Chapter 980: Stormy Rain
Xue Muhua was ignorant, subconsciously looked at me with wide eyes, and said, "What do you think of?" β
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I looked at her inexplicable expression, and I was a little stunned for a while, and I didn't know what to say.
For a moment, I thought she would remember something, after all, the appearance of the Iron Mask King and Huang Tianba was too similar, almost exactly the same appearance, just a young and handsome, a mature and steady, I thought it would evoke some memories of her, but I didn't expect it, not at all.
She still didn't remember, she still didn't feel.
Even when she saw the face that was almost exactly the same as Huang Tianba, she still didn't think of that man.
I couldn't help but sigh secretly in my heart.
What am I expecting?
Even if she regained her memory, what could she do?
One qiΔ, there is no turning back for a long time, Huang Tianba is trapped in Shengjing, and she also has a marriage contract with Pei Yuanfeng, if she is allowed to recover her memory at this moment, it will only make YiqiΔ more chaotic and make the three of them more painful.
Xue Muhua looked at me in surprise and said, "What are you talking about?" β
I suppressed the sadness in my heart, only smiled faintly, and said, "It's nothing, I'll just ask casually." β
Sensing that she was still a little confused, I hurriedly changed the topic and said, "By the way, is this ship going back to that - Tianquan Island now?" β
"Yes."
"How long will it take?"
"I don't know, it could take days to hear them talk about it."
"How many days? After such a long time, when we rush back, isn't it - Tianquan Island may have been occupied by the Sea Serpent Gang? β
Xue Muhua's face also had a worried look, nodded slightly, and said, "It's very likely." β
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"So, maybe when the time comes, it's really a tough battle."
Bitter? It's not that simple!
If this is really the case, if the people of the Sea Serpent Gang really occupy Tianquan Island, if they really find that batch of artillery, then this matter is no longer a bitter battle that can end lightly!
That kind of artillery, which was just one at the beginning, was just a test of power in Nian Baoyuze, which caused the cavalry of the Eastern Chahe Department to be almost devastated, and it was not until decades later that Kumuhan still had lingering palpitations.
And that batch, I don't know how many there are, but I can also understand that the number is definitely not small!
If such a large number of murder weapons were found by those murderous pirates, it would be tantamount to giving the beast the sharpest teeth and sharp claws.
I felt an unspeakable fear at the thought of the general storm that was coming.
In the following time, I talked with her for a while, Xue Muhua told me a few words to rest, after all, maybe in a few days, we will face a much stricter crisis than any of the previous crises, I nodded and agreed, and then she left my room.
And as soon as she left, the room immediately became stuffy.
When I thought of the current situation on Tianquan Island, and when I thought of those Franc machine guns, I felt indescribable anxiety, as if my heart was being roasted on a small fire, and after fidgeting in the room for a long time, I finally pushed the door and walked out.
The size of the sea and the clouds was far greater than I had imagined, and I walked around the winding corridor for a long time, and finally stepped out of the cabin and onto the deck.
And as soon as I got on the deck, I immediately saw a sudden brightness in front of me.
The hull of this ship crossing the sea and flying clouds is huge, we have seen it when we were still bombarded by it in the sea before, and in it, we found that not only the hull is huge, the structure of the cabin is complex, and even the deck is unusually wide, almost enough for a four-horse carriage to move unimpeded on it, I stood at the door of the cabin, I only felt that I was facing a wide square, and the high bow in front of me was almost like an attic, such a ship appeared on the sea, It's a real mirage.
The wind blew my long hair flying, the cold hit my clothes, and made me shiver slightly, I held on to the fence on the side and walked forward slowly, looking at the boundless sea in front of me showing a gray and chaotic color, and the sky above my head was also gray-blue, and the sea was completely integrated at the junction of the distant sea and sky.
I don't know when I will be able to return to land.
But I feel that before the matter of Tianquan Island is resolved, and before the matter of that batch of Franc machine artillery is resolved, maybe we really won't have a chance to go back!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh.
The wind was so strong that I could barely stand on my feet, and I hurriedly held on to the fence to stabilize my body, but I heard a loud muffled sound behind me, and when I turned around, I saw that the sails behind me were blowing to the full.
The pattern on the sail was also clearly presented in front of my eyes.
And at this moment, a tall figure stepped out of the cabin, and the burly and strong body was almost accommodated under the pattern.
It's not the first time I've seen that pattern.
Totems, to be exact.
The Iron Mask King slowly walked up to me, noticing my somewhat dazed eyes, he also glanced back and said, "Have you seen the pattern on this sail?" β
I nodded.
"Where have you seen it?"
"Katsukyo."
"You've been to Katsukyo?"
"Yes."
"When did you go?"
"Many years ago, I was taken by the people of Losh and stayed there for a while."
"Lorsh?" The Iron Mask King's dark eyebrows furrowed slightly, as if he remembered something: "He's from Shengjing nowβ"
I said, "He is now the deacon of Katsukyo and the prince of the Iron Halberd, and he has a great reputation. None of the children of the Eight Heavenly Kings has more power than him, except for you. β
When the Iron Mask King heard this, he only smiled faintly and said, "When I left Shengjing, he was just a child, and now, he is so promising. β
I smiled faintly and said, "Are there talented people in the country?" β
The Iron Mask King looked at me and said with burning eyes: "However, you just said that he arrested you and went to Shengjing, why?" β
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I also know that there are some things that must be made clear after all, and since I have met him, I will not hide a word from what I should say.
In such a gray sky, in the middle of the gray sea, time gradually became a little chaotic, and I don't know how much time it took me to explain the things I experienced in Shengjing, the people I met, and even the death of the Queen Mother, all of them to the Iron Mask King.
It's just that when I finished speaking, the originally calm sea was blown up by the increasingly cold wind.
The Iron Mask King stood on the deck, holding the fence in both hands, his resolute figure standing in the wind, not moving.
From his twinkling gaze, I could clearly see his heart as undulating as the sea.
I don't know how long he was silent, but he finally said, "Uyur, did you kill yourself?" β
"Yes."
"For protection, the Emperor."
"Yes."
"She knew it wasn't her child, but she stillβ"
When he said this, his originally low and heavy voice suddenly changed his tone, as if something rushed up and blocked his throat, and even his eyes were red, he turned his head to look at me, and said in a completely changed tone: "She is still, his Amitabha?" β
"Yes."
The Iron Mask King suddenly laughed.
At this moment, I didn't even understand why he suddenly smiled like this, but in that smile, I seemed to understand all the pain, all the sorrow, all the sorrow, and all the reluctance.
However, all this affection only stayed in his eyes for a moment.
The next moment, his gaze had become shrewd and sober, and he looked at me and said, "That Huang Tianba, is that her child?" β
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
I thought about it for a moment and nodded solemnly: "I can!" β
When I said this, my voice was almost choked, and sour tears welled up in my heart, and even blurred my eyes, but I looked at the familiar face in front of me very clearly, no one understood the relationship between Huang Tianba and him better than me.
Facing my gaze, the Iron Mask King frowned slightly, and seemed to realize something: "Just now, when I took off the mask, you saw that my gaze was very special, wasn't-"
I nodded hurriedly and smiled sadly: "You and him are almost identical." β
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"If before, a qiΔ was just our guess, but when I saw you, I was already completely sure that Huang Ye must be the child of the Queen Mother!"
The Iron Mask seemed to smile as well.
"He, worthy of being my Iron Mask King's nephew!"
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"Worthy of the son of Uyul!"
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Yes, he is worthy of being your nephew, worthy of being the son of the Queen Mother, he is worthy of the arrogance of this body, and worthy of the pride and ambition of this half of his life!
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But!
When the helpless sorrow welled up in my heart, the Iron Mask King's face was covered with ice.
The chill that oozes from the ice almost makes me look at it for a while, and it also penetrates my skin, and I shiver a little.
Yes, he must have been well aware that his nephew, the son of his most beloved sister, was now trapped on the prairie by Rosh with the most suffocating tenderness in the whole world.
That's definitely not the ending that a big hero deserves!
I even heard him grit his teeth fiercely, and said word by word: "But my nephew of the Iron Mask King shouldn't be bullied like this!" β
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"Don't talk about the Eight Heavenly Kings, even if it's the real Heavenly King Lao Tzu, you can't!"
My breathing suddenly tightened: "Uncle......"
However, his anger was not irrational, although I clearly saw a few fingerprints in the deep depression on the wooden fence that he was holding tightly, and he quickly calmed himself down, and said coldly: "But for now, I have more important things to solve." β
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I didn't speak, just lowered my head slowly.
Yes, this matter in front of us is something that each of us must face and solve!
Of course, I also understand that my mother will hand over the Franc machine gun to him, and it must be because only by handing it over to him can my mother feel the most at ease.
But-
After all, I finally asked the question that had been lingering on my mind: "Uncle, I have a question that I have always wanted to ask you. β
He looked at me: "What's the problem?" β
"Since those cannons are considered murder weapons by my mother, why didn't she destroy them?"
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"Since it's a murder weapon, it can be destroyed for a hundred, why doesn't she do it? On the contrary, it takes so much manpower and financial resources to even ask you to be adrift at sea all these years and hide the Franc machine guns at sea? β