but later because of several encirclements and suppressions, it was infiltrated and mastered by the White Lotus Sect, and then gradually became a branch of the White Lotus Sect, listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement.
Seeing this fat-headed fish tattoo, our faces are not very good, and the branches of the Evil Spirit Sect that can independently form a gang are all powerful, such as the Ghost Face Robe Brotherhood, it should be very difficult to come to this Fish Head Gang.
Miscellaneous Xiaodao flipped the gray-clothed Taoist priest lying next to the fire, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "It's him?" ”
He reached for the man's neck and pulled out a talisman, but it was the nameplate of the Laoshan disciple.
This person we saw in the restaurant next to Yueyang Tower, and one of the young masters of Ciyuan Pavilion who was standing next to Laoshan Elder Bai Gele at that time also leaned over to look at it, and sighed, saying that this was Liu Feiyang, a disciple of Laoshan Elder Bai, one of the most popular second-generation disciples in Laoshan, but he didn't expect to die here.