"Let me ask you a simple question," Xu Zun lowered his voice and asked the two maids, "Have you seen with your own eyes that the kraken is eating people?" ”

"I didn't ...... Nope! The two of them shook their heads together, and one of them said, "That kraken doesn't look like clearly, how can it ...... How can you see it eating people? ”

"Yes, we only see it like a silk forge, undulating on the sea...... "another adds, "and we don't see it at all." ”

"Oh?" Xu Zun frowned, but felt that the descriptions of the two were more pertinent and vivid.

In this way, the Kraken may not be described as a head or one, or some unknown group of aquatic animals.

But...... Even so, it is still beyond my own understanding.

"You ......" Xu Zun calmed down and said, "You tell me about the situation carefully, and not a single detail must be missed, if you can find the prince, you should remember the first merit of the two of you!" ”

"Yes, yes...... the two hurriedly nodded, "How dare the slave and maid talk nonsense, the situation that day is ......"

The two looked at each other, and one of them recounted the incident.

What the two said was highly consistent with Shen Xingran, and that day, the prince left the Tianfu giant ship because he enjoyed the fun of fishing, and watched the fishing on one of the frigates equipped with fishing nets.

Since it took more than half a day to come and go, the two maids followed the prince on the boat and waited for him.

Unexpectedly, the weather suddenly changed, the storm was raging, and a kraken appeared on the sea.

The prince was frightened and was protected by the crew and entered the cabin to avoid danger.

But before they could enter the cabin, there was a violent explosion in the hull.

After the explosion, the frigate had already begun to capsize, and the prince did not even have time to board the escape boat before he fell into the water with many crew members.

The two maids did the same, but they were lucky enough to catch a plank and save them from drowning.

However, because the plank of the ship was swept away by the current, they only saw the prince being rescued by another frigate that rushed over, and no matter how much they called for help, they never got the attention of the crew.

So, they don't know what happened later, but the only thing they know for sure is that the prince was indeed rescued by the frigate.

Well......

Xu Zun thought for a long time, and then instructed Huo Anu: "You take the portrait of the prince and ask those pirates."

"Check with them, when they attacked the Daxuan battleship, did they see that the prince was also on that ship!"

"Yes!" Huo Anu's body trembled slightly as he received the order, obviously realizing the importance of the matter.

If the crown prince has already been killed by this group of pirates, then the consequences are bound to be very serious......

After Huo Anu left, Xu Zun called the guards and asked them to take one of the maids to the cabin and settle the room.

The other maid was left in the house.

"My lord, ...... you" The maid who was left behind suddenly felt an inexplicable nervousness, and she didn't know what Xu Zun's intention was to separate them?

"When something happened," Xu Zun asked, "did anyone else fall into the water?" ”

"Yes, yes," replied the maid hurriedly, "and many of the soldiers have fallen overboard." ”

"Then ......," Xu Zun asked, "what happened to them in the end?" Was he rescued like the Prince? ”

"This ...... I don't know," the maid recalled, "at the time...... It seems that I only saw that the frigate rescued the prince, but did not save the other soldiers who fell into the water, I don't know...... Is it already drowned, or is it ...... Or was it swept away by the Kraken? ”

"At that time," Xu Zun asked again, "did you see other ships?" Where is the Celestial Fortune Giant? ”

"Other ships...... It seems that they were all sunk by the Kraken! The maid recalled with her heart, "The Giant Ship of Heavenly Fortune ...... later I don't seem to see it, the princess...... The crown princess is still on the Tianfu Giant Ship! ”

Xu Zun had been observing the maid's reaction to confirm whether what she said was true.

After some contemplation, Xu Zun changed the topic and asked, "Tell me honestly, how is the relationship between the crown prince and the crown princess?" ”

"Huh?" The maid was startled, and quickly knelt down for Xu Zun, begging, "My lord, as a maidservant, don't talk to the master in vain, otherwise...... Otherwise......"

"It's just the two of us now," Xu Zun said, "even if you tell the truth, I won't pass on your words."

"But," he threatened, "if you conceal something, and thus delay the rescue of the prince, you should know the consequences, right?" ”

"My lord, the slave doesn't dare to lie," the maid knelt at Xu Zun's feet and said, "The crown prince is indeed a little cold to the crown princess. ”

The answer of "Oh......" was not unexpected, it was already expected by Xu Zun.

After the crown princess was rescued, it can be seen through the performance of the crown princess.

"Ever since his mission to the East China Sea," said the maid, "the prince has rarely gone to the princess's room, and has not even slept on the Celestial Fortune Ship.

"Those of us who are subordinates can see it."

"Really?" Xu Zun asked, "What about before going to sea?" What is their relationship? ”

"All the same," replied the maid, "the prince and the princess seem to be in harmony and affection, but in fact the prince and the princess sleep in separate rooms. ”

"Why?" Xu Zun asked.

"This is really not clear," replied the maid, "the crown princess is peerless, and we cannot understand why the prince does not like her......

"Big ...... Your Excellency ......," said the maid worriedly, "you can ...... these words Millions ......"

"I know," Xu Zun waved his hand, "Don't worry, maybe this news has nothing to do with the search for the prince."

"By the way," he asked, remembering something, "what unusual happened after being captured by the pirates?" ”

"My lord," said the maid, trembling at this, and said sadly, "we have been taken captive by pirates, and they have been used as a means of venting, and it is not painful to be served with a whip at the slightest disobedience!"

"This ...... Is this an anomaly? ”

"I mean," Xu Zun said, with a tense face, "did the pirate ship fight during your captivity?" Did you see or hear something? ”

"No?" "After we were taken captive, we didn't experience much fighting, except that we sometimes stopped our ships.

"We were confined to the cabin, and we couldn't see anything in the dark," said the maid, "and they spoke the East China Sea dialect, which we couldn't understand at all!" ”

"Those women who are with you," Xu Zun asked, "who are they?" ”

"This knows, this knows," replied the maid hastily, "they are fishermen from the nearby islands, and they have all been plundered by pirates like us."

"They say that there are warships patrolling the vicinity of the Banshee Country, and that there are very few pirates who cause trouble," said the maid, "and they also said that they could not understand the language of pirates, which means that pirates are not ...... in this area."

Listening to the maid's confession, it seems to be completely consistent with Shen Xingran's previous account and the experiences of other people, and there is no doubt about it.

But for some reason, Xu Zun felt that there was something wrong with it, behind the entire attack on the prince, there seemed to be an invisible big hand controlling everything!

So...... What is the truth?

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