Chapter 67: A Serendipitous Encounter
"Who built this raft? Why don't you use rattan?" asked Tang Jie, sweating profusely.
"Captain, this island is full of bush forests, where did the rattan come from?" said William bitterly.
"Tree bark or something!"
"For the sake of the sea god Tira, the bark is not as strong as these fabrics!" William explained.
"I told you not to use these fabrics, these dead people's clothes are unlucky, their dead souls will drag us into the water!"
William glared at Bill with his only remaining eye, "Fart, when did you say that?"
Bill stalked his neck and said, "I said it, I said it!"
William blushed and stared at him with a thick neck: "When did you say that, why didn't I hear it?"
"You didn't hear it's your problem, I did!" said Bill. William was so angry that he stretched out his hand to pinch Bill's neck, but Tang Jie shouted: "Enough, you two fools!
William and Bill glared at each other and turned their heads angrily, not looking at each other.
Nia on the side said in a deep voice: "Judging from this situation, our raft can sail for half a day at most!"
"At least?" Tang Jie asked on the side.
Nia said, "At least, it's possible to ...... right now."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a snap, and another strip of cloth broke on the raft!
The corners of Tang Jie's eyes twitched, and he barely squeezed out a smile: "You got it right!"
He bit his cheeks, looked at the raft that was slowly disintegrating, and gasped: "Friends, let's go to the sea to bathe with the wood!
With that, he began to hang strips of dried meat on his body.
Watching his movements, Nia, William, and Bill were not polite, and they all stuffed pieces of meat strips and fillets into their clothes.
Tang Jie saw Lilith tilting her head and looking at the black sea, but she didn't take food, he patted Lilith's head and asked, "What are you doing?"
Lilith stared intently ahead, and pointed with her finger, "Look, is there a ship ahead?"
The visibility of the sea in the dark night was extremely poor, Tang Jie looked in the direction of Lilith's finger, and saw only a dark patch, almost nothing!
"Where?" Tang Jie shook his head with a wry smile.
Lilith said firmly, "No, I sensed the power of the fire element in front, and there seems to be something in front of me!"
Tang Jie was suspicious, and then looked in the direction pointed by Lilith, this time he looked at it, only to see that there seemed to be a faint red light in the thick of the night, faintly emitting light, if you didn't look carefully, you would think that this was a star in the low-hanging starry sky!
"This is?" Tang Jie's voice suddenly rose an octave.
Nia noticed his abnormality and looked in the direction, her eyesight was very strong, and she clearly saw that it seemed to be a sea lantern hanging on the mast, Nia shouted in surprise and joy: "That's a sea lantern! There is a boat, there is a ship in front of us!!"
There is no end to the road!
The people on the raft couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted loudly: "Help, hey, help!"
They shouted and shouted one after another, and shouted for a while, but they didn't see the sea lantern in the distance getting closer, but drifting farther and farther!
Everyone glanced at each other, and their hearts felt cold, and they couldn't help but shout loudly again.
Nia's loud voice, William's gruff voice, Bill's shrill voice, and Lilith's delicate voice were mixed together, and they were sent far away on the silent sea, and they were extremely loud.
But no matter how they shouted, the ship showed no sign of approaching, and everyone's hearts gradually became colder and colder.
It's over!!
Tang Jie's mind turned, and suddenly his hand pressed in the air, suppressing Nia and their shouts, he took a deep breath, and shouted loudly with all his strength: "Grab the money!!" This shout was really a spring thunder, and the sea was so shaken that there were ripples.
When the people on the raft heard his words, they almost fell!
Nia, William, and Bill looked at Tang Jie with strange expressions, as if they were looking at an alien.
Nia tugged Tang Jie's arm and said, "Captain Tang Jie, you, what were you shouting just now?"
Tang Jie turned his head and looked at her inexplicably: "Grab the money, what's wrong?"
Nia had a broken expression: "We are pirates, who robbed us of our money?"
Tang Jie saw that William, Bill, and Lilith were all looking at him with surprised expressions on their faces, and he understood that they didn't understand why they shouted like this, Tang Jie laughed: "You stupid people, this kind of dark and windy night, shouting for help on this kind of sea, do you say that someone dares to come to save you? Saving it is not necessarily beneficial, but it may cause trouble! I want to shout: Grab the money! These people will understand: Oh, rob the money, it's profitable!"
As soon as Tang Jie's words fell, Lilith suddenly shouted excitedly: "It's coming, it's coming, it's really coming! Wow, Tang, you're so good, you're really amazing! Lilith admires you so much!"
Tang Jie looked up to the sky and snorted, this is also the method he learned from the indifferent and bad human sophistication in his previous life: a person was chased and killed on the street, shouting: Kill, help! As a result, all the people who heard this shout were afraid to avoid it, and closed the doors and windows one by one, for fear of getting into trouble, where would they come to save him?
This man ran for a while, and then shouted: "It's on fire, put out the fire!"
As a result, the people living around him were afraid that they would be burned to death and their belongings would be burned, so they rushed out to put out the fire, and the people who pursued him saw that there were too many people, so they gave up the pursuit.
This incident is a profound reflection of the worst nature of human nature.
But if it is linked to one's own interests and money, people will smell the smell of money.
Although Tang Jie is not well versed in human nature, he still understands the nature of human beings to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Nia and the others also looked at it, and sure enough, the sea ship with the sea lantern turned around and slowly drove towards them.
The pirates cheered, William and Bill laughed excitedly, Nia shook Tang Jie's arm vigorously, and said loudly: "Praise the sea god Tira, Tang Jie, you are so smart! What should we do next, how can we tell them who we are?"
Tang Jie smiled, and a smile appeared on his face: "What you said just now is right!"
Nia was puzzled: "What words?"
Tang Jie clenched his fists and smirked: "We are pirates!"
Nia suddenly realized: We are pirates, what else to explain, get on the ship and rob the ship!!
William and Bill laughed, their voices grim.
"Nia, you're going to shout later......"
"Yes, my captain!" said Nia, smiling.
Lilith didn't understand a little, but just looked at the pirates with a wicked smile on their faces with wide eyes.
......
Dressed in a crisp blue and white tuxtail captain's suit and a triangular leather captain's hat on top of his head, Sillani looked majestic and extraordinary, standing at the bow of the ship, his eyes slightly squinted, looking out into the dark sea.
"Captain, who is there anyone in this dark expanse?" said the first mate on the side, holding a strong lamp for lighting, and said cautiously.
Hillani had two carefully trimmed mustaches on his face, and he glared back at the first mate, and the two mustaches were curled: "Impossible, I heard it just now!"
I can get any word wrong, but I can't get it right when it comes to money!
Hillaney turned his head, craned his neck, and muttered, "Impossible, I heard it!"
Just when she was in doubt, a woman shouted, "Here, here!"
The first mate next to him suddenly pointed not far away and said, "Look, there it is!"
Hillani looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, he vaguely saw an inconspicuous black shadow undulating with the waves not far away.
By the light of the first mate's fire, Hillani leaned out of the side of the ship, and took a closer look, only to see that the dark shadow was getting closer and closer, and it was a raft made of logs, on which there were five men, three men hiding in the shadows, and two women standing in the front, standing with their heads over.
"Who are you?" asked the first mate aloud, turning on the light.
Standing at the front, a tall blonde woman, her body looked slender and moving in the dim light of the night, her face was looming, she was vaguely a beauty, her voice was loud, but there was a sense of horror in her tone, and she replied: "We are merchants of the Kaman Chamber of Commerce, and the merchant ship was sacked by pirates, for the sake of the sea god Tira, please save us!"
There are a lot of chambers of commerce in this sea area, and it is common for them to be ransacked by pirates, and Hirani has heard the name of the Kaman Chamber of Commerce, but he did not continue to ask, and it was a woman who spoke, and the vigilance of Hillani and the first mate was immediately half gone.
Although the sea is like a changeable woman, the sea is a man's world, a purely male world, and women appear in the sea, often as travelers and merchants, and rarely fierce and strong women.
Therefore, women in the sea and the weak mean the same thing, as a caravan captain of the Beto Chamber of Commerce, of course, Hirani will not be afraid of a woman who is "shipwrecked" in the sea.
Especially Shirlani is a middle-aged man in his forties, who likes to flaunt his aristocratic demeanor and gentlemanly manners the most, and when he sees that there are two women who need his assistance at this time, how can he be rude to refuse?
But after all, he has been sailing for many years, and although his vigilance has decreased, he still habitually asks: "Where did you come from this raft?"