"You're lying to us!"

Hearing me almost roar out of rage, the Iron Mask King was as calm as ever, even calmer than at any previous moment, his gaze seemed to be condensed with a layer of ice, revealing a faint coldness, he looked at it for a while, and said, "You are mistaken. ”

"I didn't!"

As I spoke, I had already walked in front of him, looked at his cold eyes hard, and said: "I have asked you more than once before, why didn't my mother directly destroy the Franc machine artillery, where did you hide these things, but you never answered me, without a word, but this time, you were so happy to tell them that the Franc machine artillery was hidden on the mountain of Tianquan Island, and you took the initiative to take out the map." ”

"At this time and that time, it is expedient to capture Tianquan Island."

"You've been hiding for so many years, how can you take it out so lightly?" As I spoke, I immediately interrupted him when I saw that he was about to speak: "And! ”

As I spoke, I picked up the torn map in my hand and held it up to his eyes.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

"This map."

"Map, what's wrong?"

"You've been hiding the map where the Franc cannon is hidden in this map, and you haven't shown it to anyone else, have you?"

“…… Not bad. ”

"Lie!" I exclaimed, "You did it not long ago!" ”

"Oh?"

I tore open the map of the cliff on the east side of Tianquan Island, which had been torn apart by him on both sides, and there was a layer of snow-white paper underneath, and the map where the Franc machine cannon was hidden was sandwiched between that layer of paper and the map on it, and I said: "If this is really the case, then the layer of paper below should have gone through at least some years and turned yellow." But this layer of paper is still white, and the color of the map above is not at all the same period of paper! ”

“……”

"You met us, and you knew that we were going to look for the Franc machine artillery, so you made the map look like this, and then sandwiched a fake map into it, right?!"

“……”

"Why are you doing this? Why are you lying to us? ”

“……”

When I met my anxious eyes, the Iron Mask King was still as calm as ever, but his eyes flickered slightly, and then he showed a faint smile.

He said, "You're not bad enough to see these flaws." ”

“……”

"But, as Huaiyin's daughter, you're still not enough."

“……”

"You're too stupid."

I subconsciously frowned.

I don't need to be reminded by others, my mother has warned me since I was a child, so I am taught to study hard, the purpose is just to fly the stupid bird first, and now I am not surprised to hear his evaluation.

It's just that I'm in a hurry.

He deceived me, it's still a trivial matter, but now Liu Qinghan has already taken that fake map and set sail with Xiao Yusheng to the east of Tianquan Island!

When they went to the island like this, they couldn't find the Franco machine artillery, in case they were discovered by the Sea Snake Gang and Yan Qinghan's people, even if Xiao Yusheng's martial arts were strong and he could protect himself, but Liu Qinghan had no martial arts, and he was simply going to die!

Thinking of this, I became more and more annoyed.

However, the Iron Mask King didn't seem to feel the anxiety in my heart at all, and still said unhurriedly: "Since you can see the flaws in this map, and you can also know that it is impossible for me to lightly tell others the whereabouts of the Franc machine artillery, then how should you know that such a thing, how can Huaiyin just let it be so simple to hide." ”

“……！”

I just felt a buzz in my head: "What did you say?!" ”

"Do you really think that this king went to sea to hide those artillery?"

“…… Isn't it? ”

"Humph!" He looked at me and shook his head coldly: "You are really stupid!" ”

I stood there and was stupid for a moment.

What do he mean by that? Could it be that the purpose of his voyage to sea was not even to hide that batch of artillery?

If not, then for what?!

What else is the big thing, it is worth his dignified Iron Mask King of the grassland to give up his identity and status in the grassland, and even give up his feelings for my mother, so that he has been adrift at sea for half his life, has no fixed place, and has become a pirate-like figure from an Iron Mask King!

At this time, I was already completely messed up, and I was also in a hurry, so I stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve directly: "What the hell is going on, you sue me!" ”

He glanced at me and said lightly: "Since you can all think that because this batch of murder weapons is too fierce, they can't be allowed to appear in the Central Plains, then why can't you think of it, what if other people want to buy this thing?" ”

“……”

"We have hidden this batch, can we hide the second batch, the third batch? We can prevent Xichuan from buying such a murder weapon, can we also prevent Jiangnan and Beijing? ”

“……”

"Since you can only think of this, then it's no wonder that you have always pinned the clues on me to find the Franc machine artillery."

I was still a little dazed for a while, and I couldn't react at all, so I just looked at him stupidly: "Then the purpose of your going to sea is __"

He didn't look at me, but walked over to the table, pulled out the longest and largest of the large number of rolled maps, swept the other maps on the table to the floor, and unfolded the map.

Suddenly, a strange map appeared in front of me, which I had never seen before.

The topographic map, the sea chart, the route, were completely foreign to me, as if this map was marked with a completely unfamiliar world, a world that I had never seen before.

I looked at it with wide eyes and muttered, "This is __"

"This is a map that we bought from foreign merchants."

...... I leaned down and looked at the picture as carefully as I could, but because of the turmoil of my mind at the moment, although my eyes could still see things, nothing could enter my mind and heart.

It's just that my eyes swept over a few familiar words__

Franc machine?

I jerked my head up: "Franc machine? ”

“……”

"Franc Machine Country?!"

The Iron Mask King looked at me lightly.

At this moment, not only did I not dare to believe my eyes, but I couldn't even believe my own thinking, which was something that I couldn't dream even if I dreamed, and I didn't even dare to dream about it!

Franc machine! Franc machine country?!

How can it be?!

But how can I not believe it?

In front of me, there are already facts in front of me, as well as those things I have experienced, those words I have heard, every thing, every word, all of which clearly show this fact at this moment__

"You guys, you went to the country of Franc Machine?!"

It wasn't until this moment that the cold ice in the Iron Mask King's eyes gradually melted.

Although, his gaze was still cold, even flashing with chills.

"You went to the country of Franc Machine?!"

“……”

"You guys are really__"

No matter how much I repeated it to myself, no matter how much he looked at him, his expression had clearly told me that my words were not wrong, but I still couldn't believe it, and I still repeated it over and over again, not knowing whether to confirm it to him or to convince myself.

He, the Iron Mask King, went to the country of Franc Machine!

He interrupted me coldly: "Nothing to be surprised about. If all the merchants of the Franc Kingdom can come here, why can't we go to the Franc Country? ”

“……”

Yes, it is not a strange and unacceptable thing to exchange gifts and exchange with each other, but I still can't accept it, he went to the country of Franc Ji with the Iron Mask.

I took another deep breath and looked at him: "You went there, why did you go there?" You are __"

Before I could finish the question, I was choking on my own.

At this moment, the things that had happened, the conversations that had been dusted in my mind, all appeared in front of me at this moment, echoed in my ears, and even every scene, every sound was clear, as if it was just yesterday. And among all these voices, Uncle Ghost's words with a strange accent appeared most clearly in my mind-

"That kind of firearm, after selling that batch more than 20 years ago, suddenly caught fire in the place where the firearms were produced......"

"The drawings, the key tools, the people who designed and manufactured them, all burned down in one fire......

"As soon as a person dies, there is nothing left, and it is too difficult to make it again......"

"Over the years, there have been people who want to remake it, and even want to come to the Celestial Empire to borrow back the weapons that were sold at the beginning, even if they borrow one to see, it can help, but it's a pity that ......"

……

I looked up at the Iron Mask again, his eyes had completely changed, and even his voice was completely hoarse.

"You, go to the country of Franc and burn the place where they made artillery, and the drawings, and the utensils, and the people?"

“……”

"You, you used this method to prevent the possibility of that batch of weapons reappearing and being sold to the Central Plains?"

“……”

"Right?"

The Iron Mask King looked at me, and after being silent for a while, he said in the most insipid, even indifferent tone, "This is the most palliative and curative method we have come up with. ”

I gasped.

The Iron Mask King looked at my pale face for a moment, frowned slightly, and said, "You—"

Before he finished speaking, I almost subconsciously, and I really couldn't support my body, so I staggered back two steps, and with a bang, my back hit the table.

I looked back at the almost eerie map up there, and I felt like I was suffocating my breath.

The truth, this is the truth left by the mother!

I finally knew, but this truth was too difficult for me to accept and too shocking!

However, only this truth can explain so many difficult doubts at the beginning!

Mother's assets, as the eldest lady of the Yan family, the assets accumulated over the years can be described as rich and rivaled, and Yan Qinghan even said that before her mother went to Xichuan and married her father, she actually had a lot of assets, which can make Yan Qinghan say "not small", then this asset can be described as quite huge.

And with such a huge asset, just casting a sea crossing Feiyun can only use a small part of it, and even casting such a fleet should not be a problem, as for these sailors, it will not cost too much money to buy their contracts according to the market price.

But my mother and I were living in poverty to the point where we needed help.

Because her money was not only used to cast the sea and flying clouds, nor was it only used to buy the deeds of sale of these sailors, the main use of her money was to undertake such a voyage!

I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself.

However, when I raised my head and looked at the Iron Mask King, I could feel my eyes a little bloodshot and red: "You went to the country of Franc and destroyed the place where they cast artillery, and those people, and then you-"

"And then, we'll be back."

"Then why don't you—"

Before I could finish the question, I almost shuddered, and then I replied: "You are not sure that you really killed everyone who could make artillery, nor are you sure that all the drawings and utensils were destroyed in that fire, and you are afraid that they will make them again and cross the ocean to sell them to the people here." ”

“……”

"So, you stayed in the East China Sea."

“……”

"You are adrift on this sea, not for anything else, Xue Muhua feels right, you are not for plunder, you are patrolling the sea."

“……”

"You are a pirate, but you are not a pirate, because what you go to intercept is a foreign merchant ship, not a ship of the Celestial Empire."

“……”

"You don't want those weapons to enter the Celestial Empire again, do you?"

“……”

The Iron Mask looked up at me.

Just one glance, I suddenly felt that he was old.

Although he has long passed the years of youth, and his handsome face has already precipitated too many traces of time, his indomitable soul and spirit make him seem to be always in good spirits, and even have brighter eyes and stronger will than young people.

But, at this moment, I clearly saw that he was old.

The vicissitudes and trinities have already carved the mark of years on his face, in his eyes, and in his soul.

No one knows what he has experienced over the years.

Perhaps, even he himself did not want to think about it.

But I know what he's done!

I held on for a long time, and finally choked up, "Uncle......"

After calling him, I choked up again, after all, I didn't know what to say, just now, I was so anxious that I almost tore my face with him, but now, knowing what he has done all these years, I can't even say a word of reproach.

Who can reproach him?

As the iron-masked king who commanded thousands of troops and horses on the grassland and won the capital with power, he had so many earth-shattering achievements, and what he gave up may not be pursued by others in his life, he gave up these, but did something that not too many people knew.

Choked up for a long time, and finally said with difficulty: "I...... I thank you for many people. ”

He glanced at me, his gaze still faint.

Actually, my thanks are superfluous.

A person like him will not do one thing for the sake of others' thanks, let alone have any ups and downs in his feelings for others' thanks, if he is such a person, then over the years, he must not be able to endure such suffering and loneliness.

There are some people who do not live for the reproach and praise of others.

They live only for the faith of the soul.

He, and my mother, were all such people.

Perhaps because of this, my mother invested all the wealth that could almost be regarded as a treasure by others, and he, giving up his identity and status, also invested his best years.

But__

I looked at him, and I frowned slightly: "You, in this matter, are only responsible for going to the country of Francos to destroy those things, and my mother didn't hand over the artillery to you?" ”

He didn't speak, but acquiesced.

"So, what about the artillery?"

He looked at me for a while, was silent for a while, and finally said, "Your mother said that she would take care of those things herself. ”

"She will handle it herself?" I asked, "What is she going to do?" ”

“……”

"Yes, destroy?"

“……”

"Or is she of some other use?"

The Iron Mask King looked at me, his eyes were a little indifferent, and he said after a while: "If she didn't even tell you, then probably no one would know." ”

“……！” I was a little surprised: "She didn't sue you either?" ”

"She__" The Iron Mask King seemed to hesitate for a moment before he said, "She didn't make it clear, but she said that she would deal with the Franc machine artillery herself." ”

"How do you deal with it? Destroyed? Or is she of other use? ”

A few deep wrinkles appeared in the center of the Iron Mask King's eyebrows, as if he was trying his best to recall, and after thinking for a long time, his eyes were also a little vague and said, "I just, I once heard her mention one thing. ”

“……”

"What's the matter?"

Nishikawa, she said, may face a crisis.

“……！”

My heart struck.

Nishikawa ...... Facing a crisis?

I stared at the Iron Mask with wide eyes, "That's what she told you?" ”

"Hmm."

“……”

Suddenly, I felt that something in my chaotic mind suddenly became clear again.

How similar are these words to what Yan Qingchen told me before? It's just that my mother told the Iron Mask King that Xichuan may be facing a crisis, but what Yan Qingchen said is__Xichuan is facing a crisis!

Could it be that they are talking about the same crisis, the same thing?

When her mother was still in Xichuan, she had already realized or sensed something, and the crisis might not have taken shape, so her mother used "maybe", that is, she couldn't judge whether the crisis would really take shape; But now, what Yan Qingchen said is that Xichuan is facing a crisis, that is, this crisis is really taking shape!

The question is__ what kind of crisis?

It takes decades to take shape, and it is impossible to judge the identity of his mother as the head mother of the Yan family, and Yan Qingchen made a promise to "keep the business" for Xichuan.

I said tentatively, "Did she sue you, what kind of crisis is it?" ”

The Iron Mask King shook his head: "I listen to the tone of her voice, maybe even she can't be sure, what she can't be sure, she won't say casually, and I won't ask." ”

“……”

Indeed, it's like their character.

So__

I let out a long sigh.

But no matter what, these things are not in front of me, what makes me suffer the most in front of me is the fake map, and the dangerous and unpredictable Tianquan Island!

"Why, since the artillery is not in your hands at all, why are you still lying to us?"

“……”

"Why are you doing that?"

“……”

The Iron Mask King's face froze, he lowered his head, and I only saw the thick black eyelashes covering his eyes, which made his clear eyes appear incomparably deeper, just like the deep sea we have been facing these days, but no matter how long we have been facing it, it is strange and ruthless.

When he looked up at me again, his eyes had frozen to ice.

"They must die!" People know. ”

“……！” I was a little surprised: "She didn't sue you either?" ”

"She__" The Iron Mask King seemed to hesitate for a moment before he said, "She didn't make it clear, but she said that she would deal with the Franc machine artillery herself." ”

"How do you deal with it? Destroyed? Or is she of other use? ”

A few deep wrinkles appeared in the center of the Iron Mask King's eyebrows, as if he was trying his best to recall, and after thinking for a long time, his eyes were also a little vague and said, "I just, I once heard her mention one thing. ”

“……”

"What's the matter?"

Nishikawa, she said, may face a crisis.

“……！”

My heart struck.

Nishikawa ...... Facing a crisis?

I stared at the Iron Mask with wide eyes, "That's what she told you?" ”

"Hmm."

“……”

Suddenly, I felt that something in my chaotic mind suddenly became clear again.

How similar are these words to what Yan Qingchen told me before? It's just that my mother told the Iron Mask King that Xichuan may be facing a crisis, but what Yan Qingchen said is__Xichuan is facing a crisis!

Could it be that they are talking about the same crisis, the same thing?

When her mother was still in Xichuan, she had already realized or sensed something, and the crisis might not have taken shape, so her mother used "maybe", that is, she couldn't judge whether the crisis would really take shape; But now, what Yan Qingchen said is that Xichuan is facing a crisis, that is, this crisis is really taking shape!

The question is__ what kind of crisis?

It takes decades to take shape, and it is impossible to judge the identity of his mother as the head mother of the Yan family, and Yan Qingchen made a promise to "keep the business" for Xichuan.

I said tentatively, "Did she sue you, what kind of crisis is it?" ”

The Iron Mask King shook his head: "I listen to the tone of her voice, maybe even she can't be sure, what she can't be sure, she won't say casually, and I won't ask." ”

“……”

Indeed, it's like their character.

So__

I let out a long sigh.

But no matter what, these things are not in front of me, what makes me suffer the most in front of me is the fake map, and the dangerous and unpredictable Tianquan Island!

"Why, since the artillery is not in your hands at all, why are you still lying to us?"

“……”

"Why are you doing that?"

“……”

The Iron Mask King's face froze, he lowered his head, and I only saw the thick black eyelashes covering his eyes, which made his clear eyes appear incomparably deeper, just like the deep sea we have been facing these days, but no matter how long we have been facing it, it is strange and ruthless.

When he looked up at me again, his eyes had frozen to ice.

"They must die!"