Chapter 343: Secrets on the Island

Three days later, in the early morning, the storm led the island more than 20 nautical miles away, and seven seagoing ships docked not far from the beach.

There are crowds on the beach and on the boats, and more than a dozen boats are shuttling back and forth between the beach and the boats.

Small boats were constantly transporting people and goods from the sea ships to the shore, including majestic soldiers and weeping women and girls, and this was the same fleet that had just returned from Lakinling after three days of rapid travel.

Lord Gervais is now on the beach with an unstoppable spring breeze on his face, this plunder can be regarded as a bumper harvest, not only bringing enough labor for himself to develop the island, but also planting potion coconut pomelo trees on this island.

These people and coconut pomelo trees, Gervais is not ready to let the people in the storm territory know, after all, there are many people, and his current strength is too weak, and it is a big trouble to be caught.

"My lord! Water and food are ready! ”

Ike quickly jumped from the boat, and the eight guards were all carrying backpacks made of animal skins.

"Well, let's go!"

Gervais nodded, then turned to Gandalf and said, "Father, I'm in trouble for you here!" I'm going to explore the island, and I'll be back before dark! ”

"Haha, go ahead! Little Gervais! Here's the father watching! ”

Gandalf sat on a wooden crate, drinking the wine that Gervais had brought with him on the boat, and waved happily at Gervais.

Since leaving Jibu Town, Gandalf has been in this state, looking overjoyed, obviously this time he has really seen his son's ability, and he will never have to worry about it again.

After saying goodbye to Gandalf, Gervais and the others went into the dense woods, the island was not large, but it was covered with trees and there were no roads to pass.

Gervais's main purpose this time is to explore the water source, and the other is to determine if there are any dangerous creatures on the island, such as demonic beasts.

Gervais's plan was to search around the pirate's edge before heading to the center of the island.

The island's topography is fairly flat, and there are no mountains to be seen, which is the main reason why Gervais decided to develop the island, and the absence of mountains means that the island was not formed by a volcanic eruption.

Otherwise, after spending a lot of energy to develop the island, the glory boss will be unhappy, and the volcano will erupt, and the entire island will be reduced to nothing, and he will definitely want to cry without tears.

The dense woods were difficult to walk, and even though Ike and the others took turns to clear the way in front, it still took the group an early morning to complete the exploration of the detour of the pirates.

There was nothing strange to be found along the way, and there was no danger, but two streams were really found, and the current was not very large, about two meters wide, and the shallowest point was only to the knees of people.

But this already made Gervais very happy, such a water source is enough, and the water does not need too much, enough to drink and irrigate a small amount of crops.

After a short break at noon, Gervais and the others headed toward the center of the island, and they followed the creek they had just discovered.

"My lord, there's a lake ahead!"

After marching for about an hour, the guards who had opened the way in front of him excitedly turned back and reported loudly to Gervais.

"Oh?"

Gervais immediately quickened his pace, and the dense forest suddenly opened up, and there was a lake the size of four basketball courts in front of him, the water was crystal clear, the deepest part was so turquoise that it was impossible to see how deep the lake was, and some small fish could be seen swimming and playing in the water, and the stream just now flowed out of the clear lake.

Gervais walked directly to the lake, put his hand into the water, and immediately felt cool, and he didn't care if there were bacteria in the lake, so he just held his hand and started drinking, anyway, he was a knight of the title, and this thing couldn't help him at all.

With the clear water of the lake, Gwiston felt refreshed, and after walking in the woods for a long time, he was already suffocated.

"My lord, there's a stone house here!"

But at this moment, Ike, who had been scattered around, shouted again.

"Stone House?"

There was a strange look in Gervais's eyes, there was a stone house on this island, he really didn't expect it, Gervais didn't care about it, he stood up and ran quickly towards Ike.

The place where Ike is located is not far, only more than 20 meters from the lake, but because there is no human activity all year round, the stone house has been surrounded by dense forest as the trees have grown.

Gervais originally thought it was just a simple small stone house, but when he really saw the stone house, he found that the scale of the stone house was much larger than he imagined, this stone house at least covers an area of 100 square meters, and it is not boxy, but lined up in a line.

"Could it be that this was once the fief of some nobleman?"

The style of this building became more and more familiar to Gervais, and finally saw the clue, isn't the style of this house a typical stone house of Lord Manor?

It's just that because of the blockage of the vines and the value, Gervais didn't recognize it for a while.

The shape of this stone house is exactly the same as Nathan's house, on the left is the large house where he lived, and then the stone house extends seven or eight meters to the right, and at seven or eight meters there is a stone tower five or six meters high, such a building can be inhabited, but also has a little defense, and the door of the house is closed, it is a small fortress.

It was a necessity for the minor nobles who did not have enough land and money to build a castle.

……

Soon Gervais was in the interior of the stone house, where the furniture and various objects were covered with dust and grass, apparently because it had not been inhabited for a long time.

But what's weird is that this room seems to have been turned around, all the tables, chairs and furniture are overturned everywhere, and Gervais has not gone to Nathan's house once or twice, and he is very clear about the layout of such a stone house.

After all, these stone houses are basically similar in structure for the sake of strong defense.

Gervais only glanced at the door of the hall for a few moments, then stopped and continued to walk towards the staircase of the stone house.

Gervais felt that the only way to find any useful information in the stone house was to go to the second floor, which was the private space of the minor nobles, and the servants were not allowed to go up without permission.

When Gervais reached the second floor, it was still cluttered and dusty.

Gervais covered his mouth and nose and opened the first room, which was supposed to be a small bedroom, but it was empty, with nothing but a broken bed frame.

Gervais came to the second room, which was the master bedroom of the noble lord, and the space was very large.

"Got an attack? Or is something going on? ”

Negervais found some useful information in this bedroom, and although the bedroom was also turned into a mess, he saw a silk shirt hanging from a crooked hanger.

Before the nobles went to sleep, the servants would hang the clean clothes they had prepared on the hangers, so that the nobles could get up in the middle of the night or get up in the morning to wear them, and it was obvious that the dusty shirt looked like this.

Another point is the bedding on the ground, if you get up normally in the morning, the bedding will also be taken away by the servant and stored, it is obvious that when the owner of this stone house leaves, the bedding is still on the ship, it should be night, and there must be something unexpected.

Gervais cautiously went into the bedroom and searched around, but found nothing but dust, and even after opening the bedroom window, he took the bedding apart with a long sword and found nothing.

Even if Gervais guessed that something unexpected must have happened to the owner here, there was no way of knowing what had happened to the fall.

Then Gervais exited the bedroom and went to the next room, which had an open door, a study, not as large as the bedroom, but with four or five bookshelves against the wall, but none of them had a single book on them.

"Got a pirate?"

Gervais frowned and thought slightly, there is not a single book on so many bookshelves, which reveals weirdness, and the owner of the stone house has obviously encountered an emergency, it is impossible to have time to move all the books, right?

Gervais first guessed that it had been looted by pirates, after all, books could also be sold for money, but Gervais immediately dismissed this idea.

Books were valuable, but the silk bedding, silk clothes, and some brass ornaments were also valuable, but they were thrown on the ground in a mess, not at all like pirates.

What's more, if something like this happens, Gandalf must know about it and will mention it to himself.

Gervais walked into the study and looked carefully, if there was any place where he was most likely to know the information of a nobleman, it was definitely the study.

For example, Gervais's study has a lot of his personal belongings, and Thomas was going to find a painter for Gervais, and wanted to paint a majestic portrait of him to hang in the study, but Gervais refused.

I haven't burped yet, sir, so I'll hang a portrait of myself on the wall.

Of course, this kind of idea is only thought by Gervais, who has traveled through time, and the nobles of this world like this tone, after all, there is no camera in this world, and portraits are the only thing that can keep people 'young', and there is a portrait of the old earl hanging in Alice's study.

Gervais looked around the walls, there were no portraits, no shelves, desks, drawers, still nothing.

"Will there be a secret room? It shouldn't be possible, at most there is only a dark grid! ”

Soon, Gervais began to move the bookshelves and furniture against the wall in the study, and sure enough, he soon found a small secret compartment behind one of the bookshelves.

But it's a pity that this dark grid has been opened, and the space of this dark grid is not large, just the size of a wooden box, but it has been completely destroyed at this moment, and it is empty.

"It's really a bad grandmother, she's a ruthless person, and she didn't leave anything."

Gervais let go of the bookshelf and kicked the desk to the side in hatred.

Click!

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Gervais heard the sound of wood cracking, heaven and earth can be seen, just now his kick did not use any strength, after all, he still can't destroy other people's relics.

"It looks so sturdy and it's actually a Xibei cargo, no, it's a dark grid!"

So Gervais took out his long sword and dug through the crack, and sure enough, he found that there was a small dark compartment inside.

The compartment was so small that it was only large enough to fit a book, and Gervais pulled out the contents of the compartment, and it turned out to be a book.

Gervais hurriedly picked up the book to check, because it was placed in the secret compartment of the desk, the book was still new and undamaged.

So Gervais couldn't wait to open the book and check it out.

"Who is the owner of this stone house? What kind of writing is it? ”

After opening this book, Gervais was shocked, the text on the book was not the common text in the mainland, but the same text used in the book "A Detailed Explanation of the Blazer Race" in Alice's study, and more importantly, the book was still handwritten, it was a diary!

Gervais began to flip through the books quickly, with a hint of excitement in his heart.

"In the year 197 of the Gregorian calendar, after my efforts, today I finally received the title of lord, and my domain was canonized on an island! This is also my own request, only in this way can I evade their pursuit! so that I can find my way home. ”

"After two months of busyness, my stone house has been built, but my heart still doesn't belong here, I miss my wife and children."

"Today is the 35th day of sailing, and I have come to the farthest place I have ever seen with two seagoing ships, but I still have not seen land. The vastness of the ocean is beyond my imagination, and it's hard to imagine how people fled to this island in the first place."

"Today is the 39th day, I lost a sea boat, and without warning, a huge hole appeared in the bottom of its hull, and the sea water poured into the whole ship, and in just over ten minutes, the whole ship had sunk. Fortunately, because a rope in the sail of my ship suddenly broke, and I was four or five nautical miles away from them, I was able to escape. ”

"I returned to my fiefdom again, but one of my only two ships, the one I had spent all my savings to buy."

"During the time I returned home, I kept thinking about it, and I seemed to see the hope of going home, because I felt that the sinking of that ship must be related to the Sea Clan, and the presence of the Sea Clan means that my direction is correct."

"But because of the existence of the Sea Clan, it has also become an obstacle for me to go home! The hateful Sea Clan is overbearing and impersonal, and it is impossible for human ships to pass through their waters! ”

"No, I've got to think of something else!"

"By the way, I thought of a better way today! They set up a teleportation array every year, and I can use this passage to get back to my home! I must bring their crimes to the public and submit them to the Alliance! ”

"However, when the teleportation array was opened, there were countless orcs, and it was just me, and no one would believe me when I went back!"

"I feel it, I need to find an ally, in order to go home, I don't hesitate, I told what I know to the feudal monarch who canonized me, the feudal monarch is unbelievable, I can only tell him my cultivation method!"

"He's already cultivating the cultivation method I told him! He believed me, it only took half a year for him to go from the middle level of silver to the peak of silver, and he no longer had any doubts! ”

"My feudal monarch has finally decided to go back with me, he is full of longing for my hometown, what a poor person, just over two hundred years, he has forgotten where he came from!"

"In the year 203 of the Gregorian calendar, I was excited to go home in one month, but at the same time I felt a little uneasy, and sometimes when I went to Fengjun Castle, I would feel that someone was staring at me!"

"Will anyone find me? Probably not, if I find out, I will definitely arrest me as soon as possible! ”

Subsequently, the text came to an abrupt halt, and the rest was blank.

In fact, this is not so much a diary as a notepad to record your mood at will, because there are very few clear dates and dates on it, and most of them are fragmentary thoughts, and you write them down when you think of them.